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iatljj Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. IMT
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, 1934, at the State
Pa., Poet Office under the act of Mareh 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ*
ers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned
editorials arc by the editor.
Marv Krasnanjky -jgss, Edward Shanlcen
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Eon Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bod 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.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial Staff: Bob Fraser, night editor;
Andy McNeille, Shirley Vandever, copy editors;
Dot Bennett, Richard Rau, Marilyn Yingst, Allan
Friedman, assistants.
Ad Staff: Joan Morosine, Dick Smith.
State of the College
Will Please Alumni
Spurred by what promises to be one of the
better football games in the history of the
College, thousands of alumni are returning to
Penn State this weekend.
' Those old grads who .have not been back
on campus recently will be—to say the least—
mildly overcome by the advances Penn Stale
has made in recent years. Physically the Col
lege has grown beyond the wildest dreams of
the men who founded this institution as the
Farmer's High School of Pennsylvania.
One need not, however, go back to the
foundling days of Penn State in order to trace
the phenomenal growth which has marked this
institution. Penn State has grown to an en
rollment of almost 10,000 undergraduates and
more than 1000 graduate students. Although
still behind the actual increase in students, the
campus has grown along with the enrollment.
What was not too long ago wide open green
space is now covered with new buildings, added
facilities. Penn State’s newest dormitories—
Simmons, McElwain, the West Dorms—are prpb
ably the finest college housing units in the
country.
Academically the College has grown too. The
Penn State faculty includes many who rank
at the top of their respective fields. That the
College stands as one of this nation’s top edu
cational institutions is witnessed by the fact
that Penn State is fourth in the country among
colleges in the amount of research being done
for the federal government.
Penn State’s administration, headed by Prexy
Milton S. Eisenhower, as able, admired, and
universally well-liked a man as has ever headed
this college or any other, has the respect of
faculty and students alike. What the Prexy
has done for this College—and for the students
in particular—would 'be impossible to list in
this limited space. His influence on the atmos
phere of this institution is evident from Ag Hill
to Recreation Hall.
So, although it is the spectacle of a great
football game that has brought so many back to
Penn State this weekend, there is much more to
Penn State than will be seen on Beaver Field
this afternoon.
Alumni should return to their homes confi
dent in the feeling that the College is in good
hands, that Penn State is, in* every respect
and above everything else, a college.
The average female can expect to live four
years longer than the average male.
The First
National Bank
Of State College
Member of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Safety Valve
What Are a Few Lost Lambs
Among 150 Million People!
TO THE EDITOR: The way Mr. Krasnansky
sees it (Oct. 12 issue) is a pretty narrow view.
Sure, we feel sorry for his friend, a lost lamb
apparently strayed to the fold of communism—
it’s a pity he didn’t have more, sense, like us
sensible liberals. But among these 150 million
people, what’s a few more lost lambs, more or '
less? ,
Mr. Krasnansky sees the great American
tragedy in the fact there has been in recent
years no “sound liberal leadership” to keep
“those walking the -mental tightrope” from
falling prey to communism. This is an easy
straw man to flay, for how affix blame on the
non-existent leader for not appearing? It’s a
beautiful generalization to avoid pointed criti
cism of particular national leaders.
Fix the blame properly. The tragedy lies in
the American people’s necessity for having a
leader in order to remain stable in a crisis.
When maneuvered into a diplomatic or ideolo
gical comer without an inspiring leader, we
Americans can respond only with force—thus,
loyalty oaths and witch hunts. We have not the
inner moral resilience nor the subtle, all
pervading tradition to support, in a crisis, the
principles we profess in happier times. This is
some laflc of the nation, not of its non-existent
leaders. In a simplified form, this means we
can’t take criticism or stand dissention in times
of stress without losing our grip on ourselves.
Maybe that is why, individually and as a nation,
we all seem to be in need of a psychiatrist.
—Dean Gladfeller
Collegian Editor, 1950-51
Gazette • • •
Monday, October 22
INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE O N
GOVERNMENT, 214 Willard Hall, 7 p.m.
NAVAL RESERVE RADIO UNIT, 200 Engi
neering E, 7 p.m. ,
NEWMAN CLUB, lecture-discussion by Dr.
Dahmas on Paul Blanchard, 317 Willard Hall,
7:15 p.m.
PHILOTES OPEN HOUSE, White Hall play
■ room, 7 p.m. ■-
RADIO GUILD, script writers, 304 Sparks,
7 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Mary Allan, Marilyn Buzby, David Faust,
James Guerdon, Carl Henry, Donald Jackel,
Andrew Jaros, Lawrence Levine, Stanley Long
well, Thomas Manion, Glenn Mclntyre, Shirley
Ristau, Peter Smith, Joan Sterrett, Howard
Wright,
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Electro Metallurgical company will interview January
graduates in Ch.E., M.E., C.E., 1.E., E.E., Metal. C&F.»
and A.L., Tuesday, October 30.
General Electric company will interview Ph.D candi
dates (and interested M.S. candidates) in Chem., Chem.E.,
Metal., Fhys., and Ceramics, Wednesday, October 31.,
Texas company will interview January graduates in
P.N.G., M.E., and Geo., Tuesday, October 23.
Eastman Kodak company, will interview' Ph.D. candi
dates in Physics and Chemistry Thursday, Nov. 1.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber company will interview can
didates in E.E., M.E., Ch.E., Aero.E., and C.E., at all levels
and Physics at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels only, Thursday,
Nov. 1.
National Tube company will interview January grad
uates in M.E. Thursday, Nov. 1.
Pennsylvania Power and Light company will interview
January graduates in M.E. and E.E. Thursday, Nov; 1.
Ethyl corporation;, will interview graduates at’ all levels
in Chem. and Chem., Eng./Friday, November 2. -
Hercules Powder company will interview 1962 grad
uates, at the M.S. and Ph.D. level, in Chem. and Chem.
Eng. Thursday, November 1.
Standard Oil Company of California will interview
graduates at the M.S. and Ph.D. level in . Chem., and at
all levels in > PNG and Chem. E. Friday, November 2.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Man to set pins for bowling league.
Men for drafting and design.
STARLITE
DRIVE-IN
on BELLEFONTE ROAD
SHOW TIME:
SUN. 8:30 - DAILY 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
" THE KID
FROM TEXAS"
(Technicolor)
AUDIE MURPHY
GALE STORM
— phis —
"BLONDiE'S
HERO"
PENNY SINGLETON
ARTHUR LAKE
in On Gampus
Little Mj
GEH)
"Lei's see, 1948—yea, ihai was ihe year we lost ihe Homecoming
Game by a fumble of 'Butterfingers' Malone." ,
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES
Cherished
Freedoms
Freedoms long cherished by Americans are slowly being throt
tled. The reference here is made to the new regulations affecting
the press and the freedom to teach. President Truman’s order direct
ing all agencies of the government to suppress information of gov
ernment activities if the heads of those agencies feel the information
might be valuable to the enemy
gives too broad a power to even
the lowliest bureau head in
Washington.
Freedom to teach, on the other
hand, is being threatened on
lower levels of government by
enactment of the so-called loy
alty oath bills. The practice is
carried on down to municipali
ties and counties.
That Russia should have a
deadly form of the loyalty oath
as regards colleges is not a cause
for amazement. However, a sum
mary of the restrictions imposed
by the Russian version does show
the extent to which such a law
can be carried
Dr. Bogislav von Lindheim,
. .who taught. atJLeipzig Univer
sity in the Russian-controlled
sector of Germany,'had these
SATURDAY, OCTOBER; 20, .1951-
By LEN KOLASINSKI
points io make in a recent ar
ticle in the Christian Science
Monitor:
1. Professors must have their
lectures approved by the com
munists and must read the lec
tures verbatim in class. To in
sure complete, adherence to the
text, student spies will report
any deviations.
2. Candidates for a college edu
cation must show some record of
communist activity before they
will be accepted.
3. Professors are appointed for
political reasons and not for aca
demic Qualifications.
If we denounce these practices
at Leipzig, can we show any valid
reason for conducting similar if
weaker gags from Harrisburg or
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