5Ilf? Satly CoUegtan
Snccawot t» THE FREE LANCE, cst. 18W
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*
ew, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
Mart Krasnansky Edvard Shanken
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bud Fenton; Makeup
Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Kolasinski; Society Ed.,
Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemary Delahanty; Asst.
City Ed., Lee Stern; Asst. Sports Eds., Dave Colton, Bob
Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Bob
Schooley; Exchange Ed., Paul Beighley; Senior Board, Paul
Poorman./
Asst. Bus. Mgr., Jerry Ctibanoff; Advertising Mgr.', Bob
Leyburn; National Adv. » Mgr., Howard Boleky; Circulation
Co-Mgrs„ Jack Horsford, Joe Sutovsky, Personnel Mgr.,
Carolyn Alley; Bromotion Co-Mgrs., Bob Koons, Melvin
Classified Adv. Mgr., Laryn Sax; Office Mgr., Tenia
Kleber; Secretary, Nan Bierman; Senior Board, Don Jackel,
Dorothy Naveen, Joan Morosini.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial staff: Jake Highton, night' editor;
Amie'Bloom, Jim Gromiller, copy editors; Laura
Badwey, Tammie Bloom, Paul Crofford, and
Sheldon Smoyer, assistants.
Ad staff: Ruth Peirce, manager; Don Jackel
and Nancy Supplee, assistants.
Sane Athletics Can
Counteract Scandals
In the wake of scandals in law enforcement,
the federal government, and the banking busi
ness, recent disclosures of irregularities in col
legiate athletics may appear insignificant.
The' New York basketball scandals, followed
hard by the disclosure of the mass cheating
at West Point created a furor among the non
college segment of the populace. The inci
dents were pointed at as an -indication of the
low state of morals and ethics in the nation's
colleges and universities.
Most college students are fully aware of the
damaging influence reaped by over-emphasized
athletics. On a good many campuses the athlete
has become the privileged character, who need
not attend classes, is automatically “passed” in
those courses he does take, and is the recipient
of sometimes fabulous salaries.
■The effect of this over-emphasis was aptly
pictured by President Eisenhower when he
likened over-emphasized college athletics to a
cancer in that it spreads and corrupts the rest
of the institution. ,
What a good many people have failed to see
in the breakdown of morals on the college cam
pus is that the breakdown is only a symptom
of the greater deterioration in almost every
phase of American life.
The collapse of morals has not originated, on
the campus, nor is it peculiar to the campus.
We are not satisfied, however, with making
an excuse for loose morals. The nation loofe
to the colleges for leadership, and the colleges
will be failing ( in their, duty if they do not pro
duce that leadership.
The colleges will fail to provide that leader
ship if they (fail to make a move against the
trend toward loose ethics. They can take one
step—in athletics—by adopting Penn State's
proposals to eliminate the platoon system and
dropping spring practice.
A sane athletic program can be the first step
toward a higher mor,al tone on the college cam
pus. Both the Eastern College Athletics Confer
ence and the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation can make the first move. It’s up to
them.
Pay for .Nothing
In the midst of news that' Penn State has
borrowed $4,000,000 in order to keep operating,
that 78 teachers in three districts are on strike,
and that state institutions are suffering because
of the failure of the state legislature to pass a
tax bill, we learn that some 85 extra employes
of the state will be receiving pay for no work
during the recess of the'General Assembly.
The cost to the taxpayers for these political
sinecures will be $50,000. That’s $50,000 for
salaries for people who will be doing absolutely
no work between now and the end of the re
cess Dec. 10. In addition, the people of Penn
sylvania will be paying some $30,000 for the
salaries of permanent staff members—who will
also be. doing nothing during the recess.
Perhaps the legislators will be able to explain
that to tiie people back home if and when they
pass an income tax bill. The easiest explana
tion is, “Take care of your own first”
TV Tangle v
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (JP) The nine wise
men of the Domestic Relations Court daily face
a problem that never bothered Solomon: who
gets -the television set in a marital break-up?
All nine judges agree that when a divorced
.couple confers on division of property,-all goes
well until it comes to the TV, and that almost
invariably is cause for a wrangle. Frequently,
according to the judges, it is the only piece of
furniture specifically mentioned.
Well, why noli
* *
B.F-.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Mac Arthur’s Folly
Advocates of Gen. Douglas IvlacArthur’s all
out war theory must have received an awaken
ing shock with yesterday’s news of the second
a-bomb explosion. <
That the use of atomic bombs in Korea would
certainly have involved us in an all-out war
with the Russians is a fact that has been made
obvious to all. No less an admirer of Gen. Mac-
Arthur than central Pennsylvania’s own Jimmy
Van Zandt, Republican member of/„the Hodse
atomic energy committee, has resigned himself
to the realization that the General’s policies
would lead to disaster. :
“It explains why we have mot used atomic
weapons in Korea,” Van Zandt said in com
menting on the second Russian a-bomb blast.
“If we had we would be involved in all-out
atomic war.” .
As events unfold, the General's plans for all
out ,war in Korea—including the use of atomic
bombs become increasingly foolhardy and
reckless. And the General, despite his grand
stand efforts to sway the American people,
becomes with each significant event more and
more., the picture of a military man who might
have led this nation along the road to disaster
had he been in a position of final authority. .
Just for Fun -
PITTSBURGH (JP) Because her-.husband
came home with lipstick on his shirt, a Pitts
burgh housewife decided to teach him a lesson
—she spiked his gravy with roach
The husband,'Joseph Kearns, 23, of suburban
North Side, ended up in the hospital with poi
soning.
Mrs. Margaret Kearns told a police magis
trate: -.!•/
“I didn’t want to hurt him —just make- him
He fined her $lO for disorderly conduct.
★ ★ ★
"Honest, I was just fooling! What's a little
roach poison between a wandering hubby and
wife."
Safety Valve —
To Those Who Don't Agree \
/ With Arguments Against Oath
TO THE EDITOR: It seems that a few people
don’t understand or agree'with the arguments
against the loyalty oath bill which have been
so clearly stated in several Collegian editorials
and especially in the All-Cabinet resolution.
Perhaps they feel that the fears behind such
arguments are unfounded ih fact. This letter is
no place to give a detailed account of the sup
pression of freedom and' the persecution of
innocent individuals resulting from' the abusive
use of loyalty oath requirements and “loyalty”
investigations. However, I would like to refer
those interested in the facts to a book published
this year called “The Loyalty of Free Men”by
Alan Barth. If the doubters read Mr. Barth’s
book perhaps they would no longer doubt but
’would father have a more clear understanding
of how communism, loyalty oath bills and other
threats to our democratic way of life should be
met. , ■
Gazette. •.
Friday, October 5-
NAVAL RESERVE RADIO UNIT, Oct. 8, 200
Engineering E, 7 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB, lawn party, Phi Kappa,
8 p.m.
PENN STATE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, 304 Old
Main, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 6
ALPHA PHI OMEGA, Oct. 8, 304 Old Main,
7 p.m.
INTERCOLLEGIATE GOVERNMENT CON
FERENCE, Oct. 8, 214 Willard Hall, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Sandra Axe,- Alvin Baker, Roland Emetaz,
James McGinnis, Lawrence Levine, Marjorie
Phillips, James Pollard, Clara Jane Wolf.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: That’s My Boy
STATE: His Kind of Woman
NITTANY: The Frogmen
STARLITE DRIVE-IN: The Foreign Legion
—plus—Rock Island Trail'
COLLEGE PLAqEMENT“
Babcock and Wilcox will interview January graduates
in M.E., Metal., and Phys,, Thursday, October 18.
Belbing Herainway Corticelli will visit the campus to
interview January graduates in M.E., E.E., and Ch. E., if
enough students are interested. If interested, leave your
name at 112 Old Main by October 12.
Bendix Radio will interview January graduates in E.E.
and Phys. on Thursday, October 18. .
Carter Research laboratory, Tulsa, Oklahome, will inter
view M.S. and Ph. D. candidates in E.E., Pet. Eng., Mech.
Eng., and Ph. D. candidates only in Phy., Chem. Eng., Phy.,
Chem., Chem., and Geo., who will receive no
later than June, 1952. *
Chance Vaught Aircraft will interview January gradu
ates,-' at all levels, in M.E., C.E., E.E., Aero.E., Math., and
Phys., Monday,' October 15.
Lockheed Aircraft corporation will interview January
graduates in C.E., Aero.E., M.E., 1.E., and Arch.E., Friday,
October 12. A
West Penn Power company will interview January gradu
ates in M.E. and E.E. Tuesday, October 16.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
- Chauffeur wanted five days aweek ; 11 :3Q-1:30.
Men for free hand lettering.
Man to set pins for bowling league.
Woman to do full time housework*
B,F.
—Joseph K. Geiger
Little Man On Campus
"I'm sure I have some cigarettes here someplace."
* w^ivm
By RON BOHN
This year, for a.number of reasons, we decided to live down
town instead of in the dormitories. At present we consider this one
of the best decisions of our collegiate career, since if we hadn’t made
the'change, we would never have met Honey, our landlady.
Honey is 76 years old—that she admits to. She’s the portrait
of your dear old gentle grand
mother, white-haired, -wiry, small,
and frail-looking. This portrait
lasts until she opens her mouth.
She is the first to admit that she
“likes'the boys.” Upon occasion, a
number of ttye boys at the house
get together to devil Honey, im
plying that at her advanced age
her sexual prowess-is something
less than might be desired. Honey
replies by pointing out • that in
“her day”:—an indeterminate time
presumably' well before the turn
of the century—she could make
any Penn State female sfeem pale
by comparison. I
Undoubtedly she is correct.
She is fond of showing off a
small yellow book mailed her by
a grateful lodger. The volume is
titled, “What Can Be Done About
Sex after 50? -The book is com
posed entirely of blank pages.
But if you press her,.she’ll admit
that things Aren’t quite as bad as
all that.
Honey is one of the most feared
and respected personalities in the
neighborhood. Both emotions are
well-merited. For example, she’s
J been pursuing the borough for
, years, trying to'get them to trim'
a large’ tree in front of her home.
Recently a crew-appeared in the
block and began to trim trees fur
ther up. A bit later a gentleman
began climbing Honey’s oak.
Honey went out to supervise. She
greeted the climber, “So ye’re fin
ally. gettin’ around to trimmin’ my
tree, are ye.”
“No’m.”
“Ye ain’t gonna trim her?”
' “No’m.”
“What are ye gonna do to her?”
“Gonna cut.’er down.”
“GET OUTTA THAT DAMN
TREE!”
The climber refused politely; he
had his orders and they were to
cut- down the tree.
“Mister,” \ Honey warned, “I’m
goin’ in that house. In ten seconds
I’m cornin’ out with a shotgun,
cocked. If ye’re still up in my
tree, I won’t' be responsible.’’ ■
• Honey then entered the house.
In ten seconds she returned with
a shotgun, cocke.d There were no
treecutters in sight. In all fair
ness, let it be here recorded that
Honey would have blasted off
both barrels without a second
thought if the man had still been
up in her tree. She still will if he
shows up again,' but so far, her
tree has remaiiied inviolate. '
Honey’s independent .spirit
shows up in other ways. At the
three-quarter, century mark, she’s
, just a wee bit .infirm on her legs.
Going up a flight of porch steps
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, '1951
A Bonn
Mot
with a couple of lodgers some
time agp, she lost her balance and
cursing fearsomely, went rolling
down the green lawn. The lodgers
rushed to her ..rescue. 7 'As they
leaned over her to/ pick her up,
Honey realized their intentions.
“Get you crummy hands offa me!”
she shrilled. “I can still get up by
myself.” •
And then there was the time
she went to a charity box-lunch
sale with the preacher’s wife. She
had no more intention of buying
a box-lunch than she had of burst
ing into a' Charleston. But the
gushing of the lady grated on
Honey’s nerves. The preacher’s
wife exuded enthusiasm for every
small offering that went on the
block. At last, beside herself, she
emoted, “Oh, look at that lovely
box. I must have that onq.” .
“The hell you’ll have, that one,”
Honey t°ld her, and proceeded
to bid the price right out of sight.
There are many more stories
available about Honey. But give
us time. We’ve only lived there
three weeks. '
Government Club
To Meet Monday
The Intercollegiate Conference
on Government will, hold a meet
ing for new members 7 p.m. Mon
day in 214; Willard.
The club was organized to pro
vide students with an. opportun
ity to learn how the government
operates by using model conven
tions, conferences and congresses.
Next week , club members will
attend the sixteenth annual Insti
tute of Local Government to be
held at the College.
The club has previously spon
sored a model United Nations; In’
April it plans to hold' a model
state convention at which, a presi
dent and vice-president will be
nominated in the same manner as
national nominations.
Home Ec Convention
_ Seven faculty members and, 12
students of the School of Home
Economics are in Altoona today
attending the annual convention
of the Pennsylvania State Educa
tion Association. ‘
Faculty members include Dr.
Jessie M; • Rossman, Margaret- E.
Riegel, Mildred I.;.Turney, Sara
McQueer, Dorothy Kennally, Eli
zabeth C. Hillier, and Dorothy L.
Davis.
By Bibler