PAGE TWO Editorials and column* apprnrinn in Tlic Doily Coltcjrinn represent I lie opinions ot the writer. They make no claim to reflect student or ITnlye ratty con senses. Unsigned editorials are written by the edtt«|k Thanks, Sophs About 880 sophomores with brilliant blue-ai white cards will be the center ot locus for neei e. 0,000 eyes during the lulls in today's fray or New Beaver Field between the West Virgini. Mountaineers and the Nittany Lions. These sophs, the first arrivals in the south halt o.E section K and the north half of section L will nioneer an experimental innovation for Penn State—a flash card cheering section as a regular colorful feature of all home games. Considerable work, expense and thought have al ready been expended in efforts to assure the suc cess of what could develop into a great tradi tion. Yet that success rests ultimately upon the spirit, loyalty and cooperation of each individual sophomore rooter. From evidences of the class of ’5l spirit exhib ■ted thus far, such dependence has not been mis placed. We hope and believe that the sophomores will come through with flying colors. The values and potentialities of this spectacular form of cheering are quite evident. The increased olor, excitement and spirit should be consider able, as will be the favorable publicity. Of course, as in most experimental ventures, to day’s performance will probably be far from pol ybed. The spectators, and the participants them selves, should refrain from, being too easily dis ■ niraged. After all, it will be the first attempt by any of | he rooters. (Did anyone ever try to plan a re hearsal for nearly 1000 students?) It is also the •beer leaders’ first experience. Practice and valuable experience arc the essen- ’’als for improving the system into something for x- liich we can ail be proud. But the rough prclim aary work is essential. So let us voice nui appreciation by hearty ap plause for the efforts of those trying to inaugurate a new tradition. To Bill Bonsall and his cheer leaders for the- idea and direction. To Mortar Board, Chimes and Cwens for preparing the cards. To Skull and Bones for distributing and collecting them. Put most of all to the sophomores, for the ae on! exec'll * ten "f Mm tents. the daily collegian Successor to rilD I'lt'CK I.ANCH, c.-,t. 1871 Editor Lew Slone Managing Ed.. Elliot Shapiro: News Erl., Malcolm White; Sports lid,. Tom Morgan; Edit. Pir. Ami Ocrton; Feature Ed., o Fox; Society Fd., Frances Keeney; As t. Soc. Ed.. i,orettn Neville; Photo Ed., Hilly Cibhi.n.s; Co-Promotion Mgr., Selma /amfsky: Senior H ard, Claire Pec. Bus. M?r.. Mr.rurnret Bicccp; Adv. Director, Barbara K'efer: Local Adv. Mgr., Selma Lamport Smith; Circulation Mur., Brett Kranich; (lass. Adv. Mgr., Wilma Boehm; Co- I’rom. Mgr., Elliot U«> cugarL-n; Personnel Mvr.. Kosti Burgas: Office Mt?r. f 1 S-'r-tary, Mimj Pomcrcne STAFF THIS ISSUE ' tunagring Editor _ \ssfstnnt \owg Editor Va.sislant <'opy Editor \fiv<*rtisintr Mnnaprer ANsistants COLLEGIAN GAZETTE College Hospital Admitted Thursda) li.anne Dunlap. Admitted Friday: Hi. land Troutman Discharged Friday: Hiluiyardc Weil and Perry !' lerson. College Placement Service American Dmlf,i C> muany. Oi-;■ 20, eighth i .ncster men from t E and Arch. Eng. Pratt * Whitney Aacraft. October 20 and 27. ■ ghth semester men from ME and Aero. Ena, Hoover Company. Octub, r 27 and 20, eighth . mester men from EE and ME. Container Ciirp"rntion of America, October 27. ■nd 28, men from lE, ME, CE and C & E. Arabian American Oil Company, October 25 and :.ii, eighth semester men for operations in Sami: Arabia. Mon from ME, EE, CE Cliem. Eng., Cliom <Ty and Geology, Electro Metaliurg'cal Co., October 28 and 29, eighth semester men from .Mr'ullurgy, Chem. Eng, ME, EE, Chemistry and. C & F. I.ukcns Steel Co., October 29, eighth semester ■ n from lE, ME. and Ah tallur,"". .Sunday, Oclober 17 I A STUDENT Council. C, lloginn office, 2 p.m. \IM CABINET COMM ITT BE, 8 Sparks, 2 p.m Monday, October 18 PENN STATE ENGINEER .4 ,; 9 old Main, 7 pan Tuesday, October 19 P ENN STATE I’SVCIIOI.CJGV CLUE, 204 Bur i '.ves, 7 p.m. AMERICAN VETERANS COMMITTEE, 409 Old Vain, 7:29 p.m Student Employment Men intero-P ~i in repiv.-ent iug various cum ■nies as salrona!. Students inmn .-md , n working a.-' waiteis and •hwashers durui ll Hi i.-e nitty v. e-kend. Baby sitters dm no; foo'ball games. ■iris to til) 1 "lit l-.eli : ei', ill'll. ten to prnn.oio loci : ale. isenpaigo. iiman to make Intis m roonung house >i«h\vashvr and burbo. s for work m lee.d s ■ant. Aj the Movies 'ATHAUM—Sa'.uria , , "Foreign Allan. Monday, "Timnderlloot" RATE— Saturday. "Haeliel and the Strange Monday. "Tim'' of Your Life’’ 'TTANY— Satuntay. "Shadow Valley” Monday, “To Live in Peace” Business Manager Vance C. Klepper Elliot Krane John Curran Janie Hchwin" (ieralil IlassM John Donnell Marlin A. Wcnvcr Kri Hinkle Carolyn Mowcry Cornelia Dreilus and The Daily Collegian Editorial Page Beauty and the Beast «;V’ vf,a.■ ■'• ;.•.■'*■ Out of the Wastebasket Out of the Wastebasket is right! Only it wasn’t just a few scraps of paper that were salvaged this time! It was the salvager himself. He was up in the attic of his rooming house (no address—we don't give free plugs in this paper, and besides there aren’t any rooms), fixing a radio antenna for a friend. The particular corner of the attic that he was working in was quite dark—in fact so dark that he didn’t see that the boards covering the rafters had ended Another step brought a great light! The light was coming from the window of the room on the iloor below. A mess of plaster and lath sifted down upon his shoul ders. Above, yawned a gaping hole in the ceiling. And so the salvager salvaged himself from the wastebasket and went back to less athletic pursuits than drop ping through ceilings. Which brought him back to the wastebasket which in turn brings more scraps. Notably some diary notes. October 12: Boy, I must be getting popular. A girl just called me up for a date for this weekend. Is it my handsome face? Or is it my money? Maybe what my girl at home says is true—she calls me n “big masculine man.” I guess that’s what thesg coeds want. October 13: Am I chagrined. That date wasnt because I’m such a "masculine man” after all. It was for the Owens’ Drag and the girls are all supposed to invite the boys to that. Well, maybe she would Church Calendar St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Morning worship with a ser mon by the pastor on “Putting on the Armor of God” will be held at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Church School Classes with special class for students will be at 10:20 a.m. The nursery is avail able during morning services. A! 7:30 p.m. Laymen’s Sunday Vespers with an address by the Reverend L. P. Murkley of How ard will t place. Evangelist Reformed Sunday School will begin at 9:30 a.m. At 10:45 a.m. there will be church worship. The Youth Fellowship is spon soring a supper meeting at 5:30 p.m with slides on “Evidences of Victory” at 6:30 p.m. All students are welcome. Grace Lutheran The Student Bible Class will continue the discussion of the topic “W e Believe” at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. At 5 p.m. the Lutheran Stu dent Association will hold its an nual Faculty - Student Dessert. Both faculty and students will be provided an opportunity to wor ship together and to get to know one another while refreshments •ire served. St. Andrews Episcopal There will be a meeting of the Epucopal Students at the church at 5:16 tomorrow. The student Salvaged by Elliot Shapiro have called anyhow. October 14: Had a strange ex perience in front of the Comer. I was minding my own business, on the way home from classes when suddenly a luscious blonde came charging at me, pushed me up against a wall and tried to sell me some bright-colored rag. I was so busy looking at her that I paid a quarter and was on my way before I looked to see what I had. On the cover, amid a lot of garish color was a name—The Penn State Fourth. Thats what it looked like anyhow. As I opened it, white paper glared at me in the sunlight, so I hurritd into a dark alley to see what sort of pig*in a poke I had bought. There was one page that looked promising. “Dopesheet,” it was called. Could it be that this was a tip sheet for the ponies? But no. It told me—as if I didn’t already know—what I couldn’t do in State College. suppe r precedes a regular meet ing of the Canterbury Club. There will also be movies and a talk by Ray Carpenter. Church Services are at 7:45 a. m. 10:45 a.m. and at 7 p.m. Wesley Foundation Sunday school classes will be held in the upper room at 9:3® a.m. At 10:45 a.m. the Reverend Al len C. Best. Director and Pastor of Wesley Foundation at Cornell University. New York, is sched uled to be the guest preacher in a service conducted by Wesley Foundation students. H e will talk on the topic “Faith is Rele vant to Life.’’ Reverend Best speaks to foun dation students on the Metho dist Student Movement at 6.30 p.m. The evening meal wi 11 be prepared by th e men of the Wes ley Foundation of the student group. The menu—wimpies. Westminster Foundation A Scavenger Hunt will take place at Westminster Hall at 8 o’clock tonight. At the Fireside Room at 6:20 p.m. tomorrow there will be a musical program. Friends Religious School will be held for adults and students at 9:30 am. tomorrow. The Sunday Meeting for wor shin takes place at 10:45 a.m. A* 7:30 p.m. the Young Friends Group meets. Safety, *\Ja(ue Punishment! TO THE EDITOR: Some of these gripes coming from the Nittany- Pollock men have rather amused me until I was struck a low blow. I work (ed) in the east side of the mess hall for evening chow, but after the “last straw,’’ I’m adding my two cents. According to the mores, rules, and regulations, or whatever you wish to call them, concerning the mess hall, those who serve are supposed to eat in time to start the line moving at 5:45. This particular evening I had to spend an extra 25 minutes special instruc tion concerning an experiment. In vain I ran from Osmosd building to my room, changed clothes, and moved on to the mess hall on the run. Upon ar riving, I was ordered to my post for ten minutes before the doors were opened. It’s rough, when you have a meal ticket, work in the mess hall, and still have to go to town for your supper yes, I’m one of the unfortunates charitably contribut ing $2OO to the just cause, but at least the rest of you got to go through the motions. If it had been lunch this particular day .... re member the potatoes (I believe they were es calloped, but I wouldn’t bet on it), and rabbit food, that I had missed. I wouldn’t have thought too much of it; but those pork chops really looked good. (I can only comment on the looks as I didn’t even get a nibble). It was also made clear that I wouldn’t get ,to eat after everyone else was finished. As a kid, I was sent to bed more than once with out supper as punishment, but this was the first time for doing some school work. J. A. Phillips, Dorm 12, Room 32, Pollock Circle P.S.—Don’t judge all the dieticians and super visors by a few as there are really some roses among the thorns. Vote, Then Suffer TO THE EDITOR: The interference with the voting rights of a single citizen is excusable, whether it be indirect and unintentional, or not. Instead, it is the duty of every person and institution to help all eligible voters to go to the polls on election day. Why must the College be such a sad example of negligence to its duty? The most it intends to do for the coming national election is to grant ex cused absences to its voters, who consitute a siz able portion of the student body. An excused absence it not enough. How will a signed slip make up for seven hours of laboratory work, to cite one example? (This in addition to a hurried round trip to New York). If the College can grant a football holiday, it certainly can grant a full holiday for election day. We are not interested in excuses or justifications for the decisions of the College Senate, however reasonable they may seem. We want the necsesary time to vote, and for many students this means a whole day. Let us please not make this serious mistake of indirectly handicapping even a single voter. If students lack of interest in the All-College Cabi net meetings is the cause for unsatisfactory de cision, then we acept the blame. However, we nersist in our sincere plea for corrective action from the College Senate or higher authority, if necessary. We were able to vote from overseas, why not from College? TO THE EDITOR: The announcement m the Collegian of October 13, 1948, concerning excused absences from classes on Electian Day (Novem ber 2) is just another example to the veteran and voting adult students here of the lack of faith iur college puts in the adult students’ honor and inegrity. There can hardly be an honor system in existence here. Why make those who vote on November 2 come back with an excuse for class cuts from the Dean of Men and signed by the judge of election at our polling places? We veterans are not chil dren, so why cannot the College accept in good faith our word that we have voted without having us present an excuse signed by the judge of elec tions? An excuse from the Dean’s office has been sufficient in preceding years. Would not the presentation of such a written excuse to the judges of election in our communi ties for their signatures point out to them the low regard the College has for the integrity of their voting students who are deserving of some respect and good faith? I have voted in two previous elections, and to me this requirement of having the judge of elec tion sign my excuse is not only without precedent, bu' it approaches the area of an insult. I would i-i' icr have my cuts counted against me than afford the judge of elections and the people of >ny community the opportunity of seeing how lit tle the College trusts its voting students. Gunning for Us TO THE EDITOR: Michigan State scheduled three undefeated football teams this year. They are the University of Michigan, Notre Dame, and Penn State. At the start of the Beason it was con sidered that a victory over any one of the three would make the 1948 season a success for Michi gan State. Although Michigan State lost to Uni versity of Michigan and Notre Dame, the out fit can still achieve their goal by beating Penn "tate. For this reason they will be gunning for " > enn State. Nam* withheld Insulted A Veteran Charlie Shick, W ■ftykprn. MinhifMi
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