PAGE FOUR I— !..buses Jumada t tbeeegb Olge Bang entirgiatt Editorial. ttimmtat th. Bettereley IlMoriwings Bartel grtewpeluta ot the we/item the University vest, The net neteaaarily the paitel Daily Collegian is a student. Sputum to THE FREE LANCE est. 1887 of the paper. the 'indent *oersted oneepapee body or the University $3.00 per sensate: $5.00 Der sear Enterer! se oenenel-elere meaner Jab S. 1934 at the State Callers. Pa, Post Office ander the se of Mara S. 1871 MIKE MO Mgr.: Joan Wallace. Asat. Local Adv. Mgr.: George Sham- Sae Conkl,n, Managing Editor; Ed Dobbs, (ity Editor; Fran bough. National Adv. Mgr.: Marilyn Elias, Promotion Mgr.: I anurel, Sport. Editor; Reeky Zahm, Copy Editor; Esie onsa. Anne Caton and Hasid Ponca, Co-Cirrulation Mgrs.; to Fulton. Aftaiotant nor Editor; Vince Caroni. Ago.ietant Sports Editor: PerAonnel Mar.: Barry Yaverbaum. Office Mar.: Barbara Pat Hunter. Feature.. Editor:Boyar. Photography Editor, Shipman. Claoeffied Ad Mgr.: Ruth Howland. Sec.; Jane Deanne Naito Au.t. Bine, Mgr.; Steve Higgins, Local Adv. Groff, Research and Records Mgr. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, George French; Copy Editor, Marian Beatty; Wire Editor, Lynn Ward. As , lstants. Paula Miller, Les Powell, Mike Dutko, Mary Kelly, Pat Earley. "If Elected, I Promise ... In the midst of the political campaign we once again take up the old tradition of the campus newsp.iper and attempt to comment on the party platforms. We do this, not with an eye to poking fun at or ridiculing the political parties. Heaven knows, they are having a hard enough time trying to stimulate some semblance of interest in student goverment. We are only giving our views on the validity and feasibility of the planks which sometimes have a tendency toward the impossible. Campus Party Campus party is a new political party at the Un:versity which caused quite a stir two years ago when shortly after its formation, it swept to total victory in the All-University elections. Last year it lost only one office to Lion in the spring elections. It has not fared so well in the fall elections, The Campus party platform advocates: 2. Community Living. Campus party gives fullest support to promotion of a more realistic living program which would have men and women dining together and holding more joint social functions. This is evidently a coming thing at the Uni versity since there have been administrators who have spoken in favor of this type of plan. We hope that Campus party will not forget their pledge to bring this about at the University. 2. Physical education for veterans. Campus party asks for complete exemption of veterans from required physical education classes. Where have we seen this plank before? 3, Pre-registration for seniors. This will pre vent the menace of seniors being prevented from scheduling necessary courses fur grad uation because of closed sections. This is a:ready in effect in some curriculums. It could be expanded upon, although we feel that few seniors have really been crowded out of graduation by some freshmen. 4. Scholarship and Loan Bulletins, To elim inate lack of student information about scholar ships and loans, a plan should be set (and run by students) whereby all students receive a periodic bulletin listing aid available to him. This is one of the better planks in the cam paign in terms of feasibility and of worth to the students. If run right, this could be valuable. 5. Freshman pre-college socials, Cooperation with the Alumni Association on holding local dinners and socials to acquaint future students with customs, dress, traditions at Penn State. This may be hard for students on the campus to do anything about, but suggestions to the Alumni Association may bring about something of worth in this plan. 6. Zxtension of lime between classes. Rapid expansion of the University in distance between classroom buildings necessitates more time to make these long walks. This is really a basic change in the Univers ity's past policies. It reflects a measure of thought on the part of Campus party. At present we doubt that there are enough consistently long walks which give justification to an ex tension. We admit those walks from Ag Eng to Mechanical Engineering are tough. This is something the students should keep on top of. 7. Penn State Boosters. Campus party proposes a student organization to publish and promote all Penn State affairs throuah newspaper and other media both on a state and national level. This group would work in communication with The Department of Public Information. We. since it is partly our job. are all for gain ing more fame for Penn State. However, the De partment of Public Information here is one of the best and most efficiently-run in the entire country Thic plank is one of the most redundant we've seen. Public Information has been doing this publicity job quite well for a number of years. Williamson Will Speak l lnterlandians Will Show Schilling Given Position At Foundation Dinner !Dances of British Isles ; I On Education Committee Dr. Merritt A. Williamson, dean' The British Isles will be the Dr. Harold K. Schilling, dean of of the College of Engineering and;featured countries at the Inter-ithe Graduate School, has been Architecture. will be the dinnerilandia Folk Dance from 7:30 . to 10:30 tonight in the Hetzel Unionlnamed to an advisory committee speaker on March 28 for the semi ballroom. ,of the State Department of Pub annual meeting of the University'si A native of England will teach Instruction which will study industry-advisory committee of!several Scottish dances and will' , .a 3. s and means to meet the de the Foundry Educational Founda;talk on England and Scotland. lion. The public may attend. lmand for scientists and engineers. PHI KAPPA announces its annual Saint Patrick's Day Party SATURDAY, MARCH 16 ''' Fri. - Sat. - Mar. 15 &16 =— t = Center Stage -- "tIF.-: I++4+4+4-11÷8-4-: i I : I 1 i . +4++++:4 - H÷H÷:•+÷i—H—i-:—:—:-1++4-:- :sIIIIIIMIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIG OPEN AFTER 11:00 P.M. TO THIRD SEMESTER AND ABOVE COUPLES ONLY E. Editor —The Editor THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA DAVE RICHARDS. Business Manager Lion Party Lion party, the older of the two campus political parties, has been on the losing side of the All-University elections for the past two years. However, they have taken the fall fresh man and sophomore elections traditionally. The Lion party platform advocates: 1. Decentralized voting. This paves the way for greater student participation in voting, ac cording to Lion party. Since decentralized vot ing went out voting percentages have been 11 per cent lower. This has been a traditional plank in Lion party platforms. We can see some good points to decentralized voting. It will put polling places in the path of more students. However. it is a much harder job for the All-University elections committee to run an election with polling places strewn all over campus. All in all, this is not a bad plank. They had decentralized a while back and the voting per centage was nothing to rave about, however. 2. Eighth semester finals. Agreeing with All- University Cabinet Lion party can see no neces sity for eighth semester students to take final exams if they have a good average in the courses. This is popular with all students (especially seniors.) We couldn't find fault with this if we tried. But the administration can and does. Prospects are looking brighter every year, though. 3. Physical education for veterans. Lion party asks for an option for veterans on the matter of required physical education classes because the veteran's time is limited due to marital and/or financier: difficulties. Where have we seen this plank before? 4. Student discount service and air condition ing in downtown Eleaters. This will be done in conjunction with the Cabine,t Committee on Joint Town Affairs. Downtown merchants have evinced a definite willingness to improve town-University rela tions, but have excluded a student discount service as a means to this end. (At least that's what an NSA committee tells us.) 5. Striving to keep campaign promises. Through elected class officers, Lion party will continue to present plans for lengthened worn en's hours for freshmen, extended phone hours for dormitories, and a permanent half-holiday. We are gratified to hear that some of our humble opinions have been taken to heart. This is a noble plank and we have already noticed the good timing Lion party has employed by sending one of last fall's elected officers before Cabinet a few weeks ago with a half-holiday 'notion. The other planks are good although they tend to be a hit dreamy. They sound good, but we are afraid it will be quite a while before they are put into effect. 6. Elections Committee control of platforms. Lion party believes that this control is essential ly the same as censorship of student opinions. We are the first ones to speak out against censorship of student opinions. However, many times the political platforms are as far from being student opinions as the Washington Sena tors are from the New York Yankees on Sept. 30. —The Editor : 3 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111c Little Man on Campus One's A Crowd • , • l/. s l -N c•i._ "I thought you said fraternity boys had more spending money?" 'Round the Rim Coeds Cry Distortion— Men Cry Cold-Diggers Looks like spring has finally breezed it's way back to Pennsylvania. (I'm saying this with crossed fingers). Actual ly, the mild sunny weather and bright blue skies aren't the most significant indicators of spring at Penn State. The most definite signs are the couples casually strolling over campus and students lounging on every available place in the sun. And typically the student? fan cies have turned to thoughts of what have you. Take for example this letter to the editor: Dear Mr. Editor: . There has been a grave mis representation of facts. It is widely known that the ratio of males to females is 3.5 males for every female. We have been here (Penn State) for two se mesters and as yet we have not r eceive d the matriculation numbers of our 3.5 males. We thought if this was brought to your attention some thing could be done about it. Hopefully yours, Marie and Janet Did you try the Hetzel Union desk? Perhaps the reason that these two luckless lasses haven't met. with success is that student gov ernment hasn't taken an interest in this particular student prob lem. Perhaps one of the political parties will pick this up and in corporate it in its platform. Just visualize the slogan "3.5 Males for Every Coed." That's even better than "A Chicken in Every Pot." Or possibly another reason for their predicament is this state ment I overheard one of the local members of the stronger sex mut ter. "Penn State girls are all gold diggers!" As a point of clarification I want to stress that I don't make a practice of eavesdropping not unless it happens to be a state ment of controversial interest, such as this gem. Do all campus coeds really have, that gleam in their eye? A short poll of the editorial staff and a fe Ar other campus BMOC's who were lounging around the office reveals the consensus of opinion is that not all coeds are gold dig- • TONIGHT • DIXIELAND MUSIC at the Paradise Cafe Bellefonte 10 p.m.-1 a.m. featuring the D.S. QUINTETTE FRIDAY. MARCti 15. 1957 by Bibler ' t,, I y BECKY ZAHM gers, but most of them are. Thanks fellas. Getting back to the nostalgic air of spring—it obviously has not hit the campus telephone operators yet. Just lately a local coed was hustled to the phone for a station-to-station call from her fiance. As she breathlessly exclaimed "Hello, Darling" into the mouthpiece, she heard a voice that definitely did not be long to "Darling." A flat sharp voice greeted her with "Jane Doe, it is now seven minutes 'til one. 'You have to be off the phone in seven minutes or you'll be cut-off." Who said that all the world loves a lover? At this point I'll throw in some items of general interest, or more likely, no interest at all. Did you know that Thailand has 8000 TV sets, but 1000 are out of order, and no one is equipped to repair them! Any enterprising en gineers looking for a captive mar ket? People say that Collegian comes out with some corkers of headlines occasionally, but the New York Journal American came through with a winner. 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