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Tim Elatig Cultegiatt
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est.. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1914. at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ
ers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
Mary Krasnansky Edward Shanken
Editor Business Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor, Ted Soens; copy editors, Arnold
Bloom, Betty Loux; assistants, Nancy Luetzel,
Dot Bennett, Nancy Meyers, Tom Ryan.
Advertising manager, Joan Harvey; assistants,
Helen Brown, Ruth Dorsey, Eleanor Pupa,
Linda Jacobs.
Good Hell Week
Program Needed
Some time ago when the Interfraternity Coun
cil forbade all detrimental hell week activities,
.the move was hailed as a step toward a saner
fraternity system. And it was.
In these times of stress, college students can
little afford the kind of cutting-up for which
fraternities have made newspaper headlines in
the past. With this in mind, the IFC put the ban
on unnecessary horseplay.
While the IFC move was a step in the right
direction, the fraternity leaders could have
gone further. The. IFC action simply put in
writing those activities which were frowned
upon and forbidden. It did not set up a pro
gram of activities which would be helpful to
the fraternity system itself and in establish
ing good will with the public.
Many fraternities have embarked upon such
programs themselves. One recently helped to
clean the Centre County Library. Other fra
ternities have turned the energies of their
pledges loose on constructive work within their
own houses.
Individual action such as this indicates that
some of the more responsible fraternity leaders
are aware that it is just as important to have a
list of "do's" as it is to have a list of "don'ts."
Encouragement of constructive hell weeks
within the houses and joint efforts by frater-
pity pledges on constructive projects should
be the next step. It is a program which de-
serves the attention of IFC leaders.
Local Track Meet
On the bulletin board in the track team's
locker room is tacked the Penn State track
schedule with the unfortunate holes in the
schedule sarcastically filled in with . Illinois,
USC, and Texas.
It is to late now to cry about the fact that a
good team like State's has so few dual meets - or
that avid State track fans cannot even see the
Lions in home meet action. - .
But; rather than constantly wailing about the
situation, Nittany coaches' . Chick Werner . and
Norm Gordon have contrived to give to Penn
State a track meet anyway.
This Saturday several former Lion stars in
track and field have been invited to
,return. to
the Beaver Field cinders to help put on , a bang
up show with the frosh and varsity men, who
will be evenly divided into two teams.
Thus through enthusiasm and keen .interest
by the .coaches in the great sport track, Penn
State students can get a glimpse of some really
tine athletes in a meet which figures to be more
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIk
Dorm Decision On
Dances Regrettable
The recent decision of the West Dorm Council
to allow only free dances in the West Dorm
lounge should prove to be another decision that
body will have to regret.
Faced with a touchy problem whether or not
to allow the Women's Student Government
Association to hold a naid admission affair •in
the lounge, the council, went off and barred
all dances for which admission would •be
charged.
The feeling among council members is that
if admission .is asked for a dance, West Dorm
residents should not be charged. Their con
tention is that they are paying for the facilities
with their rent and, therefore, should not be
made to pay twice.
The fallacy in this argument is that West
Dorm•residents are not the only ones paying for
the luxurious new living units. Rent collected
from all students living in College-owned
housing facilities is placed in a single fund.
All expenses are met with this fund.
If we were to accept the reasoning .of the
council members, West Dorm men, by reason of
their residence in the area, would be entitled
to privileges not extended to others.
The West Dorm council has been given the
power to say who shall and who shall not be
able
_to use the lounge. Until now it has acted
with generoSity• and fairneis;The council must,
of course; first consider the men living in the
area and arrange for the use of the lounge as
best.suits. the needs of those men.
The action arbitrarily barring the use of the
lounge for those campus groups who wish to
charge admission is a move not in the best in-
terests of the College as a whole.
Gazette . . .
Wednesday, May 9
CHEM-PHYS student council, old and new
members, 204 Old Main, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN business freshman board, 9 Car
negie Hall, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN editorial sophomore board, 1
Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m.
DUPLICATE BRIDGE club and tournament,
TUB, 6:45 p.m.
HILLEL, lecture-demonstration of Hebrew
and Israeli folk dances by Vyts F. Beliajus,
Hillel Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB, 108 Willard Hall, 7 p.m.
WRA BRIDGE, White Hall play room, 7 p.m.
WRA DANCE, White Hall rhythm room 7 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information concerning interviews and job place
rents can be .obtained in 112 Old Main.
Koppers Company will interview Juniors in Chem. Eng.,
C.E., and .Chem. for summer work Friday, May 18. A 1.5
average and veterans are preferred.
The Otis Elevator Company will interview June graduates
in. M.E. and E.E. Wednesday, May 16.
Harshaw Chemical Company will interview June grad
uates in Chem., if enough students are interested. Interested
students should leave their name at 112 .01d Main before
May 14
National Gypsum Company will interview June graduates
in Chein., Chem. Eng., and Col. Chem. Wednesday, May 16.
Stewart & Co., Inc. will interview June graduates in
C&F, A&L,. and Ed. Monday, May 21.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For informatioh concerning .the following jobs, applicants
should stop in 112 Old Main. .
Three experienced waitresses for noon service Sunday May
13 and possibly evening service Friday, May 11; 50c per
hour plus -meals and tips: transportation provided.
Baby-sitter to take care of 1 year old boy mornings 8 a.m.
to 12 noon Monday through Friday each week.
exciting and closer than a regularly scheduled
meet would be.
It should- be a great treat for track fans who
certainly deserve at feast one peek at, their
own team. , —Jake Highton
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Objects To MacArthur Ridicule
TO THE EDITOR:
Some time has elapsed since s General MacArthur gave his speech
before Congress upon his return to the states. We were under the
impression that all responses had been made• shortly thereafter. •
However, people still can't seem to stop making their , slurring
remarks. Maybe• they have nothing else. to discuss. If that is the case,
we suggest these individuals use
their spare time to do a little
profound• thinking as mature
Americans.
The incident that spurred us to
write this was the auctioning of
a radio at the PSCA auction. "If
you'd had this; you could have
heard that 'old soldiers ' never
die'," followed by a chuckle, was
the bait used to interest the
people buying the radio. This was
hardly the place to ridicule a
great speech by an equally great
general.
We have also heard remarks
concerning the age of. our re
turning hero. "It's the old ones
you have to watch out for" would
not be music to the ears of that
one who issued it when he reaches
the age of seventy-one. We
thought that ours was a country
in which the longer one kept
working toward his goal and the
closer he came, the more praise
he deserved. One so consecrated
to his ideals should not have his
work terminated in such a man
ner that he thinks he is no longer
wanted by those he served so
well.
As for the clesing of the gen-
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eral's speech, this was,: as he said,
one of the sayings at West Point
and a favorite of his. WhoeVer
laughs at the general's statement
laughs at one of America's great=
est and most revered institutions;
that of the United States Military
Academy at West Point.
If such an eloquent speech did
not inspire each and every- liSten
er to realize the magnificenCe of
our military tradition, then he
should take stock of his Ameri
can heritage . .
There are few of us who Would
give up 14 years, of safe and-pro
tected living in this country;= or
would devote, a lifetime 'to the
service of our country., •
No matter what our,.political
affiliations• are as - voters, our
pride that swells when we see
Old Glory waving should have
brought.us .to reverent silence and
humiliation at the conclusion. of
Doualas MacArthur's - speech...,
—Names withheld
The F'ennsylv.ania state flower
is the mountain laurel; the state
tree is 'the hemlock, and the state
game bird is the ruffed.. grouse.
By Bthier