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The Crux
The College yearly launches Religion-In-Life
Week and the potential benefits to be reaped
by students from it are countless and effective if
the students take advantage of the program.
WITH DUE HUMILITY, we believe there is
need for an occasional inventory of our spiritual
stock, be it any denomination. Through the
hubbub of our economic, political and social
problems, we tend to lose sight of the prime
fact that nations have ascended and crumbled
under one small word—religion.
Certainly no profound conclusions can be
reached in a one-week discussion of the
world's religions, but any students interested
in the tickings of their contemporaries or their
predecessors cannot afford to overlook the
philosophies behind our many religious be
liefs. And it follows that they cannot afford
to regard Religion-in-Life Week too lightly.
But many do.
In our mind Religion-in-Life Week is not a
success at Penn State. Too few students take
advantage of discussions and seminars held
during the Week—delving into Ideal and other
aspects of religion, and featuring top religious
speakers who usually have a pointed niessage
that sticks.
But it is shameful that so much money and
effort is injected into a program in which too
few students take part. People promoting the
Week do a good job—certainly the students
know at the proper time that Religion-in-Life
Week is being observed.
SO, AT LEAST on the surface, it appears
that Penn State students full of college bounce
and juices don't call themselves religious-mind
ed' and end by scoffing at Religion-in-Life Week
when it arrives.
There's some truth in the statement that
many College students let their religious We
"go to pot" rather than give up some other
supposedly more glamorous or "required" col
lege activities.
That's where the crux lies. Religion semi
nars and other meetings during the Week
inevitably conflict with regular group meet
ings in the evening and with actual classes
during the day.
Inherent in the evening -hour conflict is a
need for various campus organisations to
forego meetings during Religion-in-Life Week
if the Week is to click. In a campus com
munity such as this, such cooperation must
be .forthcoming—as it must for other import
ant all-College events, for example the Com
munity Forum.
Tied up with the daytitne conflict with class
hours is a need for proiision of cutting all
classes on one or more afternoons (luring Relig
ion-in-Life Week.
WE CANNOT ENVISION' greater student
participation, and consequently inherent suc
cess, in Religion-in-Life Week until such prob
lems are attacked and solved by the College
and student groups,
Safety Valve...
Charges "Propaganda"
TO THE EDITOR: Just a few lines suggesting
that you either minimize the amount of anti
discrimination propaganda which you have been
hariding out to the readers, or change the Daily
Collegian's name to a more appropriate one, for
instance "The Daily Social Reformer."
—Frank Lucia Jr.
• Ed. Note—We don't feel that we have
been handing out "anti-discrimination pro
paganda." We do think, however, that the
function of our news columns is to print the
news; that is what we are doing as well as the
Collegian knows hovr. What Reader Lucia
points to, in our 'mind, is simple news cover
age. Who can contest the fact that what es
tablished groups like the Inter-fraternity
Council, PSCA and the Senate Committee on
Student Welfare discuss is news, just as the
intramural handball championships and the
dean's lists are news? Collegian news colUmns,
then, are primarily a reflection of what these
groups are now considering and are not Col
legian-inspired "propaganda."
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Collegian of Tim Pennsylvania State College.
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Editor Business Manager
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Seeds Ed.. Elliot Krone; Edit Dir., Dottie Werlinicht No.
ashy Ed.. Comeale Retort Feature Ed.. Bob Kotibittert
Asst. Bre'. Ed., Jerk Seniors Mut. Duarte Ed., Ed Watson;
Mot. Society Ed., Barbara Browst Photo Ed.. Ray Beaters
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE, COLL!GE, PENNSYLVANIA
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"I don't believe the text is a misprint. Wert)
must have had it upside-donnt."
Coaching Plan
Upend Football
New
May
Those who view the current football coaching. situation With
alarm are, in our opinion, needlessly excited. For thos6 who don't
turn to the sports page, the "current football coaching situation"
simply refers to the vacancy in the head coaching position caused by
the resignation of Joe Bedenk.
WE DON'T VIEW the situation with alarm for the simple reason
that, if the lack of a coach does nothing else, it does create some
thing new ,in' the way of football at Penn State. For years, the com
plaints have been long and loud that the thing that, was wrong with
Penn State football was that nothing different ever happened.
Year after year, the complaints went, it wai alWays 'the same,
slow-moving, dull single-wing. The ball it centered to the full
back, who fakes to the tailback or the wirigback.. sticks his head
down and drives into the line. The whittle blobs, an official runs
in. unpiles the mess, and Places 'the bill down. The team runs
back into the scrimmage, runt out, the ball is centered to the
fullback ...
Well, here we have Penn State finally trying something new in
the way of foOtbEill—running the team withotit the services of a
head coach—and the same folks are still complaining. People just
can't be satisfied.
FROM WHERE WE sit the "Penn State System"--i.e., a football
team without a coach—may well reVolhtionize football s much as
did the rebirth of the T-formation. If 'the Penn state ysteth' cati
survive one season without a football cotieh, the sucteea ill Omani
stration may Well serve as an example for other , colleges. The idea
might easily catch on and be adopted by other blg4ime forkhall
schools, who would surely grasp at the opportunity of saving the
$6,000 or $B,OOO they are paying top-flight football coaches.
If Penn State's first football experiment since the yaleolithic
age becomes successful, it is also not hard to envision such names
as Earl Black, Frank Leahy, Maly Bell, George Munger and other's
added to the growing list of the unemployed. Then--and this is
the core of the whole program—Penn State .could step hitOthe
glutted market of jobless football coaches and buy up a top-le*el
coach for as little as $3,000 or $4,000.
Football having become the big-money proposition. that it is
today, the program might endanger a good Dart of our economic
system, putting several , thousand 'football coaches and their assist
ants out of jobs. That the fans might stay from the stadiums for,
a few years because of the deterioration of the brand of play is
also another danger.
Admittedly the short-term effects of the Penn State system
might be disasterous. But it's the long-range picture that .really
counts and we should be prepared to make sacrifices for the long
range good
Safety Valve....
A Good Tonic
TO THE EDITOR: Something I
alWays wanted to do while a stu
dent at Penn State, but never did,
was to write a letter to the Colleg
ian commending the personnel at
tached to, the College! infirmary.
Now I am going to do just that.
Having been a patient there on
two occasions, and also having
been subjected to some rather
brisk treatment by other depart
ments of the College, I feel quali
fied to voice an Opinion. 1 in not
mean that • some departmenwts are
rude, but they are What might be
termed "abundantly impersonal,"
On the other hand, the infirm
ary staff was always kind, effici
ent, helpful, and courteous. To a
parson who isn't feeling as he
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should physically, this type of
treatment is as gbod a tonic as
any that conies in pill, capsule or
liquid form.
—Ramon S. Saul
rebniary Alum
Sincere Thanks
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of
the Inter-Church Student relloW
ship, I Wish to thank you sincere
ly for your cooperation and inter
est in pttbliihing ehtirdli
actiiii
ties on the last page of Saturday's
Collegian. It is deep's) , apprebia•
ted by all participating church
groups.
.....Antia MIS Dock, Bee.
Inreuercauter.Churchp , Student
Bibler
Church Calendar
FAITH REFORMED CHURCH
There will be a United Student Fund meet
ing at 6:30 tomorrow night, and four men of
the church will be present to answer questions
about religion. Sunday School Will be held at
9:30 tomorrow morning, and Church services
will be at 10:45. The theme will be, "A New
Commandment."
Professor Franklin C. Banner, head of the
jourrialiSm department of the College will be
the speaker at the Fireside meeting at 6:30
tomorrow evening. He will speak on his recent
travels, particularly his impressions of Africa.
The. regular ' student departtnent service will
be held at 9:,30 tomorrow , morning and the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed
at the morning worship service at 10:45 tomor
row morning.
A retreat , will be held at two o'clock this
afternoon at Haugh's Cabin for persons Inter
ested in lyliasions Work. There will be a supper
at 5:15 tomorrow afternoon, and a Worihip ser
vice at 6:30 tomorrow night.
Gazette . . . .
Saturday, March 25
SAE MEETING, 106 Main Eng., 7:30.
Monday. March 27
CA BIBLE Study, 304 Old Main, 4:10 p.ni.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Ipairtber infermation ecnicerning intartimiii and hob piper
moats ern be elitalhed In IA Old "Mails.
Seniors wha. tiontod IA preference sheets will be Elvin
priers*. In etbedtiling interoleiia for *trio days hollowing
the initial, announcement of the ?Mit of one ofklm cam
imonloll of their eindce. Other Mt:dente will be ackeolided
the third and anboiaaront
National Carbon Division of Union Carbide
and Carbon. March 27. June grads in' EE; ME,
Metal and an engineering physicist for domestic
production. Also Chem. engineers for'both:dom
estic and overseas work. - Students must have a
1.8 or better , average and show evidence of
extra-curricular activities.
Pittsburgh - Plate Glass Co., Columbia Cherni=
cal ,Divislon, Mar. 27. June grads in ME, ChernE
and Chem. Students must .have a 2.0 average. .
Babcock & Wilcox Co., Mar. 29 BS and MS
candidates in ME, for their training course.
tiabco'ck & Wilcox Tube Co., Mar. 29. June
grads in Metal who are interested in sales Work.
National Recreation Assoclation, Mar. 29. All
students interested in entering the ,recreation
profession contact Mr. W. C. Sutherland, per
sonnel. director of NRA, in 101 Moffatt Cottage
• at 9:30 p.m.
E. R. Simibb & Sons, Mar. po, Juniors in
Chein, 131°1, Phys, CheME,ME and Sci. inter
ested in aumtner work, with p o ssibility of per
raiment' employment 'after graduation. Candi
dates must have an , average of 1.6 or better, and
show leadership in extra-curricular activities.
Imittrance CompanY of North America, Mar.
30. lune grads in A&L, C&F, ME, BE, and CE.
-• Carbide and Carbon Cheinicals,Division. Mar.
30, 31. June grads in Chem E arid ME.., ,
Fidelity. Mutual Life Insurance CO.. Mar. 30.
June grads interested in insurance sale's.
General Aniline Co.. Mar. 31. M.S. and PhD
candidates in Organic Morn; also women •June
grads in Chem who have a knowledge of Ger-
Man for abstracting work..
Aetna Life Insurance Co., Mar. 27. June grads
interested in group insurance work. Men must
be 25 or Under and must be single. -
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT •
Information concerning the.e poeitione can be obtained
at the Student Employment Office in Old Main.
Couple with no children wanted to work. in
Centre County for entire summer. Husband to
work as guide and. wife to assume honsehold
,responsibilitied. EXcellent salary.
Refrilltnient Stand Manager and others for
sales. Jobs Will start on approximately April 1.
Sublititute waiters in college dining commons
leading to permanent Positions in the fall.
• Summer camp tounselorahips for. men and
women, Interviews available March 25.
Substittite Waiters for HoUseparty weekends.
~.Meals.plus cash. -
Direct Selling field. Products include Mutual
funds, baby equipment, chemical ProduCts,
sterling silver, and others.
Fuller Brush CO. Full time positions open for
summer. Various counties in Pa. available.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL •
Admitted Thursday: Thomas Ic.otrochos, Paul,
Ellenberger, Glenn Johnson, Charles Williams.
Admitted Friday: Jerome DiNicola, Robert
Free.
Discharged Friday: Lolita Mountjoy, Delores
Zulowaki, Joanne Miller, Fred Shihadeh, Felix
Stringes, . George Babyar, Walter Spehalsk,
Mark Givler, James Wharton, Glenn johnson.
John Skelly, Charles Williams.
AT THE MOVIES
Saturday
STATE—Ambush.
CATHATIM=Perfect Stranger.
NITTANY—Riders In The S)cy.
Monday
STATE—Ambush. •
CATllAUM=perfect Stranger.
NITTANZ,—Eternal Return.
STAPP THIS ISSUE
Night Editor 4 Herb Stein
Assistant Night Edit* Peggy Lazor
Copy Editor Stab Degler
Assistant Dick Kelly
Advertising Manager .. .. Loretta Stempinski
Assistants Mary 1. * Kauffman, Anita Ran.
0/110, BO Leybagra, BM ProkOM Nal Ke4ilittly
SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1950
WESTMINISTER rOUNDATION
WESLEY FOUNDATION