PAGE FOUR Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the University year, the Daily Collegian is a student op eeeee d newspaper. Entered as second-eau matter July 6. HU at the State College. Pa. Peet Office wader the aet of March S. left MIKE FEINSILBER, Editor Managing Editor, Mike Miller; City Editor, Dan Shoe- Co-Asst. Bus. Mgrs., Roger Fogs Wilier, Dorothea Holds': Local gay. Mgr., Faye Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr., Starry maker; Copy Editor, Dotty Stone; Sports Editor, Roy Wil- Fried; Co-Circulation Mgrs., Milt Linial, Christine Kauffman: Hams; Editorial Director, Jackle Hudgins; Society Editor, Promotion Mgr., Delite Hoopes; Co-Personnel Mgrs., Aletta Ines Alehouse; Assistant Sports Editor, Roger Seidler; Photo,- Manbeek, Connie Anderson; Office Mgr.. Ann Kersey; Classi raphy Editor. Ron Walker. tied Adv. Mgr., Peggy Davbi•, Secretary, Lii Melko; Research and Records Mgr., Virginia Latshaw. . STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Dodi Jones; Copy Editors: Ron Gatehouse, Judy Harkison; As sistants: Rosemary Bass, Jack Williams, Al Bomberger, Barbara Pressman, Gene Reeder, Anne Friedberg. Loyalty Oath: Time's My opposition to the Pechan Act, which calls for meaningless oaths by public employees and teachers, was based upon its uselessness as a measure to curb subversion; by its discrimina tion against the patriotic Pennsylvania religious sects whose religious scruples prevent them from taking oaths, and by its insulting infer ence that Communist sympathizers are found particularly among public employees, school teachers, and university faculty members. Thus said George M. Leader, then candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, on Sept. 29, 1954. Since then, candidate Leader has become Governor Leader. But, the Associated Press in forms us, no legislation has been proposed to repeal the nefarious Pechan act. We'd like to see Gov. Leader act on his con viction. He should call for immediate repeal of the loyalty oath act. It has brought nothing but discredit to the Commonwealth. It has not protected us from real or imagined subversives. It has created an atmosphere of distrust, fear, and resentment. The law, which requires state and municipal employees, including teachers, to swear they are not members of subversive organizations under penalty of losing their jobs. was opposed at the time it was under consideration by the General Assembly by President Milton S. Ei senhower along with the heads of the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Penn State, unhappily, supplied the perfect example of the abuse this law imposes. Wendell One More Hatrack? Delphi, the 10th of the University's hat socie ties, was established Sunday night as a sopho more organization. The need for a sophomore hat society cannot be denied, but we wonder if this group will really perform the avowed function of a hat society, or if it will become a semi-social club for a btmch of good Joes who like to wear hats. According to the Student Handbook, hat societies are supposed to maintain the traditions of the University and give service to the Alma Mater. Who among the present hatmen can honestly say that their group performs this function to the utmost degree during the year? We doubt if there is one. Except for the freshmen counseling program, a very worthwhile project which sadly they cannot claim as their own idea, the men's hat societies have not acted as a group again, ex cept to charge onto the Beaver Field gridiron to form a cordon for the team. This function could not have required extensive planning. We hope Delphi will take note of the apathy in their fellow men's hat societies and take definite steps to formulate a program of worth while activities. If, however, the founders of this group are content to merely drift along with the attitude of their fellow hatmen, we suggest that they buy their hats at a haber dasher's and not bother the Senate Committee on Student Affairs with another "service" group. Gazette ... Today ACCOUNTING CLUB, 7 p.m., Theta Xi AIM JUDICIAL, 7:30 p.m.. 212 HUB FROTH CIRCULATION STAFF, all boards, 6:46 p.m., 317 Willard INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, 7:30 p.m., 214 HUB MARKETING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., 209 HUB FMA Board Elects Perkins President Harold W. Perkins, assistant dean of men, has been elected president of the board of trustees of the Fraternity Marketing As sociation. Other officers elected are, Rob ert J. Grace, assistant professor of fuel technology, vice president; E. Robert Emmers, statistician, sec retary-treasurer; and Robert Kra koff, Beta Sigma Rho, assistant secretary-treasurer. CENTENNIAL SPREE l e 4o 7- 12 • .m. FRIDAY, MAY 6 HU B F4t Xhe Bath! Collrgiatt Editorials norms , th• wieEpoint of the writers. net Necessarily thevoila of the paper. Unsigned Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. AIN ^ editorials are by the editor. o.larlit. JACK ALBRECHT, Business Marmon' —Mike Miller Applications Available For AlM'Judicial Applications are now avail able at the Hetsel Union desk for positions on the Associa tion of Independent Men Judi cial Board of Review, accord ing to Bruce Lieske, president elect of AIM. Candidates must have a 1.0 All-University aver age or better. Applications are due at 5 p.m. next Friday at the Helsel Union desk. Interviews will be held next Sunday. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Ripe for Repeal S. Macßae, publication production manager in the department of public information at the University, was subjected to grossly unnecessary public embarrassment and harrassment when he refused to take what he termed the "useless gesture" of signing an oath as a matter of prin ciple. Macßae was subsequently fired by the University, which had no recourse under the law. Four months later, after a full-scale in vestigation, he was reinstated. The mite served to prove exactly what Mac. Rae had consistently maintained throughout its course: that the loyalty oath procedure was "costly and useless." The nation has regained a sense of balance since those hollering days of 1951 when self appointed investigators were saving the nation from the subversives they envisioned under every bed and in every classroom. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.), since his censure by the United States Senate, has de scended into nothing more than a curiosity piece. No longer is a snarl from McCarthy a threat to a man's job or his future. The fact that his recent blast at President Eisenhower attracted little national attention and raised only laughter is evidence both that McCarthy is being regarded by the American people as nothing more than a noisemaker and that we've gained our senses as a people about the subversive scare. It's high time the General Assembly takes notice of this return to sensibility and repeals the senseless Pechan act. Guilt Established When the assistant dean of men told four students from the Pollock area that they were "guilty until proven innocent" he and the stu dent government system were severly criticized. But we feel the accusers did not understand the circumstances underlying the dean's state ment. The four students in question were accused of violations that have accumulated since the beginning of school. The violations were from minor ones. They ranged from drinking in the dorms to using disparaging language about the dorm counseling system. The Association of Independent Men's Judi cial Board of Review, which heard the case, did not decide the fate of the men on the say-so of one person or on just one adverse incident in which the students were involved. Their guilt was determined after careful consideration of complaints made by students in the Pollock area, the dean of men, dorm counselors, and dorm officers. Actually, the board was very lenient toward the men. Because two of the men were already on disciplinary probation when they appeared before the board, they were subject to expul sion. Expulsion means that the students could not apply, for readmission to the University. However, in acting leniently, the board recom mended suspension for the two students, with certain provisions for readmission. The other two students, who were not on pro bation, were dealt with accordingly. There can be no question as to the authority of the board in taking the action that it did—as the action taken was more than lenient. NEWMAN CLUB. Daily Rosary, 4:30 p.m., Church; No. vena, 7 p.m., Church : Choir Practice, after Novena UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Gerson Alexander, Harold Berg, Lorraine Cobosco, Rich ard Divany, Nancy Ehler, Archibald Gentles, Mark Gold smith, Marcia Gracion, Glenn Heasley, Jay Livziey, Lillian Mendez, Eileen Moffa, Jack Morrison, Asu Tosh Pal, Ken neth Poff, Diane Poole, Milo Rodich, Margaret Stevenson, Jewell White, Gertrude Winzenbumer, Donald Wise. —The Editor —Don Barlett IRRA to Elect Officers The University chapter of the Industrial Relations Research As sociation will elect officers at 7:30 tonight in 214 Hetzel Union. Any student in economics, in dustrial psychology, industrial engineering, labor management relations, or business are eligible for membership. WSGA to Air 'Shorts' Rule Women's Student Government Association Senate will discuss the Bermuda shorts rule at 6:45 to night in 217 Hetzel Union. the Man on Campus our wife just called—you left your briefcase on th' back porch."' Safety Valve ~. Collegian Whitewashes Greeks TO THE EDITOR: .. . About every issue of your paper contains some story blasting the conduct of the independent men. Headlines scream about so many independents getting office probation for this, suspended for that, or disciplinary probation for something else . But here is where my kick comes in concerning the "Great Whitewash" .. . Nary a word do you write concerning irregularities occurring among fraternity men here. . Strange, yes mighty strange, especially to those of us who livee downtown near fra ternity houses, and to others who occasionally . . visit these houses. If hanging a Nazi flag out of a window in jest is a horrible crime, then certainly must shouting drunken obscenities into the night air from "sedate interiors" of fraternity houses be an equally great crime. If getting caught with a bottle of beer in a dormitory is so enormous an offense, then also must it be an offense for 18 and 19- year-old coeds to be hanging over the fenders of cars, (vomiting). If throwing a cherry bomb. . is so monstrous an act, then also is careening about in a car, with . the lights off, over the private lawns of this town, and in a condition other than complete soberiety, a heinous offense. I'm referring, of course, to the very neat "whitewash" job you did in an article that ran side by side with your startling exposure of crime among the independents. The majority of thinking people know what the scoop is, whether you print it or not. .. After all, let's report the news as it really is and not 'be cause a certain "influential" system may be offended by accurate coverage. . . . When I feel a "big dry" coming on at least I' haul my weary body to a distant town to do my boozing • . . We don't want any "sacred cows" or "untouchables" here . . . Let's be a little more objective in our reporting from here on out, Let the chips fall where they may regardless of who gets hurt. • Letter Cut —Donald T. Knightly EDITOR'S NOTE: The Daily Collegian does not try discipline cases: it reports' them. It prints all the pertinent facts it can ob tain from legitimate• sources, regardless if the students are fra ternity men or independents. With the Rice, Chaff TO THE EDITOR: The complaint of the students who found insects in the rice last Wednesday has been investigated. Mr. Cur ley, supervisor of men's dining halls, and Mr. Berrena, head super visor of West Dining Halls, discussed the incident at length with me. They teported that all the rice used by the West Halls and Nittany Dining Hall has been checked. No evidence of insects has been found. Mr. Curley pointed out that chaff in the rice might well pass for insects, although he did not state that this was (true in) the case of Mr. Wright and Mr. Eaton. Mr. Berrena stated that 150 pounds • of rice have been taken from the West Dining Hall to the Foods building. Rice has been removed from the menu for the remainder of the year. The only exception is . . . (a meal) scheduled for May 27. The University Senate will determine if this is to be left on the menu. Incidents of this sort may happen in the best of restaurants. I'm sure the Food Department is doing its best to prevent oc currences of this kind. Let's bear with them. • Letter Cut Two Accepted by WDFM Station WDFM ha s accepted Betty Adelson, second semester arts and letters major, and Charles Folkers, sixth semester business administration major, to its an nouncing staff, chief announcer James Martin reported. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1955 —John Carlson Food Committee Chairman West Halls Tonight on WDFM $l.l MEGACYCLES 7:35 Sign On 7:30 Stand By 8:00 Open to Question 8:30 Masterworks from France 9:00 Call Card 9:15 News 9:30 • Light Classical Jukebox
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