AGE TIN('
Bring 'Em Back
We like to take the, verbal jabs and give
back in kind when we feel we're justified. The
more we delve into - freshman customs, the
more we feel that—on a sensible plane—they
are a must for next year. Therefore, let us damn
the torpedoes and go full steam ahead.
WE QUOTE FROM one of the verbal torpe
does launched at our recent pro-customs dis
course:
"You would have the College return to a
period which can never return. You look back
fondly to the days when college was rich man's
institution, when horseplay was the order of
the day, when freshmen came to college for fun,
for laughs, and—only incidentally—to study."
. . . Balderdash! We think that period,
i.e. college boys full of brash and dash, is
nearly upon us again if not already here, with
the advent of Harry-straight-out-of-high
school and the slow eclipse of GI Joe College.
Sure, it won't be the same as it used to be:
we wouldn't want it that way. Pockets of in
fection—in the form of horseplay—must be
swabbed out of customs as they once were,
leaving essentially the prime meat in the .form
of constructive, sensible freshman duties that
will hasten the neophytes' becoming Penn
statized.
Foolishness involving pajama paradeis,
paddling and pushing a peanut down Col
lege avenue with one's nose—and other cus
toms more dangerous to life and limb—is an
anachronism today. It's that because the war
has left a more mature outlook on what
should constitute college life.
Concerning the rich man: in the main, he
certainly doesn't go to Penn State, as a little
observation will attest. One of the fortes of
this institution as a State school is that one
doesn't have to come frbm the spats-and=Cadil
lac set to enroll.
• WE CAN SEE why freshman customs might
not be welcomed heartily by a College GI who
was subject for three years to the many-sided
regimentation of the army, for example. Never
theless, we know many "serious-minded, ma
ture" Gl's who came to Penn State for the rah
rah college life. They were disappointed when
they spied very few manifestations of anything
called Penn State spirit and comradeship. They
saw cheer-leaders booed off the basketball
floor. They heard about a "hello spirit" but
nobody greeted them on the Mall. They saw
only three per cent of a senior class attended an
announced class, meeting.
Thus, we want to see next year's, Penn
State freshmen undergo . freshman customs
that will instill some sort of Nittany spirit in
them—spirit that will be manifested in their
actions on campus and in student activities.
Safety Valve ...
TO THE EDITOR: Upperclassmen talk about
the freshman class lacking school spirit. It is no
wonder they do if they do when present cus
toms are imposed . on theih. I am afraid to think
what may happen if the proposed customs are
placed on future freshmen.
Is it not enough to be away from home for
the first time and not know anyone let alone
being made fun of and jeered at? I experienced
it when I entered the Army. After all, freshmen
are human too.
For your information freshman girls, only a
very few of the seniors last year for example
attended a meeting to decide on a class mem
orial. That is certainly poor spirit.
I think we should criticize ourselves before
we criticize others. I am wondering what
psychologists have to say about the effect of
freshman customs.
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ChaoticCollegiariCult
•An amazing number of students on' this campus are of the
opinion that the Daily Collegian is edited by a group of assorted
morons. This is not entirely true.
IF THE MEMBERS of the staff are seen beating their heads
against walls, or mumbling incoherently, it is because they have
been trying to explain to the members of the Hieroglyphics Club
why Red Roth's •being hung from the pillars of Old Main is of more
interest to the students and therefore deserving of more space in
the paper than the announcement of the Organization's weekly
meeting.
• In order to show the student body just how , the Collegian is
published, then, it might be wise to tour the office, which is lo
cated on the ground floor of Carnegie Hall.
TO REACH THE office, turn left when you enter Carnegie Hall,
and walk down the stairs. You will know which is the news room
door by the signs tacked on.the wall opposite it.
Once inside the news room, you will notice a large, U-shaped
desk with people sitting around it. The fellow sitting at the center
of the desk writing a letter to his girl is the copy editor. He doesn't
have any, copy to edit because the reporters are all down at the
Corner Room working on stories. They will rush in at five o'clock,
scramble for typewriters, and hack out their articles.
Writing articles on any Collegian typewriter is a painstaking
procedure because it is necessary to type with one hand and hold
the keys in with the other.
THE FELLOW or gal sitting at the desk in the corner trying to
get two six-inch stories into a space five inches long is the night
editor. He or she is thinking that maybe 'it would have been a good
idea to major in fuel technology, and wondering if there'll be time
to gulp some coffee before going down to the print shop.
The people, writing headlines at the other desk are candidates
for the editorial staff. They are wishing they could be night
editors and have their names in the masthead of the paper.
When one realizes the earnest effor,ts which g 6 into the publi
cation of the paper, it is very easy to understand why staff mem
bers emit loud, heart-rending. sobs when a student, bound for Rec
Hall and a basketball game, shouts to his companion:
"Hey, Joe, don't forget to bring a Collegian to sit on."
—ROSEMARY DELAHANTY
Westminster Foundation
Kyoung Ho Lee, a student
from Korea, will discuss his na
tive country and its problems in
a Fireside Seriiinar at 8 p.m. Sat
urday night. Following the dis
cussion LaVern Seth will show
slides taken on a recent trip to
the West.
—A Junior
The regular Student Depart
ment Service will be held at 9:30
a.m. Sunday followed by Morn
ipg Church Service at 10:45.
Student Communion, marking
CZ /All ( % re LI 4 14.
C .'. CG I tit(
"I can always tell when finals are over."
Church
by Bibler r
3arety Valve • • •
alendar
the close, of another semester,
will be observed at 6:20 p.m.
Sunday.
On Friday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m.,
all are invited to particpate in
a Scavanger Hunt that will start
from the- Foundation qnd end "in
the strangest places and with, the
strangest things."
Young Friends
The Young Friends are meet
ing Sunday night at 7 p.m. at
the home of John Ferguson, 555
W. Ridge avenue.
S VY, J.." - "J.^.7.1.Y 28, 1850
TO THE EDITOR: You undoubtedly know
the parking violations on campus that. a lot of
people get away with. So do I, but last night
(Thursday, Jan. 26) it came to a head with me.
Some "gentleman" hit my right rear fender arid
dented it to the. extent that it will cost me at
least ten dollars to get fixed. This was all in
the West parking lot next to the tennis courts.
I wish to inform that gentleman that if he
had only left his name and address, his insur
ance would cover it instead of my having tc
spend money I can hardly afford to get it
fixed. I am appealing to his sense of decency
on reading this to get in touch with me. My
car is a 1939 gray Plymouth coupe and my ad
dress is 201 Jordan Hall.
Radio Disgust
TO THE .EDITOR: Kindly consider a sug
gestion that your writer Ron Bonn use his Col
umn space either more wholesomely entertain
ingly or more, factually accurately.
) To get' the case straight, WMAJ does •not
dedicate the. 5 to 6 p.m. hour exclusively to the
kids. Programs clipt (basic English?) from the
Centre Daily ., show ,that each day about •half of
that hour is music for the resting student.
Remind Ron Bonn again that newspapermen
(yea, even Collegianmen) enjoy a position from
which they, can effectively teach and influence
the eager populace. And that you'll go. a let
farther teaching good things than eating away
time with sharp teeth of derision.
Teach them these things, Mr. Bonn: ,that
when you tire of six-guns and arrows you can
be - entertained by bebop and ,light reading;
that when these begin to drag you can .get a
lift from Richard' Wagner and Shakespeare;
and that ,when` you've honestly and earnestly
sought afid found, the riches of each, level of
progression you just sit back and dwell on the
knowledge you've gained and amuse yourself
with your own newly-brightened. imagination.
By that time you won't just say to the kid,
"Don't lissen ta tliat junk, kiddo!" you 'can say,
"Now look kiddo, here's something that'll really
interest PP
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Well Spoken .
TO THE EDITOR: Well spoken Waldriiiri-
Rubin, et al! Maturation of the "Hello-Spirit"
should reign over survival . of the reminiscent
"Antique Frosh Spirits "
Gazette . . .
Sunday, January 29
NEWMAN CLUB, Discussion, Group,, 305
Sparks, 8 p.m.
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, COLLEGE PLACEMENT'.
Further information containing interviews and Job pitico
ments can be obtained in 'll2 Old Main. ~ .
General Electric Co., Jan. 31. PhD candidates
in Metal, Cer, and Solid State Phys. , . •
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Feb. I,,Febru
ary grads, single men 22 to 26 years of age pre
ferred, for claims work. • ...' .
Pratt Whitney. Aircraft, Feb. 1. February
grads in Aero and ME for work in field of. ex-.
perimental testing and development of aircraft
engines and gas turbines..
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Friday: Wayne Pears, John ,Me
'Gramm.
Discharged Friday: Forrest Blakesley,. James
Doughty, Robert Farris, Nancy Baylor, Joseph
Wentzler, Clarence Farabaugh.
AT THE MOVIES
Saturday
CATHAUM—Prince Of Foxes.
NITTANY—Son Of Old Mexico.
STATE—She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.
01It Elattg Collegian
Bucceotior to THE FREE LANCE, at. 1887
• Published Tuesday • 'through Saturday mornings tn•
elusive during the College year by the stall of The Rail)
Collegian of ' The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class natterly 5. 1934. at the State
College. Pa., Poet •fflce under the act of March 3, 1819.
Editor
Torn Morgan-
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