PAGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
Land-Grant Centennial Ends
Whilethe ending of 1962 will bemarked by traditional
year's end festivities, it will, also terminate cen
tennial celebration of the passage of the Morrill Land
Grant Act.
This act, which proportioned land among members
-of Congress from each of the states, brought about the
founding of this university.
It outlined basic studies in agriculture, mechanics' and
military training ifor the institutions of higher learning it
set up. At the University, these provisions' subsequently
led to the Coll els of Agriculture, Home Economics, Min
oral Sciences, 'emistry and Physics and Engineering
and Agriculture.
And while the University= is not indebted to the act
for its financial be efits—only about $30,000 is granted
annuallY—it is inde ted for the responsibility it encour
aged in the state legislature to take on appropriating lands
for the continued,growth 'and maintenance of this school.
This designation was stated in , a legislative bill of
April 1, 1863. In the bill, which - ref erred to the Morrill Act,
the state pledged to carry out the provisiOni _stated in
federal legislation.
Throughout these years, the state has' accepted its
responsibility, and in turn, kheiliniversity has.grown and
achieved recognition as op, of Ithe leading institutions. 91
higher learning in this country'
As the celebratiork of this! 100th anniversary closes,
we pay tribute to the far-sighted men who made ; this
growth and educational opportunity possible.'
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ANN PALMER
Editor
Member of The Associated Press
Ct.,' Editors, Joan Kelm. and David flolbath: New. and World Alhlr■ Editor,
&.y Attila: Editorial •Editor. Carol Klink'ratan: :worts Editor. John Morris;
Annisdant Sports Editor, Ken Denlinger: Photographs • F.d. t or. 111413 Cosan t
Assistant Photography 'Editor, BM Goodman: Per I Director. Saralee ttrton:
Nowa and Features Editor, Dorman Broooti.
Local Advertising Ca-Manaters Jean Rohl,. Jane Silverstein; National Ad
Mgr., Barbara Brown; Credit Mgr.. Ralph Friedman; Auistant Credit. Mgr.,
Harty Rauch; Promotion Mgr.. Barry lAwlte; Classified Ad Mgr- Catherine
illausner; Circulation Mgr-, Phil Guest: Ana Want Ciro:Warm Mgr., David, Spirt;
Personnel and Office Mgr.. Lynn Murphy.
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THE DAILY. COLLEGIAN... UNIVERSITY • PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
Letters
Indian MedSNdent
Requests FinanCeS
To Continue Study
TO THE EDITOR: Through yOur
paper I u•:sh to reach some Amer
ican gentleman or organization
who ran help me realie my study
plans. I a yot;th of 25 like
most of you. My siihjects at col
lege have been microbiology and
chenuitry in the senior years. I
am working as a Medical Labora
tory Technician' al: a hospital in
the western suburbs of Bombay.
My aim 'is to take a degree in
mecocine and surgery. My first
peed is to earn money for the
ensuing years of medical studies.
I believe' America is the best
country to approach to assist a
student gather money for his-plan
ned studies-. I further• believe, that
the 'U.S. shall ever be ready -to
educate the• people of the world
to create a better world with free
thinking people.
We in Asia have infinite 'faith
in America that she will always
be ready to help uplift the" Asian
countries by educating the 'people
and by raising the standard of
living through industrialization.
-I have come to learn that one of
the best places for Medical studies,
besides the U.S., is West Germany,
which lives an added adVantage
of moderate expenditure. So, I
plan to take my medical educa
tion in West Germany. •
I may please be offered a hos
pital, a (laboratory, a pharmaceu
tical concern or anywhere else.
This is an Indian - asking for
American assistance in his" intel
lectual- development. Would the
American peoplel.with their tra
ditional belief in human freedom
'and in the need for unsuppressed
deelopment -of the' human mind
obflge him? " • ;
IC would be an act. of mere in
gratitude should I forget to men
tion what a ; friendly.2spirit was
found in Ameripan....hearts when
she came to our' - aic;,in our con
flict with Communist. Chin?.
—Husen!Wesel Kabeer •
The Department of Pathology
Dr. Balahhai Nanavaty- Hos
pital '
Opp. Juhu Aerodrome,
Vile Paris West,
Bombay 56, India
• Letter cut
Advertising Student Defends
Gossage's Teaching Methods
TO THE EDITOR: After havmge
read your unmfgrmed attack on
Howard Gossage; and in view of
your concern furthe studenti, un
der our journal4:m department's
tutelage,. I fet , l obligated to cor
rect and reassure your disconcer
tions. -
As ari initiate to the teaching
profession. Mr. Gossage (and the
department he represents) is to
be commended, for he has avoid
ed a serious fault in contemporary
education. All its() many depart
ments and professors teach a series
of uninteresting, unstimulating
and sometimes unrelfiteci facts
which a pupil memorises •twelve
hours before the exam, and then
after regurgitating the superficial
data on the pages of the blue
boo)c, forgets it.
~s::vtGt.
Gossage has succeded in teach
..ing his' class an intangible far
'mote important than a collectkin
of numbets, dates, and -names—
he has taught -us to think. In
truth, .I have been more provoked
to more thought about advertis
ing than any other course at
this University. 1 have found my
self in constant evaluation of the
profession, its ;goals; prattices,
practitioners art , .d social aware
ness.
Gossage does: not "close his
eyes to the positive side of, ad
vertising." Rather. he loOks truth
fully at the more crucial, negative
side. He stands' aside from the
profession. and !from his exper
ienced vantage point he suggests
many, many intelligent, objec
tive, and—most: important—hon
est evaluation's 'of the field in
cluding many needed improve
ments, arid perhaps even the'sal
vation of the industry if it can
bring itself around to seeing it
with the same : intelligence, ob
jectivity, and—iTiost Important—
honesty.
• I encourage you. Mrs. Barash.
to try to view Advertising •with
this same intelligence and hon
esty (forgetting that it pays your
family's bills). .11ncl most impor-
I " *
Dorm Resident Crilicizes
Time, Method of Fire Driiis
TO ITHE EDITOR: When is the
housing department going to
wake up? Do they really believe
that the; only realistic time to
have fire drills is between mid
night and 2 in the morning? If
they realp- wanted to' be realistic
they have fife drills at
4:30 asrl;;Ote'eause, pe6ple are
sleeping soundly at that ' hour
also. It would alsci cause the stu
dents ir — itre'discomfaft and incon
venience,"which •Is all •the sadis
tic administration is after, in my
opinion, - because they aren't-hav
ing these fire drills at 1:15 a.m.,
.for example,' out of concern for
"opr safety._ .
No indeed, for if they were con
cerned about our safety, they
would discontinue these useless,
juvenile fire- drills late at night.
If after three years I couldn't re-`
member to jurnp•outol,„bed, grab
a coat and some shoes, go cicrlin
to the end of the hall, down the
stairs, and Out the side door, then
I'd deserve to burn in-- my bed,
for this is the-same drA), useless
routine that I and my dormitories
_:go through every month at the
same ungodly hours of the morn
ing. Even an idiot would know to
do as mach after going through
this routine just once. Certainly
one lire drill of this kind per
term would be more than enough.
And if the administration must
have a fire drill each month,• let's
have some that would really Ile
helpful in preparing student; for
possible fires. For example, if
there were a fire in the dorm dur
ing the night, I'd hate to think of
the consequences if the students
followed their regular routine
only to find their usual route of
escape blocked off by burning ma
terial.
Never once that I can remem
ber have w•e been instructed or
drilled to follow• an alternate av-
tant, for anyone who . is exposed
to revolutionary ideas, don't seal
your mind shut with a collage of
isolated, biased facts. Instead,
open your mind and think. For
only through thought do we
learn; - and it is the function of
a gcx:lii critic, philosopher or pro-
. fessor to provoke us to this
thought. In view of this function,
Mr. Gossage is one of the most
important.--respected and vital fi
glues in the , advertising profes
sion.
Our journalism department and
• its competent faculty are to be
applauded, not reprimanded, for
provoking its students to intelli
gent thinking in - stead of merely
exercising the biology of the
brain. In the light -of this. their
aim, Mrs. Barash, I contend that'
it is your standards of advertis
ing that require serious reevalu
ation, not_ theirs.
—Jim Williams, .64*
Senior Says lake A Break'
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TO THE EDITOR: Is there some- fail to relieve their emotionalE
thing basically wrong with Penn pressures periodically. Eventually!
State? Perhaps so. But then qne of them is strained tieyond thei.
again, , there may be something limits of his enduranc4 and the!
wrong • with the Penn State Stu- results are catastrophic,
.to the;
dent. point of ending one's lile.
- It is true that the term system. Assuredly', I would be the lase,
sets a hectic pace and allows no person on campus to till you tol
time for' excessive frivolity or give up studying in ordqr to enjoyi
procrastination, but no_ matter, youiself, but these cah be they
1
how bad things ,get, the' indomit- best years of your life, i you give'
able student spirit,. still shiiws, them 'half a chance. Cer ainly youl
through. People ir e laughing, should be studious and industriousl
joking; smiling, or being happy all week long, but take an houri
everywhere around us. : on the weekends to forget youri
At lustl thought this to be , problems.
true. Obviously I haven't been Whether it be a recor
looking deeply enough. Beneath rummy, dates, or ping
this apparent optimism lies a cold. .." your safety valves, funs,
hard core, of dissension and de- molly. Try mi ithilosori
=sicinf the - small faction of the ever possible i and "I
ent populace who fail to se* laugh, and be happy."
the sun beyond their gloomy over- can make the entire wi
cuts. These students have no living,
"safety valves" and therefore
1
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 28,
enue of escape in the eve
our regular , one was ur
The result, I'm "afraid, we
chaos.
Ant never_ once — that I
member. have we been
during mealtime, as ha
suggested by other peopli
L
the administration - rea
there are more, people c
In a dining hall '
who ha
two or three doors to exit
as compared to the; overat
itory area and the numbe
-its available at any give
This is, of. course, if yo
count the windows in 1
hall. The result again, I'n
would be chaos.
Also, at no time have
dries during daytime ho
students are usually any'
the 'dormitory but near tli
ular route of escape. Fir
q
cur during daylight hod
or am I mistaken?
Fortunately, there' ha ,
few, if any, dormitory-
Penn State, for if there vi
if ,these fires were serli
administration might vel
bly find out, too late, I
students were not prO
pared for such a disasq
of course, the fire happi
tween midnight and 21
morning.
IZUI=E;
Senioi Protest
Disciplinary ?
TO THE EDITOR: Ey
and throat choked. I
protest of the puritani
cans of the Old Main Dy
since the inquisition
dastardly judiciary act
taken. _ •
am. of course, 'Weir
dig'ciplinary action take
students who enteitaina.
nor-students Saturday
doubt, like most good
clans here at State, the
nothing but the purest
Lions; Saturday night
Byzantine art, per,haps - ..-
. i .
And even f their hate
a bit more ,lascivious'ir•
ning did degeneratd int
of spin -the-bottle, an
the forces cf the dean
office splintering thr •
trailer door in steely-e
nation was uncalled for
A doctor's ex.siMinati. l
girls and conviction of
violation of the mora
(Anti Sex League. 1957)
as a sterling example
lewd-minded 'students ,
be planning a similar Id
Howe.i'er, I suspect th
now USG will hjve
about' women in;•apartml
ished, since it was a bi
their platform, andy,ice
Kim forth.
" One •more foggy det.
student who was not'
and had a disciplinary
bn his record for when
back-- 2 that's like the art
ing a civilian in the g
for being - A.W.O.L.
—Joe Modzele
t ghat
usitble,
uld be• -
an re
drilled
been
• . Does
e that
gested
e only
hrough
3 dorm
of ex
time?.
don't
dining
al ra id,
we had
s when
here is
eir reg-
, • do oc
rs also,
e been
fires at
ere• and
bus.- the
y possi-
I that its
rly pre
-
r unless
ned be-.
in the
,ction
s glaikt
write in
asty. Not
as such
on been
'ng to the
against
'd female
last. No
Lacadmi-
boys, had
of inten-
inar on
tion were
the eve- ;*
a game 1 .:
.
ttack by !,
cif men's
ugh, the.
ed
, --
n of th ;
a major
statutes f
viii serve i
to other I
cho may • f
ray.
any day
old rule
nts abed- i
plank in
will bios-
it
the
student
hold put
he comes
n• throw
lardhotise.
ski. 13
Is hop. gin!
pong,
tion nor-}
.hy when-1.
ye, love),
One , . howl
• k wortbi
=LE
—Joseph