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Editorial Opinion
A Real Service
Those “halted’’ members of the student population,
those Junior Residents and those counselors, all wearing
their namelags with pride this week are in line for com-
mendation
They left their summer jobs or summer fun early this
year for the prime purpose of “orienting” a new crop of
Penn Staters—and they’re doing a good job of it too.
Moreover, they are feeding themselves out of their
own pockets (though they may rather enjoy this brief
delay in the residence hall food ritual) and they are toler
ating meeting after meeting designed to orient them io
orienting others.
Wo arc not pretending to be blind to the fact that
strangely enough the title of orientation counselor be
stows a certain status in these parts —but after all that
superficial recompense is satisfying we imagine.
But just as a reminder to the University Staff mem
bers that serve as directors of this rile —these students
save the Penn State Administration a few thousand dol-
lars each year
Salaried staff orienters could by no means do the
job of a student, for their view of this University would
not supply the necessary social indoctrination that is
considered necessary. Neither would "staff” have the
time to devote.
• , And, as this is one of many voluntary services ren
dered by the students to this University it deserves a cer-
tain reciprocity
These students are, after all, supplying an invaluable
service to Die University—and in return have every right
to expect more tolercnce toward what the Administration
may consider “absurd” demands.
Plan Ahead
We do not think it premature to ask in September for
serious consideration of the Student Bookstore report by
the Board of Trustees in October.
Please note that it is not just ordinary consideration
we are asking—this question has been “considered" for
30 years
To aid the members of ilie board, we firmly request
that the copy of the report in President Walker's hands
be sent to each member of ihe board now—so the mem
bers have time to consider its implications before the
October meeting.
Further, this will divest that old bureaucratic post
ponement of “unfamiliaritv with the issue,” of its validity.
President Walker alone will be able to voice the stu
dent view and since that view rigorously supports a Uni
versity bookstore—we hope he can convince the board.
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WAYNE HILINSKI
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Bless Our Mortgage
We have moved.
Although the old sign on that familiar Carnegie door says “The Daily Collegian,”
we are not there. Instead, we are in the basement of Sackett.
To find us, you go to the back door of the new north wing, down the steps and
through the swinging door. There, in a bright, new, green office, we begin an
other year of
publishing.
Moving is al
ways hard, I
guess, and you
always find
yourself com
paring the new
to the old and
favoring th e
latter. Actually
we’re pretty
fond of our
latest office
even though it is a drastic
change.
We're all together now. All
of us. The advertising staff,
the photographers, circulation
staff, reporters, sports writers
and visitors
All together in one room
which will probably help us to
work more efficiently and get
to know each other’s staffs oel
ter. Or something.
But it does pose problems.
Why Kennedy
Will Go
To U.N.
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Although President Ken
nedy already had made ten
tative plans to address the
General Assembly before
the death of Dag Hammar
skjold, his appearance now
will take on at least some of
the aspects of a rescue opera
tion.
Ho will be reassuring the
small nations that the United
State still intends to rely upon
the United Nations as a major
instrument of its foreign poli
cy, ond intends to preserve the
organization as
its only means of
making its poli
cies felt in the
world.
Even though
the United Na
tions' may for a
long time lack
the power to
execute its will,
the United States
will continue to Roberts
make it the repository for such
efforts toward peace as the
search for disarmament and
nuclear controls, and for the
expression of world opinion.
Nevertheless, lacking an un
foreseeable rehabilitation of
the U.N. executive, the United
States is going to have to re
consider the means of practi
cal application of her policies
in the world.
The Kennedy administration
had begun to accept the theory
of neutrality as the best it
could get if not the best it
could wish among the uncom
mitted nations.
The United States has been
acting on the assumption that
she could win world support
in the cold war by an even
handed, cooperative and per
suasive approach.
The Soviet Union on the
other hand, seems to feel no
hesitation in saying to the
small nations, "Go along with
us, or we will bat your brains
out." At the same lime the
United States feels constained
by her traditional character to
say merely, "It will grieve us
if you leave us."
Increasingly it appears that,
if you accept the current con
flict as a new' type of war
which can be definitive of the
national future, then, as in the
old type of war, morality be
comes a poor weapon.
Nevertheless, the United
States must maintain it, for if
she does not she is forced off
the base on wdiich she is fight
ing to stand.
The wire machine clicks at one
pace but can't quite keep time
with the whirling Scanograver
(which has something to do
with transfering pictures to
plastic).
We also have the difficult
situation of what belongs to
whom. The other day, one cute
small table made the complete
round of staffs.
The phones are different.
They don’t have that grinding,
buzzing sound to which we all
used to respond “answer that
before I scream.” Now we have
a gentle ring which, when
blended with the wire machine
and the Scanograver, gets lost.
The coffee, coke and candy
machines which were just
around the corner in Carnegie
are a whole floor above vis. It's
good for the figure, though. So
is running to the Corner Room.
Snowed
A Hard Lesson
A little more than a week ago a severe hurricane
named Carla roared inland on the Texas coast with 170
miles an hour winds, 40 foot waves, tides 15 feet above
normal and torrential rains.
But, almost no one was there. Nearly one-half million
persons evacuated their homes
and communities to seek refuge
from the dangerous storm
The exodus from the coast
caused considerable inconveni
ence and a good deal of money,
but it was suc
cessful
What might
have turned in
to the greatest
natural disas
ter in the na
tion’s history
was transform
ed into a vic
tory of man
over the ele
ments.
Many of the
fleeing persons myers
had the memory of past dis
asters fresh in their minds,
others had heard the hoirible
stories.
In 1900 a hurricane moved
inland near Galveston killing
more than 6,000 people. It was
the worst calamity in United
States history.
Four years ago, Ihe Weather
Bureau warned residents of
coastal Louisianna to evacuate
their homes because a hurri
cane was on the way.
Many persons ignored the
warning, some with scoffing
reference to inaccurate predic
tions of local weathermen.
Thirty hours after the warn
ing was issued, the death toll
from hurricane Audrey passed
the 500 mark.
Hurricane Carla was poten
tially more dangerous than
either storm. It struck the coast
of the United States at one of
its most vulnerable places, and
it was prboably as severe as
any previous Gulf of Mexico
storm.
The tremendous public re
sponse to very accurate weath
er forecasts (the storm's cen
ter went inland within 25 miles
of the predicted point) held the
death toll to a handful of per-
Compus Beat
A warning for the new fe
male students, learn the legend
of the obelisk before you ven
ture down the west side of the
Mall. If you don’t, you may
cause a campus catastrophe.
* * *
The new East Halls will be
occupied for Ihe first time so
I suppose some of you will have
the honor (at least that is what
you think) of being the first to
leave some mark of being the
first to reside there.
—Prof Wayne
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1961
by karen hyneckeal
Speaking of our upstairs fa
cilities, it seems that whoever
designed Sackett never
dreamed there would someday
be ladies invading it.
Being in a windowless base
ment is a far cry from our airy
Carnegie. I guess we’ll get used
to it, but it's going to be hard
to find a place to dump that
last drop of coffee.
And our weatherman will
have to make a trip outside
every night before he writes
his story.
Despite it ail, we’ve just
about gotten settled now and
we have everything organized.
Soon the daily stream of re
porters and visitors will begin,
the office will be noisy and
all the typewriters will be tak
en. Someone will yell "Get
ready to run; it’s five of elev
en,” and then we’ll know we’re
home.
by joel myers
sons. If no warning had been
issued as in 1900, the death toll
might have exceeded 50,000.
Today another severe hurri
cane is sweeping northward
along the East coast.
Civil Defense and Red Cross
personnel will be working in
close cooperation with Weather
Bureau officials in an attempt
to keep the loss of life to a
minimum.
We hope residents of the
danger area will recall their
experiences with these storms
in recent years, and will take a
lesson from the residents of
the Gulf Coast.
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