PAGE FOUR Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the University year. the Daily Collegian is a student ed newspaper Entered al second-clam matter Jule 6. 1934 at the State College. Pa. Poet °Mee Under the set et Marsh h. 1879. MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor 4630.. ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager Managing Editor, Roger Midler; City Editor, Don Shoe- Coi l Asst. F flu e s. c M o grs ;in Joh; a Kine a tf, Dorothea dvr Erdys i Fried;Ll Adv maker: Copy Editor. Dotty Stone; Sports Editor , Roy WM Co- Circulation Schwab, i ionA ehA li s ir tin " e e l r Citaffman Hams: Editorial Director, Jackie Hudgins: Society Editor, Promotion Mgr., Delfts Hoopes: Co-Personnel Mgrs., Aletta Ines Althouse: Assistant Sports Editor: Ron Gatehouse: Pho- Manbeck. Connie Anderson; Office Mgr., Ann Kenn': Classi fied Adv. Mgr., Peggy Davis: Secretary. LII Melko: R h tography Editor. Ron Walker; Senior Board, Ron Leik. and Records Mgr— Virginia Latehaw. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Nan Showalter; Copy Editors, Sue Conklin, Vince Carocci; As sistants, Becky Zahm, Marian Beatty, Bob Franklin, Nancy Hankins, Lenore Hamilton. Ad Staff, Clair Murray, Mona Signorino. Why Aren't There Enough Collegians? The circulation methods of The Daily Col-legian each, the payment made by them would legian have come under fire from many guar- have to be hiked considerably, since it would ters this semester. Since students should cer- be impossible for the paper, in its present tainly know what they are getting for their eight-page format, to increase its advertising money, we believe an explanation of the Col- revenue to a point where one paper could be legian's circulation methods and the financial printed for each student. And an increase in factors involved is in order. pages on a regular basis is financially impos- Undergraduate students last year contributed sible at present. $22,491.70 to the paper. Each undergraduate Therefore, if one Collegian were printed for student was assessed $2.20 for the Collegian each student the present assessment probably for the year through fees paid to the University. would have to be doubled. The total expenditures of the paper are $3B,- But in the method of Collegian circulation, 802.07. Thus, it can be readily seen that students critics of the paper have had a legitimate corn did not entirely support the paper, but paid plaint, the results of a recent study by the for only 58% of the cost of publication. The circulation staff show. remainder of the paper's income was derived The study shows that Collegian has been from advertisers, a revenue source which can distributing one paper for every 1.5 persons in vary greatly from year to year. the dormitories, one paper for every 2.6 men The $38,802.07 spent by Collegian enabled it in fraternities, and only one paper for every to publish 150 times during the school year 6.1 students residing in town. These figures with 6000 copies being printed daily. do not include over 1000 copies which are avail- Of these 6000 copies, 5400 were available for able in the Hetzel Union Building every publi student consumption. The other 600 were distri- cation day. buted to subscribers 'or sent to other colleges Clearly an inequity exists and the distrilni on an exchange basis. Lion method will he re-aligned starting Tues- The number of undergraduate students on day. Less papers will be distributed in the campus who contributed to Collegian totaled dormitories and more in town. In addition, a 10,969 which meant that there was one paper distribution point with 500 papers available available for every 2.03 contributors. This ratio will be set up at the Collegian office in the is closely in line with the percentage of income basement of Carnegie Hall primarily for the Collegian derives from student fees. benefit of town independents. The point that most critics of Collegian circu- But since one paper will still only be available lation seem to miss is that undergraduate stu- for every two undergraduate students the corn dents are not assessed enough to pay for one plaints will probably still come. The only way Collegian to be printed for each student. Rather, this situation can be made 'compatible to all students pay toward the support of a student is for students to remember to share the paper publication and on the basis of their payment and for townspeople, graduate students, and and Collegian's total income only one paper faculty members to respect the right of the can be made available for every two students. students to the publication they help pay f6r. If students paid enough to receive one Col- —The Senior Board Why Don't We Have a University Book Store? When Engineering Student Council went on to sell books at a lower rate than the corn record as approving a university book store mercial stores are able to do is erroneous. For it marked the fourth time this semester official even though the co-operative would be• set up mention has been made of such an establish- for the purpose of service to the student and ment. ' not for profit, it could not mark down hew This may be an indication of student enter- book prices which are fixed by the publishing prise and ingenuity, but it does not reflect care- company. ful thinking and logical decisions. Students who object to "high" text book A student-run store might seem desirable for prices should realize the expense involved in several reasons. printing a book and keep in mind that state 1) It might ease the crowded conditions in the three existing book stores at the beginning of semesters. _ 2) It might mean text books at a reduced price. 3) It might alleviate the problem created when the three book stores sell all copies of a certain edition before the student need is met. Thus, the need for a University book store. Or more accurately, the apparent need for a University book store. One of the major objections to operating a co-operative is that of expense. No matter how much student help could be solicited, a full time manager would have to be employed to take care of supervision, ordering, personnel, and bookkeeping. After paying his salary, rent ing or buying a store building, and paying operating expenses, little money would be left over to refund to student investors (as co operatives often do). A balanced budget could not be insured. The idea that a co-operative would be able Today INTERLANDIA FOLK DANCE, 7 p.m., 100 Weaver SABBATH EVE SERVICES, 8 p.m., Hillel Committee Counsel Disents on Firings WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Th— Counsel for a Senate Civil Serv ice subcommittee said today that only a fraction of those govern ment employees listed as fired un der the Eisenhower security pro gram were actually discharged under the order that set up the program. Paul E. Hadlick, the counsel, said he had checked with every agency listed on a Civil Service Commission report which said 3,- 586 had been dropped between May 28, 1953 through June 30, 1955. The CSC report said these peo ple had been "terminated be cause of security questions falling within the purview" of the Presi dent's executive order which set up the program in May, 1953. The Eattg Calirgtatt Successor to THE FREE LANCIA. NS. UM Gazette ••• Tax Hearings Solidify GOP HARRISBURG, Dec. 1 (JP)—Re publican and Democratic mem bers alike agreed tonight that two days of public hearings on the ad ministration's proposed manufac turers' excise tax did much to clear away the misunderstandings cloaking the bill. Chairman Edward J. Kessler (R-Lancaster) said his opinion re mains unchanged in that no argu ments brought out have convinced him to vote for the tax. However, Kessler and his com mittee of 10 Republicans and six Democrats reserved a final deci sion on the bill until proposed ad ministration amendments are in serted and until after a meeting Sunday night of the House-Sen ate Republican Policy Comndttee. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA funds helped pay for their grade and high school books whereas state funds do• not buy their college texts. Compared to retail prices of novels and even cook - books text, books are not "high". It is a recognized problem that occasionally the stores sell out particular books before all the students enrolled in the course buy a copy. But this is not reason enough for starting "our own store". A more direct solution would be to encourage the faculty to make available to book store managers more accurate book lists for courses and estimate the number of students who will probably enroll in the course, keeping in mind the newness of the edition to determine the availability of second-hand copies. Student initiative should not be dampened. Neither should co-operatives be downed. But sporatic efforts along shaky lines toward ques tionable ends must be intelligently considered— then crystalized or dropped altogether. —Jackie Hudgins Tomorrow JAZZ CONCERT, 9 p.m., Millet Navy Diver Freed After 9 Hour Wait SOLOMONS,. Md., Dec. 1 ((1 1 ) Numb with cold, a 35-year-old Navy diver was rescued from 120 feet of water in the Patuxent River tonight after being sub merged nearly nine hours on what was to have been an 18- minute dive. Fifteen other Navy divers, working in relay teams' of three each, finally disentangled Joseph R. Tallarico's snarled lines from a sunken anchor and he was hoisted slowly to the surface. Tallarico, whose chief com plaint during the long rescue op eration was that, "It's cold as hell down here," was placed in a de compression chamber at the Na vy's diving school here to ward off the "bends." Although he appeared limp when hoisted aboard a 40-foot diving launch and stripped off his heavy gear, Tallarico soon sat up and smiled. liditoriais represent the viewpoints of the writers, net nereuarily the polio, et the paper. the student body. or the Univers ity. Little Man on Ca "Better not bother him he's tryin' to study for a test tomorrow." the News I:== Frenchlndividualism Impairs Government By J. M. Roberts • Associated Press News Analyst There's been a good bit of talk lately- of the danger that France, trying to get some order into her government, might turn to some form of totalitarianism. Most observers don't put much stock in it. They expect France to go right on rocking along just about the way she, has, with, as the saying goes, one political par ty for each Frenchman. The present crisis, however, em phasizes the straits to which re publican government can be brought by all this individualism. Finding it impossade, as al ways. to get the National As sembly to settle down on either domestic or foreign policy while the country staggers around like a weak old man. Prender Faure decided new elections held the only hope of solidifying enough right-of-center strength to make real government' possible. • The deputies, however, didn't want to face the voters, and re fused to approve on a point ef confidence, requiring Faure to re sign. Faure now retaliates by dis solving Parliament, which he has a constitutional right to do under a provision designed to keep the Assembly from kicking out gov ernments too often. So Faure can get his election anyway. A system originally designed to prevent concentra tion of power in individual hands finally moves full circle to the point where the premier can overrule Parliament. Underlying the whole business are two things. Faure and former Premier Men des-France are fighting for con trol of the center forces to which they both belong, with - Faure slightly on the right, and Mendes- France slightly on the left. Even when joined, their forces are ef fective only in coalition govern ments. This makes for rule down the center, while France is actually leftist and the Communists form the largest party. But no body.will join the Communists to vire them a controlling coalition. Just why Faure thinks new elec tions might produce sufficient centralization of power to permit effective government is not too clear. They never have, since the republic was formed 78 years ago. If, instead, elections should fur ther disperse political power, as seems possible, the fear that a "strong man" government could move in would be enhanced. The Communists seem to see something in the situation that Faure does not. Most observers believe they are weaker than at the time of the last elections. Yet they have given evidence of wel coming the new ones. Perhaps just for the sake of the chaos they love so well. Perhaps not. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1955 pus Tito to Visit Ethiopia, Egypt BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec. 1 (EP) President Tito left Bel grade tonight en route to Ethiopia and 'Egypt for state visits. He will be absent from his country more than a month. All Yugoslavia's top leaders at tended the going-away ceremony at the railroad station, where Tito boarded the presidential train for Rijeka Fiume. He is to sail from that Adriatic port tomorrow aboard the. naval training ship Galeb for Ethiopia. The President is to spend about two weeks in Addis Ababa, capi tal of Ethiopia, returning the visit to Yugoslavia last summer of Em peror Haile Selassie. On his way home Tito will stop in Egypt. Special significance is seen here in this part of the trip since Tito has been mentioned as a possible mediator between Egypt and the West—at odds since Cairo's arms deal • with Commun ist-ruled Czechoslovakia. Tito met Egyptian Premier Ga mal Abdel Nasser last February when Tito was returning from his state visits to India and Burma. Theta Sig to Sell LaVie Reprints Theta Sigma Phi, women's na tional professional journalism fra ternity, is selling reproductions of LaVie fraternity and sorority . group pictures to fraternity and sorority members. The 8 by 10 inch reproductions. which will be made from the neg atives taken for the 1956 LaVie, will sell for 75 cents each. Theta Sigma Phi members will distribute proofs of the pictures to fraternity and sorority presi dents. The president of each group will be able to take orders for one week. Tonight on WDFM 91.1 lINGACYCLIS 7:99 Sign Oa . 7:90 Just for Two 3 :30 Nswe Rolando. ,9:00 - .. Light Classical Jass 10:81 -- —.—. gigs Olt Bible
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