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Editorial Opinion
NS A Conference ! Results
"'jj i the success of the regional conference of the Na
tiorpl Student Association is an indication of the interest
Othpr members have ir? this organization, we have serious
doubts regarding our own student government’s joining.
: The regional conference, held last weekend with the
aims of education as altheme, drew, only 30 students from
the member schools of NSA-in West Virginia and Pennsyl
vania. This ftumber was less than half of those delegates .
originally expected to attend. 1
i This year USG has been participating in NS A on a
trial membership basis* with the vote on permanent mem
hereliip slated for late this academic year.
questioning the value of joining the organiza
tion, on the basis of interest shown, we also question the
value of the topics discussed at the conference.
' One seminar group dealt with student-faculty-admin
istration relations anti the contribution of student govern
ment to university development? A second seminar con
sidered both curriculum development and the benefits
Students should derive from courses. _
-■ Theie are worthy topics for discussion—but also ones
which are discussed more extensively on a local basis such
•slat a meeting of students at the USG Encampment. It
seems more reasonable to expect that NSA delegates would
discu33 what NSA could do as a group to promo ti*lhe aims
of. education on a national basis utilizing the interests of
member schools. ""
, The delegates did not offer any concrete action after
their discussions. While definite proposals are not always
desiraHe, it seems reasonable to expect that this group
wculd have been able to draw together their discussions
into a helpful plan of action if they believe strongly and
agree enough to reach conclusions,in the first place.
; i* would be fallacious to assume that one could decide
the basis for membershipin a large group such as NSA on
the culcome of one meeting. It seems logical, however,
that (lie U£G delegates should question the value of the
organization after, viewing past meeting.
We urge the USG representatives to take the initiative
to question the benefits of NSA before committing them-,
selves to permanent membership. This newspaper intends
to engage in the sdme probing before endorsing or'disap
proving permanent participation in the association, 'i
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
HERBERT WITMER
Business Manager
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Letters to the
' Letters' Called Useful Tool;
Students Encouraged to Write
TO THE EDITOR: This is not to
be a “common’’attack ;.upon stu
dent apathy; nor is.lt intended to
be in defense of it. This letter,
however, is intended, more'orless,
to.be a challenge"to many'people,
primarily students, who are cdn-j
cemed and sensitive to pro'blems
-at .this large university ,and to
those who have, the ability and
clarity to bring these ideas and
feelings into the open through the
media of writing.
After following the letters to
the editor- -Tor quite a .time, I
have begun to realize just what a
tool these letters cdn ultimately
be in defense of student opinions,
and attitudes.-I only regret that 1
I-have not participated in.writing
to the Collegian, thereby taking
advantage of tips tbol. As other
students, I have found myself
with many feelings of dissatisfac
tion from.time to time at Penh
State.’
Many of these feelings have:
been'; j geared toward University
policies ,in general—many of
which have been identified in
previous letters to the Collegian.
Unfort unatply, termination of
many of my. feelings Has not come
only by reading these letters.
Reading a number of. them., in
fact, has often left me more biller
and more ditalisfied.
More than once I have sat
down i to write. to the school
paper’to expound about my feel
ings; however, in all of these
instances,my attempts have
either ended in the--form of a
completed letter irvf the waste
basket, or as uncompleted ones
eventually dying similarly. I have
really;felt unjust to myself for not
writing, and this-Is’why . I am
finally writing this letter. -
At this point you many be ques
tioning what my purpose in
writing .really is. The answer lies
in my belief that there are many
people on this campus who have
ideas ! which should be brought
into light so that those who read
Class Board Cites Purposes r Need
.TO THE EDITOHs We, the Fresh- spirit Intangible,'yes. But, when
man Class Advisory Board, firm- each program, each plan, each
believe thit .her, 1, . need end £^^,, lh “S
a purpose lor class advisory concrete and important
boards. Looking forward, we base 1 In order for the advisory boards
p this belief on future plans being to achieve their goals, they will
proposed and discussed by non- have "to overcome many barriers,
legislative bodies. However, “a thousand miles
We support our belief with the begins with a single step." Step
fact that the members of these - by step, we are moving ahead,
boards were selected on their —Tns Freshman Class
capacities to contribute to, work Advisory Board
for, and serve (heir respective
classes. Their year of service
has just begun, but the ideas and
concrete plans springing from
these creative minds are represen
-tative of their desire and ability
to serve
' Living within a large universi
ty, each studncneeds a certain
degree of Idepigtcationl Specific
interest an out
let for a part of'this. But, when
the student graduales-drom Penn
State, he graduates froni the Class
of '66 (for example). He has been
living, learning, and sharing ex
periences with his class for ap
proximately four years. This is
the group with which he is most
likely to identify himself.
The advisory boards do not
claim to be 100 per cent perfect,
but they are striving towards a
feeling of class unity, and class
Camp*ts Beat
Tsk! Tsk! the Collegian only
gave 12 inches of space to a report
of the USG meeting last night!
And on Wednesday it was 12 and
.on Tuesday it‘was 15! Why- that
hardly seems ample to tell the
story.' Perhaps Collegian, should
let those Congressmen write the
interpretative columns : they're
pestering .- the editors - about—or
maybe they should "educate’’
their reporters and educators on
what hind of interpretation USG
measures need.
Maybe, they ought to ask the
USG Congress next. week what'
their, .interpretation of ‘‘interpre
tation" is!
this paper may know them, un
derstand them, or even question
them.
Many of theca people, of whom
I am speaking, hare the capabil
ities and creative instincts to per
form the operations of writing ef
fectively, but many a&o not take
advantage of these gifts. One may
ask these questions: "What good
is writing a single letter?" or
"Does it pay to write a letter' at
all?" This, unfortunately, is some
thing that cannot be answered im
mediately. or possibly never.
When we look at a forest, do we
ask ourselves, "What good is one
tree?” No, we do not, for we
know that one tree alone is in
significant. But, we do not real-'
ize, on the other 1 hand, that in
terms of the entire forest the on 4
tree is important. Therefore, ih
stead we can ask ourselves, “What
would the forest be without the
totality of many-individual trees?”
This is primarily my argument'.
For . instance/this letter which I
am. now writing is -entirely in
significant in itself. However, one
never knows what its ultimate
effects might or could be if de
fended or rejected by other inter
ested writers.
As stated in the beginning, this
letter bas not been intended to
be an attack upon student apathy.
I believe apathy Is a phenomenon
which has always existed on cam
puses and always will in one form
or another. This is something T
can realise and accept as being
natural without jbolding a grudge.
However, this letter has been a
challenge to those who can write,
and who are concerned about dif
ferent things which may be of
interest to others. I think these
people should write.
Some do write already; many
of whom write well. However, I
do believe that too much talent
lies -'dormant, at this .-University.
And I think it should be brought
into the open through written ex
pression,
Maryland Student
Thanks Penn State
TO THE EDITOR: I received a
clipping of Miss Ann Palmer's
column from the Nov. 10
issue, of The Daily Collegian
and would like to recount my
impressions on visiting your cam
pus., I found that the students
were very friendly and went out
of their way to make us feel
welcome, I came with the Univer
sity of Maryland Newman Club
and I’m sure my felloty students'
who came with the group agree
with me. I didn't attend any of
those “wild’* fraternity parties,
but’they sounded lilte they were
a lot of fun.
. Sunday morning I was given a
tour of thte campus • by one of
your sophomore boys, ■ and it is
beautiful. Thank you, Penn State,
for a wonderful weekend. I won’t
'soon forget your Old Main or
your warm hospitality,
—Ronnia Thayer
University of
Maryland
WDFM Schedule
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 11
5:00 Dinner 'Bata
i 4:15 Weatherseope srith Joel Myers •
4:20 Virtuoso: Arturo Rubenitein
7:M Artiste Series Prericw: Sanceeta
■ Madras (Muwle* from India)
Sr9o Pleasures of Music: Dr. Rarer
' . commenting and plajrtn* artists
of the past: Caruso, Bruno, Wal
tes, etc. ' - '
• K>f CaSnpus it ReHrion (University
Christian Association)
9:15 Mostly Music: Jaxs motif
M.*W Symphonic Notebook: BerUott
Symphony Fantastiqne *' -
Bach; Brandenburg Concerto No 5
—Prof Wayn* is:oo Nw-
—Edward Mandel, '63
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBERS!, 1962
Editor
Froth Support
Given in Letter
/
To President
DEAR DR. WALKER: As former
editors 1 of Froth, we were sad
dened to learn that our. venerable
(for Penn State) former publica
tion has been shut down. We hope
the decision of tKe Committee on
Student Organizations is not ir
revocable.
Since we can. only imagine the
circumstances which led to such
a drastic jdecision, we offer no
criticism. However, in defense ol
Froth as an institution, we would
like to tell you what the maga
zine hasj meant to us.
On a ‘campus as large as Stale
had become even then. Froth
functioned as one oMhe few out
lets for personal dissent. This dis
sent was harmless and healthy in
an atmosphere which too often
was willing' to sacrifice personal
eccentricity to the pressures o(
'conformity. Froth often missed
its mark as a literary effort, but
the staff never lacked' enthusi
asm. j
The freedom, which, other cam
pus publications lacked, waa
sometimes abused, but never ma
liciously! We attacked with’ a
naive fervor certain social prob
lems other, publications were con
tent to ignore. Froth was a de
licious iuicury '-we-'—will never
know again.
Froth jwas also an introduction
to our present careers. One of us
holds his present position because
of the work he did for the maga
zine. The c other was given nis
first job! on a newspaper on the
basis of ihis Froth writings.
And there a*e many other Froth
graduates -holding important ’ po
sitions on newspapers, in publish
ing houses and with magazines.
Froth- was the kind of practical
experience that will never be
Available in’'the artificial climate
of the journalism laboratory or
the creative writing class.
But most important, Froth was
a labor of love. Not just our labor,
but the ! works of the countless
student writers, artists and edi
tors of the past fifty-three years.
To let qll of that disappear be
cause of'.a momentary indiscre
tion wouldj be a sad thing.-
—Marshall O.’ Donley, '54
—Bryon Fielding, '56
(The Daily Collegian received a
carbon copy of this letterito Pres
ident Walker. We print, it here
with Walker’s r-
Junior Charges
'M isinterpretation'
TO THE EDITOR: In reply to the
“refutation” of Edward
letter on dress by^,Bonnie. Benka
and Janet Blank: Here we have
an apparent example of h problem
existing on our campus. It seems
that-many poeple are either unable
to comprehend what they read, or
too quick to express unfounded
opinions which lack knowledge of
the facts.
The most obvious fallacy con
tained .in these girls’ understand
ing of Silver'*., .letter is that they
either did not take the time' to
read it, or they have no idea what
they read. It is extremely obvious
that Silver intended his letter to
be a satire. Even if he
interpreted by these young wom
en, they had ohly to read the
headline “Sraior Satirizes;
Dining Hall Dress" in order to
ascertain his.meaning. -
I suggest that these scholarly
and virtuous women, who would
not slenderise the poor peasants
of the Bible, look'up the meaning
of satire, in Webster’s dictionary.
In case they do not have one, I
am sure, that our library does.
I believe that even a- greater
fallacy exists than this jSuperficial
misunderstanding. I ’feel that
herein we have jin example of
the blind virtue and false morality
which, caused Froth-to be-banned
from our campus. ' -
—Julian Rappaport, '64