Pr %fig Collegian Setooloor to TER FRES LANCE. est. 1887 Pithibied Tuesday through Saturday morning* in. &arise the College year by the sten of The Daily Rio .t Th. neurallyleauia State College. illellimod as esammi-ollasa matter Jab , $, 1938. at tke Stati C.Uurs. ft., P..t Om» um der the set of March 2. 1879. Col le sian editorials represent the viewpoints of the tweiteco, and do Pot necessarily reflect the policy of the Rocorspa9er. Unsigned editorials are by the editor. • Deem Gladfelter Editor c4i5E301 Managing Ed., John Dalbor; News Ed., Stan Degler; orbs Ed., Ray Hodder: Edit. Dir., Herbert Stein: Society Beanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Rosen: Asst. Sports Md. Art Henning; Asst. News Ed., John Ashbrook; iAllost. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Photo Ed., Wilson Moto: Senior Board: Jack Boddington. Bill Detweiler. ' Amt. Bug. Mgr.„ Thomas M. Karoleik: Advertising Mr.. Harold L. Wallin; Local Adv. Mgr., Hugo R. Mendes: Promotion Mgr.. Laura Mermelstein; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Zderard W. Noyes, Gerald F. Yeager; Pers'onnel Mgr., Ed wilt Siegel; Classified Adv. Mgr., Shirley Faller; Office Mgr. Loretta Stempinaki; Secretary, Winifred Wyant; Senior Board: Norma Gleghorn, Delores Horne, Mary IKautrman. Sue Halperin. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor: Mary Krasnansky: Assitant !fright Editor: Jo Hutchon; ,Copy Editor: Joe Breu; Assistants: Betty Jo Hill; Peg King; Bob Vosburg. Advertising Manager: Bob Leyburn; Assist ants: Ed Shanken, Joan Harvie, Frank Cress man, Ina Epstein, Shirley Bush, Judy Goldberg. Community. Forum Season tickets for one of the most worth while activities of the school year, the Com munity Forum series, went on sale yesterday morning. JOINTLY SPONSORED by various campus and town organizations, the forum brings to the campus speakers well-known in a number - of fields. Together they offer the student a chance to pierce the wall of thinking that often encloses him in a town as remote as this one. Lecturers of all kinds are plentiful through the year as any one who stays here for long will find out. Few, however, can combine knowledge of subject with a polished delivery as do those under the Community Forum banner. This year's program seems reasonably well balanced. At least one of the speakers, Ogden Nash, is well-known to everyone. Of the others probably the best-known to students are Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture association of America, who has been grinning at us from a number of newsreels lately and. Emily Kimbrough, author of several humorous books, one co-authored with Cornelia Otis Skinner. LAST YEAR'S series included such notables as Carl Sandburg, Lincoln's biographer; Han son Baldwin, military writer of the New York Times; Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, ex-chief of naval operations; Robert St. John, radio com mentator and Dr. Ira DeA Reid, sociologist. An interesting talk was tossed in free by the Forum people at the beginning of the year by Dr. Harold Urey, atomic physicist, on "The Case for Atlantic Union." One indication of local interest in the speak ers last year was seen in a special session staged by Mr. St. John. Following his regular talk in Schwab auditorium, about 100 students and faculty members adjourned to a State College restaurant, where the bearded news analyst discussed world affairs until early in the morning. A new system of soliciting dormitories and fraternities should spur the ticket sale this year. We sincerely hope so. The caliber of speakers on the program deserves a large turnout. You'll look far for a better bargain at $3. —Herbert Stein .~, ~ n Here's a smart-as-paint way to draw attention: don 43.ittcly Bond blousel You'll find it a styling masterpiece •.6. 4 ,gsaconteed to make you look pretty as a picture: •Axs4csaJ BLOUSES AT BETTER STORES EVERYWHERE See Them in Altoona at • In State College at Wm. F. GABLE CO. THE CHARLES SHOP Jeer Bond, Inc, D•pt. D, 1375 Broadway, Now York 111, N. Y. Owen E. Landon Business Mgr. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Greatly Gratified Students and members of the administration who have given time and effort in the 13-year campaign to establish a Student Union building at Penn State probably are greatly gratified by action of the trustees executive committee in approving plans for the building. Their action, which finally opened the way for a real SU to replace the TUB and to fill the gap created by sparse student facilities, also should do a great deal to boost moral of newer students who at some not-too-distant date will be able to use the building. THOSE OF US who are paying the $7.50 assessment for the building but never will be able to use it at least will get some compensa tion from watching the building rise opposite Osmond laboratory. Now that the action has been taken, work on the SU should be expected to move ahead quickly. Responsibility for the building • now has fallen on the shoulders of the administra tion, its architects and its, construction crews. They will be responsible for seeing that there are no delays in construction and that the building meets as adequately as possible the needs of the students. Safety Valve . Letters to the editor should be addressed— The Daily Collegian, Box 261. Boro. The writer's_name will be withheld upon request. but no letter will be printed unless signed. Apathy To Customs • TO THE EDITOR: The revivification and re institution of freshman customs has succeeded only in evoking a dull, anemic rumble from the student body. Unfortunately, the general con census seems to indicate a definite attitude of perfect mass indifference. Yes, customs appar ently, have failed to capture the warm and ac tive imagination of the vast majority of stu dents at Penn State. Quite irksome, painful, and depressing isn't it? But, it's the truth. Like it or no—this spirited attempt on the part of the pious and pure-minded, the intellectual forces of reaction, and those forceful, vigorous, and energetic worthies (who just delight in imposing , their metallic personalities upon the susceptible, overwrought, and helpless freshman) to restore and preserve the beloved traditions of our dear Alma Mater, has degenerated into a sickly and sterile exhibition. —William Albert Druschel Gazette . . Wednesday, September 27 PENN STATE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB, TUB, 7 p.m. SCABBARD AND BLADE, Triangle House, 7:30 p.m. ALPHA EPSILON DELTA, 410 Old Main, 7 p.m. STUDENT CHAPTER OF AMERICAN IN STITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Delta Tau Delta, 7 p.m. ASCE, CE Summer Camp, Leave Mech. Eng. parking lot, 7 p.m. STUDENT HANDBOOK BUSINESS STAFF, 304 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL SOPHOMORE BOARD, 8 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. PENN STATE RIDING CLUB, 102 Willard, 7 p.m. WRA SWIM CLUB, Beginners clasS, White Hall, 7:15 p.m. WRA DANCE, White Hall Rhythm Room, 7 p.m. WRA BRIDGE. White Hall Play Room, 7 p.m. HAT SOCIETY COUNCIL MEETING, 410 Old Main, 8:45 p.m. NOW! At Your Warner Theatre /2 l-athaum GAIL RUSSELL MACDONALD CAREY "The Lawless" VAUGHN MONROE ELLA RAINES "Singing Guns " Ilittany KIRK DOUGLAS DORIS DAY "Young Man With a Horn" Little Man On Campus "Worthal says to keep your eye on Professor Snarf— he says he has , his chair wired for an electric shock." Safety Valve . . . No Thought To The Freshmen TO THE EDITOR: That Hatmen should have the supreme author ity in carrying out frOsh customs, as John Ashbrook expressed, gives no thought to the freshrhen. That freshmen will be the hazers, next year is a fact that must be con sidered. -I agree with Mr. Ashbrook that the upper-classmen are, at pre sent, failing in their duty to en force these customs. I think their reason for failing is because of shame rather than wanting in disregard of their duty. They know that if they do haze a fresh% man, the thought in the mind of the freshman will be, "You haven't been hazed, what right have you to haze me?" It is only human to avoid this cynicism. This year is the turning point of that attitude. The fact that the freshmen; now, are going through customs and know the songs, cheers, and locations of buildings is assurance that they will carry out their part of hazing in the forth coming year. Going through customs together, gives the stu dents something in common that will bring them together. I be lieve the next year will see a year rich in hazing. To let customs fall into the hands of a few will result in a loss of color, and perhaps the whole idea of customs will fall WEDNESDAY, apart, or at least not be up to the par that it could. Being hazed now, and not being able to haze next year may leave a bit of cynicism in the hearts of the freshmen now. Before taking such a view as John Ashbrook's, one should ar gue the pro and con of such a rash action. As a last remark, without ex planation, I'd like to say "A Ges tapo of Hatmen" isn't democratic. —Lloyd McMullen Men's Debate Tryouts A preliminary meeting of fresh man and upper-class candidates for the men's debate team will be held in 316 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight, Marlin Brenner, captain of the team, announced. This year's topic is "Resolved: That the non-communist nations should form a separate world or ganization." The newcomers will have a week before eliminations, and may choose the affirmative or negative viewpoint of the sub ject. 27, 1950 By Bibler
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