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MIKE MOYLE. Acting Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Carole Gibson; Copy Editors, Bill Kling, Lou Prato; Assistants,
Inn Tuttle, Juan Miller, Linda Segar, Ken Ishler, Edie Blumenthal.
WSGA's a Weak Sister
Women': St udf flt Government Association
fall. down quite consistently in its duty to coeds
at the Univer-itv.
It is mainly at fault for the position which
housemothers now hold. As it stands now most
hostesses are regarded as police officers by the`
coeds in their units. This is an incorrect assump
tion an the part of students. It is mainly the
fault of WSGA.
It is common language for LAudents to say
"my housemother gave me a black mark." What
they don't realize is that WSGA gives the black
marks. The housemothers merely recommend.
This is not the fault of this year's WSGA. but
it will be its fault if it does not take some action
to correct this situation. We hope it will take
steps toward improvement.
When women students receive penalties, they
must be given by WSGA Judicial. So far as
many coeds know this organization is practically
fictitious.
Rather than have housemothers appear as
police officers to women students it would be
far better for Judicial to find some means of
doing its own policing. Couldn't checkers report
coeds to Judicial for breaking WSGA regula
tions. WSGA makes the rules and should also
enforce thein.
As it stands now WSGA attempts to stand
behind the cloak of dormitory hostesses rather
than facing a situation squarely.
What is even more amazing to us is that
women who sit on WSGA Senate and House of
Representatives are also guilty of breaking
rules. Naturally we would expect that once
or twice one of these students might be a few
minutes late. She might even break some other
WSGA regulation through some unavoidable
incident. However, we see no reason why these
students should willfully break the rules they
make. WSGA leaders should be expected to set
an example for other coeds. At -present they
set a poor one.
Blood Drive Sponsors Needed
At a recent meeting, the Association of Inde
pendent Men stated that it would support the
blood drives held on campus in November and
March. It further stated that it would be willing
to share this support with other organizations.
This is a long overdue step in the direction
of better blood drives. These drives have always
been notoriously unsuccessful.
Year in and year out, a "successful" drive
has been one that has attracted a few _hundred
students.
In the Spring, the situation is slightly better
than in the Fall because the Interfraternity
Council awards a Spring Week trophy for 100%
participation. But this is not enough. Even with
this support. the drive only garnered 541 pints,
including townspeople last Spring.
Many feel that because the Red Cross charges
$25 a pint for blood, they should not contribute
to such a profiteering enterprise. Actually the
money. charged pays for the multi-staged pro
cess by which the blood is handled. Raw blood
must pass through many costly steps before it
emerges as life saving plasma.
From a purely selfish aspect, one must con-
Law and Chapel Don't Mix
Several weeks ago, a committee was formed
in the University Chapel Choir to examine
the present Protestant Chapel services, and to
make revisions where they were thought neces
sary. The committee, working in close conjunc
tion with the University Chaplain, has done
an extremely fine job, but there are some things
left undone. For example:
Is it necessary to have uniformed Campus
patrolmen on duty in Schwab Auditorium dur
ing Chapel services?
One of these patrolmen has been present at
every Chapel service this year and usually
takes a - post in the balcony. He stands there
with his hat on until the sermon begins—then
he leaves. He returns when the sermon is over
—with his hat on.
It is highly unlikely that a congregation
gathered for the purpose of worship would
cause a disturbance.
It is probable that the patrolmen's responsi
bility is to see that the seating capacity. of
Schwab Auditorium is not surpassed, thereby
causing a fire hazard. If this i 3 the case, could
Junk the Jukebox
TO THE EDITOR: I have a suggestion:
Let's eliminate the jukebox from the Lion's
Den (I can hear the howls going
.up from the
student body already.)
In place of it I suggest that we install a high
fidelity sound system. An adequate system
could be installed for less than $6OO which would
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What it basically comes down to is that WSGA
sets up the rules for women students. Then they,
and most of the other students feel perfectly
willing to break rules as long as they are not
caught. The entire responsibility of enforcing
the rules rests on hostesses.
Judicial mostly acts as a rubber stamp for
penalties recommended by hostesses.
We find the situation unsavory to say the
least. In addition to the duty of policeman which
housemothers have been forced to assume be
cause of WSGA's lack of responsibility. they
are called hostesses. We find this a cold title
at best.
We would like to think of a housemother as a
warm person to whom students could turn for
advice. The title, housemother, far better fits
this type of person. Only WSGA can make the
hostesses housemothers. We hope it takes action
in this direction.
How can women student govern themselves
when WSGA falls down on the job? As it stands
now WSGA only plays at government while
the administration, through the housemothers
actually, controls the women's government. All
integral and necessary part of government is
enforcement. WSGA cannot hope to govern
effectively if it does not also enforce its regu
lations.
WSGA has been a generilly weak organiza
tion for several years. We would like to see
WSGA this year take a definite step toward
women student's self government.
In order to do this WSGA should start by
showing that it can enforce its own regulations
in a forthright and effective manner. After this
it should start worrying about minor changes
in WSGA rules. It should certainly leave small
matters like this alone until the more important
work has been accomplished.
We would like to see WSGA entirely in charge
of reporting and punishing women students.
—Sue Conklin
cider that once he has given blood, anyone in
his family may receive it free should the need
arise.
Even if people contribute from selfish mo
tives, surely a total of less than 5% of the
student body is not the best that the University
can do.
This sorry state of affairs can be remedied
by more campus organizations getting behind
the effort.
If the blood drives were jointly sponsored
by IFC, Panhel and AIM, they could turn into
real successes.
Perhaps a contest could be organized among
the sponsoring organizations with a trophy to
the winner.
A requisite to success would be a system
of insuring that those who sign up will con
tribute. In past years, over half the signees
have defaulted their donations, and the slack
has been made up by walk-ins.
Under this systems a larger quota would be
filled entirely by subscription, and walk-ins
would swell the total to new highs.
—Jack McArthur
not the ushers take over the burden of this
responsibility?
It would not be unsavory if the patrolmen
would remove their hats and join the congre
gation in worship, but it is decidedly distaste
ful that they should represent "the long arm of
the law" in campus religious life.
What can be done about those unfortunate,
but very important, few who are turned away
from Chapel services because the seating capa
city- has been filled?
If fire prevention codes permit, would it be
possible to place folding chairs in the auditorium
for the services? If this is not possible, could
two Protestant Chapel services be held each
Sunday?
Perhaps this last problem cannot be solved
until the new University Chapel is built. The
administration should insure that adequate
seating is provided when that Chapel is built.
Until that time, all that can be done with the
present facilities to promote a meaningful re
ligious life at the University should be done,
no matter what the obstacles. Deterrent factors
must be eliminated.
amount to less than five cents per student. The
turntable could be installed at the HUB desk
and operated by desk personnel using the HUB
record collection.
This is a personal idea but I'm sure that many
people would prefer to hear something more
soothing than Bill Haley or Fats Domino with
their 9 a.m. coffee.
' At last the long-hoped-for extension of the Christmas
vacation has been granted! With the rather blizzardy weath
er and miserable driving conditions experienced over the
weekend we can breathe a long sigh of relief at that news.
The accident list is a long one for this past weekend and
we can imagine the list .will be
larger at Christmas. It may very
well have reached gigantic pro
portions with students flocking
back on New Year's Day
While on the subject of week
end driving we might comment on
the "unalertness" displayed by the
State Department of Highways in
cindering the treacherous roads in
the area.
State College is inaccessible
enough in good weather without
having to fight one's way through
swirling snowstorms and across
glassy highways.
As late as 11 p.m. Sunday the
roads west of State College had
not been cindered. Of course, the
mountain highways coming into
the Nittany Vale plus the hazard
ous conditions added up to an
overabundance of accidents.
We were greatly surprised to
hear that the extra halfday which
was granted the students will not
be made up. With all the talk
about having to have a certain
amount of classes and needing
more time between semesters to
process grades the extra half day
is just forgotten.
It's hard to believe but Thanks
giving isn't over yet. Down in
Texas they won't celebrate Tur
key Day until the day after to
morrow. It seems that Thanks
giving • doesn't occur until the
governor of the individual state
proclaims it. Those Texans will do
anything to be different.
This may come as a shock. It
did to us. The basketball season
opens Saturday night in Rec Hall!
Penn State will play host to Car
negie Tech. They're not wasting
any time this year.
—Bill Kling
The borough and Alpha Phil
Omega along with the State Col
lege Friends are going all-out!
this week to help the suffering!
people in Hungary. The week isl
dotted with special events whichl
are designed to• get money and,
clothes to send to the Hungarians
who have been brought to their
knees by their own strike and by
Russian cruelty.
It should be interesting to see
how many people in State College
will be willing to eat "mush and
milk" for just one meal in order
to let the Hungarians give as
much as "mush and milk" for all
theirs.
—Carl Kilmer
Alpha Phi Omega will hold a
clothing drive this week . also.
They plan to string clothes racks
ittle Man on Campus
According to
Moyle
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 27, 1956
by Bibles
by mike moyle
around campus in strategic loca
tions so that students may drop
any old clothes on the racks at
their convenience.
A Phi 0-
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on that dinner to the Associated
Charities on Beaver Ave.
On Friday at 2 p.m. a truck full
of clothing donated by people
from the Titusville area for the
Hungarian Relief drive will ar
rive in. State College and will be
added to the pile of clothing on
the Mall.
Saturday has been proclaimed
"red flag day" by the borough.
Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. signs
will be placed over all parking
meters in the downtown area re
questing drivers to donate to the
fund drive the amount they would
normally put in their parking
meter. Members of APhiO will be
stationed along each block to col
lect these donations. The parking
meters will not be in operation
during this time.
Students who wish to aid Alpha
Phi Omega in collecting the park
ing meter donations are asked to
assemble in front of the Munici
pal Building at 9:30 a.m. Satur
day.
Gamma Sigma, service sorority,
will work with local members of
the Red Cross in repairing cloth
ing collected during the drive.
Spring Timetables
On Sale at Willard
Timetables, priced at 25 cents,
and directories, at 50 cents, are
on sale in the basement of Wil
lard.
The directories, which are also
being sold in the local book stores,
contain students' names, home ad
dress, major, semester, local ad
dress and local telephone num
ber.
The timetables contain the list
ing of courses to be taught next
semester as well as the time and
the days they are offered. In some
cases, the professor teaching the
course is also listed.
On the front of the timetable
is a calendar of University func
tions which will take place in the
spring semester.