PAGE FOUR .551?? Satli] Cnllegtan Dally Colief Uii I* • atodenl- goecMtor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. 1887 operated ntwapaper. $5.00 per semester >5.00 per year Entered as eeeond-dau matter July 5, 1934 at the State Coliese, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1871 ED DUBES. Editor Asst. Bn*. Mrr M Sac Morten*on; Local Ad. Msr.. Marilyn Mantfflnr Editor, Judy HarkUon; City Editor, Robert Frank* Elias: Aast. Local Ad. Mgr., Rote Ann Gonzalet; National lln: Sports Editor. V'ince Carocci; Copy Editor, Ann Fried* Ad. Mgr., Joan Wallace: Promotion Mgr., Marianne Maler; 4*erg: AMUfant Copy Editor, Marian Beatty: AcsUtant Sport* Personnel Mgr., Lynn Clatsburn: Classified Ad. Mgr., Stera Editor, Matt Podbock; Make-up Editor, Ginny Philips; Pho- Billstein; Co-Cireulation Mgra., Pat Miernickl and Richard iocrraphy Editor. Ceoree tfarriann. Lippe; Research and Record* Mgr., Barbara Wall; Office Secretary. Marlene Marks. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ralph Manna; Copy Editors, Jack McArthur, Pat Earley; Wire Editor, Lou Prato: Assistants, Anne Ruthrauff, Edie Blumenthal, Ted Wells. Spring Week: A Little in the Dark • Although Spring Week was generally con- and townspeople. In previous years, the parade sidered to be a success, some criticisms and has preceded the Miss Penn State coronation, recommendations should be made before it is which, as usual, was a well-organized event. forgotten and laid aside for another year. The major fault in Spring Week this year lay In the Mad-Hatters contest. The event ran over time, the .judging was poor and nobody seemed to know exactly what he was doing. This state of confusion cannot be attributed to anyone. The event was as well-organized as possible beforehand, but due to unforseen things such as 6000 participating in one event it was impossible to keep everything running smoothly. The number involved in the contest was also the main factor in the poor judging. It is a physical impossibility for six persons to judge 6000 hats fairly. It even seems doubtful that the judges eoujd have seen all the hats. These faults could be remedied by cutting the number of participants. However this defeats the purpose of the contest which is supposed to give everyone a chance to be creative. A better solution would be to eliminate the contest and to substitute the float parade, which was discontinued two years ago. The proposal to eliminate the float parade completely" and to cut the carnival from two days was recommended at the 1955 Encamp ment by Panhellenic and Interfraternity Coun cils in order to eliminate much of the academic and physical strain on the students. If the Mad-Hatters contest is eliminated the float parade could be reinstated. It would prob ably attract more interest from both students 50 Cents Adds Up When each graduating senior casts a vote for the senior gift, he will be selecting a class remembrance for which he has paid about $4. The class gift, which amounts to approxi mately $lO,OOO is purchased with the unused portion of a general "damage" fund. Ever}' semester a damage deposit of 50 cents is tacked on the student fees. This fee covers all damages a student might do to University property. At the end of four years and four dollars, if there remains four dollars, the fund automatic ally finances the senior gift. Included in this are the deposits of both January and June graduates of the particular year. Last year the class gift was an ambulance for the University Hospital. . This year the gift will be one of five sug gestions—collection of books for the Fred Lewis Pattee library, money for some portion of the Stone Valiev recreation project, furnishings for the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Memorial Chapel, photostat machines for the library and furnish ings for the planned School of the Arts building. Seniors should remember, when selecting the class gift, that S 4 worth belongs to each of them. —Judy Harkison T od * !r ... - „ ... C4MMA SIGMA, pledses. «;30 p.m.. * White; Members. ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY. * p.m.. Phi Kappa Sterna. 7 p.m.. 2 White. COLLEGIAN ADVERTISING STAFF. C:45 p.m.. U Carnegie. LA COUNCIL, 7:»0 p.m.. 214-215 HUB. COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, €:3O p.m., Willard. NEU BABARIAN SCHUHPLATTLERS, 7 p.m., Old Main. COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIED AI) SIAFK 7 p.m., Collegian University Hospital office. _ Donald Abraham. Maurice Balling. Stanley Burd John COLLEGIAN PROMOTION STAFF. 7 pm.. 103 Willard. Damian. John Hess.Vhittenßiehman, Ira Starer. bonald DELTA SIGMA PI. 7:510 p.m.. Surma Chi. Thompson, Patricia Yerger. Tribunal Applications {Tickets Are Available Prof Leads Workshop Applications for Tribunal are For Insurance Banquet i Dr - Douglas Jackson, assistant now available in the dean of men’s' Tickets for the Insurance Club professor of psychology, was the office. ! banquet which will be held at leader of a workshop and served The applications must be re-;fj 3o P- m - Thursday at the Eutaw as a consultant for the Arkansas .....J h , r Caturdiv Fourth' available tn 111 Sparks, experiment in teacher education, turned b> noon Saturday fourth Dr Davis Gregg, president of,supported by the Ford Founda and fifth semester men may the College of Life Underwriters, tion, last week in Little Rock, apply. 'will be the guest speaker. ’Ark. Young American Art CLOSER THAN YOU THINK On Mother's Day, a student art exhibition will be held at ALPHA RHO CHI FRATER NITY. 220 East Foster Are. The show will include oil drawings, and pastel sketches, all done by students in Archi tecture and Fine Arts. Open to public from 2 to 5 on Sunday Afternoon. Don't miss this en lightening show of student art work. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA One of the more serious consequences of the Mad-Hatters contest running overtime was that the He-Man contest had to be held in the dark. Lights from cars and even flashlights had to be used. Performers were especially handi capped in the steeple chase since the obstacles were not visible until the runners were on top of them. The Queen of Hearts contest, which spectators and participants seemed to enjoy, also ha‘d to be held in the dark. Accidents could have occurred very easily in both events. The carnival is the most popular and the best revenue-producing event of the Week. Yet hav ing it from 6:30 to 11 p.m. makes it impossible for anyone to get around to more than half the shows. The two-day carnival was eliminated for good reasons. But the carnival hours could be ex tended until 12:30 or 1 a.m. with the women students receiving special permissions. The All-Service Revue, besides providing top flight entertainment, was an excellent place to award trophies to the Spring Week winners. Another special event such as this should be in cluded in next year’s Spring Week plans. Th§ Spring Week committee did a commend able job in giving students one of the best Spring Weeks ever. With a few changes, next year’s could be even better. Leader and Racing Gov. George M. Leader is now openly opposed to the horse-racing referendum, which has hit a muddy track in the House of Representatives. Leader, who had previously said he would not openly oppose nor support the referendum, put up something like an 11-hour fight when the bill came up for vote in the Senate" April 30. His fight failed and the referendum passed “by a nose.” For b man who has been plagued by Republi can "no-new-faxes" cries and has proposed the largest budget in the stale's history. Leader look an unrealistic—but maybe politically -wi s e move in opposing the referendum. Legalized horse racing in Pennsylvania would mean revenue, revenue the state is now allow ing to slip through its fingers to neighboring states. West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey. New York and Ohio all permit pari _ mutuel betting on horses. Thousands of resi dents every year go to out-of-state tracks to bet. There is no doubt the state could use more revenue, and even for some of Leader's pet projects, such as mental health and education. Not only did Leader lose his 11-hour fight to defeat the referendum, but it now appears that he also lost some prestige, especially in his own party. Gazette ;^tceteie«cteteic!ce