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Press Celebrates
Newspaper Week
In the hustle-bustle of our
own Greek Week, the current
week's national dedication
may have gone unnoticed
"National Newspaper Week,"
an annual tribute to the nation's
more than 1700 daily and 9000
weekly newspapers, is being cele
brated from Oct. 15 to 21 this
From. the very beginning, Amer
ican newspapers have been a
watchdog fur society. The nation's
fir:t newspaper, printed in Bos
ton and titled "Publick Occur:.
rences—Both Forreign and Do
mestick." was suppressed by the
governor of Massachusetts after
only one edition.
From that day on, newspaper
men haVe been dauntless in their
search . for truth and with this in
mind, journalism students from
the University of Nevada coined
the 1960 NNW slogan, "Your
N ewspaper Freedom's Guard
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In his annual message to the
newspapers of the nation, Presi-
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dent Eisenhower said that the
NNW slogan was a timely theme
in a year of national elections and
! great decisidns in lands around
the world. Newspaper reporters
help keep an "open society" -by
reporting news accurately and
promptly, the President said.
The plight of the journalist has,
changed considerably since "Pub-'
lick Occurrences" was suppressed.
The reporter is no longer wor
ried about criticising in authority,
his probleM is now far more sub-;
Ile.
Newspaper Week is being used
to renel.v a drive against what
many journalists consider a threat
against freedom of information—
unnecessary secrecy.
Backed by an opinion of the
attorney general, many federal
officials use their "executive
privilege" in stamping informa
tion as "secret' . or "classified"
'.which reporters think has noth
ing to do with national security.
To combat this journalists have
;been triing Newspaper Week to
shed light on the fact that such
a situation exists.
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Treasure House
• Rangers Bob and Joe, on
snow ; a new area,
THE DAILY _COLLEGIAN.. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Scarth Ranks Ist
In Beef Judging
Robert Scarth, senior in animal
husbandry from East Milestone,
N.J., placed first in judging beef
cattle at the American Royal
Livestock Show in Kansas City,
Mo., last week. Scarth ranked
fourth in individual competition
at the show.
Twenty-one teams and 105 con
testants participated. The Uni
versity's team placed second in
beef cattle, fourth in sheep, fourth
in quarter horses and eighth in
the total contest.
Fall hats—
ious colors
to mix or match with your Fall
coat or outfit. •
Jii, ,11.1 Shop
Corner McAllister and E. Beaver
Announcing: A Fall Foliage Excursion
East Broad Top Railroad
at ROCK HILL FURNACE
LAST NARROW GAUGE R.R. TO OPERATE EAST OP
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
SAT. & SUN., OCT. 22 & 23
Trains Every Hour: I I a.m. to 5 p.m.
Driving Instructions to Rock Hill Furnace:
Pa. 45 West to Pine Grove Mills
Pa. 545 South to Huntingdon
US 22 East to Mt. Union
US 522 South to Orbisonia
right at traffic light to EBT Station
Operating Saturday & Sunday Thru Nov. 6
THERE YOU ARE-
Faculty Members
Present Papers
Two faculty members at the
University presented papers last
week at the annual meeting of
the Pennsylvania Association of
Junior Colleges held on the
Ogontz Campus.
Dr. Donald N. Ford, director of
the Division of -Counseling, pre
sented a paper, "Counseling and
Knowledge," while Merle E.
Campbell, dean of student affairs
fo r commonwealth campuses,
presented a paper, "Rx for Stu
dent Development,"
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Ride Behind Stearn
ON THE 100-YEAR-OLD
(See Article In Oct. 8 Collegian)
Special Rates for Students ($1)
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21.;1960'
Last Nixon• Kennedy Debate
The fourth and final Nixon.
Kennedy debate may be seen at
10 tonight in the Hetzel Union
assembly room and Schwab.
The debate at Schwab will be
shown by Eido hor ro'ection.
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