. - possible Allen Street mall. Eaitoridl Although the festival exhibits opinion: Trees College Avenue and Calder Alley; ? evenly spaced areas of shade trees and shrubbery; ■ *0 • . —cbncrete walkways and brick Phase 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. f, 11 ■ i\ f 10 X 1 2 1 r 3 Vtj/ BLSC SERA TEC BIOLOGICALS 120 SOUTH ALLEN STREET (REAR) / STATE COLLEGE, PA 16801 Part of i S. Allen Street was closed to traffic during the Arts Festival last weekend, giving State College residents and merchants another look at a may have caused some confusion on the mall, they showed the advantages of trees over cars. Not only did pedestrians have : an easier time crossing the street, they enjoyed a much nicer view. The Allen Street mall is not a new idea; it has been discussed for more than 30 years. Formal action toward building the mall was taken last year by State College Borough Council ; when it applied for a state grant to help subsidize the mall. A committee was set up to design a mall, and its careful /planning would have helped to avoid the haphazardness of last weekend's mall exhibits. Plans included: placing fountains or telephone booths at Allen Street intersections with Beaver Avenue, paving; —display cases of large or colored bricks; —decorative lighting fixtures; and iiagijß a»agi9jjjß«a if > PRIVATE nss B e n^rmun in an hour and a half, a hemophiliac could bleed to death. in an hour and a half, YOU could help prevent this from happening. Call for details: 237-5761 9 a.m. • 5 p.m. —clusters of benches, planters and potted plants scattered throughout the mall. Preferring cars to people, however, Allen Street : property owners voted down the mall proposal February. In doing so they refused to assess themselves one fourth of the $220,000 needed to fund the mall. The borough and state would have paid the rest. A reason cited by Allen Street property owners for vetoing the mall was that it would close the block to traffic. Evidently they felt people would no longer notice their stores. What they don’t seem to realize, however, is that the Pugh Street Parking Garage offers a large amount of parking within a block of their stores. It also saves potential customers the hassel of driving around the block looking for a place to park or trying to squeeze into a space that is too small. Merchants: reconsider funding the mall. You’ll find people ap preciate beauty as much as a 100- fo-1 chance of finding a parking place at your front door. Residents: find out which public officials up for election this November favor the mall. And urge Allen Street merchants to support the mall. You’ll find they will respect your dollar. i PLAY SOFTBALL! j • Who: Grad students • Where: HUB Lawn Z When: Every Wednesday evening • 5 at 6:00 p.m. beginning July 11 • • > • : Bring your mitts! sponsored by • the Graduate Student Association Z \ 1 fly s Luncheon Headquarters . Homestyle soups . Three specials daily . Italian & tenderloin steak sandwiches . Fine drinks . Affordable prices MEYERS* 71,8 Frien<,, f p,ace 214 W. College Ave. Letters to t Get the message? j TO THE EDITOR Date: Any month, 1973. Time 7 a.m Phone rings... M. Hello? (This had better be important, to get me bed at this time in the morning!) O.C.' Hello, M. Hope I didn't wake you up? M. Oh that’s okay, I was going to get up in anoth anyway. - O.C. Do you know who this is? M. We 11... I’m not really sure. O.C. My name is O.C. M. 0.C.? O.C. Yes, Obscene Caller! j M. Oh, well what do you want? O.C. I just wantecMo talk to you and tell y0u.... M. (Oh no, this is too weird.) Silence O.C. Did you hear me? M. Yes. O.C. Well? 17 M. (What do I say? Why did he have to call someone them this? What should I say? Society, you bastard, -wl you make him do this? I’m sorry, I don’t know what tc Goodbye. 1 Date: Same month, 1973 Time: 7:15 a.m. I Phone rings... - i R. Hello... Who is this? . ! O.C. Hello... This is O.C. I R. 0.C.? i O.C. Yes, Obscene Caller. R. Oh? Goodbye! Perhaps the message is not getting through to thi people. What do you say, Society? Freshman days TO THE EDITOR: Today I spoke to a group of freshmen in the process of academic orientation at a Pennsylvania state college. In their rap groups, the students expressed concern over the moral implications of Watergate, the bombing of Cambodia and the rising costs of college education. ! I could not help but reminisce concerning my own cpllege freshman days several decades ago. In those days, wd went through “hazing” a charming old barbarism borrowed, I suppose, from British prep schools. It involved sophomores harassing the new freshmen, a process intended to introduce us properly to university life. ' ; ' We were awakened at four or five o’clock in the morning for a forced march. Throughout the day, we polished shoes as ordered, warmed seats, ran tedious errands for second-year students and served as a cross between slave and scapegoat. We were required to wear odd socks (one green and one yellow, for example), bibs, numbers, skull caps and hairjshorn down the middle of our heads. ; The sophomores imposed a strict curfew of seven o’clock, but evdn then we weren't left alone; We were dragged fedt first down halls in ’’chariot races” risking slivers and red posteriors. We would be hauled from a warm bed to a tub of icy water and were.generally abused according to the sophomores’ whims. After about two weeks of such treatment, we were brought before a mock court such as Kafka might have invented, and found guilty of whatever offences the court fancied. • Mass punishment followed. Each freshman was blindfolded and examined for fitness by an officious med student. With the help of several upperclassmen wielding paddles, we freshmen climbed to the top of a rickety ladder (or were hurried along a Name wi I i I I I I I THIS COUPON GOOD FOR i Little Caesar’s 128 E. College Ave. Across from joid Main —, ONE COUPON PER PIZZA Peter Nastase,! owner and chef, invites you to come experience authentic Italian cookery such as Chicken Cacciatori, Giiocchi and Baked Manicotti. He has been creating fine traditional foods such as these for 20 years. e E plank leading off the balcony of the men’s dormitory). We were then made to jump from the ladder (or the balcony), still blindfolded, to be tossed in a blanket 1 by sophomores below; and (occasionally they missed. After the blanket, the freshman was rolled in a barrel down an ijtcline to a home-made electric chair, which gave him a suitable jolt and propellecLhim to an operating table. A mock operation followed, usually performed with a sliver of ice drawn across the bare middle, which was then bandaged with warm fly paper. ? this point, most of the ordeal was over although, the blindfold finally removed, we were decorated with calcimine and (other “war paint" in preparation for the Grand March across campus and into town. ier four Such was our orientation into university life. Today’s fresh men 1 seem to be so earnestly intent and deadly serious that they 1 -have forgotten how to laugh at themselves. But perhaps this too, like raccoon coats, sock hpps, carrying Volkswagons up the library steps and singing the alma mater in front of Schwab is just a passing fad i to tell rhy did 0 say.) Discourage stereotypes TO THE EDITOR: I am writing in reaction to the Collegian's ad for its classified ads. The ad to which 1 am referring appeared in the Friday, July 13 paper and featured a ridiculous-looking caricature of an Indian. I feel that such an ad is offensive, not only to our native American students, but also to the University community as a whojle. Such stereotypes should be discouraged, and the University is a good place to begin. PATRICIA J. STEWART Editor Successor to the Free Lance, est. 1887 Member of the Associated Press Editorial policy is determined by the Editor. Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of The Daily Collegian are not necessarily those of the University ad ministration, faculty or students. Mail Subscription p'rice: sl7.soayear. Mailing Address: Box 467, State College, Pa. 16801 Office: 126 Carnegie The Daily Collegian welcomes comments on news coverage, editorial policy or noncampus affairs. Letters should be typewritten, double spaced, signed by no more than two persons and no longer than 30 lines. Students’ letters should include the name, term and major of the writer. 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