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Editorial Opinion
Summer Relaxation
The summer term is billed as a "terin like all - others"
in the attempt to condition students' 0 - linking on warm
weather enrollment. More deliberate attempts are being
made, however, to infirm the students of the social and
recreational opportunities available to thenr in June, July
and August than during the fall, winter and. Spring terms.
The planners and publicists of these sumrner prograrns
—as well as all other groups active this term—are to be
commended for their efforts. Even though more organiza-
Lions will function in the fall, and thus more activities will
be available, many of thege services deserve continuation
then.
Students with varied entertainment likes can find
their favorite means of relaxation throughout the summer.
Thera have been several concerts_ this slimmer by the ,
internationally-known Curtis Siring Quartet which many
- people have said "made" the summer term for them. :
The dahcbig public has been catered to by folk dances,
square dances and - ballroom dances. High school students
have. provided band, orchestra and chorus concerts and: .
the Department of Music's faculty has added to the pro-i•
gram with several recitals.
The silver screen has hardly been neglecter either..,lnl
addition to the movie theatres in State College, there have!
been free - movirt on the HUB lawn and continuation:of;
th InternatiOnal Film ~ommittee's efforts have brought
top foreign;movies to the students. Foreign language,
movies have also been shown by the National Defense Ed
ucation Act's summer language . institute. -
Summertime athletes hsve little cause for Complaint.
Available to them are facilities for baseball, bowling, golf.
swimming, tennis and now even cricket.
Nearby Whipple's Dam and Stone Valley have hardly .
been unpopulated during the summer months. Whoever
created the infamous saying that - the University is a
country tJub must have attended.thesummer term.
Yet in the midst - of all the activity, classes do go On.
There is something about the psychology of summer that
few have been able to overcome. Classes may continue at 1
a brisk pace-and still, paradoxically, the aura of rela.xation
clings to thejerm.
There remain many extra lectures students may
attend. such as those sponsored by the-Associated Mormon
Students or the summer council of the Association of
Women Students. The growth of the mind is by no means
tied to the classroom.
Summer is a time when thotights can ramble and ideas
germinate. We repeat-here that the summer programmers
might well note any stray ideas' which pass their way,
storing them for consideration and possible use in the fall.
When our fellow students return in the ,. fall, we should like
to point to YOUR accomplishments with' pride, and say,
"See what happened this summer. The summer term is
coming of age.".
ttittmrr Tolirgian
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AFF THIS ISSUE: Dorothy Drasher, Nadine Kofman, Nancy
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THEY NEVEZ
EVEN •Sektf)
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SUMMER COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
President Kennedy revealed
his :strategy for the fall's..con
gressional campaign at his press
conference last wvek. He in
dicated that he plans to pre
sent the Democratic Party to
the voters as the "ajction" party
and the Republican Party as
the "opposed to action" party.
He will brill,
out the Repub•
licans' opposi.
tion to his med;
icare bill. hi:
proposal for
Department o,
Urban Affair
his farm pro
gram and hit
bill for. fedora
aid to highel
education. A
the press con•
ference he said. BROWNE
"The American reople will
have a choice. They will choose
either to anchor - down or to
sail."
In recent months the Repub
lican Party has tended to take
on the image of the . "Anti-
Kennedy" Party. If it continues
simply to oppose Kennedy : and
to project a negative image, it
will play right into the Presi
dent's hands. No group,
politi
cal or otherwise, can get 'very
far simply being against things.
It must have a positive ap
proach to the problems at band.
The Republican's reaction to
the great depression and,Roose
velt's "New Deal" gave that
party .a negative image and• it
has yet io regain a positive one.
With the crash of thestock
market, and the ensuing de
pression, Americans began to
have doubts aboUt the mean
ing .and course of U.S. society.
The Democratic Party under
the directicin of Roosevelt took
full advantage of the iincer
tanties of the American! peo
ple. It recognized the need for
change and presentedEi
,pdsi
five program of action, the
"New Deal." And althou;gh the
"New, Deal" failed to get the
country out " of the depression, •
the Democratic Party h4s been
able to hold onto, the image of
the party with the positive
solutions to the country's prob
lems, in many people's minds.
Today the Republican Party
has a golden opportunity •
.to
gain the offensim the econ
omy starts for gm into a reces
sion by November, the Demo-
Letters
Prayer Seen
As Solution
To Dilema
TO THE „EDITOR: What is
man to do in a, world of bu
reauracy and feather bedding?
As,ethnocentric entities in such
a hamlet consisting of icono
clakic warlocks - having a reve
latitn, the contemporary stu-.
dents in this pets environment
of sin must at once take arms
against the insolent I bores
which inhibit our fair campus.
These misled mrsrgates are suf
fering a mere
.traurn4ic bi
variate curve of the mind—
a purely menta4 catharsis.
Ah, but I ash unto thee, is
the dichotomy • which isevers
the, essence- of- Mind and body
the bi-serial correlation man is
to search for? tr.erebrailjrinton
ations of the mipd are esent
1y being directed to the linvidi
ously soliliquacious 'egne-like
diction of Ayn Rand. l Who fol
lows the theory that ; .• "fretting
can never solidify itself into an
overabundant artifice" ; (Mar
tin Buber, "The Mind-4an Ar
tifice"). .
Forthwith. we (using the edi
torial form) must never-climb
into the womb of lust and de
pravity. Hence, seek the gas
ttionorny .of the natural and
"nude veritati". shall prevail
through out. Tlie Gallis princes
who never found this out were
put into said dichotomous di
lemma. , _ '
• In short, change, for the sake
of change—go away and pray!
. Gwen Epstein 13
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Rekublicaft Opportunity_ 1
crats may find themselves in
the - same situation as the Re
publicans did in the earl/ nine
teen thirties a party ap
parently unable to cope with
the economic problems at band.
It "can of course be argued
that the government is not nec
essarily responsible for a reces
sion, but since Kennedy made
such a point of the fact that
he was going to get the econ
omy moving forward at a
faster pace, he will have the
responsibility for a recession
fall A his shoulders.
• Even; today there is an indi
cation that the stage is set
for the Republicans. Kennedy's
"warmed-over New Deal" pro
gram has met with strong op
position irk Congress. Certainly
they legislatofs opposing Ken
nedy would not do so if they
didn't feel 'that their constitu-
meandering
Fringe Benefit's
The summer term has many
fringe-. benefits besides the
beautiful weather and pleagant
surroundings, not a, small one
of which is that the Univer
sity's facilities are much more
adequate for the 5,000 summer
enrollment than the regular
enrollment of 17,000.
Anyone who has ever waited
for. 45 -minutes for a book at
Pattee's circ7
lation desk cei
tainly apprec;
ates the le:
crowded cond.
tions and mot
efficient ser
ice. The hou
of waiting f,
reserve bool
needed by t
other studen
has also beE
conside r ably --
reduced since MISS MEHAN
with smaller class enrollments
there are fewer students clam
mering for books.
The once noisy overcrowded
rooms in the- library are now
more, pleasant places for study
and research.' The encyclope
dias and periodicals are more
often available now also. •
The HUB also seems more
adequate in the summer. You
can actually find a table in the
Lion's Den to enjoy that be
tween class cup of coffee. Dur
ing the -regular year yo u
usually had to drink your cof
fee standing up, being pushed
Little Man on Campus
THURSDAY. AUGU
by tom browne!
ents - back honie were. not also
disappointed with Kennedy's
program.
If, the Republicans ban come
up with new and positive solu•
lions• to the nation's problems
instead of just being, against
those proposed by lbe Demo
crats, they could make them
selves a party of action and
immune to Kennedy's charges
of merely being prabticers of
"obstructionism."
Instead of having to choose
either'to "anchor dow l n or saili"
the voters may have he choice
of whether .to sail with the
Democrats along an old .and
inadequate course or to sail
with the RepublicanS along a
new and possibly better course.
It 31epends ;on whether or not
the Republican Party takes ad
vantage of the opportunity at
hand.
y roan me an
and shoved by the "other hur
ried coffee drinkers, •
The mobs of people gbing in
and out of the Den made your
entrance and exit mutt more
time consuming. Now you can
leave the HUB and be at-your
class on the fourt floor of
Boucke in , two min tes, a sig
nificant emprovement over the
regular year record of 10 min
utes.
The weekend movie lines
are now much shorter. In the
summer you can usually see a
movie without .the regular line
waiting so common the rest of
the year.
Tickets to concerts or lec
tures are more ea ily obtain
able,. where not too long . ago
I can remember st nding in a
t t
line that twisted round the
HUB and outside a
T.
e-Grange
for an Artists' Seri s ticket. ,
This smaller enrp lment gives
the summer leisure ime a more
relaxed pace and makes it
much more enjoya le.
Undoubtedly we would not
have all-these facilities for the
summer - if it wer n't for the
money paid in fees y the large
ci
b
regular enrollmen . However,
the summer term enrollee sure
ly benefits. During the year
the, facilities are there but so
overcrowded that only a frac
tion of the students can enjoy
them.'l r
I d,
./on't_propose ;that we re
duce our enrollment,' but I do
propose, howevei, that we
don t -raise it either until we
can better accommodate our
regular, student bckl, y.
I
2. 1962
Dick Biblet