PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Main Library Needs Should Take Priority Before the University starts setting up miniature libraries on campus, the administration better take an other look at the LA faculty's library report. We hear plans for the "study centers" include basic reference books and a library "atmosphere." Before the library "atmosphere" is projected over the rest of the campus, the main library ought to be fully equipped. If money is not available for both projects, then a policy of first things first ought to be followed. The ques tion is basically whether the University needs a library which contains the- necessary works for higher study or whether It needs a high school library with little exten sions for students' convenience. We realize that these little study centers will look good to parents and legislators but we also realize that interested undergraduate students can get along without them. Many undergraduates find the inadequate facilities of the main library irritating. Granted, the inadequate library probably hinders the inst► uetors more than the undergraduates; but it is not a question of which is more important, undergraduates or graduates and professors. The 'University cannot attract the good instructors which are vital to any school, when it does not have avail able the basic facilities which they must use—namely books. All too many qualified instructors find Penn State a nice temporary stopping place before moving on to other, more fertile areas. Last September, the Senate Committee on Research Policy recommended that the University adopt a policy which required "staff members in all professorial ranks on the main campus to engage in research or other schol arly activity as a part of their University duties." The committe asked that a minimum of one fourth time be allotted for this purpose. Rumors circulating among faculty members held that perhaps this policy would also affect the University's antiquated method of promotion. This policy is unfair in many respects, but to ask for scholarly activity without a decent library Is absolutely ridiculous The University Senate also tried to evaluate the graduate level courses and straighten out the conflicting rules on entering courses. Talk about putting the 500 courses on a really graduate level dominated one Senate meeting. Again the University should have the facilities to handle higher level graduate work before it starts demanding it. The attempts to raise standards at the University (and they must be raised) are very commendable; but in all the talk, one vital segment of the University which is so necessary an implement for this purpose is completely forgotten—the library. A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom iiiiitt Daily Tolirgitut Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Pah!Med Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian Is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-doss matter July S. 1934 at the State College, Pa. Poet Office under the act of March S. 1879. IdMI Subscription Price: $9.00 per semester 83.00 per Year. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press JOHN BLACK Editor City Editor, Carol Blakeslee; Assistant Editor, Gloria Wolford; Sports Editor, Sandy Padwe: Assistant City Editor and Personnel Director, Susan Linkroum; Feature Editor and Assistant Copy Editor. Elaine. Miele; Copy Editor, Annabelle Rosenthal: Photography Editor. Frederic Dower: Make-up Editor, Joel Myerc Loral Ad Mgr., Brad Darla; Assistant Local Ad Mgr., Hal Delaher; Credit Mgr., Mary Ann Crane: Mit Credit Mgr., Neal Kens; Classified Ad Mgt., Constance Wesel: Co-Circulation Mgrs., Rosalind Abes, Richard lilt:instil Promotion Mgr., Elaine Michel: Personnel Mar.. Reeky Eohudir; Office Secretary, Joanne Huyett. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Barb Yunk; Wire Editor, Karen Hyneckeal; Night Copy Editor, Jan Durstine; Assistants, Reney Alkoff, Bev Cades, Elaine Hrach, Kathy Kuchta, Emily Nissley, Carol Kunkleman. CHESTER . LUCIDO Business Manager 4D- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Letters Junior Attacks WSGA Judicial Rules, Policies TO THE EDITOR: Lately the seemingly radical WSGA Judicial Board broke with the traditional Protestant ethic by permitting ho tels, motels and grass for coeds in summer. However, probably for the sake of counter-balance, the hoard took action against a coed by locking her in the dorm for a week after 7 p.m. daily. This is called "strict campus"—if I un derstand these American college terms correctly. She sinned against the system. She didn't sign out on four occa sions she only signed in. (Na turally, the reverse case would have been more severe.) Now, I'm not really concerned about the general penalizing op erations of boards, but this case also involves me. The coed mentioned above is my girl. This means that I'm af fected, too. I'm penalized. This means that I have to reverse my daily routine (like a night clerk) in order to see her. From a serious angle (since hu mor doesn't improve the tone of protestations), she will not be able —because of her busy afternoon schedule—to use the silence of libraries to study for a week. Be• ing close to finals, this circum stance will not favorably affect her academic preparation. Another time she was called before the board because of her "negative" attitude toward the system. "You don't respect; you are revolting," she was told. I think that an "attitude" to ward something is a personal matter. It's one's privilege to fa vor something. It's not in the reg ulations, I believe, to call in some body because of her "behavior." Behavior changes are subject to time and complex external and internal conditions and not to immediate actions of boards. Nick Kolumbar'. '6l What's HappeninE At Other Schools Here are some pertinent items as collected from other student newspapers SEGREGATION URBANA, Ill.—The University of Illinois will approve no pri vately operated student rooming house unless the owner agrees to make its facilities available to all students without discrimination with respect to race or religion, said Provost Gordon N Ray re cently. BOSTON, Mass.—Safeguards to prevent the inclusion of any dis criminatory clauses in the con stitutions of new Boston Univer sity organizations and proposals to fight discriminatory attitudes have been brought before the Stu dent-Faculty assembly. The bill, proposes by the Hu man Relations committee, is part of an effort to curb alleged dis crimination in University organi zations by demanding that all campus groups remove discrim inatory clauses by June, 1960. ANN ARBOR, Mich. The Klu Klux Klan of Alabama wrote a letter to the University of Michi gan student council, which had sent a letter to Alabama's Gov ernor John Patterson, criticizing his stand on segregation The KICK letter, climaxed with a statement that ,Red birds do not build their nests with Blue birds, threatens retaliation with sniper-scope rifles, Thomp son sub-machine guns, hand gren ades and poison gas. Finance Officers Workshop Papers presented last October at the 24th annual Finance Offi cers Workshop conducted by the Institute of Public Administra tion have now been published. The publication is available through the Institute. George Bakes, David 'Ellis, Rebecca Gif ford, Robin Krause, Goldin Laris, Morton Loin, Anne Mahoney, Walter Marsland. Marcia Michalski, Janina Nelligan, Carol Oswald, Suzanne Pohland, Donald Schnitz• ler, Mary Anne Schrott, Louisa SuMao. Barbara Watchorn. CMM HOSPITAL 54Y, Yegi DON? TANK CRARLIE BROWN WILL TRY TO STEAL HOME, DO YOU? r NEVEP.Nor EVEN CHARLIE 13R00+1 @MO DO ANYTHING, THAT FORD: Snowed Summit Eruptions May Hurt GOP The mighty eruption of Mt. Khrushchev at the Summit on Monday not only shook the world but also expelled hot ashes that may fall to earth at any time and "singe" unaware Ameri can politicians. It's still too early to determine the precise effect that these wandering ashes will have on United States politics in this elec tion year, but indications point to it being considerable. The loss of American pres tige abroad, the renewal of the cold war and the bungling of ou r espionage policy will, no doubt, have a detrimental ef fect on the Re publican party. The COP theme of "Peace, Pros perity and Prog- MYERS gress" which was employed so successfully in the 1956 campaign had earlier been suggested as a good slogan to use again this year. The eruption of Mi. Khru shchev climaxed a series of events which destroyed GOP hopes of salvaging The peace issue for the coming campaign. Mr. K's an nouncement that he will not ne gotiate for six to eight months is an indication of the time interval needed for all dust resulting from the explosion to settle. To add to GOP woes, several expert economists feel that the recovery from the 1958 recession is about over and late summer should bring a downward trend in business. TODAY Instruction on High Speed Computers, 8 Alpha Lambda Delta, 5 p m., 214 HUB am -5 p.m . 217 HUB Armed Forces. 12.30 pm , HUB assembly Or s i = t b a i t y lon roo C n o , unaelors, 10 p.m., HUB as. room: 8 p.m , HUB cardroom Phi Kappa Phi, 5 p M., HUB assembly Block "S" Club, 7 p ro., /IUB asdembly room room SCCA, 7 p.m , 213 HUB Bridge Club. 6 :30 p.m , HUB cardroom AGA Assembly, 7 p.m., 203 HUB BX, 9 p.m., 217 HUB Campus Party, 7 p m . 217 HUB Univeraity Party, 6:30 p.m., 213 HUB Armed Forces Day Parade, '1 p.m. Christian Fellowship, 12.45 is in., 218 HUB College of Business Adminstration meet. Ovens. b p.m.. 214 HUB log, 4:15 p.m., 111 Boucke Faculty Women's Bridge, 7:45 p m., 218 Graduate Mining Seminar, Thomas V. FRI- T-MB kie. on "Presenting Safety Statistics Freshman Class Advisory Board, 8 p.m., and Advertising Safety," 3:20 p in., 2 1 213 111113 MI Gamma Sigma Sigma, compulsory. 6:80 Honors Day Program, 4:15 p.m., 111 audi. p.m.. McElwain lounge whim MEM r IF I'M GONNA BE A HOW,' GOTTA 'TRY 7D STEAL HOME! 7R G° Y 7 1g ‘ IMP - s- -- ~.ANA THEN I'LL: - irer- '4 ~arrLi* 00 0 obekfr : • THURSDAY. MAY 19. 1960 Y tonER IF r SHOLLD "TRY TO STEAL HOMER 11 1 m -WIIr• ll ,„,, Al l ot 4. I 41....- 4 ,4•-•#.1.0. 3 2 1 ,01.1.4-4 P i . 4 4 .0 A t. ....., ... t 4" ... 1 -,e.-..w. - trfierirtilk ' . • . A" . •• ... . • • - . .6 ". . g MEI by joel myers Unemployment has been above normal during the past few months and there are signs of ad ditional lay-offs this summer. The possible repercussions from Monday's explosion are infinite. The public might try to put the finger of blame for the Sum mit failure on the present ad ministration. Since Vice Presi dent Nixon is synonymous with current policies, this could result in a "snub Nixon drive." In that case, the GOP would' ive the nom ination to someone a lacking ties with the Washington government. Nelson Rockefeller is such a man. Another possibility is that pub lic opinion will weigh Ike's ac• Lions in Paris heavier than the pre-Summit bungle. If this is the case, the GOP will emerge from the entire affair stronger than before. A few ashes from the eruption could fall on Democrat land too. Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts appears to be leading the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls. Kennedy, however, is only 42 years old, barely a child among world leaders. If foreign policy shows indica tions of becoming the dominant issue in the campaign, Democrats may turn to an expert on foreign affairs Adlai Stevenson. Only time will tell. Gazette FIRST I'LL DANCE AROUND A LITTLE ON THE BAST-UNE' TO CONFUSE T HEIR MO. : ORO .4.6f0004'7 V- ?) • . . TAKE OFF! 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