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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
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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.
(Continued on page five)
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