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MIKE MOYLE. Acting Editor
Dranna Soltis Asut. Bu.%<ne«s Manager; Arnold Hoffman, Local
l>w Conklin. Managing Editor; Ed Dublin. City Editor: Fran kdv. Mgr.; Janice Andernon, National Adr. Mgr.; Anne
Fanucri, Sports iditvr; Becky 7.ilim, Copy Editor; Vince (.«t»n and David Posca. Co-Circulation Mgrs.; Arthur Brener,
Caroeci. Aanintant Sporta Editor; Evie Onsi, Featare* Editor; Promotion Mgr.; Jo Fulton, Personnel Mgr.; Harry Vaver-
Dave Bavar. Photography Mitar. haunt. Office Mgr.: Barbara Shipman. Classified Adv. Mgr.;
Ruth Howland. Secretary: Inne Groff. Research and Rec*
ords Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Pat Hunter; Copy Editors, Terry Leach, Lianne Cordero; Assist
ants, Dick Fisher. Miller. Mickie Cohen, Mike Dutko, Rocky Epstein. Frank Vojtasek, Wolf
Alber, Les Powell, Ralph Manna, Joan Bransdorf, Marie Russo, Barbara Hodge, Ann Sanders, Carol
Lojeck, Dolly Acri, Rozanne Friedlander, Dick Drayne, Marie Moran,
Pro and Con’s on Fo
In talking about food service we could say
that we haven’t cared for the menus lately,
that they don't seem to have much color, and
that we wish we could find our food under
tne extra garnishes and sauce, but in saying
these things we would only be stating our own
opinions when others might rave about the
things we dislike. Food service does have a
pzoblem pleasing everyone in its choice of
menus, but its standards of service should re
main constant and be beyond reproach. So far
this semester we feel that some of the service
lias fallen below the standards that ought to be
maintained.
In the morning wnen students are more
rushed than at any other time during the day
they like to be able to get their breakfast
promptly. In both Atherton and McAllister
Ilalis we are told that lines move slowly in the
morning. We told Mildred A. Baker, director of
food service that we had heard these complaints
repeatedly and asked her what could be the
cause ol slowness in the lines.
Miss Baker said that at the beginning of the
year both old and new students had to get
back into the routine of handing trays quickly
and efficiently and that these adjustments look
lime. She also said that particularly during the
fall semester students often moved more slowly
through the cafeteria lines because their al
tenion was distracted by the sight of friends
they had not seen since last semester and ihey
spent time renewing these friendships.
Miss Baker also said that the food service
had made studies of cafeteria lines and found
that some meals were served more slowly than
others. As an example she cited the days that
soup is served at the noon meals, and said that
students are cautious about lifting a soup bowl
from the counter to their trays and slow down
the line in their care. While Miss Baker may
have some points to her argument we wondered
jf tn the case of McAllister Hall particularly
the use of two lines at the breakfast meal
wouldn’t be the answer to the students getting
their breakfast more quickly.
Investigation of supply versus demand for
waiter jobs in the dining halls did show that
there were more jobs than there were waiters
to fill them. John J. Huber, assistant in the Uni
versity Placement Service, said that more fra
ternities have applied for waiters through the
employment office this year than ever have in
the past. This would seem to indicate that the
waiter supply is particularly limited this year.
Huber also said that many students found that
they had to leave waiter jobs because their
academic load was too great to allow them to
give so much time to a job. Discarding this idea
we thought of one other suggestion that might
help to speed the line in McAllister Hall.
We have noticed that the waiters fill each
beverage order individually, and wondered why
they couldn't keep filling cups of coffee, tea.
and cocoa as quickly as possible and placing
them on the counter as long as the cafeteria
line was solid. We realize that they may have
been told that students like to have their drinks
served hot and were probably taking extra care
to see that everyone was satisfied, but we feel
Parking Comment
TO THE EDITOR: At last the University has
made known by wav of Dr. Walker’s comments
in Wednesday's Collegian, its real intentions
in dealing with the parking problem. Dr. Walk
er’s admission that all student automobiles will
be banned need not, however, be particularly
disappointing in view of his further suggestion
that peripheral parking lots might be made
available enabling students to drive between
home and the University.
Certainly Dr. Walker's outright and honest
approach to this problem is much better than
the evasion and doubletalk that students re-
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ALL-UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE. S:S9 p.m.
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Dr. Frank Torrey, pastor of the The room in Women’s Building j Dr. Henry A. Finch, associate
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Fellowship at 7:30 tonight in 405 wing of the ground floor. at 8 tonight in the Hillel Founda-
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Dr. Torrey is an alumni of the; The Town Independent Men;
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
DAVE RICHARDS, Business ‘Manager
od Service
that lhe beverages would be hot if the line was
continuous. The other system would be more
adaptable if there were long breaks in the line.
Miss Baker said that anyone who picked up a
cold cup of coffee, tea. and cocoa had the right
<o ask for a warm one in place of it.
We have also received reports that the dining
hall in Atherton opens late in the mornings.
We asked Miss Baker about this and she said
that all of the dining halls operate on radio
time, and it was possio'.e that students had set
their wristwatches and clocks by Old Main’s
chimes making their conception of time dif
ferent from that of dining commons. Some stu
dents seem to feel that dormitory and dining
hall clocks should be governed-by Old Main
time, but we understand that atmospheric con
ditions make the towers time variable and that
such a system' would require rather frequent
changing of the electric clocks in the dormi
tories.
When we asked Miss Baker why dinner
service in McAllister Hall had been slow par
ticularly on Friday nights she said that she was
not aware of this and would do everything
possible to see that students were not further
inconvenienced in this way. When the service
has been late it seems to be because the supply
of prepared food runs out after approximately
half the dining hall is served.
The dietician seems to know approximately
haw many students to expect as just about the
right number of tables have been closed, there
fore it seems strange to us that the estimation
of the right amount of food has not come closer
to the amount required. One evening when the
food supply did run out, the scalloped potatoes
and scallops were noticeably undercooked when
they finally did reach the students. We ap
preciate the fact that the kitchen staff was
probably trying to hurry the food to waiting
students, but we also believe that these stu
dents would like to wait a few moments longer
to feel that their wait had at last reaped them
some reward.
We also feel that when special food such as
pancakes or french toast is a part of the break
fast menu on weekends it should be prepared
in sufficient quantity to last from 7:20 until
3:00 or 9:30 rather than for only the first 20
minutes that the dining halls are open. So few
students eat breakfast on Saturday and Sunday
that we feel the foods budget could stand the
slight added expense. If sufficient facts and
figures can be presented to show that the bud
get will not stand this expense we feel that food
service should definitely pinpoint and publi
cize the time limit in which these foods will be
served as this has never been very clear and is
subject to vary from one dining hall to another.
Miss Baker and her large staff have a com
plicated task to perform; they have more stu
dent contacts per day than practically any other
organization; Miss Baker said that food service
wants these contacts to be pleasant; and we can
assure her that the students share her desires.
Therefore, we hope that the students understand
Miss Baker's problems and that she will be
willing to listen to the problems of the students.
Carole Gibson
Valve
ceived last year from the administration.
With such a show of good faith on Dr. Walker’s
part the way is now paved for effective action
on the part of All-University Cabinet to imple
ment his suggestion.
Last year this same suggestion of peripheral
parking lots was rejected by All-University
Cabinet as a result of certain private concerns
m campus politics. Now, however, these politi
cal considerations need no longer bind Cabinet
or pur All-Universitv president. The way is
clear for student government to begin work
along the lines suggested by Dr. Walker and
contribute to the solution of a really important
problem at Penn State.
University Hwpital
Vc-ronic* Antrim, Robert Bieserfeldt. Patricia Burnley,
Koee Marie DiEmidio. Coleman Mercedes Gon
ano, Gustav Haak. Roger Kerlin, Diane Krause, Naomi
Naylor, Sidney Nelson. Nicholas Rock, David Schomin?,
David School**?. Samuel Wurtrel.
Services will be conducted by
Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn, direc
tor of the foundation. Members
jof Sigma Delta Tau sorority will
participate. -
Edi Untto represent tfes
rieirpsinto the writer*.
net necessarily the pel icy
of the paper, the strident
body er the University
—Thomas Dye
“You Keep Out Of This!**
Herbluck’s opinions are not necessarily thoso of
this newspaper, the stadent body, or the University*
—: Interpreting the New:
New Issue Emerges
In H-Bomb Subject
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
One thing about Adlai Stevenson and the H-bomb, he has
made the Republicans accept a campaign issue where none
grew before.
Just how much impact the dispute is having on voters,
none can. tell. But where the American public had appeared
to be the world’s least interested people, at least a few letters
to the editors are beginning to ap-,
pear over the country. I
Stevenson’s statement of his
ideas on the subject are still open
to dual interpretation. Either he
is proposing to stop American
bomb tests and ask others to join,
or he is proposing to initiate ne
gotiations looking toward an
agreement for simultaneous stop
page.
In either case. Stevenson
would rely on scientific detec
tive methods to preserve Amer
ica's safety in the case of a re
sumption of tests by others.
A lot of people who know little
or nothing about it are arguing
over whether this would be safe.
Some of the facts may be cleared
up by an official government
statement next week. However, in
view of the traditional secrecy—
much of it necessary—about nu
clear matters, perhaps it is doubt
ful whether the public will be
given enough information to form
an intelligent opinion.
Stevenson has said that if
elected he .would seek an agree
ment with Russia lo ban the
tests. An agreement might be
reached quickly—provided Rus
sia sticks lo her public state
ments that she is ready lo enter
such a pact.
The question would then re
volve around the efficacy of
American safeguards against Rus
sian violation. Russia is not noted
for keeping her political con
tracts. Her ideology teaches her
to make or break them as her
self-interest dictates.
If, as some contend though
why they should know is not
clear—all explosions may not be
detected, any slackening in
America’s drive to retain super
iority would be a precarious
thing.
And if Moscow did not keep
its word, the agreement might
prove lo have been precarious
—if it had encouraged a feel
ing among the’ Western peoples
that they could rest on their
defensive oars.
There is a degree of this feeling
already, causing worry among the
authorities responsible for main
taining Western defenses. Con
cern about it has been expressed
at this week's NATO meeting.
Relief from the fear of fall-out
would be a great thing for people
everywhere. For America to take
the initiative would enhance her
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1956
political standing among the neu
tral nations.
But the experts of both the
British atvd American govern
ments have decided that it is
impossible at this stage of the
game, The British arrived at
their decision independently,
and under far greater pressure
from .public opinion than the
Washington administration has
ever faced.
Since everybody wishes the
tests could be stopped, it is very
difficult for the lay mind to go
behind these decisions.
Prof Predicts
Business Boom
Will Decline
Strong undercurrents are de
veloping today indicating that the
present rate of business momen
tum cannot be sustained very far
into 1957, according to David H.
McKinley, professor of banking
and assistant dean of the College
of Business Administration.
McKinley, in making this fore
cast, was pessimistic about pros
pects for the third and fourth
quarters of next year, and em
phasized that his prediction was
without reference to the presiden
tial election.
' Boom Is Longest
“The present boom,” he said,
“is the longest in American his
tory, extending over a period
since 1940. It continued in i 956
with population rising and vast
capital expansion.”
McKinley explained the twin
dangers threatening this boom
are over-expansion of credit and
inflation. “Wholesale and consum
er prices are breaking away from
the indirect pressures placed on
them by the Federal Reserve and
Treasury authorities,” he said.
McKinley Warns Bankers
Noting that the vast expansion
of credit has resulted in the li
quidation by banks of govern
ment securities, McKinley warned
bankers that such tactics lead in
evitably to a deterioration in the
quality of bank assets. Every
possible safeguard should be trot
ted out and put stubbornly ■t®
work,” he said.