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Editorial Opinion
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Promises Promise
The- old cliche, say's that opportunity never knocks
twice or something like that. The comparatively relaied ?
aura of the summer terra, provides an ideld opportunity`
and one not to be lost—for Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment leaders on campus to explore new program areas
...and probe the views of administrators on long-standing
questions.
Dean Wharton, USG president, said, last spring in
discussing an interim advisory; body that he hoped these
USG members 'would comprise an "idea provoking" group.
We hardly woul4-demand instant results but more concen
trated effort might well $e in order.
- •The plans . for the French students Visiting the Uni
versity through the Experiment for Inteinational Living
are one impressive tally in the USG: summer boxscore.
The USG' and Association of Women iStUdents' presi
dents have been speaking= to freshmen and may have
generated some ideas and enthusiasm fromthese groups.
More than enthusiasm is needed, however, to combat the
summer doldrumsbwhich‘ seem to affect ipeople when it
comes time - to accomplish anything, Theseistudent officers'
would surely welcome any thoughtful views of what sum
mer government should be provided.
- In its first year, USG undertook f l orne ambitious
projects which are being continued by their chairmen off
campus this slimmer—studies of transferr i ng the Univers
ity FM radio'signal to student AM radios, raffic problems,_
a new auditorium, a student book-order i ing service, an
elections code and the University's grading system.
Not much`" is being ; done on campus, :however. we
unders - znd. Thorough discussions with administrators
here during the mummer could pave the way for quicker
and yet more detailed study by the USG Congress this fall.
Summer is traditionally a time for vacation but re
sponsibility should do more than lurk around corners.
Bringing the summer term to equal :status with the
other three terms wits require adaptation on the part of
student leaders and followers alike. And leadership MUST
• be exercised to establish continuity in the ;student govern
ment or some apathy-mongers may easily raise the cry
' again of "who needs student government' anyway."
-We'd hate to see them in the right.
#ummpr Tatirgiatt
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• SUMMER COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA.'
Letters ,
Grad Labels-
Play Review
'Contradictory'
TO THE EDITOR:, Your re
view of "A Thurber Carnival"
seemed contradictory. - Afraid
to blame the material, the
critics chose instead•to criti
cize the actors for the miscues'
which ,were = due -to opening
night jitters and which :the
regular theater goer learns to
dismiss, Considering the short
rehearsal period and the dif-1
ficulty!of the revue format, the!
show was in remarkably good
shape unlike several much
longer' rehearsed productions
I've witnessed.
-•
The i weakness .
of one or two
sketches seemed due more to
a material weakness rather
than the actors. Not all of
Shakespeare's work reaches
the level of a "Hamlet': nor is !
all of Thurber's work a com
plete !laugh riot. Some is only
mildly amusing.
Miss Bruce was criticized fo
her loud voice yet I'm sure
that the reviewers have often
encountered the type of . person
she was portraying. I'm also
sure ithai Miss Frey's comedy
talent lies much deeper than
just I Making pretty faces as
you stated.
A !cast of nine was men
tioned yet the capable work of
Bob Valenty. Grace Shearer
and ;the especially :good work
of Marvin Greene was not
even mentioned. In a group
effott of this type, it is unfair
to dismiss some of the people
while praising others. •- .
Since criticism is such a sub
jective thing in which the
critic's personal knowledge
•comes into play, it is very dif
ficult to see how two people
can write one review. Perhaps
this; would account for the dis
crepancies in the review.<
A review of this type is dari
gerOus for it may deter others
from seeing the show, thereby
depiving the actors from a
chance to prpve themselves as
well as depriving the potential
theater goer from. a delight
fully ,pleasant evening's enter
tair?ment.
Senior Asks
Real Stoty
TO THE EDITOR: Professor
Markham, in a recent letter to
the editor, has admonished The
Daily Collegian for "; .. super
fiCial reporting" of the cause
leading to the Department of
Journalism's loss cf accredita
" ton. He says that the lose was
not due to a "rift , in the fac
ulty" or differences of peda
gOgical ideologies, and that
only by "diligent and persist
ing reporting by the press" can
any truth be realized.
Why is it, then, two mem
bers of the journalism faculty
told me that the very cause of
the "loss" Was the same. "rift
in the faculty" which Profes
sor Markham :refutes? If the
truth is to be presented, why
couldn't - Professor Markham
have, resented it in his letter?
As soon as -the architecture
department lost Lt's accredits
lion (who needs this accredi
tation, anyway), Man William
son sent a letter Ito each stu
dent in this curriculum and
explained exactly what had
taken place and what effect it
would have on them. This is
an intelligent approach in pre
senting the truth. Why couldn't
th e journalism department
have done the same? Hiding
the facts is bad public rela
tions—even at university level.
What is the "real story"?
. =
Ronald Smolin. '63
WDFNI Schedule
• TODAY,
Sion Oa
i7:00 Hurie
7:15 Albano Review
I:30 k*chtars wit► I►s Baal Sara
:5$ Westiorrseopa •
8:00 The Jazz Tradition
• II :Si News
SAM Folliore Festiva
11:111 Moils
0:51 Nets
10:00 Symphonic Nelda& •
-12.:011 Ott
Town fathers in Pennsylva-
nia have provided the state
with a mammoth gazeteer of
place names. When preparing
for a trip recently, I was in
trigued by the variety of names,
from Shy Beaver to Unicorn or
Frugality to .
dy Camp.
Pennsylvan,
town names
be placed
some rou
classifiCati o
beginning 1)4
haps with I
more religi(
aspect— ;uch
Church I o w
Church v i I '
Donation, An
gels, Bethesda,
Beth lehei m, MISS MlLLS Bethlehem.
Galilee, Jordan, Lebanon and
,Zion.
For the more classically
minded, we find Apollo, Arca
dia. Athens, Cassandra, North
Rome, Troy. Ulysses and Venus.
If you like to eaL there's Cherry
Grove, Nectarine, Pancake or
Plum, Pa.
America's history is not to
be forgotten through Indepen
dence, Liberty, President, Re
public:and even Burnt Cabins,
Pocohontas or Scalp Level. Per-
.The United States insistence
that any treaty ,to outlaw nu
clear testing include provisions
for listening posts within the
Soviet Union has been one of
the primary roadblocks to
agreement according to Soviet
negotiators.
Whether Soviet objections to
th e listening
post idea and
on-the-spot in
spection is
founded on true
suspicion of
espionage b y
Stanley Gogo)
Grad Student
Westerners • on
their 's oi 1 or
merely a meth
od of stalling
meaningful ne-
gotiatiOns to -
ward an atomic
test-ban treaty
may become more clear in fu
ture negotiations.
The Kennedy administration
is apparently seriously con
sidering The abandonment of
its stand on listening posts and
on-the-spot inspection as a re
sult of new scientific data ob
tained from Project Vela. This
data indicates nuclear explo
sions can be detected at greater
distances than previously sup
posed.
• If Administration scientists
conclude that listening posts
are unnecessarx to detect nu
clear explosions>the American
position at Geneva can and
should be discarded.,
By. eliminating the Soviet's
principal objection to U.S. pro
posals. the responsibility for not
reaching . agreement will fall
squarely on the shoulders, of
Kremlin policy-makers.
The United States has noth-
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THURSDAY.! JULY 26, '1962
GaMe
by kay mills
sonal qualities or attitudes have
been noted in Desire; Defiance,
Drab, Effort, Endeavor, Energy;
Frugality, Industry, Normal
and Prosperity. I
In the morel .miscellaneous
bu t nonetheless fascinating
group are the names Limerick,
Snow Shoe, Smokeless, Table
Rock, Yocurritown, Starlight,
Twilight, NantyiGlo, Red Cross,_
Railroad. Fawn Grove, Hop
Bottom, PuzzletOwn, Jollytown
or Waddle.
And can't you see someone
pushing the Panic button?
We might often have trouble
remembering what state or
country we're in, glancing at
signs for King of Prussia, Scot
land, Vera Cruz; Venice, Knoi
ville, Milan, Yukon, Wyoming,
Newfoundland, Hollywood, Dal
las, Geneva, Reno or Berlin.
Returning frbm Mars, we
might wander by signs for Bos
ton. Bridgeport„Brooklyn, Buf
falo, Columbus or Sacramento.
We could begin a Little Britain
by encompassing' Cambridge,
Dover, Hyde Park, Lancaster,
Liverpciol and of course, Lon
.don. j
With .all this Pennsylvania
globetrotting, we might quick
ly conie to the ;conclusion that
there is indeed no place like
Home Home, Pa., that is.
n Treaty
by Joel myers
ing to lose by such an offer
since it is in the process of
completing a nuclear test series.
The change in position will not
be taken as appeasement
the Russians because:
•We continue to hold the
line against communism fast
in Berlin, Viet Nam and elle
where.
•vve retain a lead in nuclear
weapons.
Because of the U.S. nuclear
lead, an atomic :test-ban treaty
will maintain the nuclear sta
tus-quo and reduce fallout for
a few more years at least.
Cam , us Beat
Mystery Ends
Alas and alack. my faith in
campus mysteries has been
rudely shattered! For many
years I've thotlight that con
cealed under a wobbly concrete
block on the sidewalk in front
of Old Main iwas a secret stair
way entrance toithe Lion's Paw
headquarters.. !,
Seeing the earthen underside
of that block now as workmen
tear up the sidewalk has de
stroyed one of my favorite
myths.
* * *
What are the Ihigher ups on
the Board of Trustees discuss
ing this'weekend? If only they
would have open meetings—the
whole board, that is, maybe we
would not be surprised at all
the things that( are likely to
happen.' Ahd happen - they
might.
—Prof Warr