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(iUie iilatlg Collegia it
Suceujor ta THE FREE LANCE, eat. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
luring the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegia?)
•f The Pennsylvania State College
Entered as second-clasa matter July a. li>34, at the State
College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint ot the
” writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the editor.
Dare Pellnitz • Franklin S. Kelly
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones:
Sports Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed., Bettie Loux; Edit. Dir.,
Mini Ungar; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson: Soc. Ed., LaVonne
Althouse; Asst. Sports Eds., Ted Soens, Bob Schoellkopf:
Asst. Soc. Ed., Lynn Kahanowitz: Feature Ed., Barry Fein:
Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Bob Landis: Photo Ed., Brucr
Schroeder.
Asst. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith t. Local Advertising Mgr.,
Virginia Bowman; National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley;
Circulation Go-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfe; Per*
sonncl Mgr., Elizabeth Agnew; Promotion Terese
Moslak; Don Stohl; Classified Adv. Mgr., Marty Worthington:
Office Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman; Senior Board, Nancy
Marcinek. Ruth Pierce, Betty Richardson and Elizabeth
Widman.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial staff: Night editor, Chuck Ober
' tance; Copy editors, Mary Lee Lauffer, Bill Jost;
Assistants, Byron Fielding, Dolores Spathis,
Dorothea Bourne, Bob Dunn, Nancy Van Tries,
Joe Beau Seigneur. Photographers, Arnie Rosen
berg, Bruce Schroeder.
Ad staff: Bob Potter, Kay Carr, Faye Hidin
ger.
College, Athletes
Have Fine Records
Penn State’s boxing, gymnastic, and wrest
ling teams brought back a total of eight indi
vidual championships to the campus, following
their competition.in the Eastern contests the
past weekend.
It is indeed interesting to reflect- on all the
criticism that has come up about the lack of
athletic scholarships at Penn State. It has
been said that the reason we do not get our
athletic teams in the spotlight is because
other colleges out-bid us for the top-notch
high school players. Although it may be true
that other schools out-bid us for top players,
since scholarships for athletes ai Penn State
usually amount to fee scholarships, it seems
that our athletes are making a good name
for themselves. -
The wrestlers won' the Eastern Intercolle
giate championship, the boxers placed third,
and the gym team managed to get four indi
vidual titles.
With this record, we can certainly be proud
of these three teams. We can be proud, also,
that such a record has been obtained without
excessive use of subsidized athletes. If this
record can be obtained under a plan such as
.we have at Penn State —where very few full
scholarships are given to athletes students
should not have any gripes about Penn State’'
'failure to secure outstanding athletes.
An athletic program is an integral pari of
a college program. And it does serve as one
, of the main items for advertising a particular
school. We should like to lake this space to
commend the College and the three athletic
teams for their ouslanding records. The stu
dents at the College, although they may not
turn out in thousands at the pep rallies, pride
themselves in the records made over the past
season.
Word to the Wise
Should Be Sufficient
Last week an unfortunate situaton arose as
an indirect result of a college engineering frat
ernity’s initiation.
The event occurred at Clemson College, S.C.
A group of initiation candidates had been taken
four miles north of Clemson on the Seneca
highway. They were blindfolded and told to
walk back to Clemson.
However, the wives of two of the men learned
of the plan, drove to the spot, and offered to
drive the men back. One of them had removed
his blindfold and was standing beside the girls’
car, when he was struck by another auto. He
died of injuries he received in the accident.
The wives' intentions were certainly good
ones, but an accident came about anyway.
Such immature initiation duties have long
outlived their value. We have learned from
experience that duties such as these can. and
do, result in some kind of damage.
It is events such as this one that have a tend
ency to place fraternities in a bad light. If Penn
State fraternities continue to steer clear of such
play, as most of them do. they will be on the
safe side.
Even more, we feel that the fraternity sys
tem that "talks down" such practices is one
step ahead of any other system. The college •
youth of. today, it has been said, like's to have
fun. But, such practices as the Clemson event
are out of the realm of fun, when the result
proves that the fun can very definitely be im
paired. >
Since accidents have occurred throughout the
history of the fraternity systems in colleges,
there can be little harm in once again repeating,
“A word to the wise is sufficient.”
—Mimi Ungar
M.U.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE'COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Spring Week Load
Must Be Shared
.Plans for the 1953 Penn State Spring Week
are now well underway. Beginning with the
coronation of Miss Penn State May 11 and end
ing with Senior Ball and houseparties May 15
and 16, this year’s Spring Week promises to be
the best ever.
One of the most popular of Spring Week
events in the past has been the Spring Carni
val. Last year, helped for the first lime in four,
years by nice weather and a student holiday,
the carnival netted over $lBOO for the student
scholarship fund. Few who attended the carn
ival last year will forget the crowds and gen
eral good fun which pervaded the crowded
parking lot behind the Sigma Chi house;
In an effort to thin down the crowds which
last year thronged the aisles so badly that it was
almost impossible to walk, and to alleviate the
problem of bad weather, the carnival this year
will be held two nights. Booth applications for
the carnival must be submitted by April 1.
In the past, fraternities and sororities have
turned out in full strength to provide variety
and gaiety to Spring Carnival. Because of the
close-knit character of the Greek system at Penn
State, it is relatively easy for these groups to get
together some kind of booth attraction.
Independents, on the other hand, because
they are so spread out, find it more difficult
. to get a booth ready for the carnival. The only
way to combat the problem seems to be to
have several dorms in the Niitany-Pollock
area or a floor in one of the large dorms com
bine to set up a booth. Such an action might
even be helpful in the long run in drawing the
independents together to form a stronger
group.
But only two weeks remain for groups to sub
mit their booth applications. According to
Spring Week rules, each application must give
some idea of what the booth will be like, and
the application submitted first will be given
preference in the case of idea duplication. The.,
best policy is to get applicatons in as soon as
possible.
The bigness and success of Spring Week in
general rests in the capable hands of the
Spring Week committee. But the success of ~
the fifth annual Spring Carnival will lie
chiefly on students and the organizations to
which they belong. It will be hard to live up
to last year's carnival, but it is not impossible.
The students must do their share to make this
—ar's Spring Week "the best ever."
College Placement
Starting today, notices of the College Place
ment Service, usually found in the Gazette, will
no longer be run. Because of mechanical limi
tations, the Daily Collegian has long had the
problem of trying to give the Placement Ser
vice as much space as possible without taking
out other sections of the page.
The result has been • a dissatisfaction on the
part of the Placement Service with the notices
as they have been run. A complete list of place
ment notices is available at the Placement Of
fice in 112 Old Main and each school bulletin
board contains most of the notices concerning /
graduates in that'particular school. Students in
terested in job interviews should check these
bulletin boards for information concerning the
dates of scheduled interviews.
Gazette...
March 17, 1953
ACCOUNTING CLUB, 7 p.m., Alpha Chi Rho
fraternity.
BELLE LETTRES, 7 p.m., Northeast Atherton
Lounge.
CAMERA CLUB, 7:30 p.m., 305 Horticulture.
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS CANDIDATES, 7
p.m., 1 Carnegie.
COLLEGIAN
7 p.m., Carnegie.
COLLEGIAN JUNIOR AND INTERMEDIATE
AD. BOARDS, 7 p.m., 9 Carnegie.
COLLEGIAN PROMOTION BOARD, 7 p.m.,
11l Carnegie.
EDUCATION STUDENT COUNCIL, 8:15 p.m.,
103 Willard.
FENCING CLUB, 7 p.m., Rec Hall.
FRESHMAN CLASS MEETING, 7:30p.m.,
10 Sparks.
FROTH’PROMOTION STAFF, members and
candidates, 7 p.m.
HOME EC. CLUB and FORESTRY SOCIETY,
square dance, 7 p.m., TUB.
LIEBIG CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 7:30 p.m.,
105 Frear.
LION PARTY STEERING COMMITTEE,
7:30 p.m., 302 Willard.
PENN STATE CAMERA CLUB, 7 p.m., 305
Horticulture.
TOWN COUNCIL, 8 p.m., 103 Willard.
WRA OUTING CLUB, .7 p.m., White Hall
game room.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Oliver Bonnert, Patricia Collins, William Free
burn, Bruce Gretz, Walter Hoopes, Gatelle Kane,
Nancy Kepner, Emerson Laubach, Caroline
Manbeck, Sally Meredith, Roger Owens, Bruce
Parize, Donald Rehm, Edward Rizika, Hannah
Ruttenberg, Gloria Tieger, Ronald Velosky and
Lee Myers.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Camp Conrad Weiser, Pa., will interview March 17.
Boys wanted to work for meals on Fridays, Saturdays, and
Sundays, for the rest of the semester.
Summer resort seeking three or four piece combo.
Camp Redwing and Wiiuiicut. will interview March 18 and 19.
'Camp Skycrest, Pa., will interview boys March 18.
Camp Sinking Creek, Pa. will interview boys March. 18.
Couple without children wanted for summer employment
near State College
Boy with experience wanted as linotype operator.
Waiters wanted for permanent work in fraternities.
Interviewers for survey.
EDITORIAL CANDIDATES.
little Man Oil Canipub
"Do any of you remember where I was when my lecture was
interrupted I've given it so many times I wasn't listening.",.
>reting the New:
Interi
Allied
Same to
Britain and "the United States under Eden and Dulles react the
same to Malenkov’s peace talk as they did under Acheson, Bevin,
and Morrison to Stalin’s peace talk.
They ask for the proof of the pudding. ... _ ..
For a country with the recent record of Russia, .the diplomats
would consider themselves way
out on a limb if they took any
other attitude,
Foreign diplomats in Moscow
generally look a more optimis
tic attitude. They thought Mal
enkov might really mean some
thing when he says all trou
blesome issues between Russia
and other countries were sub
ject to peaceful settlement. The
reply, as usual, is "sure they are.
On Russia's own unacceptable
terms."
. There is another factor in the
present situation. Over and be
yond the possibilities of actual
settlement, making another con
ference with the Russians look
more profitable than those of the
past have proved.
For one thing, there is need for
exploring the possibility that an
actual change is taking place in
Russian policy. The Allies have
always supported their military
program with the idea that it
would one day force a change in
Soviet policy. It would be foolish,
under the theory, always to pro
test that no change is possible.
It would be just as dangerous
to forget that such a change un
der any form of totalitarianism is
extremely unlikely, or to think’
it could be depended upon for any
considerable future even if it did
occur.
200 Princeton Professors
Protest Loyalty Probes
A protest against the “inquisi
torial” methods used in the cur
rent political investigation of
universities was signed by 200
professors at Princeton University
Sunday.
The professors, members of the
Princeton chapter of the Ameri
can Association of University
Professors, warned that there was
danger not only from avowed
enemies of the-country, but from
misguided friends within the Uni
ted States. They suggested that
the fitness of a teacher should-be
determined by .other teachers in
accordance with principles calcu
lated to insure a just and reason
able decision.
“We deplore the failure of many
of our educational, religious, and
political leaders to define the true
nature of this growing threat to
our intellectual and spiritual her-
lefcction
Peace Talk
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
Only lime will give any per
spective on the slight indica
tions so far that Joseph Stalin
is rapidly headed for ihe : role
.of forgotten man. But the brev
ity with which the Supreme
Soviet kissed him off at its Sun
day meeting was rather surpris
ing, and his bare mention by
Malenkov equally so. There is
a bare possibility that when
Malenkov says things may be
negotiated it doesn't mean ex
actly the same as when Stalin
said it.
fits him for anything except. an
imitation of Stalin. He has been
a shadow, not a leader. It is'up to
the' Western -Allies to diagnose
him and his policies rapidly, and
they can’t do that by standoffish
ness.
It may be all right to demand
of Russia that, before other na
tions can talk to her about pos
sibilities of living together, she
renounce some of her long-stand
ing attitudes by ending the
Korean War and tensions in Ger
many and agreeing to an Austrian
neace treaty. This is demanding
that she strip herself of arguing
points at the peace table. It may
be what she should do, but not
what she is likely to do.
itage and to protest against it,”
the paper signed by the 200 pro
fessors said. The paper asserted
that “as a body” American teach
ers have rejected the Communist
doctrine, and. the 200 declared
themselves ! as “loyal to the coun
try and to the * ideal of free in
quiry.”
Interference with academic
freedom is a national hazard, the
paper said, continuing:
“The spirit of free inquiry is
not a privilege claimed for a single
profession, but the touchstone of
our character as a people, the
proved source of our national
strength.
“Its defilement in any. area of
our society is a threat to the en
tire body politic, for we have had
proof enough in our time, that
liberty is most affected by stealthy ..,,,
erosion, not by frontal assault.”
TUESDAY, MARCH 17,. 1953
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