PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Telephone. Charge Evasion Is A Campus Disgrace in every leruciei.ce hail and in almost every other buildup ori campus, there are both coin telephones Bnd ■exten .ion phones. The extension phones are part of a University teler phone system and their range of use is limited to on cam-- pus C3lLs and off campus calls in nearby areas. - j tr Howeyer, the coin-operated telephones are adminis tered by the Bell Telephone Company and can be used y to make calls to any-part of the world or receive them. - The misuse of the coin-operated telephones by some .students has caused a problem which could eventually lead to limiting; this service. Jp. : In an unofficial review of the misuse of coin-opejated ' phones on campus, the local , branch of Bell Telephone Company found that in a recent 14-day period alniost 350 calls had been made where students did not deposit tfce full amount owed for the call. It was pointed oU£ that sorpe students had asked to be billed and others had not! waited ■'*- ; i , to be given the additional charges for overtime, j , j ( It has-been the policy of the telephone company lo bill students for overtime charges, if asked. However, requests for billing are now so frequent that the cost'in volved has risen sharply. It was estimated that service of billing costs the telephone company almost $l5O month ly- e There is also a definite problem of student's receiving bills for tliieir calls and not paying them. In a review of out- standing debts since jApril, 1962, the company found that almost 200 bills had, not been paid. ; After talking to a telephone company official, we feel that the company is more aware of and more concerned with Ihe.e problems than ever in the past and rightly-so. But in spite of the problems students have presented, the company is extremely willing to cooperate, with stu dents end! lo help them in any way possible. j We feel that the Bell Telephone Company of State College has valid complaints against those students who abuse the privilege of having coin telephones in the dormitories We urge students to consider this problem from both sides and [will appreciate any Suggestions through letters to thd editor .concerning its solution. We think it only fair to warn students of the com pany’s policy stated by the Penal Code of Pennsylvania'and reprinted ,in all telephone directories: * "Anyone with Intent to defraud, who give* informa tion to the operator or agent of any telephone company, so that the charge therefor 1« made to the account of another without his authorization, shall be liable to $5O fine dr 30 days imprisonment or both." • \ Judging from the number of outstanding bills piled up by students, we believe this situation is a serious blight upon the .image of the student body! of this University. We urge that students recognize the significance of their actions in; this area and immediately halt such abuses on their own; before an outside law enforcement agency must step in and settle the problem’ permanently. . Any such action of this type-would, of course, humili ate the University and present & very poor image of the Penn Statje student. * i A Student-Operated Newspaper 58 Year* of Editorial Freedom QUifp Sa% (EnUrman : Successor to The Free Lance, esl 1887 < Pabllihfd Tsctdaf threncfc Sttardiy nor nine rfarlni th« ralrmltf |«ir. Tki Daily Collegian i> m atndmt-opvratfd nrwipiptr. KiOkH a* wrn4*Hon: Nr*’* and l-Vatwrr* Editor. Uonnin Rmon. } l>ocal - Advertising Co-Minitfr?: Jean Ruhl. Jane ' SUrerstein: h'ttiolai Ad Mrr.. tlarhara lirown; (red it Mrr.. Ralph Friedman: Ai»t*latit \t«dii Mgr.. Harry t llaoeh; Promotion M*r<, Barry' Classified Ad [Catherine Baumrr; Circulation Mgr.. Phil* A**Ut*nt Circulation Mrr„ DMtd' Spirt; Personnel and Office Mgr., l.yjnn Morphy. i • l Person* with complaint* about fhi Dally Collegtati'a edit'rial policy *i n«w| • coverage may eoare them In the letter* to the editor column or present them. In person or ;in writing, to the editor. All complaints will be ineeatlgated and efforts made ;to remedy situations where this newspaper Is at fault. The Dally Collegian. uphold* the .right to 'maintain its independence apd t#‘ uxrrri** - foml as to what l« thinks D in the best Interest ef the ' '. v < T .- I I HERBERT WITHER Business Manager DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA Baker Defends Congress' Actions TO THE EDITOR:; In view of what I feel has been somewhat inaccurate Collegian coverage in the past weeks, I would like to explain the USG Congress’ posi tion concerning the Froth issue. Following the decision of the Committee- on Student Organiza tions to withdraw official recog nition of Froth, several members of Congress, as'well as many; of their constituents: felt that per-" haps Froth w-as not: dealt with fairly. At the USG- meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 24, a bill was proposed which only Would have expessed our disapproval of the action r taken by the i committee. After several amendments and a great deal of debate, the motion was tabled T and a committee of four Congressmen se|: up :to ex amine the problem in .its entirety.. Rather than yield to the pres cures _of a crusading, emotion evoking student press and con demn something without offering Senior Accuses Collegian Of'Leftist-Liberal Editorializing' TO THE EDITOR: Now I’ve hearct everything! After three long years of enduring leftist liberal editorializing in The Daily Collegian, I finally came .upon the nadir of political journalism in Joel Myers’ so-called "Election Analysis.”-' Myers happily acclaims that The New Frontier may soon be free to torture the Constitution of the United States as mercilessly as Roosevelt did'in the 1930'5. He cheerfully calls attention to the' “increased power” of the liberal GOP wing while ignoring the election of a conservative in Colo rado and the bid for power of California's conservative wing. He blissfully overlooks the Re publican governor in Oklahoma and the narrow defeat of a Re publican conservative In Ala bama, while discounting the Re publican gubernatorial victories in four of the nation's most popij- Telephone Service Praised TO THE EDITOR: Before Mi chael Wexler criticizes the phone service at this University as ha did in Friday’s Collegian, let him first discover 'a few. facts about PSU’s telephone set up. In the two-plus years that-1 have at tended this university. I have had the opportunity to visit many universities; none of which have the comprehensive telephone service available to students of Penn State wh6 live under hous ing contracts. If Wexler lived downtown, he would in all • probability find hinfself paying a dime for each calL he made. Had he .been here last year, he would have found himself able to ! make only on campus calls without charge and would have paid to .call the four outside exchanges—» feat which can now be done free of charge. If Wexler attended another col . lege, he might have something io gripe about. Vißanova, for ex ample. provides something like one phone for each 100 students. At the University of Massachu setts. there is no free phone serv ice. There are three - pay-phones in each dormitory building. Even on-campus calls to another dorm cost a dime. The Bell Telephone Company in the area is to- be commended on the fine quality and quantity of the telephone services avail able; tB, students on:this'campus. It is dertainly one -of the finest systems ’bailable' to college stu dents anywhere. .Wexler should be grateful that this service is pn>£*“>*k>r from England; music 10:90 Svmphonir '“Notebook: Coetcra-r Letters to the Editor WDFM Schedule TI'ESDAY. NOV. IS 5 Pinner , Date 6 .»K> This Week at the U.N. €:-0 Contemporary .Classic*: of 20th Century 7 .SO IJiKhJtjthtßeport by IKC Prw idem Emil* S