Slip iatly Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 188?
Published Tuesday through Saturday nfbmings 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 Shte
College, Pa.. Post Offiee under the act of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writer*,
not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi
torials ere by the editor.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Rosemary Delahanty; Copy Edi
tor: Bob Schooley, Ernest Moore; Assistant
Night Editor: Pat Nutter; Assistants: Doris Go
lub, Charles Henderson, Clarice Liinch, Anthony
Pinnje.
Ad Manager: Jack Sweger; Assistant Ad Man
ager: Carolyn Green.
Fate Of The SU
The news that a start to construction of the
Student Union building must await 1 approval
of the National Production agency no doubt
came as a shock to a good many students, par
ticularly in view of the assessment being levied
on the student body to pay for the building.
ALTHOUGH STUDENTS may fume over the
possibility that construction of the building this
year and its use next year may be denied them,
there is little they can do about it except hope
that the building will be approved. Refusal of
NPA to approve the construction would be a
hard pill indeed for Penn Staters to swallow,
especially after it appeared last spring that the
decade-long fight for the SU had ended. v
The NPA has ruled out construction of
certain types of recreation and entertainment
buildings, but buildings like the SU may be
reviewed. College officials believe that inclu
sion of offices and food and other services in
the SU may sway Washington officials in
favor of granting approval.
If construction of the SU is turned down now,
it will be a hard blow to students who have
given time, effort, and money toward its realiza
tion.
Football Movies
In ’47 and ’4B we had a good football team;
we still do. The ’47 team will be remembered
as the one that tied SMU in the Cotton bowl.
EVERYONE WAS interested in that team,
and school spirit was high. Motion pictures of
all away games were, shown in Schwab audi
torium the week following every away game,
with a member of- the Lion coaching staff ex
plaining the plays. The auditorium, was filled to
capacity.
Then, '49 and a less spectacular season.
Interest dwindled and the films were discon
tinued after a few showings.
Now it’s 1950. We are in the “New Era.” We
have a new coach, a new president, a new sys
tem, and a new team, but we still lack school
spirit.
R. M. Conger, assistant professor of physical
education, was in charge of showing these films
in the past. According to Conger, “This year
there have been no requests for the pictures. If
requests were received,” he said, “and if the stu
dents showed interest in seeing the- films, I
would make every effort to show them as in
years previous.”
THESE FILMS could clear some doubts in our
minds. Obscure plays could be cleared and ex
plained. Many of us think Army played dirty—
we could see the game and judge for ourselves.
Maybe some organization could sponsor these
showings. Perhaps they could be arranged as an
indoor pep rally. Possibly there could be a few
cheers.
If Penn State students still have school spirit
and are still behind the team, they will request
that these pictures be shown and will pack the
hall.
Right To Silence
All-College cabinet’s approval of the recom
mendation against using tickets for the sopho
more class dance as inducement to vote in
Thursday’s elections was a fitting repudiation
of the unfortunate precedent set last year.
HOW THE PLAN to limit distribution of class
dance tickets to those persons who vote in a
class election could have been considered any
thing but a bribe is beyond our comprehension.
The contention that students ought to vote does
not change the fact that the procedure is bri
bery and is unfair to students who do not vote
but, by virtue of their class membership, should •
be entitled to attend their class dance.
Not only would such a procedure be an im
position upon non-voters—it also would tend
to coerce a large number of students to vote
merely to obtain the tickets. This situation
could not lead to intelligent voting by any
stretch of the imagination.
In a democracy, people have the right to wor
ship freely, yet they also have the right not to
worship if they so choose. They have the right
to speak their minds freely, but they also have
the right to remain silent.
WE STILL BELIEVE, as the Collegian main
tained when the inducement plan first was tried
last fall, that the right to vote includes the right
not to vote.
Owen lE. Landon
Business Mgr.
Bernie Ames
.THE DAILY COL’ ?.r STATIC CO .1
PSCA Colloquy
Religion, on first thought, might seem a
strange companion to politics, but the connec
tion has been pretty well proved to the 75 stu
dents who attended the Christian association’s
colloquy this weekend.
AN OUTSTANDING panel of speakers pre
sented a. variety of viewpoints and gave the
audience shaiirp insight into religious and politi
cal worlds. Included in the representation were
a Protestant, a Catholic priest, a judge, a mayor,
two members of the state General Assembly
(one a Democrat and the other a Republican),
the dean of a divinity school and a leader in a
good government group.
Penn State representatives were President
Eisenhower, who delivered the opening address;
William Edgerton, assistant professor of Rus
sian, who talked on his recent trip to Yugo
slavia; and W. C. Femelius, head of the Chem
istry department, who talked on the scientist
in world affairs. .
For gathering together men who really
know their business, the colloquy organizers
did a remarkable job.
Backroom sessions were planned originally to
give students . a chance to corner individual
speakers. These never materialized principally
because the panel discussions ran overtime. It
was just as well since, we think', the audience
got more furi out of the battles of all the speak
ers than they would have if confined to one.
DISCUSSIONS COVERED all sorts of politi
cal and religious subjects and were criticized at
one point for being too varied and too short
to reach satisfying conclusions. We think, how
ever, that the basic purpose of the colloquy,
which was to provoke a re-evaluation of our
thoughts on politics, was well served by perr
mitting freedom both to the speakers and the
questioners. •
For future programs such as this, we sug-.
gest that they first of all be opened to the
entire student body. An audience in discus
sions of Ibis sort can hardly be too large.
. .Secondly, we propose that greater effort be
expended to bring delegations from other
schools. Apparently Juniata was the only other
college represented, though several others had
been approached. Wider advertising of a group
of speakers such as that which met here this
weekend, certainly should attract interest from
all over Pennsylvania.
Safety Valve ...
Kudos Replace Brickbats
TO THE EDITOR: Congratulations, for a
newspaper (Saturday edition) that openly ad
mitted it was a newspaper—not just a catch-all
for news tidbits.
Of course, I could hardly motivate this praise
without, considering that an eight-page edition
is weighty inducement to evaluation. However,
this condition considered, the paper was valu
able for its newsworthiness. A'lot of material
was handled with sufficient coverage.
Printing an eight-page paper, is certainly a
goal to encourage on a daily basis, and I can
hope that this year’s senior class will see fit to
donate a goodly sum to that fund for a student
press.
For the time being, I shall let the kudo be the
watchword—and let the brickbat gather dust
for a while.
Gazette...
Tuesday, November 14
AGRICULTURE student council, 7 p.m., 103
Agriculture building.
ASM MEETING, 217 Willard hall, .8 p.m.
RED CROSS service organization meeting, 112
Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGIAN business candidates, 1 Carnege
hall, 7 p.m.
SIGMA TAU meeting, 107 Main Engineering
building, 7 D.m.
NITTANY BOWMEN, 209 Engineering C,
7 p.m.
NAACP meeting, 303 Willard hall, 7:30 p.m.
PENN STATE insurance club meeting, 317
Willard hall, 7 p.m.
WRA bowling, White hall, 7 p.m.
WRA fencing, White hall, 7 p.m.
FROTH meeting, 3 Carnege hall, 7 p.m.
ROD AND COCUS club, 206 Patterson hall,
7 p.m. ’
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Partner information concernlnr Interview* and job place
ment* can he obtained in lit Old Mnin.
Senior* who turned in preference ehcet* will be riven
priority In echedullng interviews for two days following
the Initial announcement of the vl*[t of one of the com
panies of their choice. Other student* will be scheduled
on the third and subsequent days.
General Electric company will interview chem. and chem.
eng. at the M.S* and PhD levels* who will graduate by
June 1952* on Monday Nov. 20.
Philadelphia Electric company will interview January
graduates in E.E. and M,E. on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Western Elec l ric company will interview January '‘grad
uates with an average of 1.9 or better at the B.S. level
in M.E., and I.E. on Monday* Nov. 20.
Bell Telephone laboratories will interview January grad*
nates in physics at the B.S. level; in E.E., M.E., and
physics at the M.S. level; and in chemistry at the PhD
level on Monday, Nov. 20.
General Electric company will interview metallurgists*
ceramists and solid state physicists at the M.S. and PhD
level Monday, Nov. 20.
RealsUk Hosiery Mills will interview January graduates
in CAF and AAL Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Representatives of the Frankford arsenal* Naval Air
Material center* and U.S. Naval base in Philadelphia and
the Naval Air development center in Johnsvllle will be on
campus Thursday, Nov. 16* to hold a group meeting in
405 Old Main at 7:80 p.m. for January and June graduates
and juniors in C.E., E.E., M.E., and I.E. Interviews will
be arranged at *he meeting for those Interested. There will
be immediate openings available for January graduates.
Herbert Siein
JoeHudak
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Little Man On Campus
"Sometimes I don't know what he sees in me.**
On The Record
No Clear Mandate
On the basis of past history, one result of last Tuesday’s elections
seems certain that it will be increasingly difficult to enforce re
sponsibility in government during the next two years. ,
THEORY BEHIND PARI'Y POLITICS, and particularly the two
party system, is that it is a method of making the government re
sponsible to the people through the means of being able to turn out
of office a party that does not follow the popular will. Although the
Democrats control Congress in name, no party controls it in fact, and
enforcement of responsibility seems out the window until 1952.
Neither of the two parties is united in its objectives, and it is
certain that enough of the Southern Democrats are opposed to the
Fair Deal program to make it impossible for the Fair Dealers to be
responsible for action of the Congress. '
The past has shown .well that the Southern bloc has,had a ten
dency to form an unofficial and somewhat undercover coalition with
other elements in Congress which support their views. This bloc is
extremely difficult to break up because of such devices as the poll
tax, and as long as it follows its past line it will be assured of con
tinual reelection. Consequently, it is responsible to no one and de
prives the party—of which it seems to be a part in name only—of the
votes necessary for responsibility.
NOT BEING THE MAJORITY PARTY, the Republicans in 1952
will be able to disclaim any responsibility for the actions of Congress,
even though they and the Southern bloc will form a majority. It will
be most difficult for the Democratic Presidential candidate and other
Democrats to point the finger of scorn at the Southern Democrats
with whom they are forced to unite’every election year when the
GOP blames the Democrats for failures of the 82nd Congress.
And there are certain to be failures. With the impossibility of any
party’s actually getting a majority in its own name, a good deal of
Congressional action probably will degenerate into partisan politics.
At a time like the present, when the fate of the world may hang "in
the balance, the nation could not wish for a worse outlook.
A better condition would obtain had the voters given a clear-man
date to either party. • :
On Other Campuses
Michigan State students recently had the opportunity to witness
two programs by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. This is the tenth
year the internationally-known company has performed at the coir
lege.
Lehigh will wind up its Campus chest drive again this year with
a Charity ball. The ball will feature two bands and the crowning of
“Queen of the Charity Ball.” Unusual sidelight of ball will be a shoe
shine booth which will be run by members of the faculty.
"Tekes" at West Virginia university have thrown convention
out the window and pledged a seven-month-old boy. The new
pledge. Class of 73, is the son of a former officer of the chapter who
has been missing in Korea since-July 12.
Students at Boston university will soon have a new'- dramatic
center, thanks to some of the “big names” on Broadway. In charge
of raising $50,000 in funds for the theater is Oscar Hammerstein 11.
Other members of the committee are Fred Astaire, Moss Hart, George
Jessel, Jeanette MacDonald, Alexander Smallens, Sigmund Romberg,
Rise Stevens, Sophie Tucker, Paul Whiteman, and ... Fred Waring.
About 200 University of Pittsburgh frosh were ordered by the
Freshman council to defend both goal posts'in the West Virginia
football game. The frosh were aided by university and Pittsburgh
police groups. The plan was introduced by the council because Pitt
r students were unable to obtain souvenier splinters of the West
Virginia goal post last year.
Seniors at the University of Maryland voted against a plan to as
sess students for the senior banquet. The class now must pay $4025
from its own treasury to finance the Senior ball. There will be no
banquet.
Journalism department of Southern Methodist university has ac
quired photography equipment valued at $5OOO. Twenty journalism
students will be eligible to take the new photography course. They
must be seniors.
W07E1.183R 1^:1950.
Dean Gladf elier
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