PAGE FOUR ©H* Sails ColUgiatt Dally Colleirlan la a student- operated newspaper. Successor to THB nil LANCE. eat. KRT Entered aa second-class matter July t. 1934 at the State Csllate, Pa. Peat Office ander MIKE FEINSILBER. Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ron Gatehouse; Cdpy Editors, Fran Fanucci and Shirley Calkins; Assistants, Pauline Metza, Dick Hufnagel, Anne Friedberg, Harry Kitzinger, Pat Tomlinson, and Audrey Sassano. The Slicks Hit the Panic Button —Again Pity American college students. They're eminent, but in every vital aspect of our daily cowering, fearful, wily-nily, afraid to voice any lives—bur health, our homes, our jobs, our opinion at any lime under any circumstances. household appliances." “*y hide from thought. (We were afraid to look at first, but a quick This is the impression the all-too-worried glance behind the backs of the campus’ thought slick magazines are stuck with and' its the one police has failed to reveal any home economics they’ve been trying for several years to stick majors' hovering in fear over a change in de their readers with. . sign of vacumh cleaners.) The latest slick to go into the let-us-analyze- The fact that most college students supported the fearsick-student routine is Redbook, which Dwight D. Eisenhower for president is evidence calls itself “the magazine for young adults.” that they are “politically- conservative,” Fon- An article, “Fear on the Campus,” by Andre . taine says. Fontaine in the April issue has recently been Redbook’s is, just the latest in a never-ending awarded the 1955 Benjamin Franklin Award for series of accounts 1 about the timidity of Ameri “most distinguished and meritorius public serv- can college students that the nation’s magazines lce -” • have shoved, into print. They all seem to wind According to Redbook’s proud news release up with the same conclusion, on this, the awards, presented for the first time The conclusion, we contend, is false. Am'eri last year, “are comparable to prizes in other can students, if we are able to judge them, are media of mass communications such as the not afraid. They may be less boistrous than Pulitzer Prizes . . .” The University of Illinois were their predecessors of the 19205. They may is the sole administrator of the awards; be more apathetic. But they’re not the shiver- Why any university should find Fontaine’s ing milquetoasts the magasines make them Out hogwash a “meritous public service” escapes us. to be. For what he says, simply ain’t so. Perhaps the magazines draw their startling We ve taken no survey, as the author claims conclusions because the loud, rabble-rousing, to have. We can’t find any outspoken college flag-waving soap-box stomping college student students to quote Marx just to prove he’s not is no more. afraid. But we know there is no dark "Fear cxn We submit that American college students the Campus" of Penn State and we doubt if it are wiser—and therefore quieter—than were exists on any campus to the degree Fontaine their - forerunners. They are more politically would have us believe. alert. They can see through psuedo-savers and “Many college students,” contends the auth- weak idealogies. And. we maintain, these ate or, “today are frightened. They are afraid to good signs, not evil ones. support unpopular causes, even when they be- We suggest that magasines planning to psy lieve in them ... In short, they are growing in- choanalyze American youth wipe the tears out creasingly afraid to think for themselves. of their eyes, take a realistic look, and quit per “ Why? Because irresponsible investigators, pefiiating a lie. hysterical community . leaders, and other self- The articles they now carry about college stu appointed ‘thought police’ are swiftly and surely dents—expressing fear of fear of fear—are not creating a climate of ‘suppression and suspicion dangerous. They’re just wrong, and fear’ on many of our college campuses.” Wow! We don’t know how. we missed this; “thought police” are probably this very minute standing behind the Dutch Elms on the Mall, eaves dropping on conversations. Fontaine, after denouncing campus investi gations, conducted one himself and, in his ar ticle, quotes'ls students and one professor. He finds fear dominating: the college student's every thought to the point that the student just doesn't like to think any more. Students are afraid, he maintains, of change, "Not only change in gov- Ashamed of Progress? TO THE EDITOR: In answer to opinions I have received as a result of a letter in the May 14 edition! concerning the Spring Week parade, I should like to put forth my own views. It should never be assumed that a person is repre senting or expressing the opinions of a larger body, unless it is so stated. I do not believe Mr. Ronald Lewis said or intended. to imply that his letter represented any views other than his own, which is as it Should be. So far as the incident concerned, its appro priateness quite possibly lay in the close proxim ity of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Mbrrill Act, since both were issued or approved by President Lincoln ih 1862. The parade incident, - then, depicted the con dition of the Negro (in the main) as of 1862, and is, after all, a matter of fact. I cannot see apy other way of connecting it with Penn State. I do not feel at all ashamed that some of my forefathers were slaves, I feel that it is more important for Americans (Negro and otherwise) to point with pride to the tremendous strides the Negro has made in these 100 years than to deny that such a condition every existed. By viewing. the incident with the before after-present treatment, I think you will see that, indeed, it is something to be proud, rather than ashamed of, so long as the portrayals are not. in themselves, offensive. Our progress, nationally and at Penn State, is a matter of record. • Letter Cut No Trains, No Planes ... to THE EDITOR: In Wednesday's Collegian there appeared a small article pertaining to the last passenger train to enter State College. I would like to know why this service was dis continued and if there are any plans in the future for railway transportation. If you do not already know, the Borough Council turned down a chance to buy the tract of ground that is now being used as a private landing field with the knowledge that three major airlines would consider State College on their routes. With the speed at which this University town is growing, I think that the transportation fa cilities are solely in need of a boost in the^arm. • Letter Cut Editor's Note: A representative of the Belle fonte Central Railway Company said repeated efforts have been made to provide student transportation during rush seasons. The last passenger train to Bellefonte, which was oper- Safety Valve... —Jim Blocker —Robert Lapensohn THE DAILY COLLEGIAN S?AfC COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ><*WW JACK ALBRECHT, Business Manager Gazette... Today NEWMAN CLUB, daily rosary, 4:80 p.m., Church; Novena, 7 p.m., Church; chtfr practice, after'novena IRRA, 7:80* p.m., 209 HUB, business and social CHESS CLUB,* 7-10 p.rt., 3. Sparks CLASSIFIED AD STAFF, 7 p.m., Collegian office UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Lloyd Arms, John Beres, Cyril Carroll, Rita Cofsky, Joyce Cox, Thomas Davis, Ruth Eshleman, Arthur Grampe, -Joseph Grubtner, Lloyd Krull, Mildred Lundy, Charles Mosheim, Suzanne Pink, Harry Roes, Virginia Stuer, James Valeri, Lester Walters, Joseph Waple, Marilyn Ward. Poor Program for Leaders TO i THE EDITOR: In replying to an editorial that was. critical of the Leadership Training Program. Doug Moorhead stated that the pro gram is. not set Up 'to "prevent anyone from being on; Cabinet." Even if we overload the motives for setting up such a program, the net result is going to bei exactly that: to exclude ah overwhelming majority, of the student body from All University and Class officers. And there is little, doubt, that this compulsory program will restrict the student's choice. First of all, no matter which night' of the Week it is held, it will conflict with students’' responsi bilities to established organizations, to Say nothing of' eyening classes. Secondly, many per sons in. Engineering, Chemistry, and other dif ficult fields that take more time than, for in tsance Business Administration in which I am enrolled, will find it difficult to take sUch a pro gram of dubious value. ' , Thirdly, it is doubtful that, even if the pro gram were, held the. round,'everyone here at the University , : could take part. Which brings us ,'t'o the very heart of the matter. PosSiblj* a 'voluntary Leadership Training Program is a good thing; this I do not propose to debate.' However, the evil arises from mak ing ..it compulsory that candidates for offices take the course. Why? Because, as we have already seen, this will limit the choice of possible candidates to a small circle of people. In my opinion, every person who has the average and the correct semester should be eligible for office. Let the voters make the decision as to whether a can didate is qualified>. and a race between a per son who has taken the course and one who has not is the way td settle the matter, not by tell ing a person he cannot run because he has not been ‘’trained." The Elections Committee and Cabinet should not Change the Elections Code to make the pro gram compulsory. We don’t want a small select group to haVe a monopoly on student govern ment. ated several years ago at Christmas time, at tracted about 40 students.. The representative said money collected from these students, less than 40 cents apiece, was hardly enough to pay for water for the locomotive. Transportation, ha said, would be available, ware the demand sufficient. The reason the Air Port Authority rejected the offer of. the tract of ground was because it lacked sufficient funds. To build an air port would cost in-the neighborhood of one million dollars, which the borough, even in cooperation With the University, could not afford. Editorials roprosont tha viewpoints of tSe writers, not necessarily the policy of the paper, the etndent body, or the University. ■e set ef March S. ISTS. —The Editor —Jack Higgins tie Man on Campus "Ok-ok. you guysl Let's quit clownin' aroun' with that shotputll" Murals Represent Students Dreams Rub your eyes again. Those aren’t technicolored daydreams you’re seeing, blit colorful murals painted by the students of Art Education 487 and 488. Few people have passed throu ing without becoming intrigued wi of the'picture panorama is a grouj graduate students with some pro found, ideas and a willingness to devote : their extra hpurs. to paint ing. Tha mural painting course has a maximum of 18 students tier semester. Each student chooses a theme and sketches a picture story- before transferring the idea to the wall. Because of limited space, pre vious murals must be washed down with soap and water, be fore a new painting is started. For this reason, egg tempera paint is used. Among the murals now. being painted is ‘‘Evolution of a Socio'- Economic Condition” by* Emily Zuber, graduate art major front Brooklyn, New York. Miss Zuber’s mural represents the discrimination present in ,so ciety.- She has depicted man be ginning life and'his eventual di versions which create discrimina tion. A colorful painting by Bruce Carter, graduate. art 'education major from Palmyra, New York, represents a soldier's life during 18 months overseas. Carter is striving to gain the effect of the music a soldier would hear- in different locations and situations in the army, ranging from. Scotch bagpipe tunes to dance hall music. Covering the figures are planes of color, bring ing the picture together as a whole, varying in shades accord ing to' the type of music repre sented. Rosalina Tiong,. graduate edu cation major and a native of the Philippine Islands, has used her experiences in the war as a mural subject Miss Tiong began her picture with a scene of an American plane bombing the Island homes —her family ran for cover. In dull shades of gray and green, fhe picture depicts the fear- ' contorted faces of natives and soldiers, products of Miss Ti ong's memory. Asked why most students paint sad murals, Dr. Viktor Lowen feld, professor of art education, explained that most of the paint ings are very personal expres sions of the painters’ feelings. ‘‘ln art,” he said, “the most ser ious parts of life lend themselves better to expression. The students are free to express what they feel.” Dr. Lowenfeld pointed out it i* not tha final product of tha mural that if important, but tha affect it has on the student. WEDNESDAY. MAY 18. 1955 By DODIJONES igh the halls of Temporary Build* itHitS decorative walls. The source p of ambitious undergraduate and If a student is helped in emo tional, intellectual, or technical growth, or in all of these.' the reward is gained. These “modern Michaelangelos” do not limit their talents to Tem porary Building. A few examples of their work can be found in the speech clinic and the lobby of Burrowes Building. AIM Board Set for Tonight An- organizational meeting of the Board of Governors of the Association of Independent Men will be held at 7:30 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union, according to Bruce Lieske, AIM president. Committee appointments 'will be announced by Lieske for ap proval. by the board members. "Preliminary reports on plans for Orientation Week will also be an nounced. An executive meeting Was held last night to work- out some details for the week. According to Lieske,' his pro gram for AIM next year will be to “strengthen the four /area councils” and maintain “close co operation with Leonides,” inde pendent women’s organization. Forestry Society To Honor Seniors The Penn State Forestry So ciety will honor its graduating seniors at a banquet at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Hetzel Union Build ing. Logan. J. Bennett, executive director of the Pennsylvania State Game. Commission, will be the speaker. Guests of honor at the banquet will be Maurice K. Goddard, sec retary of forests and waters, Wal ter L. Henning, secretary of agri culture and former head of the department of animal husbandry, Lyman E. Jackson, dean of the College of Agriculture, and Dean of Men Frank J. Simes. Tickets to the banquet may be obtained in the forestry office. Tonight on WDFJM T:K 7:00 8:0# 10:00 10:10 Bv Bibler 91.1 MEGACYCLES Sim On . Stand By Chapel Choir ... Recorded Mualc .. Thought for the Dog
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