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Editorial Opinion
Bon Voyage ,
We would like to toss some bon voyage streamers and
confetti at those faculty members who jhave made the
Liberal Arts Study Abroad Program a reality.
The first group of Penn-JStaters will be leaving" in two
weeks for points east—Cologne, Germany, and Strasbourg,
France—where they will spend one term absorbing cul
ture and earning credits toward their Penn State diplomas.
We think the organization of the program has been
well conceived and executed. Students are paying the same
fee they would otherwise pay to the University, with trans
portation provided at a much reduced rate.
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Further, the centers at which the students will study
' will provide-courses the students can credit toward their
degrees, thus avoiding transfer difficulties and wasted
energies.
We hope the talk of extending the number of Euro
pean centers materializes so that more students can profit
from both the cultural and academic aspects of the pro
gram. ■ (< ;
We think many of them will return from the expert- *
ence with a more sophisticated view of the world/and its
problems. j
Most important, these students may be able to view
their nation in the perspective of a larger world. Such a
view is sometimes difficult toj- acquire in the Nittany
Valley. j
Trustee Elections
Charles Stewart, a State; College resident, wrote a
letter to the Centre Daily Times recently that deserves
some comment, ‘ ;
Mr. Stewart suggested that; Albert E. Diem, past vice
president for business be elected to the University) Board
of Trustees in the approaching balloting for these seats.
ThU newspaper heartily concurs with Mr. Stewart,
both in noting Diem's accomplishments while at Penn
State and in regretting that ihe can no longer serve the
University.
As a man appreciative of the sundry problems! of this
institution, as a man of strong conviction, and. as a Penn
State graduate- Diem would, we think, act sincerely for
the best interests of the University community as a trustee.
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Business Manager
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Students Ask
Freedom Use,
Not Abuse
TO THE EDITOR! Excitement,
over, the temporary ceasing of
publication of the University
of Pennsylvania's student
newspaper has permeated most
of the college campuses in the
East, including Penn State.
There" seems to be a “where’s
freedom of the press?” reaction
which ' was well summarized
in Thursday's Collegian editor
ial.
It Is possible that many of
us have resorted to impulsive
reaction in lieu of careful con
sideration of the situation at
Penn. It is certainly true that
student newspapers should not
have to tear the whims of ad
ministration officials or stu
dent government organisations
that might control what is
printed.
However, there has not been
sufficient evidence presented in
the,rtews reports and editorials
featwjed in the Philadelphia
papeaf-and the Daily Collegian
to conclude that such condi
tions exist at the University of
Pennsylvania.
In just how„ much poor taste
were the Daily Pennsylvanian's
articles written? What were the
accusations made, and exactly
how were they worded? No
newspaper seems anxious to
display the all-important in
formation.
If not only lha Penn admin
istration but also the Men's
Student Government organisa
tion was highly concerned
about the editorials, then per
haps those editorials weren't
such glorious words for stu
dent liberty as might first be
expected..
After all, there really is such
a thing as “bad taste” and
“irresponsible journalism.”
What kind of freedom are we
talking about anyway? It is
certainly not a freedom 'that
expects a student newspaper
to fill its pages with smut,
pornography or off-colored at
tacks on personalities.
At all universities it is ex
pected that the student organ
will respect the privilege of
free expression of ideas. Free
dom of the press should; be
used, not abused. ,
—Aida Yoplin '6l
—Robert Toplin '62
(Ed. Note: Personal tastes,and
prejudices determine what is
and .what is not “in bad taste ”
or “irresponsible journalism.”
While the press should demon
strate responsibility, no ! put
side force should have juris
diction over newspaper policy.
Although the Penn parody
issue had been described to
us, we received a copy ! only
yesterday. It , was no more
crude-than a typical Froth
parody of the Collegian. This
is worth suppressing?)
BULLETIN,
By Ira Miller
Disassociated Press
Sports Writer
NEW. YORK (DP) How
high is up is a question that
was tossed for a loop last night
at the Knights of Columbus
track meet at Madison Square
Garden.
John Uelses bettered his
own world record in the pole
vault, vaulting 16 feet, 9%
Inches before withdrawing be
cause of a hungnaiL Uelses
declined to try, for 17 feet for
fear of aggravating the injury
despite the fact that he had
cleared 16-9% by more than a
foot
He was experimenting with
a new escalator-type pole made
'by the Otis Elevator Company
in Yonkers.
■ 'John Thomas, former world
record holder in the high jump,
reclaimed his old mark by leap
ing 8 feet, 4V4 indies. At the
time, Thomas was leaping from
a springboard built into the
ground by the K of C officials
in an attempt to produce a
world record. It did.
, Miler Jim Beatty, not sched
uled to compete in the! meet
showed up in civvies, entered
at the last minute and gajve the
crowd a thrill by turning the
mile in 3254,- for a world
record, i
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a la carte
Parody . ."j Propier?;
—— : by karen hyneckeal -
The function of a campusj newspaper is to infomi its
readers, most of whom are students.
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Thorough, accurate and clear reporting of the events
concerning students, is an inherent part of, the papers
responsibility. Entertaining is not. !
■ Student journalist at the I University, of Pennsylvania
recently published a parody
issue of their newspaper which
resulted in a chaotic argument
over freedom .of the press and
many other “principles.”
Personally, I don’t believe
the University should have, or
has the right to,
paper’s, publicaf
isn’t my main
concern. Rath
er, I wonder
about.the un
necessary and
i r r e s p onsible
waste of space
which the paro
dy entailed, i
I have read
the issue in,
question and ! I j
was amused.
Nonetheless, I
would have prel
campus humor magazine or
some other publishing group;
sponsor it. Not the newspaper.!
Certainly, a. newspaper, par-;
ticularly, on a campus, can be’
lively and Interesting while re
porting clearly and accurately..
Editorials need not be stuffy;
and editors’ columns can be!
rjrsonal and : interesting. But!
cannot see ignoring the news'
Interpreting *
Red Divergence>
Viewed %'Expert 7
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Priss Net os Analyst
Some thoughts after sdanning a week’s news:
John Foster Dulles used to say there wereino experts
on the Soviet Union. But' Donald,S. Zagoria,.member of
the Social Science Division of the Rand Corp., has pro
duced what is just about; an expert a treatise on the
Sinp-Soviet conflict as one
could hope for. ed there.
_ _ Zagona foresees a continuing
Zagoria was far 10 Tears an _ divergence of communism un
asalTSt of, Soviet politics for der various national forces,
the government and the Rand And his' reasoning inevitably-
Corp. Is an advisory research prodi ces in the reader-a won- 5
organization for. the govern- dermirai whether, by adapting
ment - , a ! itself to national aspirations
Zagoria traces; the Sino- rjdhwr than trying to remain
Soviet divergence 'to Khrush- tied to Moscow, communism
chev’s ■ beginning of the del may ,-:oqt make itself more ac-
Stalinization i campaign at thia ceptafelo in non-Communist
20th party congress in 1956, countries,
which ■ was accompanied by. This, it appears likely, would
Chinese support for greater in- increase the strength of the
dependence among non-Rus- ideology everywhere, but at
siaa Communist parties and the expense of the artificial ties
for "greater autonomy for the ' created between the theory
Gonvulka regime in Poland aft- and its use as a .weapon for tra
er a revolt was narrowly avert- ditional Soviet: expansionism.
Letters
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Soph Questions Reasoning
TO THE EDITOR; In a recent to make “a decision ... based
column, “Faulty Advice" by ° n the sum of advice from top
Joel Myers in The Daily Colie- JP*“ of seience *
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gian ot February 27, the author These 452 psychologists, n -
called 452 New York psycholo- . 021 physicists, chemists, physi
gists naive. | ologists, and medics, and in-
A petition similar to the. open numerable educators across our
letter to President Kennedy own country, nofw find the
urging the United States not;to world situation so critical that
resume nuclear testing and they are spending much time
published by these 452 pay- and money in; such petitions
chologists in the New York and open letters to the Presi-
Times, was presented to the dent, to let him and the people
United Nations by Linus Paul- of the United States, and of the
ing and 11,021 world renowned world, know where they stand,
scientists from 49 countries.! Joel Myers' stands In
Would ' Joel also call complete accord with our free
them naive? , i dom, be expressed vocally and
In July 1955 shortly before in the press.
Albert Einstein's death the/- But wouldn’t it be a little
great physicist with Bertrand/ morp, discreet for him to re-
Russell mads an appeal !® efia, sped the views of hi* ahtago
nudear testing and the pcssi-. nists instead of calling them
hility of nuclear war. Does/ naive, and to make doubly sure
Jod Myers also call Albert'Em- before printing, who had used
stain and Bertrand Bussell “faulty reasoning." .
ndve? I —Charles VaclavOc H
If-President Kennedy is going
j SATURDAY. MARCH 3. 1962
function for the sheer purpose
of entertaining. j
Consequently, I have: little
sympathy for the Penn editors
although ’ they may be' right
legally. I enjoyed their Issue
but I don't respect it. *
If the paper had a . regular
practice, say annually, of print
ing a parody or if they used
it as an insert, then, possibQy
it would be a different but only
slightly different, story,' '
Sometimes we on the Col
legian are unwittingly, enter
taining in our attempt to cover
the events on this campus but
always, I think, we try, in our.
news columns, to - live 'up to
the responsibility we Have Un
dertaken, perhaps too inno
cently. ’
Your expectations I of the
fulfillment of this responsi
bility is revealed daily in your
letters to the editor end your
general comments on campus.
I think you make a distinc
tion between an attempt to re
port hews events) and an at
tempt to entertain. Ijthink you
expect us to makh that distinc
tion, too. l
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