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Editorial Opinio
Just A Summer Visit
I£ Senator Jo Hays’ expectations prove correct, Penn
State students will soon have the most effective pressuring
tactic available for urging state legislators to approve
President Walker’s budget request.
Hays believes that the University’s budget won’t come
up for a vote until early July, which would leave one
month between the end of finals and the actual vote.
If University students are apathetic in that periodi
the pressure already applied by letters and phone calls
will slip into the back of the legislators’ minds.
On the other hand, if students continue to show an
interest in the appropriation during the off-school period
the legislators are certain to be impressed.
Personal visits, the most effective means of lobbying,
could be used to indicate this continued interest.
Most students will probably work during the summer
to earn money to pay next year’s tuition, room and board.
A short visit to the local legislator could provide a saving
equivalent to two weeks’ work.
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Letters
Frosh Asks Open Gallery
TO THE EDITOR: Included in
tlie proposed SGA constitution
is a clause denying the gallery
the right to enter into discus
sion during the Student Gov
ernment Association meetings.
I firmly believe Jhat this is
direct opposition ib the best
interests of the University and
the student body.
For the last iwo years the
gallery has made some valu
able contributions to SGA busi
ness. I cannot see any reason to
remove this vital link between
the students and the SGA,
when only a few of the SGA
members shot; enough interest
to attend the meetings.
• During (lie committee of
the whole meeting the gallery
of interested people often out
numbered the*SGA members.
These interested people con
tributed greatly to the ideas
derived from these meetings.
WAYNE HILINSKI
Business Manager
• The SGA members cannot
represent the whole student
body unless better attendance
is brought about by the new
administration. The gallery can
aid the faithful members (there
arc some who have done ex
cellent work) in understanding
how a cross section of the stu
dent body feels.
• The open gallery would in
crease the student interest in
student government. The free
dom to speak would facilitate
the exchange of ideas from the
student body.
With the SGA in its present
unstable condition, I should
think all help and every new
idea would be welcomed.
Keep the gallery free to speak.
It will help student govern
ment, not hinder it.
—A! Sharp,
Vice Chairman of Liberal
Party
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Letters
LP Action
Expected
By Sophomore
TO THE EDITOR: It was quite
gratifying, Mr. Black, to read
your statement of purpose con
cerning Lion’s Paw in yester
day's Collegian.
Especially noteworthy was
your assertion that, “As a mem
ber, I could help shape the or
ganization ...” So it seems
you are now in a position to do
something about LP if you find
it necessary.
This in turn implies ihaf we
should see some action very
shortly, if we are to believe
your editorial in the Collegian
for Friday, Ocl. 28. 1960.
In it you stated that, “.. .we
do deny their (Lion's Paw’s)
right to secretly function and
act on matters that affect the
student body and its govern
ment."
And further, “by the very
fact that Lion’s Paw is com
posed of the top student lead
ers, any action they decide to
take is news.
"As student leaders they
have every right to take action
they deem in the best interest
of the students but they ".(so
must take the responsibility
be it credit or blame for
their actions."
And finally, that, “Lion’s
Paw says its actions are kept
secret because they do not want
credit or glory for the good
things they do . . . But secrecy
can veil detrimental actions as
well as good actions, and so
long as the students don't
know, they cannot judge.
“In this case Lion’s Paw’s
humility must be sacrificed for
the best interests of the stu
dent body.”
In yesterday’s column, you
pledged yourself to see that
Lion's Paw "truly" follows its
motto: "For a Better Penn
State."
From the October editorial,
one would gather this secrecy
matter is high on your list of
needed innovations. It would
not then be reasonable to ex
pect action, and in the very
near future. N'est-ce pas?
—Kurt Simons, '63
Support For
Stone Valley
TO THE EDITOR: The Stone
Valley Recreation Area is a
joint University-SGA endeavor
to provide the students of Penn
State with recreational facili
ties which would not otherwise
be available.
The development program
lacks fund 3 for a beach which
is necessary for swimming.
Without this beach—without
swimming facilities—the stu
dents’ money which has already
been spent is not being used to
its maximum effectiveness.
The money for the Stone
Valley Recreation- Area must
come from donations. A source
is available in the form of past
class gift donations.
Those who advocate the use
of these funds for the library
should keep in mind that the
students want the Stone Val
ley Area developed, as ex
pressed by this year's senior
class gift and the legislation by
the SGA,
Certainly the library needs
funds. If there was ever a need
which should be met, it is the
need of a library. However, the
library does have a source of
funds.
Having indicated and con
firmed a desire for the Stone
Valley Recreation Area de
velopment, and having put
time, enegry, ana money into
it, the project should be com
pleted in such a way that the
students of Penn State will be
proud to call Stone Valley their
recreational area. Let’s finish
what we start.
• Letter cut
—Earl Gershenow, '62
Letters
Beach Called
Secondary
TO THE EDITOR: A highly
inadequate percentage of state
appropriations to the Univer
sity finds its monetary way to
the library.
Penn Stale's enrollment
ranks 12th in the nation, while
her library accommodations
stand only 101st among 108
large universities.
Assuming that the classes
whose gifts are to be redesig
nated aspired to the improve
ment of the academic rather
than the recreational Penn
State, these funds would bene
fit the alma mater more ef
fectively if given to the library
to purchase books than if put
toward construction of Stone
Valley’s beach.
Any extra appropriations
from the state, furthermore,
should go toward increases in
professor’s salaries.
The point is not that the li
brary is used all year while
the beach would be used only
during warm weather, but
rather that the library is an in
tegral part of the University,
while the beach is merely a
diversion from the latter's pur
pose for existence.
“The true university," is, aft
ter all, “a collection of books.”
—Joan Surprenant, 'B2
• Letter cut
World at
Rusk Misses
Tirade at U.S.
GENEVA (/Pi Secretary
of State Dean Rusk left the
international conference on
Laos for 45 minutes yesterday
and missed a Pathet Lao tirade
against the United States.
Other members in the Amer
ican delegation also took a
walk, including Rusk’s deputy,
Ambassador-at-large W. Aver
ell Harriman.
An American spokesman,
with a straight face, denied the
walk was intended as a snub
to the Communist-led Pathet
Lao rebels.
He said Rusk left to fill a
previous engagement with
Prince Norodom Sihanouk,
Cambodian chief of state. The
appointment with Sihanouk
had not been previously an
nounced.
Rusk did not dramatize his
departure! He strolled from the
chamber without flourishes.
Nevertheless, the American
delegation’s explanation of the
incident caused raised eyebrows
among other delegations but
no official comment. One
source said privately that the
rules of tl-.e game in an inter
national conference assume
that nothing ever is done by
accident.
Kennedy, Khrushchev
May Confer in Vienna
WASHINGTON (/P) Specu
lation arose that the White
House today would officially
announce a forthcoming meet
ing between President Ken
nedy and Soviet Premier
Khrushchev.
Since last weekend authori
tative sources have said a meet
ing would be held in Vienna.
This was confirmed by Aus
trian officials who said under a
tentative timetable Kennedy
will arrive in Vienna June 2
and Khrushchev will arrive a
day later.
The officials, who said their
information came from the
Austrian Embassy in Washing
ton. said Kennedy plans to
leave Vienna June 4 and
Khrushchev plans to leave
June 5.
Mercury Space Tests
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
f/P) Space officials have
scheduled two Project Mercury
space launches next month—
a second manned suborbital
test and the orbiting of an un
manned spacecraft it was
learned reliably yesterday.
FRIDAY. MAY 19. 1961
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a Glance
U.S. Accepts
Seoul Junta
WASHINGTON (JP) Offi
cials say the United States will
have to swallow its distaste
for the Seoul military coup
and deal with the new rulers
of South Korea.
The triumph of the junta un
der Lt. Gen. Chang Do-young
over Premier John M. Chang
came as a bitter pill for Wash
ington in several respects. U.S.
representatives in Seoul had
backed the premier.
U.S. officials now see no
alternative but to go along with
the new regime -and start urg
ing it to make improvements.
Washington hopes the new
30-man ruling committee, com
posed of military men, will be
strictly an interim affair—and
that the interim will be short.
The United States can apply
a lot of leverage for a return
to civilian, constitutional gov
ernment because it is propping
up the Asian country with some
quarter-billion dollars of U.S.
aid a year.
There is no. need to go
through the process of recog
nizing the new government in
Seoul because the president re
mains in office.
School Grants
To Stay Equal
WASHINGTON (/P) The
Kennedy administration of
fered renewed assurances yes
terday that federal school grant
funds would not be withheld
from any state because its
schools were racially segre
gated.
Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore.,
floor manager for the $2.55
billion school aid bill, read to
the Senate a letter from Secre
tary of Welfare Abraham A.
Ribicoff on the point,
“In my opinion, neither the
secretary nor the commissioner
of education would have such
authority,” Ribicoff wrote.
The letter appeared designed
to head off a floor fight over an
amendment by Sen. Herman E.
Talmadge, D-Ga.
Kennedy Visits Canada
OTTAWA VP) President
Kennedy completed his first
venture in traveling diplomacy
yesterday. He went back to
Washington assured of Cana
da’s heightened concern with
Cuba’s impact on Latin Amer
ica,
The chief executive’s three
day visit seems to have brought
Canada and the United States
closer together.