iditorial Opinion
If Gov. William W. Scranton did nothingelsA At
his press conference with college newspaper
Wednesday, he proved, in his answers to several
controversial questions, that he is a politician first
and a governor second.
In discussing the non-preferred appropriations
bill, Scranton said he had not yet heard from Charles
R. Weiner, Senate minority leader, and Anthony J.
Petrosky, House minority leader, concerning the
results of a Democratic caucus on the bill.
Last week, the governor said that if Weiner and
Petrosky guarantee Democratic support for the bill,
he would, immediately call a special session of the
legislature to run concurrent with the reapportion
ment session.
However, at no time has Scranton indicated
that he plans to call a special session should the
Democrats not guarantee their support. And on
Wednesday, the implication was clear that he would
not.
While the Democrats must certainly shoulder
much of the blame for the failure of the bill’s pas
sage so far, it is nevertheless Scranton’s responsi
bility as governor to call a special session and do all
in his power to insure passage.
Scores of institutions, including this University,
have been forced to borrow money to meet their ,
Operating expenses while the wrangle is prolonged
in Harrisburg. Such a situation cannot continue.
On the question of the University’s status,
Scranton once again reiterated his belief that Penn
State is THE state university, adding that he be-
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Frosh Refuse Apathy Cloak
TO THE EDITOR: Before elec
tion there were complaints that
class presidents and advisory
boards do nothing. Now, there
are complaints that they are
attempting to do too much.
Could it be that some people
make the habit of complaining?
Even though we do have a
term system at Penn State, the
freshmen still know that they
are freshmen and entering in
the Class of ‘67 and that the
majority of them will also
graduate in 1967,
They have the most class and
school spirit of anyone on cam
pus and it should be retained.
To promote this spirit and pro-
Freedom Delivery
Time Has Come
TO THE EDITOR: I have one
question to ask Mr. Loughlin.
He says that integration should
be left to the states. Does he
seriously believe that Faubus
and his kind will fulfill their
responsibilities toward human
rights?
. Even the federal government
has done little but tokenism.
We must stop talking about
freedom and start delivering it
—now.
—Richard Helffrich, ’64
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Letters To The Editor
Mass Ideologies Insufficient
TO THE EDITOR: This letter
is written partly in reply to the
long letter of Phillip Haiier in
the November 16 issue of The
Daily Collegian, partly in reply
to many others like it.
It is appalling to contem
plate the implications of the
shoddy and doctrinaire think
ing that persists among so
many students of this gener
ation.
Ho;v intelligent Americans
can continue to believe that
either the conservative or lib
eral ideology provides answers
for modern problems of fan
tastic technical and moral
complexity is a question that
the whole academic and intel
lectual community must an
swer.
One fears that an honest re
sponse might strike at the
heart of our educational system
which too often seems more in
terested in fostering ideology
than in seeking truth. In this
William Buckley may be cor
rect, although less correct than
he supposes.
Mr. Harler compares the
courage of the ideological con
servative favorably with that of
the doctrinaire liberal. It is
more likely that greater cour
age is displayed by those who
do not seek the comforts that
are derived from abiding in
the secure womb of the mass
ideological prejudice; it is
more likely that the real in
dividualists whom Harler
claims are virtually monopo
lized by the conservative group
vide a means for its outlet
(Frosh-Soph weekend, jam
mies, concerts for a scholar
ship, etc.) are important duties
of the Freshman Advisory
Board.
But class spirit is not the
only concern of the Freshman
Advisory Board. We must pro
vide a forum for any and all
opinions, gripes, and ideas of
any freshman. We will discuss
any problem or gripe of fresh
men and try to get action taken
on it. If no one else has tried
to meet these concerns, the
Freshman Advisory Board will
attempt to have the proper
body take action.
The advisory boards are in
a time of transition at Penn
State but classes still exist. The
classes need a body to carry
on their class business, to put
their class spirit into and pro
vide an organized body to con
sider any gripes or opinions
they as freshmen may have.
To do this effectively, it must
be willing to work hard and be
representative. Both of these
things the Freshman Advisory
Board is, but it still needs the
opportunity to prove itself to
those who would abolish it.
They must be willing to let it
undertake its projects and con
sider its recommendations to
improve other areas of campus
life that are of concern to fresh
men.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963
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HERBERT WITMER
Business Manager
lieved most of the legislators felt likewise.
But he balked at suggestions to clearly define
Penn State’s status by an act of the legislature and
to open meetings of the University Board of Trus
tees.
His comparison of the University to a private
corporation to support his contention that open
meetings of the Board of Trustees would result in
a "holocaust" is absurd.
Apparently, the governor- has not taken into
consideration the fact that meetings of public school
boards and state governmental agencies, required
by state law to be open, do not normally result in
holocausts.
, If private discussion is needed, closed execu
tive sessions can be held. But it is the board’s re
sponsibility to inform the public of all its final
decisions.
The University is largely supported by tax funds
and the public has the right to know how its money
is spent. The student body also has the right to know
what policies are made which will directly affect
them.
It is no secret, however, that the University
enjoys the nebulous status which It holds. For it can
be a public or private institution at will, depending
upon which is most advantageous at the time.
Without a definite status, the legislature cannot
legally be constrained to fulfill its.full financial
commitments to the University.
So politician Scranton, in his refusal to fulfill
his responsibilities, has hurt no one. No one, that is,
except the citizens of the state.
—are to be found outside those
collective camps.
Both the conservative and
liberal blueprints for an ideal
society are irrelevant and tend
to distort and muddy the is
sues. They do not enable us to
clarify the dilemmas and seek
answers for enormously dif
ficult problems.
The legitimate concern of
the conservative for the in
ordinate growth and power of
the political community is
shared by many liberals. A
perusal of recent issues of so
called liberal magazines will
reveal this to those who have
eyes to see.
The machinations of any
large interest group, including
the Federal government, must
be viewed with concern by
people in a democratic nation.
Far greater comfort would be
gleaned from the continuing
debate between conservatives
and liberals if members of both
camps demonstrated aware
ness that the pretensions of
every human group and even
every individual must be
viewed with, a jaundiced eye.
It is a basic tenet of a dem
ocratic society that it afford
equal privileges for all and
special immunities for none.
This is based on the assump
tion that it is the tendency of
all to strive for a monopoly of
power, including the Federal
and state aggrandizing indi
viduals, Democrats and Repub
licans, Protestants and Cath-
There are already too many
students .content to sit .like
bumps on a log while class
spirit fades into obscurity. Why
try to force the same lacka
daisical state of mind on the
Freshman Class?
Freshman prefer not to sit
idly by while school and class
spirit draws her curtains and
like the old cow slips silently
away. The freshmen have not
been on campus long enough
to be indoctrinated with class
apathy.
—John Gilliland,
Freshman Class President
How to Tame
Pitt Panthers
TO THE EDITOR:
On Saturday, Penn State
plays Pitt,
And in that stadium many
of us will sit.
In Penna., which is the
best team?
This contest will decide
who is the most supreme.
By keeping the Panthers in
a hole,
We’U be putting our
fingers into a Bowl.
Let’s mount sustained
ground attacks
With our bevy of
hard-running backs.
And with our usual potent
passing game
We will keep the Pitt
Panthers snarling but
tame.
This is what one may say .
Concerning the outcome
on Saturday:
.As the line holds with
all its might
Quarterback Liske will
roll to his right.
Cocking his arm and
putting the ball in flight,
Powell will snare it and
be out of sight.
Yes, we’ll atone for that
Gator Bowl loss.
But first, let's have that
game-winning
touchdown toss.
—Lawrence Richman, ’64
olics, conservatives and lib
erals.
Liberals do seem more tech
nically oriented to the age of
automation and exploding ur
banism. They seem to have
accepted the passing of the
19th century rural life where
a feeble Aunt Tilly could be
accepted in the bosom of the
affluent farm family and where
social security was unneces
sary.
They seem to accept with
relish the demise of an era in
which there was actually far
less concern for the welfare
of the exploited and superan
nuated individual.
The conservative appears to
recognize that the American
ideals have become routinized
and that the nation seems pre
occupied with collective and
individual security, to the ex
clusion or diminution of all
other values.
But the devil theory of his
tory which is espoused by both
camps will provide insight into
nothing—vyhether the devil be
the .Federal government .or
radical autonomous individual
ism. This is the fallacy of
letter like Mr. Harler’s.
If conservatism prevails, he
says, “the people would be
proud to do an honest day's
work ...” Also, “the people
would need no radically new
civil rights measures ... for
a code of ethics, fostered by
spiritual and philosophical
goals, would serve as a guid
ance.” Is Mr. Harler ready to
claim—with seriousness—that
the hundreds of thousands of
Negroes who are out of work
and who are ill-educated are
in that position on a voluntary
basis?
Is he willing to provide sup
port for the claim that simply
on the basis of spiritual and
philosophical goals the priv
ileged members of this society
are automatically and volun
tarily going to act in, accord
with these goals, even if they
do accept them?
No one knows all the answers
to the complex problems that
have arisen in our automated
and urbanized society. Un
fortunate as it may appear to
those who are seeking nurture
from outmoded ideologies, the
answers that we do have point
only in the direction of proxi
mate solutions for extremely
difficult problems, a situation
which in itself requires cour
age. to accept.
The numbers are legion who
require absolute assurance that
they know the ultimate answer
to all social problems.
Hopefully, solutions for the
problems are being sought, in
vestigated, discussed, and crit
icized in a myriad of courses
in this and every university.
Hopefully, it is being observed
in these courses that ideology
is but the contemporary varia
tion of ancient idolatries.
—Paul M. Harrison, ’49
WDFM Schedule
FRIDAY, NOV. 22
4:00 The Philadelphia (Sanford Hlndal)
Beethoven: The Erolca
5:00 Ballet Theatre (Nancy Lewlnstein)
Offlnbach: Galtl Parlsienne
Salnt-Saens: 'Bacchanale' from
"Samson and Delilah"
4:00 News (Roger Denk)
6:05 Weatherscope (Joel Myers)
4:10 Dinner Date (Carol Price and Tom
Doorley) Soft Instrumental music
to dine by
7:15 Campus and Religion
(Gene Brown)
7:30 Spotlight on Sports
(George Gordon) (A.M. also)
Jim Bukata, Collegian Sports edi
tor will be Interviewed
7:40 As a matter of Fiction (Nancy
Huber) (A.M. also)
A program of readings
7:55 News (Bob Resch) (A.M. also)
,1:00 Marquee Memories
(Luanne Russell) (A.M. also)
Bye, Bye, Birdie will be featured
4:55 Sports (George Gordon)
(A.M. also)
9:00 Sendoff (Ted Lux)
A wild way to start the weekend
with popular music, campus pre
views and shaggy dog stories.
12:00 Night Sound (Win Coleman)
All request show
Pittsburgh Orchestra To Give Concert
Pianist John Browning
will accompany the Pitts
burgh Symphony Orchestra
when it makes a return trip
to the University next week.
The orchestra, conducted by
WFBG-TV To Telecast
'lO Years a University'
“Ten Years a University” is
the subject for a television pro
gram to be seen from 2 to 2:15
p.m. Sunday on Channel 10,
WFBG-TV, Altoona.
The program is ah interview
with President Eric A. Walker
in which he reviews progress
made by Penn State during the
past decade, the ten years since
it officially became a univer
sity.
Marlowe Froke, associate
professor of journalism, con
ducts the interview.
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the Artists Series.
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phony No. 6 in B Minor (Pa
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