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Assistants, Tom Buckey, Bill Kling, Pat Evans, Barbara Martino, George French, Joyce Bedrava
Willa Neudorfer.
Gray Flannel: Ensignia
What's under that gray flannel uniform?
What makes you any different from the rest
of those enlisted in the ranks of collegiate con
formity?
Perhaps there's very little to set you off
from the brigade of button-downs. Possibly
there's nothing at all.
But college has not always been the proving
ground for conformity. Once upon a time the
university encouraged individualism, but not
any more.
Every day more and more emphasis is being
placed on how the, individual can learn to fit
in with others in his society. If he doesn't fit
in, he is maladjusted. If he is maladjusted, he
waits in line to see a psychiatrist who reads a
personality to him off an IBM card.
For remedy, he is advised 'to buy a gray
flannel suit and for exercise he is encouraged
to stuff it with a plaid button-down.
But more serious than this the collegiate ill
ness doesn't end with graduation. Career men
must remain collegiate men until their hair
is too thin to be crew cut.
They begin to conform again—not as class
room collegiates, but as business collegiates.
They have not been prepared to be radicals
in the field of business or any other field. In
fact, they have been convinced that being a
radical, a subversive,. and an individual are all
equally hazardous. So they are not radical.
They conform rather than progress.
The philosopher Nietzsche wrote he was dis
turbed "that present mankind is not something
to be standardized or thrown back into primi-
Junior Week--Weak?
Junior Week is no longer Junior Week.
It is merely a few functions sponsored by
the Junior Class. Plans for the "Week," Oct. 31
to Nov. 6, include the Junior Prom, a pep rally,
a motorcade for the pep rally, and recognition
of juniors at church services. The talent show,
formerly included in the "Week," was dis
pensed with this year, thus leaving the "Week"
with only one major function.
Either the class should add another function
such as a jam session, which would probably
receive enthusiasm from members of the class,
or it should relinquish its present claim •to a
week of activities.
The only major function as it now stands' is
the Junior Prom. Most people do, not even
realize that Junior Week, as such, exists.
If the Junior Class feels there is not enough
interest in the talent show to 'keep it going;
then it is right in dropping it from 'he schedule..
But it should be replaced With some activity .
that meets the present interests of the students.
A week (?) that lasts just three days is hardly.
deserving of the title "Junior Week.' Don't hang
'on 'to an empty title supported 'only by tradition.
—Sue Conklin
To Mrs. Hibbs • . .
The University was fortunate to have in its
service an unselfish woman, the character of
Mrs. Hibbs.
And we, representing the voice of the stu
dents, express our deepest sympathy at her
passing even though the remembrance of her
in the minds of those who knew her best is a
far greater monument to her than we can build
with words
Gazette ...
Today
COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF (all boards), 6:30
p.m., Collegian Business Office
HILLEL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, 6:30 p.m., Hillel
Foundation
KAPPA PHI KAPPA, 7 p.m., 6 Burrowea
MINERAL INDUSTRIES STUDENT COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m.,
208 Willard
NEWMAN CLUB CHOIR PRACTICE, 7:30 p in., Our
Lady of Victory Church
NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY, 4:30 p.m., Our Lady
of Victory Church
NOVENA, 7 p.m. Our Lady of Victory Church
NITTANY GROTTO, 7:10 p.m.. 121 Mineral Industries
PENN STATE PLAYERS ADVERTISING, 7 p.m., Schwab
Auditorium (loft)
rERSIIING RIFLES CO. B-5 (active members and pledges).
? p.m., Armory
THETA SIGMA PHI, 6:30 p.m., Grange Playroom
Tomorrow
CHIMES. 4 p.m Simmons Walnut Lounge
NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY, 4:30 p.m., Our Lady
of Victory Church
Dobyns Is UCA Speaker
The Rev. Lester L. Dobyns, ex
ecutive director of the University
Christian Association, will speak
on the position of the Christian
student in the University at the
UCA assembly at 7 tonight in 304
Old Main.
Xhe Eatig Collegian
!Nemo*, •• TEI rant LANCE. avg. MT
---J.H.
Correction
The Future Teachers of Amer
ica wiener roast will be held at
5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 in
Hort Woods instead of this Thurs
day, as reported in yesterday's
Daily Collegian.
The 25 cent charge must be
paid by tomorrow.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
of the Conformist
Live annonymity, but surpassed."
But according to Edgar Ansel Mowrer of the
Saturday Review, present mankind is being
standardized. He said: "The potential Fords and
Edisons and Firestones—if they manage to pass
the preposterous 'personality testers' and are
hired—soon get the gate. The nonentities and
yes-boys stay and are promoted. As a result
we have a new class of big business directors
who are less outstanding than the corporations
they boss."
No wonder people are crowding psychology
courses and mental illness clinics, says Mowrer,
they're bored with over-standardization. This
group living and group-getting-along-with has
been played to the hilt.
People hiding behind their gray flannel suits
are afraid to think. They shy away from de
cision making. Malcomb Muggeridge, editor of
Punch, has been quoted as saying: "The basic
fear of our time, future historians may well
decide, has lain in the too ready acceptance of
current orthodoxies, whether through fear of
being suspected of rebelliousness and conse
quently punished, or just as a result of suc
cumbing to mass persuasion."
Mass persuasion works best on the conformist,
the collegiate insect, members of the herd state,
for true.. Democracy, according to Muggeridge,
requires a non-conforming ctiizenry.
The citizenry can dress any way it wants to,
but in its self-analysis it must see beneath the
goay flannel suit a mind—not just a plaid but
ton-down.
Half-Holiday Time
This year as in the past, a movement has
been started by campus organizations recom
mending that a half-holiday be , granted by the
University 'so students may attend an away
football game without cutting classes. •
All-Unlversity Cabinet sent the official wheels
.rolling last week . by passing - a.recommendation
to 'the University. Council of ' , Administration
that a half-hOliday be 'granted for the Penn
weekend. Thwr proposal:niust receive' final ap
proval. from the council, before
.. a" free half-day
will be given. •
The same movement has taken ; place . at this
time of the year during the- lastseveral years,
and , in each - case - the - -half-holiday has been
granted. This year:the &aeon* is still- in doubt.
Some :believe that • the holiday.. wilt not be
granted because it Watt not 'provided for on the
University calendar this year..Mccre optimistic
Pertons .thinh that .studehts- will .be granted the
I orning off and'-University officiaili".will" tack
the time off ,on to ,some , future vacation.
Regiordlms of: the outcome this—year, stu
dents
. nrod inembers,of the adMinistration should
now roalise..that this, problem will arise - every
year that we play away: football genies. Thep
should , have the foresight to try, to eliminate
this siivation by allowfitg a "floating holiday"
or devising soirie such method so that each year
Uniiersity, official; are not accused of trying
to, spoil the students' fun by not letting them
have the-Saturday 'morning off before the Penn
or Pitt game.'
A "floating holiday". has been suggested in
the pait but was not put in effect because it
could not be inserted into the 'calendar sched
ule at the time. Another objection to . the plan
was that instructors would plan their Saturday
classes only to have Cabinet declare a half
holiday and mess up the educational proceed
ings.
But if such a plan could be• instituted, with
the provision that Cabinet give sufficient no
tice of the holiday, the worries of the instruc
tors and students could be eliminated. Profes
sors would know about the vacation and could
outline their courses accordingly. Students, at
the same time, could make their own plans
about attending the game without the worries
of unexcused cuts.
Such a plan should be put into effect if stu
dents are to continue to get football half-holi
days. We hope that University officials keep
this in mind when they plan future calendars.
—Rog 'Seidler
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB. 8 p.m.. Psychology Laboratory
PERSHING RIFLES PLEDGE PRACTICE. 6 a.m., Armory
University Hospital - -
Edward Bauman, Richard Begle, Susan Brown. George
Bryan, Jack • Calderone, Joseph Casarin, Beverly Dean.
Carolyn Dimntick, Charles DlRocco, James Donahue, Donald
Green, William Hansen, Thomas Hollenbsch, William Mc-
Govern, Rosanna Rote, Dennis Schweitzer.
Nittany Grotto to Meet
Nittany Grotto will meet at
7:30 tonight in 121 Mineral Indus
tries.
Homecoming Queen Entries
Entries in the Homecoming
Queen Contest may pick up their
pictures at the Hetzel Union desk.
&Revisits represent the
viewpoints of the writers,
net sweessarily the policy
of the paper, the student
holy. sr the University.
• ••t of M•rea S. 11179
—Jackie Hudgins
Little Man on Campus
"This is when 2W coach ran out on th' field
for a few words with the referee."
On Russia
Diplomacy Rules
Dulles' Sayings
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
John Foster Dulles has to be more diplomatic in his pub
lic pronouncements than his brother Allen or than George
Meany, president of the American Federation of Labor.
As Secretary of State, Foster Dulles' chief objective at
this moment is to determine whether Soviet Russia's expres
sions of policy are to be accepted or rebuffed. He's not' sup
posed to take chances either way,
or to say anything that might en
danger the least hope of peace.
Ai head of the Central Intelli
gence Agency, Allen Dulles: pro
vides much Of the infermation on
which. Foster Dulles must bate
his judgments, and isn't sapposed
to say 'much of 'anything.
• An intportant part of Moany's
lob is to. ma
,to . it. that Arnold
'cin •labor , doesn't get audio in
by !isms' which. deflect it horn •
its main goal. His organization
has been away* not miroly in
combatting Communism, in the •
United Statips. hut alio- in
thwarting the • plans of ''tho -
World Foderatiiin of TriidiAln- -
ions. a lidoscow-iporisormi , or
. ganization whose only. -'pUrptzse
is to.. enlist 'labor a ll aim tho
•'•world in the ' Red Rovolution.
the success of which would con
demn all labor ; organisations to .
the impotency • and "collabora
jionisiir of those in Russia. .
These ' three Americans have
all discussed Soviet policy ' this
week. .
Foster Dulles spoke in a. con
siderably more conservative tone
than when he first returned from
the Big Four conference at Gen
eva a few weeks ago.
The United States is making a
ceaseless effort,' he said in effect,
to protect each and all of its own
interests while , studying every
possibility that a more peaceful
world can be worked out. There
was nothing remindful in his
words of "peace in our time," but
doors were being kept' open.
His sober approach may or
may not have been influenced
by his. brother. A. short time
before Foster Dulles spoke, Al
len had been saying that he
had no information to indicate
that Russia was backing down
on the cold war. The subversive
campaign of International Com
munism goes forward as usual/
he said. Foster recovnized the
possibility that Russian peace
ful emanations were merely a
part of the old familiar Com
munist tactic of "zig sag." ..
Speaking from the same Amer
ican Legion platform after the
Secretary, Meany was more spe
cific about the blacks and whites,
especially blacks, of the situation.
He was under no compusion to
keep .any doors open.
Nothing has happened. he said.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1935
By Bibler
to indicate any change in, ,
RuS
sian plains for world :domination.
That's whir', he said the Federal
%inn of Labor hat 'flatly turned
down all propOsitians of exChang.
log, delegations _with the 'coin;
rnunisf,countriek".: -
The ..natute" of th* different
ant** of 'the three ttihn must. be
taken'inte .cotteideratrod in bon
sidering their words.
Mt Council Sets • -
Meetint:lbnigtit
Mineral Industries ,, Stu d e a.t
Council : will. meet.: at 7:3.0 ~tonight
n 208, Willard. According
Tooker, president.
Included in the program will
befit - discussion on forming a sti
dent Mineral Industries news let
ter, and plans foi 'holding coffee
hours far, freshmen in Mineral In
dustries.
A Committee will bring up a
resolution to purchase a bronze
plaque naming the winners of the
the Ellen Steidle Award for schol
astic achievements and extra cur
ricidar activities. The pla q ue
would .be placed in the Mineral
Industries Building.
St. John's EUB Church
To Hold Student Banquet
St. John's Evangelical United
Brethren Church will sponsor a
student felloWship banquet at
5 p.m, Sunday at the church.
Following the dinner, a panel
discussion entitled "I Look at
Philosophy" will be held. The
group will also participate in a
union service at the Faith Evan
gelical and Reformed Church.
TIM to Meet Tonight
Town• Independent Men ' will
meet at 7:30 tonight in 216 Hetzel
Union.
Tonight on WDFM
Pl.l MEGACYCLES
7:16
7 :20
7:90 Student Encampment
8:00 Behind the Lectern
S :30 Phi Mu Alpha
9 :00 _ Call Card
9:16 News
9:80 Music You Want
1040 ----- Men Oft
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