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'THE DAILY COLLE6I4 N
"For A ISetter Penn State"
Cli,.3bli..:acd 1940. Succe ,- -or to tEn Pent Coliegdan.
oatablished 1904. and the Pre-:. Lance. e.itabli-died 1887.
Published daily eveept Sunday and Mor.day•L rir R the
re: ulav Col(e , t,c yo, , r k r IP: t}:!2 Students . The Pennsylvania
Btaha College. Entevai second-ritg , a matter July 5, 1.98 ,1
at, the Punt-of Stat-2 Colle:„r, Pa., under thn act a
Mardi: 8. 1879.
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G multtate Counz,:lor
Friday - , November 7, 1941
Drink Or NoJ—That's The Oueslion
Question upon question has poured into The
Daily Collegian office asking clarification of the
new unchaperoned drinking legislation which
was enacted by All-College Cabinet last Tuesday.
A complete answer to specific inquiries is im
possible, but an interpretive one may clear many
minds upon the issues proposed by Cabinet.
Why did the Cabinet take action? How far
does its jurisdiction reach? What rules will gov
ern the mixed drinking of Penn State students?
These questions are pertinent and timely. They
will have an immediate effect upon practically
every student who plans to attend houseparty
and Soph Hop.
Cabinet has initiated a blanket law concerning
unchaperoned drinking. It did not attempt to
interpret or try cases of alcoholic offenses. It
aid not take upon its shoulders the cloak of stud
ent justice and injustice and the punishment of
student misdemeanors.' It merely assumed its
power to set up a body of laws concerning stud
ent conduct as , a means of maintaining College
prestige and behaviour.
The College has under its guardianship the
welfare and well-being of every student, What
) hat student does as a member,of this institution
reflects, not the action of the indiVidual, but his
conduct as a student of Penn State,
• HOWever, under the strong student govern
anent which has been granted to the undergradu
ate body, th 6 College has designed its wish that
this government be responsible for the social
rules and behaviors of all students. The College
places its confidence in the self-legislation and
;;elf conduct of students and feels that students
).nust work out their own social and recreational
plans.
If this trust is violated. if students abuse their
privileges and forget that their duty as Penn
State students is to conduct themselves as repre
nentatives of the College, then the College will
be forced to intrude and establish its own rules.
This situation was close at hand with the increas
ing tension of war worries and personal prob
lems experienced by individual students.
The new drinking legislation was introduced
by Robert D. ..aird '42 as a check on the in
creasing uncertainty and problems resulting in
inixed drinking. Penn State's mixed drinking
situation is no worse than most colleges and
universities. In fact, in comparison to urban
institutiOns, may be considered better.
However, in its isolation and absence fromtir
ban recreational centers, the Penn State campus
offers good "news bait" for "yellow journalism."
What may be minor infractions will not be missed
by outsiders and be played up as major viola
tions. The Rachel Taylor case was a good
example.
The right for men and women to drink together
cannot be denied. Cabinet knows this. But, it
also •had to consider that whenever a man dates
a woman on this campus, he is as responsible
for the 'conduct and behavior of that woman as
nhe is. He cannot absolve himself of any blame
or plead ignorance. The present legislation
stresses that point.
Consequently, the Cabinet established this
naleguard. It compelled all mixed drinking to
under its jurisdiction. All unchaperoned
groups who indulge in mixed drinking will be
prosecuted. (This is almost a duplicate of the
:CFC drinking coded
When the Colie[2.e assigns chaperons to a party.
(lance. or College function, this legislation does
)lot affect it, because the College assumes respon
fllbility. through their chaperons, for the conduct
of its students. However, tITSGA regulations say
that, even during chaperoned parties, coeds
hould not drink,
Above all, the All-College Cabinet clues not
appear to condemn student drihkiug. It's pur
pose clearly seems to indicate that it wants tc.
lec;slate rules which do not lead to excessive
drinking which. would damage the reoutatiou
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Collegian Unnecessary Says Gabriel
In a surprise move to oust The Daily Collegian.
Gabriel announced last night that publication of
the rag was no longer necessary. "The entire
paper can be put in a single column," he said,
smirking.
Comes Now the Editorials
If the new IWA brings a majority of independ
ent women into its fold, Philotes becomes almost
autoniatically .a dead pigeon, and should be re
moved from Cabinet. This would be shocking
to these 35 women, but logical to 'us. Private
societies masquerading under a public purpose
have no excuse for . existence.
We don't Care for coeds reeling around The
Corner stewed, Wit' we wish Cabinet, Tribunal,
WSGA, etc., would stop smoking reefers in con
sidering the case. After jamming action through,
like prohibition during WWI, we find a lot of
officials waiting to officiate at something. Cab-
inet's consideration of a new judiciary body for
drinking suggests to us that perhaps Cabinet
doesn't trust Tribunal. We don't either, but the
next logical step is to organize a special jury for
those who write left-handed, another for Froth
readers, etc. Everyone, from Dean Ray down
is issuing statements, but the status quo remains
very quo.
Pfflar Pills
CUPID'S BEER ("The Greeks Had a Word for
It"): alphabettagammadeltacpsilonzetaetathe tato
takappalambdamunuxi omicronpirhosigma tauup
silonphichipsiomegaandShaut.
THE FACULTY CREAKS ("Yes, Indeed!"):
When a student gets notes in his head-, he has
the whole thing in a.nut shell. •
ONE MAN'S BEAT—BUT PROPER! ("This
Year's Crop of Curses Are Just As Sweet") Bur-:
gess slinks; Tribunal stinks; Collegian winks;
Loki inks.
THE WORMS I KNEW (".1 Don't Like Ya
'Cause Ya Feet's Too - Big"): Ferdinand says:
"From my angle the college hot dog is just a heel
who couldn't gave his sole—and that's no bull!"
THE INSOMI , TIAC ("My Sisters and I"): Cheap
student directory—Finn pins Ginn; Blondie pins
Baby Dumpling; Stiles pins Lehman: Ridenour
pins Grmnfsk.
Between the Nylons:
We have a story which to us explains the suc
cess of our soccer team (easily Penn State's most
outstanding athletic claim). When the booters
were trailing Temple 2-0 in their tilt last year;
Coach Jeffries was observed on the sidelines at
halftime explaining how some of the soccer Plays
could have been bettered-4o a grouu of both
State and Temple players! —GABRIEL
After The
Game -
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UNUSU L
Ate Faculty Interviewed
For KDKA Farm Program
Recordings of interviews with
11 faculty members of the School
of Agriculture were made this
week by Donald G. Larch '4O.
agricultural director of radio sta
tion KDKA in Pittsburgh.
These transcriptions which are
of five to ten minutes duration
will be heard soon over KDKA's
"Farm Hour" every weekday from
6 to 7 a. in. The topics for the
broadcasts deal with changing
agricultural practices to meet the
present emergency requirements.
The recording were made with
KDKA's mobile field unit in the
Conference Room of the Rural
Education Building.
SELECTED BROADCASTS
Rachmanioff piano concerto in
D minor is broadcast over WQXR
at 8 p. m.
OR presents Charles Laugh
on at 9:30 p.
Hollywood premier can be
leard over WCAU at 10 p: m.
Earl Kennedy
Organigt
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FOOD - - o LIQUOR
6' E. Bishop St.
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Thespians ' ll resent
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DOLORES SAYS:
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Gee, I finally got a date. What if. I did have
to buy his ticket; THE THESPIAN SHOW is
always worth twice the money you pay. •
Fri. & S . M. • 7 p 1 AuditOriki •
- Nov. 7 & 8 SOkWab
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TODAY
Fun Night in Wesley Founda
tion gym, 8 p. m.
Thespians present "What's Com
ing Off?" in Schwab Auditorium at
p. m.
Voting for King Dogpatch at Stu
dent Union or Corner Room.
TOMORROW
Varsity football game with
Syracuse, New Beaver Field, 2
p. m.
TheSpians present "What's Corn
ing Off?" Schwab Auditorium,
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p. m.
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