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Editorial Opinion
Ads Protect Press Freedom
Happy Advertising Week to the "men in the grey
flannel suits" and their counterparts all over the nation,
and a "special happy" to the long-suffering men and
women in the advertising department of The Daily
Collegian.
Ever y once in a while the editorial department of this
paper goes oif on an eloquent tirade about freedom of the
e , ,s and its impoi tance to the American people. It's about
this time that the members of the advertising department
begin to wonder if their place in the scheme of things is
pi porly appreciated. Believe us, ad staff, it is.
Despite the fact that screams of despair go up from
editors on the days that advertising inches outnumb•ar
news inches 15 to 1: and despite the fact that the sports
editors throw typewriters through windows on the days
that cigarette ads vie for space with the NCAA finals,
everyone realizes how important advertising is to any
newspaper.
We're not thinking right now of the millions of house
wives who depend on advertising to plan their shopping
trip.; or the men and women who use advertising to buy,
sell, find and ret ur n everything from dogs to fattories.
e thinking that without advertising and the revenue
it pi ovides, there would be no freedom of the press.
It is advertising revenue that allows publishers to
sell papers at a fraction of the cost of production. It is
revenue from a great variety of advertisers that places
edam ial policy securely in the hands of the editors. If
newspapers had to rely on the financial backing of indi
viduals or special-interest groups, it is easy to see how
these groups could end up dictating editorial policy.
Under the present financial systems in most news
papers this Just can't happen. In the world of mass pro
ducing, mass marketing and mass advertising, if one
account leaves a paper there is always another to take its
place. In fact, the presence of many advertisers In one
paper tends to keep the paper liberal—it's the best way of
offending as few as possible.
Of course, editors will never admit this to ad staffers
during ordinary weeks, but Advertising Week is the time
to make an exception.
A Student-Operated Newspaper
55 Years of Editorial Freedom
Gip Bally Tolirgiatt
Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturdes morning during the University year. The
Deily Collegian in • student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-elaso matter
July 0, 1934 at this State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1319.
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Member of The Associated Press
and The Intercollegiate Press
Managing Editor. William Jaffe: AasWant Editor Catherine Fleck; Pubihr
Relations Director. Loll( Neuharth; Copy Editor, Roberta Levine: Sports Editor,
Sandy l'adwe: Assistant Sports Editor, John Black: Photograph, Editor. Martin
Schorr; Member. Zandy Simon.
Local Ad Mar., William Hess: Ass't Local Ad Mgr.. Chester Lurido: Credit Mgr.,
Murray Simon; National Ad Mgr., Nancy Froehel: Classified Ad Mgr., Sara
Brown; t o-Cirrulation Mgrs.. Loretta Mink, Richard Kitzlnger; Promotion Mgr.,
Darlene Anderson; Special Page Mgr., Alice Mahachek: Personnel Mgr., Dorothy
Smeal; Office Secretary, Bonnie Bailey Meyer: Research and Records, Margaret
Dimperlo.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Barb Yunk and Meg Teich
holtz; Copy Editor, Susie Eberly; Wire Editor, Susie Linkroum;
Assistants: Polly Dranov, Jerrie Markos, Ellie Hummer, Pat
Haller, Dean Billick
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GEORGE McTURK
Business Manager
Two Oppose
Average Drop
For Assembly
TO THE EDITOR: Having read
the editorial in yesterday's Col
legian, I find myself amazed at
many of the statements made
there. It is fast stated that a 2 4
minimum All-University average
is an unreallistic requirement for
an assemblyman. I ask, Why? If
a student, and that is the category
of all members of the Assembly,
does not have a 2 4 he could use
his time much better studying.
We next arrive at the state
ment that often a student with
the proper "background and ex
perience" so necessary to repre
sent his fellow students properly
doesn't have a 24. This sounds
rather hollow since it is unlikely
that a person with the "back
ground and experience" to repre
sent his classmates properly will
not have a 2 4 average. Since he
is representing his classmates in
an academic, educational institu
tion, he should show some excel
lence in learning. A sub 2.4 does
not show this excellence
True, the University only re
quires a 2 0 to graduate which
is the minimum requirement and
not one for a student of repre
sentation and leadership It
would also seem that a student
body of 15.000 would have enough
qualified students with a 2 4 or
higher to serve on SGA.
—William Hicks, '62
TO THE EDITOR: In yesterday's
editorial concerning the requisites
for SGA Assembly candidates,
you advocated lowering the schol
astic requirements for student
leaders from a 2 4 All-University
average to a 2 2 One wonders how
wise this action would be. As you
stated, the worst possible gradu
ate, scholastically, has at least a
2.0 average. Should the student
representatives be allowed to have
such a mediocre average?
You also claimed that there are
many potential candidates with
the "proper background and ex
perience,' but an average under
2.4. Intelligence, as well as the
ability to distinguish between
unimportant and important items,
such as graduating, should be
considered
It further seems likely that the
"more qualified student leaders"
will have reasonably good marks.
If they don't. they should drop
out of the political picture tern
porarily and hit the books a little
harder.
—Bruce Blanning, '62
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Petitions Now Available
For Council Presidency
Petitions for the presidency of
West Halls Council are available
at Waring desk. The petitions
must be signed by 50 residents
of West Halls and brought to the
council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday
in 127 Waring.
Duane Johnson, last semester's
president, has resigned in order
to join a fraternity.
Petitions for two representa
tives-at-large are also available.
ittle Man on Campus by Dick Bibb
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Good Grief! Profs
Are Really People
Junior and senior women were offered an experience
that is hard to find on a large campus, on Wednesday
night. At the WSGA faculty reception we had a rare
opportunity to talk, discuss and argue with members of
the faculty and such high administration members as
President and Mrs. Walker and
Dr. and Mrs. Bernreuter,
Many of the coeds present
were already acquainted with
some of the guests and had been
looking forward to meeting
them again. But considering
the number of coeds and facul
ty members on campus, at
tendance at the reception was
extremely poor.
Students seem to view the
annual affair as a formidable
two hours of smiling prettily
while trying desperately to bal
ance their cup of coffee. Pro
fessors evidently can't face the
thought that their students
might be able to converse
more intelligently than their
reluctant classroom discussion
would indicate.
Whatever the reasons, stu
dents and faculty are certainly
reluctant to meet on a friendly
basis (I am not here referring
to eligible bachelors.) Many of
the coeds present looked as if
their sorority had made atten
dance compulsory, and our fac
ulty have a strange facility for
congregating in small groups
and discussing tha last PTA
meeting at the high school.
Certainly the women pres
ent should not have felt they
were intruding on a private
conversation everytime they
introduced themselves to a
Letters
Dropped Courses Queried
TO THE EDITOR: Tuesday,
the University ruled that
courses with less than 15 stu
dents in a class would be
dropped.
With almost a third of the
curricula offered at Penn State,
the College of Agriculture is
one of the most severely hit.
This ruling, however, does not
only affect Ag students but
the whole University.
With a decrease in the num
ber of courses, the University's
reputation is injured. The Min
eral Industries College, well
known throughout the nation,
is also having trouble. This
should be looked into.
Seniors, juniors and sopho
mores are affected who have
perhaps two or even three
courses which will be dropped.
I know a 7th semester Dairy
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1960
by born neubarth
group of professors and their
wives.
Others. of course, were
charming. They were the ones
who were able to drop thejr
veneer of pedantic polish and
welcome the chance to get to
know their students as people.
But it must be admitted that
we students seem to have a
worse case of chronic tunnel
vision when it comes to look
ing at our profs. All we seem
to see through our bleary eight
o'clock eyes are their faults.
The same man who has three
lovely children or is someone's
affectionate uncle, we sudden
ly transform into some strange,
sub-human ogre the minute he
stands up before a class.
The freshman I overheard
describing her English profes
sor yesterday is unfortunately
typical of too many students.
'He's such a clod, she told
a friend. "I mean hg has this
big nose and wears horrible
ties and repeats things all the
time . . .
When the uncomplimentary
tirade was over and her
friends had laughed sympa
thetically in all the right
places, she stopped and looked
a little troubled. "You know,"
our worldly-wise coed admit
ted, "I guess he is pretty intel
ligent, though."
You know, I'll bet he was
probably pretty nice, too.
Science student who may have
to drop four courses and a
senior in Horticulture who
must drop three of her hort
courses. Other instances can be
found probably by checking at
the drop-add desk in Willard.
One student I know is ser
iously considering transfer
ing from Penn State because
he can't get the courses offered
by the University.
The Daily Collegian can do
something about this. Urge
students to write home and
have their taxpaying parents
write to Harrisburg.
This may not save today's
seniors by the classes of the
future may benefit, especially,
if it can be made so that they
can get enough courses in their
major to graduate.
—Name Withheld
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