PAGE TOUR e.0.m..... I oesilay Ilikhillil. tlatorday mornings daring thew thelversgtr rear. the Dail, Cslteguir ts a student , operating newspaper. MIKE MOYLE. Acting Editor Deanna SoDiv. Asst. Business Manager: Arnold Hoffman. Local 800 Conklin, Managing Editor; Ed Dobbs, City Editor; Frog Adv. Mgr.; Anita I.,nch, Asst. Loral Adv. Mgr.; Janice Ander rainurci. Sports Editor; Becky 7.ahusr. Ow Editor; Vines son, National Adv. Mgr.; Anne Caton and David Panel. Co- L'itrireri. Assistant Sports Editor; Erie Haan. Features Editor; Circulation Mgrs.; Arthur Brener. Promotion Mgr.; Jo Fulton. Dana Smear. Photography Editor. Personnel Mgr.; Harry Vaverhaum. (Hike Mgr.; Barbara Shipman. Classified Adv. Mgr.: Ruth Rowland, Secretary; Jane Groff. Research and Records Mgr. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, IVltekie Cohen; Copy Editor, Lynn Ward; Wire Editor, Bill Kling; Assistants, Riggs Griffith, Maggie Lieberman. Linda Segar, Ken Ishler, Denny Malick, Joan Miller. TV Project Poorly Organized A war is being waged in Simmons Hall be tween the housemothers and the students over The purchase of a television set. Buying a television set is a matter of major importance to those concerned and considerable foresight should have been given to the matter before plans.were put into action. In Simmons the housemothers leaped before they looked. Confusion resulted. Several weeks ago unit meetings were held throughout the dorm and the students were told that it would cost .25 to .50 cents to buy the television set. . A straw vote was then taken to see how many students would be in favor of having a set for the dormitory. Feelings were split. Some favored the idea. others didn't but felt that they would be willing to pay the .25 to .50 cents, and still others abso lutely refused to have anything to do with the idea. The next thing anyone heard of the matter was last week at another series of unit meet ings. The students were told that they would have to pay a certain amount of money toward the TV's purchase. However, the amounts being collected from Safety Valve Controversial Concert TO THE EDITOR: In a recent letter to the editor Mr. Robert Blefkoe expressed the opinion that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony "is a great enough piece of music" and then boomed out a quo warrants as to why a group of the stature of the Pittsburgh Symphony should be asked to play such music to a Penn State audience. Please permit me to say that the program was selected from four submitted by Dr. Steinberg, the conductor; that the Board of Directors of the Association - included eight students, of which six were present when the vote was taken; and that these students were the culture representa tives of Interfraternity Council. Panhellenic council, Association of Independent Men and Leonides; and that the students preferred the program which included the Symphony in ques tion. I am sure Mr. Blefkoe will agree that a 40 per cent participation by the students in this year's concert sell-out warrants consideration of student wishes by the Board. Relax Mr. Blefkoe, and if you think you will be too bored with the program borrow my pocket flashlight and minia ture score for the Beethoven Fifth and observe some of the inner parts and bridge passages which continue to interest even the most sophis ticated of conductors. As to the rest of the program we regret the ommission of the 1812 Overture and the Strauss waltzes. Instead the audience will hear the medieval panoply of Die Meistersinger and the resplendent tone color of Moussorgsky-Ravers Pictures at an Exhibition. Rise and Fall of Spirit TO THE EDITOR: I attended Saturday night's pep rally which was staged at Rec Hall for the team's return -from Syracuse University. The rally was attended by approximately 150 people. Where were the cheerleaders? Some were at Syracuse, but of the 16 I counted at the West Virginia game surely there were two or three left at Penn State to lead us in welcoming the team home. Where was the Blue Band? I realized that ?Olaf HILLEL PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. R:00 p.m., 209 HUB, ATE FORCE ROTC DRILL TEAM. 7:oi p.m.. Armory. INSURANCE CLUB. 7 :00 p.m., Sigma Nu. BASIC CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM. 7:00 p.m.. /Va.'s.' Pos , la- MARKETING CLUB. 4 :00 p.m.. 110 EE. . Bon. ' NEWMAN CLUB. Discussions. 7:00 p.m.. 104 - Chapel. DIME TEXT AND INTERPRETATION, 3:0 p.m.. Millet WRA OFFICIALS CLUB, 6:20 p.m.. 3 White Hall. Foundation. YOUNG DEMOCRATIC CLUB, 7:00 p.m.. 105 Willard. CAMERA CLUB. • 7 :SO p.m..217 HUB. University Hoapital COLLEGIAN BUSINESS SAFF. Senior Board. 3.20 pm.. Barbara Barnes. David Faust. George Goldstein. Cecile 111 Carnegie. Reatisome, Terry Shepherd, Mary Yereb, Walter Voigt., John DELTA PHI ALPHA. 7:20 p.m.. 102 Willard_ Williams. ____ WIMMER'S • SUNOCO E. College r \ hi block from kislllllolllll Simmons Jack Wimmer says Stop in M 0... boys, before vaster catches row without anti-freesa or depestrialsie smote tires ouch as our Suburbanite and Tiseen-and-Country retreads-411 at yea seeable prim". tle Elailli Cultrgiatt Bsecswr is TOR FREI LANCE. est- lari —David McKinley President State College Concerts Association Gazette THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA DAVE RICHARDS, Business Manager - m . coeds varied fro - m unit to unit. Some were asked for .50 cents, some for .75 cents, and others for 51.00. One housemother explained that $l.OO charge would be used to ensure TV maintenance for the rest of the year. But why should this ex pense be concentrated in only her units? These discrepancies indicate lack of sufficient planning among the housemothers. A large number of students were led to be lieve that two sets would be bought. One would be placed in one of the main lounges for enter taining dates and the other would be placed in in upstairs lounge. Students have been paying their money with this in mind. However, it would be impossible to have tele vision in an upstairs lounge because of the poor acoustics. If the facts had been compiled before the plan was presented to the students none of this confusion would have resulted. If careful planning had gone into the project. it might have been a success. The way things stand now the whole thing is a flop and more confusion will result. `Mall of Dimes' Good Campus Chest started off with a bang! Yesterday, with the help of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, Campus Chest con ducted a "Mall of Dimes" campaign. It was well done. The special feature project' of the longer Campus Chest campaign was a good idea. The "Mall of Dimes" was an original and clever idea. Furthermore, with over $9O taken in during one day, it was a success. This seems to be a step in the right direction. Too often charity drives fail because of a lack of ingenuity and organization. If the spirited start of this year's Campu.s Chest drive is any indication of what is to come, the drive will be a success. The "Mall of Dimes" was a gimmick and an effective one. It was the type of new idea that appeals to students. Something new and dif ferent always attracts a student's curiosity. To day's drive was appeasing. Good thought and organization shows up in the success of a campaign. This year's Campus Chest committee showed forethought and in sight into the basic problems of a campaign. We hope the remainder of the campaign is as well handled and as successful as the opening project. some were at Syracuse backing the team. The fans that were at the rally Saturday night did not need the support of the complete band. A few members would have helped show the team that we were behind them, win or lose. I realize that 10 p.m. on a rainy Saturday night is not a convenient time for a rally. However, am I being too, naive in assuming that Penn State students can spare a few minutes of their precious time to support a great. team? Those thousands who celebrated the Ohio State victory were made conspicuous by their absence 'after the SyraCuse defeat. Where is the vaunted school spirit which your newspaper was lauding so highly two weeks ago? Ed. Note—l don't know. Editorials represent the eiewpoieds or the writers. sot necessarily the policy of the paper the student body sr the UnirerSit7 —tinny Philips —Sue Conklin —Barry Hemphill Littl Through My Lens Wives; Weekends And Rallies Upon my arrival at Archbald Stadium in Syracuse for last Saturday's game, a middle-aged man approached me as I was unloading my equipment from the car. To say he was angry would be the understatement of the semester, because all he could do was shake his fist at me. When he finally recovered, his voice, he angrily shouted "What did you do to my wife?"l I stood there speechless as he continued on about how I almost killed his wife at the last game! they attended. All I could do was, stand there and stare, not know ing what to say or do. After re gaining my composure, I man aged to tell him that I had never ! been to the Syracuse field before and - that I was a photographer for , the Penn State Daily Collegian. Now it was his turn to become speechless. As if turned out, his wife had been hit on the arm by a tripod which had been dropped from the roof of the press •box. He was under the assumption that I was a member of the tele vision crew that dropped it. • Two minutes of apologies fol lowed. This last weekend was Parent's Weekend at Syracuse. Really is a' great idea. We devote just one weekend a year to our parents— Mother's Day, which is stiff and formal, nothing like our big week ends. The parties at Syracuse were on the order of our big weekends only with Moms and Dads join ing right - in on the parties. One party which I. remember was a "Roaring Twenties" party with the parents and everyone else dressed for the occasion. The men came as the gay blades of the 1920 era, complete with ukeleles, loud jackets and straw hats. The women dressed as flappers. The - idea of a parent's week end could really be developed into something if the students would show interest in it. A dance could be planned Bee Hall on Friday evening with a Win a RADIO Every Week at Sal ' s Your Choice of *a GE Portable •a GE Clock Radio One ticket ED= with each small PIZZA • Two tickets G with each large THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8; 1956 by Dave Bayer nationally known band playing for the occasion. A Players or Thespian produc tion would highlight Saturday afternoon, with theme parties that evening sponsored by different fraternity, sorority and independ ent groups. Too many of us don't, realize that our parents are younger than we make them out to be. They are still young enough to -enjoy the same things we enjoy. This weekend would be just a small token of the appreciation they de serve. Let's hear some views on the subject. This Friday night there will be a pep rally, complete with the Blue Band and a snake dance. I don't see why it is necessary for the people who are in charge of the rallies to spend several hours thinking up some new kind of gimmick to get the students *to attend rallys. It shouldn't make any difference whether there is going to be a snake dance or Marilyn Monroe performing, students should still be out there cheering for the team. Correction; Blood Typing The Rod and Coccus Club will type blood for students from 6:30 to 9:00 tonight in •207 Patterson for 25 cents a person, not as re ported in yesterday's issue. 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