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It has been a long drag since those balmy September
days when we returned to classes, and Christmas vaca
tion will be a much needed break for those who reach it.
For two whole weeks—no classes, no kooks and no
8 &clocks.
But for some there may never be any more books or
clocks. Some may never even have to worry about.
finals.
These students, too eager to get home, may go just a
little too fast on the slippery roads or take a chance on a
blind corner. Instead
_of bringing joy and happiness to
their families they will bring sorrow and grief.
• in a way it's a shame. Those extra few minutes saved
by passing the "slow" truck or by exceeding that "unfair"
speed limit won't anleunt to more time than is necessary
to fill up the gas tank or down a cup of coffee.
And yet for those extra few minutes that might have
been saved, many torturous hours may be spent by acci
dent victims in hospitals and many long hours of worry
may be spent by the victim's relatives.
But we have given up hope of preventing the needless
death and injury caused by reckless homeward bound
students.
For years it has been Collegian's policy to write
editorials urging the students to drive carefully. But each
year the first issue after vacation has carried the grim
details of death and injury.
Two years ago we put out a special "safety issue."
We thought articles and pictures of accidents might scare
students into driving carefully.
But this, as all other methods, failed and a student
was killed and two were injured.
This year we're being realistic and facing the in
evitable. We already have the big headline type ready.
All you have to do is supply the details.
Unquestioned Prestige
Once again the fierc i e Nittany Lion football team has
earned the plaudits of every Penn Stater with its success
ful defense of its Liberty Bowl crown.
Though the stadium crowd was sparse, the gridders
showed a national television audience that the brand of
football played in -the Nittany Valley is as tough as
anywhere in the country.
And not even the politicians can question the fact
that Penn State pigskin prestige has risen to an all-time
high.
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Letters
Frosh Hits
Immaturity
Of Students
TO THE EDITOR: I wish to re
port a most unfortunate inci
dent that occurred in a Chem
I lecture on Dec. 15.
In this lecture the professor
realized, while explaining a
theory, that he had made an
error in his explanation. When
he stated this, several students
started to hiss. He asked them
to stop, and they did, but when
he turned his back, they start
ed to hiss again. At this point
the professor dismissed the lec
ture.
I would, like to ask how peo
ple can behave this way and
still call themselves college
students'? This behavior might
be expected' in grade school.
but rot in college. Do these
people, belong in grade school?
The /Answer appears to be yes.
The action of these students
was not only discourteous to
the professor, but also to the
position he holds. What right
does a Chem 1 student have to
hiss at a professor who has a
8.5., M.S., and Ph.D.? The an
swer is none.
If the persons responsible
for this hissing can excuse
their behavior I challenge them
to do so. If not I wish that they
would learn some manners, or
go back to grade school where
they belong.
Gazette
Ag Student Council. Reorganization
Comrnittee, 6:46 p.m.-9 p.m
HUB
Agronomy Seminar, 4 p.m., HI Tyson
American Nuclear Society, 105 M.E.
ICO, 8 p.m.-10 p.m., 203 HUB
Interrncial Committee, 7 p.m., 218
HUB
IV Christian Fellowship. 12 :45 pan..
218 HUB
Penhel, 6:30 p.m., 203 HUB
Political Science Faculty-Grad Student
Seminar, 12 noon, HUB dining room
SCCA Interviews, 2 :45-8 :30 p.m., 212
HUD
Schram!littler, ' 7 n.m., 100 Weaver
Science Fiction Society. 7 P. 01.-11 p.m..
112 HUB
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TODAY
Letters
Christmas Down South
TO THE EDITOR: As we
know, the sound and fury Of
racial prejudice has taken on
greater intensity in New Or
leans. Among other things, a
Federal . Distriet judge has been
forced to accept police protec
tion; some of the mothers of
the city showed the world that
Little Rock had no monopoly
on lunatics; and four little Ne
gro girls went to school.
Here in Pennsylvania it is
easy to forget that millions of
Americans are denied oppor
tunities which many of us take
for granted. While we are pre
paring for the Christmas holi
day, six-year -old children, and
their families, are being sub
jected to gross humiliation, be
cause they want to go to a de
cent school.
It has been suggested that it
takes a great deal of strength
and courage for parents to al
low their children to run the
gauntlet of jeering adults, as
those four little girls have had
to do in New Orleans.
It has also been suggested
Soph'sSecond Lookat SGA
TO THE EDITOR: It would
seem that I for one have mis
appraised the SGA. I had been
content within the social se
curity of the student body and
its "I couldn't care less" atti
tude. But when 83 per cent of
the students reneged their
right to vote and thereby do
something about it, I began to
suspect what appeared to be
fuzzy thinking in their regard
for the SGA.
If the apathetic student had
attended the last assembly
meeting, he would have seen
an intense parliamentary de
bate of Mr. Walter Darran's
motion and the subsequent
wise rejection of it. After all,
why should the SGA take a
stand on something which does
not directly involve the stu
dent body?
He would have seen the ap
proval of a much needed book
store and the tabling of Mr.
Ted Simon's solo study on it
for further discussion.
He would have also seen the
committing for future consid
eration of Mr. John Brandt's
ill-advised proposal for an
SGA executive secretary.
In short, my suspicion was
Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibler
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1960
that this strength may draw
sustenance from the knowl
edge that a large segment of
the American people is dedi
cated to the proposition that
all men are created equal, and
no one should be treated as
though he were inherently in
ferior.
Accordingly, a group of
graduate students at Harvard
University have started a cam
paign to give support to these
four six-year -old girls. The re
sponse has been extremely en
thusiastic in the Boston area,
and there are indications that
it is spreading into other areas
of the country.
Greeting cards, letters, small
gifts and donations for a fu
ture college scholarship fund
would do much to show these
children, and their families,
that they do have friends.
The names of the four girls
are: Tessie, Gail, Leona and
Ruby. While their full names
and home adresses cannot be
revealed, mail can be addressed
to them 4'./o Mr. Arthur Chap
ital Sr., 1821 Orleans Ave., New
Orleans 16, La.
—Nolvert P. Scott J.
Graduate, Sociology
confirmed. Contrary to the
consensus, the SGA did do
something, although it did
seem that three hours was a
rather long time.
If any student should doubt
my opinioh, I strongly suggest
that he sit on the SG A. Then
for the first time since he set
foot on this campus, he would
see just what the SGA is and
would be forced into some
painful re-thinking.
—John Weld, '63
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