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PA r"-T TWO
Crisis in Cabinet
What is a representative? According to some
persons, a representative is a person who states
the opinions of his constituents on minor matters
and his personal opinion on major matters. Ac
cording to Webster, he is "a person that repre
sents, or stands for, a number or class of persons,"
without reservation.
Recently a major problem arose in the All-Col
lege Cabinet. Suddenly the Cabinet members were
no longer representatives, but individuals speaking
only for themselves. When the boycott question
was concluded and the next matter on the agenda
presented, the Cabinet members became repre
sentatives once more.
Since the last Cabinet meeting, we have sat in
on two meetings in which 2000 and 4000 persons
were represented. The presidents of the organiza
tions, Cabinet members, called for a vote within',
the group on the boycott question and again the
group voiced the opinion that it was only speak
ing for itself rather than for the persons they
renresented.
This farce of non-representative representation
could be carried to the point where every issue
before Cabinet would have to be carried back to
the students with the students deciding the point
by a referendum.
The point of the matter is, just what is a Cab
inet member? Is he an individual or does he ex
press the wishes of his own organization? Stu
dents vote for representatives in student councils,
IFC, AIM, etc. and these persons, in turn, vote for
a president of the organization. Therefore in
theory, the president has the backing of every
student in his organization and should vote in
Cabinet with the knowledge that he was elected
to represent his group.
A similar question of representation arose last
year and a Cabinet member made the same re
mark, "I speak only for myself, not for the organi
zation I represent."
If the same,situation should come up again. Cab
inet should either have enough foresight to vote
as a representative group, or disband and throw
every question to the students in a referendum.
—Elliot Krane.
Don't They Know?
Raspberry's Aren't in Season—
School spirit has sunk to a new low when home
fans give their own players the raspberry.
Don't Penn Staters know that those players are
out there playing as hard and as well as they can
to win? Don't they know about the long hours of
practice required to be a member of a varsity
team? Don't they know how badly a player feels
when he does make a mistake? Or don't they care?
A groan is only natural when a basket is missed
or a bad pass made, but to boo a player or the
team on principle is completely unjustified.
Maybe we consider ourselves too sophisticated
to show school spirit. But doesn't sophistication
include good sportsmanship? Everybody likes a
winning team and it isn't hard to support it, but
to show true sportsmanship and school spirit by
cheering for a loser is quite another matter.
Do we have any of that spirit left at Penn State?
I hope so.
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At a volcanic session of the combined Nittany and Pollock Circle
Dorm Councils Monday night, the All-College Cabinet food com
mittee got what it was asking for—a statement of the food problem.
The problem, which consists of at least 27 more or less major
complaints, could be separated into about five general categories,
food, finances, meal-tickets, operation and investigation.
Since one form of meal-ticket was agreed .upon as the solution
of the Nittany feeding ills, it is appropriate to consider the various
aspects of the plaid and related ones.
Agiteion for meal-tickets excluding Saturday and Sunday meals
has existed for several months, but to no avail. They would be
optional for students who go home on week-ends and are therefore
not now obtaining meals for which they are charged
Another proposal, new to us, was for tickets which would ex
clude breakfast. This, of course, would benefit late sleepers.
Unfortunately, the agreed-upon scheme is not very realistic.
Pay-as-you-go systems, as such, are not feasible for College dining
commons, and chances of the idea's acceptance are nil.
It would provide for $5 meal tickets, to be punched when enter
ing the line. Meals would have a set price, and the holders would
have the option of eating or not eating any particular meal in the
commons.
Dormitory presidents agreed not to request refunds on un
expended portions of the ticket at the end of the semester, and sug
gested that the purchase of one ticket would be mandatory at the
beginning of each semester.
The uncertainty of the number of diners at any rhea', would
obviously rule out the plan, unless a higher price were acceptable.
A higher margin would be necessary to ensure breaking even.
However, the first two types of ticket would be feasible and
beneficial. The number of each type sold would give a better indi
cation of the number to expect than is posible under the present
system. _
Diners could have four choices, and would know in advance
that they were not paying for meals they wouldn't eat. The choices
would be for three meals seven or five days, or two meals seven or
five days each week. Costs would be proportionate.
—Stan Degler.
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Meal Ticket Plans
TO THE EDITOR: It would be so much move
of a pleasure to watch a basketball game without
also having to watch the loathsome habit of a cer
tain member of the team constantly spitting on
the floor.
In addition to being a nauseating sight to usbeh
it is also a very unsanitary habit.
My sympathy lies with those who occupy the
first row and must be prepared any moment to
duck or dodge. Also, it must be run for the other
players to handle the ball after it has gone out of
bounds.
Can't something be done to remedy this situa
tion? Perhaps, if it isn't too old fashioned, a hand
kerchief could be furnished, or, if that is too much
trouble, a spittoon could be strategically placed
where it would do the most good.
—Name wilhbeld•
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NAACP Executive Meeting, 2d Floor Loungs
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