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Editorial Opinion
Wrong Conoipt
Governor La wrence does not believe a state university
should cater to the lower and middleAkome!groups7
The primary function of state university according
to Lawrence is "to educate" the residents whO carry th - e
- tax burden of the state.
This clear-stand. which was_ given at a recent news
conference, is significant in that it aptly expresses the
concept behind the attitudes iand policies that the Gover
nor has followed in the fielci of higher education.,
Lawrence is conscious of the need for expanded higher
educational facilities, and his administration has i taken
some action to fulfill this need. However, the governor
has - not been alarmed by the skyrocketing cost of higher
education.
In oider not to miss out entirely on -the particdarly
talented high school students, Lawrence has supported
efforts to increase the states scholarship prograrn.l
, This is a relatively minor effort and not enough to
meet the great challenge of iroviding a college edUcation
to all capable high school students. Failure to face up to
this Challenge now can only hurt the Commonwealth and
the nation in the long run.
We're not suggesting socialized education, where
everyone who wished to could go to college. But, we do
believe that unless action is taken immediately. the, multi-,
plying costs of education will soon restrict a college educa
tion to persons in the - highest income bracket.
This will not only hiirt the welfare of the state,
hinder industry, have a doWngrading effect and lower the
morale of citizens of the state, but may prompt echication
minded families to migrate to other states.
It is imperative that the state government realize that
a college education must be available to all capable of
doing college work.
This would require that Pennsylvania direct the
efforts of its state university•to the education of capable
high school graduates who come from families in the lower
and middle income brackets, and. cannot afford a college
education.at a private university.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, utsilywllY PARK,' PENNSYLVANIA
dom, a conservative youth or
ganization, has lostituted court
- action in an effort to force the
State Department to rule iri the
visa request of noise Tshombe,
president of rebellious Katanga
province of the CongO.
Tshciiiihe's two visa -'applica
tions.have been, ignored by, the
State Department.
The YAF has; is rally - dubbed
"Conservative Bally for World
Liberation From Communism"
scheduled for Much 7 in - Madi
.on Square Garden in which
by john beauge
Not.manTstudents would be willing to give up two
hours' of dating time - on Saturday night to volunteer their
services to help stir up student spirit.
But that is what approximately 20 studentS have done
the past two -iaturdays by bringing their musical instru
ments to -Rec Hall to play for the basketball games.
Unknown to many students,
this band was not forced into
playing. Several members of
• the Blue Band got together and
asked fellow musicians to do
nate, their time. The results
were conclusive.
The basketball team not only
defeated Army and Pittsburgh,
but student spirit at both games
- was higher than it had been
most of the sea.
SOIL
.The ban
cannot take soh
credit for help.
ing to raise the.
spirit because
the cheerlead
ers also madi
their appear.
ance a t th e
same time. The.
two together,
however, d i
most of the job, BEAULT
Basically there was nothing
wrong with the organ music
used earlier in the season, and
at other sporting events, but
it is difficult to get the specta
tors in the right mood by play
ing "smooth type" pre-game
music.
The biggest change caused
by the band and cheerleaders
'was the increase in spirit during
time outs. Formerly these min
ute breaks in the last action of
Letters
Frosh Hits 'Shirts-in'Rule.
Set by Housing for Dining Hall
TO THE EDITOR: Now I've it is a shirt and what Housing
heard everything!! , In the past says g_oes.
When I tried to defend my
few months I have been -told
position I was told it was a
many things. by the Housing shirt whether I like it or not.
department, but this one takes So now I have another shirt.
the cake. -It seems there is : a I didn't plan it , that way, but
ruling to the effect that no I was convinced by people who
shirts may be worn outside of are in a position of authority,
the pants in the dining halls. and who naturally know more
Would you believe some about the clothes I wear than I
man was paid 'thousands of do, that it is a shirt. lam re
dollars totesign this shirt, b signed to my fate.
because in years gone by shi For the next' three years I
tails hanging out were a sig will behave just like all the
of sloppiness, even now w other little products of the
styles are constantly chang g Penn State Machine., When we
any sort of shirt outside m st are put in as raw ingredients.
go inside? the university brags about the
Finally, like all my -other diversity of its student body.
fellow students, I was taught People from all' over the
to conform. (A few friendly United States and from all
words from my counselor parti of the 4rld add •to the
seemed to help my • learning cultural environment of this
quite a bit.) But now this new school. But when we get out,
found power of Rousing has we will all talk alike, think
spread to ridiculous extremes. alike, and, most of • all, dress
Anyone that has ever worn alike.
a sweater with a collar.. take Fellow students please don't
notice that any sweater is give up as I have, for lam sure
doomed to die in the dining that somewhere in the midst
hall.. Mine has been classified of you there is one person with
by Housing as a shirt i • the courage to get thrown out
I bought it as a sweater, the of school, for -wearing a sweat
man in the store told me it er, not a shirt, but a sweater,
was 'a sweater, my friends at out of his pants in the dining
home thought it was a sweater, hall.
but guess what? Housing says
snowed
Tsficsnibe'' Shouldril Come
Young Americans for Free-
he clicking shutter,
Musical Boost
by lee! rnyers -;---- 1
they hope to honor their hero, United Nations operations
Tshombe. against The secessionist mnce-.
The State De- ment of the self-styled Katanga
partment re - president.
gards a visit by The Kennedy Administration
Mr. Tshombe as has felt that a strong and uni
not in this na- tied Congo would represent the
Lion's best inter- best. deterent to Communist in
egts- "because it - filtration, while U.S. - support
would interrupt of Tshombe would ,have pro..
and jeopardize vided a split through .which the
progress" to - Reds could increass- tiae
,ir:influ
ward - Congo re- - - ence in Africa. -. • .
unification. - This position dreti great
This view is , ',. f criticism f r o.rn conservative
consistent with ISTIMS `; 'spokesmen during the months
U.S. policy unde,r President of U.N. action against Tshom-
Kennedy f of supporting the be's military forces.
The more rightward-leaning
Congressmen severely criti
cized President Kennedy and
lauded Tshombe, who has the
backing of Belgian mineral
wealth. iti. Congressional inves
tigation/ of the U.S position
was promised in December by
Senator Barry Goldwater, for
mer president Herbert Hoover
and other Katanga supporters.
The thunder .from the right
quieted rapidly' when the U.N.
action proved succeisful in dis
posing of the, Commuidst influ
ence in the Congo.
.- Antoine Gizenga, the Main
Red spokesman in the Congo,
was arrested and his :following
rapidly diminished after he
took an unliopuliestand on the
Congo situation.
Although. legally the State
'Department may not be able
to refuse Tshombe'S visa re
quest, the official' and rightful
position of the U.S. makes
Tshombe an enemy -of the
United States and 83 such the
request should be denied. •
No U.S. soldiers have -yet
a game reduced the crowd's
spirit -to almost 'nothing. .
This spirit in the list two
games was kept up with the
aid of the chime and fight
songs, many of which used to
be heard only at football games.
The Whole outlook of the
basketball games switched•
.froth : a two-hour sitting ses
sion to two hours of lively
action. The spectators once
again felt they were , part of thz
sport.
It is my hope that the idea'
of the band and cheerleader 3
at the basketball games will
not be forgotten now that this
year's , basketball season is
over.
Next year whin the" season
rolli around it would be nice 16
see them back again. There is
one selection that should be
'added to the pieces the band
plays. That would be the Alma
Mater. It could be played either
before the game or at halftime.
Next December is still a
long way off, but the best way
to start off a successful basket
ball season would be to have
plenty of spirit behind the
team from the beginning. There
is no better way to do this than
have cheerleaders and a band
at the first and every .home
game.
--,Arthur Epslibi
WEDNESDAY, - FEBRUARY 28, 1962
died fighting the U.N. battle in
Kiting*, but we have provided
money and supplies to the U.N.
command seeking to reunify
the Congo.
Thus, it is neither t in our best
interest nor morally right to
allow Tshombe to come to this
country and accept an award
from a group of self-proclaimed
super-patriots. • , • '
Such a ,visit would not only
appear as en inconsistency in
'our foreign policy,. but might
give Tshombe, an impression
able' man of erratic action, a
false sense of support.
Letters
Rationality
Of 'Experts'
Questioned
TO THE EDITOR: I• am inter
ested in the article by Mr.
Myers regarding the advertise
ment against the resumption of
nuclear testing. It appears that
Mr. Myers sees no basis for the
feelings of the signers and
concludes that the President
will make the best decisions
because .he has as advisors the
top men from all branches of
science.
The latter assumpiton must be
considered again. The queition
I raise is "Are these top ,!men
free to make,
_rational dei
sions?"
On this point, I submit the
following: McCone. newly ap-.
pointed director of the CIA. has
financial interests involved in
military contracts. That pro
feesional military , men from
general to private hope for war
to increase promotion and pres
tige is no secret.
Also, congressional leadeti
receive • most of their backing,
monetary and moral (pressure).
'from the large industrial giants
who thirst for lucrative gov
ernment contracts.
All the above came out in .
favor' of testing nuclear weap
ons saying that we; must keep
up with the Russians. (They
admit, however, that there is
now enough nuclear power to
blow up the world seven times).
Can men so economically bound
to war make rational decisibns?
I think Mr. Myers should
consider his use of the
"naive" and. consider ,other
ideas besides those of (in his
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