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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
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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
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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
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* 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.
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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. '
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