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SaccMMr to THE FREE LANCE, cot. 1883
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 &, 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.
Dare Pellnitz
Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE
.. Editorial staff: Night editor, George Bairey;
Copy editors, Bill Jost, Chiz Mathias; Assistants,
Peggy McClain, Betty Koster, Herman Weis
kopf, William Ollendike, Byron Fielding.
Ad staff: Eli Arenberg, Cindy Manarin.
Add a Field House
To Building Needs
Thursday, Director of Student Affairs Wilmer
E. Kenworthy released a list of 14 building
requests pending before the General State Au
thority and the state legislature. Included in
the list was a request for permission to complete
the College Infirmary. We feel this is a “must”
on any tentative list that Could Ipe submitted
to the state.
However, by far the second Most needed
building is a new athletic field house. This was
not mentioned on the list.
At the present' time we have a "recreation -
building" which houses all varsity indoor
sports, intramural activities, and physical ed
ucation classes—and it is not really adequate
for any one of these.
One striking example can be cited in regard
to Chick Werner’s indoor track team. The squad
is forced to practice on the Rec Hall balcony,
the most deplorable indoor track in the country;
at least in a school the size of Penn State. There
is no room at all for high jumper Jim Herb
and pole vaulter Dan Lorch to practice, and the
runners must share the balcony with boxers,
.wrestlers, soccermen, and any other Penn State
athlete who happens to be getting a “workout.”
They even have to be careful of the weight
lifters who occupy one end of the cramped two
lane “track.”
In fact, the track is so poor, that in some
ways it does more harm than good for the
Lion runners. A trackman's prime requisites
. are good lungs and legs. The Rec Hall track
can help develop the lungs, but not the legs.
Lion runners are frequently victims of shin
splints, and twisted ankles are always a
threatening menace on the poorly built turns.
,Penn State has always been a highly regarded
track school. This year, as in past years-, Chick
Werner has a group of high caliber performers.
Werner is one of the best, if not the best track
coach in the country, and is doing a magnificent
job once again. The Olympic mentor has taken
his teajn to the top ranking indoor meets in
the country this year, pitting his men- against
the best trackmen in the world. They have been
outstanding in these events, considering the
practice they get —or better yet, the practice
they don’t get.
But back to Mr. Kenworthy’s list. Included
among the list of requests was one for “facili
ties for the swine herd.” This was one of four
requests for buildings which would be used by
the School of Agriculture, and evidently the
College officials feel it is needed.
Bui what about the human herd which uses
Rec Hall constantly, many in an effort to
build for future careers? They need facilities
also. The inclusion of the . field house to the
list would, we feel, make it a complete one.
—Dick McDowell
Franklin S. Kelly
Business Mgr.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE,
News Clampdown
Seems Unjustified
Freedom of the press in the state of Penn
sylvania received another serious setback yes
terday when Gov. John S. Fine placed a gag
on all state groups his jurisdiction. Gov
ernor Fine’s statement directed officials -to clear
all proposed news releases for all information
media through his office.
The news clampdown came at a time when
news relations in Harrisburg were far from
perfect. Newsmen have been complaining bit
terly about generally poor press conditions, and
the new stringent, action will certainly bring
much editorial wrath upon the capitol.
However, the action by Governor Fine is
apparently only one more indication of a
-growing tendency to defeat freedom of writ
ing and thinking in the entire country. In
Washington, similar news blocs have been
hinted by sources near President "Ike" Eisen
hower's office.
It is our hope that some substantial method
can be found to correct this tendency to restrict
thinking.
Under some conditions, such as wartime, -or
periods of national crisis, there can be many
and good justifications for news blocs. It is per
haps legitimate, for example, for the Pentagon
to clamp down on Korean news.
’ But why should the people be refused their
right to observe critically the working of ord
inary government? What reason co.ixld Gov
ernor Fine have for such- a restriction of
rights? Does he fear the people?
Dr. Andrew Cordier, United Nations worker
who spoke recently on campus, said this coun
try may be fearing itself into World War 111.
He pointed out that this is not a time for fear
but a time for calm, clear thought.
Thomas Mann, the great writer, recently
left the United States, giving for his reason
—America is restricting its freedom in the
very attempt to preserve it.
The time has come to heed the words of
these men; the citizens of this country do not
want restriction they want freedom. They
want a free press, not a press hampered in -its
presentation of the truth by political exped
iencies.
America must not have its liberty whittled
away to nothing on the grinding wheel of
politics.. Free press, free thought, clean poli
tics—these are the-deserved heritage of all
living Americans.
Gazette. •.
Saturday, February 14
HILLEL FOUNDATION, EGG NOG PARTY;
after game, Hillel Foundation.
WRA PLUNGE HOURS, 7:30-9 p.m., White
Hall.
Sunday, February 15
HILLEL FOUNDATION MOVIE, 2 p:m., Hil
lel Foundation. . . :
Monday, February 16
ALPHA.PHI OMEGA',. 7 p.m., 304 Old Main.
CHIMES, 9:15 p.mV, Grange.
NAVAL RESERVE ELECTRONICS UNIT,
7:30-9:30 p.m., 300 E.E.
WRA ..BOWLING CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Doris Berkowitz, Harold Corderman, Bernard
Davis, John Feverlicht, Burton Forman, Charles
Gross,. Richard Hayes, Clifford Holgate, Arthur
Jacobowitz, ■ Dorothy Kauffman, Zelda Levin,
Raymond Long, David Lucas, Terence McNa
mee, Samuel Mento, Marilyn Moore, Eleanor
Nicastro, William Ream, Walter Riegel, Robert
Rossi, Richard Rostmeyer, Marjorie Seymour,
Temma Shames, Carroll Shaw, Vernon Sones,
William Sweeney, Joann Terhune, Allen Votta,
Archie Williams, Dorothy Williams,. and Jane
Yahres.
—Marshall O. Donley
"Coke" b a registered trade-mark.
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"No, I'm not studying” it—l use it to go to sleep by."
Plato described love as a grave mental disease, Lord Dewar
called it an ocean of emotions entirely- surrounded by expenses, and
Antoine Bret said'the first" sigh of love is the last sigh of wisdom.
And at Penn State, love might be . identified, as a stopping-place in
the race against ratio.
Nevertheless, each year on this day—Feb. 14—millions of people
celebrate the infamy of love un
der the disguise of a martyr from
the days of ancient Rome St.
Valentine. Thinking back to old
en days, we were imagining some
of the great romances of those
days brought into a present-day
setting in the Nittany Vale . .
THE EPIC OF SAMSON AND
DELILAH, A LA PENN STATE:
On the football 'team of the
mighty Blue and White is this
player, name of Samson. Now
Sammy is a pretty tough guy and
a good handsome kid too, so he’s
a real catch, not only for the
team, but for any woman what
can get her claws into him. And
a lot of them are trying. Each'eve
ning after football practice.a num
ber of women—Penn State’s-fin
est—hang around outside the lock
er room, waiting for Sammy to
come out so "they can get him.
Now in this bunch of :glambrines
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lilah (named that way by an ec
centric father). Now Delie ain’t
just no ordinary coed, she’s a real
looker, -in addition to being quite
a smart cookie. She hangs around,
and , when Sammy finally comes
out and pushes his way through
the crowd of women, Delie is
pushed aside and never even gets
near him.
This goes on for a couple of
days,' and Delie is getting sort
of mad. "This won’t get me no
where," she thinks, so, being
. the brain she is. Delie hotfoots
it back to her room and works
'ou st plan to ensnare pretty boy
Sammy.
“Think, Delie,” she says to her
self, and. puts all her five-foot
five, 115 to work. So Delie thinks
up a plan. 1
’ (Continued on page five)
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