PAGE r<DuR ?.lowed Torsday tb Seiterday e.oenings doting floe I:ll.weratty year. Tirov e•lL•ci•n • •froulent 01111wrated weyeasosper. $3.00 per se $.5.00 per year r''r e I • MIKE MOYLE, Acting Editor Dennis. Solti• Asst. Business Manager: Arnold Hoffman. Local Eire torrialin Managing Editor. Ed Dobbs. Cltyr Editor: Fru Ad• Mgr.: Anita Lynch. Asst. Local Ad• Mgr.: Janice Ander ra...l<ei Sport• Editor: Becks 7.ahre Copy Editor: Vince son. National Ad• Mgr.: Anne Caton and David Post-a. Co- Career-I. Asn•tant, Sports Editor E•ie Onsa. restores Editor: Circulation Mgrs.: Arthur Brener Promotion Mgr.: Jo Fulton. Dave flavor Photography Editor Personnel tlgr.: Harry Yaverbaum. Office Mgr.: Barbara Shipman. Classified Adv. Mgr.: Ruth Howland. Secretary: Jane Croft R h and Records Mgr STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Lianne Cordero• Copy Editors, Pat O'Neill, Jack McArthur; Assist ant:,: Lyon Ward, Jim Tuttle. Dick Fisher. Les Powel!,.-Dick Drayne, Sheila Miller. Han Johns, Mike Dutko, Pam Chamberlain, Marie Russo, Roberta Levine. NSA Crititiue: Hidden The Natam.ll Student A.,,utiation got in a neat slap at The Daily Collegian in a report from the iecent eegional NSA conference which was piewnted to Cabinet 1;1,1 night by Barbar:-. He•ndel. rig oral director. Miss liend•yl made a-penal point to that the Collegian Editor and any other Collegian personnel read closely the rupurt of the NSA Student Press Workshop which was drawn up by one Edwin lienrie, a delegate to the con ference. She said she fell that there were quite a few good points in the report and that Collegian would benefit from them. One benefit, at least was derived from read ing the report. It gives us a chance to answer some of the many criticisms which are directed at Collegian from time to time. In essence, Henrie mentioned several things which a campus newspaper should do and then gave his views on how well the Collegian was accompliAing these objectives. He said that the Collegian was doing a fairly commendable job on all phases except the edi torial page. Of course, this gives us just cause to rush to our own defense. We had to debate the move, however, because of 1. the source of the criticism and 2. the paper's general avoid ance of arguing editorial policy outside the edi torial page itself. However, for the sake of timeliness we will attempt to defend. Henrie says the editorials in this paper are "radical." Obviously, a statement of thts pro fundity could come only from someone who really knows what he's talking about. Only someone who has a vast knowledge of news papering would slam a newspaper for being -radical." We would be greatly interested to know what the word means, however. Without trying to expound a history of freedom of the press. we ask: "Was John Peter Zenger (father of freedom of the press) a radical in his time or not'!" We're not trying to compare ourselves with Zenger, but "radical" is a woefully weak critical term. To Whom Is the Press Responsible? Responsible freedom of the press in univer sity newspaper areas has long been a bone of contention on many American campuses. Re cently, Sigma Delta Chi, mens' national pro fessional journalistic fraternity, passed at their convention a resolution to increase the study and discussion of campus freedom of the press, with the object of determining in what ways responsible freedom of the press is being abridged. The problem is basically three-fold.. The major portion of the problem can be at tributed to the fact that it is as now impossible to define the nebulous limits and responsibilities of the province of campus journalism. It is a mott point as to whom the campus press owes its basic allegiance. Another segment of the problem is centered in the fact that often this press is criticized and censured by individual students and uni versity officials who are uneducated in the basic tenents of journalism. Misconceptions as to the role of the press arise from this lack. The final part of the problem falls to the few campus publications which have abused their responsibilities in the light of the jour nalism profession. Some university officials have seized these isolated examples as general cause for alarm and eye the campus press with dis- Irist and scrutiny. How to meet this problem is of essential con cern to journalists. student; and officials alike. Infringement of the freedom of the press on any scale has a chain reaction in a democracy. In speaking to the Sigma Delta Chi con vention, Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz,. editor and published of La Prensa of Buenos Aites said that even in countries where there is free ex- Olympics and the 'Press' TO THE EDITOR: The Olympics have ended and similarly the world'i , hope of utilizing this honorable event for the bringing about of inter national friendship has gone. Not since Hitler turned his back on Jesse Owens in 1936 has an Olympic meet been so disgracefully mangled by world politics. The fisticuffs which occurred when Hungary met Russia in water polo may have been under standable in the light of Hungarian resentment. However. I• understand- thUt some 5000 - fans boOed and- jeered the Russiari! "aggressors." They. took sides; in -this case .the side of the favored Hungarian team. This was the most splintering. blow to the nature and spirit of the competition. The Bath.' Collegian Ssecramot t THE FREE LANCE. est. 188: Safety Valve THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA DAVE RICHAFIDS, Business Manager Motive? In the same vein, another criticism was that the editorials were presented in such a manner as to cause students to call the newspaper dirty names. If Collegian has only to worry about criticisms of this type. all's well. For Henrie's apparently limited information, newspapers greater than the Daily Collegian have been called some very dirty names. Edi torials express opinion. If that opinion is at odds with some reader's and if that reader gets excited enough about the topic then he very well may call some names—nasty ones, too. This is a criticism? Many times it's gratifying to know that your editorials are generating controversy. His third criticsm was that the editorials re flect an ignorance of the facts. At last a valid criticism with which we can grapple. We thought it was never coming. Many people on campus refer to Collegian staffers as being the most informed students. This seems natural. Collegian's unique position would seem to warrant that statement. The bulk of the editorials are written by seniors who have been on the paper, in most cases, for four years. This would seem to show that the writer is pretty well-informed. One point which was made in the report, however, interested us very much. That was the student editor's relation with student govern ment. The report suggested that the editor should not be a member of the student govern ment group. This idea is definitely worth some thought. However, when he started the report we hoped something of benefit would turn up. Aside from his one point which doesn't par ticularly pertain to the actual workings of the paper, the report was filled with generalities which contributed nothing to anyone and seemed to serve only one purpose. Thai is: to give an organization a chance to get its licks in at a newspaper which for some time has opposed its very existence on this campus. It may have done this thing at the price of a loss of the rest of the small vestiges of prestige which remain with the local organ ization. pression there are still ignorant people who believe that freedom is dangerous. Dr. Paz stated that "Those who fear freedom - are also freedom's enemies. There are govern ments in the Americas that do not deny liberty —they merely do not understand it.. There are short sighted rulers who want to reduce the mission of the press, not realizing that the press is essential to the formation of public opinion which alone can make democracy ef fecti ye." We hold that by these standards the press owes its prime allegiance to the moral beliefs and ethics of those who comprise it. It is the_ responsibility of the press and the press only to foster these high qualities. For a campus newspaper to condone suppres sion of legitimate fact by any group related to the university we believe violates the ethics of our profession. To alter our beliefs or stands on any issue concerning the welfare of the student body—whether minor or major— is to shirk our moral responsibilities. The university newspaper cannot and should not be the proponent of any particular point of view—either student or administration. The students who clamor that they do not favor or agree with a stand taken by the paper and the administrations which attempt to control the news which goes into the paper fail to see the objectives of the newspaper profession. Dr. Paz stressed that the measure of a coun try's greatness is evident in relation to its press. In the same manner the measure of a univer sity's greatness can be seen in its relation to its press. Only with a free press can a university set into practice the concepts it teaches.. Zahm Yet the OlympicS has been doomed since the sickening journalists qf the world decided to keep national scores. Is this ethical, just, or sensible? What chanCe has a Thailand against aUnited States? Obviously, it this were the objective of the competition, how many coun tries would consider their chances worth an entry? ".Which country won the. Olympics?" What a ridiculous question. What a distortion of sports manship. When will you realize, most reverend lords of the press, that the men in Melbourne were athletes, not .politicians, and that you of the 20th Century lack the maturity and ideals of -men who lived thousands' of years ago? You hive quenched the Olympic torch with foul ink. —Matthew Hobble:tea Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, not necessarily the Pair', of the paper, the stodent body, or the Univeraite. —The Editor Little Man on Campus /r. / - Ne • op.A giNv;oF f 010 carar of HST <AsJung 2.04 6.6.1 f fem4A.olo Pig 0406042. ,q4ll 41' illgT4fa r 5. ta r • Wtti / 'd.r.....•`' .1 iI I 1 t I er—l said the test would be over class discussions.' "Reme From Here By Ed Dubbs Christmas Presents Although it's getting pretty late, I have just begun mak ing out my Christmas gift list. Deciding what to give the persons on the list is quite a problem, but finding the money to buy the gifts is a bigger one. Here's what I'm giving and/or would like to give the persons on the list: Becky Zahm, Collegian copy editor who became famous by feudinc , with a campus magazine, a life subscrip- tion to Froth. Ron Casarella, Froth editor, a new pair of scis- sors and a new paste pot. President Eric A. Walker, top a dmin istrative tennis player, a tennis ball. Mildred A. Ba ker, director of Food Service, a cook book. President Dwight D. Eisen hower, a book, "How to Enjoy the Presidency When You're Too Old' to Play Golf," by Harry Tru man. Elmer "Skip" Wareham, in structor of Music 5, music appre ciation course, an Elvis Presley record. All-University Cabinet, that group of student leaders seeking "appreciation" a Supreme Court. Fraternity and Independent men, more places to park. Judith Hance, Education Coun cil president, a book of Roberts' Rules of Parliamentary Proce dure. Rip Engle, football coach, a bowl bid next year and a new crying towel. Pearl 0. Weston, dean of wo men, holiday spirit. Sue Conklin, Collegian man aging editor, a bodyguard. . Ossian R. MacKenzie, the ath letic dean of the College of Busi ness Administration, a striped pair of Bermuda shorts. Dr. Ruth C. Silva, associate professor of political science, Truman's Memoirs. - Dr. Frank J. Sorauf, assistant professor of political science, a used "I -Like-Ike" button. • Steve Fishbein. WMAJ's pro.: fessor of Groovology 54, a new, joke book. C. V. Tummer and Clyde Klutz, famous campus personalities, kicks in .the. rear.. . The Corner Room. something unusual. ' • - Everyone, a merry holiday season. • People, influenced by radio and television and such statements as "the fighting city editor," Often see the newspaper .business nothing more than-one thrilling experience after another. -- I Believe me, it is far from that. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1956 by Biblet Wednesday night and early yesterday morning Dave Bavar, Collegian photography editor, and I spent a chilly, damp night in the woods with - a search party out for a lost hunter. To some this may sound like fun, tramping through the foggy Huntingdon County mountains of mud and underbrush, but not to Bavar and rne. It wouldn't have been so bad if we would have gotten a good story, but we never found the guy! Bavar, incidentally, fell in a creek. camera and all. Student Injured In Auto Crash Kermit Yearick, junior in ani mal husbandry from Mill Hall, received cuts on his head and right knee Wednesday in an acci dent on Route 45 one mile south west of State College. Yearick drove off a side road near the Little League ball park onto Route 45 and hit a car driven by James L. Harpster of Pine Grove Mills, police said. Harpster was treated for face cuts. Both victims were treated by a State College physician. Damage was $7OO to Harpster's car and $lOO to Yearick's car. Holiday Dance Planned By Lancaster Alumnae The University Alumnae Club of Lancaster County will hold its annual Christmas Formal at 10 p.m. Dec. 28 in . the Hotel Mims . ; wick ballrooth. Wally Spotts' orchestra will play for the.dance. • Admission is $5 a couple. All proceeds will go to a scholarship fund. - Reservations may be made by notifying Bernard Baymiller at Sigma Chi fraternity. Students Needed Oil Cans Early University studerkts . were advised to bring with thema cir= pet, mirror, washbowl, pitcher, pail, broom, lamp, and oil can. Tonigtit on WDFM $l.l MEGACYCLF.S C.:SS ._________ Sits Wit -- 711$ ' - Coutamporart . 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