THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER •4, 1941
Student Government Reaches New High As College Ruling Body
Cabinet, Tribunal
Widen Jurisdiction
Student government on the
campus, already acclaimed as "the
best in the country," rose to.uiew
heights last year—the second
year of the Pennsylvania State
College Student Government As
sociation.
Most notable achieiiments of
governing groups were made by
All-College Cabinet, legislative
body, and by Student Tribunal,
the "Supreme Court" of student
government.
' By recommendation of Cabinet,
the Board of. Trustees added $1.20
to student fees to buy new Blue
Band uniforms. Student Tribunal
won its case when a faculty com-
mittee upheld the suspension of
two students from extra-curricu
lar.activities and temporarily from
classes for a. voting fraud at All-
College elections.
Cabinet also took up powers
previously held only on paper
when it voted to divide chapel
collections between Lingnan Uni
versity in China and a local, char
ity. This, however, was
,contested
• and a joint.Cabinet-Penn State in
-China committee decided that the
action must be ratified by chapel
goers in a series of votes this fall.
Under the student.. government
constitution adopted in the spring
of 1939, the separate men's and
women's governments, the coun
cils from each school, fraternity
and independent groups, and ac
tivities groUps were brOught to
gether in the All-Cortege Cabinet.
Cabinet is headed by the All-
College president, elected each
spring by popular student vote.
His powers in student goVernment
correspond to those of the United .
States President in our Federal
government.
Serving as the legislative body
for all students, Cabinet meets
each week to consider student,
`i student-faculty, and student-ad
ministrative problems.
One of the biggest feathers in
the cap of the first Cabinet • was
the estdblishment of the' Pennsyl-
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Three Class Presidents—H. L,eonard vember under the direction of Blakeslee. Officers
Krouse, left, is senior class president; Jerome H. chosen then will serve until the spring All-Col-
Blakeslee, center, is junior class president; and ' lege elections. Both men and women are eligible
Jack E. Grey is sophomore class president. The to hold all class offices. The only requirement is
class of 1945 will be organized sometime in No- that all officers must have a "1" average.
vania Intercollegiate Student, Gov
ernment Association. At a con
vention on the campus, March 17,
1940, Pennsylvania colleges and
universities became' charter mem
bers of the association, formed "to
establish and strengthen student
governinents . . . "
Presidency of the organization
was awarded' for the first year to
Penn State with Thomas C. Back
enstose '4l getting individual hon
ors. He was chosen by A,nold C.
Laich '4l, All-College president.
The second convention, last
spring, was also held at the Col
lege with delegations from 24 col
leges in attendance. Bucknell
University was selected president
for the - current academic year.
Penn State was chosen for the
vice-presidency.
In addition to the 'All-College
president and vice-president, the
president of each of, the four
classes has a seat on the Cabinet.
The social side of college life is
represented by the presidents of
Interfraternity Council, Panhell
enic Council, Independent Men's
Association and a representative
chosen annually by
_independent
women.
Councils from each of the seven
schools are represented by their
presidents.
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11 Counties Affected
By State Quarantine
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State Department. of Health, ad
vocated that students planning to
come
.to the College from the 11
districts should undergo a volun
tary 14-day quarantine before they
attend the College.
The •scare of • poliomyelitis has
riot ,reached here As only one case
has been reported in this county
and this is considered normal for
the year, according to Dr. Joseph
P. Ritenour, director of the College
Health Service. •
It is expected that College offi
cials ~will take some definite ac
tion concerning the status of stu
dents from the quarantined coun
ties either today or tomorrow.
Students will be notified by letter
or newspapers.
The 11 counties which are being
regulated by the measures taken
by the State Department of Health
are Adams, Cambria, Cumberland,
Dauphin, Fr anklin, Lancaster,
Lebanon, Montgomery, Northum
berland, Schuylkill, and York.
Almost 1,300 students are prob
ably affected by the ban placed
upon them by health authorities.
Approximately this number reg
istered here last year.
Baird, Doherty Join
Services; Election Likely
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to return to college this fall.
Before the amendment was
passed, the constitution contained
no provision for succession to the
All-College presidency if both the
president and vice-president "re
signed or became disqualified."
Instead the senior class president
would have become chairman of
Cabinet.
However, faced with the prob
ability of such a situation, Cabinet
felt that this •;arrangement .would
place too much work upon ono.
man 'and drafted the amendment
which was passed unanimously.
The amendment:
"In the event of the disqualifi
cation or_resignation of both the
All-College president and vice
president, an election for All-
College president shall be held
within four weeks of the begin
ning of the regular College session
after the disqualification or resig
nation of the old officers goes in
to effect."
New Road To Bellefonte
Cuts Traveling Distance
An improved highway between
State — College and Bellefonte,
which cuts four miles off the road
distance between the two towns
and pares traveling time almost in
half, was formally opened on June
24.
The new road, Benner Pike, is
paved with amiesite. Following
a more direct route between the
two towns, it is only 9 miles long
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PAGE ELEVEN
Dr. Palmer Appointed
Ag Biochem Prof
Dr. Albert H. Palmer, an autho
rity on milk proteins and recently
on the faculty of the New York
University Medical College, has
been appointed an assistant pro
fessor of agricultural and biolog
ical chemistry.
Dr. Palmer will become the
Smith, Kline and French Labora
tories Research Fellow on the
campus, succeeding Dr. William
G. Gordon, who has accepted'a po
sition in the prbtein division of
the Eastern Region Research Lab
oratories, Philadelphia.
MacKenzie To Judge
Peter C. MacKenzie, College
livestock superintendent, w i 1,1
judge all livestock, including 4-H
Club classes, at the Eastern States
Exposition in Springfield, Mass.,
September 14 to 18.