PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion The Board of Trustees The University’s Board of Trustees will open its annual winter meeting in Harrisburg this afternoon. One item of the Board’s agenda is the Senate’s recom mendation to switch to a voluntary ROTC program. As usual the Board’s agenda has been kept secret. The Board meets behind closed doors. Its agenda is not pre announced. Only those actions which are approved are released to the public. The fact that ROTC is going to be discussed is known only because President Walker revealed it when the Senate passed the action last October. This closed door policy of the Board is incongruent with the wish of this university to be recognized as THE state university. As such a state institution, it would be bound by the stale open door act as passed by the Penn sylvania legislature. This act requires all state agencies to conduct their policy-making meetings in open session. Also proceedings which are held behind closed doors, naturally arouse suspicion. In this particular instance, where the Board is making decisions which affect many, if not all students, the secrecy is especially unwarranted. On the ROTC issue we hope that the Board will accept the recommendation of the University Senate and approve the institution of a voluntary ROTC plan. Voluntary ROTC has been fully discussed'on both local and national levels. Its merits clearly outweigh any drawbacks. The ROTC program has been studied and restudied on this campus for almost a quarter of a century. A proposal for a two-year voluntary program on a nationwide scale is presently before the United States Congress. We feel this development emphasizes the merits of a voluntary program. As it is a matter of national defense, we feel the aim of the ROTC program should be to produce the best offi cers possible to lead the nation in this perilous era. It seems obvious that the best officers are going to be tlie ones who are truly interested in the program. They will put maximum effort into it. Time is of the essence. Let’s pick that fruit which has been ripening for' over 23 years.. Sams Shows Faith in Students We would like to add our sincere thanks and apprecia tion to the multitude of such expressions which have been coining in to The Daily Collegian office for Henry Sams, head of the Department of English. Dr. Sams’ statement to The Daily Collegian, concern ing the English department’s relation to Froth, was one of courage and faith in students almost unheard of at this University. His is an attitude which makes students want to do a good job in their endeavors. It is extremely wel come in this day and ago when too many seek to force stu dents to do good jobs. The Daily Collegian strongly believes that student Interest and student achievement would flourish under such an atmosphere. Students would feel that University personnel were counting on them—not scrutinizing them that University personnel believed in their capabilities— not played along with their "silly games." Such is not the case at present. Dr. Sams is in the minority. This is deeply regrettable. During the fall term the editor of this newspaper described the feeling of oppression she found in communist East Berlin: “The situation cannot remain as it is. A fire cannot burn without an oxygen supply,” This is equally true of student expression at this University. When stu dents are so limited, their chance to take responsibility so oppiessed, the estimates of their capability so depressed, they are left without an “oxygen supply.” This situation cannot remain either. A Student-Operated Newspaper 58 Years of Editorial Freedom Satlji (Erilcman Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during tha University yaar. The Daily Collegian ia a atudrnt-oporatcd newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July S, IS3I at the State College, Pa. Post Office under tha act of March S, 1871. Mail Subscription Priori $6.00 a year Mailing Address Bor *Bl, State College, Pa. ANN PALMER Editor HERBERT WITMER Business Manager THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA All too rare is the. talent for writing news stories with the subtle element, the between the lines touch. Rarer still is the art of making the “tongue-in-cheek" bulge not so obvious that it looks like a ease of mumps. There is a way some journalists have of reporting the news com pletely, factually yet indicating an indirect mai ner the commei pro and con th, may have bee raised about the: subject. writers create su' dry stories thi they might as w' be one-inch fille on page 39 for you really get. Consider a re- cent unsigned example from Reuters, the British news ser vice. Some hack could have writ ten the following and have been done with it: “The Korean govefnment has announced that its $5 million rec reation center for United Nations forces and foreign troops in Seoul is nearing completion.” The Reuters man, however, ex panded this item and, even stick ing to the facts, has written a piece that may cause some econo mist to wonder about underde veloped nations and all that. The project involves more than Letters Review of '62 Called Misleading TO THE EDITOR! Of course "since 1963 begins, a review of the events of 19.62 is most in teresting.” Reviews Past Year” which appeared in the issue of Jan. 19th, I believe, is a letter that-leaves much to be desired. Apparently, Williams did not give much thought to it, as most of the points'are highly mislead ing and mythomaniac. •' Indeed it is obvious that when Williams says that-t'the Commu nists- advanced throughout the world scoring significant vic tories in . . . Algeria,” he is ig norant of the fact that Ben Bella prohibited the Communist party in Algeria last December. Williams-speaks of freedom of THERE 5 HO ONE WHO 15 EVEN CLOSE TO BEINS AS SOOO A'SPELLER AS I MA u w w o« c*r. INI Mr IMW Nunn »y "*<*•■ WHEN I SET BIS l*M SOINS TU 6ET A JO3 SPELLIN6' aleidoscopi Korean Las Vegas informatii MISS MILLS I MIME BEST SPELLER IN OUR CLASS , — : : —by kciy mills pingpong tables and checker- attractions at Pannumjom In the boards. It is termed by many, he demilitarized zone." My sense of says, a "Las Vegas of the Far respect for war dead forbids sar- East.” The government officials castic comment on this one. • say the country needs the center .-1 kept reading this little gem to boost its tourist industry, but in Saturday's paper and wondered “critics say the project is an ex- how such depth got into anything travagance for a country which other than the almighty and hoi had nearly to double its money lowed New York Times, Then the issue in two years to finance pub- reporter calmly wrote . that the lie works.” . five hotels on the hill, are named The building was financed by after American generals who were Gen. Chung-Hee Park's military U.N. and Bth Army commander* regime and is thus not a flashy during the Korean War, such as demonstration by the United the Douglas, the Matthew, the States. The center, however, is Maxwell, the Lyman and the called “Walker Hill” in honor of James, for Generals Mac Arthur, the late Lt. Gen. Walton Walker, Ridgeway, Taylor, Lemnilzer and commander of the Bth U.S. Army. Van Fleet. Honored, sirs? And the main structure of the Maybe the Reuters man took hill that bears his name is “a delight in writing this piece about futuristically designed hilltop bar his American cousins, especially with its main frames in a ‘W’ in light of recent bristling backs shape.” on both sides of the Atlantic. Re- Our Reuters correspondent then gardless of motivation, he prodded simply listed what yrill. be housed the imagination with his last para in the buildings, and I for one graph: “Walker Hill officials ex wonder how that battered old pect. American soldiers, rather American image will stand the than civilian tourists, to be the strain if the Korean people ever main guests, for the_time being.” see it and its principal patrons in I’ll bet. action. I’ve been told by my contem “A 95,000 square foot, 4-story poraries that maybe the project building houses a 550-seat night will "really provide the Korean club, a-24-hour service'grill, a economy with a needed boost. Per gambling casino, a slot and pin- haps. But the Reuters 'dispatch ball machine room, a 4-lane bowl- says,much that indicates that the Jng alley, an indoor swimming only pump which will be primed pool and Turkish baths. is the one at the bar; Sayonara "Bus tours will be organized to to Seoul’s picture > of ! 'Americana, historic sites in an around this Or maybe they know us too well 600-year old capital and to new already. the press being-denied in Ameri ca; this may be true, but I be lieve that freedom of the press is nothing absolute, and that- the national interest should overrule. Williams further refers -to the United Nations "continued inva sion and atrocities against the pro-West Katanga." I wonder whether he speaks for Senator Dodd or for himself. We all know that the United Nations is in Katanga at the request of the Congolese government. It is evident, according to his statement, that Williams would rather go along with Henrick Verwoerd and “Roy Boy” sup porting Tshombe in their at tempts to establish “white su premacy in black South and Cen tral Africa, than the “atrocities” of the United Nations in Katanga. Would he likewise support the South in seceding again from the United States? Lastly. Williams says that "this year will also see a further de crease of the free world with British Guiana going Commu nist." I'wish he would differentiate between the sweeping wind of socialistic nationalism, charac teristic of most colonies and for mer colonies, and creeping inter national communism. Let’s review,- but positively, please. —Almouzar Maiga, '64 Campus Beat 'Smaller' Classics WDFM has discovered a new Influence in the field of classical music. It’s that trend known as “smaller” classical works. On their program schedule sent to the Collegian last Friday night, one classical music program fea tured some “smaller” classical works. I wasn't brave enough to tune in and hear them. WDFM Schedule THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 196 J 4:16 "The Philadelphia" Franck: Symphoriio Variations D’lndy: Symphony on a French , Mountain Air 8:00 Dinner Date: Relaxing dinner musict Schultz & Recht 8:00 News Analysis: Summary of day’s news * 6:16 Weatherscope: Joel Myera 6:20 Concert Hall 7:30 Highlight: USG: Morris Baker reporting 7:40 Radio Moscow: Tapes from this Russian station 8:00 This is the Subject: "Problems of Education in Africa"—roundtable discussion 9:15 Mostly Music: Accent on jazz tonight 9:66 Campus News on AM and FM 10:00 Classical Canvas: Two hours, of classics * Thursday; January 24,1963 Pro Problem Solution Given TO THE EDITOR: I agree with you ' that something should ba done about the number of stu dents on probation. It is my con sidered opinion that"" if a student is on probation, he or she should be reprimanded.in some way. An athlete who is on probation cannot compete in sports, and I'm sure if one would fake the lime to check", there would certainly be a smaller percentage of athletes on probation in comparison with the record of the whole school. I feel that if a-student were on probation, he or she should ba limited in his or her participation at dances, sporting ' events, eto. One way of implementing this limitation would be to give stu dents on probation some sort- of distinguishing characteristic on their .matric card, and- when he or she comes to an-event where one needs 'to show his matric card, they would be barred. Of course, jthis is a sneaky way of relieving'the fact that places such as Rec Hall and Schwab Auditorium are overcrowded, but I believe that if a student has good marks he or she should have priority oyer the student with poor grades. - After all, learning is the main reason why we attend this great school, and once the student real izes that fact, I’m sure the num ber of students on probation would drop. 2 Congratulate Sams on Stand TO THE EDITOR: Congratula tions to the English department and'to Dr. Henry Sams! It’s very comforting to know that someone on this campus doesn’t' want to act as a censor to student expres sion. It’s a welcome and happy surprise which I’m!sure many of us - appreciate. Thank you very much for the vote of. confidence. —Judy Maihe '65 —Prof Wayne TO THE EDITOR: Kudos to Harry W. Sams, head of the Department of English, for his enlightened and courageous stand against cen sorship. ! .; To prefer a “spontaneous maga zine expressing student sense and sense of humor" is a truly noble, principle to expound in a “some times'’ imperious atmosphere. JimCaplan'66 —Joseph Melusky '64
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