PAGE FOUR Qttfp Satlg Collegian Sbc««m«* to THC PKEB LANCB, mu Ml Published Tuesday throurh Saturday morning* ineluiiv* daring the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegia* of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered aa seeond-elass matter July 6, 1134, at the State College. Pa.. Post Offiee under the act of March 3. 1878. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ ers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigner' editorials are by the editor. Marr Kiasnansky Edward Shank^n Editor Business Mgr. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor, Chuck Henderson; Copy editors, Lix Newell, Julie Ibbotson; Assistants, Lou Mueller, Gus Vollmer, Phil Austin, Bill Jost, Betty Allen. Ad staff: Phyllis Kalson. Mob Action Yields Powerful Warning Seldom has Penn State received as much publicity as it has from the pre-vacation raids staged on the women’s dormitories. And seldom has publicity hurt Penn State as much as news paper stories describing the antics of Penn State’s student body. Nor were the newspaper stories responsible for the bad publicity. Generally speaking, the stories were accurate in describing the pro ceedings. The newspapers cannot be held ac countable for printing the stories; they merely reported the news. Responsible for the bad publicity were those Students who participated in the raids. These same students were at the same time respon sible for the destruction of a good bit of College property and the loss or destruction of the personal property of hundreds of students. There were parts of the women’s dormitories which were literally looted' as if a conquering army had swept through the area. Gone were the underclothes of coeds—all very funny un til you talk to some of the women who lost in some cases more than $75 in lingerie.' Gone too were many valuables purses, money, cigarette cases. Theft is never very amusing and because the theft is the result of a raid on the women’s dorms makes it no less a criminal act. Some of the stolen properly—and if was just that, if We may eliminate some of the sugar coating that has been used to describe the raids—has been returned. The larger part of it has not and will not be returned. This, then, is the result of an outbreak of mob action which when it started appeared to be a big joke, a good time for all, a pre-vaca tion spree. But the difficulty with any mass demonstration of the type which started in the West Dorm courtyard with the explosion of a cherry bomb is that a mob is difficult to control. What started out as an innocent hell-raising stunt in the West Dormitory area mushroomed into a demonstration which in some instances verged on the riot stage. A few hotheads in the mob could have ignited a full-scale brawl which would have left in its wake much more damage to College property and the personal belong ings of students than was recorded in the pre vacation raids. Students who give any amount of thought to the raids will learn a lesson from the inci dent if they gain nothing else. The lesson to be learned is this: mob action is dangerous, for it is explosive and once started is difficult to control. The danger io College and personal prop erty as well as the safety of individual stu dents inherent in uncontrollable mob action should serve as a warning to the Penn State student body. uuiiimmiiiimmmimmiiiiimiiiim IHAZELTONI I CENTER ALUMNI | E Here’s Your Invitation = = To Party No. 2 E | FRIDAY, APRIL 18 | E Por Reservations = = Call: FELLIN 2535 E E BRENNAN 6447 5 TimiiimimiiimimiimmiiimmmE The TAVERN MENU Thursday ’ April 17 iTALIAN SPAGHETTI HUNGARIAN GOULASH BAKED HAM PRIME STEAKS DINNER 5 - 7:30 p.m. Reservations after 6:30 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Now Hear This: Politicos Open Up The campus, political campaigns begin today, and once again the campus spotlight will be more or less taken over by the Lion and State parties. And once again also there will be the usual urging by the policicians to get out and vote in the elections when they come up on April 23 and 24. We’d like to give an assist to that urging right now. This year both parties have produced good, though similar, platforms." For this reason, as one candidate has put it, students will have to vole for the candidates, not for the platform. The similarity of the platforms has shown that the campus politicians are aware of what the students want and need. But being aware of these things is not enough. It will be up to the people who are put into office to carry out these platforms. That’s where the average student comes into the picture, for it is he who will put these people into office. ~ Both parties have planned extensive cam paigns in order that the students will have a chance to see, talk to, and question their can didates. There will be plenty of opportunity for every student to hear both parties’ candi dates speak at least once. Each student should take advantage of this opportunity. During this year’s elections, students are. go ing to have to make their choices on the basis of sincerity, ability, and forcefulness, not on the basis of which candidate is better looking, or which belongs to a certain fraternity, or any other such petty considerations. In addition, it must be remembered that five of the nine people to be elected will hold seats on All-College Cabinet by reason of the offices they will fill. We wonder how many of the people who complain when cabinet passes or fails to pass some measure' are people who voted in the spring and fall elections? —Dave Pellniiz Gazette... Thursday, April 17 AMERICAN SLAVONIC ORGANIZATION, 105 Willard Hall, 7:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 304 Old Main, 6:45 p.m. COLLEGIAN freshman board and candidates, 9 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. NEWMAN CLUB scholastic philosophy lec ture-discussion, John Hammes in charge, 317 Willard Hall, 7:15 p.m: NEWS AND VIEWS, 14 Home Economics, 6:30 p.m. NITTANY GROTTO, 100 Horticulture Build ing, 8 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool,- 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT B. F. Goodrich will interview June graduates in E.E. for their Oaks, Penn. Plant. Brush Development Co. will interview June graduates in E.E. and Phys. Monday, April 29. Budd Co. will interview June graduates in M.E. Monday, April 28. Burroughs Adding Machine Co. will interview June grad uates in Com. for Acct. and Sales Monday, April 28. Carborundum Co. will interview June graduates in Ch.E., Metal., E.E., 3.E., M.E., Cer. and Acct. Wednesday, April 30. Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. will interview June grad uates in Metal., 1.E., M.E. and Ch.E. Monday, April 28. General Electric will interview June graduates (women only) in Math., Phys., Chem. and Sci. Tuesday, April 29. Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. will interview June grad uates in 1.E., M.E. and Cer. Tuesday, April 29. Kroger Co. will interview June graduates in Coni., Hort., Ag. Ed., Ag.Ec., A.H., P.H., and H.A. Tuesday, April 29. Mexican Petroleum Corp. will interview June graduates in Chem. and Ch.E. Tuesday, April 29. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. will interview June graduates in E.E., 1.E., M.E., A&L., Com., Phys., • Ed. for Tech, and Non-tech Sales and Chem. and Ch.E. Wednesday, April 30. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Camp Cherokee, Beach Lake, Pa., will interview men and women Tuesday, April 22. Variety of jobs open. Camp Conrad Weiser, Reading, Pa., will interview men Thursday, April 24. Variety of jobs open. Camp Menatoma, Kents Hill, Maine, 'will interview men Wednesday, April 23. Variety of jobs open. LUTHER ADLER PATRICIA KNIGHT "THE MAGIC FACE" "CRIMINAL LAWYER" OPEN AT 6:15 ANNE ; BAXTER BETTE DAVIS "ALL ABOUT EVE" MEET THE GANG AT... The Corner UNUSUAL . %: r ‘ Little Man On Campus doing right well with.this class. Miss Spalding." The Old MiUstreum Twenty years from now, the Daily Collegian probably will run an ad such as this: “It’s a fact. On the night of April 7, 1952, several thousand male students raided the seven women’s dorms on the Penn State campus. Now the gang is raiding'Vic’s for the biggest milkshakes in town.” v - Not many College students w gration which ignited the campus over a week ago. Looking back on the raid, most persons will agree that the affair was dis gustingly childish. But enough, amusing incidents came out of the raid to keep most' students and probably faculty and admin istration members supplied with anecdotes during the Easter va cation and long after. One psych prof put the raid down to "mass voyeurism." in other words mass "Peeping Tomism." The prof went on to explain that dorm restrictions for the women and a Life maga zine article on the University of Michigan raid helped to stir the students to action. The day after the “cause ce lebre,” two students couldn’t get together without swapping stories of the night before. Some of these sessions turned into campus counterparts of the “Can You Top This” radio show. There were anecdotes concern ing the coed who dumped her THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952 ' By MOYLAN-MILLS rill forget the spontaneous confla- laundry bag out the window; the housemother who opened the door so the boys could get the raid over with; the fellow who wanted to incorporate the affair as a permanent Spring Week feature; and the iuy who was snatched in a second floor window by four females and hasn’t been seen since. A humorous version of the riot was broadcast over a Philadelphia radio station the morning after. The station seemed to feel the fact .that the Dean of Men and Dean of Women were out of town simultaneously was significant. So the dorm raid passes into history and probably Penn State legend. But the most amusing thing to happen to us was a certain picture which ap peared on the front page of-the' Daily Collegian. We were one.of the coterie of dorm counselors, and others trying to . keep - the riot within bounds. Thfe picture, however, shows us in just the opposite light. Irony, yea verily. By Bibl'
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