PAGF RjUP
Editorial Opinion
Holding the Bag (of Wind)
Now that the campus politicos are getting in full
swing for the upcoming spring elections, we are glad to
note that after the furor caused by the emergence of two
new splinter parties, things are getting back to normal.
Politicians a la University Park are once more polish
ing up their dusty dictionaries and coming out with all
sorts of verhal floods.
Using glowing adjectives and verbalizing all over the
place, our budding politicos are taking reams of copy to
say nothing. One of the first examples appeared on the
front page of Friday's Collegian.
Vernon Bounds, clique chairman of the Blue and
White party, took exactly 182 words to say he was going
to back Campus party and not try to oppose it in the
coming elections.
He used 45 words to tell of his support to Campus
. party; 57 words to praise Campus party (the same party
•; he strongly criticized when he formed a new party which
never was); 49 words to make excuses for withdrawing
from Campus party and at the same time blasting the
University party for the “abortive denacle” the University
party “is trying to perpetrate on the old Lion party;” and
a mere 31 words calling for everybody to unite behind
Campus party this spring.
What Bounds was trying to say was: "Th» other guys
in the party all backed out of Blue and White and left me
holding the bag."
For the new students, or the great unwashed, this is
just a sample of what’s coming up in the elections.
It took Bounds 182 words to say he was deserted. Can
you imagine how verbose the campaigns are going to be?
Short Takes
The following news story came across the wires
the Associated Press last night:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (/P)—Rep. Francis Walter,
Easton, Pa.. Democrat who is chairman of the House Un-
American Activities Committee, announced today he will
be a candidate far his fourth term.
Walter said he had planned to retire but congressional
leaders and supporters in the 15th District he represents
urged him to make the race again...”
At least the DAR must be happy over his decision.
The New York Herald Tribune, the newspaper the
Eisenhower Administration likes to leak exclusive stories
to, reports President Eisenhower will campaign for addi
tional vice presidents when he leaves the White House.
There may be three vice presidents if Eisenhower’s ideas
are adopted.
When we first read the story, we could not help but
think Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower might have influenced
his brother here. After all, look at the number of vice
presidents Dr. Eisenhower gave Penn State.
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TO THE EDITOR: For the past
few days, the campus has sizzled
with tumors about the Hell Week
practices of the local chapter of
Phi Kappa PsL
We, the members of the pledge
class, on our own and without
suggestion from anybody, would
like to put on record our own
feelinas in the matter.
While we feel that Phi Kaopa
Psi is no exception to practices
common on campus, that does not
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justify our fraternity’s practices,
and we have been nroperly pen
alized for them. We accent the
decision without complaint.
However, as the men most af
fected by the so-called sadistic
practices, we feel that we have
neither ben subjected to harmful,
physical punishment, nor have
our morals been corrupted in any
way.
We appeal to the student body,
therefore, to think quietly and
rationally about this matter, and
not to spread further rumors
which are helpful neither to frat
ernities nor to the University.
Reader Praises
Collection Series
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Com
pliments to Dave Fineman in re
eard to the article appearing
Thursday, Feb. 20. which he
wrote entitled “Junior and Rus
sian Professor Compare Dual
Wavs of Life.”
My only criticism is that there
should he more than two install
ments allocated for a subject that
draws as much reader interest as
this one has.
Compliments are also in order
for the quality of this school
year’s editorials such as “Cabi
net’s Slip’s Showing,” “A Much
Deeper Flaw.” and the ones on
the ROTC controversy.
—Charles Hazard ‘59
(Editor's Note: Mr. Hazard will bs
happy to know that we hope to
extend the series of articles as
long as Yuri (the Russian teach
er) has something interesting to
say.)
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•"Theodore Roosevelt'* Relationship with
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HUIel Purim Carnival Committee, 7:30
p.m.. Foundation
Home Economics Stadent Council, 7 p.m*
Living Center
Engineering Student Council, 7 p.m.. 212
HUB
Simmon* Serie*. William Jay Smith on
“Poetry Reading." 8 p.m.. 121 Sparks
Collegian Promotion Staff, 6:30 p.m., 209
Willard
Panhellentc Council. 6:60 p.m., 203 HUB
WSGA. Judicial Board. 5 p.m.. 217 HUB
Pi Mu Epsilon presentation of Honors
Book*. 7:30 p.m., HUB Main Lounge
Education Student Council. 7 p.m., 216 *
HUB
Psychology Club, speaker, 7:49 p.m., 12
Sparks
Emerson Society, 3:30 p.m., Chapel small
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on "Stonehenge/* 7:30 p.m., ill Tyson
Physics Colloquium, Dr. Donald E. Kline
on "Energy Deposition in Reactor Radi.
ation," 4:10 p.m.. 117 Osmond
Biology Research Clnb, Dr. Carl Lamanna
on "Scientific Problems in the Study
of Botulinal Toxins/* 8 p.m., 112 Buck-
bout
Meteorology Seminar. Dr. Alfred K. Black
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Hillel Social Committee. 7:20 p.m., lounge
Shelly Berg, Dorothy Lenker, Josephine
Rhyder. Marilyn Foster, Barbara Suther
land. Lois Diamond. Kathleen Klein, Su
zanne Carpenter, Joyce McCloskey. Nan
Benjamin, Dolores Bono. Marcia Erdoso,
Bonnie Pearce. Patricia Milden. Elizabeth
Aycock. William Holland. Gerald Robinson,
Donald Snyder. Joseph Wachtel. James
Winpenny, William Kershner, Fredric Mai
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The British Way
A British high school student body broke up an as
sembly and thoroughly rattled school officials two weeks
ago by remaining seated during the morning hymn and
chanting, “SUMAB, SUMAB.”
SUMAB stands for Student Underground Movement
Against Bull—bull meaning too much discipline, not the
contents of a professor’s lec
ture. And the doctrine of SU
MAB is reported sweeping
many English schools.
On another plane, 'students
at Edinburgh (Scotland) Uni
versity staged a semi-riot last
Thursday when an actor was
installed as lord rector (an an
nual honorary event). One of
the targets there was Prince
Philip, husband of Queen Eli
zabeth 11.
Was student opinion through
out the Uni
ted Kingdom 1 —
outraged?
Were wide
spread cries of
“juvenile de
linquency”
raised by the
adult popula
tion? Were of
fenders boot
ed out of Ed
inburgh on a
large- scale
basis?
Not by a long shot,
Only 24 hours later, British
Deputy Prime Minister Rich
ard A. Butler—roughly com
parable to U.S. Vice President
Richard M. Nixon entered
the huge St Andrew’s Hall at
Glasgow (Scotland) University
to receive a similar honor.
The cool, calm Butler deliv
ered probably the least heard
and most explosively attended
speech of his entire career to
the accompaniment of fire
crackers, fighting and a jazz
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WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT
TH
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1958
'a|oM r k **»or ■utnst'
By Bob Franklin
quartet of trumpet-tooting stu
dents.
By the time he finished, the
number two man in the British
Cabinet looked as though he
had dived into a smorgasbord.
With remarkably good aim.
students pasted Butler with
eggs, tomatoes and soot,
sprayed him with fire extin
guishers and scored a direct hit
with a flour bomb.
Less courageous University
officials fled the stage, fol
lowed by a barrage of rotten
fruit. Even a photographer was
clobbered with a cabbage and
police were powerless to re
store a semblance of order.
Again, what was public re
action? What would upholders
of the superior and dignified
European student say? What
could they say?
Well, the Associated Press
described such'installation cer
emonies as "traditionally an
excuse for a display of high
spirits." Magistrates called iha
affair "shocking" and "sheer
hooliganism." And to prova
they meant what they said.'
they, had the four trumpeteers
arrested and charged with dis
orderly behavior.
But, ah! America! Land of
the free and home of the un
inhibited! Penn has her “row
bottoms”; Virginia has her
drinking brawls; Princeton has
her “Unsilent Generation”; ev
en Haavud has an unruly few.
(Continued on page five)
THIS IS THE MOST
HUMILIATING THING THATS
EVER HAPPENED TO ME„
IM THE ONLY m. U)KO
HAS EVER BEEN BLACKBALLED
FROM THE BLUEBIRDS'
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