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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings daring
the University year, The
Daily Collegian is a stadent
operated newspaper.
$3.00 per semester SLIM per rear
. i Ie a " t I e 0 r •
MIKE MOYLE. Editor
Mgr.; Joan Wallace, Asst. Local Adv. Mgr.; George Sham-
Sac Conklin. otanaging Editor; Ed Dobbs, City Editor; Fran bough, National Adv. Mgr.: Marilyn Elias. Promotion Mgr.:
Fanueri, Sports Editor; Becky 7.ahnt. Copy Editor; Evie Drum, Anne Caton and David Poses, Co-Circulation Mgrs.; Jo Fulton.
Assistant Copy Editor; Vince Carucci, Assistant Sports Editor: Personnel Mgr.: Harry Yaverbaurn. Office Mgr.: Barbara
Pat Hunter. Features Editor: Dave Boyar. Photography Editor. Shipman. Classified Ad Mgr.; Roth Howland. Sec.; Jana
Deanne Sonia Asst Bus. Mgr.: Steve Biggins. Local Adv.
Groff. Research and Records Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Lianne Cordero; Copy Editor, Pat O'Neill; Wire Editor, Dick Fisher;
Assistan•.s, Judy Harkison, Ralph Manna, Denny Malick, Mary Cowley, Anne Ruthrauff, Pam Cham
berlain, Bill Jaffe.
Law-breakers and Injustice
The college newspaper's obligations to indi
vidual student was brought to our attention
yesterday when two students came into the
office complaining about what they felt was a
miscarriage of justice.
It seems that a very good friend of the two
had a run-in with the borough police and had
been fined by the justice of the peace.
The two students were of the feeling that the
Daily Collegian had distorted the real truth
about the story and had injured to some extent
the reputation of the young man (a freshman).
That we did this, is perhaps a counter-distor
tion on the part of the complaining parties.
HoWeyer, we feel that the entire situation which
exists between students and the downtown offi
cials is one which needs comment.
One of the two students asked the inevitable
question about printing names. We then ex
plained that we always print the names of stu
dent offenders when they are arrested by bor
ough police. These matters are on public record
and usually appear in the Centre Daily Times.
The two also gave us the story that their
friend was walking along S. Atherton St. when
he was accosted by a group of about five men
whom he judged to be non-students. These
men asked him for his wallet. He took out his
wallet, according to the two, complaining stu
dents, and then attempted to run away. The dis
turbance which followed brought the police who
were immediately told by the five men that
they were being bothered by the lone student.
The student ' s friends went on to say that he
was arrested on charges that he was on another
person's property illegally. They added that he
told this same story to Justice of the Peace Guy
Mills and that Mills believed him and allowed
him to get off with a $5 fine.
Mills said yesterday afternoon, however, that
he remembers the case perfectly and that he
fined the student $lO and $11.50 costs. Mills
said that he was told no such story as the two
Senate: OK Final Exemptions
The University Senate today will hear a vide an incentive for students to study through
recommendation for changing the amendment out the course rather than just cramming for
concerning final exam exemptions. the final. We believe that in the long run it
At present a student must have the approval would make for better students than the pres
of the head of the department and the dean of ent system which places so much stress on one
the college in order to be exempted from a final. exam, or on one exam and a couple of bluebooks.
If the new amendment is accepted if will allow We appreciate the fact that the University
a student with a "B" or better average to be must make things constantly harder academical
exempted with only the instructors permission. ly since it will be forced to become more and
. We hope that Senate will find it advisable more selective in choosing its students. We feel
to pass the suggested amendment. It is more that a system of having honor students exempted
lenient and will give the professors more leeway from finals will improve the academic atmos
in handling students. phere and help to select the real students and
Perhaps it will not immediately make final not just the crammers.
exemption for honor students or honor seniors The suggested amendment will not directly
practical, but it will at least make it possible to encourage an honor exemption system, but we
try this out and see if they might not be feasible. hope that it will allow some experimentation
A system whereby students are encouraged in the area.
to keep high grades throughout the course is We hope the Senate finds it practical to ap
better by far than one which encourages "cram- prove the suggested amendment;
ming" for finals. An honor system would pro- —Sue Conklin
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Phys Ed Council
Nominations Open
Monday will be the last day
I'or nominations for the Physical
Education Student Council.
Nominees are named by an
elections committee, but a stu
dent may nominate himself by
submitting a petition bearing 15
signatures.
One male and one female rep
resentative will be elected from
each class. Elections will be held
April 11 and 12 in the physical
education blocks.
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Dr. Joseph H. Britton, associate
professor of child development
and family relationships, will par
ticipate in a meeting of the So
ciety for Research in Child De
velopment of the State Univers
ity of lowa, in lowa City, today
through Saturday.
He will also attend a council
meeting on the Multi-University
Training Institute in Social Ger
ontology at the University of
Michigan on April 12 and 13, in
Ann Arbor.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
students told us. He added that the student was
liable for up to a $lOO fine and that the student's
father accompanied him at the hearing.
Not where the story about the five men and
the attempted holdup came from we don't know.
However, the whole episode serves-as an ex
cuse for The Daily Collegian to clarify a few
points about such stories and the treatment we
give them.
The two who were indignant about the mat
ter said that we had a duty to the students and
that we shouldn't print half-truths which tend
to injure the reputation of individual students.
In this they are correct. However, we can't
be expected to either have reporters covering
every street corner in the borough looking for
students' possible scrapes with-the law so that
we can get the full story. Also we can't have
someone covering every hearing held by the
Justice of the Peace. These hearings are held
without our knowledge and tend to be irregular
and informal—unlike official court proceedings
where a judge presides.
Thus we have to obtain our news from the
police and the justice of the peace_ Essentially
the Centre Daily Times does the same.
What these students were asking was for us
to believe their story which conflicted directly
with that told us by the Justice of the Peace.
He told us that the student in question even
admitted being on the fire escape of a downtown
roominghouse.
Now this student may or may not have done
the things with which he was charged. We have
no way of knowing this except for the word
of the police.
In cases like this the news which we print
must, of a necessity, come from law enforcement
officials. Thus we feel that no injustices are
being done students when news of their arrests
by borough police is printed.
WATER BALLET REHEARSAL, all swimmers, 6:45 p.m.,
White Hall pool .
University Hospital
Bette Dingman, Frederick Condon. Donald Daum. Nor.
man Garofano. Marjorie Heaater. Carl Hoffman. Patricia
Kelly. Margaret King. Richard Liedy. John Marshall. Audrey
Mayberry. George Nagorny. William Nelson, Richard Poole,
George Sellers. Valerie Sigelen, Ira Starer, Beverly Thom+.
son.
lEProf Will Attend
Automation Session
Chester Linsky, assistant pro
fessor of industrial engineering,
will represent the United States
at the International Automation
Conference in Paris next week.
Linsky was chosen as consultant
at the conference because of his
experiencg in training engineers
to adapt automation programs.
At the conference he will out
line the automation program at
the University and report on de
velopments in automation.
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers.
not necessarily the policy
of the paper. the student
body, or the University.
—The Editor
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Interpreting the News
Nasser Continues-
Stalling Tachcs
Associated Press News Analyst
Secretary John Foster Dulles may have put his finger
on something which will be a recurring factor in negotiations
for a Suez Canal settlement.
He points out that the latest Egyptian suggestions are
unacceptable only because of a few phrases which might be
due to a poor choice of language.
The language may also have
been deliberate.
President Nasser says the ca
nal question can be settled when
the Israeli question is settled.
That can be read to mean he in
tends to hold out for an over
all agreement.
Nasser has seen the effect of
international pressure on Israel
in connection with last fall's "de
fensive invasion," when the im-1
mediate interests of the Western
Powers were submerged in order
to ward off a threat to world
peace.
He may believe the West to be
so interested in the canal ques
tion that more pressure will be
put on Israel to settle again, if
he can just evade and hold out
long enough.
Nasser demands that Israel
be put behind a clearly-defined
demarcation line, since she has
ignored the original UN-defined
boundaries, with guarantees
from the major powers that any
expansionist m o re will be
scotched.
He also demands that Israel ad
mit responsibility for the Arab
refugees from Palestine, either
permitting them to return to their
'former homes or recomposing
them.
Both of these demands are in,
line with United Nations resolu
tions. Nasser, having acted with
out ethics in the Suez case, and
having adopted a Hitlerian pro
gram of expansion for himself,
now tries to invoke the aid of the
angels.
Dulles - gave Nasser a clear
warning, however, that "a great
deal" of Egypt's future depends
on • how she acts now with re
gard to Suez. He did not lie that
remark in with any reference to
Israel. Nor did he threaten eco
THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1957
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By J. M. ROBERTS
nomic sanctions. He hoped to
avoid them. 'But—
The truth is that Nasser doesn't
have much time. Egypt's economy
is coming apart at a rapid rate.
As it does, political opposition
rises.
Outing Group
Plans Election
The Outing Club will elect of
ficers at 7 tonight in the Hetzel
Union auditorium.
Nominated for president are
Charles Freed, senior in metal
lurgy from Schenectady, N.Y., and
Alfred Reeves, junior in agricul
ture from Villanova.
Other nominations are: Deborah
Dane, vice president; Virginia
Lewis, Mary Lou Bieber, corres
ponding secretary; Ann Craig,
Margaret Fowler, recording sec
retary; and Ann O'Toole, treas
urer.
Nominations for the divisions
the club are:
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Edward Klein and Joseph Mc-
Cahon field and stream president;
and Robert Howe, Carl Frederick
and Terry Evans, ski division
president.
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