fP Fflr ... ._...____._.-- ) I ram" t`vU!!xlSlti l'eteudny i•hvaugh gal" • oj h r B at t . e II . - urday ssorniugc iavla_sive during 1 ti . n egta .... • •• , I_,ollegian editorials represent 1 the vievepoint of the writers, the eviiege year by the staff 1 I not necessarily the policy of the , ot The Daily Collegian of the • newspaper. Unsigned editorials i Vonnsylynoia State College, Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887 I are by the editor. . 11 .• e• r 9. at e- •te e P. ' ..t ,e • • :79 DAVE JONES. Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Herm Weiskopf; Copy editors, Arm Leh, Len Goodman; Assist ants, Dave Bronstein; Nancy Fortna, Inez Althouse, , Bobbie Weinberg. Ad staff, Ann Sherman, Fay G old stein. Guess We're Not Big Boys and Girls Penn State students have long returned from Philadelphia and the Penn weekend, but the turmoil they created is still alive. This is not a tribute to the student body. Reports of misconduct and damage caused by Penn State students in Philadelphia hotels had reached College officials by Sunday eve ning. This is not a tribute to the student body. About the only tributes to the student body coming out of the entire weekend were the fine performance of the football team in losing, and the good halftime show of th 6 Blue Band. These were the only two Penn State perform ances of merit in Philadelphia. Wednesday both a representative of the Dean of Men's office and the president• of Inter fraternity Council commended fraternities in general for their conduct at the game. Frater nity men were congratulated for keeping the name of Penn State fraternities clean. In direct contrast, the President's office has received numerous letters from, Philadelphians complaining about student conduct during and after the game. Reports of damage have been received, but no official statements have yet been released. It is hard to reconcile these two stories. If 111. What Does NSA Mean to Students? (This is the last in a series of three editor ials on the National Students' Association and Penn State.) The National Students' Association is an or ganization that works two. ways. Not only do individual student bodies receive ideas and in formation from the national offices, but they in turn contribute pet ideas' and projects for assimilation—another proof of the student as the association's nucleus. In the past, Penn State's contribution has been practically nil This is one main reason why NSA has not worked well here. A new all-the-way-for-NSA policy, however, could change our attitude from negative to positive, if it is sensibly applied. As has been mentioned previously, nationa: subcommission are placed on member cam nuses if those schools request it. NSA "enthusi asts on this campus hope that someday—per haps this year—Penn State will be the center of a national program. Talk so far has been directed toward a leadership training subcom mission. A local program of this type had its beginnings here last year, when officers of various organizations were invited to discus sions on parliamentary procedure, persuasive speaking, and other topics. As the program would develop here, ideas could be prepared and sent to the national offices, where in turn they would be distributed to member colleges. Result: Penn State would finally achieve active membership in NSA. Through helping other schools in the leadership training area, Pen, Community Forum :it' One of the biggest social-cultural bargains offered at the College is -the annual State Col lege Community Forum series. The lineup of personalities this year promises to be one of the most entertaining and informa tive ever presented. and augurs well for the future. The first speaker, Gen. 'James Van Fleet, should begin the series with a bang on Oct. 14, for he has been one of the more or less contro versial Washington personalities. Charles Laughton, the second speaker, is well known to all students. Currently, he has been delighting audiences in a nation-wide tour with readings from the Bible, Dickens and other English classics. In addition, he is the director of Paul Gregory's "Second Drama Quartet," which has been touring the country with a recitation of Benet's "John Brown's Body." Laughton is scheduled to speak Nov. 19. The remaining two speakers, Irwin D. Can ham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, CANDY ADelicious Candies Nfor all - occasions Remember your game hostess with a box of our hand selected choc lates. We have attractive Halloween novelties for school parties or to send home to the family. And for you we have fudge, stick candy, and five cent can dy bars. Between the Movies f I T-Tr 11 A TLY COI T.f'C;TAN STATE COLLEGE: PENN SYLVANI -V il)3 . student conduct was bad, surely fraternity men cannot be singled ou o t as either prime offenders or non-participants. Bad reports have not been aimed at individual fraternities, but this does not mean fraternity men were less involved than any other- group. The IFC stand, when viewed in the light of complaints being re ceived by the College, implies indirectly that independent men and coeds were most at fault. This, of course, is not the intent of IFC. But it is obvious that no group—fraternity or inde pendent—may be singled out for good behavior at Penn weekend. Conversely, no group can be singled out for bad behavior. The conduct stains the student body as a whole. It is beyond comprehension how supposedly intelligent students can so completely disregard their own and the College's reputation. Such student actions could quite conceivably affect the College's appropriations from the State legislature. Prior to the Penn weekend came a plea for the students to act like big boys and girls. We did not act like big boys and girls. We acted like little boys and girls—which is what we rust be if we act the way we did at Penn. State would be helping its own student govern ment. Discussing NSA workability leads to another proposition—the relationship of NSA to student government. The two, in a highly successful program; should become interdependent. Cer tainly, until NSA reaches a point of independ ence in its own right, there should be close working together between All-College Cabinet and NSA officials. Providing for the NSA co- ordinator, usually the most informed NSA man on campus, to sit as an ex-officio member of cabinet seems the best way of accomplishing this. Unforttinately this is one of the disputable joints in reestablishing NSA on campus. But an all-the-way policy could never be achieved without such a provision; objections to it are nighty weak. What does this mean to Joe College—all this abberwocky about national commissions and x-officio coordinators? It means plenty. If NSA is worked well on his campus it will affect him in more smoothly working activities, better coordinated academic programs and in his thinking about big issues. One catch. It can only work well if Joe himself takes every opportunity to find out how he can become a working member of this association founded "fo serve the educational community." And the sooner he starts, the better it will be— for the national organizaton, the campus body, lnd most of all, J. College himself. —Baylee Friedman arid Chester Bowles, former ambassador to In dia, should be no less interesting. All in all, •the events will be well worth the $4.80 price of admission, and should stimulate, both socially and culturally, Penit State night life. Gazette ... Deadline for GAZETTE items is 4 p.m. on the day preceding the day of publication. Today . _ _ PENN STATE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, 7:30 p.m., 405 Old Main. xperienced backgammon player to teach game. Grad student to work lunch and dinner hours hi Library. Man to type menus in exchange far noon meal. Girl to do housework and baby sitting Oct. 24. Readers for Eccin. 14, 15, Psychology 2, Com- merce 7. Students interested in holiday sales work in Altoona area. Players pre.sent the moon is blue VINCE DRAYNE, Business Mgr. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Tickets at S.U. or at the door —Leonard Goodman Center Stage October 9,10 Little Man an Campus "School, school, school—Thank goodness it's Friday." Short 'Change Previous to last year the men at Swarthmore College were al lowed to entertain women in their dormitory rooms on Sunday after noon for a short time. At the present time students are allowed to Ilave one open house a year during which the women may actually e in a man's room. The reason for the Sunday af ernoon suspension: a coed was caught in the rather daring act of rubbing a male student's back. When several students in a class at Northeastern University voiced 'their objection to having an exam :following the weekend of the jun ior class dinner-dance, the pro • lessor said, "for years I have been urging the classes to hold their proms in the afternoon. All you 'lave to do is pull down the shades 'n the ballroom and it will seem "ke nighttime. "You could hire the orchestra or a nominal fee, since rarely is one called on to perform in the afternoon. When the prom is over you still have time to go home and study. "Of course all I ever get fop my suggestion is what I'm getting from you right now tolerant smiles." P.S.—Professors at Penn State must get the activities calendar and schedule exams following every big weekend, right? People who worry about ad verse publicity are offered some morale-boosting w o r as - by the Rocky Mountain Collegian, pub lication at Colorado A & M. De clared the paper: "In each town, at least one fifth of the people can't read and the best-selling ' papers don't reach 30 per cent of the residents. One-half of those who buy the paper never see the article carry ing adverse publicity. One-half of those whO see it never read it. "One-half of those who read it do not understand it: - One-half of those who understand it are not interested in it. • One:half of those who are interested in it ABSOLUTELY THE• BEST CHILI-HOTS S. Allen St. ABSOLUTELY THE BEST HAMBURGER IN TOWN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1953 don't know the person referred to in .the article. "One-half of those who do know him, don't believe the story. The rest who do believe it are not wor t h the friendship, so why worry about them?" *** Students in a Purdue Uniyer say entomology c - 1 a s s extermi nated approximately 600 rats in a one-night raid in a Lafayette dumping area recently. The mayor of Lafayette co operated 'with the students and closed the dump so they, could spread "1080," a powerful . poison. In the morning, hundreds -of dead rodents were lying about the dump. The project is a practical train ing exercise for students inter ested commercially in rodent con trol. f*** This mock interview between a "veteran" sports edit or and a candidate for the sports desk ap peared in the Daily Athenaem of West Virginia University. •What is a football player? A gridder. What is a football? A pigskin. What does the gridder do with the pigskin? (see, he's catching on already.) He carries mail or lugs the leather. What is a touchdown? That's when the gridder hits pay dirt. What is a pitcher? A mounds man, a hurler, a chucker. - Et ad infinitum. Of course, our Collegian sports scribes write the "Queen's Eng lish, don't they?" Now to be a little more serious, here is a real feat. 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