PAGE FOUR Putilisted tumidity through Saturday mornings during Xhe Built; Collegian the I Tillyernity year. the Daily Collegian is a student opertaed newspaper. Statement to THE FREE LANCE. eat. 11187 .- - Entered as qeennd-class matter July 6, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office ander the act of Merck 3. 18711. DIEHL McKALIP. Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Margie Blank; Copy Editors, Don Barlett, Ron Gatehouse; Assist ants, Barbara Budnick, Ginger Hance, Joe Cheddar, Terry Leach, Pat Hunter, Jan Davidson, Rog Alexander, Al Bomberger. Ad Staff: Betty Manifold, Dot Hughes. . . Must Every Day Be Election Day? Today is election day. tions and the fall elections—both affect pri- At the University, this is not unusual. Days marily freshmen and sophomores—at the same without at least one major or minor election time. Then, in the spring, hold the All-Univer somewhere on campus are in the minority. sity and the councils elections at the same time. is this why participation in campus elections These joint election days might create some is so poor? Only 34 per cent of the total student problems, but they might move toward a solu population chose to cast ballots in the more- Lion to the one big election day problem: scare than-usually-controversial spring election. And ity of voters. again yesterday, students working at the polls The joint elections might have to be held at during the elections of members of eight Col- a number of points on campus, but possibly lege councils had reason to be lonesome. Voters they could be held at several points in the Het stayed away in droves, zel Union Building. There's little reason to doubt that the situa- Joint elections wouldn't interfere with cam tion will change today. paigning for posts in the All-University elec- Look at the number of ballots students are tions. Political parties are completely divorced asked to cast each year. Freshmen and sopho- from council elections and campaigning for mores may vote in the fall and spring All-Uni- council seats is virtually non-existent. No con versity elections. All students vote in the spring flict here. race. Residents of dormitories are asked to vote With one concentrated joint election period in dorm elections. This year, because of a mis- each semester, it's possible that the urge to vote take during the spring election, there was an might move more students than it now does. additional election for Athletic Association of- With two major elections going on at the same ficers. time a really extensive get-out-the-vote cam- Besides these, unnumbered special elections paign which would touch—and drag out—every are held throughout the year—the one, for ex- student is conceivable. The double. feature has ample, held to select the 1955 Quill girl in which done wonders for the movie industry. all coeds were entitled to vote. In addition, By focusing attention on two major election every campus activity, big or small, has at least dates, this system would, we believe, get out one annual election. the vote. No wonder students don't vote! Elections at It might be worth a trial. The present system the University are as common as rainfall, obviously doesn't work. There may be a solution: hold the dorm elec- Demonstrations: Who's to Olame? Students were blained for last week's mass demonstration and the guilty ones who were apprehended have been punished. Now let us see who else was at fault. The administration does not provide enough recreational space for the men, especially in the West Dormitory area. Students are not even allowed to stand on the grass in the court yard for a quiet game of "catch". Recreation Hall is booked up for most • of the year with intramural sports and women's physical educa tion classes are held on the tennis courts sev eral hours a day. The shuffleboards and ping pong tables in the Hetzel Union Building cannot possibly con sume the energy built up by 8000 male students on a warm spring evening. What these men need is outdoor exercise. Lack of recreational facilities was not the only cause of the demonstration last week, but it was a contributing factor. Instead of waving flags out of windows and lighting firecrackers many of the men in the East Dormitory area were playing softball. They were not even in terested in participating in the riot after it was Safety Valve • • • And in Our Food, Bugs .. . The One Who Got Away TO THE EDITOR: We, as students of a univer- TO THE EDITOR: I wonder why the young sity as large as Penn State, are aware of the man who seemed to be organizing and leading problems involved in preparing food for con- the "unmentionable disturbance" in the West sumption in the dining halls. We understand it Dorm area last week was completely over is physically impossible, on a limited amount looked by the . . . counselors? If I am not mis of money, for Food Service to prepare meals taken he was last seen leading the final blunder similar in quality and quantity to those . . ing movement toward .. . Thompson swinging served in our homes. a rope around his head . . . Why must a by- But there are certain qualities which we ex- stander be suspended while the leaders march pect and have a right to receive in our food. on? Tonight, (Tuesday) for instance, a large number •Letter Cut of people whom we know, including ourselves, found several small black insects on the rice which was served to us. This incident is not something that can be easily forgotten or excused. And to make the situation worse, the servers in the dining hall did not even uffer to give us other plates when we pointed out the bugs . . . It was necessary for us to remove a sample of rice which contained the insects and take it, as evidence, to the Food Service office in Waring Hall. Even this action only netted us severdl "We're sorry's" and an offer of more platters. But who, after seeing a plate full of rice and bugs, would want to go up to the dining hall again and look at the same rice— even if the bugs were not present? We didn't! . . . We would not be so worked up about to night's situation if it were the first such one, hui this has happened at least twice before dur ing this semester. Several weeks ago we found a few servings of spinach containing some worms, and ;win afterwards a salad which was infested with small beetles—living ones. Since we and many other people have paid for and are almost required to eat the food which is prepared and served in the . . . dining Broadcasting Resumed Station WI:FM resumed broad casting oonrations at 7:27 last night after a temporary halt. According to Ted Bair, station manager, operation was discon lnued at 8:18 p.m. Tuesday be cause of a tack of voltage. This i:: tilt , fourth time in two weeks that hortage has halted oper ations. s„'l' +. WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manages started by the men in the West Dorms. To go further, the administration does not supply its approximately 8000 men students with enough guidance counselors. One dean of men with his three assistants and a corps of 38 resident counselors is not adequate for 3000 dormitory men. Roughly, this'means each coun selor is responsible for the welfare of over 75 students. These students get along very well without a counselor when everything runs smoothly, but in a time of tension when the counselors are especially needed, the students are left to themselves without guidance. Discipline is only one function of the dean of men's office. The office also advises in fra ternity and independent affairs, and is the guidance center for men. More assistants for the dean of men, more student counselors, and a dozen or so more softball diamonds would go a long way toward stopping student uprisings that stem from stu dent restlessness and administrative weak nesses. Gazette ... Today BUSINESS STAFF DAILY COLLEGIAN, 6:30 p.m., 111 Carnegie DELTA SIGMA PI, business meeting, 7:30 p.m., Phi Sigma Delta FENCING CLUB, 7:40 p.m., North Corridor. Recreation Hall FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA, 7:90 p.m.. 217 Willard HILLEL, Old Testament Class, 8 p.m., Hillel Foundation NEWMAN CLUB, belly Rosary. 4:30 p.m., church SLAVIC CLUB. elections and speaker, 8 p.m., Home Eco nomics Living Center SPRING WEEK CORONATION COMMITTEE. 6:30 p.m., Grange Lounge STUDENT ENCAMPMENT COMMITTEE, 4 p.m., 218 HUB WSGA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 6:30 p.m., Grange Playroom James Bates, Thomas Cerasso, Thelma Cling, Phillip Da, teko, Relia Evans, Larry Gershman, Karl Kauffman, Michael Latterner, Thomas Misiewicz, Kenneth Poff, William Procz, James Rose, Carolyn Stambaugh, William Stoneman, Merle Ilmstead. halls, we think some action, whatever it might be, should be taken to prevent further occur rences of incidents similar to tonight's. •Letter Cut Grad Lecture Series To Present Todhunter The second lecture in the Grad uate School Centennial Lecture Series will be presented at 8 to night in the Hetzel Union Build ing by Dr. E. Neige Todhunter, dean of the School of Home Eco nomics at the University of Ala bama. Dr. Todhunter will speak on "Our Heritage in Nutrition." The lecture is open to the public. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL —Richard Wright, John Eaton Delta Sigma Pi Elections Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, will elect offi cers at 7:30 tonight at Phi Sigma Delta. New officers will be in stalled after the elections. AIM Board of Review The Association of Independent Men Judicial Board of Review will meet at 7:30' tonight in 218 Hetzel Union. &Mortals .------- represent the viewpoint of the writer,, not necesearily the policy of the paper. Unsigned editorials are by the editor. —Mike Feinsilber —Jackie Hudgins —Name Withheld ittle Man on Campus "Since I've taught this course, for five credits— It probably seems like a lot of work for Iwo credits." Marcie geaucoup In the light (?) of recent news developments, both locally and nationally, it becomes necessary to invoke the last Wordsmanship Privilege (see Senate Regulations for Underprivileged Und e r graduate Students). First, let's hop on the Saturday classes train wtih the question, "Is It a Sin to Love Your Mother?" This objection to stu dents going home for weekends is r e ally unconstitutional, or something. Where else in the world but college are you asked to stand watch 24 hours a day, seven days a week over your task at hand? The founding fathers (strong and great) began this institution in the most isolated place they could find; through the ages stu dents figured out ways to get back to civilization now and then. And now that's all been in vain. As far as the distraction of the city goes, some people are far more distracted by the Univer sity farms. Next question, please. "Why Isn't Spring Week Eliminated to Increase Preparation fo r Classes?" This has a simple an swer; it's because that compen sation has to get used up some where. So much for Saturday classes. Now for art. Perhaps the senior class gift committee could be per suaded to think seriously and with foresight in selecting the gift that henceforth will be desig nated as "Given By The Class of 1955." Instead of seat separators for the benches, water pistols for the Campus Patrol, or an airstrip for Angel Flight, we vote for a cultural shot in the arm. A few years ago the Univer sity could have had Zorach's "Lineman" for half price. The University goofed. However, it's never too late to start to cor rect this situation of complete lack of anything of true artistic value. We Overheard a few irate ag students the other day, complain ing about the method of electing members of. the Agriculture Stu dent Council. It seems that the agriculture clubs select their rep resentatives to the council, while all other colleges hold open nom inations on a class basis for the council elections. Somehow the Ag Council seems to be a bit behind the times in its method. But perhaps there is a good reason for it. What? By the way, the University weather station must have its almanac turned to the wrong page. We walked around gazing skyward all day yesterday wait ing for the skies to clear and the mercury to rise. Well, need we say more? A word of tribute to the 238 students who donated blood on Tuesday. Once upon a time a coed we know laughed so hard at her roommate's pale face after they both had given blood that she fainted dead away from the, exer- By MARCIE MacDONALD tion. He who laughs las t, you know, sure does: It looks like there's going to be a lot more turnpike crossing the Commonwealth within a few years. We'll be able to drive round and round in circles and never touch foreign soil. A word of warning to students i t i enrolled in Air Force ROTC: whenever you borrow training planes for afternoon joy rides, please bring them back. Hubcaps Stolen In Parking Lot Four hubcaps were stolen be t Ween April 29 and last Thursday night from a 1954 Oldsmobile con vertible belonging to Thomas Eynon, second semester chemical engineering major. The car was in parking lot 72, north of Hort Woods. Another automobile, also a late model Oldsmobile, may have had its hubcaps stolen, too, according, to the Campus Patrol. The own er of the car, which was parked in, the same lot as Eynon's , has not reported any theft to the Campus Patrol. Eynon said he noticed the hub caps missing when he went for his car around 5 p.m. Thursday. ' The Campus Patrol estimated the cost of the hubcaps to be $25 to $3O. A Campus Patrol official said it is impossible for the Patrol to watch all the remote parking areas. He recommended that stu dents lock hubcaps in their car trunks. The Campus Patrol is investi gating the theft. t. Miller Is Representative Of Civil Defense Council Dr. Warren W. Miller, associate professor of chemistry, has been appointed a special representative I of the Centre County Civil De fense Council by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Dr. Miller will visit the Atomic Energy Commission's proving grounds in Nevada to observe atomic weapons tests now under way there. Parked Car is Hit A parked car owned by Samuel Miller Jr., eighth semester indus trial arts major, was struck Mon- , day by a car which failed to stop.* causing about $5O damage. A wit ness obtained the license number of a car. Police are investigating. THURWAT, Arltn. zo. rroo By Bibl
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