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Editorial Opinion
Coming Attractions
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Clement Attlee—two of
the most prominent persons of our time—will speak at the
University this semester.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Attlee are the first two speakers
booked in the new University Lecture Series. Contracts
haven't been signed yet, but no hitch in plans is expected.
This first news of the Lecture Series comes in the
midst of rave notices on the semester’s Artists Series
presentations. The first three performances of the series
were enthusiastically received, and* the supply of tickets
for this week's program, Roberto Iglesias’ Ballet Espanol,
was nearly exhausted by yesterday afternoon.
The Lecture Series should receive the same enthusias
tic support. The two speakers already lined up plus other
names under consideration —including Vice President
Richaid M. Nixon, Former President Herbert C. Hoover
Sr.; Funner President Harry S. Truman; Sen. John F.
Kennedy, and Walter Reuther, president of the AFL-CIO
—piomise students a year of intelligent and educational
entertainment.
The new Lecture Series should heighten the student
body’s capacity for appreciating ’ culture—a capacity
which, as the Artists Series has shown—can be very much
Swords Into Plowshares
This being United Nations Week, appropriate cere
monies have been planned to celebrate the world peace
organization.
Dr. Ervin P. Hexner will speak tonight on “UN Swords
into Plowshares.” Foreign students- will participate this
morning in a “Festival of the Nations” televised program
to be broadcast over WFBG-TV, Altoona.
The speech and television program with which Uni
versity Park will mark UN Day represent a refreshing
change from the military flag raising in front of Old Main
which has characterized the celebration in the past.
Two years ago we said editorially: “We believe it is
particularly inappropriate for military forces to conduct
a ceremony in honor of an organization dedicated to
International peace and understanding.”
The International Relations Club, the University
Christian Association and the University Committee on
International Understanding, sponsors of the annual pro
gram, deserve credit for shifting the emphasis of the day.
Martin s Next
The politicians are upon us!
It was learned yesterday that U. S. Sen. Edward
Martin (R.-Pa.) will be on campus next Thursday. He will
be the third major politician to visit the University .in
less than a month—Sen. Joseph S. Clark and Philadelphia
Mayor Richardson Dilworth were here within the last
week.
Martin will deliver the second in a series of talks on
“Ethics and Public Policy,” sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha,
political science honorary society, and the University
Christian Association. Clark gave the first in the series,
and Dilworth visited campus to participate in a conference
on “Integration in the North.”
The groups that arranged to have these politicians
appear on campus should be congratulated. Their visits
can prove both educational and enjoyable to the student
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Letter:
Data Asked
On Elections
TO THE EDITOR: In our dorm
when girls get together and talk
about life, we find we know
very little about campus politics
and elections. We do know that
in the future there will be elec
tions for class officers.
What can we expect when cam
paigning begins? So we won’t be
unjustly swayed one way or the
other because we are misin
formed, we would like a story
in the Collegian to explain every
thing concerning elections.
To my knowledge this is just
the thought of a few freshmen
with whom I have been in con
tact, but I know there must be
many more freshmen who don’t
know what to expect at elections.
We would certainly appreciate
any information you can give us.
Thank'you!
—Roseanne Johnson, 'B2
EDITOR'S NOTE: General infor
ir.ation on campus politics was
provided in Orientation Week
editions of The Collegian. More
detailed data will be given before
elections.
Obelisk Built in '97,
Not'ls Years Ago'
TO THE EDITOR: While it is not
a matter of grave concern, I note
on page 5, issue of Oct. 14 (picture
caption) what seems a slight er
ror’, historically speaking.
The items says, -‘since the obe
lisk’s construction 15 years ago.”
I do not know exactly when it
was erected, but I am sure it was
in its present position when I be
gan teaching on campus in 1902.
I suspect “75 years ago” would
be more accurate, in which case,
I suggest a .misprint only, rather
than a lack of accuracy in his
torical investigation.
John H. Frizzell
Chaplain Emeritus
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Frizzell
is right—"7s years ago" is much
closer to being correct. The obe
lisk was planned in the 1894-95
school year, and erected in 1897,
according to Mrs. Mary Mairs,
curator of the Penn Stale Room
of the Fred Lewis Pailee Li
brary, who cites Dr. Way land
S. Dunaway's "History of the
Pennsylvania State College."
Gazette
TODAY
Air Force Glee Club, 3 p.m., HUB
assembly room
All-University Cabitlei, 7 p.m.,
203 HUB
American Rocket Society, “Radio:
The Eyes of Space,” 105 Me
chanical Engineering
Chimes, 4 p.m., 212 HUB
Christian Science Organization,
7 p.m., 212 Chapel
CPA, 7 p.m., 215 HUB
Dancing Class, 4:15 p.m., HUB
ballroom
Freshman Council, 6:30 p.m., 217
HUB
Hetzel Union Board, 10 a.m. 218
HUB
Hillel, “Introduction to
Judaism,” 7 p.m.; Discussion,
“The Nature of Religion,” 8
p.m., Hillel Foundation
Housing Committee, 5:15 p.m.,
122 McEhvain
Inter-College Council Board. 9
p.m., 215 HUB
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow
ship, 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB
Newcomers Club, 8:15 p.m., 217
HUB-
Newman Club, fraternities and
sororities, 6:45 p.m., 212 HUB
News and Views staff, 6:45 p.m.,
14 Homd Ec
Philosophy Club, 8 p.m., 212 HUB
UCA Freshman Council, 6:45 p.m.,
213 HUB
UCA lnterioundation Committee,
6:30 p.m., Wesley Foundation
UCA, 7:30 pm., HUB assembly
room
WRA Tennis Club, 7:30 p.m., 3
White Hall
WRA Tennis Instruction, 8 pm.,
White Hall
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Baibara Bell. Peter Cowar, Ann Cypher,
Mary Davenport. Marlin Ebert, William
Eckel, Michael Fullerton, Ronald Gray,
Ednumd Hirst, Marj’orie Kapelson, Pa
flieia Kern, Linda Lane, Harriet Millken,
Alan Nath, John Orr, Delphine Patton,
John Rapehnk, Blaine Hitts, Robert Sehim
mol, Ru*sell A. Stevenson, David Wilkin
sou, Julia Calderon.
Little Man on Campus by Dick Bil
I V.// .*' it
"He’s Ihe most even tempered member of the whole
faculty—he’s ALWAYS in a bad mood.”
Take It or Leave It
Midnight Insanity —
Dorm. Fire Drills
The clanging alarm of a fire drill sent hundreds of
coeds scurrying out of their residence halls Tuesday night.
These periodic nuisances are required by state law.
They’re held once a month in all the dormitories. Tuesday
night was the girls’ turn to parade outside, and only the
coeds in Irvin Hall escaped the fate.
The drills began at 10:30
p.m., a reasonable hour to be
Up and around. But by the'
time the campus patrolmen in
charge reached Simmons and
McElwain the clock hands had
reached midnight—time for all
good girls to be in bed.
And many coedt were in
bed, sound asleep when the
gong went off. They crawled
groggily from under the cov
ers and struggled wearily into
bathrobes and coals as they
mumbled unkind things about
those responsible for the dis
turbance.
Procedure for fire drills re
quires closing the window,
pulling up the shade, closing
the closet door, turning on the
overhead light and leaving the
room—fast!
All this just can’t be per
formed speedily when one has
been forced to jump from
slumber into the reality of reg
ulations. And then there’s the
problem of finding something
to wear for the march outside.
Midnight has been described
as the "witching hour," and
WHAT WAS
WRONG WITH THE
DAY BEFORE?
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1958
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by Pat Evans
the scenes around the girls'
dorms Tuesday night indicated
that the witches were out,
Such an array of pincurled
heads, pajama legs hanging be
neath coats and coeds with
that natural “unmade-up” look
could be found only during a
fire drill.
A few unfortunates had been
showering or shampooing when
the alarm began to ring. Still
wet, they pulled on soma
clothes and joined their dorm
mates outside. Some dripping
heads were still liberally laced
with soapsuds.
One coed was enjoying a
midnight phone conversation.
When she heard the. signal for
the drill she explained the sit
uation to the parly on the oth
er end of the line, put the
phone down, and filed outside.
She returned to the phone
booth after the drill and re
sumed her conversation.
Yes, fire drills are a nuis
ance. But one nice thing about
the one Tuesday night—there
won’t be another drill for a
month.
WHAT ABOUT YESTERDAY?
and how about the
-t DAY BEFORE? ,
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