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Editorial Opinion
Encampment on Campus
Requires Special Effort
It is extremely unfortunate that next fall’s USG
Student Encampment must be held on this campus.
When Encampment was last held here in 1961, several
unnecessary problems prevented it from being as success
ful as it might have been.
These included a lack of planned activities during
the evening and little contact among the students, faculty
members and administrators.
The first of these can be solved simply by planning
specific activities for all those attending.
The second, however, is more difficult. Students,
faculty members and administrators alike have a tendency
to go their separate ways if they are on campus. All have
their own business to worry about and this takes prece
dence when actual workshops are not having sessions.
This eliminates one of the most valuable aspects of
Encampment the opportunity for student leaders to
confer informally with faculty members and administra
tors on a mature and equal level.
Encampment is the place to establish channels of
communication which will facilitate solving problems
which arise during the school year.
To insure that this takes place, all those attending
must forget individual concerns and concentrate on En
campment.
Students, faculty members and administrators should
participate fully in all planned activities as well as actual
sessions,
Only in this way can the full benefits of Encampment
be reaped by all.
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Wyandt Agrees W
TO THE EDITOR: In reference
to the group that sits in the back
corner of the Lion’s Den and
their “fight” to be treated as
equals, I have this for them to
think about.
A group is no better than the
concepts the group has about
itself. If a group conceptualizes
that it is segregated and/or in
ferior to other groups in society
then it will always feel this way
when such conditions do not
exist in society.
I am not saying that there is
equality in the North or at Penn
State, but a lot of the segregating
may be in the minds of the
Negroes. The segregating or
inferiority feelings of the Ne
groes when in contact with other
groups or people may have actual
ly been normal social selection
processes carried on by every
group in society. These groups in
Jackson Asks Student Effort
To Maintain Beauty of Campus
TO THE EDITOR: Each spring
we see maintenance men spending
many hours re-seeding lawns
which have been laid bare by
students’ trampling feet. This an
nual sight made me curious
enough to request estimates of
the amount of damage done each
year by students to University
property. I think some of these
will surprise you.
Accurate cost figures are dif
ficult to obtain. The direct cost
of replacement or repair is not
the whole cost but is the element
most easily accounted for.
The two divisions which ex
perience the largest part of the
yearly damages are housing and
food service and maintenance and
utilities. Between the two our
estimates total about $30,000 an
nually. In the residence halls,
damages amount to around $5,500
a year,
Similar damage amounts to
$6,000 in the general lounge areas
of the residence halls and dining
halls in the form of broken glass
and dishes, mutilated silverware,
and pilfered items. Damages
amount to between $7,000 and
Triangle's Status Explained
TO THE EDITOR: In the Thurs
day, May 16, issue of The Daily
Collegian, it was stated in the
article concerning scholarship
among the fraternities by Miss
Diane Crowley that Acacia is the
only social fraternity house among
the top three fraternities scholas
tically.
I speak for Triangle fraternity.
It is true that Triangle is a fra
ternity for only engineers, archi
tects, and scientists; however, by
definition of its charter Triangle
is designed as a social profession
al fraternity.
Not only Miss Crowley, but
Carnegie Music
Draws Complaint
TO THE EDITOR: Foremost
among the most disturbing noises
that contribute to the tensions of
the students of the West Halls
residence area are the loud bel
lowing sounds that emanate in
cessantly from Carnegie Build
ing.
For Instance, a “musician” try
ing to play the Star Spangled
Banner 16 times in the course of
an hour, and an oboe playing at
7 a.m. Sunday morning.
Here In West Halls one never
knows what peace and quiet
means because one must always
study and think with a back
ground of sour instrumentals.
We have city ordinances against
such noises at home, but what
protection do we have here at
State where quiet places are at
a premium for studying? One
would think that this racket
would be controlled at certain
hours of the day so wa could
study and sleep.
Letters to the Editor
—Barnie Sabol '63
—Frank Sincek '63
—Bill Bailey '65
—Dick Anderson '63
th Hartman, Boyle
most cases do not select the per
sons to be members by their race,
creed, or color; but by their quali
fications and personality.
In order for a person to be
qualified for membership in a
group, he must have most of the
characteristics that are required.
I believe a person has to. work
hard and strive to belong to an
organization and/or group that is
considered worthwhile.
This goes for Negroes as well
as Caucasians. We all have to
work hard to achieve the aims
of our society. A person cannot
sit around and wail for society
to hand him on a gold platter
what he wants, but he has to go
out and work for them.
Even though there are a few
Negroes at Penn State who are
working and striving for worth
while goals and rights, there are
many at Penn State and in so-
$B,OOO in the academic buildings
and on the general campus.
A staggering $5,000 is spent to
clean up the “litter-bugging” all
over the campus, and a single
event such as the Spring Week
parade costs roughly $75 to clean
up. Making paths across the
lawns costs approximately $l,OOO
to repair.
The balance of the damage is
scattered among odds and ends.
A large part occurs in classrooms
to the furniture and floors as a
result of cigarette burns, cutting
and marking tables and armchair
surfaces.
The remainder of damage re
sults from smearing paint on var
ious objects, setting fire to trash
cans, posting signs on trees and
mutilating traffic signs and direc
tion signs.
As you can see, much of this
damage is the result of careless-
ness on our part. This is our cam
pus, not the administration’s. In
reality we are only hurting our
selves. Lefs make an effort to
keep our University beautiful.
—George B, Jackson,
USG President
many students attending this Uni
versity have the misunderstand
ing that Triangle is a dry jiouse
and its bookworm members,
ignorant of and disinterested in
the social affairs of the Greek
system and the University, are
interested only in attaining a posi
tion on the dean’s list. I wish to
erase this misconception.
Today’s engineer, I think it is
evident, must be a well-rounded
individual. Triangle, placing
emphasis on scholarship, athletics,
and social fits these needs entirely.
Scholastically, all are aware of
Triangle’s achievements. Athlet
ically, last year we placed ninth
among all fraternities in intra
mural competition. Socially, we
have parties every weekend, an
average of 2 jammies per term
and several socials with sororities
each term. And Triangle has a
chugging team that is a challenge
to the top drinking fraternities at
Penn State.
If social is the primary criterion
to judge fraternities, it may have
been said that Triangle is the
only wet house of the top three
scholastic fraternities.
—William L. Firth, 111, '64
WDFM Schedule
4:00 The Philadelphia (Steve Monheimer)
Piston: Symphony No. 4
5:00 News Bill Merriam)
5:05 Dinner Date (Pat Maier & Bill Mer
riam)
5:00 The World of Folk Music: Burl
Ives hosts special guests
6:15 Weatherscope (Joel Myers)
6:20 Rallet Theater (Judy Silverberg)
Ballet music from operas.
7:30 Special Peace Corps Program
Ken Hershberger interviews Edward
Schiffman, Peace Corps director of
the Near East and South Asian
regional office, and Peter M. Jen
kins, special assistant. Professional,
Technical, and Labor Division Office
of Public Affairs.
7:45 Spotlight on Sports
7:s6.News Hound-up (Ted Lux)
8:00 Marquee Memories
8:55 Sports (Ed Carpenter)
9:00 Send off (Ted Lux)
12 :00 Night Sound
FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1963
ciety that are cot working and
striving, but are dependent on the
few that are to get them their
goals and rights. The few that are
working and striving will reach
their goals, but the others will not
until they also have proven that
they deserve it.
A group that tries to change its
position in society has an up
hill battle to achieve it. Most
times it takes a group longer than
a person’s lifetime to achieve, but
then it takes constant striving
and work to do it. The reason
being is that the group has to
change its impressions on the rest
of society to the impressions that
the group wants society to have
about them.
Also, ihe members in Ihe group
have lo change in order for ihe
group lo change and be able lo
obtain its goals. The goals can be
achieved, bul a 10l of lime is
needed for the group and the
members of Ihe group lo change.
In essence, I am saying what
Joan Hartman had said that
segregation cannot be changed
overnight or in a few years, but
will take a long time.
Also, I am saying what Winnie
Boyle had said that because
the main problem of segregation
is in the South, the Negroes in
the North and. at Penn State
cannot just sit back in a corner
and complain but have to get up
and work to help achieve equality
in the United States to have the
United States of America.
—Roland Alan Wyandt, '63
Army 'Thanked"
TO THE EDITOR: We the under
graduate men who have been
excused from the leadership lab
portion of Army ROTC due to
physical disabilities would like to
thank the Department of Military
Science for giving us the oppor
tunity not to feel completely left
out.
The new ruling compelling u»
to take the leadership lab final
examination even though we do
not attend classes will certainly
relieve our feeling of inadequacy.
We are sure that the Department
of Military Science is correct in
their assumption that we have
sufficient knowledge to take this
examination even though wo
have never been on the drill field.
We sincerely thank you.
—Jeffrey Largberi '6S
—Douglas Forrey '6S
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