PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Plaudits for Runklei F,ducit.fonal expansion does not have to cost money.. And in a University 'where everyone talks• about it 'Eut _nobody has any, it is ,especially enlightening to find that the women of Runkle Hall have innovated a plan to broaden their own educations. The residents have invited 16 members'-of the faculty tu become associates of the house. The associate terrninol ., f logy is vague, but at this time it would seem impossible to define the nature of relationships -such as these which = lack` precedent. The purpose of the plan, according to Dianne Hunt, community coordinator is "to bring education into the residence halls." We hope the plan goes far beyond this—for good, bad or indifferent, education is in the residence halls now—on bookshelves, in bull sessions, around dinner tables.' The plan, we think, makes possible 'close academic direction for the residents, mature guidance for their pur suits and challenges to their pre-assumptions. It breaks down that wall separating the classroom from the resi dence hall,,a barrier that often acts to isolate ,the mind as tit departmentalizes , the daily, routine. For the faculty members participating the possibili ties are equally great, for learning does not slop when one crosses to the other side of the rostrum. With enthusiasm °on the part of both residents and associates the plan can be a refreshing innovation—one that should 4e seriously considered by other communities. And for the Artist Series Students who aren't cramming the library or &hp creamery this Sunday .afternoon will be able to attend an informal reception in the Hetzel Union lounge for Secie 'tory of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges. The reception is to follow Hodges' lecture in Schwab which is scheduled for 3 p.m. and a question .period will /be provided after the lecture. • The presence of such notable figures as Hodges and . •sk the Many other lecturers and performers that appear in this cloistered valley each year is the result of the Artists' Series program, directed by Nina Brown and a commits,e of . students. The Series is one of the finest opportunities Penn State offers for extra-classroom learning opportunities that at•e not so readily available in a non-academic atmosphere. As we said above---education does not .have to -cost money—for Artist Series - tickets remain free tp students. . For all their diligent work and for all the invaluable .experiences they have given Penn Staters ; • the Artists' Series committee is to be commended A Student-Operated Newspaper -57 Years of Editorial Freedom Bang Tollputan • Successor to The Free Lance. est. 7837 !'.Mated Tamaay aroma iiatankf nwrailkit donna 22ke glalwaralts ran. Th• !Daily Calleglaa la a etadant.epetatad aawapapar. asteroid as norm/ad-clam matter 2•1, L 11134 -at Ow 'Otago Collate; Pa. Peat Office wader W act ar Mates I. Ira. Mall Bobserlatiaa Prim' 81.1$ a year - Manias Address, Bat ill. Stag. Con Agra. Pa. . • JOHN BLACK Editor Member ot The Associated Prc s SWETILAES TAE' CAN ACTUALLY FiZa AV HANDS FOR ti.WATEVIR ELSE I ithtißT WIT TO D 0... THE . DAILY COLLE9IAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA; WAYNE HILINSKI Business Manager NOT REAUR... rig kr_ ". T. •••• Linters . - -titOtinOss Isn't Apathy; Its 'instinct' TO THE EDITOR: I've been reading so Mini' letters of com plaint by grkduate students that I had to offer a little understanding .ad comfort. All this talk of a pathy and in ternal emptiness, can't pos sibly be true. , - Why just loolc into the eyes of any Penn ' State student. . Behind that protective haze of cigarette smoke • and that blood shot vacant exterior is an alert, self-reliant individual.. Oh, I know That when you • look, at his sneakers and cor duroys, his' sweaters and trench coats or his uniformly short chopped hair, you uniforml y think that such exterior reflections of a lack of originality or indi vidual distinction, the earmarks of a ... dare I say it'. .. con formist: but, no, no. I assure you, they are not. It is merely that he is the new - a6sthete,Flie has learned from the example of the sensi tive,. creative individuals who went before him that to parade his individuality before society is to invite :annihilation: How. When once you have understood that; you can, take an even closer look. Notice how' this, sensitive and trulk-refined, aesthetic maskS his true sensi bil4its. is ever on the lookout lest. "through carelesiness; he leave some mark about him which migit distinguish him from his peers. The one' thing which .frus trates him somewhat is his face, which Nature through her great lack of understand ing has made it little different from every other 'face;, but he compensates for this by a uni formity otexpression. If you have a natural inclina tion to cynicism you may at tribute all this to a sort of herd instinct. However, even if it is, it is a far, far more noble thing that a. disgusting exhibition of one's individuality. feel nothisig ' but. pity for those people who - long for the "good, old deli" when at a glance they'`, could pick their coat oug.'6f • closet, or when the cut of a garment was as distinctive of its owner as the way he turned his phrase.. ' Now that you are aware of the constant struggle of these sensitive young people to be conie nonentities, perhaps you will understand how, 'occasion ally, • they may appear empty or apathetic. At any rate, you haven't any right to expect ,anything more. Don't you know ithat this is the • age when the !Bourgeoise has come to col lege? —W-F. Marshall Graduate student Renovation For Lion's Den • • TO THE EDITOR: To visitors (he Lion's Den in the Hetzel Union building or shall we call it 'Den of derelicts' is certain ly an impressive sight! What an impression a group of gyrating, garish, gluttons must create for our dignitaries. Of course, this couldn't hive any - ; hearing on our lack of proper financial appropriations from the state. • Could the mood the music creates in this "Den - be : one of the<reasons- why m a ny people driw the /spurious conclusion that Penn State Is a social play ground. The Penn State Classical Music Society recommends That consideration be given •to having a few selections of good music in the jute box, Perhaps if these classical selections were given, a trial period' the .stu dents :would realize that not - only hive they misrepresented themselves to the public, but they have unconsciously fooled themselves! —Joan Grim:if:m=3 114_ —Carrie Blatti ! -Joan!' Biagi* '64 . 1 —Jo Era lilartnadry 's4 •Letier Cat • Wad(' At Republicans Hit JFK's School Bill - WASHINGTON (k)--Presi dent Xennedy's college aid bill suffefed a setback yesterday when Republican objections' to its' scholarship program blocked efforts to compromise differ enceS between the House and Senate versions. • . . .Hii latest plea for action on his general school aid bill also failed to arouse any enthusi asm in thelHouse. The move that blocked the college aid' bill came on a mo tion to send the - differing House and Senate versions to confer ence.; A Single objection can prevent this: and Rep. Albert L tt H. Q ie, R-Minn., made one.- C 4 *e supported the House bill. ;which, was limited to a college construction program. but objected to the $212,500 federal scholarships added by the Senate. His opposition is shared by nearly all House Re ! publicans. , Three times since Congress reconvened last- ,month Ken nedyl has urged, it to pass his bill to help the nation's public schools. Parisi Police Battle Rioters • I PARIS ;VP) A massive Communist demonstration against the rightist Secret'Ar my Organization's terrorist ,policies on Algeria erupted in to wild rioting fh the historic Place de la Bastille last night, plunging France a step closer to anarchy Eight Persons were. killed and more ;than 200 injured in three hours of spreading bat tles between club-swinging po lice and stone-hurling. leftists. Interior !Minister Roger Frey told reporters in, his office.that the; demnnstration-riot had bemil directed by the Commu nist 'party; aVa he added: "Rarely I hare such well or ganized bands`;pf rioters' at tacked the,securitv forces." As the fightinr - Araged, the Secret Ariny's . plastic bombs, which have plagued: the calpi tal for Months, exploded in scattered sections of Paris. The rally wis staged in ,de fiance of government orders banning pplic demonstrations. Ike 'Endorsee- Scott andidacy HARRISBURG .(2) 'U.S. Sen. Hugh Scott claimed yes terday that 'former president Dwight D. Eisenhower had en dorsed hil l as Republican can didate, for governor of. Pennsyl vania., He also claimed that Eisen hower, inla telephone conver sation froth his vacation site in California; had spoken dispar-. agingly of the ticket formed earlier this week by Superior Court Judge Robert E. Wood side, forovernor,' and U.S. Rep. Jam sE. Van Zandt, for U.S. Senar. • Republican\ State • Chairman George 1.1 Blot= immediately , _challenged Sebtt's version• of the. conversation and sent off his own telegram to the former president to advise him' of the correct statement made to Scott. 1 - • Woodside, in a statement, said he was "naturally pleased that the actual, text of Gen. Eisenhower's telegram bore al most no resemblance to the version Sen. Scott so glibly re lated this ,morning. • Labor Endorses Dilaitorth HARRI4BUR - G (AP) The Harrisburg Central • Labor Council endorsed Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth yesterday i aa ita choice for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor of Pennsylvaniti. 4 - FRIDAY.- FEBRUARY 9. 1962 A Glance Disaster Kills 283 Miners, 16 Still Missing SAARBRUECKEN, Germany (IP)—Germany mourned 283 _dead yesterday and abandoned hope that any of 16 still miss ing men would- be brought alive from the debris of the Luisenthal coal mine. All but a Yew sorrowing wives 4nd; daughters of men still believed buried undet ground gave up their day and night vigil =at the mine gates. Only dead , were being re covered froin 1,800 feet under ground. - The exact number still miss- • ing was not known due to con fusion in counting "survivors. There were 81 men in criti cal condition'in hospitals and 100 were reported to have es caped unhurt. There were 480 men in the. mine at the time of the explo sion afid cave-►n, a spokesman for the Saar State Mining Of fice said. • The mine disaster was Ger many's- second worst, exceeded only by the death of 402 miners in'an explosion in the Ruhr in 1946. Censors Stay Unidentified- WASHINGTON (AP) - 2 - In voking executive. privilege, President Kennedy. forbade Pentagon or State Department witnesses to tell a Senate iub committee who censored spe cific speeches by military men- The senators quickly gave up their demands for the names. Only Sen. Strom Thurmond, (D-S.C.), protested when Chair man John Stennis, .(D-Miss.), ruled' "I am convinced this executive plea applies and the chair, sustains' it." Stennis had been insisting on the senators' right to the names up to the moment when Secretary of ' Defense RObert, S. 'McNamara read to the sub-' committee Kennedy's le t t yesterday ordering him not to let Pentagon witnesses provide: them. Kennedy cited thedoctrine' of executive -privilege which. he said had been established by ; his predecessors in keeping with the • separation of.. the • ' three branches of govern ment. Frondizi Breaks Cm ftetations- BUENOS AIRES; Argentina (AP) President Arturo Fron dizi yielded under pressure of Military leaders last night and broke diplomatic relations with F i d'e 1 Castro's Communist Cuba. • The action,•reversing Argen tina's soft stand on Cuba at the recent Punta del Este Con ference, increased to 14 . the number of hemisphere repub lics that have cut ties-with:the increasingly isolated Castro. Argentina's neighbor Uruguay may .become, the 15th to break with Havana.. Frondizi's I governirient or dered Cuban diplomats to get out of the Country within, 48 ,hours. Officials )mmediately ' pre pared for . a possible / outbreak of violence s by _aroused pre. Castro leftists. The break enabled •FroridizA to ease the worst military crisis confronting, him since he - took office more than three years ago. Laos Rghting Resumes NAM THA, Laos (AP)—Lios s right-wing Premier Boun Own again turned down an invita tion for cease-fire talks at rebel headquarters and pro- Communist forces broke a4B- hour fighting lull with a ro und of Mortar fire 'yesterday' that landed closet to the. l*mi.Tha governor's house.
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