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ME DAILY COLLEGIAN
"'For A. Better Penn State
-1140. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
established 1.904, and the Fres Lance, established 1837.
Published daily encept Sunday and Monday during the
4t.1..u1ar College year by the student) of The Pennsylvania
/Pate ( J.4l..tge, Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934,
sit post-0,-_ce at State College, Pa., under the act of
-44 4 5.r.ch 3, 1879.
Editor Business Manager
.A.ctaxn Srnysec "41 ' Lawrence Driever '4l
Women's Editor—Vera L. Kemp "41; Managing Editor
--)'pert IL Lane '4l: Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters
( 41. ; News Editor—Wijliam E. Fowler '4l; Feature Editor
—Edward j. K. McLorie '4l; Assistant Managing Editor—
lil.foyard Bloom '4l ; Women's Managing Editor—Arita L.
-frefferan. '4l; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel
' '4 i
Advertising 'folamager—John H. Thomas '4l ; Circulation
....15.aontrer—Robert G. Robinson '4l; „Senior Secretary—Ruth
C.;4ldstein •41.; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis !C..
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Junior. Editorial Board—john A. Baer '42. R. Helen
• 0...f1an '42. Ross B. Lehman '42, William J. McKnight '42.
. Alice M. Murray '42, Pat Nagelberg '42. Stanley J. PoKemp:-
Auer '42, Jeanne C. Stiles '42.
Junior Business Board—Thomas W. Allison *42. Paul
Goldhe.rg '42. James E. McCaughey '42. Margaret L. Ern
,,,Aonw '42, Virginia Ogden '42, Fay E. Rees '42.
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-.l,s•u)asinp Editor This Issue _ Stanley J. PoKempner '42
40—wu Editor This Issue David Samuels '43
Ar.t.istant bianaging Editor This Issue __Samuel L. Stroh '43
W.rman.'s Editor This Issue Jeanne C. Stiles '42
Saturday Morning, January 11, 1941
All-College Elections Committee Can
Set A Precedent
)4)ew that the All-. College k,lections Committee
41J:: been appointed, Collegian hopes it will con
s:der a suggestion for earlier electiOns made in this
editorial column last May 17.
The committee, it is understood, will meet next
'Tuesday night and perhaps it will decide on a date
'.then. If it does, Collegian believes it should give
considerable consideration to the idea for earlier
cleCtions,. Since it was first passed eight .months
ago, the idea has received only favorable criticism.
The objective of the plan, briefly, is to strength
cn student government by giving it a more con
tmuous organization, giving new appointees a
-longer time to understudy the positions they will
yep, into. Thus, if elections were held in March.
the successful candidates would have two months
or more in. which they could understudy the jobs
they were to assume.
Last May the Cabinet - went in "cold" and the
linngress of the student government was slowed.
.4ilot -until last November did the present group
to. mould itself into. tho really democratic
.governing body it should be. Had its members
understudied their jobs two months before they
stepped into them the new Cabinet might have
- '-'-1. - been able to take up. where the old group left off.
Just how the situation shaped up last spring is
'ibodicated by this editorial reprinted from the May
1940, issue of the Penn State Collegian:
"Probably the biggest problem facing the All-
College Cabinet which took office Tuesday night
that it is uninformed. .
"Its members for the most part have not trained
. ..r.ior Cabinet membership or long planned for it.
• .7410 t more than a handful, of them attended more
than one Cabinet meeting before they took office.
.Vecaus.e of these things. none are fully aware of
the possibilities and limitations of the Cabinet.
"Under an educational system that completely
• 'turns over its student body every four years a cer
t.,-,M. amount of newness must be expected. But
the fact that all 22 members of the All-College
C!ihinet are new to the group is to a degree an in- .
dictment of the present system of student govern-
A»ent.
"The present planning does not presuppose
leadership. Only notable exception's like the Pan
- 40eilenic Council presidency are decided any con
..siderable time before the student takes office.
Other organizations simply pick out a popular or
capable student for leadership—and pray that he
will learn what his job is after he steps into it a
week, a day, or an hour after his election
"The new leader often comes into a job which
Tile: has not studied very carefully. For him the
attainment of the position and not the operation of
—ii was the goal. When he was . elected he celebrat
cr., seldom does a student celebrate having accom
-....4aished his job.
- "There is one thing, this new All-College Cabi
can do next year. It
: can make itself a 'con
4,Lomous group by electing its successors early
ivitough 7 -in February,, perhaps—to give. them time
• 43 end rstudy the positions 'They will assume in
*fay. • , •
"This means a change in many elections,
iAll
"College, school councils, and others, but it is a
. change that can he achieved Coeds have ap
l.rooched the goal; men are farther from it.
"The system would cut down on the fumbling
I.4”ct muddling which the new All-College Cabinet
trmst itc?..vitably do before it finds itself."
__C. Russell Eck
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We Apologize
Before we write. a word, in this bright, peaceful,
carefree:year of 1941 A. D. we want, in some small
way, to make - retribution for any nasty remarks
we-may have let slip during the-year just bombed
into eternity.
We really dein% think Larry' Driever and Bill
Fowler are such bad guys. in fact we like them.
But we, for some perverted reason, have always
figured that if we didn't feel like ribbing someone
we really didn't sincerely like and trust them. - We
still think so and for that rea - son - We . think you
guys should feel flattered that we took you for a
ride and therefore refuse to apologize.
But to one person we feel we should apologize
br a few statements which.turned out to be not
so innocent as we believed. We mean Miss Winnie
Bischoff, one 'of the most glamorous,, charming,
noised, and beautiful Penn State coeds we have
ever been snubbed by. Winnie, we abjectly and
humbly: seek your forgiveness for remarks made
in an issue of this column and promiSe never again
to mention your name in this column even if you
get married and have quintuplets.
We hope the above apology will save us from a
duel with your two chivalrous Galahads, Riddell
and Lovell. •Bven if they dig C'airils and Our
Leader nincompoops we adinire their spirit.
Quo Vadis? •
•
We attended the organization meeting of the
America First Committee tae other night and were
very much disillusioned in the size of the turnout.
'There were seven others besides myself. And
three of these seven, including us, were there just
to find out what - the 'score was, leaving a grand
total of four America Firsters.
In case you have not heard what the America
First Committee is, it is a National organization
backed by such luminaries as Henry_ Ford, Gen.
Robert E. Wood, head •of Sears-Roebuck, Eddie
Rickenbacker, and others, which opposes "all-out"
aid to Britain and is in favor of the. isolation pol
!cies- of Senator Wheeler. It is the antithesis of
William Allen White's committee.
This IS Propaganda • •
This isa'f plOpoganda for isolationism nor is it
propaganda for interventionists. It is propaganda
for democracy and for A-nerica; you know, the
United States of America. Even State College is
-in the United States of Ameri.,:a and the opinions
which emanate from here are every bit as iinport
ant as the opinions which pour out Of New York
or Chicago. Why not help form that opinion in
stead of deriding or disclaiming it after it is
tormed?
'After
Snow Ball Lance
The Comer
Unusual
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
It's
Students Defend
Academic Rights
AUSTIN, Tex., January 10
Active supporters of academic
freedom and student rights were
recently shaken when the Univ
ersity of Michigan with one-sent
ence letters refused re-admittance
to thirteen young men and women
"because they were considerd dis
turbing influences."
University officials have' declar
ed the action was -not taken be:
cause of the students' poiltical
ideas or activities, but the Michi
gan Committee for Academic Free
dom and the barred students them
selves believe they have shown
that this was the basic reason. If
the problem of academic freedom
is placed before the entire student
enrollment of the United States,
especially now during these war
days of fifth-column scares and
un-American activity investiga
tions, what is the concensus of
this democracy's college youth?.
Student Opinion Surveys of Am
erica, of which The Daily Collegian
is a cooperating member, has sam
pled the nation's colleges and uni
versities. It finds, everywhere
overwhelming majorities opposed
to any control of either student
or faculty thought or activity.
Polling a representative cross
section of U. S. campuses, inter
viewers asked, "Do you believe
that a college has the right to con-.
trol a student's personal political
activities or expressions. of opin
ion?"
Yes, said.
No. said, 96%
Regarding control of faculty
members' political activities or
opinions,, these were the results:
Yes, said
No, said
The slightly larger percentage in,
favor of control of the faculty may
be due in part to the influence of
teachers themselves, many of
whom believe that in times like
theie they should show restraint.
That feeling was expressed not
long ago. by Professor Alonzo F.
Meyers of Kent State University,
when he declared, "Teaching
should protect democracy, but in
periods of stress it is of paramount
importance that academic freedom
does not provide the cause for •de
nial of democratic education as a
result of abuse of its privileges."
Only one student in twenty,
however, approves of control of
undergraduates, the poll shows.
And this opinion is prevalent from
coast to coast in about the same
proportions. "Our educational cen
ters have always been the seats of
freedom, and if we start censoring
political views on the campus we
are destroying fundamentals of
democracy," said a senior in a Far
Western university. In that group
of states the largest opposition (97
per cent) was discovered. -
Wilson College, Chambersburg,
Pa., is celebrating its seventieth
year.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY:
Tea dance, musical program,
southeast lounge, Atherton Hall,
3 to 5 p. n-s.
Swimming, Penn State vs. Car
negie Tech, Glennland' Pool, 2
p. m.
Wrestling, Penn State vs. Mary
land, Rec Hall, 7p. m: -
Penn State C1u1.5 - SnOw Ball
Dance, Rec Halt, 9 p. m. to 12 mid
night. Admission $1 per couple.
Delta Alpha Delta meets in
south-east lounge, .Atherton Hall,
1:30 p. m.
TOMORROW:
Hillel Foundation social, Phi
Sigma Delta fraternity house, 7130
p. m.
Freshman Council and Forty
Forum cabin retreat party leaves.
rear of 01( 4 Main, 2p. m. '
PSCA Project Council meeting,
Room 304, Old Main, 4 p.
League of Evangelical Students
meets in Room 318, Old Main, 7:3a
p. m.
Alpha Lambda Delta "Informa
tion Please" prcogram, Room 121,
Liberal Arts, 3 p. m.
Dr. Harold C. Case of the• Elm
Park Methodist Church, Scranton,
will speak on "Managers of To
morrow" at Chapel services in
Schwab Auditorium, 11 a. m.
Russian Society's annual• Chris
tmas `Zakusnii - ." Sandwich Shop,
Old Main, 7 : 30 p. m.
Don Bridge, advertising director
of the New York Times, -will
speak at c smoker sponsored
Alpha. Delta Sigma 'at the -Tau
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity hoUse,
7:30 p. m. All journalism men
invited. • -
MONDAY:
Future Farmers of America
elect officers, Room 405, Old
Main, 7:30 p. m. , .
Fhilotes meeting, Room 302, Old
Main, 7 p. m..
Merrill Bernard,. supervising
hydrologist of the United States
Weather Bureau in Washingtolk
D. C., will speak on "Flood Fore
casting" at a meeting of- the stu
dent chapter of the ASCE in Room
.107, Main Engineering, 7 p. tn. A
sound movie . will be shown.
TUESDAY:
All freshman candidates for the
editorial and business staffs of
The Daily Collegian are request
ed to report to Room 405, Old
Main, at 8 p. in. Tuesday.
Prigfessor Sparks Called
To U.S. Naval Reserve
Ordered- to active duty as a lieu
tenant in the U. S. Naval Reserves,
Norman R. Sparks, associate pro
fessor of mechanical engineering at
the Pennsylvania State College,
will not need to change his resid
ence: ' • .
He has been designated as officer
in charge of the 30 Naval Reserve
officers who began an intensive 16-
week course in Diesel engineering
hre this week.