PAr: F. TWO The Daily Collegian Editorial Page 19dit.Jrmis and column■ appearing in The Daily Coiletinn repessesit Sus °Onions at she writer. They oaks se chum I. reflect student Of thohiereley eenairnise. Unlatched Whorls& suns mental teir Whet. Time To Say 'Yes' A last ditch effort to persuade Harold 'lke' Gil bert, graduate manager of athletics, to permit the three coed cheerleaders to join the vanguard of football enthusiasts in Philadelphia this Saturday was turned down. In refusing the plea of the three cheerleaders the graduate manager of athletics reiterated that Penn State alumni did not wish to see girl cheer leaders represent the College. We fail to see how a few letters from some old time alumni, no matter how "influential," can justify a conclusion that the "alumni" don't like coed cheerleaders. Those who approve never bother to write letters, as Collegian readers are well a ware. Even since their war-time inaugural appearance tour years ago coed cheerleaders have been greet ed enthusiastically everywhere they appeared. Last spring, when the girls were summarily in formed that they would not be permitted to lead cheers this season, they were desperate enough to relinquish away games in order to remain on the squad during their senior year. Then after knocking themselves out at the home games this year, the realization of the unfairness of their plight drove them to ask for a reconsidera tion of the "understanding" about away games they had been virtuously compelled to accept. The coeds have joined the male cheerleaders in arousing school spirit at all the home games thus far this year. But now the story is different. ... The big game is coming up Saturday. "We're sorry, girls, but you'll have to sit in the stands like good little girls and maybe we'll let you cheer next week when we play on Beaver Field." The whole thing is not being taken lightly by Penn State coeds who see in this edict an attempt to limit their rights on campus activities. Last year the College reverted to its policy of only having men cheerleaders. So this is the last year coeds are allowed on the squad. It is only right that the three girls be permitted to go to the Penn game. Not only are members of the student body in favor of having the three yell-baiters on Frank lin Field on Saturday but the male members of the cheerleading squad are also strongly in favor of their going to the game. The coeds have joined with the men cheerleaders in arousing cheers during the past few years; they have established their roles, why turn them down now? It's never too late to say yes, Mr. Gilbert. Mg Daily Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1877 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive dur ing the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter July 6, 1934, at the State College, Pa.. Poet Office under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscriptions —s2 a semester, $4 the ,chool year. Represented for national advertising by National Advents. ng Service. Madison Ave., New York. N.Y. Chicago. Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Editor Lew Stone Managing Ed., Elliot Shapiro; News Ed., Malcolm White; Sports Ed., Tom Morgan; Edit. Dir. Arni Garton; Feature Ed.. be Fox; Society Ed.. Frances Keeney; Asst. Soc. Ed.. iooretta 7eville; Photo Ed., Betty Gibbons; Co-Promotion Mgr., Selma . 1 1sofsky; Senior Board, Claire Lee. Asst. Bus. Mgr., Margaret }Deere; Adv. Director, Barbara Eerier; local Adv. Mgr., Selma Lampert Smith; Circulation 11gr., Brett Kranich; Class. Adv. Mgr., Wilma Brehm; CO. From. Mgr., Elliot Rosengarten: Personnel Mgr., Kosti Barges: ittriee Mgr., George Lotto; Secretary. Mimi Pomerene STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor ssistant_ \ ews Editor__ '•ssistant 'opy Editor ,ssioitant Ihz%ieiNutio‘tlal /kw Voneio, Noat/61-tmett MAME ® *Mir special compound gives lustre keeps hear ix place without :gem =M=M Business Manager ' Vance C. Klepper ___Rosemary Senntante .__Stanley Ruler Gerald Hassel Clarice Liinch Pauly Moss _Bob Kotzbauer gives your hair that "just-combed" look—all day long! lIW FORMULA WITH VIRATOL* orks wonders in the ooks of your hair. t looks natural...it eels rigtural...and t stays in place! ry a bottle. "Whew-w-w-- what a race!" Student Sponsors Student pressure was largely responsible for the formation of the Community Forum, whose purpose is to present an annual series of timely educational and cultural lectures and forum discussion by nationally known speakers. Student apathy and non-attendance can cause the venture to fail. The removal of such a valuable medium of cultural and edu cational enlightenment would be especially regrettabe in the Col lege community, already deficient in programs of the sort. This year's slate of lecture topics manages to run the gamut of most-talked about matters, from the Kinsey report to the atomic age and Soviet-American relations. Some reserved seat tiokets for the series and tonight's open ing lecture on conservation are still available at the Student Union desk in Old Main lobby. The danger of our becoming a "have-not" nation will be in terpreted by tonight's lecturer, Fairfield Osborn, conservationist and author of "Our Plundered Planet." Student support is especially desirable since the student body, through All-College Cabinet, is one of the 19 sponsoring agencies of the Community Forum, a non-profit organization. Good Example Truman has been re-elected While jubilant Democrats celebrate their good fortune and astonished Republicans lament their confident attitude, a few wise Americans have forgotten their partisan beliefs long enough to con template what this election upset will convey to the world. The very closeness of the election should prove to Communist dominated nations and totalitarian states that democracy in the United States is more than theory, that the selection of our gov ernment is not a privilege held by a few. The American people, defying all predictions of the experts, indicated their choice by voting as they wished. Orators may enu merate the advantages of a democracy but the world can only be convinced of this by seeing for themselves that the people of a democracy have a final choice. We can never spread our system of government by tearing down other forms. We must show the world that we believe in our way of life. —lsobel Greig SAValve Easy to Criticize TO THE EDITOR: As an ex-Advertising Director of Collegian (1947-48), I could not let a letter like that alleged challenge of Mr. Hatch's go by; because it was, and I guess always will be things like that that gripe me. If Mr. Hatch would take cognizance of a news paper or any periodical and count the ad-inches, he will soon discover that it takes a good 40'/o ad vertising and in many instance a whale of a lot more, to cover the cost of even the newsprint which every time you turn around has gone up another $6 a ton. If instead of offering sad statements like that about the liquor ads, which by request of the late President Hetzel have been deleted, and juvenile remarks like, "I challenge you to print this letter as an admission of the rotten paper you publish," which is downright silly, he would take time to in iestigate Collegian's policy. He should go out for 'ollegian and see if he can't do something con s ructive. It is very easy to sit back and criticize. I'd suggest Mr. Hatch, that you try to learn more acts before you accuse people trying very hard .o exert an honest effort in your behalf, and that if you have so much time that you can criticize everyone else, that you join Collegian, if they'll have you, and put your efforts, like those who have gone before you toward securing college printing facilities. And lastly, have you seen and compared your fine Collegian with any other college newspapers lately? I Challenge You to see what you can do! Spencer M. Scheckter June 1948 Ex-Collegian adv. director. Collegian Gazette Thursday, November 4 ENGINEERING STUDENT COUNCIL, 106 ME, 6:45 p.m. IFC, Penn State Photo Shop, 7:15 p.m. 401 Old Main immediately afterwards. ALPHA DELTA SIGMA, at Phi Epsolin Pi, 7:30 p.m. SWIMMERS, Glennland Pool, 8 p.m. College Hospital Admitted Tuesday: George Kozick, George Wolff, Rea Carroll, Charles Beatty, Edith Cope and Pa tricia Pomeroy. Admitted Wednesday: Israel Dinner, Robert Howard, Robert Klein and Milton Simon. Discharged Wednesday: Phyllis Kistler, Carolyn Rice, Leona Schadle and Richard Hess. College Placement Brown Instrument Co„ November 9 and 10, eighth semester men from EE, ME and Physics. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co., November 8 and 9, eighth semester men from ME, lE, EE, CE, Metal lurgy and Chem Eng. Sylvania Electric Co., November 8, eighth se mester men from EE. ME, Chem Eng, Chem, and Ceramics. Armstrong Cork Co., November 11, 12 and 13, seventh semester men in lE, ME, Ph.D. in Chem istry, Chem Eng and Physics. ' Bell System, November 9, 10 and 11, eighth se mester men from EE, ME and lE. 8.5., M.S., and Ph.D. men in EE and Physics. Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co., November 15 and 16, eighth semester men from CE, ME, EE. IE and Chem Eng. Shell Oil Co., November 11 and 12, men gradu ating in January with B.S. in Physics and Chem, M.S. in Pet. and Natural Gas Eng, Mining Eng, Chem Eng, EE, ME, Physics and Chemistry. Ph.D. candidates in Physics, ME. Physical Colloid or Analytical Chem. .It l / 1 4111fAii AIM
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