PAGE FOUR Editorial 0 • inio Senseless Stalemate • We can't understand why it is so hard to get Penn State students to change - with the times and bring their organizations up-to-date to best cope with the changing social environment. Clinging tenaciously to old forms and structures while the precious months slip by, the Association of In dependent Men has become so embroiled in constitutional and legal maneuvers that it has rendered itself completely ineffective and unable to make positive changes toward establishing a body that can best handle the needs of the new community living concept. The present stumbling block is getting officers for Nittany Council. Until this is done AIM is not complete and cannot consider reorganizing itself or making provisions for such organizations as the Men's Residence Council. The establishment of this council was recommended b Student Encampment. The function of the proposed council is to handle the legislative and judicial functions of the residence halls under the community living system. The composition of Nittany is 95 per cent freshman. But freshmen are not allowed to hold office on the Nittany Council. This presents a rather awkward situa tion to say the least. Barry Rein, acting president of Nittany Council, re quested last week that AIM Board of Governors take action to allow freshmen to hold any office other than president. This they did. But Dean of Men Frank J. limes ruled the action unconstitutional. Another meeting of the AIM Board of Governors was scheduled last night but not enough members showed up. The meeting has been rescheduled tonight and Nittanv Council is expected to bring requests again similar to Rein s. AIM can hesitate no longer Town Independent Men are pulling out of AIM. An Independent Students' AssoCiation including Leonides is on the fire This legal mumbo-jumbo must be cleared up or AIM will be left in the lurch. More important, all the men in the residence halls may be left behind in student government of the corn- munitv living area AIM has an important calling to fulfill as an active body providing a program for independents. The sooner it heeds this calling and at the same time provides an AMC to handle the legislative and judicial functions of the residence halls, the sooner a worthwhile program can be enjoyed by both the independents and those living in the residence. A Student-Operated 56 Years of Editorial Qinlirgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est 1887 Publkhed Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University Year. The Daily Collesian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1911 at the State College Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1373. Mail Subscription Price: 31.00 per semester $5.00 per year. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press JOHN BLACK Editor Local Ad Mgr., Brad Dacia: Assistant Local Ad Mgr., Hal Deisher; National Ad Mgr., Bessie Burke; Credit Mgr., Mary Ann Crans; Assl Credit Mgr.. Neal keit:: Classified Ad Mgr.. Constance Kiesel; Co-Circulation Mgrs.. Rosiland Abe.. ,Richard Kit?lnger; Promotion Mgr.. Elaine Michel: Personnel Mgr., Becks - linhudie: Office Secretary. Joanne Huyett. TI-115 15 NO TIME TO DE DEPRESSED, CHARLIE BROWN.,. •-•drk-s-.4 1 IN LESS THAN ITN (AJEEK.S,I4E'LL BE COMING' Y,/l-• Newspaper Freedom CHESTER LUCID() Business Manager , mensts, %,,,40t THIS 15 THE SEASON TO RE JOLLY... 1 1 T I I.7 Lr - ;7 1 11 1 - • •.r.-... • TUE GREAT OH, GOOD GRIEF! (C c ‘1) WHO? fi 11 vthZ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Humor? Sheet Writes, Edit; Gets Answer TO THE EDITOR: With regard to the editorial in the Octo ber Froth I have discovered a letter of singular relevance in the Penh State Library ar chives indicating that Mr. Peters does not stand alone in his opinions on political sys tems. "People of the Roman Em pire, I congratulate you on your conversion to a lighter and more realistic view con cerning Roman life. "Ever since the first inspired youth among you desecrated a sacred cow, the Roman forum has been looked to as a source of fun and laughter. "You have shown wisdom in puncturing the pomposity that infects the one-time cockeyed optithist. You have taken to task the poor players of polls steeped in their own serious ness and- false maturity. "Let mirth and frivolity prevail. Beware of serious thoughts. Save them for later when they'll really count. I'm sure that this attitude will lead to a closer and more intimate relationship in the future. Your humble servant, Attila the Hun." My admiration' Mr. Peters. John Brandi '6l Nittany Claims Credit for Guard TO THE EDITOR: Seeing their picture in the Daily Collegian seems to have gone to the heads of the men of Jordan Hail, when they declare that they. and they alone guarded the Lion last week. They guarded the Lion all right, right up until the time the Collegian took their pic ture. They then retired to their "hotel rooms." We doubt if the men of Jor dan could have gotten out ten per cent of their men on Wednesday and Thursday and 20 per cent on Friday to guard the Lion throughout the night as did our dorm. —The Lion Guarders of Niffany 36 Nittany Objects To 3rd Roommate TO THE EDITOR: How long are Nittany residents going to have to put up with three in a room? Yes. three! Two stu dents ii, No. 33 found a third party sharing their room late Wednesday evening. It wasn't another student. but a mouse. Under the present condi tions, the sight wasn't too hard to believe. There he was, as big as life. I wonder how many other students have similar un discovered roommates? William Schiffbauer, '64 Gazette Ale Hill Party. fi !3.1 p.m., 214 HUB Air Force Glee Club. 3 p.m., HUB ar— senildy AMA field trip to Piper Aircraft Co.. bus leaves at 12. :1:5 p.m. from front of HUB Campus Party. 6 p.m.. 212 HUB Faculty Women's Bridge. 7:45 p.m., 2i2 HUB Inter-faith coffee hour, 3:30 r.m., lel Four.dation IT(' Bride. 7 p.m.. HUB ballroom I V Christian Fellowship, 1_:45 p.m., 213 HUB JUTE Club. • ground floor Sr. IFC. 7:30 p.m., HUB assembly Omega Psi Phi, 9 p.m.. 216 HUB Omicron Nu initiation, 7:00 p.m. rnernhen , i and 7 :10 I plefizei I. Theta Phi Alpha anirp, 135 McElwain Pa. Jr. Dairy Show, 7:30 p.m., 213 HUB Penn State Rec.-Ed. Society, 7 p.m., White Hail game room, Dr. Daniel Corbin Penn State Forestry Society, 7 p.m Forestry Sigma Tau Delta, 7:45 p.m.. 214-215 HUB SGA, 7 p m., 2'3 HUB Women's Chorus. 7 p.m.. RUB assem bly room WDFM Schedule 5:00 p.m. Three at Five 6:60 p.m. Studio X 6:5.5 p.m. WeatherstoPe 7 : 0 0 p.m. Obelisk 7;O p.m. The Jazz Sound 7 :55 p.m. News Roundup S:0(1 p.m. This is the Subject 9:00 p.m. Folk Music 9:39 p.m. Opinion 15 9:45 p.m. News. Sports & Weather 10 :Oil .p.m. Chamber Music 12:00 p.to. Sign Off - TODAY 9 a :45 p.m., HUB Snowed CandidatesQuerieci The 1960 presidential campaign has been transformed into a full-fledged advertising campaign with the emphasis on imagery rather than the major problems and issues of the era. Both of the major candidates are adhering to popular views on all major topics, being unwilling to trade a few votes for a concrete stand on a particular principle. The presidential battle is be ing waged on such absurd issues as Que moy and Mat su, maturity, age and reli gion of the candidates 6 and the per son best able to yell louder than Khru shchev in a face to - face skirmish. MYERS The real issues of our times are being ignored. What steps will be taken to prevent all-out atomic war, whether accidental or inten tional? What will be done about the Cuban mess and the Communist infiltration in Latin America? What methods will be used to halt the intense anti- American hate campaign in Red China? How can the num ber of farmers be reduced without unbalaming the econ omy? What will be don to re 'driuce unemployment? These are the real issues that face America in this first year of a very decisive decade. Both candidates have asserted on many occasions that- we Letterg Westmoreland TO THE EDITOR: In response to the fine letter sent by the "boys" in Montgomery House, we in the Westmoreland House wish to congratulate you on your excellent use of the Eng lish language to describe the many facets of "Dean Simes' flunkies." We also well under stand the existing problems. To quote "Easy-Dan," this is not a "Gestapo-run" Univer sity; however, he did not ex clude the possibility that it is a dictatorial form of "small time" government. An exam ple of this is the quiet hours situation here in Westmore-. land. We have a counselor who extended quiet hours to Satur day night. One of our daring "boys" greeted James Woße aton and Daniel R. Leasure with a petition against such an exercise of control. According to Mr. Leasure, such a paper creates "MOB RULE" among the young delinquents. He was very much against petitioning. However, it states in the Bill of Rights. that one living Soph Speaks TO THE EDITOR: With such people as Messer,s. Cordover and Edelstein enrolled in this University, it become obvious why only 2.5% of the student body appeared at Rec Hall Saturday night to welcome our near victorious Lions back from Syracuse. Had not the organizers of the TIM and Leonides Las Vegas Nite appealed to student gamblers to go to Rec Hall and welcome the team, the per centage would have been con siderably less. Just where were the "over 1000 students" who took part in Thursday night's pep rally? Certainly some were at Syra cuse cheering the team, but definitely not all. When the gentleman hand ling the microphone called the names of the various campus residence areas, asking for a vocal indication of their pros sence, why was there no men tion of the Greeks? Could it be the fact that the all powerful Greeks were con spicuous by their absence? Could it be that the famous Greek solidarity was incapable or disinterested in mustering r it to support a loser in score Lut not a loser in the hearts of their real fans? What better way to kick off Greek Week than by showing the Frosh and Indies their THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1960 by Joel myers must meet the great challenge of the 60's and yet. both men refuse to outline a clear-cut policy that they will follow, if elected. They are wasting energy and money flying back and forth across the nation to cre ate enthusiasm for their re spective tickets. Instead of evaluating the major problems facing the nation, their time is being consumed by an evalua tion of electoral votes. Time may be running out for America. We must develop a forward-looking foreign poli cy that is capable of turning the tide of the world's political rivers in order to achieve a lasting peace. Our present foreign policy seems badly outdated and yet neither .candidate has ex pressed the desire to bring about any concrete changes in it. Perhaps, such a new policy will not be worth its weight in votes to the individual can didate, but it certainly will he worth the lives of many Amer icans if it should prove fruit7_ ful. Adlai Stevenson proposed many sweeping changes in his unsuccessful campaign bids of (Continued on Page Eight) House Concurs in this democracy has the right to petition. There appears to be a conflict between Mr: Lea sure and the Bill of Rights. The seventy some•odd men in a house are supposed to live Jig a unit and have some say on an individual's ruling; Another example of this at titude is the fact that another one of the "boys" was forced to pick up papers when he should have been at a review session for a blue book. It had devastating effects on his grade. The disciplinary action was a result of attending the spontaneous pep rally last week. One possible reason for the attitudes of these "right arm super secret servicemen" is that sometimes when a person receives power over a group he wants to exercise it and over ._ steps the limit. We would like some support concerning this matter from other areas of the "boys" dorms. The "Boys" in Westmoreland House on Spirit wholehearted support of the team? Anyone who was at Rec Hall and heard the speeches of Rip Engle and Lion Captain Henry Oppermann. knows. exactly what, that. meager. welcome meant to our tired and de jected team. To quote Sandy Padwe, the Collegian Sports Editor, "the trouble with Penn State foot ball fans is they're 'bush' all the way." The difference be tween Thursday and Saturday nights bore this out. Paul Lowe '63 Another Retort TO THE EDITOR: To Robert Cordover: in answer to your letter appearing in yesterday's Daily Collegian we have the following suggestion. Why don't you hop in your ear with the New York license tags, pick up your girl friend and drive northward without looking back, until you cross the Penn sylvania-New York border. There are many good s2hools in New York and we're sure that everybody at Penn State will be better off without you and your kind. On second thought, go alone; your unsus pecting girl friend may be a loyal Penn State student. ' —Ralph B. Jeager, '6l Robert A. Jones, '6l
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