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Editorial Opinion
Student
Fate of
New
Hold
Last night 23 per cent of the student body elected
the SGA of heels and Assemblymen that hold in their
hand , : the fate of the present SGA system and possibly
the whole concept of student government at Penn State.
It is i egi ettable that the representatives who will be
chin ged with such an important task had to be elected
by such a minoi ity and under the shroud of a campaign
mailed by numerous charges of the use of improper
tactics.
The election campaign that made such an notorious
beginning with an attempted fix, then quieted down only
to burst forth with a final round of questionable tactics
during the three-day voting period, ended in the same
notorious manner amid charges aimed at invalidating the
election. A sad state of affairs for such an important elec
tion.
And now a new regime takes over bent on salvaging
a student voice to the University wilderness.
Nut only a wave iesponsibility but also a mandate
orn the students rests upon the shoulders of those elected.
A mandate to save SGA.
The new leaders, who have already made the usual
statements pledging themselves to do their best for the
students, will find that more than ever these cannot be
hollow words.
The present SGA system and perhaps student govern
ment itself has one year to prove itself. One year before
a vote of the Senate sub-committee on organizational con
ol approves the stem for the future or sounds its death
knell.
If SGA is not only to survive, but rise to a respected
influential position, it requires that the students make
their mandate known through the structure of this repre
sentative democracy and that the elected leaders channel
this mandate to the administration,
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GEORGE McTURK
Business Manager
Letters
Soph Praises
Student Pickets
On Race Stand
TO THE EDITOR: What might
seem to the casual observer to be
just a battle to obtain a haircut in
volves a latent strife for racial
equality. Such oversight reflects
the misjudgment and indifference
Inherent in so many young Amex -
"Are Americans getting soft?"
This is the question commented
upon by Penn State University of
ficials and campus dignitaries. If
the answer is yes one must surely
include a mental weakness which
blinds us to careful evaluation of
the circumstances that threaten
the very heart of our democracy.
Democratic society is inhabited
by a free and equal people, men
tally alert to speak against and to
repulse any action which is incon
sistent with liberty and justice
for all men.
So often do we feel that a fight
for equality does not directly in
volve us. Possibly because we
have not felt the pangs of racial
discrimination. Or is it because
some of us are too closely associ
ated with materialistic gains to
realize the true aim of American
democracy.
Neither of these may be the
answer, but the fact remains, so
many young Americans are in
different to prejudices that chal
lenge democracy.
I don't want to represent myself
as a crusader for the revamping
of individual thoughts and feel
ings. Every man is entitled to his
opinion. But I do want to point
out that any positive or negative
stand is welcomed in a democ
racy, because such action reflects
motives of an active, alert mind.
The barbershop pickets on
South Allen Street represent a
fundamental group, aware of lo
cal injustices that are national in
scope These are young Americans
who have taken a stand against
a prejudice that contradicts dem
ocracy. "What are you doing?"
—Eugene Harris, '62
Gazette
TODAY
Air Forte Glee Club. 8 p in , HUB rissern-
bly room -
Angel Flight, T p.m . 211, 215 HUB
ASCE, 7:'30 p m , 211 Boucke
Bacteriology Night, 7 p m , 205 Patterson
Hall
Biological Sciences Lecture Series, Dr
James Leathern, speaker. 4 15 p m , 112
Bourke.
Bridge Club, 6.30 p m , HUB eurdroom
Campus Party. 6 30 p.m . 213 HUB
Christian Fellowship. 12:15 p.m 21R HUB
Collegian Ad Staff, new members. 6:30
p m., Colleirian Office
Commonwealth Campus, 10 a in, 2 p m
2IS HUB
CPIC. 7 p m . 21(1 Hl.lll
Executive Committee. 10 n.m., 210 HUE
Graduate Mining Seminar. M. G. Alvarez
Fl peaker. 3:20 p m., 24 MI
Handbook, 9:15 p rn , 214, 216 HUB
liktory Round Table. Dr Herbelt. Heaton
speaker. 7.30 p m . 111 Hnueke
Mike and Rostrum Club, 6'3(1 p.m., 217
HUB
Omicron Delta Kappa, 8 p m., HUB RZ.
semblv romp
Philosophy Colloquium. Dr. Jose Perrater.
Morn. speaker. 4 •15 p m., 2 Sparks
Prof Snarf contest. 8 a.m . first floor HUB
SCA Assembly. 7 p.m.. 203 HUB
Sigma Tau Delta. 7:45 p.m.. 212. 217 HUH
Spring Week committee heads, 6.30 p m ,
214 HUB
University Party. GM pm, 21? HUB
WRA Aquarnde, R p m , White HRH pool
HOSPITAL
Jamey Armstrong. Murry Barsky. Don
na Berman. Stephen Blum. Elmer Brown.
Matilda Cohen, William Duemler, James
Ebert, Francine Garfinkel, Bruce Gina.
der, Linda Hendricks. Linda Hunt. Mary
Isaacs. Robert Kimble. Linda Levin, John
Lindley. Arthur Lingousky, James Nebls,
Russell Reinhard, Sheila Roaenzyrog, Sher
on Bowles, Mot ton Schweißer, Bernard
Tandarich. Kinzo Yamamoto, Martha Wel
ler, Frances Zengerle.
SUMMER CAMPS
April 7—Mien and womeni—Herald Trib
une Pre,h Air Fund Camp. N.Y.: (Menl
—College Settlement Fatm-Camp, near
Philadelphia
April 7. B—(Womenl—Camp Lenore, Pa
April 12—(Women)—Camp Mesncosa, Adi-
rondackc, NY.
April 26—i Men)—Cradle Beach, near But.
falo, NY.
April 28—( Men) —C-Bar-T Trail Ranch
Denser. Colo.
Chem-Phys Council
To Study Scholarships
The Chemistry-Physics Student
Council set up a committee to set
stipulations and qualifications for
a proposed council scholarship
last night.
The exact amount is uncertain,
but present indications point to
a value of $75 or $lOO.
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GO THROUGH THOSE DOORS...
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Take Heed,
Snowballs
"There was a child went forth every day, and the first
object he looked upon, that object he became and that object
became a part of him ... the early lilacs, and grass, and white
and red morning glories."
The fast day of kindergarten,
high school proms and college.
Years of schooling which become
more a part of every child than
any other experience
Now, evei ywhere in the coun
try, that same child is preparing
to go forth once more, finally to
leave his formal school days be
hind. What part of him have
those years become? The pai t
that is properly socialized and
ready to enter society as a well
adjusted, well-mannered indi
vidual 9
Or will the "objects he has
looked upon" become a more sig
nificant part of the child.
So many seniors at this point
feel they will graduate with only
a superficial knowledge of many
unrelated s u b
_,
•• ..;" jects. Think 1 n g
or
,of this, I can't
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ing .- • . " my favorite
e high school i io
.i French teacher,
w h o tried so
*:.,,,,..: . hard to awaken
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ger - of our apa
thetic ~ • approach
- .. . ... -. . , : to education.
Many times he
MISS NEunAirrn told us, "T h e
way you learn French, or any
thing else, is like lining up a row
of snowballs on the windowsill."
He was right, of course. Most
high school students learn one
day's lesson, and then tuck it
away in a safe, dark corner of
their mind to remain undisturbed
until a test comes along. The pat
tern is repeated each day; none
of the material is related to what
was learned the day before.
"And what do you end up
Letters
Picket Issues
TO THE EDITOR: Your coverage
of the attitudes and intents of the
group which is seeking an end to
discriminatory practices in pub
lic accomodations in State Col
lege has been very fair and im
partial until Tuesday's Collegian
article on the resumption of the
picketing of Bunn's Barber Shop
While it is understandable that
your reporter emphasized the sen
sational aspects of the picket, i.e.,
economic boycott, it is to be re
gretted that it was not reported
that the group had decided that
such pressure was not the primary
motive behind the picketing.
The issue is moral in character.
The picketing of the barber shop
is only one prong of a many
pronged effort to probe the extent
THURSDAY. APRIL 7, 1960
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Melt!
by bah neubarth
with?" my teacher asked "Little
collections of knowledge lined up
like snowballs on the window
sill."
By the time we graduated,
some had learned to integrate the
material in each subject into a
meaningful whole. But in college
the "snowball principle" reassert
ed itself on a larger scale. Now
we complain that except in our
major field, our courses are com
pletely unrelated.
The fault, obviously, lies not
with the courses but with the old
habit of treating each as a sepa
rate unit of knowledge. The com
plainers have never realized that
the knowledge of the world is so
tightly interwoven that it can be
separated only by ignorance.
Underclassmen still have time
to start integrating their courses.
You'll know when you succeed in
really breaking away from the
high-school approach to educa
tion. It may be the day your
AAH prof discusses ancient Egyp
tian art, and it fits right into
the ancient history course you
had last year.
It may be when you realise
that the Greek gods on the Par
thenon are really the same ones
you studied in literature.
Some of us have succeeded;
some of us can only wish; some
don't really care. But college has
become a part of us all. The mem
ories of good times, close friends
and at least an awareness of how
very much we have yet to learn.
"All these became a part of
that child who went forth every
day, and who now goes and will
always gb forth everyday."
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Discussed
of segregation in our "own back
yard" and to place upon the con
sciences of students and towns
people alike the moral issue in
volved: is a Negro entitled to few
er civil rights than a white man?
Does a man's color make him any
more or less human or entitle him
to more or less dignity?
The group seeks to turn the
eyes of the residents of this area
towards the momentous revolu
tion occurring in our world (in
the southland, in Africa, and in
State College) as oppressed races
are seeking their God-given (and
man-suppressed) rights to equal
ity of humanity.
—Robert Grantham, '63; Ju
dith Kali, '6O; James D.
Miller, '6O; Charles Trout
man, UCA Student Pastor