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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.
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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.’*
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Gifts for Larry
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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
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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
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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.