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Otirr Efaitti Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
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of The P^nnsylvania State College.
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College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorial» represent the viewpoint of the
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Dave Pellnitz
Editor
Managing Ed.. Andy McNeillie: City Ed., Dave Jones:
Sports Ed., Jake Melton; Copy Ed.. Bettie Loux; Edit.
Dir., Jim Gromiller: Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed.,
Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens; Asst.
Soc. Ed.. LaVonne -Althouse: Feature Ed.. Julie Ibbotson:
Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Nancy Luetzel.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Lynn Kahanowitz; Copy editors:
Dick Rau, Torn Saylor; Assistants: Bev Dickin
son, Phil Austn,. Dick Anglestein, Bill 01len
dike, Iry Weinei.
Business staff: Laeh Koidanov, Barbara Boh,
rer. Ed Steel, Bob Carruthers.
Grid Stars Flunking
Was Not Harmful
Early last semester two of Penn State's top
football stars were dropped from the College
because of , low grades. An immediate moan
went up from the pigskin faithful who won
dered what the effect would be on this year's
grid team. So far, the loss of these two men
hasn't appeared too disastrous.
But while the few moaned, most students
and all educators agreed that the decision
boosted Penn State's educational system. The
College had proved that the State athlete must
be a student as well.
In the current issue of the Saturday Evening
Post (Oct. 11), a feature article titled "I'm
Through With High School Football!'/ further
points up this problem of the student as an
athlete. The article, written by Don Group.
discusses the high school situation in this re
spect in the Pittsburgh area.
The article states in part:
"Just as football is emphasized over teach
ing with the coaches at Scott Township Nigh,
so football comes ahead of studies foi the
players. If a boy lacks the capacity or desire
to carry a tough classroom schedule, he is
allowed to take the easiest possible courses.
Anyway, an athlete only needs to be passing
in three out of five subjects to stay eligible
under the code of the Pennsylvania Inter
scholastic Athletic Association. This classroom
coddling is a shame, because one of the best
things to be said for high school football is
that it gives some boys who otherwise would
not have had the opportunity a chance to go
to college on athletic scholarships. Too many
of them enter so poorly prepared that they
are unable to benefit from it.
"My boy Don, Jr., is an illustration. He
played four years of football at Scott Town
ship High without ever having to study very
hard. Last year he entered Penn State. Con
trary to what you may think, there are few
college administrations, however football
minded, that will sanction Giving a boy passing
marks just because he is an athlete. Like a
number of other Western Pennsylvania ath
letes, Don found college work pretty tough.
After one semester, he withdrew from his
hotel administration course at Penn State and
switched to physical education at Slippery
Rock Teachers College. He has found the
scholastic going rough there too."
These two paragraphs should raise the pres
tige of Penn State considerably in educational
circles. But even more than that, the College
has put a football team on the field that has
shown itself worthy of praise, in spite of the
scholastic requirements. Even the few who were
moaning last semester have something to cheer
for now.
Rec Hall Seat Plan
Is Fine
.Suggestion
The proposal for reserving 300 seats in Rec
reation Hall for faculty, former students, and
townspeople has been vetoed by the Women's
Student Government Association. The Women's
Recreation Association gave approval to the
suggestion.
We'll go along with the WRA, for the seat
ing idea would be a fine gesture for the stu
dents to make,
The present setup in Rec Hall allows only
students to attend.the games. Outsiders get in
only if they borrow AA books from students,
or get complimentary tickets from players or
the Athletic Association.
The proposal, which WSGA vetoed, was bade
originally by Ernest B: McCoy, dean of the
School of Physical Education and Athletics. He
asked that 300 out of the 6000 seats in Rec Hall
be set aside for non-students. These non-stu
dents would be required to purchase the 300
tickets.
The section to be reserved for the faculty
and other non-students would not be, choice
center seals, but just average seats around
the ends of the Rec Hall balcony. The ques
tion: Is giving up these few seats (only five
per cent of the total) worth the- good Swill
it will create? We definitely think it is.
It would certainly be a step toward better
student-faculty relations and better student
townspeople relations to allow these people to
attend the games. And we think the alumni
, Franklin Kelly
-QZ6.O' Business' Mgr.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
deserve the right to see a basketball game if
-they come back to State for a weekend.
It• is interesting to note that the WSGA rep
resentative on All-College Cabinet voted in
favor of the recent encampment subcommittee
suggestions which encouraged better student
faculty relations.
Among the suggestions approved by cabinet
and the WSGA representative at that time was
one which asked that faculty and students alike,
in an attitude of mutual benefit, be encouraged
to sponsor a program of informal social and
personal relationships.
We think that allowing faculty to attend bas
ketball and other Rec Hall contests is certainly
a chance to demonstrate student willingness to
encourage these relationships.
—Marshall 0. Donley
Safety Valve—
Senior Class Gift Fraud
Is for Cabinet to Solve
TO THE EDITOR: Congratulations to \ I. AII-
College Cabinet on its action of Sept. 18 in
taking steps to eck the reckless and indis
criminate publicit in the realm of senior class
gifts. Haththe regulations recommended to the
senior class been in' effect this past spring, it
would not have been possible for supporters of
the radio station to perpetrate a fraud on the
senior class.
At that time, a check of the record will
show, supporters of the radio station said that
the appropriation of the gift of the. Class of
'52 $BOOO would make a radio station a
reality now. This completely unfounded
claim, as well as other misinformation, publi
cized with the funds of the Radio Suild, a
special interest group, I am certain was an,
important factor in producing enough votes
(If there were actually enough votes, members
of the class will never know; mote of that
later.) for, the class gift to be split between
the radio station and the student press. Of
course, as has now been made clear, the addi
tion of some $4OOO to the radio station fund
still leaves the station far short on its finan
eal needs.
What the radio station needed last spring,
and still needs, i . study and investigation, not
money. A further check of the records will
show that this is just what cabinet's own radio
committee told cabinet and the student body
last year. The special interests who want a
radio station now, regardless of its service value
to the student body, confessed to the truth of
this statement themselves with the re-opening
of school when they conducted the experiments
in the West Dorms. The recklessness of their
claim is illustrated by the fact that the slave
transmitters they said would cost "from $25 to
875" have been estimated to cost in the neigh
borhood of $750 by a reliable engineering firm.
The goal of these special interests is a "micro
phone" to talk into, regardless of- whether or
not there is anyone listening—or able to listen
—at the other end.
I would like to correct .the false impression
given by the Daily Collegian story of Sept. 20,
which in referring to cabinet's action said: "At
that time members of the Radio Guild said they
considered treatment of publicity for gifts in
the Daily Collegian unfair." From this it would
appear (1) that cabinet's action was inspired
by prejudice and bias by the Daily Collegian
in the handling of these stories and (2) that
representatives of the Radio Guild initiated the
action leading to .cabinet's approval of gift
publicity regulation.
Actually, this is farthest from, the truth: the
Radio Guild opposed the plan when it was
introduced; as a mater of fact, the plan was
introduced -to curb the activities of such spe
cial interest pressure groups as the Radio
Guild. By further checking the record, any
impartial observer: would report that there
was no favoritism or "unfair" treatment in
volved in the handling of news stories dealing
with the gift suggestions during my term as
editor of the Daily Collegian. Nor do I have
any doubt that the same will be true this
year and as long as the Daily Collegian con
tinues to publish the free voice of student
opinion.
On only one point did cabinet fall short in
proposing 'regulation of senior class gift pro
cedures: that of reshuffling the method of
counting the ballots and informing the stu
dents of the results of the voting. It was sug
gested this past spring that the task of count
ing the ballots be delegated to the All-Col
lege elections committee and that the results
be released as soon 'as they are available. •
In view of the unreasonable action taken by
the presidents of the past two senior classes,
I think this phase of the problem should be
re-opened.
Members of the Class of '52 never have been
told what the exact vote was on the crift, a gift
which comes from THEIR pockets, and what is
equally unfair, the results—that is, a ,simple
announcement of the gift—were not disclosed
until Class Night, which was attended by only
a fraction of the class, so that only a small
percentage of them now know where THEIR ‘'
money has gone. Can you imagine any demo
cratic body (except Women's Student Govern
ment Association, of course) holding anelec
tion, withholding the results for several Weeks,
'and then simply announcing the winners with
out giving an accounting of the vote! I have
met many members. of • the Class of .'52 since
graduation and one of the most frequent ques
tions asked of me has been, "What happened
to the . senior class gift?".
I firmly ' believe that All-College Cabinet
should take steps to prevent the recurrence 'of
such high -handed and undemocratic 'action in
the future.
Marvin Krasnansky, editor
The Daily - Collegian, 1951-52
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but I notice they make a tbuchdown on every play."
The Political Scene
This is the third in a series of interpretive political articles
designed to inform the College student about the coming election,
Nov. 4, and the issues and personalities surrounding it. The series
is intended as a concise, unbiased discussion on a subject we feel
should be stimulating and important to Penn Staters.
(Your comments in the form of letters to the- Daily • Col
legian are welcome and the opinions stressed therein_ may well
be used in ,the articles.)
3. Is Truman Adlai's Albatross?
The national political race, only three and one-half weeks from
culmination, has become less and less a two-man struggle between
the candidates than a five-or-six man mob rushing towardS the
finish line, hesitating occasionally to throw bricks in each others'
paths.
Included in the "new team" fighting for the candidates is Sen.
Robert Taft, and Sen. Joseph Mc-
Carthy for Dwight Eisenhower,
and Sen. / Estes Kef au v e r and
President Harry Truman for Gov.
Adlai Stevenson.
Of these four additions in the
race, three have brought consider
able attention to themselves, , and
much adierse criticism from the
opposition:
Eisenhower• has been criti
cized frequently. and bitterly
for his acceptance of the sup
port of both Taft and McCar
thy. He has been called a sen
sationalist because of McCarthy
and an isolationist because of
Taft.
However, President Truman's
arrival on the active political
scene has been more bitterly at
tacked and more caustically con
sidered than all other "second
.team" men combined.
Truman - began with a s he drive in which he con
demned Eisenhower, not person
ally, but on his platform and
acceptance of associates. He said
the general was a "front man" for
the special interest fellows who
run the Republican , Party.
Eisenhower was later named
by Truman as a gullible person
who fell for the stories of Re
publicans who were looking out
for themselves only, and, Tru
man said, the • general is waging
an. emotional campaign.
The general, of course, vio . --
lently • denied the President's:;
charges and referred to Tru;:,
man's speeches as "blank sal
vos." "I've been, fired at by
real artillery," Eisenhower
"and I'm not much concerned by
these harmless blanks."
Although Eisenhower denies his
fears over Truman's charges and
Truman's type of campaigning,
the general does have real cause
for - worry. The President has
proved again and again that he
is an effective campaigner, es
pecially when the going is tough.
And the going is tough now.
In 1948—and the Republicans
remember the year well when
they think of Truman—the Presi
dent whistle-stopped himself into
the White House, confounding
pollsters, Democrats, and the GOP
(Continued 'on page eight)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, '1952
By MARSHALL 0. DONLEY
Gazette ..
Saturday, October 11
BX BOARD OF CONTROL,
TUB BX, 10 a.m.
HILLEL folk' dance, Hillel
Foundation, 3 p.m.
WRA SWIMMING, .White Hall
pool, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 12
LION PARTY clique meeting,
10 Sparks, 7 p.m.
LION PARTY steering commit
tee, 214 Willard, 2 p.m.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB
discussion, "Loyalty in a Demo
cracy," Simmons lounge, 7:30 p.m.
SKULL AND BONES, 204 Old
Main, 7 p.m.
STATE PARTY clique meet
ing, 121 Sparks, 7 p.m.
Monday,. October 13
PHYSICAL EDUCATION STU
DENT COUNCIL, 105 White
8 p.m.
WRA BOWLING CLUB, White
Hall alleys, 7 p.m. •
COLLEGE H OSPITAL
.
Ed*ard. Birkinshaw, H. Robert
Bucker; Fred Diseroad, David
Fishburh, Froma Goldman, Edna
Grabiak, Robert Grimmer, Ron
ald Harper, Robert Howard, Anne
Lockwood, Del Rene Millner,
Joyce Mitchell. •N or m a Moore,
Chester Potash, Robert Reed,
James Richardson, George Skaw
ski, Gordon Stroup, Frank Wood.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT '
General Electric Co. will interview Jan
uary B.S. and '53 M.S. candidates in E.E.,
M.E., 1.E., Chem. and Phys. Wednesday,
Oct. 22.
Westinghouse Airbrake Co. will interview
January B.S. candidates in M.E., 1.E.,
C.E., and E.E. Friday, Oct. 17.
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. will
interview Ph.D. candidates in chem. and
phys—Thursday and Friday, Oct. 23-24.
Shell Gil Co. will interview January B.S.
and '53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in chem.
and them. eng. Thursday and Friday, Oct.
23-24.
Westinghouse Electric Corp. will inter
view Jahuary B.S. candidates in
1.E., and chem. eng. Thursday and Friday,
Oct. 23-24.
Columbia Gas System will interview Jan
uary candidates' in' M.E., E.E., C.E., chem.
eng., pet. eng., home ec. and accounting
Thursday. Oct. 23.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Substitute waiters for girls' dormitories.
Boy to work for room.
Girl to cook main meal in evenings for
two people five days per week.
Person to upholster and refinish chairs.
Students from Altoona area interested Ili
Christmas work.
By Bibler