PAGE EIGHT Pub Pined funds, through Saturday mornings during the University year, the Daily Collegian is a student operated newspaper. • 9.4 at t,e . ate Celle e I - , DIEHL McKALIP. Editor Managing Ed., Mary Lee Lauffer: City Ed., Mike Fein- Asst. Bus. Mgr.. Benjamin Lowenstein; Local Ad,. Mgr., Aber. Copy Ed.. Nancy Ward: Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell: Fay Goldstein: National Adu. Mgr.. John Albrecht; Cir. Edit. Dir.. Peggy McClain: Radio News Ed.. Phil Austin; Soc. culation, Mgt.. Richard Gordon; Promotion Mgr.. Evelyn Ed.. Marcie MacDonald; Ant Sports Ed.. Berm Welskopf: Riegel: Personnel Mgr.. Carol Schwing: Office Mgr., Peggy Asst Soc. Ed.. Mary Bondi: Feature Ed.. Edmund Reiss; 'frozell Classified Adv. Mgr.. Dorothea Ebert: Sec.. Gertrude Librarian-Exchange Ed.. Ann Leh; Photog. Dir., Ron Hoopes. Malsm!: R h and Records Mgr.. Virginia Cookery. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Business and editorial staffs, The Daily Collegian The Job—Just Begun Today is the day to pat ourselves on the back, sit back and look at our accomplishments as a University, and be as smug and self-satisfied as we like. Al'_ this is justified—today. We have progressed far enough to justify pride and loyal boasts of our achievements. Tomorrow we must discard smugness and self-satisfaction. Because although we have reached a land mark in our history as a University, we must join the many universities of the country in a long march toward justifying ourselves. In short we must find the most ethical, and at the same time realistic way to return the universi ties to their students. To look forward, we must first look back and determine at just what point American institu tions have forgotten their students. This point was the transition from the small, personalized colleges to the enormous, often called "factory" schools that are so predominant. To bring higher education to the masses, our uri,versities have had to make physical provis ions for the masses. This is obvious in the phy sical expansion of our own school. And while such advances are necessary and desirable, they must not be allowed to become a stumbling block to the student. The physical advances must do no more than supplement the search for education. They should no more be the end result of enrollment in college than they should be a handicap to teaching and learning. Classic education is fast being pushed from today's universities. Technical training is tak ing it place. Whether or not this is good can be answered only by saying that society is now de manding college graduates with technical train ing. It is th, .hole of a university to prepare its students for what is expected of them. However, this cannot be interpreted to mean that colleges should close their. eyes to all oth ers. They must be able to offer what students want, as well as what society as a whole is de manding. We would not wish to return to an era when college educated men were in the minority. A maximum of education is the essence of our ideals as a nation. But meeting the physical aspects of mass ed ucation falls short of our purpose unless we adjust to the academic demands as well. Imagine the University as a sphere. The out side line of the sphere represents the physical properties of the school—the dormitories, class rooms, auaitoriums, and playgrounds. This line is packed tight. Our job now is to fill up the inside of the sphere, so that it, too, is solid and no particle can fall out of perspective and rattle around in confusion. This inside portion is the nucleus of the entire University. It is the educational process: the student, the communication, and the teacher. There will always be students. But as the number of students has increased, so the uni versities must increase the number of teachers and take stock of their means of communication. They must learn to distinguish between artifi cial devices of communication and the sincere attempts at mental rapport. The latter can come only through the mind; we must ha'v'e a maximum of mental wisdom here—minds that know both the wisdom and the means of transferring this wisdom to students. Such a nucleus alone is the only real justifica tion for a university's existence. Tomorrow we must begin to fill Today, let's celebrate! Happy E —P SALLY'S Wishes Penn State University a Happy idi Birthday! t°AA- ' i' i S SS* SERVING PENN STATE FOR TWENTY YEARS atlr Eatill Cultrgtan , S ss or to THE FREE LANCE. est. MT .4.114 t. WILLIAM DEVERS, Business Manager this nucleus irihdayl eggy McClain A MIGHTY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Just a reminder though: "It's patriotic to have a shaggy beard" —But not a shaggy top. DAVIDSON'S TV Barber Shop THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Chapel vs. Reactor Today the Pennsylvania State University pauses after 100 years and rededicates herself in preparation for her second 100 years. But to what is she rededicating herself, life or doom? This is a question that has troubled many of the Penn State family because of two of the events which will take place today as part of the birthday observance; the ground breaking for the All-Faith Chapel and the dedication of the nuclear reactor. The timing has caused many a feeling of irony about building on one hand "a symbol of faith" and on the other "a symbol of destruction." Not agreeing that atomic energy is the "sym bol of destruction," the University last night held a symposium on "The Responsible Uses of Power." There an eminent scientist and a leading religious philosopher tried to find the answer to this am harassing question. We, however, like to think the reactor is not dedicated to destruction, but rather to creation. as is the entire University. And, being dedicated to creation, it becomes as much a symbol of faith in what the future may bring as the All- Faith Chapel. Much of the confusion seems to result from what the public visualizes when the word "nu clear" is heard. It has become a bad word that carries little but evil connotations and so must' usually be whispered. It joins the class of com munism, facism, isolationism, abolishionism in having a fearful legend built around it. The cause of this fearful legend is based on man's associations with the word "nuclear." Upon hearing the term, he does not think of the dictionary definition of the word or its scien tific evaluations but immediately of what the bulk of the newspaper headlines have told him about this awful thing. He thinks of bombs, artillery, submarines', explosions, fires, radia tion burns, air-bourn dust particles, destruction, death. This dreadful definition calls for a re-educa tion of the public. A lesson of the potential good of the nuclear reaction must be taught and the best way is by deeds. The world must bring the constructive uses of nuclear reaction to a par with the destructive uses and show the power need not be locked up in the motors of submarines or the brass casses of shells and bombs. However, in this day of military preparedness, anyone finds it difficult to put the word "nucle ar" in civilian garb and toss out the emphasis that has been placed on the military aspect. It is here, then, that a second factor must lend a hand to re-education, the factor being faith. People must have faith that the word "nuclear" can have a meaning other than destruction. Thus, the dedication of a nuclear reactor and the ground breaking for an All-Faith Chapel at the University on the same day is not ironical. Rather they are the heralds of Penn State's ability to perform two duties, re-educate and supply a symbol of faith. It can be hoped research conducted at the reactor will result in constructive uses for nu clear energy and 2hrough these uses show people a better life. And, coupled with it there will be the chapel whose 10-year. $3 million plan can rise as a champion of faith. The two can be com bined to provide , what must be had, a new defi nition of the word "nuclear." The University accepts a grave responsibility in dedicating a nuclear reactor and breaking ground for a chapel on the same day; a fe sponsibility to 12,000 students, over 50,000 alum ni, and the people of the world. This responsi bility must be met so critics 100 years hence will not look back on Feb. 22, 1955 as an ironical day, as some critics today are, wont to do. ittlitorisis repneent the slowpolut of the writers. Rot ss rile the policy of the Duper. Unfitted editorials are be the editor _ --. Little Man on Campus Centennial Thanks There comes a time and a place in every endeavor when those attempting to accomplish the feat must pause to recount a few of their experiences and to give out a few thank you's to the many help .ng 'hands. We are no exception as we put our Centennial edition of the Daily Collegian together. Before we go farther, we must admit we are going to forget to say our thanks to many; and their contributions have probably al ready passed from memory and only they will be able to . find them in this paper. So, we will give a big, blanket thank you right now. Thank you When we first started on this issue, shortly after the Christmas vacation, there were two schools of thought as to how many pages there should be; that was before we remembered this racket costs money and the basic size deter minent would be the' amount of advertising. One group wanted a small compact issue with just the meat of everything shoved into a small paper for easy and quick reading. The others wanted 100 pages, one for each year of existence. In our search for facts to fill the holes between the ads, we turned most frequently to the Penn State Room,' historical repository in the Patios •IX brary, and to the department of public information in Old . Main. Also in line for special mention are Louis H. Bell, director ,of public information at the. Univer sity, and Richard 0. -Byers, assist ant professor of advertising, both Rustic, Old-Fashioned Kind of Place -- We love being hOst to those who enjoy Fine, Quality Food EUTAW HOUSE Best Wishes on Your 100th Anniversary TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1955 By Bibler Daily Collegian advisers. A special, Centennial adviser and writer of many of the University's Centen nial Year news releases was Charles H. Brown, associate pro fessor of journalism. We are grateful to business concerns who subscribed to our advertising campaign personally and by mail. It was really the local merchants who put it over the top, however. One of • the biggest headaches of publishing .an issue of, this type is accuracy: It is surprising how foggy •facts become- after they have lain dead for 50 or 75 years, and we 'are holding our breath as the • •issue comes out today. We had an• agreement with Mary L. Mairs, director of the. Penn State Room, to have her red, pencil .all the • errors •so they won't be re peated-in-the 131-Centennial issue. The pleasantekt surprise in doing research on historical facts, and• figures about the Uni- Varsity , is the almost unlimited supply of matotial. This issue can easily be only the begin , ning: we' know. we did not get all we would have liked to in . . -these 48' pages. But it looks like • a good crop of Centennial Yeas . feature stories. •
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