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Editorial Opinion
Platform Contortions
Freshman and sophomoi e class candidates took to the
air-waves last night in an attempt to defend their political
pat tv platforms
They were aided by their respective party chairmen,
each of whom—not too surprisingly—claimed that his
platform and candidates are best.
Some of the candidates and their mentors went
through grotesque contortions of reason in attempting to
defend their planks and tear down those of the opposition.
It was claimed that certain planks "have the backing"
of individuals, groups and specific agencies—without
showing this in any way.
It is not sufficent to say that "such-and-such" has
endoi.ecl a specific idea. If the voters are intelligent, they
will want to know exactly who, representing what group,
said what in relation to which issue.
It was also claimed that certain platform planks were
necessary to bring University facilities up to date and/or
expand them. Whatever these planks may suggest toward
updating and expanding-University facilities can be only
a drop in the bucket compared with the University's com
prehensive program for expansion—which includes most
of the ideas mentioned in the party platforms.
Candidates even mentioned Collegian articles de
scribing certain facilities last night in attempts to defend
their platform planks. Because a newspaper article men
tions that a certain facility exists, does not mean that this
facility must be improved, expanded or correlated with
something else—as some of the candidates seemed to try to
prove.
The voters repeatedly urged to support one or the
other party because election of its candidates would "en
sure action." This is not necessarily true.
The candidates who are elected will hold two seats on
the 25-man All-University Cabinet. Their election in it-
self means nothing. Just as their platforms in themselves
mean nothing.
The real test of a good class officer will be how well
he can come up with new and beneficial ideas, how well
he can present these ideas to the student body and to the
Cabinet, and in many cases how well—through personal
effort—he can project these ideas into administration
thinking.
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TODAY
All-Campus Bryan Green Com
mittee Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.,
Chapel
Alpha Pi Mu, 5:30 p.m., 217 HUB
American Chemical Society meet-
ing, 8 p.m., 111 Boucke
Artists Series program by the Ca
nadian P 1 a yet s, 8:30 p.m.,
Schwab
Bridge Club, 7 p.m., HUB card-
room
Christian Fellowship. 12:45 p.m.,
218 HUB
Faculty of College of Agriculture.
4:15 p.m., Room 109, Armsby
Hillel Sabbath Eve services. 8
p.m., Hillel Foundation
Hub-sa-poppin, 7:30 p.m., HUB
assembly hall
Interlandia Folk Dance, 7:30 p.m.,
HUB ballroom
Infer• Varsity Christian Fellow
ship, 7:30 p.m., 214 Boucke
Larry Sharp Fund - collectors, 5:15
p.m., HUB auditorium
Lutheran Student Association
slide (pictures) party, 7:30 p.m.,
Lutheran Student Foundation
Mineral Industries Colloquium,
4:15 p.m., Mineral Industries
Auditorium
Newman Club Mass, 5 p.m., Chap
' el; Open House, 8 p.m., Student
Center
Scarab, 5 p.m., 212 HUB
Wesley Foundation Square Dance,
8 p.m., Wesley Foundation
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
John Rosick. John Busch. Michael Cares,
Ronald Castellanos, John Craig, Robert
Davis, Louise Dombrirski, Helen Harlow.
Wayne Hocking, Patricia Kampmeier, Joan
Lash. Mary Lehman, Constance Litow,
Stella Ma:cora Dorothy Querry, June Sa-
Vonick, Barry Schuliger, Sally Seidman,
Edwina Theis, William Tydings, Robert
Umstead, Donald Williams, Gail Winkle•
eons, Victor Risa.
EmployMent Office
Receives Requests
Many requests for persons with
special talents or experience 'have
been received by the Student Em
ployment office.
Students with advanced train
ing in electronics and physics are
needed for part-time work.
Those with supermarket experi
ence of any type are also being
sought.
A barber and a girl to serve as
a knitting instructor are among
other unusual requests.
Anyone interested in applying
for part-time employment can
visit the Student Employment of
fice in 112 Old Main.
Gamma Sig Will Meet
Gamma Sigma Sigma sisters and
pledges will meet at 5 p.m. today
In the Hetzel Union assembly
room. The meeting is compulsory.
Letters
Garban Seeks
Help for Sharp
TO THE EDITOR: It is my
privilege to thank all the stu
dents who have in the past
contributed so generously to
the Larry Sharp Fund. Most of
the upperclassmen need no in
troduction to Larry Sharp;
however, for the benefit of the
new students, Larry was a for
mer student who was seriously
injured in a physical education
class.
At the Holy Cross game on
Saturday, a collection will be
made to alleviate Larry's medi
cal expenses. I need not im
press upon you the vital im
portance of this fund. The stu
dents of Penn State have al
ways shown cooperation and
generosity when given the op
portunity to help a classmate.
I saw Larry at the Penn
game and his gratitude toward
the students of Penn State can
not be expressed in words. His
smiling face was enough to tell
me that the Larry Sharp Fund
was a worthwhile and success
ful project. Let us show Larry
how much we do care for him.
Give generously, for there isn't
a more deserving guy in the
world.
—Steve Garban, '59
EDITOR'S NOTE: Steve Gar
ban. All-University vice
president and captain of the
football team, is also chair
man of the Larry Sharp
Fund Committee.
Nittany Men Blast
T-Shirt Editorial
TO THE EDITOR: Selecting
coeds as your representative
group to comment on the re
sults of the Nittany referen
dum was quite foolish.
Everyone on campus knows
that 90 per cent of our beloved
coeds will go out with anything
that crawls as long as he drives
a car, sports a wad of money,
and has a fraternity pin. I
don't believe anyone in the
Nittany area will loose any
sleep over this.
Your editorial yesterday,
therefore, served only one pur
pose. It further defamed a
group of your fellow college
students who are being un
justly criticized. One will find,
on close observation, that very
few Nittany men wear T-shirts
to dinner, and that a good num
ber wear sport coats to Sunday
meal.
Why don't you come down
into Nittany and review the
situation yourself, sir. We'll try
to chain up all of our violent
savages; then you won't have
to worry about being bitten.
—James T. Roberto, '62
TO THE EDITOR: For the past
two days we have watched you
attack the standards of the
Nittany residents, and have de
cided to "straighten" you out
on the basic issues of the dis
pute so that in the future you
might condescend to look into
the heart of an issue before
you run off at the mouth about
it.
The dispute at Nittany has
no bearing whatsoever on the
wearing of ''T" shirts in the
dining area. This was merely
a ruse of the council to throw
the weight of student opinion
in its favor and insure the bill's
passage.
The heart of the issue is the
ultimatum, contained in the
bill, issued by the Nittany
Couhcil concerning the wear
ing of suits or ties and sport
coats to the Sunday noon
meal.
indeed, this may seem ap
propriate by the students who
have never resided in the Nit
tany area, for dressing to meet
the occasion only exemplifies
good taste and training; in
other words, is good form. But
as a person with the proper
background and training would
retrain from wearing a tuxedo
to a wrestling match, so would
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1958
he also rebel against the wear
ing of a suit in a pig sty, which
the Nittany dining area ap
proaches in a grand manner.
When the dining area is im
proved, the Nittany students
shall rise to meet the occasion.
The residents of the Nittany
area have no desire to, rebel
against authority or wallow in
oceans of slovenly behavior,
as the uncouth creatures you
so skillfully, though unjustly,
described in your articles.
This vote was a demonstra
tion of their interest in main
taining an even balance of
power between council and
students.
In closing, Mr. Editor, we
would just like to say that in
the future, before you decide
to play God and pass judg
ment upon the world, it would
be a wise thing to step down
from your ivory tower and
take the time to look at the
facts.
—Daniel G. Leshock, '6O
—Merle D. Elkins, 12
Secretary-Treasurer,
Nittany 38
—Edward Di Tomas, '62
—Ronald S. Koot, '62
Vice President
Nittany 38
—Richard A. Bair, '62
—Charles J. Galley, '62
President, Nittany 38
—Ralph Rudolph, '62
—James Longo, '6l
—Nevin Lausch, '6O
eLetter cut
TO THE EDITOR: Your edi
torial yesterday was really the
last straw. It seems to me and
to many of the men around me,
that your paper is conducting
a campaign to show the world
that the men of Nittany are, as
you put it, "slobs."
• It was in your paper that the
first -mention was made of T
shirts and it has been your
paper that has carried on the
fight, armed with a ready sup
ply of completely exaggerated
and false facts.
A perfect example of this
exaggeration and falsification
was the issue of Nov. 7, which
included a picture of one boy
in a T-shirt together with a
story telling how he was defy
ing the horrible new rule. The
story went on to tell how al
most everyone in the dining
hall had on either a T-shirt or
a "ragged" sweat shirt in de
fiance of the new rule.
We were not told of the rule
until a dorm meeting later on
that evening (and) the boy in
the picture didn't know that•he
was defying anything.
Also, I must admit that I
have eaten in the hall every
day since then and have yet to
see anywhere near an impres
sive number of students eat
ing in "ragged" sweat shirts
and T-shirts.
Some of us do not happen to
feel that we need to be regu
lated. The passage of the bill
would have, in effect, said;
"Yes, we're slobs, but we prom
ise to be good guys and not
wear our T-shirts anymore."
—William H. Kraft, Jr.
•Letter cut
Mardi Gras Aides
Thanked by Scrolls
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of
Scrolls, senior women's hat so
ciety, we extend - our sincere
thanks to all those who par
ticipated or contributed to the
1958 Mardi Gras.
We hope that everyone feels
as we do—that working with
in a group and with other
groups for Mardi Gras has been
a very worthwhile experience
and, most of all, a lot of fun!
—Arlene D'Onofrio, '59
—Janice Smith, '59
General Co-chairmen