PAGE FOUR • Editorial Opinion A Few Words of Thanks Though there are many problems on campus, though there are many things wrong "with the system" that come under criticism daily in this column, we at Penn State still have much to be thankful for. First of all we are thankful that we live in a free society where we can look at our system, and make obser vations and criticisms that we firmly believe will lead to its Improvement and make it even better. Although admission standards are tougher and bud gets from the state are grossly undernourished, we are still thankful for the basic opportunity to gain an educa tion and prepare ourselves to make useful contributions to society. Despite our often-expressed criticism of certain ad ministrative actions, we are thankful for the willingness of some administrators to cooperate with the students. We are thankful for the beautiful campus that pro vides an inspiring background to our academic lives. We will always be thankful for the professors who go beyond the course requirements to give us inspiration, and in many cases to make indelible impressions on our Modern ideas in social, cultural and scientific fields are often presented through the Artists' and Lecture Series.. Opportunities for relaxation and amusement are available through the varied recreational facilities and sports events The educational atmosphere that provides these almost limitless opportunities in academic and extra-curricular activities is something for which we are thankful. We are also thankful for: University employees that go out of their way to aid students Opportunities to meet students of other races, creeds and religions The library staff's sacrifice of their Thanksgiving vacation, so the library could remain open. The best ice cream in the world, which comes to us from the University creamery The relatively lenient regulations for women students established by the Dean of Women. The extra effort made by Food Service to create as pleasant an atmosphere as possible In the dining hall on Thanksgiving. Many of the things we are thankful for today may soon be forgotten, but others will leave a lasting Imprint on our lives A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom 0 . 4 r Daily Tollrgian Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian is.a ■tudent•operated newspaper. Entered as second-clam matter July 0, 1934 et the State College, Pa. Poet Office under the art of March 1. 18711. Mail Subscription Price: 88.00 a year Mailing Address Box 261, State College, Pa. Member of The Associated Press JOHN BLACK Editor 41110", City Editors, Lynne Cerefies and Richard Leighton: Editorial Editors, Meg Teichholts and Joel Myers; News Editors, Patricia Dyer and Paula Drawee; Personnel and Training Director, Karen Hyneckeal; Assistant Personnel and Training Director, Susan Eberly; Sports Editor, James Karl; Assistant Sports Editor. Deen SiHick; Picture Editor, John Benue. Loral Ad Mgr. Marge Downer : Assistant LaCal Ad Mgr., Martin Zonis; Nation* Ad Mai. , Phyllis Hamilton; Credit Mgr., Jeffrey Schwartz: Assistant Credit Mgr, Ralph Friedman; Classified Ad Mgr., Bobbie Graham: Circulation Mgr., Neal Reitz; Promotion &far.. Jane Travaskist Personnel Mgr., Anita HoIII Office Mgr.. Marry Greek Persons with complaints about The Daily Collegian's editorial policy or news 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 made to remedy situations where this newspaper is. at fault. The Daily Collegian, however, upholds the right to maintain its independence and to exercise its own judgment as to what it thinks Is in the beet Interest of the University as • whole. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA WAYNE HILINSKI Business Manager Letters Greek Role Questioned TO THE EDITOR: In last Fri day's Collegian there was a small article entitled "Pep Rally Tonight." When we read the article, we were under the impression that this was a pep rally for last Saturday's game between Penn State and Holy Cross. However, we were very much mistaken for it turned out to be a rundown of the line ups for the Powder Puff Bowl (much like the Rose Bowl). The participants in this bowl were not Penn State or Holy Cross, but Kappa Kappa Gamma and Chi Omega sororities. The pep rally lasted about twenty minutes and approxi mately eighteen of these min utes were spent cheering the Greeks. Of course, the cheer leaders did have about two minutes to squeeze in a short yell S-T-A-T-E, and sing a few Penn State songs. At the pep rally for the West Virginia game they announced that the seniors on the football team would make an appear ance. Well, we did notice that some of the senior players took the time to come, but due to the disorganization of the pep rally they were .never recog nized. Maybe they aren't Greeks? Maybe - it was a good thing that they didn't call on the players to speak, for there was no public address system or other means of amplification with which to speak. We sup pose that that would be too simple a solution to the prob lem. We fail to see why the Greeks should be made such an inte gral part of a pep rally intend ed for the Penn State-Holy Cross game, when if it wasn't for the independent men at tending the rallies, there would probably never be a pep rally. —James Foster '63 —Gene Stefko '63 —Jim Elder '65 —Denny Namey '62 Senior Hits Frosh Protest TO THE EDITOR: Recently, some freshmen have protested the tendency of upperclassmen to criticize the administration at every opportunity on any subject at all. Let me say this: we live in a supposedly free society, and in such a society there is no such thing as unquestioned author ity, regardless of the position of the official. By the time these freshmen 'have been here four years they will surely understand the ideals for which we battling upperclassmen stand. If they don't they are CLODS, and deserve to be ruled by a typannical administration. Freshmen, please remember two things. First, you pay tui tion to come here; second, the administrators are salaried. Then again, maybe customs should be extended to a full year to thoroughly indoctor mate freshmen. —Bruce Harrison '62 Gazette TODAY Players' production. William Saroyan's "The Cave Dwellers," 8 p.m., Center Stage PSOC Cabin party at the ski cabin, 1:30 and 6 :30 p.m., Rec Hall PSOC Ski instruction orientation meet- ing, 2 p.m., 112 Buckhout PSOC Work party at the ski 'slope. 10 a.m., Ilec Hall Student Film ."Horror of Dracula," 7 :30 p.m., HIM assembly hull TOMORROW Folklore Society, 6:30 p.m., HUB ball- room Kappq Alpha Pal, 2 p.m., 212 HUB Climbing—Huntingdon, 9 :30 a.m., Rec Hall PSOC Work party at the ski elope, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., Rec Hall Student Film. "Horror of Dracula," 6:30 p.m., HUB assembly hall MONDAY Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m., 212, 218 RUB Art Education, 11:10 a.m., HUB assem bly hall Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., HUB card room Engineering Mechanics Seminar, Dr, M. G. Sharma, ."Experimental Results and Correlation with a Theory," 4 p.m., 210 Hammond Faculty Luncheon Club, Dr. C. 0. Ber. geson, "Glimpses of Soviet Schools," 12:80 p.m., HUB dining room A Faculty meeting, College of Physical 4-H Tosetmastere, 7 p.m., 216 HUH Lecture, Slater U. Thomsen', 11:110 a.m., Home Ec auditorium Letters Variability of 'Facts' Noted by Grad Student TO THE EDITOR: (Ref: Le Winter "common sense") In trying to diminish the import of anti-communist issues, the communists often attack the person who raised them in or der to discredit him in the eyes of others, rather than answer the issues themselves. Such a method should not be used by a person who doesn't wish to be identified with the communist movement. Their basis of logic, "dialec' tical materialism," is ever so logical, but is based on false assumptions and has a tendency to shift in point of view from time to time, as anyone with common sense can see. So-called "facts" often de pend, too, on one's point of view. For example, it was a "fact" that Stalin was the sav ior of Russia during World War II; soon it will be a "fact" that it was really Khrushchev, not Stalin, who was the Russian savior. The shift in "fact" is due to the shift in point of view. In like manner, the "facts" about the film "Operation Abolition" depend on one's biases and in terpretation. Naturally, a participant in the San Francisco riots would see the "facts" in a different light—or even see different "facts"—than say 3. Edgar Hoover, who has a long record of integrity in his fight against communism. How one sees the "facts," then, of this riot and the result ing film depend in large meas ure on whether one is favor able to the work of the HUAC or against it. (By the way, the committee has done a few Dining Hall Intruder TO THE EDITOR: I guess al most everybody who lives in West Halls has noticed the tyrannic little teen-ager who has invaded our dining halls. He makes a grand entrance at every meal and then proceeds to flit from table to table mak ing sure that each little boy and girl is not being naughty. His self-imposed rules in clude: Spot-checking to weed out the aliens among us, as certaining that no one is shar ing his tray (such is a crime worse than death), question ing all suspicious-looking char acters, and generally making life miserable for one and all. When he finds a quaking victim, he at once seizes the metric card of the guilty party and runs off to get a manly counselor to enforce his claims. Everyone's eyes are contin ually searching for this man, fearful that at any moment he might pounce. Must we be subjected to this eternal cat and mouse game? Housing could at least rotate this dining-hall dictator to the other living areas so that we can again eat in peace. —Molly Robertshaw '64 irIEANT.:),I'S ' 'firrEl rl V ni . PI , r 4 4 1111 'l ' ll ' llj a' I t ) AP 1 l i f t . ir i' ell • I :, ff-1 .i . I- i ,!. x i ; _ . . /4- I t/ i - ' 3 wimp ' , u„....L.7....4.....,,... LEAF MEET 4 ANOTHER LEAF: . % 0 % #"" . -- N , . . t , ® ,1 % . i _•._. ,_-__, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1961 worth-while things besides "persecute" the communists and their sympathizers!) As any one with common sense knows, false "facts" are easy enough to come by. Statis tics are often juggled, or gath ered from only favorable sources. We are quite familiar, in the world of advertising, with the technique of obtaining on-the scene testimonials: but it is not mentioned that these good citizens were remunerated for their testimonial or had some other vested Interest in the particular slant given to their remarks. Another method to convince people of the truthfulness of a lie is simply to repeat it often enough. (Remember in Orwell's 1984 the great truths: "War is Peace" and "Hate is Love"?) In closing, I would like to point out that it's an undeni able fact that communism promises an abundant material life to those not yet under its influence; it's also a fact that a country which has newly adopted communism as a poli tical basis sees its citizens, from every station in life, stream out by the thousands and even mil lions (if given the chance!) And those left rebel sooner or later against their new bene factors. Why? Because they have found the real facts of a communist society to be: no God, no religion, no liberty, no family . life, and even no im provement in the material situ ation! As one Old Testament prophet put it so well, "Choose you this day whom you shall serve . . ." —Neil Benner Graduate Student Freshmen Commend Food Service Staff TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of the boys in Franklin House who could not be home for the Thanksgiving Day vacation, we would like to thank all the East Halls Dining Room em ployees who helped prepare our Thanksgiving Day meals. The congenial atmosphere, ample servings, and personal attention presented by the peo ple helped brighten an other wise lonely holiday. —Lonnie A. Cole '65 —Lewis B. Coe '65 Senior Hits MI Library For Saturday Closing TO THE EDITOR: I had specif ically not gone to the Holy Cross game because important work had to be done in the Mineral Industries library. I found the door locked. A note said that it was closed because of the football game. hope the library staff enjoyed it. This is such a fine univer sity. —Charles Carson '62 WDFM Schedule SATURDAY 8:00 News 5:06 Saturday at State 8:55 Weatherecope 7 :00 Hi-Pi Open House 9:00 Offbeat 1:00 King's Corner 1:00 Sign-off
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