■iihinin; appennne in The |)r»|* ('nllfirinn represent the opinions ni ihe wriirr l'l»e» make no -lain) to reflect iiuileni or University consensus. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. fCiht run Bucking the Line Events at four eastern colleges recently showed that the oft-criticized younger generation has what it takes to buck the line which for too many years has restricted the activities of students on the basis of color alone. The Yale and Harvard football teams chose a Negro for captain and student manager, re spectively. Students at Lafayette College in Easton staged a mass demonstration when their team was de prived of a game in the Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas, because laws of that state forbid a Negro to play in a state-owned stadium, according to press reports. Perhaps the most important and certainly a dis turbing event, however, was the action of the executive council of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, in unanimously upholding the suspension of the Am herst College chapter for its insistence on its right to initiate a man on merits other than the artificial one of race. According to the New York Herald Tribune, the 10-man council met in an eight-hour “closed” session, before issuing a statement. The council found that the “overwhelming majority of its chapters and alumni associations firmly opposed” the initiation of Thomas Gibbs, a Negro, into the Amherst chapter. The fact that Gibbs was a member of the col lege student council and its cross-country team was adroitly overlooked by the councilmen. Ap parently the expressed desire of his fellows to initiate him as a fraternity brother also counted for little in the deliberations of this “executive” body. Additional fog hovered over the released state men when, as the Tribune reported, the council’s secretary “refused to amplify” the statement. He also “declined to give the names” of council mem bers. Others, the story said, “refused to comment and to give names to reporters.” , Secrecy could be understood, if not tolerated, had these councilmen been dealing with matters of war or perhaps the adoption of a new “hand shake,” but one looks in vain for a good reason why executives of a professed social organization should be reticent about their proceedings. They may well claim the “right” to privacy in such matters. In these days, however, when the fight against racial prejudice and discrimination is being waged'op many'fronts, it would be diffi cult indeed for the council to succeed in keeping its action out of the day’s news columns. Thanks to the New York newspapers, it ranked as page-one news, along with the United Nations and the longshoremen’s strike. Stye Sailg Collegian Sneceuor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 187 T 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 5, 1954, at the State College. Pa.. Poet Office under the set of March S, 1879. Subscriptions —52 a semester. $4 the school year. Editor Lew Stone STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor Ray Benfer News Editor , Bob Rose Copy Editor John Bonneil Assistant _ Janet Rosen.. Advertising Manager Ruth Edelstein Assistants . .. Norman Borish, Marion Goldman Coed Froth Lorraine Muni Lorraine Munz, popular coed, says, "Froth is the magazine I’d most like to be stranded with on a desert island.” You’ll know what she means when you read the new “Down with Demon Rum” issue, next Tuesday, Dec. 7. —John Bonnell. Business Manager Vance C. Klepper Picks §:S infr.y*„ • Opportunity doesn’t keep a-knocking’. Perhaps the High Command put out the “Not Welcome” mat too soon, before we could check the desirability of Miss Harbor Bowl. We might not have dated her anyway, but that old “we have nothing to say” feeling hurts. The Harbor Bowl, to be played with Nevada in San Diego, is the baby of National Broadcasting Company ... or to ex plain it tritely, the child of necessity . . . since NBC found itself in the embarrassing position of having no bowl to broadcast on New Years. Rumored chief objections are that it wasn’t a major bowl . . just a bastard bowl. And that it wasn’t guaranteed. Ir, fact the fosses could find no good reasons for acceptance. We’d chuckle if a big-name team,, say Michigan, was un nvited to a bowl, and became a party to a “manufactured” bowl, or was satisfied to play in the Soup Bowl or Fish Bowl . . or some other silly sounding affair. But was the Harbor Bowl such a laughing matter? Maybe so. But maybe the Big Guns will have red faces come New Years. Bowls are born of the desire of a chamber of commerce to stimulate trade by means of a good football game. When the event becomes popular and reaches large proportions, a major network picks it up. There’d be no working-up period for the Harbor 80w1... NBC would be plugging right from the start. Well there’s no use crying over spilled bids . . . ’specially since Villanova has already lapped ours up. Said the Asso ciated Press, “The squad voted unanimously to accept the bid, and the Board of Trustees approved their action.” Glad their team had something to say about the deal . . . sounds like a democratic way to run athletics. A Wonderland of Toys That Will Provide Hours of Fascinating Enjoyment for That Youngster Lovable Dolls that will capture the hearts of all little girls, and games, sleds and a myriad of other gifts to thrill that little fellow. Allen Street Corner Rumors By Jo Fox Don’t wait to shop for your Christmas toys, but hurry on down to the newly decorated basement of METZGERS while the stock is complete. We have the finest assortment of toys in Centre Coun ty for you to choose from. BOOKS GAMES DEVELOPMENT TOYS METZGERS SHOP AT 'lltte jSajlely. *\Jciive Where Was She? TO THE EDITOR: In reference to writer Wer linich’s article in last Wednesday’s Collegian, “In Body, But Spirit?”, I’d like to ask where she was sitting; Probably among the Pitt rooters! A good reason for poor cheering? Some students sat in section 20, some sat in section 34 completely across the field and the rest were scattered hither and yon with some even helping Pitt by sitting in their sections. Why aren’t the tickets so distrib uted that there is a student bloc that can really generate noise? I think Miss Werlinich should try her hand at reshaping athletic association distributing policies rather than denouncing the valiant attempts of a very loyal student body. Collegian Gazette Wednesday, December 1 CAMPUS CENTER Club, 418 Old Main, 7:30 HOME ECONOMICS Club, Living Center, 7 p.m. IFC, 405 Old Main, 7:15 p.m. PENN STATE CAMERA Club, 1 Main Eng, 7 p.m. NAACP, 409 Old Main, 7:15 p.m. Executive Meeting, 6:30 p.m. College Placement S. S. Kresge Co., December 6, eighth semester rrfen in C&F and Arts & Letters. Calvert Distilling Co., December 6, eighth se mester men in ME, lE, Chem Eng, Commercial Chem, Chem, and Physics. Boy Scouts of America, December 7 and 8, eighth semester men interested in working as field executives. Naval Ordnance Lab., December 7 and 8, fifth and sixth semester men for summer employment in CE, EE, lE, ME, Chem Eng, Chem, Physics and Metallurgy. Institute of Textile Technology, December 10, seventh and eighth semester men in Chem Eng, Chem, Commercial Chem, Physics and ME. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Co., December 13, eighth semester men in Arch Eng, EE, lE, ME, and Chem Eng. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., December 14, eighth semester men. accounting. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., December 14 and 15, eighth semester men in CE, ME, Arts and Letters and C&F. Hagan Corp., December 15 and 16, eighth se mester men in EE, ME, Sanitary Eng, Ceramics, Chem Eng, and Chem. Supplee - Wills - Jones Milk Co., December 17, eighth semester men in Dairy Husbandry. Insurance Co. of North America, December 8, CE, ME, EE, Chem Eng, for field work; C&F, for accounting; Math, for statistics; C&F, A&L, with some engineering, for technical representatives, underwriters. At the Movies CATHAUM—Untamed Breed. STATE —For the Love of Mary. NlTTANY—October Man. —Donald Sloughfy. State College
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