PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Kickoff With Spirit Word going around in upper circles calls the freshman class one of the most spirited to hit the campus in recent years. What other class has its own cheer—"P.S.U., We love you, We're the Class of '62"—and has been as proud of wearing their dinks and name cards? Tonight this same class gets another opportunity to add to its laurels by making a strong showing at the first pep rally of the football season. The time is 7:15 p.m. The place is the steps of Old Main and the whole occasion is co-sponsored by Delphi, sopho more men's hat society, and Cwens, sophomore women's hat sod et v. There will be no gigantic bonfire for tonight's rally —that will come at a later rally. The fire tonight will be supplied by the speakers and the crowd. The bigger the crowd, the louder will be the cheering and the greater will be the spirit that our 1958 football edition will take with it to Nebraska. Head Coach Rip Engle and team captain Steve Garban will be there to make their only pep rally appearances of the season. Since this will be the only pep rally ap pearance by the head coach and the captain, it's your only chance to show your Penn State spirit besides at the foot ball games themselves. See you at the pep rally tonight! McCarthyism Going South? Arkansas' Gov. Orval E. Faubus, the South's fast-rising demagogue, turned on Little Rock's Presbyterian minis ters Tuesday in an attack that sounded ominously like the tactics of the late Sento!. Joseph McCarthy of Wiscon sin. Faubus, according to yesterday's New York Times, was informed that the ministers planned to ask him to open the city's schools which he prevented from opening Fri- Ile explained away the proposed action by saying, "I'm aware that some of the Presbyterian ministers have been brainwashed," later declaring that the "brainwashing" had been done by "communists and left-wingers." When asked if he thought some of the clergymen were "left wingers," Faubus replied "I certainly do." We find it difficult to believe that the Presbyterian ministers acted from Communist or left-wing intentions. It seems much more likely that Faubus has resorted to the devastating "smear" technique used so effectively by McCarthy—the technique of the baseless, destructive accusation which gains a following through its sheer -vi ciousness, touched by an air of artificial patriotism. It would indeed be unfortunate if the McCarthy tech found its way into the already boiling segregation Faubus has behind him some of the strong senti typical of a demagogue—sentiment built by dra treatment of an emotional issue. pique crisis. ment rnatic The smear technique could prove extremely powerful in such a situation, and might easily influence segrega tionists incensed by what they think is a noble cause. The results could be disastrous. A Student-Operated Newspaper 011 r Batty Totlrgittu Successov to The free Lance. est. 1887 rehllshed Nerds, through Saturday morning during the Us!vault, Mt, The Daily Collegian Is a student-operated newspaper Entered as aeond•clase matter July li 1634 at the State College. Pa Peet Office under the act of March S. Mt Mall Balmerlnnen Pricer $3.00 per semester $l.OO per rear ROBERT FRANKLIN FRANK VOJTASEK Editor 1 4160" Business Manager City Editor, David Fineman; Managing Editor, Richard Mayne; Sports Editor. Lou Prato; Atiociat• Sports Editor, Matt Mathews; Personnel and Public Relations Director, Patricia Remit Cop? Editor, Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor, Dick Fisher; Photography Editor, Robert Thompson. Credit Mgr., Janice Smith: Local Ad Mgr., Tom Mackey: Asst. Local Ad Mar., Robert Pirrone; National Ad Mgr.. Betsy Brackbill; Promotion Mgr.. Kitty Bor. Kort: Personnel Mgr., Mickey Kasha Classified Ad Mgr., Barbara Ryan: Co• Circulation Mgrs., Mary Anne First and Murray Simon; Research and Records Mar., Mary Barbells; Office Secretary, Myla Johnson. FF THIS ISSUE: Copy Editor, Jounette Sax.; Wire Editor, llohhi Levine; :stunts, Katie Dar!s, Judy Rosenblum, Art Schneider, Barbara Foster and n Root. LUCY, TNINKS CRAZY.. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA OUT FOR CENTURIES CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DRAWING IN Nit THE AR- Mimi L ) INek • te Mlise ,„ Letters 'Conrad Hilton' Hit Customs TO THE EDITOR: For the past few days I have been wandering around the campus with a dif ferent sign for each day strung about my neck much .•. . like a freshman. These name cards pro claimed me as Lou Burbank, botany major; Conrad Hilton, ho tel administration or Carl Marks of political science and so 0n... The whole experience revealed two major faults with the Penn State student body: a great lack of general information and even more disturbing the attitudes dis played during Freshman Cus toms . . . When accosted by an upper classman and questioned about the absence of my "dink" or some such inquiry concerning the Cus toms regulations, I asked my in terrogator to carefully read the sign. One out of ten, and this is a generous estimate, didn't catch on . . . and there were hundreds of them. I was personally amazed to find such an abundance of ig. norance . . . However, the most serious rev elation was the incentive behind the usual upper classmen's ag gressive questioning . . The purposes of Customs can he a healthy sort of tradition and should be encouraged. But what did I find in my sampling? An upperclass officially sanc tioned by the University to inti midate others. An upperclass an gered when robbed of the chance to demonstrate the "power" (its members) had attained after one year or two at college. This is not only true here but everywhere I am sad to say. They araduate and become perhaps a junior partner in some enterprise and are actually freshmen again and if they show some guts of individuality are discriminated against . . . What are the reasons any of us want to rise in rank, from frosh to. senior, from clerk to vice president, from private to general? The progress up is to be desired but it is the motives I auestion . . . George Bernard Shaw (said) "They are not educated; they are only college passmen . , . not loyal, only servile .. • not public spirited, only patriotic . . . not masterful, only domineering . . . not just, only vindictive." —lvan R. Ladizinsky, '6O •Letter cut Gazette / TODAY Big-Little Sister program, 0:80 p.m., 214 HUB Bridge Club, 6 :30 p.m., HUB ballroom Bonk Exchange, 6:30 p.m.. 212 HUB Camera Club, 7:30 p.m., HUB Assembly Hall Christian Fellowship, 12:15 p.m., 218 HUB Christian Science Organization, 7 p.m., 212 Chapel FacußY Bridge Club, 1:30 p.m., 212 HUB Freshmen Orientation Counselors, 10 p.m., Simmons Froth Customs Board, 6:30 p.m., 217 HUB Froth art staff. 7 p.m., 215 HUB Hetzel Union Board, 10 a.m., 218 HUB Jazz Club, 9 p.m., Ist floor lobby, HUB Judicial, 5:15 p.m.. 217. HUB News and Views, 6:45 p.m., 14 Home Ec Outing Club, Field and Stream division, 7 p.m.. 111 Houck° Pershing Rifles, rushing smoker, I p.m., Armory Players. get-sequainte+l party, 7 p.m., Ex- tension Conference Center Pre•Veterinarian Society, 7 p.m., 216 HUB SEAP, 7 p.m., 216 HUB Swim Try-outs, A-L, 7:80 p.m., White WRA Bridge Club, 7 p.m., White Ralph Marterie to Play At 1958 Junior Prom Ralph Marterie and his orches tra will supply the music for this year's Junior Prom, James Nuss baum, chairman of the Junior Prom committee, said yesterday. The dance will be from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Oct. 24 in Recreation Building. I NAVE MERELY TAKEN AN OLD ART-FORM, AND HAVE GIVEN IT NEW STATUPE! k, c , ... ~., 4,.........„,..._,. ..__„„, ......._._ -_____ , 1 , 1 Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible/ from here to infinity Hula Hoopsters New Huge Hips The plastics industry has again turned another mon ster on to the college campus. Only last spring, unsuspecting students and towns- people were imperiled by the flying plastic disc known as the frisbee that strayed from fraternity and dorm play The summer cooled off the frisbee rage—as it did so many things. Now the rage is the hula hoop! Although the hula hoop rage hasn't caught on com pletely at Penn State, the hoops have been going like the proverbial hot cakes in other parts of the country. In fact, in one Erie store, 600 hoops were sold in less than two hours. But as in so many other clean things, crime has shed its evil eye on the hoop scene. Already there seems to be a black market hula hoop ring in opera tion in the Newark, N.J., area Someone broke into the Whamo Manufac turing C o m - pony's plant and made off with 15.000 hoops. Certainly the thief, or thieves, used a truck to carry off their loot. No one could possibly roll 15,000 hoops down the main street of -New ark without being noticed by some observing policeman. All sorts of contests are be ing staged throughout the na tion for the swinging of the hips—l mean hoops. One wo man says-she'll stop at noth ing to enter a contest in her home town. She's 106 years old. She claims her age won't hold her back a bit. The con test is open to persons from three to 110. The hoops have been a bless- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958 by bob thompson ing to fat women and coeds who want to reduce without having to diet. Nov all they have to do is place the hoop around themselves and whirl away. An even more positive 'Meth od for losing pounds would be to use the kind of hoop grand father used to use. By filing the edges of an ordinary barrel hoop and then twirling the body, excess pounds would come off the hips in nothing flat. In fact, by twirling long enough, the hips themselves would be lost. The whole thing is messy. but it sure beats dieting! The hoop rage is also bol stering the economy in these times of recession. Besides the public putting money in circu lation by buying hoops, the chiropractors will be earning more dough by treating the people who have thrown their something -or - others o u t of whack doing the routines. Already there are new jobs being created by the introduc tion of the hula hoop. A sign in a downtown store window reads thus: "Coed wanted to demonstrate hula hoops." Continuing along the idea of economics, another American custom holds true. You'll nev er guess who originated the idea of the hula hoop. You're right. it was the same company that started the frisbee rage. The rich get richer . . . I wonder if they'll make plastic pogo sticks to replace the out-moded crude ones that dad used to use? UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Rosalind Ake, Enike Bornemfeea, Michael Carlson, Carol Culton. 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