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Editorial Opinion
Due Recognition
Tpmorrow, on Mother's Day, many of the women’s
organizations on campus will honor outstanding coed
undergraduates at the first campus-wide Honors .Assembly
in the recent history of the University.
The woman having the top scholarship record in each
college, with the" exception of Mineral Industries,- will be
named .as a Mortar Board Scholar.
* Chimes, Scrolls and Mortar Board hat societies will
tap mew members and the Education Student Council will
present a scholarship and an outstanding senior award.
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Lambda
Delta honorary societies and Cwens hat society will recog
nize their hew members.
We praise Mortar Board hat society, initiator of the
; assembly, and all other groups and persons instrumental
in arranging this program.
By presenting their awards at an open assembly, the
societies participating are adding stature to their awards
through campus-wide publicity as well as giving the
recognition due to those being honored.
By scheduling the program for Mother's Day when
many parents are on campus, hat societies are giving par
ants of ihojse being honored the opportunity to sea their
daughters receive the honor, a-privllege usually impossible
in the past;
In the future we would like to see this Honors Assem
bly • continued, and expanded to encompass the, awards
given to men as well as to women. - \
We WQuld like to see a truly all-University Honors
Day when all. of the hat societies would tap new members,
, when all honorary societies would recognize new mem
bers and when all colleges would give their outstanding
students the recognition due them.
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Little Man on Campus by Dick Biblai
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. : UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA i
HERBERT WITHER
' Business Managey
the AP
Command
It’s Mother’s Weekend on the
campae. Florisf’s trucks zoom
up and down thtt hills otj Uni
versity Park making a sharp
contrast with j the perennial
strollers on the MalL Students
you- thought lived day and
night in <shr' nd h
mudas suddi
to the teeth
suits, ties
cfresses.
.The ' cam]
indeed re;
for the
event T r
are in i
bloom, li
(the ones 1
haven't b e
picked) swei
the air and
Myers has pi
dieted fair miss palmer
weather for the weekend. The
setting is ready.
The narrator enters: Mem
bers of the University family
(as a whole) arise. Over yonder
mountains the parents come.
Prepare to greet them with best
behavior. Let there be no ber-
. mu das in the dining halls this
- weekend. Let be no mass
riots, panty raids or firecrack.-
er exhibition this weekend.
Let there be a spirit of com
radeship and composure in the
Nittany Valley, -{exit narrator)
The play's the thing and so
it . begins: ,
. jMux and Pop ara spotted
through Joe (College's high
power telescope Mounted in his
window. How strange it is for
Joe to have this instrument
directed away ijrom .the girls'
dorms!
It’s time for ji quick check.
Is the car clean and new-look
ing? It would never do for the
Letters
Grad Student
Challenges
Orton's Views
TO THE EDITOR: I read Sara
lee Orton's column, “Lest We
Forget . . , ”, ... . interesting,
terribly unoriginal, but inter
esting. If I’ve heard ‘'thunder
on the right,” “witch-hunter,”
“far more destructive than the
communists," etc. once, I’ve
heard them tod many times.
1 don’t object to the ideas being
old (most good, ones are), it’s
just that she, poor girl, finds
it necessary to put them for
ward in- the same old' way. As
it turns out, she sounds as if
she’s been memorizing New
York Times editorials.
Bui, alas, l cannot restrict my
criticism solely to Saralee's
descriptive powers, I must 90
a little further. I challenge
Saralee to prove that members
of YAF fall into the category
of "witch-hunters," ie, self
appointed executioners of in
ternal communists at all
costs. I know YAF members on
campus; I've read National YAF
publications: I r ve noticed no
witch-hunting; and hope it
does' not exist.
I hate to charge you, Saralee,
with irresponsiblity (of the Mc-
Carthy type), but If you desire
to make such' charges I think
it only proper that you back
your own “witch-hunting with
substantial and unequivocal
proof immediately;
This should have beyn done
It) your . column. To charge
"methods they (members of
YAF) sue may contribute far
more to the' destruction of
democracy than .: • . commu
nists,** is a very j serious act.
This must not go unproven.
It is your duty to expose this
organization far what it is. If
you find you are unable to
gather the necessary' over
whelming proof, proof so over
whelming that every' detail
and nuance of your charge is
verified, then,) Saralee,: I sug
gest you retire from the staff
of The Daily Collegian as an'
irresponsible witch-hunteress.
—John J. McHala
Grad Student
Performance
folks to pull up in a ratty
looking car! j i
When Joe sees them, the car
no longer matters. After Muz
finds out that she’s lookin’
great and Pop is made to rea
lize that he has gained a little
weight, the weekend begins in
fulLswing. f
First thing on the agenda—out
to the House. Joe's just-pledged
a fraternity and Mr. and Mrs.
College "just gotta meet the
brothers ... 1 they're great!"
Joe. hasn't begun his, pledging
period yet.
Out at the j House instruc
tions are ma'dej names are for
gotten and a few dropped. Aft
er standing around smiling at
other parents. Pop suggests
that they go back to the campae
and look over a few “cultural
attractions” of the University.
Joe gets a little worried, but
hopes he’ll be able to find some.
The libe sounds like an ultra
cultural place to begin the tour.
Joe takes Muz and Pop for a
cigarette in the smoking room
and they all sit for a while on
the steps.
What's next? Joe's worried.
That's it! The. art exhibit in
the HUB. "It's wonderful,
dear," for about five minutes
end lhen il's time to hit the LD
for a coke. After aIL it's an
awfully warm afternoon.
Another stop ... a five min
ute stand on. the steps of
Boucke. Joe. tells his parents
Letters
Feasibility of 'Bureau'Doubted
TO THE EDITORt Now that
USG has a Student Opinion
Bureau (abbreviated well,
you know it’s! abbreviated), I
would like to express the first
opbilon: It woh’t work.
The' idea,, folks, is to take
“issues” that word can hide
the stupidest things and ask
a random sample 1 of students
by telephone how they feel. I
urge you all to reply, “Fine,
thank you,” and hang up un
less you're a .male type and
wish to ask the surveyoress for
a date. |
Let us take two sample "is
sues": Penn’State'has rejoined
the National Student Associa
tion on a one-year trial basis.
The decision —' r presumably an
intelligent one was met after
presentation of argument in
two successive sessions of the
Congress, one of them over four
hours long. And even as lha
question wet called one repre
sentative changed his mind be
tween a show-of-hands vote and
the roll-call vote taken', two
minutes later.;
You would be asked to make
the same decision in a three
minute phone call. I do not
mean, of course, to imply that
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j SATURDAY. MAY 12. 1962
by ann palmer ;- —
he w much fun'this is between
his S o’clock and second period
HUB hour. ts
Suddenly Joe thinks of THE
place to go. Hort' Woods. Pop
odens up with a sly grin at the
mention of this historic land
mark. Pop shares an office with
jbl Penn State-alumnus.
From the 1 serene shadows of
"the woods" it's only a few
giant steps to the creamery—
the favorite stop for University
visitors from far and near- It's
bittersweet for Muz, peanut-,
butler ripple for Pop and va
nilla for Joe and once again
they're on the move. Joe looks
at his watch and sees that it's,
almost time for dinner el the
House. He plots their course
and decides the shortest route
.. will be back past the HUB.
iAs the trio passes this mod
em structure a horde of
screaming females emerges
wearing hats of many colors.
Some are dancing, some are
cheering but all of them are
leaping around.
| Joe groans and mumbles an
explanation—“ Women! It must
be the Honors Assembly getting
out!’’
After the typical House din
ner of roast beef, peas and
mashed potatoes. Muz and Pop
drive off in their shiny car
headed for home,
j Whew! Sure was a hectic
weekend but it was great to
see the folks!
you might not arrive at a
sounder conclusion.
| Two years ago a committee
was empowered by the interim
government to inves tiga t e
chartering buses to take stu
dents home to the larger cities
at the end of each term and
possibly to bring- then! back
for the next. Nothing was done
until the middle of last term
tyhen Dennis Foianini personal
ly contacted several bus lines,
one of which said it could pro
vide the reduced-fate service*
He was seeking if given suf
ficient notice.
! Foianini fed the information
back to a new committee, and,
with less than four weeks re
maining In this term.. that's
right where the idea sits. Want
to survey that. Mr. Wharton?
Then save yourself the phone
bill.
! Just post'a sign-up sheet on
the travel board in the HUB
and advertise it prominently in
the Collegian. If “favorable
opinions” show up make one
phone call to the bus com-
Eanyi. Just think you hardly
ave. to get up off your swivel
chair.
| Want any more opinions? r
—Lawrence Cameron. '64
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