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Published Tuesday themes
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top University Mr. the
Daily Collegian is • student.
operated newspaper.
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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
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7:35 AP News
7:70 Stsnd•B7
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9:30 • " PM Mu Alpha Presents
9:00 Call Card
9:16• Nene
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