PAGE FOUR Editorial Opiaioi Careful Evaluation The temporary closing of Pollock Hoad to thru traffic only'js a good experimental idea, but one which should be evaluated closely by University staffers. If there is a real need for closing the road to prevent accidents and alleviate campus traffic problems, so much the better. But if the closing should prove a flop, and not alle viate any of the campus traffic and pedestrian problems, then the plan should be discarded. Another plan which has been proposed is blocking off the entire road and making if an east-west mall. This will surely alleviate driving problems on Pollock Road! The basic idea in closing the road to thru traffic is good—that of prevention of accidents, both motor vehicle and pedestrian, and eliminating unnecessary traffic on campus. On the other hand, will delivery and other in conveniences out-vveigh the basic object? Parking lots are not affected, but motorists who pick up passengers in mo tor pools will have to devise new routes. If there is an acci dent at one end of the campus, the University ambulance will not be able to take the shortest route to the scene. Tune may be of the essence. These are some of the many problems which will be involved in the closing of Pollock Road to thru traffic. The experiment must produce appreciable results to war rant its being instituted on a permanent basis. Save Your Eyes The University's new telephone system Is surely an improvement over the previous one. It not only speeds incoming calls to their proper number, but increases the number of on-campus lines to downtown and long-distance exchanges. This was definitely needed to handle the stu dent as well as the administration load. One disappointing note to the change-over was the issuance of the faculty and staff directory printed by off set printing. The directory is difficult to read because of the black, mimeographed-looking printing of the 3000 names and numbers. The directory is made by photographing IBM lettered cards and this makes it difficult to read. The five-name spacing brightens the page and eases the eye-spanning problem. With the thought of a 200-page directory in the fall when the students are incorporated into it, the University should reconsider the present printing method and look for a more legible but still relatively inexpensive way of printing the directory. Parking Nightmares The decision to enforce parking regulations 24 hours a day, including weekends, is impractical. All the day time parking spaces are not needed at night or even less on weekends. The only way to make the new system practical is to provide a larger number of spaces available for short-term parking. Students will need parking facilities to pick up dates, visit the library, or participate in weekend and night extra-curricular activities. Administrators will re tort with the idea that driving to campus is only a con venience, but you must be practical about the situation. Students canot be expected to support athletic, social, cultural and other University activities if they cannot park at the events, especially in inclement weather. The University may cut its own throat. Parking meters may be a solution, A Student-Operated Newspaper Summer (Mfrgtatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published every Thunder from June 11 to August 27 with the exception of June S. The Summer Collegian it a eludenf-operafed newspaper. Entered as second-does matter July 5. 19JJ at the State College, Pa. Poet Office under the act of March J. 1879. Mall Subscription price t SO rente for 12 teiuee WILLIAM A. JAFFE JO RIDER CHESWORTH. FHHnr HARRIET LEAVER, Co-Business Mgr*. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Wayne Schlegel, photographer; Janet Dur stine, copy editor; Assistants: Cathy Bell, Betsey Clarke, Dexter Hutchins, Dodi Kota, Dick Maggio. SUMMER COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Campus Beat Health Parties, Webbed Toes, And Bermudas We think it should be a very healthy Health Conference with all the “medicinal fluids" that have been carried into Hamilton dorm—by the case. We wonder what we might do in order to be invited to one of the after-class socials. While hurrying through the quadrangle of West Dorms dur ing a particularly severe rain storm this past weekend, we were suddenly struck on the lop of the head with a brick. We immediate ly thought that a student who had not fared too well in one of our courses had spotted us and let go. But alter careful obser vation we discovered that the chimney of Jordan Hall had been struck by lightning and pieces o! same were strewn over the imme diate area. Besides, no student would do that to a prof—would he? All students, profs and other interested parties with web toes take notice.' Your family tree is complete. In Africa on the North ern Rhodesian-Mozambique bor der near the Zambesi river a tribe of web-footed people have been found. They are described as shy, withdrawn people who wear loin cloths, live on cane rats hunted with small dogs, and have three webbed toes on each foot to help them walk on the soft Zambesi valley mud. We professors often double as student advisors. In the course of this position we hear some strange problems but this one took the cake. A frosh coed asked what she should do when her date brings her back after a Saturday night date and he gives her a passionate kiss, a beautiful kiss . . . but it’s off-center. Answer that one! The new phone system seems to be working quite well. We were most surprised by operators answering "Good evening, Penn sylvania State University, may I help you?" Even more amusing is the dial lone, or lack there-of. Rather than the familiar "hzzz" you hear a wierd “hmmm." For the Whipples crowd we have a brand new entrance road. This summer’s heavy traffic had torn apart the old gravel roadway and the state obligingly paved the drive with a smooth macadam surface. A young girl, her father, mo ther and another party were standing in the HUB parking lot in a session of organized contu sion. The father pointed first in one direction and then another. Finally the father stopped a pass ing stranger and asked, "Do you know anything about this place?" The stranger answered, "Well, do you know that building you were just pointing at. It's mine. Do you want to buy it?" The father came back. "Seriously, if you know anything about this place will you tell me where the new girls' dorms are?" He was told. The father turned to his group and said, "C'mon. That guy said that building (Boucke) is for sale." The stranger who was asked if he knew anything was Ossian MacKenzie, dean of the College of Business Administra tion and "owner” of Boucke. This will be our last column and as we close we would like to mention to our faithful Prof Wayne readers that this summer we have witnessed two incidents which moved us deeply. The first is a sad note the University’s •failure to restore the chimes 'to the campus Big Ben in the tower of Old Main. The second is a progressive stride—that taken by the assis tant dean of men in charge of fraternity affairs, a stride taken across campus in a pair of dirty white sneakers. And for the fu ture we have a prediction . . . that the dean of women will make her debut at the Student Encampment in nothing less than Bermuda shorts. Study hard, my students. "The engineer feels he can run the train without any further assistant From her!" Letters Reader Blasts Rec Facilities TO THE EDITOR : On a recent Sunday afternoon, I was exploring the campus and looking for some healthy form of recreation, I had grown tired of lying on a small, crowded beach for my exercise. So I decided to give horseback riding a whirl. But to my dis may I found that the Univer sity stables are not open for even one day during the en tire summer. The lucky ani mals spend all their time out to pasture. Is this any way to earn their keep? After this traumatic exper ience of having my horseback riding hopes dashed against the rocks of despair, I decided to spend the afternoon sharp ening up my bowling game on the Rec Hall alleys. But— foiled again. The alleys were closed also, and probably have been all summer. Not to be daunted, I then decided to work on the ol’ mus cles in the Rec Hall weight lifting area. And—you guessed it—the doors were locked. By this time I was ready to cry in frustration so I had to re sort to watching the helpless New York Yankees on tele vision. And any Brooklynite can tell you, “Dis ain’t a very gratifyin’ experience.” The moral of this story is that with so many people vis iting this campus in the sum mer, shouldn’t more attention be given to recreational facili ties? RectderCompiains TO THE EDITOR: I have a complaint to make! It seems to me that some of the so-called ‘adults’ who arfe presently gracing our fair campus should examine themselves and act Prof Wayno JOSEPHINE —Name Withheld 0H.YE5...1 KEEP USING THE ITS NOT UNLIKE RUNNING SAME ROCKS OVER AND OVER.. | | THEMTHROUGH A FILTER.' THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959 ~ , c <icsS like adults, NOT like over grown children. It seems the ‘visitors’ are having a marvelous time in the dormitories—playing cards, having parties, and drinking. Don’t you think this should be done at a time and place where it would not annoy those per sons—n ame 1 y. students like myself—who are trying so hard to plow through a semester’s work in only a few weeks? We are the ones, they say. who are not prepared to take over responsibilities —we are also the ones who cannot find a quiet place in the dorm to study. —Name Withheld Merchants Get Note of Thanks TO THE EDITOR: A note of thanks is in order for the six State College merchants who have donated $llOO in scholar ships for the coming school year. This generous gift publicly confirms what too few of us have known for a long while: that the large majoritv of town merchants are honest business men with a sincere concern for the welfare of Penn State students. Ninety-eight per cent of the town merchants treat students courteously and with respect However, in State College, as in any other community, there are a few merchants whose practices are at times unbusi nesslike. Every merchant’s rep utation in turn suffers. These seven scholarships ard a' step in the right direction. The larger this scholarship fund grows, the more respect the State College merchants will command. —George McTurk AFTER YOUVE- THROIdN All OF THEM, DO Yot> GO DOT AND PICK THEM UP? r-20 R / no / 00 I »■* / ,’®? B il Ora r »*< ■^wvsz P v> r || 3c <3O o
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