PA( FOUR Editorial Opinion Repeal of Good Taste The men of the Nittany area won a battle yesterday. They emancipated themselves from the bonds of good taste. Nittany residents voted by more than two to one to rescind the ban on T-shirts in the area dining hall to overrule the Nittany Council's recent ruling. The results of the referendum raised some interesting comment on campus. One representative group we heard —coeds--were rather appalled by the decision. One said simply, "What slobs." Another added, "And they wonder why we won't go out with them." The comments reflect one point rather vividly—many students consider the decorum of a number of Nittany inhabitants a rather embarrassing disgrace to the Uni versity. They would prefer to ignore the Nittanyites—but the T-shirt battle brought the issue into the open, and the Nittany men proved to many that the general opinion was all too true. The T-shirt ban was fought primarily on the grounds of "civil rights." The opponents of the ban could not seem to understand that a regulation which is passed to raise the standards of a community and preserve some claim to decorum is not necessarily an infringement of rights. It seems to us that a student would be proud to say that slovenly dress is prohibited in his dining hall. We wonder how many of the students who voted against the ban will crow over their victory when they are trying to impress a prospective employer. Or trying to charm a prospective date. Perhaps the majority faction of Nittany men is proud of its victory. The rest of the student body is rather embarrassed. We Get Letters We get letters. More and more of our readers are writing Letters to the Editor—criticisms and congratulations, gripes and sociological theories, praises for and attacks on the Uni versity . . . almost every kind of letter imaginable. We're not complaining. Everione likes to get mail. But, unfortunately, we can never publish some of ours. The chief reason we hold back letters is that they are unsigned, or, more frequently, are signed but the signee cannot be reached for confirmation. We have to contact every letter-writer to confirm his letter before printing it, so one person's name will not be signed to another person's letter. We will withhold names for sufficient reason—but we must be able to contact the writer regardless. Another factor which keeps letters out of the paper Is excessive length. Our editorial page is only so big. When we receive letters which run on for pages. we can't print them in their entirety and we often can't cut them down to necessary size without killing the meaning. So we must reject them. We hope our readers will continue to flood our office with mail. But remember: • Sign the letter, and write your phone number on it. • Keep your letter down to a usable length. We will try to print any letter which is up to our standards of writing and in good taste. Don't hesitate to write. A Student-Operated Newspaper Or4t Bugg Totlrgtatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Col!Wan is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter,. July 5. 1934 at the State College. Pa. Post Office ander the art of March ; 11175. Mall Subscription Prices $3.00 per semester $5.00 per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor ogil7ol. City Editor, David Fineman: Managing Editor, Richard Drayne; Sports Editor. Lou Prato; Associate Sports Editor, Matt Mathews; Personnel and Public Relations Director, Patricia Evans; Copy Editor. Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor. Dick Fisher: ['holography Editor, Robert Thompson. Credit Mar., Janice Smith; Local Ad Mgr., Tom Mickey: Asst. Local Ad Mar., Robert Pirrone; National Ad Mgr., Betsy Brackbill; Promotion Mgr., Kitty Bar. gert; Personnel Mar.. Mickey Nash: Classified Ad Mgr.. Rae Waters; Co. Circulation Mgrs., Mary Anne First and Murray Simon R esearch and Records Mgr., Mary ilerbein; Office Secretary, Myla Juhullua. , STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Llanno Cordero: Copy Editor, Denny Malick: Wire Editor, Carol Blakeslee: Asaistants, Helen McCafferty, John Root. Katie Davis. Howie Schimmel, Gerrie Sernbattei. Marla Pariaer, Edith Beck. Marilyn Bishop, Karen Boater, Rona Nathanson. Sue Hill, Brenda Pezzner. hiE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA FRANK VOJTASEK Business Manager Letters Reader Praises APhio Service TO THE EDITOR: A great con trast within our fraternity system became apparent (to me) during a recent stay in the University Hospital. Many social fraternities have long required their pledges to sub mit to certain atrocities and hu miliations as part of pledging, but the assininity of this cannot really be appreciated until one views it alongside the humanitarian deeds required of Alpha Phi Omega pledges. Alpha Phi Omega is a men's national service fraternity. Every night of the week an Alpha Phi Omega pledge makes the rounds of the University Hos pital and takes orders for food stuffs from the Hetzel Union Building. The pledge promptly fills these orders. This service is greatly appreci ated by everyone in the hospital, and it certainly aids recovery and stimulates morale. Although Al pha Phi Omega has other activi ties, this one is typical and rep resentative. How ridiculous scrubbing a basement floor with a toothbrush or counting sandtraps on the golf course seems in comparison. Many of our social fraternities would be wiser to pattern their pledge policy after Alpha Phi Omega rather than the Truth or Conse quences program. Also, freshmen should inquire as to the nature of their pledging before signing up with a frater nity. Alpha Phi Omega deserves many compliments and thanks for its truly worthwhile work. —D. R. Pressman. graduate student Grad Student Cheers Women TO THE EDITOR: In reply to William Karn's impassioned plea for a return to the days of Vic toria and the double-standard: The good Mr. Karn, first of all, seems quite willing to overlook blithely the fact that women happen to be human beings, and as such are certainly entitled to the same rights and privileges as their male counterparts. As far as holding public office is concerned, as far as the responsible use of creature comforts such as alcohol and tobacco are concerned, I be lieve that they probably have it up on we men quite a bit. I invite Mr. Karn to open his mind just wide enough to admit the records of, say, a lady Sena tor from Maine. a recent lady Cabinet member and a recent lady Ambassador to Italy, to name just a few: compare the political careers of these women to, say, the careers of some no torious male political figures. Again, I invite Mr. Kern to open his eyes and compare_ the liquor-imbibing habits of the av erage gal-on-campus with those of the average fraternity brat who can't hold a couple of beers without making an obnoxious and frequent ass of himself. On the larger issue of "domi neering" women, "marital integ rity, and . . . the maintenance of a sound society," Mr. Karn might wish to reflect upon the obvious fact that men who ask for domi nation deserve to get it. The American male, by and large, has uncomplainingly allowed himself to become a Casper Milquetoast. I will without fear of rebuttal nail the blame of general incom petence, general cowardice -- in tellectual perhaps more than physical and general stupidity on the part of the 20th century man, model U.S.A. The American ideal, if it is going to be saved at all, will be saved when its men recultivate the positive virtues of imagina tion, vision, courage and intel lectual integrity. In the mean time, I, as a fully responsible and self-respecting male, say hurrah for the women. As far as the running of the world goes, they seem to be do ing a better job, in their own quiet way, than all the Ikes and Nikitas. Perhaps, if we men open our minds enough, they might even jolt us back to the respon sibilities of manhood, —Bill Wells, graduate student ("Letter cut • 0 a, 4 Gazette TODAY Accounting Club, 7 p.m , Delta Sigma Phi As Economics Club, 7 p m., 212 HUB As Hill Party Commutes, 6:30 p.m., MEIMME aembly Room All-University Cabinet, 7 p.m., 208 HUB Alpha PM Alpha, 8:30 p.m., HUB As- aembly Room Bridge Club, 6:30 p m., HUB cardroom Bryan Green Lecture 1:15 p.m , HUB • ballroom: 7 p.m.. Lecture, Firesides: 9 p.m., Theta Chi. 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