PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion What Larry Gave Us More than $BOOO has been collected during the last week to help defray Larry Sharp's medical expenses. Carmella LaSpada, chairman, and her committee did a remarkable Job in organizing the highly successful Larry Sharp Week. The students, representing the University, feel a responsibility toward Larry Sharp. When he was para lyzed in a fall on a trampoline in a Recreation Hall physi cal education class, he became the first student to be seriously injured while using University property. The University carries no insurance to cover such eventualities and did not consider itself responsible for the accident. The Sharp family did not have the means to cover the medical expenses, which amounted to more than $30,000 by last October when Larry was released from the New York Rehabilitation Center. While Larry Sharp undoubtedly is grateful to the students for their help to him, the students and the Uni versity have ample reason to be grateful to Larry Sharp. For, besides teaching them a splendid lesson in courage, he accomplished something that no one else had been able to do. Student and administration leaders had fumbled around for years without being able to agree on an acceptable student insurance plan. It took Larry Sharp's tragic accident to bring about that agreement—and the assurance that no student need be in financial straits because of a future accident. A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. Fifty-four Years of Student Editorial Freedom 011 e Battu Trategtatt Successor to The Free Lance, en. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Pally Collegian is a student•operated newspaper Entered as second-class matter Jolt' 6 1911 at the State Collegs. Pa Post Office under the act of March 8. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: 13.00 per aemesfer 95.00 per Tear. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor :t:(A.) • City Editor. lbtrid Fineman; Managing Editor, Richard Oraynes Sports Editor, Loa Preto; Associate Sports Editor, Matt Mathews; Personnel and Public Relations Director. Patricia Evans: Copy Editor. Lynn Wards Assistant Copy Editor. Dick Fishers Photography Editor Robert Thompson. Credit Mgr. Janice Smith; Local Ad Mgr.. Tom Buckey; Asst. Local Ad KIN George Mchark National Ad Mgr., Betsy Brackbill; Promotion Mgr.. Kitty Bur gett: Personnel Mgr., Mickey Nash; Classified Ad Mgr.. Rae Waters; Co. Circulation Mgrs. Mary Anne First and Ma Simon: Research and Records Mgr. Mary llerhein: Office Secretary Myla Johnson. wrari"rHis ISSUE: Copy Editor. Jeff Pollack: Wire Editor. Bill Jaffe: As sioants. Bill Barber, Snaie Eberly, Pat liber, Brenda Penner, Amy Rosenthal, Ball Mamteller, Margie Colfax. Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible, . ____l , / ill---.....r.i.--4-...„ 'We're firing you because ybu obviously LOOK so underpaid that we feel you couldn't possibly be teaching students the glories of capitalism and the prosperity of free enterprise`" —Benjamin Disraeli ROBERT PICCONE Business Manager :41 ;44 el•;;• •Anwrge . MI 11.), 0r,4.11' THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Reader Backs Boucke Boys TO THE EDITOR: I would like to take this opportunity to voice my approval of reader Austin's letter stressing the need for busi nessmen in our society. The letter referring to business students as "Mental Paupers" by Dutko and Eckman is a striking piece of chi canery. A quick glance at the student directory tells us that Mr. Eck man is a physics major and Mr. Dutko is pursuing a career in engineering sciences. Now in looking at the catalog I find that both of these curriculums involve a great deal of technical hodge podge and little else. It is indeed unusual to dis cover "mechanics" defending lib eral, artistic thought and lament ing the narrow viewpoint of the businessman or student whose exposure to fields of study other than his far surpasses that of the technician. , Gentlemen, unless you have done a substantial amount of ex tra reading, your letter amounts to little more than amusing dri vel. If you are well versed in other types of thought then you are well above the average in tellectual level of the typical technical student and should be engaged in commerce or the lib eral arts. Gazette Accounting Convocation, 3:15 p.m., HUB assembly hall; reception, 4:15 p.m., 1-11.18 main lounges Ag Student Council, 1 p.m, 212 HUB Christian Fellowship, 12:30 p.m., 218 HUB Circa. 8 p.m.. 214 HUB Dancing Class. 4:15 and 8:30 p.m., HUB ballroom Demolay Club, 8 :45 p In., RUB a.samblY hall Education Student Council; 0:30 p.m., 21445 HUB Freshman Regulations Board. 12:SO p.m., 21?. HUB German Club, 7:30 p m., McElwain lounge Home Ec Student Council, 7 p.m., Living Center Intercollegiate conference on Government, 7 n.m., 203 HUB Judicial, 5:16 p.m., 217 HUB Liberal Arts Student Couneil, 6:30 . p.m., 217 HUB Mortar Board Lecture Series, 7 p.m., HUB assembly hill Newman Club. Mixed Marriage instruc- done, 7 :45 ➢.m., Student Center Outing Club, Rock Climbing DR ibion, I pm. 317 Willard Social-Recreation Committee, 5 p.m., 212 HUB Young Republicans, 7:30 p.m.. 216 HUB Raymond Agostinelli, Arnold Bleiweis, David Brooking, Stuart Broth, Mary Cas. tellano, Gregory Caswell, Judith Caten, James Desmond, Richard Feldman, Fran cine Garfinkel, Gail Klingensmith, Lucin. da Hart, Stephen Heverly, Robert Kelly, George Jones, Abigail Lorant, Carol Me. Curry, Linda Nines, Thomas Rhoad, Foster Sart, LaVerne Shifter, Michael Soccio. Camp Interviews The following camps will interview at the Student Employment Service, 112 Old Main. Appointments must be made in ad vance. Camp Green Lane. Green Lane, Pa.t (Women) : Mar. 7. Clear Pool Camp. Camel, N.Y.: (Men): Mar. 13. Jewish Memorial Center of Altoona. Pa.t (Men and Women; Day Camp); Mar. 17. Camp Quinibeek, Vt.: (Women); Mar. 19. Participation-- (Continued from page one) an education without athletics," McCoy said. "It would be wonderful if we could take ' the best athlete in school, without giving any finan cial aid, and let him represent us in athletics," the ex-Michigan football player added, "but that is impossible today because of the cost of education. Walker, who was a letterman in track as an undergraduate at Harvard, feels that aid to athletes in the form of scholarships is "desirable but not necessary." However, he adds, "I've seen enough to know that when our athletes graduate, they go out in to the world, one step higher to wards achieving their ambition. As long as these boys go out with something that helps them and the nation—and they are better people for it—then we are doing our job." 5-4/ Film Honoring Ghana To Be Shown in Chapel A film entitled "Ghana" will be shown at 7:30 tonight in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel in com memoration of Ghana's second anniversary today as a republic. A discussion will follow the film. , —Pete Murphy, '6O TODAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LA6T NIGHT I' DREAMED THAT THE LIBRARY PEOPLE CAME JO GET ME.. A TREY KEPT CHASING /41E OVER STATE UNES, AND THEN SINE CITIZEN ROOK BEGAN TO THROW STONES AT ME.. ts. Words to Spare The Times Writes On Responsibility The Centre Daily Times and The Daily Collegian usually coexist peacefully, with neither paper comment ing on the other. Relations between the staffs have been traditionally friendly, and the and Time's staffs cooperated only last month in putting out a special joint edition commemorating the Univeiiity's 160th class. But the Times, in a reverse of form, attacked The Daily Collegian Saturday, for what it vaguely implied were edi torial irresponsibilities on the Collegian's part. _ The comments on The Col legian began with the state ments: 'iSome newspapers have caused comment recently with news stories and editorial com ments dealing with individuals an d institutions. Involved, among others, is the Daily Col legian, undergraduate news paper at the University." The editorial went on to cite the differences between rights and privileges of freedom of the press, implying that the Collegian's sense of responsi bility is amis . It further el plained t h necessity teaching u. dergrad u a editors the r 4 sponsibility their po: tions. Certain] the editor] was not aim( particularly a, the Daily Col- DRAYNE legian, but rather at the gen. eral problem of maintaining the responsibilities of the press, and, in particular the college press. But we fail to see why the Collegian should be includ ed in the general criticism. The Times editorial was in credibly weak because it failed to point to one single instance where its criticisms of The' Col legian might apply. Its vague statements were completely unbacked, and readers of the editorial were apparently sup posed to conjure their own facts to support the conclusions of the Times editorial writer. This lack of support for edi torial opinion is a prime ex ample of irresponsibility=the very sin which the editorial was supposed to attack. To quote the Code of Ethics of the National Conference of Editorial Writers, "The edi torial writer should draw ob jective conclusions from the stated facts, basing them upon the weight of evidence and up on his considered concept of the greatest good." The Times editorial forgot about stated facts and weight of evidence. We finally did find out what the editorial referred to, but only after asking Jerome Wein• stein, the Times editor. Wein stein said he had in mind pri marily The Collegian's' hand ling of the Borough school tax story and also the coverage of the story on the University's proposed action against the Jazz Club. The original story in The Collegian on the ,Borough tax was accurate, according to the tax assessor. Because of the deluge of letters on the story, the Collegian printed a story on an interview with, the tax as- TUESDAY, MARCH lai 1959 THEY PUT BIG CHAINS ON ME. AND NIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH 13001CS.THRI THE MARY PEOPLE TURNED INTO THE FBI I LLI4S 50210 F GLAD WREN I WOKE OP ! _A By Dick Drayne sessor in which questions posed by the letter-writers were an swered. And editorially criti cized the writers of the letters for not .being sober and logical in their criticisms. And we fail to see any basis for Weinstein's objections to the Jazz Club coverage. The news stories were written ob jectivelyif he doubts this we invite him to point out spe cifics—and our editorial stand criticized the - University ad ministration as we thought it should be criticized. The ruling was subsequently reversed, These are the specifics, which were left out of the Times edi torial. For my own curiousity I took time yesterday to examine all the editorials printed in the Centre Daily Times so far this year. The results of my survey bore out the impression I al ready had about the Times. The survey showed that the Times printed no more than a handful of editorials—out of the 57 papers examined—which tackled a controversial issue or showed any sort of editorial courage. A number of the edi torials praised the University, the County, and other institu tions. Many threw strong sup port behind charity drives. Other representative editor ials came out with opinions such as: let's cut the traffic death toll in the county; Mill heim has much to offer new industry; the public is urged to attend the-Bellefonte Coun cil meeting; safe driving tips; now's the time to start plan ning municipal growth; a youth center is on the way; let's hope Titan Metals has - no more misfortune. This type of editorial was in the great majority. There were very, very few editorials which% took a strong stand on local issues. Editorials such as the ones listed above are certainly unobjectionable—but I wonder if there aren't other and more important issues on which the. Times could venture editorial One editorial, in fact, went so far as to say that some areas in Centre County don't stack up well In community develop ment and renewal—and Then failed to name any such areas. This is clearly shirking the du ties of the editorial writer; this type of statement almost never gets anything done, for no one is willing to admit that it applies to him or his com munity and the matter is left to die. To quote again from the Code of Ethics of Editorial Writers: "The editorial writer should present facts honestly an d fully." If the Times wants to consider the subject of respon• sibility it should remember it has a responsibility to present opinions on controversial sub. theand not just beat around the bush. .
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