PAGE FOUR —Collegian Photo APPARENTLY UNDISTURBED by the click of a Collegian camera, E. E Cummings reads from his famous works during hi; appeaiance Friday night in Schwab Auditorium. The Col legian photographer was bodily ejected from the auditorium shot tly after taking the pictuie. Editorial 0 ginion Collegian Not Obligated To Artist Series Contracts A Collegian photographer was bodily ejected from Schwab Auditorium Friday night after taking pictures at the E. E. Cummings lecture. The University Artist Series Committee chairman had the photographer ejected , because the committee had signed a contract stating that no photographs would be taken of Cummings while he was on the campus. However, this is prior censorship of news—a violation of the first amendment of the Constitution. Any event held in a public auditorium is a public occurence, and thus constitutes news. As news, the Collegian will cover it. If pictures are needed to make the coverage of the event more complete, then photographs will be taken and pub lished of the event. Cummings is a public figure. His appearance in Schwab Friday was a news event in itself, and the editors of Collegian felt that a picture would make its coverage more complete. The contract agreed upon by the University in no way can force Collegian to curtail coverage of any event. The only "disturbance" caused by the photographer was the click of his camera shutter. He had no flash equip ment. The real disturbance came when members of the Artist Series committee and Campus Patrol bodily ejected him from the building. For years, the National Press Photographers Associa tion has been maintaining a fight to open so-called closed events to cameramen. At present, the only main stumbling block in complete camera coverage is the court system, Even in the case of the courts, some judges have per mitted pictures to be taken during sensational trials. The NPPA has even swayed the American Bar Association to re-evaluate its controversial Canon 35, pro hibiting courtroom photographs. Advances in the field of photography have made pic tures possible even under the most adverse conditions without the use of flash bulbs or flood lights, even with out the subject knowing that he is being photographed. The courts are now beginning to break down their barriers. Why then should the University begin to erect new ones for news coverage and photographers? In the words of John Costa, chairman of the NPPA board, who attended a •press conference here over the weekend: "It is deplorable to think that a ban on photo graphs should be imposed here (at the University) of all places." A Student-Operated Newspaper 01le Bally Tillirgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian n a student-operated newspaper. Entered es second-class matter July 9. 1931 at the State College. Pa. Poet Office under the act of Starch 9. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: $3.00 per semester $5.09 per year. DENNIS MALICK qr" . l Editor ST tar THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Carol Blakeslee: Copy Editor, Amy Rosenthal; Win! Editor. .line Strothman. Asaistants, Brenda Pezzner, Karyl Durhaeek, Car. sells LaSpada, 13111 Barber, Lynn Cereftee, Oltve Mmes, Kathleen Winnie. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA GEORGE McTURK Business Manager interpreting Compromise Made in Talks By Big Three By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Despite the quick reforming of ranks after Monday's dispute, it seems obvious that the Western bargaining position at Geneva has been seriously compromised. For one thing, the West, through it• arguments over when to shunt aside its German package plan and start discussing Berlin sep arately, has made a defacto ad mission that it never was deter mined to insist on the package. For another thing, the schism was a repetition of the same point which marked preliminary dis cussions by the Allies. France and West Germany re. main adamant that talks which may involve concessions to the East must go hand in hand with talks of concessions to the West. They don't believe the Soviets are prepared to give anything for the sake of settlements. The British, on the other hand, want to test what is at least a tentative theory that there is a chance for some real progress. In this they stand almost alone, but the United States is warily will ing to give them a chance. Part of this U.S. attitude may be due to consideration for the domestic po litical position or the Macmillan government. In one respect, however, Mon day's dispute within the Allied ranks does bring the conference a little nearer a true perspective. When all the high-sounding statements of general principles and long-range policies have be come a matter of record, the rea son for holding the conference is to work out a compromise in political positions—not necessarily a compromise in physical posi tions—which will avoid the crisis over Berlin which the Soviets have been threatening for the past six months. • And this is the phase of which the French and Germans, doubt ful about British willingness to defend the Allied position in West Berlin by force if necessary, are most afraid. The semipublic displays of West ern disunity, followed always by rather hollow-sounding statements of unity, have created this situa tion: The objectives, tactics an d weaknesses of the Western stand are on display. Nobody is entirely sure just why the Soviets started the Ber lin argument at this time, or just what they hope to gain from this and the expected summit confer ence. In the negotiations, therefore, the Allies are still taking punches at a sandpile, while the Reds can probe into definitely revealed chinks in the Allied armor. Letters Junior Criticizes Noise Of Marching Cadets TO THE EDITOR: I find it diffi cult to understand why the ma jority of the student body should be penalized by the din and dis sonance of military commands and flat drum beats. I realize the rnilitary's propen sity fcr a lack of administration, but since this is, after all, a uni versity and not a training ground for recruits, I think that the civil ian authority should have due regard for those students who wish to study sine noise, and should remove the armed forces by next semester to, let us say, the far reaches of the golf course. —Ralph J. Warman, '6O Gazette TODAY Christian Fellowship, 12:30 p m„ 218 HUB Choir Rehearsal, 6:16 p in , Wesley Foun dation Communion, 5:15 p.m.,Wesley Foundation Commuting Women E lections, 12 noon, 41 'McElwain Ed Student Council, 6 30 p m., 212 HUB Freshman Regulations Board. 12:30 p.m , 212 HUB Hil.o's. 1.30 p m., 100 Carnegie ICG, 7 p.m , 203 HUB 5:15 pan., 217 HUB LA Council, 6:30 p ni., 214 HUB Skull and Bones and Scrolls, 3 p.m., 217 HUB Tax Institute, 2:15 p.m.. 215 HUB University Party Special Committee, 7 p m., 216 HUB MIA Tennis Club, 6:39 p.m., 2 Whitt Little Man on Campus by Dick giblet "Grab a pencil Miss Graves—l've just found an excellent essay question!" Tongue In Cheek High Honors Hit Below Moneybeit Hitch-hike home! What do you mean you have to hitch-hike home 'after finals? I stared at the young man who had just made the statement I found so hard to believe. Judging from the honoraries and recognition societies which had tapped him for membership within the last three months, he was what is referred to in the vernacular of the knowing student as a BMOC We were sitting in the Lion's Den talking over steaming cups of coffee for which I had paid since he couldn't seem to find the necessary 20 cents. "But, you just can't hitch hike home," I said in my most authoritative ton e. "You're well - kno , on this cal pus. How w it look to thosepeoi in the hone ary organi tions you bi long to? Wh if they f out?" "Find ou, he answer half amuse_ "They won't MISS LEVINE have to look very far to find out. They'll probably be stand ing there on the highway right next to me. "Do you realize," he con tinued, "that I was once a hap py, healthy and economically solvent young man. I paid my fraternity housebill on time: I bought my own soap and tooth paste; and I even paid for my own cigarettes—at least almost always. "If this was three months ago," he said sadly, "I would even have been able to buy you the coffee you're drinking." "Never mind the coffee, I answered guiltily—What exact ly is it that has resulted in the f Lancia' embarrassment you're now suffering?" "Honors," he responded, "the high cost of being honored! Why, do you know that in the last three months alone it has cost me 150 to be recognized by various honorary groups on this campus!" "Oh. is that how it's done." I said jokingly. "Bribes, huh?" He looked at me like a micro scopic specimen from one of his bacteriology labs. He was ob viously in no mood to joke. He continued, "First one of TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1959 to PIS / (11 by Bobbi Levine the language honoraries invited me to accept membership. I'm not even a language major. I just happened to have a few free electives each semester and I used one or two to take some advanced language cours es. Who knows, I might want to travel abroad some day." "At this rate you'll never be able to afford it," I murmured. He chose to ignore this last comment. "At the initiation ceremony I found out I owed them slo—sls if I wanted the key," he said. "Anti did you?" I asked. "Weil, yes," he blurted hur riedly. "My mother is senti mental about these things. "Next I was tapped by my professional honorary frater nity. Well, I couldn't turn that one down, could I? Think of the contacts I can make for later life. Think what this could mean to my success!" It can open the way to all sorts of things business, industry, fame . . . "Poverty!" "Don't be gross," he sput tered. "Anyway, it cost me an other s2o—s3o with the key. After that it was a science hon orary and next an English hon orary. Then I was tapped for a communications honorary, a dramatic arts group and a scholastic honorary. Last week I was tapped for a hat society." "What took them so long?" I cracked. "But," he continued, getting really excited now, "yesterday I finally won the honor that I had really been hoping for all along—an outstanding student award with a cash prize of $lOO. I've been spending that money over and over again in my mind since I learned I was being considered for it. You know what I discovered—the money doesn't even cover the cost of my other honors! I'm broke!" We finished our coffee in silence and started off for the next class "I wonder," he mused as we crossed the Mall. "Do you think, if I keep my grades up—that I might be tapped for Phi Beta Kappa next year?" a. ` ' Z
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