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Editorial Opinion
La Vie Recognition
Of Campus' Expansion
i It has been the unstated policy of La Vie not to print
the activities in which a senior graduating from the
University has participated while attending a Common
wealth campus.
I La Vie has done this for so long that it has become a
tradition—one which unfortunately is out dated. J
! In the past La Vie has defended this practice stating
that most of the campuses offered only two-year pro
grams and that it was too difficult to check the validity
of a student's activities at another campus.
} Considering the growing importance of this Uni
versity's Commonwealth campuses we believe that La Vie
can no longer justify this tradition.
In recent years dthese branches of Penn State have
become more important to the expansion of the Uni
versity. In fact, the names of these branches have been
changed from “centers" to “campuses” to give a more
accurate picture of their position within the University’s
structure.
They are currently destined to play an even niore
important role in the expansion of the University. Next
fall 2,500 of the 5,500 freshmen admitted to the University
will enter one of the 13 Commonwealth campuses. And
President Walker has indicated that possibly in the future
all Penn State students will spend their freshman year
ait a Commonwealth campus. •
Although many students spend only one or two years
at a .campus, they often fill high positions of leadership in
the activities of that campus. At least tvfp of the candidates
for office in last month's student government elections
began their work with student government while attend
ing a Commonwealth, campus.
It would indeed be unfortunate if the outstanding
contributions to the University of these and other-transfer
students were not attributed to them in their yearbook.
The La Vie staff could compile a list of the major
activities at each Commonwealth campus with little diffi
culty. Such» list would protect La Vie from listing,non
existant or very minor activities and still allow for recogni
tion of outstanding transfer students.-
It would.be a simple matter for the La Vie staff to
contact a student's campus if a question about an activity
-should arise.
This year the La Vie staff for 1963 has done much
worthwhile revamping and we urge that the senior board
extend their up-dating plans to provide for these transfer
students.
The University is growing rapidly in areas other than
University Park. So are its student leaders.
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HERBERT WITHER
Business Manager
2 cemfs worth
Swing Votes Decisive
It seems ironic thiat neither
the party which controls the
executive branch of USG, nor
the party with which most of
\ the Congresr'
pathize contrt
the Congress.
This is 1
exemplified
the actioi
taken by Coi
gress Thursf'
night when 1
major piece>
legislation w
passed '
NSA propo:
and the 1
up
student opinion
bureau. These bills were pre
sented by opposing power
cliques in the Congress and
were not supported by the
other grotp.
The vote on both of these
bills; was close witji the NSA
proposal passing by) two votes,
13 to 11, and tine student
opinion bureau, biljt being, ap
proved, 13 to 9. ‘ijhese close
votes were recorded even
though suitable compromises
were worked out in both cases.'
Letters
Sr. Questions
Bomb Testing
TO THE EDITOIt: No one
wants war, nucleajr or other
wise." Linus Pawliijg is a very
distinguished p h y.s i s is t, no
doubt, but like tide cigarette
and cancer (and the'y have more
evidence and work
with) argument thSs claim that
three. million neonatal deaths
will be the result; of the one
per cent increase itjt radioactiv
ity is mere scientific specula
tion based on very little evi
dence. They stili) have -not
proved conclusively that there
is any relation between ciga
rette smoking and) cancer.
If Mr. Ravitz wil] lakea little
longer look at the map he will
soon see that ihe majority of
the Islands near tjhe test area
belong to the U.Si Those that
don’t belong to thtj U.S. belong
to our close allies.'Also I’don’t
believe Hawaii would declare
war on us if a nussle did land
there. A chance tsr accidental
war by a stray missile was the
contention of hisj first letter.
The missiles are undoubtedly
sent on a trajectory such that
in case of a complete malfunc
tion of all safety ; systems the
missile would land within the
safety zone set up 1 for this rea
son.
The only typ? of accident
that -could occur ?t one of our
missile bases is, ;that one of
the personnel wbpld take con
trol and put the others out‘of
commission so he;could launch
a missile.
Other country’s! commanders
could launch an attack whether
or not we had A-Bombs.
Mr. Ravitz evidently has for
gotten that any, decision to
launch SAC or th<t missiles is a
joint decision by IIORAD, SAC
and finalized by ilhe only per
son who singlely could launch
an attack, the President.
—Dennis Politano, '62
Change l Jrged
In La Vie Policy
TO THE EDITOR: No recog
nition will be given to transfer
students for their, participation
in activities while attending a
center, according to La Vie. The
Senior Board of La Vie states
it is- unable to validate these
activities although all .center
organizations are;under a joint
chartering system; with Univer
sity Park.
Efforts are being made to
rectify this situation for the
benefit of our seniors. There is
still time to change this policy
for the 1963 yearbook. If you
• think your time; is worthy of
recognition, call Sandy Schall
of the La Vie senior board to
help expedite this matter. • - -
—Bob) Crawford *63
The obstinacy of these two
power groups was only over
come by the sound, clear, in
dividual thinking of a small
minority of Congressmen with
out a party affiliation.-; j •
The NSA proposal was pre
sented by. two Liberal parry
members, Ann Tyson and Mur
ray Winderman. both repre
senting West Halls. The origi
nal bill called for USG to join
NSA permanently, but the Con
gress, after many hours of de
bate and discussion on three
occasions finally approved an
experimental one-year mem
bership in the national student
organization. This membership
will expire next spring, unleu
USG decides to join the group
permanently, and will giye
this student government an ex
cellent chance to study the or
ganization while enjoying fpll
privileges at &0
per cent of the normal fee.
Even though this excellent
compromise, was: presented,
voting on the bill followed
party lines with Liberal parly
voting for and congressmen,
who registered with Univer
sity party this spring voting
against the proposal. I
This performance was re
peated, but in reverse, on the
YAF Chairman Thormeyer
Letters
Defends Copservative View
TO THE EDITOR:, The fbllojw- lation which would affect youth
ing is a reply to Miss Sarajee - and the economic life of the
Orton’s column entitled “Lest nation, further proving the
We Forget," which appealed reputation of the YAF, which
in the Collegian on May 10.1 It' Miss Orton feels does not exist,
has been prepared by the mejm- As for Miss Orton’s wholly
bers of the. Young Americans unsubstantiated charge that the
for Freedom here on this cairn- YAF “witch-hunts" more than
pus. J ,it worries about the foreign
In her column, Miss Orjon
implies that external commu-'
nist threat is of considerably
more concern than is the (in
ternal danger. Those who Miss
Orton thinks feel' otherwise
are grouped under the heading
of “witchhunters." She states
that these people “find witch
hunting and subversive scares
far more exciting than a cold
analysis of the foreign.threat,"
and that “The 1 John Birch So
ciety, ‘ Neo-Minutemen • a(n d
members of the YAF fall into
this category." She goes ori to
say that “the methods they [use
may contribute far more tojthe
destruction of democracy than
the action of the eommuiiists
within our country."'
We of the YAF object tojthe
totally unsupported and sweep
ing generalizations and asser
tions made about our organ
ization for the following rea
sons: I
• Miss Orton has failed to
differentiate throughout iher
column between the responsible
YAF and the highly irrespon
sible John Birch and Minute
men Societies. .j
• By not doing so, she I has
attempted to damage the repu
tation of the YAF and its mem
bers,.both here on campus land
nationally. : I
"•In her attacks. Miss drton
has offered no proof of any kind
that .the YAF engages in! the
activities she mentions (witch
hunting, etc.). j
The YAF has no connections
with either the John BircH So
ciety or the Minutemen. both
of which we differ from in both,
philosophy end method: [fur
thermore. we neither conjlone
nor utilise the I methods of
either. Unlike these groups.
YAF is not semi-secret but is
a reputable and completely
open organisation, with permis
sion from the Senate Subcom
mittee on Student Affair* to
operate, on the Penn Slate tarn
pur. J
Our reputatir idr-ited
__'pm ion is indica.
by the well inspected person
nel on the National YAR ad-
visory board, which includes
among-' others Rep. Walter
Judd, R-Minn., Sen. Bdrry
Goldwater, R-Ariz., and :Gen.
Mark Clark. Representatives of
the _ organization have bften
testified - before': Congressional
committees investigating legis-
TUESDAY. MAY 15. 1962
by dove runke l
vote on the student opinion
bureau. This bill was presented
by University party on their
platform this spring and Vice
President Morris Baker intro
duced. it to the Congress.
Liberal party-connected con
gressmen continued then op
position to the bill even though
they had passed an amend
ment-putting the bureau under
the Public Relations Agency. -
This- compromise proposal
was originally opposed .by
Baker, but it finally passed
with University party-connect
ed congressmen leading the
suppoit for it and Liberal party
members voting agiinst.
The unwillingness of the two
largest coordinated groups in
the Congres3 to accept a com
promise is unfortunate. It has
often been said that politics is
90 per cent compromise, but,
apparently this is not true at
Penn State.
But, just as this obstinacy is
unfortunate, it is fortunate that
there is .'quite a large “swing
vote” in the Congress which
determines- the final say on
action the Congress will take.
This situation has permitted
the Congress to reap the bene
fits of both power groups,
hopefully, without approving
the bad ideas of either groups.
challenge of communism, had
she read some of the periodicals
of the YAF, and in. particular
the Sharon - Statement (our
basic principles * and beliefs
which state that the greatest
single threat to our liberties at
the present time is the inter
national ■ communist conspir
acy), Miss Orton would have
seen that her charges were
completely unwarranted and in
direct contradiction to fact. For
those wishing to see for them
selves, there is a copy of .the
Sharon Statement in the Of
fice of Student Affairs.
The YAF gland on Ihic issue
it the game as lhal of the. Ho
norable J. Edgar Hoover, direc
tor of the FBI, who when asked
"which is of more concern,-the
infernal or external threat of
Commuhism?", answered, 'lt is
both."
Because of the proven repu
tation of the YAF, we cannot
be compared with the John
Bircfters or the Minutemen; nor
can we be’called witchhunters,
again because of our .factual
stand on the dangers of Com
munism in general, not just
internally. We would 1 • request
that Miss Orton either prove
her _ unsubstantiated general
izations about the YAF, or else
retract these statements public
ly and print the truth, in her
next column, since she violated
her journalistic responsibilities
by her unfounded charges' in
.the first place.
—Carl Thormeyer, chairman.
Young Americans for Freedom
LETTER POLICY
Letter* lo the editor must
carry the full name' of the
author. Identification of the
author will be verified be
fore any letter is published.
In most cases letters over
400 words will not be pub
lished. : The' Daily Collegian
reserves the right lo edit
any letter if it is deemed
necessary. The decision to
publish or reject a letter lies
solely with, the editor ,and
totters containing obvious'
mistatemenis or lacking in
good taste lor fair play will
be rejected. On a few oc
casions the name of the
author will be withheld but
only with the consent of the
editor? i