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Safety Valve
'Damaging Slap'
TO THE EDITOR: The State College Civil Lib
erties Committee, formed as an outgrowth of the
arrest of Alvin J. Heller, student at the College
and an official in the local Communist Party Stu
dent Club, recently arrested for passing out leaf
lets in the borough, were refused permission to
conduct a street meeting in the borough last Satur
day afternoon.
In denying the request, A. E. Yougel, burgess,
told representatives of the Civil Liberties group
that hfe would not have funds to pay the extra
policemen necessary for such a meeting, and that
he could see no necessity for the meeting. The com
mute spokesman offered to pay for the services of
extra policemen, but the Burgess still refused per
mission.
Since then, Heller has been informed of the
postponement of the hearing until August 8. The
hearing was originally scheduled for July 5. The
reason given by the Burgess for the postponement
was that he was “going on a vacation.”
This is a direct attempt to silence all protest to
the Heller arrest, and serves to strengthen the com
mittee's contention that the arrest was an unjust
one in the first place. Not satisfied with cutting oft
free speech through Mr. Heller's arrest, the Bur
gess now refuses to allow a meeting to be held
where the protests may be aired publicly. The post
ponement of the hearing because of the Burgess'
vacation is a highly damaging slap at court jus
tice.
The Civii Liberties Committee had its initial
meeting on Wednesday, June 29, with the election
of offeers and plans for immediate action on the
Heller case bein goutlined. Helen Ruby was elect
ed temporary chairman, and Mary Lou Henry,
secretary-treasurer. Letters asking for financial aid
have been circulated by the committee. The com
mute ptens to organize on a permanent basis soon.
—Stale College Civil Liberties Committee
Helen Ruby, Chairman
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The Summer Collegian Editorial Page
On Alcoholism
As alcoholism in an individual is a symptom of
a mental or physical sickness, so the presence of
alcoholic individuals in a society is the sympton
of maladjustment in that society. Dr. William G.
Mather, professor of rural sociology, said in a re
cent talk at Juniata College in Huntingdon.
DR. MATHER STATED that it does little
good to treat alcoholic individuals without treat
ing the social and economic forces that make per
sons susceptible to alcoholism.
“Alcoholism has social roots,” Dr. Mather ex
plained. “It can flourish in societies where there
is considerable economic insecurity, great com
petitive strain, pervading fear as of current or im
pending war. and dislike of children. All these are
present in our own society. All o>f them tend to
produce timidity and lack of self-confidence,
which the consumption of alcohol can help to re
lieve temporarily.”
"TO THE STRONG and confident personality,
alcohol has little appeal,” Dr. Mather added. “And
the type of society which produces that type of
person will have little alcoholism.”
M/sce//any
Penn Slate forestry students taking summer
training at Camp Blue Jay received some prac
tical experience in forest fighting earlier this
month.
When large fires broke out in the Allegheny
National Forest, about 35 miles from camp, train
ing activities were discontinued and all students,
working in shifts ranging from 6 to 20 hours, help
ed to fight the fire. The fires broke out Wednesday
but were reported under control today.
Merwin W. Humphrey, associate professor of
forestry at the College, assisted by other members
of the department of forestry and of the depart
ment of civil engineering, is in charge of the camp,
located near Marienville, Forest Co.
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