PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion -Penn State Stands Up Penn State stood up to be Counted yesterday and it will,-remain standing—in full public view—juntil clauses which discriminate because of, race, religion or national origin are removed fr6m the consiitlitionsof all student groups. The - action of the University Senate in approving of Monroe Newman's proposal is,o most significant proportions, for it not only demonstrates a firm commission of belief in the civil rights movement., but a bold display of courage on the partOf the faculty. For over ten years the University regulations concern ing membership in social - ,organizations have beim predi cated on an arbitrary double standard. Groups chartered before 1950 were permitted to have discriminatory daises. Groups chartered after 1950, in accordance with a Senate rule passed that year, were not. The'growing strength and forcefulness of this nation's civil rights movement, touched off by the sit-ins and now E moving with the freedom riders, did not and does not inge on our own tightly controlled University Senate. But let no one overlook the fact that this University lagged behind most institutions in its condoning attitudes. Further, the - question of why we lagged seems to find answer in the conservative attitudes of many administra tors. Penn State is somewhat of an adolescent in this busi- ness of large scale education, and ,expansion has brought many problems of seemingly more pressing immediacy than civil rights. And so we have found in this area, as in others, that a "please don't rock the boat" attitude and resultant inertia prevailed 'among most administrators. This attitude was probably responsible for the lack of a stronger or prior stand on civil rights in the Senate. For before yesterday's session an amendment of the student regulations would have ben referred to the Senate Com mittee on Student Affairs where roadblocks might have been thrown up. Yesterday was a propitious time for the motion since the student regulations were brought to the floor . of the Senate for approvaliafter editorial condensation. Dr. New man and the Senators who supported the motion are to be complimented on their for'esight, commended on their convictions, and congratulated on their victory. Dr. Walker told the Senate that responsibility for notifying the national groups concerned will be assumed by the administration. The real responsibility for remov ing the clauses revolves about the local chapters which still carry such clauses and must agitate within their nationals for removal. • Penn State's action, however, increases the power of the pressure groups'.lobbying through various national conventions:for . rernoV4ll of discriminatory clauses. ,- There remains one bit of terminology to be clarified. - Discriminatory clauses are defended - Gy,practitioners on the grounds that they permit "freedorn'oi association." This' is nothing but myth. Anything that in anyway limits membership selection - depriyes rather than permits the group to exercise freedom of selection. , _ • Non.discrimination can in no way be legislated, for gentlemen's agreements can always exist. But what should not, and 'we hope by 1965 Will not exist, is official sanction for ideai which are morally reprebensible!and unjustifi able. • A Student-Opirated Newspaper; 57 Years of Editorial Freedom 011 r Bugg Tolitgiatt Successor to The Free Lance. est. 1887-- Published Tuesday throath Saturday morning during the tlatseretty year. The Daily Ce.Heiler I. • student-operated uotrapauer. Entered as strond-class matter July I. tell at the State Coliego. Pa. Post Office • ri der the art of Mardi L tart. Mall Subscription Priest 14.111 • year Killing Addrou Sox M. State Cellept, Pa. l‘lembey of The Associated Prers JOHN BLACK Editor City 'Editors. Lyrists Cetattro and Rain, Lataittodt Editorial Edition, Met Teichholta sad Joel Myers; Nest Editors, t atricia Dyer and Paula Massy; Personnel and irainitrd , Director. Urea Erneekoalt Aastatriat Persians! and Trainittr Director. Satan Eberly': Spode Editor. James Kart; 'kaaistaat Sparta Editor. Jean MIMI; Picture Editor. Joky Besavo.z Local Ad Mgr.. Marge Downers Assistant Local - Ai Km Mardis nada: Nalleas: Ad Mir., Phdlis Glti Rasmiltes• Credit Mgr. , Jettra Eachvnirta: Addiriivit Credit Kern Ralph Friedman: Classiti4 Ad Kir.. Babble Gnslasuns Circulation am. Neal Praasatiss Mar.. Jake nevoid*: Perssessel Ker. Anita Otilkso Mgr. Marcy Cr.... . - THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA WAYNE HILINSKI Business- Ma:lager a la carte Lost—Or Just Laiy 'With registration completed, classes located and books bought, I am finally ready for my. swan term at Penn State. As is natural, I guess, the last always reminds us of the first and- the first thing Lremember about getting adjusted is think ing to myself - This place is so big that if I disappeared or something, nobody would ever know orlcare." Three and one-half years later I find myself on the other end of that complaint as freshnien tell me how lost and alone they sides the frosh, there are the upper class men who have re- signed t hem selves to "being trampled on by the faculty and administration and even fellow students." Penn State, with its ever growing population, is not unique. The outside world, too, —the one beyond - Nittany Mountain is multiplying./ Small towns are becoming ..cities( and everywhere, every group is growing. Our chances of getting "lost" are constantly increasing and if we expect to survive and be happy in the future, we'd better start practicing right here, right Letters Unicycles Suggested As Most Economical_ TO THE EDITOR: Everyone is disgruntled but not surprised that the University has gotten into the bieycle registration game at fifty cents a throw. It is a surprise, however, that they haven't decided to sell horns, bells, 'and lights for the two-v, heelers at "bar gain" prices. Maybe next term we can all register our shoes at about 23 cents per hall-side over size three in order. to be allowed to walk on UniVersity . pavement. Or maybe We bicycle riders can beat the registration by riding unicycle's instead at half the going rate. —.lames C. Benford Graduate ,Student I Thtoo6Rl FO SG RE Te 4.4.1" MI% CITHMAR WOULD CRACK! I THOUGHT FOR 512 E SHED START IN AGAIN BITING , HER Fit‘C-ERN,kIL.S. . : 1, by karen hyneckeal now. The :listing place is with comforting feeling that becaus: ourselves.• he cares:alit:rut , himself, ha c: It isn't always easy to be care about.Cithers. an , individual at Penn State. His vieWpoint is wide enoug Rather, it is far simpler to fall to realize that 'everyone fn ill' into a crowd, grumble con- large University, in this larg: stantly but keep on acting and world, cannot have his ow thinking the way everyone else way all the time. Instead, 111. does. After all, if you exert any understands that for the whol: effort, offer new ideas, you just to function properly the pa have tosupport them and must sometirries make conces that's always such a chore. Be- sions, bending and reposition sides, someone might disagree irig to • find and fit - in place and then you have a regular More important, he ca discussion which can be ter ribly tiring, keep his place 'without losin:4 his own pratieular identity. : • Even worse, we might, by ad- Education: ; then, even as It is here,' • miffing our ideas, find out still the training and maturiny something unpleasant about of the individual mind. An. ourselves perhaps we think the individual has to 'car: illogically or too emotionally, enough to help out a 'little. • perhaps we are prejudiced We cannot 'always expect o. without good cause. demand thee, i everyone fro.. As I said, ' cultivating our- , room - assigner . to profess° selves as individuals' can be worry about each separate on painful. • of us. Much of the responsibill Knowing ourselves, alSocra- ty is ours. ' ' i tel advocated,- means taking a And so when we wonder wh sincere and thorough inward we're here, ;why we pick • • look and allowing others to do such ,a large I school, and ho so, too. Then realizing that we'll endure, I We should realize knowledge irpower, we change that our purpose is the same a what should be changed, nour- it would be ona cosier campus ish what should be developed. —to find out 'about ourselve- There is something appealing" . and then make those selves the about an individual. Not be- best possible/ , cause he is different but in It's a little harder at Pe spite of it. And you have the State, but nolless worthwhile. 1 World at Green Terms Loss of Seal 'The: Inevitable' WASHINGTON GP) Rep. William J. Green Jr.. said yes terday it. seems certain Phila delphia will lose one of its six congressional seats, but that he would not bow to the inevi table willingly. Green, Philadelphia's Demo cratic chairman, asserted: "I am not taking the position that I am' willing to give up , . a seat in Philadelphia. I have never said that I wanted to keep six seats in Philadelphia or give up any. "ALL I HAVE ever said was that I wanted an equitable re districting for Pennsylvania. It Is Pennsylvania that is being redistricted, not Philadelphia." Because the 1960 census showed a Pennsylvania lag in pOpulation growth the state must - give up three of. its 30 House seats. Unless the re districting is done by 20, all 27 members will have to be elected on a stale - wide basis. Neither party wants that. Gov. David Lawrence says hell call a , special session of the legislature to pass a redistrict ing bill whenever leaders of the two parties agree on its terms. Gizenga Loses Party Support LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (AP)—Antoine Gizenga's most influential partyL colleagues walked out on him yesterday further 'splitting the support that once made him a power as the head of the Communist endorsed regime at Stanley- The self-proclaimed political heir to former Premier Patrice Lumumba also faCes the possi bility of ouster from his job as deputy premier in the central government and possible arrest. The Congo Parliament de manded that he return to Leg polciville by today to defend himself against charges of secession. I :SS Financial Tidbits 4 :00 The PhiladalPhitt I:00 News 5 :OS Maxis at lire ill :Of News :OS Dinner Data i:ii'Preath t:OI CAM f10 17 1 . 11 . 11MT Peva/act:lva '6l Alb= Reviaar WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1962 a Glcince '62 Session Of Congress Opend Todeof WASHINGTON (iP) r --A Con gress already on notice that President Kennedy 'wants to raise the national debt ceiling rings up thei curtain today on what probably will' be a rous ing election year session. House Democrats got ready yesterday at a caucus by unani mously voting to nominate Rep. John McCormack of Mas sachusetts for House Speaker. THEY CHOSE Rep. earl Al bert of Oklaluima to step into McCormack'i old post of Dem ocratic floorileader. " Thus in the House, which shapes up as this year's major battleground; the chief respon sibility for piloting Kennedy's program over legislative shoals will fall on 'a; new leadership team. High on the President's list are proposals i on tariff cuts, medical care for 'the aged un der Social Security, aid to ,edu cation, tax 'eh,anges, new farm plan, higher postal rates. Sukarno Ponders New Guinea War JAKARTA, (Indonesia (ill A question lof war or peace with the Netherlands ,over Dutch New Guinea will be, de cided by President Sukarno "within a week or 10 days," Indonesia's j foreign minister said yesterday. But in the meantime, gov ernment .sources said, Indo nesia would( not object if U.N.. Acting Secretary-General U Thant moved to get .negotia tions started, and sat in oh the talks or designated Thailand and the Philippines to partici pate. ' _ Berlin Talks Pushed BONN, Germany (AP) Prima Minister Harold Mac: millan and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer agreed yesterday the West should pursue its diplomatic probe in Moscow to see if , talks on Berlin were possible. 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