PAGE TWO * Unfettered “Freedom goes where the newspaper goes.” That's the slogan adopted by the Penn sylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, which meets today in Harrisburg to celebrate the conclusion of National Newspaper Week. THERE IS LITTLE doubt that the state * * * ment is basically true as it stands. If any proof be needed, let the critic look to fliose nations where the light of freedom has been snuffed out by the strong currents of dictatorship. One of the first acts of any dictator is to stamp out the unfettered press and impose strict licensing on printed publications. American newspapers are frequently criti cized for their subservience to "Big Busi ness," and the interests of the "capitalists." Tet today, the papers of the United States are probably the _ freest in the world. If the press is sometimes scored for not printing the whole truth, often the whole truth is not obtainable. Freedom of the press has not been easily won. Nor is, that freedom continually insured. It would be well for the American public, on this last day of the week dedicated to the newspapers of their country, to support and appreciate the “profession with a conscience.” • -—Red Roth Full-Time Safety Every year hundreds of potential killers are let loose along the treacherous Nittany Valley highway network. And many of these become actual killers through their failure to obey not only the particular traffic laws of the state but also the simple rules of common sense and courtesy. BRIEFLY GOING into national statistics, it has been found that each year more Americans than the number of men in the United States Army and Air Force combined are killed and injured on the highways. There are 920,000 in our Army and Air Force, but the shocking to tal of 1,400,000 were killed and injured on our highways during 1948. • Perhaps "murdered" is a belter word, for speeders, road hogs, discourteous and reck less drivers can only be classed with the mur derers convicted every year in our criminal courts. Each year about this time, with fallen leaves and frequent rains making roads extremely slippery, it is almost imperative that the driver realize both his and his car’s limitations. But some drivers think they are the best drivers in the country arid are eager to prove it. This bull headed and egotistical attitude is responsible for many tragedies in students’ homes all over the nation. HERE AT COLLEGE, weekends are always dangerous with hundreds of students traveling back and forth, most of them intent on reach ing their destination in the shortest possible \ time. Not only weekends, but holidays with all to bring forth a full quota of deaths and injuries. Cars are usually crowded, and very often plays a notoriously prominent part in high way driving. Weather around the holiday sea son, especially in this Nillany Valley of ours, is quite often bad and that merely lends added danger to mountain driving, which can hardly be avoided in coming to and from Penn State. Oh yes, we can all recognize bad conditions and situations on the roads and .highways. Ev erybody is familiar with the dangers of pedes trians, children playing near parked cars, mountain driving, and all. the others. But too few—far too few drivers do little or nothing about reducing our highway and traffic casualties. THE ISSUE is squarely up to you, the driver. Let’s make a full-time job out of safe and sane driving. —John Dalbor 3ljy Haily Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE, eet. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in clusive during the College year by the staff of the Pennsylvania State College. Represented for national advertising by Notional Ad vertising Service, Madison Ave., New York, Chicage, Lee Angeles, San Francisco. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934. at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. Editor Business Manager Tom Morgan Marlin A, Weaver Managing Ed., Wilbert Roth; News Ed., Jack Keen; Sports Editor. Elliot Krone; Edit. Dir., Dottie Werlin kh{ Society Ed., Commie Keller; Feature Ed.* Pauly Moss: Asst, News Ed., Jack Senior; Asst. Sports Ed., Bd Watson; Aset. Society Ed., Barbara Brown; Promotion Charlotte Seldman; Photo Ed., Ray Bcnfer; Senior Board, Sylvia Ochner. Robert Rose, Myrna Tex, George Vadasz; Staff Cartoonist: Henry M. Progar; Staff Photographer, Sam Vaughan. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor Assistant Night Editor Cop>y Editor • Assistant A<D STAFF Ad Manager Martha Ross Assistants ......... Bale Johnson, AX Ghteapor .. John Ashbrook .. Wilson Barto .. Ray Koehler Carol Thompson THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA " ' “Sometimes I Think I Should Get A Pension, Too* Traditionally Speaking —;: — The Land-Grant Fresco * (This is the second m a series of columns explaining the history of various Pehn State traditions, and structures on cam pus.) ON JULY 2, 1862. Abraham Lincoln signed the Morill Land Grant Act of Congress which provided for establishment of in stitutions of higher learning “to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanical arts.” The Morill Act was accepted by the Pennsylvania State Legis lature in ,1863, and the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania (founded la 1855) was to become the Pennsylvania State College as the instrument of the Commonwealth to Carry out the terms of the federal act. > The above facts are ihe background hisiory which' Henry Varnum Poor dramatizes in his mural painting on the stair in the lobby of Old Main. LINCOLN AND a young student are the central figures in the mural. The distinguished artist wanted Lincoln to be a sym bol of hope and faith—more than just a part of the design-*- because of his historic signing of the MoriH Act. The Civil War ‘ leader’s face expresses both doubt and tragedy; while the full fruit of what he hoped for is expressed in the figure of the young student holding the tree to be planted. In the center background is Old Main under construction. In the foreground left is a group of agricultural students work ing in their experimental plots. The immediate foreground is warm, ridged earth with winter rye in i;ows. Back of this group are students judging cattle and working in the cornfields.. In the various other scenes depicted on the .mural are groups of students working in the mining and engineering industries. Critics consider Mr. Poor’s work ope of the finest of its type. Forbes Watson, the distinguished critic has written: “Out of pure ly American subject matter of a particularly significant kind, Poor has designed a fresco which is certainly orte of .the greatest works of art produced in this country.” THE PAINTING OF the first wall is done in, true fresco, which means that it is painted directly oh wet plaster applied every day. Miss Anne Poor, daughter of the artist, did most of the plastering. ' , ■ , Because of the generous gifts of the triple war time class' of 1946 and the Student Government for the years 1945 and 1946, the work of extending the mural around the balcony was continued. lender v the terms of the contract the work must be carried on during the school year so that the students may get the edu cational value of watching the artist at work. Mr. Poor will re turn this fall to complete the mural. Gleaned From Prints With the thud of hard wood against soft yielding flesh, the swish of a torrential stream of water from a fire hose, and through molasses-sawdust shampooing of curly freshman locks, the sophomores will initiate the class of 1933 into the ranks of Penn State students in the traditional Stunt Night* some time this week on New Beaver Field, it was announced in the Penn State Collegian, 20 years ago. ) The sophomores will take steps to safeguard their plans from attack by juniors, who at this tinje suddenly became jealously in terested in the welfare of the oppressed freshmen, a spokesman for ‘the group declared; To prevent 1931 pyromaniacs from lighting the bon-fire wood prematurely, guards will be posted and the wood piled as late as possible, he added. "TEACHERS THAT can teach and students that can) learn,” were the needs of American colleges 20- years ago, according to Dr. John M Mcßryde, dean of the Toiahe graduate sahooi tfae-time. —SYLVIA OCKNER By AL RYAN 20 YEARS AGO • * ssrtstopax .B,isSft,., Tracking LLL Powra ILIJL Tales With Ths Staff ■*- After h JS < teaching obligations were ended, he and the missus spent the rest of the sum mer “just running around the country.” v * * * * * A . ? os ? 01 Bos . ton College students here y for today s game discovered yesterday that liv mg quarters in State College are about as ■- scarce as pin-feathers on a lodestone. After they scurried to this hotel and that * rooming house, with no results, someone sent ’ them to Ross Lehman, assistant executive sec-n'} retary of the alumni association. With a flock of anxious Eagle partisans waiting in his of- . nee, Ross sent out an urgent plea to some fra- ' termties. The, result is that “the boys are taken care of, even though it’s just‘a cot in the hall way or something worse.” Manifestations of that peculiar, phen omenon termed Penn State Nittany spirit , . . To usher in the Army weekend, a string of blue and white-bedecked cars full of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity men made a fast tour of the town and campus, shoved off for the game, and sat in an effective cheering block, 40 strong, at Mitchie Stadium. Sitting, m class while a thrill-packed World , Series game is in progress can be rather tough on students and on teachers. But one psych \ prof took action in order to find out the re sults of Thursday’s game. The door to his classroom opened; a small man walked in, faced the surprised class and calmly announc ed, “1-0, Dodgers.” Without cracking a smile, he turned, walked out, and the class continued. . From the AP wire . . . Factories at Sing Sing close,at the start, of each world series game to enable prisoners to listen to the con test., Would that other “institutional” author ities would follow the same practice. ** • - Safety Valve... TO THE EDITOR: i. : We are writing about our quota of milk, in Nittany-and Pollock Circle Dining Halls. Nat urally we would appreciate continuation of last year’s milk ration and do hot think that it is an unreasonable request. Undoubtedly sorrie explanation is offered for the cut, We do fe.el, however, that there is no reason for not spreading the supply to cover three meals. Right now we get a half-pint at break-, fast, a pint at, dinner and no milk v at supper. The nan-coffee'drinkers would-appreciate-a chance to have something to drink at supper, ■ especially when handed a-salty platter. V&at is the explanation? Signed by 36 “thoughtful*? residents of” dorm 13. V Ed. Nole-7-Lellex cut. .. Last year the College; Food Service did not make its own baked goods. So, to be esctra careful of the milk confetti of the diet,. health officials served a quart of milk daily, or about twice what three diet booksw.e con sulted point out as necessary for a normally active man.' ; The Food Service this year does its own baking and, keeps account of how much milk goes, into the cooking. Consequently,. this year College dieticians felt safe in cut ting dp,wn, the. daily bottled milk ration to - ons, and'one-half pints. .... / We learned that it would cost each man r : , 2Vi cents more a day for packaging lb serve; ’ the ration in three half-pint portions instead '' of the present half-pint at breakfast and pint at dinner. The extra cost would stem from ' the fact that one pint costs IQ cents, while two half-pints cost a total- of 12 Vi cents. - „ Gazette SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 WESLEY Foundation, Sunday School, Foundation .Building, 9:30 a.m. Morning wor ship,'lo ;45 a.m. Evening Fellowship, 5 p.m. ALPHA Rho Omega, 304 Old Main, 7 p,m. COLLEGIAN Senior Editorial Board, 8 CM; 6:45 p.m. ROGER Williams Fellowship of the Univer sity baptist church, Burrowes and Nittany, Fellowship supper,' guest speaker, worship, 5 p.m. MONDAY. OCTOBER » ' LEONIDES, last year's council members, MS .therton lounge, 6:30 p.m. FROTH, advertising staff, Froth office, T p. FUTURE Farmers of America, 100 Ag. p.m. ' PHILO TES, second floor lounge, Simoon* P-m. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM—Under Capricorn. • NITTANY—Gun Runner. ' SSA®K-Haiheru»aua.JWE»ek.
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