PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Debating the Future University students will he given a wonderful oppor tunity to broaden their knowledge of the workings of the federal government through the 29th annual Debater's Congress--an opportunity that they shouldn't pass up. This is one step, and a big one, in giving college stu dents the chance to become aware of problems that will affect their future and the future of the whole nation. The 3-day program of Debater's Congress will be patterned after the Congress of the United States. Its purpose is to develop In the minds of students an under standing of the realities of politics and the over-all tools of democracy, discussion, debate and parliamentary procedure. The program is open to the public, affording every student the opportunity to learn how the legislative body works Prominent educators throughout the nation are con stantly urging that,students be given the chance to acquire a better understanding of the workings of their own gov ernment. With this awareness they will be able to better analyze issues which arise within the framework of our democracy and know how to cope with them in a sensible manner. No conscientious student should pass up this program. The debaters participating should not be the only ones to derive an education from a subject that so concerns every student. For students have a role to carry out following gradu ation—that of exercising the rights given them in our democracy. This is a good way to get a preview of the problems they'll have to face, and how Congress faces them. Credits Without Classes Taking courses by examination is a handy way to pick up credits without spending class hours at it—but apparently most students have either not heard of the system or have forgotten it, for not many seem to be taking advantage of it. Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, special assistant to the president in charge of student affairs, said yesterday that only a handful of students take courses by exam, and that most of these students have taken the same courses at other .schools whose credits are not acceptable at the University. But the rest of the student body is Just neglecting this ideal method of adding credits. The credit by exam program is an excellent opportunity for the student who knows a itubiect well enough to pass it without all the class time he would spend if he took the course, and also for the student who has enough spare time to devote some to an extra textbook. Many courses, naturally, can't be taken by exam, for they require lab work, a high amount of class partici pation or term papers. And a certain number of credits toward a degree must be taken by enrollment in courses on campus. . But these specifications still leave a high degree of latitude for the ambitious student. He could easily look around for a few possible courses and find out If they could be taken by exam; then if he finds they can, he could buy a textbook and study the course material over the summer months or during spare moments in the school year, The extra credits could make for an easy semester sometime, or perhaps early graduation. The possibility's worth investigating. Fifty-four Years of Student Editorial Freedom Otte Battu Tailegtatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published fuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian Is a student-nperated newspaper Entered as second-class matter July 6 tali et the State College, Pa Post Office ander the act of March IL 1870. Mail Subscription Price% 53.00 per semester $5.00 per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor 413>a STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor. Carol Blakeslee: Cony Editor. Lolli Neuharth: Wire rilitor, Jeff Puttack : Assistants, Pat Harem, Judy Grundy, Betsy Anderson. Karel duChacek, Sue Hill, Katie Davis. Janet lleahan, Phyllis Pack, Zandy Slosson, Dirk Goldlietg, Jun Whalen. Mat ilyn Teichholta. Susan Weinman. Carol Fagan sad Karen Ilyneekeal. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT PICCONE Business Manager Interpreting Berlin Conclave Plan Termed West's Victory By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst The Western Allies appear to have won a major victory in their effort to talk the Soviet Union out of a crisis over Berlin this summer. Nikita Khrushchev, in accept ing suggestions for a foreign min isters conference to discuss Ger man issues, may only be zigging back from last week's zag. Then he brought East-West relations to a screaming pitch by his bel ligerent statements and cavalier treatment of Harold Macmillan. From the beginning he has insisted the: there should be negotiations over his plan to give the Soviet share of control over Berlin to East Germany. including W3tern power ac cess to Berli garrisons. The inferen* has been- that his plan for uniloJral junking of the Potsdam agreements would be held in obeyance if there were summit negotiations. Now he has agreed for the foreign ministers to start them in April, and let them run for two or three months. Instead of demanding a 28-na tion peace conference, he now asks only that Poland, Czechoslo vakia and the two Germanys be represented. A strong hope but not a definitive demand for a subsequent summit conference is exnresspd. according to first read ings of the note. if the foreign ministers should develop any agreements—which the West considers highly un. likely—there would, of course, be no objections to a summit meeting to put the clincher on them. That has always been the order of procedure desired by the West. And even if there are objections because of lack of agreement, such a meeting is in the cards anyway. Gazette TODAY AIM, 7 p m . 203 HUB: judicial board. I 213 Mill Blue Yonder Workshop, 7 p,rra , 208 lard Book Exchange, candidates, 6:30 p.m., 214. 2l' iiiiis Prat. Case Lecture Series, 7 p ni. t 101 Chapel Chemistry-Physics Student Council. 7 p.m., 213 NUR Chess Club. 7 p m , 7 Sparks Christian Fellowship, 12:30 P.m. 218 HUB Circa. staff and candidates meeting, 7 p.m., 212 HUB Daneina Class. 1:13 p.m. and 6 10 p.m., HUB ballroom Department of Journalism, 7 p.m , Assem bly Room of HUB: S:l5 p.m., 1481,11 Lounge or HUB Leadership Committee, 8:30 p m , 217 HUB Neoruan Club Choir Practice. 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church Penn State Sports Car Club, 7 p.m., 215 HUB Riding Club. Greentree Breeding film. 7 p.m , 217 Willard ROTC Committee. 8.30 p.m., 217 lilla Scabbard and Blade, 9 p m., 212 HUB Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m., Our Lady of V irtory Church Wester Foundition, cabinet meeting, :30 p m.: Kappa Phi, 7 p.m.—Wesley Foun- elation Women's Chorus Rehearsal, 7 p m., Schwab Auditorium WRA Bridge Club, intermediates, 7 p.m., White Hall UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Arnold Bleic.eis. Kay Brubaker, Robert Christian°. Betty Jo Cordell. Jack Crosby. Fredrick Fermiler, Bertram Herman, Pa tricia Kampmeier, Gregory Kelley, Barbara Leipzig, Robert Lott, Paul McComm:whey, Louis Meier. Carole Metzger, Gary Mont gomery, Barbara Reber, Neal Rhoads, Rafael Santiago, Anita Sheldrake, Samuel Wilson. Lion Predicts Milder Weather The Nittany Lion seemed in good spirits as he pondered over the weather map in making to day's forecast. One of the reasons for his joy was that he outguessed the Weather Bureau in predicting snow for yesterday and•last night. The Weather Bureau foresaw only partly cloudy skies. The other reason for the Lion's good spirits is partly cloudy skies and higher temperatures expect ed today. His forecast calls for partly cloudy and a little warmer today with a high temperature of 44 de grees. Tonight is expected to be clear and cold with an overnight low of 25 degrees. Cloudy weath er is expected tomorrow with rain beginning during the day and con tinuing tomorrow night. Little Man on Campus by Dick Sibiu AS SEEN BY: HERSELF .... .. Take If or Leave It Machine Madness In Nittany Valley Penn State may be far removed from areas of civiliza tion, but its isolation has not prevented the age of mech anization from breaking through the mountain barriers to Nittany Valley. Those insidious devices known as machines exert a tremendous influence over student life. From the time the student enrolls in the University to the day he leaves—either with or without a diploma, IBM mon sters keep track of his status. If a monster's heart skips a beat, some unsuspecting indi vidual loses his identity as a student. But in the normal course of daily existence, it's the less imposing machines—the seem ingly innocuous ones which add a touch of suspense to rou tine affairs. Take the simple task of do ing laundry, for example. In residence halls this feat is ac complis,hed with the aid of three machines. any one of which is quite likely to be un cooperative. First, there's the washing machine, a square white block which eats quarters at the rate of one per washer-load. Except for the particularly hungry machines, that is. They quit as soon as their contents are thoroughly wet, and nothing short of another quarter will make• them begin swishing again. The extractor, a barrel-like, waist-high a f f a i r, operates without charge. Its primary means of sabotage is swallow ing socks. But the laundry room's worst offenders are the dryers. They were made so that the drying MAYBE THE LIBRARY 'DUNKS YOU STOLE THEIR BOOK.. STOLE In WELL WHAT DO GOOD GRIEF! YOU 'ExPECT THEM TO THINK? 444111, 4°l ‘64.'444.1111 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4. 1959 by Pat Evans temperature can be regulated, but evidently they don't know they can be so controlled: The avail able temperatures are two: freezing, or sizzling. Clothes may be chilled or cooked merely by tossing them into the dryer's mouth and supplying a dime as added in centive. Next on the list of mechan• ical trouble-makers are the vending machines that won't vend, and there are many of them around. Those in the HUB usually conform to the desires of the students, but the members of Waring Hall's family of machines are of a more stubborn nature. Try for a grilled ham and cheese sandwich sometime; it's the surest way to - wind up with spiced luncheon meat. And the mechanical inhabi tants of dormitory recreation rooms delight in dispensing white milk when you've re quested chocolate, or ice cream sandwiches instead of fudge bars. What's more, they per sistently refuse to emit cheese crackers. The University's machines obviously are not going to change their ways. There's just one solution: students should be offered a course in coping with the evils of their me• chanized 'environment. STOLE IT? / WOULDN'T 57E41 TAM BCOK_I_A y_ tetcor , ot4 , MK 6IRLFRIE - WELL, NOW DO THEY KNOW VAT?, ) / I 69
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