FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1962
Letters
Lack of Organization Blamed
For Poor Library Service
TO THE EDITOR: The letter of
Messrs. Newman and Yoskin in
the Oct. 20 Collegian is, L.believe
representative of general-'campus
opinion growing out of dissatis
faction with library service. There
is much more to be said on this
subject.
The dreamy forecast concerning,
Penn State’s rise to a .leading
position among American. univer
sities is pure poppycock. This can
never be achieved without an ef
ficient library system, and- we
are a considerable distance from
that desirable goal.,
Th« most disturbing and dis
maying aspect of the situation is
thru large amounts ot money are
being poured into the library to
build up book collections, raise
staff salaries and supposedly im
prove service.
; The results? Growth rate of col
lections—no spectacular increase;
staff substandard in size and
quality; service poor. And this
library program, they-tell me, is
now costing approximately one
million dollars per year!
In my opinion, the primary
factor in this enormous fiasco is
tfie internal organization of the
library. The I Pattee Library of
today is. in terms of organization
al structure, essentially the same
outfit it was under Penn State
College, circa 1940. Two decades
haven’t significantly altered ad
ministrative attitudes and the con
cept of small-scale operation.
.Applied to a trebled ctudent
body and a vastly expanded pro
gram of instruction and research,
the library techniques ot. yester
day can hardly be expected to be
adequate. Yet they are still em
ployed to the detriment of the
University and Its prestige.
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The solution is to be found not
alone in increased financial" sup
port, not alone in personal recruit
ment programs, but in a genuine
revitalization and renewal from
within the library. Only in this
way can Penn State ever hope
to be numbered.among the great
institutions of learning. .
—D. H. Axman
Monthly Fire Drills
Termed 'Worthless* i
TO THE EDITOR:, Just yester
day I mentioned to my roommate
that we were about due for a
fire drill, and tonight my calcula
tions were proven correct Every
month at 11:45 with monotonous
regularity we file out of thp dorm
to the clanging fire gong. No
one panics. But then, why panic.
It’s time for a drill.'
I submit that these monthly
drills after curfew are worthless
except that they do reawaken a
few sleepy people who h ave to
study for bluebooks. If 5 that gong
ever sounded during the day
there would be chaos. It; would
have to be j a "real fire because we
never have drills during the day?
Also, what about a fire while
people are eating In fhe dining
nail? This poses a -new problem.
There are more people, crowded
conditions.] and no previously
practiced exits. ;
What about civil defense? We
have never had an air raid drill.
Where do we go? What do we do?
Some felt that our reputation as
an institution of higher learning
was being threatened by the pub
lication of Froth. Serious,and de
cisive action was taken. This
matter concerns our lives!
—Phyllis Gurbary. *63
Plan Submitted
To Raise Standard
Of Campus Morals
TO THE EDITOR: I have been
reading with a great deal of in
terest the various fulminations
about the Froth suspension, and'
frankly, most of them miss the
main point/The deed is done and
can only be accorded the status
of past history. The students can
only recede into grumbling
apathy, or attempt significant
positive action of an entirely new
type.
The administrative reaction
was designed to- protect the “good
name of the University.’’ Why
can’t students, further this aim
by creating and supporting a
comprehensive plan to uplift the
moral level of Penn State? The
following are a few suggestions
for such a plan:
• All University regulations
shall be vigorously applied.
• The amount and extent of
campus lighting ..shall be weekly
increased. I
• “Formal” bed 1 checks shall be
instituted. 1
• Signout sheets shall be ex
panded to include detailed infor
mation on destination, including
a telephone number. The actual
presence of the student shall be
randomly checked. - •
•No student, regardless of age,
shall be allowed within one mile
of a state store, or within 100 feet
of a bar. As in present policy,
this shall apply outside the limits
of Centre County as well.'
• All fraternities shall be “dry""
and parking lots shall be pa
trolled. Afso, the authority of
housemothers shall he extended to
include town apartments rented
by fraternity men.
• Bushes] shall be made unten
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Israeli Incidents Related
TO THE EDITOR: In the article' is simply, whom do wc- support?
entitled “Arms, Israel and thol I eould give a hundred reasons
Arab World," Mr. Krantz hnr " vh l we t . sho V ld ™PP? rt ,X:raet
, . . ~ ’ such ns their lov<* for democracy,
sensed a critical problem. The their support of the U.S. position
arms race in the Middle East has .on Cuba while Egypt condemned
escalated dangerously in recent jus on the floor of the Security
years. As I recall, it started to I Council (Oct. 24). I am sure Mr.
become dangerous m 1956 when, reason whv wc should support
the United States failed to sup-J the Arabs.'
port the U.N. and also tampered! I * m »urs that King Hussein
with the British position in- Sues.! thanks the transcendent being be
• lhm 9?. ln and that is an Arab of different
** * JIaW nationality. Also, although Israel
J? * ■itory. displays a touch, of chauvinism.
While I was in Israel this sum- ’ Jew and Israeli can’t be entirely
mer, the Israeli intelligence net- 1 separated.
work uprooted a U.N. officer spy—i Now that I have confused the
mg for Syria. It seems he gave j issue beyond hope. I would like'
some tactical information con-: to make one concluding remark,
cerning mortar locations of Israeli: What a great hlessutg—lo all the
installations. I don t believe the peoples of the Middle East ■ - if
story quite made it 5.000 miles President Nasser Could he in
to the West., It is just one of many , fJucneed to accept the advice ho
1 could relate. [has proffered to others and- to
Also, presently Egypt does not
allow Israeli shipping? in the Suet
Canal—highly illegal.
I purposely brought these points]
to confuse the- issue and to show
that it is not clear and simple.
We are like Indians doing a ram
dance during a .drought. While
we are acutely aware of. the
problem, we have no clear-cut
solution.
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—R. - Joel Brumberq. ’64
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