A.Cr'E TVP'O Kiss the "Boys" Goodbye The regime of the "Corner Room Politician" r.s fast fading beyond the comeback stage. A searsity letter no longer holds sway over our %ryt,,re mature student body, and nowadays, a "good guy" is still a "good guy." but not neces :3arily a potential class officer. The tvar was the immediate cause of a lot of :liio-,,comings on this campus, but it put strong ern ) liaasis on office holders who could produce. With il , e advent of wartime campus life and the devia tion from normalcy which followed, the need for » , ore efficient class officers became increasingly The problems confronting the student M , e.re many and perplexing and demanded action. Without realizing it, the wartime students put the candidates through a careful screening process before casting their ballots. The inti macy that accompanies a low enrollment made, 'this ideal plan a reality. As it happopneci, "everyone knew everybody." or at least their. Committee Clears, LA Elections The recent Liberal Arts elections will not:be iii ' ilidated because of oossible fraud, it was decided ;IL All-College Cabinet's meeting last week, when the report of the investigating committee, headed John Branigan, was approved. The committee stated that, despite possible fraud the elections, the committee felt they should not U,-; invalidated because there is a lack of sufficient ), ,, :..00f of fraud. The committee recommended that Article 6, of the Elections Code be revised to permit 1:loser supervision of elections in the various :36110015. :All-College President Robert Foote appointed a c(or.nittee to prepare recommendations for the » , -Nt All-College Cabinet. The committee, headed 1.‘,; ,- Eugene Fulmer, includes Reginald Kimball, Jack Hayes, and Suzanne Romig. Foote also asked that Cabinet members suggest possible recommen d;iti'lns on the floor of Cabinet or to Fulmer. Revised Elections Code Ali-College Cabinet approved a revised eleotions ipresented 'at a recent meeting by John Brant q,An, chaiomlan cif the Elections Committee. The .oxide provides :that All-College elections will held In. the Armory from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 30 and May 1, when the polls will be open c , nelinttouSly between the specified hours. According to the revised code, "all candi. Sates nominated for the office s of class vice- president and secretary-treasurer, or All-Col- vice-presideatt and secretary-treasurer must be in even semester ai the lime of 'elec tions. (Thai is, second, fourth, or sixth semes- Cliques must file complete membership lists with iftw, Elections Committee. The list is to include the . offict'al clique difairman and othe r -officers, together with the name and , Clas s of every party member. '.this list. to be 'sianeld by the clique chairman and &acretary. must le turned in to the Elections Coln ittee , ditairiman on Friday, April ii. IMernlbership cards. made from these lists, will be (19stnibuted to the merniber, ; of eadh clique al the fi nit nomination meeting of the respeetive parties. Penalties of f no mare than 45 o r less than 9 rotes are. to be inflicted upon the entire clique Letters —From the Editor's Mailbox PllextiOr/iri • TO THE EDITOR: In line with our policy of truly representing all the people on. campus• would like to, extend an open invitation. to. anyone who. has ideas or suggestions, for the platform of the Nittany-Independent Party. Collegian Gazette •AR calendar items must be. 1r the Dam, .4pollcgilan,-oftice•TXT 4:3(1 , g4g: #1.4% . 4 1 ,14. 0 •Pree' AYKYLI6 I, O O SdAY,I44I;II.rth 24. •, , 1.1 3 1,93 A. Cabinet meeting, 304 , , Old Main,' 6:45 • o',c1014:. . WR4 Modern Dance Club rrxeeting for fall White. Hall, 7 o'cloolc. • AlYllllllyoo/0 - , Society •,..xf, Agribulturaf Engi- • • Me' Melting, 10 5 Agriculture Engineering, • QOM' FOIL JUNI on "Trends in Hospitaliza ;lion Plaps,".J.il4l,llcene Economics, 8 o'clodk. / College Serviice • , duinvitted to the infirmary Monday: JOan '7o)cltean,lVeargaret Nocera, Rita Oranson and. Iteden. • Admitted Tuesday: Pearl Biller, Phillip Dillon, D'aidel. Firicdhio end James .Veras. Disdharged. Tuesday: Charles AlSburk, Irvin. Datrixi Nemeth. and Blair. Thompson. college Pllpicememit ServiFp. cm - cm - N . 4,Tc c 9,, March 26 41-0:27, inteririew eighth. semester men -in: . bE and 'ME! AVA.LiwoRT,4 9q., March 26 1 will- inter view eighth semester men in lE. and. ME. • LEEDS '& Noli,Triaup.'co„ Match 31. and 4011 1, will interview' eighth `semester ni . en • sales engineering course - in`. ally, ME and lE. ' " 3 ITTSBURGE.,`PLA'rE GLASS CO., -April .•1.1, Will; serriester,,z. ;111,: . CE, 1• Er, lElirld , Ch: E. ' ' ' moNsGrp-zrzmots TM FA to: CO, :Aptit will intetw . i:E 7 W-eigi4 neKr*4l#;_ixft,oll 'Wet • lE"Cer CE, EE arid. Etr. , „ , THE DAILY C.OLL ^t AN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNS YLVANIA. had an opportunity to learn from a reliable source the merits of the candidates. The high calibre officers who were elected then, as well as their accomplishments, made for better student government. It also gave the voter a feel ing of honest satisfaction. There has been a carry-over of a similar . nature in our present political set-up. More and more, voters are asking, "What has he done to rate a nomination for class president?" There's big things in store for this College in the period just ahead. It's going to take the right stu dent leaders to keep up the pace set by a College afflicted with "growing pains." • To the parties about to select. candidates as well as ; to the, voters, who will puf them in office, that, question and its answers should mean more. than a, barrel full ofplatforms,and campaign slogans. Raymond Shibley was appointed to head a committee consisting of Barbara McCleary, Charles Pileagor, Eugene Fulmer, and Richard Sarge. to prepare proposals for the use of sur plus funds at the end of• the current semester. The proposed amendment to Article 12, Section 2 of the All-College Constitution was read for the second time. After its third reading it must be ap proved by a three-fourths vote of Cabinet to be come part of the Constitution. Cabinet approved expnditure by the Agriculture Student Council of $5O for an Ag-Home Ec student faculty picnic to be held this spring. Because of discussion arising from this question, Albert Green, Ail-College secretary-treasurer, was asked to investigate possibilities of the expenditure of the $5O sum alloted to each school council being left to the discretion of the council itself. At pres ent the interclass finance budget demands that such expenditures be approVed by Cabinet. found guilty of any of the following violations. Violations by any one of the candidates will re sult in the penalty being inflicted upon every other candidate of that clique. . . Eledtioneening in any part of the Anmoity by clique members at any time. (2) Candidate s in any pant of the Armory other than the time necessary to cast their own ballot. (3) Buying of votes, either with the promise of money or any other form of bribery. (4) ;Campaign posters in any part of the Armory other than those approved by the Elections Commit tee 'for use at the polls. (5) DeStruttion o r defacing of property on any public or private buildings. (6) Using the h6i) of freshmen with upper-cluss elections and campaigns. (7).,False listing of activities for campaign pur poses. (8) Use cf ,cars cn campus for campaigning .pur poses. (9) ,The Elections Committee reserves he right to act , uipon any campaign mellhod wihidh it considers to be a violaltion or the spirit of the Eledticns Code. The committee also r eserves ate rigfht to alter this code, in the case of emergency: Please drop such suggestions at Student Union desk under my name. Naturally the few of us who make up the plat form committee of the party are in a position to come' in contact with but a fraction of the prob lems that are with us on the campus. Therefore, any suggestions would be. greatly appreciated: and. Will be given the fullest consideration so that• we all,mayrealize.our. ideals of a better .Penn State. Robert, E:. Hirsh Studeittmfa,cy,ityltelatipnship,•- .. . . TO THE .EDITOR: Why. Can't- ihere. be a nattch closer understandingbetWeen the students . and .I,l4tilfy?.• This is orte of the. most; !disattp - ohiting :of situations here at Penn7State.' , • - -.•- • ',Charles Wagtier in his. book, ."The,• Simple Lita,'!" has this to say: "Let master's - arid if& dents . ... meet together oftener for.,amuSe ; went. It. will.ba much ; the baiter for, serious Work. Thera is no such aid to. tinder.stancling one's prozessor ,as to have laughadinl4s. coal- Emd , capversely. to be welLUndersfood, puptl'nist . bp, met. elseNhere. , than ip..c4ss or - examination." . , Some inay cry; "but It's imposSiblet,..Loqk at the number of students here!at P.enn',state. If. esretypp.e. went to visit his or . her ,professor. the. poor.•profes sors would be mobbed.". • • • • Well, if other schools as large . .as State, 'such! as Yale • and• Brown; have as close a stutl6fit-faculty , relationship :as they have—then it's •possible here as well., . , From obseryation I would say that. the. music de _ partnient on campUs has the, elosest and friendliest, C O o f h a ld tin b o e:: pheres.' 12 1 ut eve n there it 'is Ot what it 'Let's 'have Student-faculty teas, `,.`open house" by, priafessors,, - detiartruental stndentrfacultY ,get-to- gethers;'lthee,e,' are ways for. closer "relationships. We're surosediy friends building, bonds.'afid 'ties with eafc !Other 'and. the schOo;—we'ie,.not to be „ angers. •. • • diPrlflL... i Aind feahues 4ll The ' 4 00 1 1 2. , ftws...gAtite t 'fix'TeOreo l l. etu GO . 4 # 41 4 146' IN ) ; 44 1 16 , 1044 . 4 641 ..t. b . ° Cu l; brtha: —Lawrence G. Foster —By Joan Peters —By Joan Peters Late Permissions Judicial has granted all coeds attending the Anti-Tranco Rally in Schwab Auditorium tonight permission to remain until the close of the program. A reason able attount of tim e will be al lowed, in which to return to the dorms, said Lois App, chairmiC. Dq,baters Elect Richard IK. Hill 'was elected Ist vice president for the 1948 Penn sylvania State Debater s Conven tion at the conclave held at the College recently. At the sessions attended !by •1126 del4aters from state schools; model legislative bills 'were passed. for remedial la bor legislation, medical care, and labor planning in production. . LA Lectigre • Dr. Bryn J. Hovde, president, New School fdt SO'cial Research, New York, will deliver the third of the series of Liberal Arts lec tures at the College 121 Sparks, 8 o'clock tomorrow. He will dis cuss "Currents in Modern Social Thought." ASME Meeting Samuel K. Hoffman, professor of aeronautical engineering, will speak on the "World's Largest at the meeting' of the American Society of Mechanical. Engineers in 14 , 7 New Physics, 7 o'clock to night, said Prof. J. S. Doolittle, ASME advisor. Also a movie, "Flames Of Progres," will .be featured on the program, to which the Public is invited. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT SPRING RECESS SPECIAL GREYHOUND SERVICE AVAILABLE TO PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS PENNSYLVANIA GREYHOUND LINES will operate SPECIAL BUSES from STATE COLLEGE, PA., APRIL 3, 1947, to points on the Pittsburgh, Scranton, New York City and PhiladeliThia Divisions. Reservations for seats on the SPECIAL BUSES will be made with the ptilthase of your ticket and should be - Made as far in advance as possible, but .not later than 11:00 P.M. of April 2, 1947. SPECIAL BUSES WILL LEAVE FROM THE CAMPUS. PARKING LOT LOCATED SOUTH OF. THE RECREA TION BUILDING AT 12:45 P.M. For tickets and information call at the GREYHOUND • POST HOUSE, 146 North Atherton' Street. PHONE 4181. • • FOr- feet- thaj go.-doncing 19111 e tdilifary. . Evening, 'Slippers from ellcic's —fascinating—beautiful style,s, Wear them for that poised- and elegant grace, • GLIC , WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1947 News Briefs Senior Lecture Mr. Harvey L.. Swift, vice. president and general manager" df the Harrisburg REilways Com pany, will be the guest speaker at the Senior Engineering Lec ture in 121 Sparks, 4:20 , p.m. Fri day. Mr. Swift will talk on Occu patonal Opportunities in the Field of Transportation." THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Successor to the Free Lance, est. UV Published Tuesday through Friday mornings during the College - year • by. .the staff of 'the. Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second.. class. matter July 5, 1934, at, the. State College, Pa., Post Office ulider. 'the act of March 3, 1879. $2.50 a settles ter $4,00. the.school..year. 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