PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Glass Advisory Boards— Outmoded by Term System The Junior Prom.may soon be abandoned. This grim pronouncement yesterday by Guy Jackson, chairman of the prom committee, was viewed by us ..with a tinge of remorse! This one-pronouncement is just another indica tioft that the University’s term system has brought about not only scheduling changes but a reorientation of social preferences as well. Friday and following Tb* Junior Prom la probably the biggest project Thanksgiving, and furthermore, jsponsored by the Junior Class Advisory Board and Its jn^thefr S ctess<L W thatftni pending elimination now leaves open a question. What will provide an incentive (or does he Z.. . .’. , .1.. . j „ . v. mean penalty?) to have all stu-. thls boardMo for something to do? Or, for that matter, are dents present in clasp. ' any of the class advisory boards necessary? We think that Dean Maloney Is The boards, groups of approximately 30 people, are h* goinsft .selected by the class president. They are to give him advice of the student body.and (2) which on class feeling and to chair committees for class projects, m^n^ke* day* - ' The class presidents themselves are quick to point different than other day* by out the merit in the good intentions of their advisor/ incT’and'by^l^L^g^peMltli boards. They plan possible book scholarships, concerts on *tu<Unis who aro not in clau. , .This injustice is pointed up by the «na teas. fact that more members of his They view the function of their boards as. one of °, wn f acu l*T “re displeased with . J, ... TI . . . , = . this proclamation from above.'* class spirit among University students and of Furthermore, it seems a shame bringing the class members closer to the University. that the policies of Dean Maloney While we .upport these merltous goals Idealistically. VrtSdiiJS! we feel that they are unrealistic. The term system has The letter, itself, expresses con changed class status evidenced by the possible ellmlna- easy rebelliouTn'Sss" I thaMnaybe tlon of the Junior Prom. , ' generated across the campus. May , we add that this'spirit would not Most of the functions now planhed by the class ad- be without undue cause, visory boards are social in nature and could be handled -1 Another important question just as well by committees selected through application. SvershJ ha^the"^^^sdl of interested students. i tickets to the Pitt galne, while at . Couldn't a spirit raising drive for the University-in m view of decreasing class importance—be better and more would, indeed, be difficult to be effectively carried out by a strong USG which represents in- classes on Saturday and be at the student body as a whole, regardless of or even B ama * n Pittsburgh at the term? same time - Win^lhe cIaSS . T> speak admirably of en- toft" larging the scope of class activities to include cultural students that we will soon be •vents such as concerts, we feel there are other .campus going home for a month. May we organizations such as the Jazz Club, the Liberal Arts Lee- f sk hi i n hen we will , b , e S oin * tore Series committee and the Artists Series committee m °™ ftTale' thre™ which already provide this type of activity* days to spend with one's family With the increased pressure put upon extra-curricular on Thanksgiving and Easter, and -activities by the term system and in view of the' decreas- to cut a out of the unneces ing importance of classes per se, the class advisory board sanly lo n g Christmas has lost Its importance. * —Jeffrey M. Shaman, 63 The one advisory board which seems io retain some thur R, Makadon, 64 degree of importance la that of the senior class. It'ls this ; board which has the major responsibility' for collecting SGtIIOT SotiriZ6S .money and suggestion* for the senior class gift— a tradi tion which we feel will and should carry on at this Uni- DitlillQ Hdil DrOSS ▼erslty regardless of how much class distinction Is lost. Tn . T . . . ... . . . TO THE EDITORi I was dis it is m view ot these considerations, that we say class mayed at the unexcusabje condi advisory boards have lost their major function and im- tions that I have witnessed to portance and are rapidly becoming “just another, activity"' da l e m ,? u^. :£ine dinin 6 haUs - im whlch cannot “” der «>« os“lsSff£“ii.rs.iito four-term system. and from such outstanding Amer ican families degrading them selves ' and this fine American institution by wearing clothes suitable for peasants. Our young ladies wear slacks and shorts, and ths men come to dinner with their necks bare. Well, in my Hay they would have been turned away from the table! Even more discouraging is the rapid appearance pf, and please excuse the term, sweatshirts. 0& my goodness. Of-course, the apparel is clean. However, this is natural—because cleanliness is next to godliness, and we won’t allow dirty atheists in this fine American- school. We must cease this shameful display before it’s too late. We are already behind the Russians in the 'space race. What will be next? Perhaps the disappearance of motherhood . and even the Bible readings in school. Fellow Americans, / arise and help eliminate this gaudiness! —Edward Silver, '63 A Student-Operated Newtpaper. 58 y fare of Editorial Freedom ! Satlg (Mlentatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 18ST r«UUht4 T«m4*7 Uimik B>luiir ■■•rnlac Sarins tha trlTaralty Th* Oallr Call**!** U a ataSral-aparattd ntwipaptr. Kntrrrd u HnwMm nmtfn I. IM4 at tki But* Callasa, Pa. Po*t Offic* iMu tha art at March 1, l|7». Mall Bahacrlptlaa Prioai |I.H a rear MaDtns AMteu Bat Ml. SUt* Collet a. Pa. ANN PALMER Editor Member of The Associated Presi MY BAD And\ HE WAS LOOCINS AT MY REPORT J, /I6OT.INTOA ) CARO.ANDOJONOffiWS WHVI •IJc. I ~I Ka ?t 06( 9 S ' l - / , UJAS THE OdIYONS IN MY OJKSS iu UJHO ftPNt SET AN A' (N 5P6LL1N6,,. iv^ArC l^Tj-T I.'TTHATk OWEN UESOT-NTO THE Wv) EACH OF 05 Qi THIS. THEOLOftCAL ARGtHAPWT EARTH OJAS CREATED JUST - hpjlDctCAl AKoWEnT-. A UTTIE ttIT fiIPFERENT?* THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WTTMEH Buiinau Managar Letters Maloney Letter To Faculty Hit TO THE EDITORt It ha* com* to our attention that a letter ha* been sent from Dean Maloney to all member* of the Liberal Art* faclty. This letter specifically in structs that all professor* and in structors must definitely be' In attendance of their classes of. the WDFM Schedule THURBDAT, NOV. It 1:00 Dinner Date * 1:60 Analysts of Week's Hews • :1I W«tthmoope with Joel Myers 0:20 Concert Hall-Symphonic ‘Music 7 :S0 CSG Report: Vice president Morris Baker. "Th« Alms of Student Government'* T:4O Surrey, Chamber Musis with tbs Allard Strinc Quartet 1:00 Lecture by Jean Mayer— " Obesity: PhysloloatcaL Psycho* logical and Social Aspects" • ;0f Harlequin: Httmoroa* Works ky tbe I'airenlty Readers • til Mostly Mostc: Strsas •« Jan 10:00- Classic«l Canvas*—Tonight: Jlerllo* 12:00 ''Requiem Mass’* University 'Rights' Pointed Out TO THE EDITOR! In the Colle gian of Tuesday, Nov? 13, there appeared a letter from one un informed Mr. Ruth who is ap parently laboring under the false impression that the Pennsylvania State University is a democracy. It is not, nor does it profess to be, nor should it be. I don't mean to imply that Mr. Ruth is alone in his misconcep tion of our university. A glance at the "Letters to the Editor" on almost any given day will suf fice to illustrate this point. There are obviously many students who feel that our "rights" are being violated. Please consider these state ments. We are here by permission of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. By’ accepting the Univer sity’s invitation to attend, we place ourselves under its jurisdic tion, and we agree not to give up, but to modify the absoluteness of some of!our rights. An indi vidual attending, or an organiza tion chartered by, the University is not free ! to do exactly as it pleases-cif fts pleasure does not coincide with that of the Univer sity. This is as it should be. This situation is somewhat, like having a job. You go along with company rules or you leave your self open to corrective action. You taCe on this responsibility when you accept the invitation of the organization. What give? students the idea that every time the University exercises its authority that it is violating our "rights”? Let’s stop saying, "they don’t have the right to do that.” The fact is, they do have the right to do that. W* give them that right when we come here. We have been extended the prir- World at Adenauer Calls Cuban Action World Service WASHINGTON (/P) Chancel lor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany told President Kennedy that the United States, by accept ing the Soviet challenge in Cuba, “rendered an invaluable sen-ice to the freedom of the world.” Adenauer made the comment yesterday in responding to Ken nedy’s official welcome as the two met to try and determine how the outcome of- the Cuban, crisis in fluenced Moscow's thinking about Berlin. THEIR VIEWS are not identi cal, officials said. Kennedy is re ported to believe that his firm stand convinced -the Soviets that •vthe United States means it when , 'it says America will not flinch in Berlin. The German leader was said to doubt that the Kremlin has understood the message. Adenauer arrived Tuesday night. At midmorning yesterday, he was welcomed by Kennedy with the traditional pomp due a head of government on the south lawn of the White House. v No agenda was' prepared fpr the two scheduled conferences, officials said. Experience of ear lier meetings—this is the third tyetween them since Kennedy be came president showed that neither the U.S. chief executive nor Germany's leaders is willing .to observe a schedule prepared by specialists. Federal Tax on Travel Expires; Most Rates Up WASHINGTON (/P) The 10 per pent federal tax on rail, bus and "boat fares passed out. of existence last midnight and a similar levy on mr fares was cut in half. As a result, travelers can expect to save nearly $l5O mil lion a year. The Eastern railroads and some bus lines will boost their fares to offset the tax change. But all air fares will remain at current lev el* v As a result .of the tax changes, the government will incur a rev enue loss of about $l7O million a'year. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1962 liege, of becoming educated and this advantage may rightfully be modified or even revoked at the disgression of the extender. Let us realize that we get a pretty good deal from this Uni versity. As pointed out by Mr. Thormayer (Collegian, Tuesday, Nov. 13), they don’t have to give us phone service. They don’t have to give us anything extra .. . but they do. How ungrateful can we be? Let’s start looking at all the things Penn State does for us, and quit complaining when she exercises her rights of control over us,-or when her services are not quite as adequate as we feel they should be. —David’ A. Whitsett, '63 Grad Student Defends Ed-Aid, Medicare Bills TO THE EDITOR: In reference to the letter of Mr. Kenagy in Tuesday’s Collegian, aid-to-edu cation and. medicare are bills drawn up by democratically elected representatives of the people. Surely their being en acted would be nothing more than part of a democratic process. Perhaps Mr. Kenagy is daring to suggest that • democracy really doesn’t work after all. As far as medicare is con cerned, it appears that the only real; ‘‘ramming," beyond the lim-, its jof democratic mechanisms, has I been the biased yammering, not!of Joel Myers and the Col*’ legian .staff, but of the AM A. Of course, we are all well aware that education at Penn Stat,e doesn’t need aid it needs sympathy —M. W. Cresiwell, Grad Student a Glance Britain Checks Rumors of Spy LONDON (AP)—Prime Minis ter 1 Macmillan opened a full-scale investigation last night into rumors that one of his former admiralty ministers had planned to flee behind the Iron Curtain with a British spy. who is sus pected of homosexuality. . The prime minister told a stunned House of Commons he was asking "for a trial of the: truth" into the talk' involving Thomas Galbraith, civil lord of the Admiralty in 1957-59. With-' out dissent, the House approved Macmillan's motion , for a three man tribunal of inquiry. While Macmillan spoke, Gal-- braith’s successor told a civic' meeting in a London suburb thou- - sands of Soviet spies operate in Britain—“trained to detect weak ness in character, weakness for 1 4"ink, blondes, drugs and homo*. sexuality.” Charles lan Orr-Ewing told the Hendon Chamber of Commerce spies are;in the embassies, con sulates and trade missions of Iron Curtain countries. As civil minister, Orr-Ewing rates just below the First Lord of Admiral ty, a civilian post similar to that 'of an American cabinet member. - Nehru's Birthday Nets Defense Gifts - NEW DELHI, India (AP) Prime Minister I ,Nehru got a dy namic new defense mirijster* and! 148 pounds of gold for the Himala yan war effort oh his 73rd birth day. yesterday. The Tlew defense minister ia Y. B. Chavan. 48. who has a rec ord as an able and imaginative administrator. Chavan takes over a post Nehru himself had handled in the 15-day interval since it was vacated by the controversial V. K. Krishna Menon under charges that Menop failed to prepare India’s, defense* against Red China’s attack. The 148 pounds of gold froqi Punjab State Nehru's c weight plus two pounds for good, measure are worth $62; 160 at world priced. It is to help carry on| the fight against Red China's invasion.- But it’s a multimillion-dollar war, .
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