PAGE FOUR ypwi»f threork B«tirdif dnrinr the UnlTtrhitjr ye»r, The DftSJy OtlUfUo U a btvdtnt •pentrd ntripaper. 53.00 per semester $3.00 per jetr Entered u iecorui*cltii mutter July S, 1931 it tin Stitt College. Pi. Pott Office under the net of Morch 3» 1879, ED DUBBS, Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Denny Malick; Copy Editors, Jim Tuttle, Lianne Cordero; Wire Editor. Paula Miller; Assistants, Mike Dutko, Linda Segar, Pam Alexander, Barb Stone. ... But All One Hears Is ‘No New Taxes’ Gov. George M. Leader's higher education program is in a Senate committee and it doesn’t appear it will get out in this.session. This is because Republican leaders have taken a dim view of the program, which runs con trary to their “no-new-taxes" chants and be cause Leader waited late in the session to intro-' duce his program. The program, which is to be financed by a one-cent soft drink lax, calls for a system of state scholarships, student loans and a greatly expanded system of junior colleges. The plan has merit. It was determined after a year's study by a special commission on higher education. Especially needed is the greatly expanded system of junior colleges. This idea is new to Pennsylvania but not to some other states such as New York and California. Many talented young men and women grad uate from high schools without the financial means to go to college and end up in jobs where their talents are wasted. Educators all over the nation have been warning against wasting the talents of today’s youth. President Eric A. Walker is not withstanding. In euence, the Leader plan would eventually bring junior colleges within commuting dis tances of the state's college-age population. It is certainly more reasonable to put col leges where students can reach them easily Tht Dtllr Cslltflta vtlcMsti letters to the editor on iny topic of public Interest. Alt letters mast is signed hr the writer. However, en rare occasion, names will be withheld if requested. Shorter letters lend themselves best to publication. All letter* are aoHect te condensation and editing for apace end rood taste. Bermuda Ban TO THE EDITOR: The WSGA regulations book for 1956-57 states that bermuda shorts and skirts above the knee may not be worn for dormitory lounge entertaining, in dining halls, in administration buildings and in classrooms— unless the class is a laboratory or field trip and the instructor permits them to be worn. WSGA hss petitioned several times to the dean of women that the rule concerning the wearing of bermuda shorts be revoked and that women students be allowed to wear bermudas on the same occasions that slacks may be worn. The Freshman Council has also petitioned _lo the dean but both have been turned down with a flat "NOl" Slacks and so-called pedal pushers, short slacks which come from two to six inches be lt) W the knee, are allowed but not bermuda shorts which come about two inches above the knee, the main difference being that the knee shows in bermuda shorts. What is so disgraceful about the feminine knee? If the administration feels that there is something disgraceful about it, why did they allow the Penn State coed to wear dresses just to their knees during World War II? Hemlines went up and there was no objection. It was a change in style as bermuda shorts ore a change. In fact, there is only one-half to one inch difference between the 1945 skirt and the bermuda skirl of today. Yet the bermuda skirt is outlawed! All over America bermudas are worn on golf courses, yet the Penn State coed was just re cently allowed to do this and is still not al lowed to wear bermudas in her dormitory lounges which are the equivalent to the living room in her own home. Even the most prominent lawyers in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago wear bermudas on the streets and on the job. Men’s tuxedos are made with bermuda shorts and many fraternities on this campus allow their members to wear bermudas to dinner when coats and ties are compulsory. Slacks for women students are allowed in the dining halls for breakfast and lunch as ■well as in classes, but not bermuda shorts. Why is this? A Thompson Hall hostess stated that what the dean objects to in bermuda shorts is that the girls don’t act like young ladies when they are wearing them. They become loud and Today HILLEL ELECTIONS. 9 ajn. to noon X.ECTCRE. 7 p.m.. 204 Eisenhower Chapel, Prof. Andrew W. C»se MARKETING CLUB. 7:10 r.m.. Phi Siam* Kippi. 601 s. Alin St. SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY. 7 p.m_ 2 SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT m fti 1V1!! iM a ILOYE PENN STATE DINER ultjp latUj Collegian Snceeuor to THE FfiEE LANCE* cat. 1887 Safety Valve Dress Rules Bring Complaints Gazette 109 Hetxel Union OF MANAGE- Yes Mother deserves the best. And the best (StfifaMl y° u could possibly give her is FLOWERS. Stop in today, and order your nrcrnirrr „„„ beautiful Mother's Day flowers from . . . DESERVES THE mil .. ......... t* bill McMullen florist /Milt 130 E. College Ave. "Opposite Old Main" Phone AD 7-4994 Flowers Telegraphed Anywhere THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA STEVE HIGGINS, Business Manager and daily than to keep on building expensive dormitories and dining halls in colleges far away. And by living at home, students will save money on their first two years of college. The expansion of the system of junior col leges would certainly relieve the University. The University quite naturally feels that since it is a land-grant institution, it has to grow to meet the expected increase in college enroll ment. Even now the University has to turn down many potentially good students every year. The biggest burden to the University in this growth is in dormitories and dining halls, which are not financed by the state. The University just this year has borrowed approximately SBO million for dormitory expansion. The main opposition to the plan is no new story. It’s going to cost money. That means new taxes. And if there’s something Pennsylvanians dislike, it’s taxes. But new taxes or not, Pennsylvania must do something about meeting the growing challenge to higher education. The University has shown the foresight of trying to do all it can. But it cannot do the entire job. Neither can the pri vale schools in the stale. Action should be forthcoming—if not this session, early next year. The “no-new-taxes” chant isn’t an answer to meeting today’s chal lenge in education. don’t sit properly. Are we any louder and do we sit more improperly in bermudas than in slacks? She also said that bermudas are just fine for sports but not for anything else, becaus* here at Pann State wa want to turn out fine, well-bred young ladies* and ladies wear shorts only for sports. Don’t Vassar, Smith and Bryn Mawr, just to name a few of the finer women’s colleges in the U.S., turn out “well-bred" young ladies? They wear bermudas on practically all occas ions except for formal dances, special dinners and church services. And why not? Besides being fashionable, bermudas are cool, com fortable and much easier to care for than skirts. Yet in our so-called democratic Penn State society we must sit back and accept this rule made by the dean even though almost 100 per cent of the women students oppose it. —Pat Mewborn Formal Chow TO THE EDITOR: We were most interested to learn at the meeting of the West Halls Council Monday evening that apparently the primary reason for the compulsory Sunday dress rule in the West Halls area arises from the fact that the West Halls represent the “show place of the University,” in contrast to the “low rent district,” namely Nittany-Pollock, to which “you wouldn’t want to take your mother.” We are amazed by the incredible delusions of superiority held by the residents of the West Halls. They feel that they are somehow under compulsion lo adopt a completely unrealistic. false set of standards for the Sunday noon meal, in order to make a "nice” appearance, thereby impressing visitors. Can visitors really be so naive as to believe that we are thus representing the true cross section of typical college life?-Can we really believe this ourselves? We are curious as to the impression received by those visitors who look beyond the super ficial aspects of dress to the painful incongrui lies of accompanying day's growth of beard# uncombed hair, and a decidedly vulgar vocabu lary. Surely human intelligence has not sunk to such depths that it can tolerate such absurdity . . . or has it? MENT. 7:50 p.m.. bmWi Chi Alphu THETA SIGMA PHI. 7 p.m.. back study lounge of Simmons, speaker. Mrs. Marbut Unlrersity Hospital Donald Abraham. Maurice Balling. Stanley Burd, John Damian. Rocer Karlin. Carl McClure. Carolyn Quarles. Whitten Richman. Ira Starer. Clemens Schoenebeck, Doris Seiler, Donald Thompson, Ellen Brantlinger. Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the paper, the student body, or the University —'Th* Editor —David Schleicher David Houghton Little Man on Campus "Funny lh. way they go for those visual aids." Ready Or Not It happens every spring at Penn State, and it’s only slightly reassuring to realize that it’s been happening for over 60 years. As carloads of students begin finding their way to Whipple’s and grades drop lower as suntans become darker, the senior class, supported by a highly vocal segment of under classmen, begins discussing a class gift. The arguments, which began half a century'ago, have usually been settled wisely and without bloodshed. The custom of giving a gift at graduation began with the class of 'O4, which gave ihe clock in Old Main tower. For years the clock was silent and laid risers slumbered undis turbed, until the class of '37 , decided upon chimes as a gift. Through the years, departing classes gave the sun dial in front of Old Main, the fountain by the Old Willow and a wireless radio station and tower, which was later condemned to the scrap heap as a lightning hazard. For a time, the custom of plant ing ivy to cover campus build ings was popular. This" was soon given up perhaps because the classes began to run out of build ings to cover. Faintly audible among shouts to support gift suggestions has always been the slightly strident, rather weapr voice of the faculty, pleading with their unhappy cap tives to keep their minds on books and exams. Their battle against picnics, sunbathing and social life is usually a losing one, in spile of the fact that they are reinforced with below-grades and the ihreai of failure to graduate. One student, returning to his tory class after an especially joy ous Spring Week and weekend, was faced with the dilemma of a WEDNESDAY; MAY 8. 1957 By Marian Beatty pop quiz on a chapter he hadn’t gotten around to reading. Rather than try to bluff his way through, he cheerfully ad mitted in a quickly-composed verse his total lack of informa tion about any history except that made during the past week.. The professors answer was equally cheerful: An Ogden Nash Without the cash I Bui being sporty, I’ll give you a 40. Another sign of spring is the after-Easter onslaught of. topless convertibles and tiny sports.cars. The sports cars scoot along the street like over-size bugs, spew ing gravel as they careen around corners. In Milan, sports car drivers zoom through city streets at speeds often exceeding 100 mph while pedestrians and traffic policemen shout and' applaud. So far there has-been no wild applause from State College pedestrians, but there has been some shouting. 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