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Need for Education
Probably the most malevolent, venomous and
diabolical letter we've ever seen, arrived the other
day, bearing a Lakeland, Fla., postmark.
Consisting of a bigoted diatribe against Negroes
and Jews, the letter bore evidence of being part
of an organized drive to foment race hatred in the
United States.
Characteristically unsigned, the letter was a
carbon copy of one which had been sent in De
cember to the University of Chicago's student
newspaper, after students there had staged a
walkout protesting discrimination against Negroes
in the university's medical school and clinic.
The letter was so gorged with malicious fabrica
tions, willful distortions of truth and spiteful lies,
that a meticulous search was made for the slight
est grain of fact.
None was found that had not been grossly dis
torted, twisted or used out of context.
It is difficult to perceive how anyone in these
United States could become so nauseously de
mented. Persons of his ilk are probably beyond
hone; they refuse to listen to reason.
Yet their poison must be prevented from spread
ing. Unfortunately, this cannot be accomplished
by quarantining them. Antidotes and preventives
must be widely and wisely employed.
Proper education is perhaps the best preventive,
but ,it must be administered early, and continu
ously. By proper education we mean, of course.
the cultivation and training of the mind, to develop
the ability and willingness to think.
Thinking persons are far less susceptible to the
venom of race hatred than non-thinkers, and logic
can penetrate and break down the barriers of any
"race supremacy compartments" which may exist
in their minds.
Spring Week
It's a new year, and soon a new semester. Just
the time when campus groups seem to latch on to
new enthusiasm.
And what Vetter way would there be to direct
this enthusiasm than into the promotion of our
College?
Instead of falling into the sloppy habit of criti
cizing campus activities, classes, profs, and all the
other things that we are so apt to tear down with
out really thinking, why not take this time to get
interested in some outstanding project, and put a
whole-hearted, all-College effort behind it?
All-College Cabinet has approved the principle
of holding a "Spring Week" next semester from
March 31 to April 2. Other large organizations,
such as the Interfraternity Council, the Associa
tion of Independent Men, and the Panhellenic
Council, have okayed the Froth-proposed program
for a big spring weekend to give the College favor
able publicity on a large scale.
It remains now for the entire student body to
help with this idea. Small and large organizations
can band together in an effort to promote Penn
State.
Working for this week will benefit financially
each organization that takes part in it. At the pro
posed carnival scheduled for the weekend, all
proceeds received from a booth or project set up
by any group will remain in the hands of the
organization sponsoring the booth.
Previous all-College drives which have fallen
short are certainly not good publicity for Penn
State. Can we show other colleges that we can
throw an all-College effort behind a proposed
project and succeed?
Edit Briefs
When the College• agreed to provide free
ice-skating for students by flooding the practice
football field, a pleasing example of student-ad
ministration cooperation seemed in the making.
Now if the weatherman would just cooperate—
In magazines, on buses and in the newspapers
we are constantly confronted with the news that
Mr. Soandso has switched to a new beverage or
hair tonic. A Cabinet committee can also publicize
a new switching campaign with announcements
that "Campus Bigwigs have Switched to Side
walks!"
Mr. C. Bigwigs said, "I like sidewalks better
because
Tke Deg Collegian
eiueceaaor to THE FREE LANCE. eat. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings incluaive dur.
.ng the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The
I'Lnneylvania State College. Entered as second class matter
July 5. 1934 at the State College. Pa., Post Office under the
.ct of Marcel 11. 1879. Subseriy ions -- 82 a semester, $4 the
.chool year.
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Editor
Lew Stone
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Sports Ed.. To Morgan; Edit. Dir. Arni Gerton; Feature Ed.,
In Fox. Society Fd.. Frances Keeney; Asst. Soc. Ed.. r.orett■
Neville; Photo Ed.. Betty Gibbons; Promotion Mir.. Selma
la - 01AY Senior Board. Clair, Lee.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor
New■ Editor
Coo,' Editor
nlatsnb _ Albert Ryan, Tracy McCormick, Shirley Austin
vertising Manager_ _ Louis G. Gilbert
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—Pauly Moss
Business Manager
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Janie Schw Int
Silence, please!,
Senior Functions
"Forty-niners" will have their first opportunity to get together
as a class for fun, relaxation and making new acquaintances in
White Hall between 2:30 and 4:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Profit will be added to the attractions of free dancing and re
freshments, as three cash awards will be presented to the wearers
of the best-decorated Lion coats.
Class functions of this nature have been woefully infrequent in
the past. Active participation by all seniors will demonstrate to the
class officers that more are wanted.
Another senior gathering, this time a class business meeting,
takes place the following day, in Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Deciding upon the method for selecting the class gift is the most
important item on the agenda, and is important enough in itself to
warrant a large turnout.
Since several thousand dollars is involved, each senior should
be concerned about its expenditure and should be present to insist
that it is done democratically, and not by any small clique.
Seniors interested in enjoying a pleasant afternoon with their
classmates, and in the welfare of the class should make every effort
to attend both of these important class events.
"If you're going to wear your father's Lion Coat for a $5 prize,
I'm going to wear my mother's 'Charleston' dress!"
'Secs' Rears Its Head
An interesting missive arrived in the Collegian office recently
from SECS, Society for the Enhancement of Career Secretaries. The
Sobiety wishes to change the name of the "secretarybird" to the
-boss bird."
The SECS give as their reason the fact that the description in
Webster better describes the boss than the secretary. The description
is as follows: "a large, long-legged, rapacious creature that feeds on
reptiles."
If the SECS should by chance get the ornithologists to agree to
the change would they also agree that they, often classed as the boss'
favorite dish, should be termed reptiles?
O John Held, Jr,
Varsity Magazine
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Try It Yourself
It is with a grain of hesitation that I, a "spine.
less, wishy-washy" reporter, attempt a reply to
the letter captioned "No Guts?" appearing in "The
Safety Valve" column of Tuesday morning's Daily
Collegian.
In my opinion, this instantaneous outburst, A.
harangue leveled at this paper's editors, was a crea
tion of the immature mental apparatus of two pre
cocious, youthful persons who have no respect for
the sagacity and experience of the elderly men
who chose our present acting president and our
present basketball coach.
It is indeed a very' smug, complacent position in
which you find yourselves, Messrs. Leeper and
Deckman. I challenge you to offer your praise
worthy contributions to the editorial staff of the
Collegian. Come out for the staff of our newspaper
and work your way up through the ranks as did
our editors!. I feel sure that our editorial columns
will no longer reek of "spineless, wishy-washy"
material when your 'brilliant minds create them.
Yes, we had our arm-chair generals during the
last war, but they did not bring us victory. It was
the brave men of action, who carried the brunt of
the fighting and endured the heat of battle, who
brought us the final victory!
Simple But Important
Do you have a heart?
Not just a physical heart, to pump your blood,
but an emotional heart. If you do, you have prob
ably felt it twist at the sight of a child, sitting
helpless, unable to play with his fellows, con
demned to sit always on the sidelines.
Condemned by the dread scourge of polio
myletis, better known as infantile paralysis.
Infantile paralysis can strike anywhere. You
probably have in your home neighborhood, some
youngster, or oldster, for the disease knows no
limit, who has been stricken. One day he is play
ing, happy. The next he is lying on his back, with
the disease wasting away his limbs and strength.
Everyone feels pity for these poor unfortunates.
Everyone feels that helpless feeling in the face
of a crippler of children.
There is no need to feel helpless, though. You
can do something about it, something simple, yet
important. And that is to contribute your dimes
and dollars to the March of Dimes.
Collection will begin on this campus today.
Don't wait for collectors to seek you out. Look for
them. Your dimes and dollars can help a child
walk.
Do you have a heart?
5h.5./4 M.
"Lack of Faith"
TO THE EDITOR: Elliot Krane's editorial in a
recent issue of The Collegian expressed a lack of
faith in democratic processes which came as a
severe shock to many members of the student
body. He appeared to feel that the election of a
representative gives that representative thereafter
during his term of office a blank check to express
his own views as those of his constituents. Tins
I deeply disbelieve. Any political scientist knows
that in a democracy, representatives must maintain
contact with those who elected them or pay the
penalty of losing their future support. Krane
therefore, in this sense, encouraging those persons
to whom the editorial was addressed to forego fur
ther campus activity for the sake of expressing
their personal views on the single issue of the boy
cott. It is a tribute to the integrity and responei.
bility of the AIM and IFC leaders in question that
they felt strongly enough their duty to those rep
resented by them to protest their being coerced
into supporting measures possibly opposed by their
organizations.
One more point should be made. The issue of
the boycott is a serious one. There Wave been sin
cere differences of opinion regarding the desira
bility and probable effectiveness of the methods
used. To say that this question—mentioned as a
"major issue" in the editorial—is on a par with
the•many picayune matters which frequently conic
before Cabinet is patently absurd.
—Corbin S. Ifiddair.
Collegian Gazette
Friday, January 14
College Hospital
Admitted Wednesday: Frederick Smith, Harold
Nef, George Smith, Margaret Dennison.
Discharged Wednesday: Gladys Singer, Yvonne
Fish, John Antonette, Sidney Blatt, Fred Hazel
wood, Philip Barr, Dale Claypool, William Marsh.
College Placement
Johnson Service Co., January 14, January grad
uates, EE, IE, ME.
Procter & Gamble Distributing Co., January 17,
January graduates interested in sales, A&L, C&P.
At the Movies
CATHATM—YeIIow Sky.
STATE—Live Today for Tomorrow.
Di/WAXY—The Search.
-Ray Bonier.
—Elliot Shapiro.