PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion USG's Housing List ; With the end of the term approaching and students beginning to look for downtown housing ior the summer . terin and for next fall, USG must take definite acticmi to correct certain deficiencies in the USG housing list if ihis list is going to benefit the large number of students want ing to use it. I | At the present time according to Suzanne Flinchbaugh, .chairman, only four other persons are working on this committee. Each of these students works one night a week from 7 toi 9 bringing the list up to date, receiving additional calls and taking messages from the automatic answering service which USG purchased to answer calls during! the day.- I This answering service, apparently, has not been too effective since over 60 per cent of those landlords using the list who we randomly contacted yesterday said they have had/difficulty getting in contact with USG to have * their names added to the list. We suggest that USG enlarge this committee, which provides a more important service to the student body than perhaps any other student government committee. USG must insure that this valuable non-discriminatory housing'.list is a profitable addition to the services provided by student government rather than a part-time appendage to USG as it is now. In addition, some provisions must be made to maintain this list over vacations. This' year Miss Flinchbaugh has given up a part of her vacations to keep the list up to date. But what'ls going to happen in and early . September when students are seeking fall residence? Will i an administrative office have to assume responsibility for • this project which student government fought to take ' from the dean of men’s office. With a new executive branch of USG, a thorough re view of this existing committee should be undertaken before many new projects are started. Get Down to Specifics The process of building a strong student government is a long and arduous one requiring dedicated leaders and staunch supporters. The Undergraduate Student Government at this University currently faces the task of enlisting support and it can do this only by insuring every student that a continuous and conscious effort is being made to better the University. And yet the question'constantly arises: "What does USG do for us?” A. resolution calling for a committee to study the feasibility of publishing a brochure on USG appears on the agenda for tonights meeting. This resolution recommends that such a brochure in clude “the history, functions, structure and of the Undergraduate Student Government.’’ f We strongly support the publication of suclrV booklet which would be aimed primarily toward Freshmen but urge that an additional category be added to its content— achievements of USG. The Congress must get down to specifics. It must show students- what it has done in the past as concrete evidence that it will accomplish its goals in the future. Summaries of USG structure and activities are already offered to the student annually in the Student Handbook. A repeat of such over-simplified information would result in a waste of effort and funds. .However, a close look into what student government at this “University means to the student, what it has achieved an 'what it plans for the future would be a valuable investment. : ‘f A frank and interesting account of the opportunities afforded by a growing student government cduld serve as an important tool in combating student apathy if it were supplied to ail incoming freshrhen who are still * open-minded” about its possibilities. / We m-ce the Congress to organize this committee which should begin work immediately on such a project. The fall term Orientation Week is fast approaching. A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom Stye Dathj (HoUfman Successor to The Free Land, est. 1817 *•«•**» Satardar jaaratnc darta* tka UatmaKr raar. Tha OHctlM fc * cfadcnt-apcraUd nmpftift. Ent«n4 w immMui mttn I. at Uh Stale Call***. Fa. Part Office andtha act at March I, 187$. Mall B«Wcrifttn Priaai |CN a yaar Mania* A44ma Baa 281* State CaQe**, PC ~ Member of The Associated Prc.s ANN PALMER ,__ HERBERT WITHER Editor •ajW** Business Mutg« THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY- PARK. PENNSYLVANIA ,| • j Subversion is noit a pleas ant topip. The idea of commu nists nibbling away- at our so ciety from within sufficient to cause shivers along spines and thunder from right-wing groups. But m * people com] tent to jur feel that have far m to fear, f commun forces ‘ with< than wi\ The da n t from an inti al‘ Communis! party now il- legal by stat- Ml B ® orrow j ute and :tiny in membership should no longer be reason for hysteria. The task of the Amer ican people is to mobilize-to meet the threat of Soviet Rus|- sia and Communist China, not to hunt down persons suspected of left-wing ideas. ! ' However, there ; are a great many people in our country who are not convinced. They Fraternity Domination qui stjH? 1 I —— Lest We Forget... Letters Questioned TO THE EDITOR: Spring is here, and from under the rocks of University party and the moldy woodwork of IFC crawl out the unknown student lead ers for their brief moment In the sun. With little black dinks bobbing to “Button Frosh" and “Where's the propeller?", they skip merrily hand in hand, stopping only to rive profound oblations to Old Main and the Great God Steinfcauer. j Rejoicing in th£ diminishing shadow of Dennis Fojanini, they : chant Pigojisi’s war cry of giving USG back to the fra ternities. With Baker ruling USG, Sos IFC, ’and Pergam TIM; but with oply four hat men on the USG Congress, the cry is still valid.' | Congratulation]) to Llon'i Paw —two memhiri from Phi Sigma Delia lasi year..lh» year before, and! this year. too. Such continuity is seldom found in a campus organisation. The selection pf this group 1 bring up an interesting ques tion. What do ymi do with two hat&r—wear them: on alternate days, grow another head, wear them one on topi of the other, or perhaps one ion each ear? In the-jlatter casje do you use the frat pin to pttach one to one ear and bubblegum for the other? l- , Finally, congratulations to A 1 Fcihgold: l Seldom has a more coherent and valjd criticism! of the “establishment" appeared in print. Blit, Al„ be careful!'l have visions of 1 your being dnimmed out ofj Beaver Sta dium between two wobbly, varicolored lineal of hatmen facing outward. 1 The Marine Corps gave that; up—but Kai ifc? n Security Office Problems Threaten Berlin Discussions i j i / i By J. M. ROBERTS / j Associated Press News Analyst j The United States Has said in effect; if not lh direct words, that she, will not make definite proposals to the Soviet Union regarding the future of Germany and West Berlin without [approval; of the Bonn/government. But one of Washington’s difficulties lies in the search for something with which! to j j— : keep the Soviet negotiations probing the Soviet! Union going, as the British, Norwe- Bonn/ is probing th 4 United gians and others want, J as States to see if she) can get against the French and German something such as. a Euro desire to drop the whole busi- pean-controlled nuclear de ness in the belief that nothing fense—to balance thle effects to which the Soviet Union tyill if there ever is any giveaway, agree will be anything but bad /As a side issue, -acerbity is for the West. | heightened not only] between There is also; the difficulty Germany and the United of guaging true German feel- Stales, but also between Brit ing when Chancellor Konrad ain and Germany. 1 Adenauer frequently contra- In the background of this is diets the views pis own minis-- something which everybody ten are expressing to Allied has tried to shove under the representatives. ;The aging man rug. Consciously or junconsci has 'done this often, not only ously, amid all of Washington’s with'regard to Berlin, but also enthusiasm about British mem wilh regard to other problems bership in the European Com and even in internal affairs. | mon Market, Britain Another problem in Washing- she is being pushed. I ton is that, while the/State She attempts to operate on Department insists on/going a basis of modem practicality, ahead with what it calls I a But in the background one of probe of Soviet intentions, I a the things pressing on her is great many members of the the growth of Germany as the administration and,people ojut strongest economic (power in in the country are inclined to Europe, the growirig French agree with Adenauer, that the . and German economic entente stalemate can only, be broken j within the Commoi Market, by some sort of Allied appease- w and the enhancement of Fran ment and giveaway. j co-German relations through I There are suggestions that a common view on the Berlin ,' while the State Department .is problem. Praises Students (ESHSEP" —DU« Scott ‘64 j TO THE EDITOIt: The Depart ment of Securisy wishes to commend the Spring Week Committee and til participants in the recent Spring Week Car nival for their cooperation, [ in terest and attitude for safety. The substantial booth struc tures. the. provision of signs and enforcement’of no smoking within booths, i provision I of adequate fire j extinguishers, and the obeyance of traffic land parking regulations all com bined, to provide am extreniely jsafe environment for everyono attending. the Carnival. ' We sincerely appreciate the cooperation of dll those con cerned. —William C. pelt on. Department of Sacuriiy —Howard 0., Triebold. Jr* Btkfoty . J —John F. Galtiida. Chi*!. Campus Patrol find witch-hunting and sub versive scare? far more, ex citing than a \cold analysis of the foreign threat The John Birch society,. Neo-Minutemen and members' of YAF fall in this category as do a great many people who should know better. . , •! ' ! _ Let me just remind these people that the methods they use may contribute far more to the destruction of democ racy than the action of the communists within our coun try. ' Our universities have been traditional strongholds for the freedoms of speech'and associa tion guaranteed by our Consti tution. Thus, they have been the happy hunting grounds of those who claim to be ridding our country of "subversive in fluences". I. Senator McCarthy 1 and his' colleagues made an all-out at tempt to turn “academic free dom!’ into a myth several years ago. There are still those' to day who would cleanse univer sities of all who do not hold the “acceptable" beliefs. 1 Are these people afraid that democratic principles cannot compete with communist ide ology in a fair and!open en counter? Do they have so little c —fidence in the young people of '3 country that they thmk interpreting fj£€? that£ real music t &.** THATS THE SORT OF MUSIC! UiUOSTCm \ J ‘ THAT PEOPLE LIKE! NOT THAT STAN? IT! Jx s®sl —|F-<, v t i£&z' ( THURSDAY. MAY lb. 1962 by saralee orton a few persuasive communists will cause mass desertion of democratic ideals? ] Th& lack of confidence is a disservice to both American , principles and American youth. Democratic principles are suf ficiently viable to meet those of communism. If they are not, ■ then ,we might as well admit v that the communists are. right and we’ve bee'n following a. pipe dream since 1776. And let me remind these peo ple that those who are [college students now will be leading the country in years to come. If they can't be' trusted lo ad here to American principles, now. will a few years equip ( them to assume this responsl- 1 bility? j The freedoms of speech and association can be , annoying and downright dangerous. They . encourage cranks and they give protection to' those who do , not share our beliefs. But these / freedoms are essential to the / democratic concept .of j the in-/ dividual’s right to think as hS - chooses. To suppress them is to undermine democracy. ■ / Perhaps the prime virtue/of these freedoms, perhaps /the prime virtue/of democracy/is a negative thing. The alternative is worse. The alternative 'is totalitarianism. ;•
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