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®he 39atitj Collegian
Successor Co THE FREE LANCE, est 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of' The Daily Collegian
of The Pennsylvania State College
Catered as *ccond-clas» matter July i». 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
tuned editorials are by the'editor.
Dave Pellnitz Franklin S. Kelly
Editor "'SiP* Business Mgr.
.Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones:
Sports Ed.. Jake Uighton; Copy Ed., Bettie Louz; Edit.
Dir.. Jim Gromillcr; 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: Marshall Donley; Copy editors:
Tom Saylor. Lorraine Gladus; Assistants: Nancy
Ward; Barry Fein, Betty Allen, A 1 Goodman,
and Byron Fielding.
Ad staff: Eleanor Ungethuem, Ethel Wilson.
Eli Arenberg, and Sondra Duckman.
Motorcade Could Be
Homecoming Asset
Although the competitive motorcade held last
Saturday was a success, several defects were
apparent. These defects, however, did not deter
from the homage the 27 competitors paid to
Pennsylvania during the annual Pennsylvania
Week celebration. The motorcade should be held
again in future years, but correction of the
faults spotted this year can improve future par
ades.
One of the main defects of the motorcade
was that not enough organizations entered. Only
22 of 52 fraternities, 12 of 19 sororities, and
five independent organizations competed for
the trophy. Of course, the short notice given
the participants and the fraternity lawn display
competition at the same time affected the num
ber of entries made. If fraternities have time
to plan, they can successfully compete in both.
Moreover, preparations were hastily made
for the motorcade. It is to the credit of the
contestants that their efforts were worthwhile.
Another of ihe defects was the time the
motorcade was held. Very few persons were ,
seated in Beaver Field when the floats moved
around the track. Students living in dormi
tories, or those with' 11 a.m. classes, could
hardly be expected to get to the field by
12:15, ihe time ihe motorcade was scheduled
to start. Perhaps the starting time of ihe
motorcade could be set so the parade will end
about the time the football teams enter the -
field, instead of leaving a 20 minute gap
between the end of the parade and the en
trance of the teams.
The effort started at the Homecoming game
should not be abandoned in future years. It
can be enlarged and perfected. One of the best
ways to improve the event is to start arrange
ments for the motorcade earlier in the year.
The final decision to hold the motorcade this
year was not made until about three weeks ago.
It would have been impossible to have expected
more entrants than there were.
A student Homecoming committee, possibly
appointed by All-College Cabinet, could help
in making early arrangements. The Pennsyl
vania Week committee cannot continue to spon
sor the motorcade as it did this year because
(1) Homecoming could conceivably not coincide
with Pennsylvania Week, and (2) usually the
Pennsylvania Week committee is formed late
in the year.
In future years we hope that the motorcade
• will be continued and improved to be a great
asset to the annual Homecoming celebrations.
—Phil'Ausiin
IFC Movie, a Must
False impressions of fraternity life can easily
grow up in the minds of students who have
no association with, the fraternity system.
These impressions might, and probably have
in the past, keep a student who would be good
fraternity material from going fraternity.
In an attempt to dispel these views. Inter
fraternity Council, as a part of its concen
trated rushing program, will show the motion
picture, "A Toast to Our Brother," an excel
lent portrayal of fraternity life, in no way
related to the “Take Care of My Little Girl“
type of fraud.
The movie will be shown at 7 and 8:30 tonight
and tomorrow night in 119 Osmond. Every
freshman and sophomore should realize the
value of seeing it before deciding if the frat
ernity system is or is not for him.
The film is part two in the IFC’s rushing
program. The magazine “Penn State Frater
nities’' has already been distributed to many
new students and others will get their copies
soon.
Fraternity preference cards are being dis
tributed with the magazine. They will be col
lected Oct. 31 and compiled into a list to be
distributed to fraternity rushing chairmen.
The concentrated rushing program will be
ch'maxed with open houses for those interested
in fraternities from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
—Jim Gromiller
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Cabinet Can’t Give
CKess Club Subsidy
Coming up for final action by All-College
Cabinet tomorrow is the request made recently
by the Chess Club for a subsidy or gift of $2OO.
According to the request, the money is needqd
to purchase equipment and to meet traveling
expenses.
Peter B'etley, club president, has said
team expenses in the past nave been met by
the individual members. He estimated the costs
at $5O per man.
It does seem too bad that ihe team members
must meet their own expenses, especially
when the outfit has been good enough to win
the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate champion
ship. But All-College Cabinet is not the place
to get the money the group wants.
The chief objection to the club’s request is a
valid one. It is that if the request Were granted,
iust about every other club on campus would
have a precedent on which to base a plea for
cabinet funds. It is obvious that cabinet cannot
meet all these. requests.
We have said that All-College Cabinet is not
the place for the Chess Club to seek the money
it wants. Unfortunately, we know of no other
place to which to direct the club. We know that
members of organizations like the Checker Club
and the Bridge Club have been willing to stand
personal expenses themselves merely for the
love of the game. It appears that the Chess
Club will have to continue to do so. too.
IFC Workshop
A series of exchange dinners and discussion
periods on ten phases of fraternity life started
the third annual Interfratemity Council Work
shop last night. The forum-type meetings will
continue tonight and tomorrow night with an
annual banquet climaxing the program Satur
day night. - *
Ten separate groups will meet during the
workshop to discuss major, fraternity problems
in ten fields of fraternity life. These fields are
rushing, house management, pledge training,
social life, public relations, alumni relations,
scholarship, house administration, finances,
and chapter advisership.
It should be obvious that these meetings
can be very beneficial lo each fraternity at
Penn State. The success of the workshop pro
gram depends, however, on the amount of
participation each fraternity gives to the var
ious forum meetings. The greater the parti
cipation the greater the rewards of the meet
ing. *
Gazette...
Wednesday, October 22
ALPHA KAPPA PSI. Sigma Nu, 7:30 p.m.
BARBELL CLUB, McKee recreation room,
7 p.m.
FROTH promotion staff, 111 Carnegie, 7 p.m.
GAMMA THETA UPSILON, Alpha Tau chap
ter, Alpha Sigma Phi, 8 p.m.
HEBREW CLASS for beginners, Hillel Foun
dation, 7:30 p.m.
LAKONIDES, WRA Lounge, White Hall,
6:30 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB lecture-discussion, Professor
Case in charge, rectory basement, 7:15 p.m.
PENN STATE GRANGE neighbor night at
Pleasant Gap. 100 Horticulture, 7 p.m.
PERSHING RIFLES rushing smoker, Armory,
7 p.m.
WRA BOWLING CLUB. White Hall alleys,
7 p.m:
WRA MODERN DANCE CLUB, White Hall
dance room, 7 p.m. . -
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Carl Buss, Forrest Fryer, Richard Gordon,
Lorna Gray, James Guerdon, John Hooper, Ken
neth Keirsted, Ona Kay Lee, Anna Livingston,
Ronald Sauers, William Scudder, William Shaw,
Earl Sheble, Morton Slakoff, Robert W. Smith,
Richard Stabinski, George Stack, Doris Swingle,
Samuel Thompson, Anna Walker, Joe Yukica.
Edward Zdanowski.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Texas Co. will interview January B.S. and *53 M.S. and Ph.D.
candidates in M.E., cliem. eng:., and chem. November 3-4.
Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co. will interview January
B. and *53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in E.E., M.E.,
and phys., and January' B.S. candidates in I.E. and
chem. eng. Friday, Oct. 31.
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Naval Base will interview
January B.S. candidates in E.E., M.E., 1.E., C.E., chem.
eng., arch, eng:., and ceramics Friday, Oct. 31.
Eastman Kodak Co. will interview January B.S. and '53
M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in chem. and phys. Friday
and Saturday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Curtiss-Wright Electronics Division will interview January
graduates in M.E., E.E., and- aero. eng. Wednesday,
Oct. 29.
Wright Aeronautical Division will interview January grad
uates in M.E., aero, eng., and metal. Wednesday, Oct. 29.
Amco Steel Corp. will interview January graduates in M.E.,
C. 1.E., E.E., arch, eng., chem. eng., ag. eng., mining
eng., and metal. Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 29-30.
Gulf Research and Development Co. will interview January
B.S. and *53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in M.E., chem.,
phys., chem. eng., geophys., and geochem. Thursday,
Oct. 30.
Standard Oil Co.’ of Indiana will interview '53 M.S. and
Ph.D. candidates in chem. and chem. eng. Thursday,
Oct. 30.
Corry Jamestown Manufacturing Co. will interview Jan
uary B.S. candidates in M.E. and I.E. Thursday, Oct. 30.
Hercules Powder Co. will interview Ph.D. candidates in or
ganic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chem. and
chem. eng. Monday, Nov. 3.
Boeing Airplane Co. will interview January IS.S. candidates
in M.E., E.E., 1.E., C.E. and aero. eng. and *63 M.S.
and Ph.D. candidates in phys. and math. Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Girl Scouts of America will interview January B.S. can
didates in soc., phys. ed., education, psych., and LA
Monday, Nov. 3.
Bell System, including Bell Telephone Co. of Penna., Bell
Telephone Laboratories, and Western Electric Co. will
interview January B.S. candidates in E.E., 1.E., and
M.E., and ’53 M.S. candidates in E.E., M.E., phys., and
chem. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 3-4.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
# Couple without children to work for room* and board.
Boy to work for room. *
Person experienced in photographic tinting*
Messenger, with two consecutive hours free between 9 a.m.
and nooa.
Man on Campus
f
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"Two days overdue means $15 —did you’ever stop to think that,
some other student might like to read this June 1908 issue?"
Interpreting the News
Iran-Britain Fracture
Is a Major Crisis
Iran, broke off diplomatic- relations with Britain last week, and
thereby made it imperative that Britain and the United States start
thinking about whether they would fight, or what other action they
could take, to prevent the strategically located little country from
falling into Communist hands.
For a long time now the oil of Iran has ceased to be an im
portant fa ct o r in the dispute
which began when Iran ordered
nationalization of the wells and
refineries. Britons had developed
them and had a long term con
tract for their operation.
Putting Iranian oil back on
the market would produce a
problem even greater than when
it was withdrawn. That would
be the problem of cutting pro
duction—and- therefore govern
ment incomes—in other Middle
Eastern fields which were rush
ed into production to lake up
the slack.
There was still a faint glimmer
of hope in Washington and Lon
don that Premier 'Mossadegh’s
action .in breaking off relations
was more of a maneuver than a
finality. His expression of concern
for the “bonds of friendship” be
tween the two nations was read
with interest. But in general the
picture - was accepted as 93 per
cent black..
' With" Britain out of Iran com
pletely, and with the United
States in no position to lake her
place as it did in Greece and
Turkey several years ago, a
vacuum would be created which
would be an immediate invita
tion to Communist interven
tion. This would probably come
through a forced coalition deal
between Mossadegh, the fanati
cal Moslem leader Kashani. who '
was helped into the speakership
of the House recently by Com
munist led anti-Western demon
strations; and the Communist
Tudeh party, which is among
those just formally assured -of
Kremlin support.
Intervention might also take the
form of new revolutionary action
in Azerbaijan such as was spon
sored by the Russians after the
war, with actual Russian inter
vention “to preserve order” along
its borders.
Direct Anglo-American inter
vention in case of a development
not involving direct Russian inter
vention would be a very delicate
matter. In spite of Stalin’s en
dorsement of the subversive ac
tivities of Communist parties in
all countries, a large part of the
world, especially • the Eastern
world, has not yet accepted the
lesson of Czechoslovakia, that
Communist party action any-
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1952
S fe Ry
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
where is tantamount to Russian
official action.'
This problem, diplomats think,
might be somewhat simplified
now if Mossadegh, as expected,
gets some Asiatic nation, par
ticularly India, to carry- the
Iranian ball in London and
Washington. This would bring
Asiatic representatives into di
rect contact with Iran, and
probably teach them a lot.
-■ One problem in considering any
sort of forceful action is the prob
ability of being accused, if events
should finally produce it, of hav
ing conducted the whole negoti
ations with it in view. It’s some
thing you can’t talk about. The
Communists would make a lot of
play on that, just as they have in
Korea, and they would find lis
teners throughout Asia.
The Western Powers used the
United Nations originally to keep
Russia from establishing herself
permanently in Iran after the war.
But there isn’t much the UN can
do in anticipation of an event
which has not occurred' and on
which there is not even an ac
curate forecast of possibilities.
In 1948 Ihe United Slates
■ chose the course of warning '
Russia quite directly—through
the Truman letter delivered by
■ Ambassador Bedell. Smith—
that expansionism would be re
sisted. That may have afforded
the Allies some time in which
to scotch Communist tactics in
Western Europe.
That might be a valuable tactic
now, with Russia merely being in
formed that' the Allies - consider
Iran an extremely combustible
spot, where everyone must tread
very carefully in order to avoid
a general explosion. That is the
way they do consider it.
Geographic Honorary
To Initiate Tonight
Gamma Theta ,Upsilon, geo
graphic honorary, will initiate
new members at 8 tonight at Al
pha Sigma Phi.
Persons minoring in geography
who have completed six hours of
course work are eligible to join
the organization.
By Bibler
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