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Editorial Opinio
A Clear and Present Need
The need for adequate auditorium facilities at the
University has again been brought into the spotlight,
The Penn State Singers had originally scheduled one
performance for this Friday in the HUB Assembly room,
but the demand for tickets was so great they decided to
schedule a second show. Even so, all tickets were gone
Tuesday,
The HUB Assemblyroom is ioo small for shows with
such a wide appeal. The seating capacity of 225 represents
less than 2 per cent of the student body.
On the other hand, Schwab is too big and its acoustics
are inadequate for a performance of this type,
The time seems ripe to plan for a concert hall. Such
an auditorium would not only be ideal for shows of this
nature but could serve as classroom space for lectures,
coiloquia and large sections of music appreciation courses.
The establishment of the Artists Series program four
years ago added a new and important dimension to the
University's cultural program. Interest in this direction
has increased greatly since then, and the time has come to
provide adequaie facilities for such events.
This concert hall could be put in the new music and
arts building, which is still on the drawing board, or pos-
sibly it could be included in the HUB expansion plans
The need for this type of auditorium is clear, and it is
the responsibility of University planners to supply the
funds and location.
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Letters
Sr. Defines
Opposition
To Soviets
TO THE EDITORi Although I
agree with the spirit of Whiton
Paine's letter on Civil Defense,
I find much to disagree with
in his assumptions.
First of all, nearly every
statement he makes about
radioactive fallout is partial
ly or entirely false.
It sounds as if He based his
information on a very mis
leading article on this subject
which appeared in a popular
magazine during the past year.
But my main objection is that'
he bases his opposition to Com
munism on the supposition
that “intellectual and social
stagnation . . . characterizes
the Soviet Union.”
If this were so, we would
have nothing to fear from
either world Communism or
the USSR. Unfortunately noth
ing could be further from the
truth.
The Soviets have doubled
the life expectancy of the Rus
sians from 35 in 1917 to over
70 at present (ours is about
68). They have achieved 98%
literacy in the local (non-Rus
sian) language in areas that
were 98 per ceryt illiterate.
They have a larger propor
tion of physicians (mostly
women) in their population
than we have. Many of their
scientists have received the
Nobel prize. Mikhail Sholok
hov, a convinced Communist,
has produced some outstanding
literature.
The point is that they have
attained many of their achieve
ments at the price of thirty
years of terror and wholesale
extermination. Over six mil
lion Ukranian peasants were
more or Jess systematically
starved to death, arbitrarily
executed, or transported to
Siberian slave labor camps for
resisting forced collectiviza
tion.
It's about time to realize
that our opposition to Com
munism based on notions of
"intellectual and social stagna
tion" has long since crumbled
in fhe rest of the world, as
have our objections on eco
nomic grounds.
The only valid objections are
those based on ethical, moral
and religious considerations.
Economically and politically
the extermination of the Rus
sian KULAK (wealthy farmer)
class, could possibly be justi
fied, as could the execution of
20 million Chinese landlords
and members of the middle
class (by Red China's own ad
mission) for no other crime
than being “class enemies.’’
The inciting of class hatreds
(called "arousing class-con
sciousness") is a central doc
trine of Marxism - Leninism
and it is on this issue that we
have to lake our stand.
Not by preaching, but by
demonstrating the brotherhood
of man, across class, ethnic
and cultural lines can we elim
inate the conditions which pro
vide a fertile ground for Com
munism.
Gazette
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HUH
Block *S\ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., first floor
HUH
BX Candidate’s Meeting, 6:30 p.m.,
HUB assembly room
Campus Party, 6 p.m., 212 HUB
Education Student Council Senior
Awards Dinner, 6 p.m., HUB Dining
Room C.
Faculty Women’* Luncheon, 11 a.m.,
HUB ballroom
IVCF. 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB
La Critique. 7:3U p.m., 214-215 HUB
Phys Ed Major Students, 6:30 p.m..
217-218 HUB
Student Employment. 11 a.m., 218 HUB
TIM, 8:15 p.m.. 217-218 HUB
University Party, 7 p.m., 213 HUB
Young Republicans, 8 p.m., 216 HUB
—John Dombrowski '6l
TODAY
the megaphone “
Election Reflection
The wide-eyed look of astonishment has just about
disappeared from the faces of those who, early last week,
doubted that the student body could think.
As was to be expected, there were cliques and circles
on this campus that had begun to believe their own
propaganda concerning the
benefit of activities and play
ing political games.
Dennis Foianini’s election
startled many of them out of
their hats.
The election
brought out the
best in some
candidates and
the worst in
others
But in one re
sounding voice,
it brought out
the best in the
students.
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In the main,
student gov
ernment’s ac- Ml " Te,fhlM,, “
tions were weak and ineffec
tive in the past year and the
executive did little to push the
legislature into action.
The student body, however,
was not ready to give up the
battle for strong government
and when a new face and fresh
ideas were presented it gave
its enthusiastic support.
It should not be forgotten
that Dennis Foianini won the
election with a resounding ma
jority in the face of adminis
trative directives, the elections
' commission's inertia and SGA
Assembly’s own political
games.
He recognized that he had to
get the votes of the politically
uncommitted students in the
residence halls.
The “powers-that-were" also
saw this. Although a scuffle
emerged in the Assembly over
placing the polls in the resi-
Letters
Greek Discrimination
Termed Constitutional
TO THE EDITOR: A letter by
Jonathan Morse which appear
ed in the May 4th Daily Col
legian has prompted me to vent
my opinions on the current
paradox of student values con
cerning discrimination in fra
ternities and sororities.
Posters can be seen around
campus indicating that our
local organization for “human
rights” (i.e., DARE) is con
cerned with the situation.
I am mora concerned about
DARE which in the past has
shown unique ability in the
technique I like to call "peace
ful coercion."
Mr. Morse has stated that
the majority of students on
campus favor the elimination
of discrimination in fraterni
ties and sororities; I have not
seen any data to this effect
evaluating student opinion.
However, if Mr. Morse is cor
rect (which I doubt) then I
represent the minority.
Somewhere along the line of
the current wave of campus
idealism and liberalism a basic
American right has been buried
the right of freedom not to
associate.
Perhaps our students are
only reflecting the misguided
activities of the federal gov
ernment in its now classic Su
preme Court decision of 1954
when it imposed upon the
South the task of integrating
its schools including many
areas where integration is
clearly not wanted.
Undoubtedly the situation is
deplorable especially when one
reads of the ignorance displayed
by the people of New Orleans.
Yet, lest wo forget, the Con-
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by meg teichholtz
dence halls, decentralized vot
ing somehow never material
ized.
Campaigning in the dorms
was also blocked to the candi
dates, but this maneuver seem
ed to make Foianini the politi
cal underdog and may have
won him the votes he couldn't
get with personal campaigning.
Then came the real curve.
After the balloting had begun
the majority-plurality conflict
was “suddenly” discovered.
At its meeting concerning
the conflict, it was evident that
even the Assembly recognized
the implications of the issue.
If a decision in favor of a
majority vote had been reach
ed, this probably would have
necessitated a run-off between
Foianini and Alexander, the
two candidates who, by word
of mouth, were in the lead.
Nancy Williams, fielded the
curve expertly at that meeting
when she said: “Certain people
feel that a majority vote
would have definite advan
tages for them.
“For this reason we should
accept the precedent of a plu
rality vote. If we keep using
SGA to further political inter
ests. we had better give up.”
When 40 per cent of the
student body votes it's a sure
bet they don't want to give up.
Foianini’s job in reorganiz
ing SGA and overcoming the
expected opposition of the self
interested “out” group will not
be easy.
But then neither was his
campaign, and he won with
57.1 per cent of all votes cast.
stituiion of the United Slates
in no way gives power regard
ing public education to the
Federal Government.
Under the tenth amendment
jurisdiction over the entire
field of education was reserved
to the states. The Supreme
Court decision therefore, was
clearly unconstitutional.
So is is I do not believe
that fraternities and sororities
should be told with whom to
associate. I prefer to have
friends of other races, religions
and creeds, but I do not intend
to impose that preference on
other people.
Nor do I believe that it is
within the domain of the Ad
ministration to force the fra
ternities which are private or
ganizations, to drop their policy
of freedom not to associate.
The imposition of economic
pressure, such as the carrying
of signs in front of a barber
shop, in order to force a busi
nessman to succumb to the
whims of a pressure group fills
me with repugnance.
It seems insincere that we
can resolutely defend the
rights of minority groups and
at the same time infringe on
tile rights of the individual.
This letter will probably
bring cries of derision—that I
am strictly from the Dark Ages,
a reactionary, a bigot or prob
ably worse.
If defending the inalienable
right of the individual to pos
sess the power of freedom not
to associate places me in these
categories then I plead guilty
to all charges.
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