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My Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FRES LANCE, eel. !SU
Published Puesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Colligiaa
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 6. 1934, at the State
College. Pa.. Post Office under the set of Starch 3. 1879.
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ere, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsignee
editorials are by the editor.
Mary Krasnansky Edward Shanken
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Ron Bonn: City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore: Edit. Dir., Bob Fraser: Makeup
Ed., Moylan Mills: Wire Ed., Len Holasinski: Society Ed.,
Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemaiy Delahanty: Asst.
City Ed., Lee Stern; Asst. Sports Eds.,- Dave Colton, Bob
Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Millie
Martin: Exchange Ed... Paul Heighley: Senior Bd.. Bud
Fenton.
Asst. Bus. lligr. , Jerry Clibanoff; Advertising Mgr..
BobLeyburn: National Adv. Mgr., Howard Boleky; Circu
lation Co-Mgrs.. Jed; Hereford. Joe Sutovsky; Personnel
Mgr., Carolyn Alley: Promotion Co-Mgrs.. Bob Koons. Mel
vin class: Classified Adv. Mgr., Laryn Sax; Office Mgr..
Tema Kleber: Secretary. Joan Morosini: Senior Board, Don
Jackel, Dorothy Naveen.
STAFF THIS ISSUE •
Night Editor, Jake. Hight.on; Copy Editors,
Lynn Kahanowitz, Andy McNeillie; Assistants,
William Pete, Lou Mueller, Tammie Bloom,
Phil Austin, John Phillips.
Get Into Politics
Ahead of. the 'Pols'
The political season is on
It began in All-College Cabinet one week
ago and is just now beginning to pick up steam.
The State Party will get the ball rolling toward
the April 22-23 All-College elections tomorrow
night with the election of clique officers..
Now is the time to get into politics if you
are interested in getting in at all. Penn State
campus politics—like politics on the state and
national level—are run from the inside. It is
the pols—the "professional" politicians—who
run the show.
But unlike the state or national scene, Penn
State does offer the opportunity for the pro
fessionally untrained to become a pol quickly.
About all it takes is interest and a little intelli
gence.
Campus politics need a little of both—interest
and -intelligence. Too often politicos have been
motivated more by selfish interest than by in
terest in making Penn State a better place to
go to college by making student government
more effective. Too often the politicians have
not been especially intelligent.
Too often the politicians with selfish interests
and low caliber thinking power have been able
to be pols—and gain control of the party ma
chinery —simply because there was nobody
around to oppose them.
Why are we interested in better politics?
Simply because good student government
stems from good politics. If campus politics
are to serve their purpose,.they.must develop
the leaders who will become the student
government leaders, whether they win or lose
an election.
If, however, the selfishly motivated get con—
trol of the political machinery, the chances are '
the selection of the best candidates will• be
come a secondary consideration. The choice of
candidates will often be based on personal
friendships, deals, and chicannery.
Now is the time for those interested in politics
to make their move, for if the pols get control
of the party machinery they will control the
party from now till elections. Elections are
still two months off; but the biggest decisions
will be made in the next ,few weeks when
control of the parties is decided.
Benton Doesn't Hide
In McCarthy Attack
Democratic Senator William Benton is not a
McCarthy fan. Like McCarthy, he is entitled to
Senatorial immunity, that valuable, if abused,
institution which prevents libel prosecution for
anything uttered on the Senate floor. Unlike
the Wisconsin senator, however, Benton comes
out from behind his immunity when he has
something to say about an enemy.
When Benton said point blank Saturday
that McCarthy "has deliberately and repeat
edly borne false witness, and practiced cal
culated deceit and falsehood against the
United States Senate and the United States
people," he did so, not on the floor' of the
Senate, but in an address to the alumni of
the City College of New York.
Benton went into more detail still, in his non
immune address. He said McCarthy is attempt
ing to "overthrow by ieitimidation" the freedoms
of speech and of the press. And he added, let
us hope prophetically, "He will not find the
press as soft a touch as the State department."
Benton charged—still without any immunity
—that McCarthy "has now added blackmail"
to the deceit and falsehood mentioned above.
Those are harsh words, libelous if proven
false. Calculated deceit and falsehood. False
witness. Blackmail. They are far harsher words
than McCarthy has ever used off the Senate
floor, though a great deal milder than the
Wisconsiner's utterances from under the cloak
of Senatorial immunity_ .
Benton seems to be taking the attitude, "Go
ahead. Sue me." So go ahead, Senator Mc-
Carthy. Sue him.
than any loyalty which customs may foster.
I am not condemning the idea of customs
entirely. It probably has its place in college life
as well as other activities. It would seem, how
ever, that a program designed to, absorb the
newcomers into our organization as quickly as
possible might• be more effective. Individuals
usually respond to a new social environment
more quickly if they are given• an opportunity
to meet friends with common interests, and
encouraged to work into groups where their
talents . will be useful and appreciated. Some
students are socially active, and adjust rapidly
to college life, but many others are shy about
putting their best foot forward, and need a lot
of encouragement. •
The present system of campus activity ac
complishes a considerable amount of good, but
any system can be greatly improved.
Perhaps an All-College organization could be
created which would see to it that each new
student was approached in a personal way the
first few days on campus, and an attempt made
to
..welcome him and to find out his interests. .
Inalidual clubs and activity groups might set
up , committees which Would see that new stu
dents were approached and invited to become
active in their organizations. A big brother
sister system could be organized whereby up
perclassmen would help freshmen through the
rigors of registration, and other confusions which
result in making the initial adjustment to cam
pus life.
More mixers and parties might be held at
the begining to insure that more persons were
thrown together in an Informal atmosphere
where all types .of social, recreation were af
forded. The present mixers which depend on
dancing are usually so crowded that not much
is accomplished.
In order that an individual shall be loyal
to an institution, he must derive some lasting
benefits from that institution. I am sure that
if greater effort is put forth to welcome new
students in a positive way, not only will stu
dents be mere loyal to the College, ' but they
will also work 'harder: in fostering the activities
of their choosing, thereby strengthening, not
only their own social personalities, but Penn
State-as-well . -
—Ron Bonn
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE. COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Will Religion Week
Meet Your Needs?
Religion-in-Life Week, the local observance
of National Brotherhood Week, begins tonight.
During the next week a series of discussions,
addresses, worship services, radio programs, and
a dramatic presentation will provide an oppor
tunity for students to explore the relevance of
religion to life in general and their own lives
in particular.
The theme of this year's RILW is "This
Meets Your Need." What need can such a
program .meet?
In the first place, RILW offers each student
an opportunity to find • out exactly what he
does believe or if he believes anything. It gives
him an opportunity to • question eminent men
in the field of religion and to obtain detailed
answers to" his questions. Students are encour
aged to participate in firesides, in panel' dis
cussions,• or in classrom ,discussions, to air their
queries and doubts befifire the "experts," who
will try to supply the answers.
In the second place, the RILW program has
been especially designed this year so that in
quiring students .may broaden their under
standing of other faiths and other ways of
worshiping God. Certainly misunderstanding is
one of the greatest contributors to world unrest
today, and religious misunderstanding has been
a source of trouble since time began.
The worship, services, to be held at 12:30 p.m.
each day in the Little Theater, are especially
designed to show different methods of worship.
The visiting leaders will answer questions about
beliefs.
If students • will take this opportunity to
acquire a greater understanding of their own
faiths and the faiths of others, then the pro- .
gram will be a:success.•,lt will not be a success
because many sit iii on thefireside discussions
or because Schwab Auditorium is packed on
Thursday night. It will only be a success if
those who participa i te-, in, the program ,• are
truly studentstuayirig. the facts presented
and trying to understand those things with
which they disagree.
The program was designed to meet your need
—your need to understand your beliefs and
those of others. Will you see that it does?
—LaVonne Althouse
Safety Valve--
Customs May Be Fine,
But College Needs More
TO THE EDITOR: At the beginning of each
semester, a great deal of attention is _given to
the success or failure of freshman customs. It
would appear from casual observation that it
is necessary to force incoming students to be
loyal to the College by means of a program of
learning cheers, wearing silly clothes, and ob-.
serving a ritual ,which is soon forgotten.
Loyalty is a splendid achievement in any
group, but like love, it has to grow spon
taneously—it cannot be forced upon the indi
vidual. There is little reason to believe that
most students are not loyal to Penn State.
However, the loyalty that grows during the
College years undoubtedly is based on plea
sant associations, friendships, activities and
interesting work to a much larger degree
--Ross Steadman
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"Talk about your apple polishers!— He wh
-Snarl down to his office after every
Interpreting the New
Connally Proposal
Has Many Points
Senator Connally is flying in the face of military as well as dip
lomatic thinking when he proposes a break in diplomatic relations
with Hungary.
The Texas Democrat is attacking the administration for paying
the $120,000 "fine" imposed by Hungary on four American Air Force
men forced down there last No
vember, calling it extortion, and
demanding that Congress cut off
funds for diplomatic representa•
tion if the executive departmen•
refuses to make a break.
There was speculation .in
Washington yesterday as to
just why Connally introduced
his resolution at this time,
when the State department al
ready had announced that
maintenance relations of with
Russia's Central European sa
tellites would be up for discus=
sion of a conference of Euro
pean representatives in Paris
next month.
It was recalled that Connally
faces what some political observ
ers have called a real fight for re
election this year, and that it is
good politics to remind home con
stituencies of any national and
international standing which a
candidate may hold, in an appeal
to local pride. If Connally were
defeated, Texas could not 'boast'
a chairman of the foreign rela
tions committee. And there's con
siderable anti-administration
feeling in Texas too.
With, regard to , the specific
case of the four fliers, first ac
cused of espionage but convict
ed on lesser charges, the money
was paid at the request of the
Air Force, whose motive was
just to get the men out.
Diplomats agreed on several
grounds. There was relief over re
duction of the charges and the al
ternative of fines instead of jail
terms. There had been fear that
Gazette . . .
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
International Business Machines Corp.
will interview June graduates in Ch.E.,
Phys., E.E. and M.E. Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Chance Vought Aircraft will .interview
graduates at all levels' in Atro., E., M.E.,
C.E. and Arch.E. Monday, Feb. 26. They
will also interview M.S. and Ph.D. can
didates in E.E., Phys. and Math.
Arbogast and Bastian, Inc. will inter
view June graduates in A.H., LE., and
C&F Monday, Feb. 25.
General Electric Co. will interview June
graduates and 1952 M.S.' candidates in
Chem., Ch.E. and Metal, Monday, Feb. 25.
Both men and women may apply.
Socony Vacuum Oil , Co. will interview
June graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates
in M.E. and Ch.E. Monday, Feb. 25.
Eastman Kodak Co. will interview June
graduates in Ch.E., E.E., 1.E., Chem.,
Phys. and
.C&F Tuesday. Feb. 26.
West Pena Power Co. will interview
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY - 16, 1952
- Campus
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
one of the famous communist
"trials" for espionage might bring
life terms or even death sen
tences. That would have created a
serious international • incident,
unless the fines were paid, the
fliers might have been hauled up
again after their three-month jail
terms and under' the usual com
munist third degree, be put
through more gyrations for, pro
paganda purposes, as so many
prisoners have been. A war crisis
could have been provoked, and
the U. S. will not be ready for
war for a time yet.
With regard to the general
matter of maintaining techni
cal relations with countries
which- make them a farce, the
State department is perhaps
more willing to consider diplo
matic breaks as a form of pres
sure than it was some time ago.
But it hasn't really changed its
mind.
The Central Intelligence Agen
cy thinks it has a setup that ob
viates the need for listening posts,
which has been one great argu
ment fo - 2 maintaining relations.
But. the Army thinks it can't have
too many sources from which
warnings of any military move
ment against Europe might be
given.
Connally's move probably in
volves the growing belief that,
eventually, America will have to
call the hands of the communist
bluffers. But she ' is bidding her
time—buying time—until she as
sembles the hand that will make
the call a success.
June graduates in E.E., M.E., and Home
Ec. Tuesday, Feb. 26.
:Monsanto Chemical Co. will interview
graduates at all levels in Chem. and June
graduates only in Ch.E. and M.E. on Wed
nesday, Feb. 27.
National Tube (Lorain, Ohio Div.) will
interview Tune graduates and juniors in
M.E., E.E., and I.E. Wednesday, Feb. 27.
National Tube- (Pitt. Plant) will inter
view June graduates avid juniors in M.E...
E.E., and I.E. Wednesday, Feb. 27.
Baby sitters for Tuesday morning and
Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Shell Oil Co. will interview June grad
uates and 1952 M.S. candidates in Chem.,
Ch. E.. C.E., E.E., M.E., Geo., Min. Eng.
and P.N.G. Monday, Feb. 25.
United States Steel Co. will - interview
June graduates in Aero.E., Areh.E., C.E.,
M.E., E.E., LE., S.E., Cer., Fuel Tech,
and Metal. Friday, Feb. 22.
The word "cash" originally
meant a box, derived from the
old French word "casse."
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