PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Obligation Supercedes Business Rights For almost a month since a group of Penn State students stalled a non-violent demonstration picketing Bunn’s Baiber Shop, a verbal war has been waged on campus and downtown. The vaiious approaches to the problem boil down to just one basic stand for each of the two opposing sides of the issue Those wlio support Bunn in his refusal to cut Negroes’ halt hold as their basic tenent that an individual Ameri can businessman in our competitive free-enterprise sys tem should have the right to decide whom he wants to serve through his business. On the surface this is a commendable stand, but another element adds complication to this view. Bunn s business is one that involves a public service and it should have been considered at the outset that a business in this realm entails obligations and restrictions fostered by the moral tone of that public. The barbers’ union has a lobby m Harrisburg. In Pennsylvania statutes dealing with segregation in public services some types of businesses are mentioned but barber shops nevei appear specifically. The basic case for those who support the movement has nothing to do with business, the American competitive free-enterprise system, or an individual’s exercise thereof. It is a case founded on moral grounds that delve to the very core of a man’s feelings for his fellowman. Ths purpose of the demonstrators is not to ridicule any individual but to bring to light discriminatory prac tices here. If the demonstrators had not found their test case at Bunns, they would have searched elsewhere. All pei sons engaged in public service in State College who practice discrimination can hide behind Bunn’s coat tails while he takes the brunt of the attack and be glad that they weren't the ones discovered and singled out as the test case. Whether acknowledged outwardly or not the Negro has had handed to him in this country a status of second class citizenship. He is expected to fulfill his duty and is accoided most of the privileges considered due him. But when the situation calls for complete acceptance without reservation, the Negro encounters a hesitancy that lowers the acceptance to a toleration accompanied by a sympathetic, paternal pat on the head indicating a status just a shade less than human. The demonstrators fail in their purpose if every in habitant of this community does not help to rid himself of any feeling, discrimination or reservation, or hestiancy to complete acceptance of his fellowman. A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom Hatty (Cnllegtan Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuffctlnv (hrouwh Satuiduy morning during the L’niyersit? year. The l)«ilv (olleKinn U a student-opernled newspaper. Entered an lecond-clftM matter July 5, l*Hi at the State I‘ollcße Pa. Pont Office under the act of March J, 1871#. Mali Kuhiirriptlon Price: $3.00 per semester $5.00 per year. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press JOH Ediio L r ACK «“■ STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Susie Eberly; Headline Editor, Ann Palmer, Wne Editor, Jeine Markos; Assistants, Su/ie Ellison, Kami Miller, Renev Alkoff, Polly Dranov, Dean Billick. Bob Kilborn, Elame Ihach, Bob Dean, Sunny Schade U j ii.-i ,i , -wry ■ "l \CT\ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager 0// (c/rA V r -> : T * y- 21 iFc/frlz jp Interpreting Berlin Issues Being 'Whittled By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst The United States is con tinuing to whittle down the area of negotiation over Ber lin when the chiefs of state meet in Paris next month. The position that the status of West Berlin can be solved only in connection with reunification of Germany has been reaffirmed. There is little room for doubt that Germany will be reunified Prospects that it will come any time soon are nil. After their recent Washington conference the Western foreign ministers announced they were in complete agreement on the stand Letters Out-of-Stater Finds Town Disappointing TO THE EDITOR: Nearly two years ago I left my native state of New Jersey to get an educa tion at Penn State. I am begin ning to wonder whether this was a wise move. Many of the disappointing as pects to non-resident attendance here are obvious. To begin with, I am paving exactly twice the tuition of the Pennsylvania resi dent. Secondly, when I reach my majority, I will have none of the voting privileges due me a? a citizen of the U.S. Moreover, I am obliged to spend great sums of money on transportation and communication to and from home. These were just a few ol the disadvantages that I was prepared and willing to meet. However, there's a big ugly one I had not counted on: the "sweet little col lege town" serenely nestled in the Nittany Valley—State College. I’m a loyal product of my so ciety and since the other i 0,000 odd students here are willing to go on filling the cash registers of the money-grabbing clique of State College “businessmen,” I won’t complain any more than the next man About this time last year I de cided that, (o offset this uneven flow, I would take a short job as intramural baseball umpire on campus. However, I quit after just a few games, having earned about $5. Certainly, it was no more than this. And so, Stale College, when I first received your income tax form blank I couldn’t help smil ing in the direction of my waiting waste basket. However, mv eye caught a woid which is found sprinkled freelv throughout this area- “penalties.” The paragraph that followed was a warning that failure to proper ly file a return as specified by a mysterious “Resolution,” would possibly cost me $lOO At the specified one per cent I should pay von a nickel. Instead, I’m sending you a quarter. Please take the remaining 20 cents and cover the tax incurred by some of the more forgetful people who are proud to attend Penn State but can’t realize that “sweet” State College actually does want their nickels and may soon be asking for $lOO worth of them. —Thomas Loman, '62 Rochow to Deliver Priestley Lectures The 34th annual series of Priest ley Lectures will begin Monday and continue through Friday. Dr. Eugene G. Rochow, profes sor of chemistry at Harvard Uni versity, will present the lectures on the theme “Unnatural Prod ucts: New and Useful Materials from Silicon.” All the talks are scheduled for 8 pm. in 119 Osmond except for Thursday’s lecture which will be given at 4:15 pm. Dr. Leo H. Sommer, professor of chemistry, will be chairman of the first lecture, “The Synthesis of Unnatural Products." they would take on this issue at the summit. Now Undersecretary of Stale Douglas Dillon has restated the equation of Berlin to reunifica tion, which just about closes that door. The possibility of an interim compromise is mentioned again The Allies said at Geneva they would consider a reduction in West Berlin occupation forces, with steps against espionage and propaganda originating there, about which the Communists have complained. Whether the Allies will even stick to this offer at Pans is a question now The West German government has recently made and published a thorough survey of Communist Grad Answers TO THE EDITOR: In yesterday’s Collegian, Mr William Baker suggested that the American. Con federate or Pennsylvania flags would add to the meaning of non violent demonstrations. I wonder if Mr. Baker is familiar with the ideals and traditions for which these flags are symbols. The group assumed that Mr. Baker would know that he was living in the United Stales of America; consequently, it would not be necessary to remind him of this by waving the flag. I also assumed that a graduate student would be familiar with the American ideals of equality of opportunity and justice Per haps I was mistaken in Mr Bak er’s case. Finally Mr. Baker quotes a pro- Agricultural Engi> Ameriran Societ) neert,. s am. HUH assembly morn Biochemistry Seminar, si 1,1 pni . Boucko. CCLE Alumni Colleiie, lu a ni , 2H, 215, 210. 217. 218 HUH Center Staite produitinn, "The Dark at the Ton nf the Stans" a p n, Chemistry, Phssics. Liberal Arts joint fne- Weekly ACROSS 1 Boy 7 Moics too slowly. 12 Part o( a sailing ship: 2 words. 14 A set formula. 16 Asker. 17 Awry. 18 Shottltlerwear on the gridiron. 19 Marine animal. 21 Consume. 22 World War II theatre. 23 Lamps for heat ing liquids. 24 Harden by heat. 23 Missiles. 28 King, in Spain. 20 Rise high, 30 Angry man. 32 Cheroots. 33 Composes. 35 Incursions. 36 Jewish month. 37 Benefactor, 38 City of Lom- barely, 39 Term of address. 40 Dancer’s forte. 44 Abbreviation in proofreading. 45 Budges. 47 Thermometer 'ale: Ah' FRIDAY. APRIL 22. 1960 tactics in East Germany. It shows large and detailed efforts at sub version in West Germany and in tensive espionage organization. II shows convincingly that tha Soviet Union has raised the Ber lin Issue only as a step in a cam paign to fake over all Germany. Any issue involving war would of course be up to the Soviet Union, since the Allies only seek the status quo. The issue faced by the West, after failure of settlement on Ber lin, will be what to do if Khru shchev carries out his threat to assign East Germany complete sovereignty over communications between West Germany -and Ber lin, and theoretical sovereignty over the city. Baker fessor of sociology at Wisconsin, who called these demonstrations the “harmless pleasures of stu dents a little ‘starry eyed'.” It is good, I suppose, that Mr. Baker has found comfort in fol lowing this leader at this distant institution: although. I do not think that all professors of soci ology would' take this view. However, I wonder if Mr. Bak er has written to this professor to obtain the reasons for his views. Does Baker plan to attend any of the group meetings so that he might determine their position for himself, or does his five-sen tence letter to the Collegian rep resent the extent of capabilities? —Nolvert Scott, Graduate Student Gazette ultv meeting, 4*15 pm, 119 Osmond. ChriHtian Fellowship. 12;4o p.m , 218 HUB 4-H Conference, IU-'UI r m,, 212 HUB 214 Interlandia, 7:110 pm. White Lecture, Hugo Weisjfall, 3 p.m,, HUB a*- s< mbly room Penn State Model Railroad Club, 7 p m.* 217 HUB Senior Class Day committee, 6:30 p.m.. 213 HUB Puzzle Crossword 48 Allow, 49 At the nadir. 50 A continent: 13 Silver coins of Denmark or Norway. 15 Lists by name. 20 Not so. 24 Winner of an Oscar, 1951. Comb. form. 51 I’oet and novelist Wylie. 53 Monster of the deep: 2 r\ords. 55 Golfer's replace- 26 Of a group of people. 27 Archfiend. 29 Beginners: Var. 31 Coinc by. 32 Peruse. 33 One form of polite excuse: 2 DOWN 3t Father, for one. 1 “Moonlight 33 Looks ahead. 2 Rimsky-Korsakov 36 Looked xheerful, opera (with 37 Deprive of lion “Le’’): 2 words, ors, titles, etc. 3 1 Down, for 39 Farm animal, example. 41 Obliterate. 4 North Caucasian T u . ... language. 42 Left m a particu -STo the point. lar P lacei Slan «- 6 Regal adjuncts. 43 Bluchers. 7 Medicines. 45 Senator from 8 Alain . Lesage, Oregon. 9 Card. 46 Set out, r °’ 49 French novelist. 11 Sratora. 50 Biblical giant. 12 __ down (stopped 52 Conjunction. ments. 56 Unroofed areas adjacent to houses. 57 Ghostly. 58 Fed the fire.
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