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FabAsked Tuesday through Saturday moraines inclusive
auntie the College year by the staff of The Daily 'Collegial"
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class smatter ruly 6. 1934, at - the.,,State
College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of Karel' 8, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent t►e viewpoints of t►e writ.
ern, not neeeisarily the policy .of the newspaper. [lnsigne
editorials are by the editor.
Mary Krasnanaky .03 4 .
Editor
Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed:, George Glower:
Sports Ed:, Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bob Fraser; Makeup
Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire% Ed., Len icolasinski; Soda', 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, Joan
Kuntz; *Exchange Ed., Paul, Beighley: Senior Bd., Bud
Fenton.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Ginger Opoczenski; Copy Edi
tors: Dave Pellnitz, Marshall Donley; Assistants:
Mary Adams, Gus Vollmer, Chuck Obertance,
Diehl McKalip.
Ad Staff: Richard Smith, Frances Crawford.
Strike No Solution
To Food Problems
Residents of Hamilton Hall showed a definite
lack of foresight last Friday night when they
tried to keep the dining hall oop past closing
time in retaliation for slow service at the noon
meal.
The slow-up, in which only 50 of 400' resi-:
dents participated, was hardly successful in
delaying the dining hail closing. Had it been
successful, the slow-up would have merely kept
the attendants working later and would not
have solved the problem of eliminating future
tie-ups.
Unthinking action of the sort taken by the
individuals who engineered the slow-up last
Friday night does nothing to avert future
meal-waits. True, some action should have
been taken, but not blind action.
If the persons responsible for the protest had
consulted dining hall officials, they would ; have
found out that the food department took full
blame for the Friday noon tie-up and was work
ing to alleviate a future situation which might
keep students from eating meals too late for
them to attend their 116. m. classes.
The tie-up accomplished one thing. It gave
publicity to the situation, and many may think
that this publicity was the factor behind the
food department's willingness to talk over the
situation and the subsequent apology and prom
ise to avert a similar situation. This promise was
made in a note from Mildred Baker,, director
of the food service, to the West Dorm Council.
However, th e publicity incurred by the
slow-up was not the factor which elicited a
quick response from the food department. The
factor was the West Dorm food committee,
which has been meeting weekly with the food
supervisor in the West Dorm and which has
been responsible for many changes in the
food program in that area.
As soon as the noon 'tie-up was shown to be
serious, the food committee contacted the food
department and the matter was straightened
out. Fortunately, the slow-up wasn't serious
enough to thwart the negotiations between the
food committee and the food department.
Such irresponsible demonstrations only prove
to the food department that the residents it is
dealing with are immature. If such demonstra
tions become a habit after each mishap, the
food department will soon be handling the situ
ation its own way without consulting the • stu
dents.
Had the Friday demonstration really tied up
the dining room, the matter might still be an
open wound. As it is, the matter has been
straightened out to the satisfaction , of the
student food committee and the food depart 7
ment. Mishaps are bound to happen, even'
the important realm of food, but a little pa
tience and understanding rather than hot
headed action can usually settle the affair.
The present settlement is a case in pipint.
—Minim Mills
Just Have to Laugh
At Red Hysteria .
Some may scoff when we speak of- the hys
teria the fear of communism is producing in
the United States today.
Penn State has been -fortunate to escape, most
of that hysteria, although we have had a good
sample of it in the reckless attacks by certain
rabble-rousing elements of the American Le
gion. Look across the length and breadth of this
country, however, and you can see the hysteria
taking its toll, sometimes in the "firing' of a
teacher for "radical" views, sometimes in, the
barring of an artist because of "communist" af
filiation, sometimes for reasons nobody„seems- to
be quite sure of.
The fear- peculiar to the small town. is• the
fear most worth fearing, for it takes the oddest
courses, so ridiculous that the liberal' finds it
impossible to work up any wrath. He just' .sits
and laughs, not knowing quite what for.
Such is the case of two Laceyville, Pennsyl
vania, high school boys who have been sus
pended for hanging a Russian flag across the
blackboard in' the school gymnasium. Before the
boys admitted to the hoax, both the Ainerican
Legion and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
were called in on the matter.
We're wondering how somebody missed up
on the National Guard and the United, States
Marines.
Edward Shartkin
BUShIeSS Ptgr.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Women Neglect
Right to Vote
Talking to some coeds - who are fortunate
enough to be twenty-one and eligible to vote
in both the primary and the - general elections
this year, we were rather surprised to find -a
large number who are either unimpressed by
the privilege or refuse flatly to" exercise .it.
We do - not contend that this is a sample poll
of -prevailing attitudes. Yet it is true that Amer
ican -citizens—especially women—often fail - to
make use of the privilege (or perform the duty)
of voting.
We sense, too, that a major reason why
women in .particular neglect voting or taking
other active interest in public, affairs is that
there is .still a prevailing feeling that it's just
not a woman's place to take an interest in
such things. ,This is true whether the idea
is ,being expressed in the 'worn platitude that
" "a worrian's place is in the home" or in modern
psychology's maintaining that "what all wo
men really want is emotional security." Both
are, vague, empty statements attempting to
suggest that there is something unfeminine
or, stated more positively, something mascu
line, about exercising intelligent judgment
and common , sense in making decisions on a
community or national level.
Today women can exere-ise these rights with
out being unfeminine unless an intelligent
awareness of what- is happening in our countrS) . ,
and, an interest in sharing the responsibility for
thope happenings isinnately unfeminine. We
believe that this is not true. We believe that
such an interest is indicative of a mature out
look on life: College students, both men and
women, will provide the leaders for our genera,
tion. What kind of leadership will we provide
if we lack even the interest in voting for those
who govern us?
The ever-potential danger of losing the right
to vote is slightly greater for women than for
men, it would seem. Margaret Chase Smith,
Republican Senator from Maine, points out in
the February ; issue of the Ladies Home Jour
nal that there are those who still suggest that
woman suffrage should be done away with. ,
She quotes a lobbyist who last year wrote
in a letter, among other things, "I do not be
lieve in dembcracy. I think it stinks. I don't
think anybody except direct taxpayers should
be allowed "to vote. I don't think women
should be allowed to vote at all."
Senator Smith doesn't believe there is an im
mediate danger that women will lose the right
to vote. But she, too, points out that "women,
who have more potential votes than men, ao
not exercise their right to vote as they should."
She also says that "if women continue to fail
to exercise this right, they may wake up some
day and find that people who think like the
$25,000 a year lobbyists have gone to the polls
in sufficient numbers and voted to bar women
from voting."
We agree with Senator Smith that there is
no immediate danger of this. But it could hap
pen. It's up to college women to see that it does
not happen. It's up to college women to take an
intelligent interest in public affairs.
This is not a man's world nor is it a
woman's world. It's a world for people, and
it belongs to those who will take an interest
in its affairs and direct them. It will be exactly
the kind of place which the people living in
S it make of it. This is especially true of edema-.
cracy such as we have. Why shouldn't Amer-
ican women accept this challenge? .
Politics?
Penn State has never been a political hotbed
by any stretch of the imagination. Politics are
apparently "above" the concern of the students
in this quiet little mountain village.
When the Daily Collegian planned its presi
dential preference poll, we did not expect the
three ballot boxes to be stormed by hordes of
students just yearning to cast their ballots. We
also did not- expect to receive but 223 ballots,
or roughly two per cent of the student body.
What. Penn State students have against poli
tics is hard to understand. We think Penn
Staters are much like college people every
place else. The similarity ends abruptly, how
ever, when politics comes under discussion.
In a , similar poll conducted at the University
of Pennsylvania, 2274 students' participated.
Over half the :student body at Swarthmore Col
lege took part- in a poll conducted there re
cently.
We do not know what the. correlation is be
twen those who participate in polls and those
Who parlitipate in th e honest-to-goodness
elections. If that correlation is high, then
there is - something .radically wrong in the
thinking -of -Penn Staters. • •
Gazette .
TUesday, March 11
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Where?
Little Igan Campus
"Why don't I rewrite the introduction and juggle the
chapters, making the,'sl. edition of my text obsolete
. I'm beginning , ?to-rniss,tharoyalty check, J. 8."
Funda*ental
Issues
War is not inevitable. But that statement alone will not suffice
to prevent , World Wars 111, IV, and/or V. Behind it is a manner
of thinking which refuses to acknowledge that war will follow when
diplothatic relations are strained. It seeks the compromise and be
lieves' in fluid rather than rigid foreign policies.
,
Today, the lines that separate Russia and the United States are
rather rigid but not quite , brittle.
When foreign policies become
brittle, they break easily and war
is the result,
Looking at the situation
which exists, observers come up
with a number of reasons why
war between Russia. and the
United States is not imminent
—and perhaps, not probable. In
the first instance, some feel that
Stalin isn't willing to commit
Russia to a- world conflict that
could lead to Stalingrads such
as Russia experienced in World
War 11. Other observers believe
that the United States and the
Soviet can compromise on many
issues which now seem'irrecOn
ciliable. Another reason given
is that the armament of the
West will eventually match that
.of Russia with a - resulting stale
mate in armed might.
Each point - .has something to
offer. The last mentioned is be
coming a reality. as NATO gains
momentum, teeth, and realiza
tion. Point two, however, Seems
the: most difficult to accept. Any
session of the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly will;show how' dif
ficult it
,is .for the- United States
and , Russia to meet each other
half. may on major issues. Compro
mise doesn't seem possible amidst
the 'vituperative'exchanges_ be
t Ween delegates in the assembly
agtherings.
Oint three ' deserves explor
ation. Why would Stalin be - un-.
willing to send his, legions across
Europe? One reason has been: sug
gested,, arid that, is that he doesn't
want the destruction of Russian.
territory. Then gains
in Eastern Europe-in the -satel7
Gazette .
, COLLEGE PLACEMENT
American Cyanainid 'Co. will interview
June graduates in Ag. Ed., A. 11: and - Pre-
Med. who are over 26 or are veterans and
both B.S. and M.S: candidates in Chem.,
Ch.E., E.E., • 1.E.; and M.E. Wednesday;
March 19.
Hagan Corp. will . interview June grad;
uates in M.E., E.E., and Ch.E.,.Thursday,
March 20.
International Harvester Co. will inter
view June graduates id M.E., 1.E., E.E.
and Metal. Thursday, . March 20. .
Kurt Salmon Associates, • Inc. will inter-:
view June graduates in I:E.' Wednesday.;
. _
March 19.
' Line Material Co. will interview June
graduates in. M.E...and . E.E. Thursday,
March 20.
Parke, Davis and Co. will interview June,
graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates •in
Bact. and Zool. Friday, March .21. They'
will interview both ',men and women in
Chem. and Ag.Bio.Chem. •
TUESDAY, MARCH 11; 1952
By LEN KOLASINSKI
lite countries—would be placed in
jeopardy. Behind that facade of
Communist control there is an
element which desires the free
dom of pre-Kremlin dictatorship.
A world war would upset seven
years of work. by the Soviet. to
master those European nations.
Striking deeper into the heart
of the matter—Stalin knows
_ that his slave workers' camps
At home are a threat which, dur
ing a general war, would be an
asset to an army fighting its
*ay through Russia. Estimates
place that slave population in
figures ranging from six to 20
millions of people. The explo
sive punch of this group cannot
be compared to that capable of
being rendered by a trained
army, but as an element to con
fuse, sabotage, and create minia
ture revolutions this slave camp
group is _invaluable. •
Furthermore, as has been point
ed out in a previous article, Rus
sia need not use her own man
power resources as long as Asia
remains in a turmoil created by
Red China.
But while an analysis of the
Russian scene indicates that Stalin
is not prepared politically to, start
World War lII,' the United Btates
and the West should be aware of
the danger that' Stalin may not
move only as long as he feels that
he isn't trapped. The lines must
not become brittle. And as the
West -races to build its military
forces, it must offer to compro
mise issues rather than to throw
its weight around, thereby offer
ing Staliii an excuse for the next
World war.
June graduates in Aero.Eng. and M.E.
-Wednesday, March 19. '
American Smelting and Refining. Co. will
interview June graduates in Metal. and
Min.E. Monday. March '24.
-Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Will interview June graduates in Commerce
Monday, March 24.
Cornirig Glass Co. will interview June
graduates in M.E., Ch.E., E.E., 1.E., and
Cer: Monday, March 24. They, will inter
view Chem. and Phys.' graduates at all
levels.
Curtiss Wright Corp. (Propeller Division)
will interview June graduates in Aero.E.,
M.E. and E.E: Wednesday, -March 19.
Dr. Paul E. Williams will interview
June graduates in Metal., M.E., E.E., C.E.,
Fuel Tech., C&F, A&L, Chem. Pre-Med.,
Zoo., Sci. and M.S.. or B.S. candidates with
experience in Beet Monday, March 24.
Rohm and Haas Co. will interview Juno
graduates in Ch.E. Chem. and Phys, Mon
day.' March 24.
United Aircraft Corp. will interview-
June graduates in M.E. and .Aero.E. Mon.
day; March .24.
By Bibler
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