FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1960 Analysts Agree Politics Cleaner Political analysis seem to agree that the past campaign which resulted in the election of a Roman Catholic to the presidency has been remarkably free from bigotry or smear tactics. On election night, NBC newscasters, in commenting on the state-by-state returns, said that they found far fewer states in which religion was a decisive issue, than had been expected. President-elect John F. Kennedy carried both South Carolina and Texas, states in which the religious issue'was expected to be a strong factor Professors in classroom an alysis found that in many cases in which religion was a factor, the number of voters who cast their ballots against the Massachusetts Senator be cause of his religion might be negated by the number who would vote for him for the same reason. "This has been a remark ably clean campaign," Dr. Ver non V. Aspalurian said in one such analysis before the elec tion. In spite of a certain amount of campaign literature and sporadic flare-ups of re ligious issues, the campaign has not been notable for re ligious bias, he added. American elections have be come cleaner both in terms of name calling and in terms of under-handed tactics, accord ing to,Dr. R. Wallace Brewster, professor of political science. This can be attributed to the fact that the mechanics of the election are better handled and the electorate is more sophisticated, better educated and better informed, Brewster indicated in an interview on the efternoon of the election. Smear taciics have had a long history in American poli tics. Ever since the election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800 when Timothy Dwight, then presi dent of Yale College, accused the candidate of athdism, smears have been a character* WESLEY Foundation fu ll n i RECREATION FRIDAY 8 p.m. Our doors are open at all times come on in, 256 E. College Ave. By PAT DYER istic of American elections. For example, in 1798, almost two years before ihe Jefferson- Hamilion election, Dwight de clared that if Jefferson were elected "the Bible would be cast into a bonfire, our holy worship changed into a dance of Jacobin frenzy, our wives and daughters dishonored, and our sons converted into disci ples of Voltaire and the dra goons of Marat." Brewster found another rea son for the decline of the use of smear tactics in the lack of seriously decisive issues, "Today the differences be tween American political par ties are not fundamental,” he said. “There is no basic clash over the traditional priciples of American constitutional gov ernment, the private enterprise system or-the importance of the individual.” he said. At times, however, serious issues have existed, he point ed out. Issues such as an in dustrial versus agricultural economy, "aristocracy" versus the "common man," slavery, posf-Civil War reconstruction, trusts and monopolies and the "great depression" naturally tended to bring out belter feel ings, Brewster said. Although today party dis agreements are not basic, there are significant differences be tween them, he said. “These differences are large ly a matter of the tempera ment and basic economic in terests of those making up the backbone of the respective parties,” he added. Everything right for your important dinner date! You're sure to enjoy our THICK (1.5. PRIME STEAK i)3oa(sl)urij 4 Miles South of State College on Route 322 FREE PRIZES: the RECORD ROOM offers the best selection and prompt service (0 A.M. to 9 P.M. Saturday Noon io Nino Monday thru Friday THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Members of the |of Women Students Senate imet yesterday with the Resi dence Community Coordina tors to discuss recommenda- Escort your lady to the Boals burg Steak House for memor able dining. A superb cuisine and courteous service .make the occasion an event! GRAND OPENING ■ - - Monday, November 14 350 E. College Ave. Most Complete Record Portable Stereo Record Players 1. Bob Newharf's "The Button Down Mind Strikes Back" * 4* • I Opening Specials: $3.25 each Suggestions Studied By AWS Group tions made by the reorganiza tion committee at the AWS jExecutive meeting of Wed nesday night. j The six recommendations listed :in the.reorganizational report plus lone new one were evaluated by I the group. Ideas arrived at during this meeting will be incorporated iinto a revised report to be pre sented to the AWS Senate next j week. ' One recommendation of th.e re port states that all judicial of jfenses should pass through AWS Judicial. At present, all offenses I are reported to the coordinator who refers the problem to AWS Judicial, the dean of women’s of | fice or handles it herself. Coordinator’s comments on the other five recommendations in dued the following: • Numbering sign-out sheets every day with each room num ber would speed up the sign-out process and provide a check to see that women sign out. • Buzzer systems on doors are not feasible. • AWS should confer with food service and housing about con fusion over specific disciplinary actions in this field. • There should be one sign-in time for both freshmen and up perclassmen. COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS BUY. SELL. TRADE, TELL RECORD ROOM Campus Shopping Center Plans May Convert Carnegie, Pavilion By DAVE RUNKLE Sketch plans for the eon |version of the Stock Judging jPavilion into a theatre and for changing Carn§gie into a communication center have, been submitted to the General State Authority. Present plans, according lo Walter H.'Walters, head of the Department’of Theatre Arts, call for the Stock Judging Pavilion to be converted into a thcatro-in the-round seating about 350. It will be used by the theatre arts department and the University Players. The stage will be in the cen ter of the arena-shaped build ing with one end a lobby, ihe other end an area to be used for preparing sets for following scenes and the sides being the seating area. Wallers said. The entrance will be located, according to present plans, a lit tle higher than the last row of seats, thus the audience will have to go down to take their seats, he added. Carnegie will be changed into an Education Communication Center to be used by the School of Journalism, the Division of Academic Research and Serv ices, and other departments in the University, according to Leslie P.Greenhill, associate di rector of the Division' of Re search and Services. Besides changing the building, in Central Pennsylvania Selection 2. Kingston Trio's (Holiday Album) "The Last Month of the Year" |an addition will be added to the I back of it for a motion pictures jlaboratory, Greenhil! said, i Facilities for television broad casting. motion picture filming land processing, still photography ;and for the graphics department of tlie University will he avail able in the revamped Carnegie Building, Greenhill continued. GUSES for the BEST PIZZA in Centre County AD 8-1461 AD 8-9012 PAGE THREE
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