PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Hook, Line and Sinker All-Uruversity Cabinet’s consideration of a motion to ask the Board of Trustees to consider opening its meetings to the public began as an objective discussion last night. But Cabinet's consideration soon became a non-objective wrangle and it ended with a red herring in the person of Senior Class President Thomas Hollander. The motion, as amended last night, read: "That All-University Cabinet request the Board of Trustees to consider opening its meetings and/or printing the minutes.” Hollander moved to close debate at the end of his speech, thus precluding answering debate. His seven points, and the logical answers are: 1. Open board meetings would interfere with discus sion of appointments and promotions and those persons appointed or promoted would read the news in the papers before being told personally. Hollander apparently did not bother to inform himself well on this point. Most appointments and promotions are aproved and announced not by the Board of Trustees, but by the board's executive committee, composed of its offi cers and a few other board members. This group, about which there is no question of closed meetings, is analagous to Cabinet's own executive committee and does much work that can be spared the full board. 2. Reporters would not know what the trustees were talking about. A trustee might move to approve “Resolu tion P-3” without further explanation. Again. Hollander, who took a course in parliamentary procedure last semester, should know that Is is common practice to distribute copies of all motions brought before meetings of groups such as the trustees. When these meet ings are open, copies are always given to the press. 3. The state legislature has exempted the board from holding open meetings. This is true, but again, Hollander Ignored the fact that the State Senate unanimously ap proved such a bill and it did not become law probably only because it was lost in a last-minute shuffle in the House of Representatives. 4. It would be difficult to maintain the calibre of persons sitting on the board, if open meetings were insti tuted and persons of such calibre preclude the need for open meetings. Certainly, the calibre of men In public trust in the state legislature o rin municipal government or on school boards throughout the state—all of which are required by law to bold open meetings—ls not significantly lower than the calibre of men sitting on the Board of Trustees. 5. Public Information does a better job of reporting the news than newspapers'could do. Mr. Hollander, ap parently does not believe in the responsibilities and capa bilities of a free and uncontrolled press in a free society. 6. Open board meetings would promote lobbying. It is well known that most successful lobbyists do not depend on newspapers for their information but on “inside contacts." 7. The board could not use executive sessions to ful fill necessary purposes of the closed meetings. The board could discuss anything under the sun in executive session. The only restriction on this device is that no official action may be taken in such a session. Any final decision the board makes, we believe, it can afford to make in the strong light of public observation. It would seem that Hollander's "line of thinking" is actually a fishing line, with a red herring secured firmly to the end. And last night Cabinet swallowed that red herring— hook, line and sinker. editorials aro written ay ih« editors and atatt stobm •f m* OaUy Collegian and do not necessarily rtpr—eat tka d#*i *r the University or of the atadent My. A Student-Operated Newspaper laily Collegian Successor to The Free Lance, est 1887 raMblwa r.redsj Uimik ■•mint dorini thi Unlrenlt* rut, Tk< ■Wlr Calltfian l» r - MnuKt Entered u wmid-cUu Bitter Jnlr I. I*l4 «t Ih# State Ceilere fa Poet Office endcr lie ert of March L IST*. Hai l Prtcot U.H MnaaUt (J.tl ptr rwr ED DUk'BS. Editor STEVE HIGGINS. Bus Mgr. flftiMrim EdiUt. JiA) fUrktsoni tit? Editor. Rtbtri Franklinj Sport* Cdlltr, Vine* Uracdi Copy Editor. Marian Beatty; Assistant Cop* Editor, Ralph Manns; Assistant Sparta Edllara. Matt Matthews aad Loo Prato: fttako-a? Ci«») Phillips. Pootocraphy Editor C sorts Barrisoa. Ant Baa W*r. 8«i Marteaaoa: Local M. Met. Marilyn Eliaai Lwl Ueal Ad. Hf<. ttaor Am Goocaleo; Nations) Ad Mat. ioaa Wallace: Pmcvrtlo* s Mcte» Manana* Mala:; Personnel Met. Lynn GUaatarn: Classified Ai fclfr,. Btm Bllktrio: CaClmtatlM Men*. Pat Microtek! and Rickard Llppot Research and Record* Mrr.. Barbara Wall: Office Secretary Marten* Marta. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Cot*y Editor, Dove Finecnaa; Wire Editor. Bonnie Jones; AaoUiauts, Cathy KWk, Marlene Milani. Jeff Pollack. Lolli Neabarth. Elaine UUajr. DalUMie £lU* Panda. Judy Whariou* Kitty Craiy and Bea BzvaslH* THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Utters 'Woman's' Hall Has Co-ed Past TO THE EDITOR: An article in The Daily Collegian, a bit ago, concerning the new name and plan for the Woman's Building,” alias the “Ladies’ Cottage,” stir red up some recollections, which you might find interesting, and which I meant to send to you more promptly. The proposed "community liv ing" really began, informally and unofficially, in that ancient edi fice. in 1903. The building con sisted then only of the original central portion, neither wing being added until much later. Away up under the peaked roof was a big room designed, origin ally as a sort of gymnasium and playroom, for the ladies. In the fall of 1903, it was oc cupied as a very comfortable apartment by the late Dr. and Mrs. H. Freeman Stecker. Some three or four women students were then living in the building, as well as a few women teachers and secretaries. Several men, in cluding myself, were given the privilege of taking their meals there. Thera was a very considerable, but quite discreet, social life among us—games of whist, an oc casional dance generally informal but sometimes quite formal, and much singing about the piano, as weU as picnic trips in the old College surrey and bus. I recall, besides Dr. Stecker and myself, the presence in that select and happy company, of Miss Anna Redifer, head of the Art Depart ment and Lady Principal; her as sistant, Miss Emma McFeely; the Misses Harriet Nichols and Lu cretia VanTuyl Simmons of the German Department; Ernst E. Calkins of the English Depart ment; Miss Susan Becker, of the Library Staff; Miss Nettie J. Cook, of the class of 1907; Miss Bertha V. Gilliland, of ’O4, and a small and cheerful secretary in the President’s Office, Miss Thompson. There were, I am sure, others oi both sexes, whose names, at the moment, escape me. That was a whole lifetime ago. Gazette Alpha Epsilon Delta. 8 217 Willard American Statistical Association, 4 p.m.. 319 Willard F.F.A, Banquet, HUB dining rooms Field Mechanic* Seminar, Roughness Boundary Layers,*' 4:10 p.ci., 1 Sackett Hillel Sabbath Eve Services. 8 p.m.. Foun- dation Mineral Industrie* Colloquium, “Physico- Chemical Studies of Some Clau-Forminff Liquids,** 4:10* p.m.. Mineral Science Auditorium Newman Club Stations of tho Cross, 4 and Church 0 Ntwmui Club Open Henee, 8 p.m., Student Center Players’ Production of “Bor on th» Beach/* S. Center Stage Sociology Department. Dr. J. Boelaars. Roman Catholic missionary, 9 a.m., 112 Oemond UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL George Bernstein. Ronald Bibta. Ann Craig". Myra Fault, Lucinda Lee Hart, Henrietta Hertxog. David Kiser. James Kontos, Donald Koontt, Barbara Lynn Levin. Richard Murphy, James Naugle. Wlnton Seybold. Fred Speicber. Robert Welch. Job Interviews W. T. Grant Co: Mar IS; men in LA. Bus Adm, Pay, HomeEc. interested in re tailing- ' Equitable Life Assurance Society: Mar 20: Math tor aeturiai work; residents of New York City for employment in homo office; LA. Bus A dm, interested in ad ministrative training program. - Aetna Life insurance Co: Mar 21: Bus Adra. LA. interested in sales; Math for aeturiai work; any student interested in aeturiai work in home office for summer employment. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Dept, of Highways): Mar 21; BS A MS in CE. Geol. Min. Chem. Agro. For. ChE. Land scape Arch: BA 6 MA in’Math; also Jr. Soph in CE for summer employment. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: (Penna Dept of Banking): Mar 21; Bus Adm, Acctg, Econ, Fin. Corning Glass Works: Mar 21; BS & MS in Phi's. GeoCbem, lE. ME. Metal. Arch Eng. Econ. Math. Bus Adm. Cer. ChE. Chem, CE. EE, Eng Sci. Geo Phys. General Foods Research Center: Mar 21: BS A MS in Chem. AgßioChem. ChE: also Soph. Jr. Sr in same fields for summer employment. International Telephone ft Telegraph (Fed Tel Lab. Fed Elec); Mar 21; EE. Fhya. Kurt Salmon Assoc: Mar 21; lE, Acctg. Pennsylvania Child Welfare Bureau ft Dept of Public Assistance: Mar 21; Soc, Psy, Ed. interested in social casework. Wagner Electric: Mar 21; EE, lE. ME. Wcotinrhouse Air Brake: Mar 21; HK ; EE> lE, Phyfc - . • , • —John H. Frizzell Chaplain Emeritus TODAY “Effects of Laminar on Transition in iffle Man on Campus by Dick Bibi< iv'=- C 23 "Up her* now Miss Brewster—it seemed more practical to seat the class alphabetically." Sand in My Shoes 'All-Female Frosh Requested by Men A solution to upright the lopsided male-female ratio came from a "representative of the disheartened male students” the other day who proposed that all incoming frosh this year be female. In a letter to The Daily Collegian, the student said “as all Penn State students know, the ratio of male, female stu dents is 3:1. This is a condition which we feel needs some sort of correction because it is det rimental to the morale of the male students. “Perhaps a sex restriction for next year’s e n trance re quirem ents would allevi ate this prob lem” Wonder what would happen if the . University de cided to alter- — nate male and female classes. This would also mean, of course, a drastic .change in the structure of activities—not on ■ ly. the date calendar. If it were so, in a few years newspaper front pages might read something like this: SMITH PASSES TO JAB LONSKI FOR 4 TD’S—Sally “Bull” Smith threw for four touchdown passes to star end, 6-9 Vi “Tiny” Terry Jablonski to lead Penn State to a 28-27 ' upset victory -over a mighty . Army eleven. The Cadets were crushed. SECRET SOCIETY TAPS 15 —Kitty’s Claw last night tap ped 15 outstanding coed lead ers for membership in its sec ret society. Tapping • breakfast was held this morning in Sim mons Hall. It was announced sl. s~ —====— HE/! COME \ / IT‘^\ sluice ] / Jk\CHAgUEBWaw) y it?” ( 11 GOTMIS / TniLrii ) P UCTfEUPI!! 1 FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1958 By Judy Harkison at the breakfast that additional elevator service is being in stalled to the fourth' floor of Old Mane. 41 EVICTED FROM WAR ING LOUNGE—Sue Antes, president of the West Halls Council, evicted 41 heckling men from Waring Lounge for causing a disturbance during the bi-annual West Halls Knit ting Marathon. Their heckling caused Miss Antes .to drop a stitch and lose her hard-earned lead in the 50th hour of compe tition. FRATERNITIES BATTLE OVER DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE Fifi Moran, Inter-, fraternity Council president, last night defended her stand to allow men pledge fraternity, houses with a .06 average. She said “with the scarcity of men we feel , that the present 3.9. pledge average should be dropped so as to maintain Penn State’s reputation as the No. 1 party school in the East.” So "disheartened male stu-, dents" want all female frosh ‘ next year. Do they? Policy With Teeth SAN DIEGO, Cal. (A 3 ) —Pa-- tricia Forsyth, the owner of a big Afghan dog, took out per sonal liability insurance in case the dog bit anyone. The insur ance agent got. a call from her a short time later asking for ai new policy. The dog had chewed up the original.
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