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MIKE FEINSILREIL Editor
MIKE MILLER. Aasociate Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ron Leik; Copy Editors, Nancy Showalter, Becky Zahm; Assist
ants, Joe Cheddar, Dave Bronstein, Lianne Cordero, Kip Newlin.
When the Bell Rings, Should Saliva Flow?
The following editorial was written by
Willie Norris, editor of The Daily Texan. cam
pus paper of the University of Texas. It was
rejected for publication by the Editorial Di
rector of Texas Student Publications, Inc..
and the Acting Director of the School of
Journalism, but was later approved by mem
bers of the Board of Texas Student Publica
tions.
The Texas Board of Regents called for an
end of editorials touching on state mat
ters or national matters affecting state affairs
as the result of a Drain Texan editorial op
'Posing the 'nature gas bill then being debated
in the U.S. Sonnte.
"A state which dwarfs its men in order that
they may be more docile members in it hands."
John Stuart Mill wrote many years ago, "will
find that with small men no great things can
really he accomplished."
We look upon the (University of Texas)
Resents' pressure for a stricter interpretation
of the Texac Student Publications Handbook
and their order of ''closer scrutiny" on edi
torial matter as a fundamental threat to the
55-year Daily Texan tradition.
They have called this newspaper liberal. If
the term itself means anything. perhaps we are.
Yet. paradoxically, the stand we are taking
here is intrinsically conservative. We are mere
ly asking to preserve that which was set down
as ours by the founding fathers of this nation.
Freedom of inquiry. criticism, and noncon
formity are guaranteed in our state and federal
constitutions now nearly 200 years old. It is
ironic, however. that each generation has to
regain these liberties for itself. But this is not
wholly a misfortune. For there are dangers in
taking things too much for granted. Freedoms
defended are the most precious of freedoms;
liberties lost and regained are the most
cherished of liberties. And doomed is the gen
eration that lacks the integrity to defend its
birthright.
The students of the University of Texas
should be in this with us. For the right to a
free press, unhindered by economic or political
dogma, was granted them long before Texas
was a state. or this institution its university;
within the democratic tradition, our press free
dom is essential.
The poWer of the University. the Press, the
Church. and the PeriOn over the State was a
right that Voltaire and Jefferson and their
contemporaries established as implicit in the
existence of democracy, whose ultimate and
pervading purpose is to protect the dignity of
the individual. Can we deny our own demroc
racy?
A censored man will in the end express no
ideas at all.
It is a staunch Jeffersonian belief that the
sole method of arriving at a truth in the long
run is by the free competition of opinion in the
open market. In colleges and universities, the
freedom to learn and to express unhampered
No Sweat, No Tears
In this age of technology, no machine, no
process, and no gimmick exists to create a sub
stitute for human blood.
But our era has a use for blood which can
and does save lives.
Consequently, the need for human blood be
comes an ever-present demand on twentieth
century people; it is obviously a need which
can only be filled by people. And the crisis
which would result were people unwilling to
give their blood would be an ugly, unforgive
able indictment of the human race.
Penn State students have been asked to con
tribute blood to the Red Cross. Their response
yesterday (275 pints), relative to last year. was
up to par. Their response, relative to their
numbers, was pathetic.
Of the University's 11,500 students, less than
800 can be expected to contribute. Knowing
this, the Red Cross has set a goal of only 500
pints and has planned to stay on campus only
two days. That's painful realism.
To lure fraternity men into contributing, a
trophy has been purchased. It will be given to
the fraternity with the highest percentage of
members who contribute. The trophy is two
feet high.
We suppose that's realistic, too. People, who
know they're supposed to get something for
their money, expect to get something for their
blood, too. Someone once observed. "You can't
squeeze blood from a stone."
But people aren't stones.
They can therefore march into the HUB
card room from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, answer
a few questions, roll up their sleeves, have a
needle stuck in their arms (a process roughly
as painful as cutting one's self while shaving
or dancing in tight shoes too long), sip coffee
and munch doughnuts. The process takes about
an hour, roughly as long as it takes to read
an issue of Playboy or consume coffee in other
quarters of the HUB.
Giving blood requires no sweat and no tears,
But you gotta have a heart.
Olte El ailll Cuttrgiatt Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper. the student
Hueeteeer to THI FRET LANCE, est LU? body, or the University.
, 0;P• .,
—Tho Editor
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
ROGER VOGELSINGER, Business Martator
by pressures, prejudices, and politics is abso
lutely essential, since without it, these insti
tutions would lose their reasons for existence.
If we falter by surrendering the right of le
gitimate criticism on a realm so broad as state
government, surrendering under the pretext of
preserving the "good name" of the university
(Texas) and protecting it fiancially, we will
have absolved the very principles upon which
this university. this newspaper, a hunrded
universities and a }mucked newspapers are con
structed.
What man can ask us to do that?
Yet far too many Americans interpret our
liberty as merely abstract principle rather than
real conduct. It is the conduct that must pre
serve the principle.
Says Barzun: "How many of our public in
stitutions and private businesses, our schools,
hospitals, are in reality little totalitarian states
where freedom of speech is more rigidly ex
cluded than vermin because it is felt to be
dangerous? Martyrdom abroad becomes irrele
vant compared to the battles fought day by day
by those in whom democracy is a real passion,
not an opportunity for frothy partisanship."
What value is there in opinions that flow
from us like the saliva in Pavlov's dogs, at the
ringing of a bell?
Henry Steele Commager, the great historian,
has traced the broad implications of our trouble.
We have been busy of late, Commager says,
calculating our strength and the strength of our
potential enemies, the totalitarian states.
Whatever may be this balance of strength.
he believes, there is one realm where our
superiority is beyond challenge, and where it
cannot be lost except by our own will. "Ours is
a system of freedom," he writes, "freedom of
inquiry, of investigation, of criticism, of cre
ation. Over against it stands the closed system
of totalitarian countries. In this system, facts
have to conform to preconceived ideas, or so
much worse for facts ... But they are victims
of their own system. They cannot adjust their
conduct to reality for they only recognize those
realities which flatter their preconceptions."
So. if then, in the name of security, loyalty,
politics, or appropriations, we start sacrificing
our freedoms, we will ultimately sacrifice our
security as well. It is not logical that on the
campuses of our American universities, tra
ditional guardians of our practical and philo
sophical liberties, we should profe to the world
and to ourselves that free expression and human
rights are not only workable but necessary.
The moment our philosophy bows before the
fear of politics or money, or both, on a univer
sity campus, we are doomed as a nation and as
a way of life.
Close the Open Door
Fraternities at the University pride them
selves on their friendly reputations, and at
times, this turns out to be a very costly repu
tation.
Why is it costly? Simply because hand in
hand with fraternity friendliness goes the
"Open Door Policy," and its correlative, the
open window policy. Unlocked doors early in
the morning tempt burglars and vandals alike.
The most recent burglary of a fraternity has
been the costliest. Some person(s) evidently
knew of Sigma Alpha Epsilon's friendly invi
tation to walk in at anytime, and did so—early
Monday morning. They cleared the house of
$l2OO in valuables.
Criticizing now may be hindsight, but it's
time fraternities learn to benefit by past ex
perience, for this isn't the first such burglary,
and it probably won't be the last.
Fraternities must take a more realistic and
less friendly attitude if the SAE incident is
not to be repeated.
Despite a general atmosphere to the contrary,
State College does have its share of burglars.
Fraternities are not immune to burglary, espe
cially when they leave their doors and win
dows open, and valuables within easy reach
of any who enter.
Fraternities should lock their doors around
1 a.m. and put their valuables in safe places.
Burglars, like rushees, like friendly houses.
—Larry Jacobson
Gazette
CENTRAL PROMOTION AGENCY Distribution Staff and
6:4S p.m.
Ml=
basement
DAILY COLLEGIAN Circulative Staff, 6:30 p.m., 303
Willard
MARKETING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Alpha Tau Omega
MINING ENGINEERING SOCIETY, 7:30 p.m., Mineral
Industries auditorium
NEWMAN CLUB novena, 7 p.m., Church
NITTANY GROTTO, 7 p.m.. 121 Mineral Industries
PENN STATE CHESS CLUB, 8 p.m., Hetzel Union TV
and card room
PM MU ALPHA Sinfonia, 9 p.m.. 117 Carnegie
PLAYERS' Advertising Workshop, 7 p.m., Schwab loft
RIDING CLUB, 7 p.m., 217 Willard
SCROLLS, new members, 12:20 p.m., 208 - Grange
University Hospital
Susan Alsosi. Shirley Allison. Joseph Bohart, Nancy
Bort:. E. Richard Boucher, Harrill Felder, Herman Gor
don. John Higgins. Joseph Kirk. Anne Klein. John Lessig.
Sally Lewis, Linn Lightner, Robert McCarthy, Donald
Shiner, James Short, Thomas Smallwood. Lois Snyder.
James Sponsler. Ruth Stafford. Jaime Tiptoe, James
Welk Carl Wolf; aai Jima Yoder. a
CPA Office
Hrtsel Union
Little Man on Campus
"Worthall Just because you got an A in typing class . . ."
pebbles on the shore
A Dail of Tears
.Susan Hayward really has quite a ball in "I'll Cry Tomorrow."
We didn't particularly want to see the film. After all, it isn't a
technicolor, super-dooper extravaganza with a cast of millions.
____Besides, these tear-jerking tales of high emotion and higher
tragedy usually leave us cold. Who wants to be continually re
minded life is a vail of tears and one must continually hold head
erect and bravely wipe away the
steadily dripping remnants of
broken hearts?
But we had heard glowing re
ports of its fine acting and its
low-keyed air of being "the next
best thing to reality itself." This
was a movie we couldn't miss!
After nearly two hours of
eye-dabbing we emerged from
the theater a nervous wreck.
We were impressed. Stella Dal
las has nothing on Lillian Roth.
To think alcohol could do this
to such a sweet girl. Why, it could
happen to anyone! Our former
disliking of soap opera had dis
appeared. This was the real thing!
In fact, we were so impressed
we began to think what could
happen to a typical Penn State
thrush under similar circum
stances . . . '
A Coeds' Tale of Woe
Trixie D. was a vivacious girl,
fresh from high school, where
under the keen eyes of her par
ents she had sailed through her
seniof high grades with good
marks and a breezy disregard for
the boys.
Her ambition was to become
a Stale coed where she could
do anything she wanted. After
all, her mom and dad would be
far away.
For the first month she was a
great success at falling into the
State way of life. Her wavy hair,
speckled eyes, and stunning fi
gure appealed. She was a hit with
the boys. Remembering that ac
tivities were looked upon as a key
to fame, she decided to become a
songstress. She sang all the time
—for the AIM dance, the IFC
dance, the Cotton Pickers dance,
and a multitude of get-togethers
thrown by the fraternities and
sororities.
Her name was a campus by
word. Everyone said she sang just
like Gale Storm. Trixie's room
mate, Sadie T., acted as her busi
ness manager and press agent.
Lucky her, she thought, to have
such a popular roomie, always
reaping in dollars galore and
good-looking fellows. Trixie was
not pleased. She didn't like to be
watched over and treated like a
pin -ball machine. Put in the
money and do your stuff. Humph.
Then she met THE FELLOW.
He reminded her of that cute
kid back home who always
whistled— wolf-type of course
—and cracked funny jokes.
She had snubbed the back
home guy. naturally. Her folks
were always watching. But they
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25. 1956
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by ted serrill
couldn't peek at State. Trixie
went steady.
He was so encouraging and so
nice. He was one of the 3B's—
you know THAT house—and soon
she was pinned. Then one day
as she was singing at the Big
Wheel Ball she got a phone call.
He had broken both knee caps
while chasing the house's puppy
from his room. He had to go home
and recuperate. He wouldn't be
back until next fall. Trixie was
heartbroken. For days she cried
and cried. She couldn't sing, she
couldn't study. She was really
low.
Sadie T. couldn't take this any
more. That poor, innocent girl—
and besides she needed more
money. Something was needed to
return to her old warbling self.
Coffee! Yes, coffee might do it.
Trixie was strictly a milk-fed
girl—her parents, of course—and
had never drunk anything as
strong as coffee.
In desperation Sadie gave
Trixie a cup. Would it work?
(To be concluded tomorrow)
Handbook,Customs
Staffs Required
Students interested in working
on the editorial an d business
staffs of the Student Handbook
and students interested in serving
on the Freshman Customs Board
may sign up for interviews today
at the Hetzel Union desk in the
HUB.
Freshmen and sophomores are
needed for the customs board.
Larry Jacobson, sophomore in
journalism from Chester, will be
appointed editor of the handbook
at Thursday's All-University Cab
inet meeting. Jerome Bogutz, sen
ior in business administration
from Cynwyd will be appointed
business manager. -
Marketing Club to Elect
The Penn State Marketing Club
will elect officers at 7:30 tonight
at Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Tonight on WDFM
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6:45 Sign Oa
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8:00 Marquee Memories
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