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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.
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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.
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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.
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