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Successor to THE FREE LANCE, e5t.7887
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•
toriala are by :Me aditor.
Dean Gladfelter
Editor
Managing Ed., John Dalbor; City Ed., Herbert Stein:
Sports Ed.. Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., John Ashbrook; Wire
Ed., Art Denning; Society Ed., Donnie Krebs; Feature Ed..
Janet Rosen; Asst. City Ed., Jack Boddington: Asst. Sports
Ed.. Joe Rreu; Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Libra
rian. Rill Detweiler.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Bud Fenton; copy editors: Bob
Schooley, Ron Bonn; assistants: Bettie Loux,
Tom Saylor. John Sheppard, Dot Bennett.
Advertising staff: Bo b Koons, Barb Potts,
Evelyn Marasovick, Mary Clymer.
Petition Urges
Absentee Vote
Petitions urging establishment of an absentee
voting law for Pennsylvania a 1a w •which
would facilitate voting for college students
will begin circulating in State College today.
All students interested in exercising their pol
itical rights should be ready to sign the petition
and to support this NSA movement for absentee
voting to as great an extent possible.
AS THE PETITION points out, the right of
franchise should be upheld strenuously in these
days when democratic processes themselves are
being questioned in the world battle of ideolo
gies. Absence of an absentee voting law, which
greatly discourages students from voting if it
does not actually prevent them from voting,
certainly does not uphold the right of franchise.
Student movements generally have been
aimed at allowing the student to take on greater
responsibility,
_usually in the field of college
affairs. The absentee voting movement pro
poses to extend this responsibility into the field
of politics, where the student of voting age has
as much of a claim as anyone else.
All-College cabinet has pointed the way by
giving its endorsement to the petition. Now
it is up to the students themselves to lend
support to the movement with their signa
tures.
Spring Politics
A small item in Thursday's Collegian reported
that one of the two campus political parties will
begin its operations for the spring elections this
week-end.
So, here we go again
In a few more weeks, campus politics prob
ably will, like June, be busting out all over.
The cliques will be rounding up their members,
selecting candidates, and corralling votes in
preparation for the all-College and senior-junior
class elections in April. And, once again, the
campus newswriters will be able to report that
"the political pot has begun to boil."
ALTHOUGH the elections are two months
away, this is not too early for students to be
come interested in them. (The politicians al
ready are laying the groundwork for their cam
paigns, no doubt.) In the next two monthg, the
men and women who will be political leaders
of the student body next year will be nomi
nated, will place themselves before the elec
torate, and finally will be chosen.
The part the parties must play in this action
is to select the men they deem best fitted to fill
the various student positions. It is their duty
to propose to the student body the names of
men and women who are most capable of con
ducting the affairs of the students.
On the other hand, the part of the average
student the one not interested in seeking
political office or actively participating in the
campaign —is to vote intelligently for those
he considers the best candidates.
Neither of these functions can be performed
adequately without some knowledge of the can
didates in the field. Thus, it becomes incumbent
upon all Penn State students to look about for
capable candidates and to get to know them, to
meet them whenever possible, and to study their
records. Such will be the major political activity
in the weeks immediately in the future.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, . PENNSYL')/ANIA':
Factors Involved
In 'Hell Week'
A question almost as old as the fraternity
system itself is that of whether or not the
custom of pledge "hell weeks" is a. good one.
A glance from outside might indicate that
"hell week" is to be categorically condemned,
but a more analytical approach will reveal that
some of its aspects have merit. Since an under
standing of its merits is difficult for those who
haven't the oonortunity to see it in operation,
responsibility for stemming the tide of unfav
orable public opinion rests with the fraternities
themselves.
WHAT ADVANTAGE does "hell week" pro
vide? Most conscientious fraternity men recog
nize the need for instilling in their neophyes a
feeling of repsonsibility and a knowledge of
the effort necessary to successfully operate' a
fraternity house. They realize that without
such knowledge, a pledge . cannot become a
sound active, knowing what he must contribute
and how he must go about it. A work week can
accomplish this.
Secondly, since most houses are members
of rather extensive national 'organizations, it
is necessary for incoming men to know and
understand the customs, traditions, policies,
and structure of the national fraternity. An
accelerated and impressive course in such is
provided by the intelligent "hell week" pro
gram.
The program, however, that includes these
things and excludes the useless and harmful
elements, is not truly a "hell" week, in the ac
cepted sense of the word. It is perhaps unfor
tunate that the former terminology still applies.
Unfortunate, too, is the fact that some fra
ternity men do not realize the damaging nature
of activities which extend out of their houses
and onto the campus. They do not recognize
the poor light in which they place the entire
fraternity system when they permit their ac
tivities to interfere with scholastic endeavor,
rather than stimulate it as more and more pro
grams are now doing. •
ONE THING is apparent: that when fraternity
men persist in carrying their pledge programs
beyond the constructive and helpful, to frater
nities and pledges alike, they provide grist for
the mills of thoughless crusaders who revel in
Playing the limit the few questionable activities
for which the fraternity o£ the past was noted,
and completely ignoring the growing maturity
and social accomplishment of the modern frat
ernity.
Because of ,these self-conceived "Saviors
of Society," the fraternity system faces a cru
cial test in the future and it will take careful
planning and a mature outlook to meet it.
This is not a condemnation of the mis-named
"hell week" as it exists today, but an appeal for
recognition of •the dangers which accompany
some of its remaining pointless features.
Jack Boddington
Gazette ...
• Sunday., February 18
ALPHA RHO OMEGA, slavonic society, 304
Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, February 19
EDUCATION student council, 213 Willard,
8:15 p.m.
NEWMAN club, CatholiC philosophy lecture,
discussion, 204 Willard, 7:15 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Farther information 'concerning interviews and job place
ments can ne obtained in 'll2 Old Main.
E. R. Squibb & Sons will interview junior students who
are interested in summer employment in Chem. Eng...
Chem.. Commercial Chem..and Science Tuesday, Feb. 27.
Arms corporation will interview June graduates in
E.E., M.E.. and Physics Tuesday,. Feb. 27.
Merck and company. Inc: will interview June graduates
in Chem. and Chem. Eng. Puesday,• Feb. 27.
__Armstrong Cork company will interview June graduates
in Chem. Eng., Chem., Arch. Eng., LE., M.E., •A&L, C&F.
bourn.. Ed., and Advertising Wednesday, Feb. 28.
Linde Air Products company will interview June grad
uates at the B.S. and M.S. levels in . M.E.,, Chem. Eng..
Aero. Eng. ' C.E.. E.E., 1.E., and Chem. Wednesday Feb. 28.
Allis Chalmers manufacturing company , will interview
Tune graduates in E.E. and M.E..Thursday. March 1.
Chance • Vought Aircraft will interview June graduates
at all levels in Aero. Eng., E.E., M.E., C.E., Phys., and
Math. Thursday, March 1.
Shell Oil company will interview June graduates at the
B.S. and M.S. levels in Chem. and Chem. Eng. and at the
Ph.D. level in Chem. Thurs3ay, March 1.
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__New Jersey Zinc company will interview June graduates
in M.E.. Geology, Metal., and Mining. Ing. Friday, March 2.
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U.S. News Outlines
Choices Of Service
The U. S. News and World Report, national weekly magazine,
this week ccntains a summary of regulations concerning the draft
ing of college and high-school students. The article should be of
great interest to every draft-eligible student on campus. Appearing
in the Feb. 16 issue, it emphasizes that "the youth who starts plan
ning early has best chance to get what he wants" in the way of
military duty.
Ti. S. News warns that "choice of service and type of train
ing is likely to be more and more limited "as mobilization
progresses.. "Competition for favored spots already is intense."
Sumtharizing the "college boy's
choices under the draft" in chart
form by class group, the maga
zine reports:
FRESHMEN can apply for en
listment in Army, Air Force, or
Nav a 1 Reserve officer training.
Officer training guarantees defer
ment to complete four years of
study and brings a commission.
"Hard work" and "several years
of, active duty after college" are
the price of this program.
H i g h - ranking freshman stu
dents can enlist in the Naval Re
serve and then •apply for the re
serve officer candidate program.
April 15 is the deadline for apply
ing. The Marines offer a "platoon
leaders' " class which requires
summer training. Frosh also have
the . choices of enlistment in the
National Guard or the reserves.
Or they can volunteer now as
enlisted men in any service with
an opening, or this May when the
Defense department promises stu
dents their choice of service. U. S.
News says that "it's a calculated
risk to rely on official promises"
If the freshman does not se
lect one of these paths, he can ex
pect the-draft this summer if he's
19 or older. "In all probability,"
students under 19 will . get into
the sophomore year ,before the
draft board• beckons.
SOPHOMORES also can enlist
in the Naval Reserve arid' apply
for the reserve officer candidate
plan, or in the Marines' platoon
leaders' program: They can switch
to an engineering or science
course where deferments will be
highest. However, some military
service probably will be required
upon 'graduation. Sophomores are
accepted- by the National Guard
and the reserves. If they wish,
sophomores can volunteer as,
says U. S. News, "thousands
have." Those who choose none of
these should plan on the draft
• The Mechanical Engineering building is essentially a group of
laboratories, each dealing with different fields. Laboratory equip
ment is grouped accordingly into steam power, internal combustion
engines, refrigeration, fuels and lubricants, - instruments, and cali
bration.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1951
since "about one out of two soph
omores will be picked next sum
mer."
JUNIORS, like their younger
schoolmates, are eligible fors, the
Naval Reserve - Reserve Officers
Candidate program and the Ma
rines' platoon leadership project.
They have a good chance of being
graduated if they stay in college,
since "a high percentage of jun
iors will be deferred . . . if (the)
Washington man-power policy is
honored by local draft boards."
Juniors can volunteer now, or in
May, and obtain a choice of ser
vice. This, however, "wastes in
vestment in college study," U. S.
News Observes. The Air Force has
some aviation cadet openings.
SENIQRS can enlist in the
Naval Reserve and apply for a
reserve officer commission upon
graduation. Or they can enlist in
the Marine Corps Reserve to en
ter officer candidate school, re
ceiving discharges if they flunk
out. This course - begins after grad
uation. The last-year men can
wait out the draft, a call, being
"virtually guaranteed" next sum
mer. Seniors also can try for 'de
ferments; "about one , out of 100
graduates may qualify as an es
sential worker—'engineers an d
medical trainees seem to have the
only real chance now."
With so many conflicting re
ports on m a n - power policies
coming out of "Washington and
from other sources, it will pay
the student who is eligible for
military service fo survey as
many of them as possible. U. S.
News has presented one of the
clearest and best organized re
ports to date on the position of
college men in the draft as it
appears at the moment. The
article is certainly worth read
ing, in: its entirety.
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