PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion. Mock State Election: Chance for Student Opinion The outcome of the coming election for:the governor of Pennsylvania will directly affect University students in one of their most sensitive spots—their pocketbooks. It is the governor who submits the proposed state budget; which includes a recommendation for the University's appropriation. He alsO appoints 6 of the 32 members of the Board of Trustees. - Because students will be able to head_ the views of both candidates for office during the next week when Richardson Dilworth, Democrat, and William W. Scran ton, Republican, speak in Schwab, we believe they should also be able to express their evaluation of the two men through a mock election. In the fall of 1960 during the last week of the Presi dential campaign, the Young Republicans and Young Democrats on Campus conducted a 'Mock election. Ama zingly high tallies were recorded with over 6,000 students voting. • Both groups have again expressed interest and will ingness to organize a mock election for the state election. We encourage them to set up 'such an election, and suggest that the publieaffairs department of the recently formed Undergraduate Student Government commission system . work with these organizations in coordinating pre-election publicity and manning polls. This joint effort would alleviate the burden put on any one group. It would also insure coverage,of all campus areas. The election could be held Nov. 1, lust priOr to the state election on Nov. I, so that students would hiCri ample time to evalUate the relative positions of Scranton and Dilworth inlhoir appearances here and in their campaigns throughout the state , . Possibly the mock election could be scheduled for two deys to providi even more opp:Ttunity for students to vote. We realize the results of the balloting might be unfav orable to the incoming governor, but it would give one faction within the state, many members of which cannot vote on Nov. 6, the chance to express their opinion. It would also give both candidates an' indication that the students of thii University are vitally interested in who governs the state. And it would show that this interest is as stionf„Wore the election as afterward, when, if: necessary, stddents take up the fight for higher state appropriations. A Strident-Operated Newspaper atle flatly (golltniatt Successor to The Free Lance. est. 118? Peatiebed rawly Unmet *Manley merahus durtag tie Vairersity' year. The Oen, CAlicaiali is a iitedeat-aperated airwspeper.- ratere4 ea aseee4-class matter Mai S. Mt at the State Wert. Pa. Past Office seder the art at Kara 1, IBM Mal Sabeetiytke. Prior: MN a year Malay AiMines sa HI. State Cats.. Pa. Member of The Associated Press ANN PALMER Editor AW. THE DAILY 'COLLEGIAN, 'UNIVERSITY PARK; PENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WTTMER Brahma Manager the AP America has traditionally been characterized as "the great white father" to the modern world. I think every American is proud of this image, and rightly so. But In traveling•through Europe this summer, an irony in this situation became shockingly no . parent to - "great w 1 a joke abi 1=2:133 will readily that Ameril always be on to country in need. But next brea likely to that "no in the w given so the coun Europe :and been MSS r appreciated so little." The basiC conflict seems to be in the completely ignorant atti tude with which most Americans approach the European way of life. They don't care about the different customs of the various peoples. . They do not bother to lind out about. the European people and rarely attempt to meet them half way in a recognition of two dif ferent ways of life. The Euro pram; resent this deeply. And no amount of money from our gov ernment' to theirs will remedy the situation for it has Its roots al the lyre' of the common pea- Pic Europeans who have visited America tell how imperative-it is that they conform immediately= Letters 'TOCS. Protest Refusai • .To Publicize Report TO THE EDITOR,: Must they prevail, that the struggle ;toward leave town? President Walker of a better institution must continue. Penn State 'University has refused and that public ectpcisure of ad to release the report of a commit- rninistrative abuse is the only . re tee appointed to investigate the mining means to- hirer:meat. difficulties responsible for the According to one "expert," Penn resignation of a significant frac- State should become; one of this Lion of the University's physical - country's ten great ;universities, department, and the administra- within a decade. When dOes this tively-forced resignation of Prof. Duncan Hines of higher education John A. Sauer as department head. expect us to start on the golden The investigation itself was 'forced road? There Is ample 'evidence by protests of many scholars, stu-. that no university can achieve dents, alumni and citizens. greatness under hierarchic rule. As excuse for his suppression The Cutler report contains in of the repel4rt`- Dr. Walker dated formation which would repair that "the men who wrote it asked me not le release it because .. ibey severe dama-e to personal repu said they didn't ever want to an- Cations .. of dedica ted .scholars; along ewer any questions about it. If I wt/Yle docu ments su bmit ted by had released it all three of the physicists suppo rt the ir case against the administration, it con comioittee members would have loins 'info:. 'nation of more gen eral Gazette. leave town ." (Pittsburgh Post- . - Gazette. June 29, 19624 importance to the University. For We have good reason to be the exp University's good, we should lo lieve that, release of the report release. re means toward its public would embarrass the administra- 1 tion, not Prof. Sauer, or the com mittee. We have both reason and evi dence that the able and dedicated committee members did not re quest withholding of the report. The president, in effect, accused the committee of cowardice. The chairman has now resigned from the University to our great loss. The second of the three members is on leave. All three were com mitted to silence by the admin istration. They are honorable men, not cowards. They are silenced to protect the administration. Today. many others who knew and spoke the truth about the. physical' department's difficulties have left the University because of those or similar conflicts with the administrations still others are arranging -their departures. con vinced that truth and decency can not prevail' here. A few believe that the university idea can still If this week's issue of Froth is indicative of the state of humor at Penn State; we would prefer that smiles be banned on 'campus. =Prof Warren The Collegian's face' Is Red 'and 18 coeds are saddened Dept: Eighteen coeds did not go to New York to tour the United Nations' with two Members of the dean of men'i staff; the two chaperones wen, from the dean of women's. staff. - ! -Prof Wayne gel American Ima to the American way of life. They see very little tolerance in Amer ica to "Old World ways." And yet, in Europe, most coun tries are so dependent on the tourist trade that they are com pelled to recognize foreign cus toms—no matter how different they may be to their Wtative prac tices. I, as one who is, very optimistic about the merits and future of this country, was frankly ;dis . appointed and many times 'dis gusted .by the attitude of I my. countrymen in Europe. Prevalent American' attitudes ranged from the haughty "I am an American and no European could even hope to approach my level" to' the sickeningly conde scending "Poor little foreigners. If you would only get 'smart and live like us Americans, life would be so ; much more pleasant for you," to the completely inexcus able "I'm just here for the !sum mer aid I'll never see any of you again and so it don't matter how I act!" When I returned from my trip and told friends my thoughts, they hesitated to believe I them. This only tended to confirto my . conviction that the I "average' American- is not well represented on the continent. Bu to t Euro peans; the "average" American IS represented there and he loses friends for our country every day. I talked to a Greek boy who, in the course of a conversation on the prevailing opinions of each other's countrymen • in our re spective nations flatly told me that "Americans are children." 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And sure eriougl2, everywhere I looked I found fur-clad Ameri cans living in !the newest, hotels, having private' , batunoms, eating American meals - • t tourist-trap restaurants anti adting as if the natives were non-existent. , I' tried to explain. First, that Americans. if only! by geographi cal location, are I not as inter [national as Europeans who con stantly come j intci contact with foreign tongues,-Gusto - and peo ples. Second, that, ibegruse.of this geographical ' "isolation," Most Americans do, not, know how to cope with the situation in Europe and out of insecurity avoid it, and third, that an American has the same. problems, the same hopes , and the same desires as a Euro ' peon. Again, I received a blank look of 'disbelief. i I Now, more thin ever before, Americans traveling abroad must ' make an earnest effort to become a more "international" people, to try _to understand the problems and strong points) of each nation. to accept other nations on a level with this nation. to break out of their "shells" and; relax with oth er Americans, I feel; must imme diately revise their policy of "giving" all of the time. We must also "take" front these nations. They have much to offer which this nation needs. Theji are reath ing the saturation. point with ~the constant 'American "gifts" of ad vice and customs. 'Senior Hits 'Froth' Humor TO THE EDITORS On Wednesday morning, an eye-Opener to college freshmen appeared on newstands around campus. at was the first issue of what ?Penn state has proudly called a' high-merit mag azine of college humoe.,-Natura ll y, I'm speaking of the Froth and its poor ,attempt at satire which verges on grotesque parody of the lowest form. Foxl a-magazincsup posedlY edited and published on a collegiate level by mature men and women, this edition hitnthe depths of depravity. Any maga iine which has! to stoop to" pro fanity and pornography to hold the attention of.'its readers does not reflect the true function of any publication. In one specific article. the afore- Mentioned magazine distorts, the reputation of a social group on campus. If this is the best example of Penn State humor, something drastic shbuld ',be done for the minds of these pseudo-humorists and their entourage. B. IE, Williams 183 SATURDAY 2:09 Opera I 9:00 ChasslW Masts ' T:9l RI Fl Clistaahaves - SiolitlisM f:a'.ollleat ' 12sos Mies. Lamm SUNDAY los sisaaar lege•As 4:110 Psett9 'ant i Muds 11:114 Cltapd, flanks -" ' COI Mau ; Tabersatia Ciott ' 5:32 Ckahaht* Mule T:O9 The Third Pregraa I 12:11 Stssi Off
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