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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
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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 •
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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
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Wad(' At
Republicans
Hit JFK's
School Bill
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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
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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.
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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.
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- 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.