PAGE FOUR Editorial Christmas Gift for Larry When Penn State students collected $7OO last February for D:ck Kadis, injured Geneva College football player. they i esponded with pi omptness and generosity to a cause that was far removed from this campus. The University .a•as proud of this effort put forth to help just another college football player who was trying to make the football team in a small western Pennsylvania college, and who had some had luck. Now students will have the chance to respond with a•qual generosity for "A -Christmas-Present-for-Larry" drive tentatively set Dec. 8 to 15 by a student committee last night. This fall a similar tragedy hit our own campus when freshman George "Larry - Sharp broke his neck and was paralyzed as a result of a trampoline accident. Sharp, who is now at the Geisinger Memorial Hospital in Danville., has made little progress toward recovery. He has no use of his right hand and little use of the left one. Sharp will be moved to the New York University hospital where there is a better equipped rehabilitation center. The total cost of hospital and special care may run to as high as 520.000 to 530,000. The University cars ies no insurance covering a student injured in an accident so the hospital expenses will have to be met by the Sharp family. Cabinet has already voted to begin the "Christmas Present for Larry" drive by giving $lOO. Then in Decem ber money will be collected from individual students, campus and town groups, fraternities, sororities, parents or for that matter anyone who would like to contribute. The Dick Kadis drive was overwhelmingly successful and yet Kadis was unknown to Penn State students. This didn't make any difference. Now ''Larry" Sharp needs the same help. We hope stu dents will feel five or more times as generous when the hat is passed around next month—"A Christmas Present for Larry." It Would Be Nice All-University Cabinet voted 14-10 last night to seek an extension of the Chnstmas vacation. As presently scheduled (ifs been changed twice already, we're told), the vacation will end at 8 a.m. Friday Jan. 3. This means that students must return to campus for Friday and Saturday classes. The students, quite naturally, would like an extra weekend on their vacation. And quite a few will un doubtedly cut their Friday and Saturday classes whether the extension is granted or not. The main reason for requesting such an extension is that it would be nice to have. Also, it would eliminate having to travel on the day after New Year's, a day when many motorists will be on the - highways. All-University Cabinet almost defeated the motion for a Yule holiday extension because some members—a small tightly-knit grou p —felt it was impossible to ob tain. We realize the possibilities to obtain an extension are few. However, this is no reason for Cabinet to refuse to request such action front the University. All Cabinet is saying to the Senate Committee on the Calendar is. something to this effect: A longer Christmas vacation would be nice, and, if possible, could it be arranged? We're sure that if the committee honestly feels it's impossible to arrange—and tells the student body why— the students will understand. A Student-Opera ted Newspaper Ot tr l3l . 1 01/ Successor :o The Free Lance, est. 1887 piods.hed Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Deily Cellegian i. II student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-clam matter July 3. 1934 s the Mete College. Pa.. root Off:re under the act of March 3. 1539. Mel B•liietiptios Puce: MOO pit atmeeter MOS per rear ED DUBBS. Editor Mariaaina Editor. Jade Hannon: Cite Editor. Robert Franklin: Sports Editor. Plnre Corwect: t opy Editor. Anne Friedberr: Assistant COPY Editor. Marian Beatty: Assistant Sports Editors Matt Mathews and Loa Prato: Make-up Editor. Ginny Pho.' tograpliy Editor. George Harrison. Aut. Has Itgr.. Roe Mortensen; Local Ad. Mgr.. Marilyn Elias; Aut. Local Ad. *gr.. Rose Ann Gonzales: National Ad Mgr.. Joan Wallace: Promotion Mgr_ Marianne 'Later: Personnel Mgr., Lynn Glastbarn: Clatsifled Ad. Mgr.. Stens Rutstein; cip. Ctrcalattion Mgr... Pat thernicki and Richard Lippe: Research sad & Kor a i m gr .. Barbaro Wall: Office Secretary. Marten* Marks. STAFF THIIS ISSVE: Copy FOrlor, Mary ; W:rr Echter, Barb Martino: Assistant, Bobbi br.tne, Cathy nada. E:alne Michael. Donahi Caseitto. Rollin Borger, Milo Westoott. Nary kte j mind Jeanette Salo, Di-.§: - .24P STEVE HIGGENS, Bus. Mgr. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve Yule Vacation Is 'Frustrating' TO THE EDITOR: The familiar cries of last year are being heard again this year( and we feel justly so) concerning the termination of the Christmas holiday vacation on Jan. 2, 1958. The principal factor in favor of extending the Christmas va cation was the obvious hazard encountered on the highways by those students forced to drive in mid-holiday traffic. The sole point offered by the' calendar committee against the; extension was that the school cal-i endar had already been made up. After many protests from the stu-1 dent body and letters from the; parents of many students, the; committee evidently felt that an; extension was good and justified.' An extension was effected. Why wasn't the extension in corporated into this year 'a schedule? Would it not be ad visable to now change the schedule of this and corning years? Has the hazard on the highways disappeared? We think not. The apparent lack of foresight' on the part of the calendar corn-1 mittee may endanger the lives of the students, and completely frus-I trate their efforts along student government lines. —Joseph Tomei. George H. Wells, George Sundy, Robert. Harlin, Charles Questa, '5B Senior Questions Rule Enforcement TO THE EDITOR: It his been a little more than one year since the Interfraternity Council passed a rule forbidding fraternities from serving alcoholic beverages to freshmen. Whether or not the freshman drinking ban is good has yet to be decided, but it's here to stay. However, the persons who believes the ban is rigidly en forced is either an idealist or a member of the IFC- Board of Control. Evidently, members of the board fe e 1 fraternities have enough morality to enforce the ban themselves for they certain ly haven't been checking fraterni ties, or at least the ones I've been to. I've seen seven fraternities openly violate the ban this se mester, and laugh about it. In ad dition, some Greek groups have been serving beer at freshmen rushing functions after 1 a.m. Sat urday mornings._ Sooner or later this year, some fraternity will get caught serving a freshman and get raked over the coals while other houses are getting away with it. This isn't exactly fair. Enforcement is up to the mem bers of the Board of Control, or is this another rule that "looks good on paper?" —Larry Jacobson, 58 4 Students Name New Ice Cream Four students have been named winners in a contest to name a new ice cream which is to be served in the Lion's Den. The winners, who suggested the! name "Lion's Delight," are Helen' Baldwin, junior in education fromi Lewistown; Robert Pingel, juniorl in the division of counseling from; Tyler Hill; David Pressman, junior in electrical engineering from Philadelphia; and Joe Roth, soph omore in business administration from Harrisburg. .Job Interviews American Brass Co: Dec 6 BS. MS. PhD :n BusAd I Aects, Econ, BusMgt: EE, IF.. ME, Metal R. R. Donnell, & Sons: Dee 6 BS. MS in Cn.•m. Phrs. Math: PhD in Phys. Math Standard Oil of California: Der , 6 BS. MS in ChF.. ME, EE. Pnx. Metal, Chem; l'hI) in ChE. Chem. Iliss Tonight on WDFM 6:45: Sum on and News: 7:00 "A" Train; 7:50: State News and National Sports: 6:00: litbraroppin*: 8:30: Friday Night News Round-up: 9:00: Just For Two: 10:00: News: 10:03: Light Classical Juke box: 11:30: News and Sign-off. Spring Week Committees Applications for Spring Week committee positions are available at the Hetzel Union desk. They must be returned by Dec 8. Anyone may apply. lE. ChE ME. EE BwiAd. LA Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibles. 7 - 7 -- Yes, I KNOW you have the same answers as Smith—your answers are wrong because YOU took a different test." Ready or Not it's a Rocky For Profs, Being a professor must be a tough job—almost as ex hausting as that of being a student. Not only must profs somehow manage to arrive at a o'clock classes, but also they are expected to deliver reasonably coherent lectures. And to add insult to injury, while lecturing they are con fronted by nothing more inspir ing than a room full of students who are sleeping, knitting, medi tating, or snickering over "Pea nuts" in the morning's Collegian. Most profs seem to develop a hard, protective shell and console themselves with the thought that soon the entire class will go a way. • 4 KP -1 4w• Now and then, though, an inci dent occurs which cracks even the hardest shell and, while brigh tening up a dull_ day for students, 1 1 e aV' e s the in structor v i s i bly 'shaken. This week it happened to an econ prof, one of a breed which is generally unmoved by the wildest of student capers. The whole affair was caused by a fraternity pledge who had brought, in addition to the us ual assortment of books, bun dles. umbrellas and matches which art. frequently carried by pledges, an alarm clock. Other members of the class were soon attracted by the tick ing, and were irresistibly tempted to test the alarm. They found it had splendid t o n e—penetrating FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1957 Road Too By Marian Beatty enough to rouse even those in the front rows. Perhaps that might be an ef fective way of halting profes • sors who consistently lecture past dismissal hour! Maybe that's why instructors delight so in walking in to class nine minutes late. Or why they smile so fiendishly during blue books . . . Gazette TODAY Academic Year Institute Colloquium, 3:10 p.m.. 131 Temporary College of Agriculture Forum, 4:10 p.m., 109 Armshy. Fluid Mechanics Seminar, 4:10 p.m., Sackett ; Hine! Sabbath Eve Services. 8 p.m. Interlandia Folk Dance, 7:30 p.m., Hetcel Union Ballroom Mineral Industries Colloquium, 4:15 p.m., M.l. Auditorium !Newman Club Thanksgiving Dance, 8 p.m., I Our Lady of Victory Church Hall !Ordnance Research Laboratory Colloquium, 4:10 p.m., 110 Electrical Engineering !Philosophy Club, 7:30 p.m.. 215-216 Hazel. Union Wesley Foundation Pilgrim Party. 8 p.m.. foundation Agronomy Prof to Talk At Annual Crop Show Dr. John B. Washko, professor of agronomy; will speak at the 49th annual crop show of the Dela ware Crop Improvement Associa tion Monday at Dover, Del. Washko's topic is "Legumes ver sus Grass and Legume Mixtures {for Delaware Livestock!' "SM
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