PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Write-in Campaigns Urged This week candidates - for campus political office will be campaigning. The elections begin next Monday. • But in four Congressional areas we do not expect to see strong and extensive campaigns. Candidates running from East Halls men, Nittany and West Halls women areas will be unopposed for their Congressional seats. The five town area candidates will laCk campaign incentive because there are not even enough candidates to fill this area's eight allotted seats. We urge that in these , areas, especially in the town area, write-in campaigns be organized. A write-in cam paign could be run much like any other candidate's cam paign except that students would be urged to write in a candidate's name rather than check a name already printed on the official ballot. We feel that the exercising of the write-in right would eliminate the now/distinct possibility that a student would be elected to the USG Congress withciut making himself known to his constituency. We feel that organized write-In campaigns should definitely be set up in the town area where there are fewer candidates for USG than seats to be Students living downtown, coeds as well:ai men, must give serious thought to this matter to insure full represen tation on- the Congress. In all areas we urge that as'the candidates for office call on students asking for their vote, they be warmly received by students and diligently questioned on their stands on current campus political issues. We urge the student body to seek out these candidates for the top student governing body and familiarize them selves with each candidate's position on important ques tions such as:. NSA, the functions of the USG Supreme Court, the rola of student Judicial bodies, the role of USG in Homecoming and Snrin7 Week activities, the statue of campus. Pe-rure tl-e - e are no political parties involved in this elect ;wt. h: bear a greater - responsibility to inform oe the candidates' qualifications. Karre thall.k;s very important student governMent elect'on will not turn into -a picture vote without parties to erophasi,e the . issues. • • • Waste of 'Series' Tickos Nearly half of the first 20 tickets—including numbers one and two—picked up by students for the Artist Series program last Saturday night were not used. All of the 950 studeit tickets for the:concert given by pianist John Browning were distributed. But, 214 of these tickets were not used. And 214 students who might haN4 wanted to attend the concert could not plan on it because The ticket. supply was exhausted. We abhor this selfish attitude of certain students on this campus. The situation is not new, it has been going on for years. Even when the famed Isaac Stern appeared on campus last spring, 135 students did not use the tickets they,picked up. . - For future Artists Series prograrzis we strongly urge that students do not pick up tickets unless they are sure they will use them. A Student-Operated Newspaper SI Years of Editorial Freedom O'llt Bugg Toilutian 11. Successor to The Free Lance. est. 1811? Published Tteeedlar through Saturday onerninit dathelt net tfahrearitzr fear. The °ant t:ellegl•a la • etweent-speratml newspaper. F.atermt as wereaell-rlaae matter 210 3.1•54 at the State College. Pa. Peet Office under the art et March 2, 111711. Mail Salmeription Prlot: 114.00 a year Mailing Address Boa 261. Slate Collage, Ps. Member of The Associated Press ANN PALMER HERBERT WITMER Editor °EP' Business Manatier 'WE ARE 4JORKINS ANDSACk;aIS , So THAT tlau AIGRT HAVE THIS ENKATION.STuDif RAO...MAKE M3A" I 111- - 16- 11.1'• • • 44 z e, r "1": L t DEAR Sal MIS T0LJ15.14 qOI./ WELL IN' YOUR STUDIES TODAY...LeOr,h2 FATHER AND I LOVE •YOU VERY MUCH.., -,WAAnt • , THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA As of Monday, James H. Mere dith began his second week of classessat the University Of. Missi ssippi. Suddenly- the riot-rocked cam pus, distinguished becaur4l it ad mitted the first Negro to n public school in Mississippi, ha.,s been overwhelmed by - ten.. ‘lm. The 3,500 member National Gu a haa• left a though jeers aril boos permeate." air, suppose d peace will ag prevail. This Budd shift in mood undoubtedly b welcomed by school's of ticia, students, the de fense department K UNKLEMA N and the nation, and the very ad mittance of 29-year-old Meredith marks another stet') in the process of. de-segregation. But while the surface tension has been eased and advocates of an equal opportunity for both Negro and white people- can' hail the results of the admittance, it will be up to the students of the campus to overcome their prej udices in order to insure total success of the project. Several days ego I 'wrote of Walter Lippmann's thaory that the best place to begin integration is on the university - and; graduate school level because these people are potential community leaders Letters ~ Senior Objects to Criticism' Of U.S, Touristi in Europe. TO THE EDITOR: After reading ans happy, they feel that we are Miss Palmer's views on the image _the most courteous people in the that the Americans cast upon "world. The same is true of the themselves while traveling in Danish people. In Germany, Europe, I feel that she has been Whether it be in Munich or Berlin entirely too critical. the Americans can be seen drink- When I read Miss Palmer's first ing beer. in the famous beer halls article on Berlin I - agreed with 101 d.. singing famous Bavarian her completely, but in her latest songs, showing to me. that the article, "American Image," I feel Americans can not only share the that she has attempted to give a customs and traditions but also complete picture of Europe but that they are big enough to be she seems to me to have only one able to forgive and try to forget eye open. the war. The reason for my objection is that Miss Palmer's main point seems to be that Americans do not care about the different customs of, the various peoples, e and that they don't attempt to meat them halfway in recognition of two dif ferent ways of life. I feel that Miss Palmer is justi fying her opinion of this ,poor image by analyzing a relatively small portion of the traveling Americans abroad. The Americans which she has used as bad examples are those who travel in Europe:with a tre mendous sum . of money and stay at first class hotels, eat only first class American food, and are always swarmed with obsequious bell-hops and waiters who are only interested in obtaining as many - American dollars as pos sible. These I feel are the people who create a bad impression for America. But. I feel that in her article she has portrayed these , people to be the majority, and I feel that these people, although they cer tainly do exist, are quite the minority and are more than over shadowed by the people who create a very favorable opinion and image of America. As a- . student I tr aveled what would be classified is third class and ate. by our standards! at what would be third rate prices (which Is usually first rate 1 ood). I had the occasion to meek - hundreds of other American students and tour ing adults, and let mp Say that we. certainly can be proud of the Image we cast on other peoples. GOD) 1 6,21& - . 1 . 1 111 the Netherlands. the Dutch cannot do enough to snake Ameri cans happy, they feel that we are the most courteous people in the world. The same is true of the Danish - people. Its Germany. whether it be in Munich or Berlin the Americans can be seen drink ing beer in the famous beer halls In the Netherlands, the Dutch caurfct:do en:tuth to make Ameri- for the record- Observations on South , and thus 'can ethical* fellow cote =unity members. While I still retain my confi dence in this plan, I feel it only fair to consider that such a task, even for the most educated person, is a difficult assignment. This past summer, while work ing in Yellowstone National Park, I met and became friends with many Southern college students. Surprisingly to me, they__ were quite willing and even anxious to discuss integration. Often, after dinner, we would get involved in lengthy discussions on the subject. From our conversations, I drew several conclusions. First, the South is filled with tradition, the white over the Negro being one of them. While these students who were of a different generation from their parents were more liberal in their views, they found it difficult to disre gard the teaching of their parents. Secondly, there was an actual fear that if the Negro wereliven equal status, he would pay back misdeeds of the • whites with the same treatment. f One girl from Birmington, Ala bima pointed out to me that in her city, approximately 48 per cent of the population is Negro. Tieatment of the Negro is care fully discreet to . avoid trouble; she said. This same friend also, through her' conservations with me, rg vealed another prevailing. situlk flan. Upon inviting me to visit her this year, she casually added that of course we would have to go to Also we may look to Italy which contains all the culture and beauty that man 'could desire. If we go to the Sistine Chapel in Rome or see the Michelangelo works in Florence, or the crowded cafes in small Italian towns, they are filled with thousands of Ameri cans who want to see and =learn how other people live.. ' Thus, as a final thought, if I would have to criticize a people for not creating a good impres sion, there are many places in Europe where the only words spoken to Americans are "You have much American, 'dollar, Senor!" —Edgar Snyder. '63 Hays Corrects Error TO THE EDITOR: s .The Sept. 29 issue of The Daily Collegian in dicates that the amount of state funds to be received by the Uni versity for the current year would be $2O million. This, ;as you may now recall, is an error of fact, since the actual amount will be approximately $20;300,000. Of course I was _especially con scious of this error, because it was I who offered the amendment on ihe Senate floor, to allocate to Penn State a percentage of any excess income over, the estimated Income. The vote; on this amend ment was a strict, party 'vote, 25- ,25; and only .the favorable vote of Lieutenant Governor Davis made the additional $300,000 available to Penn State. --5en.1.70 Hays, D-Centr• • • I dropped into the USG .meeting the other night and was surprised to see hovi many Congressmen itook a three instead of a two-week ;vacation to which 'they're en titled, Doesn't seem-quite cricket jto me! WEDNESDAY'. OCTOBER 10.11962 by carol kunklema a priVate- club' for dinner, since the public restaurants *ere in poor condition due to the thought less actions of 7the predominately Negro trade. This, no doubt, -is true in some cases, though' my friend may have used a different standard than another would use to judge. 'There Is also a fear of Inter marriage if the Negro advances. 'We in the North, while possibly not faced with all the other sit uations I've named, should be aware of this one, for rico heard the topic discussed with somewhat hushed tones several times. Through all these comments, I could see then that there is a need for education on both the part of the. Negroes and the whites. While the Negroes haie more justification in their 100-Year fight for equality, the whites also have substantial basis .for criticism. Both groups, however, must use their education to beconle liberal and tolerant. I certainly do not think inte gration will be an overnight suc cess. Through education, however, I think the process willibe made easier, for a college campus is more susceptible to new ideas. The challenge , is there for the college students I met' and lot others in the South to !first, •use their education to rid themselves of prejudice, and second, to co3l - to do so. Only with liberal views can we in the North and our counterparts in the South insure a permanent Integration. Froth Hit As Reflection On Students TO THE EDITOR: I am gravely concerned with the moral caliber and standard of values of a stu dent bod ir that continuously allows such an abominable Froth to stand representa- • tive of them. In s,uch a period of opportunity as college is, it is 'truly alarm ing that students striving to better themselves do not reprimand this magazine as the nadir of 'Penn State literature, that it undoubted ly is. I, for one, rebel aga inst allowing this disgusting vulgarity to Stand indicative of the quality of stu dents on this campus. The shameful popularity of this "gross"jour nalism is reflected not only on us as a student body but also upon the administration and faculty of such an institution of higher learning that would permit• the standard of literature 'to ebb tO sewer levels. Surely they have some moral ob ligations for-taste. • • Yet, Froth remains representa tive of the worst possible taste far which we could despair. Thegar bage on its pages would embairrais anyone of average breeding.- Can we present this journa li sm to our friends with Pride •in the social refinement the university has sup plied? Or would we be ashamed that the University, permits open sensationalism . of fornication, pro miscuity,- etc.,, and; the distortion of the God-given :expression of love into cheap filth in th e e: crudest descriptions imaginable. • . When college' literature stoops' this low, our. University is dis graced beyond respect. This foUl trash has smeared us long enough, I think it's time we hold • our heads above this de gradation. Froth was originally in tended as a respectable expression of talented satire, intelligent wit, and entertaining humor. Could' It be that there isn't the competency within the shameless staff to pro duce wholesome humor and that this is why it reverts to Rich tawdry devices to gain its laughs? I strongly suspect so.- I ad4o cate the purgation of Froth - and the elevation. of its taste "for • (much, much) better Penn Star --James R. WTllieu —_-,Prof'Vayne'
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