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Editorial Opinion
Hearing Bryan Green
The Rev. Canon Bryan Green, one of the world's
leading churchmen, will deliver nine lectures next week
on campus.
Four of the lectures will be on "Basic Christianity."
They will be held at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday in
Schwab Auditorium.
Canon Green's visit to campus is sponsored by the
University Christian Association, but the lectures are
open to students of all religions.
The general student body may find particularly
interesting Canon Green's views on "Love, Friendship
and Marriage," which he will explain at 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday in the Hetzel Union ballroom.
In his love, friendship and marriage lectures, Canon
Green plans to touch on the meaning of love, how to know
when one loves, difficulties in marriage today, interfaith
marriage, the place of physical love, moral standards,
problems arising in friendships, petting, the purpose of
marriage, pre-marital relations and planned parenthood.
These are topics of interest to every college student,
and ones on which college students often find a need ..o
re-examine their views.
Canon Green is known as a highly intelligent and
dynamic speaker. We are sure students will find his talks
both inlet esting and informative.
Chances Improved
The proposal for exempting veterans froM physical
education, which seemed doomed before a last-minute
drive by members of All-University Cabinet to save it,
now looks to have an improved chance of passage.
The University Senate on Thursday studied the Aca
demic Standards Committee report asking that the ex
emption move be killed, and referred the question to the
Education Policy Committee. The recommitting of the
issue indicates the Senate was not satisfied with the
original committee report.
The fact that the report to continue the requirement
was not satisfactory may be a sign that the senators may
consider the exemption question favorably when they
are asked to vote on it again.
It is encouraging to see the Senate refuse to act on
the question without further study, and their willingness
to study it further in order to come to a sound solution.
And Jay Feldstein and members of All-University
Cabinet should be congratulated for their part in the
fight for the exemption.
The exemption recommendation came originally from
Cabinet, and when the first recommendation came through
to kill it, Cabinet members showed their willingness to
fight for it.
Feldstein appealed to veterans to write him their
opinions. He clug up information on the question from a
survey taken during 1957 and lie compiled a convincing
case which he presented to Senate Thursday.
Other Cabinet members backed up Feldstein by
"lobbying" for the exemption issue. They divided the
members of the Senate into groups, and each Cabinet
member contacted a number of Senators Thursday to
ask his consideration for the exemption issue.
By the time the meeting began, most of the senators
were well aware of the student body's views on the issue.
And all the time; work and trouble has paid off, at
least for the time being. The exemption is being studied
again, and can be expected to be given thorough and in
telligent consideration when it emerges from committee.
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Would Smoking
Stop a Plague?
by ARTHUR EL.....)0N
WASHINGTON (A) Possibly
no other plant has matched to
bacco at stirring up controversy.
Scarcely had Jean Nicot, the
French ambassador to Portugal
from 1559 to 1561, reported on
the wonders of tobacco to a gul
lible Europe than the most fan
tastic claims were made.
"This plant began to be famous
throughout all Portugal for ulcers
of the leg, ringworm, and Scro
fula," says an old report.
A new study supported by
the tobacco industry, drifted in
Thursday in a fragrant cloud of
tobacco smoke.
Its title: "Medical Uses of To
bacco, Past and Present," written
for the Virginia Medical Monthly.
Even in its scholarly language,
the report makes interesting
reading.
. Did you ever think, for ex
ample of using tobacco to cure
baldness?
Other cures, or attempted cures,
were just as remarkable: "Valu
able treatment worms" . . to
bacco enemas to stop hemorrhoid
al bleeding . . . pungent snuff to
cure hiccoughs . , . one mother
rubbed her--small girl vigorously
with a mixture of writing ink and
scrapings from an old tobacco
pipe ... she thought it might cure
the child's ringworm; but unfor
tunately the youngster got nico
tine poisoning.
Most schools now have a rule
against smoking. But during the
Great Plague in London in 1665
students were encouraged to puff
away. Authorities figured it would
ward off the dread disease.
The Richmond authors have
one suggestion: in an age that
seems to cry out for tranquilizers,
they say tobacco is hard to beat.
Gazette
TODAY
University Christian Association
Square Dance, 8 p.m., HUB
ballroom
Student Movies, 7:30 pm., HUB
assembly room
Mardi Brawl, 2 p m., HUB ball-
room
Arnold Air Society, 10 a.m., 212-
213 HUB
Phi Mu Alpha, 5 p.m., HUB as-
sembly room
University Party publicity meet
ing, 3 p.m., 216 HUB
TOMORROW
Student Movie. 6:30 p.m., HUB
assembly room
Jr. Class Advisory Board, 2 p.m.,
217-218 HUB
Alpha Nu, 7:30 p m., 212 HUB
Campus Party, 3 p.m., 214-215
HUB
University Party, 3 p.m., 216 HUB
Home Ec-Forestry Picnic, 1:45
p.m., Home Ec Living Center
LaVie Photo Staff Meeting, 2:00
p.m., Pi Kappa Alpha
MONDAY
Jr. IFC, 7:30 p.m., HUB Assembly
Room
Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m., 212-
213-214-215-216 HUB
Leonides Council, 6:30 p.m., 215-
216 HUB
Bryan Green Lecture, 4:15 p.m.,
HUB ballroom
Dancing Class, 6:30 p.m., HUB
ballroom
Eng-Arch Seniors LaVie Por
traits, 9 to 4, Penn State Photo
Shop
Players Advertising Crew, 6:45
p.m., loft of Schwab
—John A. Mahey, '59
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Colle
gian believes it has a respon
sibility to publish letters in
cluding those of Mr. Karn and
Mr. Mahey which meet its
standards of writing, regard
less of the opinion expressed.
Matric Cards Lost PEANUTS
For Illegal Usage
About 15 students have been
caught giving their matriculation
cards to others for use at home
football games.
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes
said about 5 or 6 men students
were caught at the Syracuse home
game and three more cards were
taken at last week's game.
One coed's card was taken by
Beaver Field ticket punchers last
week and five or six the week
before, Simes said.
The combination matriculation
and athletic privilege cards were
taken by the gatemen and turned
over to Edward M. Czekaj, busi
ness manager of athletics. Czekaj
forwarded them to Pearl 0. Wes
ton, dean of women,and to Simes.
The students are charged $4,
which is the price of admission to
the game, for the return of their
matriculation cards.
Little Man on Campus by Dick 53W/
'l've heard about these new car SAFETY BELTS—but—
Reader Blasts
Letters' Policy
TO THE EDITOR: Is The
Daily Collegian so thoroughly
devoted to trivia that it must
contribe this nonsensical con
troversy over feminine moral
laxity? Why does Collegian
fi n d it necessary to publish
the exhuming of a dead fish
such as this?
Mr. Karn (writer of Thurs
day's letter on moral laxity in
women) is clearly entitled to
his opinions; but what value
is there in giving prominence
to them in the letter column?
You surely knew this would
serve only to solicit responses
largely sophomoric and irre
sponsible.
In what way is all this rele
vant or pertinent to anything?
It appears to me as a misdi
rected enthusiasm over a ra
ther dull, worn-out issue.
Leave frivolity and humor to
Froth. There it can die unob
trusively.
The Collegian has a respon
sibility to students which goes
beyond issues of contrived con
troversy and sensationalism.
In part, this implies a mature
and reasoned judgment in the
selection of material for pub
lication. Is it too much to ex
pect the editors to exercise
this responsibility?
By desecrating the letters
column, you only brand your
selves more deeply with the
stigmas of immaturity and ir
responsibility. Th e editorial
standard of The Collegian edi
torial page is already low
enough without this added bit
of nonsense.
GETTING YOUR
CIVISTMAS TREE
KIND OF AER
AREN'T YOu LY,
SCAROEDER?
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1958
Card Confiscation
Called Injustice
TO THE EDITOR: We feel a
great injustice has been done
to one student and possibly
more. Through the actions of
some students at the Furman-
Penn State football game, ma
triculation cards were confis
cated 6y the campus patrol.
Now, it seems to be a mys
tery as to where these matric
ulation cards have gone. In
one case, the student contacted
the campus patrol to try to lo
cate his card. The campus pa•
trol had no idea of the location
of the card but they suggested
he try the ticket office.
The student did this and re
ceived the same answer that
he received from the campus
patrol.
In order to eat Sunday din
ner in Waring Dining Halls,
matriculation cards must be
presented. This same student
that tried to locate his card
could not eat Sunday dinner,
even though his unit counselor
went with him to the dining
hall and identified him as a
student in his unit.
Why should the campus pa
trol be allowed to confiscate
matriculation cards, thus pre
venting t h e students from
eating the meals that they
have already paid for?
We feel an apology is due
from the campus patrol to the
innocent students who were
victims of circumstance, and
that these students should be
reimbursed for the meals they
were forced to miss. We also
feel that the authority of the
campus patrol to confiscate
matriculation cards should be
questioned.
—Dale Erb, '62
—Edward Cole, '62
—Stephen C. Morey, '62
—Jay Kahle, '62
—Robert Swahn, '62
EDITOR'S NOTE: A spokes.
man for the campus patrol
said all hut three cards were
picked up within a day or two
after the game.
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