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MIKP, IFEIShILBLit Editor
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Mkt• Isloyls; Copy Editors. Barbara Budnick, Ed Dubbs; As
-+ . l tu., k Difto4 Jim Kopp, Ituth 13i11i4, Hannah Vio-han, Elaine Huberrnan.
Cam!)ling, Groping, Guessing Game: Grr!
V+, begmhing ea< h semester, the
stud. nt into the hidden my:Aerie, of hi,
'2 - •ent ;wadable. he play, the unwilling role
cet g , iiill , lt9 . , gue.,,f:r, and groper-in-the-dark.
p;orriW4' , that the ptofe.:sorN listed fur the
t.ea ..- and the .I . Ct 1 , .11 t h e prof , who wilt
tr,e h the four-e.
I 1 eu '.0.11:11 no ptote--,i,oi at all ei ft-tett
And lie groin--; in the hope that he won't hi
i•-iiiiiiierged in the serni-darknes , -, of video eclu
iiition too often
Bid all too often, rt'•• all to vain. And, in
val: 1 , the student is left with three questions:
1. Why aren't the professors who will teach
the courses listed in many—too many—cases?
C'.•rtatn!y most educators will agree that the
teaching abilities of professors differ•. Cei
lamb'', one• would think, educators would agree
that the , tudent should enjoy the right to select
the piofey.or horn whom he feels he can get
th, most
Tin , right r, a cur et,:tone of academic free
dom, a freedom which, history shows, origi
nated with and hit students In many courses.
thr• ptofe , ,,or makes the course worth taking.
When no nrofes , or h,ted • the student has to
got
For multi-section course., flay V. Watkins,
,chechiling officer explains. departmpnts do not
know how many legiz,trants to expect. Hence,
thee do not know, at the time timetables go to
pro-;, how ITI,IIIV or which professors will be
Cabinet Laughs First
TO THE EDITOR: At the last Cabinet meeting
its members hit an all time low in student rep
reA•ntation. A Cabinet member proposed the
estabh,liment of a Student Opinion Commit
tee which would permit students to express
their ideas, ,iiggestions, and opinions that con
cern them.
By defeating this proposal Cabinet is saying
in effect that the ideas, suggestions, and opin
ions of students are not worth hearing.
Although not a member of Cabinet, I de
fended this motion because it can only result
in the better interests of the students. How
ever Cabinet didn't think so.
All during my defense some members of
Cabinet concerning themselves with laughter.
extemporaneous remarks. and general disre
spect, implying that I had no business being
there.
Perhaps this falls in line with the defeat of
the motion. Cabinet members show little con
cern for what "outsiders" have to say,
—Harry Martini
Editor's Note
In Thursday's issue of The Daily Collegian,
a letter to the editor appeared, charging the
head of a academic department with requiring
students to buy two issues of a magazine for
the clearly implied reason that the department
head, who is also editor of the magazine, makes
a profit from this enforced sale.
The implication that the editor of the maga
zine publishes it as a business for his own
profit, or for anyone's profit, is entirely false.
The magazine is the official publication of
a non-profit educational association of college
and high school teachers. Because it is printed
in ,State College, it can be distributed to stu
dents without postage expense; hence, they
secure it at a cost of 25 cents per issue, rather
than at the regular price of 50 cents.
The Daily Collegian regrets having carried
this false implication.
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But how about advanced courses? Couldn't
this information be made available during the
registration period?
2. Why. in some cases in which the professor
is listed in the timetable, does a different pro
fessor turn up in class at its first meeting?
Sometimes, Mr. Watkins explains, fewer stu
dents register for a course than was antici-
paled. So some professors are relieved of that
course and assigned to a more heavily sched
uled one.
Rut how then explain the professor who
glibly declares: "Well. Professor Snarf and I
decided to switch sections"?
3. Why can't courses offered by television
be so listed in the timetables?
Some students object strongly to having to
get their lectures remotely, from a flickering
screen. They shouldn't have to take them.
Some students prefer television. They should
be able to schedule it. Some students who
strongly object find themselves with two or
three television courses—six or nine hours
of screen staring each week. They've had it.
We realize the television experiment is es
sential because Penn State is short staffed and
short spaced. But to subject the student who
doesn't like television to six hours a week of it
is to engage in an experiment in torture.
In vain, the student asks these three ques
tions. We hope they will soon be answered in a
serious vein. April 9 to 16 is Academic Freedom
Week.
Valve
Who Laughs Last?
TO THE EDITOR: At several Cabinet meetings
of the present Cabinet, members have expressed
disrespect for students who are not Cabinet
members, and who spoke at Cabinet meetings.
Laughing at, scorning, and showing contempt
for the "man on the Mall" and his opinion add
incentive for the "marl on the Mall" to laugh
at, scorn, and disrespect Cabinet.
Cabinet members are no better than the next
man and should not view outsiders as "odd
balls" or "three dollar bills". I believe these
remarks apply to each and every member, with
out exception, at one meeting or another.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Who Is 'We'?
TO THE EDITOR: Miss Jacqueline Hudgins'
letter concerning the issue of exempting grad
uating seniors from final exams represents
one of the finest pieces of obstinacy that I've
read in this column.
Miss Hudgins writes, "In a writing course
where ability is determined by development of
skill a two-hour examination is no measure of
the student's comprehension . . ." Being of
liberal mind, I hesitate to think that she infers
by the above statement that a writing course
requires development of skill while many other
courses do not.
I'm sure many professors will be somewhat
shocked to learn that they have been teaching
courses requiring no skill.
Throughout her article she refers to "we."
For example, "We don't like finals either and
we suggest that they be thrown out along
with eight o'clocks, Saturd-av classes .. ." I saw
only one signature to the article, but am very
much interested in learning what mysterious
group she represents . . .
sLetter cut
—Curtis R. Seyler
EDITORS NOTE: In signed newspaper edi
torials and columns it is traditional that the
writer may use either the pronoun "we" or
"I", according to his preference, when stat
ing opinion.
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INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ON GOVERNMENT,
7 p.m.. 103 Willard
University Hospital
Paul Brann. Anna Crinibring, Catherine Hoika, Michael
Kubica, Robert McKee, George MacCubbin, Leroy Miller.
Glenn Rees. Mary Royer. Charles Schooley, Karl Schwenz
icier, Michael Shapiro, Jakob Stekol, Ronald Strong, Dale
Weller, James Wyatt, Larry Miller, Roger Roberts. and
Bernard Actanan.
=tonsils represent the
viewpoints of the writer...
not necessarily the polity
ist the paper. the student
body. Of the university.
the ■ct of March 3. 11373
—The Editor
—Bruce J. Lieske
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Froth Circulation Staff
Will Meet Tuesday
The Froth circulation staff will
meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Hetzel Union assembly hall to dis
cuss Froth sales.
Promotions within the staff will
be announced, according to Bob
Gellman, co-circulation director.
Little Man on Campus
"Th" Signa Phi Nothings aren't pledging t' same
calaber of boys they used to."
ook Who's on Assignment
Together
What's all this about AIM Board of Governors wanting to start
a "Community Living Plan?" The way we hear it, they're interested
in having men and women students live together in the residence
halls to be built in coming years. Not a bad idea at all, men;
but it'll never work.
Why? Let's face it, something like this is
for even this campus, but in case
you're still serious about the
whole thing, here's how you better
go after it:
First, it would help if you let
All-University Cabinet in on
the matter. You can leave IFC
out if you want, but please,
not Cabinet. Also, you could
strengthen your position some
what if the Deans of Men and
Women were let in on it, and
particularly, if they approved.
When All-University Cabinet
appoints one of its many com
mittees to thrash out the diffi
culties, make sure you have a
couple of AlM'ers to help out.
Next, we're assuming that
Cabinet will pass the matter
with no heated debate, because
most of them are men anyway,
and you know how they'll go for
something like this. Now all you
have to do is sneak it past the
Administration and you have it
made.
Here then, is our plan: put the
women on the first floor, the men
on the second, and so on. After a
while, the thing'll be accepted
with no fuss at all. But you better
watch out for any freshman you
get in there. They're fresh out of
high school and'll try anything
"just for kicks." Next thing you
know, they'll be wanting mixed
roommates, and we're sure your
original plan never called for that.
At least, we think we're sure.
After due consultation, though.
we find several loopholes in
your plan. First of all, are the
women to have the same hours
as the men? Or will the men
have to be in at 11 each night?
You'd better think this one over
pretty good. because a lot of
guys wouldn't exactly go for
that.
We are also presuming in your
plan that everyone would eat
together too. Not a bad idea.
because maybe that'd make the
women take their own trays
back for a change. Or maybe
the other way around. Maybe
even the men would have wait
ers for a change.
OK, AIM, go to work. Better
set up some sort of quota system
though, or you'll have a lot of
town independents on your back.
Let us know how you make out.
ICG to Meet Monday
The Intercollegiate Conference
On Government will meet at
7 p.m. Monday in 108 Willard. The
group will debate platform planks
for the March 10 Model National
Political Convention.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1956
By JACKIE HUDGINS & RON WALKER
Council Sets Up
Food System
A permanent representative
system with the Food Service will
be coordinated through Freshman
Council, Women's Student Gov
ernment Association subsidiary.
Freshman Council elected repre
sentatives from each freshman
dormitory.
These representatives will se
lect a chairman who will nego
tiate with the dieticians on food
problems and the possibility of
tours through the kitchens.
The freshman foods representa
tives will work as a separate
group because women living in
Thompson have different fo o d
problems.
Freshman Council is continuing
to make plans for the Freshman
Tea, which will be held on March
11 in Atherton lounge. Commit
tees have been set up and invita
tions will be sent out to Univer
sity women.
Council representatives were
asked to remind freshman wom
en to check their activities cards
in the dean of women's office to
see if they are up to date. These
are the cards to which Cwens re
fer when it is selecting members.
APhio Will Sponsor
Spring Smoker Monday
Alpha Phi Omega, national ser
vice fraternity, will hold its Spring
rushing smoker at 7:30 p.m. Mon
day at Alpha Gamma Rho.
Membership requirements in
clude previous scouting exper
ience, a 2.0 All-University aver
age, and a desire to be of service
on campus.
William Moorhead, executive
scouting adviser, will speak.
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