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Editorial Opinion
Vague but Necessary
University entrance requirements have been upped
another notch with the Senate approval of a rule barring
most students who are not deemed competent to enter
English Composition 1.
This new rule, effective for the fall semester 1960,
will alrnost eliminate English Composition 0, a non-credit
remedial course.
Numerous Senate members wanted to eliminate the
course altogether by accepting only those students who
could enter English Composition 1. However, certain col
leges with a high percentage of students taking the re
medial course led the fight against this.
The Senate, therefore, compromised and permitted
a lee-way to accept students who are below par in English
but who have "unusually high scholastic ability in other
respects."
This escape clause certainly can be attacked for its
vagueness. However, the clause and its vagueness appear
to be necessary. Students who excel "in other respects"
should not be kept from entering Penn State because of
a deficiency in one subject, even when that subject is as
basic as English.
Although this "escape clause" appears necessary, the
University should use it sparingly. Students deficient in
English—although they do excel in other respects—should
be encouraged to make up this deficiency before coming
to Penn State. The University is supposedly a place of
higher learning, not remedial learning. And the Univer
sity should not be expected to assume the extra costs of
providing remedial subjects for its students.
Froth and Satire
Froth has redeemed itself by coming out with one
of the best issues in years. It's on sale today at the
familiar places.
Froth comes up with some hard-hitting satire and
parody aimed at All-University Cabinet, individual stu
dent leaders, Lion's Paw and this newspaper and its edi
tors.
Froth, with its use of good satire, hits harder and
maybe more effectively at many of the things this news
paper has criticized this year. Unrepresentative student
government and All-University Cabinet appear to be its
main target.
We enjoyed our advance copy of this issue of Froth.
In fact, we are still chuckling over the parody on us.
Spirit of Greek Week
This is Greek Week, the week fraternity men and
sorority women sing, work and play together.
It's a time when fraternities and sororities publicize
themselves, their place in University life, and what they
have to contribute to its members and the University corn-,
!Dungy.
The biggest bit of public relations during the week
is the Community Project day when the Greeks put on
old clothes, man rakes, wield paint brushes and spruce up
spots about the community.
Certainly fraternities and sororities do have much to
offer the University community. However, it is unfor
tunate the spirit of Greek Week is not always practiced
the year round.
Editorials art written Sy ths editors and staff taembeca
of rho 014 Collegian and de net necessarily represent
the •lows of the University u of the student hod,.
A Student-Operated Newspaper
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Sueeessol to The Free Lance. est 1887
Pubnaked freedar thrush datirday seornlns during the thstvers!ty year. The
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ED DUVBS. Editor 44,, . STEVE HIGGINS. Bui Mgr.
lifeassing Egitas, Jody Mathison: Cite Editor. Robert Itraatllns Sports Eater,
Vines Caravel: Cope Editor. Marian Beatty; Assistant Copy gaiter. Ralph
Manna; Assistant Sparta Editors. Matt Matthews and Lam Prates Makeup Editor.
Chine Phillips; Photography Editor George Harrisons Board of Editors. Lorry
;Jacobson.
Credit bigs., Sue Mortenson: Local Ad Mgr., Marilyn Elias: Asst. Loral Ad
Mgr.. Roseanne Gormless National Ad Mgr., Joan Wallace; Promotion ►tgr.,
Marianne Campbell; Personnel Mgr. Rosemarie DiEssidio; Classified Ad Mgr.,
Stars Milstein; Co-Circulation Mgr.., Marlene Marini and Richard Lippe; Research
and Records algr.. Barbara Wall: Office Secretary. Patricia Miernicki.
STAVE THIS ISSUE: Night Editor. Cathy Flock: Copy Editor. Larry Jacobson:
Wive Editor. Mary Kelly: Assistants, John Root. Phyll Westeott, Sandy Padwa,
Judy Rosenblum. Judi Wharton. Katy Davis. Mike Seller.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Other Opinion
Editor's Chair
For One Day
Sitting in the editor's chair for
even one day is a terrific exper
ience in itself.
But to let our advertisers in on
some trade secrets, we can say
that this paper is studied in the
community while others circulat
ing here are only read. This
should be good news for Adver
tisers.
It doesn't take long—and indeed
it is amazing—to find out how
many people with little or no
basic knowledge of journalism
"want to run the paper."
With their air of ostentation
and superficial confidence, they
waste no time in making any deci
sions necessary in dealing with a
"hot story." We wonder how they
would handle an irate housewife
that calls about her Tommy's
name being mispelled.
. . . Some complaints that come
in are loaded with dynamite and
some with as much tactfulness as
British Diplomacy itself. Yet,
what we want to point out is that
this implies the paper is read, and
read very carefully . . .
—Canonsburg Daily Notes
Gazette
Academic Year Institute. Raymond G. D.
Ayoub on "Recent Developments in
Mathematics," 3:10 p.m., 213 Buckhout
Artists' Series, Obernkircen Children's
Choir. 8:3O p.m., Schwab
Book Exchange Candidates, 7 p.m., HUB
auditorium
Chess Club,. 7 p.m.. 7 Sparks
Christian Fellowship, 12:46 p.m . 21R HUB
Collegian classified ad staff. 6:60 p.m.,
office
Freshman Advisory Board, 8 p.m., 214.216
HUH, Customs Surveys
Grange, 7 p.m , 100 Weaver
Industrial Education Society, S p.m., Tau
Kappa Epsilon
Metallurgy Seminar, Dr. J. 8. Wagner,
"The Oxidation of Iron Single Crystals."
317 Willard
Newman Cluh Novena. 7 p.m., church
Newman Club Lecture Series, 7 p.m., 104
Chapel
Newman Club Choir Practice, 7:8‘) p.m.,
church
Philosophy Club. Dr. John M. Anderson.
"Common Dumanity as a Political Con-
cept." 8 p.m. 209 HUB
Players' Advertieirtir Crew,
Venice" 8:30 p.m.. Schwab loft
Student Committee on Alumni Association,
7 p.m . 203 Willard
Tall Tales, 7 p.m., 100 Weaver
Zoology Club., Dr. Hubert Fringe on "Alba
tross Problem on Midway." 7 p m., 113
Frear
Jeanne Anderson, William Benton, Phil
lip Bloom, Paul Chiavacci, JoAnn Cooper,
Rafael Crespo-Cintron, Valerie DeLacy,
Clifford Dietrich. Jane Eisenbrey, Jacob
Engle, Suzanne Fink, Lillian Fischer, Ste
phen Fouse, Mary E. Funke, Edith Gross,
John Gysling, Lee Hammarstrom, George
Hancock, Susanne Ittel, Harry Klepper,
Peter Larson. Janet Mac Lean. Lewis Mil
ler, Shirley Ominsky, Richard Potter, Allan
Schechner, Harriet Schoonmaker, Ruth
Steinberg, Arthur Stevenson. Patricia
Thompson, Patricia Turner, George Voy
fey. Nancy Weinstock.
Blanks Offered
For Hat Sox
Second- and third-semester men
with a minimum 2.0 All-Univer
sity average may fill out activities
cards in the dean of men's office
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through next
Wednesday for Delphi, 'sophomore
men's hat society.
A new file of activities cards
has been installed in the office to
replace the old file at the Hetzel.
Union desk.
The file was installed by the
Hat Societies Council in order to
make the handling of 'the cards
easier than the, old file, which
consisted of a pile of 800 to. 1000
large cards.
The new file will have places
for freshman, sophomore, junior
and senior cards.
Students have been asked to re.
move their old cards from the
HUB desk as soon as possible.
Prof to Speak on Math
Raymond G. D. Ayoub, associate
professor of mathematics, will
speak on "Recent Developments '‘
in Mathematics" at the Academic
Year Institute colloquim at 3:10
today in 213 Buckhout.
Philosophy Club to Meet
Dr. John M. Anderson, profes
sor of philosophy, will speak to
the Philosophy Club at 8 tonight
in 209 Hetzel Union.
His topic will be "Common Hu
manity as a Political Concept."
WDFM Programs
Wednesday nighf: I:60. Sign on and
114W11 : 7. Telephone Bandstand; 7:60, State
News and National Sports; 3, data Panor.
Anna'; 9, News'; 9:15. At Your Service';
9:30. Music of the People; 10, New,;
10:03, Virtuoso: 11:30. Sign on and new&
" *Also carried on WMAJ.
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Shop Talk
Baseball Season
Brings Headaches
Lack of space is one of the biggest headaches facing
us in giving our readers wider news coverage, especially
on the national scene.
The sports staff is especially concerned since baseball
season is upon us. Certainly we do not have the space
to cover the local scene and the
Major Leagues completely at
the same time,
Therefore, since coverage of
Major League baseball is more
readily available from other
sources than is coverage of
Penn State sports, emphasis as
usual will remain on the local
scene.
However, the sports editors
will try to find space for the
Pittsburgh Pirates and the
Philadelphia Philles box scores
as well as the Major League
standings.
When space permits, addi
tional coverage of Major
League baseball will be pro
vided.
The same problem also
plagues the news side of this
newspaper. And the same prin
ciple applies: since we do not
have the space to give good
coverage on both local news
and national and international
news, we concentrate on local
news. More complete coverage
of state, national and interna
tional news Is readily avail
able from other sources.
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Here's an idea we have been
tossing around and would like
some reader opinion on:
Dick Bibler, who syndicates
the "Little Man on Campus"
cartoons appearing in this
newspaper, only draws about
90 new cartoons a year. This is
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because most college news
papers are not dailies.
Since Collegian prints appro
ximately 150 issues each year,
this means we must re-run
about 60 old cartoons each
year. We dislike doing this.
Many students have told us
they would like to see a daily
crossword puzzle printed in
Collegian. We would like to do
this, but lack of space at pres
ent prevents this.
Our idea then Is to run Bib.
ler .cartoons on .Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays (thus
eliminating re-runs) and cross
word puzzles (if we can obtain
a good syndicated one) on
Wednesdays and Fridays.
We would appreciate know
ing how yoil feel about this.
A former associate editor of
this newspaper will return to
campus this week to speak and
to autograph his best-selling
book at a downtown store.
He is Vance Packard, class
of '36, whose "The Hidden
Persua , lers" has been on the
best-seller list for months.
Packard will speak on cam
pus Friday afternoon and auto
graph his book Saturday after
noon at the Pennsylvania Book
Store.
Another former Collegian
editor, Bernie Cutler, head of
the Moscow Bureau df the New
York Herald Tribune, spoke on
campus last month. •
—The Editor