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Approve Voluntary . itOTC ' • -,
COLOrtrig Book Cry
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Whip out the. crayons,gang— You remember those: "Look. everythil.. abinit the University '
• The type of 'Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) ..- • • •does 1--4 with an Outline of Old
the coloring book crazecontinues. Look at Jane. See-.lane. See funny
program offered to, liberal arts students will be resolved This news item hardly Comes as • Jane.: See funny Jane run. Look, Main. `This is Old Main. Color
today by the University Senate.
any revelation to you because' the :look. i look." Of course, .at this it silent{" .
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books' have been -booming ever poiriti funny Jane was probably • Then i a 'quick `:pan" to Pattee
For years the question of voluntary versus •compul- since the - gild-lettered executive ruruiing directly toward the ,oar- Library "This is our-library. Color
variety appeared months ago. Now rator !swinging brother's baseball- it undesstocked." And inside to
sort' ROTC has been debated back and forth over this
_. we may browse through ,coloring bat in anger. the book shelves: "Here is a text
campus.
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Always before there has been an argument be- exercises abo u t the Kennedy
,_ -To `continue the digression for a book which 324 students in one
crowd, the John Birchen , tor is I mon:Ant. II sup pose the stories class must read by. Thursday.
. tween ti•lose in favor of voluntary ROTC and those opposed it Birchites?) and the campus - set. ' tau g ht th e i r re ading- - lesson. Th e , Color iti`Reserved.2-.llour Limit"
to the voluntary program. . , Maybe there are others
_but this one point that has always worried•
Now lout to Beaver - Stadium:
sampling provides . you .with an ; me, h o weve r , was that the father - "We mike money- here. Listen to
• But now. with • the subject. reaching debate on the'
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idea of what the ;,. '. .. L:- -,_ *.".• ne ver took off his suit jacket. He the turnstiles click. Click, click,
floor of the Senate Jor the first time in several years, it ho6p - I a is all' - :• ., •i::,,..•:•- .. : . ...'-; : had It on w he n h e came h o rn* click. Today's . game is a sellout.
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fr om! wor k, at • di nner , played Color the stadium . crowded. Color .
seems the emphasis of the argument has shifted from the everybody happy _ Very happy.
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l 'i m h t e co I 0r 1 n g -
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Oros and cons of volUntary ROTC to whether this UM_ .books provide a .• _
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goed way to laugh . ~.- :•7. - ''' .',';" ",' , 2 , : • I toriously to the'HUß, our narrator
varsity should take action now , or wait for action by the at' ourselves. Th ~ ''' :•_ 5. -.,.':-..:.- Returning to coloring . books, it ' enters the Lion's Den. "Here is a
~• • appears that nothing is safe froth
op al 1 student hangout. Typical '
federal government. • also make that
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"different" gift for •:.-'-.... .; ,--.-t- -- • ' student's hang out 'here. Color -4 -
Tl* summer the Departments of the Army and Air the folks et home - 1 - - 1 ...."--. : •.:- these days, least of all the Presi- rt a is „ . „ l -
' • -• dential arty. This book is served -
Force formulated still another set of plans= on ROTC. , a who-may not share. -.,;t- j. ,
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' family style —l. which rea ll yWall.
the "There is a freshman.
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This is the latest in a long list of proposals submitted- tellectual opportu-' = '!". -" " am t l too difficult -•• with daugh- He is hortiesick. Color him blue." .
: =, •. ". ter Caroline narrating. Perhaps Speaking of blue, we are re
by the two departments since the end of the Korean War. , n ities- after Teddy's victory n the Massa
- 'This summer I MI S S 11 / 1 1 • 8 minde that the ' coloring books
The Department of the Navy -has
• a selective' ROTC . entered into the craze by sending chusetts Democratic ' primary,- the make - l ittle mention of colors as
publishers can issue a second edi- we km' w them. The old red, white
program at present and thus . has not taken part in and':' the executive book to some friends
tion 'strictly on the clan and leave
• ,- of the family. Their daughter en- and blue stuff, you know. "Red"
of the newest proposals. -• ioyed the true spirit of the things out 'all 'those other
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rlgy ., i-es .„. which somehow g crePt into or "pinko" are indeed about the
These latest plans would install a two-year voluntary ' but was somewhat stymied when only shades which - get extensive
she came to the page where the . ..., ~.iginai version. • treatment in several of the books:
program for college juniors and seniors. This has been - v.i.p. said, "Color me important." Success always - stimulates ins- Gone are the days when
Thesuperduper &luxe boxes kat4rs so I thought today : l'd try ing. Hooks • conrned animals, ;.
color
designed, according to reports, to replace eventuallY, the o f mar= are well d e ck e d mu se •my ;hand concerning Penn State childrin, cowboysor movie stars.
present Army and Air. Force ROTC -programs although days mahogany they have, but scene. There is, I. realize, a cam- Now we have to weigh the merits !
these programs would still be offered. It has been reported "important" they do not. plus .c . oloring book with some tell- - of educating the young public; with '
For those who have not yet ilie , l ine about college characters, a cynical view oppolitics and- life •
that the military hopei to phase out the'older system if and joined the inevitable 'browsing (";'We are the newspaper editors. in general even. though -he may
when the !new laps are a pproved.
crowd, these coloring books ex- Wei are crusading, honest, obiec- become color blind in the'process
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amine contemporary social and five and true. Color us fast before from •lack of exposure' to •the -real
- The new proposals have already been submitted to political life with a , vocabulary we're expelled.") Local campus hues. 1.
reminir_ent of the "Dick and Jane" problems, however, have been All tof this moves me to make
this Bureau of the Budget. If that department a vas stories we read in elementary' • neglected.,- _ - • one last comment about this
them, they will be sent to the Presidint and then to Cott- school. 1 The book could begin 'as column: "Color it finished."
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proposals sailed through the red tape of official Washing- - Frosh UrOes Best Men • • - Dzyonik Candidacy
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The programs -must be considered by the Budget .•
- Discontinuance TO THE EDITOR: President Eric TO TICE EDITOR: And so it came`
Director, tha . president, by cOmmittees in both hoUses of - - .
. . . Walker has just accepted another to p .4s •th a t His Eminence
the Congress _, great loss to Penn State in the Dzvonik spoke of "good student
, must be debated by the Corigress and the bill •Of C st ' S
u om , , resignation of Professor Howard government" and agreecE with
signed by the President beforel. Defenpe Department -
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Cutler, "with , great regret." But Fair Maiden Allison Woodall and
our leader takes • pride in the Fair Maiden Anne Morris -not to
would be able to implement the .program. TO THE - EDITORi I would like .
knowledge that other institutions nominate candidates for the 'Con-
It Is also quite possible that the plans may never be to take issue with the opinion on continue to look at Penn State in gress of the gods. In dealing,with
approved or that they may be altered by the Budget Dirac- Freshmen Customs expressed by their
_search for new leadership. the Crucial affairs of . state, His
for or the Congress so that they are passed in a different Miss Lee Birchen in the Thursday 1 Irl l fat, they are looking awful- Eminence and the Fair Maidens ad
: ar at Us, and with rather vocated non-partisanship for the
form than now proposed. . : edition of The Daily Collegian and 1 .
evastating effects on Penn State. 'USG! Congress, as the best way to
We doubt If the bill will sail smoothly through both reinforce those of Dennis Newton. Is it possible that they are finding - insure "good -student govern
the executive and legislative branches of the federal gov- •A, fewsof the arguments in favor our bestmen ,a little on the avail- mentl
able side? 'The Fair Maidens, both of them
ernment in one year. Thus we doubt whether the new of customs are to create unity and _ if
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able !and experienced members of
programs could be implemented before the fall of 1964 and a
' sense of belonging, creation of "In the words of the last speaker Congress felt it was their duty
school spirit, and-one Which Miss on the TOCS radio broadcast of and bhliiation not to run for Qin
quite possibly several years later than that..
For these reasons, we believe the Senate of this lint- Birchall points out, "to ...
enable December f 13, 1960: ". ..,What we
propose - r or co ll eagues— f aculty -ourselves a.ni vmainnd- fires, ;in order to safeguard don
the should take immediate action to put ROTC on a- - the newcomers to appreciate the partisanship ; on -his part, hoiir
assets of a higher ed ucation. " 'mevuer
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voluntary basis before federal 'actioh is taken. It m a y administration—to join us) is to
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stop observing ,the contemporary. nonpartisanship. And so the elec
never comti. 1 As Mr. fiewton pointed out,
= scene, and take a look _at what. '.. 'lion I W his peers is to decide the
In addition we believe that eventually a voluntary whether desirable. or not the pos. • going on around here." issue -whether this - "non-parti
prograM sheuld be instituted for all studenti. Adzninistrit- sibility of uniting a group as large —Ray Popinsky . sa e pa : rty chairman should be 'ad
lively and practically this is the onli wily the •prograin •as the f res h man class is almost . ,
:flitted to the
.sacred - 41alls of "good
could be run. - , ! impossible,,,,eipecially by such a Alt.' di i
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We do not believe that what is good for liberal. arts scheme as "customs. I don't see , ' A. 3 - --George Gordon. 'MI
students is bad or - Undesirable for students in the other ' how customs Can succeed in, mak- ' 'EaE
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- trig a person feel that he is' a rreua.. However, - he certainly has. has only been one nice day since
But, for now, we, feel it is necessary for the voluntary part of the University community. heard of it. . the dims of '66, arrived - nn campus
program to be instituted for liberal arts students" since it The result of submitting the al- '
1 Tiliii fostering of wholesale —yestprday .. . wondering ,when
was this faculty and student council that proposed and
ready bewildered and insecure sadism .; in the name of school the iJ'iiversity :is going to appoint
spirit is a gross insult to an in- a WILT president in charge of signs
have studied the idea. . ,
- , . . . freshman to embarrasment - ind slition - IA higher learning. . to oversee the iietions of the coin
. various indignities can 'only serve
.The College of Liberal Arts has studied the change 'to alienate rather than draw him I suggest the Customs Board mittee on signs .remodeling
and how it would be - adapted to its curricula: Research has 'closer to the University. hitve -7 its head shrunk' and this• -of. th Nittany Theatre, better
"begin the year with m ass hum- knovn ai- the "armpit ; " does away
• led the liberal alts planning coinmittee to advocate 1 - favorite Ivo un- , -,, One of_ the fvorite ,arguments ation-torture tradition "be ended witn lust one more campus land
tary ROTC. We hope their recorritnendlition will -be 'upperclassmen use in enforcing ! . --;-Rosanne Holtz; 14 mark ...• . 2 . -Prof Wayne
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A qtudent-Operated Newapaper 1 . - forced on an individual? I believe . • - - / --
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Tilt B attu m itivitttt , . from a sincere love and reeli ng - . . .'l
for the University. This fee ling . , . . ,-_ l''' ' " i - ..',i .
grows from attending classes and i _ •-; , r , ~ ,
• .Successor to The Fres Lance, est. litBt ; - athletic contests and from a true 1• . . .. : t ' i - Kil
Paillabor Tuesday throu g h Saturday lim pi ng dada/ th ,',
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Daily Colbutian t a a stadent-eptrated newspaper. Entered as secoeulmSma row school and - apt from being made to I , 1 r iummilmon.:
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Nall Sabsterlptloa Pricer $$.N a year • ' .• ; ' self. ' - „ . , _
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,- • ANN PALMER HERBERT , Wri'MER • education: a precess of learning : _ ,
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Editor 40"'s Businesa Manager . which extends past the textbook. * '
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Assistikai Sparta Editor , Zen Orraiator: Peototratiky Co-oditeia.- Teak Drowse see: . . J.l dIN ::. • ,
sad Den Celestas': Persoanel Director. Saralee Crrton. ...,4 • I the dignified pursuit. of higher 1j -
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Leal Ad litr.. fees Stahl ; Asalotant Local Ad Ma. Sass Siteeretelit ;Nettelital . education and the degradation and
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Ad Mgr., Barbara Brawn; Credit litsi.. Wok friadeuret Areirdeat Credit Mere childishness of freshman cus to ms. i . 1
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