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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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