TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1962 letters Senior, Junior Discuss Existence TO THE EDITOR: Having read a number of the recent letters to thp j editor in this paper, we find our} | selves nonplused and somewhat distraught as to the creditability of the logic behind the various viewpoints and ideas expressed on a number of issues. Have the recent letters to the editor and indeed the stand of the Collegian itself concerning such issues as Froth and thp Cuban blockade been a mere juxtaposition of the type of occurences.which gave rise and still support the trite stereor type that we canj leave it to the few empty barrels to make the most noise; or is the light of reason truly sputtering toward extinction to make way for ■ the era of pseudo-intellectualism? j - Has if become unfashionable tp think? Has the fact that a thing merely sounds good and is there fore accepted by the frivolous masses become the criterion for determining truth? Are we des- ’’ i • • - Grad StuydentCommentsonAds TO THE EDITOR: Miss Barbara Evans.-in her letter published.in The Daily Collegian of Nov. has criticized the Collegian for having too many ads and too little news. !lf she doesn't know it yejt, better than 50 per cent of the Collegian’s pperations is support ed byj ads and without this sup port in financial terms, the Co); legianl could not do the job it is doing I today. | Although I am not defending the Collegian on its news cover age, I • feel Miss Evans is very unjustified in commenting about ads. Any,' newspaper, which has any intention of serving. a varied and cosmopolitan group, would not and should not discriminate against an the SCHWAB AUD. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA lining ourselves to lull about in a world of fancy where the reali sation and awareness of stark reality is downtrodden by the plodding feet of-whims and im agery? We personally begin to wonder whether this great gift of speech might not at times be a ; path to damnation as well as a !road to salvation. It . seems to us that, precious as it may be, freedom of speech is not an end in itself. We feel that it is only so valuable as the‘things which one has to say. ! ■ 5 When we condone the “right" to circulate filth and when we in effect say that jfilth no longer exists merely because we’ve given another name to it; when “God Himself is not so holy that He can’tf be laughed at”: when we look upon pickets which willfully advocate the' bringing about of conditions.conducive to the over throw of this country 'and its freedom of speech, and say that this is what should be eneduraged; it would seem that our cause is feeling Miss Evans has never seen ads by the Communist Parly of the U.S.A. in The New York Times. The ad by Brotherhood Re ligion was fully paid for and the Collegian was rifjht to print it. If the ad was written in a bad style and with poor grammar, it is the person or group who fi nanced the ad who should have worried about it—not the Colle gian. If it was offensive to a religion, I-.am not; surprised. Al most any religion is offensive to all other- religions, and that is why we have so- many religions in the world. 1 On the whole, I might say that Miss Evans' letter was in very poor taste indeed! off| ' i an image and not a truth. It 'also teems lo us that if the all jloo prominent, ill-found*] reasoning contained in some col umns' of the recent' editions of this | paper are an indication of a trend; toward retrogression from thinking,, we are in dire need of self education and not freedom of speech. Wei are not here only to speak. Our freedom does not hinge upon the existence of Froth nor pickets; but rather upon how well we develop a sense of true values and character. Freedom does not exist of itielf. In our world, we fee! that (freedom will only live so long jas we are willing and able to fulfill the many responsibilities which make us deserving of it. , Asjfor Froth, by all means let’s have; one; but when we fight for our fight to have a literary mag azine let’s fight just as strongly for contents indicative of what we are striving to. achieve a sound mind and the intelligence that (goes with it. For perhaps if we strive’ for a better insight on life father than the “right” to say anything we please, we will he able I to find more reasons anil occasions for wholesome laughtijr then wrere ever encompassed in tWe sordid pages of Froth as wc kne-jv it j Furthermore, we certainly hope thaf-lhe administration's sense ijf responsibility has not - ceased it eradicated the oM Froth; but will continue by way if encouragement toward new arid indeed more literary publications of | true worth. j —George J. Bikaunieks 'f}4 —Bob Petras '63 i Note to Prexy TO THE EDITOR: President Walker, have you noticed on tlje Penn State seal there are thr4e words inscribed, "Virtue, Liberty and .Independence?" Or, are yiju going to change that too? j —Jim Raytek '64 : :k Manfradopia '&5 Ramadass ,\H?f Collegian Praised by Sophomore l TO THE EDITOR:. In, reading Mr. | Penn Slate. It must be! remem- Schneider’s comments concerning I that much time and effort the worthiness, relevancy and! « its Production. a ™V«» * 11 * # ' ~ f. or this, “For a Better Penn State.” intellect of The Daily College. , _ M ich.*l Slmaom. 65 I tend to find myself in total disagreement with him. The Daily Collegian, as the name implies, is not a newspaper intended to ex pound on events of national scope and interest. It is rather a paper designed to enlighten the student body of the Penn Slate campus as to the past and future events of interest particularly to them I don't bdim the editors of this paper intend it to be the only one read by the student, but rather read as a supplement, to a national newspaper. It is analo gous to a so called specialist mag axine such as The Pennsylvania School Journal which appeals to a certain clique in society and speaks in their jargon as opposed to Time magaxine which appeals to the masses and comments on topics of more general interest. I firmly' belteve that students are sometimes too'critical of the —h-ls nmvided them at this campus. While criticism at times m:iv create a vast improvement, let us be sure that our criticism-is constructive and. most inipftrtpnt of all. valid. y I .wish to praise The Daily'Col legian for the fine job they are doing in providing a most val uable service to the students of Society Automotive Engineers • presents "Research and Development of Studebaker AVANTI" Mr. Otis Romine Studebaker Corp. TUESDAY 7:45 p.m. 105 M.E. Avanti will be on display in M.E^Lab Shockey Sees Collegian 'Bonuses' j TO THE EDITOR: I would like to I remind Allan Schneider (letter to the editor, Nov. 91 that TJhe Daily j Collegian is a campus newspaper, : by the Penn State studept, about the Penn State student and («>T ; the Penn State student. Its main j activity is and should be tb re. i port on campus activities. Any non-campus news in n campus i newspaper is a bonus. .'Such bonuses are plentiful in thci.CoV , legian. For instance, the election , results in the Nov. Tissue arid'the ■ pre-election campaign coverage;’ ! The students operating the CoU leg fan are amateurs* and have 1 neither the time nor the moitcy to 1 compete with the professional re-, porters of city newspapers in the coverage of national and World i news. When you waht this; kind ;of news; I suggest you turn on the radio or visit a newsstand or the papers in tho library or HUB. , The Daily Collegian bcsl serves : us with complete coverage of gam : pus news plus several bonus items t on important non-campus news; —Terry L. Shockey *65 LAMBERT & BAVAN i|SE FIVE DOOBS OPEN
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