PAGE FOUR ditorial Opinio , Rooms for Rent The Housing Department yesterday hung out its “Rooms tor Rent” sign, thinly clothed in an ex post facto order which eliminates the grace period in men’s room, assignments. With the East Halls opening in September it would seem that Housing is worried about filling these dorms. Acting in this vien, it struck from the record a practice which gave men applying for rooms ten days, from receipt of assignment, io accept by sending in a $lO deposit. During the winter this deposit was incorporated into a $25 general deposit which will cover all deposits and breakage fees previously required of students. No one in the blousing Department was considerate enough to inform those students applying for rooms that now the application alone would be binding because the deposit had been eliminated. The department defends its measure by saying it must assume all those applying for rooms do so in "good faith" of accepting their assignment. It would seem to use that the students, too, have a right to expect some ‘‘good faith” on the part of Housing. Since they were not notified otherwise, they had a right to expect that the provisions for requesting rooms this April were the same as those of last April. They had a right to expect that orders would not be decreed, after the fact in May, which entirely altered the assumed agreement of April. And they also have a right to expect that withdrawal request be honored for those whose plans are affected. We" can readily appreciate the University’s position in this matter. They have floated a loan to build East Halls and, of course, must insure that the residence halls will be filled so they can pay off their debt. Wo do noi objeci io ihe change in regulations, although it does make the department all the more inflexible, since Housing must operate as economically as possible. But we strongly protest the manner in which this bureau has abruptly broken the news of this change. It recalls the manner in which last spring this same department, without prior notice, filled the Pollock Area by requiring all transfer men to live in dorms. We are waiting for the next move in dormitory ex pansion. Housing has a captive audience. Go, Go, G 0... If SGA ever gets organized it might be able to reorganize, It isn't our lob to lake attendance at SGA Assembly meetings. Nor do we intend to beg, command or malign Assemblymen into fulfilling their function. There is an SGA meeting tonight. It is at 7:30 p.m. in 203 11UB. A Student-Operated Newspaper 56 Years of Editorial Freedom Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Puhlihhfd Tuesday through Saturday morning during thv University year. Ths Daily ( ollrgian is a nlurieiit-oprrattd newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934 at the Slate College, I*a. Post Office under the act of March S, 1879. Mall Subscription Price: 53.00 per •emeater $5.00 per year. Mailing Address Boa 261, State College, Pa. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press JOHN BLACK WAYNE HILINSKI Editor Business Manager City Editors, Lynne Cerefice and Richard Leighton; Editorial Editors, Meg Telehholte and Joel Myers; News Editors, Patricia Dyer and Paula Dranov; Personnel and Training Director, Karen Hyneckeal; Assistant Personnel and Training Director, Susan Ebetly; Sports Editor, James Karl; Assistant Sports Editor. John Morris; Picture Editor, John Beaoge. Local Ad Mgr.. .Marge Downer; Assistant Local Ad Mgr., Martin Zonis; National Ad Mgr., Phyllis Hamilton; Credit Mgr., Jeffrey Schwarts; Assistant Credit Mgr.. Ralph Friedman; Classified Ad Mgr., Bobble Graham; Circulation Mgr., Neal Kelts; Promotion Mgr., Jane Trevaskis; Personnel Mgr., Anita Holt; Office Mgr., Marry Grraa. Persons with coniplninfs about The Daily Collegian's editorial policy or newt coverage may voice them in the letters to the editor column or present them in person or in writing, to the editor. Alt complaints will be investigated and effort* made to remedy Situations where this newspaper is at fault. The Daily Collegian, however, upholds the right to maintain its independence and to exercise its owb judgment as to what it thinks is in thi best interest of the University a* a whola. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Letters Soph Wants Essentials Before Extras TO THE EDITOR*. Penn State’s status ranks much lower than most other comparable ac credited universities across the country . . . why this lowly position? Our inadequate li brary is the answer. I have been hearing con tinuously about our need for a more intellectual climate at Penn State. How many times have you encountered our uni versity being referred to as "play school of ihe east"? ■ If we turn over our latent class gift funds to the Stone Valley project, we are empha sizing unintellectual desires and are making the above opin ion of our school a reality. Here is our chance as stu dents to show our intellectual pursuits and concern for our library's position. The State aid of $lOO,OOO is for the purpose of expanding our library to regional status. This means that through State funds, our library will be made to serve the inhabitants of the surrounding area not just P.S. students. If SGA votes to turn the class gift funds over to the library, we can use the money to pur chase volumes specifically needed by students, and not the people of the surrounding area. In other words, by using both funds, we would be expanding our facilities in a dual fashion. It is a shame that a school of our size and caliber should rank so low. There is no place for “extras” (as Duane Alex ander refers to the Stone Val ley Beach until we attain the essentials first). Motivation Questioned TO THE EDITOR: It makes us very happy indeed to finally observe someone who has the steadfastness of purpose and the sound motivation to speak against the discriminatory prac tices of Lion’s Paw in tapping new members. In his recent letter, Mr, Hur witz has effectively synthe sized all the complaints that individuals have been leveling against this organization for so long. I am sure that Dennis Eis man, Mr. Hurwitz’s fraternity brother, enthusiastically agrees with Mr. Hurwitz’s argument and is grateful that he took the initiative to put it before the public Gazette Ag. Hill Party. 6:30 p.m., 216 HUB Campus Party, 6:00 p.m., 212 HUH Chemistry Colloquium, 12:30 p.m., 302 Whitmore Chi Epsilon. 7:30 p.m., 203 HUB Faculty Bridge, 7:<f> p.m., 212 HUB Gamma Phi Beta Car Wash, 1:00-5:00 p.m.. Acacia Gamma Sigma Sigma, 6:15 p.m., Mo Elwain Lounge I.U. Christian Fellowship, 12:15 p.m., 218 HUB Jazz Club. 6:15 p.m., HUB Sundeck Marketing Club, 1:00 p.m., 213 HUB Phi Lambda Upailon, 8:00 p.m., 214 Boucke SGA, 7:30 p.m., 212 HUB Student PSEA, 7:30 p.m., 209 HUB University Party, 7:00 p.m., 212 HUB THURSDAY S :25 Financial Tidbits 3:30 Stock Market Reports 4 :O0 Critic's Choice 6:oi> Music at Firs 6:00 Studio X 6:55 Weatherscope 7:00 Seven O'clock Report 7:15 Album Review 7 :H0 Portrait of a City 7 :55 New# Roundup 8:00 This is the Subject 9:00 Folk Music 9:30 Opinion 15 9:45 News, Weather, Sports 10:00 Chamber Concert 12:00 Sign Off FRIDAY 3:25 Financial Tidbits 3:30 Stock Market Reports 4 :0O Critic's Choice 6:00 Music at Firs 6:00 Studio X 6:55 Wsatherscops 7:00 Marquee Memories 8:00 Starlight Review 9:00 Light Classical Jukebox 9:45 News, Weather, Sports 10 :00 Ballet Theatre 12:00 Midnight Moe 4 1:00 Sign Off —Barbara Isaacson '63 —Roger Schwarz '63 —Jay Epstein '63 WDFM Schedule Blackboard Lion's Paw I am a member of Lion’s Paw. Many students have asked how I, as editor of a news paper, can belong to a secret organization. Some tnink it particularly odd since I turned down a bid last year. Just about every college or university has its senior rah-rah organization, but few have the stigma at tached to them that Lion's Paw does Lion’s Paw primary pU ’ pose is to ii ter Penn Sta spirit. I.P tr ; to sal v a Penn State li ditions in ti face of the i evitable trei toward the im personal IBM k University. black Few students will contest these purposes. But the stig ma has arisen over charges that LP takes corporate action to exercise undue influence and control over student govern ment and other student activ ities. Whether or not these charges were true, I, like every other student, did not know. For this reason I felt last year that I could not risk the integrity of the paper and stayed out of the organization. This insured a clean record for myself and the paper but it Letters 'Sour Grapes' Charged TO THE EDITOR: After read ing the letters of Messrs. Ivker, Hurwitz, and Sandler, I must say in retort that it seems like they have been severely afflict ed with a case of “sour grapes” for Mr. Foianini. , Every one of the recent in itiates of Lion's Paw has shown over the past three years that he was an outstanding leader of his class and mine, the class of '62. Every one of these men has worked, and worked hard, for the betterment of the stu dent body. Perhaps many people will disagree with the statement “for the betterment of the stu dent body”; perhaps I'm wrong. However, I feel that these men were sincerely interested in the Penn State student body, and proved this by the great amount of time they put into student activities, and by the few rewards they reaped from this time, other than personal satisfaction. To continue, 1 feel that Mr. Foianini (and I wish to cast no aspersions on him) has done little or nothing to prove him self a student leader in the past three years. Certainly he has an excep tionally large bloc of students backing him, as shown by the recent election. However, this still did not prove him to be an exceptional student leader; only past ac tions will do that. —John Gilbert '62 LBMBiffIfUJHAJ6 TUESEHSe\ BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE l (IN SETTING A SNOOPY HAS HAD IT TOO GOOD / AGOWNDHEfiERK TOO LONGA | Tsomow HAS TO POT \J I ARE VOU BRINGING IN A ! (HIM M His PIACS! CWtWASWFKOTERr ni /fO] -**-**- THURSDAY. MAY 18. 1961 by Johnny Black did not shed any light on the charges against LP or the worth of the organization, and the stigma continued as before. This year I was in a unique position. With the paper's poli cy already clearly established, with the bulk of the editorial writing duties turned over to new editors, I was in a position to make a personal decision without risking the integrity of the newspaper. If Lion's Paw did not at tempt to exert undue influ ence but truly followed its motto (which is the same as Collegian's), "For a Better Penn Slate," I would be proud to be a member. If LP did exert undue influ ence, I could do nothing to change the situation while out side the organization. But any organization is only what its members are. And LP is a completely new organiza tion each year, there is no car ry-over from the year before. As a member I could help shape the organization and add my personal influence to see that LP did perform its prop (Contimied on page jive) Frosh Wants Class Unity TO THE EDITOR: While look ing through the May 12 issue of the Collegian, I came across an article written by the Fresh man Class President, Jim Sloane. Being a freshman on this campus and realizing its enormity, I fully agree with Mr. Sloane’s stand on class rep resentation. With the advent of the four term system and its supposed threat to the class system, it is important that the unity of each class should be more than emphasized. It is very important that en tering freshmen be made to feel a sense of identity with fheir class if they are to fake an active interest in this uni versity. The endorsement of Mr. Sloane’s policies by the Fresh man Class Advisory Board is indicative, I feel, of the feel ings of most of the freshmen. Their roles as freshmen are important and most of the freshmen realize this. The Ad visory Board, to show its stand on the representation contro versy has sponsored Freshman Class Night, an event which would show the unity of our class. I feel it is important that the Freshman Class attend this function, it for no other rea son than to show its unity and strength. —David Namerow ’64
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