SATURDAY. MAY 10. 1958
Editorial Opinion
Parents . and Penn State
Parents from all over the state will be on campus
this weekend to visit their offspring, to take a look at
their sons' and daughters' environment, to check up on
health and financial statuses, to celebrate Mother's Day
and perhaps to view May Day events.
We believe it is good for parents occasionally to catch
a glimpse of the college world their children live in. For
each student's elders have contributed much toward that
student's being here—probably in money and most cer
tainly in fostering a desire to secure advanced education.
Many parents have contributed not only to the educa
tion of their sans and daughters as individuals but also
through gibing their support to the University. This kind
of support ben fits not only a parent's own offspring but
also that student's classmates and the students of later
years.
Through a r arents' Fund begun this year by the Uni
versity, at leas] $BOOO has been raised for the Stone Valley
Recreational A ea. The Fund, established as part of the
Penn State F nd, is a previously untapped source for
raising the mo ey the University so badly needs.
But we be ieve merely to ask parents for this added
financial suppo t is not satisfactory. We believe the Uni
versity needs parents' interest as much as it needs their
money.
We suggeided establishment of a Parents' Association
earlier this year.'Such an organization would not tend to
limit parents contributions to the University to one field
and it would materially help communications between the
University and parents. We believe an association would
pay off_in public relations as well as in dollars and cents.
Such an organization once existed, but died out.
Admittedly, a number of problems would be encountered
in reviving the idea.
But we believe an association would mutually aid the
parents and the University. We wonder what the parents
think.
Pivot Time
The spring issue of Pivot, campus poetry magazine,
will be on sale Monday and Tuesday. The magazine, issued
by the Poetry Workshop, contains poem . s by students,
faculty members, and staff members.
One of the highlights of this issue of Pivot will be
the poems of Matthew Robinson, editor, who recently
won the Samuel Barsky Memorial Award for poetry. The
issue will also contain a preface by its adviser, Joseph
Grucci, explaining the aims and objectives of the Work
shop.
Pivot is certainly deserving of student support. The
publication has gained a reputation for fine modern
poetry. It is also self-sustaining, something very unusual
for a magazine publishing nothing but poetry.
Pivot serves a two-fold purpose—it gives young writers
a chance to see their work published, and students an
opportunity to read original creative work by members of
the University community.
But the magazine must depend on student support
for its existence. If it does not sell, it cannot continue.
Students should realize the need for such a creative
magazine at the University—and also the excellence of
the publication itself—and see that no copies remain
unsold.
2/Diarist° are written -Or the editors and otaff siessints
ei The Daily Collegian and do riot seem/idly represent
the views of the Unlvereitt or of the otslort bolls.
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ROBERT FRANKLIN
Editor 4/301.
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Circulation Mgrs., Mary Anne First and Murray Simon: Research and Records
Mgr. Mari Berbein; Office Secretary. idyls Johnson.
STAFF THIS 'ISSUE: Copy Editor. Janet burstine; Assistants, Don Casciato;
Arai Rosenthal. Mike Heller. Judy Wharton. Ana Marbut. Wade Armon, Nick!
Wo"ford.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK VOJTASEK
Business Manager
Gazette
TODAY
Catholic Confessions, 4 p.m., 7 var.,
Clureb
Catholic Maas, 8:38 a.m., Chapel
Chab Habastna. 9 p.m., HUB Ballroom
Delta Mn Alpha, registration, 10 a.m., HUB
'moorlandla Folk Festival, 8 p.m., Jr. High
school
AIRY DU Celebration, 3:30 p.m., Freer&
Comma or Roe Nall
Mode Lecture, Dr. Rana Nathan. 11 a.m.
EMEM!!MMI
dent Center
Pennsylvania Association for Student
Teachers. 11 a.m., 218 HUB
Players' production. "The Merchant of
Venice," 8 p.m., Sehsrab
Pia)ers' production. "Tonight At 11:38.•°
8 p.m.. Center Stage
&bold at the Arts teeter*, Bernard S.
Myers, S p.m.. RUB Auditorium
Varsity Track, .Bichigan. 1 p.m., Beaver
Field
TOMORROW
"American Art" lecture, 4 p.m., HUB
Bade Fellowship, 2 p.m., 209 HUB
Chapel Service. 10:55 am. Schwab
Encampment, 5 p.m., 215 HUB
Eastern Orthodox Service, 10 Chapel
Exhibition of Stoeteat art work. 2 P.m.
Alpha Rho Chi
Glee Club Concert, 3 p.m... Seim ab
India Encampment, 2 p.m. and 8 p en.,
212 HUB
Music /attune, 1:36 p-m., 214, 215, 216,
HUB
Newman Club, 7 p.m., 214, 215, 216, HUB
Pennrjhanta Assn. for Student Teachers,
9 a.m.. 3:30 p.m.. 218 HUB
Protestant Service. 9 a.m.. Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass, 9 a.m., Schwab
Schosl of Arts reception, 2 p.m.. HUB
Spring Week. 6:80 p m , 21R HUB
Tri-Stestee Drill Meet, 1:45 p.m., Old
Main Lawn
USF Briefing session for Housing Surrey.
8 p m., Wesley Foundation
LISF Installation of Officers and Cabinet,
10:45 a.m., Wealey Foundation
NU 3 p.m., 217 HUB
NDFhi "Jeanne D'Arc au Burlier" 10 p.m.
Woman's Residence Halls Open lipase, 110
to 11:20 p.m.
MONDAY
Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., 217
and 212 HUB
Armed Forces, 8 a.m., Card Room, Hain
Lobby HUB
Alumni Memberships, 8 a.m., HUB
Big Little Sister, 8:38 p.m.. 214 HUB
Bridge Club, 6:80 pan , Card Room IfUB
Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB
"Contemporary Church Mualc" lecture, 8
p.m., Chapel
Delta Theta Sigma, 9:15 p.m., 217, 218
HUD
DOC Student Council. 6:30 p 213 HUB
Engineering klechnnlcs Seminar, 4:10
p.in., 203 Eng. "A"
Extempore Speckling Contest, 7:30 p.m.,
31G Sparks
Feaster Luncheon Club, 12 noon, Dining
room "A" HUB
Home Management, 1:30 p.m., 218 HUB
Leonides, 6:30 p.m.,. 203 HUB
Model Railroad Club, 7 p.m., 212 HUB
Mortar Hoard, 8:30 p.m., 216 HUB
"Penn State: Men and Ideas," 0:60 a.m.,
Channel 10
Tribunal, 6 p.m., 216 HUB
May Day
(Continued from page one)
seats and fifteen cents for gen
eral admission.
The first May Queen, Mildred
Ride Dunlap, said of the event
that'''to the best of my recollec
tions, May Day was the result of
the desires of Dean Lovejoy, Mrs.
Edwin E. Sparks, wife of the for
mer University president, and her
daughter, Ethel. Dean Lovejoy
had always had a great ambition
for Penn State women to have
everything fine and cultural-that
any girl's college had."
She described the costumes
as the Grecian type, of pastel
colored cheesecloth, made by
the girls themselves. Each group
of girls presented a dance, ar
ranged-by Ethel Sparks.
The name of the queen was
withheld by The Daily Collegian
because it was supposed to be a
secret until she appeared.
May Day was discontinued until
1921 because of the outbreak of
World War I and was then con
tinued until World War H. Since
then it has become an annual
event and the highlight of Moth
er's Weekend on campus.
As far as records show, May
Day has been a function of the
Women's Student Government
Association.
Open house in the iv-omen's
dormitories a well as many frat
ernities will be held this weekend.
Dormitories will be open from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. Teas
and breakfasts have been planned
by many sororities and indepen
dent dormitory units.
State College Cited
For Development
State College has been awarded
an honorable mention citation in
a community development contest
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
State Chamber of Commerce.
The contest entry was a scrap
book showing projects of the bor
ough during the past year. The
entry was compiled by the State
College Area Chamber of Com
merce, but the projects were not
all chamber projects.
The 1957 entry was in three
divisions—economic development,
civic improvement and transpor
tation.
little Man on Campus bY OM IMbhg
"Hey, Mac—aver here with . that sod-packer."
Italy Summit Bid
Aids Bargaining
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The Western Big Three's suggestion that Italy might
take part in a summit conference does more than pave the
way for bargaining on the Soviet demand for numerical
parity between Communist and non-Communist parti
cipants.
It is, probably even more directly, a result of strains
within the North Atlantic
Treaty •Organization itself.
In UN disarmament discus
sions the Soviet Union has
made a strong play for in
creasing the -size of the sub
committee to give her a more
even break.
In preliminary discussions of
a summit meeting. slue has de
manded that Poland and
Czechoslovakia be permitted to
join her in meeting the United
States. Britain and France.
The United States, using
some persuasion in the British
case, got her partners to reject
this. The United States takes
the public position that the
makeup of all conferences
should depend upon the direct
interest of the countries in
volved and their abilities to
make an important contribu
tion.
There is recognition, how
e,,er, that this position may
have to be compromised later
if there is to be be a confer
ence. The mention of Italy now
lays the groundwork for bar
gaining on that point.
The situation within NATO,
however, demanded something
on its own. Indeed, the _Soviet
suggestion itself is believed to
have been based at least in
part on the hope of making
trouble for the Big Three.
At the last meeting of the
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NATO Council it became evi
dent 'that Italy and some of
the smaller nations were wor
ried by the tripower domina
tion of disarmament discussions
and by the big power ability
to break off negotiations with
the Soviet 'Union without too
much consideration for others.
Italy has been doing some
behind-the-scenes agitating
about it for a long time. For
one thing, she thinks a badly
disorganized France receives a
ranking above Italy in inter
national affairs which is not
warranted by the actual dif
ference in power.
West Germany, Belgium and
some of the other smaller na
tions subscribe to the general
theory that NATO must not be
run by the Big Three, although
admitting that a high order, of
French statesmanship has done
much for Europe's postwar
unify.
This and other developments
at Copenhagen have two major
facets.
Whoever represents the West
at a summit conference will be
representing NATO. And by
launching a peace offensive of
its own, with various sugges
tions for concrete action, NATO
has assumed more of the po
litical importance which its
military role has been over
shadowing. .
AND THEY CALL
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