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Mte Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. 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 6, 1934, at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the, viewpoints of the writ.
era, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
Mary Krasnansky Edward Shanken
Editor Business Mgr.
VOL. 52 No. 2
Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bud Fenton; Asst.
to the Ed.. Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Kolasinski: So
ciety Ed.,Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemary Dela
hanty ; sst. City Ed., Paul Poorman; Asst. Sports Eds.,
Dave Colton, Robert Vosburg: Asst. Society Ed., Greta
Weaver; Librarian, Bob Schooley; Exchange Ed., Paul
Beighley: Senior Board, Lee' Stern.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial staff: Mary Krasnansky, Ron Bonn,
Tom Saylor, Moylan Mills, Lynn Kahanowitz,
George Glazer, Dave Jones, Al Goodman, Chuck
Henderson, Len Kolasinski.
Advertising staff: Bob Leyburn, manager;
Ed Shanken, Howard Bolkey, Don Jackal.
Don't Be Made
A Sucker
Fraternity rushing will reach its climax
Saturday morning with the formal pledging of
rushees. It is no secret, however, that a good
many rushees will have signed pledge cards
before that time.
Those rushees who allow themselves to be
talked into signing pledge cards prior to Sat
urday are allowing themselves to be made
suckers. They are literally being rushed off
their feet.
Fraternity rushing began Sunday and will
close Saturday morning. A full week of rushing
is required so that newcomers to Penn State
will have the opportunity to see as many
houses and get to know as many fraternity men
as possible. Even a week is too short a time,
but with sophomores still coming to campus
from centers, such a procedure is unavoidable.
When a fraternity
° asks a man to sign a
pledge card prior to Saturday or extends a
bid before then, it does in violation of the
rushing code of the Interfraternity Council;
and it does so with complete disregard for
the welfare of the individual concerned.
The student who signs a pledge card or
accepts a verbal bid prior to Saturday is cheat
ing himself out of the opportunity to get a fair _
chance to judge the fraternity he is rushing as,
well as others in which he might be interested.
The student who, at the same time, fails
to look into a fraternity carefully is also
cheating himself. The best fraternity is not
that which has the biggest, loudest parties,
or the most cars, or is the "richest" on campus.
What the rushee should be interested in to
great extent is the financial. obligations he
will be expected to meet, the pledge program,
the initiation, and the fraternity'S scholastic
standing. But the greatest single factor should
be the character of the men in the house, for
with these men the rushee will spend the
greatest part of his college life.
These are difficult thiAgs to ascertain in the
short space of a week, and• well nigh impossible
to learn in less time. That's why this seems
like a good time to impress upon rushees that
any pledge card signed before Saturday is not
binding unon either the fraternity or the signer.
Furthermore, a pledge card is not binding until
the rushee signs the pledge register at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
The register will not be open until Saturday
morning. Until then, don't be made a sucker.
THE
AuTopoßT
SERVII(O FINE FOODS AT ALL
HOURS
DON C. MEYER - Class of '5O
Welcomes
freshmen
and
ail new
students
Pen State
THE DAILY COLLEOIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLITATA
Collegian Will Offer
College, World News
There is a tendency for students to forget
about the "outside world" when they enter the
Nittany Vale. Far from the rush of the world,
concerned over studies, the, big date, and the
problems of the fraternity or sorority, they
seem to forget that there is a world exploding
about their ears.
Some students resent the intrusion of this
exploding world Upon their'manufactured para
dise. Like the ostrich, they prefer to stick their
heads in the sands and ignore life. There were
many who resented and opposed the use of
Associated Press news when , that innovation
was made in the' Daily Collegian last semester.
"That (world news) is not the function of a
college newspaper," they told us.
There are some students who try not to be
concerned with; loyalty . oaths, McCarthyism,
limitations' of, academic freedom,' rising prices,
the possibility of a third world war, etc. We
hasten to make it known that we of the Daily
Collegian cannot share their views.
Collegian is a student newspaper and shall
freely, and with no fear of betraying the best
interests of the students, print and comment
upon events in this "outside world." We shall
comment upon world events not because we
are enamored of the brilliance of our opinions
or deluded with the belief that we shall mold
opinion on either world or national affairs.
We shall comment on world affairs because,
first, being a student newspaper, we think we
reflect student opinion, and, secondly, because,
if nothing else, we hope to stimulate student
thinking on national and world affairs.
Collegian editorials and columns on world
affairs—as well as campus events—shall reflect
viewpoints, not dogma. More than likely, there
will be many on campus who will find plenty
of opportunity to disagree with us. We are, to
be frank, hoping that will be the case, for with
disagreement there comes discussion, and dis
cussion breeds interest.
It in a small way, we can encourage inter
ests among students in world affairs, we will
have accomplished our purpose.
Information Course
The main purposes of. the customs program
are to imbue freshmen with some of the Penn
State spirit and to acquaint them with Penn
State. To effect this the program requires the
frosh to know the name and location of campus
buildings, learn. songs, and cheers, etc.
The short course in Penn State is the Student
Handbook. For the first time the handbook
contains just about everything the new Penn
Staters should know. In this first issue, of the
all-inclusive new Student Handbook are avail
able frosh regulations, cheers, songs, extra
curricular activities, athletic information, reli
gion -on-campus, information about the College,
and, a student government directory.
Frosh are required to learn certain parts of
the Student Handbook." There is, however,
additional valuable material contained in the
handbook.
Although sophomores and other transfer
students are not compelled to learn campus
buildings,' cheers, and songs, they can become
acquainted with Penn State the "easy way"
through the Student Handbook.
Copies of the Student Handbook are available
for new students at the Penn State _Christian
Association in 304' Old' Main.
STAR - LI T E
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Newcomers
Fresh Gripe
With 4000 new students swarming over the walks of campus,
it's only natural that many more than 4000 new problems should
arise to bewitch, bother, and bewilder these newcomers. The most
frequently voiced gripe coming from the male frosh concerns the
lack d women on campus. The most frequently voiced gripe coming
from the female frosh -concerns
the lack of men. Someone 'evi
dently doesn't know his or her
way around.
Danny Dinardo, from Coimopo
lis, chose Penn State because his
brother graduated from the col
lege and did a good job of giving
his younger brother a salestalk.
Danny, who is • taking pre-law
likes to putter with a camera• in
his spare time and hopes to get
on the photography staff of one
of the publications. At present,
he is living in Nittany Dorms
and says, "It isn't too bad."
Feels Peculiar In Thompson •
Phyllis Kirshenbaum from Far
rell is living in Thompson Hall
and feels peculiar about living in
a "men's dormitory." So far, she
likes Penn State very much and
is looking forward to her coming
school year. The thing that is
causing Phyllis all her trouble is
the continued misplacing of all
the forms and papers' that were
handed out to her.
Jack Hughes, a first semester
JACK HARPER
ON THIS
CAMPUS
The traditional shopping place -of
well dressed Penn State, men is
.
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VrEDNEStiAY,''-:§EPTEMBER 42, 1951
Harvest
Crop
By ARNIE BLOOM
advertising major- from New Cas
tle, says he has been walking
around in a daze since he arrived
on campus. He thought-lhat 'the
activities could have been more
carefully planned so the new stu-
dents, wouldn't be -so confused.
Jack lives. in 'Jordan Hall and is
"thrilled" with the modern dor
mitory.-
Long Way From Ohio
Carolyn Scopp travelled a long
way to attend Penn State. She
came from Lorain, Ohio, because
she had heard what a wonderful
place this was: She finds it very
hard to find her way around be
cause there are so many different
buildings that its "confoozin' and
not amoozin' ".
Ruth Allen, from New Castle,
is one of the girls who is staying
in , Thompson Hall, re-converted
from a' men's dormitory over the
summer. She thinks' the dorms
are beautiful, but she has a dif
ficult time finding her way
around the maze of winding hall
ways.
Jack 'Harper
By Bibler