E :axe rt 04e kiattg eitttegiati Stzesessor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887 k•ub'isbed Tuesday throzigh Saturday mornings inclusive dutirg the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The. Pvtosylvanin Slate College. faltered as second-class matter July 5, 1934, at the State College. Pa., Post Office ander the act of March 3. 1573. ed:torials 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 4:J. - Business Mgr. • Managing Ed.. Andy McNeillie; City Ed.. Dave Jones; Sports Ed.. Jake flighton: Copy Ed., Bettie Long; Edit. Dir„ Jim Gromiller: Wire Ed.. Chuck Henderson: Soe. Ed., Ginger Opoczenski: Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens• Asst. Soc. Ed.. LaVonne Althouse: Feature Ed.. Julie ibbotson; Librarian. Dot Bennett; Exchange Ed.. Nancy Luctzel. • Asst. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr., Phyllis Ralson: National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley; Circu lation Co-Mgrs.. Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfe; Personnel Therese Moslak; Classified Adv. Mgr., Eleanor Mazis: Office Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman; Secretary, Patricia Shaffer.: Senior Board. Nancy Marcinek, Ruth Pierce. Barbara Potts. Betty Richardson. and Elizabeth Widman. Mgr., Elizabeth Agnew; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Marion Morgan, STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Chuck Obertance; Copy editors: Marshall Donley, Lorraine Gladus; Assistants: Marcie MacDonald, Ellie Rakosi, Len Goodman, Mary Lee Lauffer, Myron• Feinsilber. Saturday Grid Spirit Shows Big Change Not only did the goal posts stay up Saturday afternoon, but the hatmen weren't hissed, no fruit was thrown on the playing field, and only five cards were sent sailing from the flashcard section. All this, plus a terrific football game and a fine demonstration by the Blue Band. made Saturday a significant day in recent Penn State history. It might be said that the old "tradition" has been thrown to the winds, and a new tradition begun. Actually, what happened Saturday WAS the old tradition, for the tearing down of• goal posts and throwing of fruit never had a part in the Penn State scheme of things. Saturday's showing made a fine impression on many people, quite different from, the display at the Temple game. The furor created by stu dent behavior at that game led to a week of intensive work toward preventing similar oc currances in the future. The success of the campaign has proved that student government, among other_ factors, can effectively deal with such disturbances. Now that Penn Staters have gotten back on the proper path, we trust they will continue to stay there. Perhaps few 'people realize that Penn State could have gotten a very poor name for itself all over the country had the Temple mess been repeated. The game was being broad cast all over the country througs the facilities of the Mutual Broadcasting System, and we're sure any poor conduct on the part of the stu dents would not have gone unnoticed by the radio commentator. In addition to maintaining good behavior here, it is just as important to show our good side when the team is on the road. The Penn game will be a big event this year. and we hope the conduct of Staters who ,go to the game is as exemplary in Philadelphia as it was here on Saturday. We wouldn't like to see our, school blacklisted in Philadelphia because of student misbehavior as the University of Virginia was following a game there two years ago. Tlie freshmen particularly are to be congrat ulated for their change in attitude. Following the Temple fiasco and last Thursday's "demon stration," the frosh standing was not too high. But they came through with flying colors Sat urday. earning the respect of the upperclass men. We hope the frosh, now that they have won this respectsawill continue to show them selves deserving of it. Housing 'Foul-Ups' Bar Grade College In years past three major "foul-ups" have confronted the student body when it returns for the fall semester, i.e., L traffic congestion on the Sunday opening of Orientation Week and later when the upperclassmen are due back, 2. lines and more lines for registration, and 3. a housing problem which in the past found students shoved into lounges, and this year out in the cold altogether. In solving the first two of these annual prob lems the administration is to be highly com mended. By employing readable direction signs and sufficient campus patrolmen, no serious THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA traffic tieups developed this year. The- new registration system also has been praised as the answer to the imp9ssible. Some of the. housing conditions which pre vailed when students returned this fall, how ever, were downright intolerable. The College's prestige must certainly take a beating when reports drift back to a stu dent's home town that. his room was taken • away from him after he had 'moved in.. and he was told to go shift for himself. • Reports have circulated of students forced to sleep in their cars; others were taken in by fraternities and housed until the College could arrange dorm accommodations. Fourteen cases of the latter were reported in one' night. • Last year, the College was plagued by a shortage of women's housing and some women spent the greater part of the first semester in lounges. That should have been the needed lesson, but this year the housing problem was even worse. We are not fixing blame on the department of housing or on . any other department of the College administration, for we are uncertain just where the fault lies. We do, however, feel that there is a sensible method of determining just how many students will be coming to Penn State and limiting the dormitory contracts to the dorm capacity. /Some system of return post card to determine who will be back might be one answer. Another might tie a rather large dormitory deposit to hold a room, one large enough to deter a student from failing to notify the. College in sufficient time if he or she did not intend to return to the campus. 'We realize full well that to Meet the interest and principal payments on the dormitories they must be very nearly full. If the method of passing off the problem as one that is bound to exist had been employed we would still have a registration problem, a traffic problem, .and many other difficulties which have been to a greater or less extent answered. Now is the time for the departments of the College interested—housing and registration es pecially—to join in an investigation of the problem. Farming, dormitory students out to frater ,nities and making others sleep in their• Cars makes not only the department of housing, but the entire College administration look rather silly. Safety Valve Dean Cites Good Conduct TO THE EDITOR: I wish to express for the members of 'this office, and myself personally, admiration for the genuine leadership shown at the Purdue game Saturday. We are proud of our freshmen for the man ner in which they proved that they were true Penn Staters. They demonstrated that we have a student government that is resourceful and fully capable of effective leadership in a time of crisis. ' Gazette ... Tuesday, September 30 COLLEGIAN editorial candidates, 1 Carne gie, 7 p.m. DELTA SIGMA PI, Chi Phi, 7 p.m. DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB, TUB, 6:45 p.m. EDUCATION STUDENT COUNCIL, 108 Wil lard, 8:30 p.m. FOLK AND SQUARE DANCE CLUB, 304 Old Main, 7,p.m. MI STUDENT COUNCIL, 209 Willard, 7 p.m: TRIBUNAL, 201 Old Main, 7 p.m. WRA BADMINTON CLUB, White Hall gym, 7 p.m. WRA OUTING CLUB, White Hall game room, 7 p.m. • Charles Barto, Gilbert Broome, Bruce Coble, Harry Ennis, Richard G-undrum, Theodore Key ser, John Kyle, Donald Lansberry, John _Lea man, Mary McMulleh, James McLaughlin, Ann Menges, Donald Reda, Dorothy Romanofsky, Carol Stevenson, Barbara Tokarsky, Anthony Tornetta, Robert Whitner, Audrey Zellers, Don ald Zipin. 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 '53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates - in Phys. Tuesday, Oct. 7. • Federal Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. will inter view January 8.5., - '53 M.S.. and Ph.D. candidates in M.E., E.E., Chem. Eng., Phys., and Chem. who are .in terested in communications or development work in radio and electronics Thursday, Oct. 9. Mallinckrodt. Chemical -Works will interview January' B.S. and '53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Chem. and Chem. , Eng. Monday, Oct. 13. Crafty men condeinn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them—Bacon. State College Community Forum Tickets are now on sale from Sept. 29th to Oct. 10th. $3.00 per season. The tickets can be obtained faculty, students, community organization representatives and at the S. U. office. This is the way to be informed of current speakers. GET YOUR SEASON TICKETS EARLY! Jim Gromiller —H. K. Wilson Dean of Men COLLEGE HOSPITAL COLLEGE PLACEMENT ittle Man on Campus. "I thought you told Jane I'd had my last blind .date with a Phys Ed major." WISE AND OTHERWISE 6 Years 'in Reserves Required Every man who goes into the armed forces from now. on, re gardless of whether he enlists or - is drafted, will be assured of'at least eight years of combined active duty and reserve military•service. That is the provision of the new reserve setup recently enacted, by Congress. Under the new set-up, veterans of active duttr, during the pres ent Korean conflict and after, will automatically go into the military reserves upon• discharge, where they will finish out the remainder of their eight years service.- Re serve membership has previously been optional. As a result, 'Penn• Staters and other college students may the ROTC program 'a- bit more attractive.' One of the big draw backs in accepting a commission from the ROTC has been the obligation to serve six years in the reserve following active duty. Now, this reserve duty faces anyone who goes into the' service. Many may, therefore, . find it more desirable to accept a commission, in addition to being assured of deferment un til college gradtiation. The new reserve set-up is ex pected to build up a U.S. military reserve force of from 4.t0 6 mil lion men by the late 1950'5. And it will, without LTMT, provide a large reserve force of veterans that can be called upon in case of emergency. • All Korean veterans 'and future Gls, as a result, 'face.eight years of. active and reserve 'duty. The National Guard units will 'become a part of this reserve outfit, but will be maintained as a separate force. World War- II officers must either sign anew indefinite term reserve commitment or give up their commission. World War II enlisted men will not be affected. Under the new ruling there will be two factions in the reserve sys tem: READY RESERVE. The ready reserve will.be composed of about 1.5 million men. Those now in the active re sery e, plus National Guard members, will be the first members of this group. They will be joined in the 'future by a steady stream of veterans from active duty receiving discharges. The men straight from' active duty will A.I.M. Leonides . . Saturday, Oct. 18 .--- Itec Hall JACK HUBER'S ORCHESTRA front 9 to 12 • TICKETS . . . $2.00 , . Refreshments Informal : TUESDAY; - SEPTEMBER 30,,1952 ' 4;' A of 'Draftees • ' By DAVE JONES spend three to five years. in: the ready: reserve , dependingupon Pvhether they, join an .actively training unit. the ready reserve will be subject to the President's call upon 30 days' notice and will be employed in emergency _Situ ations,. such as the Korean con-; flict. STANDBY RESERVE. 'l' h e standby reserve will be composed eventually of about 5 million men. Its first members will be today's inactive reservists. The standby reserve • will grow with the ad dition of men who have completed their. service in the ready reserve. These - men...will remain in the standby reserve _until their eight years' military service is corn- Rleted; "The' standby reserves will Ile subject to call by Congress and will, stay, in. this country .unless an all-out war threatens. They will be less likely to be sent to a small er_conflict. As the first compulsory armed reserve in_ this nation's history, these units. will be building, to ward the military man's' dieam of a' 10 'milliOn man force with 1.5 million in ready reserve and - 5 million. in standby .reserve. All this .still avoiding out-and-out ITMT. The loudeSt protests to the 'new set=up ; wilt come from those who have served on active duty, pern= haps .in. actual combat, and then find them Selves • again subject to being called: These veterans 'may call.for - sharper restrictions on de ferrnents. • ' If does not seem fair to make - a cothbat Veteran subject fo, re= call, when he, has already been th:r o u hying Hell ' , once, if there ire Many youths , who 'still have not seen active duty be cause of deferments. These de- . ferments, by, the way, are the ones that are keeping many , .of us out, of 'the service now. By Billifer 4 11, / 72 ::,), il ‘ , i ',, , , ~,,
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