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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.
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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
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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
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.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."
"Americans in Europe *re just
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lire' children with a rum toy. they
play with it conadai t dly, disregard
all also that pat the aro und them
and pout' whet* anyihutg inter
rupts their stale of biles: . he said.
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.
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