The Daily Collegian Editorial Page Editorials and columns appearing an rho Daily Collegian represent the opinion,. 411 .he welter floe, make as data tai reflect student or UnWender amirenstUt. Unsigned editorials are written by tM editor. PAGE TWO An Evaluation In the fare of considerable opposition, a boycott of the barber shops was begun, accompanied by the expectedly-wide range of viewpoints. Now the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People has agreed to suspend the picketing while representatives of town and cam pus groups attempt negotiations with the local barbers. An evaluation of the boycott, its accomplish-. ments, detrimental effects and lessons, would be appropriate at this time. If the purpose of the boycott was to dramatize a social shortcoming in the College community, it has certainly accomplished its aim. It is difficult to conceive of any one being ignor ant that an anomolous problem exists when Ne groes are denied the personal services of a barber in a college community in the heart of Pennsyl vania. Only the most flint-hearted and closed-minded of the intolerant or indifferent could fail to think about the question; many will conclude that there is no reasonable grounds for continuing the pres ent practice. Unfortunately, an undetermined amount of bit terness and friction has been inevitably stirred up. We are little concerned about the discomfiture of those so hopelessly tarred with the brush of racial intolerance that nothing on earth would ever per suade them to accept the truth. But if there be any truth to the fears of some that the progress of State College toward true and complete democracy, in practice as well as theory, has been impeded, or even reversed, then we must take carefully-considered measures to counteract such reaction. The boycott, which in itself could not have been expected to solve the problem, has succeeded in placing it on public view. Ultimate success can yet be realized if all the leaders of the community will cooperate to solve the problem by reason and persuasion. :hI, Batty Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings Inclusive dur ing the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second clans matter July 6, 1934. at the State College. Pa.. Poet Office under the set of March S. 1879. Subscrip ions —32 a semester. $4 the school year. Editor Lew Stone Managing Ed., Elliot Shapiro; News Ed.. Malcolm White: Sports Ed.. Tom Morgan; Edit. Dir. Arni Gorton; Feature Ed.. Jo Fox; Society Ed.. Frances Keeney; Asst. Soc. Ed.. i.oretta Neville; Photo Ed., Betty Gibbons; Promotion Mgr.. Solute Zosofskit Senior Board. Claire Lee. 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Like these other papers, this Declaration of Human Rights can not and will not automatically make the world a Utopia or guar antee freedom to all people. Yet such resolutions serve a valuable purpose. They create an atmosphere conducive to the growth and spread of social betterment. They serve as brilliantly-illuminated guide-posts, pointing out the direction which all peoples and governments should follow to obtain universal freedom and equality of opportunity. The Russian brand of Communism is revealed in its true light, because the Soviet bloc bitterly opposed the declaration on the grounds that it violated "sovereign" rights. Among the rights are life, liberty and security of person; freedom of thought, conscience and religion; the right to a nationality and to an adequate standard of living. All human beings are born free and equal, in dignity and rights. A BARBERSHOP PROPRIETOR as reprinted from the Sunbury Daily Item, Dec. 17, 1948 Editor, Daily Item : I wish to commend you on the editorial concerning the racial problem in last night's (December 13th) Daily Item. The incident of the Negro who was denied a haircut in a State College barber shop is particularly interesting because it comes so near home. This incident, of course, has appeared in the news several times dur ing the past week. Whether or not to cut a Negro's hair, or shave him, has never been a problem in my business practice. More than four years ago I made it known to certain Buck nell faculty members that I would be happy to serve Negroes going to coll ege here or any other Negro or foreign persons. So far I have never heard any adverse criticism for this prac tice nor do I know of any good customer who has refrained from coming to my shop because I serve Negro customers. Certainly business has not de creased any during these last four years. In short, I am sure that no business will ever suffer through the application of Christian principles to that business. DEMOCRACY DOES WORK This ad paid for by the Penn State Chapter, NAACP. A LETTER FROM WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5 1949 she Sa/el, Valve Letters to the editor must be signed for inclusion hi the Safety Valve. although names will be withheld on request. Tele ohone numbers and addresses must be included to facilitate verification of authenticity of .ignatures. Letters exceeding 200 words in length may be cut when required by apse. limitations. The Fault Lies TO THE EDITOR: We are all familiar with the present impasse between the State College barbers and the members of NAACP. Few persons, how ever, are familiar with one aspect of the difficulty. Nowhere else in the State of Pennsylvania are there non-discriminatory barbershops. The laws of the state make no provision for the rights of Ne groes as regards restaurants, hotels, barbershops and the like. Pennsylvania has taken no step to ward granting Negroes full citizenship. The fault, then, lies not so much with the barbers as with the legislature of Pennsylvania. To be sure, sentiment and public opinion cannot be legislated but the first step should be to secure official recognition and legislative rectification. Those who would do something about the exist ing racial inequality could best serve by combat ting the condition at a place where positive action —as contrasted with the negative action of picket ing—is possible. That place is the State Legisla ture. A barrage of letters to Harrisburg, while perhaps not bringing about an immediate solution, would certainly serve to force the condition to the attention of every member. No matter how much groups such as NAACP struggle with this important problem, it is in the State Legislature where the final solution must be found. Collegian Gazette Wednesday, January 5 CLUB 51, Sophomores, 304 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. HOME Economics Club, H Ec Living Center, 7 p.m. College Hospital Admitted Sunday: Frances Lohr. Admitted Monday: John Boddington, William Marsh, Cyril Sedlak, Max Gersenson, Joan Warner. Admitted Tuesday: Joseph De Les, Edgar Thomas, Louis Weiss. Discharged Tuesday: Louis Weiss. College Placement Burroughs Adding Machine Co., January 11, January graduates, C&F, LA. Kroger Co., January 11 and 12, January grad uates, C&F, A&L, HA. Johnson Service Co., January 14, January grad uates, EE, IE, ME. Al the Movies CATHAUM—BeIIe Starr's Daughter STATE—Sealed Verdict. 529 Market street, Lewisburg, December 14, 1948 Yours respectively, —John A. Erickson. George D. Yoder
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