PAGE SIX Editorial Opinion So Far—Remarkable What about deferred rushing? The new deferred rush plan has been in effect for about two-thirds of a semester now. The open house pro gram has been run successfully. Fraternities are rushing in the dorms, between the allotted hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. And apparently there hasn't been any trouble. When the system began, "dirty rushing" was con sidered not only possible but inevitable. Fraternities argued over the small points of the new ruling, and there was a small hassle about what to do about fraternity men in dorms. • In general, the fraternity system entered into deferred rushing with courage mixed with apprehension. Nearly everyone agreed that it probably would not be smooth going But it has been. When we look back on the semester so far, it seems the progress made by deferred rushing is a little amazing. There have been no cries of dirty rushing, at least not in public. The Board of Control has had to hear only one case—concerning fraternity pledges in freshman dorms. This wasearly in the semester, and the matter was rapidly cleared. And the freshman, apparently, have cooperated com pletely with the new system. There seems to be no trouble with freshman trying to enter fraternities. The system, of course, has not yet completely proven itself. The transition between no rushing and concentrated rushing, which will come with the beginning of next semester, may prove to be difficult. But, with the way things have been going up to this point, it seems more likely that the rules will be upheld from now on in. The fraternity system may congratulate itself on its success so far, although the trial isn't over, and perhaps the results will be less than hoped for. Why 'State College'? The recent celebration of the University's fifth anni versary as "The Pennsylvania State University" serves as a reminder that for only five of its nearly 104 years has this institution had a name which accufately describes it. "The Farmer's High School" offered college work. ''The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania" offered mining study. "The Pennsylvania State College" actually served as a university. But things were different on the other side of College Avenue. The borough, has had a name consistent with the University's status during almost all of its existence— except for the last five years. Proposed names such as "Univer City," "Atherton," "fle.tzelburg," "Keystone" and "Centre Hills" were re jected in favor of "Mount Nittany," which townspeople voted on at the Nov. 2, 1954 election. The proposed change was defeated 2434-1475. Then a post office substation was established in the lietzel Union Building in February 1955 to ballyhoo Penn State's university status through the name "University Park." Most newspaper articles use a "University Park, Pa." dateline, but there is no such municipality, since the main campus is within the corporate limits of State College. University Park has a post office, but campus mail is delivered from the downtown post office, which also cancels both "State College" and "University Park" mail. Perhaps a name change would cause too much addi tional confusion. But if the town's name had never been changed be fore, it would be known today as "Farmer's High School, Pa." Fifty-four Years of Student Editorial Freedom atte Batty Olatirgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday 'through Saturday morning during the Unirersity year. The Pally Collegian i■ • student.operated newspaper. Entered as second•claaa matter Jaly 5, 1551 at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of Marek it, 1875. Mail Subscription Pritet 53.11 per semester $5.011 per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor FRANKLIN STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor. Janet plantlike; Cony Editor, Diane Weal Wire Editor. Don Casekto: Aleistant.t, Judi Wharton, Elaine Miele, Amy Roam.. that, Dave liladiek. Dave Anthony, Pat Vargo, Zandy Mown, Betas }Luker. Alias O'Donnell, Brenda Penner, Judy Grandy. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA FRANK VOJTASEK Business Manager Letters Reader Attacks ROTC Editorial TO THE EDITOR: In reference to the ed i tofial, "Spotlight on ROTC," Nov. 21, I feel that a gross injustice has been shown concerning compulsory ROTC. As a junior in AFROTC, I am not necessarily for or against compulsory ROTC at Penn State; however, when I consider the problem I try to find the facts concerning both sides of the ar gument. This would seem to be the intelligent approach to any problem, and to a newspaper it should be elementary. So why not view the problem objectively? For instance, our Commandant of Cadets, Lt. Col. Robert B. Hayes, has posted on all AFROTC bulletin boards a summary of the reasons for and objectives of compulsory ROTC. Either it hasn't been noticed by your staff or you are not inter ested in the problem, except ,for condemning compulsory ROTC, because I have not been able to find anything in The Daily Col legian defending or even explain ing compulsory ROTC. Another example concerns a statement from the editorial. "Compulsory ROTC seems to have been wasting many stu dents' good time for too ' many years—it's time it proved its worth or disappeared." Why is ROTC a waste of time? Is it not true that any subject not treated seriously by the student is a waste of his time? And what is the worth of. compulsory RO TC? If we are not informed, we can hardly detect worth or lack of worth in the existing ROTC progr a ms— therefore, we can hardly express an intelligent opinion on the controversy. Considering these examples, I hope that the Daily Collegian staff will look objectively into the future problems, publish all sides of each problem, and only then attack one viewpoint. Then the problem will be pursued in telligently, and the opinions pre sented in the Daily Collegian will gain more support from the stu dent body. —John Welty, '6O EDITOR'S NOTE: The Collegian published a 16-article series last year explaining conflicting view points on ROTC. Kenton Jazz Fans Thanked for Aid TO THE EDITOR; I just want to thank several people for helping to make the The Kenton Concert a success The artistic success can, of course, be only attributed to Stan and his orchestra but a great deal of preliminary must go Into such an undertaking First, our thanks must go to the Daily Collegian for their co operation, to radio station WIVIAJ, and most esPecaially, to Mr. Bill Fuller and his staff at the HUB. Also, on behalf of the Penn State Jazz Club, Stan Kenton, Ted Richards and myself, we want to thank the Penn State students for the reception they gave to Stan. To the many people not men tioned by name, although they de serve to be— our most sincere thanks. —peter W. Duncan, president Penn State Jazz Club • Letter cut Gazette TODAY ACE, 7 p m.. HUB ballroom AIM. 7 p m., 217 HUB Bryan Green Tape on Basic Christianity, lecture 2, "The Cross," 10 p.m., Thomp son lounge Business Administration Student Council, 6:45 p m., 205 Boucke Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p m., 218 HUB Judicial Board, 7 p.m., '414 HUB Leadership Training, 7 p.m., 119 Osmond Nittany Grotto, 7 p.m. 121 MI Newman Club, Rosary and Benediction, I p.m, Our Lady of Victory Church; lea lure series. 7 p m,. 104 Chapel; choir practice, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church Penn State Grange, 7:15 p in.. 100 Weaver SEAP, 7 p in., HUB ballroom SFCPA. 4 p m.. 212 HUB Women's Cholas, 6:45 p.m. Penn Stat. Photo Shop WSGA, 6 :50 p m., 217 HUB Leadership Training Class Ralph H. Wherry, professor of Insurance, will address the Lead ership Training class on "Public Relations" at 7 tonight in 119 Os mond. Little Man on Campus by , Dick Bible, "No matter how lousy her speeches—you'll have to admit she always holds their attention." top of the mall Please Send Next Lesson One of the pleasures winter brings is that of sitting before a roaring fireplace in a warm room contemplating an exciting skiing weekend in one of the many fashionable New England winter resorts. We venture to say that the contemplation of this trip is probably the most pleas ant part of making the trip. It's in the execution of your plans that the fun and broken legs develop Numerous skiing journals and the New "Yorker magazine cartoons of ju- , „ bilant skiers • packed on' • •••• trains provide t h e stimulus needed for a - 1 "1".0.r. trip of this • sort. 4 For about • 50 cents you can get the latest printed s• ' - • instruction s • - a n d illustra tions for the miss WARD arm-chair skier. The magazine articles start in September with outlined exercises to get you in shape for the winter months. By November you should be able to do at least three knee bends without getting stiff. The next project is to select a resort. It should be one with a large lodge where you can meet all sorts of fascinating people who can probably give you lots of tips on skiing. This is particularly advantageous if you have never been on skis. Any department store will be more than delighted to outfit A F.A NIA'S: • , it C n t% g la .....-t-_, liiv w) ii i 5140PFING Emmoveo ii i) DAYS?; ONLY TEN il l MORE SOPPING , DAYS UNTIL /2-3 '..1"41""4 017;I:KRI:111111111;:Y.)*:".:Ini ii lignli'l*::--"j . 1-:4. ".". ii 4,1 ,_..., , 11 ,.......... 00 ......„..............„..........._ ......1E.,......40t4.41.4,4. mt.,.. 44. 1 0 r, ....-.,,,,„,„ KEE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953 by Lynn ward you in all the most fashionable and necessary clothing and equipment for skiing. Not un til you are a veteran on the slopes will you realize half the equipment is superfluous. What does a "real" skier need an automatic ski waxing machine for? With train tickets in wallet, winter wardrobe packed in four suitcases, skis and poles in hand and footwarmer in oth er hand you are ready to join the fraternity of skiers on their way to New England. You should be only slightly disappointed when you find that the quaint old horse and sleigh pictured on the resort's brochure to meet you at the station has been replaced by a four-wheel drive jeep. Finally you reach the slopes well equipped for your trial run. With many months of reading ski instructions in mind and ski manual in hand you have nothingto do but keep your skis parallel and you up• right. . but how could the maga zine editors possibly have for gotten to include instructions for unwinding skis from one's neck and emptying the ski slopes from one's boots?
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