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Editorial Opinion
Frosh Integration?
After two years of housing freshmen with upperelass
women, next term may be a good time to find out how
effective this hew policy 4ias been. A survey of campus
qoeds could show these results.
Dorothy J. Lipp, dean of women, argued in suggesting
that freshmen be integrated with upperelass women,:that
beginning students would benefit from older wqmens’
experience. Thus, she reasoned, University would be
graduating mature, educated young women.
The Panhellenic Council workshop last weekend,
however, recommended a re-establishment of freshman
halls.
Dean Lipp Countered that the Issue was “closed”—
the new policy would stand.
In support of this stand, Dean Lipp pointed to the
:fact that fewer women have dropped out of the University
in the last two years. She also cited figures showing’ that
. three tintes as many coeds participated in rush this 1 year
than two/ - years ago.
A survey of all women students could show whether
these factors have come as .a result of the change in hous
ing policy, whether women nowadays just have more
stamina cor whether the four-term plan, with its reduced
credits, has made it easier for women to attain the re
quired average for rushing. -
, Arguments proffered by. Panhel are that integrated
halls create anti-sorority feeling. Other comments/ have
been that freshmen lose the benefit of learning to adjust
together.
Last fall AWS prepared to take such a survey, but
, disbanded its effort. If done now by AWS, no extra work
would be required -of the dean of women’s staff and the
would be under no obligation to utilize the results.
Only after the effort was made, however, could all
parties involved —coeds, the dean of women and the ad
ministration—truly say the issue was “closed.” j
To Preserve a Tradition v
Earlier in the year, Spring Week was altered to
accommodate the four term system, an accommodation
which eliminated an important part of the contest—its
float parade.
To simply bid farewell to an institution that fostered
good public relations for the University as well as a spirit
of cooperation between both independent and Greelc
groups on campus seems to use an admission that good
times must be sacrificed to a stepped-up academic pace.
As has been noted earlier, this float parade can be
Included in the fall term's homecoming celebrations. This
would, we think, add some jubilance to homecoming;
would permit all undergraduates to participate and' would
foster a greater sense of loyalty.
In addition, we would suggest that the parade also
be repeated before the homecoming game itself, and that
the winner be announced during half tiipe.
We realize th&t it took many years to get the Home
coming Queen on the field, but we .think ihat there might
be room for the floats also.
Director of Athletics Ernest McCdy told us that the
only lima floats could conceivably be raveiwed would bo
prior to gam#', time, since the Blue Band baa traditional
priority at halftime. He also feared additional traffic con
gestion.
If the floats were parked in the area behind the East
Stands of the Stadium, they would not interfere with
spectators arriving or parking. The floaty could be re
moved after the post-game exodus is over and would hot
present a traffic problem.
If it is true that Penn State lacks tradition, and there'
are these who say it does, then the Float shouldn’t
be allowed to go down in history as “ events
we used to have here.” Neither should we allow it to be
offered up as a sacrifice to the rigors .of the four-term
system. .
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THEDAILY COIIE&AN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
My mother writes that sihe - swallowed up between
hopes I won’t hate .too miich - and Sparks, you rememl
trouble getting all my stiiff top of Beaver Stadium,
together. I hope so, too, but feel free. / . .
then you know how hard it; is . You go to classes faithfully,
to find everything that "be-, visit- the library every once m
longs to you and : assemble, it awhile and start staying up all
in one place atone time. It night, studying and learning,
takes much longer than - the And then you find out the
last two days before * gradu- difference between ’ the two—
ation. ’ - !i only one requires books.
Your friends ask'if it will If you like to write, you join
be hard to say goodjbye next = The Daily Collegian. You start
week and go home. And some- out! writing headlines, (“Prof
how- you can’t explain that Gets Grant”) and then you ad
bo th began sometime ago., y vance to writing stories (some
The spiral cement walk that professor gets a
leads to .the.top of Beaver ..grant).
Stadium is hard and cold and r - You move on
steep. You stop when you and up and
finally reach the upper, upper out all night
deck and you look at the .cam- . while you wait
pus and > beyond, the town, for them _to
They’re, awfully little from up count spring
th&re. Suddenly, you feel free, election ballots
Months later, long after foot- in the HUB
ball season, as you are being cardroom.
Another time
you almost.get
arrested for fly
ing through an
intersection on Pollock Road—
on a bike—so you could' get
back to the office'before the
deadline.
But none of these are the
Letters
Frosh 'Praises'
Maintenance Men
TO THE EDITOR: I would
like to congratulate the Uni
versity maintenance on the
beautiful job they did in re
moving snow from the area
needed to park student cars in
parking area 80.
Thanks to their valiant ef
forts many students were stuck,
because they had to park in
the unplaced area.
I am sure that these students
will cheerfully pay their $lO
parking fees next term when
they remember how the Uni
versity first cut down the size
of the parking area and then
did such a wonderful job main
taining it.
Grads Corrected
TO. THE EDITOR: We would
like to apologize for an error
in our letter in Friday’s Col
legian. Mr". David Cowell called
to our attention the fact that
he is not a borough official as
we implied. He is an employee
of the University.
We are sincerely ‘ sorry for
misrepresenting Mr. CowelL
a la carte —>
—Wynn Walker '65
—H. A. Walkers,
Grad Student
—Odin C. Vick.
Grad Student
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Pennsy, Central
File for Merger
WASHINGTON (AP) The
Pennsylvania and New Yprk
Central railroads formally
asked permission yesterday to.
merge and form the nation’s
largest rail system a proposal
certain to stir a prolonged and
bitter struggle.
The two railroads filed with
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission their petition for ap
proval of the merger plans first/
announced by the companies’
executives last Jan. 12. Stock
holders of the two corporations
will he asked to approve the
merger in separate meetings
May 8. i , ;
IF APPROVED, the merger
would produce, a' system with
20.073 miles of track, nearly 10
per cent of the national total
and with more than $5.3 billion
in assets.
The companies now have
about 121,000 employes, most
of them represented by unions
which are expected' to oppose
the merger strenuously:
In addition to the assured
opposition of . the unions, the
merger probably will'be fought
before the ICCjby some ship
pers fearing retrogression in
service and perhaps by some
railroads, fearing stiffer com
petition. It will be vigorously
supported by the American As
sociation of Railroads and other
industry spokesmen.
Food Shortage
Minimized by 'K'
MOSCOW (AP)—Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev, who said
Monday the Soviet Union needs
more food for its 20Q million
people, now denied that Soviet
agriculture is in a state of
crisis. He said the outlook is
good.
Khrushchev issued the de
nial yesterday' in the conclud
ing speech at a special meeting
of the Communist party Cen
tral Committee, called to con
sider farm issues.
The speech was delivered be- ~ “
hind dosed doors, but the offi- LJI, NoWSOapCt Stays
cial news agency Tass released c win R.Vnrra -
a summary which reported: US tiers Will Diyorce
iThe secretary of -the Cen- LOS.ANGELES (AP^—Eliza-'
tral Committee of the Com- beth Tiylor! and Eddie Fisher
munist party ”of the Soviet will end. their 5 tnairihge be-
Uhion said that, contrary to the . cause “she has fallen madly in
contention of certain bourgeois love with Richard Burton,”-the
press organs, there was no Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
crisis in Soviet agriculture. reported iyesterday. I ■- ;
. ‘The fact, is,” he said, “that A family spokesman termed
we simply do not have enough f the report “absolutely ridicul- "
food." - . ous." j
SATURDAY. l O- 1962
hynackeal
as-working dora at
until the mucli-too-e;
trying to get {he stoi
le spaces! to agree,: 1
You wonder if anyone
feels the same. Then one
you notice some guy on
sports staff crowded inU
comer with six bound-yoluii
of back papers! looking-forj the
score of. the lysB Penn State-
Bucknell basketball | game]
You want to say something
and you start ! to but he looks
up to -ask' “What’s your trou
ble?" • ‘ I ■
“I can’t find .my magic
marker.” | - I
He mumbles jsome thing about
banning girls | from! the itaiff
and yju glower at your new,
unaware, friepcL [ ‘ ‘ ,
It’s your last term, 1 your last
few nights around'the. office
and a reporter asks yoii if
you’ll really hate saying good
bye and cleaning out your deslc
and aIL You start to explain’
that' somewhere-'in | the years
of college, welall begin to say
good-bye and to collect the.
things that belong tq us.
When we graduate, we .only *
leave. ! I I
That’s all.
—3o—
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A G
Easter
Hit by
Clears
By THE ASS
.A new stor
terday as the
em seaboard
monumental.
from the worjst winter gale in
its history. President Kennedy
designated sections of' five
states as disaster arias. - ,
The nevi | storm dropped
seven inchesjof snow on 1 parts'
of Georgia. IV moved on into
Virginia and the ravagedistdtes
of Delaware landgJtfeW Jersey
lay in its.path'. ! i .
Sen. Clifford Case, ;R
-NJ"., announced in Washington
that President Kennedy had
designated as disaster i areas
hard-hit sections of New Jersey,
Maryland, Dda ware, Virginia
and West Vir »inia. J • j" ! -
The storm began Tues
day and ravaged the co&st for
three days left 38 knowri'dead.
Damage " was estimated' at
close to, $2OO milion, ahd the
devastation exceeded that of
many of thejbig hurritanbs of
the past
Grange Master
Remains in Race
- HARRISBURG (AP)i J.
Collins McSparran j reaffirmed
yesterday his determination to
stay in the race for the Repub
lican nomination for goyemort
challenging U.S. Rep. William
W. Scranton, 1 organisation can
didate, to debate with him' the
issues. ~ '
McSparran’s decision to stay
in • the race meant a two-way
fight at the May 15 primary for
the GOP'nomination. All other
non-organization candidates in
either party i previously "puHei
out. | '■
Thr ster
e 48-year-old 'master of
the State Grange,' oldest and
largest farm organization •in
Pennsylvania, claimed a hand
ful of men picked both parties’
candidates - for the i governor
ship. ; j .'j j , .■ ’
else
day
the
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cries
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Coast
Storm, '■
Debris
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