• - A Studeizt-Operzted Newspaper
, 60 Years of Editorial Freedom
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Succesior to The Free Lance, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The
Daily Collegian IS a StUdent.operated newspaper, Entered as second-class matter
July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Mail Subscription Price: 57.90 a year
Member of The Associated Press_
JOHN B. THOMPSON DIANNE NAST
Editor *4061 Business Manager
THIS EDITION: Wire Editor, Jane Beltscher; Rim Editor, Tim Shaffer.
PAGE TWO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1964
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such an obvious addition to the University's status
to disappear.
Contributions to the WDFM Transmitter Fund
should be brought to The Daily Collegian office,
basement of Sackett, or mailed to Box 261, State Col.
lege. Checks or money orders should be made out to
"WDFM Transmitter Fund."
Every person or group interested in the future
of a University radio station should take advantage
of this opportunity to serve Penn State. The success
or failure of this campaign will play a large part in
determining the image which the area and the Com
monwealth will have of Penn State.
WDFM has been criticized in the past for not
providing AM radio transmission to enable persons
with all types of radios to pick up the station's fre
quency. Such a mode of operation is impossible under
the station's present license from the Federal Com
munications Commission, but the possibility looms
in the future—if WDFM survives the present crisis.
If a new transmitter is obtained and USG can
use its present finances for residence hall converters,
all students in residence halls can receive WDFM
signals on their AM radios. Fraternities and town
independent men may also be able to enjoy the serv
ice, of such converters in the future.
WDFM has also been criticized. for not providing
adequate programming for the Penn State commun
ity. Most of its critics have not realized the limitations
under which the station has operated.
WDFM was begun in the 1950'5, but student gov
ernment at Penn State dates back to the 19th century
and The Daily Collegian is now 60 years old.
When the addition to the Hetzel Union Building
is opened in two years and WDFM's studios are re
located there, it will have adequate facilities—if it
has a transmitter.
The Daily Collegian is proud it is not the only
means of student communication at Penn State. It
welcomes the competition of another news and en
tertainment source.
The failure of WDFM for lack of funds would be
a disaster. We cannot let it happen.
The Undergraduate Student .Government, the
Association of Women Students, campus political
parties, faculty groups, college councils and down
town businessmen are only some of the groups which
must take an active role to keep WDFM on the air.
To promote the campaign, The Daily Collegian
will publish the names of contributors. All individ
uals who contribute at least $1 and organizations
donating at least $lO will be listed in the newspaper.
The names will be withheld if the donors request. •
November is the month for action. The WDFM
Transmitter Fund is a service not to specialized in
terest groups, but to every person within the range
of the station's signals. Support WDFM.
TODAY ON CAMPUS
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Angel Flight drill practice, 7 p.m., Panhellenic Council, 6:30 p.m., 203 HUB.
Hetzel Union ballroom. Penn State Outing Club organizational
Angel Flight pledge meeting, 6:30 p.nl., meeting for Seneca, W. Va., rock
113 Osmond. climbing trip; 8 p.m., second floor
Arnold Air Society, 1:30 p.m., 104 Wagner. lounge, HUB.
Association of Women Students, 8:15 Psychology majors (sophomore, junior,
PM., 215 HUB. senior), 7:30 p.m., 105 Chambers.
Camera Club, 7:30 p.m., HUB card Sophomore Class, 7:30 p.m., 218 HUB.
room. Sophomore Class Weekend Committee,
Hospitality Committee, 6:30 p.m., 218 8:30 p.m., 212 HUB.
HUB. Special Events Committee, 7 p.m., 215-16
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, 12:30 HUB.
p.m., 217 HUB. Undergraduate Student Government Elec-
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, 6:30 Bons Commission applications available
p.m., 218 HUB. at HUB desk.
Liberal Arts Student Council, 6:30 p.m., Young Democrats election eve party,
211 HUB. 9 p.m., Wesley Foundation.
WDFM Schedule
7p.m. to 1 a.m.—A special election night program originating from two separate
networks—The ivy Network and the Lehigh Network. The program will feature
direct lines to Johnson Headquarters In Texas and Goldwater Headquarters In
Arizona. Also inducted will be constant voting results and both national and
local commentary.
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52 Years With The Foolish Gentleman
Froth, a former Penn State
humcr magazine,, has been in
turn praised and supported (by
24 alumni in a letter to Presi
dent Walker) and maligned and
and rejected (by a representa
tive of th 3 Un -
tration) in tl
last week.
But not mai
students on cal
pus know an.
thing abo
Froth, the Foy
ish Gentlern
who enjoyed
years of friv,
ous carousing
the Penn Stal
campus. Froth
biography
gins in 1910 in
306 Old Main where six bleary
eyed college men sat drinking
St. Mary's beer and trading
jokes. ,
The men were gathered to
select a name for an infant
/,. ,da,gazine. As the night
wore on and the beer ran out,
someone raised a glass of
foam-covered beer from the
smoky depths and cried tri
umphantly-, "Let's ca 11 it
Froth." And Frothy was born.
As is often the case, the new
baby proved to be both a joy
and a problem.
In the first issue the inex
perienced parents asked Penn
State students to help them,
saying, "In the natural course
of human events all babies are
protected ..., but there is only
one work of this world that is
left to its wiles and cruelties
. . . and that is an infant pub
lication."
And it seems the fears of
Froth's creators were well
founded.
In one of the early issues,
John M. Spangler, the first
editor, got into administration
hot-water for printing "It's not
what you see through a peek
a boo waist, it's what you try
to see."
Frothy showed amazing per
ception for such a youngster
and articles like "Rubaiyat of
a Flunkout" coupled students'
inherent interest in alcohol with
their academic problems.
Frothy's raison d'etre was
"causing a ray of sunshine to
burst through the gloom of any
person's life and illuminate his
soul." He wanted to "bring to
general attention matters that
are laughed at every day by
only a small part of our student
contingent."
Tobacco was a favorite topic
during the early days of Froth
and in 1916 G. L. Henninger
wrote "Tobacco," a poe m
which was eventually included
in Bartlett's Familiar Quota
tations.
Movie queen Mary Pickford,
in an autographed picture pub
lished in the magazine, said
she had heard that "Froth was
a sign of activity in vinegar,
and in colleges," and Frothy's
activity was in full swing.
In that same year, 1919,
Frothy's first love, his over
sized mug of foaming beer, was
taken from him by the prohibi
tion laws, With this pleasure
gone, it would seem that Froth
would suffer severely, but in
the true nature of the clown,
Frothy made the best of the
situation.
In the 20's issues Jim would
ask John "What's her constitu
tion like?" and .John would
reply "Same as Uncle Sam's
except for the 18th amend
ment."
Sex and cigarettes were still
around, of course sex and
.i e
Psycho
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anything were Frothy's steady
diet. In 1929 the magazine
adopted New Yorker style and
in Septe►i►ber of that year
Froth won an award for the
"best managed college humor
magazine for 1930-31."
It looked like Froth might
have safely reached the "le
gal" age of 21 with a certain
amount of maturity: But his
caprices were just beginning
and the selection of a Froth
girl became a regular feature.
Froth's cry now was:
"Now's the time to put away
Cares and worries, dance
and play
Hide your troubles in the
crowd
Joy alone is here allowed."
Financing the magazine had
been accomplished through a
free enterprise system, with
the staff keeping all the profits
and passing their• debts on to
their successors. The Froth of
fice was located downtown and
Ed Zern, a former editor, calls
the magazine's profits at that
time "substantial, by depres
sion standards."
In 1943 Froth became a war
casualty as the paper shortage
caused its temporary collapse
and "most of the really funny
men (on Froth's staff) went to
make fools of Hitler and Tojo."
After the war, the Froth
family made "an honest wom
an of her" and Frothy obtained
a campus charter with Univer
sity financial support.
In 195.:, Froth hit the "big
Daily Collegian
Gives Election
The Board of Editors of The Daily
F. Collegian predicts a resounding victory for
= President Johnson in today's election.
= Pennsylvania Senator Hugh Scott and
E a ' New York senatorial hopeful Robert F.
= Kennedy also should achieve victories, the
board said
One dissenter, City Editor Den Knecht,
= EDITORS Johnson-Goldwater Bratt-Scott Kennedy-Keating =
— 5 : John R. Thompson Johnson-58% Scott Kennedy
E Nancy Egan Johnson-60% Scott Kennedy
Den Knecht Goldwater-51% Scott Keating
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= Deb Stoddard Johnson-60% Scott Keating =1
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= John Lott Johnson-65% Scott Kennedy 7:.
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= Tudi Matejczyk Johnson-65% Scott Keating
= Judy Mathe Johnson-57% Scott Kennedy
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= Ken Franklin Johnson-57% ' Scott Kennedy
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= Ed Carpenter Johnson-62% Scott Kennedy
= Anne Doll Johnson-55% Blatt Kennedy
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time" again when Hal Boyle,
nationally syndicated colum
nist, quoted him. Ronn Bonn,
the editor the next year, in
curred administrative ire with
his story, "Garrison and the
Wages of Sin," which began
"Garrison, my roommate was
going to have a baby. He
wasn't going to have a baby
when we started out that eve
ning—in fact he wasn't even
going to have anything to
drink."
Several days later, Bonn re
ceived a letter from Wilmer
Kenworthy, then director of
student activities. The letter
read "Mr. Bonn. you latest ef
fort in Froth is not funny it
stinks .. . I have grave doubts
about the future of the maga-
But a jester must give his
performance despite inner
rumblings, and Frothy cavort
ed from one prank to the next,
ignoring the almost prophetic
statement.
Problems continued to mount
and in 1955, 1956, 1960 and 1961,
Frothy received letters of com
plaint from various University
officials.
On Oct. 3, 1962, the freshman
orientation issue hit the news
stands and two days later in a
very small "campus beat" col
umn the Collegian carried this
comment: "If this week's issue
of Froth is indicative of the
state of humor at Penn State,
we would prefer that smiles be
banned on campus."
Editorial Board
Eve Forecasts
predicts a 51 per cent victory for Barry
Goldwater while another editor predicted
Genevieve Blatt will unseat Scott and FE
three editors said they believe Sen. Ken
neth
Keating will retain his seat against
challenger Kennedy. _
The predictions of the editors, along
with percentage forecasts in the Presi
dential
F.
race, are as follows:
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Dancing From 9 'til 1
The HUB Ballroom
THE GEORGE MOYER
ORCHESTRA
for less from Angel Flight
Tickets On Sale at Wagner Building
OPEN TO EVERYONE --- $5.00 per couple
judy mathe
And this rather inobtrusive
comment started what became
a landslide of controversy on
Froth and its right to continue
publication.
On Oct. 13, Andi Buscanics,
co-editor, was told that the
order for the future printing of
Froth had been frozen, pending
University investigation.
Articles such as "Never
Trust a Dressed College Male,"
and Miss Buscanics' "Heart
aches Corner," drew special
criticism. On Oct. 16 they ap
peared in statements written by
the deans of women and men,
who accused Frothy of distribu
ting material "prejudicial to
the good name of the Univer
sity."
A hearing was scheduled and
Froth editors were given two
days to prepare a defense. Stu
dents were questioned. Many of
thein disliked the content, but
disagreed that Frothy should be
killed. Others felt he should be
completely banned from cam
pus.
This latter group got its wish
on Oct. 24 when the Collegian,
Frothy's traditional rival which I
had editorially fought for its
survival, carried a banner
headline: "Froth's Char ter
Withdrawn."
With a head grown light on
too many slugs from his foam
ing mug, Frothy had inadvert-,
ently cavorted right into ob
livion, and it seemed no one
cared. Now 24 alumni do, but
can Frothy be revived?
Music by
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. . . some Very interesting facts to report. The
Bird Cage has been virtually banned by printers
in State College, printers who either charge then:
immoderate prices or who say, like one did re
cently: "Why should I print your magazine, and
lose the university's business?"
. . . Also: the GR group had to cancel an accepted
invitation for Dr. Albeit Ellis, a published psychia•
trist, to speak here because it seems the university,
won't allow "alien" groups of students the right to
university property; and naturally, State College
was of no help to those "radical and destructive
kids" either ... So it seems, to paraphrase, freedom
of speech and thought is overabundant in the
United States to those who own lecture halls and
printing presses . . . Disillusioned, Alden.
A MOMENT CAPTURED . . ,at Bill Coleman's
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CHAPTER II
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