PAGE .POUR
afte latt Collegian
Surcease' t. TIM ►ZZZ LA?WZ, est. LSI7
Published ruesday through Saturday ssorainga isalusive
during the College year by the staff of Z. Dail! Cable=
of rise Pennsylvania State College.
&Isere° an seeoud-class wittier July 6, issa, at tag State
College. Pa. Post Offite under tie ant of Ilatvis S. 1279.
Collegian editorials represent tke iiewpoints of tke writ.
en, not necessarily tke volley of tke newspaper. Casimir'
editorials re by tie editor.
Mary ErasnanskT Edward Shanken
Editor 'O5 i+c- Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Roa Bonn: City • Ed., George Glaser:
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; FAL Dir., Bob Fraser: (Makeup
Ed., Moylan Mills: Wire • Ed.. Len Kolasinski: Society Ed.,
Carolyn Barrett,: Feature Ed., Rosemary Delabanty: Asst.
City Ed.. Lee Stern: Asst. Sports Eds.. Day. Colton, Bob
Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed.. Greta Weaver; Librarian, Joan
Kuntz; Exchange Ed., Paul Beighley: Senior Bd.. Bud
Fenton.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Dick Rau; Copy editors: Jim
Gromiller and Jim Peters; Assistants: Sam Pro
copio, Lorraine Gladus, Diehl McKalip, Elly
Rakosi, and Chuck Obertance.
_
Ad staff: Alison Morley, Phyllis Kalson,
Nancy Goodfriend, and Betty Lou Yarnell.
`No Date' Ban
Needs Revision
At the Freshman Council meeting Monday
night, several council members expressed dis
approval of the "no ,dating" rules enforced dur
ing the freshman customs period. We have long
been of the opinion that this ruling is not only
useless, but harmful.
One member explained that the first few
weeks of college life for a• new freshman 'is
the most difficult period of adjustment. Impres
sions of Penn State made during those weeks
will determine the outlook the student will
carry with him during his entire college career.
Dating and associating naturally with people of
the opposite sex is one of the strongest influ
ences which makes young people become favor
ably conditioned to any atmosphere, the college
campus not excluded.
A sudden prohibition of dating on a young
group of people who have been dating during
high school days is completely unnatural. The
picture is even more distorted when you real
ize that these first few weeks offer the best
chance many students have ever had of mak
ing new contacts among people with mutual
interests and mutual problems of adjustment.
It has been argued that the first few weeks
of no dating are aimed at forcing the "women
to get to know the other women and the men
to get to know the other men." Surely the
arund-the-clock contact that people living in
she same dormitories have will be ample op-•
portunity for the frosh to meet and get to know
as many of their fellow students as they may
wish. Surely the process of "getting acquainted"
will not suffer by the loss of four or five hours
on Friday and Saturday nights.
Nor can it logically be argued that dating,
at least limited to weekends, will seriously
hamper study practices. Phone calls have al
ways been permitted to freshmen 'during the
week, and it is doubtful that if dating is per
mitted ;the number of calls will increase. And
just how many people, even if they have noth
ing. else to do, will study on the first .few week
ends of school?
As a negative argument, it has been found
that "no dating" customs are practically izn
possible to enforce. No group is large enough
to watch every extra-curricular movement of
2000 men and women. The job becomes-even
more difficult on weekends when freshmen
are permitted to remove customs. You may
say "you can always tell a freshman," but
that green look is pretty hard to distinguish
on the wearer of high heels or a blue serge
suit.
For these reasons, we feel dating should be
allowed during the customs period, at least on
weekends. The imposing of 10 or 11 o'clock
permissions on freshman women should ap
pease the consciences of those who are afraid
freshmen will "run wild" if given . all the priv
ileges of upperclassmen.
Freshman Council
Battles a Ghost .
It is so infrequently that we hear a voice
among women student leaders urging coopera
tion with the men, that the words of Janice
Holm, a member of Freshman Council of Wo
men's Student Government Association, bear
repeating and emphasis.
Speaking on the proposed revisions. of f the
customs program, Miss Holm was quoted
as saying, :'We are all Penn Staters and work
ing on customs jointly will give freshmen
a feeling of belonging. By working with the
men, we can help with their enforcement of
Customs without losing anything ourselves.
Two weeks of cooperating with the men will
not ruin our government."- • .
Of all that nas been said in . the current dis
cussion concerning the loss • .of "power" by.
WSGA as a - result of the new program, little
has been said that cuts straight through all
the negative verbiage to the essence of the
issue, as effectively as Miss Holmes' statement.
The new customs program is not aimed at
stripping WSGA or anybody else 'of power.
Nor does the program accomplish this, wittingly
or unwittingly. The sole purpose of :the pro
gram is to make the customs program effective
in its operation. '
The fear that the program is designed
—Ginger Opocrenski
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COtiEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
remove power from WSGA. was, expressed in
the provision placed on the program by the
Freshman Council. The council has asked that
the women members of the proposed Fresh
man. Customs Board be, approved' by WSGA
Senate as well as by • All-College Cabinet.
It seems to us that if WSGA would like to
have the women members of the Freshman
Customs Board• approved by its Senate,_ that is
an internal matter. We suspect that the chairman
of Judicial would make these appointments
after due consultation with WSGA or its offi
cers. If WSGA would like to make certain that
the appointments meet with the Senate's ap
proval prior to their reaching cabinet, that is
the business of WSGA.
The plan is in this phase—the appointment
being approved by cabinet—similar to the cur
rent provisions governing the appointment of
the Tribunal and Judicial chairmen. These ap
pointments are made by a joint body, including
the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women in
an ex-officio capacity, subject to the approval
of All-College Cabinet. •
In .its . anxiety to protect somewhat nebulous
"powers" from infringement by the men, the
council has merely placed a check upon the
Judicial chairman's authority to appoint.'the
women members of the joint board. Its action
is a good example of what can happen when a
legislative body takes to jousting with a ghost.
Chapel Donors
Should Be Heard
In 1907, Penn State inaugurated an experi : -
ment in international education. with Penn
State-in-China. Under this arrangement, weekly
offerings collected in the non-sectarian chapel
were sent to 'aid in supporting Lingnan Uni
versity.
But when the Chinese Communists took
over the country, they cut off such Western
influences. For a while, then, the Chapel
money was sent to support the research of
Penn State's "Daddy" Groff in Florida, in
hopes that he could soon return to the uni
versity, and with him, Penn State-in-China.
It has now become evident that this is im-
possible.
What, then, to do with the Chapel offerings?
A. strong movement has begun to keep the
money on campus. The idea would be to con
struct a small chapel with it here. Significantly,
this year's senior architecture project is the
designing of such a chapel. Strong support for
this scheme is indicated from a number of
sources.
The main arguments offered for use of the
funds for a campus chapel seem to be -these:
1. The offering—around $6500.a year—is too
small to make any significant difference in any
international project.
2. The federal government is investing huge
sums in foreign aid anyway.
3. Penn 'State needs a small chapel.
With the third proposition, we have no
quarrel. But the first two seem to be the
most shallow of rationalizations. The original
idea of Penn State-in-China was completely
selfless—an American university would aid,
as far as it was able, an educational project
on the other side of the world. Contributors
would probably never see Lingnan Univer
sity, but they knew that, in a small way, they
were helping to bring about international
understanding through' its strongest ally, edu
cation.
The diverting of these funds to enhancement
of the Penn State campus would be a complete
negation of the idea behind Penn State-in-China
—selfishness would replace selflessness as the
thought behind Chapel donations. As to the
comparatively small size of the annual contri
bution, the theory behind private charities is
that, small in themselves, they pyramid into
something worthwhile when combined. How
ever much• the United States government may e
be sending abroad, $6500 more is $6500 more,
and if the amount brings higher education to a
single youth of a friendly nation, it has been
worth the effort. Such a contribution to educa
tion, in a country like India, where Western
ideals are in active conflict with communist
thought, •would be a small drop toward filling
a large, valuable bucket.
One thing is clear. Whatever is done with the
funds, it•must not,be- done hastily. With a prize
already being offered for the design of just
such • a chapel 'as 'has been suggested, it• seems
evident that - such .a move.for haste is- on.
The people who, week in, week out, make
their donations in Chapel, should certainly
be consulted as to what should be done with
their money. The student-faculty committee
appointed to reassign the money should ar
range for such a consultation, and consider
its results most seriously.
Gazette .
• 7 Wednesday, March 19
AIM- board of governors, 104 Willard Hall,
7 p.m.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL
ENGINEERS, 105 Agricultural Engineering,
7 p.m.
CHESS CLUB, 3 Sparks, '7 p.m.
COFFEE HOUR. dean of men and cabinet,
109 Old Main, 4 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB lecture-discussion, Professor
Case in charge, Rectory basement, 7:30 p.m.
RIDING CLUB, 217 Willard Hall, 7 p'.m.
SLAVONIC HONORARY, 105 Willard Hall,
7:30 p.m. - ,
THETA SIGMA PHI, Grange game room,
6:30 p.m.
TRIBUNAL, 201 Old Main, 7 p.m.
WRA MODERN DANCE GROUP, Modern
dance room, 7 '
Why' . are the communists making such a big play of their totally
insupportable charge that the United States is employing germ war
fare in China and. korea? .
You might expect them to reason that the ultimate backfire
would weaken rather thap.'strengthen their whole propaganda cam
paign. It is almost inconceivable to the Western mind that the
deputy foreign minister of a great
power, the same who was re
sponsible 'for starting the Korean
truce negotiations, should stand
before the United Nations and
make such charges. It is remind
ful of Hitler's attempt to make
it appear that Poland attacked
the great German Reich.
Western diplomats long '
ago
found it unprofitable to attempt
to read the • enemy mind. But
some speculative answers, even
though seemingly shortsighted,
appear easy. •
The communists are conducting
a hate campaign against the Unit
ed States. This fits it.
There probably are epidemics
in China—although Chinese
troops in, Korea generally seem
to be well-fed, well-clothed and
in good shape. The Reds can use
the propaganda campaign to ex
plain away their inability to con
trol the spread. The Reds used
this • system in Germany to ex
plain an epidemic of potato bugs.
One would not be surprised some : .
day, in the event of a particularly
disastrus winter, to see the Rus
Gazette . ..
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co. will
interview graduates at `levels in M.E.,
E.E., Metal:, Min.. Chem., C.E.. Cer. and
Phys. Thursday, March 27. •
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp. will in
terview June graduates in C&P, 'L&L, and
Cer. Thursday, March 27.
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.
will interview June graduates in Ch.E.
Thursday, March 27.
—Ron Bonn
Shell Oil Co. (Manufacturing Dept.) will
interview graduates at all levels in Chem.
and Ch.E. and B.S. and M.S. candidates
in M.E. Thursday, March 27:
% Westaco Chemical Division will inter
view graduates at all levels in Chem. and
Ch.E. Wednesday, March 26.
Canty Conrad Weiser, Reading, Pa. will
interview at 9 a.m. today.
Carter. Oil Co, will interview graduates
at all levels in P.N.G.. Ch.E.; M.S. can
didates in Geology; and Ph.D. candidates
only in Phys., E.& and' M.E. Monday,
March 31. -
Dupont will int" , view June graduates
in A&L, Acct. and L.M.D. Monday, March
• Equitable Gas Co. will interview June
graduates in Ch.E. and E.E. Thurs
day, March 27.• Draft status is unimportant.
Glidden Co. will interview June - grad
uates in' M.E., ,Ch.E., COM. and Acct. Fri
day, March 28; ' •
Jones and Laughlin Steel' Carp. will
interview June graduates in MX.; Ch.E.,
E.E., Chem., Phys.; Metal.„lA&L and Com.
Monday, „March -.31. •. •
Koppers Co: :General offices will inter
view ...June':lcraduates' in ALE.. and. C.E. -for
Little Man-'On ,Campus
"Mighty nice of them to- let you use the
dog track for track practice, huh coach?"
Interpreting the News
Germ War Farce
May Have Plot
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News' Analyst
COLLEGE I'LACEMENT
wEVNESDAY, MARGIT 19,, 1952
By -Bi hler
sian scientists called upon to prove
that it all originated in Wall
Street.
Let us suppose, James D. White,
AP Far East expert says, that
Russia really wanted a truce in
Korea— that she does not yet
trust the Chinese Reds to the
point of giving them enough arms
to really clean up Korea, and
also that she does not want to
run the risk of general war now.
But the Chinese say "OK, but you
got us into this. But how are we
going to get out without appear
ing to cave in before the -im
perialist warmongers, without
losing face, if not our political
shirts?"
• NO satisfactory answer came
along until the epidemics of
fered a possible out. Why not
'stir up . a lot of fear and an
tagonism, and then appeal to
the fatalism of the Oriental
mind with the question, "How
. can you combat such barbaric
methods?"
' It's an interesting speculation
their Eng. dept.; Ch.E., M.E. and Metal.
for operating dept.: Ch.E. and B.S. and
Ph.D. Chem. for research dept.; and Chem.,
Ch.E., I.E. and M.S. Econ and Mkt. for
sales Monday, March 31.
Koppers Co., Metal div. will interview
June graduates in M.E., C.E., 1.E., and
E.E. Monday, March 31.
Koppers Co., Tary Products Div. will
interview June graduates in Ch.E., MM.
E., and M.E. Monday, March 31.
Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. will in
terview June graduates in Ch.E., Arch.E.,
C.E., E.E., 1.E., M.E., Chem., , Corn. Ch.,
Sci., Arch., Acct., Adv., and Cer.
Thursday, March 24.
American Steel and Wire Co., will inter
view June graduates in M.E., • C.E.,
E.E., Ch.E., Metal. and Sci. majors in
Math., Phys. or Chem. Tuesday, April 1.
Belida Radio Corp. will interview June
graduates in E.E. Tuesday, April 'l. ‘,
Foster Wheeler Corp. will interview June
graduates in Ch.E., C.E., 1.E., M.E. and
E.E. Tuesday, April I n .
North American Companies will inter.
view June griduates in Com. and A&L
Tuesday, April 1. Students who are draft
exempt are preferred.
- Ohio Oil Co. 'will interview June grad
uates in P.N.G. Tuedday, April 1.
United States Rubber Co. will interview
June graduates in Chem., Ch.E., M.E., 1.E.,
E.E. and Phys. Tuesday, April I.'
STUDENT. EMPLOYMENT
. Childless married couple f'or local sum•
mer
,employment. •
. Experienced Counterman. •
Man for inking drawing Monday, Wed.
nesdity and Thursday.
, .
Married men for l oca l ; summer 'evening
employment. -
_ . ,