PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Eliminating Our Vote Gov. David L. Lawrence and state legislators have conTletely ignored college students in a recent revision of the absentee voting laws. The new bill extends absentee voting to businessmen and workers unable to get to the polls on Election Day because their work takes them out of town. Previously only servicemen and hospitalized or bedridden veterans have had absentee voting privileges. Becoming a regular voter is one of the requirements top: and developing into a good citizen. And in order to develop the voting "habit," it would certainly seem best to bet.tm as soon as one is eligible. I lowever, most college students spend their first, and even their second year of voting eligibility too far away fi tint their election district to make the trip home. The condition is bad for those Pennsylvanians attending col lege,, in this state, but it is almost impossible for those attending out-of-state schools to get home. The present voting laws prevent too great a number of college students from casting their deserved ballot, Nov; the state is considering dropping the voting age to 18. This would mean that practically every student would be eligible to vote but seldom would be able to, since there would be no way to return home for Election Day. Among young voters, certainly college students should rank as the most informed and best qualified to vote intelligently. But the present laws all but prohibit these citizens fi oin voting. Sign Up For Europe Students wishing to take advantage of the SGA sponsored •flight to Europe had better sign up soon or the reduced flight may not go through. If enough people have not sign - ed up and paid deposits to meet the down payment by Feb. 10, the flight will be cancelled, thus wrecking all hopes to ensure students a chance to get to Europe on a special rate. The SGA has agreed to sponsor the flight so that more students will have the opportunity to travel to Europe than otherwise could afford it. It seems foolish to have this plan fall through when students can travel through Europe as well as have transportation provided for under $lOOO. If Europe happens to be a possibility on your summer agenda, make arrangements now or forever hold your peace. A Student-Operated Newspaper My. Batty Tollrgittit Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian lo a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5. Mt at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: $3.09 per semester MOO per year. DENNIS MALICK Editor '',0,3t.•1 Managing Editor, William Jaffe: Assistant Editor, Catherine Fleck; Public Relations Director, 1.0111 Neubarth; Copy Editor. Roberta Levine: Sports Editor, Sandy Padirt: Assistant Sports Editor, John Black: Photography Editor. Martin &herr; Mmuher, Zandy Slosson. Loco! Ad Mar., Sherry Kennel: Ass't. Local Ad Mgr., Darlene Anderson: Credit Mar Murry Simon; National Ad Mgr., Lee Dempsey; Classified Ad Mgr., Sara Brown: Co-Circulation Mars., Loretta Mink, Dick Kitzinger: Promotion Mgr., Ruth Briggs; Special Page Mgr., Alice hlaharliek : Personnel Mar., Dorothy Sweat: Office Secretary, Ronnie Bailey; Research and Records. Margaret Dimperlo, STAFF THIS ISSUE; Night Editor, Meg Teichholtz; Copy Editor, Amy Rosenthal; Wire Editor, Katie Davis; Assistants: Bill Barber, 011ie Himes, Lynne Cerefice, Sue Taylor, Nancy Langsner, Faye nola Zalmon, Pat Haller, Diane Shover. ,A 4 0.0 3LANI A t GEORGE McTURK Business Manager s o 21 • • it 1 1 fry. MY MOTHER DIDN'T RAISE ME TO BE A TV AERIAL! go .101 /A //Aix, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA L., Prof Dislikes Mental Anguish In Swastikas TO THE EDITOR: What if this rash of swastikas is nothing more than a series of pranks? Does it occur to these jokesters that there are always those in any society who take them seriously, and use it to start a flood of trouble' There are respected people in this community who fled the Nazi tyranny 15 or more years ago to whom the mete sight of a swas tika bungs back some terrifying memories. Do these jokesters have a right to inflict mental anguish on these people? Maybe they haven't been told about the gas chambers of the last war. Then they are equally in the dark about the Nuremberg trials that brought some older "pranksters" to justice. Supposed ly this was to be a "lesson to hu manity." The swastika is not the only symbol of supression. What will these local jokesters do if they wake up some morning and find the hammer and sickle plastered on the walls of their homes? Exerpts from letter to the editor: In State College we say that these actions are the work of pranksters. But which kind of action is mole deplorable? Can we dismiss such occurrences as unimportant because they are probably the work of pranksters? All of us hope that the swasti kas painted on the ZBT doorway were the work of a jokester. But almost as disturbing is the aware ness that there are in our midst persons who are not aware of the serious consequences of such ac tions; persons whose sensitivity to human feelings is so deadened that they could daub this paint in "good clean fun." Christians proclaim a Saviour who calls us to love God and our neighbor as ourselves. 'Who is my neighbor?" Surely he is the man of another race, of another nation, as well as the person "just like us." —Rev. Sam Gibson, Executive director, University Christian Association; Rev. Gerard Ream, Roman Catholic Chaplain. Gazette TODAY AIM, 7 p.m., 214 Hetrel Union Camera Club, 7 p m , 214 Helga! Union Camnini Party Clique meeting. 6•16 pm, 212 Helve! Union Chess Club. 7 p.m., HUB Cardromu Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p.m., 218 Hettel Union Forestry Convocation. 11 am, 121 Sparks Graduate Mining Seminar. 8 pan 24 Mineral lllthritl ie Jr IF(' Committee, 8:15 p In., 218 Hetzel ' Union Riding Club, '7 p m , 217 Willard . - Women'4 Chum+, 6:30 p.m., HUH assembly WI:A Dance Club. 7 p m , White Hall dance ..twiio WRA Volleyball Intramural!, 6 BO p.m„ White 'Finn gym WSGA, 6 .30 p ni James Austraw, Jeanne Bartleson, Carol Biaidie, Peter Broaea, Benjamin Bron stein, Miehat I Connelly, David Crouthamel, altmorie Downer, Carolyn Ellwood, Thomas Ferrier, Ann Fish, Channing Grigby, Ann Hof nberk. William Kinft, Dee Lauver, Judith Lobley, John Machita, Walter Mar tin, Hal Miller, Rosalyn Miller, Harold Hosenniati. Robert Sehalm, JoAnne Scott, Betty Segal, Bat-net Somali. Stephanie Silberman, Robert Smith. William SWiFIS• helm, Loretta Syzdek, Ell7abeth Taylor, .Tacob Trueblood, Kathryn Wesner. Rising Costs Kill Booklet Publication Rising production costs have forced the cancellation of the pro posed student publication, "Who's In The News at Penn State." Sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional journalistic fraternity, the booklet was to have made its first appearance in five years this February. "The cost to those selected for inclusion rose from $1.25 to $2.50 and thus made it impossible to fill the booklet" according to Jef fery Pollack, co-edito! Pitt University Tuition To Increase Next Fall University of Pittsburgh stu dents will pay an additional $5 per credit hour next fall increas ing tuition from $23 to $2B per credit hour. The tuition at the University is $l6 per credit hour for residents of Pennsylvania. —William Henninger, professor of music DEGIBMI ittle Man on Campus by Dick Bibiat TUNNY, OUT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A' PULL 60510N 1 HERE AT Mal'HAL:s nii 415GU35►0N ALWAY 6 6615 AROUND TO GIRLS!? tongue in cheek End of the World —But Not Here Are you bothered by visions of atomic attack? Do stories concerning predictions of the beginning of World War 111 and the annihilation of the human race worry you? The New York Times recently carried an article about a 16th century Frenchman named Nostradamus who pre dicted, among other things, that a great atomic war between ''the eagle and the bear" would begin in January of 1960. The exact date has not been ascer tained, but people have sug gested Jan. 3,6, 9, 11 and 14 as possibilities. For those of you who are now worried—don't be! The world will not come to an end this year because the University does not have it scheduled on the Senate calendar, and it is impossible to schedule a calen dar change on such short no tice. Classes will go on as usual. No matter what happens, there will be no half-holiday. Furthermore, we have rules to protect us. No enemy plane would dare to bomb us between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. because none of them would be per mitted to fly over Pollock Rd. between these hours. In addition, any enemy plane caught d r o pping bombs on the Hetzel Union parking lot without a reg istration stick er and a park ing per mi t would be sub ject to a stiff fine by the Campus Pa trol MISS LEVINE No enemy plane would be al lowed to drop bombs near the women's residence halls be tween the hours of 7 and 10 p.m. This would be a violation of the WSGA quiet hours. Even if planes managed to make a successful drop over the Nittany dormitories the or- Come Back Little Paintings - Lipp TO THE EDITOR: We are hap- fore the Christmas holidays py to report that the three por traits borrowed from the South Halls have returned to their respective homes safe and sound. We very much appre ciate the student cooperation that helped us solve what was an embarrassing situation. Now it seems we have three more portraits AWOL from Willard Hall, these having been borrowed some time be- WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13, 1960 by bobbi levine denary passerby would_ not no tice any outward change. And the residents might find that the only thing the bombing had accomplished was to make the rooms a little bigger. In case of ground attack we would be well protected. The University has not been keeping ROTC compulsory for nothing. However, all bomb and ground attack shelters, in order to be approved for both men and women, would have to be cleared through the offices of the dean of men and the dean of women 24 hours prior to the time of the attack. Any student who missed classes due to atomic attack would be charged with a double cut unless he had an infirmary excuse or a note from the dean's office However, if the rest of the world should not be so fortun ate, it would then become our solemn duty to rebuild it—that is, if we could find any trans portation to former centers of civilization like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Student Government As sociation would then become the sole governing body in the world. Encampment meetings would replace Summit meet ings. Campus leaders would try again to secure an AM fran chise for WDFM. This time they would be fold—"So what if no one can hear you. There's no body left anyway." As survivors from the "out side world" started straggling into the University Hospital with radiation poisoning, hos pital officials would say: "This type of thing is normal for this time of year." As the crowning touch, The (Continued on page five) Would everyone please make another effort to look around and locate them? They could be placed back on the wall where they belong or simply deposited in any University of fice. Thanks again for helping on South Halls. Now, let's see if we can find the three portraits for Willard Hall. —Dorothy J. Lipp. Dean of Women
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