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ED DUBBS, Editor
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Secretary. Marlene Marks.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Pat Early, Pat Evans and Lynn Ward
Athletes Being Shoved Around?
Early registration. allowed for some 200 var
sity athletes and students working at registra
tion, was discontinued this fall because a good
thing way overdone.
Dr. C. 0. Williams, dean of admissions and
registrar, said that the policy was changed last
February because - an increasing number of
student groups were asking for the privilege
.. and too many groups thought they deserved
the same consideration."
Previously these 200 students registered early
Wednesday morning.
Some had good reason and some did not.
Many of them registered early Wednesday morn
ing so that, in the case of sports, late afternoon -
and Saturday classes could be avoided.
The registrar's office used good judgement
when it discontinued the privilege for the stu
dents hired to work at the 3-day registration,
We see no reason, particularly when they are
receiving pay. for these students to register be
fore anyone elie.
The athlete story. however. has its pios and
cons.
The main argument against early registration
for anyone is that it is unfair to the rest of the
students. Every student has one purpose in
mind—that of arranging his schedule to his best
advantage in selecting both time and course.
A second argument in favor of the new rule
is that, since the registrar was besieged by new
requests, it is too difficult to acknowledge
some and turn down others. True, the easiest
A Way to Keep Freshmen Happy
Members of the class of '6l face customs next
week, and they should . consider themselves
lucky.
Today's customs program is a far cry from
yesterday's hazing program. Strict hazing went
out in 1898 after a freshman waved a firearm
at a sophomore.
In the days of hazing, the upperclassmen had
most of the fun. Today. in customs, it should be
the freshmen who have the most fun.
There will be a few wise freshmen who won't
-realize this. They won't wear their dinks and
name cards, and some will get away with it.
We don't know why some freshmen won't
participate in customs since they benefit from
the program. This is beside having some fun.
Customs are designed to promote Penn State
spirit and group feeling- within the freshman
class. It helps the class to become a part of
Penn State, and, we hope, to be proud of Penn
State's history and tradition.
To accomplish these goals, the freshmen will
be required to sing the class songs, chant the
cheers, name the buildings and other campus
landmarks and to recite some history and tra
dition.
"Why," a freshman asked the other day. "do
we have to wear those name cards?" The rea
son, of course, is that it helps them meet the
members of their class.
,Speak Up
One of the best ways for students, faculty
members and administrative officials to have
their views heard on campus is through the
Safety Valve, a Daily Collegian editorial page
feature.
Readership surveys have shown it to be one
of the most popular features in this newspaper.
Whether you want to gripe about something
or want to praise something, Safety Valve is the
place for it. Letters may be written on any topic
of public interest, whether within or without
Nittany Valley.
However, letters must meet three recraire
ments: good writing, good taste and good sense.
All letters must be signed. but on rare occas
ions, we will withhold names if requested. We
reserve the right to edit letters for good taste
and cut them for space requirements.
Thee• can be mailed or brought into the Col
legian office
Safety Valve
Gift Praised
TO THE EDITOR: The action of the (last year's)
senior class in voting to assign its class gift to
the University Library has been immensely
gratifying to us in the library.
I want to compliment you and the members
of your staff for your presentation of each of
the proposals laid before the students for their
vote. We are, of course, particularly pleased
that The Daily Collegian saw fit to endorse
the library gift.
We shall certainly make every effort to use
this money in a way that will give the students
a sense of pride in their action.
—Ralph W. McComb
University Librarian
53 Years of Editorial Freedom
alye Elaitg enttegiatt
Beetessor I. THE FREE LANCE. est. 1881
fielp. STEVE HIGGINS. Business Manager
—The Editor
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thing to do is to deny everyone the privilege.
Dr. Williams said that early registration was
started at the request of the Director of Athletics
because the varsity athletes need practice time
and must avoid late afternoon classes.
If 120 athletes register according to the alpha
betical schedule, there is a good-chance that
25 of them will be unable to avoid 3 or 4 p.m.
class hours. •
It is true that a team cannot practice effec
tively if half the players are on the field at
4 p.m. and the other half straggle on at 5:30.
In addition to practice hours, there is always
the chance of Saturday classes. Although the
athlete is officially excused • from weekend
classes, he misses a certain amount .of material
that is covered during the hour.
• Perhaps the schedules of these few could be
worked out within the departments later, but
there are some instructors who might not give
athletes this special consideration.
When special permission is granted . by a few
instructors, this brings up another issue that
can be vigorously protested.
All this leads up to one point—that there are
both advantages and disadvantages of early
registration for varsity athletes. It is not a
- black and white" issue for there are valid
arguments on both sides.
As it stands now there is no priority. And in
all probability it will continue this way unless
there is a strong student voice raised.
—Judy Harkison
This is particularly advantagous _ when one
considers the ratio. The line goes: "Ah you're
from Lemoyne. I'm from Camp Hill. Do you
know . . .?"
Many freshmen will admit that these things
are necessary in the customs program: "But
why," they ask, "do we have to do ridiculous
things such as buttoning and curtsying?"
Probably the main reason for this is to give
the upperclassmen some fun. This must be done
in order to get upperclassmen to enforce cus
toms. •
Customs in the past few years have lacked
full student support. Some student leaderi have
considered dropping the plan.
New ideas have been i ntroduced and tried,
but none seemed to do much good.
Because of the lack of upperclass support, hat
societies last year began to enforce customs
again. They have been urged to enforce cus
toms vigorously this year, while at the same
time try to remain "protectors" of frosh.
- If customs isn't enforced this year. there's a
chance the program may be discarded.
Even many freshmen in the past few years
have complained about the lack of enforcement
by upperclassmen.
Upperclassmen should go out of their way
to enforce customs this year: to preserve the
program and to keep the freshmen happy.
—The Editor
'Just Demogogues'
"For fifty years. the South has had no great
leader from the white race. Demogogues by the
bushel but no one great leader. This, too, is part
of the price we have paid for our walling our
selves away from the great ideas of our age.
"We could have had great leaders: there were
men with the intelligence, the integrity, the vis
ion to become great leaders but we, the people,
did not give them our support. We gave that
support every time to the cheap, foul-mouthed
demagogue who appealed not to our reason and
conscience but to our anxiety; who begged us
to return with him to the past, a past that never
actually existed, instead of going on with the
rest of mankind into the future. We let down
our leaders by not building them up. A leader
cannot be built up unless the people, the best
people of a region, build him.
"But it is not too late. We can still do it.
The Negro group is searching for and finding
its good leaders and is beginning to give these
leaders their support. What men some of them
are! If the white group could only find a young
leader to match the brains and heart, the in
tegrity and vision, the courage, the energy, and
imagination of young Martin Luther King. For
young Dr. King knows what every leader of
stature must learn: that the way is as
portant as the goal we seek. And he has chosen
the good way of non-violence, of intelligence,
and compassion, and good will. A young white
leader working shoulder to shoulder with Mar
tin Luther King could do much to transform our
South; to turn the mob spirit into the civilized
Chrisitan spirit that we should have down here."
—Novelist Lillian Smith,
At Atlanta University
Commencement,. 1957
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writer*.
not necessarily the policy
of the paper, the student
body, or the University
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Interpreting the News
This Time
.History
Won't Be Repeated ,
. By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
One reason the world established the United Nations,
instead or reviving the old League of Nations after World
War 11, was out of deference for Soviet Russia.
When Japan invaded:Manchuria the old League found
itself unable to do more than evince moral condemnation.
When Mussolini invaded Ethiol
pia the urger powers displayed a
complete inability to sidetrack
their own selfish, interestslong
enough to hinder him.
In ..^39, when Hitler's panzers
swept Poland, Russia demanded
naval bases and other territorial
concessions from Finland in order
to protect her northern flank in
case of failure of the Russo- Ger
man mutual security pact. Fin
land agreed to some demands, but
Russia invaded any 7:y.
That as about the last im
port,nt a_lon the League ever
took. But Russia had been out-
Jed from the community of
nations and it hurt.
To entice Russia into what was
hoped would be a new start on
collective security and interna
tional comity, the United Nations
was organized, taking. over many
of the functions of the old League.
It was given a new name and
moved away from Geneva as
hea.lquar'ers. Ru4sia was given
the veto power along with other
permanent members of the new
body called the Security Coun
cil. Hopes were held :hat this
time she would abide by the
rules:
She h. s not, and now she stands
again before the bar of interna
tional public opinion.
This time there will be no
ouster.
Russia's presence in the UN has'
contributed to amelioration if not
solution of several serious world
crises. It was through her presence
there that she was nudged out of
Iran when she haggled over her
wartime pledge to withdraw her
troops at its end.
It was at the UN that con
tacts were made, after futile ne
lotiations between the individ
ual nations involved, which
ended the Berlin airlift with all
its dangers.
It was at the UN that Russia
first indicated a desire to end
the war she had precipitated in
Korea.
The nations will not again make
the- mistake of isolating her, as
they did by refusing to recognize
her interests when Hitler was
threatening in 1938-39.
They are, however, expected to
condemn her today for her actions
in Hungary, and nobody knows
just what her reaction will be,
although she has not threatened
withdrawal.
FRIDAY, ; SEPTEMBER 13. 1957
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Harshbarger
To Deliver
Chapel Sermon
The Rev. Luther H. Harsh
barger, University chaplain, will
speak on the topic "On Growing
Up" at the first chapel service of
the academic year at 10:55 a.m.
Sunday in Schwab Auditorium.
He will be assisted in the ser
vice by the Rev. Preston N. Wil
liams, assistant chaplain.
This service will mark the first
appearance of the Chapel Choir
which has recently returned from
'a successful Concert tour abroad.
Choir members will sing "Seek
the Lord" by Bliss under the di
rection of Mrs. Willa Taylor.
George E. Ceiga, University
organist, will play "Chorale Pre
lude on a theme by Tanis" by
Darke as the prelude and for the
postlude he will play "Psalm
Tune Postlude on 'Martyrs" by
Grace.
Dr. Harshbarger came to the
University in 1949 as the execu
tive secretary to the Penn - State
Christian Association. He was
appointed chaplain to the Uni
versity in 1951, and University
chaplain and coordinator of reli
gious, affairs in 1954.
He became professor of reli
gion in the College of the Liberal
Arts July 1.
Chess Club Is One
Of Oldest Groups
One of the oldest clubs on cam
pus is the Chess Club, established
in 1866.
Each year the club competes for
state and national honors and
holds an intra-club tournament.
' The University chess team is chos
-len from the club's membership.
Freshmen are
_eligible for team
membership.
The group invites chess experts
and title holders to discuss skills
and demonstrate techniques.
This year's president is Carl
Deitrich, junior in•arts and letters
from Bellefonte. Members need
not be chess - experts and any
student may join. _ _
by Dick Bib