PAGE FOUR- 'Editorial Opinion Across the Counter Basic to our conception of justice ; is the that when a law is-broken or a crime committed, all the mis creants who can be apprehended, will be. .Therefore; when justice is served, it is equally applied to all offenders. In State College, however, when a minoir is served an alcoholic beverage, and subsequently arrested, justice has not been applied to all offenders. A May, 1960, act of the State College Bormigh council makes the purchase or attempted purchase of malt or alco holic beverages by minors illegal. This Emu) Minor's Ordinance also makes it illegal for any adult to sell .1 trans mit or cause to be giVen to any minor any such beverage. The record of enforcement of this ordinance is rather lop-sided. Since the start of this term, to take the most recent examples, eight students have been arrested and, by their own admission, found guilty of violating the Minor's Ordinance.- The dockets of the local justices of the peace contain statements from seven of these eight students to the effect that they were served locally without having had to Supply proof of age. This would indicate that in these seven instaxces an adult—the bartender-Lomas also. guilty of violating this ordinance. Straitge then;is the fact that no adult has bean arrested. For example, in case 6147 on the docket of Justice of the Peace William P. Bell, a-student was arrested by a State College patrolman after he was seen walking in Calder Alley early one Saturday morning with a package under his arm. - The package contained several cans of beer and the student was asked to show identification. Since - the stu dent was under 21, he was taken to the police station and questioned further. It was revealed there that the beer had been purchased:at 6 local bar. The student swore at, phis hearing that he had made the purchase without being asks(' to show proof of age. He was found guilty and paid a total Of $36.50 in fines and costs. liivt no attempt was made by the police to apprehend . the adult who sold him the beer. We hold in this country to a system of legal suprem acy, not supremacy of men. We ask , for equitable enforce.. ment of the law, not discrimination. A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom lintian • Successor to The Free Lance.•est. 1187 tt•Nl.wel Taw's," enmesh Mammal Illoratas ilartng th., tlansersitg gear. The • Dolly !Collegian le a atadent-eporateg newripapser. 'Entered aa esimad-elaiee matter Judy I. 1t34 at the Slats College. P.. roat Off t. ons/so the art at Mettle I, 1879 *all Babsetiptioa Pelni U.O a use Nailing Address ies 111. Stah. Wait. Pa. JOHN BLACK . Editor Member of The Associated Pre.s City Editors, Lynne erratic* ',and Richard Leighton: Editorial Editnrs, Mot Toirlitholts and Joel Myers: News Editor. Paula Dranow: Personnel and Training Monet, Karen iltyneeiteal; Asalstant Personnel and Training Director. Boson Eberly: Snorts Editor. Jaseee Karl: Assistant Sports Editor*, Dean BWiek and John Morrie: Picture Editor. Selby Bemire. • Loco* Ad Mgr, Margo Dowsor: AsoWant Local Ad Mgr.. Martin Loalot National Ad Mgr.. Marry Grew: Credit Mgr, Ralph Friedman: Assistant Croft Mtr, Kathy Kalov°loos; Classified Ad Mgr., Kathie Ibbotson: Circulation Mgr, Masan Che.oler; Promotion Mat.. Jana lc/remade: Personnel Mgr.. Anita Roil; Officti Lynn Murphy. Person'', with complaints abort rho Dahl Collegian's editorial gotta It elellll coverage etas vele* them in the letters to the editor column or present them, In pertwa or In wriUng, to the editor. AU complainta will I. Intsatizated assil effort. made to remedy situations Wll,lll this newspaper la at fault. TIM Da Collegian. however, aphehia the tight to maintain Its independence! and to oserrise Ito own judgment as to what It think• le to rho beet interest of the ilni•ersitr a a whole - WAYNE HILINSICI 416:1 1 " Business Manager 60 AHEAD... JUST KEEP TM!, KEEP 'EM, I DON'T CARE .JUST GO MEAD, AND KEEP 'Bit! WART Mt' SSES ?TAkE !VEEF"Ehq, THE GAILY COLLEGIAN UNIVERSITY PAR* i PENNSYLVANIA (L)MAT FUN 15 THAT? Letters Congo 'Child' Is Product Of 'Parents' TO THE EDITOR: I wish to congratulate the editorial staff of ThaDaily . Collegian on their fine appraisal of the .Congo situation. I believe, however, that there is an important as._ pect of the study which has been omitted_ from his other wise excellent editorial. I am referring to the !last paragraph "As man is patient with a. child, the world must. display tolerance . . ." this is a highly glossOd over state ment. While referring to the Congo as an Undeveloped per son it is important to bear in mind -who .caused this under development. . The child? Certainly not. It has been the result of liter ally hundreds of years of colonial paternalism. With only the barest-educa tional facilities how could these countries be expected to emerge-into the present world with all the "know-how j and competence of the, other socie ties: Eric Sevareid said. Satuiday night, that these peoples were like children who had 'only operated bicycles being asked to take control of an airplane, they can't manage it. . This is quite true, however, the reason they can't manage it, at the 'present. is that we have not offered them the oppor tunity until now. ( Rad their attempts at inde pendence beeri tned shortly after they were . "discovered" we Would, no doubt, not have had the problems. What we and they are now essentially doing is buying time. And when one buys tiine the interest rates come high, very high. I believe that it is important to bear thi: in mind while we are "tolerating." Atter all, we are only tolerating one .of our own children, and; thin makes a' difference. , --Patrick Taylor Graduate Student Lion's Den Battlefield TO THE EDITOR: On Feb. 21, The Daily Collegian published a rather rude and immature let ten from a Doiilild R. McMeni mee '65, who seems to spend most of his time crouched tin der a, speaker in the Lion's Den holding a fistful of nickels, in a sort of:ecstasy. - He seems dbessed with the fear that someday he will dash into the Den and find his juke box emptied of Bobby Darin and crammed with J. S. Bach. Fear not, - Mr.' McMI The. cul tured =embers' of society will never let this sort of insecurity reach the must's, • We only ask that a few clas sical selections 'be tucked away in a corner of The. big floures cent horror; we're perfectly willing to pay fur; them, we're_ sure that we'll enjoy hearing them, and we may even eat a candy bar while we listen to them. But I repeat,: nobody's going to take away all the rock 'n roil, and nobody at Penn State is going to make you sacrifice a thing. We cultured people lib, you, and we want to be your friends. —Carol Kounta 414 Positive Note TO TH EEDITOR: I would like to commend ' Mr. Bosworth (Class of '65),: for his- letter which appeared in the Febru ary 16th issue of The Daily Collegian. • It vial one or. the most ; posi tive and . encouraging letters I have read in any newspaper for a long time. --;Rayssond BroWn accents Oappy i Birthday ICONOCUSM, PART I .Who has been dead for 163 years And still moves the D.N.R. to flowing tears? —Daddy Who never chopped down that Cherry Tree And with the lies was not unfree? —Daddy Who was the ROckefeller of his times And stooped to grab timber and mines? —Daddy Who learned more blasphemy than good scripture'', And fostered blood of 'an illegal mixture? —Daddy Who thought the people dumb and ignorant And despised lawyer, teacher and immigrant? —Daddy Who had a still at old Mount Verny And bought his way into Virginia's army? —Daddy - Who forbid the nation to cross the waves And saw nothiiig wrong in owning slaves? —Daddy Who loved to get dressed up for a spree And could never imagine the NAACP? —Daddy Who was the master of all his men And would never let Bobby skip rope for yen? —Daddy Who'is portrayed as standing afloat And not sinking in a PT boat? —Daddy Who would not care for urban affairs-. And that does not mean urbane affair& —Daddy Who. at present, wouldn't get a rote And would be a man for reformers to note? —Daddy Who was the min of strong conviction And not the like of Kennedy or Nixon? —Daddy Yes, -Who is the father of this country And where without him would we be? —Monarchy !Afters 'Zombies'' Lack , TO THE EDITOR: I for one do P to wake up gently with soft not care for -Rock n' Roll, but ' music Instead of the blaring declarations of rock and, roll am broadminded enough to ap- singers played repeatedlY r predate its value at a dance or Mr. McMenimen, it appears, a social gathering of young has obtained his number - of people. My taste leans toward several hundred from the as classical music.._ sumPtion that all who listen to _ .. .. ... HoWeyer, neither of these facts has anything to do ,with the muc I like to wake to while si lting In the Den having a doughnut and cup of tea in the morning. I realize that some students have to be shocked into reality every morning or else they re fuse to wake up. On the other hand there are students such as I who prefer Basketball Player Lauded TO THE EDITOR: In regard to a , letter published. in The Daily. Collegian of February 21, I think Mr. R. C. H. Schmidt should be reminded that the object of the game of basket ball is to win. Why should a'team put its lead in jeopardy when it is not necessary? John Mitchell's dribbling skill is a tribute to a hard working athlete. He is mum r DO 4Dti TANK Ihi BEMTIFUL, _WIZ-1E BROWN?. , !!!..Ewif,,:::= 1- SI IF YOU HAD REALIY ir. IKNOW WI.!YE; IDIJII WAS IRAgOOOtD BEEN iNSUU ED!: 835 D I HAVE SPOSIN MC UPI! I KNOW WHEN:. ow . ~„ eta. 411 . " ''''' t 0 r .. ', F pp ...en. If. ...0.01.4." p , 7.--.Z.-...-........---_—........... l THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1962 dick leightion Choke the 'noise' are content, but fails to recognize the fact that they have no choice. - Finally, has Mister McMeru men ever seen the students en joying themselves and no one else , during fitst and second period when their appeai i ance is comparable to that- of a zombie; oblivious to everything but the _clamorous music. --aeorge Hubbard :65 the team's second leading scor er, and in - my opinion, the team's number one hustler. Drawing fouls is a very largo part of the gams and is not a reflection on a basketball play. or's - sportsmanship. John Mitchell should be com mended on his great all-around playing ability, instead of being attacked for it. —Edwund J. Irlbacher '64 I Doer ANSOER RIGHT AWAYPIOU RADIO THINK ABOUT IT, DIDN'T YOU . I elk
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