PAGE Fe)" Published Tuesday themes Saturday iserninirs daring top University Mr. the Daily Collegian is • student. operated newspaper. latored aa aeread-elaaa matter Jets e. 1934 at the Slate College, Pa. Poet °Mee aader MIKE FEINSILBER. Editor Managing Editor. Mike Miller; City Editor. Don Shoo. Co-Asst. Bus. Mgrs.. Roger Vogelsinger, Dorothea Koldyes Local Adv. Mgr., Faye Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr, Jerry soaker; Copy Editor. Dotty Stone; Sports Editor. Roy WU- Fried; Co-Circulation Mgrs., Milt Lintel. Christine Kauffman: liams; Editorial Director. Jackie Radghss: Society Editor. Promotion Mgr.. Dente Hoopes; Co-Personnel' Mgrs.. Aletta Ines Althoisse; Assistant Sports Editor. Roger Seidler: Photos- Manbeck, Connie Anderson; Office Mgr.. Ann Keeney: Classi gawky Editor. Roo Walker. fied Adv. Mgr., Peggy Davis; Secretary . Lil MeDm; Research and Records Mgr.. Virginia LUishaw. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Judy Harkison; Copy Editors, Ed Dubbs, Larry Jacobson; Assist ants, Al Bomberger, Jarie Casselberry, Harry Kitzinger, Vince Carocci, Audrey Sassano. WDFM: Pardon, Your Silence Is Showing It doesn't make much sense to operate a radio station that hardly anyone is able to hear. But that is what student station WDFM has been doing for more than two years. Its staff prepares scripts, goes to expense, goes through rehearsals, and finally goes on the air for three hours a night—and all this for a pitifully small audience. Borough residents fortunate enough to own an FM set compose that audience. The reason: WDFM broadcasts over a FM circuit. In order for its programs to be heard on a regular AM radio set, the signal must be translated into an AM signal. This can be done with a device called a transponder. When, on Dec. 6, 1953, WDFM hopefully went on the air for the first time, plans called for transponders to be installed in campus dormi tories within a short period. And then began a long hard series of disap pointments. Transponders built by student en gineers, after months of work, were installed in dorms, and broke down. They were removed, rebuilt, reinstalled. They failed. Time after time, hope was raised and disappointment resulted. After too much wasted time, wasted dollars, and broken proxises, it is surely time for the transponders to be built by professional en gineers. Student engineers simply don't have the time, the experience, or the know-how to build work able transponders. Even after they were ready to build what they hoped were perfected trans- Safety Valve • • The Chairman Was Wrong TO THE EDITOR: The conduct of Ernest 0. Famous. past chairman of the All-University Motions Committee, in the matter concerning the Leadership Training Program and she Cabi net measures in support of it, seems to be both reprehensible and unfortunate. As chairman of an executive committee, whose duty it is to execute the policies deter mined by the All-University . Cabinet, Mr. Famous had one of two choices in regard to the proposed amendment to the elections code. He could carry it out, in accordance with the ex pressed wishes of the All-University Cabinet or he should have resigned, if 'he felt he had earnest and sincere protests against it. Un fortunately, Mr. Famous chose to do neither. Conducting a telephone "poll" of his com mittee, Mr. Famous informed Cabinet that the committee felt that the proposed amendment was a measure that would "undermine demo cratic student government." Debate on the merit° of the measure should have been presented to the Cabinet at the time that Cabinet itself was deciding the merits of the- Leadership Training Committee report. The results of the action of the past chairman of the All-University Elections Committee were unfortunate. Not only was the considerable time and effort spent by the Leadership Train ing Committee put aside, but the arbitrary assumption of Mr. Famous that he could deny the right of Cabinet to instruct one of Cabinet's own committees has established a rather dan- gerous precedent for student government here at Penn State It is through such irresponsible actions that student government may well lose ground in the attempt to provide responsibility in student life and affairs. Why We're Indifferent TO THE EDITOR: The headline in The Daily Collegian of May 20, 1955, "Freshman Cars Prohibited," provided the answer to Penn State's perennial question: why doesn't the stu dent body support student government? All-University Cabinet voted against this recommendation wh i c h, incidentally, was recommended to the Cabinet by administrative officials earlier this year. However, Cabinet's vote against the recom mendation was completely ignored by the ad ministration. Actually, the administration ig nored student opinion because it differed from the school's official viewpoint. , Whether or not this action was necessary is irrelevant. The way in which the administra the officials forced their decision on the stu dents is just another example pointing out the reason why students remain indifferent to stu dent government. Glick Wins Trophy _ . Sam Glick, freshman in arts and letters from Mt. Pleasant, won the West Halls ping pong tournament held last week. He defeated Jerry Mitchell, fresh man in aeronautical engineering from Oil City. Glick will receive a trophy, and Mitchell will be awarded a medal. pp Bally Collegian Successor to THU Fill LANCS. sot. Ulf —Robert R. Dennis r Muchanus Senior Invitations Seniors who have ordered commencement invitations and announcements may pick them up at the Helsel Union desk. In order to receive the invi tations and announcements, a receipt must be presented. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEUt. rtrtri3rivsoN .egVtlia.. JACK ALBRECHT, Business Manager ponders, the student engineers ran into diffi culties installing them in women's dorms. They were permitted to do this only on weekends. We urge that WDFM commission a few pro fessional engineers to tackle the job over the summer, when there will be less difficulty. in gaining access to the dorms. It is entirely conceivable that professional en gineers could do in a matter of weeks what students, working in a brand new field and working during sparetime hours, could not do in more than two years. Then, in the fall, Penn State would really have a radio station. Students are now assessed 25 cents a semes ter to support a radio station they cannot hear. This is grossly unfair. As we see it, WPFM is under a moral obligation to put on the air a station students can receive over their own radio sets or to stop collecting students' money for a malicious experiment. When All-University Cabinet first passed the fee recommendation to the University Board of Trustees, it thought it was creating a radio sta tion for students. When the senior classes 'of 1951 and 1952 gave their money to a fund to start WDFM, they were operating under the same assumption. But this sadly has turned out not to be the case. When created, WDFM was given two func tions: to educate students in radio, and to pro vide a campus radio station. It has, to date, fulfilled only one of these. Until it fulfills s its second function, WDFM will remain a sad dis illusionment, an unfulfilled 'promise. 'By approving the 25-cent fee, the student body and the Board of Trustees apparently were convinced of the worth of a student radio station. This fight was waged and won, but Penn Staters remain without the spoils— a real radio station. Station WDFM will remain a mockery of student wishes until the day comes when at least dormitory residents can hear it broadcast. That day will not come until functionable transponders are built and transponders won't be built until professional engineers do the job. We hope that day comes during the summer months. It can come. It is up to the directors of WDFM to see that it does. Station WDFM must break its silence or stop collecting fees for a service it is not performing. —The Editor Ready, Get Set . .. By scheduling finals the same afternoon classes are over the administration is defeating the real purpose of giving semesters-end blue books. Educators who place a great deal of impor tance on finals say that studying for a two hour comprehensive test gives the student an over-all picture of the material he has been ex posed to during the semester. A notebook full of meaningless history notes can be woven into a clear picture of some past era and a dozen economic theories will fall into a general understandable principal if the stu dent will take time to check over his noteis. But apparently the scheduling officer does not think 'a review of a semester's notes takes much time. Many students will be expected to attend four classes on Saturday morning and take a final Saturday afternoon. Several hours of study Friday evening will be enough to prepare them for the Saturday morning classes, but when are they supposed to read over their notes for the afternoon final? When can they attempt to get any sort of over all understanding of the course material? . The simple solution would be to begin sched uling finals the day after classes end instead of the same day. Time is an important factor at the end of the semester, but it is a poor administrative policy that places expedience above learning. —Jackie Hudgins Gazette ... Today CHESS CLUB, 740 p.m., 3 Sparks NEWMAN CLUB, Daily Rosary, 4:80 p.m., Church: novena, 7 p.m., Church: choir practice after novena PENN STATE SCALE MODEL RAILROAD CLUB, 7:30 p.m.. 19 HUB. election of offi rOWN INDEPENDENT MEN, 7 JOINT FRESHMAN CUSTOMS HUB UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Gretchen Hauser, Marcia Kaufman, Ha Ju Kim, Judith Mitchell. Cherry Neff, Alice Noble, Robert Petoski, Jona than Plaut, Thomas Popeney, Paul Pritchard, Barbara Rich• ards, Ray Stewart, Irwin Weiss. Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers. not necessarily the policy of the paper. the student body. or the University. ..a 0 Harsh •. 117 L era :30 p.m., 218 HUB BOARD, 6:45 p.m., 203 TIM to Meet Town Independent Mei will hold an organizational meeting at 7:30 tonight in 218 Hetzel Un ion. Activities for the fall semes ter will be discussed, according to Robert Cole, president. Any independent man living in town may attend the meeting. Little Man on Campus A left-over from Si Centennial Lore Some Have More than 60 literary publications have been edited at the Uni versity in the past 100 years. The journalistic endeavors began way back in 1859 when the first 'students arrived on campus. • The early Literary Societies originated the idea of presenting a weekly paper with writings devoted tsk declamations, music, the reading of original essays, — and debating. "Anonymous," a little hand written sheet, usually poked fun at daily happenings, and were rarely serious. In 1887, the first issue of the "Free Lance," 'a forerunner to the Daily Collegian, was re ceived by a group of boisterous students and given an inaugural march down College' avenue. This issue was the size of Time magazine, with a blue board cover and pri nted columns. However, the "Free Lan c e" lived only for 17 years. Editors found the monthly deadline , im possible to meet, and students' ap petite for stale campus news be came, slack. The publication was buried in 1904, but only to be suc ceeded by the "State Collegian" the next fall. The final transfor mation of the "Collegian" oc curred in 1940, when it became the Daily Collegian and ,was pub lished five times a week. The 25 members of the class of '9O edited the first LaVie. This volume did not contain portraits of the graduates, but did include advertising, promoting the sale of anything from Sturtevant Steam Engines to Fox's Superior Flaked Oats. The "Lemon," a magazine 4 1 / 2 by 6 inches and printed on yel low paper, "will direct the streams of astringent juice at those things in and about the • college campus . . . that need better m en t or abolishment." said the lead article in the first issue, 1906. The publication was issued anonymously. and once the "Lemon Squeezer" was pub lished as a criticism and re proof of the yellow-covered magazine in order to throw snoopers off the track. As an antidote for the defunct "Lemon," Froth began, and proved to be a perfect example of un regulated free enterprise. Its staff Showers Are Forecast Scattered showers and thunder storms are expected for this after noon. There will be continued cloudiness and warm weather. Yesterday's high was 82 and the low 63. Today's weather data wal compiled by Lesley,Tarleton, jun • for in meterology from Drexel Hill, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25: . 1955 ma Phi Nothing's Hell week." 60 Publications `Hit' Campus By JUDY HARKISON members divided the profits, when any, among themselves, passed on debts to their successors, and chose their own faculty censor. Four literary magazines, "El Dorado," "The Old Main Bell." "Portfolio," and Inkling" last ed only a few years, perhaps due to the insufficient dumber of would-be authors. University women in 1924 edited "The Lion's Tale," - which was en thusiastically received by the fair sex. It was, however, vigorously opposed by the Daily Collegian staff, and, in% 1943, was discon tinued. Also at this time, "The Penn State Engineer," "The. Penn State Farmer," and the Student Hand book were originated, and are still distributed on campUs today. University Will Be Among 36 Colleges In Student Aid Plan The University will be included in the College Relations Program of American Viscose Corporation for the academic year 1955-56. The program is designed to en courage the study of science, en gineering and business adminis tration. Nineteen fellowships, given for graduate work, have been estab lished in the fields of .chemistry, accounting, chemical engineering, and pulp technology. Nineteen scholarships„ awarded primarily to undergraduates en tering their junior year, are di vided among chemistry, engineer ing, physics, textiles, accounting, chemical engineering, business administration, textile technology, and mechanical engineering. Actual selection of recipients is left to the faculty of each insti tution participating, and the indi viduals selected are not under ob ligation to the corporation. Thir ty-six colleges have been invited to take part. Tonight on WDFM 7:31 sign Oa 7:35 AP News 7:70 Stsnd•B7 9 :011 ..__— Open to Question 9:30 • " PM Mu Alpha Presents 9:00 Call Card 9:16• Nene 9:30 111 835 _ Light eiiiiiiirmaj" ukovimboz,... —.. By Bib MA MEGACYCLES
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