Editorial opinio Colorless rainbow Civil rights was set back a generation when the International Order of the Rainbow, a young girls' service organization, can celed the charters of all lowa chap ters after one chapter voted to ad mit a girl whose mother was black. What an irony •that this action was the product of a group sworn to uphold all the virtues of American democracy, including apple pie. The local officials were shocked when they learned Monday of the discrimination against the 12-year old girl, who has a black mother and a white father. What is worse, that discrimination carried over to affect all 5,000 girls in the state membership only because one chapter voted unanimously to in clude the girl. The supreme inspector of . the They wanted Willkie As I write 'this, I have nol,dea•whomon-'`l,*- I When the' Republican .Convention , yesterday's electlon..,ll- I wanted,.to; be' , . , opened , In Philadelphia; polls', .gave daring some, ould call , itsuicidal Wil)kle,the suppOrtof about ,five per cent would write this column as - if Jimmy of - thb • nation's Republicans. Thomas Carter had won, and wait ' for the Dewey of New York - Had the convention inevitable Ford victory to occur. Or vice. wrapped up, according to most pundits, versa. and If he didn't win it, Robert Taft of Instead, I decided to write about the Ohio was the leading dark horse. Wilkie results of an election that was more wasn't even on the board certain, one that occurred 36 years ago. After all, there is little chance that I'll pick up today's paper and find out that Wendell Willkie defeated Franklin D ' Rooseveh, I can imagine the cries of "Wendell who?' z al - eadv, and it's too bad. Because Wendell Willkie was one of the most interesting, mdst incredible,' most unusual canaidates for the presidency that America has ever seen. For one thing, he came out of nowhere. He was a businessman, president of the Commonwealth and Southern Utilities Corp: which had fought Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority. That was his sole claim to fame. He had never served in elected office, and never would. Just two years before, he had considered himself a Democrat, and yet, in 1940, he would fight for and win the Republican nomination for president. Letters - to the- _ Edit Educated bias TO THE EDITOR: This is an open letter to Muriel Hykes and to all members of the student body of European ancestry. Whether you admit it or•not, it is your fault racial polarization exists at Penn State. You say that you were under the impression that race relations were normalizing. What ever, gave you that idea? I'm sure you didn't hear it from the black student body. You speak of integrated sororities at Behrend as if this is something to brag about. You say that education liberalizes. ignorance. However, some of the most racist whites I've encountered at the institution are supposedly "educated." ' My advice to you is to stop dreaming and face reality. Often the most prejudiced whites are the ones who refuse to admit_ it. How many black friends do you haVe (I don't mean associates, but friends in the true sense of the word)? You may call me a racist if you want to, but this is something I've learned only too well from your people. And that's a fact. , On the rocks TO THE EDITOR: It's getting hard to be a mountain climber these days. All over the world mountains are disappearing not from erosion but from red tape. One half of Mount Everest is closed to climbers, and the other half , requires written permission 10 years in advance. K-2, the second highest mountain in the world, was closed for many years. The Swiss government once3ried to close the Eiger (the mountain which starred In Clint Eastwood's "The Eiger Sanction") but reopened it when the tourist industry at the base of the mountain suffered. A Navajo tribe 19 Arizona has prohibited _climbing on the Totem ,Pole (that desert pinnacle In "The Eiger Sanction") as that's where the evil spirits live .. or something: And park rangers (who must've studied "Wreck Park 101" in college) have restricted climbing at one point or another, at Devil's Rainbow Order in lowa said the revocation was in accordance with a long-standing "unwritten law" which barred blacks from member ship. But the inspector, who call ed the incident "tragic," couldn't bring herself into , the present long enough to call it discrimin ation. What did she call it? Selec tive membership. The decision stunned family, friends and officials all over the state. Last year was the 21st an niversary of the Brown vs. the Board of Education Supreme Court case which rendered separate but equal facilities not good enough for blacks and whites. We're supposed to share now. Critics may lambast the civil rights measures of past years as But the pundits hadn't considered Willkie's organization, which quietly had taken hold of the convention. They hadn't considered the intense presdure that would be put on the delegates by "Willkie• Clubs" back home. They hasn't considered the possibility that young Willkle supporters would be allowed to flood the galleries, breaking into the chant "We want Will kie" at every opportunity. , • Robert Frazier graduate-public administration Jerry , -. Schwartz Tower, the Tetons, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Katadhin, and Rocky Mountain Park to name a few. And now Hammond Wall is lost to climbers! The Univeisity Safety Department, with nothing better to do, prohibited climbing on that wall by the sunken road behind Hammond Building. For years, Penn State rock climbers have kept in shape on ' ' - that • wall. There the climbers practice the gentle art of - k. . , • "bouldering" _which involves working out difficult, gymnastic _i-.T k . hoax ox __-• sequences of delicate moves to, ascend the wall. These ‘ o ' ' . "boulder problems" are most aesthetically pleasing when . 6.: • they're hard, absurd, or both. i ' TO THE EDITOR:' I was a victim of a vicious hoai on Monday Ken Mayers' recent boulder problem masterpeice, which he and _if the Other party thought it was funny, I'm still not laughing: . ng. _ named "Angular Momentum," received critical acclaim from i I have ap ad in the paper for four_ reserved ,North Carolina the prestigious mountaineering Journal , the "East Coast, State football tickets. I was contacted last Friday evening by Hardman": - ". . . virtuosic .. .• scales new heights of - I- Mark to sell me, : ihe tickets. We set the price, the time and technique .. . gripping suspense .. . don't reveal the ending place to make the transaction. Since the plans were-set and I to your friefids." And on the wall hangs a priceless old Mac . went ahead and made the arrangeinents with my parents about Kirk original, called "Standard Deviation," which retains to this 1 coming up.here Saturday. . day its controversial flavor (railed one critic: " . . . It's a Well Monday:came and I went to the HUB to meet Mark, only perversion . . . not fit for dogs.") "he wasn't there at 1 p.m. so I waited. I asked his friends,if they .... _ . . . • Are these classics to be lost forever to future generations of Penn State climbers? The Safety Department's concern is misdirected: the wall is not dangerous to . a trained climber who knows how to fall. There had never been an Injury to a real safety hazard: the other day someone broke some bones while scaling the steps in front of Old Main. Lively, spirits TO THE EDITOR: The Halloween Spirit visited North Halls Sunday night: At midnight the lights went out and the Great Pumpkin drifted through the halls to the sound of a funeral march. Students were slowly summoned from their graves and were filled with a newfound life. Soon ghosts ran through the halls and the ex-corpses gathered around the organ that with its gloomy music was giving them a new reason to live. But alas, never 'fear, the, exorcist arrived just in time disguised as- an RA, and with a stroke of his pen wiped the Halloween Spirit forever from North Halls. inadequate or token, but they do exist, and they are a step iri the right direction toward normalizing black-white relations. These girls are of the generation that have grown up un; der these advancements in race relations. They are of the post- Brown age. But apparently the national officials are still harboring daguerreotypes of Jefferson Davis in their parlors. lowa is in the heartland of "mid dle America." The thought that these middle Americans still cling to this pre-Civil War mentality is appalling. t- A rainbow may be a symbol for a promise, but Rainbow Girls of ficials just broke a promise to which this generation is com mitted, the promise of equality and acceptance. From the editor Prospective politicos .11 - tick:it . out I've seen some disturbing signs lately that the student politician of today is the legislative hack of tomorrow. , This is not to say that all student politicians will be legislative aides or that all legislative aides are hacks. ,The record shows that many " student politicians Ignore politics entirely once they leave school. Many of them are good • politicians who will go to law. school or else Just ' work for the • bet terment of the community. I used to think bad student politicians went to law school and I, took great comfort in that thought. I pictured the great legal libraries at Yale and Columbia swallowing former campus politicos, chewing on their vitals, then releasing them to the courts. The politico side of the "rising young lawyer" remained in part, but at least-the animal learned the rules wear a three piece suit, memorize everything from "Hamlet" to "Das - KEipitalt' and survive. Legislative aides know •no rules; RAW INE GOOP NW& COURT NEM: 114 E BAP NEWSI 116 Y MOMS NIXON TAPSS WONIVE HORD RI R AVEAR • or did they really? • And. in the end, the assembled - He lost,' of course, by almost five delegates witnessed and took part in the million votes. It was the tightest race for ' , `Mlraclaat P.hiladelphia."qhee . la days, a President 'that Roosevelt ever had. FOur Miracle at - Philadelphia. Is whe,n,ya years later,:Republican voters rejected convention escapes with few casualties. Willkie In favor of Dewey, who was to In those days, a miracle in the City of have the priiilcge Of losing the next two Brotherly Love was a total unknown elections. winning the Republican nomination for president on the fifth ballot. , . His opponent, of course, was a legend in his - own time, one of the two or three greatest leaders of this century. Yet, iA 1 111;:ir led FDR in the polls at the beginning of the campaign; many Americans felt uneasy about giving Roosevelt an unprecedented third term. Within weeks, however, Willkie's lead was gone, and the campaign began in earnest. Wi Ilkie was probably.closer to Roosevelt s views than any other Republican in the natio n— he backed 'most New Deal social refokms, and only in the late part of the campaign did he attack Roosevelt for leading the country to certain war. , He was an attractive candidate, with a . Midwestern twang and a handsome face. Most of the nation's newspapers backed him, and even Roosevelt liked him.' To this day, some consider him the greatest man never elected president. campus. They both worked hard for He certainly looked his part, though students. They. cared for students first suppose it's wrong to hold a grey pin and their own political careers last: They striped suit and wing-tipped _shoes had the gleam• of idealism • and "new _against someone. politics" in their eyes and they talked/ What I did and still do hold against Ralph Nader and Judge John Sirica. him' is the selflessness he threw away. I talked to one of these former student He reeled off his campaign dialogue —"I politicians this term when he called to love .my candidate, my candidate io talk professional ' politics -7 'fa :be wonderful .because .; my candidate specific,, the profe s sional' politics of the will do this for everyone ... , I couldn't Novereber election. - All term . ,:_ha,carn-• wark f,or someone I didn't believe in." paigned fp - r his U.S.' Senate "candidate. Then 1 asked him what kind,of,position He.wanted me to meet the candidate ea I. he would have if his candidate 'won. "I would be as enthusiastic ai•he was: , ' don't think I'll work for him," he said. "If I began to feel lost about the time my !Work for him I'll only be third to sevenli old friend started talking-.about his in line in the legislative pool." And thsVi I say all of thiswith some fear because candidate "thrashing the Issues," in the he named another candidate:lf he wins, it frightens me that the few who get away Collegian office so I could ,"pick his though, I'M try to work for him. I'd be in a with being political hacks In college may head." • higher position then." see a real future in hacking At that' point, I felt ill. 1 hated to , think And I.know he will be. He'll go onto professionally. ' ' of "myself,-woodpecker fashion, gnawing bigger„lhough not necessarily better - • , I know of two former student - : ;on brains. things from here. He'll be somebody's politicians who have gone the legislative A: few weeks after we discussed lopiegislative hack-aide somehow. HCII aide route already. They were student thrashing the issues and picking- the keep the gleam of his college days, bait politicians when they were here on candidate's head, I saw my old friend. will be in hisl," not his eye. Wiilkie" died just before the 1944 elections, leaving as his legacy a book on his travels during World War 11. The book, "One World," sold more than two million copies in 1944. I - It was the. kind of book, the world wanted' to read in 1944; Winkle describes his vision of a post-war world :united in peaceful coexistence. To this day it is a beautiful book, but painful to read', reminding us of all the lOst op portunities of the, last 31 years. • The similarities between Carter and Wlilkie are remarkable. Both were businessm9n, not lawyers. Both were outsiders td Washington; both captured their party's nomination in a way that confused all the experts. And both saw their eatly lead over the incumbent dissolve. ' • ' --Whether the comparison can be ex tended or whether Carter managed to do what • Wilkie' never achieved is something that should be apparent as you read this newspaper. Thank you Residential Life. You once again saved . some poor_ students, from being overcome with fun. Keep up the good work. By the way, rumor has it that a contract was signed with Scrooge to lelad the . assault on the Christmas carolers thli year. . - - . .. . - had any idea;where he was or when he would be back but they didn't know. Finally one of •his friends told, me to wait until 2 p.m. when he'was meeting him at his car and if I wanted, I could go with him to catch up - with the mysterious Mark. We got to the parking garage and Mark was there but withotit / tickets. Furthermore, he told me henever made the phone call, Brian Dennis graduate-ecology whiCh his friend 'verified because they were together Friday s night at the time of the call. • Now whoever called me using Mark's name, then insisted on selling me -non-existent tickets was Immature and just ignorant, or maybe it was funny to you. ; • , • The crudest part of the joke is thar I thought I had, tickets, but now I'm out four tickets which I still desperately need. Karen Sweeney 10th-journalism Mes'sl, hall TO THE EDITOR: We as employes of the'Pollock Dining Hall would !lite to/comment on the outrageous behavior displayed by the students at dinner, particularly in'dining room "B" on however. Except for the one that says "If you can't be a top legislative aide, 'sell out to someone else." , Sheila McCauley The-Daily Collegian encourages comments on news coverage; editorial and campus and off'cainpus.affairs. Letters should be typewritten, double spaced, signed by no more than two persons and"no longer than 30 lines. Students' letters should include the name, term - and major of the writer. \. Letters should be brought to the Collegian office, 126 Carnegie, in-person so proper iden tification of the writer can be made, although names will be withheld on request. If letters are received by mail, the Collegian will 'contact the signer for verification before publication. Letters cannot be returned. Joseph C. Melnick 7th-management Thursday, October 28. We are hired to serve you food and clean '; your dishes, not to pick up your food - off the floor, chairs and; l walls, besides - the tables. " It is assumed that, a college student is mature enough .tt ;; behave in the proper manner in a public or private place, and to. respect the rights ofi others. Nat only were you rude and': disrespectful to : others trying to eat their dinner, but you made a mess that no one would expect to,find, in an establishment feeding 6-year-olds. Do you act like this at home also? "Special dinners", Inthe' :dining especially "the Halloween Dinner, are provided as an extra to the students 4 They are enjoyed by, many, (as is obvious by the long lines to get in), but. not when It gets to the point of pure ignorance, destruction and immaturity. ' Furthermore, judging from the behavior of the riumerbusu intoxicated people, it is obvious why the drinking age has not' been lowered. Also the food waste - was astronomical, In terms of the money spent, and the actual - quantity of fisod on the floor, In ashtrays and on trays left on tables. And you wonder. , why room and board rises continually every year. As a final note, those who were causes of the destruction . ;, would- probably be the first 'to complain if they cancel the.. Halloween Dinners. 1 • SHEILA McCAULEY Editor BOARD' OF MANAGERS: &die : Coordinator, Owen Morris; •+ Office Coordinator, Scott Sesler; National Ad Manager, Nancy : Todd; Layout Coordinators; Fran Brooks, Mitzi McKowen. NEWS BEAT COORDINATORS: TOWN, Jeff Hawkes; USG, -1 Mike Mentrek; ADMINISTRATION, Marty Smith; CONSUMER, Dave Skidmore; ARTS, Cathy Curnow; GENERAL ASSIGN* . MENT, Chris Simeon( 9 • . Sue Krause , : , 11th-nursing • Paul Kelley ' 11th-food service and housing administration 1,1, ata;Collegian ONLY FOUR YEARS AOO 1415 WEEK... , HOW ?IMO FLIES WHEN YOU'RE MINS FUN ENISIEW/411 lab NADINE KlNSgy„..,' Business Manage?!
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