siatTRDAY, SEPTEMBER - 26, 1953
Czech DP Student Describes
Family's Escape From Reds
To friends who want ,her to feel more at home in the United States, Helen Charvat,
Czech 'DP,, isn't a displaced person but a "delayed - pilgrim" who the Mayflower and
got here 331 Years late.
„Actually. it took her. three ye'ars to reach this country after her escape from
Cominunist Czechoslovakia in 194,8.
h. Compared to many DP's her life hasn't been a hard one. She refers to her escape as
a Weekend trip as we at Penn State would take, when we visit our parents.
.Helen, is the daughter of a Prague ceramics and building material manufacturer. They had r.
tennis
:in city and a 50a.cre farm 20 miles from Prague. As a child she .studied ballet and played
•on the Charvat's own courts. •
When the Gestapo' took over the country, their life was changed. The Nazis took complete
-Sorority Gals
No Hurrying;
Rushees Relax
The most "rushing" part of
rushing is over for rushees who
attended their final' coke dateS
last night. No more attempts to
find 'Afternoon hours that aren't
there!.
From now on the schedule lists
at homes, parties and coffee hours
—all weekend or evening' func
tions. Now it's the sorority wom
en's turn to seek elusive free
hours:•There will be last-minute
rehearsals for skits and decorat
ing worries before parties.
Refreshments have to be pre
pared .and cigarette boxes filled.
Lighters are running dry an d
matches becoming scarce. Names
are more firmly fixed by . now,
however, and conversation less
stilted' - as friendships' ripen. All
this should make at homes froin
2 to 5 p.m. tomorrow more fun
and less hectic than were their
counterparts, open houses, last
Sunday.
Rushees. will pick up invita
tions to parties at 11 a.m. Mon
day. They will accept or regret
invitations - (accepting, a maxi
mum of three), leave the date
lines blank and return invitations
to the Panhellenic post office in
Atherton Hall by 1 p.m. Monday.
At 5 p.m. they will return to
the post , office to pick up party
times.
Cwens to Hold
Dungaree Drag
The Dungaree Drag, an annual
dance sponsored by Cwens, soph
omore women's hat society, will
be hpld from 9 to 12 p.m. Oct. 10
in 'Recreation Hall. -Lynn Chris
ty's Campuseers will play for the
dance.
As in previous years, the dance
will feature the vegetable corsage
contest, and prizes will be given
for the most outstanding creation.
A new attraction this year will
be the selection\ of a DaiSy Mae
and Li'l Abner to reign over the
dance in keeping with its Dog
patch theme.
Tickets will go on sale next'
week at $1.50 per couple. Mem
bers of Cwens will see tickets
at several booths on campus.
Five Posts Open
In WRA, WSGA
Nomination blanks for fresh
men and sophomore offices in
Women's Student Government
Association and Women's Recre
ation Association will be avail
able Monday in the Dean of Woin
en's office.
Positions open are two fresh
man senators on WSGA Senate
and two. freshman representatives
and one sophomore representa
tive in WRA. Freshman' and soph
omore women may nominate
themselves for office.
Candidates may contact Elea
nor Gwynn, 37 McElwain, for
answers to questions concerning
nominations.
Primary elections Will be held
Oct. 13 - and final elections • will
follow on Oct. 15.
Friends Sponsor Dance
Young Friend's will hold a re
ception at 6 tonight at the
Friend7s Meeting House, 318 S.
Atherton street. The dinner. will
be followed by a square dance at
7:30 p.m.
By ,MARY -BOLICH
control, dictating everything the
people could say, think, or do.
Those who disobeyed the Nazi
rule just disappeared.
They were continually under
watch by the Gestapo. Almost
everything they did was illegal
and- the punishment was death.
Many 'of her friends were sent
to Germany under forced labor.
The whole educational system
was changed by the Germans.
Text books were revised. History
was changed according to Nazi
doctrines, then finally eliminated
and the geography of Europe was
completely remade. The children
were taught Hitler was god and
Germany was the greatest nation
in the world.
Must Return
After Germany surrendered
there were two years of relative
„peace, but when the country re
fused' Marshall Plan aid it was
unable to hold its own, and the
communist revolution broke out.
The- Charvat f amily was well
known. for its unflattering feeling
and opinion towards the Corn
munists and . the" revolution ended
her 'father's fight . , against 'com
munism. /
When Helen's father went to
Moscow on a business trip, he
received a letter from the Red
government saying he must re
turn or his family would be ar
rested. It was then that her father
decided to get his family out of
Czechoslovakia.
Plans for the escape began in
March, 1948. Six times :the •three
Charvat's Helen's brother was
at Leeds University, London—
tried to flee the country. Five
times the escape- failed.
-Walk to Freedom
They - came closest to getting
caught on their sixth attempt.
The day before their scheduled
departure their escape leader was
arrested: - At - d a w n an under
ground courier came and told
them arrangements had been
Made and they left that after-
A taxicab took them to a town
near the border where they re
mained ,hiding in- a house over
night. The next day they walked
to the border into Germany and"
freedom. •
Their money wasn't any good
to them in Germany but the un
derground, provided them with
several - bottles of whiskey which
they sold to get information.
Insurance Clerk
They went through Germany
in three days and made their way
to Antwerp, Belgium. They im
mediately registered for a visa to
America, but it took three years
for them to get it. Meanwhile,
Helen went to school where she
learned to speak English.
In May of 1951 they arrived
in New York City where an
apartment was ready for them.
Helen got a job as a clerk in an
insurance office and then came a
scholarship from the Masaryk In
stitute. She enrolled as a fresh
man at the Manhattanville Col
lege of the Sacred Heart where
she remained for a year before
coming to Penn State.
Helen's life, like that of any
other coed, centers around school.
She is majoring in electrical en
gineering and plans to go into
atomic energy research after
graduation. She handles the Eng
lish langudge very well and is
also a master of five other lan
guages.
Although Helen had a great de
sire to go to Great Britain, she,
thinks the United States is won
derful. She likes the informality
of Americans and thinks they are
easy to live with.
"There's just something about
America you have to like," she
says,
THE DAILY , COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, P
ihomas to Talk
To Grad School
Graduate students and mem
bers of the faculty, will meet at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Schwab
Auditorium for the annual Grad
uate School Convocation.
D. Woods Thom a s, graduate
student and president of th e
Graduate Student Association,
will serve as chairman for the
convocation, which will be fol
lowed by a social program at
Temporary Union Building.
Adrian 0. Morse, College pro
vost, will welcome graduate stu
dents. Dr. Harold K. Schilling,
dean of the Graduate' SCEOoI, will
speak on "You're in the Grad
School Now."
The program will include a talk
by
_Gene M. Love, a graduate stu
dent, and, the invocation by the
Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger, Col
lege chaplain.
Beginning at• 7:15 p.m.; George
E. •Ceiga, assistant professor of
music,
,will play selections on the
organ.
the social program at Tempor
ary Union Building will include
a mixer and a dance with music
by the Campuseers.
Walker Lab Gets
Summer Paint Job
Walker. Laboratory, one of the
oldest buildings on campus, this
week .is getting the finishing
touches to its summer-long paint
job.
A trim .of gold paint is being
applied to the 63-year-old brick
building completed in 1889. The
job, a "sparetime undertaking,"
was started during the summer
and is expected to be completed
this week.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi ,0 mega, national
service fraternity will meet at 7
p.m. Monday in. 12 Sparks to plan
semester activities, according to
Gail Bimber, president.
Dreams May
"I'll See You in My Dreams,"
the words go, but the author
wasn't being analytic. Among
other things, psychologists are
telling us inhibition-bound crea
tures of the modern world, that
dreams reveal our inner secrets.
For instance, nightmares ar e
just penalties for an uneasy con
science. Actually the spector isn't
an unopened textbook alive, and
it won't envelope you in its
depths.
And if you don't face it, you'll
be beset by frustrating dreams,
like the treadmill. Of course, real
ity can be consoling after facing a
gaping monster• a green one
with nervous purple stripes all
night. _
Besides making good conversa
tion your • dreams, they 'tell us,
are keys to your problems. Un
derstanding them will help you
understand yourself better and
aid in solving your difficulties.
Those of the tea leaf cult, take
note!
'Listen carefully to,persons who
have continued dreams. The first
of the serial starts like this: Cin
derswella is plodding along Pol
lock Road. Suddenly Sir Valiant's
fuschia steed skids to a stop at the
mall, losing a shoe. It's set with
emeralds and fits the barefooted
damsel perfectly. But Sir Valiant
By JANET NOLL
Dreams Are Memai
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Male Gives Rebuttal
To 'Wolf' Column
This column is intended for men only, especially those who
read the "wolfess's" column in yesterday's Collegian. It is about
Penn State women, most of whom, apparently, have a low opinion
of Penn State "wolves." It seems the average Penn State male is a
low-down ,heel of the love-'em-and-leave-'em type, according to
the gals.
The people who hold this 9p
women aren't so perfect either.
Maybe that's why some of them
are dropped from the average
male's telephone list after one or
two dates.
Women, too, can be classified
into types, the most common of
which is the gold-digger. This is
the female who doesn't care who
she' dates; as long as he can take
her to see "South Pacific" fol
lowed by •an evening of dining
and dancing at the Stork Club,
when "Limelight" and the Penn
State Diner would do just as well.
Bull-sessions Too
Naturally, this coed isn't going
to be very popular when her date
.gets home to find himself sitting
on a flat wallet. A second cousin
to this variety is the 'femme
fatale' type. She imagines her-,
self irresistable 'to anything that
wears a pair of trousers. Confi
dently she turns down one date
after another, feeling safe in her
belief that someone better will
ring -her phone. This seldom hap
pens.
Men have bull-sessions also, and
the word gets around. Our irre
sistable siren suddenly finds her
self studying on Saturday night.
Can't Do Without Them
Then there is the girl who is
so particular that she is waiting
for one guy, and one guy alone,
to_ ask her out. She forgets this
guy may have other fish to fry,
and complains bitterly. when she
is left darning her white argyles
on the night of the big dance.
Naturally, all women will not
fit into these three types, but the
list goes on ad infinitum or ad
nauseum. But the women are
lucky in one respect. We don't
like• to do with 'em but we can't
do without 'em. They're defi
nitely here to stay, at any rate.
Changes in Hours Set
For Sunday Masses
Hours for Sunday masses were
recently changed. New hours are
7:30, 8:30; 9:30, 10:30, and 11:30
a.m at Our Lady of Victory
Church.
Mass will be held at 9 a.m.
Sunday in Schwab Auditorium.
'Farmer' Candidates
Students interested in working
on the Penn State Farmer, For
ester and Scientist and regular
staff members will meet at 7:30
p.m. Monday in 109 Agriculture.
Reveal °lnner You'
is torn between charity and love
for his horse as the alarm clock
jangles. Watch for coming attrac
tions.
Your dreams are memos to
yourself, by yourself, about your
self. This means if you have a
paper and pencil memory, grab
40 winks.
Also you dream most w hen
you're between the ages of 20
and 25, and continue at a. healthy
clip until you reach what psychia
trists call the psychological mid
point of your life, the late 30's or
early 40's. So you have plenty of
time to develop this nocturnal en
tertainment into 3-D and techni
color.
You dream most when you're in
the 20's. Because, those wh o
know say, "unless you're excep
tional you haven't yet made peace
With yourself."
Love and Hate
Then the old childhood angle
enters, with four heads. You are
torn between, (1), your desire to
return to the dependence of child
hood and your drive to be an in
dependent, self-sustaining adult;
(2), between your bad impulses
and your conscience.
Furthermore, making it more
complicated, you are torn between
love and hate—there's a thin line
there—and most frequent of all,
over your role in the old human
triangle.
The psychologists then explain
triangles, and unless one is a 3
By DON SHOEMAKER
nion should remember one fact—
Churches
To Expand
Programs
Churches all over the nation
are preparing to emphasize the
importance of Sunday Schools
for children in answer to • the
challenge that approximately. 27,-
000,000 American youngsters • are
getting almost no church school
training.
The theme of Christian Educa
tion Week, to be observed 'tomor
row through Oct. 4, will be 'Fos
All Children, Faith in God."
The special week, sponsored by
National Council of the Church
es of Christ in the U.S., has 40
denominations participating in : its
activities. Plans have been made
to focus attention on the fact that
of the 1,000,000 children• wh o
have trouble with the law each
year, the majority, has no • record
of regular religious instruction.
The number of children under
10 years of age has increased '39
per cent since 1940, and the Sun
day School enrollments have bit
an all time high of 32;000,000, but
this is still only a few milliOn
more than the number of - chil
dren who never see the inside .of
a church.
At the same time,' howeyer,
many church schools are over
crowded and handicapped by laek
of qu6lified teachers, making it "a
twofold problem. Thus, the goal
of the week is not only to achieve
a higher enrollment' in Sunday
Schools, but to recruit and train
teachers ;in new methods and
approaches.'
Korean Policy—
(Continued from page four)
Reds who had , previously with
drawn.
The Allies will have to be sat
isfied with what were, after ,a/I,
the major objectives of demon
strating the effectiveness of the
Eastern world's collective secur
ity system and the saving of
South Korea, first nation estab
lished under the aegis of United
'Nations.
student in geometry, this becomes
involved. They talk about relics
from childhood.
Another psychiatrist says we
dream every single night. But he
adds, "dreams fade quickly, some
times within a few seconds after
you wake up." Remember your
ideal who was falling off tl cliff
with you last night?
Sometimes after that stout yeo
man, the sandman takes over, our
naughty—this is where- we -came
in—impulses come out. They say
all of us are kleptomaniacs, sa
dists and pyromaniacs at heart.
Naturally, we're taught to sup
press these desires. But in our
creams the bad impulses are op
posed by the voice of conscience
which is often represented by a
policeman, parents, soldiers or- a
king.
If you have a single room, thiS
isn't for you. But the unintelligi
ble rumblings of your roommate
may reveal a stimulating charac
ter, when he (or she) is under - the
hypnosis of the subconscious.
Conversely, however, if y. co u
dream with a sound track, room
mate may begin to know your.
true character. So you' psychoan
alyze each other.
And if you're still dreaming in
black and white, become an es : -
capist and discover how fascinat:
ing a dream sequence can be. Per
haps you too can tune in for , to-'
morrow's thrilling installment
Sweet dreams!
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