PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Make the Smile Bigger Probably one of the happiest Penn Stale students this Christmas will be Larrv Sharp—although during the last two months lie has had some pretty bad luck. Since his fall from the Rec Hall trampoline Oct. 11. the costs of special rehabilitation care have been mount* tag. The hospital bills are expected to run anywhere from 525.000 to $30,000. The University carries no insurance covering a student injured in an accident so the hospital expenses will have to be met by the Sharp family. University students, we hope, will come to the rescue. "A-Chnstmas-Gift-for-Larry” drive began yesterday and will continue until next Sunday. All-University Cabinet strung the first coins onto the Christmas tree by contributing SlOO. Soon after the announcement The Daily Collegian received three con tributions from an alumnus, a friend and a civic club who learned about It from him. They were just people who felt sorry for Larry and wanted to help. Now money is being collected from individual students, campus and town groups, fraternities, sororities, parents or anyone who would like to contribute. At the present lime Sharp has no use of his right hand and little use of the left one. However. Dr. Alfred H. Griess, of the University Health Service, said it is too •arly to say anything definite about his recovery. Griess said Nov. 20 that “we will begin to despair if he makes no signs of recovery by Jan. 13, three months from the accident. Larry's recovery will only be possible with the help of •perl care and therapy. But University students can help make the expert care and therapy possible. The drive couldn't have come at a better time of the year. Everyone is looking forward to a happy holiday season and maybe each will feel extra benevolent toward * fellow student who had some bad luck. Editorials era wriiioa by iha editors and stall members of Th« Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent the views of the University or of the student body. A Studem-Opcraicd. Newspaper ©he latly (CoUegtan Successor :o The Fret Lance, ext 1887 FiUUhrd T*»e*4»* (brooch Sttcrdi* oernini dttriai the (.'diversity ffir. Tbs Dolly CsUtfbii m • newspaper. Entered os second-class natter Joly 5. ltS4 l( tb- Collect. Pa. Post Otfics ondei the act of March 3. 1571. tun taMriln fiwi II.M p«r rnntn t&.H p*i rtn ED DUBBS. Edilor BTAKF THIS ISSUE: Nicfet Edito-. Ralph Manna: Copy Editor, Mary Kelly: Aasia-j t*»U» Mary Fran Owiey. Carn.rlU LaSpada, Noal Friedman, Xhaoe Hock, Sandy Biha t* Bobbie Toaa, Lucy Thiewto, Jim Moran, Barbara Lute?. j STEVE HIGGINS. Bus. Mgr. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA —Photo Courtesy Dtnville New* All-University Cabinet SIQO Thompson Hall, second floor ss® Association of Independent Men $5O Women’s Stndrnt Government Association - t lIS Omieron Delta Kappa 925 Eugene Cramley, Praaident of the Alumni Association $l5 Milton. Pa., Liar* Club 910 Howard Bolen, Philadelphia $5 Total Gifts may b* tamed in at tha As sociated Student Activities office, 292 Hetzel I’nion. Checks are to be made payable to the Interclass Budret System. Please note on the check that the money is for Larry. Gazette American Society for Metals, 7:30 p.m. MS Auditorium Collegian Business Staff, 6:S(J p.m., 202 i Willard Collegian Promotion Staff, 6:30 p.m., 209 Willard Delta No Alpha. 1 p.m., HUB parking lot Hillel Intermediate Hebrew, 7 p.m.. Foun- dation Ilitiel Yiddish. 7 p.m.. Foundation Newman Club. 7 p.m., 10 Sparks Outing Club Field and Stream Division, 7 p.m., 317 Willard Penn State Players Advertising Crew*, 7 p.m., Schwab Vesper Service, 4 :S0 p.m.. Chapel WSGA Judicial Board. 5 p.m.. 213 HUB Wesley Choir Rehearsal, 7 p.m., foundation Young Engineering Teachers, 7:30 p.m.. IU6 Mechanical Building Liberal Arts Seniors La Vie pictures, last Penn State Photo Shop vidual appointments are necessary. Cosmic Rays, film, 3:10 p.m.. 110 Osmond Engineering and Architecture Student Council. 7 p.m., 217 HUB South Africa: Its Tensions and Problems, 7:30 p.m.. 11l Boucke TONIGHT ON WDFM 6:45: Sign on. news and market reports; 7:00: The Home Ec. show: 7:15: Folk Musie; 7:50: State news and national sports; 8:00: Invitation to Relax: 8:00: Open to Question: 9:00: Campus news and sports; 9:15: As You Believe; 9:50: Cabi net Reports: 11:00: National and inter national news: 11:05: This World of Musie: 11:30.: News and sign-off. Eng Prof Invited To India Congress Dr. Norman Davids, professor of engineering mechanics, has been invited to attend the third National Congress of Applied Mechanics Dec. 24-26 at the In dian Institute of Science in Bang alore, India.. He will present a paper on pene tration waves in plates. The trip is being sponsored jointly by the University and the Office of Ordnance Research. Profs Speak on Training '• Harold P. Zelko, professor of .speech, and Robert G. Weaver, Itraining coordinator, recently ! spoke to the Central Pennsylvania jChapter of the American Society |of Training Directors in Harris ‘burg on the subject of “Training lin Communications.’* as? . I ■wmm-0 ;i Gifts for Larry *:so TODAY no indi- Safety Valve Support Sought For Declaration TO THE EDITOR: We live such an isolated life in our comfortable communities that it is hard to visualize the “other side of the tracks” in a one-world world.; Certainly, endeavor to help us 1 know and care about the situation in South Africa is worth drawing! to the attention of the readers of: The Daily Collegian. * j Four out of five persons, by i govsrnment law, are condemned : if they commit the crime of 1 worshiping with while citizens, of mixing in the hospitals, of trying to vole, to strike, to bar- j gain collectively, to travel, or to seek work. All this in their own country that still claims support of the U.N. with its Declaration of Hu man Rights! Alarmed that such conditions continue in 1958, but even more alarmed that they continue without a clear word of protest by citizens of the world, and especially of this nation, some , groups in Stale College and at the campus have organized a I public meeting. At 7:30 tonight in 111 Boucke Building, Dr. Edmund S. Brun-I ner, world kown sociologist of Columbia University, will analyze; the tensions and problems of South Africa. Let's not have the "intelli gentsia" of Slate College be silent as their colored neighbors in South Africa suffer unbeliev able injustices. Let's not leave it to engineered opinion from Russia to be the only clearly heard voice of protest. Let’s support the meeting and 1 the Declaration tonight and dem onstrate that our concern to learn is real. • Letter cut —Hal Leiper, Associate Director, University Christian Association Misquotes Claimed On Yule Extension TO THE EDITOR: As a former? member of The Daily Collegian 1 editorial staff, I realize the dif-1 ficulty in accurately covering a ’meeting. However, this difficulty does not justify misquotations in news articles. i With regard to the current question of the Christmas holi day extension. The Daily Col legian has twice misquoted me (Nov. 22. and Dec. 6). I did not say at the Cabinet meeting of Nov. 21, that my Teason for op posing fhe motion asking for an extension of the Christmas holi day was that I considered an attempt for a vacation extension futile. I emphatically stated that Cab inet should never use the philos ophy of passing only' what. it knows it can get, since this would deteriorate Cabinet to a rubber 1 stamp organization. ! The reason was advanced that it. would be dangerous to drive back to school on Jan. 2, for classes the! next day. Since no statistics were! offered, I could not see that it] would be more dangerous to drivel back on Thursday Jan. 2, than! on Sunday Jan. 5. i The other reason advanced I was to vote for what the stu- 1 dents wanted. I also would like j to stay home for an extra three j days; I also would like (and I { am sure a majority of Penn ! / CHARUE BROWN, DEAR HS. CLAUS...KCENTiy SO£ „ /IF I DICTATE A OF AW FRiBIDS AND I WERE i LETTER. WILL VO) SITTINS AROUND TALMAS OWEN || NATJRAUY WE BESAN TO WONDER 1 WHAT'S THE A/ tTJj HARD HOW YOU are, and what you mtter.cha&ie uriteid® W& HAVE Bc=N DOING ALLTHESE ' 'BROWN? J/V NAUSEATED.' i \/2-n j TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1957 Slate students would want) no eight o'clock classes, a thousand dollar scholarship . . . etc. How ever, merely wanting something is not sufficient justification, for requesting it from University officials. Last year the holiday vacation was extended to avoid the'neces sitv of students driving back on New Year's day. Student govern ment had a good reason for ask ing for an extension (high acci dent rate on a holiday) and we got one. The circumstances are obviously not the same this year. Again I say that your paper, bearing the motto “For a Better Penn State," must assume the i ethical responsibility of factual reporting. Opinions are for the editorial page; remember the oth er Collegian motto, “accuracy.” —Joe Boehret (Editor's Note: As a former staff member, Mr. Boehret should realize that he was not quoted directly. The reporter paraphrased his statements, which, in essence, boiled down to what was reported.) Is Cabinet a Tool Of Administration? TO THE EDITOR: In the past few ' days many articles have appeared 'in The Daily Collegian concern ing the extension of the Christmas ; recess. Through these articles a question has arisen in my mind: [Does student government at Penn State really represent the students or is it a tool of the administra 'tion? Many of the leaders in stu dent government have opposed a proposal which is favored, I feel, by most of the students on this campus. They have re jected it because they feel that it would not be approved by the administration. Is this what we. the students desire? In my mind it is not. It is the obligation of the All- University Cabinet members to support this proposal 100 per cent; they were elected to rep resent us, let them do it or see that someone is placed in office who will. We need effective leadership and those who do not give it to us now should get on the ball or get out of office because we, the stu dents, will not stand for it! —Tom Althouse, *6l Student Opinion Asked On Extending Vacation iTO THE EDITOR: President Walker has left the door open for the student body to express its j interest in the 3-day Christmas [vacation extension. He could not jhave made a fairer decision. It remains for us to accept the invitation and to prove through our student councils and the deans of the colleges that we want this extension for good reasons . . . —Robert Laßar, *59 • Letter cut (Editor's Note: Mr. Laßar ap peared before Cabinet fo speak in favor of the proposed exten sion. He emphasized the dangers of traveling close to the holi day.) Guided Missile Course Completed by Eng Prof [ Robert F. Marboe, associate pro cessor of engineering research and ’assistant director of the Ordnanca 'Research Laboratory, has com ipleted a 2-week course on Guided Missiles sponsored by the Navy Bureau of Ordnance in Washing ton, D.C. Marboe is a commander in tha Navy Reserve.
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