PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Polls Needed in Town The tentative polling locations for the upcoming SGA election as announced by Nancy Williams, elections com mission chairman, represents an improvement over last year. Last year's election commission chairman, Robert Du iner, defied SGA's request for decentralized voting in the spring election and limited the number of polling places to five. That set-up didn't provide each student with an equal chance of voting. Nancy Williams has indicated that polling places for students living in residence halls will be located in the dining halls. The polling place for fraternity and town independent men will be located in the HUB. Miss Williams is also ex. ploring the possibility of having one or more polling places in town. We feel that several polling places should be situated in town, and suggest that Miss Williams and the Election Commission do all. they can do to have some located there Resident hall occupants will have ample opportunity to vote since polling places will be situated in each dining hall at lunch and supper on each of the three election days. But many students living in town may not get to the HUB once during the three election days. Under the new system of SGA representation, students wilt only be permitted to_ vote for candidates in their par ticular living area. For . this system to be successful a significant voter turnout will be required in every student living area. Alum Spirit and Support Alumni who arrive in State College today will be able to attend a pep rally in front of Old Main this evening. They may be in for a surprise, howeyer, when they find that the SGA president will be there too—asking the students to demonstrate their support for a Thanksgiving recess. Speech-making by student leaders is often reserved for party and student government meetings, but over whelming student support for a Thanksgiving recess has prompted the SGA president to take this action. We hope that the alumni will be interested enou g h to attend the rally and lend their support, Alums can of :en wield greater influence over the administration than students. We , also hope the student body will attend the rally en masse to register their support for the recess. A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom Batig Tollrgittit Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter Sul, 6, 1034 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the ■ct of March 3, 1873. Mail Subscription Prices 66.00 • year Mailing Address Boa 261, State College, Pa. Member of The Associated Press and The intercollegiate Press JOHN BLACK Editor AilD ' THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA WAYNE HILINSKI Business Manages Letters Buckley Skeptical of Term's Suciess; Hits Administrative Attitudes on SGA TO THE EDITOR: It is with a certain amount of fear, main ly of Senate Regulations rule W-6, that I write this letter, but I feel that the following things must be said. We are now approaching the end of the first halt of a term attended by the entire student body. During the past few weeks, many opinions have been expre'ssed concerning the new system and its effects on the student body. Aside from the pro-term sys tem information that comes down from Old Main, what has the term system done so far? For the most part, the only beneficial result of the term system has been a faster in flow of money. The raised fees, in hand with the advanced pay ment plan, has placed a finan cial hardship on a good num ber of the students. This is a result, perhaps, of Harrisburg's refusal of funds. It is also per haps the real reason for the initiation of the term system. According to information re ceived from the Dean of Ad missions last spring, the ex pected enrollment of the sum mer term did not exceed the enrollment in the past. This, Letters Of Aristotle, And Atherton TO THE EDITOR: Do you re call the story of the young monk who was expelled from a medieval monastery for sug gesting that rather than search the works of Aristotle for the answer to the question, "How many teeth are there in a horse's mouth?" one might simply count the teeth in a horse's mouth? Some erudite soul apparently searched the literature and submitted a space-filler for Tuesday's Collegian informing us that Atherton Hall was named for former Penn State president Atherton. If this person had decided to check this against reality by going to Atherton Hall. he would have discovered that the building is named for and dedi cated to the wife of President Atherton,. Francis. Washburn Atherton, and that the name of the hall in its complete form is Francis Atherton Hall. Perhaps the Collegian is be coming just too aesthetic? —Katherine McManus. '63 'Prayer' Offered For Thanksgiving TO THE EDITOR: A Hopeful Prayer Our Prexy, who are on campus, hallowed by thy words Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in frat, as it is on cam- pus. Give us these days, our Thanks giving home;_ And forgive us our demonstra tions, as we forgive our ad- ministrations, Lead us not into cutting classes, but deliver us from studies; For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, And the decisions for Senti mentalities. —Robert Smith, '63 WDFM Schedule FRIDAY 8:55 Financial Tidbita 4:00 The Philadelphia :00 News 6 :05 Music at Five 6:00 News 6:05 Dinner Date 6:55 Weatherseope 7:00 CAMPUS BEAT Spotlight News Light Classical Jukebox SGA Report-Volaninl Marquee Memories News. ]0:00 Ballet Theater 12 :00 Night Sound 2 :00 News 2:08 Sign-oft therefore, eliminates the "more students/unit time" idea ex pressed as a reason for the term plan. As a second point, the Ad ministration has assumed some new, rather greatly increased form of power over the student body. The refused vacation and the physical interruption of the Nittany 34 demonstration at last week's football game are examples of this. It seems to be the general opinion that they have over stepped their bounds of rule. The crux of the situation is this: is the Administration pres ent to serve the student body, or are the students to bend low to each and every wish of the seeming bureaucratical Old Main group? During my three years on campus, the trend has been toward the latter. Granted, ad ministrative control is a abso lute necessity, but in the proper proportions. Consider this point; has the student body ever been con sulted on a major policy issue? The answer, to the best of my knowledge, is no. It is claimed that the SGA is a means of expressing student opinion. The Interpretin Berlin Strength By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst The United States—using three jeeps backed up by tanks to demonstrate her determination—has in effect thrown her military might behind the warning to the Soviet Union not to try to close the last access route to East Berlin. Yesterday's demonstration was deliberate and the result of the highest sort of policy decision in Washington The Communists had been testing the limits of America's expressed determination to de fend Western occupation rights in Germany. By doing so, they opened the door for direct, physical em phasis on all the words which have been passed heretofore. Washington immediately took advantage of the opportunity, answering an appeal from the American commander in Ber lin for instructions. Whatever form the instruc tions may have taken, their effect is to stop temporizing at the border. It was another in dication, already referred to in this column, that the Ken nedy administration is now leading from strength and is no longer willing to keep on Letters 'University Querried TO THE EDITOR: In an insti tution of this size it is quite easy to forget that the student body is composed of individ uals. " In fact, I often wonder whether or not Penn State has changed from a University to a mechanically run "diploma factory." The student! feel that it is lime to warn the adminis tration that we are more than mere tools in this factory. We are grateful human be ings who would like to share turkey with parents who sup TODAY Inter Vnratty Christian Fellowship, Alumni Homecoming, 8 p.m., 117111 as. 7 :30 P.m, 11l Boucke May Recruiting, 9 a.m., 11UB ground volubly hall floor Alumni 1619114ra110n, 1 p.m., 11U11 Ilya MO7 renting, 11 a.m., 218 111111 floor I'.S. Ulbl* Fellowahlp, 12:16 p.m., 21$ Home Re Egtenalon, 9 a.m., 212 HUB null Interlandla, 7:30 p.m., 111.111 Ballroom UNICEF, 0 ctn., IiUB ground flow FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1961 fact is that the SGA for the past few years has been an un holy farce, with no say what soever. It is tolerated, but ignored. If the present rate of auto cratical control continues, we will assume an Orwellian state in a few years, Student resentment is at an all-time high. A quick look around you will prove this. Therefore, a state of equilib rium must be reached between Old Main and the students be fore something of a drastic nature happens that will be re greted by both parties event ually. The above will be taken to be derogatory; it is not meant to be. Consideration of the facts will create an atmosphere of existence beneficial to both the academic and communal life of the University. —Neil C. Buckley. '63 Editor's Note: Senate Regula tion W-6 reads: "The President of the University may dismiss at any time any student whose influence is found to be in jurious to the standard of morals of the student body, or whose conduct is prejudicial to the good name of the Univers ity. eating dust from Communist aggression. There must be, of course, a prayer that no American or no Communist policeman will make a foolish mistake now. But the event offers a certain amount of evidence that the Communists are well discip lined against just the sort of mistake that could lead to real shooting—that their game is bluff, not war. Indeed, the opportunity to make the demonstration at just the right rime should enhance the ability of the United States to continue her search for a solution of the German prob lem which will take the world off the tenterhooks cf fear. A big, strong nation, fully demonstrating ability and de termination to defend its digni ty at all times, avoids the dan ger to its leadership of being called a coward if it seeks to use reason instead of force. ply this factory with tools. Many people will travel thou sands of miles this year—simp ly to be home for Thanksgiving. Why can't we, who are rela tively close to home, do like wise? This is the administration's chance to show the heart (or lack of it) at Penn State. Is our school, although large irk size, still one big family; or is it simply a diploma factory, intent on nothing but produc tion? —Gerald W. Parr, '65 *Letter cut Gazette
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