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Editorial Opinion
This Was An Explanation?
Dean of Women Dorothy J. Lipp held a special meet
ing with about 80 campus women "leaders" last night to
explain the junior resident system ''accurately."
Unto) tunately, this system has still not been explained
"deem ately." Granted, one has to expel iment with a sys
tem and many changes may take place when it's in actual
()pet mum. But you have to start with a few more pi mciples
than let's have a counselor for every 25 to 50 gills because
she will be able to help a girl with problems and find
talent
At the meeting Dean Lipp read a speech about the
complexities of organization at Penn State and again
reiterated her cry of lack of communication.
Well, maybe this staffing system is best; but the girls
attending that meeting had no chance to question the plan
—to go over it point by point in an open debate. They will
be given pi ivate conferences if they are interested in
pai ticipating
Unfoi tunately this plan is going to affect 4000 girls—
not Just those interested in the counseling plan. By the
time those girls re-explain the plan it may take on many
different connotations and they may not be allowed or
may nut be able to answer all questions.
Dean Lipp did not explain the program fully and
accurately as her note io the 160 women leaders said she
would. They learned that a Junior resident is a good, plain
everyday person and that hostesses can serve as kind of
assistant Janitors and bookkeepers.
In short, she (lid little more than reiterate the gen
et alities about the plan and something about how this
was going to help find musicians.
As soon as Dean Lipp was finished with her speech
which was scheduled in 10 Sparks, another group of stu
dents moved in to take an examination. The group of girls
as a whole had no chance to question this system or hear
an open debate on it,
A large number of concerned women followed Dean
Lipp into the hall to try to discuss the plan. Surely there
could have been an extra half an hour or hour so everyone
could discuss the plan and hear Dean Lipp's answers.
There must have been other rooms which were free.
If the dean of women wants communication she is
sometime going to have to listen to the other side. Com
munication is a two-way proposition.
Lack of Communication
The girls on WSGA judicial board thought they got
an order supposedly from Dean of Women Dorothy J.
Lipp which stated that the names. offenses and penalties
of all women who go before judicial are to be sent to her
Office for an OK.
When they were finally able to check on the appar
ently explicit order, Dean Lipp explained that she just
wanted to see how things were going and help the girls if
they have any troublesome decisions to make.
Dean Lipp doesn't have time to attend the judicial
meetings but there are two members of her staff at the
meetings. Why can't Miss Lois McColloch and Assistant
Dean R. May Schultz help the girls with troublesome
decisions?
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Now that the United States
has admitted that the plane
shot down over Russian terri
tory was engaged in a top
notch spy mission, it might be
of interest to examine some of
the far-reaching effects of the
Incident.
The specially designed U-2 air
craft was shot down more than
1300 miles inside Soviet territory
by what the Russians claim was
a "remarkable rocket."
Khrushchev first announced the
incident last
Thursday,
using all
cunning at his
disposal, he
withheld the de
tails of the oc
currence. Some
foolish
at the State De-
partment backed
by the often
heard screams of
sometimes
immature con-
gressmen announced that the
American aircraft was an "in
nocent weather plane."
This is apparently just what
the chief Red was waiting for, be
cause he proceeded to reveal the
remainder of the gruesome de
tails of the incident.
Spy and espionage work is, and
I'm sure everyone realizes, a ne
cessity to all the big powers in
volved in the existing cold war.
In fact, it has been estimated that
Russia's spy network is three
times the size of ours.
There is quite a difference be
tween just having a spy network
and maintaining an effective es
pionage system that can blend in
with a nation's foreign policies.
There are several apparent weak
nesses in our setup, which came
to light when the facts of the re
cent incident are studied.
First, why was a mission of this
Letters
SCA Fund Drive
Clarified by Grad
TO THE EDITOR: I feel that the
success of the fund drive now be
ing conducted on campus for the
benefit of Southern students ar
rested or expelled from college
for non-violent demonstrations
has been seriously impaired by
the Collegian's continued refer
ence to it as the "DARE fund
di we."
I hasten to say that those in
volved in planning the drive very
much appreciate the Collegian's
coverage of the fund drive, but
perhaps the association between
DARE and these funds has been
more harmful than helpful
The Collegian has reported that
the Student Christian Association
is sponsoring the drive; why then
does it continue to refer to the
drive as part of DARE, which is
considered by many to threaten
the existing patterns of racial dis
crimination on campus?
—Suzanne Day, '59
Gazette
Chem-Phys Student Council, 7 pm , 213
HUB
Chess Club, 7 p m . HUB cardroom
Christian Fellowship. 12.45 p.m 218 HUB
Coaly Society Skeleton, 8 e r 13., HUB
ground floor
Dancing Class. 6.10 pm.
HUB halhoom
Eng-Arch Student Council, 6:45 p.m., 214
HUB
Forestry Convocation. 11 a m , 121 Sparks
Forestry Society, 7 p m., 105 Armsby
Grange Open Meeting. 7 p ni.. 100 Weaver
Home Economists, 9 a m., 212, 213, 217,
218 HUB
Kappa Phi Kappa, 9 :30 p m., 464 E. CM.
lege As e.
Meteorology Lecture, 9 p.m . 119 Osmond
Navy Film, 9.30 p.m , HUB A.lembly
room
TIM. 7 pm. 201 HUB
WCA. 9 p m , 213 HUB
Women's Orientation. 10 p m., HUB assem.
lily room
Zoology Club. 7 p m., 105 Frear
Harley Brook, John Callenbach, Lee
Chipper, Edward Fordyce, Douglas Ger
ard, Marcia Ilartrick, Mary Lee Hobbs,
Edgar Krug, Paul Krum, Ronald Kul
bailu. Jean Kutz, Kathleen Leland, Eliza•
beth Lott. Donald Mandell, Walter Mar
tin, Roger Nesti, Manila Rounds, Kay
Rozalle, Barbara Schlatter, Terrance
Schmoyer, Mary Ann Wasaitis, Frederick
Williams, Swiss Wylie,
Snowed
What Really Happened?
people
rtIYERS
HOSPITAL
type attempted just two weeks be
fore the upcoming summit confer
ence' If the United States didn't
want to attend the conference,
Eisenhower could have refused
the invitation. However, to throw
a monkey wrench into the peace
talks, without any apparent rea
son, at this late date seems sense
less.
Second, the lack of coordinated
statements flowing from the vari
ous national spoksmen made this
nation look foolish to the rest of
the world. Whoever authorized
such a flight should have kept the
people-in-the-know informed so
that they didn't issue conflicting
statements.
Thiid, why was such a talkative
agent picked for a mission of such
great magnitude. It seems that he
disclosed every single detail of
the plan to the Russians. In war
time this would have constituted
an act of•treason against the Unit
ed States. A stricter screening of
agents might save us further em
barrassment in the future.
Now let's look at some of the
more encouraging sidelights of
the incident.
_How did a Ti S. aircraft pene
trate more than 1300 miles into
Russia? Where was the Soviet
radar? Where were their anti
aircraft guns and rockets?
This particular flight has ex
posed a definite weakness in the
Russian air defense system and,
no doubt, there is 'considerable
concern In Moscow which is hid-
Letters
Lipp's Judicial Action Attacked
TO THE EDITOR: Last week
Dean Lipp made it clear that the
legislative power of the campus
was concentrated in her hands.
Now the ax has fallen on the last
free branch.
Our judicial system has long
functioned as an independent
branch of student government
composed of students to judge the
acts of their peers. A student, af
ter long discussion by the judi
cial board, was called to speak for
herself beforo•a final decision was
reached.
Now, however, the names, of
fenses, and penalties will be listed
and sent to the dean of women's
office where final judgment will
be passed without even calling
the student to speak for herself.
They have loosened the ropes
that bound us only to put us in
chains. Anyone who has not
Brandt Defends
TO THE EDITOR: Last week
both Dean Lipp and her policies
were criticized through the Col
legian by the Collegian itself and
the Nittany Council. Further ex
amination should reveal that the
extent to which this criticism was
carried was short sighted as well
as unjust.
Th e unprogressive attitude
shown by Mr. Rein and the Nit
tany Council in their actions and
explanations indicate either a
general and unwarranted dislike
of the dean of women or a foolish
display of hurt feelings which
have apparently resulted from
their momentary exclusion from
the influence of one of the more
liberal minded administrators on
the Penn State Campus.
The archaic system of judicial
double jeopardy which exists in
State College is not only useless
but illogical.
Does the University actually
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Wire Editor, Cordie Lewis; Night Copy
Editor, Kay Mills. Assistants: Pat Haller, Suzie Ellison, Bob
Dean, Elaine Hrach and Joan blehan,
WEDNESDAY. MAY 11, 1960
by joel rnyers
den behind the propaganda bar
rage.
Secretary of State Christian
Herter announced Monday that
there have been previous flights
across Soviet territory which the
Russians have apparently - failed
to detect. The brazenness of this
particular flight tends to support
this announcement.
These undetected flights into
Russian territory prove the capa
bilities of the Strategic Air Com
mand, which is built on the prem
ise that U.S. aircraft would be
able to penetrate Soviet defenses
in wartime and destroy Russian
war-making potential.
Another aspect of the Russian
story is worthy of consideration.
Khrushchev claims that a "re
markable rocket" is responsible
for downing the U.S. aircraft. If
this is true, how was the pilot, all
of the photographic equipment
and the spy pictures able to sur
vive? Is the rocket a gentle in
strument of war which guides en
emy planes down to earth? I
doubt it. I question whether or
not the plane was even rocketed
out of the sky.
If these assumptions are true,
the world public will, in time,
become aware of the real truth
and the entire incident may turn
out to be more of a propaganda
victory for the United States than
Russia could ever hope to achieve
by her false claims.
. In simple language it would
show Russia's defenses to be in
ferior to ours.
opened his eyes up until now
cannot fail to see what is happen
ing. For those who believe in rep
resentative government, freedom
of expression is the last strong
hold against unchecked adminis
trative dictatorship.
—Rhoda D. Segur, Sonya Pin,
Joan Alihouse, Katherine
Hamelehle, Karen Shall
cross, Mercedes Moses, Clau
dette McGee, Judy Wolf,
Gayle Ritchie, Kay Matta.
Ginni Brooks, Ruth Pen,
Janet Patterson, Felicenne
Houston, Sylvia Jensen, Pa
tricia Scott, Sharon Stone,
Marilyn Lontz
Editor's Note' This letter toes
written and submitted before
Dean of Women Dorothy J. Lipp
clarified the directive from her
office concerning Judicial. (See
story page 1.)
Dean Lipp
worry about the detrimental in
fluence of the hardened criminal
student drinkers under 21 or were
the men in the La Galleria inci
dent unfortunate enough to be
come entangled in an outmoded
web of thought?
An equally damaging position
was taken by the Collegian in its
front page editorial last Saturday.
While - not openly accusing the
dean of women of dictatorship,
perhaps, the result of a pre-occu
pation with the libel code, the
insinuation was there, one which
can only serve to undermine the
position of the dean with the stu
dent body as a whole.
The Collegian has been notably
lax in its criticisms of more strin
gent administrative policies in the
past. It is ironic that several stu
dent groups have picked this time
express their inertia to change and
through that to express their own
immaturity.
—John Brandi, '6l
CHESTER LUCIDO
Business Manager