am Daily Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The P-ansylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5; 1934. at the State
College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint of the
writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the editor.,
Dave Pellnitz .. Franklin Kelly
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones;
Sports Ed.. Jake Dighton; Copy Ed.. Bettie Lanz; Edit.
Dir., Jim Gromiller: Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson: Soc. Ed.,
singer Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens; Asst.
Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althouse; Feature Ed.. Julie Ibbotson:
Librarian, Dot Bennett; Exchange Ed.. Nancy Luetzcl.
STAFF THIS• ISSUE
Night editor, William Jost; Copy editors, Mimi
Ungar and George Bairey; Assistants: Jack
Reid, Bill Pete, Bill 011endike, Al Goodman,
Byron Fielding, Roy Williams, and Craig Sanders
Advertising staff: Bob Potter, Shirley Gable,
and Virginia Bowman.
Freshmen Riot
Shows Immaturity
Approximately two hours after Prexy Eisen
hower told the audience. attending the All-Col
lege Cabinet meeting Thursday night that every
student in college should be induced to partici
pate in student government in some way, sev
eral hundred freshman men began a demon
stration in the court of the West Dorms.
The near riot, which was brought on. by a
dissatisfaction with customs on the part of the
men, was finally quelled after a tug-of-war be
tween hatmen and frosh to determine the end
of customs was promised. William Shifflett,
president of the Association of Independent
Men, and James Schulte, Tribunal chairman,
were chiefly responsible for calming down the
noisy freshmen.
Mingling with the crowd last night, we
found it hard to believe that we were actually
among college students, actually among peo
ple who are supposed to be somewhat ma
lured. It made us wonder what the college
student is coming to.
But we were also concerned with the atti
tudes of some of the upperclassmen toward
the situation. We were told by a freshman
today that 'upperclassmen were among the
instigators of the riot. He said that the frosh
can't really be blamed too much for following
their leads like "lost sheep."
We cannot fully agree with this. In our
opinion, any person who is in college should
kndw right from wrong. Thursday night's ac
tions were ,definitely in the wrong.
Again, all freshmen are not to blame. When
the affair began to break up'it was easy to spot
the little groups of troublemakers. The majority
of the freshmen had merely come to see what
was going on, and while they joined in the
noise, they were ready to leave without a strug
gle. It was pointed out to us that the frosh
in Hamilton Hall were the ones who began the
mob assembly, and that the frosh in the other
dorms were drawn out by the rhubarb, plus an
ill-considered announcement over WMAJ.
It is hard to substantiate such a claim, but
since the frosh in McKee and Irvin halls have
volunteered to guard the Lion shrine before
football games, it is doubtful that they would
be the cause of a "burn the dinks" spectacle.
We think it is only right to mention too,
that the freshman women in Thompson Hall
took no part in the affair. Whoever was re
sponsible for keeping them from interfering
in the riot is to be congratulated. The affair
could easily have precipitated into another
"panty" raid had the women - not been kept
in line.
One of the most ridiculous things about the
xiot was the fact that the frosh not only de
manded the end of customs, but when they were
offered a tug-of-war they wanted it held im
mediately. Certainly anyone with any sense
realizes that any sport, and we assume a tug
of-war can be classed as a sport, has to have
organization. How the frosh expected the cus
toms board to be able to round up enough hat
men to hold the contest then and there escapes
us.
The frosh have made, by mass force, what
they consider a gain. At the same time, how
ever, much upperclass criticism has descended
upon them. We hope that these bitter struggles
between the two segments of the College com
munity will soon be straightened out. Life at
State can become very unpleasant if these strug
gles continue unchecked.
Perhaps if these freshmen could be induced
to take a more active interest in student gov
ernment, as Prexy Eisenhower suggests, such
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affairs would cease to become a reality. Be
sides this, the more students interested in stu
dent government, the more effective such
government can become.
We suggest, therefore, that the frosh turn'
the energies they have so ably demonstrated
since their arrival on campus to more con
structive things. It will be to their own ad
vantage to do so.
Safety Valve
Build Them to Last!
TO THE EDITOR: May I suggest that the
only way to keep the goal posts standing is to
construct them as follows:
1. Take two 12-inch diameter pipes, fill
with reenforced concrete, and sink into the
ground in six feet of concrete.
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2. Take two channel beams and place one
on each side of the pipes and rivet, weld, and
bolt them together and to the pipes.
3. Coil barbed wire around the whole thing,
with the strands not more than three inches
apart. -
4. Place guy wires on three sides, the ends
of which are sunk into concrete.
5. Run electric current through the whole
affair.
In this way I believe the goal posts would
last at least one season.
The Frosh Side of It
TO THE EDITOR: At first, most freshmen
accepted customs as a necessary part of college
life. However, all good things can be carried
too far. The same frosh who welcomed customs
with open arms a week ago have grown quite
weary of the repetition of the same already
memorized routine.
It has already been demonstrated that the
frosh at the Temple game were filled with the
proper school spirit in their songs and cheers.
After all, wasn't this a sign that customs week
had accomplished its job? Moreover, the hos
tility shown toward the hatmen proved that
customs are beginning to outwear their wel
come. However, I am not condoning those frosh
who helped tear up the goal posts, but did you
notice that most of the posts wound up at frat
ernity houses?
All that the freshmen are asking for is an
end to customs once they have proven that
they have learned their lessons. If the upper
classmen want to find out how well the frosh
can sing and cheer, let them come out to Beaver
Field Saturday and see for them Selves.
—Byron Fielding
Customs, a Big Joke?
TO THE EDITOR: Customs are a big joke!
Thursday night's demonstration proved that
the freshmen are running the school.
The freshmen, by their revolt, dictated an
action, which by rights of their past actions,
proVe that they are not entitled to because of
their past conduct.
This riot showed that the freshmen are not
yet prepared to become Penn State students.
There are four classes of students at Penn
State. The freshmen are only one of them.
Therefore, they should not decide when their
customs period should end!
—Robert Nowicki
Daniel Trupp
Edward Pearce
Walter Rohrbach Jr.
Gazette ...
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Timken Roller Bearing Co. will interview B.S. candidates
in M.E., 1.E., C.E., and Mining Eng. Wednesday, Oct. 8.
Erie Resistor Co. will interview January B.S. candidates in
Phys. and Chem., January B.S. and '53 M.S. candidates
in E.E., and '5 . 3 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Phys.
Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Saturday, September 27
WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 28
HIKING, CLUB outing, Back of Old Main,
1:30 p.m. -
LA VIE candidates. 405 Old Main, 6:30 p.m.
STATE PARTY steering committee, Chi Phi,
2 p.m
Monday, September 29
CWENS meeting, White Hall WSGA room,
3 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Kuan Chen, Russell Dalton, Richard Gund
rum, Albert Kerr, John Kyle, John Leaman,
Austin Nester, Ann Sniese.
AT THE MOVIES
- CATHAUM: The Story of Robin Hood 1:30,
3:35, 5:40, 7:45, 9:55; and My Wife's Best Friend
12:00 p.m.
STATE: You for Me 2:25, 4:16, 6:07, 7:58, 9:52
NITTANY: The Seventh Veil 6:15, 7:48, 9:41
STARLITE DRIVE-IN: Red Skies of Montana,
and A Girl in Every Port 8:30
—Alan E. Miller
ittle Man on . Campia
MEM
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"Say Bill, notice how hard ole Worthal is hitthe their center?
Bargain
Counter
From the Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh:
First casualty of the Pitt • training sessions was a coach, not a
player. Bob Friedlund, line Coach, .becaine overenthusiastic in
demonstrating blocking technique and wrecked an ankle.
The University of Pittsburgh •has 'instituted several reform mea-
sures over the summer.
The traditional freshman dinks
have been .scrapped, and in their
place, frosh can now be seen wear
ing blue and gold ties. Frosh wo
men at Pitt, incidentally, spore
green arm bands as part of their
customs program.
After attacks on the vulgarity
and poor taste of much of the
humor in the Panther by_ stu
dents and administration last
spring, the Publication 'Board
.called for the abolition of.. the
old magazine and the creation
of a new one modeled on dif
ferent lines. The first issue -of
the new photo-feature maga
zine is planned for Oct. 22. -
* * *
Cletis Pride's column in • the
Daily Athenaeum, West Virginia
University's publication, tries to
answer a few of the questions
asked by the average freshnian.
The following are typical exam
ples:
Q. How . easy is it to make
grades at the University?
A. Nothing to it. Almost
everyone who attends the Uni—
versify makes a grade of some
kind or other.
Q. How- is the outlook, for our
football team this season? ..
A. The University expects to
have 11 men on the field for every
game this fall. This number com
pares favorably with that to be
fielded by such great football
rowers as Michigan State, Notre
Dame, and Maryland.
O. What is the speed limit in
the campus area?
A. Fifteen miles per hour. All
those cars just look like they
are doing 55 or 60.
Q. Who are all those pale faced,
nervous looking individuals wan
dering about the campus?
A. Seniors. They will be drafted
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER" 27, :1952
By NANCY LUBTZEL
next June.
• • CL Is it true that women come
to the University just to get
married?
A. No. Many of them just
want to get engaged.
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F ro ni the Cabinet, Geneva
College:
EDITOR'S JOB
Getting..out the paper is no
picnic.
If we print jokes, people say_
we are silly.
If we: don't, they say we are
too' serious.
'lf we clip things from other
• publications, we are too
lazy to write them our
• selves.
If we - don't print every word.
of all contributions, we •
• don't appreciate genius.
If we do print them, the col
umns are filled with junk.
If we make a 'change in the
other fellow's write-up we:
are too critical.
If we don't, we ' are blamed ,
for poor editing. -
Now, like as not, some guy
will .s a y we swiped thiS
from some o,t he r sheet.
WE DID.
Frizzell Will Speak
At Bellefonte 'Church
Dr. John Henry Frizzell, Col
lege chaplain emeritus, will ' .be
the principal speaker for the. Re
vised Standard "Version Bible Ob
servance to be held at 7 p.m. to
morrow at 'the - First-Presbyterian
Church in Bellefonte., ••
Dr. Frizzell will speak - on "The
Word of Life -in Living hap.-
p,ruage," the theme for the obser
vance.
By Bib!
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