The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 09, 1960, Image 4

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    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”.
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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