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Editor :al Opinion
Wanted:
The disci(' ,of J B. Long, president of the
Board of Truite.), tint he personally favors opening the
board's meetings to the press and the public seems to be
what a number of people would like to have said—but
didn't have the courage to.
Long's position that open meetings would create a
"healthy situation" 'agrees exactly with comments ex
pressed by this newspaper nearly two months ago.
But members of All-University Cabinet only last
month voted against even asking the board to seriously
consider opening its meetings. CAbinet members then
turned around and voted to investigate possibilities of
having the All-University president sit in on the meet
ings, apparently indicating that they really would like
more direct information after all.
Probably the argument advanced most widely against
open trustees meetings—and one of the major reasons for
Cabinet's switch—was that the protective shell of secrecy
is in some way responsible for keeping the board a body
of men of unusually high caliber.
This argument, which was advanced by Cabinet
opponents of open trustees meetings, also has been ad
vanced by high administration officials.
The University is indeed fortunate to have as trustees
men of the stature of James B. Long. But it is highly im
probable that such men need "protection."
And it is also highly improbable that Long—who has
served 15 years on the board—would form a personal
opinion for opening trustees meetings without giving the
matter a great deal of serious consideration.
Many persons—students and administrators alike—
appear to have acquired a deathly fear of change, an over
powering concern with what administrators and trustees
might thing of their actions and a resulting inability to
decide issues on their merits.
These persons appear to have dominated much of the
action of the 1957-58 All-University Cabinet. It is most
fortunate that the trustees themselves have never operated
on these premises,_ which would virtually end Penn State
progress.
It is our sincere hope that the 1958-59 All-University
Cabinet will have learned a lesson from the pitfalls their
predescessors failed to avoid, and will decide issues with
the courage of their convictions and those of the student
body.
The Changing University
It appears that whether students like it or not, they
will be going to more and more noon and night classes as
they are now attending more and more televised lectures.
And although we still prefer small classroom instruc
tion to large televised lectures, morning and afternoon
classes to evening classes, lunch at noon instead of class,
and school nine months a year instead of 12, it appears
these things are on their way out.
The expected influx in enrollment is causing the
University to use as fully as possible its present facilities.
The University has been a pioneer in TV-teaching,
which allows one instructor to teach hundreds of students,
all with front seats. The University has just revamped its
class schedule to obtain more use from the present facili
ties during "off-afternoons," noon hours and evenings.
The University is also studying the possibility of going on
a quarter, trimester or similar system of gaining more
year-round use from its present facilities.
While students may grumble about all this, the fact
remains the University has an obligation to the Common
wealth to use its facilities as efficiently as possible to help
meet the crisis in higher education.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Jeanette Saxe: Copy Editor, Linda Segar;
Wire l.lito , Bennis Malta; Aim!stools. Sally Wilt, Amy Rosenthal, Barb Green.
satald. Marie Moran. Carol Blakeslee. Neal Friedman, Lynnette Sabre.
Guts!
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
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Alumni Lauds,
Defends Coeds
TO THE EDITOR: In regard to
"Two Specimens of Womanhood"
(April 11 Collegian), I would like
to comment on Mr. Pressman's
observations, In my experience
with Penn State *coeds, covering
about six years, I have found
them to be as fine young women
as can be found anywhere.
In these troubled times, it is
much to their credit that they can
so calmly go about their main
purpose of finding a husband,
marrying and having babies.
Today, in sight of the Iron Cur
tain farmers are tilling their
farms, fishermen are casting their
nets, and life goes on: and it must
go on, regardless of the cries of
alarmists and scare-mongers.
Perhaps one of these frivolous
females will one day be married
to an engineer working on a mis
sile development project. If so, I
hope that at the end of the day
she greets him with a big kiss, a
smile and a well-prepared dinner;
and permits for him a few min
utes to steal a little peace and
quiet from the strain he is under.
If Mr. Pressman could not find
intellectual stimulation. with his
two friends, perhaps he should
take notice of their more obvious
ly desirable points, by virtue of
which they are able to make life
easier for those around them.
—Bob Hawk, '56
Dickinson School of Law,
Carlisle
Gazette
Agriculture Council, 7 p.m., 214.215 HUB
Angel Flight, 7:30 p in.. 201 HUB
Christian Fellowship, 12:15 p m , 218 HUB
Collegian Advertising Staff, 6:45 p m ,
Carnegie
Collegian Business Staff, 6 .30 p.m., 202
Willard
Collegian Promotion Staff, 7 pin , 202
Willard
Committee on Inter religious Affairs Lec
ture. Dr. Henry L. h:amphoefner on
”Contemporary Church Architecture,"
$ p.m.. HUD
Delta Sigma Pl, 7:30 p.m., Alpha Sigma
Phi
Emerson Society, 3.30 p m., Chapel
Engineering Council, 7 p.m , 212 HUB
Frosh Council, 3 p.m., 214 HUB
Froth Advertising Staff, 7 p.m., Froth
office
Gamma Sigma Sigma. aktera and pledges,
6:45 p.m.. Grange Rec Room
Rome Economics Council, 7 p.m., Living
Center
Newman Mass, 7 and 8 a m., Church
Neu Bayrischen Sehuhplattler, 7:30 p.m.,
2 White
Plant Science Club, Dr. W. H. Gray on
"By Car over the Highway to Alaska,"
7:30 p.m., 111 Tyson
Physical Education Council, 7:30 p.m., 218
HUH
Senior Class Advisory Board, 8:30 p.m , 218
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HUB
Professional Business Fraternities Lecture,
C. A. Maher, on "Career Opportunities
in the Federal Government," 1:10 p.m.,
121 Sparks
Simmons Lecture Series, Dr. Harold Dick.
eon on " 'Barnard and His Statues':
Tragicomedy M Harrisburg,'
121 Sparks
WC:A Tennis Club, 7:30 p m., 3 White
WSGA Judicial Board, 5 p.m., 217 HUB
Jeanne Anderson, William Benton, San
dra Bibler, Philip Bloom, Paul Chlavacel,
JoAnn Cooper, David Byham, Valerie De-
Lacy, Clifford Dietrich, Carol Fitzsimons,
Edith Gross. John Gysling, Lee Hammer
strom, Peter Henise, Susanne Ittel, Harry
Klapner, Anthony Mereantino, Lewis Mil
ler, Shirley Ominsky. Edward Pautienus,
Richard Potter, Robert Roberts, Ruth
Steinberg, Arthur Stevenson, Donald
Thompson, Patricia Thompson, Patricia
Turner, George Voyzey, Rafeal Crespo-Cin
tron, Sally Gearhart.
Job Interviews
Companies interviewing Apr. 30:
Allied Chemical & Dye: BS in Chem E.
Chem. EE. ME. Mng E.
Douglas Aircraft Co: BS MS in Aero E.
ME. EE, CE, Math, Phrt, Eng Sri.
Pomeroy*: BS in Bus Ad, LA, Psych. Ed
or anyone interested In a career in re.
tailing. (Male's onlyl
Lincoln Electric: BS in EE, ME, Metal.
Chem E.
CAMP INTERVIEWS
Camp Wonderland I Penna. i. April 16
Hansen to Talk Tonight
On 'History of Jazz'
Dr. Chadwick C. Hansen, in
structor in English literature, will
speak on "The History of Jazz"
at the meeting of the Belles Let
tres club at 7:30 tonight in Sim
mons lounge.
Hansen, who received his M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees from the Uni
versity of Minnesota in English
and American studies, wrote his
doctoral thesis on jazz.
Bank Official to Spook
David Eastburn, vice president
of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia, will speak on "Cur
rent Monetary Policy"' at 7:30 to
night in 109 Osmond. ~
' 8:30 p.m.,
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
ittle Man on Campus by Dick Bible,
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"Didn'tcha see th' sign. buddie?"
Washington Beat
Ike's Big Moment—
Pitching the Ball
WASHINGTON Vll—The sun shines brightly. The
band plays loudly. The infield grass is a beautiful green.
What a day to be president of the United States!
For thanks to a tradition that goes back to Willian
Howard Taft, a president is expected—nay, almost com
manded—to be around for the opening of the major
league baseball season
A president may not give a
hoot for baseball for the rest
of the year, but on this day it
would be downright un-Amer
ican to admit it.
And so they come, in steady
procession, to throw out the
first ball.
The weakest arm is generally
thought to have been Wilson's,
the best is conceded to have
belonged to a pinch pitcher.
Vice President Henry Wallace
got off a magnificent throw, al
most all the way to second
base. Which proves the value
of practice at throwing the
boomerang. That was one of
Wallace's hobbies.
Dwight D. Eisenhower isn't
much for spectator sports 7 -he
repeatedly has said he's more
interested in playing the game
than in watching it—but who
is he to trifle with such a po
litical tradition?
He flew about 500 miles from
Augusta, Ga., and his beloved
golf to be here for this game
between the Boston Red Sox
and the Wathington Senators.
Thirty-five minutes before
game time, the preparations
are almost finished.
Know what the most impor
tant piece of equipment is at
an opening day baseball game?
No, it isn't a fielder's mitt. It's
a stepladder. The photogra
phers already are perched on
WELL, FIAT IN ME WORLD
IS LL)RONG WITH SECOND RASE?
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1958
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By Arthur Edson
them, like al er t starlings,
around the presidential box.
Lots of nice contrasts. The
Capitol, magnificent in the dis
tance, if you can see around
the big beer ad.
And during a lull in the spir
ited band music, you're startled
to hear chimes ringing out,
"Nearer my God to Thee" from
the church across the street.
The U.S. Army band, tooting
c h e e r f ully along, suddenly
switches to "Hail to the Chief'
without missing a beat, the
first sign most of the customers
have that the President is ar
riving.
There is a brief moment of
excitement when a flashbulb
explodes near the President
but, except for nervous flutters
among many of the Secret Ser
vice men scattered throughout
the stands, no damage is done.
And now, the big moment.
The President draws back,
makes a fake throw, and then
tosses one that Whitey Herzog,
Washington outfielder, grabs.
largely because he had the
foresight to stand up front,
like a third baseman watching
for a bunt. •
Then Eisenhower throws an
other one, and this is hauled in
by the Senators' batboy, Jim
my Ryan.
And so the season is on, and
all the traditions are observed.
But the consensus is the Presi
dent needs a little practice on
the boomerang,
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