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Editorial Opinion
How Precise The Balance?
The Student Government Association
was told Thursday night that our hyper
sensitive University, guarding its precious
policy of political neutrality, could not
allow a politician to address a campus
meeting unless a counterpart from the
opposing party also spoke.
Representatives of the Young Repgtb
licans and Young Democrats Clubs, which
are planning a mock national election cam
paign next month, were warned that po
litical speakers "could not be engaged for
a public me,Aing unless they had a recipro
cal acceptance by both parties.
This University policy reflects an ex
tremist's attitude. It is like narrow-minded
McCarthyites who felt so compelled to save
the country from communism that they
subverted demociatic principals and ruined
loyal patriots in their steel-headed attempt
to reach a goal so idealistic to them that its
glitter blinded their eyes to troth and
rationality.
Expression of both sides of an issue is
a laudable goaf.and certainly equal invita
tions should be extended to the opposing
factions. But if one side does not feel dis
posed to accept there is no reason the stu
dents should be denied the right to hear
the other.
One party may even purposely reject
just so the other side could be kept silent
on campus.
If, just for example, one of the presi
dential candidates should be able to speak
here and the other not, should the students
be deprived of• the right to hear a promi
nent American, one who has a 50.50 chance
of becoming the most prominent American?
The University apparently operates
under the absurd feeling that as a state
GAZETTE
TODAY
Agricultural Economics, 3 p.m., BUB
assembly rieJai
Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m., 212 HUB
Bridge Club, 7 p.m., HUB cardroom
ICC. 7:30 p.m., HUB assembly room
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 7
P.m, 215 HUB
Alumni Association. 11 a.m. to 1:30 IVCF. 12:45 p.m.. 216 HUB
Leonides, 7 p.m.. 213 HUB
11 M Leonides Dance Decoration, 5
p.m., II Lf 8 ballroom
AIM Leon idea Dance, A p.m.. HUB
1,. , 1)r o net
Aiumni Association, 8 p.m., HUB main
p,m•, H CI3 ballroom
LSA. :30 12 W. College Ave.,
Prof. 3useph Sltler, "The Heal Ht.-
Isaue That Neither Candidate
'FAIIiS About."
Student Movies, 9 :30 p.m., HUB as
svmhly room
SUNDAY
Jere Club Advertising Committee, 7
p.m.. PIR MIR
Alpha Kappa PAL 2 p.m., HUB main
loungv
Chess Club, 2 p.m., HUB eardroom
Chimes. 6:(i p.m., Delta Gamma suite
Circa, full staff meeting, 7 :30 p.m.,
201 Douche
Block S Club, Executive Board, 6:30
p. m., 212 HUB
Creek Week, 3 p.m., 213 lILIB
Liberal Party. 7 p.m.. 2U HUB
Student Movies, 6 ;30 p.m., HUB as
sembly room
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institution, it must maintain an absolute
balance on the political scales.
Will professors be ordered to give
equal time to both parties when speaking
about politics in class? Are half the profes
sors in the political science department
Democrats and half Republicans?
This policy of the University accom
plishes nothing, but only serves to dis
courage free thinking and debate of im
portant political issues.
• Part of the educational duty of the Uni
versity is to make available to its students
as much information as possible on con
temporary issues.
What the University is attempting to
do is as silly as trying to get a rainy day
for every sunny one and a cold day for
every warm one. This impractical position
restricts education instead of stimulating
it and stifles free thinking and debate
rather than encouraging it.
She Made It
It was a hard struggle, but the Home
coming Queen finally made it on to the
football field. She won't get a chance to
speak or anything but just her sunshiny
smile should warm up the stadium.
After years as a known but unseen
celebrity, it is nice that thissymbol of
homecoming spirit, who has previously
been retired from sight immediately after
selection, will finally be allowed to tred
the turf and make an appearance in the
traditional la.ck-lustre homecoming cele
brations.
A humble start, but who knows, next
year she may even be allowed to say
"Hello." Congratulations, Wigsy!
MONDAY
Recruiting. 10 p.m., HUB
ground floor
Model RR. 7:90 p.m., 218 HUH
Newman Club football game, 9:15 p.m.,
field No. 1 golf course
Penn Stale Model Railroad Club. Huai-
nPss meeting. 7 :30 n.m., HUH
Pershing Rifles Rushing Smoker, 7
p.m., 2 . 1(3 Wagner
Women's Orientation, 10 p.m., HUB
assembly room
HOSPITAL
Gary Briggs. Sue Callahan, Carolyn
Crosa,, Ranagit Datta. Linda Fenner,
Carole Forman, Barbara Gnall, 011ie
Rimes, Diane Horton, Richard Bur
ford. Victoria Karpel, Evelyn Koeblin,
Ruth Lebo, Johanna Loehr, Barbara
Ludman, Cheater Mais, Suzanne Men
gel, Edward Nigkey, Lois Rothenberg,
Mary Ann Sabolsice, Elearwr. Simon,
Edward Swartz, Barbara Welborn,
David Yon.
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Welcome home, Alumni!
In these days when our campus is burdened with parking
regulations and the ban .on Sunday jam sessions, it might be nice
to recall the time when today's visitors attended this institution.
If it were long enough ago, alumni may remember not having to
pay any tuition and may also remember the covenience of
having a railroad station as -
close as Bellefonte.
All was not a bed of roses
though, because
alums wi 11 T"'
recall compul
sory study
hours and
"lights out"
rules.
They (about
1915'ers) can !
se e nothing
wrong wit h
no Sunday
jam sessions
either. When
they were
here students were not allowed
to visit in other students'
rooms on Sunday.
It hardly seems possible that
these are the same people who
will come rah-rahing back to
campus this weekend. Probably
not too many will remember
that in 1913 there was a student
activity club called the "Pro
hibition League."
Fewer still Would recall the
Letters
Comments on
TO THE EDITOR: After read
ing the Daily Collegian of Sept.
30, 1960, I was utterly disgust
ed to read about the decision
of the University Senate to
eliminate the rule concerning
the attendance of classes.
It is evident that the people
passing such rules can see no
further than the end of their
noses. In the long-run view,
this regulation of not requiring
class attendance, coupled with
other regulations the pseudo
intellectual "student leaders"
(and, I use the term loosely)
have passed are leading Penn
State down the road to stagna
tion.
And, too, they are jeopardiz
ing the scholastic and social
dignity of this University. This
has happened at other Univer
sities and it will eventually
happen here. Penn State will
become a "Diploma Mill."
This is a state supported
University, and, as soon as the
legislators in Harrisburg get
wind of this latest policy, I feel
sure some heads will roll or,
at least, I hope so. If students
do not attend classes, they are
not taking advantage of the
opportunities that are benefi
cial to them, with the bill be
ing paid by other people
namely, the taxpayers of Penn
sylvania.
If the students stop attend
ing classes, they are indirectly
insulting the Professors knowl
edge by not attending class to
hear what he has to offer con
cerning a particular subject
that would increase the stu-
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Prof Wayne
Frosh, Customs, Fire Drill
Well students, it's a new se
mester and I'm back for an
other round of sparring with
those hardy souls that will still
venture to my class since the
abolition of the K-rules. For
the benefit of you new students
and the ones who didn't enroll
last year, once again I will be
teaching my famous Hubology
courses. I am glad that they
are planning to enlarge the
•HUB because I don't have
enough space to conduct my
classes as they should be con
,ducted.
The big topic of discussion
these first weeks of the semes
ter has been the Freshmen. I
noticed the other day that
some of the members of the
- Class of '64 are complaining
about customs being too long.
Why when I was attending this
school as a student, customs
would last for the whole first
semester. I guess that nobody
8 o'clock fog
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1960
Remember?
by elaine miele
time (way back when) that
dating was allowed in the La
dies' Parlor from 6:45 to 7 p.m.
Dilly. If a Penn State man want
ed to see a coed for an extra
time he had to receive permis
sion from the president of the
University (no less).
The emancipation of coeds
probably took great strides
forward on that fateful day in
1926 when the girls decided to
have their own cheerleaders.
I wonder if any of these nota
ble BWOC's will come back
to campus for Homecoming.
And then there is the reason
that Penn State fraternities
first got their start. It seems
that the living and dining
quarters in Old Main became
inadequate and men banded to
gether to form eating clubs.
The reception fraternity men
will be giving their alums this
weekend will prove that they
are more than dining rooms
(I think).
K Rules
dents knowledge, wisdom, and
understanding.
I for one am not in favor of
jeopardizing th e scholastic
standing of this University. The
University should impliment
highest standards possible, and
the students should demand
such standards.
Mr. Jordan says that the
elimination of Rule K would be
a big step in developing the
student's maturity. If the
scholastic standing of the
school is lowered, I don't think
this would be considered an as
pect of maturity.
I maintain that this latest
policy concerning the attend
ance of classes to be a step for
ward in destroying the Univer
sity's standards. 'And, I am not
in favor of any type of ad
ministration or student leader
ship that is relentlessly dedi
cated to the destruction of this
University.
Perhaps this is the basis for
the apathy of the students.
—Robert W. Kamps
Editor's Not e: We haven't
heard that any professors have
been left in the embarassing
position of having to lecture to'
empty class rooms. We would•
also like to point out that the
University. through its exten
sion services, does many things
to aid the taxpayers of Penn
sylvania, who do not entirely
support the University anyway.
Furthermore, "student leaders"
had nothing to do with the
Senate ruling, And, for a per
son who lays claim to such high.
academic standards ,Mr. Katnps,
you really ought to learn how
to spell and punctuate.
likes to do anything any more.
Haste makes waste and a
freshman in West Halls can
verify that. It seems that when
the bell signifying a fire drill
rang throughout the building,
this excited freshman went to
pull the window blind down
but in his haste pulled the
whole thing down on himself.
He recovered in time to limp
outside, however.
In contrast to the freshman.
an upperclassman in the same
dormitory took the fire drill in
a casual way. He took his saxo
phone outside with him and
struck up a tune. Soon every
body got the idea and gave out
with some cheers including a
"Short Yell Campus Patrol."
That's about it. for now. I
have to go find another place
to park my car because they
won't let me use the HUB lot
anymore.
—Prof. Wayne