PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Piecemeal Action The Interfraternity Council last night took two hours before finally deciding to let deferred rushing rest as it pi, at ,least for another two weeks. Ono thing very apparent from the meeting was that the council will be in a complete muddle if it tries to tangle with the problem piece -meal. The numerous amendments and substitute motions last night makes it apparent there is much displeasure with the present plan. however, if the system is revised by a number of amendments it will only become more confusing than it already is. The probable result would be a new ruling every meeting leaving the entire fraternity system up to It appears too late now to change the deferred system to any extent for this spring. Since no appreciable change could be put into effect before next fall, it would be wise to create a committee to evaluate the first year of deferred rushing. This committee could hear all the suggestions for change without hogging down the entire council every meetini;. The committee could then prepare a final report and make recommendations to the council in plenty of time for implementation next fall. Halftime Spirit?? The Blue Band gave a nice performance of George Clersinvin's works Saturday afternoon—nice for a concert hall but definitely out of place on a football field. This leads many students to wonder which band performs during the games, the concert or the marching band? With a football stadium jam-packed with spirited fans, the halftime performance consisted of the Penn State and Syi acuse alma maters plus "Flail to the Lion." It was a good thing that spirit had been stimulated weeks before the game for the Blue Band had nothing to contribute in this field. Thet e can be no doubt that Gershwin did not think in terms of halftime performances when he composed his songs and we wonder just how the decision came about to shun Penn State songs in favor of him. Not that the Blue Band does not do a good job. The performances have been good except for the relative difficulty in hearing them from the stands, a difficulty that might be corrected in a more spirited program. The program planners should attempt to take into consideration the preferences of the students and other football fans, and give these fans a rousing halftime per formance—one that fits into the scene. 011 r• Elailli Cillrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Puhlimhed l'uesday through Saturday morning during the Univeriiity year. The Daily Contelan i 9 a student-operated newspaper Entered as second-class matter July 5. Mil at the State College, Pa. Poet Office under the act of March 3, 1879. Mall Subscription Price: 33.00 per semester 35.00 per year. - DENNIS MALICK Editor '"-q:'er'i STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editors, Carol Blakeslee, Barb Fos tel ; Copy Editor, Amy Rosenthal; Wire Editor, Nicki Wolford; Assistants, Joel Myers, Karen Hyneckeal, Diane Still, John Morris, Katy Mills, Yvonne Unbewust, Valerie Turner, Lynne Bordonaro, Judy Everett, Larreen Doorley, Phyllis Mand2lbaum, Maryanne Furia, Diane Shover, Lois Dontzig. THEN I GET ) I'M GOING TO A HUMBLE TLE COUNTRY - TOR c 1 _ Ewe -L.... THEN I'LL 'TART HEALING PEOPLE...I'LL HEAL EVERYBODY FOR MILES AROUND: i•c•► loos , 122=T. , GEORGE McTURIC Business Manager I'LL LIVE IN THE CIT ,GEE, ND EVERY MORNING ILL GET OP, CLIMB INTO MY SOTS CAR AN( ZOOM INTO THE COUNTRY( N„ c , I'LL BE A WORLD FAMOUS otte LITTLE COUNTRY DOCTOR! ft* ....._ smommAlF k0 , .1 4 .• i _ 4 1 14 1 1 / 4 .4Z. • EMI THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA HA! I CAN JUST SEE YOU LIVING IN THE COUNTRY! I DIDN'T cAY I'D LIVE iN THE COUNTRY... I'LL COMMUTE FROM TIE CITY IN MY SPORTS CAR Letters Hockey Questioned As Varsity Sport TO THE EDITOR: No doubt, there is an interest in ice hockey as a varsity sport on campus. How ever, its feasibility must be con sidered. It would be necessary to open the rink for pre-season training, to construct a safety fence and locker room and to expand park ing facilities. However, most im portant is the recreational use of the skating rink. Any time given to a varsity sport would be a great imposition on the many students presently using the rink. Is ice hockey fea sible as a varsity sport? • Gazette TODAY Ag Council, 7 p m , 212 HUR American Foundrymen's Society, 7 p.m., Foundiy classroom American Institute of Chemical Engineer. ing, 7 p m., 112 Duckhout Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p.m., 213 111113 Collegian Promotion Staff, 7 p m., 219 Willard Dancing Classes. 6.30 p.m , HUB ballroom Forestry Bociet.). 7 p.m.. HUB assembly room Freshman Tea Society, 8 p in.. 21S HUB Geophysics Society. 3 p.m., 215 HUB Hillel Freshman Council. 6:30 p.m.. Hillel Intercollegiate Conference on Government, :30 pan , 203 HUB Panhellenic Council, 0 :30 p rn , 203 HUB Sigma Pi Sigma, 7 :45 p.m., 214 HUB Schuhplatiler German 7:30 p m.. 3 White Mall Science Fiction Society, 7 p m., 218 HUB University Party Telephone Cclmmittee, 7 T. m ' 301 Boucke WRA Tennis Club. 6.30 p.m , White Hall Young Republicans, I P.m., 21 6 HUB Zoology Club. 7 p.m., 217 Boucke Patients in the University Hospital yes terday were Raymond Abrams, Patricia Berry, David Brown, Edgar Dowling, Da vid Grubbs, Harry Griffiths, Stanley John ston. Michael Kabnt, Steven Korman, Jac queline Leavitt, John Metzner, Anne Rte. now, Bette Robinson, Meredith Schroeder, Roger Toth and David Whipple. Club Will Hold Concert A religious music program spon sored by the State College Wom an's Club will be presented at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. Photo Staff Will Meet The Daily Collegian photog raphy staff will meet at 7:30 to night in the Collegian office. The meeting will be compul sory for all members. WHEN I GROW UP, I'M GOING TO BE A COUNTRY DOCTOR c Nita . • —Earl Gershenow, '62 Skating Division Folk Dance Club, HOSPITAL Letters Matric Card Policy Blasted TO THE EDITOR: Now that the fervor of the PSU-Syracuse game has died down, I would like to question the policy of supposedly scrutinizing every bearer of a matric card. We, as students, pay a sum of money—heavens knows it's exorbitant enough—which en titles us to matriculate here. This matriculation includes cer tain rights and privileges. One of these is the admission to football games merely by showing this metric card as means of identification. My question is this: What is so morally wrong with allow ing another person the use of this "valuable piece of paper" to see a game which the owner of the card is unable to attend? The analogy upon which I would like to draw is that of a Broadway production. Suppose a person buys a ticket to attend a play, much like we "buy" our matric card. If the person TO THE EDITOR: As usual when a sellout football game comes up, the University makes a big fuss over matric cards being used by other than their owners The question that arises is: Just what sin are these people committing or what rule are they breaking? When we pay our tuition PhysEd 'Gets to' Ex-Marine TO THE EDITOR: Yesterday (Thursday) my roommate, an ex-Marine, returned to the apartment bursting with en thusiasm. Before I could ask him what the good news was, he exclaimed with obvious joy: "Just think, the Senate just decided to let me complete my physical education." He went on to explain that he felt it waF really useful to continue the volleyball games, and that he was anxiously awaiting the day when they would. start playng handball. I decided to support his new found spirit, and suggested he might take phys•ed 109 where one learns the fine art of fly casting. He interrupted to say that he was really pleased to be allowed to make up the de ficiencies that existed from his previous training. Librarian Wants Less Noise TO THE EDITOR: The Ranee Library has had, for several years, a serious problem about smoking and noise in the halls and stairways of the building. We would like to call on the students for help in control ing the situation. Smoking is permitted in room 107 but this has not alle viated the trouble since there is not always enough seating space for all the smokers in this room. In addition the smoke has occasionally been so heavy that it must make study for some students dif Soph Coed Reviews Play Review TO THE EDITOR: After see ing "Dark of the Moon" on Thursday night and reading Jeff Pollack's review on Fri day, I can't help thinking that our reviewer's feet are nailed too firmly to the ground to ever be pried loose by anything other than the most obvious comedy. There were some first night rough spots, and the audience was small. The absence of thundering applause may have helped Mr. Pollack to form his "bored" opinion. The sets and actions of the Friendly Coeds Help Beaver Field Guard TO THE EDITOR: Four guys barbarians from Syracuse. from Nittany would like to This heartfelt gratitude is ex thank the girls who helped tended to any girl who received pass the time while we sat in a phone call between 3 and 5:30 the press box guarding Bea- a.m. Saturday. ver Field from the uncouth TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1959 discovers he is not able to at tend the production, he sells the ticket at a "reasonable" price or maybe gives it to some friend. No one has suffered, no one has lost and at least one person benefited. The way I see it, it is our privilege to do with our "tick et" as we see fit. In order to see the PSU- Syracuse game, some very en terprising young men thought of several ingenious ways of "crashing" the gate. It is dis graceful to see _F'SU students sinking to such low depths trying to outsmart the author ities and make a "fast buck." Wouldn't it be just as simple and much more decent to allow students who are not attending games to lend their matric cards to those who are having guests and are unable to ob tain tickets? —Judith R. Gordon, '6l 0 Letter Cut fees, a football ticket is in chided. Is this ticket not ours to lend mtkth as we might lend our car or any other posses sion? If not, why not? In four years here I've yet to hear the University's ex planation for this behavior. Is there one? —Rae Hoopes, '6O I gathered that the author ities at Parris Island and Quan tico had neglected to teach him badminton, golf and hunting safety. Before we were through, he had almost decided to major in physical education. He could take courses in life saving, bowling and riflery. I persuad ed him not to do this however. He had to remember that his All-U was low, and a course like "Physical Education Pro gram in the Elementary School" might flunk him out of school. Undaunted, he still main tained that he would audit as many of these important courses as possible. "After all," he argued, "if the Senate feels they are important then they must be worth taking " —Rodge Klein, '6O ficult; it also drifts into other parts of the library. ' The habit of students gath ering in the stairhall for smok ing and general conversation has been , most troublesome. The stairways are sometimes so blocked that it is almost im possible for other readers to pass up and down. We appeal to students to maintain quiet, to promote the use of the library for the se rious purpose of study, and to avoid gathering in noisy groups. —Ralph W. McComb, University Librarian characters were as they should have been, supernatural. In the scenes on the mountain, some of the aundience saw the un earthly home of unearthly creatures. Mr. Pollack saw only boxes. John's scenes with the witch girls were just as Witches might act. Witches are not al ways "down to earth." Mr. Pol lack obviously is. Perhaps if the witch boy would have thrown a pie or two in Barbara Allen's face, Mr. Pollack might have 'found the play more enjoyable. —Dodi Kota, '6l —Four Freshmen
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