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Editorial Opinion
What Price May Day?
The May Day ceremony will go on as usual this year
on the lawn in front of Old Main. Coeds will prance
through the 'tsual calesthenics and the queen will be
crowned surrounded by formally gowned court attendants.
Since the cost of this extravagant affair last year was
$1025.26, tho Women's Student Government Association
•ought to reduce the figure by holding the ceremony in
Bearer FieleL fThls .would cut the expense in half since if
would irequlre no setting up of bleachers.)
However, Beaver Field has already been reserved for
an athletic event, so the May Day preformance is thrown
once again back on the front lawn.
The cost of $1025.26 is ridiculous for such an affair,
particularly since the number of spectators is limited by
the seating arrangement. And since the bleacher cost is
necessary .again, WSGA will have to do some heavy
scrimping in order to reduce the expense.
Since WSGA insists upon holding the ceremony this
year, its expense account should not exceed 5500. although
this is close to the preposterous cost of the temporary
bleachers.
Unless Physical Plant and WSGA can arrive at a
more reasonable sum, the whole May Day idea should be
forgotten.
This Sounds Familiar
The Eisenhower Administration until recently
shown much alarm over the current recession. Then it
started talking about a tax cut. And we really became
worried. Tilings must be even worse than we thought, and
we have never been as optimistic as the administration.
Now Eisenhower has asked Congress for £171.4 million
in public works speedup appropriations as government
sources disclosed further drop in industrial production
will be announced Monday.
So this little recession—which was just what the
economy needed to halt runaway inflation—appears to
have grown into a big enough recession to get the Eisen
hower administration to take “drastic” steps.
Sounds like we have heard these steps somewhere
before—“loose money," tax cut, works expenditures. Could
it have been Thursday night in Schwab Auditorium?
Proper Order Required
Graduating seniors are now' ordering caps and gowns
at the Hetzel Union desk according to a schedule set up
for each college.
In addition to caps and gow'ns, at this time announce
ments, invitations and name card inserts can be ordered.
It is important that each senior check the days allotted
to his college. Negligence to make arrangements in the
proper order can cause unnecessary confusion—particu
larly when it involves caps and gow'ns of all specifications.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE...PENNSYLVANIA
STEVE HIGGINS. Bus Mgr.
Tree Suggested
For Class Gift
TO THE EDITOR: Lately there
has been more and more discus
sion as to the relative merits of
certain suggestions concerning
the Senior Class gift.
The pros end cons of the Stone
Valley Project have been debated.
Class benches and library dona
tions are annual topics which
hare been gone over time and
time again.
No matter which gift is de
cided upon, I feel that a portion
should be set aside for a class
tree. A sapling would riot rhake
too large a dent in the funds. and
could be placed in any one of a
number of places on the campus.
It would not. only add to the
beauty of the grounds; but would
also be a growing remembrance
for the graduate who comes back
years later.
I think it would be a good idea
for every graduating class to plant
its tree.
—Thom Shiels. '5B
Gazette
TODAY
HU!e! Porim Carnival, 8-11:20 p.m.. Foun-
dation
Players* production. “Boy on the Beach;*
8 p.m.. Centre Stage
Town Independent Men Dance, 9 p.m.,
HUB ballroom
TOMORROW
Chapel Service,
Luther Harahbarger. University Chaplain
Roman Catholic Mass. 9 a.m.. Schwab
Protestant Service of Worship, 9 a.m.,
Chain*!
Artists* Series concert by Rite Stevens,
8:80 p.m.. Rec Hall
Alpha Lambda Delta pledging ceremonies.
7 p.m.. MrElwain lounge
Newman Club business meeting, 7 p.m.
207-209 HUB
MONDAY
Faculty Luncheon Club. noon. HUB dining
room “A 1 *
Engineering Mechanics Seminar, 4:10 p.m..
room 202, Engineering “A"
Mineral Ernnomica Seminar, 4:10 p.m.. 121
MI
Student* Interested in advertising crew
for Players* production. **Tonight at
B:3o** and “The Merchant of Venice,**
8 p.m. Schwab
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Richard Armen, Suaanne Bishop, An
thony Butto. Edward Caye. Robert Frank
lin. Charles Gorden. Margery Green. De
lano Hoover. Marilyn King. Michael Koss,
Jon Lang. Richard Lewis. Frank Lom
bardo, Richard Mills, James Naugle. Jose
phine Hhyder, Mad&n Singh, William Tal
bott, Douglas Totten, Carole Zielke.
Job Interviews
Companies interviewing March
31:
Ciliforni* T»u Oil: BS in PNG. Chem E.
CE. EF-, ME
John Wanomiker: BS in LA. Bun Ad. Psjr,
or anyone interested in retailing
Insurance Co. of North America: BS in
LA. Bus Ad. Pay or anyone interested
in insurance
Food Mach. & Chem Corp: BS in Chem,
Chem E: also Ag students for sales
The Higbee Co: BS In Bus Ad, Home Ec,
Econ, LA
L>brand Ross Bros. & Montgomery: BS
MS in Acctg
Rike Kumler Co: BS in Bus Ad. LA. Home
Ec
Westinghecse Electric Corp: BS in EE.
ME, lE. Chem E. Phys, Metal, Acctg,
Bus Ad,* Mkg. Econ, Fin.
Companies interviewing for
summer employment:
Jansky & Bailey: Jr. in EE
O Homael Co: Jr. in Cer
CAMP INTERVIEWS
Philadelphia YMCA Camps. March 20.
Campus Seeks-
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participation in their government,
with these amendments we re
move the apathetic student’s
crutch—‘What can I do about it?’
—and make it his responsibility
to express himself if he’s disatis
fied.”
The amendments were drawn
up by Thalimer and the party's
platform committee and these
persons have planned to get the
petition ready in time for Cabi
net's Thusday night meeting.
Thalimer said he expects the
.amendments to be put on the
ballot wilh the All-University
Spring elections.
Asked whether this was a po
litical move. Thalimer had this
to say:
“Yes, it’s a political move, in
asmuch as getting a platform ac
complished is a political move.
We’re just trying to show that we
intend to get the platform planks
as stated accomplished as soon
and as efficiently as possible.
There was no reason for the can
didates to wait until the end of
the elections to attempt this, since
the machinery already existed in
the present Cabinet constitution.”
Leonides Officer Installation
New officers of Leonides Coun
cil will be sworn in at a meeting
at 6:30 p.m. Monday in 203 Het
zel Union.
Little Man on Campus by Dick Biblsr
To State, with Love
The 'Social Game
A Crying Shame
Schwab. Dr,
Having spent the flower of my flaming youth at this
isolated haven, I feel qualified to make the observation
that Penn State doesn’t have anything resembling a nor
mal social situation—or atmosphere.
We enter a fairy-tale social game the minute we pass
through the gates on College Avenue. And as an argument,
I offer these facts:
Where, I ask you, could any
one go on four consecutive
Saturday night dates ... attend
some type of scheduled event
. . . and'not spend a cent? At
Penn State, that’s where. By
merely having .
his matric ‘
card punched,
a student could
have gotten
into athletic
events four
weekends run
ning during
last month...
and the coeds
wouldn't have
had thechance
to estimate
his Dunn and Bradstreet rat
ing.
And thanks to fraternities,
it’s possible for you to ignore
your dates without their cogni
zance. After all, if your date
is a lemon, you’re not depen
dent upon her (him) for con
versation or company. You
can get lost in the coal room,
or just mingle with the crowd.
Things like movies, etc., offer a
large chance to ignore your
date. All you have to do is
pretend you’re engrossed in the
goings on.
Another University first is
the “Big Brother” atmosphere.
Penn State may be impersonal
in many ways, but not on the
social scale. Just try indulging
in a little of what comes nat-
E /JAY GRWDFAIHEeI YOUS GRANDRffHEC DIDN'T
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mimSm l IHE WON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT,
"Did. your draft board give you an extension
on your educational deferment."
SATURDAY.i-MARCH 15M958
By Larry Jacobson
urally . . . there’s nothing like
having an 'audience . . and
cars are cold in the winter.
This-lack of privacy reaches a
peak in the dorms. It’s not the
other people, as much as the
feeling that there’s a house
mother staring in. your back
and saying, “we don’t do those
things around here!”
I-like the way housemothers
use the collective form "we."
And then there are these ab
normal situations that always
keep popping up:
1. Going on a date and
bumping into five or six other
coeds you’re dating. This makes
you take gas.
2. Doubling with your best
buddy who happens to be dat
ing what used to be your best
girl. (What’s worse is if you
still like the girl.)
3. This is the - classic. ' You
walk into the fraternity with
some girl who turned down a
fraternity brother BEFORE
you asked her out. He says “I
thought you were going home
this weekend?” While she
stammers for an answer, it’s
best to crawl under a conven
ient couch.
Finally, we have the Univer
sity’s answer to Walter Win
chell: the “grape vine.” No
where does this propaganda
organ work as efficiently as at
Penn State. It’s our answer to
Dunn and Bradstreet, “Who’s
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