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Editorial Opinion
Ole Miss Incident:
Disgrace to Nation
(See related story, page 1)
"Two, four, six, eight; we don't want to integrate?"
This "cheer" 'came from the mouths of from:s,ooo to
8,000 angry Mississippians as they surged onto thegrounds
of the University of Mississippi campus last week iwait-.
ing the arrival of a 29-year-old Negro, James H. Meredith.
This reception typifies the three receptions which
Meredith has received in his attempts to enrol in the "all
white" state university of Mississippi.
- Angry mobs yesterday awaited Meredith's fourth
attempt but their waiting was in vain for the Justice
Department - called off this attempt because, in the words
of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, such federal
action was necessary to prevent "major violence and blood
shed for the citizens of Mississippi."
Mississippi_Gov. Ross Barnett maintains, in a . manner
of fanaticeihotionaliirn, that his state reserves the right
to control education within its boundaries. Barnett - says
this "right" entitles the state to determine not only "how"
to educate, but "whom."
The federal government, however, supported by a
Supreme Court decision, claims that Mississippi does not
have the right to refuse university admission to an aca
demicaty crlalified student because of race, religion or
crecd, under the provision of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Thus ensues the bitter state vs. national, government
battle which - is not likely to end until the federal govern
ment forces the. issue. -
Such a move was'mnade list night when Barnett was
cited,fof contempt cif court and given until 11 a.m. Tuesday
'to comply with the court order or subject himself to arrest
and a $lO,OOO per cray fine until he compiles.
W wonder how much effect this move will have- on
a man who has vowed he Would go to jail before complying
with the court's integration demands.
We feel that the national government must curb this
crisis immediatelf It is a disgrace both to the state of
Mississippi ancrlo the entire nation.
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Today the Uliversity of Mississippi appears on - the
front page of almost every newspaper iq.,the country and
in most other. CQ allies in the world—thet, Soviet-bloc
included.
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We are appalled at this situation where a student who
meets all of the Mated academic requirements is being
refused college admittance because of his race.
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We strongly lielieve that race must not obe included
in ANY American! university's requirements for entrance
and that immediate and 'continued action.must, be taken
to ensure Merediith's admittance; to •the University of
Mississippi.
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Letters
Football
Ciwergge
Questioned
TO THE EDITOR: Who's com
plaining about a 41-7 - irictory? The
entire team is to be congratulated
for their performance - last Saturr
day. The aim of this 'letter is to
draw attention to several distor
tions in reporting which, under
different circumstances, would
border on irresponsibility.
Even an average fan such ai
myself can see that coach Rip
Engle 'did perhaps have cause to
worry . Saturday. Pass defense
could have been better despite
four interceptions. Our reporter
also failed to note the amazing
ability of three 'different Navy
quarterbacks to fake out the en
tire State forward wail, dancing
throupli it only to be stopped by
superior line-backers.
No mention was made of the
alarming number of fumbles
(even in the statistics), or of the
closing drive ofthe first half end
ing in a fumble on the two-yard'
line. For , the 'dispirited play of,
the third quarter we 'hear that
"the Lions offered Navy several
scoring opportunities." I hope that
Penn State football hasn't ,reached
such depth of "professionalism.'
Two-hundred and thirty-two
yards is an enormous amount of
yardage to gain throiigh an "im
penetrable defense." '
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There ,is, of course,. great
temptation to !!eliminate the nega-,
tive" in discussing such a crush
ing victory. I hope, however, that
the two-day deadline - will permit
mature reflection in 'reporting the
Saturday genies in 'the future.
_ —C. C. Wright
grad Student
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(Editor's Note: Penn State foot
ball coachßip Engle called tide Lion pass defense -"excellen4."
Who should know better than he?
State.rushed only three interifir
linenien for the bulk of the gale,
deploying the ends and' linebac -
ers to defend against passes. Per
haps this accounts for "the anid'-
ing ability of three different Nao
quarterbacks to fake out the er
tire State forward wan."
Penn State lost the ball three
times after fumbles. Y do not con
sider this a particularly alarming
total for an opening game.
The story .in question said the
Lion defense was impenetrable
except for John Scies , 3s-yard run.
That was. in fact, Navy's only
score of the game. Navy had the
ball inside the Penn .St.nte 30-yaiq
line on only one other occasion t)
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Sign Precedent Wanted •
T O THE EDITOR: That this uni- 'lure Student Council feels that.
iersity operates :basically on here can be established a' worth
precedent is a statement not likely whilidr eit ecedent. •
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to be opposed. Wednesday's Col- Ail Student Council President
legian editorial pointed out that
valuable precedents can be set.
During the time lapse between
the spring and summer terms,
the University Subcommittee on
Signs turned down the proposal
of the Agriculture Student Coun
cil to erect and maintain an out
side bulletin -board. The College
of Agriculture has' fifteen active
curriculum clubs, and there is a
need for a centrally located bul
letin board on Ag Hill on which
to publicize club Imeetings and
other University bulletins. •It
would be impractical to erect a
bulletin board in • Oneiof the Ag
buildings because there is no one
building in which] the majority
of the agriculture students have
classes.
The, University sigtl committee
refused the projel because they
felt that it would et a precedent
for other college councils to erect
outside bulletin boards. Since the
other colleges aren't spread out
as much as the College of Agri
culture is they can satisfy, their
needs with an inside .bulletin
board, as several have done in
the past. If the lother- councils
feel a need for an outside bulletin
board, I don't think their request
should be denied. A bulletin board
can greatly enhanCe activities by
the publicity outlet. which it pro- I
vides.
I think the Un i versity should.
re-evaluate this proposed preceH
dent in regards to the students' ]
needs and the benefit that can
come to Penn State. The Agricul-'
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Polish-,Diplomilii
Hits Cubin Policy;
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (iP)-4.
Polish Foreign Minister Adam
Rapacki, in a policy speech at the
U.N. General Assembly, accused
the United States yesterday of
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following an ext emely dange4i
ous policy toward Cuba'. •
He said the Cu an people havit
the same right to live under corn
munism as the American people
do under capitalism. :
He said Comniunist states At
Europe live as ,heighbors wit i h
capitalist states. I 1.
Cuba,is neither threatening net
is in a position , -to threaten nig
United States or anyone else, he
said, I . 11
Rapacki ' made :no .mention!
Soviet bloc shipments to Cuba.
nor did he' refer to the statement
by the Soviet Un'ion .that a•U..'
attack on Cuba wbuld mean wa .
Rapacki : also jmentioned the
West German siituation in 1 . 4
speech. fie said the West Germrn
government was l`the most stuVr
'born and ; aggressive cold war
force in the West." ,
He - said that IWest German
Chancellor; Konrad . Adenauer was
apresenting his ma3or North Ati.
ptir Organizatidn allies with a
challenge for authority, over al
of. Western Europe.
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Yemen Capitol l
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Rebelsl Hold I;
ADEN (W) Army insurgent's
claimed continued control of the
Yemen capital of ;Sava yesterda'Y r .
But royalist tribal t warriOrp
Were reported moving oh the c.' sr
for an aed showdown with the
rebetracti n that' set up a rep
lie after atsettedly killing the rn i ,
king. I I ' - I
Reported military moves within
the little Bed Sea country coili
cided with an announcement by
Yemen's V.N. delegate; Princp
Hassan. that hekfrvas on his w4y,
home to claim the family throtie: 4
He saidi in Lohdon the rebel
lion- was parried! out by onlyi 1
small group of the army and the
people will crush it . 0 , 1
Evidence_ continued to motint
that the army_ coup was engi
neered by" . friends of President
.Gamal Abdel Nasser, of theUrat
ed Arab-rtepubliC. I
The so-called) Free Yemeni
Movement in-Cairo warned Hai
san that-he would be killed if *
set foot on Yem-n's soil. - i ' ,
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Two Freshmen
Defend Customs
TO THE EDITOR: Aftef - readine
Dennis Newton's comments con
cerning Customs in Thursday's
Collegian, we, as recipients of the
upperclass "hazing," want to de
fend Customs.
Customs, we , believe, are - not
quite as. horrible as_ many (espe
cially freshmen) wish "to view
them. Customs do raise spirit; We
as . freshmen, while cheering, sing
ing, yelling "Short Yell Beer,"
and getting married, cannot help
but feel :good—especially when
getting married. - .
Through Customs, .we have a
rare opportunity to meet many
people—both frosh and upper- -
rlassmen—whom we would other
wise never have met. The chances
of meeting and getting to know a
frosh girl are multiplied greatly
when we have the nameeard— •
introduction. to start a conversa
tion. .4
Customs, we sincerely believe,
is maybe not so much a time of
learning, but is definitely a help -
in adjusting to the campus life
that we must either suffer
through, exist in, or enjc7- 7 all
depending on how, we can socially
adapt ourselves. Customs help us
through the social shyness and on
to a happy life ,at Penn State.
•—Bernie Kainoroff, '66
—George Fries, '66
a Glance
Railroad's End
30-Day Strike
WASHINGTON VP) Presi
dent Kennedy announced settle--
ment last night of the 30-day te
legraphers' strike " against the
Chicago and North Western
Rail
way. .
The• railroad said -trains will lie
•tolling again over itrlo,6oo miles
of track within - a few days. - .
The strike-ending agreement,
ent'in arbitration four unsettled
issues, including key questions on
elimination of jobs by the rail
road.
The three. !arbitrators to be
named within 24 houis will hand
down their binding decision with
in 10 days.
, The 1,000 members of the AFL
CIO Order of Railroad T4legra
phers n''alked off their jobl Aug.
30 in a‘ dispute that hinged on
job elimination procedures.
Deaths Reach 800
In_Spanish Flood,
BARCELONA, Spain UP)
Leaders of the massive rescue
operations in the wake of Barce
lona's flood disaster indicated
yesterday the death toll might ex
ceed 800.
. Latest , figures indicated 473
sliest had been recovered but
additional victims were retorted
being found every few minutes.
Rescuers said there was little
hope of finding' , any of the 400
persons still inissing in Tarassa;
Sabadeß and Rubi, three hard hit
textile towns.-
Having buried their dead, the
inhabitants returned to the grim
task of seeking the missing among
the massive piles of - rubble and
thick mud piled up by flash
floods' Wednesday. p
Schirra Set for Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL; Fla. (VP)
—Astronaut Walter M. Schirra
Jr., spent sq hours ill simulated
flight in his Sigma 7 spacecraft
yesterday as training for his up
coming six-orbit flight entered
final stages. . " •
The time spent in the' capsule
covered about' threellifths of the
9-hour,' 11-minute ,space voyage
Schirra is scheduled to make next
WedneSday. -
The 2 00-pound craft was in
place, atop the ' Atlas . booster
rocket f0r.3. - zstepiay's test.