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Editcirial Opinion
Foundation of a University
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Welcome back, alumni! 1
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This is your weekend. We, the undergraduates, will be
sitting back and giving you the spotlight; The football
game , today is for you, theprties tonight are for you" and
all of the special events on campus this ; weekend are de
signed especially for your pleasure. ,t ,
Things were made to be ;this way, for 'Just as the hope
of a university lies in its Unairiraduates. the present
strength of a university lies' in its past with its aim:inf.
It is you, the graduates of The Pennsylvania state
University, which make the present. reputation of this
university possible through your daily contributions in
all fields of life.
We are proud of the Job'you are doing. More and more
this university is being considered one 'of the top in the
nation. Indeed: one forecaster -.predicts that Penn State
will be , one of the ten best' universities4n the nation by
1970.
Welcome back to Penn State. We hope you .enjoy your
!stay and that-you will return next-year when again you
vain formally be receiving the recognition you so justly
deserve.
Fight on to Victory
. Today the Nittany Lions clash with. the Orangemen
from Syracuse - in the biggest game ever to' be combined
with Homecoming festivities on this campus.
Last week mimy people attributed Army's success
partly to the,fire infused in them by the spirit of their
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Homecoming game. -
This is our Homec r oming game. We have a great foot
ball team, ranked second in the East.
Today the learn will have advantage to add to .its
already mighty force. - It will have the solid backing of
alumni, students and. spirited spectators to urge it on to
victory.
As special incentive to the team, seven members and
the coach of the Penn State football team of 1912 will be
present and honored at the game.
Here's to a great team and a victory this afternoon.
BEAT SYRACUSE!
A Student-Gperated Newspaper
SS Years -of Editorial Freetosor:--
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Letters
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Ist Amer i tdment,
Freecioti t i Cited
In Froth Case
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TO THE EDITOR: Th most im
portant freedoms in ur coun
try's Constitutioh are ose guar
anteed in the first A endment,
Penn State has alrea r made a
hollow joke of One: ofth ese guar
antees: ". .. the right 1 the peo
ple peaceably' to assemble, and
to petition the Government- for
'a redress of grievances!! At: the
White 'House, !the President of
the •• United States sends coffee
out to , students demonstrating
against his policies. At Penn
State, the administration sends
out photographers, hauls partici
pants in on the carpet to4treaten
or expel therri and gets its resi
dence hall personnel to harangue
,the inhabitaMs against partici-
'paling in any such event.
Phase II gm operation seems
now to 'Le udder! way, aimed at
the guarantee that there shall
be "... no law . . abridging the
freedom . .of the Press." Ap
__parently the iidsninistration thinks
that the individual students
shouldn't be/ allowed to judge
what they want tofread. (And it
should be ;noted that students
make this 'decision with their
pocketbooks.; not with a few let
ters to Collegian in the righteous
style of the Prohibitionists. Froth
regularly sells out.)
:In the now famous decision on
obscenity (Roth vs. U.S.) handed
down., by • the Supreme Court in
1954,' Justice Brennan said: "All
ideal having even the : slightest
redeeming j social - importance—.
unorthodix ideas, controversial
ideas, even ideas hateful to the
prevailing climate of opinion—
have the full protection of the
guarantees Of the First and Four
teenth Amendments).
. •"
But is Froth "worth protecting
under thel Constitution's privi
leges? -
Most student publications are
as variable in qualityas thefran
sient staffi producing them. There
are "good'' ; years and "bad" ones.
The fact that Froth has been
at a low. ebb isino indication that
it will not improve. A brief check
through its half-century's worth
of issues will yield - ample .proof
that itcan be an indisputably
funny magazine. '
The second answer to the ques
tion touches directly on the' stu
dents' lite at the . University:
There is I a precedent being set
here. This "Committee an Student
Organizations" is brand new. It
is handling ih first "case." The
issue is ' fundamental. ACcusing
Froth of the catch-all. "conduct
prejudicial t o the good name of
the University." the committee is
apparently going to revoke its
charter.
If the; committee is %successful,
It will set a dangerous 'Precedent.
For if it can revoke the charter
of a publication , so easily and
hang the First Amendment, It is
'but a small step further for
the committee/administration to
withdraw (or "threaten to with
draw) on the same grounds the
charter of any other campus or
ganization with which they dis
agree.
TO THE EDITORS Are we afraid
of being individuals, seeming in
nocent, being discriminating? Are •
we afraid to speak out against
that which displeases or offends
us?
Why was the lquality of - the
literature in Froth not questioned
before this? Was it because people
were too- fearful' to voice their
opinions until the vulgarity ,and
obscenity reached mammoth pro
portions? Were they reluctant to
voice an opinion contrary to the
"popular trend?"
Something must be done to im
prove the quality of the literature
in the Froth and to make this
Magasine. presentable to society
as a whole.
answer to? 111 r. 'Farman's
letter to the editor (Oct. 19) we
must admit that we cannot shame
lessly show this magazine to our
family or friends,
We do not, however, feel that
:it should be banned it should
'e "cleaned." .
. But first, we have some ques-
Gra® Supports ••tions to ask:
Armo • Are e and staff of
ry Pica Froth c t a h pable editors
of writing humor
TO THE EraT i ar i t3_ The
point • land satir e that will appear to t i tle
made ,by Metsis. - -Mitchell and ; entire student body?
Pollock, that Penn State needs art ; The editorial r opinion of The
exhibition space, is one that Daily Collegian suggested that the
th
should receive consideration. The ,Fro prepare a statement of
Armory has served this. purpose !standards and qualifications which
find that of a gathering pl a ce for (it feels should be connected with!
students for many , years. With campus humor. magazine. We
the demise of the Stock Pavilion,_would like to see this statement,
another facility for large scale. for we must ask, "What kfnd of
standards and qualifications do
student eihibitions has hit the
dust.. they have?"
—Kurt Simons, 13
The . Bort Show. which has A question foi bliss Imsick
been held in the Stock Pavilion her incoogruous 'letter to the edi
for the. past 20 years and- prior tar. Oct . 1 9) , : , I s. that filth dis.
to that In the Armory, has had 4 ilplayed in Froth talent. Are these
to be moved to the 'University , lq mders. the editors o f From, . lho
Pavilion (Ice Slatting Rink). This light people'? Should we, can we
building. 'once it is finally en- , look up to and be proud of them
closed. may well 'serve as the
, and their magasiner If people
'gathering place and exhibition ' feel filthy inside let thins -keep
apace for large; affairs. But how.- it inside, not mar the reputation
*bout the smaller Ones? Some and ideals of an oath . universal:
consideration of the proposal to b y pjjg
save the Armory shout(' be given.
It might just be-feasible. In all the controversy over Froth
—Richard A. Uri's', 'we have heard used the yards
nrail. Student vulgarity. obscenity. and dirt.
soft touch
A 4tter to Willy
Cilic , re
YOU knew it would have to
conie to .thii Someday. After four
years I had to come; to some kind
of , a realintion as ;to what was
best for me and I :finally have.
You 'won't, believe. it. Willy,
know you won't, but I just,have a
feeling it ought to be this way.
Remen3ber when
we were talking
about our educa-
tions and I said
how great Country
Club life was?
Well, I found out
sbme thing very
new. I think may
be I can get as
much here as you
can at Harvard.
All I have to do is
to try. I found out
the other day that SfiSS BEES"
those professors are just Regular
People. The trick is to go and
talk to them. I was pretty nervous
at first, but then it was easy after
I found out about him being a
Regular and everything..
What I also discovered is that
there - , are other courses here be
sides. those Cut and Paste ones I
was taking before. And, if you
ask around, this is` really true,
Willy, we have Famous
.People
here.'Get that. Just like'you have
Archibald.
So. I'm reforming. Willy. You
really won't believe it. I even go
to the Artists Series now. They
also have Famous People. The
only' thing is that, I kind of feel
as if I might be a non-conformist
or something. It is definitely not
a Good Feeling at all. It is in ions
way, but all my friends think 'l'm
pretty' crazy because sometimes I
don't ,have time to talk to them
and lest week I couldn't go to the
,'Skellar because I had Work to do.
Letters
Secklers Want Froth to Stay,
Say Stuclents Should. Reform It
SAT RDAY; OCTOBER .70, ,1942-.
by donnan beeson
And I also haVe been thinking.
Here. is what I think: My school
is just as .good as yours. - Except
you're closer to a city and every
one up there is like rye decided
to be. But, here's why mine might
be even better: I have to exert
more effort than you do and there
fore (I like that word), I am learn-s
ing more in the End_
And after all, Willy, I think
that's what I am here .to do. I
think you might want to argue
this, so I have been Very Busy
doing research •on the- subject.
What I've found is that my posi--
tion on this whole think is very- ,
secure. As matter of fact, People
tell me. I'm almost too secure. -
And I used to think; that I was
insecure. •
Anyway, it seems that we are
being taken care of by oodles of
people who are just dying to make
sure that we are doing the right
thing at the right time. The only -
thing is there's a catch •to
everything that something they
make too careful a check and we
are suppoSed, as a Student Body
as a Whole, to get very mad and
argue with them and then see _
what happens. Apparently, you •
never know. what's going to
happen.'
• At any i rate, my new life is
very' exciting, 'as you . might he
able to gather. I it a lot
and am very happy. It's. tough,
Willy. I still don't believe it. _ •
As always (but not really), Gert
PS. I forgot to tell you that the
reason I wrote was to tell you that
I can't make it up for next week
end "because there's a football
game. We. have a Team this year.
So Gert'and Willy might have a
Real' Future If Willy will only
understand and Gert perserveres.
Others might have a Real Future
also.
We have ,yet to hear culture,-re-;
finement, polish, grace, or good
taste. • -
lwe do not feel that the
charter of this magazine should
bd revoked., The stature of Froth
should be raised, and a concious.
effort made to revise not only the
content of the magazine, but also
the staff and advisorship if neces
sary.
Must humor dipend on vulgari
ty? We think not.
Robin - Seckler 'Bs
- * —Jacqueline Seckler 'B4
Freshmen Wani
Answers on Froth
TO THE EDITOR: It is apparent
from letters of recent date. that
the student body' is not well
informed of both sides of the
Froth • dispute.
• There are several pertinent
questions which should be- an
swered concerning this dispute.-
•The ;administration is basing
their case on the past seven years
publication. • Why was there no
public show of disapproval of
Froth' policies from the adminis
.tration prior to the last issue? -
• Why were the students not in
formed concerning the nature of
the charges brought against Froth
before the subcommittee meeting
last Tuesday?
Since thii is a pontroversial
topic. we feel that th:ke - questions
should be answered to clarify
We issue.
' —Susan Edmunds.
—Water Itiinhart,
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