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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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