ryi t 9E FOUR
Published Tamedlay through
Saturday seornings during
the University year, the
Daily Collegian is a student
operated itewsoaner.
Entered as sereall-elsee matter_ Jule S. 1934 at the State Cellist% Pa. Peet otnee ander the set of Marsh S. 1819
MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor .40001 ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager
Managing Editor, Roger Beldler; City Editor. Don Shoe- Co-Asst. Bus. Mgrs., John Ernst., Dorothea Koldys; Local
Adv. Mgr., Faye
e Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr Je rry Fried;
maker: Copy Editor, Dotty Stone; Sports Editor, Roy., Wil- Co-Circulation Mgrs., Israel Schwab, Christi n e
Kauffan;
llama: Editorial Director, Jackie Hudgins; Society Editor, Promotion Mgr., Dente Hoopes; Co-Personnel Mgrs., Aletta
Ines Aithouse; Assistant Sports Editor; Ron Gatehouse; Pho- Manbeck, Connie Anderson; Office Mgr... Ann Keesey; Classi
fied Adv. Mgr.. Peggy Davis; Secretary, LII Melko; Research
lography Editor, Ron Walker; Senier Board, Ron Leik. and Records Mgr., Virginia Latshaw.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Rog Alexander, Copy Editors, Fran Fanucci, Judy Harkison; As
sistants, Anne Friedberg, Terry Leach, George French, Dick Fisher, Fat Evans, Barb Martino, Lil
lian Junas, Elaine Huberman. •
Are Players Stepping
Players will be venturing into a new and
different field, as far as their past repertoire
is concerned, when they present "The Mikado,"
by Gilbert and Sullivan, this weekend.
That Players will present a commendable
performance of this well-known work is almost
certain, in view of two factors.
One is the collaboration of the Department
of Music: the other, the aid of faculty members
well-versed in all aspects of such work.
However, the presence of these very factors
raises a question of principle. The University
already maintains a musical comedy group of
long and highly regarded standing: Thespians.
The question brought to mind is whether or
not Players are, in principle, invading the ter
ritory of their companion dramatic group.
Thespians, in presenting two musical produc
tions each season, employ only student direction
and management. One of the shows is even
written by Thespian personnel.
Players, in presenting "The Mikado," which,
in effect, will be competing with Thespians in
their own field in that comparisons will no
Just the Beginning
Before voting time tonight Cabinet members
should know pretty well how they feel about
the University's continuance in the National
Student Association. And since this is the sec
ond week they, have been thinking about how
they want to vote, the decision should be
sensible and for the University's best interest. ,
If the majority of members decide to stay
in NSA it will be a victory for the most en
thusiastic of the NSA supporters, namely those
who attended the convention last summer. But
such a decision will carry with it much more
than the idea of victory for these spirited four.
It will mean that Cabinet will have to de
velop a realistic attitude toward NSA—realise
its objectives as well as its limitations. Any
Cabinet member who casts his vote for what
he believes to be the panacea for student gov
ernment ills might just as well not vote.
An affirmative vote will delegate to Cabinet
members the responsibility of seeing to it that
the average student takes some kind of interest
in NSA affairs. For students in the past have
been unaware of NSA except when its member
ship was brought up, voted upon, and passed.
Cabinet members will also be obligated to
attend meetings, be on committees, make re
ports, and submit ideas to NSA. This is a big
University and big things will be expected
from us.
The affirmative vote, like a wedding ring
means the beginning of a long struggle, not the
end.
a ety
Outing Club Set for Ice Show
0 THE EDITOR: The Penn State Outing Club
appreciates the interest expressed by students
for an ice carnival. However, this is not a new
idea, as the winter sports division of the Outing
Club has already advocated this to Dean
Earnest B. McCoy of the College of Physical
Education and Athletics. Also, this division has
already contributed much to the promotion of
this activity as the record will indicate.
For example, last year the division offered
these services to the rink management:
First, to arrange a• series of figure skating
exhibitions, to be produced by near-by skating
clubs such as those from Hershey. Philadel
phia, Pittsburgh. and Washington. •D.C. Be
cause the rink did not open until Jan. 1, con
flicting schedules of skatinv clubs prevented
the carrying out of this project.
Second, student figure skaters provided in
formal figure skating instructions to students,
faculty, and children who skated at the rink
Saturday morning.
Third, a student ice carnival was scheduled
for March 5, 1955, under the chairmanship of
Miss Joan Means and Vince Minnich. Due to
exceedingly warm weather and the mounting
operating costs of the rink under such weather
conditions, the facility was closed a few days
prior to the production date.
Finally, Dean McCoy called upon the winter
sports division to arrange an informal show
for the official opening of the rink. A half hour
figure skating exhibition was arranged for the
SAME to Meet Tonight Guthrie Will Address
The Society of American Mili
tary Engineers will meet at 7 to
night in the Mineral Science Aud
itorium.
Col. Warren H. Underwood will
speak on landmine warfare.
Eattg entitgiatt
Sesestmai to TBll my LANCS. use. lOU
--Jackie Hudgins
Psychology Club Tonight
The Psychology Club will meet
at 8 tonight in 212 Hetzel Union.
Dr. George M. Guthrie, associ
ate professor of psychology, will
speak on "Subception and Re
pression."
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Out of Line?
doubt be ventured, they will employ profes
sional assistance in the persons of the faculty
members who will direct the production, and
they will have the advantage .of presenting
the best of the University's students of voice
and instrument, by virtue of the participation
of the Department of Music.
Thespians can audition only those students
who voluntarily present themselves for vocal
and instrumental roles. Players will be pre
senting in such roles students who were re
quested to audition for them.
Players are obviously undertaking a com
mendable enterprise in their presentation of
"The Mikado." If they , are highly successful in
this venture, basically outside their field, they
are to be complimented.
However, the fact that they are stepping into
the field of another similar campus organization
and employing advantages not available to that
organisation should be kept in mind in passing
judgment on the desirability of continuing such
productions, and in comparing them with the
productions of the other organisations.
—Don Shoemaker
Gazette...
BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN T.V. PROGRAM. $ p.m.,
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• Catholic Youth Center
CABIN AND TRAILS DIVISION OF PENN STATE OUT
ING CLUB DIVISIONAL MEETING. 7:30 p.m.. 317
Willard
CATHOLIC YOUTH WEEK NEWMAN CLUB DAILY
ROSARY. 4:16 p.m., 209 Hetzel •Union
CHIMES, 4 p.m., Simmons Walnut Lounge
COURSE IN BASIC CONCEPTS OP JUDAISM, 7 p.m.,
Hiilel Foundation
COURSE IN INTERPRETATION OF BIBLE TEXT. 8 p.m.,
Hillel Foundation
DAILY COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF SENIOR BOARD,
6:46 p.m., 111 Carnegie
DAIRY SCIENCE CLUB, 7 p.m., 117 Dairy
NEWS AND VIEWS CANDIDATES AND STAFF, 6:80
- -
p.m.. 14 Home Economics
PI MU EPSILON, 3 p.m., 228 Sparks
PRE-VET CLUB. 7 p.m.,112 Buckhout
PHILOSOPHY CLUB. 7 :30 p.m.. 218 Hetzel Union
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 8 212. 213 Hetzel Union
SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MANAGE
MENT. 7 p.m., Lambda CM Alpha
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS, 7
p.m.. Mineral Science Auditorium
UNIVERSITY PARK PROMENADERS WORK SHOP,
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p.m., 100 Weaver
UNIVERSITY PARK PROMENADERS DANCE. 7:30 p.m.,
100 Weaver
CATHOLIC YOUTH WEEK NEWMAN CLUB DAILY
MASS AND COMMUNION, (1:110 a.m., Our Lady .ot
Victory Church
NEWMAN CLUB COMMUNION SNACK AFTER MASS,
7 am., Catholic Student Center
UNlVerfilif Hospital
Mariana Agnew, Joanne Bedenk, Louise Chaplinsky,
Edgar Cooper, Dorothy DeMay, Barbara ,Donnelly, Delbert
Ellis, John Johnson, Garry Kreisman, Rodney Morgan, John
Muntone, Paul North, Retts Smith, Richard Stillman, Den
nis Straiter, Alvin Yale..
Valve ...
Criticizes Editorials
TO THE. EDITOR: Almost every day that I
pick up The Daily Collegian, I find an editorial,
full of fire and fury, written by Jackie Hudgins.
That young lady, although writing with an
enormous and impressive vocabulary, consis
tently says little of value.
She is a martyr without a cause, a "man
without a star." Take for example Miss Hud
gins' statement in the Friday, Oct. 28, Collegian:
"Busloads of such people (Penn State students)
should not be taken to the United Nations."
Her reasoning is missing, but her usual blind
stabs at what she glibly calls "conformity" are
present. It seems to me that Miss Hudgins is
guilty of conforming to the fad of attacking
the plague of the day—conformity.
—Jon Plaut
University president and invited guests . . .
. The winter sports division has already
offered their services this year to the rink
management to arrange exhibitions, student in
struction, and an annual ice carnival at no ex
pense to the University. We feel that the final
decision as to the organization that may have
the privilege of sponsoring a student ice carni
val rests with Dean McCoy, but it would seem
that the winter sports division of the Penn
State Outing Club should have the privilege.
• Letter Cut
--Joseph L. Phillips
Winter Sports Division president
—Gordon McCartney
Outing Club president
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'News and Views' Staff
Staff members and candidates
for "News and Views," home eco
nomics publication, will meet at
6:30 tonight in 14 Home Eco
nomics for a general meeting.
Staff heads will meet following
individual staff meetings.
Little Man on-Ca
"I'm teaching four different courses In education. but
confidentially, I give the same lecture in all of them."
Russian Aid to Continue
U.S. May Send
Arms to Israel
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
It begins to appear that Israel will get arms if she really
needs them to insure her security, and thereby lessen the
chances of war in the Middle East which could spread to war
in the world.
The hope that Russia could be persuaded to call off ship
ment of Czech arms to Egypt is, fizzling. Russian statements
in Geneva Tuesday made it clear
that shipments will continue. The
Russian statement that the arms
will not be used to hurt Israel is
just another Russian statement.
The Russians have finally
brought into the open. however.'
an important factor in the whole
Middle East situation. Arming
•of Egypt represents counter
action against the "Northern
Tier" pact between Turkey.
Iraq. Iran. Pakistan and Britain.
say the Russians. And this is
partly true. Britain has stepped.
up her arms shipments to
Iraq. especially.
Russia, choosing to accept this
as a threat, 'made it a race by
tying up with Cairo and trying to
work herself •in with the' Arab
countries' which fought the pact,
Syria and Egypt, or which align
themselves with Egypt, as Saudi
Arabia and Lebanon.
This is a double dose of Com
munist disruptiveness, heighten
ing the trouble between Israel
and Egypt at the same time it
emphasizes the differences with
in the Arab world itself.
The American announcement
that Israel's appeals for arms
will be "considered." however.
opens the door on an idea which
has been avoided in previous
consideration of the problem.
One thing that the United States
and Britain have kept in mind
since the crisis developed is that
Israel had the edge when Czech
sales to Egypt were announced,
and they have been waiting to see
whether Egypt is actually going
to develop the power necessary
before any attack.
Also, they don't want to give
Israel the power to implement
her talk of preventive war. Such
a policy in South Korea prior to
June, 1950, eventually proved
very expensive, but it is one with
which the democracies are inher
ently stuck.
A controlled feeding of arms
to Israel might maintain the
balance while Egypt is still re
ceiving Communist material.
But it would also intensify the
danger to the rest of the world
if a new war developed any
way.
Before this thing simmers down,
the Western powers may yet have
to say what the United States
once said in an effort to put a
A~'t~.3:'~llJs~ ~
damper on Red Chinese ambitions
in the Far East—that an aggres
sor will have to expect powerful
retaliation. It just isn't in the
cards fir the big powers to let
these small countries set off fuses
which lead to explosive situations
in many directions.
Relations Club
Plans Panel
The International Relations
Club will hold a panel discussion
at 7:30 tonight in the Hetzel Un
ion Building auditorium.
The topic .will be the problem
of German unification.
The panel will consist of Dr.
Dagobert deLevie, assistant pro
fessor of German; Dr. Alfred G.
Pundt, professor of European his
tory; Dr. Vernon Aspaturian, as
sistant professor of political sci
ence; and Eugene Mares, associate
professor of economics.
Following the discussion there
will be a question and answer
period.
Fraternity Photographs
Scheduled For Tonight
Eight fraternities will have
group pictures taken tonight at
the Penn State Photo Shop.
The fraternities and the times
they report are: Delta Tau Delta,
8:45; Phi Delta Theta, 7; Phi Ep
silon Pi, 7:15; Phi Gamma Delta,
7:30; Phi Kappa, 7:45; Phi Kappa
Psi, 8; Delta Theta Sigma, 8:15;
Phi Kappa Tau, 8:30.
Housemothers will be included
in the pictures.
Dairy Science Club Meeting
The Dairy Science Club will
meet at 7 tonight in 117 Dairy.
Tonight on WDFM
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