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Frosh, Sophs Can Enter Politics
Through Lion/and State Parties
Politically minded freshmen
and sophomores will , have - , .a
chance to , get into student govern
ment at Penn State when the
campus parties, Lion and State,
issue calls for their first clique
meetings.
Besides the class offices, open
to the frosh and sophs, the new
comer to campus will be able to
break into politics when the two
parties hold elections for their
•clique officers,
The Lion party, currently in
power after a clean sweep in the
Spring elections, holds elections
for freshman and sophomore
clique presidents, vice-presidents
and secretary-tresurers. These
six officers are responsible for
the running of the Fall election
when class officers are chosen.
Bulk of Work
In addition to the elected clique
officers, the entire machine
:wings into the campaign, but
the frosh and sops are depended
upon to do the bulk of• the work.
Campaign managers and publicity
men are appointed by the new
clique °Moots., High spot of the
campaign comes with daily visits
to living units during meals when
candidates get a chance to speak
to the voters.
The State party is in the midst
of a reorganization after the over
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two past Spring elections. After
the clean sweep the Lion party
made in 1949, things looked dark
for the State party. Signs of re
vival showed in last year's Fall
election, when the Statemen
swept all six frosh and soph class
offices,
13ut the Lions came in this
year's Spring race and took all
six class offices and the three All-
College offices, causing a minor
"revolt" in the rank of the State
party.
'Men high in the State party
have stressed that they are look
ing for new blood to join forces
with the more experienced men
and women in the State party and
come up with an entirely new
setup that can regain some of the
power the Lion party has annexed
in the past two years.
The State party setup is ex
pected to be similar to that of
the Lion party, with the classes
each being represented by clique
whelming defeat suffered in the
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officers. }loth parties have policy
making groups known as steering
committies made up of clique
and class officers,, or candidates,
and representatives of the more
powerful factions within the
parties.
These policy decisions are then
presented to the clique meetings
for approval. Only clique Mem
bers are eligible to vote for clique
officers, but the entire school is
eligible to vote for All-College
officers in the Spring, and for
their respective class officers
wheneve,r the elections take
place.
Clique Cards
Clique membership cards are
issued after the student attends
two meetings.
Heads of both parties have
stressed that any student,_wheth
er fraternity, sorority or indepen
dent, is eligible to run for any
office if his qualifications suit
him or her for the job.
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Now 70 years old, the Jordan
soil fertility plots at the Penn
sylvania State College today are
more valuable than ever•
The plots, which ,are the oldest
extensive fertilizer experiments
on the continent, have been main
tained continuously in a corn,
oats, wheat and hay rotation.
Pointing out that the plots will
continue to serve in soil studies,
Dr, A. C. Richer, associate pro
fessor of soil technology. quotes
a recent foreign visitor who com
mented: "These plots are sacred.
They no longer belong to Penn
State, but to the world.
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Interviews for men or women
interested in playing for the As
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orchestra are being given tonight
by Ray Evart 117 Carnegie
Hall at 7 o'clock.
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per shortage, there may not be
enough copies of today's Col
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therefore are urged to co
operate by sharing their copies
with students who have none.
Collegian will publish an
other issue Friday, and will re
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cation next week,
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