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Elattg Collegian
Saceesoor, to TUE FREE LANCE, cot. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff 'of The Daily Collegian
of The 'Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 6. 1934, at the State
College, Pa.. Post Office under the set of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ
ers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsignei
editorials are by the editor.,
Mary Krasaansky <4s Ftc ,
Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial staff: Janie Reber, night editor;
Chuck Henderson, Andy McNeillie, copy editors;
Bob Schoellkopf, Nancy Meyers, Sally Sapper,
Mary Adams, Evvie Kielar, assistants.
Ad staff: Dorothy Naveen, manager; Margie
See, assistant.
Election Campaign
Has Bad Features
Each campus election campaign seems_ to
bring out some of the poorer aspects of the
character of college students, and this one is
no exception.
The West Dorms, scene of pilfering from
news stands, now has another culprit to deal
with— the guy who goes around tearing
down political party posters. Such action
might appear to be i sheer vandalism; it .ceases
to have such an appearance, however, when
the mutilated posters all belong to one party.
It is, of course, difficult to prove that either
of the political parties is directly or indirectly
responsible for such action. If such charges can
be proved, however, the All-College elections
committee is free to penalize the offending party.
Mutilating the election publicity of the other
party is not the honest way to win an election.
Such skulduggery can be expected--in knock
down-drag-out machine campaigns. But college
campaigns can and should be conducted on a
much more Mature level.
The college election campaign is an oppor
tunity for political parties to pit candidates and
ideas. It is an opportunity, to sound out student
opinion and thinking on campus issues. The
party with the best candidates and the best
platforms should be the one sent into office
by the voters.
The current campaign is being =lnducted
to a large extent by students new to Penn
State and politics. The freshman and sopho
mores who are now getting their indoctrina
tion in politics should learn to approach them
with a mature understanding of their im
portance, for politics leads•- to government,
and the latter can be no more mature and
responsible than the former.
Age =Card Lending
Is Dangerous Act
If you are not 21, there are many ways to get
a drink in State College. One of them is to bor
row the matriculation card of an older friend
and produce it upon request at one of the local
pubs.
Thisl has been apparently one of the safest
ways to beat the 21-year age limit. The safety of
the procedure, however, is one-way, for the
merchant is still in danger of losing his license
for serving minors. ..
This is a problem facing State College pub
proprietors. Many students under 21—and
making an appearance of being quite obviously
under age—have been using the matfic cards
of older friends in town taverns. Since the
owners can only stay in business so long as they
operate on the right side of the law, they are
aware that serving these minors is endangering
their businesses.
One pub owner has already taken the names
of students whose metric cards have been
misused in this way. This particular proprietor
doesn't "want to get anybody in trouble." But
he does want to 'protect his business.
What action this one owner will take next
is anybody's guess. The names in the future may
be turned over to College authorities or to local
or state authorities.
You can make sure that whatever the action
is, your name will not be involved by refusing
to lend your matriculation card to anybody
for any purvose.
Without Comment...
Excerpt from the front page of The Cavalier
Daily, University of -Virginia campus news
paper
Student Council, at its
weekly meeting Monday
night, issued a letter to
the student body calling
for University men to
"exhibit no bottles of
liquor, paper cups, and
ice containers during the
period of going to and
coming from the Open
ings' Dance concert this
weekend."
"Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as
wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough
nor
.good enough to be trusted with unlimited
power."—Colton
Edward Shenker'
Business Mgr.
TIM DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE,COLLEGE. VANXA
Is It Time to Drop
Party Platforms?
Is 'it time to drop party platforms from the
local :political scene? Whether it'S time to do
away with the platforms or not, at least the
whole concept of platforms should be radically
overhauled. -
The platforms which were printed in yes
terday's paper were both disappointing and
in several instances ludicrous. As far as we
were concerned, the Lion Party's planks
weren't much better than those of the State
Party.
We guess that both parties needed some
points for their platforms, thought desperately
a while, and came up with the statements pre
sented yesterday just for the sake of having
them.
The Lion platform was a better bluff at a
platform than the State planks, but when you
dig deep, is there one plank in the platform
which vitally concerns the students, especially
the freshmen and sophomores at which the
campaigns are slanted?
Coming right down to it, are there any perti
nent issues affecting students which can be
used as bases for a political campaign at Penn
State? For the Past three years, not more than
one or two issues have been raised which would
'warrant voting one party in office over another
party.
The State Party platform was taken apart
rather handily yesterday. The Lion Party plat
form, as we said, is an improvement over State's,
but that's about' all.
We have yet to hear any heated discussion
on having permanent resident counselors for
College women.
As for the student goveihment proposals' of
the Lion Party, we feel that no organization on
campus has the publicity which campus student
government has. All-College Cabinet is re
ported in the Daily Collegian blow by blow.
Even class meetings are fairly well publicized
with their agendas. A case in point would be
the record turnout at a senior class meeting
last year when canceling of eighth semester
finals was discussed. Maybe its the issues, not
the publicity which causes student government
apathy.
As far as customs go, the - Lions asked for a
'revision of customs but gave no concrete pro
posals as to what to do. In fact, almost every
item on the platform was couched in vague,
unspecific terms.
Is there any desire for establishing another
hat society on campus? We had heard no
clamoring for such an organization. In fact, it
seems to us that it is difficult to go through the
freshman class and pick enough outstanding
activities men to form a sophomore hat society.
The. best plank on the Lion platform is the
one concerning coordination of student council
and class elections. This plank is worth investi
gating for the simple reason that joint elections
would be killing two-birds with one stone.
From a careful examination of the planks,
we have come to the conclusion that plat
forms at Penn State are a farce. Platforins
should be discarded as so much excess bag
gage or else overhauled completely to present
issues which really affect the student body.
—Moylan Mills
Gazette . . .
Wednesday, Noitember 14
CIRCLE AND SQUARE, Armory, 7 p.m.
COFFEE HOUR, cabinet and dean of men,
109 Old Main, 4 p.m.
FRENCH CLUB, Atherton Playroom, 7 p.m.
INKLING advertising staff, 101 Willard Hall,
7:15 p.m.
INKLING editorial staff, 314 Willard Hall,
7 p.m.
INKLING promotion-and circulation staffs,
104 Willard Hall, 7 p.m.
LA VIE SOPHOMORE BOARD, 418 Old Main,
8 p.m.
MINING ENGINEERING SOCIETY, 217 Wil
lard Hall, 7:30 p.m.
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING SOCIETY,
movies, 203 Willard Hall, 7:30 p.m.
THETA SIGMA PHI, Grange Game Room,
6:30 p.m.
WRA BOWLING; White Hall alleys, 7 p.m.
WRA DANCE, White Hall rhythm room,
7 p.m. •
WRA HOCKEY, Holmes Field, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. will interview January graduates
in M.E., C.E., E.E., LE, and Aero.E. Wednesday,
Nov. 28.
Monsanto Chemical Co. will interview graduates at all levels
in M.E. and Ch.E. Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Philadelphia Electric Co. will interview January graduates
in M.E. ifnd E.E. Thursday, Nov. 29.
Reaction Motors, Inc. ask all January graduates in M.E.;
Aero.E.,Phys. and Chem. interested in rocket
research and development to sign up in 'll2 Old Main
before Nov. 21.
Bend)* Aviation Corp., Scintilla Magneto Division, will
interview January graduates in E.E. and M.E., Monday,
Nov. 26. ,
Merck Co.. Inc. will interview graduates at all levels in
Organic Chem. and Chem.E. Monday, Nov. 26.
Monsanto Chemical Co. will interview M.S. and Ph.D. can
didates in Chem. Wednesday, Nov. 28.
A• U.S. Government representative will interview mid-year
graduating seniors interested in intelligence work Wed
nesday, Nov. 28.
Wesinghouse Electric Corp. will interview January grad
uates in M.E., E.E., and 1.E., Wednesday, Nov.) 28;
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT /
Dome Ec -student to prepare evening meal. '
Chauffeur from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Even though the international situation
caused some tourists to begin late, over 100,000
people visited Egypt last winter and spring.
Each tourist spent an average of $17.22 per day.
Little' Man On , Campus
"Sometimes it just makes me sick •
the way some girls play up to their major professors."
Inteipreting the News
Battle for Solid
South Continues
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
_ •
Thirty years ago and more—long before the , famous split over
Tammany, rum and ,Romanism in 1928—some Southerners were
beginning to say that some day, as the, South changed from a purely
agricultural to a farm-business-industrial economy, a real two-party
system would develop there.
Ensuing Republican administrations emphasized the idea that
the South would never get a hear
ing in Washington until it be
came worthwhile for the Repub
licans to work for Southern sup
port, or in national Democratic
party councils until th e South
was no longer a sure thing for
the Democrats.
Eastern and Mid-Western Dem
ocrats, and Republicans alike were
sponsoring, and getting, legis
lation designed to protect their
home industries against the in
roads of the developing South.
Freight rates between Southern
plants and Eastern markets were
discriminatory. The East held the
financial reins.
Enthralled by Roosevelt
But for the depression, the 1928
breakaway over Al Smith might
have seen a great political change.
Thinking was changing, but the
South was disillusioned by the
Hoover administration, the -re
ligious issue died, and the voters
went right back to ,their old ways.
With the return of national
Deino c r a tic administrations,
Southern Democrats were the top
men in subsequent , Congresses.
At first they were completely en
thralled by the Roosevelt pko
gram. Then gradually they began
to fall away: IThey frequently
acted more like Republicans than
did the Republicans themselves.
A coalition of Republicans and
Southern Democrats began to kon
trol Congress on • many • issues,
particularly social ones. -
The yeast .of Southern Repub
licanism , seemed to be, working
again, but few thought then that
the next great split - in the Demo
cratic party wouldlagain be based
on ancient prejudices.
State's Rights- Again -
True liberals in the South—not
just social agitators—were seek
ing to solve racial issues through
the 'spread of tolerane. (Others,
of course, resisted, especially in
the field of politics, where, they
could appeal to large numbers of
people whOse economic condition
left them only their ' blood by
which to hold themselves above
the children of their grand
fathers' slaves.
Nor was the old issue of States'
Rights dead. With less dilution
of its Anglo-Saxon origin than
W,EDITESDAY, NpVEMI3ER:I4, 1951
any other part of America, and
so imbued with a native distrust
of centralized government; still
proud of the conduct of its men
in a war where States' Rights
was the one issue which could
still be defended, the South ob
jects to outside interference in
Problems which it considers pri
marily its own.
1952 Election
President Truman's civil rights
program, designed to legislate
economic freedom- for Negroes,
struck fire in this atmosphere.
Filibusters - in Congress were fol
lowed by organized anti-Truman
political factions ins 1948.
As the 1952 election, campaign
got under way the fire was still
there, smouldering. Anti-Truman
leaders were waiting to see what
would come out of the pre-con
vention skirmishes. Byrnes, Tal
madge and others were talking
but hardly organizing.
. Then House Speaker Sam Ray
burn brought the whole thing in
to the open at the Southern Gov
ernors conference Monday. The
1952 split in' the South became
lArliving thing, wide open for all
to see. Stick with the party or
lose your power, said Rayburn.
The South owes its loyalty tO no
political party or candidate for
next year, Byrnes. replied.
Again the appeals will be on
the basis of prejudice. But under
,neath all that the yeast of 30 and
of 50 years is working, the yeast of
a changed an d still changing
South which will not be solid.
Gazette .
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
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.Rosemary Bishop, Burk
holder, Alvin Chester, Ralph
Christianson, Wayne Edelman,
Anna Harrison, Joan Kolarisky,
Jules Kotcher, James McCullough,
Mary Sullivan. • • ' •
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUMi A Streetcar Named
Desire
STATE: Cattle Drive
- NITTANY: , Captain Horatio
Hornblower
By Ripler