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Editorial 0 •inio
Problem Is Quality
President Eric A. Walker last night reviewed the vast
building program that has taken place at Penn State in
recent years, spoke of the continued expansion to come,
but got to the heart of the matter when he said that Penn
State's biggest building problem is building educational
quality.
He spoke at length about the $142 million that have
gone into buildings in the last decade and the $5O million
still earmarked for this purpose.
He spoke of the plans that the University made five
years ago to provide for the 35,000 students that the Corn - -
monwealth expects it to handle in 1970.
The physical expansion has already been accounted
But about how to solve the problem of building
quality he could not speak. For this he does not control.
This lies in the hands of 261 men in the state capital who
Juggle the figures of $l7 million and $23 million.
One-tenth Care
It looked like Slippery Rock rather than Penn State
in Schwab last night.
The 250 souls who came to hear the President's report
on the state of the University would more closely approxi
mate the size of the senior class at Slippery Rock than
at Penn State.
More than 3000 students bear the label of senior at
Penn State. Less than one-tenth of them indicated any
interest in their University last night.
Personal invitations to Prexy's talk were sent to all
seniors—to students who just a few months ago were
criticising Prexy for not having enough contact with stu
dents.
This was a new step in prexy-student contact. It was
the first opportunity any senior class had to hear such a
personal report directly from the president.
Have only one-tenth of the students who have made
their home here for 3 1 / 2 years developed enough of an
attachment to care about the futu're of the University?
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Charles
Controversy
Continues
TO THE EDITORS Admittedly
the Ray Charles concert Sun
day night was a disappoint
ment to many jazz fans. How
ever, it might have been appre
ciated by rock-and-roll fans
even though you don't happen
to be one.
Calling the concert and the
West Halls record bops "breed
ing grounds of immaturity" is
going a bit too far. There ARE
people, even at this university,
who LIKE rock-and-roll, and
who LIKE to dance, but does
this make them immature?
I concede that anyone ad
dicted to rock-and-roll exclu
sively, could do with some re
finement in his tastes for mu
sic, but people who enjoy it,
along with other types of mu
sic, are not to be condemned.
I myself have a wide range
of musical favorites, from clas
sical piano, symphonies and
concertos, all the way to Ray
Charles. Furthermore, rock
and-roll, in moderation, is as
much an American institution
as baseball and hot dogs,
If you don't approve of the
West Halls dances, then you're
certainly as free to stay away
as anyone who likes them is to
come. It was an unfair general
isation you made when you
included all rock-and-roll fans
in the class of people who
"write vulgar statements on
bathroom walls, litter the Uni
versity grounds with empty
beer bottles," etc.
The fact that a person likes
rock-and-roll doesn't necessari
ly imply he is immature. If
you wear red all the time, are
you necessarily a Communist?
—Sally Diehl, 'B4
Gazette
Ag. 11111 Party, 6:30 p.m., 214 HUB
Back the Budget Committee, 6:15 p.m.,
211 HUB
Basketball Officials' Club, 7 :30 p.m.,
2 White HRII
Bridge Tournament. 6:30 P.m, RUB
card room
Camp Directors, 7:30 p.m., HUB as
sembly hall
Campus Party, 6 p.m., 212 HUB
Chemistry Colloquium, 12:39 D 301
Whitmore
College of Home Economic. Faculty
Meeting, :16 p.m., 209 Home Ee.
South
English Colloquium. 7:SO p.m.. Nitta nr
Lion Inn
Ming Club. 8 p.m., 215 HUB
Gamma Sigma Sigma. .6:30 p.m., 11.7
MMIM
Mechanics Room, White Hall
Penn State Education Association, 7:30
p.m.. 106 Horne Ea South
Philosophy Colloquium:, 4:15 p.m., 12
Sparks
Placement, 8 a.m.-5 p.m..
203 HUB
Scabbard and Made, 7:30 p.m., Sigma
Nu Fraternity
S.G.A., 7:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m., 20 HUB
D.8.A., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. HUH card room
U.C.A. Display, HUB card room
University Party, 7 p.m., 213 HUB
Interpreting
Public. Opinion Versus Unions
Associated Press News Analyst
Just at a time when mem
bers of one of its unions have
been conducting a strike of the
type best calculated to inflame
public opinion, AFL-CIO lead
ers are expressing concern over
a nationwide slackening in
union-joining.
The strike of flight engi
neers, halting much of the na
tion's air serv
ice in rebel
lion against a
govern ment
order, cam e
closely on the
heels of such
things as the
stranding of
thousands of
New York
area commu
ters by strikes !WESERTS
not directly connected with
their railroads
A federal judge fined the en
gineers union $200,000 "or
whatever is in the treasury,"
on the same day that the Na
tional Labor Relations Board
Letters to the Editor
TODAY
By J. M. ROBERTS
Concert Termed 'Success'
TO THE EDITOR: This is in re
ply to the "mature" Mr. Buck
ley's attack on both the quality
of the entertainment at the
jazz concert last Sunday night,
namely Ray Charles, and the
immaturity of the "twisting,
rowdy" students attending.
As far as the versatility and
,greatness of Ray Charles 'is
concerned, we believe we are
safe, in saying he is one of the
best entertainers in our coun
try. Charles possesses a unique
quality of transition from rock
and roll to rhythm and blues to
jazz.
Although he gained his pop
ularity in the rock and roll
field, he has since proved him
self more than capable as a jars
and blues artist. His recent ap
pearance at festivals, on tele
vision and at different univer
sities verify his popularity and
talent.
We are sure the Jazz Club is
satisfied with its choice of flay
Charles, and the students pres
ent completely enjoyed his
show, as the reaction was
unanimously favorable. It was
a definite success.
Maturity is something which
a student, or any other person,
reaches through his own deci
sions and efforts. It is not
something which a university
can instill if the student is not
ready for this step. Having per
sonally attended the concert,
we noticed that the overall be-
Three Referees Necessary
TO THE EDITOR: Our loyal
basketball fans nearly declared
war on two referees and the
University of West Virginia's
basketball team in Rec Hall
Tuesday night.
Many threats were issued,
and many tempers flared. Some
of this was unnecessary and
due to the fact that we lost.
Some of it was aimed at cer
tain West Virginia players who
felt more like wrestling than
playing basketball.
However, most of it arose
from a basic problem: those
court jesters known as ref
erees. They always take the
blame, but simply cannot judge
the actions of the players with
any accuracy. For another, they
are all too emotional; I've seen
quite a few games, and even
played in some in high school,
and every single time the ref
erees tend to act with extra
vengeance against the team
with the loudest fans.
This approach is not at all
suited to the game; the fans
may be rude, but the players
who put in the real efforts de
serve a better chance to show
what they can do.
Many people are convinced
handed down four decisions
against certain picketing prac
tices.
The engineers were fined for
contempt of an order restrain
ing the strike, a reminder of
the post-war battle between
the courts and John L. Lewis
which cost his miners $2.130.-
000 in fines.
During the five years in
which the AFL-CIO finds its
percentage of representation of
the nation's workers dropping,
the country has been more
than once disturbed by issues
of this kind.
James R. Haifa and his
Teamsters Union represent a
continuing worry. Hoffa once
boasted of what he could do
with a national strike in con
nection with nation-wide bar
gaining, then denied any such
strike would ever be called.
His repetition of the denial
now frequently serves to re
mind the public of the danger.
lioffa's union is not affili
ated with. AFL-CIO. but the
public attitude toward organ
ized labor as a whole is never
theless affected.
Although members seldom
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23.'1961
havior of the audience was not
out of line for this affair.
Everyone• came to Rec Hall
expecting a performance such
as the one they received. Of
course, excitement existed,
but certainly not rowdyism and
chaos as Mr. Buckley's room
mate informed him.
Occasional hand - clapping
and singing to the upbeat num
bers certainly in our opinion
does not suggest immaturity.
Audience participation added
to the atmosphere as Rec Hall
was "living."
The statements by Mr. Buck
ley referring to such immature
acts as banding together in
cliques, littering the ground
with beer bottles and cheat
ing on exams are true of a com
paratively small portion of the
students having the tendency
to be immature. They were ir
relevant to the behavior of
students attendng this concert
and other social functions men
tioned.
One who would call these so
cial functions, such as the West
Halls Record Hop and jazz
concerts, a breeding . ground for
"immature delincients"
should examine himself for
maturity.
If the point is ever reached
where havng fun socially in
this manner is considered im
mature in college, students may
never grow as "mature" Mr.
Buckley has already done.
—4. D. Schmitt, '63
Glenn Roth, '63
that at the college level, where
even the University's standing
is at stake, we can't afford to
participate In games of chance.
Two remedies might be ap
plied: first, increase the num
ber of referees to three and
may be even add a lineman;
second and more difficult, ob
tain referees who are calm and
disinterested.
Sure, this would be a trying
task, but a lot of players
coaches, fans, and alumni
would be a lot happier. Is this
going to be basketball or some
kind of roulette?
—H. Karl Voigt Jr., '64
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vote together as an organized
thing, the AFL-CIO merger
still gives rise to thoughts of
a third party which could cause
great disturbance to the Amer
ican political system. This
thought grows persistently as
the division between Republi
cans and Democrats in national
elections tends to narrow, and
as Congress divides more and
more on ideological rather than
party lines.
Organized labor is in itself
not responsible for many of
the things which have retard
ed or delayed its growth in
recent years. Shifts of popula
tion from hand labor to white
collar work have occurred.
There has been an over-all
prosperity most of the time
which relieves pressure for
unionization. Management has
in general become more liberal
on a voluntary basis.
But when unauthorized
strikes occur, affecting whole
sections of the nation" and of
the people through communica
tions and public services, even
the most moderate sections of
the labor movement are bound
to feel the reaction.