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Letters from the Editor's Mailbox
Blame the Cat
TO THE EDITOR: Glockenspiel, mouthpiece
for French's inane trivia in "One Man's Meat,"
Last Thursday purred the ridiculous remark—
'Have you heard that three girls quit school last
week after the sororities finished their formal
rushing?"
Whereupon Ben, determined to get the facts in
a logical, intelligent manner, said to his cat, "You
must have fouled up getting that information."
But the cat was so sure of his facts that he an
swered, "It's a fact. Check up on it yourself if
you don't believe it. A a besides those three, you
can find quite a few' other broken hearts in the
girls' dorms."
Let's examine Glockenspiel's logic. (I'm not blam
ing you, Ben. It' s the cat I want to straighten out.
You were right when you told him he must have
fouled up.) Phineas said the three girls quit after
formal rushing was over and then, assuming that
they quit because they were disappointed by a sor
ority, jumped to the conclusion that their hearts
were broken. A phenomenal, feline deduction!
But, Ben, if your cat had checked his "facts"
with the Dean of Women' s office, he might have
hesitated before tossing his audacious "Check up
on it yourself" at his faithful, trusting readers.
The facts are—three girls quit school on Oct. 17,
18, and 21. Formal rushing en-'ed Oct. 26. NONE
DF THE THREE GIRLS WAS REGISTERED FOR
VISHING. Their reasons for quitting—ill-health,
iissatisfied with school, and to get married. Three
rood reasons.
Tch. tch. Ben. Perhaps you'd better speak to
3lorlrenFpiel since you seem to be the only one
'apable of holding an animated conversation with
he cat, Tmore , 7s up on him the seriousness of mak
ng wild conclusion,. 1-ased upon illogical, fallacious
taterneots. Someone's to int hurt, Ben. Cats
List can't seem to get at the facts.
Glockenspiel's feline brain, Bet, is best adapted
) such prorr,oticrs as the short skirt. While States
ien flounder (with or without Glockenspiel) and
'uropeans and Pollock Circle starves, Cabinet and
'le All_College president proclaim Short Skirt
`reek at Penn State. Perchance Glockenspiel can
se his feline nrnwess to persuade Mr. Oster to
ronoc'e KEEP THE WINDOWS CLEAN AT THE
ORNER ROOM WEEK at the next Cabinet meet-
Or rrnvlNe the answer is to abstain from "Ono
Man's Meat." —Ann Stoltz
• In answer to Miss Stolts's quite lengthy letter
it was reeo.iyed f , efore space restrictions forced
ifiCl word lirribition on all letters) th.. facts were
s'-^horiced a• t} , e dg-in of women' s office and the
e•••^te in its entirety was obtained from
Weston:
"rver. yes.. some airls withdraw (from the
1011.oP) ).gfarol•nlcen because of beina drooped
y sororities. This year four girls withdrew."
College Calendar
All calendar items must be in the Daily
Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre
zeding publication.
Friday, November 21
WEsrs.Y Foundation. hay ride, 258 E. Col
lege avenue 8 p.m.
WRA Board Meeting, WH, 1 p.m.
BIBLE Fellowship, 200 CH, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 23
BIBLE Fellowship, 304 Old Main, 3:30 p.m
Monday November 24
IWA. and IMA, joint meeting, 104 Temp.,
7 p.m.
LOIUSE Homer Club, pledge party, SE
Lounge Atherton, 8:15 p.m.
SCARAB initiation, 220..221 Eng. F, 5:30
2.m.
HEALTH ED Society, 2 WH, 7 p.m.
ENGINEER, 417 Old Main,. 7p.m.
ALPHA Phi Alpha, 410 Old Main, 7:3 , 0 p.m
College Hospital
Admitted Thursday: Robert Weitzel.
Discharged Thursday: Donald Miller, An
irew McClure.
At the Movies
CATHAUM—This Time For Keeps
STATE Crossfire
NITTANY—Daring Young Man
,lacement Service
Philadelphia Electric Company, November
eighth semester men in EE, ME.
Army Security Agency, Nov. 24, eighth se
'ester men and women, EE, ME, C&F, AL
with language major or interested in further
inguage training.).
H. J. Heinz, Nov. 24, eighth semester men,
E, ME, Arch., Chem.
Bailey Meter Company, December 1, sev
nth and eighth semester men, ME.
Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc., Decem
.er 5, eighth semester men, EE (also M.S.),
tE (also M.S.), Math, Phy.
Carbide Carbon Chemicals Corporation, De
ember 5, eighth semester men, Chem Eng.,
'hy, ME, Chem (women also).
Proctor & Gamble, December 4, eighth se
tester men. CE, Chem, Coml Chem, EE, lE.
.IE, Chem Eng.
Arrangements for interviews should be
jade at once in 204 Old Main.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Don't Break Your Date
TO THE EDITOR: In the last two weeks there
has been a certain amount of advertising on the
campus to have you get a date for December 12.
Now it is not the purpose of this letter to have
you cancel the evening and leave the fair sex'
to shift for themselves, but to inform all of the
students that the Forestry Ball has been tempor
arily postponed until a date when it will not be
in conflict with other events that are planned for
the students.
It is not at all possible to have the All-College
Calendar perfect In respect to conflicts with
other events, especially those planned in other
departments of the College.
On the night following the dance, the first home
game of the basketball season is played with
W. & J. Now, if the dance were to continue as
planned, the floor of Rec Hall would not be in
first class condition, nor would the visiting ball
club be extended all the courtesy possible, by
denying them, and our own team too, the last effort
to practice. To some these might seem small and
trivial items but to the men playing that ball
game and to the Foresters planning the dance
they are important.
This we hope will encourage a new policy of
extended cooperation between the students of
the College and the Committee on Student Wel
fare until the crowded conditions are met with
increased facilities for the student social
program.
—Penn State Forestry Society.
Against Military Control
TO THE EDITOR: Since the letter of Mr. Wil
liam D. Johns directs some rarther pertinent
questions at me I fel constrained to answer some
of them. The ideas expressed in this letter repre
sent my personal views and not those of the
Young Friends Group.
First of all, I believe that any program de
signed to instruct individuals to kill other indi
viduals is contrary to the basic principles of
Christianity. ROTC would, in my judgment,
come under this category.
I am opposed to military-minded people getting
positions of power in our government. The wed
ding of the nation and its army has always been a
bone of contention when Americans criticize Euro
pean practices and I think it would be disastrous
for our government to become dominated by mil
itary leaders.
It is my desire to make America- more demo
cratic rather than less and I cannot feel that the
imposing of institutions which are of a basically
un-democratic nature on our nation can in any
way contribute to the increase of democracy.
The way of non-violence has never been tried
by the United States at any time in its history.
Certainly our refusal to join the League of Na
tions after the first World War was not a step in
that direction. The stakes are indeed high and
it is my firm belief that another war will not only
set back the cause of democracy but will very
likely destroy most of what we term civilization.
—Larry Gara.
A Couple of Team Rooters
TO THE EDITOR: We cannot help voicing our
disapproval of the Centre Daily Times-Collegian
football award plan. We base our objections on
the following points:
I. It is a Penn State tradition to cheer the team
rather than any individual player. That is why
we always have a "short yell team" and never a
"short yell Joe Doaks."
2. The average fan follows the ball carrier
rather than the blockers. He is more interested
in who makes touchdowns and long gains than
in who makes crucial blocks and short, first-
down-getting plunges. Therefore, without an
overall picture of individual performance, he has
no sound basis on which to vote.
3. We know next to nothing about the intrica
cies of football ,as we proved when we gave Wil
liams the raspberries. How then are we, as lay
men, qualified to award Mr. X the orchids?
We agree that "this is the year," and respect
fully suggest that the trophies be melted down
and cast into medals for the whole team. In other
words let's pass out the laurels on a team basis, or
forget them entirely.
—C.' Judd. Holt.
—Paul G. Matiern.
• For the information of football fans Holt
and Matiern—(l) each member of the varsity
team already receives an individual award in
the form of a gold football. (2) The Daily Col
legian and the Centre Daily Times believe that
the average fans can think for themselves and
decide the outstanding lineman and back. (3)
The papers contacted Coach Higgins before an
nouncing the balloting and the coach heartily
approved. The contest was started with the idea
that it would give an additional trophy to two
deserving men on the team. If it would be finan
cially possible, 40, trophies would be donated.
Wait and See
TO THE EDITOR: In the State platform there is
a provision supporting the desire for Pollock Cir
cle, Nittany Dorms, and Windcrest to obtain a
member on the All-College Cabinet. Despite the
editor's contention in his recent editorial that it is
perhaps unfair to the rest of the students that we
obtain a representative, he should know better.
He is well acquainted with the Circle. Doesn't he
know that we want somebody to air our just
grievances?
Opponents to the plan should live in the Circle
to see our point. Changes must be mate for the
Circle to better conditions. If one should com
pare the Circle to a collection of overpriced
flop houses with an adjoining soup kitchen. I
don't think there could be much argument.
Could you?
However, it is for us to see whether the State
party and its men will hold up to their promises.
—N ame withheld.
-tvyttiet»4
"I missed the point after touchdown."
One Man's Meat
Phineas & the Panther
Phineas T. Glockenspiel, Collegian's roving feline correspondent,
was pulling a cart loaded down with lumber when we ran into him
on campus this week.
"Building something, P.T.?" we asked the little fellow.
'4 4' "Yeah," he answered, "we're
finally getting around to putting
—,- up th a t long-awaited bullptin
board on the mall. Lumber is
- - , 1 hard to get, you know."
- ir
- , , "Well, its about time you got
around to that. It's been prom
ised for almost five years."
"Better late than never, I always say."
"We're getting used to waiting up here at State," we told
him. "We waited a long time for the Student Union Building and
now we have the 'Tub.' We've also waited years for an unde.
feated football team. Do you think we'll beat Pitt?"
"That's a good question. We certainly should, but you can never
tell about those games at the Panther Palladium. I'll let you in on a
secret—Higgins is planning a special surprise play in which Bill
Kyle does two back flips and while the Pittmen stand in awe, runs
for a touchdown. Watch for it.
"I hope that this game turns out differently than our past ex
periences down there. Last year after the game Bob Higgins wanted
to call his wife and found he didn't have a nickel. Seeing a Penn
State alumnus, Bob walked up to him and asked him for the coin
to make the call. 'Here,' he muttered as he handed the Hig two
nickels. 'Call both your friends!' Bob swears it's a true story.
"When we beat Pitt this year. it will be a different story.
Everyone will be the coach's buddy buddy and swearing they
always said he was the best coach in the country. Funny how fickle
football fans are, isn't it?"
"It sure is, Glocky," we told him. "It'll be strange not to hear
any 'the Hig's washed up' cries this year. That is, if we do beat Pitt.
Heaven help the poor guy if we should happen to lose. Thank good
ness the fans don't hire the coach here as they do at California.
What more 'inane trivia' do you have up your sleeve?"
"Not much," he smiled. "Here's Wednesday's lunch at Pollock
Circle—French fries, stewed tomatoes, carrots, cole slaw, milk and
cookies. Please don't make me say more."
"I thought Tuesday was meatless day according to President
Truman, or wasn't anyone inspecting that day?" we asked in won
derment.
"New around here. ain't you?" was all Glockenspiel would
say on the subject.
"What do you think of the suggestions that were made this week
for the senior class gift?" we next asked.
"Dave Doan's suggestion for building a new observatory sounds
pretty good. As Teddy Rubin suggested after the meeting, we could
hold a big dance there and call it the 'Telescope Hop.' Then, too,
Dr. Yeagley could use it to follow the flight of his radar-equipped
pigeons.
"However, the best idea is one that would serve all the stu.
dents. A student-owned and operated press could fill that quail.
fication. Think what a saving it would mean for all the organiza.
Ilona on campus. Oh. I'm sorry I said that. That's against free
enterprise, isn't it?"
THE GAILY COLLEGIAN
Successor to the !tee Lance, est t67'
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