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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.
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Walker Lab. This 'n' That, 9 p.m., HUB card room.
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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
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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
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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
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