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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.
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FHHnr HARRIET LEAVER,
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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
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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
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