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TAMMIE BLOOM, Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Inez Althouse, Copy editors, Mike Miller, Ann Leh; Assistants,
Ted Serrill, Carole Gibson, Ruth Barnard, Barbara Nicholls, Ed Martinez, Margaret Lieberman, Doug
Millar.
New Traffic Regulations: Encouraging Note
Beginning with the 1954 fall term, all graduate
student traffic violations will be handled in the
same manner as those of undergraduate stu-
dents. A plan has" also been passed by the Board
of Trustees whereby faculty and staff violations,
not previously fined, will be subject to fines
as other violations are. It is encouraging to
know this problem is now being treated in 'a
truly just manner. •
The inequality of regulations for student and
faculty drivers has long been cited in All-
University 'Cabinet meetings as one of the fac
tors making traffic enforcement difficult. It
is. also a subject on which undergraduate stu
dents have had a justified gripe for same time.
It is encouraging, too, that it has, become evi
dent to University authorities that undergrad
uate students are not solely responsible for the
'difficulties of traffic on campus.
Violations on the part of staff members are
received by the Campus Patrol office in very
nearly as great a number as those of under-
Safet Valve
On Lion's Paw and. Student Opinion -
TO THE EDITOR: Richard Kirschner's remarks
on Lion's Paw, made Thursday night to All-
University Cabinet, - ,:annot be passed off with
out some additional comment.
It is difficult for anyone not . a member of
Lion's Paw to stand off and evaluate the group
•objectively. Similarly, it is difficult for a mem
ber of Lion's Paw to stand off and give an'ob
jective analysis.
There was a time when Lion's Paw was quite
openly operated. That was the time when stu
dents would have agreed Lion's Paw was, as
it says it is, the highest senior men's honorary.
However, the time has come when more and
more students are considering it less and less
of an honor.
This change in attitude was perhaps climaxed,
at least up to the present, by Kirschner's re
marks Thursday night. What Kirschner told
cabinet was what has been in the minds of
many students for some time. The impression
of these students may well be faulty. If so,
Lion's Paw has done little if anything to dispell
this impression.
Members of Lion's Paw defend the organ
ization as an "idea" group. The only error in
this is that Lion's Paw • mistakenly assumes
any valid ideas must spring from a small group
of benevolent protectors, and these men alone.
This group. is "in the know," and therefore as
sumes it alone can make proper student de
cisions, which it proceeds to do.
Safet. Valve
On Pivot, Thomas, and the Collegian Critic
TO THE EDITOR: Once again Edmund Reiss
has proven to the readers of the Daily Collegian
that he is afflicted by that disease so prevalent
among certain yellow journalists—authorititis.
This disease has given certain ex-sportswriters
and disappointed geologists the impression that
they are supreme authorities on all subjects
regardless of any previous knowledge of the
subject matter.
• In his recent column, Singing in the Wilder
ness, Mr. Reiss criticized the efforts of the Pivot
poetry magazine's drive to raise funds for the
widow and children of the late Dylan Thomas.
acknowledged to be one of the greatest poets
of this or any other age by men of Real back
ground, was a known alcoholic. What bearing
this - has upon the man's art or the future of his
widow and children , we cannot see. Perhaps it
shocked Mr. Reiss' provincial; holier then thou,
Centre County morality. In this case let us
march upon New York and tear down Grant's
Tomb, another memorial to a known alcoholic.
Mr. Reiss also attacked Pivot for not sticking
to the theme of the issue, merely a memorial
to Dylan Thomas. May we remind Mr. Reiss
that a magazine composed of nothing but ele
gies would be almost as dull reading as a col
lection of Mr. Reiss' songs from the wilderness.
. . . Why Collegian permits this self-styled
Brooks Atkinson to place his tenth-rate criticism
in the Collegian is unexplainable to us. This
school year we have been bombasted with his
unfounded personal criticism of plays, poetry,
and other student endeavors. Out of this whole
collection . . . we haVe gotten only one impres
sion of Mr. Reiss' character. He is not only a
psuedo, psuedo-intellectual and a false moralist,
but a snob without foundation for his snobbery..
—Byron Fielding
Today
NEWMAN CLUB PICNIC, 2 p.m., meet in back
of Old Main
STATE PARTY, 2:30 p.m., Pi Kappa Alpha
Monday
NEWMAN CLUB BUSINESS, 7 p.m., Temporary
Union Building
Tilt Datil] Cuttegtatt
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Tomorrow
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYWANSA
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graduates, in spite of the fact that staff mem
, bers have a much smaller representation on the
campus. It is only just that such violations
should be placed on a more equal basis with
those of undergraduates. Under the new system,
faculty and staff members who violate traffic
regulations will recieve a written warning from
their dean or administrative officer, and a ver
bal warning. on their second violation. Cash
fines will be the result of further violations.
The new rules follow a plan successfully
used at other institutions with a comparable
problem, and are sure to facilitate enforcement,
as well as minimizing gripes.
That violations of graduate students are now
being treated in much the same way as under
graduate offenses was obviously the only just
alternative which was possible to cabinet, in
view of the number of such offenses committed.
Cabinet and the Board of TrUstees are to be
congratulated on realizing an unjust situation
and rectifying it very reasonably.
—AI Klimcke
Members of Lion's Paw recognize the growing
discontent toward their organization—much of
that discontent unjustified. But Lion's Paw
classes its critics as stupid oafs, crazy idealists,
or bitter students. Lion's Paw seems to prefer
playing the role of misunderstood martyr, and
thus attempts to justify its actions to itself.
Kirschner's call for an explanation of Lion's
Paw, quickly sidetracked at cabinet, seems to
deserve an answer. Lion's Paw members have
claimed their secrecy is an outgrowth of mod
esty. Some, howeyer, prefer to believe it is
an outgrowth of some inner shame.
Student attitudes toward Lion's Paw may
soon reach a point where Lion's Paw will be a
bad growth rather thttti the useful group it can
be. When student opinion reaches that point.
Lion's Paw will not be able to justify itself.
This is because what a group really is is de
termined by what people see it as.
Members of Lion's Paw may well discount
this letter with a laugh, as they have Kirschner's
remarks. But the time will soon come, whether
Lion's Paw admits it or not, when the group
cannot dismiss its activities with pleas of "we
are misunderstood" and an omniscent smile. A
group that uses these answers is seeking escape.,
Unless Lion's Paw gives some specific justi
'fication to its 'activities, it may soon be "mis
understood" out of .all student respect. This
respect, whether Lion's Paw will admit it or not,
is something no such group should ever lose.
—Dave Jones
TO THE EDITOR: After reading Edmund Reiss'
review of Pivot in yesterday's Collegian, rI am
amazed that he has not been burned in effigy,
or better still, burned. Can he stretch his im
agination far enough to consider himself a critic
when he does not know that the first rule in
objective criticism of art is to leave out of
consideration any personal opinions of the ar
List. Mr. Reiss seems to begrudge the money for
the Dylan Thomas fund. The poetry that Dylan
Thomas left the world does' not come in dark
bottles from a brewery. The gift of beauty that
he left to the world can never be repaid.
Of course, there are many people such as Mr.
Reiss who seem to see the world only through
dark glasses of self-righteous morality. For such
people beauty cannot be seen in its pure form,
but only as dark shadows, if at all.
Mr. Reiss mentions that after his death, no
one will return any money he might have spent
on liquor. This •is undoubtedly true as, at the
rate he is going, he will probably never leave
the world anything for which he should, be
repaid. •
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Though some of the criticism Mr. Reiss makes
.of . the poetry. in Pivot is jusiifiable, if he can
see no relation of the titles to the poems, it may
possibly be a fault• of the poets, or more pos
sibly, a faultiOf shallow and superficial reading.
Miniver Cheevy .. er .I, mean, Mr. Reiss
had evidently not been informed that Pivot is
a magazine of modern poetry. If be wants Wads
worth an d the past, let. him jump into his horse
and buggy, and hie himself off in search of some
essay by Carry. Nation. As his money would
then . be used for a noble cause, I am sure the
essay would be most profound.
—Joan Goodman
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Little Man on Campus
"I don't see how any of you can expect good marks in this course— z -
The very fact you enrolled for it shows you don't have a very
high LO."
Think we can risk
of all things
I, the abovesigned, am patriotic. So, in view of what seemed to
be a dire need, some time ago I sold my stocks and appointed myself
to a commission. Purpose was to devise a questionnaire to be filled
out by applicants for jobs with the government.
Having met behind closed doors, I'm now ready to report. The
questionnaire is prepared
I've just been cleared by an.
other commission. It found noth
ing pink, laven-
I der ' red, or black
to report. And
1 this commission
is, now in the pro
cess of being
'cleared. All
isproceedin-g
smoothly and—
it *may be added
—normally.
I'm happy,
therefore, to now
leak a portion of
the question
naire. Parts of it, Mike Feinsilber
of course, cannot be released, for
security reasons.
The questions:
I. Are you, will you ever .be,
or were you ever: have you
any friends who were, are, or
will be friends of, or friends of
friends of, or relatives• or busi
ness associates of any persons
• or persons who are, were, or
will be members of groups
which were, are, or some day
will be on a list, the nature of
which cannot be disclosed,
lodged in the bottoin left hand
drawer, of the• desk of the. At
torney General?
2. If npt, why not?
3. Will you sell your stocks?
4. Do you subscribe to team- 1
work?- Of what teams have you
ever been a member?
5. Are you willing to discuss
personalities?
6. Have you burned. any good
books lately?
7. Give your views -on how
you would descreetly rewrite
the fifth amendment, the nature
of which cannot be 'disclosed.
8. Ever attend Harvard?
9. Are you able, when the pc:
casion demands, to be retroactive?
10. Can you keep a secret? -
11. Are you willing to be in
vestigated? Have you anything
to hide? Is your life an open
book?
12. And just what crazy notion
did you have during the early
19305?
13. Are you willing to think
fast before klieg lights?
14. Do you , understarid all . this
nonsense about the means and
the end; the methods and the
Rurpose?
15. What in the world Would
you do about these eggheads?
16. In view of Hie oncoming
elections, do you think you
could stall long enough?
These, then; are-- the .iquestions
SATURDAY. MAY 22, 1954
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By MIKE FEINSILBER
which would be put to all ap
plicants.
The fact that they were re
jected would hardly at all be
held against applicants. They
would be given the opportunity
to be rejected at a later date.
Applicants would be judged by
a cleared commission on a sliding
scale of security. Degree of eva
siveness shown would come- into
consideration, but final decisions
would be withheld pending.
Anyone, of course, who got a
job with the government after
filling out the questionnaire would
be held 'suspect. This is normal; it
is merely procedural; it conforms
with standard operating pro
cedures; personalities are not in
volved.
Damage Incurred
In Auto Collision
Between $lO5O -and $l2OO dam
age was inflicted yesterday when
James Dunlap, eighth semester
arts and letters major, and Fred
Sawczyn, .eighth semester geolo
gy major, collided at the inter
section of Prospect avenue . and
Garner street.
Patrolman W. W. Lucas re
ceived the report at 6:01 p.m. yes
terday and investigated the acci
dent He later reported that Saw-
Czyn was accused of not yielding
the right of way to Dunlap at the
intersection.
Dunlap was traveling east on
Prospect avenue while Sawczyn
was traveling south on Garner
street.
Damage to Dunlap's car was es
timated at $7OO to $BOO. Damage
to Sawczyn's car was reported at
$350 to $4OO.
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