PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion For a Better Froth Lz.;.;t we(7l:, the October issue of Froth appeared on Uni:.•ersity riewstands and 'soon after its appearance, it evoked a storm of controversy., The sales record for this issue was good; 'student reaction was mixed, as our many Letters to the Editor indicate. Some students have uiged that Froth be banned by the University adminfEtration or that some sort of clearance channel be initiated to review material being prePared for publication. We defend Froth. We will fight for its staff's right to comment and express opinions freely. We are opposed to any 'censorship which could be imposed by either the University administration or the faculty. The concept of a student magazine devoted to wit and satire is a good one. There are many occurrences <at the University which, brought to light by such literature, ever remind us of the realities and the humor in life. While providing an outlet for student talent in this phase of composition, sucii a publication also serves to keep mem bers of University organizations aware of public opinion and_"on their toes." - There is definitely a need and a place for satiriCal and humorous wriiing on our campus. It should be allowed to flourish here, and even the threat of censorship, posQd by indignant students, is an insult to the right of free expres sion.and to the academic climate which thrives on thought. Bee:'use student iniblications at this University enjoy the cherished freedom of expression, however, their editors must bc.. r with dignity the mammoth responsibility,,g .rei;c7.:in-: homer and wit in good taste. editor; of Froth should and must reflect the Of their - responsibility! , by publishing articles of werit I roni reading the October issue and recent past issues of Froth, we leel that. the quality of the articles has deger,erated. This current condition must not be allowed to contin ue. We urge students who have criticized Froth to partici pate in . rebuilding its quality,` both by persistent verbal pressure and by participating in its publication: Frkdil i^ a vital part of the University. It h6s been rated as one of the top college humor magazines in the country. Students have a right to expect well-written and tasteful articles. The editors have the responsibility to provide them. A Studen•-Gperated Newspaper 58 Years of Editorial Freedom 010 Elailgllettitut Successor to The Free Lance. est. 4887 pobtlithed Tuesd•y through Saturday 'morning during the University gear. Tim Milli collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-clam matter /MY 6, tell at the Slide College, Pa. Poet Office under the act of March 11, 1579. ' Mail Subseription Prior: SLOB a year Mulling Address Roe 241, State Colley,. Pa Member of The Associated Press ANN 'PALMER Editor City FAltara, Joan Mehan and David Balbach; EArs and World Affairs - Editor, Kay Kills: Editorial Editor. Carol Kunklerean: Sports Editor. John Morris: Assistant Sparta Editor. Ken Denlingrr; Thotograpliv Co-editors. - Ton Drowns and Den -Coleman; Personnel Director. Karate* Orion; Kens and Features Editor, Beeson. Loral Advertising Ca-Managera: Jean Rahl, 3ane Silverstein: ' National Ad Mgr.. Barham Brown: Crodil Mgr, Ralph Friedman: Asaistant Credit Mgr., Harry Rauch; Promotion — Mgr.. Barry Levitz: Classified Ad Mgr., Catherine Saunier; Circulation Mgr.. Phil Lynn Asslaterit Circulation Mgr., David Spirt; Personnel and Office Mgr., Lynn Murphy. tiEs.SHE Ltas To Rlr 'NEM IN MTH lW ,LUNCK Ati3T. ' S3TE FRavk YO'Ji2 MOTHER? • f k • Zr. 4114' teoUR FATHER AND I WANTMLY 13C-47 FOR 4 100. JrE T DO AUS ilVt2 PART, TN. ...NWT FAIL , 05-8 E DILIGENT...LWOW, 4401t0t THE 'DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. pENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WITHER Busineis Manager "DEAR 50N, ARE 4tXl 6'IIIDYIN 6 HARD Tow? HAVE YOU MADE THE MOST OF TrIE MORNING HOLlb? IlLiki I 06ED 70 CLIOND CO-Fi 4'30 SakE7iMES DRAii TAT BLANKET ARNND, BUT NOW I THINK I - KNOW! Q;4? Letters - .1 . • . . . • . , i Doubt ExOresied About UniVersiti - Needs, , , . 1 , .. , . . TO THE EDITOR: In last Satiir- ! able dish indeed. Miss Orton also rence. Can you imagine that? day's issue theie was a rather i felt "called upon to make a few * - A nicer ;exterior for Beaver" singular column entitlrd, 'What • suggestions .. for the University Stadium . . ."'. Perhaps curtains This University Needs'l by Saralee r e t ja ver . s ity How fortunate for around lr g u r is ee c"4154 rvice ;i 14. 0m P : c l i he rb Orton. Upon completion of the At this point many upperdass- the new education building." East article:the reader may be in doubt : run (in this case aU undergrad- and South Halls must be 'Vacant uates not yet seniors) may feel a this term. At any rate it is a won as to its purpose. . ~ . . bit humiliated _by the exalted, der she didn't suggest moving_the Here, then, an attempt shall, be apathetic, experienced. and, "call made to attach - purpose to the . a d upon -. con diti on of Miss Orion. thoughts of a woman, at best a This is • natural response and the difficult task for the Imale mind. author can offer no means of re- Miss Orton's patiencq is begged . lief as h e i s not exa lt e d. _ as this article is written purely in Now confusion mounts as we the interest of science.( Let us now read Miss Orton's list of "gems." consider Miss Orton's article in / ' • ' We -wonder if she is being humor detail., ous or serious. Some suggestions .-At once we are impressed by have a serious tone showing Miss Orton's somewat contra- ' thought and concern. Other, how dietary apathetic, experienced ever, are beyond the limits of fea and exalted position lIA further i sibility. To illustrate this a few of remark indicating tilt PSU stu- : Miss Orton's suggestions are list dents would have : tough time ,• ed below. Comments by the author getting into any othtr . :institution are based strictly on opinion. adds insult to injury;tan unpalat- •An "in" with Governor Law- 'Surprised' Writer Disputes Arqument in Fr6th's Defense TO THE EDITOR: _I was very surprised upon reading J‘,l i s s Blecker's letter to the editor the: other day. She apparently has; . done something I. tho,i sht was im-i possible defend toth. How-i ever, her reasoning; about the: merits of Froth, I i believe, isi slightly warped. - 1 ' First, she suggests at the tre-i mendous sales of groth are t 7 a , direct result of its worth. How-; ever, she should be I aware that any filthy book or magazine need: not have "humor or! understand ; ine in order to make good sales.: This tremendous sales record of Froth may, in fact, 4e attributed to the large, unsuspecting numbers of freshmen , that have bought Senior Satirizes Froth for the first i?,;1 last time. In Miss Blecker s letter, she Froth Dispute also -mentions how Froth has "survived through 50 years of criti- TO THE EDITOR: The University. cism. Perhaps she should also should purge Froth. It should mention that only recently has expel its editors. Froth is gross; • Froth attained its present position it . is almost as gross as some of the of being one of the filthiest mag azines of any college., "girlie" magazines on every, news- Miss Blecker also noted that stand. The University should Froth is the least filthy relative derrfonstrqte its contempt for free to 7 of the top 10 college humor__ magazines in the country. I do dom Of publication and the rights not know who made; this survey, of students to criticize by ex or how many years ago it was pressing Froth. made, but lam sure that we have In spite of the fact that college undoubtedly reached the top in humor magazines have been using , the production of filth.. the "God given expression of love" ' The comment on hour Froth prci.- as their prime source of humor vides a mal-ket for 1 student ex- for as long as they have been pression and talent is particularly publishing. Froth should be ex funny. The ideas expressed in s hould to stay far above this. It Froth are the type that a student should beipurged to demonstrate should keep to himself. I would that no one in this University imagine that most students would can slander or distort the "God be ashamed to publicly express , given gift of love" without cen 'ideas of,-such low . caliber. Don't : sure. get me wrong. Sometimes by lag-! Certain slandered groups should cident, a good article will appear press libel suits to help suppress in Froth; but of course a maga- I Froth. While the "slanderous" zinc cannot be 100 per cent filthy, i story would not have been as principally because there are ad= funny if another group had been vertisements that make up a• poi- mentioned. implying some truth. tion of the magazine. the group should refuse to take We gel a proud feeling when things humorously and should Miss Blocker tells us how other press libel suit. i colleges look to Froth for their i The University should suppress filth. We also feel good when she all that it disagrees with. It must mentions how we are looked up not allow a publication freedom to by other colleges because of from censure (it might damage our freedom of censorship and our our scholastic reputation). It liberal-mindedness: If we are the should not allow any students to leaders, let, our "leadership be think differently frOm those In worthy of followers. If we ate power, it must mold students and going to be respected by other not allow non-conformity, for a 'colleges. let them respect our foot- much much better -State Penn, ball team, and not our filth. This pops, Penn State. is Penn State, one of the best, if _ - —James M. Lucas. '63 not the best, colleges in the cairn try. Let us be best in all things :r-- Remedy for Yelling TO THE EDITOR: I believe that the majority of students are aware 'of the existence of quiet hotirs and the reasors for their existence. Near the dormitories there isi a great deal of yelling during quiet hours. I would lie to point out to the few parties concerned that noise from outside easily carries into the dormitories, disturbing all who are studying. - With this in mind, wouldn'ti it benefit everyone -much more Ito yell less near the dormitories and yell a great deal more at Our Poorly attended pep rallies? —Scott Celahan..ll , . —Robeit Reuther. 18 our minds, our sports, our maga zines. In closing, I would like to say that sex is a beautiful thing given to man by God; however, when it is lowered to some .dark alley affair, as is done in Frdth, many people get the wrong idea. If we can accept sex for what it is, and not masquerade or 'shade it,. someday we will be grown up in our 'attitudes toward morals and sex. The best argument that Miss Sleeker has is that if, you do not like or approve of Froth, DO NOT BUY IT! —Michael Russo, '65 Argument Refuted TO THE EDITOR: Concerning In tegration Leaders, may I. point out to Miss Kunkleman that the stu dents at Ole Miss are! also re cipients of advanced education, the panacea that she !touts so highly. These students, as well as Penn State students are; (to para phrase Miss Kunkleman) • given the benefit of a place to broaden their views, overcome prejudices, and forrn'their own philosophies. However, some students at Ole Miss disagree with her notion of desirable_ action and! are con demned for their immaturity. Is it that she is inconsistent in her argument or is it. that educa tion is somehow better at Penn State than at Ole Miss? —Kenneth Ranson. Grad " Student FRIDAY: OCTOBER 12. 062 education building to Pollock. •"Fewer pop quizzes in 8 o'clock Saturday classes." Perhaps Miss Orton should be a little more careful on Friday nights. •Miss Orton wants dates for, all coeds every weekend. Thik would certainly fu'rther their lust for a degree in husbandry, known as a Mrs. • Also, she is tired of "Short- Yell-Beer." She must sit in a very interesting section of Beaver Stad ium. • And so with the thought of beer We end our search for understand ing. Ityou are still in doubt as to the pattern and purpose of a woman's thoughts, that makes two of us. —David Russman 'B5 Briton Views U.S. Image TO THE EDITOR: I was most interested in the article, "Ameri can Image," by Ann Palmer, (The Daily Collegian, Oct. 5). I came from England in 1957, returning for a vacation in '59 and again this summer. Now I love England• as much as Miss Palmer loves her country, but' on both visits I was literally heartsick at the contempt displayed for Americans and the American -way of life as the Englishman sees it. When I was staying at a charm ing hotel in my beloved Cotswolds, I mentioned , to the manager that I would be sure to recommend the hotel ' to my. many American friends. To my dismay he an swered, "Frankly, I'd rather you didn't. We don't like American guests we've had some!" I felt an almost personal hurt, and tried to find out what was objectionable - about Americans. I gathered that apparently they do not control their children's -be havior and generally act as Miss Palmer indicates. The crux of the problem, to me at least. ,seems to lie in the ques tion, "Who , goes abroad?" If I could transport' the cultured, friendly people of State College to England, I am certain that the 'American Image' would he de troyed. Unfortunately these are not the wealthy Americans! Now with English visitors here, the boot is on the other foot. With the class system still, to some extent, prevalent in England, wealth is usually synonymous to culture. This is not to say that all English I visitors behave well —far from it! We are often rude, arrogant. supercilious and most condescendine. However, 'Miss Palmer has hit the nail on the hiad. Please don't always 'play the rich uncle. He is often heartily- disliked by the so-called "poor" relations. There is ironical truth in the biblical saying, "It is'more blessed to give than to receiver' —Florence ,Rowlands, Faculty wife WDFM Schedule 1:01 Dintier Date 4:00 Washington Analysis 0:15 Witatherseepe 4:20 Ballet Theatre 7:30 News 7:35 Highlight :45 Album of the Week 8 :OS • Marquee Memories :55 Sports News 0:00 ''What's the Problem r 0:30 News B:SS Send Off • 12:00 Hightemind 2:00 Sign Off SATURDAY . 2:11 Opera 5:11 Chamber Mask • 7:11 111 Pi °pinhead* 8:04 Spotlight 9:94 Offbeat 12:11 Ken's Kamer SUNDAY 1:••• Sunday Moods 41:511 Poetry and Meat. • S:N Chapel Serf - lei • 4:111 Monson Tabernacle aide 1:31 Chamber Meek ' 7:51 The iThird Praltfalm 12:N Eggs Off Wien We've heard that the nien work• ing on the tower of Old Main are really Army cadets in.dispise. So don't be surprised, if a sign saying 'Beat Penni State" suddenly bal loons from i Old Main:', =Prof Wayne
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