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Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings la
eisab►e daring the College year by aut stair .t The Dally
Collegian at The Pennsylvania State CsSege.
hared as ssssad-slags smatter Jnly 9. 1934. it as Mau
Conom Pa.„ Post •ffice =day the act of March 3. 1879.
Dean Gladfelter
Editor 4:DO"
Managing Ed.. John Dalbor; News Ed., Stan Degler;
Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., Herbert Stein: Society
Ed., Beanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Rosen; Asst. Sports
Bd., Art Benning; Asst. News Ed., John Ashhrook;
Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Photo Ed., Wilson
Bakto; Senior Board: Jack Boddington. Bill Detweiler.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: George Glazer; Copy Editor:
Rosemary Delahanty; News Editor: Doris Go
lub; Assistants: Bud Fenton, 'Len Kolasinski,
Charles Henderson.
Advertising Manager: Judy Krakower; As
sistants: Mary Clymer, Joan Wallerstein, Tema
Kleber, Jack Sweger.
Open Courts
The fact that trials before Tribunal are not
open to the public—that is, the students,—rais
es the question of whether Tribunal is, in es
essence, a court, and of the validity of this
practice.
Although there are differences between Tri
bunal and civil and criminal courts, it is
scarcely possible to deny that Tribunal, func
tionally speaking, is a judicial body. It tries
cases, finds persons guilty or not guilty, deter
mines sentences, and has interpretive powers.
Courts in democratic society, under long
and well-founded tradition, have been open
both for the protection of the persons in
volved, and of the public. True, juvenile court
proceedings are not open, but it would be
both cynical and preposterous to consider
Tribunal a juvenile court.
Major argument against opening Tribunal
proceedings is that the body makes its deliber
ations immediately following hearings and in
the same place. It is true that court deliberations
generally are not open. When and where to
deliberate, however, is in the province of Tri
bunal to decide, and should in no way affect
the basic premise of open courts in a democ
racy.
POSSIBLE EMBARRASSMENT of defend
ants is another objection. raised. It might be
pointed out that persons involved in civil and
criminal trials also face this embarrassment,
and generally it is considered their own re
sponsibility if they must be brought before a
court.
Courts were made open centuries ago
after "star chamber" tactics forced the public
to take steps for its own protection. Open
proceedings are one of the best guarantees
of fair judicial treatment.
Tribunal's past record has been good, and
there is no reason to believe that, for the pres
ent at least, it should not continue to be good.
But open proceedings would add a greater
measure of confidence in Tribunal and would
be a demonstration of good intent.
Previously we have pointed up the danger
that, in the future, the customs program—now
reasonable and sane—might return to the pre
war hazing type. Since Tribunal tries customs
offenses, we can think of no better way to curb
excesses than by opening proceedings.
BEFORE LAST YEAR, when reporters first
were admitted to hearings, Tribunal proceed
ings were closed completely. With customs
again in effect and Tribunal's responsibility en
larged, now would be the time to throw pro
ceedings completely open.
Owen E. Landon
Business Mgr.
lIHE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Action Now
Jarentry playing the
•ole of watchdog
)ver the appearance
)f the campus, All
;ollege cabinet in
•ecent years has sup
)orted several keep-,
)ff-t h e-g r a.s s cam
)aigns.
Hort woods, situ
tted north of the Pat
;ee library, is a con
iderably larger and
more valuable cam
lus property than
tny plot of grass.
Yet, its status as such
s being ignored even
;hough now menaced
.)3, demands of the
College's ever-expanding physical plant.
The southwest corner of the woods soon is to
be appropriated for use as a parking lot. This,
in itself, is. unfortunate. But of even greater
importance is the threat this present action
presents to the existance of the remainder of
the woods. We have no guarantee that it will
remain standing five or ten years from now.
CABINET, which has demonstrated its in
terest in' the condition of main-campus areas,
should concern itself with the fate of Hort
woods. The student government group is in the
position to start a concerted student movement
for permanent preservation of the area. It
would find itself supported by many faculty
members and alumni.
By requesting that the College designate
Hort woods an inviolable area, cabinet would
bring a step closer to reality official recog
nition of Hort woods' great value to Penn
State in the past and present, and official as
surance that the woods will remain to serve
future groups at the College.
Gazette ..
Tuesday, October 17
NAACP election of officers, 217, Willard,
7:30 p.m.
MEETING OF ALL HATMEN, Rec Hall,
7 p.m.
STUDENT AFFILIATE chapter of the Am
erican Chemical society, 119 Osmond, 7 p.m.
WRA bowling, White Hall Alleys, 7 p.m.
WRA fencing, White Hall, 7 p.m.
CANDIDATES, Group b, 8 ch, 7 p.m.
CANDIDATES, Group a, 8 ch, 8 p.m.
COLLEGIAN PROMOTION staff meeting,
Collegian Office, 6:30 p.m.
SOPHOMORE CLASS MEETING, 121
Sparks, 7 p.m.
MEETING OF ENGINEERING student coun
cil, 105 Main Engineering, 7 p.m.
PI ALPHA CHI, 7 p.m., 204 Hort. building.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information concerning interviews and job Place
ments can be obtained in 112 Old Main.
Seniors who turned in preference sheets will be given
priority in scheduling interviews for two days following
the initial announcement of the visit of one of the corn•
pnnies of their choice. Other students will be scheduled
on the third and subsequent days.
Union Carbide and Carbon will interview PhD candidates
in organic, physie..l, analytical and organic chemistry, chemi
cal engineering, mechanical engineering, physics and metal
lurgy on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 30 and 33..
S. S. Kresge company will interview January graduates
in arts and letter and commerce and finance on' Thursday,
October 26.
Aluminum Company of America will interview January
graduates in chemical engineering, metallurgy, mechanical
engineering, industrial engineering. and electrical engineer
ing on Friday, October 20. The priority system will not be
in effect for this announcement,
Proctor & Gamble company would like to have all mid
year graduates in chemical engineering, mechanical engineer
ing. electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and civil
engineering at an M.S. or B.S. level, and chemists at all
levels file preliminary applications for interviews. Pre
liminary forms are available at College Placement service
NOW!
At Your
Warner Theatre
Cathaurn
PAT O'BRIEN
WAYNE MORRIS
"JOHNNY
ONE EYE"
State
LANA TURNER
RAY MILLAND
"LIFE OF
HER OWN"
Milani,
Presented in cooperation
with
Romance Language Dept.
"THE
LAST STOP"
English Sub Titles
—John Ashbrook
Little Man. On Campus
"Guess we've got about the most offensive team in the country."'
Safety Valve ...
Strange Indoctrination
TO THEEDITOR: The tone of a recent Collegian editorial en
titled "Bleak Outlook" is to my mind rather strange.
The editorial raised several questions in this reader's mind,
What should be our attitude to- [—
ward the draft? What should be
our attitude toward•our country?
Should we fight for the Republic?
What do we owe to our society,
lo the state in which we live?
The present writer has some
innocent and naive answers to
the above questions. He believes
he owes the facts of his being able
to go to college, of his safety on
the street, of his right to the
pursuit of happiness, to that
society as it is organized and to
men who died at Valley Forge
and Gettysburg and Chateau
Thierry ... He believes that these
men, the elected representatives
of the people, who are charged
with the responsibility of the
defense of the Republic, are act
ing to the best of their ability and
wisdom as they see it, in asking
young men to prepare to defend
that Republic. But perhaps the
present writer, too, has a "strange
indoctrination."
• Letter cut
—Howard Brassington
Folk Dance Group
A newly organized Jewish folk
dance• group will hold its first
meeting at Hillel foundation at
7 o'clock tonight. This group,
under the direction of Mrs. Jane
Shepperd, is open to everyone.
11JZZIJII CA.7.1.1.1rM1S -rr, Isott
Payment Plan
TO THE EDITOR: R E: Partial
Payment for New Student Union
Building.
Gripes have been raised about
certain means' for raising funds
for payment of the new Student
Union Building. I, therefore, sug
gest the following as a partial sol
ution: records be cut by the Penn
State Glee Club of Penn State
school songs (suggest Blue and
White, Victory, Fight on State,
Nittany Lion, Alma Mater) and
profits from their sale to be ap
plied to the building fund. What
with .10,000 plus students and
innumerable alumni, Penn State
should encounter little difficulty
in raising enough money to lower
future assessments; also, think of
the school prestige!
English Prof To . Speak
Belles Lettre club will meet to
night in the northeast lounge of
Atherton hall at 7 p.m. Pauline
A. Locklin, associate professor of
English literature, will speak on
"Anna Wickham: Poet and Re
bel." Miss Locklin has done ex
tensive research on the life and
Writings of the poet.
By Bibler
Hal Manasevit