PAGE FOUR Published 'Needs, through , Saturday stormings daring the University year. the Daily Collegian is a student operated newspaper. Entered a■ second-claaa matter July 5, 1934 at the State College. Ps. Post Office ender MIKE FIKINSILBER. Editor MIKE MILLER. Asisoriate Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Rog Alexander; Copy Editors, Becky Zahm, Terry Leach; As sistantg, Clark Polak, Pauline Metza, Thom Shiels. Fire Inspection: A Spark Is Lit At long last, something is being done about Workshop on Student-Town Relations, and to potAtial hazards to the health and welfare of Town Independent Men, the Association of In non-campus students. dependent Men's unit which represents the off- The Alpha Fire Company, starting Monday, campus male students. is going to inspect State College buildings to Ironically, it is the student who lives down see if they are fire hazards, town who traditionally plays the smallest role We hope w e e are not over optimistic in read- in student government. If the inspection is suc ing into this news an assumption that the Bor- cessful, downtown students might well ponder ough of State College, the University admini- what other benefits may be derived from exer stration, and student government is finally cising their voice in student government. showing an awareness of the often-ignored Borough Council also showed respect for downtown student, students in approving the recommendations of Fife inspection, however, is a start, not a Town Independent Men which originated the finish. Health inspections of rented rooms— inspection plans. We cannot help but feel, how and of downtown restaurants—is a logical sec- ever, that Borough Council had a responsibility and step. to act a long time ago on this matter. We wilt be shocked if the firemen report It should have had a standard procedure for no hazards to safety. Any student who has regular inspection of homes in State College. looked for a room in downtown residences We hope that such machinery will be another knows that hazards do exist. outgrowth of the current inspection. The inspection itself will be useless, obvious- The University, too, has a responsibility to ly, unless it is followed through with action. the downtown student. Concern by the Uni- Until fire hazards are no longer in existence in versify with conditions in town sometimes steps State College houses, the inspection will not on some State College toes. But students who be a success, live in town cannot justifiably be ignored by The State College Board of Health might well the University in the name of good public follow the lead of the fire company and in- relations with the townspeople. spect living units downtown for adequate light- Members of the Alpha Fire Company de ing, wiring, windows, beds, ventilation, bath- serve most of the credit for the inspection. room facilities, and cleanliness. Crowded con- ' These men are giving up time to serve without ditions, too, should be eliminated. pay in the public interest. The plight of the downtown student is not After the inspection is completed, we hope a handsome one. His treatment appears to have the four bodies which brought it about—the been that of the black sheep in the University University administration, the Borough offi family. But the black sheep might become the cials, the student leaders, and the students who skeleton in the closet if he continues to be live in town—will not resume their lethargy ignored, of old. Some credit can go to student government, Much remains to be done particularly the 1955 Student Encampment `Double Jeopardy:' Is Several student judicial groups have been established at the University to recommend dis ciplinary action when students "get in trouble." These groups are inadvertently doing an in justice to many of those students upon whom they are asked to pass judgment. This is true in the sense that most of the students who appear before these groups have already paid in quite sufficient measure for the act of which they were found guilty. The tag phrase "double jeopardy" is often attached to incidents of this type by those in volved and by those who hear of them. Such a designation may be correct or incorrect, de pending upon an individual's point of view. It is correct, in essence, since a hearing by one of these groups represents the second time which a student is asked to answer for his of fense. It is incorrect in the technical sense that the student is being tried the second time under the catch-all phrase, "conduct detrimental to the good name of the University. There are many justifications, in the eyes of the University, for a student to appear be fore one of the disciplinary groups after al ready having paid one penalty. Most of these are based upon the premise that a student is a citizen of both the University and of the Borough, and, therefore, subject to the juris diction of both. Another theory University officials may have in mind is that adequate use of discipline of the correct type is in itself educational. Officials also may feel that downtown en forcement is based strictly upon what the stu- Safety Valve Television Tears TO THE EDITOR: 1 . • have untiringly and un relentingly avoided TV sections, but today!— today a most dastardly occurance. Arriving at a non-TV political science course, the class was cheerfully informed: You are in a TV section (you didn't know it —we snuck up on you). It is most unfair to force students to take a course by TV—the only other alternative being to drop the course. There is plenty of room in 10 Sparks for everybody and the prof has a nice little mike so everybody can hear just fine. But the prof is shuttled off to a room by himself and the class to various other rooms to enjoy the "bene fits" of television and participate in a fine and noble experiment which they wanted nothing to do with in the 'first place. Please, if we want to look a 'The Original Sin' To Be Shown Tonight The German language film, "Der Apfel ist ab," or "The Origi nal Sin," with English sub-titles, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. to night in the Mineral Sciences aud itorium. .The movie, sponsored by the German department, will also be shown at 3 p.m. tomorrow in 121 Sparks. Both showings are open to the public free at charge. II 'BMW grittlrgiatt Successor to THE FREE LANCE, tot. Mt MEO4 *: ~4 /I * 1 TV, we can Gates Named to Fill Home Economics -Post Ruth E. Gates of Whittier Col lege, Whittier, Calif., has been appointed instructor in clothing and textiles. After receiving her bachelor of science degree from the Univer sity of Nebraska and her master's degree from Kansas State College, Miss Gates worked for two years with the Bureau of-Human Nutri tion and Home Economics in Washington. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA JACK ALBRECHT, Business Manager It Just? dent does and the attendant repercussions, while a University group will have the time and interest to delve more deeply into motives and causes of such behavior, and benefit the student in that way. However valid this reasoning may appear, it can hardly justify further persecuting a student who has already, in the eyes of the law of the community, paid in full for his misdeed. Tribunal or Judicial cases often result in un necessary and damaging publicity to the stu dent involved. But if such cases are heard, they are public domain, and it is the duty of a newspaper to report them, accurately and com pletely. This is necessary because justice has never been known to function properly at length with out the focus of the eyes of public opinion up on it's processes. The newspaper represents the public and reports to it. One possible solution to the problem might be for University officials to establish an under standing with Borough officials by virtue of which they would decide mutually, when a student becomes involved in difficulty, under whose jurisdiction the offense should fall. A joint committee made up of University and Borough offiicals, and perhaps some students, might be established for this purpose. The situation as it now exists is generally undesirable. It is. of sufficient importance to warrant study and consideration of any pos sible suggestions for improvement which may be forthcoming. Gazette Today DAILY COLLEGIAN DUSINESS STAFF. 2 p.m., 108 Willard Tomorrow ALPHA DELTA SIGMA, 7:30 p.m., Delta Chi FILM. 7:15 p.m.. HMO JEWISH FOLK DANCE GROUP. 2 p.m. for beginners. 3 o.m. for advanced. Hißel LION PARTY CLIQUE MEETING, 7 p.m.. 121 Sparks LOX AND BAGEL BRUNCH. H a.m.. Hilted LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, FILMS, 6:30 p.m., Lutheran Student Association University Hospital David Abernethy. David Bamford, Bruce Beattie Joanne Bedenk, Cordon Connors, Mary Grove, Patricia Hile, Lou mane Kann. John Maher, Lee Nearing, William Nye. Atm Pal, Suzanne Pink, Karl Schwenzfeier, John Springer, Glen Thierwechter, Sandra Trexler, and Terry Woodvine. go home. Or why not just print up the pro ., fessors' lectures and distribute them. Wouldn't that be a stupendous idea? Down with TV sections! 1E41110041s represent the viewpoints of the writers, not neceissarliy the policy of the paper. the student body. or the University. the act of March 3, 1813 —The Editor —AI Klimcke —Elizabeth Trend Parcel! Oil Painting Placed in Waring Hall An oil painting by Malcolm Par cel!, entitled, "Something About Fall," has been presented to the University by an anonymous donor. The painting, which depicts a colorful autumn scene with a bench in the foreground, has been placed in Waring Hall. Little Man on Campus "Say, those were pretty tough 'first-week' assignments, huh Book Review `Mr. Hamish Gleave' If it were possible for one to be objective, some of today's most fascinating literature would be summed up in Mr. Hamish Gleave, a new novel by Richard Llewellyn, which has just been published by Doubleday. Mr. Hamish Gleave is the story of a British foreign offi cer who defects to the commun ists. It is based presumably on sev eral recent happenings in the news, the most important perhaps, that _of the Burgess-MacClean case. Hamish Gleave is an official in the British foreign office. His position is an important one, but his position in life is that of a resentful member of the squeezed-in middle class. As a diplomatic official, he deals in lives and fortunes and the fu tures of countries. After hours, he worries about sending his children to school and the mort gage on the house. It is this flaw in Mr. Cleaver's character —that he resents the anomaly between his official and his per sonal life—which leads to his downfall and the ultimate de struction of his integrity. Events -happen swiftly in this book. We follow Mr. Gleave in his perergrinations around Europe and England for a relatively short time. During this time we are al most astonished that such a great change can come over our hero and cause him to throw over the training of many years and go over to the other side. One has the feeling that the author is writing much fact into this fiction, particularly in the group of remarkable characters who consciously and uncon sciously pave the way for Mr. Gleave's dovinfall, We have, of course, the sensuous woman of the world who becomes Glea ver's mistress, a pair of osten sibly innocent Hungarian cul tural attaches who appeal to his innate concern for humanity, and a powerful and brilliant So viet spy Who persuades him through the force of intellect that he is doing the light thing to defect. Coupled with these characters are some extremely despicable British subjects: the foreign min isters, a product' of the "party," his under-secretary, who is a "yes man," and other indigenous Brit ish public servants who, taken together, present a thoroughly re prehensible group. For many years we have heard paeans of praise for the British foreign officers and the British foreign service. If the characters we meet in Mr. Hamish Cleave are anywhere near the truth, we have indeed been hoodwinked. One can but hope that the author has picked out the black sheep for his book. The reader will find in Mr. Hamish Gleave a book filled with witicisms of a highest or der. Writing of-people to whom the polished work and phrase is SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 11: 1954 By Bibler By DAVID R. MACKEY second nature. the author him self uses such diction to height en the story. Some portions will be very dif ficult for American readers, for the book is written in the modern British idiom, and we are simply not acquainted with some of the expressions used. To summarize, Mr. Hamish Gleave is an impor tant book, hard to read, and some times abstruse. I have the feeling that it's overly sentimental in its treatment of the majority of weak-willed characters who in habit the pages in such profusion. I also have a feeling that the au thor is much too sympathetic with his main characters. Be that as it may, the reader will find a considerable amount to think about in the realm of loyalty to a country in the world today. Summer Jobs In Ag Ec, Stat, Sciences Open The U.S. Department of Agri culture has announced a number of summer jobs for college stu dents in the fields of agricultural economics, statistics, and bio logical and plant sciences. Applications for the summer positions should be filled out and returned to the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., by Feb. 15. Application blanks may be picked up at the local post office, or from Kenneth H. Mey ers, .agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agricul ture, in 2D Weaver. These positions are with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., and in var ious branches throughout th e United States. Graduating seniors are not eli gible for these summer positions. Collegian Business Staff The Daily Collegian Business staff will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday in 108 Willard. 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