Xlle 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 Pt.nnsylvania 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 ''W*" . ' Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones:
Sports Ed., Jake Dighton: Copy Ed., Bettie Loux; 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 Luetzel.
Aast. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr.,
Phyllis Ralson: National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley; Circu
lation Co-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry. Kenneth Wolfe; Personnel
Therese Mosink: 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 Acne wt. Promotion Co-Mgrs.. Marion Morgan,
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Janie Reber; Copy editors: Nan
cy Meyers, Dick Rau; Assistants: Evvie Kielar,
Joan Packard, Bev Dickinson, Nancy Ward, By
ron Fielding, Barry Fein.
Advertising staff: Eleanor :Ungethuem, Ethel
Wilson, Sandra Duckman.
Customs Program
Should Be Kept
This year's freshman customs program was
termed a success by James Schulte, Tribunal
chairman and co-chairman of the Freshman
Customs Board. We agree that it was a partial
success, but like Schulte believe that they could
have been much more successful.
Upperclassmen are chiefly responsible for
customs only being partially successful. They
are the ones who neglect enforcing customs.
They are the ones who tell the frosh that
they can get away with not wearing their
. customs. They are the ones who tell the frosh
that throwing fruit at the hatmen at the foot
'ball games and tearing down the goal posts
are Penn State "traditions."
Most frosh do not mind customs until they
find that the majority of upperclass men and
women don't bother to enforce them. It is be
cause of this that the frosh grow to dislike
hatrnen and women—because they are the chief
guardians of the customs program: It is at this
point that customs become a. nuisance.
When things reach this stage, you have mob
demonstrations such as last Thursday's.
Is there an answer to the problem? The ob
vious one, and the one voiced quite often, is to
eliminate customs altogether. However, we are
not yet ready to admit that a workable customs
program is an impossibility.
It is interesting to note the results of a five
man committee set up last spring by the fresh
man class to study the customs problem. Out
of the group, composed entirely of freshmen,
there came no suggestions to abolish customs.
The idea of customs was left intact by the
group. This alone seems to indicate a more or
less favorable attitude toward customs among
the frosh.
What this freshman group did suggest, and
we concur with its views, is that a definite date
be set for the end of customs. We suggest either
a two-week, strictly enforced customs period,
or a three-week period with some event sched
uled for the second Saturday to give the frosh
an opportunity to cancel the third week of
customs.
We feel that if upperclassmen knew just how
long customs were going to last, they might
be more willing to cooperate with their enforce
ment. A• definite date for custom's end •would
also, we believe, greatly reduce the possibility
of freshman demonstrations in the future.
We feel, however, that if 'the frosh conduct
and attitude warrants an early end to customs,
the way should be left clear to call them off
earlier than the date originally set. This pro
vision would be an incentive for the frosh
to be on their best behavior.
The excellent frosh spirit and cooperation
at Saturday's game prompted the board to call
off customs. If, in the future, the freshman •
class could display its best conduct early, the
College would no longer have to worry about
losing goal posts, etc.
Now that customs are over, board members
can survey the period and pick out its weak
points. But when they hit the problem of upper
class apathy, they'll probably be stumped. Peo
ple have been• trying for years to overcome
it, but so far have had little success. If one of
them should come up with a solution, Penn State
will be very grateful.
Drive Suggested
For New Lion Suit
The Nittany Lion is dying a slow death, as a
number of students and fdculty has been quick
to point out. They do not refer to the death
of the Lion as a symbol of Penn State, but to
the death of the Lion's suit which relives the
tradition of the College mascot at each football
game.
Last year it was suggested that a new suit
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was needed, but neither cabinet nor the Ath
letic Association was able to find the necessary
funds. The present suit was purchased two years
ago for about $4OO.
Hope that a fund raising campaign might
be started to purchase a new outfit for the
Lion was touched off by Loren Tukey, assis
tant professor of pomology, with a $1 contri
bution toward a new suit and a plea for a fund
raising campaign.
On top of this came a similar request for a
drive from a group 'of freshman women in
Thompson Hall.
We understand that it would take about three
months to have a new Lion suit made. That
means that there is no hope of obtaining a new
coat for the Penn State mascot before this foot
ball season ends.
But if a new coat is to be available by
next fall, plans should be set in motion at
once.
George Donovan, director, of associated stu
dent activities, has indicated that the Student
Union would be willing to act as a collecting
agency for contributions. The week preceding
Alumni Homecoming has been suggested as the
most advantageous time to conduct the cam
paign.
Let's hope the campaign does go forward
and that it gets the shot in the arm needed
to bring the Nittany Lion back to health be
fore next fall. •
Campus Radio Tests
Bring Station Near
Technical problems involved in successful
operation of a restricted radiation system of
broadcasting through campus dormitories have
apparently been solved.
Tests throughout the West Dorms last Sat
urday and again Monday night were termed
very successful by a spokesman for the Radio
Guild, which has been leading the fight for a
campus radio station.
Past class gifts have established a fund of
$lO,OOO toward a campus station, and last
spring the gratis presentation to the College
of a 1000 watt FM transmitter by the Gable
Broadcasting Co. of Altoona brought the real
ization of a campus station into the foreseeable
future.
Then students testing the special equipment
which had been designed to send the radio sig
nal over dormitory power lines ran into new
technical difficulties.*
With - the solving of these troubles, and the
successful tests as proof, the Guild may now
be able to persuade the administration to
give the green light to the station construction
and permit the letting of contracts on the
slave trahsmitters which must be specially de
signed for the unusual system contemplated.
The plan calls for broadcast over the 1000
watt FM transmitter with the "slave" trans
mitters converting the FM signal to amplitude
modulation so that it can be picked up on nor
mal AM radios.
The AM signal would then be superimposed
on the power lines of the campus dormitories.
Fraternities and students living downtown
would be able to pick up the FM signal on
FM radios or could hear the programs over
speakers linked with the campus by telephone
circuits.
It is generally realized that a campus radio
station. is a long standing need of the College.
And it is good news to hear that the tech
nical problems incident to the setting up of
the station are for the most part solved.
Gazette ...
Wednesday, October 1
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL
ENGINEERS, 10 5 Agricultural Engineering,
7 p.m.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS (mixer), 110 Electrical Engineer
ing, 7 p.m.
ANDROCLES. Chi Phi, 7 p.m.
INTERSCHOOL COUNCIL BOARD, 204 Old
Main, 8:30 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB lecture-discussion, Profes
sor Case in charge, rectory basement, 7:15 p.m.
PLAYERS' PROPERTIES WORKSHOP,
Schwab basement, 6:30 p.m.
RIDING CLUB, 317 Willard, 7 p.m.
THETA SIGMA PHI, Grange playroom,
6:30 p.m.
WRA BOWLING CLUB, White Hall alleys,
7 p.m. •
WRA MODERN-. DANCE CLUB, White Hall
dance room, 7 p.m.
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-COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Donald Bailey; Charles B.arto, Gilbert Broome,
Harry Ennis, Richard Ferguson, David Gill;
Richard Gundrum, Edward Harczo, Theodore
Keyser, John Kyle. 'John Leaman, Ona Kay
Lee, Andrew Loya, Ann Menges, _Kenneth
Moses, Milton Nees, Donald Reda, Carlene Sam
uels, Barbara Tokarsky, Robert Whitner, Au
drey Zellers.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. will interview January B.S. can
didates •in C.E., E.E., 1.E., M.E., Chem. Eng., Arch.
Eng., and Chem. and Ceramics Tuesday, Oct. 14.
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."
—Jim G.rorniller
—Jim Gromiller
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"Remember how they followed us when ±h' style was •.
th' r e v.e rs e of tight sweaters and loose skirts?"
It's A
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By BET TIE LOUX
"Autumn in New York . . . it brings the thrill of first-night
ing . . ." the tune goes, and a walk along the Mall any night around
9:30 gives us much the same, feeling . The lights are blazing in
Schwab Auditorium's Green Room where the local mask and wig
club is going through the antics of how important it is to have
the name of Ernest . . . and they're putting a nickel in the kitty
every time they slip from their
British accents . . . proceeds go to
a party.
Harassed directors are working
out skits for "Don't Stop Now,"
the original fall revue, on the up
per floors of Old Main ... drifting
from the windows of Carnegie
Hall are the spirited Thespian
show ,songs, and rehearsals for the
farce on a Pullman, "Twentieth
Century," are just getting under
way in the Little Theater.
The opening of the Penn State
theater season is close at hand:---
Oct. 10 to be' exact.
In spite of criticisms of the
state of American theater in
general and the past New York
season, it looks like some ex
cellent entertainment is in store
this year for both College thea
ter devotees and those out for
an evening of pure enjoyment. '
If our prediction proves true,
Players' and Thespians' success
may be partly due to the added
experience which quite a few ,put
under their belts this summer in
the "straw hat circuit."
Willie some packed their bags
for the shore and others took their
talents . all over the state, one
group of ambitious actors 'decided
to starve for art's sake S and stayed
in State College to organize the
State College Arena Theater at
Center Stage.
Existing on cereal and maca
roni and cheese for the first few
weeks, the group treated Main
Session students to "Papa Is All,"
"Angel Street," "You Touched
Me!" "See How They Run," and
"Come Back, Little Sheba." Just
about every one of these was cast,
r hearse d, and produced in a
week's time. It's still beyond us
how a stock company could act
in one play at night and rehearse
for another the same day without
crossing cues and producing a con
glomeration of the two.
It wasn't easy going, and we'll
never forget the time a first- .
night full house saw "Come
Back, Little Sheba" presented
for the first time with the prop
erties and sound effects. Half an
hour before the lights went{:
down, with the early arrivals
taking it all in, scenery was
being put up, sound equipment
installed, and the prop girl was
searching State College for a
celluloid duck and a large bot
tle of club soda.
A kitchen cabinet was finally
procured in that last half hour,
and the cast members were told
for the first time in what general
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locality - of the set they would be
able to find needed props.
When it was over :the group de
cided it had been a great dress
rehearsal, worked throughout the
next day, and put on a good show
the next night.
This pioneering company, one
of the most courageous we've ever
known, included Don Colbert,
who'll be back at Center Stage
next week in "The Importance of
Being Earnest;" Jolly Oswalt,
seen last year in "Hedda - Gabler,"
Ed Rolf, leading man in "A Con
'necticut Yankee" 1 a s.t spring;
Kathy Scheetz, '52; Sally• John
son and Evy Horwin, and grad
uate students Richard Andersen,
Yvonne Voigt, Bill Colenian, and
Moylan Mills.
Penn State went en masse to
Reading where Fran Stridinger,
Marcia Yoffee, Assistant Profes
sor of Dramatics Kelly Yeaton,
Dramatics Instructor "Mike"
Kesdekian, and Chuck Schulte
and Carl Wagner (the father and
the suitor in "The Heiress" last
year) worked at the Green Hills
Summer Theater.
Both WMAJ announcer Lee
Stern and Rolf were at the'Al
lenberry Playhouse, and former
Players President Betty Lou Mor
gan, Prim Diefenderfer; and John
Price were seen at the Pleasant
Mill s Playhouse, Hammonton,
'N.J., and the Quarterdeck Theater,
Atlantic City.
• But with the coming of fall the
renovated barns and sprawling
tents close their doors and theater
comes back io the cities. The Col
lege shows are only still in • re
hearsal, but we've got, first-night
fever already.
Inkling Candidates
Meeting Scheduled
Candidates for the editorial,
art, promotion, and circulation
staffs of Inkling, campus literary
magazine, will meet at 7 p.m: to
morrow in 209 , Willard.
Inkling is accepting• material
for publication in the fall issue.
Material, including fiction an d
poetry, should be • addressed to
Inkling and left at the Student
Union desk in Old Main, John
Hoerr, editor, said.
• The editorial staff reviews the
material submitted and decides
what will be used for publication,
Hoerr • said. Members of . the edi
torial staff also work - together. On:
a feature, story to be used in .the
magazine.
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