PACE EIGHT i Pablished fuesilay throughj 4..1 .. , -.:tra Inerainga irtelnsivel ;I e tire the Collette year by Lti , P illaitg Collegian b - staff of: TNe Daily Col :..qg ion of the Peeneyirania , SIiIeCtSSOT to THE iitste Colkae 1 .4,, FREE, LANCE, est. 188: EnZareci geeo;74.-class matter: July 5, 1934 at the State College.. Pa. -Post Office under th DAVE - JONES, Ediior Msnaging Ed., ;Harahan 9. Doniey: City . Ed., Chuck Asst. Bus. Mgr., Mark Christ; Local Advertising Mgr., Ober:once: Copy Ed., Chi: Mathias: Sports Ed., Sam Robert Carruthers; National Adv. Mgr., Donald Hawke; Feta:opt:J.; Edit. Dir., Dick Rau; Wire-Rodic Ed., Bill Jost; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Frank Cressman, Diane Miller: t;oc Ed.. Lynn Kahanowitz; Asst. Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell: Promotion Mgr., Ruth Israel: Personnel Mgr., Patience Asst. S;) , :. Ed., Liv Newell; Photo Ed., Bruce Schroeder: Ungethuem; Office Mgr., Gail Shaver: Classified Adv. Feature E'd. Nancy Meyers; Fes:ange Ed.. Gas Vollmer: Mgr., Jean Geiger; Sec., Carol Schwing:' Research and Librarian, h Lorraine Gladus. Records Mgrs., Virginia Bowman, Eleanor Hennessy. Tivl 0 . . , eicommg the Freshman Class As each freshman class enters Penn State— • - To your friends at home, you are Penn' State. as the Class of 1957 does today—it brings with You represent the College to them. WhateVer it an unknown quality. And as we step forth to • happens at Penn State—good or bad—reflects welcome the class, we often wonder if the class on you. • is really welcome, after all. For it is only after If Penn State is a party school, you are a finding the grade of that unknown quality that party boy to those at home. If Penn State wins we can be sure we have welcomed a welcome a national championship, so do vou. If Penn thing. State has a panty raid, you are the instigator. The freshman cies:, will find, eventually, This is not fair, but nonetheless it is so. that most Penn Staters are proud of the Col- Thus it is - that the qualities tending to make lege, despite themZeives. Some admit the Penn State great stem from each student. Thus pride, others conceal it, but all feel it in some it is that most Penn State students are anx way, sooner or later. Most do not admit the ious to retain their pride in Penn State, to make pride because they prefer to believe them- others proud, and. to eventually benefit from its selves going through living hell for an edu• reputation in the 'end. cation. The upperclassmen and the College have We are proud of Penn State's campus, the erred many times, and so will the freshmen be many achievements of the Agriculture school, fore long. But we hope these errors will be and the-championship wrestling team. We are honest mistakes. We hope they are not the re not proud of fraternity suspensions, panty raids, , sult of poor thinking, as they have been in the and drinking at Spring 'Carnival. And we are past., . not proud of those students who engage in such ' The freshman• class then, as it brings new activities. , blood to continue Penn State's life, must re- Penn State may not be a great college, but alize one thing: What it• does here and what it is a good one. And what Penn State is de- it says here, will reflect upon the College and pends largely upon the student body. With it finally upon itself. And so the class members rests the College reputation in undergrad- are welcomed reluctantly, with' a hope they :late years and the College prestige in post 7 will credit the College and their fellow stu graduate years. And the College's reputation dents. If they can do only this, the welcome in turn may help or hinder the student. will finally prove sincere. Anybody Wanna Buy Last year a professional indoor and outdoor sport known as the con game was introduced to a Penn State freshman. Although it is a pro fessional sport, anyone can participate. No ex perience is necessary. The cost varies. Last year it cost one student about $4OO. The success of the sport depends on the amount of faith and trust one' individual can build for himself in another. To refer to last year's classic example, the operation required an honest, clean cut face and a genuine in terest in a freshman's welfare. The freshman was approached by a likeable young man who represented himself as a dormitory counselor ' working part time in the Bursar's office. The line fed to the freshman ran . something like this: "Since you're new on campus, you probably have quite a bit of money on your person for paying your fees and housing bills. I'd be glad to -take it and put it in the vault at the Bursar's office where it will be safe." There were two things that the freshman did not know about Penn State. One is that the place for students to store their money is in a bank, not in the Bursar's office.. Second, it is an old Penn State tradition that when the College administration or an agent of the ad- Penn State Grid Prospects Good It's September, and football season, when Penn Staters begin their annual gridiron pre dictions. With last year's great season, they pre dict victory gardens and gravy bowls. They could be right. However, there are many "ifs and buts." When Rip Engle took over the Nittany Lior coaching job four years ago, he began to re build. The program brought big dividends last year, giving the Lions their most successfu' campaign since the 1947 Cotton Bowl season. There could be a championship pay-off for Penn State this season, BUT—and that "but" concerns changes in the atmosphere from last year's season; changes which could hurt Penr State hopes. Some of the chances are addition of Wis consin and Texas Christian to the grid sched ule, conversion to the one-platoon system, question mark Tony Rados, and the loss of every experienced fullback via graduation or Uncle Sam. On top of this, the rugged sched ule opens with three road games. Nevertheless, Penn State will be one of the ...:.,...., . !".,;t:. ' . i ,-- ) • • . . . 4J;:-. , .„. .0 . - f' .. ". 72 1 . k. , , , ;:•.4.i7_ , : ;;.'... : A- ''''..,:,*:,. ~.::...- -.:. • -.- .;‘,•.,....,,,,,,,:;..! , .: ....... . .._. ~,.,... , "4.. ~ ..:!:::4,= 10::: ~. j . .)..:.„ ~.,-. .",;;-,,,..,,,, •••• , ::; f: : '.'.. - , - ' , . T .ii ..„,... ... . ..,::;,-••,,,,& ' e ... . , . . ggetwee#z the lllovie3 . . . .. . • . . • , • • : . ,• • , . . Camp/etc .70001 Spvice . Jreezer 3reoh, ice Cream . . "Serving the students and the community for over 23 yeart" . THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVA&TIA VINCE DRAYNE, Business Mgr. • ofeti/iia Old Main? ministration 'wants to relieve you of some money, you go to them; they don't come to. you. It is unfortunate that there are such people in the world who make their livelihood by du ping freshmen and others who are confused, uncertain, and innocent of the world's various occupations. However, since there are those around us who have somehow escaped the fate of absorbing at least a smattering of ethics and morals, we hope the freshmen will learn to live in .a manner that will enable them to protect themselves from thievery. Thievery that is ex emplified not only by the confidence racket, but by the simple stealing of books, coats, wal lets, or any other valuables left lying unpro tected. We might also mention that the buildings on campus are owned by the College through the State and are not for sale; the Nittany Lion shrine is a class gift to the College and is also not for sale; elevator passes are not sold on the legitimate market; and radiator and other dormitory fixtures are owned by the College and are not offered for sale— not even at bargain prices. few teams in the nation worth seeing in the new platoon system. Engle and his able staff got the most out of tho team by maneuvering it wisely. Benefiting from this NCAA rule change, the Lions should match or better last vear's record of '7-2-1. What does Engle have to say about his "good" team? Not much at this point: Engle is a con 'irmed pessimist, and he should be. All we do ' .s predict and demand. He must produce. "The schedule is tough," Engle agrees, "and •tasting off against Wisconsin and Penn doesn't make it any easier. Then too, I expect Syracuse, West Virginia, and Pitt to be better than they were a year ago. It'll be a rough year. I'm glad there are only nine games. Ten games might be one too many this year." We trust the new students will back the team on both its "glory" and "off" days. If Engle once again succeeds in getting a click ;ng combination in the backfield to match his . seven mules, there will be joy in State College every Saturday afternoon. —Sam Procopio Sports Editor Collegian editorial's repro sent the viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un signed editorial's are by the editor. act of Mardi 3, 1879 —Dick Rau Little Man on Campds FRATERNITY HANDBOOK: "A primary concern of the fraternity is to bring out the indi viduality of typical American boys from every walk of life." , Open By MARSHALL O. Mind DONLEY Already we have been finding things .wrong with the new freshmen For one thing, the ratio of women freshmen to men freshmen. It has always been one of the terrible mishaps of Nittany Valley that the ratio sexwise has been poor—but this year it looks like a new record. From the founding date of the school (1855—don't forget that, some hatman or woman is sure to ask you) until these H powered days there have been just too few females around here. Of course, ' little else could be expected from the farmers who were educated here in the 19th century. There are not too many lady farmers. But nowadays when the College teaches education and liberal arts courses, there is just no - excuse for it—there should be more wom en here. But, the ratio has drop ped to a tragic three strong, hus ky, Penn State males to each single, lonely' but afraid-to-admit it female. Perhaps the whole solution of the ratio problem lies in the en couragement of women to enter fields such as agriculture, en gineering, and mineral indus tries. Engineering firms have been complaining violently that there are not enough students in the field to meet the needs. If women would rush in to fill the needs, maybe everybody could be happy. There are some small problems women engineers would present: for example, in structural de signs. Buildings and bridges, so far built for use and wear, would suddenly be transformed. •Have you ever seen a woman's idea of what a building should look like? The smooth, metal and plastic structures now being built would SUNDAY, .SEPTEMBER 13, 1953 By Bible have to go. Instead, frills and laces would cover everything. The EMpire State Building would have to be re-done. And the UN Building. They would be much too smooth and plain to suit a woman. Imagine the UN Building in its new form. Scallops of cement would circle each floor level, perhaps trimmed in pastel colors for added daintiness. Windows, of course, would no longer be filled with plain glass. Instead the latest in etched "frills would set off each. - _ The whole thing would look more like a birthday cake than a building for settling world prob lems. If you don't think women en- Yineering could bring about such effects, just think what a woman can do to a beaUtiful masculine room. We •have seen_ some that started as stylish efficient livable '(Continued on page nine) STAFF THIS ISSUE: Dave Jones, Marshall O. Donley, Chuck Ober tance, Chiz Mathias, Sam Rroco pio, Dick Rau:, Bill Jost, Lynn Kahanowitz, Dick McDowell, Lix Newell, Bruce Schroeder, Phil Austin, Mike Feinsilber, Peggy McClain, Diehl McKalip, Herman Weiskopf. Ad Staff: Bob Carruthers, Vince Drayne.
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