PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Time For Action Borough Council President Lawrence Perez made several comments yesterday that deserve thought and action by students living in town and their representatives on TIM. Perez indicated student requests for a building code that would establish minimum standards for health, sani tation and safety in town housing might prod the Council into investigating the possibilities of adopting such a code. Students with an interest in improving town living conditions and TIM, which has a natural interest in im proving those conditions, should make written and per sonal requests to the Council in an effort to get support for a building code. Perez’s reasoning that it might be unfair to tax the whole town for the protection of a few individuals is illogical. When an unhealthy condition exists, it is the com munity’s duty to wipe it out for the good of society as a whole. The unsafe, unhealthy fire traps that are being rented to students are a menace to all State College resi dents. A disastrous fire or epidemic would effect many people beyond the range of the flames or germs. State College and its residents would be stricken a moral blow from which it might never recover. If a catastrophe should occur, Borough Council mem bers as well as all past members would bear a terrible mental burden for not having taken the action that has been needed for years. If TIM and town students don’t make an effort to prod the Council into action, they may not only share in the guilt but might be touched by some of the possible destruc tive results of inaction. Repeat Performance Last year we ran a rather unusual editorial on safe driving and the student body enjoyed the safest Christmas vacation in six years. We’re not superstitious! But we hope that the closing words to that editorial might have been partially respon sible for the lack of accidents so we’re printing them again. For years it has been Collegian's policy to writs editorials urging the students to drive care fully. Bui each year the first issue after vacation has carried the grim details of death and injury. Two years ago we pui oui a special "safely issue." We ihoughi articles and pictures of acci dents might scare students into driving carefully. But this, as all other methods, failed and a student was killed and two were injured This year we're being realistic and facing the inevitable. We already have the big headline type ready. All you have to do is supply the details. Salute of Thanks We commend the library officials for fulfilling their duty to the students by opening with full services on Thanksgiving day. Answering the call of duty is tough when it involves the change of long-anticipated plans, so we salute the library staffers who will be sacrificing their holiday Thursday for the benefit of the students. TODAY AWS, 6 :.W ji.in., 212. 21* IU!H Illock S Club. 7 :30 p.m., HUB ballroom Cht*»« Club, 7 p.m., HUB card room Commerce and Management, 9 n.ni, 212 HUB International Film. “Ballad 0/ a Sol- La Critique, 8 a.tit. to 5 p.m., ground dier.“ 3,7, and 9 p.m., HUB assent* floor HUB bJy hall Libera! Party, 7 p.m., 218 HUB PSOC Hock Climbing Coburn, 9:B® Mall Administration, 2 p.m., 218 HUB a.m., Kcc Hall P.S. Bible-Fellowship, 12:18 p.m., 212 PSOC Work party at the tkl slope, 1® HUB a.m., Bee Hall Gazette TIM. 7 ii.tii., 203 HUH Women’. Chorus, 6:30 p.m., HUB as sembly hall TOMORROW THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Fan Refuses To Give Up On State TO THE EDITOR! Since the time of Tony Rados, when I first matriculated at Penn State, I have been a close ob server and rather rabid fan of Penn State football. I have followed the team to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Mor gantown, and Philadelphia—in short, the team has received my financial as well as my moral support. (When I was a senior, I even cheered!) Having now established my Btatus as a fan and not an "armchair expert," I would like to obtain some information on Penn State football. How does a school that turns out such players as Lucas, Moore, Plum, Stynchula, Jana rette, Greer, Bailey, Mazur, Hoak, Kerr, Valentine, and Schleicher, just to mention a few, still manage to lose 30 per cent of their games? How can one reconcile the occasional stirring team efforts (Ohio State ’56, Illniois both in *54 and '59, Pitt ’5B, Syracuse '59 and others) with games such as Vanderbilt ’57, Nebras ka ’5B, Pitt ’57 and ’59, Illinois '6O and yes even Missouri ’6O, just to mention a few of the many? How can a team that is among the top ten teams in total of fense in the country tail to move the ball three yards in four tries, and still get lauded by its coach? How can a team that has been defeated by an arch ri val, twice by alleged faulty officiating, still be ‘‘down’’ two hours prior to game time? How is it possible for a team comprised of four possible All- Americans (mind you, there are only four because of a poor press) to lose at least three games? Unlike the press, and most upper classmen, I have not giv en up on Penn State football, and I will be rooting for them this Saturday as they face an other chance at being "upset". But just once before I leave this university I would like to sit through an unulcerating sea son where the team plays up to its potential all the time (not just for ten minutes either at the beginning or the extreme end of the game) where there are no opposing upsets, when there are no alibis, and when they call something other than the scissors play and the quick opener. Holidays Explained TO THE EDITOR: I am writ ing this letter because of one which appeared in the Novem ber 14 issue of Collegian. A student wrote a very sarcastic letter concerning the holiday which the Administration got last Friday. I would like to inform this student that the Administra tion is given a total of nine paid holidays a year (excluding the one day per month that each person earns). Armistice Day happens to be one of them, Also, I would like to inform him that while he and the other students are at home from December 8 through January 2 or 3, we, the Ad ministration and Staff, will be working. We get a total of five days vacation at Christmas tv/o of which are weekend days. In my opinion, the student body should be thankful that they get such an extended va cation during the Christmas season—a holiday which, to me, is much more important than Thanksgiving. —Genevieve McDonald —Jack F. Strange Research Assistant Secretary. Continuing Education irefjrt; Interi Hitler, Reds Pose Similar Threats By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst In 1936 Adolf Hitler tore up the Locarno Pact, recap tured the Rhineland and started building the Westwall, from behind which he later attacked the democracies of Western Europe. In 1961 the Soviet Union tore up the four-power agree ments on the occupation of Ber lin, imprisoning East Berlin be hind a new Westwall Both times the Western Allies sat on their hands. The new Westwall has now become one of the focal points in Allied negotiations among themselves over whether and how to negotiate with the So viet Union. Following the Rhineland re occupation, Hitler turned his attention to Eastern Europe, to consolidate his position for the ultimate war. In 1938 the Western European Allies went to Munich and, be ing unprepared to resist, gave Hitler Czechoslovakia in return for paper - thin promises of peace. In 1961 these same Allies, plus West Germany and the United States, are being asked to give up West Berlin and theirhopes for the eventual re unification of all Germany in return for more promises of peace. This time the Allies are de termined not to pay the price of appeasement—at least not all of it, and perhaps not any of it. But they are fishing around for some bargaining points with which to maintain an appearance of sweet reason ableness through negotiations. Their problem, however, 8:55 4:00 6:00 5:05 6:00 6:05 6:55 7:00 Financial Tidbits The Philadelphia News Music at Fiv# News Dinner Date Weatherscope CAMPUS BEAT Perspective '6l Album Review If A I THfS AFTERNOON THAN AfVrrfP VOO U©?E THIS JAjnTLE £PP?) f^E^\ Crzly [jim?) w/ /.A A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom ©fye Satlg (Enllfgtan Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during th. University year. Tha Daily Collegian in a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matte, July S. 1934 at tha Stats College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 8, 1879. Mall Subscription Price t $6.00 a year Hailing Address Box *6l, State College, Pa. Member of The Associated Press JOHN BLACK _ WAYNE HILINSKI Editor Business Manager City Edltore, Lynne Cerefice and Richard Leighton: Editorial Editors, Meg Telchholta and Joel Myere; Newt Editore, Patricia Dyer and Paula Dranov; Personnel and Training Director. Karen Hyneckeal: Assistant Peraonnel and Training Director, Susan Eberly; Sport. Editor, James Karl; Assistant Sports Editor, Dean Bill irk; Picture Editor, John Beague. Loral Ad Mgr., Marge Downer) Assistant Local Ad Mgr., Martin Zonls; Nations' Ad Mgr., Phyllis Hamilton; Credit Mgr., Jeffrey Schwarts: Assistant Credit Mgr* Ralph Friedman; Classified Ad Mgr., Bobble Graham: Circnlation Mgr., Nea) Kelts; Promotion Mgr* Jane Trevaaktu Peraonnel Hgr„ Anita Boll: Office M,r„ Morey Gresa. Persons with complaints about The Daily Collegian's editorial policy or newo coverage may voice them in the letters to the editor column or present them, in person or in writing, to the editor. All complaints will be Investigated and efforts msde to remedy situations where this newspaper is at fault. The Dally Collegian, however, upholds ths right to maintain Its independents and to exercise its own judgment as to what It thinks is la ths best Interest of the University et a whole. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1961 seems to be boiling down to the question of how to save West Berlin without giving up all of Germany, and without giving up the appearance of reason ableness. - The Soviet Union is using the issue—of reunification of West Germany—in an effort to con solidate her position in East ern Europe, where fear and hatred of a rearmed, unified Germany is one of the facts of daily life. She is also using it in an effort to extract compromises from the West which will make West Germany—and the re calcitrant Germans of East Germany, too—question the ul timate value of their postwar military and economic align ment with the West. The four major powers of the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization. are badly split over how to . approach the whole thing. Thus the Communists attain ed at least one small part of their objective—a split NATO. These and many other things were in the background as Chancellor Konrad Adenauer emerged with a typical diplo matic smile from his first con ference with President Ken nedy who showed no sign of thinking there was anything to smile about. WDFM Schedule WEDNESDAY Image America News Jazz Panorama Passport Waxworks insight The Spoken Word News 10:00 Virtuoso 12:00 Sitru-off B/TAREttwY NO, JUST A WHOLE LOT j A LITTLE SMARTER?./ SMARTER \A< iff* u-n. THERE ARE 6ER1006 li !wj! ' f
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