Mr. Gunning's letter ("PSU and moral choice," Dec. 26) about Penn State is interesting. He analogizes to the 1951 University of San Francisco team that refused to play a bowl game without its black players. In 1946, the PSU-Miami game was canceled because Miami refused to play a team that had two black players. Our 1948 team went to the Cotton Bowl in the face of racial animosity.
There is no lack of upstanding, moral conduct by PSU students and graduates through the years. Institutions, like the individuals that created and drive them, do not always do the right thing. People such as Gunning attempt to create an aura of moral correctness but, seriously, what person hasn't made a poor choice in their life?
Instead of pontificating about morality, we should lead a life that embraces it.
JOSEPH C. KORSAK, York