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Editorial Opinion
Improve Communications-
Improve Student Opinion
The SGA Cabinet and Piesident Leonard Julius came
up with one of its best ideas in many months last night.
The proposal provides that administration members come
before Assembly to present the University’s views on
topics of student inteiest.
Had Albert E. Diem, vice president for business ad
ministration, appeared before Assembly last May to pre
sent the proposed traffic regulations and give the student
leaders an idea of the University's parking problem, things
may have been different. The University had logical rea
sons for enforcing the new regulations, but an explanation
beforehand surely would have been belter than the stu
t
dents finding the rules in force when they returned in
September.
Housing problems and the current discussion over
tlie need for more telephones in some campus areas could
possibly be topics for administrators to discuss with the
Asseinblv.
The idea for these meetings should be considered most
highly by the administration and staff members. It is
through these breakdowns in communication that the
University finds itself in ‘hot water’ with the students.
The breakdown was most evident in the recent Liberty
Bowl dealings and it didn't make students speak too highly
of tlie University when they were home over Thanks
giving vacation.
How does this tie in with administrative cooperation
in airing the University's viewpoints and policy positions?
Well, namely—a university builds upon Its prestige and
reputation among alumni throughout the state and nation,
How can its reputation gain prestige when its own stu
dents speak harshly of its actions?
TRe SGA proposal is just a small start—but a very
important one to improve relations and cooperation be
tween the administration and its policies and the student
Other Views
Lehigh Sees ROTC 'Evils'
Even Lehigh officials have had, through the years, much
to say about the evils of HOTC.
Dean of the Graduate School Wray H. Congdon said in the
Brown and White almost six years ago when he wa3 Dean of
Students that:
• Course content is frequently not of college calibre. There
Is 100 much of technical school level.
• ROTC instructors do not have adequate or comparable aca
demic training as compared with other college instructors.
• Ihe expectation and requirement of the military of having
its courses carry academic credit works a hardship on the college.
• The number of contact hours required per week in ROTC,
paritcularfy advanced courses, is excessive and out of proportion
to the total educational program.
• Determination of educational policies by an outside author
ity in matters of a college curriculum and educational practices
is an unhealthy situation and an impingment upon the college's
autonomy. —Lehigh Brown and White
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Letters
Nittany Men
Issue Challenge
TO THE EDITOR; Since North
and West Halls aie always sound
ing oft about anything unim
portant, it seems to me that it s
about time they had something
to scream about
The men of Niltany area would
like to extend a foimal challenge
to the weaker groups on campus.
We, the men of Nittany, aie hav
ing a pep rally for our football
team.
If the boys of North can slide
down Ag Hill and the boys of
West can tear themselves away
from their girls, we challenge
them to meet us at Old Main at
8 p m. Monday.
—Barry 'Rein, ’62
President, Nittany Council
(Editor’s Note: Come, come, Mr.
Rein, where’s your co-educational
spirit’ Why not get the West men
to bring "their" girls?!
Sr. Adds Comment
Against Loyalty
TO THE EDITOR: Lately the
question of loyalty oaths, has be
come popular again. Most, or at
least many, people seem to agree
that it isn’t effective and that it
unfaii ly singles out college stu
dents.
I would submit another reason
in opposition to these oaths: per
sonal integrity.
This is not an old fashion idea.
I would like to think it umveisal.
It is certainly not something to
pass over as of secondary im
portance.
We learn that in these United
States a peison is innocent until
proven -guilty. It seems to me the
government, bv requiring a loyal
ty oath of students receiving
loans, is implying that we’re prob
ably innocent, but let’s just make
sui e
This I believe is an insult to
one’s personal integrity
—Peter Glick, '6O
Iranians Say Thanks
For Student Concern
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of
the Iranian students on the Penn
sylvania State University cam
pus. we extend our appreciation
to The Daily Collegian, the Hillel
Foundation, the student body in
general and all others, who have
expressed a concern for the un
fortunate incident which occurred
to one of our fellow students,
Davoud Eshaghoff.
Players Tryouts
Will End Tonight
Final tryouts for the next
Players’ production, “'ltalian
Stiaw Hat." will be held at 7 to
night in the Greenroom, Schwab
Auditorium.
There’ are roles for nine men
and five women. There are also
innumerable small parts, accord
ing to Frank Neusbaum, director.
The plav, which will open Feb.
12 on Center Stage, is a 19th cen
tury French farce written by Eu
gene Labiche and Marc Michel.
Gazette
TODAY
Ag Council, 7 p.m., 212 HUB
Alpha Kappa Pm, 7 p m , Sigma Phi Ep
silon ,
ACS, 3 p.m . lid Osmond
Christian Fellowship, 12:15, 21R HUB
Collegian Promotion Staff, 7 p.m, 219
Wlllanl
Delta Sigma Pi, business meeting, 7 p.m ,
Sigma Chi: pledge meeting, 7 pm.
Lambda Chi Alpha **
Home Ee. Student Council, 5:43 pm, bo*
hind the Home I*>. Building
Het7el Union Board, M: 10 p.m., 212 HUB
ICG. 7 30 pm. 20.1 HUB
LA Council, b:3O pm., 213 HUB
Newman Clpb, 7 p ni , 217 HUB
Penn State Chapter American Society for
Metals. 7’30 p.m.. Ml auditoiium
SGA Coffee Hour, 1:15 p.m., 217 HUB
Sntma Delta Epsilon, G:3O p.m, 21t HUB
Science Fiction Societj, 0:30 p.m., 214 HUB
SrhuhplAttler German Folk Dance Club,
7:30 pm, 3 White
WRA Execuii>e Board, 6:30 p.m, 103
White
WBA Swim Club Interest Group, 6:30,
While pool
WKA Voliexball Intramural*, 6*30 p.m.
White gym
Carole Baker, Charles Bnnta, Lawrence
Beighey, Karol Bloom. Diane Derricksor,
Suzanne (iiottman, Donald Heame, Made
line Edwatd Kotchi, Paul
Krieger, Mamecn Mack, Lillian Mendez,
Charles Muproe, Clement New bold, Mali
lyn Newmnn, Patricia Niedballa. Norman
Potter, Richard Prc**, Judith Roesemeier,
John Roman. Saliy Sabold, Kent Sohoch,
You* Shin, Ellen Sulki*, Barbara Trotter,
—Jamil Faridy,
Iranian student
HOSPITAL
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How Are Your
Individualities?
Disgustibus non disputatum may be an old and
revered ideal, but in reality it seems the whole country
Is made up of two camps of people with different tastes
. . . and each group laughs at the other.
For instance, students who don’t care for football
games are termed ‘‘clods” by
those who wei e boi n u ith a
cleat maik on their forehead.
Coeds can get away with not
liking rough ’n tumble sports
(indoor sports excluded), but
just let a young man say that
he would prefer reading a book
on a Saturday afternoon. The
masculine wiath of eveiy
aspiring Mr Touchdown would
crush him'
On the other side, every year
the Collegian receives at least
one letter from an irate ‘'in
tellectual” who thinks the
greatest injustice to those seek
ing Knowledge is that the li
brary is closed on Saturday
night. ‘'Did it ever occur to
them (the football and fra
ternity paity pios) that some
people at this University aie
students, and
would prefer
to spend Sat
urday night at
the library?”
they write
Sometimes,
though, peo
ple do stiad
die the line
between these
two camps.
It's hard to
tell just when
you slip from M i SS nevbarth
one side to *
the othei, but it shows as soon
as your speech, dress, actions
and opinions aren't dved-to
match
I walked into a record shop
wilh a friend during vacation
and he picked out a Beethoven
symphony -and handed it to
the clerk.
“Wellll, something classi-
Letter s
Secretary Questions Policy
TO THE EDITOR: “Our coun
try has from its beginnings de
veloped a respect for the value
of human personality and a re
solve that each individual has
the right of ... a chance of
livelihood. This ideal of demo
crtic philosophy we consider to
be of fundamental impoitance
to the well-being of each citi
zen and it is, therefore, a duty
of the University to keep these
principles before its students,
faculty and the nation.”
In these words the Senate
Committe on Educational Poli
cy reports some of the aims and
objectives of our University. It
continues- “It is a primary ob
ligation of the University to
conserve this heritage and
make it accessible to all who
wish to learn.”
It cannot be denied that this
is a very noble aim. I wish to
point out, however, that this
philosophy does not entirely
govern the action of Penn
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1959
PERHAfc SOMETHING A LITTLE
MORE INTIMATE (OOUID BE
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by lolli neubarth
cal?” the surprised gentleman
murmured. He slipped tha
precious record into a bag and,
almost reluctantly, handed it
over to us. ‘‘What does this
collegiate-looking Joe want
with a symphony?” his raised
eyebrows asked. Evidently,
am one wearing cords and a
green car coat had no right
to be listening to classical mu
sic
In the HUB I overheard a
sports enthusiast discussing
the coming Liberty Bowl. "You
mean you're going to tha
game?" he incredulously asked
someone at his table. The ob.
jeci of surprise,, a neatly
dressed individual with the
suggestion of a beard, looked
resigned. "I happen to .lika
football," he protested. "Why
shouldn't I like football? In
fact, I used to play first siring
for my' high school ieam."
"Gee,” the other grunted,
shaking his head. He seemed
lesentful that someone who
was leading a book of poetry
(for pleasure) should also en
joy a real he-man game lika
football
In tins great haven for con
formers called America, popu
lar pressure demands that wa
belong to one group or an
other; and it isn’t quite cucket
to go overboard and become an
unbiased unextremist.
Give me the middle-brow,
the kind of person who feels
no qualms about keeping the
Moonlight Sonata and Count
Basie’s latest album on the
same .shelf and feels no need
to defend his taste to one side
or another.
State's policy makers concern
ing the educational privileges
of the clerical employes on
campus.
On the surface, the educa
tional privileges of the em
ployes at Penn State look very
democratic. A clerical employe
is allowed to schedule six cred- '
its of course work during any
regular semester, provided she'
has the permission ‘ to do so
from her immediate supervisor
and provided she.is not absent
more than four hours a week
from the regular establisheci
work schedule.
As a clerical employe and a
part-time student, however, I
have gradually come to dis
cover that this very democratic
provision of the University ha 3
some serious deficiencies. The
difficulty is encountered in the
hours over and above the four
a week allowed. These may
not be scheduled under any
circumstances, not even if tha
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