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Published Tuesday through Sat
urday mornings inclusive during
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of The Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Past Office un
DAVE JONES. Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Peggy McClain; copy editors, Don Shoemaker, Phil Austin;
assistants: Roy Williams, Bill Snyder.
Talk Location lu r id Not Consider Students
A final word must be said about the apparent
failure to have Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's address
transferred to Recreation Hall. Mrs. Roosevelt
will speak at 8 tonight in Schwab Auditorium.
A move to Rec Hall was proposed Friday,
and backed both financially and otherwise by
the Association of Independent Men, Inter
fraternity Council, Leonides and Panhellenic
Council. However, the move was voted down
by the faculty committee in charge of the
affair.
Reasons for the refusal included difficulties
in getting workmen to set up and remove chairs
on the floor of Rec Hall, and the interruption
of Physical Education classes, which meant
that the workmen could not begin moving
chairs until 5 p.m. Additional costs involved,
the poorer accoustics of Rec Hall and the dif
ficulty in estimating the expected crowd were
also problems.
It was also mentioned that the good will of
the administration should not be jeopardized
by asking for "too much" in the way of favors.
However, what became of the original intent
of the transfer viz., that it would permit many
more students to see and hear one of the most
. .
Customs Drag, and Drag, and Drag . , -
The freshman customs program has been may help frosh adjust informally to campus
dragging for a week and a day. Upperclassmen authority. They promote. speaking acquaintances
are lax in customs enforcethent, and frosh are among new students, and although men-women
indifferent when called upon to respond. conversations are limited to "hello," name cards
The first week of customs was successful, are advantageous for future reference.
according to the Freshman Joint Customs and However, lax enforcement defeats the bene-
Regulations Board. Spirit was high among both fits of and purpose of . The program. Frosh grow
frosh and upperclassmen. Enforcement waF skeptical of campus - policies, wonder at the ef
fairly strong, and freshmen were impresseC Hciency of hat societies (which are forced to
with the penalty of customs violations. 'eke upon themselves the major•part of customs
Slackening of enthusiasm for the program enforcement) and tend to look upon customs a
was obvious the second week.. Thee joint cus- a huge farce.
toms day last Tuesday added variation, but As such, cus r toms are pointless and a waste of
even that lacked the vigor or - the preceding - ime for both frosh and enforcers. In entirety,
week. Frosh walked about campus without their ...lotus are wasted quizzing a few frosh, while
dinks, sometimes without name cards, and in hundreds of other , frosh walk ignored along
several cases had not yet filled out their Stu- , campus. The customs board wastes approxi
dent Handbooks. Freshman women openly con- mately one evening a. week planning policies
versed with men students, and many ignored which are ridiculed, discuSsing customs pro
customs regulations on dating. motions which are ineffective. And frosh face
And upperclassmen watched it all with equa . ;he -unjuSt condition of being penalized for
unconcern. After the first week of customs, violations which countless others are constantly
frosh themselves commented they were seldom -.ommitting unrgprimanded. -
asked to curtsy or button, and were even less If customs ended after one week, while spirit
Often asked for handbooks or songs and cheers. 's still high and enforcement strong, the entire
With at least another week of so-called cus- ?rogram would have comparatively good effect.
toms enforcement in view, it is obvious the
program will reach its nadir before it is of— •If customs- were. changed to allow conversa
ficially ended. • tion between- men and women students, thus
Such an attitude toward customs is a detri- alleviating inevitable dating violations, true
ment to not only freshman customs, but to customs effects would no longer be a parody
other campus programs as well. When fresh- of intended effects. ,
men recognize laxity in one of their first en- Actual customs change is under the authority
counters with campus authority; they can quite of the customs board.. It is the responsibility
naturally assume that such is the procedure of all students to refer opinions and suggestions
_
for other rules of the College. to the board.
..
. Freshman customs; when strictly enforced.
I. An Explanation About the NSA
_ _
(This is the first of three articles dealing •
with the National Students' Association
and Penn State.) •
From time to time there is, on campus, a con
troversy about whether or not Penn State /
should retain membership in the National Stu
dents' Association. This problem came up again
last week when All-College Cabinet voted
"yes." Yet those who understand NSA can be
counted on the fingers of one hand.
By definition, the National Students' Associ
ation is a confederation of student
,gOvernments.
In the past it has been considered everything
from a private club to a non-working association
to which a school pays dues, deriving few bene
fits. Not so. And the confusion about NSA lies
not in the organization itself, but in the way its
programs have been carried out on this cam
pus. In other words, our membership has never
been more than half-hearted.
In reality, benefits from membershi,p in NSA
can be many. It provides a student voice, not
only t o o faculty and administrations of member
schools, but to state, national and international
legislatures. It also provides a medium of ex
change of ideas—all kinds - of ideas—on campus,
national and international levels.
The practical advantage of NSA come from
the integrated work areas of the, organization.
On the student level, there are extensive studies
on faculty evaluation, economic welfare, orien
tation and culture. Student government pro
jects include leadership training, judicial, finan
cial-budgetary and' election systems, to name a
few. Educational programs are planned to aid
the studkot in his curriculum. Many of these
programs can be made workable, practical and
beneficial at Penn State.
More advantages. NSA, more than any other
organization now on campus, 'can bring na
tional and international issues to the Penn State
level. Until now, this campus has been desig
nated as sort of an isolated existence. -Few
people know much about what's going on in
the world. This is a wrong that can be corrected
by the application of program suggestions from
special work-'—r s. National issues can be prac
tical programs, not just theory; workable pro
jects, not just talk.
Tim Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
ITIE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE, COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr.
outstanding contemporary, women? And how
much faith was placed' in our student body, or
even in the drawing-power of Mrs. Roosevelt,
to allow the more petty considerations to out
weigh the original purpose?
Sufficient funds were raised by student
groups to finance the transfer. The quick action
H of these groups refelcted student interest in
the speaker. No • problem: presented was in
- surmountable, and the stature of the speaker
and the unorthodox manner in which she was
contracted for the tallt—it was known for cer
tain only ten to 14 days ago that she would be
able to come—cannot justify a conservative
handling of the situation.
- Does the bigness of a college, which in this
case seems to have frustrated the transfer of
the event from one building to another, hamper
the progressive , functioning of that university?
Or is it petty considerations which hamper the
progress, whether the university be large or
small?
Of course the people who were to decide upon
the transfer had reserved seats, or is that being
h4+ter?
Has NSA ever been,beneficial to Penn State?
The answer is "yes" despite half-hearted par
ticipation. The idea • for a Campus Chest came
from NSA. So did Cabinet Projects - Council, a
body 'which facilitates the .administration of
All-College Cabinet • programs. Faculty evalu
ation was an NSA . idea. And there are many
more.
Potential is the key Word in the NSA argu
ment. We have good student government here,
we tell ourselves. But certainly receiving ideas
from schools more advanced in our weak points
can lead to a much better one. There is much
potential that may be realized through NSA
participation if it is wholehearted participation.
And educating the student about that potential
s the first step
Gazette ...
Today . -
ACEI, 7 n.m., S. E. Atherton Lounge.
ALPHA EPSILON DELTA 'business meeting,
7:30 p.m., 103 Willard.
COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF meeting,
6:30 p.m., Business Room. ,
FROTH ADVERTISING STAFF and candidates
meeting, 7 p.m., Froth office.
IRRA meeting, 7 p.m., 107 Willard.
LIEBIG CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 7:30 p.m., Hillel
Foundation Lounge; 224 S. Miles St.
RADIO CONTINUITY, 7 p.m., 304 Sparks.
THESPIANS PROGRAM COMMITTEE, 7 p.m.,
101 Willard.
WRA MODERN DANCE CLUB, 7 p.m., White
Hall.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Experienced barber.
Experienced clothes presser. •
Waiters for girls dorms—must live off campus
COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE
The cbmpanies listed below will conduct interviews on
campus. Schedule interviews now 'in 112 Old Main. '
ARMA CORP. will interview January graduates at all
levels in ME. RE and Physics on Oct. 15.
THE BOARD OF- N •ITIONAL MISSIONS OF THE PRES
BYTERIAN CHURCH will interview all students interested
in church vocations on Oct. 7a. .
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the viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of the
newspaper. Unsigned ,editorials
are by the editor.
der the act of March 3, 1879.
—Leonard Goodman
—Peggy -.McClain
---Baylee Friedman
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Being in possession of the necessary enzymes, hormones, time
Ind lucre, I. went to Philadelphia Saturday. This is the time of year
when ordinarily peaceffir students think it a great idea to push
other ordinarily peaceful students' faces into the ground for the
satisfaction of seeing an inflated-ellipsoid carried as close as possible
to a wooden structure, :suitable for neither housing nor hanging out
aundry.
This whole operation is watched
,with varying degrees 'of enthus
'..asm by other ordinarily peaceful
people who wish to keep their
faces clean.
It was in keeping with this
seasonal urge for violence •that
I followed the -stream of the
children of the lion over the
seven mountains into civilisa
tion to meet with .a particularly
inoffensive-lot ;theQuakers.
These people whose taste in
colors leans toward blue and red
(pardon the expression, senator)
reside in a village named for the
affection found there toward
one's fellow man. This affection
is reflected in the headlines of
one of yesterday's village papers.
For example: "Police Find Auto
Loot in Home, Seize Couple,"
"Girl Knifes .Teacher, Pupil in
Class;" "Fixer Labels 137 Police
as Numb er s Grafters," and
"Thieves Get $5OO in Auto
Agency."
I ,do not know whether or not
the village's upholders of public
rights and morals have been pick
ing up any extra cigarette money.
But I did have occasion to listen
and speak with these public stal
warts on three occasions.
The first opportunity arose
'when I drew close to the,arena
constructed -to acc o m modate
that vast number of citizens
who prefer clean faces. I was
looking for a place to put down
my automobile 7 ---a nor mall y
simple operation anywhere ex
cept in State College and Phila
delphia. _
I .asked a policeman, "Is there,
any place around here where I
can park?"
He in turn, turned to another
and said,...,"Hey . Joe, this guy
wantsa place to park." .
Joe'immediately went into hys
terics born of merriment. I was
not amused.
TWenty minutes and two miles
later, I spied an unhappy looking
individual standing on a corner
with a sign informing the auto
motive world where it could be
relieved of its beasts of burden.
I stopped and inquired where
this oasis might be. His unhappi
ness vanished. He told me. My
unhappiness vanished. I found
the place. I learned the price. My
unhappiness returned. Let there
,be no more snide remarks about
I the way merchants in State Col
lege make money. Their profes
sional brethren in the City of
'Brotherly Love couldn't make
money faster if they had their
own press.
1 Havbag left my rusty.. trusty
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7;-.1953
By Bibl
Ey DICK RAU
bucket of bolts, I proceeded on
foot to the arena. On the way.
I heard a peculicir whistle ac
companied with shouts of au
thority. My curiosity got the
better of me so I turned around.
In a. voice similar to that of a
Wounded bUll, I and half of
Philadelphia were informed that
I was the object of the police
man's demonstration. .
Pointing to. a couple cars
parked along the street, he
roared, "Do you want a-ticket?"
"No."
"Do you see those cars up
there?" •'
"Yes."
"They're going to get a ticket
if they're left there! '
"So?"
"One of them is yourS, isn't
it?"
"No"
"Oh."
Seeing my position was secure
for the first 'time in this en
counter, I followed the • natural
ifnpulse of one who is top and
pushed the, matter carefully ex
plaining in. some detail where I
was parked while the •cop apolo
getically and hurriedly brushed
the matter off.
We finally got to the game—
in the middle of the second
quarter. We hadn't missed much
—just a bunch of guys running
back and forth. The Monday
morning quarterback sitting in
back of us on Sati a irday after
noon kept us well informed on
the progress and history of the
game. When a pass was sent
about six feet over the head of
the intended receiver.. he made
the sol emu comment, "Too
high." Somehow I had the idea
the players might have also
come to the same conclusion.
not to mention 50,000 others
in the area. -
There were , two others in the
stands who preferred speculating
on the future rather than on past
plays. When Penn tried . :for the
extra point after its second touch
down, the conversation ran some
thing like this:
"Here we go. This will Make it
14."
"Nah. He'll miss."
"He'll make it."
"Wanna bet?"
"He'll make it."
. "Wanna bet a buck?" .
"He'll make it." .
The kick was made and the
point missed.
"Wa-did-I-tell-ya!"
On leaving the stands, I again,
saw .a - smalLportion of the Phila.=
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