PAGE SIX Editorial Opinion Political Party Platforms Hit a New University Party Unive!',::•.• patty', platfoi in plank, for the Lill ciiver five topics--student i;ovetnin4..nt, facilitie , ,, student wel late, academic policies and athletics: • "Student government—At present, freshrne.n and sophomores are under-repre sented in student government. To help correct this situation, we feel that a revi sion of the governmental system is neces sary and will sincerely support any at- tempt at reorganization." As h'IS been pointed out by the chair rna,i of the All-University Cabinet Com mittee. on Flew ganiyation, a reorganization of student government is hardly an issue in this campaign. The need for reorganization has been endoised almost unanimously by student leaders; the principles under which a new system %via operate have been approved by Student Encampment and All-Univers ity Cabinet and a committee already is drawing up a new Student Government Association constitution. • "Social—The deferred rushing pro gram clearly demonstrates that social fa cilities provided by the University are in sufficient and do not meet the needs of the students. We feel that an expanded social program must be established." This is another vague, non-controvers ial plank, echoed by an equally vague and non-controversial proposal in the Campus party platform. No specific proposals have been made in the platform. • "Student welfare—Students in need of legal advice ars often unsura where to go or whom to see. To serve them, an ad visory service and assistance in obtaining counsel must be initiated." It is highly doubtful that most students need extensive legal advice during their college careers. And if they should, they can easily enough consult with the dean of men's office, the dean of women's office or their families on where to secure that advice. • "Academic—To meet the needs of an expanding University, the number of vol umes in our library should be increased and the hours extended." These are worthy aims, but the plank ch not specify how the party proposes to fulfill them—or even if they can be ful filled • "Athletics—The lack of facilities, space and efficient scheduling impair the effectiveness of the present intramural program. A better coordinated and expand ed program must be put into effect." Penn State is recognized as having one of the finest intramural athletic programs in the nation. Certainly it must expand with a growing University, just as must every other University activity. This plank says only the obvious. University party's first plank is not pertinent to the campaign; its third and fifth planks represent completely unsound ideas to present to student government; only the second and fourth proposals 'are worth serious consideration, but such con sideration is difficult because of their vagueness. The Voters' The political party platforms for the fall semester have hit knew low of over generalization, vagueness and dearth of specific and new ideas. Since neither party offers a dynamic, imaginative or forward-looking program, freshmen and sophomores will have to judge the candidates individually, on their own ideas and the ways in which they present them. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Campus party's platform elections contains six planks: • "Campus party recommends that in the seating arrangement of the new sta dium the class sections be eliminated in favor of a general student section." This plank certainly will win favor among ft eshmen and sophomores who would like better seats at football games. And it might be a boon to fraternity men who want to sit as a house. But it could hardly he expected to win favor among seniors, whose section undoubtedly would be overrun with un derclassmen. On this basis, it is question able that this plank could be fulfilled. • "We propose that the University establish a check-cashing service." It takes the signature of someone with an account in a downtown bank to cash a check there. However, many merchants are willing to cash checks, so it is debatable whether the cost of a check-cashing service would be worth its convenience. • "We advocate the expansion of the facilities of the Book Exchange to include ' a student book store." This proposal has been advocated by students for years, but has received a chilly reception from the administration. A committee of All-University Cabinet is studying such a plan, but all the facts con cerning establishment of a bookstore are not known and any action is a long way off. • "We propose better facilities be planned to accomodate such programs as the Artist and Lecture series." This plank is about as non-contravers ial and as over-generalized as a platform plank can be. Not only does it fail to men tion what specific facilities should be im proved, but offers no idea of how to im prove them. • "We support and advocate All-Uni versity Cabinet's attempts to establish a closer relationship with the centers of the University." This plank also is virtually meaning less. It vaguely supports action that is al ready underway and offers nothing new. • "We recommend that Cabinet spun• sor weekend entertainment for freshman and independent students." Certainly there is a need for more weekend recreation facilities for all stu dents. But neither this plank, nor an equally weak one on the same subject in the University party platform, deal with specifics. Three of the planks of the campus party platforms are so vague and general as to be meaningless. Two—Concerning a bookstore and a check-cashing service— have merit, but the proposals they support are nowhere near the definite-action stage. The other plank—on a single student sec tion at football games—probably will be received enthusiastically by freshmen and sophomores, but appears of doubtful merit for the student body as a whole. Study the Candidates Resort: Campus Part Low for the fall Reader Praises Marx, Christ TO THE EDITOR: The mind of communism is Karl Marx; the heart is Jesus. The latter urged men to practice univer s a 1 brotherhood and the former showed them how to attain uni versal brotherhood. Followers of Marx and Jesus have been bitterly persecuted —the early Christians because their movement threatened the dying greedy Roman system; the early Communists because their movements threatens the dying greedy capitalistic sys tem .EA - Nufs ittt or ARF h 1 , 1 ARF IW=‘,fre 2MRFF! Letters The teachings of Marx and Jesus are greatly distorted, even by their adherents. In the name of .Jesus, Christian clergymen butchered, burned, oppressed untold thousands. In the name of Marx the clergy men of communism did like wise. White Christians took an en tire hemisphere from its red inhabitants. Millions of "Chris tians" in this country, includ ing clergymen, openly or tacit ly endorse modern capitalism, a ravenous system which by its very nature is spawning vul gar materialism, money grub bing and social disorder to an extent heretofore unimagined by man, and which enslaves and degrades in some way ev ery living American. Jesus knew many of this mentality. He called them fools and hyprocrites. As for the so called "Communists" who hail the Russian system, a despot ism choking freedom as effec tively as does capitalism—Marx would sneer at them. Today the capitalist rulers, those invisible kings, many blinded by their own lies, are preparing America's people and resources for the ghastliest war of all time, one that may ex terminate humanity. Most Americans are watching the spectacle in a drugged, abject indifference, barely realizing what is happening. The few who object are like whispers in a hurricane, "Defense" spending fattens capitalism. If becomes vital to the economy. Profits swell. Jobs multiply. The politicians, capitalists and militarists, aid ed by their hired propagandists and a prostitute press; refuse to compromise with Russia and stop the mad arms race. They want to bend America's fate according to their shallow, Selfish interests, and some of them realize that peaceful co existence would be the death- A Student-Operated Newspaper Tollrgiati SuCcessor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. ltho Daily Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879 1 . Mail Subscription Price: $3.00 per semester $3.00 per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor ''t ?'J City Editor, David Fineman; Managing Editor, Richard Drayne• Sports Editor, Lou Prato• Associate Sparta Editor, Matt Mathews; Personnel and Public Relation• Director, Patricia Evans: Copy Editor, Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor, Dick Fisher; Photography Editor, Robert Thompson. Credit Mgr., Janice Smith; Local Ad Mar., Torn Bucker, Asst. Loral Ad Mgr. Robert Pirrone; National Ad Mgr.. Betsy Brachialll; Promotion Mgr.. Kitty Burs gert; Personnel Mgr., Mickey Ninth; Classified Ad Mgr., • Rae Waters; CO. Circulation Mgrs., Mary Anna First and Murray Simon; Research and Records Mgr., Mary Herbein; Office Secretary, Myla Johnson. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Niehe Editor, Janet Durstine: Copy Editor, Jeanette Saxe; Wire Editor, Don Canedato: Asaistanta, Toni Engler, Judy Rosenblum', Betsy Anderson, Ken Fell, Pat Dyer, Karyl duChacek, Zelda (hempen. Judy Grundy. Stevls_Eatteieber. Barbara Yunk, Sue Fontana. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1958 < I .Izik'RF 1 RA F , i, 41 i gARF \vii .eit 4, EVEZ( NOW AND THEN ITS A GOOD IDEA TO LET TAE WORLD KNOW YOU'RE STILL AROUND.. emit :.* .- - 7 -- - 1 ~.,,... ........____= , r ~,....,,A ____.... _ __ ,_ bed of capitalism. And so they deceive - the apathetic and gul lible American people. But perhaps the world will somehow avert the coming atomic hell. If it does, what is great in the teachings of Marx. and Jesus will survive and bring the good life to all man kind, —Daniel Rodin. '59 Gazette TODAY • AR Council, 7 1) nt , 211 NUB Air Force Glee Club, 3 p ni.. HUB ne• qembly hall Angel Flight. 7.':0 p m.. 317 Willard Angel Flight drill, 6:10 .in., Armory Boan Green Committee breakfast, 7:34 a m , Chapel Bryan Green Firesides, 9 p m., Ewing lounge; 10 p.m., l'i Lambda Phi, Tau Phi Data, Alpha Kappa Lambda: 11 p m , Acacia, Delta Upsilon, Si - qua Tau Canutra Bryan (reen Lecture, 4:15 p.m , HUB ballroom Cabinet Judiciary Evaluation Commit. tee, SI p.m , 214 HUB Chem-Phys Council. 7 p.m , 218 HUB Collegian Promotion Staff, G:45 p.m.. 219 Wlllard Dancing Class, 4:15, 6:30 pan., HUB cai di from Delta Sigma PI, 7:30, p.m., Alpha Tau Omega Freshman Council, 6:30 p.m , 217 111.711 Freshman Regulations Board, 12:8® p m , 212 HUll Froth Circulation, 6 :15 p.m., HUB ai- sembly loom Gamma Sigma Sigma, G:l3 p.m., HUB osseniblY room History Round Table, 7 :30 p.m., 113 - Buckhout Home Er student Council, Z part.. 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