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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 fi, 1934. 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 ths newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
Marr Krasnansky Edward Shan ken
Editor Business Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor, Millie Martin; Copy Editors,
Jim Gromiller, Mary Stark; Assistants, Fred
Singer, Dick McDowell, Jean Berg, Lu Martin.
Goal Post Damage
Adds Cost, Danger
For the past three home football games Penn
State students have contrived to tear down their
own goal posts.
The epidemic of destroyed goal posts began
with the last home game of the
season;' At that time a, fighting Penn State
team came out of the jungle in the second
half to overtake Rutgers and ring up a tingling
victory. An exuberant student body stormed
the goal posts, and despite the efforts of the
campus patrol and some students, tore down
the goal posts after an extended battle.
The next time the posts went t down was at
the start of this season when State opened with
a victory over Boston University. Last Satur
day—following the loss to Michigan State —the
goal posts went down again.
The practice of tearing down the posts if
allowed to continue may well become —and not
too far in the future, either—a tradition. Not
that we are against the establishment of Col
lege traditions. But the tearing down of the
posts after every game can become a costly and
dangerous tradition.
The posts cost money, $75 per pair, to be
exact. And the cost of replacing the posts is
met by dipping into the student breakage fund.
For the uninformed, the student breakage fund
is accumulated, by a semesterly student fee. So
in essence the students are' not tearing down the
College’s goal posts, but their own.
Further, the milling crowds around the goal
posts are always a threat to the safety of the
individuals posts themselves have
sharp ends, and the jagged breaking points pro
vide an added danger.
There is no logic to the tearing down of the
ppsts. The destruction of the posts is a tradition
\frhich stems from the practice of getting for
souvenirs the home team’s goal posts after a.
victory. How or why the tradition has been
transferred to tearing down your own goal posts
is a question which we don’t think ‘we can
answer.
The destruction of the posts has become
a costly and potentially dangerous practice.
If Penn Slate students are mature, they will
call a halt to the practice.
Blood Drive Brings
Conflict Closer
Anyone who read last week’s issue of Life
knows how desperately the United Nations
forces in Korea need whole blood and blood
plasma. The photos of the young men of our
generation lying wounded on the bleak Korean
ridges brought home to us the nearness of the
conflict.
Not so lohg ago, iwo outstanding young
men at Penn State, Bob Keller and Red Roth
were graduating seniors looking forward to-a
bright future. Now both have been wounded
in Korea. Perhaps some of the blood which
students contributed to the' Red Cross blood
drive last spring saved their lives.
The bloodmobile unit will be back on campus
Nov. 14 and 15 at the TUB for more donations.
This year’s drive, sponsored by All-College
Cabinet, has been planned to take in double the
amount of blood received last semester. Penn
State students are being asked to give 400 pints
of valuable blood, the majority of which will be
in Korea within 48 to 72 hours after it has been
donated.
The mere fact that the blood will be speeded
to the front so soon after it is given should be
proof that this life-giving substance is urgently
needed.
What can we do? At present pledges for the
drive are being distributed at the Student Union
desk in Old Main and in the main lobby of the
West Dorms, the TUB, and 112 Old Main.
Members of various student groups are also
distributing the pledges which we can sign and
use at the TUB Nov. 14 and 15.
Blood is precious stuff for everyone, but we
at Penn Siaie have sufficient supply. How
ever, several hundred thousand men of- our
generation need it greatly just north of the
38th parallel.
- For anyone who takes these blood drives as
just another solicitation, we suggest the person
look at the first several pages of last week’s
Life. The person will - probably realize that
giving a pint of blood in .the' TUB is nothing
compared to giving several''pints'-in a lonely
foxhole.
—Moylan Mills
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
La Vie Staff
Needs* Cooperation
Each year members of the La Vie editorial
boardj set deadlines for pictures and articles
pertaining to campus organizations and each
year the staff members have to chase around
in vqin attempts to fulfill their obligations.
Pictures of fraternities, sororities, student
government groups, and others must be taken
and a complete list of the organizations' mem- ■
bers must be obtained. The staff cannot pos
sibly do all this by itself.
If students—hot only,seniors—want the Col
lege jto have a yearbook’ Svith more than just a
“fair” rating, they must .cooperate with the
La Vie board.
Last year the staff members were forced to
go to each group after the picture was taken
in order, to obtain a list of the group’s members.
If this practice- is continued, quality will suffer"
because of the rush and pressure on the staff: •
Pictures have to be appraised as to quality,
size, and position of those taken. If the campus
group is tardy in returning their picture-com
plete with names, a poor result is in the making.
Even with the uncooperatve spirit of last year
and the year before, the 1950 yearbook was
given a first class rating by the National Schol
astic Press Association at the University of
Minnesota. The book fell only a few points '
short of All-American rating, the highest honor
the group awards. The 1951 La Vie will be
rated later this year.
The 1952 yearbook could easily become
another Penn State "All American"—with
cooperation.
Safety Valve—
For Many the Concept
Of Homecoming Is Alien
LETTER TO EDITOR: Now as the cars and
cargo reluctantly wend their way back through
Nittany hills I reflect both, upon Emerson’s
remark, “. . . he who would bring back the
riches of the Indies must take out. the riches
of the Indies . . .” and the many “might have
beens” of Homecoming.
There is something of thanksgiving in Home
coming. It is a time when the shocks of wheat
have given their yield and the ruddy glow of
a job well done makes a man humble before
his God. For thanksgiving is man’s .. . fertility,
God’s. So at Homecoming, a man must bring in
the harvest of his maturity—his growth, his
experience, his right to belong. There is really
no Homecoming; for Homecoming implies
having been away. And in such measure as we
feel and live away from the values which make
home home, in that measure is lost the true
meaning of home.
When you live in the country you know how
often untended crops can go awry. And so it
must be with the hearty, “hello’ and “slap on
the back” which goes untended. For indeed, the
richness of Homecoming is more than just the
firm handshake—it is the richness that comes
from belonging. It is .that richness which per
mits a man-to grow and to share; it is, that
richness which accepts difference yet breeds
loyalty and respect; and I suspect, it is also a
richness which includes the affection of a firm
handshake and what it should mean.
For many, I imagine, this concept of Home
coming is alien. For many homes are full with
untended crops and are—in short—empty! But.
if we but turn on that one day in the year which
we label —Homecoming—to come home, we
have reaped a sham harvest in which the shock
of wheat dies untouched on its, stalk and the
fertility of home lies barren of seed.
Gazette...
COLLEGE PLACEMENT.
Continental Oil company will interview January grad
uates ip Phys., Math., C.E., E.E., M.E., and Ch.E. Tuesday/
Oct. 30. Applicants should have at. least a 1.5 average.
Link Aviation corporation will interview January grad
uates in E.E. Monday, Nov. 5.
Shell Development' company will interview graduates, at
the M.S. and- Ph.D. level, in Cbem. and Chem. E. Monday,
Nov. 5.
Sperry Gyroscope company will interview January grad
uates in E.E., and M.E. Friday, Nov. 2.
American'Locomotive'Co. will interview January grad
uates in E.E., M.E., 1.E., and Ch.E. Tuesday, November 6.
General Electric Co. will interview January graduates
in C & F and A & L Wednesday, October 31.
Proctor and Gamble Co, will interview January grad
uates in C & F and L.A. Tuesday,' November 6.
Radio Corporation of America will interview January
graduates in E.E., M.E., 1.E., Ch.E., Phys., C & F, A & L,
and L.M.R. Monday, November 5. •
Armstrong Cork Co. will interview January graduates
in C &, F, A & L, Journ. and I.E. Tuesday, November 6.
‘They will also interview graduates in Chem. Eng. at the
B.S. and M.S. level, and Chem. and’Phys. at all levels.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Man to' set pins for bowling league.
Magician for one-half hour show.
Student wife for permanent Friday and Saturday demon
stration work in store.
Women with mornings free of classes for baby sitting.
Electricians.'
Student .for preparing noon-meal; cooking may
during the noon hour.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Bernard Ambrose," -Dorothy Balfour, Jphn
Bouch, John Boyce,: Jam e s Dean, Harrison
Hartman, Robert Kartavich, Gwendolyn Kelly.
Jack Kirsch, Claire Lewis, Charles Libertino,
Joan Lustig, William Markley, Eugene Morley,
Nancy Nelsen, Arnold Papairazo, Peter Smith,
James Stanley,. Thomas Ward, Louis Webster.
—Bob Fraser
—Horace Mann
Little Man On Campus
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"Awfully thoughtful of you to bring along a pledge, Worthal."
The Old
Millstreum
If Pennsylvania’s conservative censors continue to follow the'
trend set recently by New York censors, Penn State students wiil
miss two of the year’s finest foreign films and see a cut version-'of “A
Streetcar Named Desire,” a sure Academy Award contender; ;
Last spring, New York and quite, a few other states; banned
Roberto Rosselini’s “The Miracle” a few weeks after the picture’s
New York opening had caused a
flurry of shocked comment from
laymen and clergy. Many persons
rushed to the defense of the film,
but the ban upheld by a
court decision.
. "The Miracle" was pulled out
in the middle of its New York
engagement and has been seen
only in California since that
time.
The latest examples of motion
picture censorship have occurred
within the last month. A finished
print of “Streetcar” was passed
by the Breen Office, Hollywood’s
<• official censors, . but Warner
Brothers cut-the picture after the
Catholic Legion of Decency
threatened to give the picture a
“C” or “.Condemned” rating.
The other recent example of
film censorship came to light two
weeks ago when New York ban
ned “La Ronde,” a new French
picture widely heralded in Europe.
“La Ronde” has been called mor
ally corruptible in New York, arid
Pennsylvania will presumably go
along with that decision. . •
"La Ronde" is playing io ca
pacity crowds in Washington,.
D.C., where it ’ has been com
pared to' "Kind Hearts and Cor
onets." - •
“Band Hearts and Coronets”-
has played all over the United
States and apparently was. not
considered censorable.- • Certainly,
the current “A Place in the Sun”
and “The Prowler”. are as adult
and provocative ,'as., “Streetcar”
and yet they;.have not been cut-or :
banned. This leaves us-to wonder
just how I consistent, film - censor
•ship.'is. ‘
“The Miracle” and - “Streetcar’’
have been banned mainly' because
of the. clamorings of-.the- Roman
Calthohc- Church;
The.; Hollywood 'censors:'passed
the complete “Streetcar” But' the
Gazette...
GAZETTE —.. wc
Thursday, October 25
ALPHA'RHO OMEGA, 304 Old
Main, 7:30 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. OR
GANIZATION, 304 Old' Mam,
6:45 p.m.
CIRCLE AND SQUARE, Ar
mory, 7 p„.m. -
COLLEGIAN - editorial candi
lates, 9 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m.
FORESTRY SOCIETY, 10 5
Vhite Hall, 7 p.m.
HELLENIC SOCIETY, TUB.
p.m.
THURSDAY,' OCTOBER 25,1951
By MOYLAN MILLS
company voluntarily cut it for
fear - the legion “C” rating would
have drawn away the Catholic
trade.
Elia Kazan, director of the film,-
had some interesting things to say '
about this subsequent cutting of
his picture after he'thought it had
been approved. Kazan, in a New
York Times article, said the cuts '■
would not necessarily change the
overall impact of- the film, • but
would change many of the subtle
mood-, changes and motivation
buildups. According to Kazan, the
picture comes, out cruder and
rougher than originally planned,
and the characterizations “are not
as clear.
. Many of the “Streetcar” cuts,
as explained by Kazan, seem arbi-.
trary. One example is the cutting
of “on the mouth” following the
words “I would like to kiss you
softly and, sweetly. . . ”
Questions raised by this recent
censorship of films are many and
should.be considered by the gen
eral public as well as film-makers.
Who has the -right to censor
films? Hollywood,, the states, or
pressure groups such -as the Le
gion of Decency? Should Holly
wood cater 'to these certain
groups in order to get the patron
age of the potential customers
these groups represent, or should
the?' movie public as a whole be
considered? Why can’t American
audiences take the adult kind of
film fare which Europeans see
everyday?. Can there ever 1 be any
consistency - to -motion picture
Censorship?
Answers for these questions
can and should be found, elst
. the film-goer will be losing the
jright of seeing.certain fine films
'.being -held- back for reasons
vague and? arbitrary.
NAVAL . RESERVE RADIO
UNIT; Oct. 29, '2OO Engineering E,
7p.m, -, - '■
-‘NEWMAN CLUB, scholastic
philosophy lecture .- discussion,
John Hammes in charge, 317 Wil
lard ~Hall,; 7:15 p.m. u
SCABBARD AND BLADE,
business meeting, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, 8 p.m. ■
SIGMA TAU, 107 Main Engi
neering, 7:15 p.m.
WRA HOCKEY, Holmes field,
4 p.m.
WRA SWIMMING, White Hall
•pool, 7 p.m. . . -