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Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in
clusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5,
1934. at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi
torials are by the editor.
Dean Gladfelter
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Editor
Managing Ed., John Dalbor; News Ed., Stan Dealer;
Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., Herbert Stein; Society
Ed., Beanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Rosen; Asst. Sports
EL, Art Denning; Asst. News Ed., John Ashbrook;
Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma: Photo Ed., Wilson
Marto; Senior Board: Jack Boddington. Bill Detweiler.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Rosemary Delahanty; Copy Edi
tors: Moylan Mills, Dave Colton; Assistant Night
Editor: Joan Kuntz; Assistants: Bernie Ames,
Betty Loux, Mary Stark, Greta Weaver.
Advertising Manager: Mary Clymer; Assis
tants: Judy Krakower, Jack Sweger, Carolyn
Green.
UN Anniversary
A renewed appeal 'for peace through unity
among the big powers of the world is expected
to be the theme of President Truman's talk at
the United Nations this morning.
THE PRESIDENT is reported to be timing
his bid in conjunction with the fifth anniversary
of the world organization. We think it important
and appropriate for students to review the UN,
its purpose and progress, during this birthday
celebration.
Cynics and pessimists have been be-littling
the UN as an impotent force since its earliest
days. In 1945 they said the UN was just another
edition of the League, with no more chance for
success.
What they failed to realize is that while
the machinery of the League was admittedly
imperfect, the idea behind it was sound. So
is the idea behind the UN and so will be the
idea behind any organization which is an ex
pression of the world's hope for peace.
Later critics have decried the UN's inability to
make decisions. Those taking this line have
even fostered a movement to form a new organ
ization excluding Russia and her pack of buffer
states.
FORTUNATELY this idea has been somewhat
sqUelched by the success of UN action in Israel
and, more dramatically, the bold decision to aid
the Republic of Korea.
It must be admitted that the UN has not
been the success its planners had hoped, but
if the founders were unjustified in their opti
mism, so were the critics in their pessimism.
For a compact statement of the UN's answer
to pessimists, we suggest students read. the
"Universal Declaration of Human Rights," cop
ies of which are available in pamphlet form at
the Pattee library. In a ten minute reading
of the principles passed by the General Assem
bly in 1948, the student can obtain a graphic
treatment of why nations ban together.
CRITICS WILL. of course, complain that with
all these fine principles, you still have nothing
more than a series of palatable but impractical
ideals. To be truthful, there is little in the state
ments that is concrete, only the hope that they
will someday be meaningful.
The United Nations up to now has been like
a salesman putting one foot in the door—his job
is by no means over, but he• is at least on the
way.
Clanking Bottles
Mingled with roar of excited football patrons
at the Penn State - Georgetown game early this
semester was the clank, clank of pop bottles
bouncing from tier to tier down the grand
stands. Occasionally, the rhythmic clank was
interrupted by the tinkle of broken glass.
THE POP BOTTLES not only distract fans
who are engrossed in the game but constitute a
safety menace. Serious injuries could result
from slipping on a bottle or falling on broken
glass.
A large crowd is expected for the home
coming game at Beaver field Saturday. We
hope by that time steps will have been taken
to eliminate the dangers of clanking and tink
ling bottles.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEUE, PEN IN
Safety Valve ...
Hold Down The Roar
TO THE EDITOR: It has probably never oc
curred to certain groups of freshman men living
in the new dorms that many of the dormitory
residents would like to study in the evenings.
From all appearances, these frosh have little -to
do but hold bull sessions, marathon races, wrest
ling matches; ect. The time will someday arrive
when these men will realize that study is essen
tial for college success. Until then those who do
wish to study must suffer.
This letter is intended, therefore, as a plea
to those who regularly participate in creating
the dull roar that echoes thru the halls, in par
ticular thru Thompson Hall, to please reserve
their noise and gymnastics for some time other
than the evening study hours.
Harder But Shorter
TO THE EDITOR: Yes, I'm a frosh and I think
that I can speak for the rest of my class and
even some upperclassmen. It is easy to see that
the hat societies and other organizations on
campus do not know how to carry out and regu
late customs. •
First they try to induce a school spirit in us
through customs. I will admit I was imbued the
first week and I went along 'till the first month.
But how do they expect a thousand students
to carry out the regulations when even the bat
men get tired of enforcing them. Listen, I've
gone through customs in prep school, at least
there they knew how to carry them out. They
were harder but they were shorter. That's my
advice to you.
It is about time you look over these hills
around here and see how the other half lives,
including the colleges.
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Gazette ...
Tuesday, October 24
PENN STATE Camera club, 119 Osmond,
7:30 p.m.
WRA Bowling, White hall alleys, 7 p.m.
WRA Fencing, White hall, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN Promotion staff meeting, Col
legian office, 6:30 p.m.
A.C.E.I. Workshop, Atherton lounge, 7:30 p.m.
NITTANY Bowmen meeting, 209 Eng. C.,
7 p.m.
PSYCHOLOGY Club, 204 Burroughs, 7:30
p.m.
PENN STATE Club, 405 Old Main, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN business candidates,- 1 CH,
7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN editorial candidates, groups A
and B, 7 p.m., 8 Carnegie halL
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information concerning interviews and job place
ments can be obtained in 112 Old Main.
Seniors who. turned in preference sheets will be given
priority in scheduling interviews for two days following
the initial announcement of the visit of one of the com
panies of their choice. Other students will be scheduled
on the third and subsequent days.
Shell Development company will interview 1951 graduates
in physical and organic chemistry and chemical engineering
at the PhD level, and January M.S. candidates in chemical
engineering on Thursday. Nov. 2. The priority system will
not be in effect for this announcement. _
Linde Air Products company will interview January B.S.
and M.S. graduates in mechanical engineering, industrial
engineering, electrical engineering, and chemical engineering
on Tuesday, Oct. 3L
Shell Oil company will interview .1951 PhD candidates in
physical chemistry and chemical engineering, January M.S.
candidates in chemical engineering, chemistry and mechanical
engineering, and January B.S. candidates in chemistry on
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3. The priority system
will not be in effect for this announcement.
Sperry Gyroscope company will be on campus Monday.
Oct. 30. They are interested in midyear B.S. graduates in
electrical engineering who are in the upper half of their
class; 1951 PhD candidates in electrical engineering and
Physics; M.S. candidates in electrical engineering and
physics who graduate not later than June 1951. The priority
system will not be in effect for this announcement
' STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For information concerning the following jobs, applicants
should stop in 112 Old Main.
Man with truck to work SDCA pick ups.
Men to sell refreshments at football game
Saturday.
Men to work as substitute waiters and dish
washers.
Men to sell cushions at Temple football game.
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On The Record
Many people toss the words "off the record" around with wild
abandon without really understanding full meaning of the phrase.
On a campus such as Penn State's, where contact with the outside
world is limited, it is more than likely that the people who use the
phrase often have no idea of what "off the record" news material
really is.
AS ORIGINALLY EMPLOYED, the phrase was used by govern
ment officials to designate to reporters information which they did
not want published but about which they wished newsmen to know.
Usually they made "off the record" statements to provide reporters
with the necessary background for writing a story that would break
at a later date. War correspondents received a good deal "off the
record" information during World War 11.
But, as currently used in .Washington , circles, the phrase has
an entirely different meaning. Nowadays. when a government offi
cial wants to get something in the newspapers but does not want
to assume responsibility for releasing the information, he will tell
reporters it is "off the record." This means, in most cases, that the
reporters are free to use the information at their own risk, but they
may not say who made the statement. They usually end up by
quoting "informed sources" or "a high government official," or;
some other mythical character.
Many people assume that, if a reporter is told certain information
or statements- are "off the record," the reporter is duty-bound not to
print the information. In actuality, such is not the case.
FOR A STATEMENT to be "off the record," the reporter must
agree to the procedure. This decision often is a matter, of his own
discretion, but often must be approved, by his editors. At any point
he can tell the person he is interviewing that he will not take infor
mation that is not to be published, at which point it is up to the
interviewee to decide whether he will say anything more.
There are three situations involving the "off the record" phrase
that particularly annoy reporters:
1. Some people will, in the midst of a statement, insert the re
mark that "this is off the record, of course," and then go on with
what they have to say without giving the reporter a chance to say
whether or not he will consider the statement as "off the record." It
is always the responsibility of the speaker to determine whether
the reporter will withhold information.
2. Others will give a reporter a complete story, and then will
order him to keep it "off the record." Besides being an imposition,
this procedure is an insult to the reporter, who should have been
told from the beginning that the speaker did not wish to be quoted
for publication.
3. At times, someone speaking in a public meeting open to every
one will state that he wants his remarks "off the record." No good
reporter will withhold such information, inasmuch as all his readers,
had they wanted to, could have attended the meeting and heard the
remarks.
Some reporters are instructed by their editors to tell interviewees
that they will report any request for withholding information to
their editors, and that the editors will decide whether it is to be
published. .In such cases, the interviewee .must decide if he wishes
to give the information and take his chances
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Dean Gladfelter