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School Spirit
“School Spirit”, is a topic about which many
students speak but which none of them can
dearly define. About the most outspoken man
ner in which to express this so-called spirit,
the backbone which harbors Penn State tradi
tions, is by cheering and yehkig at pep ral
lies and at football games.
THE LIONS HAVE gathered great follow
ing doting tire past few years by virtue of
their outstanding gridiron record. In the past,
pep rallies and football encounters were well
attended with the student body backing the
“big white team” to the last second.
Gratitude for the team was especially evident
on a dreary Sunday afternoon last November.
The Niilany gridders had just returned
from a stunning upset at Pittsburgh. Few
can remember a day when a State football
team received a greater ovation and a heartier
welcome than did the boys who stepped off
the buses by Rec HalL
Penn State once again proved to them team
that they are not fair-weather fans.
No Gallup poll is necessary to recognize
the fact that the future doesn’t seem too rosy
for Coach Joe Bedenk and his charges.
TONIGHT, ON THE eve of the Boston Col
lege tussle, dark clouds once again line the
Nittany skies. Gone are the Suheys and Tam
buros, gone are suitable replacements and for
the first time since 1936 have the Lions dropp
ed two contests in succession.
Right now is the time for the students to
show the team that they haven't lost faith.
Tonight tee cheerleaders, the Blue Band and
members of tee Lion coaching staff and
team will be at tee pep rally.
Why don’t you plan to be there too? Don’t
be a fair weather fan.
George Vadass
The credit line for George Vadass* editorial. “Overtie,”
in yesterday’s Daily Collegian, was inadvertently omitted.
A Reality
; Now that a non-discriminatory barber shop
has been established in State College, the pro
blem o£ patronage to keep the barber shop
functioning arises.
Without patronage, the barber shop, an esc- ■
periment in applied democracy, will fail.
ACTION TO establish this barber shop has
been in the news for more than a year. State
College went through a boycott of downtown
barbers last year in an abortive effort to force
a charge in their policy of refusing to cut
the hair of Negroes. To illustrate their belief
in democracy, a few students even let their
hair grow long.
Now the barber shop is a reality. It came
about quietly—practically no*one knew about
it until tbe shop actually was in operation.
The question is whether the students, who
were so fervent for this democratic principle
last .yeas’, will support the shop.
It’s easy to get people whipped up into , a
white heat over an issue, but once something
has been done about it, they so often forget
about all their eloquent pronouncements.
If yon believe in the non-discriminatory shop,
patronize it and show that yon are firm in
your democratic convictions.
Gazette
Friday. October 7
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“He}*—l Vote Too, You Know**
The Gripes of Roth
For most loyal Penn Staters, last Saturday’s track meet with
Army will bring back nothing but memories that shouldn’t happen
to a Quaker for years to come. ,
But it provided me with one pleasant reminiscence that oc
cored more than three years ago and involved an athletic con-
THE TIE-BACK to this relic of the past came in the form of
Mutual’s crack announcer “Shaginaw crashes to the 33 for a first
down. Galiffa fades to pass ... ”, describing the antics of one
Charles Shira, a yearling defensive tackle for Coach Earl Blaik’s
future “gentlemen by act of Congress.”
If all happened back in tee spring of 1946 in tee quaint
hamlet of Bad Nauheim, Germany. At the time I was a second
lieutenant assigned’ to G-L Headquarters Continental Base Sec
tion. Shira was teen on duty with a headquarters MP company
in tee same town.
THUS IT WAS only natural that those of us who could boast
of but a single gold bar tended to form into a protective elique
against the slings and arrows of ex-sergeants turned chicken
colonels. '
At first meeting. Chuck Shira, impressed me as nothing but
a huge mass of homWy muscle with a decided talent for saying
"you-all." But as time went on this ungainly Texan and I be
came rather dose friends. >
One afternoon he came rushing into the , club in an excitable
manner unbecoming to taciturn Texans and began raving about
charms of an American girl he had seen working at the PX the
previous day. Knowing Chuck’s taste in women, however, I mere
ly, downed, another bourbon .and soda and fervently hoped he’d
get it all out of his system before I was scheduled for redeploy
ment.
WHEN I MET the doll at a formal dinner a few nights later,
however, my opinion of Mr. Shira, and Texans in general, increas
ed a;thousandfold. She was all he had described—and more.
Being normal, healthy American boys it was not unusual that
both of .us wanted'to/date what was then equivalent to a carton
of American cigarettes. But when a southern gentleman’s honor
was .at stake, it couldn’t be any normal competition.
Shira fhe gallant, Shira the huge, insisted we settle the
affair in a sporting manner. We would engage in an athletic
contest, he said; the winner to have a clear field with the dark
haired beauty.
After much disagreement we settled on an archery match.
True, I had never been any closer to a bow and arrow than one
of Efrol Flynn’s 'movie epics, but Chuck generously offered to
teach me the fundamentals. ■ '
I RECEIVED thirty minutes of intensive instruction in the
art of “arching” and then we laid our future sex life on the
block in what must have been one nf the strangest archery matches,
of all time.
That afternoon I learned the r,eiurn of the statement that
the gods watch over sinners and fools. At least fools. Because
strangely enough' I won the match, and later, the girl.
As her dowry, and because she had influence in the PX
lotteries, three wrist watches also accured to the Robin Hood of Oc
cupied Germany—me. '
A few months later I was sent home, arid Chucks parting
words were, “some day I’ll settle that old score."
I often wondered how he intended to satisfy his ruffled ego.
After Saturday’s game, I know.
/ By RED ROTH
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TO THE EDITOR: Here I am-back at State.
And many things are unchanged. But someone
is missing. Something is gone. Did you know
this?,
He was a profound scholar, a great teacher
and a true friend. A quiet unassuming mah
who lived his Quaker faith. The kind of teacher
that kindles inspiration. Inspiration so great
that it does not lead to mere imitation but in
stead channels other , careers, different futures!
A teacher of life. One who knew how to de
rive great pleasures from simple things.
, His name is Gerhardf G. Friedrich and his
field was English. His many books, poems
and articles proclaim' his. skill. Recognition
from "the Saturday Review of Literature and
other distinguished men in his field speak for
themselves.
What injustice has driven him from our
campus? It’s a crime that future Penn Staters
shall not have the chance to study under or
just to meet this man.
—An Education Major
Ed. Note—According to Dr. Brice Harris,
head of the department of English Litera
ture, Prof. Friedrich dame here in 1947 after
finishing his master's. degree at Haverford
College, taught two years at Penn State,
and has now gone to the University of
Minnesota to study for his PhD.
Tracking i
Down JJLJLL
Tales , E •
. Frosh stuff ... a blonde with a large green's
bow in her hair walked into the BX the other '
day and asked, “Do you have a psych book?”.
When the attendant inquired, “Psych what?./
she answered with a ; tolerant smile, “Psych
ology.” ; . .
Last Saturday's Collegian masthead includes
an assistant on issue named Mary.Krasnansky.
Wonder what the Dean’s office would think
if they knew. “Mary” has been living in Nit
tany-Dorms. “Her full name is Marvin Law
rence Krasnansky, but the printer insisted on
an abbreviation!
Two Pollock Circle boys were strolling to
ward. home when they noticed the large
cup standing in a window of the Kappa Delta
suite in McElwain. '
“Gee,” said .the first, “look at that loving
cup. What,do you suppose .they got that'for?”
His ■ friend answered. with a note of ex
asperation—“ What do you think?”
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Although he had been sending letters home
every single night, a certain soph had „ yet
to receive any return mail. A buddy solved
the mystery. He observed where the “troubled
one” posted his letter, then . pointed silently
to the swinging lid on the corner; “mail box”
which bore the legend, Trash.” , ■ •
Qty? lattg Collegian
Successor fo THE FREE LANCE, «L 1887
Published Tuesday through, Saturday morning* In*
elusive, during the College year by the staff of tbe
Pennsylvania State College.
. Represented for national advertising .by National Ad
vertising Service, Madison Ave*, New York, Chicago, Loe
Angeles, San ' Franclseo. /
Entered, aa second-class , matter July 5/1934. at the State
College, Pa*, Post Qffice under the act of March 3, 1879.
Editor uagßsso-. Business Manager
Tom Morgan **£&&*“ Marlin A. Wearer
Managing Ed., Wilbert Roth; New* Ed., Jack Been;
Sports Editor. Elliot Krone; Edit, Dir., Dottie Werlln
ich; Society Ed„ Commie Keller; Feature Ed., Pauly Moss
Asst. News Ed., Jade Senior; Asst. Sports Ed., Ed .Watson;
Asst. Society Ed., Barbara Brown; Promotion Co-Mgr.,
Charlotte Seldman; Photo Ed., Ray Benfer; Senior Board,
Sylvia Oehner, Robert "Rose, Myrna Tex, George Vadasx;
Staff Cartoonist: Henry M. Progar; Staff Photographer,
Sam Vaughan.
Night Editor ;... L. D. Gladfelter
Assistant Night Editor Herb Stein
Copy Editor Bob Kotzbauer
Assistants Dave Colton, Marv Krasnansky,
Joan Kuntz.
Ad Manager
Assistants
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