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