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Saturday morning, during
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Daily Collegian ta a *Ardent
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MIKE. FEINSILBER. Editor
MIKE MILLER. Allbociate Editor
Managing Editor, Roger Seidler; City Editor. Don Shoe- Ado Mgr.. Jerry Fried; National Ado. Mgr., Estelle Canian:
winker: CODY Editor. Dottie Stone: Sport: Editor. Roy Co-Circulation Mgrs.. Israel Schwab. Christine Kauffman;
/rains: Editorial Director. Jackie 'Judging.; Assistant Sports Promotion Mgr., Delite Hoopes: Co-Personnel Mgrs.. Aletta
Editor. Fran Fanucci: Photography Editor. Rom Walker: Manbeek. Connie Anderson: Office Mgr-. Ann Kersey: Masai-
Senior Board. Ron Lorik. Ron Gatehouse. tied Ad• Mgr.. Peggy' Davis: Secretary. Lit Melko: Research
■nd Records Mgr., Virginia Latshaw.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Barb Budnick; Copy Editors, Ron Leik, Ed Dubbs; Assistants,
Bob Franklin, Pat Evans, Pat O'Neill, Lil Junas, John McArthur.
Cabinet's 01' Piano Roll Blues
Our All-Unis.ersity Cabinet added a new side
line to its usual legislative powers last week
when it decided to enter the piano purchasing
It agreed with the report of the Inter-Class
Finance Board that a new piano was certainly
needed, and would greatly enhance the listening
aspects of Recreation Hall:
So. after clue consideration. Cabinet voted to
allocate 3.2359.70 for an ebony colored Steinway
model L. five foot ten-and-one-half inch-long
grand piano, complete with bench.
Now, we are informed, this is a real bargain.
We can purchase this piano at a figure far
below the actual list price through the Uni
versity purchasing office. And, after all, we
were told, with all the events that take place
in Hee Hail, a new piano is certainly needed to
take the place of the beat up old one over there
now.
Cabinet should have looked into the matter
more thoroughly before it foolishly decided to
present the University with a new piano for
Rec Hall.
Why is a piano needed so badly in Rec Hall
anyway? From September 1, 19.55 to the end
of the present school year, the piano that is
in Rec Hall now was and will be used eight
limes. This is certainly not enough to warrant
the purchase of a new piano.
The University is at present the owner of
94 pianos. There seems to be little cause to buy
another one. If Cabinet feels so wrought up
over the situation, it could suggest to the Uni
versity that a better piano be carted over to
Recreation Hall each time one is needed. And
in view of the fact that half the times a piano
was used in Rec Hall this year for some event,
the organization that sponsored the affair paid
rent to the University for the use of the hall,
University officials would probably be glad to
provide a better piano for the affair.
The experts in the music department agree
that any piano is affected by changes in tem
perature and humidity. And certainly the flue-
Is Nothing Sacred?
The hand that feeds is about to be bitten.
Froth, that Penn State fraud, is coming out
against sex today.
That's something. That's comparable to mon
keys coming out against bananas, Horatio
Alger opposing success, the Secretary of the Air
Force denouncing the sky, or beer distributors
decrying students.
.
Where, we ask, would Froth be today, if it
weren't for its pair of scissors, its gluepot, and
the traveling salesman who knocked on the
Inrmer's door? What would Froth do without
the "she" of the infamous he-she jokes?'
We used to think Froth was for the birds.
We were wrong. Froth is not for the birds. It
is not for the bees either.
•Example•
She: I'm going out with a General the days
He: Major General"
She: No, hut give me time.
Get the Facts First
TO THE EDITOR; Once again, the all-knowing
editor has come forth with his highly unquali
fied opinion. This time, it concerns the death
of six Marine recruits.
Before all the facts are gathered and the evi
dence weighed_ he has declared the drill in
structor guilty of murder and condemned our
whole military training progmm as outmoded.
While this tragic incident should not be
taken lightly, it is absurd to conclude that boot
camps are run by a bunch of sadistic barbarians,
or that discipline is something no longer needed
in an effective military organization.
Before the editor attempts any more journal
istic undertakings outside his very limited
scope, I suggest he be more familiar with his
subject matter.
Discipline or Sadism?
TO THE EDITOR: I certainly hope that the
opinions on the Parris Island death march,
expressed in Saturday's Safety Valve, are not
taken to be those of every veteran.„l have seen
too many cases of sadistic yearnings being
satisfied under the disguise of discipline to
believe that this unauthorized night march
was conducted purely to teach discipline. I
have seen too often, men seeking positions of
control over other men so they could dominate
them, not teach them how to fight for and de
fend our country.
When those boys, who had everything to live
for in this land of opportunity, breathed their
lungs full of the muddy waters of Parris Is
-1;04 they could no longer serve their country.
Ile Bailg Collrgiatt
Recommit to TEIE FREE LANCE. est. 1887
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—The Editor
Safety
—Don Farnbaugh
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
ROGER VOGELSINGER, Business Manager
Co-Asst. Bus Mgrs.. John Krottz. Dorothea Kaidyst Local
tuations in temperature and humidity in barn
like Rec Hall—would be of little advantage to
a piano permanently stationed there, especially
a $2359.70 Steinway.
And, to top it all off, we are informed by the
_ .
Director of Special Events in Rec Hall that
there is no room to construct a new receptacle
to hold the piano. Therefore, if the new piano
will not fit the box used for the present piano,
it will remain unprotected, a fact which the
piano committee neglected to check upon com
pletely_
Cabinet's offer to purchase a gift for the Uni
versity is Certainly a good idea. But a piano
for Rec Hall should by no means stand at the
top of the list of gifts. The piano suggestion
shows a lack of research and study into the
matter, and appears as if the outgoing Cabinet
just wanted to get rid of the exrta money it
had on hand without any thought into the
matter. If Cabinet searches a bit more, it will
find there are hundreds of better uses for the
money than the one suggested.
- - —Roger Alexander
Singing in the Dark?
The Greek Week committee made an unwise
decision when it requested that the names of
the winners of the Interfraternity Council-
Panhellenic Council sing be held back so that
they could be announced at the Greek Week
banquet.
In past years the names of the sing winners
have been announced at the finals. Overwhelm
ing enthusiasm from the audience would cer
tainly indicate that this method of announcing
the winners does not need to be changed.
The large audience that ventured to Schwab
on Sunday night to hear the finalists—and to
hear the winners announced—were duped by
the sing committee.
An interested audience was disappointed so
that the names of the sing winners could be
come one of a list of surprises to be announced
at the Greek Week Banquet tonight.
The reason does not warrant the suspense
which is unfair to both the audience and to the
fraternity and sorority members who competed
in the finals. They are the students who are
most interested in the results.
Although it would seem that the informa
tion is being withheld to lure more interest in
the banquet, this is unnecessary. An event
which can create as much interest on its own
as the sing has created, should not have its
winners added to a list of names.
The banquet will have as its attractions the
announcement of the winners of the Outstand
ing Fraternity Award, the Sigma Chi scholar
ship for scholastic improvement, the outstand
ing sorority scholastic award, the trophy for
the Greek Week contest winner, and the Kent
Forster Scholarship for a foreign student. This
list represents enough surprises for nne eve
ning.
Competitors in the sing weren't singing for
the supper of those who will attend the banquet.
—Sfie Conklin
Valve
They got death instead of discipline. Did they
deserve it?
I would like to send a copy of Saturday's
Collegian to the mothers and fathers of the
boys who died, to show them how mature col
lege students feel about their sons' deaths.
—Norman G. Lang
(A veteran of three and
one-half years in the
Armed Forces)
Blackjacks, Yes; Guns, No
TO THE EDITOR: Regardless of the union dis
pute involved, this is a good time to decided
whether or not it is good practice for Campus
Patrolmen to carry pistols.
Let us suppose that the patrolman who was
involved in the Beaver Field episode had been
armed. Certainly when he was assaulted by
the students involved, he would have resorted
to the use of his service pistol. The results of
this action might have been injury or even
death for the students. The patrolman would
have been justified, yes, but would the overall
result achieved be any better than the way it
actually turned out. In addition to the injury
or loss of life that might have been caused,
a large amount of bad publicity for the school
would have resulted.
In my four years at Penn State this is the
only instance I can recall when a patrolman
has had to face this type of danger. I think
that the kind of offender expected to be en
countered should dictate the type of weapon
carried by the patrol. Blackjacks or nightsticks
would seem to be sufficient weapons to control
student offenders who would certainly not have
guns themselves.
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper; the student
body. or the University.
—Stuart A. Ham
Little Man on Campus
I --ORTHERVS FOPISTRY —I MAY Mace" To Go INro 114 E LAME!?
Purdue Prof Says
Tragedy Reflects
Man's Ultimate Fate
The spirit of tragedy reflects the dignity of man in his ability
to rise above his ultimate fate by accepting it, Dr. Herbert J. Muller,
professor of English at Purdue University, told an audience of
approximately 300 last week.
Dr. Muller was the first speaker in the tenth annual Simmons
series of lectures, sponsored by
the Department of German in
memory of its former head. "The
Spirit of Tragedy" is also the title
of Dr. Muller's latest book, to be
published this year.
The tragic sense of life has
been confined to four historical
eras, all of which belong to West
ern civilization, he said.
Dr. Muller divided his lecture
into three parts: a definition of
the tragic sense of life; why it has
been restricted to Western civili
zation; and the importance of a
spirit of tragedy.
He defined tragedy as "a work
seriously concerned with man's
fate." Authors writing on timely
subjects in order to bring about
political or social action will
not produce tragedy, Dr. Mul
ler said, for tragedy must bring
out "the age-old story of man's
inhumanity to man."
Tragedy, he maintained, puts
the problems of man "in a uni
versal aspect"; the tragic sense
of life is essentially humanistic:
and it is an affirmation of the
positive values of good and evil
while disputing the powers
that-be who set themselves up
in opposition to these values.
Only the ancient Greeks, the
Elizabethans, the classical French,
and some Moderns have success
fully written tragedy, Dr. Muller
said. The Test of the world and
the Western world between these
four periods has been unadaptable
to the tragic sense of life, either
because of religion, mores, or pre
vailing political conditions. "Trag
edy can be created only by free
men with minds and wills of their
own," he pointed out.
Dr. Muller said such modern
writers as Ernest Hemingway
have shown a knowledge of the
tragic sense of life. He feels
that, although the majority of
American people today perhaps
do not want to receive it, the
tragic sense of life is "basically
humane (and) all men may
profit from it."
The tragic spirit, he pointed
out, is different from the religious
spirit, and both are the anti
theses of the "business spirit."
"Tragedy," he said, "delivers
us from all the petty, nagging,
humiliating cares" of life.
Dr. Muller received his Ph.D.
from Cornell University, where
he began his teaching career. A
member of Phi Beta Kappa, na
tional scholastic honorafy society,
and a onetime Guggenheim Fel
low; his books include "Modern
Fiction," "Science and Criticism,"
"Thomas Wolfe," and "The Uses
of the Past."
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18; 1956
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DAILY COLLEGIAN Circulation Staff
Sophomore Board, 6:50 p.m., Col.
legian Office
LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIA
TION. Matins Service and Break
fast, 6:45 a.m.
LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIA•
TION Evangelism Service, 8 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB Choir Practice,
p.m.. Church
PHI MU ALPHA Sin fonia, 9 p.m..
117 Carnegie
PLAYERS Advertising Workshop, 7
p.m., Schwab loft
ROD AND COCCUS CLUB, 7 p.m., 209
Hetzel Union
Student Employment
The following camps will interview
at the Student Employment Service.
112 Old Main. Sign up in advance foe
an appointment.
April 18-19—Camp Conrad Weiser.
Pennsylvania
April 19-20—Camp Sinking Creek.
Pennsylvania
April 21—Trail Blazer Camps, New
Jersey
April 27-28 Indian Lake Camp.
Pennsylvania
University Hospital
Edward Atkins, Barbara Bohl, Robert
Brandi, Richard Forry, David Frieden.
berg, Donald Cordon, Melvin lierttler.
Irvin Hill, Gordon Krieger, Gary Kurtz,
Philip Lear, Jay Livziey, Erwin Max
son, Joseph Markalonis, Richard Morti•
mer, William Murray, Michael Ott,
John Rowland, Louis Savadove, Jerome
Schieb, James Sponsler, William Swan
ey, Ramasuba Venkitapathy, Betty
Louise Williams, and Samuel Fein.
stein.
WRA Aquacade Tickets
Available at White Hall
Free tickets for the Women
Recreation Association Swimming
Club's annual aquacade will be
issued from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to
day, tomorrow, and Friday in the
main office at White Hall.
The aquacade will be held at
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the
White Hall pool.
Players' Ad Workshop
Players' advertising workshop
will be held at 7 tonight in the
Schwab loft. The meeting is for
crew heads and persons inter
ested in working on the adver
tising for the Schwab production
of "An Inspector Calls."
Tonight on WDFM
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