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MIKE rEINSILBER, Editor
Managing Editor, Mike Miller: City Editor. Don Shoo- Co-Asst. Sas. Mgrs.. Roger Voteisingsr, Dorothea Roidyss
Local Adv. Mgr., Faye Goldstein: National Adv. Mgt.. Jerry
matter: Copy Editor, Dotty Stone: SPorti Editor. Roy Wil. Fried: Co-Circulation Mgrs.. Milt Linial. Christine Kauffman:
Hams: Editorial Director. Jackie Hodginst Society Editor. promotion Mgr.. Delft, Hoop Co-Personnel Mgrs.. Alias
lies Althoosoi Assistant Sports Editor. Roger Beidler: Photos, Menbeek. Connie Anderson: Office Mgr.. Ann Ifeesey: Ciassi.
raphy Editor Ron, Walker. fled Adv. Mitt, Pegg, Davis: Secretary. Lit Meth*: Research
and Records Mgr.. Virgil& Latshaw
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Elitor, Mike Moyle; Copy Editors, Ron' Gatehouse, Sue Conklin; As
sistants: Gene Reeder, Marian Beatty, Becky Zahm, Dave Scott, Terry Leach, Pat Herbster, Pat Toin
linson. Ad Staff: Arnie Hoffman, Diane Hallock.
Seniors ' Gift-Shopping: Three Good Ideas •
Th 9 senior class,
.with some $9500 jingling in sense in building one more nice-to-look-at-but
its pockets, is shopping about for a class gift. that's-all monument, particularly since there
Its, choice has been narrowed to five sug- are three remaining worthwhile selections.
gestions: furnishings for the All-Faith Chapel, Until a few years ago, the University had a
a recreational cabin for students, a Centennial recreational lodge in the mountains. Several
monument, library books, and social television. campus groups still , maintain cabins and4hey
Of the five, two of the ideas are, at hest, are well used. Oh.g More, for the use or, any
questionable. The other three would be useful, group, would , be 'a worthy gift
serviceable additions to 'the Penn State scene. The University Library's shelves, compared to
Selection of social television, we fear, would the shelves of other schools of compara ble site,
be a mistake. We doubt if the gift would be are all but bare: The :suggestion to turn the
accepted by the University Board of Trustees. $9500 into books' makes good. sense.
" The television idea is to place sets in the This gift would aid: the educational process at
Nittany-Pollock area, the Hetzel Union Build- Penn State, and, ultimately, education is our
ing, and Waring Hall. Campus activities would piirpose in beitg here and the University's rea
then be telecast to these places. - :son for existence. -
A host of objections to the idea can be raised. The final suggestion, to give furnishingh for
Why would students sit in the HUB watching the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Memorial Chapel,
an event taking place in Recreation Hall when is also a good one. The gift would complete the
they could see it live? Would groups, such as first unit of the .meditation chapel.
Players, be willing to give performances to a It, in itself, would be an appropriate Centen
free television audience when it would be sac- nial year monument and a student tribute to
rificing its paying audience? We doubt it. the late Mrs. Eisenhower.
And we doubt if distinguished lecturers would " We hope the senior 6./ass selects one of the
be willing .to come to the University to speak , • three purposeful suggestions and chooses• to
to. a. television camera without a live audience. ignore both the suggestion v(rhich, we feel sure,
The trustees have found it necessary to turn would not be acceptable to the University and
down gifts in- the past because they simply the suggestion which would.be meaningless and
weren't practical. This action causes problems. functionless in a short time.
The class, or a small portion of it, must reselect We 'hope even more, however, that each mem
a gift at one of its annual reunions or else leave Ver of the class has a, voice in the final gift
the ultimate choice up to an outside group. selection. They will be missing a chance to say
Either situation would be less satisfactory to i what they 'want to do for Penn State if they"
the members of the class of 1955 than would let others make their selection by not casting
be their own selection of their gift. Therefore, their ballots when picking up their copies of
it would be wise to reject the unacceptable the 1955 La'Vie.
social' television scheme. The senior who votes will have something
,Our doubts • about a Centennial monument are to point to with pride as an alumnus.
not as logically based. We simply doubt the —The Editor
Safety Valve . •
Sour Grapes: An Example
TO THE EDITOR: Echoing the recent senti
ments of the editorial director of the Daily Col
legiari, I would like . to reaffirm that. "sour
grapes are out of season."
The particular sour grapes that I refer to are
the attempts by Robert Dennis to vent his anger
over Cabinet's action eliminating the compul
sory Leadership "Grooming" Program by at
tacking the Elections Committee Chairman,
Ernest Famous.
Since this program was one of his pet pro
jects, I can understand the process of ego in
voivement that prompted Mr. Dennis' outburst
when Cabinet realized the evils of such a pro
gram, but an attack on Mr. Famous seems
unjustified.
All amendments to the Elections Code must
be passed by the Elections Committee and then
Cabinet, and the Elections Committee had a
•
Pershing Rifles Eletts
Joseph Bors, junior in industrial
engineering from Binghamton.
N.Y., has been elected command
ing officer of Pershing Rifles,
Company B-5.
Other officers are Gordon Fee,
junior in physics from Canons
burg, executive officer, and Wil
liam Collier, junior in education
froth Willow Grove, adjutant.
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Graduates May Attend
Long Island Picnic
June graduates may attend a
picnic at Jones Beach. Long Is
land (parking area 6), N.Y. on
July 17. The picnic will be spon
sored by University graduates
from the New York City metro
politan area.
Interested persons should write
the Stewarts at 18 Grove Street,
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perfect legal right to turn down the first recom
menda4ion. This amendment procedure was •
passed by Cabinet, and next year it could be
changed to provide for the initiation of amend
ments by either Cabinet or the Elections Com
mittee. But under the present circumstances,
Mr. Famous' action was correct in every detail.
Having suffered a number of legislative de
feats on Cabinet at the hands of Mr. Dennis
and his bloc, I hope I have learned to absorb
defeat, even though I never accept it , as being
final. If I have learned nothing else at Penn
State the last four years, I hope I have learned
that lesson: and I hope in later life Mr. Dennis
learns it too.
'Plots' to Have .75th
Anniversary Celebration
The Jordan Fertility plots will
have a four day seventy-fifth an
niversary thiS summer when the
Northeast Branch of the Ameri
can Society of Agronomy holds its
convention at the University from
July 25-28.
New York, N.Y., or phone CHel
- 2-7190.
RdKerala* nehmen' the
•lewpoints et the writers.
net necessarily the polio
of the paper. the student
body or the University.
—Ben Sinclair
Little . Man on Campus
Freshmen:::toiHaye .
Friendly "OioOtatiOn
The centennial freshman custom's next fall will :be ad
ministered to orient freshmen to University life in a friendly
way, Tony Cline, retiring co.chsirmtui, eiplained to the Joint
Freshman Customs Board last night.
All classes will be expect
the two-week period. Men's a
not participate 'in the enforce
ment, but will act as "friends of
the freshmen" to protect them
from overhazing.
Cline recommended that next
year dinks be worn at all inter
collegiate games during the fall,
customs dress be worn in all din
ing halls during customs perio43,
and the reasons for the Customs
Program should be placed in the
Orientation Week Guide.
Soph Identification
Cline also suggested that the
sophomore class wear an identify
ing mark, and a contest be spon
sored by Hat Society Council for
th e "official freshman class
cheer." If the latter suggestion is
carried through, he said, the
cheerleaders would adopt it and
teach it to the freshmen before
the first football game.
Dinks will be identical to last
year's, blue With a white Uni
versity seal. They will be avail
able to freshmen at the Book Ex
change by presenting a matricula
tion card.
No Dating Regulation
There will be no customs dat
ing regulations. Dating is under
the • juristdiction of the Women's
Student Government Association,
and a rule stating that freshman
women must sign in by 8:15 on
week nights during the first four
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'ed to enforce customs during
d Women's Hat Societies will
weeks will be put into effect.
According to Herbert Black and
Margaret Boyd, Board co-chair
men, several changes are being
made in the customs regulations,
arid will be announced litter.
Other members of the Cuitoms
Board are Carol Ruff, Mary Lock
wood, Kathrine Dickson, George
Wills, Edgar Palmer, and Harry
Oxman.
Proxy to Tour Europe
For Summer Vacation .
President Miltonl S. Eisenhower,
with his daughter Ruth, will tour
Europe on an unofficial visit
.:this
summer.
They will leave New York' June
24 and arrive back there Aug: 14.
Much of their traveling wilt be
by automobile. They will visit
England, Scotland, Sweden, Den
mark, Switzerland, Germany, jand
France. President Eisenhower will
be back in his office on or about
Aug. 20.
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