PAGE FOT,nI Elatig Collegian Successes to THIS Wen LANG. sot. -LW Published ruestsy through Saturday Otoraings inclusive ettring the College year by the state of ale Daily Collegial of The Pennsylvania State College. ' Enured as seeoadulase natter July i. 1934, at" the State College. Pa.. Post Office ander the ..act of Mires 3. 1879 Collegian editorials represent tke viewpoints. or • the' writ. era, not necessarily the policy of Ute newspaper. Unsignee editorials are by the editor. Mary Krasnansky Edward Shankan Editor Business Mgr. Managing Ed.. Ron Bonn: City Ed., George Glaser: Sports Ed.. Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bob Fraser: Makeup Ed., Marian Mills; Wire Ed., Len Eolasinskl: Society Ed.. Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed.. Rosemary Delahanty: Asst. City Ed., Lee Stern: Asst. Sports Eds.. Dave Colton, Bab Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver: Librarian, Joan Kuntz; Exchange Ed.. Paul Beighley; Senior Bd., Bud Fenton. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Shirley Vandever; copy editors: , Jake Highton, Dot Bennett; assistants: Nancy Morris, Tommie Bloom, Mary Lee Lauffer, Lou Mueller, George Bairey. Mandatory I- Voting Would Hurt Gov't In the wake of the defeat of an amendment .to the All-College Constitution which 'would' have set up a non-binding statistical poll for changes in student fees, student government will apparently have to deal with another pro posed change in its constitution. This time student government will be asked to change its constitution to make it mandatory that a member of cabinet' vote as he is in structed by his group. The proposal for this change originates in the School of Liberal Arts Student Council, which has appointed a committee to work on the wording of the proposed amendment. May we suggest the wording: "In order to make All-College Cabinet nothing more than a glorified debating society, the members of cabinet must vote as they have been in structed by the groups they represent." . The previous amendment, which failed to get the necessary three-quarters majority, would have created a tendency for cabinet to lean on artificial crutches rather than to make its own decisions after due consultation with the con stituency. While the previous amendment only created a tendency, this new one is the manifestation of• the tendency in fuliblown form. As was pointed out in the last meeting of All-College Cabinet, Roberts' "Rules of Order," which outlines th e parliamentary procedure cabinet follows, holds that members are not bound to vote as they have been instructed. So' not only does the amendment fail to make sense, but it violates sound parliamentary operation. The merits of having cabinet members ob tain the sentiments of the groups they represent cannot be denied, nor would we attempt to - do so. But to have the decision of the groups binding on •cabinet members eliminates the very necessity -of All-College Cabinet. Another point worth noting is that in the discussion on the previous amendment, stu dent opinion was to be sought through-the statistical poll as a guide, for the results were not to be binding. -Much in the same way, the opinions of the various grotips rep resented on cabinet should, act as a guide for the members oicabinet. Just as it was deemed inadvisable to make the results of the poll binding on cabinet,,it is inadvisable to make the decisions of the various groups binding: If' we were to carry this theory to extreme, we could do away with All-College government, have' the various councils vote on •issues, with the results being• tabulated and thus • becoming the " acts of student government. There would. be no need for cabinet to meet and function. We might think that the amendthent has been proposed in order to remedy n'particu lar . problem—chronic disregard for the - feel ings of the students represented by cabinet members. Such is not : the case: In,three years of following the affairs of All-College Cabinet we have not known a single , instance where a member of cabinet has disregarded the will of his group where • he has been, legally. .in structed in the. normal, acknowledged, and presCribed • manner under which legislative organizations function. ' •To go a bit further, binding cabinet members to ;a certain point of view would do away with the give and take,-the comproinise, the weigh ing. of arguments which is. now possible. - We . agree that a representative of - a group should•not be -apart from his constituents; when he does move away from his constituents,:he no • longer represents them. But .we should not unalterably commit our . representatiVes in ad-. vance, for in doing so -we say- they- haVe no common sense, no judgment of their own. If such an amendment is approved, we might just as well not have an All-College. Cabinet at all. Garden Spot... A newcomer to State College strolled down the. Mall yesterday afternoon .with "his• sport jacket hanging open, mopped the perspiration from his brow, and , observed "Spring can't be far away." The veteran senior smiled, for •he knew, as we do too, that before too. long there will be snow on the Mall. We couldn't possibly •be wrong, for this is State College,„ garden spot-of Centre County. 'DAAN - COLLEdIAN. STATE COLLEGE . PENNSYLVANIA Ciistoms Program Needs,' Joint Boaid ..AlthOtigh ,several changes in the, proposed re vision ,of the customs regulations have been made- to•date. by various organizations studying the p'rotram, the basic plan for combining men's' and Women's customs has 'been left unchanged. This is indicative that the overwhelthing ma jority of- students who have studied the new program are in favor of combining men's and women's customs under one roof, as they should be. While it is 'easy to -sit back and say that the' men and women should cooperate in the customs program, it is impossible to do so un less there-is some vehicle for coordination. The men 'and women student leaders who have been 'responsible for the conduct of cus toms since ,their post-war revival have found that•no matter how good were their intentions of cooperating, it was impossible to do so. They .found it impossible because there was not a • joint board to set up a single unified program. • • ' Often Tribunal and Hat Society Council would,make plans for an event, only to find out that the . Freshman Customs and Regulations Board was planning something else. The result was indecision, and often ill feeling on the part Of one side or the other, or both. All of this can be avoided by the mere ex pediency of a joint customs board. There has been some talk that one group or another woad' lose "power" under a joint board. This may or may not be so. We do not believe it is. Student government having committed itself to a customs program, the major value to be considered here is not who has power. The major value is the conducting of a customs program in the manner that will accomplish the greatest' good. And there can be no doubt that the greatest good can be accomplished un der a joint program. Under the present proposal, the responsibility for the conduct of the customs program would be transferred from Tribunal and Judicial (which has, in turn, delegated it to the Fresh man Customs and Regulations Board) to a new body, to be known as the Freshman' Customs Board. This new board would have the power to: 1. Establish days of joint enforcement. i.e.. days on which there would be co-ed enforce ment. e•• 2. Decide on a date for the end of customs. 3. Determine customs holidays. 4. Determine all immunities and punish ments. The board would be made up of four men and four women, with the chairmen of Tri bunal an d Judicial serving as co-chairmen. When a freshman man would be brought be fore the body, the Tribunal head would chair the meeting, and vice versa. In the event •of a tie vote on any issue, the matter would be referred to the body of original jurisdiction, Tribunal or Judicial. These provisions allay the fears of those who feel that "power" is being lost by their 'organi zations. but at the same time the program sets up a. working 'organization which could coor dinate and improve Penn State customs. Gazette ••• . Thursday, March 13 AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Theta Xi, 7:30 p.m. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Student paper contest, 105 Main Engineering, 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN- S I E C E ORGANIZATION, 304 Old Main,' 6:45 p.m. . FROTH PROMOTION STAFF, Froth Office, 7:30 p.m. GREEK CLUB, TUB, 7 p.m. Le CERCLE FRANCAIS, Atherton Lounge, 7 p.m. • NEWS 'AND VIEWS, 14 Home Economics, 6:30 p.in. , • • PENN . STATE FORESTRY SOCIETY, 105 White p.m- PETROLEUM ENGINEERING SOCIETY, 203. Willard ; 7:30 p.m. , ' PLAYERS PROPERTIES WORKSHOP, Schwab 'Auditorium, 7 p.m. .WRA NOMINEES, 303 Willard, 6:30 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m. WSGA NOMINEES. 217 Willard, 6:30 p.m. : • COLLEGE PLACEMENT American Smelting and Refining Co. will interview June ' graduates-In. Metal. and Min.E. Monday, March 24. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. will interview June .graduates in Commerce Monday, March 24. Corning Glass Co. will interview June graduates in M.E., Ch.E., E.E., 1.E., and Cer. Monday, March 24. They will interviqw • Chem. and Phys. graduates at all levels. Curtiss - .Wright - Corp. (Propeller Division) will interview June graduate - 1s in Aero.E., M.E., and E.E. Wednesday; March- 19. - Dr. - Piul E. Williams will-interview June graduates in Metal., M.E.,-. E.E.; . C.E., . Fuel Tech., C&F, A&L, Chem., Pre- • Med., Zoo., , Sci. and -M.S. or B.S. -candidrites with ex perience •in Bact. Monday, March 24. Rehm and' Haas Co. will interview June, graduates in ,Ch.E., 'Chem.. and Phys, Monday, March 24. UnitedVAireraft Corp. will interview June graduates in MIE. -.and .Aero,E: Monday, March 24. Liberty Mutual - Insurance Co. will interview June graduates in A&L - and C&F interested in either sales or claims work. on -Tuesday, March 25. - Phillips Petroleum Co. will interview June graduates in 'Ch.E., M.E.; E.E., P.N.G. and Metal. Saturday, March 15. S. Kresge Co. will interview June graduates in A&L, .C&F , and any. other fields• interested in management, Tuesday, March 25. Westinghouse Electric Corp. will interview June - graduates in .M.E., E.E., 1.E., Ch.E., Metal., Cer. and Phys. Tues . day, -March 25. They will also interview M.S. and Ph.D. ' candidates in E.E., Metal. and Phys. and Ph.D. can - didates• in- Phys. Chem. Baldwin Lima Hamilton Corp. will interview June graduates in 1.E., C.E., E.E., and Metal. and M.S. candidates in E.E. Tuesday, March 26. • Combustion Engineering' Co.' will interview June graduates in 114. E. and Fuel Tech. Tuesday, March 25. . International Latex Corp; 'Will interview B.S. and M.S. , can.: didates in M.E. and I.E. Thursday, March 20, Applicants '. be in the upper half of their class. Tide Water 'Associated Oil Co. will interview June graduates in , . 7 Ch.E.„ E.E., , -Chem.- and Phys. Wednesday, Nardi :24. . LAW 1, 1V,1:0 ;Ipi if Camp* "Isn't' that enough sawing for a while? Some- of the girls are trying to take a nap "on the Second floor." The Old Millstream 4 i # 9 By MOYLAN MILLS That day we walked.into the dispensary all we had was a slight case' of laryngitis. After an examination, the doctor prescribed treat ment at the infirmary. When we asked what kind of treatment, the doctor just grinned and 'handed us a' slip of paper. Upon arrivingat the infirmary, we glanced at the paper and read: "Laryngitis—,-prescribed treatment, steam inhalation." Well, we were, Vk,iillingtto- go aldrig and see what was in store.'` The attendant on the first floor of the infirmary directed us to the basement. Down there, - among the labs,..uotokne'had ever heard of \steam inhalation al though they had' a vague idea what laryngitis was. "Go to the second floor," .one of the basement nurses advised. She said it as if the second floor was where everyone who wandered into the basement without proper cause was directed. We made it to the second floor and a smiling, gray-haired little lady welcomed us enthusiastically. "Steam inhalation?" she inquired, "right in this little room." We walked into her little room glanc ing apprehensively ,at the forceps, hypodermic needles, and other instruments lying around. "Oh, by the way," :she giggled, "you had better take off yoUr coat and shirt. This might get messy." She good-naturedly led us to a chair .beside which sat a. small contraption resembling an old-fashioned gas lamp. "We'll 'turn -on the juice," she said merrily and plugged the thing into the wall. Then' she instructed us.to cover our head and this gas lamp with a ,towel.,, and breathe in the steam as 'it poured from a tiny opening ip . the,top. "It might take a little while 'to -warm up," she confessed 'and closed the door, About an . hour later, we were beginning to agree with her, that "it might Jake 'a little while." Every now: and then a' nurse in ,white or a patient in bathrobe PunkeydciOdle WASHINGTON T h e question-Shakespeare posed some time ago _about what's in a name is a' very leading question. A researcher' . for the National Geographic Society, obviously en tranced by a news story the other day from a place called Punkey doodles Cornets, popped up with all kinds , of information about the strange names some places have. For instance, did you know there is a town 'in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwngyllgogerychwyr . ndrobwllllantysiliogogoch? Well; thee But you'd better not try. rikonouncing it. People. have have fractured ' jaws on less. • The Imo s t delightful, place, nazne§- in'. the: U nit e d -.States- THURSDAY, MAR6,II -. 13;" b 57., 13 . *.13ibler and slippers would wander in, sympathize, and disappear. We asked one of the more intelligent nures for more information on the 'Use of the gadget. She shrugged her shoulders saying, "Just make like a tent." Sometime later a thin, milky cloud of steam seeped through the gas-lamp' opening. We put up the towel and inhaled gingerly. It really wasn't too bad, that is if you could remember to come up for air every fifteen minutes or so. The whole process took sev eral hours, ,providing a posi tively marvelous excuse for cutting a bluebook. But no one in the •infirmary seemed the least bit distressed that the steam inhalation equipment was not in the best working con dition. • As to the effect of the treat_ ment, we couldn't say right: off. We got our voice back several days .later. Just in Passing We read recently that . - Beau mont, Tex., was constructing • a $6,000 drive-in library. NoW you can get curb service when you order- Mickey Spillane. • And over in New York, a com mercial concern has opened, a faster reading clinic. This clinic ' features a special gadget which covers up the print at a certain speed so that customers have to be faster than the gadget in.Oider to'read a book. The'star pupil is a Navy Commander who clips the pages at 850 words a...ininute.:- orners, Candda shoWed up in the Gold Rush days. For instance, miners named ,one town in Nevada Lousy Level. ''lt was flagrant. plagiaristri; There is such a place in Hertfordshire; England. . Across the U.S. in Penn6rlvania;.• there still exists the quiet Dela ware River town of Foul Rift. In California there 'are Whiskey Bar, Brandy Gul c h, Delerium, Tremens, Chucklehead 'Diggings, • Gommorrah,' Hell-For-Noon • City, Love • Letter Camp, • and Mug fuzzle Flat. . That town pays •no attention to frontiers.
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