PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion. Test Cases For Student Action One of the biggest complaints of students this year has been that ceitain regulations have been forced upon them bv the University without warning or any previous indications that the action was being considered. First of all was the tuition raise last summer, then the (larking regulations in the fall. At the start of spring semester the hue and cry changed to the transfer housing legulalions All these things the students said were handed to them as completed action without their prior knowledge and with no chance for them to let their feelings on the subject and perhaps their valid suggestions be known. Their complaint was valid. Had they known, for example, about the needs of the University to fill the dorms they might have corresponded with the incoming transfers and had a sufficient number willing to live in the dorms without anyone having to be forced. The lesultant action taken may have wound up the same but at least the students would have had a voice in it. And it is presupposed that the action advocated and the views expressed by the students must be mature and backed by sound reasoning and investigation. Of course the students must be cautioned to consider the spheie of action in which they should have a voice. They could hardly expect to have a say in the determin ation of course requirements. This would be going too far. The first chance for the students to take action on Issues that directly involve them has presented itself in the form of two test cases that have come up this month— the proposed calendar change on Thanksgiving and the re vamping of WSGA with its vast potential effects. lleie again the matter of degree must be considered. SCI A got into the calendar issue very late, after the University Senate had already indicated backing of one of the alternatives in a straw vote. But on the women’s government reorganization and living area councils students can get in at the grass roots level. No concrete steps toward alligning governmental stiuetuie have been taken. The students can only hope that their recommenda tions on the Thanksgiving alternatives will be given every consideration by the University Senate. But they have a real chance to play an important role In laying the frame work for the living area councils and determining what Is to become or what U to remain of the existing student governing organizations, if they get started immediately. Come next November we may have no AIM and Leonides and we may be eating turkey dinner at Morrell's Sub Shop but at least the students will have had a voice in determining their fate. ®ltf Daily (Mlegtatt Successor to The Free Lance, est.lBB7 Published Tuesdav through Satutday morning during the University year. The Dftilv ( ollegutt u a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 3, t'Wi nt the State College, l*a. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. Mail Subscription Price: $3.00 per semester $3.00 per year. JOHN BLACK Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Wire Editor, Lynne Ctrefice; Night Copy Editoi, Kmen Hyneckeal; Headline Editor, Meg Teichholtz; As si-tanK- Kaien Saldutti, Marilyn Geyer. Bev Cades, Lois Haeg lev, Caiol Kunkleman. :* __ ' THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager rats'i'll Bersue WOULD \ RAVE BEEN SOARED IFIRAO RfAllY BEEN DRACOLA! J Interpreting Nehru, Chou Match Skill In Toughness By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press New Analyst Chou En-lai, Red China's terror of the negotiating table, has fi nally met his match in Jawaharlal Nehiu, the despair of Western po litical conformists. Despite the preconference pre dictions that India and Red China would find no middle line in their border dispute, there are signs of surprise in some quarters that, when the chips were down, it was Nehru who showed signs of su perior toughness. Yet to anyone who remembers what he did to the British during the long cam paign for Indian independence, it might have been expected. Chou, the wily and hard-driv ing organizer of Chinese com munism whose diplomatic foot work has often blocked foreign approaches, including some by the Soviet Union, got the big chill treatment on his arrival in India. He was forced to leave without raising the temperature even one degree. Chou went to New Delhi in an effort to create a picture, for in ternational Communist propagan da purposes, of an India and a China working reasonably and amicably toward coexistence. Nehru told him at the start that Peiping’s aggressiveness had damaged relations between the two counti ies, not only for the present but also for the future. When 'Chou offered a typical Communist compromise to take only pait of his demands m re turn for diopping other claims he found that he was dealing with a fearless man and a diplomatic expert. A truly peaceful coexistence with Red China, putting the needs of India’s internal development ahead of everything, has been Nehru’s poliley from the begin ning. At times he has flown in the face of fate and even seemed to stick his head into unreal sands, in order to present a neutral face to both sides in the cold war. But Nehru also wants lead ership in Asia to be Indian lead ership, and in the background has always lain the prospect that the eventual choice would be between India's semisocial ism and Communist China. Any retreat, however, rational ized, would represent a weaken ing o fthe Indian position in the eyes of other Asian countries, which are walking the political tightrope. It would also mean an other of the political splits which already threaten the continuity of Nehru’s internal program. In the meantime, Red China re tains the posture of an aggressor on Indian soil. Chou and interna tional communism go home with empty propaganda .pockets. Suicide-- (Continued from Page One) government of Syngman Rhee. Home Minister Lee Ho quoted by a Korean news service as say ing one of Lee’s sons, who also is the adopted son of Rhee, shot and killed his father, his mother and a younger brother, then turned the gun on himself Lee Ki-poong, controversial and disavowed vice president-elect, was a chief target of antigovern ment demonstrations that brought the downfall of the Rhee govern ment. Korean press reports called the deaths a suicide pact. The Martial Law Command said the bodies of the four were taken to Metropolitan Army Hospital, where it was confirmed that all were dead. Lion's Paw Takes 13 The following senior men have accepted membership into Lion’s Paw: Lawrence Abrams, Ben jamin Bronstein, Stephen Brown, Donald Clagett, James Ettelson, Richard Haber, Philip Haines, Chester Lucido, Frank Milus, Ronald Novak, Henry Opperman, Gary Robinson, Robert Umstead. Scott to Lecture Tonight Elizabeth Carroll Scott, a mem ber of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship, will speak on “Christian Science: Its Pur pose and Practice” at 7:30 to night in the HUB assembly room. Letters 2 More Criticize Hildreth For Discrimination Stand TO THE EDITOR: In Mr. Hil dreth’s letter to the editor, it seems he is making a mistake m comparing discrimination due to prejudice and discrimination due to competition. It is easy to see that wherever differences exist there will be discrimination, but before we can call discrim ination an ugly word the nature of the difference causing discrim ination should be investigated more carefully. The track coach discriminates between slow and fast runners by holding a competition. Since his job is producing a good track team he says to the slow runners, "No, you are not good enough for the track team because you can not run fast enough." Univer sities discriminate between the good and poor students by giv ing examinations. Since it is the universities’ job to turn loose presentable speci mens to society, it says to the poor students, “No, you are not TO THE EDITOR: I would like to ask William Hildreth, who “de fined” segregation in Tuesday’s Collegian, a few questions. Bill, do you really think the pieketers’ aim is to wme out all individual differences, even if this were pos sible'' Do you believe, as you suggest, that discrimination must follow from the fact that such differences do exist’ And do you really see no qualitative distinction between discrimination as to ability and discrimination as to color (which, I’m sure an enlightened senior will agree, carries no inherent in feriority traits)? Don’t you see that you don’t even understand the dual usuage of the word “discriminate” which means both to tell one kind from another (e.g, a poor student from a good one: black from white) and to assert that one kind is not as good as another (e.g., Negroes are not good enough to join white country clubs)? Can’t you under Hildreth Answers Critics TO THE EDITOR: The general response to my letter of April 26 indicates that my point has not yet been made. Let me emphasize that I am not taking a stand for or against any specific fight against discriminatory prac tices. I am merely attempting to warn the more “starry-eyed” stu dents on campus not to be carried away by their idealism. Discriminaiion, in some form or another, has existed against groups or individuals since the time humans began living togeth er, a'nd it will continue to exist in practically every phase of life, as the examples of my previous letters have shown. It is not to be denied that changes in this total discrimina tion pattern can and should be made, but let us not carry these Issue Concerns Everyone TO THE EDITOR: Concerning our involvement in the racial is sue (and I say “our.” for the en tire area of State College is in volved, directly or indirectly, con sciously or otherwise), it is im portant that all- should attempt to understand the depth and se riousness of this situation. Therefore, in submilling "The Measure of a Man," it is my pur pose lhal each persons who reads this article will pause to reflect —then orient his next step so that he need never fear to look back. Since I do not want this letter to be classified (or dismissed) TODAY Navy Recruiting, 10 am, Giound Floor A. H. Christian Science, 6:30 p.m. OBOC, 7 pm. 213 HUB A, H. Penn State Singers, 11:30 am. Philosophy Colloquium, Dr. W. Assoc, of Fraternity Counselors, 12 p.m., speaker, 4*15 p.m., 212 HUB HUB dinmg room “B’’ Phi Mu Epsilon, 8 p.m., 10 Sparks Bridge Club, 6:30 pm, HUB caidroom Physics Colloquium, Dr. F. O. Schmitt BX Candidates, 6:30 pm., 214 HUB speaker, 4:15 p.m., 117 Osmond Campus Party, l.p.m, 217 HUB HOSPITAL Christian Science Lecture, 7 ;30 p.m., HUB Meryl Bar3ky, David Burris, Barton assembly room t Freidman, Michael Giff, Marilyn Gold- Dept, of Art, Dr. M. Weinberger speaker, feather. Jay Huffman, Maxine King, Lois 8 30 pm, 121 Sparks Kling, Raymond Kollbas, Janice Levy, Dept, of Psychology, Dr. H. Hoffman William Leary. Eleanor MaK&y, Ronna speaker, 12:30 p.m., HUB dining room Margolis, Joseph* Mochulski, James More “A" wood, James Moser, John Pluchinsky, Or- Mithematies Colloquium. Dr. J. Oxtoby lando Pride, Russell Schleiden, Joel Spero, speaker, 4:15 p.m* 12 Sparks Donald Stewart, THURSDAY. APRIL 28. 1960 good enough to graduate because you did not work hard enough.” This is discrimination, but isn’t it based on fair competition which is the stuff that makes our democ lacv what it is. Here is another example! The coach says, "No, you are not good enough for the track team be cause your skin is not white," or the university says, "No, you are not good enough to graduate be cause your skin is not white" or a barber says, "No, you cannot come in here because your skin is not white." This is the ugly word discrim ination because it is based on prejudice. An opinion without knowledge, thought or reason that’s what prejudice is, and some prejudiced people think that a person is better or worse depend ing on the color of his skin. They are wrong. Things much deeper than skin coloring determine the real value of a man. —William S. Bickel Graduate Student stand that there is a difference between my deciding that you are stupid by means of an IQ. test and by means of some irrel event quality, like your name? Do you not grasp that in the grasp that in the former you have a “chance” to prove yourself, but by the latter judgment you are condemned as soon as you are christened? And can you con ceive that any group in America (you haven’t forgotten what our country stands for, now have you, Bill?) does not deserve a chance; indeed, wants any more than just that? If I thought you could give an honest “yes” to any one of these questions, we could easily forget about the I.Q. exam. —And I could start worrying about the fu ture of America with such gradu ating seniors as you to bolster her waning intellectual and moral fiber. —Richard Conway Graduate Student changes to an extreme. The ex treme would be a society free from discrimination, as described in my previous letter, a society both undesirable and impossible. With respect to the book and article, to which Miss McGovern has referred, I have already read each, and I would like to quote from AUport; "For we now see that prejudice is a complex sub jective state in which feelings of difference play the leading role, even if the differences are imag inary." (p. 125) Thus, ■ we' observe that differ ences either real or imaginary, are at the root of the problem of prejudice and discrimination. Ad mittedly, there are other causes, but without the original differ ences there could be no discrim ination. —William Hildreth, '6O with the description of “just the usual bickering back and forth,” I wish to say, and I sincerely can, that “the finger points at no one, yet the hand envelopes all.” The Measure of a Man Each man must, in his lifetime, question the life he leads. The very fact that he exists is the ne cessary and sufficient condition that he stand before himself and be his own judge. What value or concern he places on this judg ment is the measure of the man himself. —Raymond Saba Graduate Student Gazette
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