PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Walker's Straight Facts President Eric A. Walker is making a praiseworthy effort to acquaint students with "the reason why" behind the University's problems of expansion and enrollment. Walker said in a statement on Monday that 1000 qualified high school graduates had to be turned away from the University because of seriously lagging dormi• tory construction. In another statement issued by Walker yesterday, he said a lack of sufficient scholarship aid keeps many top students from enrolling at the University. Both of these questions are controversial; Walker dealt, with both of them without mincing words or try ing to evade the situation or its consequences. And, more important, he indicated on both problems that something would be done to improve the situation. Walker should be commended for taking the time and interest to provide information and explanation about those problems to students. Both the student body and the University will benefit if this policy of clarifying and publicizing such important facts is continued by the administration. Indic' Week A talent show, exchange dinners, a bridge tourna ment, fireside discussions and a pep rally—these events are among the items independent men and women may enjoy during the annual Indic. Week celebration, being held this week. Saturday night's Autumn Ball—including the crown ing of the Indie Queen—will top off the week. The week is sponsored by the Association of Inde pendent Men and Leonides, which together represent most of the students on the main campus. But while AEA and Leonides are two of the largest campus organizations, many Independent students do not choose to take part in their activities. This may be attrib uted at least partly to the fact that independents are members of AIM or Leonides automatically as Independ ents, not necessarily by choice. But since many members do participate in Independ ent activities, it is important that AIM and Leonides spon sor social, recreational and educational events for their members Incite Week is designed to help fulfill some of the social, recreational and educational needs of Independent students—and AIM and Leonides usually do a most creditable job in attaining these goals. A Student-Operated Newspaper i)attu Taltrgiatt 01lr Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 ruhumed I uvolay through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily tollevan Is a student-uperated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter Jul) 5. 1 4 31 at the State College. Pa Port Office under the act of March 3. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: $3.00 per semester $5.00 per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Ediior City Editor. David Fineman: Managing Editor, Diehard Dram.: Sports Editor, Lou Prato: %outdate Sports Editor, Matt Mathews; Personnel and Public. Relations Director. l'atriria Evans; Copy Editor. Lynn Ward: Assistant Copy Editor, Dick riyher: Photography Editor. Robert Thompson. Credit Mgr., Janice Smith; Local Ad Mgr.. Tom Mickey; Asst. Local Ad Mgr., Robert Piccone: National Ad Mgr.. Betsy Brackbill; Promotion Mgr., Kitty Bur. gert ; Pert - mod Mar.. Mickey Nash; Classified Ad Mgr., Rae Waters; Co- Circulation Mgrs.. Mary kilns First and Murray Simon; Research and Records Mgr., 'Clary Ilerbein; . Bffice secretary. IHyl■ Johnson. ST 11'E THIS ISSUE: Nistht Editor. Loll Neuharth Copy Editor. Diane Eneek Witt Editor, Sandy Padwe, Assistants, Judi Wharton, Amy Rosenthal. Katie Dada, Dare Anthony. lietv Muley, Karen Swift, Zandy Slosson. Nancy Schif mall, sue l'ohland, Pat Gas an, Curdle Lewis, Judy Robertson, Alice O'Donnell, Harbas a Eisoet. MS= bVA FRANK VOJTASEK t Business Manager «r.: T. IN. V I. 14 , Ca, 1•111 linsalkoryn •••••••••••• THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Fire Practice Seen Needed TO THE EDITOR: I am writ ing regards to (a column) of Thursday, entitled "Midnight Insanity—Dorm Fire Drills." The person who wrote this ar ticle probably thought this was pretty cute. I hate to differ with her but— In April of 1957 I was at tending Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. We used to have fire drills, not at 12 o'clock, but at 2, 3 and even 4 o'clock in the morning. Our procedure was the same as here —to pull up the shade, close the windows, close the closet, turn on the light, grab our coats and leave the room fast! If we didn't leave the dorm fast enough we would have an other drill later in the month. And our drills were never an nounced. I thank my lucky stars for this now. On April 13 at 2 a.m. my dorm caught on fire. When the fire alarm went off no one knew it was the real thing. We grumbled and complained but got outside of the building in absolute serenity and calm. It was only after we knew everyone was out that it was announced that this was the real thing. We lost all our clothes and personal things— but we had our lives. So, if you still want to con tinue calling fire drills a nuis ance, 0.k.; but they might come in pretty handy some day, I hope and pray not. —lris Hirshberg, '59 Gazette TODAY . Accounting Club, 7 p.m., Theta Delta Chi . AIM, 7 p.m., 203 HUB Book Exchange, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 212 HUB Blood m obi Registration, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., HUB lobby Camera Club, 7:30 p.m., 212-213 HUB Campus Party, 7 p.m., 217 HUB Chess Club, 7 p.m., 7 Sparks Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB Collegian photo staff, 7:30 p.m., Collegian Darkroom Dancing class, 6:30 p.m., HUB Ballroom DOC Student Council, 7:30 p.m., 218 HUB Hillel Intermediate-Conversa tional Hebrew Class, 7:15 p.m., Foundation Hillel Kosher Co-op, 5 p.m., Foundation Judicial Board, 7 p m., 214 HUB Leadership Training, 7 p.m., 110 EE Physical Education S tudent Council, 7 p.m., 3 White Players advertising crew for "Reluctant Debutante," 8:15 p.m., Schwab Auditorium . . Sigma Delta Chi, 7 p.m., 114 Carnegie UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL John Abet, Charles Annett, William Bianco, Ann Cooke, Katherine Diet rich, Allen Cordon, Kenneth Link, Maxine Lundy, Michael Nagel, Rob ert Salem, Beatrice Shinn), John Simp lair, Deborah Sinberg, Adrian Steller, Donald Thompson, Albert Wenrick, William Wilson, Delta Phi Alpha Elects President Frank Entiero, graduate in arts and letters from Hazleton, has been elected president of Delta Phi Alpha, German hon orary society. Other officers elected at a meeting of the society were Donald Clagett, sophomore in chemistry from State College, vice president; and Lynda Cololesser, junior in arts and letters from Erie, secretary treasurer. Dr. Dagobert de Levie, asso ciate professor of German, is adviser to the society. .5 - '/7/./.t2 Prof Named to Ed Post Elwood F. Olver, director of the Department of Security, has been named a member of the College Education Commit tee of the National Safety Con gress and of the Committee on Relations with College Ad ministrators. 'Passionate Torches' Hungarian Student Recalls Revolution With rare exception, revolutions do not pay. They are passionate, sincere torches, lighting the apathy of good intention. They talk about an odd, unusual liberty which even they do not understand. The torches reach out simply from the prison doors for a little beauty, for a little warmness. Two years ago Hungary was executed objectively, undisturbed. After the act, Khrushchev called his favorite mistress, Natasha, kissed her, and watched the Mol davian Dances performed by the Moiseyev Ballet Company, which was highly commended in the United States. (Attention! A well dancing murderer is not a crim inal anymore.) Ranking after e x.e cution s, Khrushchev liked culture the Most. On Nov. 8, 1956, when the Rus sian tanks fired even on my hat Two Years Ago Miklos (Nick) Kolumba n, sophomore'in hotel administra tion, was fighting in the Hun garian revolution two years ago today. Leaving his family' in Buda pest, he escaped from Hungary and in March 1957 entered the University, where he was given a room and board scholarship by Phi Delta Theta fraternity. A journalism student in Bu dapest. Kolumban wrote an ar ticle in The Daily Collegian of Oct. 29, 1957, on his experiences in the revolution, which lasted from Oct. 23 to Nov. 4, 1956. on the balcony, Khrushchev cleaned his teeth with tooth picks, burped and remarked, "The Hun garians? Foolish fanatics. The Americans? Hesitating, impotent beasts." Soon he hiccupped, be cause he had only a few guests and too much cognac. Indeed, we "showed" the world in 1956 how to put our romantic neck under the guillotine. Motto: "Five against Russia." (Bets can be arranged in the lobby.) We were elevated to men, to heroes, yet we wanted to be merely free. When I arrived...in Vienna on Dec. 14, 1956, tired and thin,' everybody was willing to take care of me. The American Em bassy paid me $5 a week to van-1 ish my ribs from the mirror; old' women accosted me on the street, buying two pounds of oranges for one smile of mine. New clothes, coats were dis tributed by the churches. On the Friedrich Schmidt Square, an Aus trian girl embraced me without Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibler ," r. ~ J ~ ~~/ . i ~~ ~~E~ ighty poor students this -term—these papers are so bad / can't-adapt a single one for the book I'm writing." WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1958 By NICK KOLUMBAN saying anything. Then she kissed me and asked, "Where did you leave your submachine gun, young, handsome patriot?" When I confessed that I never owned one and, on the other hand, had no money, she left me, disil lusioned. Vienna treated me like a soft wool blanket. She covered my chaotic memories and the ab sence of my parents. I stayed in a camp under French admin istration. The widow, the grandfather, the innocent girl, the less innocent divorcee, the married man and the student were quartered in the same sleeping room. October, 1958. The situation in Hungary is unchanged. Stalinism still lives. There is only one party; one may freely choose between Communism an d Bolshevism. Marx represents God, and God does not exist anymore. (Anyway, the party line does not mention him.) On holidays and Sundays exe cutions are held, followed by gypsy-like music. The individual. ists are provided with free and ample facilities—in the lead mines. To be a Communist is very reasonable if one would like to live until the coming war. In America things have a dif ferent touch. There are more political parties and organiza tions than an average citizen can take. The churches are ad vertised in the newspapers or on the highways with signs such as "Prepare to Meet Thy God." Last week on Sunday afternoon I attempted to kiss an exception ally sympathetic girl. (Her father owns two soap factories.) But she did not let me embrace -her in nocence. "Nick, were you in church this morning?" she asked Ime distrustfully. Students, my fellow men! (I al most said "my countrymen!") Please live while you may, de pending upon your circumstances. In the grace of intelligent man kind, we are gifted with probably five to ten more years. The H-bombs are sharpened, the principles are non-flexible on both sides and the cold war is boiling up. Our further years are determined by Mr. Khrushchev and by Mr. Eisenhower. The truth-loving citizens of two mighty, happy nations are ready for each other's annihilation. a .- d 7-22. 1S
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