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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by
the staff of The Daily Col
legian of the Pennsylvania
State College.
Entered its second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under
DAVE JONES, Editor
Managing Ed., Marshall 0. Donley; City Ed., Chuck
Obertance: Copy Ed.. Chiz Mathias: Sports Ed.. Sam
Procopio: Edit. Dir., Dick Rau; Wire-Radio Ed., Bill Jost;
Soc Ed., Lynn Kahanowitz; Asst. Sports Ed., Dick McDowell:
Asst. Soc. Ed., Liz Newell; Photo Ed., Bruce Schroeder;
Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers; Exchange Ed., Gus Vollmer;
Librarian, Lorraine Gladus; Senior Board. Mary Lou Adams.
Night editor: Al Goodman; Copy editors: Peggy McClain. Tammie Bloom
Assistants: Marcie MacDonald, Don Shoemaker, Roger Seidler, Joe Beau Seigneur
Iry Weiner, Bob Dunn.
Ad staff: Faye Hidinger, Kay Carr.
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' The primary function of a newspaper is to
communicate to the human race what its mem
bers do, feel, and think, and in as far as pos
sible to lead that thinking to just and honest
ends. The Daily Collegian believes the student
body, as its reader, has within the law the right
to know.
Often a newspaper is faced with the question:
"What . good will publishing this article do?"
A great newspaper, someone has said, may be
described as one which permits its reporters
to print whatever they find to be true. It is not
the responsibility of the newspaper to do good
in everything it prints. It is the responsibility
of the newspaper to be honest and fair in every
thing it prints. No newspaper can bind itself to
always do good in a world where its job is to
report what is in itself often bad.
In reporting what it finds to be true, a .news
paper makes many enemies. People only wish
to know the truth so long as it does not in
jure them. It is only when they themselves
are harmed by truth that people find press
freedom unnecessary. This newspaper, how
ever, will continue to allow the expression of
liberal views in its columns.
The Daily Collegian is not one• of the chosen.
And although it realizes its unique responsi
bility, it is not above reproach. It will pursue
its duty as it finds it: to find, write, and pro
duce the news with the maximum of verity
and sincerity of purpose, without bias, prejudice,
or hope of gain.
For many years this new - spaper has carried
Courage: The Only Cure for Fear
The following article was written for the
Toledo Blade by its editor-in-chief Grove
Patterson. The Daily Collegian feels it is of
particular significance at this time.
At least once or twice a year I like to .write
something about courage. On the bewildering •
earth—although in an or derly universe—
courage is, I think, the major quality of the •
human being. We all want peace of mind, but
in looking for it, we are too often really seek
ing for. escape. Perhaps we think that by pulling
the covers over our heads or hiding in a cave
or denying that facts are facts, we shall find
tranquility. I am sure it is not found that way.
Unless we are unusually lucky, we are not
going to escape the slings and arrows of mis
fortune. We can, indeed, increase our sense of
security and achieve a certain serenity by
entertaining no negative thoughts, by thinking
affirmatively about every good thing, by an
unwavering religious faith, but there come
times when our problems call for the plus
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quality. That quality is courage.
Many of us go about afraid. Even when we
think con§-trudtively, even when we make a
conscious effort to expect only the best, we
spend some time in being afraid. Fear is with
us in one form or another in too many of our
waking hours. Indeed it is with us, in our sleep
as one may know by unhappy dreams. The un
realistic quality of dreams may rest upon a
realistic fear.
No, we can't be sure of escaping anything,
but there is one sure treatment for fear—
and that is courage. Courage can be culti
vated until it is a habit of mind and thought.
There comes a time when, faint-hearted and
fearful, we must seize ourselves by the scruff
of the neck, so to speak, and take courage as a
formula and a program. With courage we can
do anything. If it hurts, we can do it anyway.
Courage is the only cure for fear, and if it
becomes a constant habit of thought; it is
permanent. It is not what life brings us; it is
how we take it.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE
Right to Know
the legend "For a Better Penn State." It is the
Daily Collegian's belief that the best way to a
better Penn State is to praise its attributes,
justly criticize its faults, and present the truth
about it. For to present anything other than
the truth about Penn State would be distortion
and falsification. And falsification is not the
way to a better Penn State.
It is not the intention of this newspaper to
' be a propaganda organ for any special interest.
The Daily Collegian, though operating under
College sanction; is not the voice of the Col
lege administration. It is the voice of the stu
dent body only so far as its staff can interpret
that voice. And it does intend to be a voice
for what it believes right and reserves the
privilege under law to justly criticize groups
whose actions effect the student body.
In its process of reporting, the Daily Collegian
will sometimes be wrong. It is the privilege, .as
it is the duty. of this newspaper to make prompt
and complete correction of its own mistakes in
fact or opinion. And it is the privilege and duty
of the public to be critical of the Daily Col
legian when it is wrong.
A newspaper thrives or, decays upon its
reputation
_for accuracy or lack of accuracy,
but no newspaper can be more accurate than
those members of a critical public whom it
quotes, or upon whose statements it bases
the articles it publishes.
Thee, then, will be the principles to which
the 1953-54 Daily Collegian dedicates itself.
—The Senior Board
successful man say was this: "Never be afraid
of anything." He had long since given up the
unrealistic search for peace of mind by some
means of escape. He had finally accustomed
himself to face the facts and take them as they
came. He had become addicted to the habit
of courage. and for him there was no other
way. He did not need any other way. I am
reminded of something Dr. Mahon said to me
once, quoting a railroad engineer: "I will run
over . the tracks as fast as I can find them."
Our business is not , principally with the
objective things with which we are confronted,
although- we cannot or should not turn away
from them. Our business is with the subjec
tive, with ourselves. I know that I have failed
in many things, but I shall not be cast down.
I know that I may have a, long and difficult
road to travel, but my business is not with
the hard road; it is with myself. I do not
know that I can do everything that is to be
done, but I know that I can do the best I
know how—with everything. But no one of
us can be sure of that, unless he has adopted
courage as a firm policy.
Have you not known people to swagger a
bit and pretend to be hard or cynical when you
were,quite sure they were not that way? They
merely lacked the courage to appear as they
really were.
Again, it calls for courage not to repeat gossip,
or scandal, or an unkind story which will hurt
another. It's fun to shock the dinner party by
throwing darts. It takes courage not to do it.
It takes a kind of -courage, at times, to be dull.
It takes courage to be silent.
And, finally, it takes a special brand of
courage to be good when to be good is at
the moment out of fashion.
There may be no better line with which to
close this column than one from the Latin' of
Terrence: "Quod sors feret feremus aequo ani
mo." Someone translated it for me. It means,
"Whatever chance shall bring, we will bear
it with equanimity."
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sent the viewpoint of the
writers, not necessarily the
policy of the newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the
editor.
Little Man On Campus
'—An' then 'bout two weeks ago he joined 'Pin-Ball Anonymous ."
WISE AND OTHERWISE
Collegian Presents
Its New Policy
Today the senior board of the Daily Collegian presents its edi
torial policy for the coming , academic year. These are the principles
upon which the paper hopes to operate until a new staff takes over
next April:
In establishing its policy, the.
Daily Collegian has been necessar
ily idealistic. Someone has said to
aim for the steeple is to hit .the
church. If this newspaper cannot
attain its ideals, it will at least
have the satisfaction of trying.'
And in its attempt an improved n
newspaper will result.
To present an accurate picture
of the news, a newspaper must
be as objective as possible. In
trying to be fair, we will make
many enemies. In refusing to
serve a special interest group,
we will alienate many people.
This is, unfortunately, the price
of objectivity.
Although the Daily Collegian
attempts to be an organ of stu
dent expression, it will not carry
editorials written by non-staff
members. Signed editorials ar e
the expression of a staff member's
belief. Unsigned editorials are by
the editor.
Students not on the Daily Col
legian staff who wish to express
opinion ma y do so through a
signed letter to the Safety Valve.
This newspaper reserves the right
to edit or withhold any letters
submitted to it for publication.
Many times the Daily Colle
gian, in presenting editorial
opinion, sets forth conflicting
views. We do not feel, however,
that these conflicts belittle the
newspaper. Rather, they are
further expression of an attempt
for• objective and complete re
porting.
Many Daily Collegian readers
believe this newspaper the official
voice of the College. This is not
true. Although we operate under
College sanction, we do not pro
fess or intend to be a voice of the
College. We do tend to be the stu
dent voice, but we can only be
the student voice insofar as we can
interpret that' voice.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1953
By Bibler
By DAVE JONES
The Daily Collegian assumes
under the law the responsibility
and 'right -to attend open meet
ings to further student infor
mation. This newspaper will not
be bound by off-record state
ments at open meetings and
will not be bound by statements
labeled off-record after the
statement is made. If a Daily
Collegian reporter is removed
during an' off-record statement
in open meetings the public
must also be removed. And this
newspaper reserves privilege to
report such removal if- signifi
cant. .
The Daily Collegian. has been
differentiated from other campus
groups because of its responsibil
ity. This newspaper realizes that
responsibility: the responsibility
to be truthful and accurate in what
it says.
Decision, Decision,
Always Decisions
James J. Crowley has quit - his
job on the railroad. He doesn't
like railroads. He never
.did. And
I when the railroad he worked for
converted to diesel locomotives he
decided to quit. The diesel engine
looks to him like "a one-eyed
Cyclops that took all the rail out
of railroading."
But Crowley is not a man to
rashly make up his mind in a
hurry. He had thought about quit
ting for all of the 47 years he had
been working on the railroad.
The Real Cat Stoiy!
A dog chased a cat - :up' a tele
phone pole Thursday in Miami,
Fla. and the cat gave birth to four
kittens on the pole crossarms.
You'd have kittens,, if a
dog ran you up a telephone tole!
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