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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
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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<v
Sound of I'olV Music
Mfft th* ?ro(«wr: Deni*
Stevens. - dicttAem*l«*<l
portry, American Mutic
any- possible solution* Iho Con- with the co-editors of Froth*
gress decided to investigate, to The purpose of this meeting, the
ponder future paths of action and bill stated, is to work out changes
to come up with a mature and in Froth so that it can become an
constructive solution. This" is acceptable publication. .The bill/
evidence that the new USG Con- also said that the OSG J Congress'
gress is assuming' a level of ma- felt that proper consideration was
turity seldom, if ever, before seen not given by the committee to the
in a student government at Penn possibility offered -by Froth to
State. "dean its own house." /
The following week the original I: think that the Congress of the
bill was withdrawn, and the re- Undergraduate Student Govern
port of the committee was heard. mefit has been unjustly accused of
Also, the results‘of the USG Stu- lack of action in this area. Quick,
dent Opinion Bureau were heard, emotional action/is not in direct
and further eiscussion of the prob- correlation witl/realistic, solution
lem ensued. Finally,'after taking centered action, nor are all of the
all the possible facts and opinions idealistic ahd theoretical state
into consideration. Congress, ments of The Daily Collegian’s ex
passed a bill setting up a com- pert staff of! crusading pseudo-,,
mittee composed of the USG Pres- lournalists going to be. able to
ident, the editor of the Collegian, bring- back a ( responsible campus
a representative of the Alumni humor magazine to Penn State. I
Association, one of the two stu- feel sure, however, that USG’s
dent members of the Committee action will be a definite step in
on Student Organizations, and a / the direction of the aforemen
member of the Congress to tioned goal.
loui states. ,/
Further, he gleefully points to
the election of'younger congress
men. hoping/that they will see
their way glear.to abet creeping
socialism/ by ramming Medicare
and aid-to-education- down the
throats'" of the people of a for
merly' constitutional America.
Jhe Kennedy victory is hardly
“significant.” It is barely even
existent. Myers’ hopeless distor
tion of -the facts is. galling to me.
The Collegian’s constant leftist
hammerings are galling to me. If
your brand of journalist is indica
tive of those being'processed by
other major universities in this
country, the state of the Ameri
can press is in for a long, un
happy decline from responsible,
impartial, two-sided editorializing
to biased vammerings such as
those of Myers and the Collegian
staff. !
—D. A. Kenajy.
available for his use. rather than
complaining when he could be
faring a lot worse.
—Carl Thormayer. '64
I CAN HARfXvV OJHO'S NAME
OJAiT FOR NEXT 15 OH 1T... ,
SEASON TO MIO'EVMANTLE?
TRViToar: mA^?,
,J j| IT aWS.'‘RAC«£L OaSON*
—— “ //-/j?
I^^Sl
ITAWSTBEA'6RI'S BAT,
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER. 13. 1962
on Froth
—Morris B. Baker
USG Vice President
Frosh Urges
Froth Spirit
TO THE EDITOR: That Froth
should be banned from this cam
pus is a much greater disgrace
to than the type of
literature it formerly published.
I think that any student should
be ashamed university if
Its administration • can exercise
so much power over any student
publication to stop its printing.
No student desiring in
a free society can mature 1 proper
ly under such totalitarian rule. A
student, as a person, is guaran
teed the freedom of speech and
the freedom to read what he
pleases by the United States Con
stitution. However, the Constitu
tion grants no one the right to
regulate thoughts or the expres
sion Of thoughts.
Any humor magazine contains -
a certain amount of satire. Wheth
er one condones the type of satire
in Froth or - not has absolutely
no bearing on the administra
tion's decision to revoke Froth's
charter. The administration has
usurped power not granted them.'
Any student who wants free
dom of expression and moreover
the right to think and decide for
himself is. urged to support Froth
in any endeavor to regain * its
charter.
—Tom' Ruth. '6B