uJhe saily 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 Pennsylvania State College Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934, at the State College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of March S, 1879 Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un signed editorials arc by the editor. Dave Pellnitz Franklin S. Kelly Editor Business Mgr. Managing Ed., Andy McNcillie; City Ed., Dave Jones; Sports _ Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed., Bettie Loux;. Edit. Dir., Jim Gromillcf; 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: Nancy Meyers; Copy editors: Bob Landis, Bill Jost; Assistants: Irv Weiner, Gus Vollmer, Ellie Rakosi. Ad staff: Bob Potter, Shirley Gable, Virginia Bowmen, Vince Dragner. Glad We Can Help Paper in Trouble See Bargain Counter The Daily -Northwestern, student publication of Northwestern University, is struggling to keep alive despite sharply rising production costs. Personal appeals by the editor to fraternity and sorority houses, independent students, grad uates, faculty members, and the administration have brought promise of financial support for the ailing Daily, but the paper is far short of its $5lOO goal. However, the paper has run into one serious snag that is the concern and fear of every independent paper, student or commercial— editorial pressure from outside groups. A front-page editorial of the Daily North western stated the following facts: “Three so-called ‘Wheels’ of campus organ izations came to see us—individually. They said they heard we were in financial trouble. “These individuals said their organizations would be happy to contribute to our emergency fund if we ‘behaved ourselves,’ if we ‘played it their way.’ They tried to lay down the law.” As the editors said, “It’s always a shock to find that ‘it could happen here’.” And it is our hope that it will never happen at Penn State. Freedom to print the news fairly and accu rately, without dictates from pressure groups, is a heritage journalists everywhere have cherished. College students in particular need an organ to reflect their attitudes. It is a measuring slick for the administration and students' opinions. It is ' the student voice, whether in support or defense. And we of' the Daily Collegian hope other schools will join us in pledging assistance to the heretofore free press of the Daily North western in its financial need. We feel if is worth the $lO the Daily Colle gian is sending to the Daily to insure our own future editorial freedom as well as theirs. • —Nancy Luetzel We Need Program To Honor UN Day Today is the- seventh anniversary of the birth of the United Nations —the signing of the United Nations Charter at San Francisco. This week has been designated as United Nations Week, but we on campus have not been presented with much more than posters as a reminder of the celebration. It appears to us that United Nations Day and Week should be so arranged that, no mat ter how disinterested a person may be, there would be some stimuli to remind students that such an organiation is in existence and that it is based on certain principles which govern all of us. Last'year we had such a program. Nuri Eren of Turkey and Dr. - Jan Goris of Greece were brought to the College to discuss the worth of the United Nations—whether it is merely a de bating society or a true peacemaker. This year, more than ever, doubt exists in the minds of college students. We wonder whe ther this thing called war will ever cease to be. For You! There's always a treat in store for you when you stop in for lunch, for supper, or for that midnight snack after the show or the party at the PENN STATE DINER ALWAYS open to serve YOU THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Our fellow classmates are taking their places on the Korean battle fronts. The question immediately arises, "Can ihe .United Nations ever attain its purpose?" It was set up seven years ago for the purpose of securing and maintaining peace. Thus far, must of what we have seen is a split down the . middle between the United States and Russian , representatives. Will the split continue to exist? Will >we ever be able to mend damages already done? A United Nations Week prograpi at the College could have helped many us partially answer these questions. And today is supposed to be a celebration on this campus? We doubt that even 50 per cent of the students know that today is United .Nations Day. Where the fault lies, we do not know. Tech nically speaking, we are fighting a war, and every, effort should be made to inform the youth of this nation—particularly the college youth— of what the chances are for the future. When the United Nations was founded many thought we had the solution. But all we have up to this point is an arena for airing diffi culties. It is not to the credit of this campus that a program for enlightening the student body on the United Nations has not been presented. It was done last year and benefited many—and could have done the same this year. We look forward io a revival of such a program next year. Certainly we should profit from this year's mistake. Safety Valve Prof Comments on Seating TO THE EDITOR: May a faculty member comment on the Recreation Hall seating prob lem? I would like to see a basketball game now and then as would many others. I would feel embarrassed if, when, students had to arrive early and wait, I could come in at the- last moment and park in a reserved seat. Why not sell the 300 faculty seals unre served; then permit exchange of the tickets for a later date if the holders arrived after seats were filled? Nobody would have special privileges, yet nobody would lose his ticket money if he arrived late. Alternately, the price of the' ticket could be refunded to the late-coming faculty member. —W. B. Shepperd Assoc. Prof, of Electrical Engineering Gazette ■ . ; ■ Friday, .October 24 HILLEL EVENING SERVICES, Hillel Foun dation, 8 p.m. INTER- VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOW SHIP, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. SKULL AND BONES, Phi Kappa Tau, 10 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT ' Texas Co. will interview January B.S. and ”53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in M.E., chem. eng:., and chem. November 3-4. Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co. will interview January B.S. 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.8.,' M.E., 1.E., C.E., chem. eng., arch, eng., and ceramics,. Friday, Oct. 31. Kastman 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. 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.i 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 v Nov. 3. Boeing Airplane Co. will interview .January B.S. candidates in M.E., E.E., 1.E., C.E. and aero. eng. and *53 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 L.A. 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. National Tube Co. will interview January B.S. candidates in E.E.. 1.E., and' M.E. Wednesday, Nov. 5. Stewari-Warner Corp. will interview January B.S. can didates in M.E., aero, eng., math., and phys. Wednesday, Oct. 29. General Electric Co. will interview Ph.D. candidates in E.E. and M.E. Wednesday, Oct. 29. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Senior engineers for evening or daytime work in electrical or mechanical drafting. Messenger boy from 10 a.m. to noon or from 9-11 a.m. five days. a week. For further informati dent Employment, (on about job placements, contact Stu , 112 Old Main. —Mimi Ungar CA N D Y £ WEEKEND HALLOWEEN PARTIES need . . . Snacks, crackers, - spreads * salted nuts, hard candies apple lollypops and ?? ???? 9:30-10 p.m. daily Sunday afternoon •' Little Man on Campus "An' now, coming in io replace Jones, Wright, and Morris is th' cheering section we have three frosh, spirited —" Bargain Counter Our column today will be devoted to the sad plight of another college daily publication, the Daily Northwestern, in that such a situation shall never occur at Penn State or at any other school^,, The Daily 'Northwestern'is going broke. The reason? The rapid rise in production costs. Unless- the Daily can raise. $5lOO or, week,' the'.campus -newspaper i will have to go down ’immediately to publishing three times weekly. But this would only cut the loss, not eliminate it." The news paper is now losing $l9l per week. Even if the paper were published only three times weekly, the loss would only be cut to $l4B. This would probably mean a two-day “Daily,” according to, the editor, and chances are not too far re moved from reducing it to a week ly very soon. Advertising rates cannot be raised to make up- the loss, be cause right now- they are second highest in the country; only Harvard is higher. The o n-1 y other way to get the money would be to increase the sub scription fee, which is included in the yearly student activities fee. But this year the univer sity has lumped the activities fee in with a tuition increase, and it can't be touched. An ac tivities fee raise would auto matically mean an increase in tuition, and the administration fears an adverse student re action. At any. rate, nothing can be done this year about the increase. Therefore, the ■ Daily North western editor, in an effort to pull the paper out of its worst hole in its 71-year history, has ap pealed to fraternities and sorori ties, • the board of directors, in- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1952 By NANCY LUETZEL See editorial, this page dependent and graduate students, and the faculty for financial aid. Many organizations' have jumped on the bandwagon, but the Daily is far short of its goal. This brings us to a problem the Daily now face's which is bigger than the insolvency of the paper itself—freedom of the press. - Three leaders of campus or “ ganizations approached the edi tor individually, all with the same proposition. These indi viduals said the organizations which they represent would be willing to aid the Daily finan cially, providing the editors "behaved" themselves and * "played it their way." As representatives of “A Free Voice in a Free University” the editors alternately and under standably expressed shock, anger, and disappointment at the atti tude of these groups. And the cry of a free press has been picked up across the country by college papers hearing of this injustice. There is a bright side to the picture, though. The Young Re publicans Club of the University, in a letter to the editor, said it wished to contribute what it could to the Daily’s course, even though practically bankrupt itself. “Just because it (the Daily) dif fers with our ideas is no reason to feel we should junk it,” the (Continued on page five) By Bibler approach that figure this
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