PAGE. FOUR Editorial Opinion Why Has SCCA Closed Shop? Student Check Cashing Agency has closed its doors until the second week in February and in doing so has left students in the same situation they were before SCCA was cleated. It is quite reasonable that members of the agency should want to study for final examinations. However, the fact remains that there is as much a demand by students to cash checks during these last weeks of classes and during finals as at any other time. Since the agency will be closed until new matricula tion cards are issued, this will mean it won't be back in operation until during the first week of classes next semester. The agency will be closed during the period when most of the students will be buying books and supplies for the new semester. We certainly do not advocate that students on SCCA not study sufficiently for finals. However, some provision should be made to have the agency staffed by outside personnel during this period. Students don't necessarily stop spending money when they start taking final examinations. Assembly Questioning SGA Assembly . s earlier decision to ask that adminis tration members attend its meetings to be interrogated on discussion on the Assembly floor paid off last night. Albert E. Diem, vice president for business adminis tration, and Dean of Men Frank J. Simes provided valuable information on direct questioning by Assemblymen. This policy undoubtedly will be continued in the future. The policy serves to cut out the middle man which in most cases is a committee. And it prevents the possibility of misinterpretation of administrative policy when a committee or individual reports back to the Assembly. - .4 Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom o* , Batty CrAlrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian is ■ aludent•operated newspaper Entered as second•elass matter July 8. 1914 at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of March 8. 1879. Mall Subrcrlption Price: 93.00 per semester 95.00 per year. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press DENNIS MALICK Editor Managing Editor William Jot re; Assistant Editor Catherine Fleck: Public Relations Director Loll' Neuharth: Copy Editor, Roberta Levine; Sports Editor, Sandy l'ad we : Assistant Sports Editor, John Black: Photography Editor Martin St herr; Member, Zandy Stinson. Local Ad Mgr.. Sherry Kennel; Ass't. Local Ad Mgr., Darlene Anderson; Credit Mgr.. Murry Simon; National Ad tier., t o ee Dempscr t Classified Ad Mgr., Sara limn 11; Co-Circulation Mgrs.. Loretta Mink, Dick Kitzinger; Promotion Mgr., Ruth Briggs: Special Page Mgr., Alice Mahachek: Personnel Mgr., Dorothy Smeal: Olfile Secretary Bonnie Bailey: Research and Records. Margaret Dimperio. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Polly Dranov; Copy Editor, Elaine Miele; Wire Editor, Barb Yunk; Assistants, Ann Palmer, Lynne Cerefice, Judy Walk°, Saralee Orton, Lynne Bordonaro. Ike Gives State of the Union Message By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON (in—And so, in the final year under Dwight D. Eisenhower, we came to the dramatic mo ment of his new familiar ritual. William N. (Fishbait) Miller, the House doorkeeper who greatly relishes this moment of glory, bawled out: "The Presi dent of the United States!" The rear dobr swung open, and one could spot the bald he Al and the wide grin that have become . international trademarks. President Eisen hower had arrived to tell Con gress what he thinks of the State of the Union. This democracy has few rituals to match , these State of the Union appearances. For one thing, they attract an all-star cast. Lorig before the President THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA GEORGE McTURK Business Manager appears, the spectators begin to arrive. One of the earliest yes terday was Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, who, like the vice presi dent, appears to believe in going places quickly. She was in her seat 41 minutes ahead of time, and 23 minutes ahead of Mrs. Eisenhower. Then came the officials, seg regated by their positions—the Senate, the ambassadors and other foreign officials, the Su preme Court, the Cabinet. This was the eighth of Ei senhower's State of the Union messages. Seven of them he delivered in person. In 1956, while he was recuperating from a heart attack, he sent the message up to be read by a clerk. And quick now—can you re call one thing he said in the other seven. For all the commotion; these State of the Union things usually deal with lofty, gen eral thoughts couched in highly forgettable words, .Yesterday's Letters More Criticism Levied Toward Proposed Ban TO THE EDITOR: One can not possibly see how justice would be done if the proposed Sopho more ban on driving became a rule. Speaking as a member of the freshman class, I would like to be given logical reasons as to why the sophomores should not diive. As it now stands, parking for students is allotted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. If the same parking facilities are available next year and sophomores are not allowed to drive, the juniors and seniors can park closer to classes. I mean, the stalls previously filled by sophomores would be empty and we all know that the sophomores park as close to class es as possible. Wouldn't you? With this thesis I say that it would be a greedy rule rather than a just rule. Oh, yes! The sophomore's social life on rainy nights would be curtailed, but this would delight the juniors and seniors who have warm and dry cars to transport their dates to arid from the movies. Is this just or is this greed? What are the safety reasons for the ban? Or is this just a cover for the stingy? —Curtis Bonser Class of 1963 Gazette TODAY RICA Open House, 7-9 p.m., White Hall Christian Fellowship, 12 :45-1 :15 p.m ; 7 :30 p In , I 1 1 Bourke HOSPITAL. Jocelyn Binns, Shelia Cannon, Michael Cartel a, Sandra Dallmeyer, Thomas Dur bin, Lynn Erkeit, John Frehn, Neal Fried man, Alai) . Jo Hall, John Janetka, Rich ard Johnston, Julia Kahl, Joan Kemp, David Kiser, Bart Klimkiewics, Elwood Ky per, Nancy Langsner, James Mackereth, Ilene McDonald, Richard Morrow, Frank Mayes, Maria Shonay, Jean Slayton, Rich aid Smith, Robert Teiteld, Joanne Thomp son, Catoi Trout, Martin Zink. Players Choose Crew Managers Crew managers for the humor ous French farce, "Italian Straw Hat," were announced yesterday by Frank Neusbaum, director for the Players' production. They are:• Karen Weston, con struction; Sibyl Sheer, lights; Ned Thomas, sound; Jane Tre vaskis, advertising; Barbara Fos ter, properties; Robert Mandel stam, house; Patricia Berry, make up; and Lurene Jochem, costumes. Students interested in work ing on one of these crews should contact the crew manager or sign up on sheets in the Greenroom, second floor of Schwab Audi torium. This light play was written in 1851 by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel. It will open on Center Stage Feb. 19 and will run, week ends only, until March 26. speech fitted nicely into this great tradition. It's interesting to watch the congressmen as Eisenhower talks. When he said something must be done about agricul ture, for example, he got a lot of applause from the Republi can side. But Rep. Harold D. Cooley (D.-NC), who heads the House Agriculture Committee and who will have a lot to say about what kind of legislation is passed, didn't lift a finger. Cooley stared thoughtfully at the ceiling. The President got his biggest applaue when he spoke of balancing the budget. Presidents invariably prom ise to balance the budget, are invariably applauded, and, as you can tell by studying your own tax bills, invariably noth ing much happens. And so it went. This is like most rituals. We go through them not so much to be converted to new thoughts as to be reassured in what we believe already. Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible! ri, Oar SHE MANACIE6 10 EAK 6ome 00Y VP INTO HEIZ ROOM ALMO6I . EVERY NITE;11 zigzagin' Are You in the Know About Political VlP's? Do you know the vital statistics of the major poli tical names in the news? According to a survey re ported in the January Red book magazine, many of our younger voters are ignorant and confused about the best publicized figures in America today. They are ignorant of who they are and confused about what they believe. Redbook asked an independ ent research organization to question a representative sample of 500 voters be tween the ages of 21 and 40. They were tested on their person al knowledge of the health, financial sta- tus, public of- fice, religion MISS SLOSSON andpolitical party of seven presidential candidates (includ ing Rockefeller.) More than one out of four interviewed did not know that Sen. John F. Kennedy is a Catholic, and only about 50 per cent knew that Sens. Johnson, Humphrey and Symington are democrats. This is appalling! Penn State and other seats of learning in this country should tear up their charters and move to a totalitarian state if the student body can not at least answer these basic ques tions. Every political science teach er since eighth grade has stress ed the importance of an edu- 11-"ttlN VLS Boy, 7/414 . Lu I EATFIER SORE HAS" BEEN TERRIBLE! o sz —4Ol 1. . uNt) EVER LEANS ANYINING? AND WAT GOOD QoEs i 1" Do You? es% FED OP OITA IRE WHOLE COOkzs; I HATE EVERY-MING!. /•-• 1-a -41 4 , FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1960 I F l4 t e, 47y. , of , ,triv.-4ery re • • .• by zanily slosson cated electorate that Is well informed on political matters and can distinguish truth from biased propaganda. Yet most voters are neither well informed nor alert. %rhy? The answer is obvious; the American people on the whole can not be bothered. They are more concerned with such day to day problems as the grocery bill, next week's dance, the Jones' new color television set and getting a longer coffee break at work. So in true Penn State fash ion, let's meet in the HUB Lion's Den tomorrow and talk about our responsibilities as citizens and voters. And don't forget to bring your New York Times' "News of the Week in Review." 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