A Student-Operited Newspaper 60 Years of Editorial Freedom Ttle Elatig Tultratatt , - Successor to The Free Lance, est. 188? Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The ' , Daily Collegian is a student-Operated newspaper, Entered as second-class matter ' July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1979. Mail Subscription Price: $7.90 a year Member of The Associated Press JOHN H. THOMPSON, . ro i - , Editor PAGE TWO Editorial 0 Facing the Last night's address by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was an inspiring and thought-provoking message from one of the great men of our time. More than 7,000 members of the University corn munity, and thousands more by means of radio, heard the famed civil rights leader express his views on such critical topics as the present social revolution, education and public morality. King could easily have limited his address to a defense of the civil rights drive he is spearheading in the South. but the fact he touched a wide range of subjects was a benefit to the entire University community. The University Artists and Lecture Series de serves commendation for bringing such a man to Penn State. Months of hard work by Nina Brown, ad ministrative assistant for the Artists Series, were es pecially instrumental in bringing King here. King's comments on our nation's changing con cepts contain a valuable lesson for all persons, es pecially in an educational atmosphere such as Uni versity Park. While many persons legitimately dis agree with King's work, they cannot doubt that his efforts to eliminate social and legal injustices of our society have provoked thousands of this nation's peo ple to a deeper awareness of their basic responsibili ties as human beings. The justification of non-violent tactics given by King last night is especially significant. His efforts to seek "moral ends through moral means" have been internationally recognized by his receipt of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. While men as great as King cE.n visit the Uni versity only at great intervals of time, the thought provoked by such visitors lasts indefinitely. The Artists and Lecture Series, initiated less than a decade ago because students wanted to hear such outstanding speakers and artists, proves its benefit to the entire community in an especially significant way when speakers such as King come to University Park. King's defense of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley and his sup port for the bussing of children to integrate New York City schools were outstanding results of the question period following the main address. While the New York bussing issue is of direct concern to the civil rights cause, the FSM issue was one that King could have quickly sidestepped. The fact that he didn't and the fact that a man as prominent as he would publicly support the move ment is an indication that the issues at Berkeley are more than those of students who wish to aggravate their college administration. The issues at Berkeley have been raised as part of the growing social revolu• tion of our time and cannot be overlooked. King also touched on the problem of the Negro in the North during the question period. His warning that civil liberties and equality may come to the Southern Negro first are a warning to all Northern residents that they cannot overlook a basic sociolo gical problem in their own backyard. Students may well be one of the most significant forces in the civil rights movement, King said at a press conference preceding his main address. His rec ognition of what students from Northern universi ties have done to promote racial justice is a stimulus to further action on the part of students at Penn State and other universities. Tears in the eyes of many persons in last night's audience as they left the auditorium after the address are an indication that University students are con cerned about the overwhelming social problems facing our nation. We cannot contiue to ignore our responsibilities. TODAY ON CAMPUS Association of Women Students Women's intervarsity Christian Fellowship, 7:30 Week chairman and library chairman p.m., 111 Boucke. applications available at Hetzel Union Jawbone, 8:00 p.m., 415 E. Foster. desk. t Nickelodeon Nights, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 Biophysics Seminar, 11:10 a.m., 105 p.m., HUB assembly room. Walker Lab. This 'n' That, 9 p.m., HUB card room. Interlandia, 7:30 p.m., HUB ballroom, Undergraduate Student Government For urn, 8 p.m., 203 HUB. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, 12:30 Women's Recreation Association open i p.m., 218 HUB. house, 7 p.m., White HA WDFM Schedule 4:15 The Philadelphia (John Abele) 7:30 "Showcase 15" 5:00 Classical Cameos 7:45 Spotlight on Sports 8:00 The Sound of Folk Music 5:55 News (Jeff Sternfield) 8:55 Sports 6:00 The Week in Science 9:00 Sendoff (Ted Lux) (Wayne Winston) 12:00 Night Sound (Daron Boyce) 6:15 Evening Moods (Dennis Tanner) All request show 7:25 News (Stan Lathan) 2:00 News DIA NNE NAST Business Manager FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1965 Issues MiSh Mai L: , c . ::: e. ....,. ~,,,,,,,, :,, ",,,.. ~ , tl, h . r ''' .‘' ",.' '''., ~ , i , : . P ‘ ,1, ,,,. : ' ',-; s, , ~ , • „ ' , „ :::,,::,..:.,,5.,,,,,.... . , owpas ,pcx.t..s.4lAfJ, "One nation under God ..." Gokcen Discusses 'Orientation' TO THE EDITOR: ,When I came to Penn State from my home town, Istanbul, Turkey, I was confronted with the problem which every inter national student faces, how to orient myself to Penn State and life in America. The problem is very dif ficult to solve, for example, the first concept of Ameri can life (as I was told) was that I was in a free country, and yet if I were to kiss my buddy on the cheek, every body would be suspicious of my morals. There is noth ing wrong in kissing my bud dy on the cheek as far as my country's morals are con cerned, but I am forced not to practice the freedom of exercising my own cultural and social mores. I have to find out myself whether my native morals are convenient in Penn State, if not, then I have to change them which is a very hard task. In other words, this means I have to take in all the opposing criticism of these morals from the point of view that I am always wrong and the others who criticize me are always right. Believe me this is some times so unfriendly that one can be found on the brink Kane Registers Complaint Against Collegian Reviews TO THE EDITOR: The pur pose of this letter is to regis ter a complaint against your movie review policy or, more exactly, Vince Young's re views. I think it is a shame that a newspaper should waste ink and paper and, perhaps, cause someone to miss an en joyable movie because re viewer Young has decided to attempt satire. Two of the most recent ex amples of this have been re views of "My Fair Lady" Senior Comments On Laos Bombing TO THE EDITOR: You and I, human beings, ha v e bombed a bridge in Laos, ac cording to a Chinese report. Our government refuses to comment. It took 24 planes to do the job, according to the Chi nese report given credit as being correct by The New York Times. The Pentagon declined to disclose the mis sion of the planes. Did human beings live next to the bridge? Were we walking on the bridge? We murder men. We give our money to murder men. We give our allegiance to the government in whose name the murder is done. Now they don't' bother to tell us when we murder men. If we're lucky, maybe we can soon forget the whole problem. —Philip Henning, '65 *NEW COLLEGE DINER Downtown Between the Movies ALWAYS 'OPEN .•, , - KRUMRINE BIKE SHOP •SALES •SERVICE •BIKE ACCESSORIES 238.9422 437.441 W. COLLEGE i'.',"';',;;.1 . ,':,%,".3:i . ,:;'Y1.-.:',.t... IFAVILIOI4I', "r 1-11 BOX OFFICE OPENS MONDAY 4 Phone 865.6309 TUE MIRACLE °RICER ;, s ' -) ' A. r il 45%4. 1,.i1l (eV . ...%. , r': i eM WILLIAM 411380 N if li ,;: • 24 February 2.6-8:00 p.m. 1 . .I:Matinee, Feb. 7-2:00 p.m.:) . it...,:,...; ~,.:.::.z..<:::.....2.4.,„..,,,:... ... .... >...,..:::; M=IMMI of commiting even a suicide. The only way to avoid this situation is to limit the con tact with Americans to a very few mil - fiber of stu dents and faculty members who would be less criticiz ing and. who would know more or less the social Mores of the international's coun try. This points out another problem, the problem of lack of interest and knowledge among the students of Penn State about the world's his tory, politics and geography. To many students the coun tries are just names and the characteristics which are as sociated with those names, such as Germans live in Ger many and their language is German. Most of these students would not know the different groups of people that live in Germany or what a Leder hose means. The international would always stay away from these people because they will criticize the most. I wanted to illustrate some of the main , problems an international faces on this campus. Mr. Larry Robbins tries to increase the rela tionships between the two groups. His attempt is appre- and "Goldfinger." Mr. Young • , t think of what he con siders a "catchy idea" and !nen creates a movie review. • The central idea of his "My Fair Lady" review was to re fer to Audrey Hepburn's "anatomical absences." Peo ple are not going to see a figure. If they are, it would be much better to see a Jayne - "'-'d cr June Wilkinson movie. Movie-goers are going to hear acclaimed songs such as "On the Street Where You Live" or to see what made "My Fair Lady" such a long running Broadway show. Reviewing "Goldfinger," Mr. Young thought it was most funny to refer to a character named Pussy Ga lore ad "Pelvic Greatness." Mr. Young must be aspiring to become another Art Buch wald living in Satireville, USA. However, he makes both a poor Buchwald and movie reviewer. As an alternative, perhaps the newspaper could assign a more promising writer to the movie beat or, perhaps bet ter, have a boar& of six re viewers give capsule reviews somewhat similar to sport forecasting boards which try to predetermine sports out comes. Either of which would be better than Mr. Young. —Bartley Kane, '67 Letters to the Editor USG E*ciy Ran Hit by Cariodian TO THE EDITOR: M a for eign student (Canada), I was invited to write an essay on the relations• between my country and the United States by the committee on national and international affairs of USG. One hundred do" was to be awarded for the best paper. As on attempt, to better inter I?t'onal understanding, the sprit cf the invitation v. - as commendable. As a in :tiled of attack on the problem, hr,weyer, it was misguided and its failure to draw a response certainly does not warrant committee chairman Robbins' conclu sioh in The Daily Collegian: that foreign students are just as apathetic as American students. It was misguided for two reasons. First, to .be worth $lOO in ciated by all means But, I think, the responsi bility lies on the shoulders of both internationals and the Americans. I have solved the problem of ignoring all the criticism and trying to give information 'about Tur key to some 50 American stu dents, and in turn, many thanks to them, they helped me to get used to the Ameri can way of life. Is this not a good way of making friends and increas ing ties between Americans and the internationals? —Mustafa Gokcen, '66 Soph Doubts Greek Aims TO THE EDITOR: Tuesday night I went to Hee Hall to watch some of the fraterni ties bowl and was shocked with the impression given to me by some of our fraternity men. Although I am not a pledge or a brother in any fraternity, I was a pledge and at present I am a social member of a fraternity. Since I know a little about fraternities, I question whether they are ac complishing two of their ob jectives: development of gen tlemen and promotion of a friendly atmosphere between Greeks. The language used by some of the Greeks, especially when a Penn State coed was in their presence, was less than desir— able. Most of the Greeks stayed with their own group and did not communicate with mem bers of other fraternities. Perhaps the polite college man who desires a full social life and friendship doesn't have any place in a fraternity. Perhaps he is old fashioned. Is he? Is he something of the past? —John Ries. '67 "Chemistry and Biology Seniors—Are you interested in a career opportunity in medical research working with a clinical or basic science research team on the problem of the cause and cure of malignant disease, and on related problems in the life sciences? Then, you should check with the University Placement Service for information on Roswell Park Memorial Institute. Institute representatives will be on the campus on Tuesday, February 2, 1965" prize money, the paper would have to, be at least F. " 1 1 wirds of nrox”rl , , re searched material. This would revue at least 30 hours of hard work. Unfortunately alien students are too busy for such undertakings, as most of them are grads with heavy course and research loads. Secondly, the project does not involve enough partici pation on the part of Ameri can students to be effective as an international ice break er. I do not think their understanding would be in creased by a 5,000 word ef fluvia of disjointed English in The Daily Collegian or, worse yet, in some dusty pamphlet on USG shelves. The only thing that would arouse them would be the fact that someone was thick enough to pay $lOO for the diatribe. In summary, then, this project has asked too much of the foreign students and not enough of the American students. To be constructive, let us look at the facts. Since most foreign students live in town, their biggest problem is so cial isolation from Americans. What the two gorups need is not $lOO misunderstand ings, but face to face personal communication. Any project which requires maximum in volvement by everyone and minimum preparation time would be ideal. Dorm groups, Greek socie ties and even a certain 'USG committee could, for instance, have group or panel discus sions, debates, invited speak ers, teas, hay rides, skating parties, etc. to which they would specifically invite a few foreign students. The affair need not center about the foreign students but simply invite him to join in. Indeed, many affairs ad vertised to attract aliens end up scaring Americans away, thus defeating the attempt to bring the two together. It's a sorry state of affairs when an African student, after four years on this cam pus, can return home with out having received a single personal invitation to a so cial event from an Ameri l can student group. —Charles Beck, Graduate Student (Ed, note: A copy of this let ter was sent by Beck to Th0711(IS Reich, secretary of the Undergraduate Student Government.) Alum Refers To Magazine Article TO THE EDITOR: For a more detailed and accurate picture other than that given by President Walker of the free speech movement at Berkeley —its origin, present status and raison d'etre—l wish to refer interested persons to "1 -, article by James Cass in the Saturday Review of Jan. 16, 1965. —Arthur Raviiz, '62 '''''' .::P , , the jawbone has no 'gimmicks it is a coffeehouse designed for your conversation. its environs include original art, unpretentious furniture magnificent jawburgers and atmosphere. relax any Friday or Saturday night at the jawbone, 415 e. foster ave entertaining friday will be Al Smith w~/' \«r7 ~w~ ~aa~/ las~/ ACACIA JAMMY SATURDAY Band: The Four Dimensions Open to Freshmen and Dated Greeks BARRET QUINTET with Harriet Richards- presented by TIM HUB Ballroom Jan. 23,1965 9-12 $1 per couple ELECTRIC SERVICE Upstairs ... downstairs.... the biggest value around Add up all the good living your electric service brings—then notice the price you pay. 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