PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Handbook of Professors • We read on the facade of the Pfdtee!Library that "a University is a collection of books." !But in these progres sive days it is much more. , It is a constantly growing structural giant, it is a forum for minds stimulated by knowledge and it is a .faculty—a well-qualified, energetic i faculty dedicated to truth. At this University where manyidiverse activities are promoted, there is too often a tendency to overlook the primary purpose—intellectual venture and achievement. President Walker said this year in his "State of the University" report that he must build Nuality into the University's faculty in order -to elevafe it to a, position even higher_ than that in which it new ' r ests.. The focus on this University' ficulty is becoming sharper nowadays than it has ever been before. Students must recognize this desire for quality and promote it. '",Student Councils are closely bound to the aims and interests of their individual colleges and should' seek to fOster the intellectual advancements of their respective faculties. We. thfirefore, recommend that. !student councils undertake the publication of a boo*let! containing infor mation about the faculty members 'of-their colleges. Such a "faculty handbook" should -contain a . 4661 summary of each person'sl , educationali background; aca demic achievements and specializd interests. A special committee might even evalUate each professor on his en thusiasm and ability to communicate his, course material. This booklet would be an invaluable guide for all students, particularly "uninformed" freshmen, in choos ing courses s And professors. This book would enable both freihmen and students already attending the University to seek out facultimem berswith interests similar to theii own for professional 'advice or informaldiscussion. If such a handbook were published! and updated year ly by each student council, the project would directly benefit the entire University by..bringing to light the achievements and new advances beinV made by the Uni versity's faculty—facts too often hidden from the public eye. _ , We urge all the student councils it. 6 strongly consider publishing such a faculty booklet 'which would not only benefit individual colleges but, the entire Pennsylvania State University. A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial i:reetlont Elatty Qintltutan Successor to The Free Laece. ; est. Ill? P'isidiaterri Tuesday through Saturday morning during tho University year. Tim Malty Collegian is a atudeat-operated newspaper) Entered as second-clam matter July 5, int at the State College, Pa. Post Officefunder the act of March S. 117 f. - Mall Subscription Prim: 116.1/0 ,• Year Mailing Address Sas 241. State college. Pa. Member of The Associated; Pre.s ANN PALMER _ Editor , 0160" Managing liditor, Carol Kankiman: City litditorstisa Mekan and David 114liocit News and World Affairs Editor. [ay NeF t s and Features Editor. Sandra Yaggi: Editorial Editors. Joel Myers and David onkel: Sports Co-editors. Joh. Morris sad Dean Slllkki Photography Cooditors, Tee Browns and_ Den Cato man; Personnel Director. Saralee Orton. Local Ad Mgr.. Joan Ryakil Assistant Local Ad Mgr.. 'ant Silvaratals: ilatisstal Ad Mgr., Barbara Brown; Cneilt Mir. Ralph Priodniant Assistant Credit Mgr.. Harry Ram*: Promotion MEC, Barry Levitz;; Claasitkd Ad Mgr, Catherine Barmor: Circalotion Mgr.. Mama Clumsier; Peraminel Mgr.. Anita Hell: Offk. Mgr.. Lynn Murphy. aIMENE HE'S 6OVEM) HE'SME ONLY ME WHO 1; u I JUST KNOW EVER TAKES THEM.. lj WS' 63T 'E M! .—. 7 ... q /,...,....., / oi a A 0. 11 .a 1.1 inlt.-1-11-LCO ....2t. ....:_;, , N• ... vs ,/ • '% c , 1 THAT COG IS GOING 10 THEXONTNLY MEETING OF DRIVE ME CRAM • THE PINECREST PTA UAL NOW 03ME-TO ORDER; • 0 .....1 f • ' 40.6 7 1 0 . _ .• • allirAliil It cs. .-141iiit tie, ....--...00._ . . 1 . • THE DAILY C.OLLEGIAN, UNIVERSRYf PARK) PENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WITMER Business Manager qul Wit Needed: There are five comments that almost inevitably follow the casual remark that you are a Penn State studentj provid ing, of course, that the person replying is not another. Penn State student. The' gems that everyone ha s undoubtedly heard are: *That's in Philadelphia, isn't- it?-, •Uh, where is that ; exactly? •Oh, that's where they have all the parties! . •Do 31.011 know .:, . .? •What made yol go there? Obviously this University v i has a public relations problem. I'm sure students at Harvard and Vassar don't ha e to cope with these questions. Ev en stu dents at Penn probably ,come off easier. . It seems rather .a 'shame to an optimistic soul z like - myself that our fair Alma 1 Mater is so little known tope public at large. A Univers y which has everything, with the ex- 1 Snowedi GOP Attack The Republican . Party. took another step toward political disaster in the Noverber Con gressional elections Thursday when it viciously attacked President Kennedy actions in the Government-Bigl Steel fight over steel prices lasf week. In a statement issued by GOP Congressional lead - houses, Ken nedy was charged with di recting or sup- t porting a series of actions that imperiled basic American rights, went far beyond the law, and were more characteristic of a police state than a free gov ernment. Nine events were cited which in •the words of thel GOP were "punitive, heavy••hinded and -frightening" and taken cumu latively constricted an un precedented use cif "naked po litical power." - For the party l:hat is trying desperately to -win:.he crucial votes of minority 'm mbers and city dwellers by destroying its "Big Business" latiel. such a statement was politically un sound and potentially destruc tive. - Although the uta l ternent did IMEZN U.S.-Soviet Relations On Beriii Discussed By J. M. ROBERTS its poisibilities as a means of L reement. Associated Press littws Aga hist agA t.. 5.. nd so long as there att. n The United States is pursu- , gotiations going on about Ber ing a settlement , of the Berlin Yin. the Soviets will be trying question when jus t ! about the to use them to drive a wed trying between West Germany and only hope is a - I cit wider- her allies. , I standing that neither side By getting the• United Stags should press the other too hard to agree to the attendance of there. I • East German representatives as observers of the work of an The United States Isipuisu- • international commission .lo` ing the questionf disarma- ' supervise agreed regulation Of ment when just a ut the only z l Western access to Berlin the hope is for establ' hpent of a Soviets. wouldbe able to instil propaganda position,- and ' the' just such a wedge. Even tile c only real expectStiOn is for re- mention of it already ha a newel of The nuclear arms race cause d trou bl e . , i , at an-accelerated pace. The Soviet Union; by keep- Secretary-General U Thant ing Germany divided, takes i a of the United Nations, who is position which •is extremely expected to visit 1 the Soviet popular among her Eastern Eu- Union In an effort to encourage ropean satellites and Yugosta just the sort of standstill which via. She's going -to' keep On -- 7 is envisioned by' al good many making noises about it bjit - 1 : 1 2. Newc : people behind the scenes in doing little else fora long L'r r .l ) ,lrer Dl 4. Washington, would, of course. time. . , 1 7 :AO CAMPUS BEAT like to see It trxtend beyond As for the -Geneva disarms- . T f Do News—Re.irw and Preview the single issue of 'i3erlin. , meet conference, 'it is' sched- ,NO it=e l eTi tros F ranco The "fascinalion" on ' the uled to report to the United ' - 8:00 N•ws part of Soviet ; 4elegatei at: Nations June 1, and that lis l:41 ContemForery Coueepts Geneva with- the 14.er U.S. dis- just about as long as it can :2 lciadair: sad ' Retie°a armament proposals is more be kept open' by Soviet "con- tin ii eceeserii-e r -kluet sewn likely to be directed' at its pos- sideration" of the U.S. propos- . Tleq., 5 , • sibilities as a means of con- als and their own counter pro- 10: 00 4 1 :** 89 "I tI N Z osai alumr tinuing the talkie than to w ard Posals• i use see-eix New. PR !Icictics . by Saralee ortOn 1 .. . , -ption of Easter vacation, tense interest in public a ff airs.. •• ouldn't hide its light under And after a quick look at' cu ;r - bushel. rent politics, it seems to me that After devoting considerable Prexy might ptove a-winning time and thought to the matter, dark horse, anththat would end I feel that lam ready to offer ;our worries about legislatiye •. me suggestions which would - :appropriations. put Penn State on the map— •Cultivate a iradical student and not at Philadelphia. My jgroup and giv. lots ' of pub-' Vast experience in public rela- ;„ li city. Undoub tedly. t 1 s would tions gives me reasonable ido a great deal-towards 'im assurance !proving our aeademic• image. a small el i Only very intellectual colleges exerted in i have radical stndent . groupsj. area will i 0 Extend an f offer- to Presi a, king wk l dent Kennedy to construct the This is IA i moon rocket. on campus. Our we d ean do i interest in national security , e'Run F I and our evident • technical 1 ident Wali : know-how would not go unap for goverr predated by the patriotic -citi- A' well-off 1 zens of 'our country. ized camp, . •Have a Penn State coed would d r I crowned Miss America. A Miss a t t e n.t i American can bpost the Univer to the Uni- " 14115 L'icw'l sity's prestige as well as attract verity and convince the Com- • promising yoti'ng male stu monwealth population that we . dents. Two Miss Americas are a University with:, an in- ; would be even better. Look what they didlfor Ole Miss! •Conduct , in ' advertising campaign. Imagine how many people would be impressed by a color shot of Old Main on the back of Life magazine accom panied by some catchy ;slogan like "A •Thinking Isil,an'i Uni.= versity." l by joel myers- I'm sure thafan active imagi nation is exactly what we need not defend the steel price in- in the University's public rela crease bin concentrated on tions departrneht. I'll.be avail criticizing the President's tac- able 'in June; 1988, if they can tics in forcing the companies tot get along without me until rescind, it will undountedly be then. . t. interpreted by many, as a voice , of support for Big Steel. i, - President Kennedy won 'a i • . major political victory when 1 Letters ' he pressured the major steel i'.' producers to back . down on their announced price hike. He I stood up against some of the 1 nation's biggest and wealthiest interests on behalf of the aver-1 age consumer and in the inter-1 est of the nation's economic • health. Although a Kennedy political victory indirectly means a Republican setback. it wasn't: until GOP leaders publicly de nounced the President's actions! that the Democrats reaped the: full benefit of the Administra-1 tion's triumph. ' jri the past many Republi-I cans have accused Kennedy and: his fellow Democrats of follow ing inflationary policies. Yet,': when Kennedy made hisl strongest move to prevent in-I nation he was strongly criti- . cized by many of these same' Republicans. • This demonstration of polit- I ical opportunism will tend to substitute the Democrat i charge that the GOP is the party of "negativism" and "op-:, position". SATDRDAY. APRIL 21, 19 Jr. Speaks for intelligeOt Votes TO THE EDITOR: On weane-s -day evening TIM Council had the privilege of hearing the candidates for the top three USG officespeak 'on their platfornis and their -hopes. Next week we will elect our student leaders for the coming year. In making our 'selection we have the: obligation ',of choosing the 'candidates best qualified for each position. Popularity and personal friend;' ship should not influence our votes. f Here at Penn State we seem to have forgotten that selecting officers is only the beginning in having an effective student government. We must demand. the best of our!leaders and give them oUr best When the election is com pleted, we must remain watch ful to See that everything Nero wish accomplished is done. We must be • willing to listen to what opr officers have-to !ay and to "I help them when they desire help. • A university can have only one all-university president, but it can have and should have many . leaders. Nof being! a member of USG or some other governing body does not mean that we should not actively participate in bettering our University. Think carefillly - - s and vote in telligently. The rational deci sions of the student body next week will determine the form of student government for:the coming year. --Coiair Williams 13 WDFM Schedule - SATURDAY 1:00 Teased Metropolitan Orr* 6:00 News 5:05 Saturday at State 5:55 Weathers:ooe 7:00 ITi.Fi OPea Komi ...Oil Offbeat - 1:00 MTGOOB 1:15 Kites Coriter 87AY 1:00 Chapel Seri' 5:00 Chamber ask 6:15 Morales Totternaele Choir T:00 The Third - minium* MO DAY.
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