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Editorial Opinion
Corrected Figures
Richardson Dilworth, Mayor of Philadelphia and a
member of the Board of Trustees, misinterpreted some
figures when he criticized in a speech Monday the re
luctance of students to use loan funds.
Dilworth said the state legislature is reluctant to in
crease expenditures for higher education because stu
dents ignore a large portion of loan funds available to
Out of a revolving student loan fund at the University
of about $lOO,OOO, Dilworth said, only about 25 per cent
is now in use
Actually, the fund available for this semeter totals
only $47,000, and all but about $5OOO has been loaned to
students.
Tiue, there is still $5OOO left in the fund —which is
$5OOO more than there should be. Students should realize
that it is to their advantage to use all the money available.
But the actual amount of money in use is much more
than the 25 per cent quoted by Dilworth.
Dilworth’s mistake may have resulted from confus
ing the first semester’ allotment with the amount avail
able over the whole year.
About $67,000 will be in the loan fund next semester,
which will bring the year’s total to $115,000. Using this
total figure, of course, lowers the percentage of the fund
now in use.
But the $67,000 can't be touched until next semester,
so it shouldn't be counted in figuring the percentage of
the loan fund which is now being used.
The corrected figures show that Dilworth’s charge
that students are using only 25 per cent of the fund is
confusing and misleading. If the state legislature plans
to use loan fund figures in determining the University’s
next budget, they should be sure to seek out accurate ones.
'So Who Scored?'
Only two major colleges or universities in the East
do not use public address systems for broadcasting play
by-play descriptions of football games, according to Senior
Class President Charles Welsh, and Penn State is one of
them (Army is the other).
Some means of communicating the important facts
on each play to the spectators in the stands has been an
unrealized goal of students for years.
Penalties alone were announced on Beaver Field Oct.
11 at the Homecoming game with Marquette as an ex-
periment.
The experiment was not altogether successful, since
persons in many parts of the stands had difficulty in
hearing the announcements much of the time. This would
seem to indicate a need for a more comprehensive
arrangement.
Next season the Nittany Lions may be playing in a
different location—the Beaver Field stadium is scheduled
to be moved to the eastern end of the campus.
Perhaps the reconstruction of the stadium would
make installation of a permanent system a relatively
easy matter.
Perhaps, if students push the idea, they will not have
to ask next season, “Who carried on that play?” “What’s
the penalty for?” or “What a tackle! Who made it?"
Editorials are written by the editors and staff members
of The Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent
the views of the University or of the student body.
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Washington
Politics Shifts
From 'Rags
To Riches'
By ARTHUR FDSON
WASHINGTON (/P)—This elec
tion campaign has shattered one
political myth: That a candidate,
laden with great riches, will find
his enormous wealth a crushing
burden if he tries to tote it to
high office.
There are Averell Harriman (D)
and Nelson Rockefeller (R) joust
ing to become governor of New
York. Although there may be ar
guments over the extent of their
riches, it’s agreed that the loser
isn’t likely to wind up dependent
on a relief check.
Nor is this all.
New York is such a large and
powerful state its governor always
gels serious consideration at na
tional nominating conventions.
Harriman has gotten such con
sideration in the past. Rockefel
ler. if he wins, is certain to have
enthusiastic backing for the GOP
presidential nomination in 1960.
All of which may cause some
revising of political handbooks.
As recently as 1940 English ob
server Harold J. Laski was insist
ing that, politically speaking, the
big business man didn’t have a
chance.
"The small (business) man can
not hope to afford the risks of a
political career,” Laski said m
ins book, "The American presi
dency.”
"The great one, a Rockefeller,
a Vanderbilt, even an Owen D.
Young, would not be an ‘avail
able’ candidate simply because he
would arouse the suspicion that
the party which nominated him
was in bondage to the money
power."
Well, politics is a curious pro
fession, so it's hardly surprising
that a lot of curious ideas should
arise over what bait we voters
will go for.
At one time, for example, log
cabins seemed to have a special
charm, at least politicians thought
they had.
It isn’t clear just what it was
about log cabins that made those
born in them men of political dis
tinction. But certainly the log
cabin boys, once they started run
ning for office, made a great fuss
over it. Yet even the log cabin
seems overrated as a vote getter.
George Stimpson like to run
down little known facts, especial
ly political facts. He once made a
study of log cabin births among
our presidents.
He found that four were born
in one-room log cabins: Millard
Fillmore, James Buchanan, Abra
ham Lincoln and Chester A. Ar
thur. Two others, Andrew Jack- ,
son and Thomas Jefferson, prob
ably were born in log structures.
But even if you count the prob
ables, they are outnumbered by
George Washington, James Madi
son, William Henry Harrison,
John Tyler, Benjamin Harrison,
William Howard Taft and the
two Roosevelts.
“Born in mansions,” Stimpson
said.
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Little Man on Campus by Qkk Bibiw
—from here to infinity
I'm Not Quite Sure
But I'm Beginning to Get
The Idea That Maybe I Should Have
Written a Letter in the First Place
— by bob thompson -——
“He must have been drunk or crazy to do a trick like
that!”
I'VE DECIDED that I SHOULD
BE MORE THAN JUST A FANATIC.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1958
I'M GOING TO 3E A „
WILD-EYED FANATIC!.'
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