PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion It s Practiced Here Sis students walked into a restaurant m order to have diiinei. At fust they were left waiting for 20 minutes. When they asked foi seivice they weie told ‘‘if you don t like it you can leave " Another student made arrangements for a room by telephone, and when he appeared to look at the room a few minutes later he was told the room had been taken. Another boy walked Into a shop to have his hair cut, but somehow his turn never came. These students have two things in common. They are Negio. and they weie, at the time, in State College, a supposedly sophisticated University community. This community is separated by about three feet fiom a gieat University, which has as far as we know, eliminated nearly all vestiges of discrimination within its jurisdiction. Can we accept a situation in which the Negro •is accepted by the University as a student but is. discrim inated against in the community in which he has to live in older to attend the University. Obviously, the answer This whole situation places the Negro in an awkward situation from which there is apparently no escape. The law makes him equal but people won't. The solution lies in a change of basic attitudes. In the South, discrimination prior to the sit-ins was politely overlooked. Both sides preferred to ignore it. Yet the disgusting situation was never too far below the sur face there. That is, when those participating in the dem onstiations decided to upset hypocrites on both sides, they didn't have to woik too hard to uncover the real feelings. Their problem is chiefly that of changing the basic attitudes of Southern whites and Negroes. However, here it seems we first have to hit people over the head to make them realize that segregation is a real problem not only in the South but in our own com munities as well. This is precisely what a group of students have decided to do—to make the community aware of the local problem, to help the demonstrators in the South through fund drives; and perhaps most important of all, to see if they can’t do something about this local situation. These students walk in a small circle in front of a local barbershop. They wear signs and are laughed at. They are warned to beware of Communist infiltration. No single organized, established group sponsors them. They don’t get any piaise. Why do they persist? Maybe they aren’t “starry-eyed students.” Maybe they do believe in “the basic human dignity of man”. A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom She latlg (Enllegtan Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tufftrin} through Saturday morning during tht University year. Ths Dallv Collegian i* a student-operated newspaper Entered as second-elan matter July 5. 19.11 at the State College, p» post Office under the act of March 3, 1871. M»il Subscription I'rlcet 13.00 per •emester - 15 00 per rear. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press DENNIS MALICK —^ Ediior TIP- STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Margie Zelko; Wire Editor, Joel Myei.i, Night Copy Editor, Nicki Wolford; Assistants: Judy Walko, Diane Still, Pat Haller, Jim Karl, Suzie Ellison, Vicki Went/, Elaine Hraeh, Sue Taylor UMaairl/ -m£Res ONE n /SURE WTO cure / SOMEONE OF BEING AFRAIO OF LIBRARIES \ MERE GIVE ME CARO.. NOU), MOLDING YOUIR LIBRARY car6migm,yol>marcm , PROODLV INTO TM£ LIBRARY. 1 GEORGE McTURK Business Manager UJHAT YOU NEED IS a 1} LITTLE INSPIRATION... 1: DON T \ rou FEEL K MSHKDjy i-'l*- 4-<T THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA In the beginning the state created the campus and the school, and Old Main was small and void of wings and darkness was on the face of the tower. That’s the way it was in 1855 when the University was being readied for its first class, and when we got here over 100 years later the campus had spread quite a bit from its one-building be ginning. We thought the campus was huge then, and as we walked down the Mall with our new dinks we wondered how we were going to get from class to class in 10 minutes. When we first got here there were no North or South Halls. There was no Boucke Building, no dispensary wing on the Health center, no Sackett and Home Ec extensions, no Hammond Build ing, no Wagner Building, no Pol lock Halls as we now know them and no roof on the skating rink. There were no dial phones or unlimited hours for calling. There Letters Surely Harris TO THE EDITOR: I was highly incensed by the implications in Mr. Harris’ letter (April 7). Does he imply that I must consider all men equal and act accordingly? Does he think that I should disre gard my own selfish interests and petty problems to consider such abstract concepts as right, free dom and equality? Surely', he 'I FEEL NOT, (JNUfcg A FOOL' tongue In cheek People Are the Greatest Was Jesting was jesting. We average Americans are above that sort of thing. Every'one knows that America today is ab solutely' perfect. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a radical, or even worse, a Communist I haven’t heard the official poli cy of the D A.R. or the American Legion yet on the local picketing, so how can I possibly' care about it? The next thing you know, peo ple like Mr Harris will be expect ing me to think objectively about the problems facing Americans today. Never! —David Rich, '6O Philadelphia Group Commends Pickets TO THE EDITOR: It has come to our attention that students at your University are planning to dem onstrate sympathy and unity with the courageous Souihern students by picketing, testing civil rights and holding public meetings. We congratulate you on your attempts to make freedom and justice a reality for all Americans. This has long been a goal of Fellowship House in Philadelphia, and at this time we are gather ing together students who are willing to stand up for this way of life, in support of Southern stu dents. We commend the leaders on your campus who have taken the initiative in such actions. —Joyce Barrett, Staff. Fellowship. House, Philadelphia Carnegie Tech to Meet Chess Team Tomorrow The Varsity Chess Team will play Carnegie Institute of Tech nology at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Hetzel Union cardroom. Dr. Orrin Frink, professor of mathematics, still leads in the chess club’s round-robin tourna ment. HOSPITAL Elmer Brown, Timothy Coakley, Richard Demyan, James Ebert, Barton Friedman, Fruncine Garfmkle, Peter Galie, Linda Hunt, John Janetka, Robert Kimble, Elvse Klein, James McDonald, Jerome Niel, Carol Oswald, Charlotte Potkonski. Charles Rollins, Sheron Rowlen, Mary Ann Sa bolsice. Moiton Schweteer, Ellen Sulkis, Edward Surgahki, Bernard Tandarich, Harry Wilford, France* Zengerle* was no pizza or soft ice cream in the HUB, and the evening meal in the upperclass dining halls was served instead of cafeteria style. When we first unpacked our trunks and hung our brand iw blue • and • hi t e blazers ith the Uni ty seal on i pockets, there is no SGA As imbly, no Circa agazine, no Ar ils Series, no icture Series, > check cashing agency, and no MISS LEVINE g croUs Hflt So . ciety. If we had come a year ear lier there would have been no HUB. When we first got here there was a Daily Collegian, however, and we quickly joined the staff and proceeded to watch the pro gress of our world from our van tage point in the basement of Carnegie Building. We have al ways been amazed, often been amused, sometimes been upset, but never been bored* by the things that have gone around here. 21 Decry Segregation TO THE EDITOR: We the under signed are in unanimous agree ment that the Christian religion is unequivocally opposed to iacial segregation. This applies in hous ing, barbershops, restaurants and any other area of human relation ship. The common brotherhood of man under the Fatherhood of God is affirmed by Jesus Christ in the Bible in unmistakeable terms. Every man with whom we come into contact is a person for whom Christ died and we are obligated to help and serve him. To refuse to serve a fellow man, in barber shops or elsewhere, because of the color of his skin, is to reject him as a neighbor and a child of God To those members of our com munity who are not members of the Christian Church or who are not motivated by Christian con cerns, we make this further wit ness: Every American citizen has equal, rights before the law and under the American Constitution. To refuse to serve a fellow Amer ican in a campus barbershop is, therefore, both undemocratic and un-American. We commend those shops which do not segregate and hope that this will be a universal practice in State College in the interest of fair play and simple justice. We make this further observa tion. Penn State University en rolls Negro students from many parts of our State in ever increas ing numbers. Many great univer sities in order to serve students properly have set up certain shops in the student union buildings. This has not been done at Penn State. Therefore, the University depends on certain privately owned shops to give service to Alpha Phi Omega, pledging, 7 p-m , 211 HUB Glee Club Trip, 3 p.m., 117 Carnegie Home Ec Spring Weekend, 1-5 p.m.. HUB assembly, H a.m.-3 p m., 214 HUB Student Movie, 7 and 9 p.m., HUB assem- bly TIM. 1-8 p.m., HUB ballroom TIM Las Vegas, 8-12 p m , HUB ballroom “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," 8 p.m , Center Stage Varsity Baseball, vs. Syracuse, 1 p.m., Beaver Field Varsity Tennis, vs. Maryland, 2 pm. WRA Acquacade, 8 pm,-White Hall pool TOMORROW Chapel Service, 10:55 a.m , Schwab Audi- torium Chem-Phys, 2-3:30 p.m , 218 HUB Chess Club, 2-5 p.m., HUB eardioom Christian 2-4 p.m . 217 HUB Cwens, 6:30-7.30 pm., 216 HUB Easter Service, 8 p.m., Schwab Auditorium Emerson Society, 6:30 p.m , Eisenhower Chapel Lounge Float Parade, 6:30-8 p.m., 217 HUB Grad Student Bridge, 7-10 p.m., 212 HUB IFC-Panhel Judicial, 2-4 p.m., 212 HUB Lutheran Student f Association, 6:30 pm., Student Center, 412 W. College Ave. Newman Club, 7-8 p.m., 214 HUB Roman Catholic Mass* 9 a.m.* Schwab Auditorium SATURDAY. APRIL 9. 1960 by bobbi levine We have watched new courses being added and old courses be ing revamped. We have seen no tices saying courses we took 83 “absolute necessity” requirements are now obsolete. We have seen an old “aristo cratic" form of student govern ment replaced with a sound repre sentative system—a system whera the channels of communication are open to any student who wants something badly enough to speak up for it. We have watched the calibre of the student and of the professor going up rapidly as entrance and course requirements get more and more stringent. All this we have seen in four short years, and we can only sit back and marvel. We applaud the people whose talents and energies made these things possible for us, and we put our future faith in the people who will put their minds and hearts into further progress. For if there's one thing we have learned in our years here, it's that people are the most amaz ing and wonderful beings ever created, and student youth is peo ple at its best. -—3O all students. For the most part this has worked out well. It seems to us, however, that any shop with public service ob ligates itself morally to serve all who come for service. It seems doubtful if a shop owner at the gateway to the campus has the right to refuse service to Negro students. State College residents have al ways been courteous to the many International students on our campus. Many of these friends from other lands are non-white. It is only simple courtesy as hosts to these visitors that we do not discriminate against them. The very small minority which now does discriminate, damages the good name of our country in its foreign relations. International students who have been insulted and rejected by the small minority in State College will not necessarily be good public relations witnesses for our coun try and our university town now or in the future. ■The Rev. Arthur R. Seyda The Rev. Theodore A. Braun The Rev. Nelson H. Frank The Rev. Richard W. Null The Rev. Samuel N. Gibson Miss Patricia Smaihers The Rev. Donald Mcllvride The Rev. Earl F. Spencer The Rev. Dale S. Bringman Miss Shirley Winter The Rev. A. S. Asendorf The Rev. John R. Whitney Miss Genevieve Dills The Rev. Robert G. Martin The Rev. Preston Williams The Rev. William F. McClain The Rev. Melvin L. Whitmire The Rev. Theodore E. Kiffer The Rev. Ivan W. Moyer, Jr. The Rev. James L. Spangenberg Mr. Charles Trautmann Gazette Senior Class Day Committee, 1,30-4 p.m.* 214 HUB Student Movie, 6:30 p.m, HUB ansembir Swedenborgen Service, 10;30 a.m., 212 HUB USF, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 217 HUB Worship Service, 9 a.m., Eisenhower Chapel MONDAY Alpha Phi Omega, 7-9 p.m , 212 HUB Biological Sciences Lecture Series, 4:15 p.m., 112 Buckhout Botany Club, 7 p m., 218 Buckhout Campus Tour, 5-5;30 p.m., HUB assembly Christian Fellowship, 12:45-1:15 p.m, 218 HUB Christian Fellowship, 8-10 p.m , 214 HUB 1935 Class Reunion, 8-10:30 p.m., 214 HUB Disarmament Discussion, 12 noon, Eisen- hower Chapel Eng Mechanics Seminar, 4:15 p.m., 209 Eng “A” Faculty Luncheon Club, 12 noon, HUB dining room “A" Group for Desegregation, 2:30 p.m., Ei senhower Chapel IFC, 7-10 p.m., HUB assembly IVCF, 7-9:30 p.m , 217 HUB Leonides, 6:45-7:30 p.m., 203 HUB ORL, 8-12 a.m., HUB assembly Placement, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 203, 212*211 HUB SGA, 8-10 pm.. 218 HUB Sociology Discussion. 4:15 p m , 10 Spaiks State College Slide Club* 7:49 p.m.* MI auditorium
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