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MIKE MOYLE. Acting Editor
Deanna Sollls. Asst. Business Manager; Arnold Hoffman, Local
See Conklin. Managing Editor; Ed Dobbs, City Editor; Eras Adv. Mgr.; Anita Lynch, Asst. Local Adv. Mgr.; Janice Ander ,
Panned, Sports Editor; Becky Eakin, Copy Editor; Vine* sun, National Adv. Mgr.; Anne Caton and David Posca, Co-
Caroert. Assistant Sports Editor: Role Onari, Features Editor: Circulation Mgrs.: Arthur B Promotion Mgr.; Jo Fulton.
Dave Bavar. Photography Editor. Personnel Mgr.; Harry Yaverbaum, Office Her.; Barbara
Shipman. Classified Adv. Mar.: Ruth Howland. Secretary:
Jane-Groff, Research and Records Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Bob Franklin; Copy Editor, Terry Leach; Wire Editor, Barb Mar
tino; Assistants, Mati Podbesek, Thorn Shiels, Barbara Hodge, Barbara Stone. Mary Sarver, Mike
Maxwell. Ad Staff: Doreen Hayward, Don Stohl, Gladys Strohl.
Let the Voters Complain
Usual procedure on the opening of any elec
tions is to urge the students to vote either way
they like but, above all, to "get out and vote."
On this campus this line has been repeated
in every conceivable way for more years than
we can remember. It never has gotten any con
crete results. The students who stay away from
the polls still continue to outnumber the voters
—whether in the spring or fall elections.
On this election eve we wonder about the
many students who gripe and groan about this
useless student government setup we have at
Penn State. Of course, we realize this thing of
apathy goes around in a vicious circle. The stu
dents rap the leaders because they do nothing.
The leaders, in return, say 'that they can get
nothing done because the students aren't in
terested and because they haven't got student
support.
Both sides have points.
However, the impending election still brings
us to the point that no student should gripe if he
hasn't taken enough interest in student affairs
to vote.
In this election two Cabinet seats are going
to change hands. Both parties will be aiming at
these offices with the utmost care. These two
are examples of the students who will be under
fire during the course of the year when-some
one writes a letter to the editor blasting Cabinei
for wasting time, or doing nothing, or being
biased, or some other age-old charge. Chances
are the student has been personally affected by
WDFM Silence Is Expensive . -
The silence of WDFM has been constant and become permanently dependent on WMAJ for
continuous, getting their broadcasts on AM.
The only students who can hear the student For several years many man hours of work
radio station are those with FM radios. Yet and slightly over $2OOO were poured into the
projmpt to
every student pays 20 cents every semester for
transponder
ect in an attempt
st e convert
the support of the station. FM to AM frequency so that the students could
At present it would seem that students are
hear the station. Not only was this a waste of
time, it was also a waste of money. Even if the
supporting a practice laboratory for the speech project has been successful it would have fallen
department. This should not be the case. Either last spring when the Federal Communications
the students, each and every one, should be able Commission outlawed transponders and other
to hear WDFM or it should become strictly a uncontrolled devices for radio.
practice laboratory as it is now. This should However, the fact that the station has given
mean that it would drop the pretense of a stu- up on the transponders should not mean that
dent station and would be supported by the they should accept the present situation as even
speech department, not by the student body. nearly satisfactory. Members of the staff and
It has been said that members of the WDFM members of the radio committee should work
staff prefer to keep the station on FM because it on obtaining an AM frequency, and if this is
gives a better and more clear broadcast. They impossible, the station should become a practice
seem to want perfection in, their performances. laboratory for the speech department. supported
We suggest that the staff try for more per- by it.
feclion in getting their broadcasts across to the We see no reason for the present situation
students and less in the quality of broadcast to stretch into years as the transponder episode
they present. did. WDFM should start facing reality. While
The attempt to get WDFM broadcasts to the riving in its present dream world it is spending
students through WMAJ is acceptable only as a many student dollars without giving them any
temporary measure. We suggest it become no thing in return
more than this. We would hate to see WDFM
Funny Editorials?
TO THE EDITOR: Miss Conklin, as evidenced
by her past editorials, fails to realize that the
editorial page of a newspaper is a powerful
weapon for influencing people's opinion only
as long as its editorials remain free of inconse:
quential issues that bring derision and ridicule
on the writer.
In the past she has blasted telephone operators
and now the HUB counter employees for being
impolite. I do not dispute the validity of these
charges, but I do dispute that these are issues
to be placed before the readers of a newspaper.
If Miss Conklin has a complaint she should
write a letter to the telephone company or to
the head of the snack bar for satisfaction, not
give her grievances in our college newspaper.
If Miss Conklin feels that she should continue
such tactics in - our college newspaper, abusing
the intelligence of her readers, then I feel she
should be replaced by a person more able to
direct the power of the editorial page.
I will even offer a substitute for her editorials.
Why not have a roving reporter team asking
more students their opinions of affairs, both
collegiate and national, which concern us here
at the University.
This may not have as high reader interest as
Miss Conklin's editorials but it would again
give Bibler's cartoon the number one funny
spot in the paper.
—George Hafer
Ed. Note—The constantly-crowded Lion's Den
gives us cause to believe that the matter of
poor service there is a matter which involves
many students. The Collegian has also re
ceived many complaints concerning Univer
sity telephone service.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
DAVE RICHARDS, Business Manager
some particular action of Cabinet and now feels
that he must expose the whole incompetent
mess to the student body. The chances are also
great that the same student has not voted•when
he had his chance to really express his opinion.
Of course, the old story of, "Why should I
vote, my one little vote won't matter," is always
brought up. This has a stereotyped answer also.
"But what if everybody took that attitude."
The way the voting percentages go on this
campus we are beginning to think that nearly
all of them do take this attitude.
There is at least one more time-worn argu
ment a non-voter will give. This is especially
prevalent among the more studious folk; those
who spend most of their time in the library or
in other academic poses.
These people say that the student government
does nothing to benefit the general student
body and that the only ones interested in Cabi
net and the class officer's etc. are the student
leaders themselves.
This will be so, to a certain extent. However,
when an issue like a half-holiday or an extend
ed Christmas vacation comes up then the so
called general student body rises up and asks
for action by student government.
So if any freshmen and sophomores are not
planning to vote please don't let us hear any
further squawking about the inefficiency of
student government. Let the voters complain.
They are the only ones who really have the
right.
TO THE' EDITOR: As a recently returned vet
eran-from Germany I have seen and talked with
numerous refugees from Communist-dominated
countries. These people are a grim reminder that
we Americans, especially students, enjoy a very
soft life. These threadbare fugitives from Rus
sian force have spoken gratefully of how much
American contributions to the relief agencies
have helped make their escape a reality and
given them hope for life.
We have all been following the tragic, heroic
uprising in Poland and Hungary. These desper
ate graspings for freedom were originally fanned
to action by student activity. Our European
counterparts have shown us the value of free
dom. Would we fight as hard with complete dis
regard for our own safety for our ideals? Our
ancestors did! I sincerely appeal to all students
to send a contribution, even a very small one,
to: Admiral Richard E. Byrd, International Res
cue Committee, 62 W. 45th St., New York 56,
New York.
Gazette
ALPHA EPSILON DELTA. 7:75 p.m . HUB dining rooms
DOME ART INTEREST CROUP. 7:30 p.m.. Helen Eakin
Eieenhower Chapel
LANTERN LITERARY STAFF. 7
LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSE. 6:30 p.m., 199 Ogrnond
NEW BAVARIAN SCH UHPLATTERS. 7:30 p.m., 405 Old
Main
PENN STATE CHESS CLUB. 7
PENN STATE RIDING CLUB,
PENN STATE SLAVIC CLUB,
by ProL Voirlay Mares of
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Dept. and the Russian Area Study Program Committee
on "Revolt in Eastern Europe." The public is invited.
PENN STATE WOMEN'S CHORUS. 7 p.m.. 1-2 Carnegie
PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA, 9 p.m., 177 Carnegie
SAME. 7:15 p.m., HUB dining room:.
University Hospital
Francis Abraham, Char/es Darragh, Dennis Duffield,
Larramour Freeman, Ruth Howland, James Marinko, Mar
mark Pearce, Juan Poems; Glenn Ruby, Lowell Salmon,
Anita Wi11...
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers
not necessarily the policy
of the paper. the etadent
body. or the University
the as of March I. 18711
—The Editor
—Sue Conklin
—Orrin Main
9 Carnegie
10 p.m., 7 Sparks
7 p.m.. 217 Willard
7 p.m.,. 203 Willard. Talk
the University Economics
Little Man on Campus
because I'm skipping classes today an' I don't want
any of these Profs to recognize me."
According to
Moyle
Sticker Campaign
The student government-administration slump in the
extend-the-Christmas-vacation agitation has not bothered
the general student body we are glad to see.
Apparently they are stil
lack of shopping days they
season and also about the possi
bility that they are going to have
to fight not only poor driving con
ditions but the height of holiday
traffic when they journey back to
school at the end of an oh-so
short vacation.
Anyway it has now gotten down
to the seemingly-popular method
of placing the little stickers 'on
doors at strategic places in Sparks
and Willard and other well
traveled classroom building s.
Many of us remember these from
the days of the famous (or in
famous C. V. Tummer and Clyde
Kluttz.
It's beginning to look bad for
the chances of even extending the
holiday even one day. We hope
that the students won't give up
and will still try and show the
administration that this is not just
a student whim but a necessity.
Overheard • among a group of
freshmen after a recent Chem. 1
exam: "Hey, how did you do to
night?" Answer: "I think I got
a D IR."
We keep seeing more and more
newspaper stories these days
about various scientists and doc
tors linking cigarettes and cancer.
Many people scoff at this and
we are also inclined to do so, too.
However if these qualified men
continue tp display these findings
we will begin to fell sorry for the
people who persist in smoking
and scoffing.
The freshman-sophomore elec
tions begin today and the thought
up to this time has been that
Campus party has the upper hand.
However, we've heard rumblings
that Lion may be ready to spring
a big surprise. We won't be a bit
surprised if they do.
Noticing the quantity of classi
fied ads in the Collegian this week
we feel compelled to utter a com
plaint against fraternity cloak
roomsor lack of them. This
weekend seemed to be worse than
usual with quite a number of top
coats missing from several houses.
Lantern Staff to Meet
The Lantern literary staff will
meet at 7 tonight in 9 Carnegie
to discuss articles submitted for
for publication.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1956
by Bibl
e may
I thinking about the absolute
will have come this Yuletide
Journ Society
Initiates Seven;
Pledges Six
Theta Sigma Phi, women's jour
nalism society, has initiated seven
seniors and pledged six juniors.
The new initiates are Mary Dor
man, Alberta Hoffman, Anita
Lynch, • Pauline Metza, Evelyn
Onsa, Nancy Showalter and Lil
lian Wright.
Junior women pledged are Bar
bara Budnick, Judith Harkison,
Anne Friedberg, Patricia Gross
man, Elizabeth Marvin and Nancy
Wisely.
The requirements for member
ship of Theta Sigma Phi are a 2.5
All-University average, 3.0 jour
nalism average, participation in
a major campus journalism ac
tivity, and the intention to make
journalism a career after grad
uation.
Theta Sig members. are now
selling raffle tickets for a twin
boy-girl shetland wool crewneck
sweater set. The name of the win
ner will be drawn at the North
Carolina State pep rally Friday
night!
UCA Will Discuss
European Seminar
Members of the University
Christian Association will report
on the 1956 European Seminar at
7 p.m. tomorrow in the Memorial
Lounge of the Helen Eakin Eisen
hower Memorial Chapel.
The discussion, "Encounter with
Europe." will be illustrated with
color slides.
Plans for the European Semi
nar to be held next summer wilt
also be announced at the meet
ing, which is open to the public.
Tonight on WDFM
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