Mourn
MEMORIAL DAY IS traditionally
celebrated by Americans in a folksy turn
of the century manner. Parades, patri
otic speeches, band concerts and lots and
lots of American flags are used to ex
press grief over the loss of American
fighting men.
According to the currently popular
Memorial Day mood, Americans should
mourn dead Americans; Germans should
mourn dead Germans; North Vietnamese
should mourn dead North Vietnamese;
Cambodians should mourn dead Cam
bodians, and so on.
But division lines as to which soldier
wearing which insignia is mourned by
which nation are often unclear.
NEW CONCERN FOR all lives lost
in combat not just persons who hap
pen to be members of U. S. fighting
units is currently being expressed on
this and other campuses.
This Memorial Day has a special
significance to University students be
cause of the USG vigil and fast protest
ing the war in Vietnam. Although the
vigil was on one hand a failure because
of the lack of student support, it was
alternately a success because it brought
to mind the deaths of thousands of
Americans and Vietnamese deaths
which were a totally useless waste of
humanity.
When the Coalition for Peace read
the names of the more than 33,000 Amer
icans who ,have died in Vietnam, it
brought this atrocity to light. And to go
a little further, the coalition didn't list
the more than four times as many North
I Bombed In State College
By ALAN SLUTSKIN
Coliegian Drama Critic
About four years ago, I came to
State College from a town on Long
Island right outside of New York City
and Broadway. For those who aren't
familiar with the area, it's directly
analogous to being from Mudlick, which
is right out
side of beauti
ful downtown
Punxs u tawny.
Staying to
the point, as
all of those
erudite peda
gogues of cre-
'I wasn't
destined
to be a
ative writing
profess, I
came to State
College an d
was immedi
ately con
fronted with SLUTSKIN
the awesome presence of the multi
versity. All of those tall, sprawling
buildings and throngs of plastic people
scurrying around in the process of try
ing to beat the system Christ, I was
overwhelmed!
B. M. 0. C.'
, After existing for one and a half
terms as 052-38-3933 and nearly snapping
out from lack of motivation, I decided
that maybe, in some small way, I could
develop some minute part of my
background and experience into a pro
ductive manifestation of initiative.
It didn't take long to decide upon my
niche in the local society. I had played
football and basketball in high school, but
5'10" and 145 lb. didn't exactly make me
the prime focus of Rip Engle and John
Egli's talent hunts. 0.K., so I wasn't
destined to be a 8.M.0.C. What else is
there?
One day there was an ad in the Col
legian asking for applications for the
position of Drama Critic, and I thought:
why not? I had grown up in the theatre.
By the time I was old enough not to
disturb the entire audience I was being
taken to seamy sister in plays. I acted in
The Pledges at
THETA DELTA CHI
Express their sympathy to the Brothers
for their humiliating defeat in the annual
"Iron City Softball Double-Header"
16-3, 6-1
Editorial Opinion
for All
Vietnamese who have died in that war
also.
MEMORIAL DAY CANNOT be a
day for the memory of just American
war dead. It cannot be a memory of just
the Americans who have died in wars,
either. It must be a day for the remem
brance of all.
It is appropriate to mourn enemy
dead because it is the United States and
her allies which are doing most of the
killing. Besides the intentional murder
of North Vietnamese troops, Americans
should mourn the innocent women and
children who have been slaughtered at
the hands of the enemy and our mili
tary. We cannot ignore North Vietnam
ese atrocities, for they are just as hor
rible as the American's murders.
SERVICES MOURNING THE
deaths of all those who have died in
Vietnam will not detract from the
mourning of American dead. Much of
the mourning done tomorrow will be
personal observances for loved ones lost
in combat. For the survivors of these
casualties, acknowledgement of the dead
enemy will be the hardest.
But if the United States hopes to
truly become the advocate of peace
throughout the world, it cannot be
closed minded at any time, even a time
of mourning.
A Memorial Day service dedicated
to these ideals is being held tomorrow
at 2 p.m., in front of Old Main. All those
interested in mourning dead persons,
rather than fallen uniforms or flags,
should be there.
Closing Night
my first production at the age of nine,
and by the time I came to State I had
been exposed to high school, college,
community, summer stock, repertory, off
broadway, Broadway and the
Shakespeare Festival at Stratford, Conn.
I was majoring in English, and I decided
that this type of work would enable me to
combine my interests in writing and in
the theatre. What could be more perfect?
I applied, and after a week of wait
ing, the Collegian Board of Editors chose
my application from the five or ten that
were submitted. In my first column I
stressed only one point: my aim during
the next four years was to try to provoke
student interest in theatre, more bluntly:
to get some of the farmers to realize that
a theatre wasn't only the local skin flick
at the Nittany.
The job wasn't as easy as it might
have been when you consider some of the
garbage that the University Theatre was
trying to pass off as digestible in those
days. Productions like "Lute Song" really
made you wonder if you .were trying to
snow the students with inept attempts at
a cultural media. However, every once in
a while. the Department came through
with experiences like the presentation of
Buchner's "Woyzeck" that rekindled the
eternal flame.
Almost all at once, a great transition
took place in theatre at the University,
The formula that was characterized by
the occasional good show transformed in
to one of the occasional bad show. Kelly
Yea ton gave us "The Knack" and
"Theatre '6B-New Forms and Ex-
Pressionq." Lowell Manfull gave us "The
Ghost Sonata" and "Under Milk Wood."
'BB was the year that things really started
happening. Along with "Theatre '6B"
came Dick Edelman's "Caesar and
Cleopatra" and Dick Shank's unforget
table "Marat-Sade." The entire barrage
of excellence was marred only by an un
qualified abdominal regurgitation entitl
ed, "The Red Eye of Love."
So where were the students? The stu
dents were yelling. "We know it's great,
but we can't afford 'it!" So The Depart-
ment started student previews -50 cents
a ticket and all the privileges of Opening
Night. Result: At one of the first pre
views. the audience consisted of myself
and nine theatre majors who were re
quired to attend.
This year University Theatre is right
back in there with one great show after
another. "The Miser" for example, has
recently won national acclaim, and the
last time I was back in New York I heard
things like: "Hey, we've heard about
"The Miser" and those kids Villani and
Murney; you people must have one
helluva dept. out there in th e
wilderness!"
Gee, I love that kind of talk! That is,
I love it until I realize that there are bet
ween twenty and thirty thousand students
here and I conclude that interest should
have forced expansion of seating capacity
and each production to run for ten or fif
teen performances by this time.
Ask yourself one question. In the past
four years, including University Theatre,
the Thespians and the Artist Series, not
to even mention Five O'clocks, there
have been over fifty productions. How
many have you seen? Because I know
your answer, on June 15th I'll leave the
Happy Valley with only one thing besides
my sheepskin; the knowledge that I
bombed baby!
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and most lilArals believe in law enforcement, they would, of
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Penn State's Disaffected Few
By JAY MITCHELL
Collegian Staff Writer
Why might one want to attend The
Pennsylvania State University?
This is a question which concerns
all who hope to be accepted by the
University or who are currently study
ing here. The rationale behind the
answer to the question marks a neces
sary poin-t of clarification and re
conciliation o f
one's goals
and means of
achievement.
Reasons
for wanting to
come to Penn
State. may
vary greatly.
_ One rea
son may pri-
marily involve
an individual
wishing to as
sert his eco-
nomic potency. His Main concern may
be in trying to exploit his potential as
a money-making force. After gradu
ation he may wish to devote the mone
tary rewards of his work to himself.
He may conceivably also wish-to follow
the path of the philanthropist and in
corporate his own immediate needs
and desires with those of society.
Either of the two courses is open to
the pragmatically ,minded and either
would seem to cause no conflict between
one's acquisitive end and his academic
means. If a student applied himself, the
weight of a diploma and his own industry
would surely enable him to pursue either
or both options.
Another reason for wanting to attend
Penn State might revolve around a desire
for personal fulfillment. At some time in
Letters to the Editor
Applauds Ritenour
TO THE EDITOR: I'm here to say that I've been visiting
Ritenour since my education began eons ago. The doctors and
nurses of this institution have proffered their services on a
variety of maladies ranging from the common cold to several
Imee aspirations (fluid removals). The treatment received
there has always been courteous and efficient, deserving of
the highest regard. I'm only sorry that I am the only one
among MAIO with this opLnion. It.s-cerns that way...
Jeffrey Rebert
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or Whom The Bell - Toth
our lives we are almost certain to ex
perience the sensation of an abstract
intestinal emptiness. This void may have
been caused by a loss of some
functionary element from one's life. It
might also be the culmination of a
persbn's mental dietary deficiency.
Perhaps he has reached his starvation
point and must now nourish his mind in
order to be more viable in a spiritual
sense as well as in a more corporeal
- e
frame of reference.
A person's success in extracting this
type of "satisfaction from his educational
experience is greatly dependent upon the
nature of the individual. We all must
sustain ourselves in a non-material sense.
The type of food we require however for
the promotion of our mental growth dif
fers as greatly from person to person as
that which each of us can tolerate in our
respective digestive systems for our
physical refinement.
In this instance, more is left to the
individual. He must find the fertile soil
and plant the seeds from which a
hopefully rich crop may spring. It is then
that the planter may reap the fruits of
his toil.
MITCHELL
A further reason for coming to Penn
State might belong to an aspiring
visionary. Like the grower of food for
thought, he too is searching for fertile
grounds. He differs however in that the
land for which he searches is that of
greener pastures, already flourishing.
This individual wishes to be shaped and
molded by his environment as a self
supporting structure with a strong foun
dation able to support his weighty plans.
He is the idealist. He envisions a place of
acceptance and consideration of fresh
ideas and modes of attainment. He
gropes for a cradle of interest and ac
tivity. He ventures forth in search 'of
fidelity to the doctrine of the dignity and
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integrity of man. He looks to Penn State,
and he hopes.
Why might one want to attend The
Pennsylvania State University?
The reasons should be no more
dif
ficult to discern for the Penn Stater than
are those as to why one might wish to
leave.
The conclusion of this term will mark
the end of. another academic year. Many
will graduate, some with remorse and
some with mere sighs of - relief. Others
will remain at school and some will leave
for the summer.
There is however a smaller, less
recognized group who will break the con
tinuity of their education. They will leave
but they will not have received their
diplomas. Many, in fact, do not care to.
The knowledge which they have ac
quired here has inflamed their curiosity-
The answers that they have found here
have only brought to their mind too many
more questions than they can ac
comodate at Penn State. They seek the
enlightenment of application which they
cannot find in what is for them a
theoretically oriented, centrally isolated,
.strictly academic atmosphere.
Their desire for monetary security Is
preceded by their need- for greater
stability and crystalization of their iden
tities.
Their dining hall-fed Stomachs yearn
for a meatier diet as do their hungry
minds require a more balanced one.
They have idealistic goals but are
compelled to find practical manners of
approach to these goals.
They have tried to marry themselves
to their surroundings but have only been
able to enjoy the temporary union
gratification of a flighty mistress.
elements, we propose that anyone on campus without a matrlc
card and current certificate of registration wear a purple tur
ban for identification purposes. This would effectively prevent
clandestine infiltration by subversive elements, such as ad
ministration, parents, alumni, police, visiting football teams,
etc.
Bob Moore
Brian Jessen
3rd-Biochemistry-MeMurray
Timetable Troubles
TO THE EDITOR: With the balloting done, the verdict seems
to be that students and faculty favor a trimester system over
the present quarter. As far as students are concerned there
are two reasons for voting "semester". 1) Classes will start
somewhat sooner and end much sooner, and, 2) a more com
plete treatment of courses. In a small personal survey I find
that the former is almost the unanimous selection as first in
importance.
The administration has plans to switch back to the desired
system in 1971 but they are missing completely the point
desired most. The schedule- calls for classes to start late in
September and end the first week in June. That strikes one as
reminiscent of present conditions. Penn State would still be
the last college in the nation to finish.
Far better is the schedule Pitt employs. University of Pit
tsburgh students begin the first week in September, complete
a 15 week term before Christmas, and finish their second term
during the last week of April.
Why can't Penn State adopt a similar timetable? It would
squeeze the summer term of 1971 but since the change is to be
made regardless, since the vast majority of students attend
the University from fall to spring, and since it is in the in
terest of most students to finish early for employment and
vacation purposes the administration should plan accordingly.
Inconvenience cannot be avoided no matter what course is
chosen but every effort should be made to adopt a schedule
most desirable to the majority.
Eric Tower
3rd-Business Administration-Murrysville
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