• - et Student,Opersted Neuispaper 60 Years of Editorial Freedom , Baitii.Trittertiaw: Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 ' 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, 1879. Mail Subscription Price: $7.90 a year Member of The Associated Press JOHN R. THOMPSON, DIANNE NAST Editor Business Manager City Editors, Den Knecht and Deb Stoddard; Sports Editor, John Loft; News and World Affairs Editor, TUdl Mateictyk; News and Features Editor, Judy Mathes Personnel Director, Anne Doll. Co-Local Advertising Managers, Robert Sayers and Diane Specht; Co-Credit Managers, Arthur Rapp and Mark Saltzman; Promotion'ane Classified Adver tising Manager, Stephen' Ryerson; Circulation Manager, Richard Weissman; Office Manager, Patricia Skurie; National Advertising Manager, Geraldine Plechowskl. PAGE FOUR TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1965 Editorial Opinion , Matter of Opinion Within the next two weeks, a sampling, of Penn State. parents will receive a• survey of vital impor tance to all students. The survey is not to be ignored; it's up to students to see that it's taken seriously. . Conducted by the Office of Student Affairs Re search, the poll is meant to determine parental reac tion to the University's current apartment ruling and its modification, as proposed by the Association of Women Students. The proposal, which has been favorably received by the majority of campus student governing bodies, is a strong step toward liberalization of the stringent (on paper) yet ineffective (in practice) ruling which has plagued and insulted both coeds and men living downtown. Facing facts (i.e., when regulation is so flagrantly disobeyed, there's obviously something wrong), AWS set out to do something about it; In formulating its modification, AWS was supported by more than half of all women students, who last year went on record as opposing the current rule. The modification does not purport to cancel the present regulation; at an institution of this size, its elimination would produce havoc. The proposal would, however, allow those students with parental permission on file in either the dean of men's or dean of women's office to visit downtown residences in habited by members of the opposite sex. AWS' modification is a tight one and deserves careful attention from students, parents and adminis trators. A ten per cent sampling is planned, with questionnaires due back at University Park by April I. To make a go of the survey and assure its validity, it is up to the students—who are, after all, those most directly concerned—to discuss the issue with their parents. The letters and questionnaires to be sent out next week will present both the current regulation and the AWS proposal; students must present an accurate picture of the situation which exists at Penn State. Objectivity is the key, for we have nothing to gain by distorting the facts. Parents are not being asked to give their permission for downtown visita tion; the sample is requesting opinions concerning both the existing and proposed regulations. We urge all students to discuss this survey and the reasons behind it with their parents during the term break. Even those whose relatives are not polled by the University should determine to make the facts known. Unsolicited opinions are welcome and can provide both. AWS and the University with more concrete evidence. The current apartment ruling is antiquated; pre vious attempts to revise or liberalize it have been useless, almost laughable. The survey is not the final step, but it does provide a jumping-off place for future modification. It's all a matter 'of opinion— make yours count. .............................. F . ; • Quote of the y i . warfommonrxes:42z:rd,!.ufama.a..v,..caaatx.g.o . ;:avagoloiri "Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood. Teach us to care and not to care. Teach us to sit still." —T. S. Eliot TODAY ON CAMPUS Agriculture Student Council, 7 p.m., 212- Phi Mu Alpha Pledge Concert, 8 p.m., 13 Hetzel Union Building. Arts I Recital Hall. Associated Mormon Students, 11 a.m.- Penn State Camera Club, 7:30 p.m., 214 1 p.m.. HUB assembly room. Boucke. Chess Team, 8:15 p.m.. 214 HUB. "Peace in Viet Nam," discussion, SENSE Department of Architecture Lecture, and Ad Hoc Faculty Committee, 4 "The Business of Real Estate," speak- p.m., 112 Chambers. er, Lawrence Reiner, 7:30 P.M, HUB Student Affairs Research, 1 p.m., HUB assembly hall. assembly room. Drama Group, 7 p.m.. 216 HUB. Undergraduate Student Government Cul- Prench Club, 7:30 P.n. Simmons lounge. tural Congress, 7 p.m., 203 HUB. Men's Residence Council, 7 p.m., 217- WRA Golf Club, 4:15 p.m., White Hall , 18 HUB. game room. WDFM Schedule 4:15 The Philadelphia (Bill Edwards) 8:00 Ports of Call 5:00 Classical Cameos 8:55 Sports 5:55 News (Stan Lathan) 9:00 Show Stoppers' 6:00 Washington Reports 9:55 campus News Report 6:15 Evening Moods (Ann Landers) TOGO 7:25 News (Marty SimonsTOGO Symphonic Notebook: 7:30 Showcase 15 classical favorites 7:45 Your USG 12:00 News gou'RE CUTE, YOU'RE 60 CUTE I THINK I'M YOU KNOU.) 60ING TO GIVE YOU A BIG Am THAT? AND A K 165 ON THE NOSE! • '7 ) r • (An 4.7) 0.0 . .1 Vec_rit ) f N7Wyi ,2.22 0 - 113 . 41;:i=iraT THAT's REAL CONCENTRATION - • ar, - a ..4 1% ,A42111141._ lamming Nobody Has To • "The right not to listen, and to be free of any coercion or inconvenience design6d to 'make one listen, is a claim of the highest priority in a so ciety which purports to be free." • This premise, established by the Virgin:- Commission t C o iistitution Gov ern mei was offered the context demonitr tions. More d rectly, how, ever, I belie , it is appropi ate in the ligh of the discus• Sion of sup- MISS MATHE pression of student rights on large campuses. I have heard rumors of student discontent with the lack of student-faculty com munication at Penn State and to these people I would like to offer the Virginia Commis sion premise. Dean Lipp, 'speaking to a Home' Economics student - faculty board last Tuesday night, expressed this in a dif ferent way. "Just because you've offered your body, up to this institution doesn't mean you have an inalienable right to know what every professor and administrator on campus is doing," she said. Lloyd Jones, writing in the Washington .Star, .a n d .re printed in the last issue of the Bottom of the Bird Cage, sug gested a return to the camar aderie of yesteryear when universities were small. He offered this: "Alma Mater has died and her place has been taken by a bewildering and amphorous city of classrooms in which the immature and recently arrived Citizens can neither identify themselves with any tradition or feel any kinship with the powers in city hall." To me, the key Words here are "immature" and "recently arrived citizens." For I think the immaturity of many stu dents is the underlying cause of dissension among their ranks. It is not, in my opin ion, the ogres in Old Main or any other scapegoats on which students feel free to vent their outrages. It is an immature student attitude to believe that each professor owes him a certain amount of his free time. In a "publish or perish" academic society, it is the professor doll•drums Happiness Is, But Not Always Is everybody happy? I doubt it. At least not everybody is happy all the time. And that's probably the way it should be. After all, what is happiness anyway? According to the dic tionary, happiness is "good fortune, pleasure, content, or gladness." Actually, when you come right down to it, happi ness is a state of mind 'Tr" tsj. ' It is unques tionable, to 0, """.. that it is a state of mind that is a basic desire of every human be ing, be he a col lege student, a professional, a laborer or a store clerk. We all seek to find that which is MISS DOLL pleasurable and avoid that which causes sadness and pain. But happiness means a vari ety of things to each individual. For example, during this - term, there was a poster in one of the women's residence halls inviting replies to the state ment, "Happiness is .. ." Many residents filled in re sponses showing that things both tangible and intangible cause University students to be contented or glad. Such an swers as happiness is a phone call ,happiness is getting all your work done a week in ad vance, happiness is being true friends, and happiness is love are proof of the multitude of sentiments students on this campus feel bring them joy. While is is true some degree of sadness must be experienced by everyone in daily living, no one takes comfort from this fact. No one wants to be un happy and no one takes pleas- KRUMRINE p HERLOCHER'S BIKE SHOP RESTAURANT •SALES •SERVICE YOUR FAVORITE BEVERAGE •BIKE ACCESSORIES "THE UPSTAIRS" 238.9422 437.441 W. COLLEGE Pizza • • SEN *ORS Who Expect to Graduate • in June, but will be going STUDENT TEACHING may order ANNOUNCEMENTS and INVITATIONS , Now t h ru MARCH 17 - at HUB DESK - CAPS & GOWNS FROM THE ATHLETIC STORE who has done research or written a book that gets the promotion, and the professor who sits and talks to students certainly doesn't enhance his, academic or financial status. Yet despite these piessures, I have yet to be rejected by a Professor When I've asked for help.' Professors have more than met their obligations to students, but have students reciprocated? Students, like the bisexual earthworm .who .resorts .to asexual reproduction only in Times of stress, turn to help from professors only when they've hit a bluebook cricis. Lynn Christy, English pro fessor, bears out this assump tion. "There's a bunching of students in my office around this time of the year," he said, "but my door is open all term." Christy, however, recog nizes the impersonal attitude that has built up on the cam pus. "The student is swallow ed up," he said, "and now when I have a freshman class, I'm not likely to ever see half those students again." Realizing the, value of stu dent-faculty contact, Christy has initiated a program whereby he takes his English I class up to the Penn State Room to discuss the subject of whether or not Penn State should have a definite pro gram to inculcate love for Penn State in students. His class is then assigned a paper taking either the pro or con side of the issue. ChrHy's opinion that every student-faculty contact has value is echoed by many other college personnel. Geor ge Donovan, chairman of the Committee on Student Organ izations, feels that the "let's sit and talk" attitude is often too formalized because stu dents and faculty don't have common meeting grounds. "Faculty members are not going to force themselves, into any situation that they think is .student .sponsored," .h e said, but feels that there are many .common interests among faculty and students that could be brought out in less organized activities such as a tea after a basketball game. Here, he believes, stu dents could get together with faculty and talk about the game, and the situation would be more natural. Carifred Broderick, profes sor of family relationships, says maybe student faculty relationships are like a mar riage situation. "Both parties ure in seeing sadness exhibited by another. Nevertheless, even brief en counters with joyless events heighten the importance of joy ful events. Because of this, it is common to build up happy occasions to use as sustenance when sadness occurs. Things both small and large give peo ple pleasure a letter from an old friend, an unexpected gift, even a smile can lift spirits when they are low. A friend of mine once said, "It's just small things that make me happy." When asked to explain, this firend said, "Well, for example, when I get a good grade after working hard on something, or when someone thinks about me and takes the time to let me know, I'm happy." Upon examining this reason ing it is possible to see that happiness, being a state of mind, is often transitory and also that It does not take a great deal of effort to initiate this state of mind. But further, this happiness turns out to be a personal-type thing—initiated and carried out through per sonal contact. Unfortunately, it seems that this country has been pervaded with individual and group ef forts to attain a "happy" so ciety commercially. There are the popular songs advocating happiness—" Happy Talk," "Happy Days are Here Again," "I Want to be Happy," and "Put on a Happy Face." And the wishes. "Happy Birthday" Year," "Happy Easter," "Hap py Valentine's Day" and "Hap py Anniversary." Then, finally, there are the advertising campaigns that tempt consumers with ultimate happiness if they are smart Listen by Judy mathe should accept more thin half the responsibility." He be lieves faculty members are more than willing to discuss grades with students, but if a, student walks into the of, fice with a grievance, right away the professor will find more wrong with hiS exam than was' actually there. If on the other hand, Brod erick says, the student comes in with a look-I-studied-for this exam-and-can't-figure - out-what-I - did - wrong - atti tude, professors will go out of their way to give them an even break. Another point Dean Lipp made was that faculty m ust regard students as adults and treat them in this way. And I say that it is just as impor tant for the opposite to be true. Students who feel they can't communicate with their professors should take a look at their own attitude and assess it before placing the blame on someone else. Sure, it's easier to have a scapegoat, and it would be nice if everyone had a dog to kick. He wouldn't talk back an d frustrations wouldn't mount into student riots. It is the fabrication of causes against which to rebel that dismays me. Ed Zern, a Penn State alumnus and for mer editor of Froth, had this to say .about the type of hu mor that Froth displayed in his era: "There was no real interest in satire as such among the people who worked on Froth while I was hanging around the offices . . .Perhaps the lack of rebellion against the college was 'due to the gen eral atmosphere of the times —milions were unemployed, strikers were being gunned down fairly frequently, Doug las MacArthur was leading the .United .States. Arm y against the jobless marchers in Washington: if anybody felt inclined to rebel there were much more important things to rebel against than the petty local injustices." Ray Cromley, a syndicated columnist, said this about stu dent riot activity: in many foreign countries student po litical activity has been strong enough to help overthrow governments." Maybe life has been too good to our generation so there are no causes left. But I have more faith in us than that. So let's forget about the "petty local injustices," and concentrate on more impor tant things. enough to buy a ,certain product. All of these things are prob ably good enough if they are kept in their proper perspective because they do, after all, indicate that there is an aware ness that happiness is a nec essary part of life and that ef forts are being made to create to explain, this friend said. Nevertheless the word happi ness has been overused and overemphasized. Although it is possible to feel secure and con tent most of the time, the illu sion that one should attain a permanent aura of happiness is misleading. Not that the thought should be condemned; it is comforting to think it is possible to be continuously in a state of mind without worry or disappoint ment. But in reality, a certain amount of discontent should be accepted as part of the scheme of life. The foregoing examples, submit, can be cited as super ficial vestiges of joviality and gaiety. There is to happiness a much deeper and intensive side. It is all bound up in the feel- 'NEW' COLLEGE DINER - - DowntoWn Between the Movies 'ALWAYS OPEN . - . Don't fool the man with good taste . .. he'll know if your portrait was not taken at bill coleman's .. . debacle It's time to stop the corning out parties when someone graduates from: Penn State. It's time to stop treating col lege students as children of six are treated. It's time to let Penn State students know that they are responsible enough to be called adults. Coming out parties are for sixteen-year-olds. Graduation from college is for adults Colleges al universities over the 11 tion are - bet faced with t] problem students wan ing more soci freedom a n fears of stT dents misusi th e freedoms the ,institutionsMlSS STODDARD might grant. Penn State is faced with thiS problem. A group of "free-thinkers" could jeopardize the chances of more social freedom here at Penn State. It is feasible that a group of agitators could arouse the student body and - generate a demonstra tion similar to the one at Berkeley this winter. Sure, all these things are possible. but I'm willing to wager my last dime on the fact that it won't happen. Why? Because the Associa tion of Women Students with the Town Independent Men Council, the Men's Residence Council and the Interfrater• oily Council has taken step in the right direction ft social freedoms at the Um varsity. It has gone throug) the right channels for sur cess in their project. Working with the Offic( of Dean of Men and Dean Women and Student Affair Research, AWS has writte a proposal to amend Ilnivei sity policy on the visitatir of downtown residences, The decision to make tlt proposal to the Universit Senate has not been a has? one. Months of research any soul-searching went into tY AWS decision. The present University p icy on visitation states: "Women may not (men m not), at any time, visit the apartments, rooming houses, trailers, or any living quar ters of men (women) except during a social event au thorized by the Offices of the Dean of Men and Dean of Women. Both men and wom en will be held responsible by anne doll ing of caring and giving. Mak ing someone else happy is one of the best ways to feel a great sense of personal happiness. As a recent Collegian quote of the day from Mark Twain state, "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have some body to divide it with." He was right. And now with a combination of both happy and sad feelings, I have come to the end of my association with The Daily Col legian. So a farewell is due to all with whom I have shared the exciting and happy but often difficult and arduous ex perience of helping to put out a student daily. I would like to say a lot more, especially in the way of thanks, but it will suffice to leave In true journalistic style with only a very fond Do You Like Delicious PASTRIES and BAKED GOODS? WAITE'S BAKERY makes Free Deliveries to the Dorms and offers special rates on large orders. Special Service For Fraternities And Sororities -Waite's Bakery 115 S. FRASER 238-9426 Miss Patti Grove of X 0 you will too !I A Step for infractions of this regu. lation." This policy is probably the most fractured rule on .the University'S books. Further more, it is the least enforced. Students ,don't take it serious ly. If someone is caught in an apartment at a "social event" which is not .sant tioned by the University, it's simply rotten luck on the of fender's part. Granted that I don't think of Dean Lipp or Dean Simes as my ideal of a parenthood, but a rule is a rule. It is made to be obeyed, not brok en. The present University policy, in my estimation, is naught but victorian, University officials and some parents will argue that the present policy is a good one. It supposedly prevents unfortunate situations such as forced marriages an d drunken brawls. AWS dis agrees. It feels that students do not visit downtown resi cl,nce for the sake of 'break ing a rule, but for socializing Vvllll friends in an atmosphere other than the HUB, a frater nity jammy, or the dorm lounges. Carl Davidson, in his Cri tique article "In Loco Paren tis: Planned Irresponsibility," said that the University is treating students like high school adolescents. College isn't an adolescent society. It isn't a coming out party. It's an adult business. The AWS proposed amend It may be' somewhat out of place, to speak of antiques 'in terms of this year's model . . . but after you lavish a lifetime of love on your silver from Crabtrees, youll hear one of your grandchildren say: "They just don't make - silver like this anymore." Crab trees Jewelers SAL E TODAY ONLY ! SALE ONE DAY ONLY . FINAL CLEANUP OF WINTER FASHIONS... VILLAGER SWEATERS Reg. 12.95 • TODAY 8.00 SLACKS Reg. 14.95 TODAY 10.45 DRESSES Reg. 19.95 TODAY 13.95 BRAS -Reg. 1.50 & 2.50 , ... TODAY 69c & 1.00 , • SKI BANDS 1 / 2 PRICE!, THIS SALE IN OUR COLLEGE AVE. STORE ONLY . . . • A i\ • Jhop3 Cor, College & Garner by deb stoddard ment to' the present Univer sity policy reads: "Under socially acceptable conditions any student who ha d parental permission, which is on file with the Of fice of the Dean of Men or Dean of Women, to visit or entertain a member of the opposite sex in a residence in State College may do so." AWS dfeines socially ac ceptable conditions as those that limit visits to the living room that is separate from the sleeping quarters. The propOsal would apply only after a 'woman student becomes a sophomore, and in the case of transfer students, after one term on campus: This week, a letter and a questionnaire will be sent to a sampling of parents, which was recommended by Stu dent Affairs Research. It asks that parents give the proposal careful thought and that they discuss it with their offspring. The AWS proposed amend• merit may not be a step to ward co-ed housing, beer and liquor in residence halls, or some of the other privileges college students across she nation are clamoring for, but it is a very definite stride in the right direction. I think it will erase some of the false illusions of the Uni versity's parenthood. It will make an opening for more liberalization of University policies if a new social free dom is not abused. It's some thing to think about. Antiques-'65
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