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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Mary Kelly; Copy Editors, Denny Malick, Lynn Ward; Wire
Editor, Dave Fineman; Assistants, Tom Beadling. Ric Wolpert, Barb Stone, Bobbi Levine, Joan
Bransdorf.
Should College Football Be Deemphasized?
The Daily Collegian today prints an editorial debate: “Should football be deemphasized?” As one
of the guest editorials points out, this is the season football gets the brickbats. When the players are
on the gridiron in the fall, football is praised.
The problem will probably never be solved. There’s a similar problem at Penn State. But here
it could possibly be: “Should football be given more emphasis?”
One thing that needs to be pointed out that neither editorial mentions: that football usually has
to support most of the other sports. And losing teams, of course, don’t raise the gate receipts winning
teams do.
The editorials are from the daily newspapers at Michigan State College and the University of
Washington.
Big-Time Football Here to Stay
It is now open season on football players. unrewarding. They were important to people
Complaints against college football, rather sub- sick at home and in the hospitals,
dued before the roar of thousands of happy.. . . Many of Michigan’s staunchest supporters
fans during the football season, are now bios- are those whose only identity with the-Uni
soming forth in their faithful annual appearance. versity is through the football team.
... „ ... For a number of vears now, this university
The one cure suggested this year for this ~ others have made extensive moves
“monster” of the campus is the same one pro- f*
posed last year and the year before that -and rortainiv h -th<» P niihlir-~haFthe mw'
the year before that. It is. of course, deemphasis. S^Mhe college. Y 1 P
However, there are some good reasons why
college football should and will stay basically
the way it is now.
For one thing, it provides a large dose of
happiness for a large number of people. Last
season an all-time high of 586,033 people saw
Michigan home games.
Few, if any, were forced to listen. The Sun
day papers carried extensive word and picture
accounts of the games.
Few, if any, were forced to read.
The people went, listened and read because
they liked the 1956 brand of college football.
• Interest on campus was so high that even a
pep rally drew thousands of students. It is clear
ly evident that no other organization or event
on campus comes close to matching football in
interest. No other event so binds the student
body together. No other event so moves emo
tion that a few cry in victory and in defeat.
Not only were the games important to the
zludenls and alumni but to thousands of citi
zens who have never attended the University
nor attended a Michigan game. They were ex
citing to many whose daily work is boring and
Supremacy: Ball or Book?
What is this mysterious monster called “foot
ball”? Qnce it was a sport, but now it is much
more. We see the results of its presence in nearly
every phase of campus life. From classroom to
extra-curricular activities to its effect on the
other sports it has unlimited ramifications.
What was the most crushing blow the Uni
versity received last year? It was not the loss
of some outstanding professors. The Pacific
Coast Conference penalty was the worst thing
that ever happened—judging from student re
action. Of course, the injustice of the inclusion
of all sports in the penalty was seen imme
diately. For football was the only guilty one.
Is this an “institution of higher learing,” or an
institution for the purpose of furthering the
cause of football? In view of the emphasis
placed on success in football, along with a lack
of emphasis on success in scholarship, it seems
the field of studies exists only as a front to hide
the main purpose of the University—that of
attracting players for the field of football.
This is not fair to the -many thousands of
students who come here looking for an educa
tion. Football is not education. But football
players are the heroes of the campus, although
Culture Comeback?
A bigger and better Lantern, the University
literary magazine, is hoping for a bigger and
better welcome -from students, today as the
second issue of the year goes on sale.
The May’issue is unique since it is the first
time that a college publication will contain a
3-color-original painting.
Seventeen “free-lance" student writers have
contributed short stories and poetry to the
magazine. This is the creative work of students
not only in liberal arts, but in all the colleges.
It appears that Lantern will not suffer from
the same financial worries that caused more
than a dozen previous culture magazines to fold.
The Lantern, which can be considered one
phase of a culture crusade at the University,
has been largely subsidized by the Liberal Arts
Student Council and other campus groups.
The Lantern, undoubtedly, will continue to
Eng Instructor Awarded Language Prof Assists jßee Journal Presents
Postgraduate Fellowship In Yearbook Publication Merit Paper to Ag Prof
Melvin: A. Wilkov. instructor in Dr. Hugh H. Chapman, assis- Edwin J. Anderson, professor of
Srar^ 1 ”he m Du l Pont Postgrad^ tant professor of romance lan-agriculture, has been awarded a
uate Fellowship in engineering! guages - ® a co-author of the “Bib- certificate of merit by the Amer
mechanics for the 1957-58 aca- ! li°6 ra Phy of Comparative Litera- ican Bee Journal,
demic year. |ture" recently published in the The award cites Anderson for
r Y^,°° k t ° f , Comparative outstanding service to the bee
mechanics, were recently present- ant * General Literature. keeping industry and for basic
ed awards by the Pittsburgh Th® yearbook is a publication contributions to beekeeping lit
council of the American Society of the University of North Caro- erature from which the industry
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
There is no public demand for football de
emphasis. Rather the interest shown would in
dicate that they are generally satisfied with
college football as it now functions.
Furthermore, the realities of the situation
must be faced.
The students, alumni and fans of many large
universities want winning teams. But the sup
ply of good football players is limited. This
desire for top-flight players will continue.
Money will continue to be an inducement for
enrollment.
A college's declaration for purely amateur
football while money is being passed under the
table makes the college a king-sized hypocrite
in the public eye.
As long as money is being paid, let's make
the payment above the table with some attempt
to control the situation.
Football lovers are making no attempt to
destroy or weaken textbooks, music clubs, dra
matic clubs or any other aspect of college life.
Football is an addition to, not a detraction from,
college experience.
Fortunately, big-time college football is not
about to go small-time, nor should it.
—The Michigan Daily
many of them could not stay in school if it were
not for the allowances made by the Administra
tion for their scholastic standing. Is this fair
to the other students who work hard for their
grades?
And is it fair to spend an unreasonable amount
of the students' money to pay the football coach?
Sure, there are many students who enjoy going
to watch a football game. But how can we ex
plain student apathy at the games? Is it because
the students feel they have given financial sup
port to the team and consequently do not feel it
is necessary to give moral support?
We recently completed the process of hiring
a new coach. While this was going on, a pro
fessor of great renown could have been-added
to the University staff and few would have been
aware-of it.
The question is: Does the University exist for
football or does football exist for the University?
It is time we recognize this situation and
work to bring about a better balance between
the two. No, to abolish the sport would not
solve the problem. It is simply a question of
shifting the emphasis.
Gazette
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PHI SIGMA banquet. 6:30 p.m.. Eutaw House.
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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Jack Bowers. Stanley Burd, Glenna Giltrer, John Godayte,
Marie Moran. Richard Neely, Jay Pifer, John Sweeney,
Barbara Whitner, Joyce Bedrava, William Newhouse and
Joan Rapport.
be subsidized until it'reaches a level at which
it can support itself.
On Monday, the poetry magazine “Pivot”
sold more copies than ever before during its
seven years of existence.
Today we hope Lantern will stir up as much,
or more, enthusiasm.
Editorial* represent th«
viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper, the student
body, or the University
—Washnigion Daily
TODAY
—Judy Haxkison
ittle Man on Campus
"Next time, let's take out some abnormal dates."
This Would Disturb
Sleeping in Senate
WASHINGTON, May 14 (/P) Sen. Alexander Wiley,
Wisconsin Republican, is a patient man.
He arrived in the Senate on January 3, 1939. Now, 18
years later, he thinks it’s time he heard what’s going on there.
His proposal seems hardly revolutionary—for any place
except the Senate. Why not put in microphones and loud
speakers, he asked his colleagues,
so that senators can hear what
they’re saying to each other? And
why not do it now, in this session
of Congress?
Working conditions in the
Senate, as Wiley describes
them, are rough.
Consider the plight of a senator
who wants to keep up with the
game and hence listens closely to
the Democratic signal caller, Sen.
Lyndon Johnson.
“Although I sit very close to;
the distinguished majority leaderj
—practically across the aisle from]
him—very often I cannot hear
what he is saying,” Wiley said.
"I know this is not the fault
of my hearing, hut, rather, be
cause our able friend from
Texas has a soft, modulated
voice. When he speaks to the
presiding officer, he speaks in
such soft, calm tones that, un
fortunately. many of us have
real difficulty in hearing him."
Nor is Mr. Johnson the only
soft-talking senator. And, unfor
tunately, some of the soft talkers
sit, not across the aisle, but on the
back row.
And what is the result?
"We do not know what is
going on." Wiley said.
Sen. Jacob K. Javits, New York
Republican, agreed with Wiley,
and, as a member of the Rules
and Administration Committee,
which has charge of such things,
he said he would do what' he
could to get the Senate sound
conditioned.
Javits pointed out that in the
House, where he used’to serve,
microphones have been installed
and the democratic processes have
not been shaken to their founda
tions.
"I believe some great speeches
are made hera." Javits said. "I
should like to hear them."
Yes, and. some pretty good
cracks are made, too.
Shortly after Wiley and Javits
finished, Sen. Willis Robertson,
Virginia Democrat, began dis
cussing Postmaster General Sum
merfield. Robertson, speaking in
his calm, soft, modulated voice,
said he likes Summerfield all
right.
“Far be it from me," Robertson
said, “to speak of him as a Vir
ginia member of Congress spoke
of a bureaucrat in 1825. Times
have. changed: ;I .refer, do John
WEDNESDAY. MAY 15. 1957
By ARTHUR EDSON
Randolph, of Roanoke, who said
of a bureaucrat he did not like:
"His -lind is like the Susque
hanna Flats, naturally poor,
made less fertile by cultivation.
Never has ability so far below
mediocrity been so richly re
warded since Caligula's horse
was named Consul'."
Wiley is right. A senator’s words
—at least from time to time—are
well worth hearing.
Fernelius to Read
Papers at Oxford
Dr. W. Conard Fernelius, pro
fessor and head of the Depart
ment of Chemistry, who is con
ducting research at Oxford Uni
versity under a-Guggenheim Fel
lowship, has been invited to pre
sent more than a dozen papers,
there.
-Dr. Fernelius is conducting re
search on stability of coordination
compounds in solution.
He has addressed various groups
at Oxford and has also presented
papers at other English universi
ties and companies and at tha
Atomic Energy Research Estab
lishment at Harwell.
Faculty Members Attend
Public 'Opinion Conclave
Four faculty members attend
ed the 12th annual conference on
public opinion research held in
Washington, D.C., from Thursday
to Saturday.
They were Dr. Lester Guest,
professor of psychology; Robert
M. Pockrass, assistant professor of
journalism; and Robert E. Sto
ver and Malcolm McNivin, assis
tant professors of psychology.
Chorus fo Hold Picnic
The Women’s Chorus will hold
a picnic at 5 p.m. today in Hort
Woods. Members and invited
guests may attend.
Tonight on WDFM
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