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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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