PAC-0 TWO 'HiE DAILY COLLEGIAN "Ear ?► Better Penn State" Eddablish„ , .-1 1.910. SU.k!CeSSOr t) the Penn State Collegian, established 1901, and the Free Lance. established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the re,sular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania Shute College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1931 Hi. the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of Match 8, 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Ifoss Lehman '42 James McCaughey '42 Editorial an I Cusine.4n Office Sl3 011 Main Bldg_ Plinne ill 111.:• navine. Editor This Issue Managing . Editor___ Women's Editor This Issue Craduate Counselor Fridati• Morning, May 9, 1941 14 e w Eligibility Ruling Disrupts Athletic Family .A simple little ruling on eligibility, which ordi narily would have passed with a clear majority, will be brought before the student voters in Mon day's Athletic Association elections after more controversy and dissension than any of its kind in :years. The ruling states, "No student shall be eligible to _compete in any varsity intercollegiate contest who has been in college more than eight full seinesters, or four years." Curiously enough, the quarrel is not about the rule in question, but it concerns the procedure in which the eligibility clause has originated. The students, for the first time in their voting on Col ).age athletic government, will be voting on a rul ing which Will be passed regardless of their own sentiments. .Here is the case history. In September, the ;Senate Commitee on Athletics, in order to keep step with the "simon pure" standards of practical ly all eastern colleges and universities, passed the resolution that athletes may not perform in var sity competition after, eight semesters of study. In explanation, there are three governing bodies which act upon athletic eligibility rules.—the stu dents, Athletic Advisory Board, and the Senate Committee on Athletics which consists of •four faculty members. Of these three, the Senate com mittee has final authority. However, prior to this present ruling, the Senate group did not exercise its power on eligilibity rules, except in those cases which regarded schol arship and class cuts. All other rules were re ferred to the Athletic Advisory Board, composed of students. alumni, and the Senate Committee on Athletics. In 1937, the Senate committee went outside its own self-restricted sphere to propose an eligibility rule on junior college athletes. But, it established a procedure by proposing this resolution to the Athletic Board and the student body for approval before action was taken. On the present rule, the Senate adopted, not proposed. This brings us to the present dissension. It is granted. that the faculty group has the final action on eligibility code regulations and this pow er is not questioned. But we do question the pol icy which the Senate committee has established (that of giving the Athletic Advisory Board and student body a voice) and then the sudden depart ure from its policy. In all probability, the action taken by the Sen ate in September was not meant to take away the right of student expression or the shearing of spe cific duties from the Athletic Advisory Board, but it has erased the line of athletic legislature which had been drawn by the 1937 resolution. Now, we ask, where do the duties of •the Athletic Advisory Board begin-and end? Is student opinion still wanted? Evidently, the Senate committee still thinks so, because it had requested both the Athletic Advis ory Board arid the student body tb voice their opinion. Hence the Athletic Association included the new resolution on its May ballot. The situation, as it stands. threatens smooth athletic administration and student-faculty coop eratifin. However, in our opinion, the Senate com mittee unintentionally departed from its regular procedure by oversight, not a deliberate attempt to assert its original rights. • Perhaps a clarification from the committee on the issue would be welcomed. It is realized that the Senate committee has expressed its confidence in the expression of, student opinion. We hope that confidence is not shaken. As for the ruling, there is little doubt that it will cement better Penn State athletic relationships with other colleges and universities. Even the coaches, who would be the last ones to acquiesce, supported, the measure. Naturally, some athletes will be affected, but that would be true if it were adopted twenty years from now. Downtown Office 11.9-1.21 South Frazier St. Night Phone 4372 Richard S. Stebbins '43 Gordon Coy '43 Edith L. Smith '43 H. Bell The Professor's View (by Dr. Henry J. Brunian, Instructor in Geography) The People Of Mexico More than fifty native languages, some of them as different as English, Chinese, and Hebrew, have survived in Mexico to the present day. In excess of a million people out of a total population of twenty million speak only their native idiom and have not even a working knowledge of Spanish. Fully a third of the people of Mexico must. be considered as relatively pure Indians in various stages of cultural assimilation. Some of these tribes are gradually dying out, withering away before the advance of white and mestizo culture, receding into the forest into less desirable loca tions because of the intruders and unwillingness to submit to Mexicanization and eventual loss of tribal identity. The Lacandones -of the State of Chiapas are a typical case. Fewer than a hundred members of the tribe remain, Articulate Mexicans have been saying for years that the backbone s of the country is "El Indio." But of late, with the gradual assimilation of many. Indian groups, with their widespread adoption of Mexican dress and Spanish speech, -- it has become an increasingly vague "Indian:' that is meant, and "El Indio" has equated with the proletariat. This simple and kindly group without formal education but with gret funds of folk lore, this great basal stratum of society contains the soul of Mexico. Among these unsophisticated masses cleanliness is distinctly not next to godliness, nor does it matter. Spiritual values are far more im portant. In the most out-of-the-way places one encounters among these people a hospitality and charm, an unassumed courtesy that would put many of our "civilized" American countrymen to shame. We are too quick_ to criticize lack of edu cation, lack of cleanliness, and low standard of living, seldom stopping to consider that, but for birth, the situation might have been reversed. Ar rogance based on, our higher standards has noth ing to recommend it. It is based on the false as sumption that we personally can take credit for the good things of our society, when actually they are the legacy of those who prepared the scene be fore us. Regarding the more educated Mexicans, we have taken few pains indeed to understand them. Many of us believe that their somewhat slower tempo of life, as epitomized by the mid-afternoon siesta, is a sign of laxness and laziness. We have pre sumed to judge a neighboring culture unfavorably because it happens to be less in a hurry than ours. All too many times our own nervous bustle is not accompanied by proper direction. To be contin uously on the go is in itself p_virtue. Among the more favored classes in Mexico we are just as likely to find refinement and well thought-out working philosophies as we are in this country. The two most cultured people I know are Mexicans. Don't Forget MOTHER She Will Enjoy Eating The CORNER THE DAILY COLLEGIAN UNUSUAL CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY .17 arsity golf match with Georgetown, College course, 2 p.m. P. 'H. Chase will lecture to en g;ineering seniors in Electrical Engineering Building at 4:10 p.m. Topic: "Engineering in the Public Utilities." Players present, "The Mer chant of Yonkers," Schwab Audi torium, 8:30 p.m. May Day practice, front cam pus at 1 o'clock. In case of rain report at 9 a.m. Saturday. PSCA Board and Cabinet sup per meeting at CA Lodge, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. TOMORROW Players' "Merchant of Yonk ers," Schwab_ Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. All newly-elected Cwens and newly-initiated • Blue Key men report to Old Main at 3:30 p.m. with jackets and hats to usher at the May Day ceremonies. Riding Club Plans Given To College A $2,500 plan for Riding club stables will be submitted to the College Board of Trustees today, since a strict Borough zoning or dinance will probably eliminate town stables behind the Glenn land Apartnients. President of the Borough Coun cil Russell E. Clark said yester day that the body would not lik( ly renew the owner's privilege to the building because it is cated in a residential section the Borough. Strict Council ru. ings forbid business• enterpris( of the sort in residential zones. The owner of the stables could move his horses out of the Bor ough, but the Riding Club dis likes such an inconvenience fcir students. With over $4OO already invested in four horses, the club was donated $435 by WSGA and $lOO by WRA for the new stable fund.• The main unofficial objection to club stables on the campus is the uncertainty of permanent ex istence. But although 45 mem bers are enrolled in the club, of ficers of the group are confident of its expansion during the sum mer and the first semester next 1. E. Society Elects Newly-elected officers of the Industrial Engineering Society are Charles W. Schuler Jr. '42, president; Warren C. Kolkebeck '42, vice-president; and Howard W. Smith '42, secretary-treasurer. Percival P. Henshall, assistant professor of industrial engineer ing, and Joel E. Crouch, instruc tor in indtistrial engineering, have been named faculty advis ors. Lions Paw Initiates Junior Lions Paw initiates are Robert D. Baird, John A. Baer, William F. Finn, Robert B. Jeff rey, H. Leonard Krouse, Ross B. Lehman, Charles F. Mattern, William 0. Meyers, Max S. Peters, James W. Ritter, and Elden T. Shaut. , FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1941 • Irvin Hall Takes Discussion finals Irvin Hall wo - _nthe annUit Forensic Council Intramural Dis cussion contest•by taking a close_ - decision from Beta : Sigma' Irvin Hall, upholding the af firmative . side _of _the. question: Resolved: That Penn State should: - ,. adopt a system of unlimited-cuts, :: and represented by Milton B. Dolinger '44 and Clermont S. Powell '44 opposed Lewis S. Kapnek '43 and Norman Racu- -: sin '4l of Beta Sigrna,Rho who, _ advocated the negative side. Robert D. Baird '42, All-Col lege President was chairman-of the discussion and Stated that•- according to the results obtained;" the students.of Penn State were in favor of a system of unlimited cuts. Prof. Joseph F. 013rien of the Speech Department acted as judge of the tournament, 'and de plored the fact that 'a larger number of students did not take advantage of listening to the dis cussion. Since the lieF.r.inning"Of the EIBA tournaments in 1924; Pelin State has had 39 individual cham pions, more 'than an.).; - . other col .. lege competing. NEED NOT' BE EXPENSIVE ine . white buckskin with a rich brown saddle. A distinguished pattern that's always suitable _for sports wear., $5.00 to $7.00 South Allen_St. State College'
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