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Published Tuesday through Sat
urday mornings inclusive during
the year by the staff
of The Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1954 at the State College, Pa. • POeirt Office . .podcr the act "of March
.3: 1879.
DAVE JONES. Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Jack Reid; Copy editors, Mike Feinsilber, George Balrey; As
sistants, Joe. Beau Seigneur, Paddy Beahan, Marilyn Ambler, Jane Wickizer, Marge Pearce, Frank
DiPipi, Stan Frolic, Bobbie Handel. Ad staff; Estelle Caplan, Cindy Manarin„ Sandy Duckman.
Roosevelt Talk: Was . Location justified?
Two-hundred and fifty people were forced to
stand and many more were turned away from
Schwab Auditorium Wednesday night because
they could not get inside to hear Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt speak. Frantic attempts by' some to
have the talk in Recreation Hall had failed..
Those sponsoring Mrs. Roosevelt's talk were,.
for some reason, unwilling to have it switched
to Rec Hall where a larger audience could be
accommodated. Four student groups offered to
financially back such a switch with $140: It
appears the chief obstacle was inconveniences
of administering such a change of location.
Because many had to stand and many' never
got into the auditorium, sponsors of the talk
are suffering much criticism—overt and covert.
The talk was broadcast, but this could not com
pensate for those who wished to attend.
• •In attacking sponsors of the talk, critics are
overlooking one thing: the sponsoring groups
were generous enough. to open to the public
what could have been a closed talk and no ad
misison was charged. Criticism, then, can come
only in the form of • attacks upon generosity.
Can Everyone Sit on the 50-Yard Line?
How are you going to seat thousands of de
manding fans on the 50-yard-line? .
That's the problem ticket offices in every
large college campus face before every Satur
day football game. The. better the football
team, the bigger the problem.
And starting immediately after the game, the
complaints roll in. For there is no solption to
the pr'oblem. No one has yet built a stadium
with seats only on the 50. If someone . does,
chances are there still will be complaints.
The problem is present at Beaver Field, and
it is present at Franklin Field, Philadelphia.
-Last year many students protested loudly about
their seats at the. University of Pennsylvania-
Penn State game. The best seats, they said,
went to alumni. Those left over, they charged.
were passed off to students.
The Athletic Advisory Board, after studying
the problem, came up with a solution. Spread .
the students from goal line to goal line in the
first ten rows, they said. ,Then every student •
has an equal opportunity to get a good seat.
The first students in line to get tickets, get the
best ones.
The plan went into effect this year. It worked.
No student has a legitimate complaint about
the seat he had. For he had a chance to get it
anytime from list June to the Thursday before
the game. Thus a real problem was solved by,
cool-headed deliberation.
This yeai the Blue Band found itself assigned
to the extreme end of the Franklin Field stands.
More than . half of the members, according to
Donald Lambert, Blue Band president, were '•
behind the goal lines. The seats were too low to
see action on the field, he said.
Members came back to the College complain.
ing of their location in the stands. Because
their service to the College—the routine put on
at Penn represented over 2200 man hours o!
practice—they were entitled te - ,better seat'
they reasoned. The band appears to have r
valid objection.
The Athletic Association can claim eqii' s alT
lalid reasons for the seating assignment. TI:
Blue Band requires approximately 100 seat: - ,
To take out a block of 100 seats on or ry'a
-50-yard-line would raise the •anguish of many
others, perhaps equally deserving of good sca
Deadline for GAZETTE items is 4 p.m. on the
day preceding the day of publication.
Sunday, Oct. 11, 1953
ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA, 6:30 p.m., all mem
bers in Atherton lounge.
HILLEL RADIO CASTING, 7 p.m., Hillel
Foundation. . .
Monday, Oct. 12, 1953
ICG, 7:30 p.m., Atherton N. E. lounge.
PENN STATE CLUB SMOKER, 7 p.m., Hamil
ton Rec. Room.
PHILOTES, 7:30 p.m., 438 McElwain.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Experienced backgammon player to teach game.
Grad student to work lunch and dinner hours
in Library.
Man to type menus in exchange for noon meal.
Girl to do housework and baby sitting Oct. 24.
Students interested in holiday sales work in
Altoona area.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE
The companies listed below will conduct interviews on
campus. Schedule interviews now in 112 Old Main.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. will interview January grad
uates in ME, lE, EE, and Physics on Oct. 16.
B. F. GOODRICH RESEARCH CENTER Oct. 13 will
interview Ph.D. candidates in Chem: and Ch.E. expecting
to receive their degrees in 1954, and MS candidates in Chem.
and Chem.E. who have completed at least one semester.
TEXAS COMPANY will interview. Ph.D. candidates in
Ch.E., ME. and Chem. expecting to receive their degrees in
1954; MS in Ch.E., ME, CE and Chem. who have completed
at least one semester; and BS January graduates in the
fields of Ch.E., CE, ME, and Chem. on Oct. 19.
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA will inter
view January graduates in CE, EE, MR. Ch. E.. Fuel Tech.,
Geology, Geophysics, Geochem, P.N.G., Chem, and . Physics,
on Oct. 19-20.
MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL COMPANY will interview
Ph.D. candidates in Ch.E., HE, ME, and Chem. expecting
to receive their degrees in 1954; MS candidates in
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Ti le B a tt ll e x ilt i * g ii i t t4 . ; li t o e licgla w ri poi cato o rlais the re w rill.: r n s t .
41 • 1 ' I not necessarily the policy of the
4. newspaper. Unsigned editorials
'are by the editor.' .
Success®r to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Gazette...
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
VINCE DRAYNE, Business Mgr.
The sponsoring groups went to the trouble to
arrange for the talk, and did open it to the
public. . •
However, although this was 'a nice gesture, it
fell completely short of real. generosity. Inter
ested student groups were willing to accept the
financial burden of changing the lecture ,(to Rec
Hall where up to 5000 could have been seated,
if necessary. Perhaps Rec Hall would have been
comparatively empty, but it.at least would have
accommodated all those who wanted
. to hear
Mrs. Roosevelt talk.
Failure to .locate -an addtess by one of the
world's foremost women in a place where all
interested may .attend Is a grievous error. It
was prompted by either lack of planning, lack
of consideration, or •lack of energy.
Sponsors of Mrs. Roosevelt's talk are inter
ested in both education and dissemination of
information about the United Nations. What
better way could there have been to serve both
ends than to hold the lecture in a place where
all could hear? Something, somewhere, is sadly
lacking when this basic question is left, un
answered.
Football players receive complimentary tick
ets to the game which they can give away.
That's certainly reasonable. The Board of Trus
tees, persons high in the administration, arid
many alumni and townspeople who haVe con
tributed immensely to the athletic program at
the College also deserve good seats. This too is
reasonable. Many alumni—and many people
who never attended the College—have done
more for Penn State than the majority of its
students.
And the fans too deserve good seats. But how
do all. these people get seated on or near the
50-yard line"? They don't. It is physically im
possible for them all to get the best seats. So it
becomes a matter of selection. And- the person
who didn't get selected comes out griping.
There seems to be no • satisfactory solution to
the problem. But one year ago there seemed to
be no solution to the overall ticket distribution
problem. The Athletic Advisory Board found
one.
Perhaps if the board, the Athletic Association
and representatives of the Blue Band were to
meet they would be able to iron out the latest
problem.
It certainly would be worth the effort. If
nothing else, such a meeting would bring about
a mutual understanding of the problems. faced
by all groups involved. And understanding a
- woblem is the first step toward its solution. -
-Mike reinsilber
Safety. Valve ...
:ustoms Ag&n
20 THE EDITOR: I Came across the following
tatement while looking through a College book:
"With respect to freshman customs . . . the
'act is that the College has really outgrown
hese things . . . Most of these customs are
heer tomfoolery and are so recognized by the
- aore responsible student element, which is
lore concerned with promoting the finek" ideals
- d - traditions of the institution."
'%men. I agree. I'm-no freshman. t
. —Debora Bewster
EE, ME and Chem. who have completed at least one semes
ter; and BS January graduates in Ch.E., BE,- ME, and
Chem. on Oct. 19-20.
RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA will interview
-'January graduates in EE, ME, Chß, Physics and Ceramics
Oct. 19-20.
PROCTOR AND GAMBLE CO. ' will interview Ph.D. can
didates .in Chem. and Ag. Bio-Chem. expecting to receive
their degrees in 1954 on Oct. 21.
SOCONY-VACUUM OIL • CO.. will interview January
graduates in the fields of: CE, ME, Ch.E, Bus. Adm., and
Liberal "Arts on Oct. 21. •
. DU PONT .will interview Ph.D. candidates in Ch.E, ME.
Engineering Mechanics, Chem. and • Physics expecting to
receive their degrees in. 1959 on Oct. 21-23.
TIIE BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE CO. will inter
view January graduates in ME and EE on Oct. 22.
FEDERAL. TELECOMMUNICATION LABS. will inter
view Ph.D. candidates in EE and Physics expecting to re
ceive their degrees in 1959, M.S. candidates' in EE and
Physics who have completed - at least one semester, and
January B.S. graduates •in RE and Physics on Oct. 22.
DU PONT will interview M.S. candidates in Ch.E, ME.
lE, Chem., and—Physics who have completed at least -one
semester, and • January B;S.• grOduates in Ch.E, ME; lE,
Chem., and'. Physics on Oct. 22-23.
SHELL DEVELOPMENT CO. will interview -Ph.D. can
didates in Physics •expecting tO receive their degrees. in 1954
on Oct. 22-23.: . ••
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SYLVANIA ELECTRIC :PRODUCTS INC. will .interview
January graduates in Chem., Physics, Accounting, Busi
nesi Management, Mathematics, Ceramics, Metallurgy, Ch.E,
EE, lE, ME, on Oct. 23. . .• .
CHRYSLER CORP. will interview January graduates in
Ch.E, EE, ME and Metallurgy on. Oct. 23.
. COLLEGE HOSPITAL LIST
Joseph Althouse, Robert Bishop; Donald Cal
by, Donald Cartwright, David Difebo, John Ep
ler, Lorih Gardner, • Paul Gilpin, James Grif
fiths, James Hallock, Harold Dean; Virginia
Juan, Joanne LeFevre, Charlotte Linck, Pa
tricia McClurken, Thomas . Meltser, Donald Mi
chelsen, JUdith IVlitchell. Dean Mullen, Harry
Perrina. Nancy Phillips, Wesley Shook, William
Soley, Ronald Wint and. Mary Zubers.
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WIRE AND WIRELESS
The Big Stoil.
The Associated Press sends much infOrmation. :through • its
various bureaus, some of which ends up on State College wire'land
is printed on the teletypewriter in the Daily Collegian's Carnegie
Hall office: We manage to use the more important news, most of it
on page three—the wire page.
But there are humor items, sob
stories, and the like, which are
interesting, but not really big
news. Many of them will end up
in this column.
One from Reading concerns the
great Reading Fair. Annually the
fair holds a beauty contest to se
lect a Miss Reading Fair of what
ever-year-it-is. This year fair of
ficials invited residents of Berks
and surrounding counties to en
ter the contest, instead of just
Berks as in former yearS. The mo
tive was to have a• higher fair
attendance through greater inter
est and more publicity created by
the enlarged contest.
Bigger publicity was received:
READING, Pa. (IP) —A beauty
queen must be young and pretty
but not too young, officials of
the Reading Fair decided today.
So they disqualified the new
queen.
Contest rules required a con
,testant to have reached the age
of 16 before , last Aug. 15, . and
the contest winner will ,not be
that age until April 27.
The two runnersup will split
the $1350 prize money.
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We're _wondering whether •or
not the following, trio still at-,
tends church.
NEWTON, N.C. GrP) Thiee
teen-aged bbys who peppered a
minister with spitballs as he
preached a sermon were convict
ed today of disturbing public wor
ship.
They were released on condi
tion that they pay. court costs and
behaye properly in church and
other public places.
The minister swore out the war
rant against the trio:
The AP is going all out on bop
talk in its notes to editors. They
generally use abbreviations in
these notes. For example, when
the AP does not have information
about a certain event, they. "un
know."
But they really went over
board in their note advising
editors they could get news
early for play-by-play of. the
World Series: "Members desir
ing to come on 'the day 'Wire
please notify - your nearest bur=
eau soonest."
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No comment •on the following
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tern. -
ELIZABETH,. N.J. (W)—Martin
,lock, veteran disc jockey, was
fined $29 for careless driving on
,he New -Jersey Turnpike while
: , nroute to Trenton to help The
state set up a safe driving pro
gram.
URDAY, OCTOBER 10, • 1953
By Bibler
MINIM
By BILL JOST,
A state trooper testified that
Block was doing 70 miles an hour
(limit is 60), passed• another car
on the.right, and weaved and
out of ti'affic for nearly five miles
before he was halted.
Block, who pleaded guilty, id. a
disc jockey with Station. WNEW
where he puts in many pleas for
highway safety.
. Occasionally the AP, news be
comes garbled and somethin g
like this comes over:
At a crowed press Conference.
Thimayya softpedaled 'the issue,
by saying:
"U mink wencan auk the
priumzierf toiliutec for 9 to 10
minutes."
We have -also received lines
like: bootms a b NP G3/4MTEI
AGREEOPVP)E, etc.
It's dOnfusing.
Student Newspaper
Copies Confiscated
At Maryland U.
Several hundred copies of the
University of Maryland student
newspaper were ordered de
stroyed recently because the dean
of men did not, approve of two
pictures in the paper, the Associ
ated Press reports.
Dean of Men Geary Eppley ad
mitted he ordered confiscation of
copies of the Sept. 25 issue of the
Diamondback, university student
newspaper. Earlier, Elin Lake, an
editor of the paper, said several
thousand copies were confiscated
after faculty efforts to "suppress"
two stories failed.
The dean said he objected to
the items because they were
"foolish, silly, , and not worth
newsprint?' He said he' ordered
disposal's° extra copies would not
be, seen by high school students
scheduled to visit the campus the
next cia - y.
One picture, Eppley said, was
of crowded quarters for• 24 wom
en students in a dormitory base-
Ment. The other showed an empty
chair at a. student council meet
ing. - '
Miss •L;ak'e said there were
at
tempts -to•' suppress a story con
cerning receipt - of a traffic
summons by • Dean of Women
Adele; Stamp for "failing to stop
in front of a school bus receiving
or discharging students." Eppley
said he "did not even consider the,
story" _about Dean Stamp. "
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