?AGE FOUR
Editorial
Opinion
Political
Max Up
Sports and politics do not mix, e:,pecially in bowls
The University administration from Director of Ath
letics I%.lcCuy to President Walker to Coach Lawrence
should be aware of these hard facts after their experiences
durini the last fe'.v weeks.
Mc Penn State football team has been thrown for a
long loss !rt its quest for a post-season bowl. It has proved
to be the best Nntany team in many years and should be
rewarded fur its efforts.
But instead. Penn State has become the laughing
stock of the football world, and for no reason at all if it
hadn't been for the political and administrative pressure.
The Libel ty Bowl fiasco has gone the limit. Student
and faculty sentiment is one of disgust and disinterest.
Such ►cmarks as the "South Broad Street -Classic" the
"Dudley Bowl" and the "Pressure Bowl" flew about
campus yestei clay.
Pittsburgh papers took cracks at the Lions being
given 22,000 tickets to sell; others blamed the Pitt loss
partially on the pressure applied prior to the game.
It's a shame McCoy didn't learn a lesson on big pro
motions from the big flop in Cleveland's Municipal Sta
dium. There the Lions played before 15,000 fans in what
was to be a top mid-west attraction. McCoy seems
receptive to eager promoters.
Numerous reports concerning other bowl bids have
circulated about campus. One is that the Lions were in
vited or at least received a feeler to play in the Blue
bonnet Bowl in Houston, Tex. It seems the feeler fell on
deaf ears in the athletic department. Another report was
that the Lions were called concerning a Gator Bowl bid
prior to the Pitt game but the call was not accepted.
The team was only given a chance to vote on whether
to go to the Liberty Bowl. In accepting the bid, the Uni
versity supposedly told bowl officials it wanted the Air
Force Academy or Texas Christian University as oppo
nents. But why did the University keep its invitation
when bids to these schools fell through?
Perhaps the answer to the question lies in the fact
that Penn State has gone big-time in football. Its schedule
has been toughened. A new and bigger stadium is being
built. Funds must be made available to pay for it. When
a school engages in big-time football, it must be able to
recruit good players and its athletic aid funds must grow
—such as the University's Levi Lamb Fund.
All this takes money and the $lOO,OOO to $150,000
supposed guarantee offered by the Liberty Bowl would go
a long way in providing these funds. Perhaps the Uni
versity needs to re-evaluate its athletic program.
But again, the basic fact remains—the Lions were
forced into a game by political pressure and University
administrative shenanigans.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Nicki Wolford; Copy Editor,
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
tongue In cheek
Why Drivers Go
'But I'm only taking back
the necessities of life!"
The young woman who
had made the statement
stood beside the car clutch
ing a stuffed doll in one hand
and a plastic piggy bank in the
other. Around her feet were
stacked two suitcases, a large
collection of long-play record
albums, a record player and
three boxes filled with the
same type of 'necessities' she
was holding.
The problem which prompt
ed the defensive statement was
how to get six people with lug
gage to match into a car that
measured about 18 feet from
headlight to taillight. The lug
gage alone, when placed end
to end, measured about 30 feet.
There was really no reason
for the incident to occur at all.
Each member of the Univer
sity-bound car pool had been
told that there would be six
people making the trip back
to school after the Thanksgiv
ing holiday. Each had tried his
best to squeeze that last new
sweater and the rxtra turkey
sandwich into the same suit
case space he had used on the
trip' home—except one.
It always happens there's
Letters
Alum Blasts
Politics Used
In Bowl Bid
TO THE EDITOR: As an alumni
of the Penn State sports scene, I
am ashamed at the way Dr.
Walker and the governor of this
state, applied pressure to one of
the finest Penn State football
teams. This pressure over their
participation in Philadelphia's
Liberty Bowl brought about a
yes decision from a team who pre
ferred a southern bowl invitation.
This pressure was the leading
factor in the humiliating defeat
at Pittsburgh. Any team should
have the right to a vote for the
bowl of its choice without pres
sure being exerted by a state gov
ernor, the University administra
tion and the school's athletic
director.
The team has worked hard and
earned the right to a democratic,
pressure free vote in their final
game. For the traditional game
with Pitt, both teams have to be
up. Our team was not only down,
but completely demoralized.
The politics involved in swing
ing the team's decision is un
forgivable. It is not the "obliga
tion" of any institution to sup
port a private business venutre.
I wish Mr. Dudley success in
his venture, but it is not up to
Penn State or any political ma
chine to supply this success. The
goal of the politicians has been
realized. Now Penn State's only
choice will probably be the Lib
erty Bowl.
The damage is done. In the fu
ture, if Penn State is to continue
with "Big Time Football," let's
keep politics out of the picture!
—Edwin R. Sidwell
Class of '5B
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Angel Flight Drill, 6:45 p.m., Armory,
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Air Force Glee Club, 8:80 p.m., HUB
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Collegian office.
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p.m., 219 Willard.
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Graduate Student Association, 8:30
p.m., 21'7 HUB.
Faculty Women's Bridge Club, 1-10
p.m., HUB main lounge.
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Mt Council, 7:46 p.m., 212 HUB
Methodist Choir Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m.,
Wesley assembly room
Newman Club, 7 p.m., 214 HUB
Panhellenic Council, 6:30, 203 HUB.
Penn State Engineer, 7 P.M. 104
Bourke.
&GA Cone, Hoar, 3-5 p.m., 218 HUB.
SGA. 6:30 p.m., 215 HUH.
Sehultplattler Gorman Folk Dent*
Club. 7:30 p.m.. 3 White.
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seseembijr ZOOM.
TODAY
a curve -breaker in every class
and an axle-breaker in every
holiday car pool!
The young lady with the 20
camel-loads of luggage is not
the only kind of traveller who
turns drivers prematurely grey.
Shuddering, white-faced driv
ers, fresh from the rigors of the
post-Thanksgiving trip, report
that another one of their spe
cial 'loves' is the student who
is afraid to intrust his clothes
to the safety of a suitcase.
When the driver meekly
mentions that if his coed pas
senger would allow him to
store her crinoline "sails" in the
trunk the wind might stop
rocking the car, she shrieks at
him indignantly, "Do you want
them to get wrinkled?"
Of course this same young
lady' wouldn't dream of pack
ing her shoes in her suitcase
either. She places them neatly
on the back window sill of the
car where they can hit the
nearest victim in the back
whenever the car stops for a
traffic light. If she's carting
those new pointed-toe, steel
heeled models, the back seat
passengers are really taking
their lives in their hands when
they ride with her.
The male counterpart of this
slip-toting student is the fel-
Letters
Grad Sees Worth of SGA
TO THE EDITOR: This letter
says 'to the editor" only be
cause it is the accepted form.
It is really to Mr. Hall, Mr.
Bradley, , and all of the Hall's
and Bredey's on campus. It is
an open letter to the Penn State
student body.
So student government does
nothing: it is only for the ac
tivities list in the yearbook.
Let's look and see. Through
student government, you, the
student body got the HUB com
plete with BX, Terrace Room
and Lions' Den. You get the
Artist Series, the Lecture Se
ries, Spring Week and Student
Insurance.
You got community living, a
direct reversal of University
policy, after three years of
banging by student govern
ment. You get all of the social
and recreational events spon
sored by student government
with student government funds
—all dances but Mil Ball: ping
pong tables in West Halls: game
rooms in the new dorms: and
remember WRA (if you know
what that means) is a part of
student government.
Not too long ago the Univer
sity calendar was such that
most students would have to
drive in New Year's Day traf
fic to return from vacation.
Through student government
pressure, this was changed. The
student check cashing agency
was a "campaign promise"
which is now an accomplished
fact.
Mr. Hall claims to speak for
the student body ("we, the stu
dents"). I believe he does.
Where is Frothy he asks? I ask
where is the evidence that the
students want Frothy at the
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1959
Grey!
by bobbi Levine
low who can't decide which
suit to wear on Thanksgiving
Day so he brings all of them
along.
Of course it wouldn't do , to
wrinkle any of his clothes in
a suitcase, and if he puts them
in .a .plastic suit .bag .they
woudn't get any air so he
hangs them on the hand straps
which were put in the car for
the safety of the passengers.
Drivers admit that luggage
problems are not the only ones
that plague them on the trips
to and from the University.
They list as other problems:
e The smoker in the fully
packed car (this person is
usually sitting in the middle
of the back seat between two
non-smokers suffering from se
vere colds, and since he finds
either ash tray equally Mac
cessable he deposits his ashes
on the clean white socks of the
person nearest him.)
•The passenger who has just
eaten a huge lunch and casual
ly mentions that unless he sits
next to a wide open window
he gets violently car sick.
But, with all the inconveni
ences of auto travel to and from
the University, no one would
think of using any other means
of transportation if he can pos
sibly get a ride.
games. And what about home-:
coming queen? Does anyone
really care? Who can tell?
Your voice, the voice of the
students, is never raised for
the constructive purpose of•
saying what you want. It is
only raised to blame student,
government kir not obtaining
your unexpressed desires.
You ask: "Since when has
the administration given in to
the wishes of the students?"
Why should it? You, the stu
dents, don't care anyway. Does
the student• body do anything
about parking regulations but
grumble? Student government
is at least trying.
The student voice is silent.
It is left to student government
to see such problems as the food.
situation and attempt to correct
it; but the voice of you, the
students, is silent.
Each in-state student is a
voter or has parents who are
voters in Pennsylvania. The
University is a state university
dependent on the support of
the voters. But is the Student
Voice heard here? As every
where, the answer is NO! But
you are proud that you didn't
vote.
The fault is not with student
government. It is with you, the
students. Because you, the stu
dents, are the most uninformed,
uninterested, lazy, lackadaisi
cal, gutless bunch ever assem
bled in one spot. As an alum,
I have seen student govern
ment work. As students you do
not choose to see it. The fault
is not with the leaders. The
fault is with you, the students,
the deaf, dumb and blind fol
lowers. .
--Jamn M. Goodwin,
OUT WI4O Mr TO I*R Yi3U?
You MY BE DIRTY, BUT ta,T •
LEAST YOU NAVE CHARACTR I.
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