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Editorials
The Core of a University
Penn State mu .t become a university in reality as well
as in name. This, in itself, is a difficult challenge.
• But to do this, at a time when U must also grow,and
expand to meet the increasing enrollments makes this one
of the greatest challenges ever to face the University.
Lawrence E. Dennis, vice president for academic affairs.
writing in the latest issue of the Alumni News, says:
.. the indictment which the Middle States team made,
above all others was that Penn State was failing as a uni- .
versity to educate all of its students in the basic arts and
sciences. Asserting that the University has 'traditionally
subordinated the values of liberal education to those of tech
nical and professional training and competence,' the report
urged Penn State to 'pursue relentlessly and at an accelerated
pace the philosophy which emphasizes that one must become
a generalist before one can properly practice as a specialist,
that one must be able to appreciate spiritual values before
one can appreciate the practical business of living.' "
Mr. Derma goes on:
"Only by an organization that puts the arts and science
units at the heart of the university by a program that pro
vides basic general education in the arts and sciences for
all students regardless of their field of specialization, will
Penn State (in the judgment of the Middle States team) be
able to fulfill its mission as the major state university in
the East and one of the great state universities in the
country."
In his inaugural address, President Eric A. Walker.
stressed this need for a broad education for all students.
"The educated man," he said, "is one who is at home in
his time and place. Today this... . . certainly include(s) some
knowledge in the physical sciences, of the biological and so
cial sciences, and the arts and humanities. It would certainly
include the ability to communicate by listening and under
standing, by reading and writing. It would certainly include
the ability to think in quantitsive terms. It would certainly
include the ability to understand the arts, music, painting
and sculpture, and our literature, and to seek beauty and
truth in them."
But we would be happier if he had gone one step further,
as the accreditation report did, and said something to this
.effect:
In order to become a great university and to offer a
broad education to all students, Penn State must place in
central focus the College of the Liberal Arts, for around
It centers the atmosphere for a great university.
Blue Band Steals the Show
The Blue - Band has almost been stealing the show from
the teams at both football games this fall.
The half-time performanCes have drawn a great deal of
applause from the spectators and many students said Satur
day that it was the best show they had seen in three years.
Contributing to the trend of the University's "culture
renaissance," the band played the enacted bits from various
operas.
The entire performance toolc on a lighthearted swing—
from the stumbling lion-bride in,"Lohengrin" to the heel
clicking trombonist in the "William Tell Overture."
The Blue Band spends many, many hours preparing
for a single performance but it's worth the time when it
produces one of the finest college bands In the country.
Editorials are written by the editors and staff members
of The Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent
the views of the University or of the student body.
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Safety Valve
'lmprovement'
Bothers Reader
TO THE EDITOR: Several weeks
ago the Collegian carried an ar
ticle describing in glowing terms
the - improvement' in telephone
service (more telephones per stu
dents) in the dormitories this fall.
As a resident of Hamilton Hall
both last year and this year, I
have failed to notice any improve
ment. -
Most of the calls made from
Hamilton Hall are to town, long
distance, or to extensions of
Adams 8-5051. Last year town
and long distance calls could be
made from any extension. Now
the would-be caller has to
search for one of the too-few
pay phones which hide in dark
corners here, there, and else
where—mostly elsewhere. The
regular phones will no longer
handle these calls.
Furthermore, last year calls to
extension of Adams 8-5051 could
be made by simply asking for the
extension desired. Now one must
dial "8" and during the evenings
and other Peak calling periods he
is almost invariably rewarded
.vith a busy signal.
There may be more phones
here than last year, but so what
—you can't get anyone on
them! Just who are the author
; ities handling telephone service
trying to improve things for?
. If for some unexplained reason
Hamilton Hall and a few other
dormitories must have Adams 8-
8441 extensions while the rest of
the residence halls have Adams
'B-5051 extensions, the least we de
'serve is a sufficient number of
tie-lines between them.
Gazette
TODAY
Accounting Club, 7 p.m., Mineral Industries
Auditorium
Butine.s Ad Seniors. LaVie pictures. 9
p.m.. Penn State Photo Shop
Book Exchange- 7 p.m.. 214-233 HUB.
Campus Party Publicity Committee, 7 p.m.,
216 HUB
Engineering Student Council, 7 p.m., 217
Hetzel Union
Freshmen Interested In Rushlna. 7:20 p.m..
also 6:30 p.m.. film. "A Toast to our
Brothers:' 11111 Ormond
Sacco/ Service, 7 p.m., Xidduah in
the Succah
Industrial Educational Society. 8:00 p.m.,
Lambda Chi Alpha
International Relations Club. 7 p.m.. panel,
- The Eisenhower Doctrine and the &Hi
die East CriSis. '•lounge of Helen Eakin
Eisen bower Chapel
Marketing Club, 7 :39 p.m., Beta Theta Pi
fraternity
Neu-faun Club. 5:60 p.m.. lecture by Prof
Case. JO4 Program Center
Nittany Grotto, 7:00 p.m.,
Industries
Philosophy Club, 7 :30 p.m:, 200 HUB
Pi Lambda Sigma. 8 p.m.. 211 Willard
Theta Sigma Phi, 8:U0 p.m., Simmons Hall,
back study lounge
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niversitp Hospital
Jack Adkins. Robert Barovich. Janet Bea
ban, Hugh Bolen. Bernard Buhl. Philip
Butler, Howard Coleman, Michael Con-I
takes, Gunnar Cipei, Franklin Dippery,l
Dennison Fairchild. Donald Gardner, Ron-',
ald Genovese, John (OaCola. Wayne Hilin-1
ski. Edward Kikla. John Kuklis, Rochelle,
Laderruan, Mercedes Mores, James Pecora. ,
Juan Rives.... Michael Rosenbloom, Donald
Rudolph, Charles Semian. Alice Shields,
Ronald Smith, Kenneth Updergrove, Ed:
ward Wonders, Valentin Worona, Michael'
Zbailey, Michael Willard, Alex Gonyias,
Sally Wenner, Martha Harrison. Mary
I Fuqua. Robert Warner. Dennis Rose. Bar
bara Hale. Ronald James. James Welsh,
liorace Crosby, Stanley Katzman, Francis
Levendosky, Barton Schwartz, Judith Da
vis, Joseph Stezelberger. Richard Nicholls,
Mary Jane Whelen, Mary Giant, Virginia
Trott, Gail Olson, Shirley Abel, George
13cl:ter, Gertrude Hoffman.
6:45: Sign on and news: 7:00: Telephone
Bandstand: 7:50: State News and National
Sports :00: Jou Panorama; 9 :00: Local.
National ■nd World News: 9:15: At Your
Service: 9:30: Music of the People: 10:00:
News: 10:05: Virtuoso: 11:30: News and
Sign-off.
Concert Tickets-
Given to 3290
A total-of 3290 tickets were dis
tributed to students by 5 p.m.
yesterday for the Dave Brubeek
Jazz Concert Oct. 20 at Recreation
Hall.
The 2210 remaining tickets will
be available to students from
9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m."to
3 p.m. today and tomorrow at the
Hetzel Union desk.
Students may obtain tickets
without char g e' by presenting
their activity-identification card
at the desk. Full time graduate
students are also eligible for stu
dent tickets. A list of eligible
graduate students is at the desk.
Five hundred tickets for non
students will go on sale at 9 a.m.
tomorrow. If any of these tickets
are left Friday at noon they will
be available to students from I
that afternoon.. • • • .
—William Bickham Jr.
Class of '6O ,
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By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
One thing Allied diplomats have always feared is that
Russia, once in possession of advanced weapons, would use
them for diplomatic bluffing, regardlesS of whether she in
tended to use them for actual war.
This is beginning to happen. It is a particularly difficult
tactic to meet when used by a na
tion which more than once in his
tory has exhibited the tendencies
of an outlaw.
It is not, of course, a tactic
directly produced by Russia's
acquisition of new arms. She
has been using it all the time
merely by threatening the use
of force while the rest of the
world pleaded for peace.
It pow takes on new vigor,
however, as Nikita Khrushchev
warns Turkey, West Germany,
the United States and everyone
in general.
Khrushchev talks of peaceful
coexistence, disarmament, inter
national control of space missiles
and the like—on Russia's terms.
To the United States he says
that she can have peace if she
will quit basing her policv
the belief that Communist re
, gimes in Russia, Red China and
elsewhere can be destroyed.
Not a word about Russia drop
ping international communism as
a weapon of expansion and a
.means of overthrowing democrat
ic regimes.
Instead, Khrushchev repeats the
old Molotov thesis, that in a war
between communism and capital
ism, communism would win
through the acquisition of support
from noncommitted peoples.
This is one of Khrushchev's
constantly recurring themes.
Yet there are spots in the Ber-
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their ways."
so set inn
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lin speech and in his interview
with James Reston of the New
York Times when he appears
to be thinking a little more
soberly about the need for
avoiding war entirely.
One thing which emphasizes
Russia's intent to rely heavily on
the is-it-a-bluff-or-isn't-it tactic
in her- diplomatic relations is
Khrushchev's accusation that the
United States has been using' it.
Charges against others frequently
reveal what Russia is doing her
self.
It is only to be expected that
Russia will seek to extract
every possible propaganda pro
fit out of her temporary satel
lite leadership.
You can always count on the
Communists to take all the joy
out of anything which should
stand for human achievement.
With them, everything has to play
a role in ideological if not in -ac
tual warfare.
Professor Will Address
Biology Society Tonight
Dr. Edwin L. Cooper, associate
professor of zoology, will speak
to the Phi Sigma Society, biology
fraternity, at 7:30 tonight in 113
Frear.
His topic will be "Fishery Re
search and Management."
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