HAZLETON COLLEGIAN Weekly Newel Edition The Pennsylvania State University Center 29 > M^>r . - ___ Xxl a _^ f .£JJ Vol. XVII. No. 6 Tonight—Halloween Party Main Lounge 8:00 pm Saturday—Sorority Hayride Tuesday Nov, 2—Chorus Thursday Nov, 4—Sorority Meeting The upper crust—a bunch of crumbs held together by their own doug! WANTED: Some respect. For the past few Monday evenings anyone who might have been wandering across the campus probably saw a group of students attired in blue uniforms standing at attention and observing the flag being lowered. To anyone who doesn’t under stand what this action is here is an explanation: This group of people were participating in a retreat ceremony. At this ceremony the flag is lowered and taken off. This is a matter in which the utmost respect is required and expected, but around the Center there appears to be an obvious deficiency in paying respect, and when the retreat ceremony is in progress many people have chosen to ignor the meaning of this action. Certainly not everyone is involved in this attitude of ignorii respect, but there are some who are and it is to those people that this editorial is aimed. The function of a retreat ceremony is to pay allegiance to the flag at the end of the day and regardless of whether a person is wearing a uniform or not, all people should shi their allegiance also. This does not require a very difficult or painful action, but certainly a person can devote a few minutes ti) to show his respect for his country. Not only is this respect necessary at a retreat, but also during the week at every evenings lowering of the flag there shoul< be at least a modicum of respect paid. This respect need not be Highacres HALLOWEEN PARTY TONIGHT Main Lounge 8:00 COMIN* UP ITZ A FACT THE EDITOR SPEAKS / i ‘ ' i-'' '*~*%**'<u+ ■ ' o,r. •• 1 ' r '■ "C-^
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