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ruoilsnea Tuesday through
Saturday mornings. during
the University year. the
Daily Collegian is a student
operated newspaper.
Entered as second-class matter July a, 1934 as aka IStata College, Pa. Pont Office under
DAVE JONES, Editor
. .
Managing . Ed., Marshall 0. Donley: City Ed., Chuck Asst. Bus. Mgr..
Mark Christ: Local Advertising Mgr.,
Obertance; Copy Ed., Chiz Mathias: Snorts Ed.. Sam • Pro. Robert Carruthers: National Adv. Mgr.. Shirley Musgrave;
copies Edit. Dir.. Lea Goodman: Wire-Radio Ed.. Bill Jost: 'Circulation Mgr., Frank Creasman; Promotion Mgr.. Ruth
Photo Ed.. Bruce Schroeder: Soe. Ed.. Liz Newell: Asst. Israel; Personnel Mgr.. Patience Ungethueas:- Office Mgr.,
Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell: Asst. Soc. Ed., Gus Vollmer: Cail Shaver: Classified Adv: Mgr., Jean Geiger: See.. Carol
Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers: Exchange Ed.. Lorraine Gladus: 4chwine: Research and Records Mar.. Francis Crawford.
Librarian. Al Goodnaan: Senior Board. Jack Reid.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Marcie MacDonald; Copy editors, Bill Snyder, Mary Lee Lauf
fer; Assistants, .Dave Bronstein, Bill Pete, Lee Hyatt, Al Klimcke; Ad Staff, Sandy Duckman.
The New Chapel: Hort Woods Location
(First of two editorials on the new All-
Faith Chapel.)
When the Department of Physical Plant last
year wanted to chop off a bit of Hort Woods for
a much needed parking lot, there was weeping
and gnashing of teeth by both students and
faculty. When the Board of Trustees this year
announced it would drop the new All-Faith
Chapel into the woods, it was like the calm
after the storm.
Although there has been little overt criticism
of the choice of Hort Woods for the new chapel
site, there are surely many who quietly oppose
it. And there are others who do not feel the
selection of Hort Woods was wise.
Perhaps opposition to the Hort Woods site
was sidetracked because a controversy arose
over the architectural style of the chapel. Or
perhaps those who opposed what they felt was
the physical plant's encroachment on the woods
are afraid to oppose the Board of Trustees.
Nevertheless, some consideration must be given
to the selected site.
Hort Woods' selection as the chapel site has
been called the best inspirational use to which
the woods might be put. This may be true, but
who said the woods need be put to an inspira
tional use? We continually hear cries that Penn
State lacks proper recreational facilities. Yet
location of the chapel there might remove much
Compensation: A New Form of Tipping
The main argument for compensation to stu
dent leaders seems to be that compensation is
only a gesture of appreciation for a job-well
done. In fact, this argument seems to underly
most of the arguments presented to bolster the
paying of compensation, and for that reason
alone merits consideration.
It has also been said a number of times that
the paying of scholarship aid for merely the
attaining of an average, or pure scholarship,
justifies the paying of this very small amount
for student leadership, or pure service. But,
can the two be compared?
Compensation is so much less than a scholar
ship to begin with, and does so much less for
the student than a scholarship. Moreover, stu
dent funds are being used to pay compensation,
and not private funds as for scholarships. Any
one giving money to the University for scholar
ship aid can set the restrictions under which the
scholarship will be given. Even more, the aim
of a university as a university should be scholar
ship: though certainly a factor of need should
be considered before a scholarship is given.
Yet, the main argument remains that com
pensation is merely a gesture of appreciation
for a job-well-done.
Certainly there are students in positions of
Spring Carnival: Drawing Out Details
The Spring Carnival screening committee's risk hours of time and effort only to have the
rejection of 34 of 41 carnival applications be- booth closed the second night.
cause they were incomplete seems to overlook Establishment of the committee was a good
one thing: few groups have made complete car- idea. And the committee's desire to do the job
nival plans. right is also good. But the committee cannot
Before spring recess, the screening committee yet expect too much from .participating groups
called for carnival applications. These were to in the way of detailed plans.
include not only the name and theme of the The Spring Carnival has overcome many
booth, but specifications of the booth desired handicaps so far. A reluctant committee could
and the nature of attire of participants. The harm it. Let's hope the potential of this year's
screening committee was established to assure carnival will not be stopped now.
carnival content is of high calibre. The com
mittee has set about its work a little too fast.
The committee, in calling for applications,
was asking for detailed plans before many
groups had laid even rough plans. The com
mittee wanted detailed plans five weeks before
carnival night.
In rejecting the 34 applications, the commit
tee said few were rejected for content. This is
encouraging. Last spring's warning to groups
participating in the carnival should have been
enough to remove the over-emphasis on sex.
The committee could take the chance that
booths will be "cleaned up" this year. It does
not seem too much of a chance.
If, after the first carnival night, some booths
are still not up to accepted standards, those
booths could be warned or closed the second
night. Few groups, under this operation, would
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of the only suitable picnic area on or near
campus.
Certainly, Hort Woods might be a good loca
tion for the chapel. Its quiet atmosphere and
natural state would lend to good chapel sur
roundings. But there are some who feel the
woods should be maintained—as a place for
repose and recreation, or merely out of tradition.
There could be disadvantages to the chapel's
location in Hort Woods. It would be far from
most student living units, somewhat inacces
sible, and hidden from many campus visitors.
The chapel will need some type of parking area.
Such an area would only take up more of the
woods. A better location might be beside the
University Library or on front campus, between
Atherton Hall and Home Ec South.
Students are not consulted when the location
of a new building is concerned, and there is hot
much reason why they should be. Yet, many
students complained when the new parking
lot was to be placed in Hort Woods. That op
position to the new chapel location might arise
must have been cnsidered before the site was
set. Yet, no student group was contacted on the
matter.
There has not been the amount of protest
the trustees might have expected over the new
chapel site. This does not mean some valid pro
test does not exist.
Tomorrow, consideration will be given to the
present controversy over the architectural style
of the new chapel.
many duties and many responsibilities. And, it
is not certain how adequately the jobs that
are done are appreciated by the student body.
But, how does one define "adequate"? - What
might be adequate for one student might not
be adequate for another, if any be needed at all.
And certainly, most student leaders are not
working for the compensation involved; many
do not even know the amount they will receive
before they receive it. Compensation is rarely
an incentive, and when it is, it is all the worse
for the organization involved.
How much of a gesture is the compensation
that is paid? Is such a gesture needed? Are
other gestures possible?
The factor most often forgotten seems to be
that it is student funds that are being used to
pay this compensation—compensation that is
:laid when payment is not necesary and which
does not approach the value of the job done.
These are arguments against the paying of
compensation; there are others against the very
receiving of any compenation, though in the
end it must be left to each individual student
leader. Only the paying concerns us here.
Tipping is an old institution in America. One
can only wonder what place that institution
should have in student government.
—Len Goodman
Safety Valve .
Attacks Collegian
TO THE EDITOR: Have you ever read a news
paper that consistently reports facts that are
entirely incorrect or else entirely misinter
preted? Well, that is how I feel, after reading
the Daily Collegian far six semesters.
The straw that broke the camel's back was
your erroneous report of the result of the A.A.
secretary-treasurer election. Maybe being only
newspaper reporters, you are unaware of hu
man feelings, such as those which come when
a person is notified of a victory and maybe
also, you've forgotten what it feels like to be
told "it's all a mistake."
If this was the only occurrence of your in-
correct reporting, I wouldn't waste paper, ink,
or time in writing to you, but let me cite a few
more examples: your misinterpretation of Dean
Euwema's attitude on cuts, to which a reply was
necessary from him; . . . your criticism of
"Death of a Salesman," in which a student . . .
tore down in one article what students in Play
ers had been working months to build up. -
Next time I pick up a Daily Collegian, I'll
remember to believe just the opposite of what
I read, and maybe in that way, I'll be getting
a little of the truth!
®Ed. Nate—Maybe
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act al Maras E. 1879.
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Little Man on Campus
"He's one of the best teachers - I- have, - bUt 1 jus' haven't learned
a thing from him."'
McCctrthy:'::::s.e'preses
Oury.N:atidifs Fears
By R. Wallace Brewster .
Profe'ssor of . Pblitical..Science
(Another in a series of guest colums. by members of the faculty
of the University.) • • •:.y. '
Senator McCarthy has become a power in the land because he
gives expression to a state of, mind which is shared by a substantial
segment of the people. In. him they find a leader who says and does
the things which• they. think need to be said and done. Like all lead
erg, McCarthy has in his 'camp many people who are motivated by
personal ambitions, but the presence of self-seekers does not detract
from the broad base, of ,sincere
McCarthyites who seek only na
tional salvation.
What is thi.s social ..need which
the Junior Senator - from. Wiscon
sin fills? It is protection from fear
—fear of communist infiltration
into our national life. It is a fear
so intense that his supporters are,
willing to follow his lead, in dis
regarding many of the ancient
principles upon which the Ameri
can free way of life is based.
The argument is that the dan- .
ger is so great that the ends jus
tify the means. Through some
twist of values, the McCarthy
group at its peak of influence
became the patriots, and many
of those who raised their voices
in support of our tradition of
protecting the individual from
arbitrary harm were labeled
subversives.
Judgment on the wisdom or folly
of McCarthyism largely comes
down to the point where we ask
if the internal threat of commun
ism is so great that it cannot be
handled by the FBI, the police,
and the courts, but rather requires
a political approach complete with
television cameras, radio micro
phones, and newspaper headlines.
If the political approach through
congressional investigations fol
lowed the customary rules of due
process, wherein one is advised in
advance of the charges against
him, is confronted with his ac
cuser, and has adequate chance to
defend himself, then this choice
of alternatives in facing the com
munist problem would not have
to be made.
But the fact, is that McCarthy
has utilized a technique which is
contrary to three hundred years
of Anglo-American constitutional
development as we struggled up
the long hard road from autocracy
to freedom. McCarthy's inescap
able inference .is that the method
of freedom is too dangerous to
maintain.
Since communism calls for the
destruction of the values upon
which the liberal society rests, a
quick point can be made that
those who use freedom to advo
cate its overthrow are not en
titled to any consideration. The
trouble with this argument is
that it - makes . =assail= and
THURSDAY. APRIL. 22; -1954
coniriction the same thing.
The whole purpose of due pro
cess of law is to assure a decent
and fair procedure to individuals
who are accused of wrong doing'
;---people are not executed for mur
der when the information is filed
:bu.t , only after a careful trial: If .
'We, condone conviction - by Mere
accusation 'then no one 'is' safe;
particularly when the accusers re
main anonymous. Neighbc•i "will
inform on neighbor, children ,on
their parents, students on their
teachers; parishoners on' - their
clergymen, and disgruntled army ,
corporals on their superior. offi
cers. A nation which moves in
direction is pointing to the ki - nd of
society found under cominUnist .
and fascist dictatorships.
In fact, the strategy of com
munism anticipates the use of an—
ti-communist hysteria .as: a ,valu
able aid in the march to =power:
Lenin's prediction on .America
as frightening as it is astounding.
Said he years ago: "When-. the ,
American bourgeoise, having com
pletely lost its head, seizes, thou
sands and thousands of people on.
suspicion of bolshevism and 'cre
ates an atmosphere 'of • - panic,
spreading broadcast alarming stor
ies about bolshevik plots . . we
must bow and thank •- messieurs
the capitalists. They are working
for us.
In recent months, the oppost:-:
Lion to McCarthyism seems §ild- •
denly to be growing and crystal .
izing. The President, some .sen-4 •
ators, many outstanding newi
paper editors, radio and -televi-..
sion commentators, labor lead.;
clergYMen of all faiths.
teachers, and unorganized ciii
zens are finding their voices to
join' in the cry of alarm over 7
the :damage which this experi
.ment 'outside , the American..tra;:-..
dition has alretady done . and••will••
continue to do if allowed to. go - -
unchecked.
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