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ROGER ALEXANDER, Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Larry Jacobson; Copy Editors, Pat Evans, Terry Leach; As
sistant:, J:rn Tuttle, Barbara Drum, Linda Segar, Joan Miller.
The News of the Year in Review
Today is the last day of publication of The
Daily Collegian for another semester. In the
few short months that have passed since last
September, many news stories of exceptional
interest to the students have appeared in the
pages of the Collegian. Here is our list of the
stories that we believe were the biggest stories
of the 1955-56 school year.
Perhaps the biggest story broke only last.
week when All-University Cabinet made a
recommendation to the board of trustees to
install a non-commercial AM radio station on
the campus. We hope by this time next year
the station will be in operation, a tribute to
the industrious work of the student body.
The only extra edition The Daily Collegian
put out this year came about Sunday December
II when a disasterous fire gutted Delta Sigma
Phi fraternity. The fire put a damper on Mili
tary Ball weekend activities, but the house has
been rebuilt since.
Another story that greatly affected the study
habits of students broke in December when the
borough council passed a resolution to allow
movies to be shown in the downtown theaters
on Sundays. We wonder how many students
flunked Monday morning blue-books as a result.
Our September 14 issue carried the story of
the new seating plan for Beaver Field. The
announcement turned into perhaps the greatest
gripe-issue of the semester. The seating plan
reverted back to its previous state after a few
weeks when students ignored the restriction.
In September, plans were announced for the
construction of a new multi-million dollar Hall
of Americas classroom building. At the present
Seniors: You've Been Done Wrong
For the second year in a row, Baccalaureate
services for the graduating seniors will be held
out of its usual place.
II has been the custom to hold the services
the day before graduation exercises. Last year
the dale was pushed back one day because
President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the
University for graduation exercises.
Again this year the date has been changed.
On the Hetzel Union calendar, Baccalaureate
services were scheduled for Friday June 8, pre
ceeding the Class Night program. Due to a mis
take in scheduling however, Baccalaureate
services have been pushed back a whole week
to this Sunday. Now, we are informed, it will
take' the place of regular Sunday Chapel sere
•ices.
We cant imagine seniors getting in the right
spirit for these pompous services even before
they have taken their final examinations. They
will be more interested in passing finals than
Safety
Join Sc ience and Society
TO THE EDITOR: Craig Sanders' editorial in
Thursday's Collegian is an interesting, if not
erroneous, point of view. It looks very good on
paper, but when taken in the light of historical
fact it doesn't stand up.
By placing faith in the Jeudo-Christian ethic.
we are placing faith in a body of knowledge
which many historians feel represent a para
dox. With its message of peace, this ethic has
been the greatest single instrument of blood
shed and slaughter in modern times.
The thing that I would hope for is an increas
ing development in the social sciences. The
world crisis of today is a development from the
poverty and want of large segments of the
world's population. Communism is not a cause
of the world illness, but merely a symptom of it.
Science is not responsible for the cultural lag
Mr. Sanders alludes to. society is. Religion has
proved itself unable to close the gap between
man's technological and his cultural develop
ment. It remains to give economics, sociology,
and psychology a shot at the problem.
Let us hope that the social sciences can
join with the physical sciences, and can narrow
the gap of the cultural lag. Western Democracy
can win the ideological struggle, given the right
tools, and outlook on the world.
—William Eisenberg
Difficult Choices
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of the 1956 Stu
dent Encampment Committee I would like to
express my appreciation for the many students
who patiently awaited interviews for the forth
coming Encampment at Mont Alto.
The annual task of selecting a group of rep
resentative undergraduates to attend a confer
ence such as this is a very difficult one. The
selection must be based on many different
factors such as class, activity, and individual
representation. A keen balance must be main
tained between these groups or the basic idea
of the Encampment program will be lost. in
addition, the students must be selected to par
ticipate in the workshop where he or she will
contribute and, also, absorb a maximum of
knowledge and ideas.
The idea of solving problems toward a better
Penn State must be instilled within those
students who have a maximum of lime remain
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rate of construction, the building will be com
pleted by this time next year.
Also in September. freshman cars were barred
from the campus for the first time. Since then
several students have been placed on probation
for violating the ruling.
A funny human interest story turned up in
the October 5 issue when two Sigma Chi fra.
ternity men kidnapped the Navy goat from
Annapolis. The students planned to let it go on
Beaver field during the homecoming game.
They were found out in their plotting, and the
mascot was returned to Navy before the game.
The first step tawards unproctored classroom
examinations was announced in the Collegian
on March 3rd when the Air Force ROTC an
nounced the establishment of an honesty pro
gram. To date, no violations of the honor code
have been found.
Among the other top news stories of the year
were the announcement of plans for new girls'
dormitories along College Avenue behind Sim-
mons Hall, more televised classes, and the
Senior Class' decision to purchase an ambu
lance for the infirmary as their class gift.
The staff members of The Daily Collegian
will lay their pencils and pads aside with today's
issue. On behalf of the entire staff of The Daily
Collegian, we would like to thank the student
body, faculty and administration for their help
and cooperation in getting out the paper every
day. The Daily Collegian will continue next
year its standards of serving the. student body
and working towards its ultimate goal—for a
better Penn State.
We'll see you all next year,
attending baccalaureate services at such an
early date.
Scheduling this service at a regular Sunday
Chapel seems to be a poor substitute. The only
provisions made for the seniors is the reserva
tion of the center section for them. Chapel will
probably be crowded with the usual Sunday
church-goers, and anyone that really wants to
get a seat in the center aisle can do so merely
by saying he is a senior. If this happens, it will
detract from the effect a Baccalaureate service
is supposed to create for the seniors.
We'll Imager that not too many seniors will
attend the service held in their honor this Sun
day. There is no incentive to attend a Bac
calaureate service under these conditions. We
hope the situation will be remedied next year,
as it is the last private spiritual service the
seniors attend together as a body. It is only
fair it should be kept this way.
Valve
Serrill's Faith Unsound
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: According to Ted
Serrill in his "Faith in Science" on Tuesday,
science will not only free us of many of our
present cares, and make life cheerful and ex
citing, but it will also prevent war or if it
occurs, corral it. We must put our faith in
science, he tells us, nowhere else:
But science, which is created by the logical
reasoning of man and which is dependent upon
the mind of man for its direction, is therefore
subject to both the strengths and weaknesses
of the human mind, both mentally and ethic
ally.
Great technical developments in the hands of
the perverted or ambitious, can be used for
destruction or even the annihilation of all peo
ples. Hitler, with his brilliant staff of scientific
minds and technical instruments, certainly
didn't have the welfare of all men in mind
when he set out to dominate the world.
So you see, Mr. Serrill, technical develop
ment alone, without the corresponding moral
obligation to utilize that progress for man's
benefit, will not necessarly result in a better
life for all.
No, faith in God is not secondary to science.
but is the basis for mares existence. Science
has provided a means of destroying man or of
providing the way for a better physical life.
Man's only hope for preservation is through his
efforts toward greater spiritual and moral de
velopment with the grace of God.
•Letter Cut
ing to contribute. Likewise, the committee had
to consider that each sixth semester applicant
had only nine more months to contribute to
the University. In some cases .a student from
a younger class was chosen on the basis of his
apparent potential leadership and the time he
or she had remaining to participate in the var
ious phases of student activities.
Many hours were spent dividing, analyzing,
and balancing these applicants according to
their class and their activities. The committee
sincerely feels that we have selected a fine
group of undergraduates to attend the fifth an
nual Encampment.
—Donald W. Reidenbaugh
1956 Encampment
Committee Chairman
Editorials represent We
viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper, the student
body or the University
a act of March 3. 1.373.
—The Editor
—The Editor
—Robert Neff
Carl Hiester
ittle Man on Campus
tzz, '
"Don't you worry about how they'll make a living—
just stress the importance of a college education."
pebbles on the shore
Fishbein on 's4'
Open the door of the partially glass-enclosed booth and look
around. Over in the corner is an arm chair. Make yourself inconspic
uous but alert, for you are the observer and this is the center of stu
dent entertainment seven nights a week.
It is the control booth of State College's answer to television.
Eighteen and a half hours a day words and music are wafted over
Centre County, entertaining the
farmers, the housewives, th e
small businessmen . . . the stu=
dents. We are in the central brain
of that most noted of radio sta
tions—WMAJ.
The kingfish of a three-hour
nightly period, the mastermind
who incites more wrath in one
minute than many students can
in a lifetime is a jolly little "San
ta Claus" with an eternal five
o'clock shadow. Meet Steve Fish
bein of Groovology 54 fame.
It appears to be a typical disk
jockey show, directed by a sol
emn, non-emotional voice which
some fans have called soothing.
Actually, Groovology is typical.
But the littl eknown truth is that
the behind the scenes events are
often wilder and more wacky
than the wackiest fraternity par
ty. Very little of this undercover
stuff seeps over the air, but what
does is enough to incite exclama
tions of wonder and annoyance
from Steve's uncountable listen
ers (count up or down as you
wish).
Remember that chair in the cor
ner of the control booth? Why not
sit back and take- in a typical
Groovology program as lived by
Fishbein and his many ."buddies."
ACT I
Steve is seated in his chair,
surrounded by turn tables, dials,
panels, and a haze of cigarette
smoke. He is not alone. Is he ever
alone? .Tonight friend Harry is
keeping him company. Harry,
who goes by the last name of
Davis when he attempts to be
formal, works for the station and
is around nearly every, night.
The first hour of the program
is likely to contain Steve's spe
cial allotment of rock and roll
records. He openly distains them
and is liable to go to great lengths
to knock them on the air. He al
ways has hopes of receiving irate
phone calls, particularly when he
has a visitor. Steve loves to show
off to his audience.
Of the new rage, Elvis Presley,
Steve ventured, "Here's a fellow
whose records were banned at a
station in Nova Scotia and should
be banned here." One fellow rings
the control room phone, calling
Steve an idiot for such a remark.
He ends with the fear-striking
statement, "You'd better watch
your step, buddie."
Here comes a group of kids
with a special request. These re
quests are always doomed to fail
ure. Steve prides himself on be-
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1956
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by led serrill
ing a GOOD disk jockey. He is so
conscientious, in fact, that he
chooses all the records for the
show hours ahead of time. Some
will claim that he does this be
cause it is a rule of the station,
but, knowing Steve, we know this
just couldn't be the reason.
ACT II
The 11 p.m. news break comes
and while the national 15 min
ute broadcast comes through, the
evening refreshments float in,
usually carried by the sturdy
hands of Harry the Workhorse or
one of the others working for the
station. Occasionally, tonight
Steve loses the debate as to who
gets coffee and has to go himself.
A State College tragedy.
The sports results are read. In
this baseball mad country, every
one wants to know the big ques
tion—who won? Steve claims he
does his best to satisfy these de
mands by reading all scores clear
ly and with great forethought. He
only interjects praise for the Pi
rates every 30 seconds instead of
every 15 as he would like to.
So what happens? Two min
utes after the scores are read, the
phone rings. Some character
wants to know how the Phillies
did that evening. This wouldn't
be so bad, Steve claims, but he
burns at the thought of having to
calmly point out that the Phillies
didn't even play that day. This
is a sign of a true fan.
ACT 111
Over the air, the third hourly
period is generally pretty rou
tine. A long playing album or. two
is played. One would little sus
pect that on e of the infamous
Fishbein study sessions is getting
underway.
When the tedium of remaining
constantly on the alert changing
records, reading commercials, and
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