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What Is NSA?
National Student Association can be of vital im
portance to every student at Penn State; however,
is is probably the least known and most misunder
stood organization on campus as far as the average
student is concerned.
Penn State is entering its second year as a mem
oer of NSA, but mentioning it still brings up the
question, “What is NSA?”
NSA can be defined as a national association of
student bodies. But there is much more to it than
that. It is an association of students themselves,
represented at national, regional and sub-regional
levels by student leaders and organized to alleviate
common problems and to promote common
interests.
One of NSA's fundamental functions is cultivat
ing a sense of responsibility to society—something
that must be learned through practical experience.
Through NSA, the student can learn to accept re
sponsibility for his own welfare and find opportun
ities to contribute to the welfare of the national
and international student community.
On a practical basis, what does NSA do? Some
of its most constructive projects have dealt with
the organiation and perfection of student govern
ments. It utilizes every opportunity to promote
student welfave through such diverse activities as
improvement of student-faculty relations, purchase
-prd plans, reduced rrilroad rates for vacation per
iods, student culturales—to mention only a few.
On the international scale, NSA projects have at
tracted the attention of the State Department and
the commission on student exchange set up under
;he Fullbright Act, It is the only American student
organization to hold membership in UNESCO.
NSA is a sponsor of the World Student Service
Fund.
Through foreign travel and study projects, NSA
also provides intellectual exchange between stu
dents of this country and students abroad. Such
exchange is a valuable contribution to interna
‘ional understanding and a hope for peace.
The local chapter will nominate chairmen of the
international studen* welfare and student govern
ment panels, secretary and treasurer and discuss
Projects for the coming year tonight. Delegates to
the National Student Congress at Madison. Wiscon
-in, will explain national projects and describe pro
grams used at other colleges.
What does NSA want? Interested students who
Are willing to share the work, the headaches and th e
r i'n of planning and carrying to a successful con
'•lusion a campus program.
NSA will meet in 8 Sparks at 6:30 tonight. If
'•ou are interested, if you have what NSA needs,
be there! — T anie Schwing
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Editor
Lew Stone
Managing Ed.. Elliot Shapiro; News Ed., Malcolm White;
sports Ed., Tom Morgan; Edit. Dir. Ami Gerton: Feature Ed.,
'o Fox; Society Ed., Frances Keeney; Asst. Soc. Ed.,
Seville; Photo Ed., Betty Gibbons; Co-Promotion Mgr., Selmn
'u-iofsky; Senior Board, Claire Lee.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor..
Assistant
News Editor
Assistant
C'-py Editor
Assistant
Advertising Manager
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Business Manager
Vance C. Klepper
. Ray Benfer
_Sylvia Ockner
George Vadasz
Roy Koehler
__ Commie Keller
Rob Kotzhaucr
Betty Jane Hower
Sue Stern
Well Dressed Room
Joe College esq. is at it again. Not content to wear White suede
shoes and “hot dog” at the Corner Room, this year’s Joe College
thinks that he has to imitate the Hollywood version of what a well
dressed student’s room will wear.
After the opening game against Bucknell, two of the visiting
cheerleaders reported the loss of their megaphones. Although the
cost of these amplifiers is negligible, the fact that guests to the Col
lege were actually robbed of their possessions stands out as a black
mark against the College.
Luckily last week’s game was played off the campus so the light
fingered “sports” could not help to discredit Penn State.
But when an equipment check was taken this Monday, Oscar
Buchenhorst, stock room manager, reported that two pennants and
a field telephone were taken from the New Beaver field after the
West Virginia game.
“I’d hate to think that any of the College students stole the
equipment,” he said. But since the pennants were flying from poles
behind the student cheering section, the evidence points strongly to
the work of Penn State’s Joe Colleges of 1948.
Let’s grow up and work FOR a better Penn State instead of
working AGAINST it.
Try as hard as you can, you can’t please everybody all the time
-and some just can’t ever be satisfied, nohow.
It took only one “family-style” supper in the “coeds’ palace” to
et one lass hankerin’ for good old assembly-line meals. •
And one sample just ain’t valid, according to all the rules of
statistics.
Edit Briefs
—Elliot Krane.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. l!
•Safety \Jatue
Discrepancy
TO THE EDITOR: According to a recent issue
of the Daily Collegian, it was stated that the AA
office had 13,000 Penn-Penn State game tickets for
distribution to students and alumni.
Recently I came across an issue of the Alumni
News which quoted the Penn State allotment at
14,200 tickets. According to my mathematics there
are 1200 tickets to be accounted for.
Does the AA office have an explanation?
—Frits SippeL
• It does. Harold R. Gilbert, graduate man
ager of athletics, explains away the higher figure
as "just a good number to give the Alumni
Association."
Misread
TO THE EDITOR: I wish to state my stand on
the question of being “uninformed” and on the
question of “taking the matter out of the hands
of the student government body which represents
me,” as contained in Mr. Lawless’s letter.
“All I know is what I read in the paper” will
best state my reasons for the letter submitted
by me.
Nowhere in my article will Mr. Lawless find
any reference to himself, his investigating com
mittee (which was appointed prior to my letter),
or to the taking the matter out of the hands of
the student body.
Throughout my article, however, I stated a need
% for some remedial action because of the apparent
apathy on the part of the persons involved. (I
know it isn’t the fault of the dieticians. They only
put out what is allowed to be put out: they are
not responsible for making the students stand in
line.)
If Mr. Lawless felt that he was considered in
the category of “persons involved,” I’m sorry; how
ever, I can’t be blamed for a guilt conscience
which I never knew existed.
Being a fraternity man, I eat well, sleep well,
have many benefits and can easily let the rest of
the student body go by; yet it isn’t my way. I’m
for remedial action, for the success of the investi
gating committee, and for more power for our
student governing body.
So, Bill, if I offended you in any way, please
accept my apologies for your “sloppy” reading.
—Frederick W. Smith.
COLLEGIAN GAZETTE
Thursday, October 21
RUSSIAN CHORUS, 405 Old Main, 7 p.m,
ELEC. ENG. SOCIETY, 219 EE, 7 p.m.
College Hospital
Admitted Tuesday: George Horsford, John
Boyes, John Swanger and Edwin Hanford.
Discharged Tuesday: Negley Norton, Francis
Rogel, Cornelia Dreifus and Doris Mercer.
Discharged Wednesday: Jane Rodgers.
College Placement
Hoover Company, October 27 and 28, eighth set
m ester men from EE and ME.
Container Corporation of America, October 27
and 28, men from lE, ME, CE and C&F.
Arabian American Oil Company, October 25 and
26, eighth semester men for operations in Saudi
Arabia. Men from ME, EE, CE, Chem Eng, Chem
istry and Geology.
Electro Metallurgical Co., October 28 and 29,
eighth semester men from Metallurgy, Chem Eng,
ME, EE, Chemistry and C&F.
Lukens Steel Co., October 29, eighth semester
men from lE, ME, and Metallurgy.
Brown Instrument Company, November 9 and
10, eighth semester men from EE. ME and Physics.