PAGE TWO The Daily Collegian Editorial Page __- Editorials and columns appearing an The Daily Collegian represent dee opinions of the writer. They task* no dales to reflect student or University etotetunee. Unsigned editorials are written br the Millen. Zile Batty enlirgiatt &mecum I. THE FREE LANCE, eat. 1877 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive dm , tog the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1934. at the State College, Pa.. Poet Office under the set of March 3, 1879. Subscriptions —B2 a semester, $4 the school year. Editor Lew Stone Managing Ed., Elliot Shapiro; News Ed., Malcolm White; Sports Ed., Tom Morgan; Edit. Dir. Arni Garton; Feature Ed.. Jo Fox; Society Ed., Frances Keeney; Asst. Soc. Ed... Loretta Neville; Photo Ed., Betty Gibbons; Co-Promotion Mgr., Selma Zasofsky; Senior Board. Claire Lee. Asst. Bus. Mgr.. Margaret Breece; Adv. Director, Barbara Keefer; Local Adv. Mgr., Selm■ Lampert Smith; Circulation Mgr., Brett Kranich; Clam. Adv. Mgr.. Wilma Brehm; Co- Prom. Mgr.. Elliot Rosengarten; Personnel Mgr.. Kosti llamas; Office Mgr., George Latzo; Secretary. Mimi Pomerene STAFF THIS ISSUE Jack Rees Bob Rose Florence Feinburt -- Wilson Bertram - Advertising Staff _ "We Love Our Kids" Throughout Pennsylvania, along the highways, drivers are constantly reminded to drive carefully by such signs as "We Love Our Children Too— Drive Carefully." The residents of Windcrest, even though they are students, also love their children— and their own lives. Lately there seems to be an increase of fast-mov ing traffic through that residential district; students taking short cuts since the directional change of traffic on Pollock Road. The members of the Windcrest Council don't want to have to say "you can't pass through here," but lives are at stake. It is serious enough that adults are victims of traffic accidents, sometimes through their own fault, but who would be to blame if a three or four year old baby just wanted to cross a road to his neighbor's trailer, and was struck by a car? There are play areas in the Windcrest section hut the children aren't there all the time and they may even be on their way when a car may speed by with disasterous results. The Windcrest Council has been forced to take action to remedy the increase of traffic. The licenses of a few cars have already been turned in to Tribunal for remedial action. It will be the same Did story though, some will get caught others will get by unnoticed. The council plans to have every car owning resi dent register and a system of Windcrest driving and parking permits will be instituted. This means that non-residents of the trailer section will not be allowed to cut through or park in the area. Violations of these regulations will eventually lead to the closing of every entrance to Windcrest out one and that will be unfair and inconvenient to the families living there. Last summer there were a few traffic accidents In Windcrest but fortunately, none were very seri ous. This semester and the following ones, the driv ers and the children may not be as lucky. Pat on the Back Well, we did it. Held them scoreless, too But why kid ourselves? Lots of us were scared, ..nd why not? We compared Penn's schedule with ours . . . and shuddered. For two years the Qua .c.ers, too, had emerged unbeaten at the near top of the football heap. But then we took time out from being appre hensive and thought. Did Penn's trorhy cases toast the Lambert Trophy? No. Had Penn held SMU to a 13-13 tie in the Cotton Bowl? No. Did Penn have a Petchel, a Triplett, a Rogel? No. We felt better. But still there was a slight tinge of doubt in a corner of our minds. After all, the Lions weren't made of steel; it was possible for them to be beaten. It had happened before. The sportscasters had said that it would be an %wen match. A few gave Penn the edge, some state. Their indecision seemed to charge the air, already tight with tension. At Franklin Field 2 p.m. Saturday that charge vas detonated. Two and one-half hours later the air had be come clear and free, and we could breathe easily. For weeks now, even years, we will talk about how the Quaker stuck his head inside the Lion's mouth and lost it. And well might we boast, for the victory was hard-fought and well-earned. But there are more games coming, none a push ,,ver. Sometimes one has one's head so high in the clouds that the mist fogs the vision, obscuring what is actually happening on the earth below. Penn's defeat is a testimonial that a fall front the heights can be a very unpleasant jolt indeed. We mustn't let it happen here. Student Employment Contact Mr. Allan Reece, TUB Substitute waiters and dishwashers for House party weekend. Baby sitters for football gaines. Experienced clothes presser. At the Movies CATHAUM—Adventures in Silvers(*) STATE—Apartment for Peggy. NITTAZIY—i Know Where I'm. Going Business Manager Vance C. Klepper -EEliop. _- Managing Editor _News Editor Copy Editor _ Assistant _ _Don Baker, Bob Clark, Eloise Cook —Arnold Gorton —Jack Reen The straw that broke his back detiggithlik • Poe. werAre • a Some terrific letters come into the Daily Collegian office every week—but we can't use 'em, no matter how interesting, nor what logical ideas they present, because they are unsigned. This rule shouldn't cause anyone any concern or embarrassment, since a simple request to withhold a name will be honored. Nor will the name be divulged subsequently without the writer's ex press consent. Keep letters short and to the point, too. Because of space limi tations the editor reserves the right to cut letters exceeding 200 words. Personal attacks will also be edited. In the Land of Jim Crow Ray Sprigle, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and staff member of "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette," recently disguised himself as a Negro and for four weeks "lived black" in the South among his fel low Americans. This is the fifth of a series of twelve articles in Mr. Sprigle has changed the names which he presents his findings of persons and places in some instances to protect those involved. You begin to get a better idea of what it means to be a black share-cropper in the South as you sit on a home-made stool in the two-room shack of Henry Wil liams in Sumpter County on the road to Americus in the Georgia' cotton country. No Northern farmer would keep his cattle in a shanty like this. And this place of Henry's is far and away better than hundreds of others we have passed on our travels. It at least has one window in one room. Many of these share cropper cabins have none at all— just holes in the wall with a wooden shutter that can be closed against the sleet and cold of the winter. And when you close the shutters you shut out the light too, so you live for five months of the year in a dismal black cavern. In the summer you can leave your shutters open to the sun light and wind —and also to the flies, mosquitos and sundry other insects. • Discrepancy in Count Henry, however, has no fault to find with his mansion. "Yes sir," he says, "got us four rooms here." The two-room discrep ancy between Henry's account and mine is due to a rough board lean-to slapped against the back of his shack and bisected by a rough board partition. In one half of the place is a rather hope less stove where Mrs. Williams does her cooking. At that she's far better off than scores of her neighbors up and down the road. They do their cooking in an open, fireplace—with a kettle for col lards or turnip greens, a skillet t for fat-back and the corn pone baked in the ashes. Henry has been a share-crop per for twenty-nine years, he tells me. "You been making any money these few years back with. cotton and peanuts bringing big prices?" I ask him. "Yost don't mare aiw money .. ~. Unsigned By Ray Spriglo share-croppin'," he replies, sur prised at the question. "Some years you get some cash in the fall. Bad years you jest go over to the next year." Five Years His Record Henry, like most share-crop pers, admits that he 'keeps movin' '' in a so-far futile effort to do better for himself. Five years was the longest he ever worked on one plantation in his 29 years of share-cropping. In 1946, he says, he "made" 14 bales of cotton and six and one half tons of peanuts. That year "The Man" (the landlord) gave him $BOO cash. Last year, 1947, he made 17 bales of cotton and 10 tons . of peanuts. Despite bigger crops and equal if not higher prices, that year "The Man" gave him $7OO. Between crops he lives out of the commissary maintained by "The Man." Cotton last year brought about I s2oo a bale, with the seed, and peanuts sold at $2OO a ton. That would be $3,400 for Henry's, cot-. ton and around $2,000 for the peanuts—ss,4oo in all with Henry getting half of it or $2,700. Of course out of that $2,700 comes tractor hire—if "The Man" sup plies a tractor—fertilizer, and Henry's commissary bill. But $2,000 for that seems just a little high. Even Henry seems to think so. Now, it could be that that $7OO that Henry got was a perfectly fair settlement. Point is that Henry doesn't know, I certainly don't know—nobody in the whole wide world knows ex cept "The Man." Never Sells Own Produce In all his share-cropping Henry has never seen any kind of ac count of his operations. "The Man" never gives him a state ment—no figures—just hands him a check or a bundle of cash. Henry never has had a bill or ac (Continued oa page three) TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9 1 Artist Course Talent One of the most important essentials for college students is to achieve not only an adequate aca demic education, but also a well-rounded cultural background. Many of the courses offered by the College will aid students in taking a greater interest in culture as a whole. Every year, however, an opportunity is given to each student to see and hear some of the greatest artists of our day. During the last several years, the Artist's Course has presented an array of outstanding talent, in cluding Jascha Heifltz and Carol Brice. This year will be no exception. A committee, headed by Carl E. Marquardt, Col lege examiner, has selected Christopher Lynch, Vladimir Horowitz, and Helen Traubel as the art ists to be featured this year. Christopher Lynch, Irish tenor now with the Voice of Firestone radio program, will open the season on December 9, Vladimir Horowitz, the re nowned concert pianist, will appear on January 6, and Helen Traubel, Metropolitan Opera star, will close the season on February 28. Today, series tickets for the Artists' Course will go on sale at Student Union. Here is an oppor tunity for every student to, enjoy three perform ances of unexcelled talent that can usually be found only in the concert halls of New York and other big cities. In all probability, the series tickets will be sold very quickly today and single admission tickets will be impossible to get on the performance nights. Let's all take advantage of this chance to enjoy and better ourselves at the same time. Sale( Vive Letters to the editor must be signed for Inclusion in the Safety Valve, although names will be withheld on request. Tele phone numbers and addresses must be included to facilitate verification of authenticity of signatures. Letters exceeding 200 words in length may be cut when required by spate :imitations. Letters should be addressed to the editor, Daily Collegian, box 261. Boro. Dewey's Chance TO THE EDITOR: Inasmuch as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey was not elected to the presidency of the United States, why not elect him president of the Pennsylvania State College? Collegian Gazette Tuesday, November 9 COLLEGIAN AD STAFF, 1 CH, 6:45 p.m. PSYCHLQGICAL SOCIETY, 204 Burrowes, 7 m. CHEM. ENG. SOCIETY, 119 Osmond Lab., 7 m. MEN'S BRIDGE CLUB, PUB, 7 p.m. ALPHA TAU ALPHA, honorary Ag Ed fra ernity, Ag Ed Building, 7 p.m. PENN STATE GRANGE, 100 Hort.. 8 p.m. College Hospital Admitted Saturday: John Folk and Francis Wunderle. Admitted Sunday: Robert Edgerton and Leon ard Stein. Discharged Sunday: Milton Simon. Admitted Monday: Beatrice Berger Discharged Monday: John Folk. College Placement Brown Instrument Co., November 9 and 10, iglith semester men from EE, ME and Physics. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co., November 8 and 9, eighth semester men from ME, IE, 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. National Supply Co. November 11 and 12, eighth semester men in lE, ME and C&F. General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., and Timken Roller Bearing Co., eighth semester men from CE, EE, lE, ME. Arts and Let ters, C&F, Metallurgy, Mining Eng, Chem Eng, Physics. Radio Corporation of America, November 17 and 18, seventh and eighth semester men in EE, ME and Physics. Armco Steel Corp., November 18 and 19, sev enth and eighth semester men from CE, lE, ME and Metallurgy. General Electric Co., November 15 and 16, eighth semester men from EE, ME and lE. Westinghouse Electric Corp., November 17 and 18, eighth semester men in EE, lE, ME, Metal lurgy, Chem Eng, and Chemistry. Linde Air Products Co., November 18 and 17, eighth semester men from EE, IE, ME, Chem Eng, Physics, and Chemistry. West Penn Power Co. November 18 and I*, eighth semester men in E E and M&. —Myra Tex —Name withheld.
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