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Olyr Batty Collegian
Successes to THE MEE LANCZ, sat. LW
Published ruesday through Saturday mornings inelusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class nastier July 6. 1934, at the Stitt
College. Pa., Post Office under the art of March 3. 1879.
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Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ—
ers. not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsignce
editorials are by the, editor.
Man KrasnanakY Edward Shanken
Editor ,
, r Business Mgr.
Managing Ed.. Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed.; Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bob Fraser: Makeup
Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Eolasinski; Society Ed.,
Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemary Delabanty: Asst.
City Ed., Lee Stern: Asst. Sports Eds., Dave Colton, Bob
Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Millie
Martin: Exchange Ed., Paul Belchler: Senior Bd, Bud
Fenton.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Chuck Henderson; Copy Editors:
Jim Gromiller, Lix Newell; Assistants: Tom
Saylor, Mary Lee Lauffer, Gus Vollmer, and
William Jost.
More Checks Can't
Help Government
On the surface, the pros and cons of the pro
posed constitutional amendment which would
require a statistical poll on all changes in stu
dent fees upon the presentation of a petition
signed by 10 per cent of the student body seem
clear cut.
It would appear that the issue is this:
whether or not the students shall have a
direct say in student fees through All-College
Cabinet.
The issue as we see it is this: how are we to
reconcile representative methods of govern
ment and democratic leadership with our
concepts of democracy in a mass society?
Only those who believe in autocratic methods
of gpvernment would say the students should
not have a say in these fees, that a group of
informed leaders should make the decisions for
the masses.
We do not support this theory.
We do believe in representative government,
with the representatives being elected for the
purpose of making the decisions for the elec
torate. This is the way of mass society. When
elected representatives of the people become
so out of line with the wishes of their constitu
ents, they are thrown from office.
Democracy in a mass society is not guaran
teed to always produce the best results. But un
less we accept the theory that a few leaders
should make our decisions for us, democracy
with all its shortcomings must be accepted.
Democracy may falter and may fail, but stum
bling along, democracy gets where it's going.
Democracy as we practice it in its republi
can form denies the autocratic theory, but
embraces the theory of leadership, with checks
and balances. Frequent elections are one
check. Constitutional limitations are another.
The opposition of groups irshe*.ent in a demo
cratic society is another check.
In relation to the problem of student assess
ments at Penn State there are additional checks.
Student government may only recommend an
increase in fees. The final decision lies with the
College Board of Trustees.
Student initiative is another check, as is the
easily available opportunity for any and all
students to present their views to All-College
Cabinet and other student bodies.
• These checks and balances have worked well
in the past. If they have ever failed, they have
failed because they have not been utilized to
their fullest. Adding another check will not
solve the problem. If these other checks' have
not operated successfully, we fail to see any
reason why the addition of another—especially
the one proposed—will increase their chances
of working in the future.
If student government has not been repre
sentative of the student body in the past, then
it is the fault of nobody, except the students
themselves. - If student government has ever
done something contrary to the wishes of a
great majority of the students, the studdnts
have nobody but themselves to take to task,
for it.
If there has ever been an act of Student
government to which the majority of stu
dents have objected, the meeting room of
All-College Cabinet should have been
crammed from wall to wall with students
ready to voice objections.
- Such has never been the case.
Notice
The Lion Studio will be closed
Monday, Feb. 11 through Friday, Feb.' 15
We have been selected as one of 15 studios
in Pennsylvania to take ADVANCE COURSES in the
Techniques of Fine Portraiture from one of the finest
Portrait Specialists in America, Mr. Granville Rice.
We will reopen Saturday, Feb.. 16.
Sincerely,
• BILL COLEMAN
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE.'
Is Who's Who
Worth the Trouble?
The value of the yearly publication, Who's
Who Among Students in American Colleges and
Universities, was the subject of a recent editor
ial in the Daily Athenaeum, student publication
at the University of West Virginia.
We have long debated this question and
feel the Daily Athenaeum has come up with
some• sound thinking. To quote, "It is this
selection of candidates, rather than any in
trinsic fault of the publication, that results
in the surge of ill feeling which annually flut
ters the ivy and rattles the vines across the
nation."
Although we are not prepared to say the book
causes all that trouble, we do believe there are
many—too many—factors detracting from the
value or validity of the selection methods.
On the Penn State campus, the selecting job
is given to the director of Associated Student
Activities, who in turn gives the job to All-
College Cabinet. Cabinet selects a committee to
do the choosing, with final approval coming
from cabinet. This limits the book to students
in extra-curricular activities and not—or at
least on a minimum scale—to scholarship.
As can be seen from this year's list of students,
activities was the basis for selections. Although
many of the students chosen have high scholas
tic averages, we feel 'that their after
class activities did the most for their selection.
We agree with the Daily Athenaeum when
it says, perhaps there will be some fool-proof
method of selecting those to be honored
"whereby individuals are considered on an in
dividual basis, rather than on a nebulous
bubble of activities, organizations, etc."
Actually, it continues, no system could ever
solve the situation.
Drug Menace
Yesterday's Daily Collegian carried an AP
story concerning a Pittsburgh high school girl
who "disclosed stories of widespread heroin and
marijuana parties by teen-agers."
This is another development in a fear which
today is sweeping America—drug addiction,
particularly teen-age drug addiction. One of
the country's largest magazines recently car
ried a really frightening anonymous article
called, "My Son is a Dope Addict," while .
magazines and newspapers from coast to coast
have been playing up the problem, brought
into prominerice by the Kefauver hearings.
But this month, Harper's, one of the country's
most reliable publications, appeared carrying
a lead article, "The Truth about the Drug
Menace," billed on the cover as "exposing a
national delusion."
Washington newsman John Gerri t y,
author of the article, finds that the "drug
menace" is in fact extremely confined and fast
on: the way out.
"Though there has been a spotty increase
in the number of arrests of drug addicts since
World War IL there is today, according to the
federal' bureau of narcotics, 50 per cent less
addiction than there was a generation ago,
writes Gerrity.
More startling yet is his direct quotation of
federal narcotics chief Harry Anslinger's un
qualified prediction that the drug menace in
this country will be licked within two years,
even if new international controls are not as
successful as expected.
There are more figures—figures, like three
cases of addiction found among 15,000 Wash
ington high school students, figures like no New
England cases of drug addiction known outside
Boston. The article is worth reading—worth
thinking about. If it, is accurate—and Harper's
is reliable—then the American people have been
panicked by yet another hue and cry that, "The
sky is falling!"
Gazette . ..
Wednesday, February 13
COFFEE HOUR, cabinet and dean of men,
109 Old Main, 4 p.m.
GERMAN CLUB, Simmons study lounge,
7:30 p.m.
GRADUATE CLUB, Old Main lounge, 7• p.m.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION SOCIETY, 104
Willard. Hall, 7:30 p.m.
MINING ENGINEERING SOCIETY business
and social meeting, Sigma Phi Sigma, 7:30 p.m.
THETA SIGMA PHI, Grange game room, 7:30
p.m.
—Bob Fraser
Truce in Korea means nothing and at the same ,g.
Surveyed in the light of the world conflict that has pulled the East
and West farther apart with each passing year, the talks at Pan
munjom are a small part of the broad picture. The adventure
undertaken by North Korean communists is only one phase of com
munist attempts to revolutionize
the structure of society in the
rest of the world. It is as impor
tant as the blockade of Berlin
some years ago —nothing more
and nothing less.
However, if the impact of the
Korean war on individual nations
is studied, then the matter of truce
or war becomes extremely impor
tant. Nevertheless,• it must be re
membered that a truce implies the
idea of "let's take a breather" and
it will not permit complete relax
ation in billion - dollar - defense
spending or million-man7army re
cruiting. A truce is but a transi
tory stage between war or peace.
A truce in Korea does not
seem to show the way to peace.
If Korea is taken as a point of
departure in search of a solution
to the whole mess, there are a
number of answers to the prob
lem.
1. The truce talks may remain
—Ron Bonn
Gazette .
' Shell Oil Co. will interview June grad
uates and 1952 M.S. candidates in Chem.,
Ch.E., C.E., E.E., M.E., Geo., Min. Eng.
and P.N.G. Monday, Feb. 25.
viA•tA
Litti
"Serve the rest of the faculty, Roger—l think Professor
Fundamental
Issues
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
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United States Steel Co. will interview
June graduates in Aero:E.," Arch.E., C.E.,
M.E., E.E., LE., S.E., Cer., Fuel Tech,
and Metal. Friday, Feb: 22. .
Chance Vought Aircraft will interview
graduates at all levels in Aero., , E.,
M.E.,
C.E. and Arch.E. Monday, Feb. 25. They
will also interview M.S. and Ph. D- can
didates in E.E., Phys. and Math.
• Arbogast and Bastian, Inc. will inter
view June graduates in A.H., 1.E., and
C&F Monday, - Feb.. 25. •
Students .Only!
' 4 Months of TIME just 1.00
21 Weeks of LIFE only 1.75
at
STUDENT MAGAZINE AGENCY
112 OLD MAIN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, .1952
Snarf has had enough."
By LEN KOLASINSKI
stalled in order to tie up as many
UN troops as possible. After the
Communists find a soft spot else
where—which may be any of the
Southeast Asian countries—they
will intensify activities in that
soft spot, perhaps even by open
aggression. There can then be two
police actions.
2. The truce can be concluded.
This means in the long-run, con
stant rearming and continual
wariness as to where the commu
nists intend to strike next.
3. Truce talks can fall through.
The. issue at stake then will be
whether an attack of Red China
Will or will not start World War
Peace is never won on the
battlefield, but is a product of
adjustments made over the con
ference table. An institution
such as the United Nations is
based on a theory that adjust
ments are possible. It is here
that peace must be found.
General Electric Co. will interview June
graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates in
Chem., Ch.E. and Metal, Monday, Feb. 26.
Both men and women may apply.
Socony Vacuum Oil Co. will interview
June • graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates
in M.E. and Ch.E. Monday, Feb. 25.
Eastman 'Kodak Co. will interview June
Ph dU aaensd
in C & C F h. E T ., u esday, EF.E eb : .
2 E., Chem.,
,
International Business Machines Corp.
will -interview June graduates in Ch.E.,
Phys., E.E. and M.E. Tuesday, Feb. 26.
West Penn Power Co. will interview
June graduates in E.E., M.E., and Home
Ec. Tuesday, Feb. 26.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT'
Baby sitters for Tuesday morning and
Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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