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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Fran Fanucei. Ed Dubbs, Sue Conklin, Vince Caroeci, Matt Podbesek, Lianne
Corder°, Bob Franklin.
Welcoming the Freshman Class
As we welcome an incoming class—in this
case the Class of 1960—we always do it with
reservations. This is because a freshman class
brings with it an unknown quality. Until we
can find the grade of this unknown quality,
we cannot be sure we wel&med a welcome
thing. •
The freshman class will find, eventually, that
most Penn Staters are proud of their University.
although many of them will not admit it. It is
only natural for a college student to give the
impression that he is going through living hell
to get a college education.
We are proud of Penn State. We are proud of
the beautiful campus, the good sports tear
the fine colleges and departments, and the stu
dent body as a whole. We are not proud of
many things. We are not proud of panty raids.
drinking at Spring Carnival, and those students
who engage in such things.
Although Penn State may not be a great uni
versity, it is a good one. And what Perin State
is and stands for depends largely on the student
body. With the student body largely - rests the
University's reputation in the undergraduate
years and the prestige in the post-graduate
years.
To your hometown friends and to unkown
persons who recognize your Penn State shirt.
Farewell- Welcome
The departure of President Milton S. Eisen
hower will be felt as a great and momentous
loss by The Pennsylvania State University.
During the past five years he has done his
utmost to make progress and advance the Uni
versity to the position of respect that it now
holds.
While at the University, Dr. Eisenhower has
constantly worked -toward fulfilling his basic
educational beliefs and has increased funds, en
larged the physical plant, raised academic stan
dards. increased faculty salaries. originated the
student encampment, and expanded the Uni
versity extension and research programs.
The president founded the Penn State Foun
dation of alumni to solicit and receive funds
which totaled almost $BOO,OOO in the years 1953
and 1954. He has also won the cooperation of
the State legislature and has more than doubled
the University's appropriation from $ll million
in the 1949-1951 biennium to about $26 million
for the recent budget.
While here. Dr. Eisenhower has expanded the
physical plant by adding new wings to seven
buildings, adding a fourth floor to the Main
Engineering building. and by constructing four
new buildings. new dairy barns, and green
houses as well as the $3 million Helsel Union
Building. In addition construction is now under
way . on women's dormitories and a classroom
building, and work is almost completed on two
new wings of the infirmary. The All-Faith
Chapel was begun during Dr. Eisenhower's
presidency.
These stand as fine examples of the work
which has been done at University while
Dr. Eisenhower has been president. We thank
Prexy for his unparalled success and extend
our wishes for his continued success at Johns
Hopkins University.
We firmly believe that Dr. Eric A. Walker,
former dean of the College of Engineering and
Architecture, who has been appointed as the
successor to Dr. Eisenhower. will be capable of
continuing the rapid pace toward progress
which Prexy has maintained. We wish him well
in accepting the responsibilities of one of the
largest Land Grant institutions and feel sure
that he will meet this challenge and further
expand the University. —Sue Conklin
At the Kickoff—Raise the `Roof', Froshl
To most of the incoming freshmen the most
exciting thing with the fall semester is watch
ing the Lion footbll team in action. This year
the freshmen will see the Lions play some of
the most highly rated teams in the country as
well as the East.
Coach Rip Engle and his five assistants
have been preparing for this season since last
November, and have been training their players
since Sept. 1. Their efforts may well be in vain
because of the immensity of the schedule, but
win, lose, or draw the students will not be
ashamed of the team Engle -fields opening day
against Pennsylvania.
In his seven years at Penn State Engle has
never had a losing season. keeping intact the
18-year streak of never having had a losing
season. 1938 was the last year a Penn State
team had a losing season. In fact since the end
of World War II only three teams in the nation
—Oklahoma. Kentucky and Penn State—have
never had a losing year. This is a record stu
dents should be proud to boast about.
Gone from last year's team are Lenny Moore,
highly publicized backfield star, co-captains
Frank Reich and Otto Kneidinger, Earl Shu
maker, Bill Straub and many other outstand
ing performers. But one thing to remember is
that no one is indispensable. Engle has many
outstanding sophomore performers plus 15 re
turning lettermen on this year's squad, and al-
though not one might compare with the swift-
aess of Moore or the hitting power of Reich
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Secceeeor to THE FREE LANCE. est 166?
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
you are Penn Slate. What ever happens at Penn
State reflects on you. and whatever happens
to you reflects on Penn State.
If Penn State is a "snap" University, you
are a poor student. If, as a poor student, you
were admitted to Penn State, Penn State is a
"snap' University. If Penn State is a party
school, you are a party boy. If there is a panty
raid, you are the instigator.
This is not fair, but nonetheless it is true. You,
more than anyone else, represent Penn State
in the public's eye.
Thus the greatness of Penn State depends
upon you, the freshman class. You may feel,
and you should feel, that the sophomore, junior,
and senior classes are not contributing enough
to Penn State's greatness. You should strive to
be a better senior class than this year's senior
class, although this year's senior class, we be
lieve, is a good one, but has erred as classes
in the past havedone.
The freshman class then, as it brings new
blood to continue Penn State's life, should
realize especially one thing: What it does and
says here will reflect upon the University and
finally itself.
We hope you understand why. we welcome
you with reservations.
Too Much Harmony?
Student Encampment, an annual pre-school
get-together of students, faculty members, and
administrative officials, Is a part of student
government at the University in which all stu
dents can take pride.
It is one of student government's best oppor
tunities. It is student government's chance to be
heard—and be heard by the right persons.
Some 120 delegates were fortunate to attend
this year's four-day-long Encampment, which
was held at the beautiful mountainside campus
of the Mont Alto Forest School this week.
This was our second Encampment. There have
been five, one annually since President Milton
S. Eigenhower - brought the idea to the Uni
versity in 1950.
To make a comparison between this year's
Encampment and last year's. they seemed as
different as the Republican and Democratic na
tional conventions this summer.
This year's Encampment falls into the Re
publican category, with things being run almost
too smoothly; last year's fell within the Demo
cratic category, which was more "open."
We were not the only ones to notice this.
Even several administrative officials were
aware of this difference.
There just seemed to be to much harmony.
Now we do not contend that harmony isn't a
virtue, but we do believe it can be carrie2i
too far. Harmony is bad when it approaches
complacency.
All-University Cabinet is at fault here, if the
blame can be placed on anyone•or any one
group.
Cabinet wanted ideas. They did not want
specific recommendations. Cabinet got its ideas,
and the ideas were in many cases so vague
that no one could find fault with them as far
as they were carried.
Maybe this is good; maybe this is bad. Only
time will telL But one thing can be said: It
leaves more to Cabinet and other groups to
work out. thus possibly—if not likely—slowing
down action on the good "ideas."
On the whole, Encampment was a success,
and Cabinet has many good "ideas." We hope
these good "ideas" materialize.
and Kneidinger, Engle's team will be a strong
one. It might not boast of the weight a West
Virginia team usually has or the reputation of
Ohio State, but one thing this year's team CAN
boast about is its spirit, one of the most im
portant assets a team can have.
Since Engle has been at the helm here prob
ably the most spirited team he has ever coached
is this year's squad. He himself is on record as
saying that he is more than pleased with the
team's attitude, aggressiveness, and most of all
its spirit.
Spirit is defined as the vital principle in man.
And everyone on the Lion team has that prin-
ciple. It can be seen on the field, at the training
table, and during conversations. It is something
that just doesn't happen; it is aroused not only
by the coaches but most of all by the coopera
tion between the players. If this cooperation
remains intact throughout the season then stu
dents here will be more than proud of their
team.
But one thi ng students should remember is
that their spirit is as important as the player's.
Cheering at games may not seem important but
subconsciously a player's discouragement is al
leviated by this "noise."
So. at Seaver Field cooperate with the cheer
leaders and raise the proverbial roof off the
ground with your cheering. See you at the
game.
lfdlitorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the Pont7
of the paper. the student
body. or the Uni.ersity.
—Ed Dubbs
—Ed Dubbs
—Fran Fanucci
Collegian Sports Editor
ttle Man on Campus
From Here By Ed Dubbs
The Day Prexy . . .
The imagination of a writer runs wild:
It was an unusually beautiful-University Park morning.
It was a morning without its share of the typical, traditional
President Milton S. Eisenhower had just finished his
breakfast and was walking from his campus home. He was
walking rather briskly is he passed behind the Armory but
slowed considerably when he no
ticed Dr. Eric A. Walker comingishaggy-dog story, let me assure
up the west side of the Mailfthem that it is not such a story.
toward his new office in Old It is the type of story, which if it
Main. were a motion picture, no one
"Good morning, Eric," said ( would be seated during the last
President Eisenhower. t five minutes. Or, in this'case, the
"Good morning, 'Boss'," said - aph. Don't
Dr. Walker. (It might be ex- peep; that's cheating.)
plained. .here that President , .n noticed
Eisenhower is known in Old it as President Eisenhower
Main as the. "Boss." I have walked by. Not even his private
never heard the word "team" secretary noticed it, and she's
in Did Main. however.) a former WAF.
"How did Borough Council go President Eisenhower went in
last night?" asked President Eis- to his office. He sat down at his
enhower. (It might be explained desk with a grin on his face. He
here - that Dr. Walker is president stared at the Nittany Lion statue
of Town Council. He is a Ilepub- 1 in his office.
lican). Then he slowly tilted his head
"Pretty good as usual," said to look down at his lapel.
Dr. Walker. With a bigger grin on his face,
The conversation continued a he took off the button that said
little while. "Stevenson for President." He re-
But then Dr. Walker noticed placed it with a much larger
something. He rubbed his eyes "I
-like-Ike" button.
to see if he
' were awake—to see (And this is what happens •
if he were seeing things. when a writer's imagination
He was right. He saw it. "But runs wild. Need I say that the
how could this be?" he thought. story is not true but that the
-Walker, a bit shaken, excused, characters are)
himself politely. He walked off
as if in a daze.
President Eisenhower walked
on
On the east side of the Mall
President Eisenhower saw Dr.
David R. Mackey. (It might be
said here that Dr. Walker did
not excuse himself because he
saw Dr. Mackey coming. Al
though Dr. Walker, as president
'of Borough Council, and Dr.
Mackey. as Democratic burgess
of State College, do not always
see eye-to-eye, they arp still
friends.)
"Good morning, Dr. Mackey,"
said President Eisenhower.
"Good morning, President Eis
enhower," said Dr. Mackey.
"How did Borough Council go
last night," asked President Eis
enhower.
"As good as can be expected,"
answered Dr. Mackey.
Then Mackey noticed it. The
same thing Dr. Walker had seen.
Dr. Mackey too was a bit
shaken. He grasped President
Eisenhower's hand and shook it
as it had been shaken few times
before.
. But Dr. Mackey just shook
President Eisenhower's hand.
He said nothing. For once in his
life the.speech prof was speech
less.
President Eisenhower walked
on . to Old Main.
(If at this point any readers
feel that this is going to be a
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 19
By Bible
Political Issues
Are Discussed
By ICG Chapter
The University chapter of the
Intercollegiate Conference on Gov
ernment, sponsored by the depart.
ment of political science, is oper
ated as a forum for the discussion
of public issues of the day..
The group, which averaged a
paid membership of 35 last year.
usually meets from 7 to 10 p.m.
on Monday nights.
Each year 25 delegates join with
ICG's from 60 colleges and uni
versities in a three'day state gath
ering which may take the form of
a model state 'legislature, as is
planned for next spring; Congress;
a constitutional convention; or a
national political convention, in
presidential election years.
In addtion to these conclaves.
each of the five regions in th e
state holds a one-day annual
meeting.
The Intercollegiate Conferene on
Government was founded in Penn
sylvania about 20 years ago, ac
cording to Lee E. Corter, assistant
professor of political science and
the chapter's faculty advisor.