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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
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\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
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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