PAGE FOUR MR '144 Collegian simmmel m rits.rant LANck.mt.om, Published Puebla , y iltroartt Saturday sedraitica laelusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Dulletia' of rile Pennsylvania State College. entered as second-claim natter July 6, 1034, at the State College. Pa.. Post Office ander the met of Kara 11. 1873. Collegian editorials represent the vieyrpoints of the writ. era, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. [lnsigne editorials are by the editor. Mary Krasnansky Edward nankan Editor 1 Business' Mgr. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Julie Ibbotson; Copy editors: Chuck Henderson, Shirley Vandever; Assistants: Willi am Pete, Phil Austin, Bill Jost, Chiz Mathias. Ad staff: Bette Agnew, Nancy Supplee. Judging Team Fee Fair Proposal Although when first proposed by the School of Agriculture Student Council the fee increase to support Penn State's judging team was put at ten cents per student per semester, the proposal which received the first approval of All-College Cabinet Thursday night, asks a 25 cent increase. At the same time that cabinet approved the 25 cent increase, it also recammended that the ag activities fee of $1.50 a semester now paid by all students in the School of Agri culturcbe lowered by 75 cents. - • As the plan for the 10 cent fee hike for all students was first envisioned, the judging teams could be maintained by taxing each student in the School of Agriculture 75 cents a semester via the ag activities fee, plus a 10 cent fee on all students, including those in agriculture. Under this plan, ag students would have been paying 85 cents a semester for the teams, while all other students would have been paying ten cents a semester. Under this plan, ag students, who comprise 18.2 per cent of the student body, would have been paying 68 per cent of the costs of sup porting the teams. The other 81.8 per cent of the students would have been meeting 32 per cent of the costs. • In the words of Marilyn Levitt, Panhellenic Council president, who moved that the fee for all students be increased to 25 cents, such inequity as described above would be "grossly unfair." The proposal to lower ag fees and raise all student fees came as such a surprise to representatives of the School of Agriculture that they had to take time out to do some quick figuring on a fee which might cover expenses. That figure was 25 cents. Under the previous plan; approximately $4476 would have been. raised; under this plan $4682 will be forthcoming. It would have been impossible to shave the overall figure any closer. We think the move to have all students share the costs of the judging teams is a good one. In competition the teams do not represent the School of Agriculture of the Pennsylvania State College. They represent the entire College. as do the debating teams, the glee club, the Blue Band, and the athletic teams. Being representative of Penn State and being bona fide student activities, the judging teams deserve "the support of the entire student body. With the "one-fee-for-all" theory getting the necessary two-thirds approval of cabinet Thurs day night, apparently the feeling is that the cost of supporting the teams should be shared equally, by the entire student body. We don't think there can be much of a' quarrel about the fairness of the proposal. Juniors Initiate Useful Project- In starting a new record collection, the pre sent junior class has begun what should be a continuing and growing project on campus. The junior class used its $lOO project fund to set up a collection of records called "The Greatest Shows of the Century." These , rec ords circulate for three days, as do books.in the reserve book room of the Pattee Library. What the juniors have done shows what a small group of conscientious students can do in coordinating efforts for something new. When the class decided to have this as its project at its meeting last month, there. were only 19 members of the class present. When Robert Sherman, chairman of the project committee, gave his report, it was received with favor be cause this was a new idea and one which would benefit present and future students at Penn State. And so, the committee went ahead and completed its plans, establishing what they hope will be a growing project. The collection of 28 albums the juniors pre-_ sented can be the start of a growing idea, if we, as students, assume responsibility in their use. Further, the juniors have intentions 'of inter esting the sophomore class in adding • to the collection. If this happens, and successive. or ganizations decide _to take similar action, we can foresee a diversified collection in the li brary. Part of every project is to look into the future. If this collection can grow, perhaps when the library is expanded, someone will come up with the idea , of providing a listen ing room. The junior class has indeed begun a 'com mendable project, and can be proud of its ac complishment. Co-ops Have 'Week' • The , "Co-ops on Campus Week," being ob served.locally by the .College CooperatiVe So ciety, directs. the .attention .ef the public to the work, of a little-knoivn group on• this and, many other campuses which is helping students work their way .through college. Students - live in cooperative houses under the same ,regulations as dormitory students, but• share the expenses 'of food and housing and divide the housework 'among - themselves. In this way they save on living costs and enjoy the advantages of fun and fellowship that dormitory students have. The local Nittany avenue Co-op is an excel lent example of the way in which these_ coop erative societies 'operate. Approximately 20 wo men eat' and live there and 50 men eat meals there. All•' share in the work, spending four 'or five hours a week, at times . convenient for them. A fUll-time cook prepare's the meals, but co-opers 'assist her, wait on,tables, and wash dishes. The house cleaning and washing of house linen are also shared. In these- activities, co-opers illiiStrate their motto, "Cooperation Gets Things Done." —LaVonne Althouie An Apology ... Yesterday, for, the first time in the history of the Daily Collegian—to the best of our know ledge, that Is—the pages of this newspaper were numbered consecutively 1,6, 7, •4, 5,2, 3, 8. This error was, as all newspaper errors are, the fault of the print 'shop. Somehow, however, we feel like the little boy who has been crying- wolf. For years we have been blaming. the printer for everything. Anything. This time it really was the printer, so we blame it on the printer. And all the peOple - laugh. (Printer's note: Ha! Ha!) Safety Valve —Mimi :Ungar THE .'DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Statement from Constitutional Text .`Contradicts' Collegian TO THE EDITOR: This letter is intended as a comment upon . .your editorial in the Daily Collegian of Thursday, March 13, entitled." Ma ndatory Voting -Would Hurt Gov't." It is quite evident that the major part of the 'editor's argument is mere personal opin ion which lacks a foundation in reason. How-' ever, the editor has attempted to substantiate his argument by referring to Robert's "Rules of Order." Since Robert's Rules don't bind members to vote as instructed, says the au thor, they should not be bound to do so. • In reference to this argument, I suggest that the editor read some American constitutional history. On pages 31 and 32 of Kelly and Harbi son's book entitled "The American Constitu tion," it says: ". .. The theory of representation which prevailed in 18th century _America was vitally different from that in England. In Eng land, members of Parliament were held to rep resent the nation at large rather than the par ticular district which elected them, and never considered themselves bound to obey local in terests..... In America, however, the represen tative was regarded primarily as _a deputy, sent to. the assembly" by the people of his district simply because they were too numerous and too preoccupied to, go themselves. This Ameri can concept of representation was to prove a potent factor in colonial unwillingness to sub mit to Parliamentary taxation ..‘ . and was thus of some consequence in promoting the Revolu tion itself." (Ed. Rote: The issue in this case is not one of "Parliamentary taxation." If it were, we could quote the Constitution of the United States, Article L Section 8, Clause 1, "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes . ."). Gazette . . . Sunday, March 23 BRIDGE LESSONS, TUB, 6:30 p.m. • Monday, March 24 CAMERA CLUB, Lion 'Studio, 7:30 p.m. ' ELECTRONIC WARFARE UNIT 4-3, 200 En gineering E,- 7 p.m. INTER COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ON GOVERNMENT, 313 Willard Hall, 7 p.m. ORIENTATION COUNSELLORS COMMIT TEE, 109 Old Main, 4 p.m. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2 Agricultural Ed ucation Building, 7:15 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Sperry Gyroscope Co. will interview June graduates in E. 8., '14.E.. and _Phys. Friday, March 28. Sylvania Electric Co. will interview June graduates in ..E.E., • M.E., LE., Ch.E., Corn., A&L; Acct., Chern.„Cer., Metal. Oil Well Supply Co. will interview June graduates-in M.E., P.N.G. and I.E. Wednesday, April 2. Reaction Motors, Inc. will interview Jiine graduates and 1952 M.S.,candidates in Aero.E., Metal, and M.E. Wed nesday, April 2. Scintilla . Magneto , , Division will interview June graduates Aero.E., - I.E. and M.E. Wednesday, April -2. Bridgeport Brass Co. will interview June graduates in Ch.E.; ' • Metal., I.E. and M.E. Monday, March 31. Columbia Southern Chemical Corp. will interview June, graduates in Ch.E., C.E., I.E. and M.E. Thursday. April 3, They will interview chemists at all levels. International Business Machines Corp. will interview June graduates in Corn. and L.A. Wednesday. April 2. Mergenthaler Linotype Co. will interview June graduates in M.E., E.E; LE: and Corn. Thursday. April 3. STUDENT .EMPLOYMENT Experienced counterman. • i Married men for summer work. Rooms and board -job for Train , with car. Girl for computing work. Should 'know square root and ,the use of the slide rule.. Ralston Purina Co. will interview June graduates in Ag.Ec., Ag. Ed., Ag. Eng., Agro., A. 8., D.H. for sales and. grad uates in M.E. for production Thursday,. Aprigg. —Melvin Rubin Little Man On ,Campus 7" .- - , IZEN "The whole . one :n our s The Old Millstream "Money talks" is a frequently heard phrase when American foreign policy is discussed. This pithy statement has been most recently used by decryers of the current French cabinet crises. Supporters of the "money talks" school rightly point/ out that French political / v acillation could hold up the full realization of a cooperative European defense community and European army. This group maintains that the United States should cut off aid to France unless the French clear up their political troubles, thus letting American dollars do the tune calling. • • But the U.S. has. been letting money talk too often and too loudly—a factor which has con tributed. to the oft repeated statement from travelers return ing from abroad that foreigners have not comparably- increased their love for the U.S. with the More money given or loane&to nations abroad. And why is this? So many times money spent by the U.S. abroad to build up a weak nation's defenses or economy is laced with attached strings. Americans are of the opinion that money expendi tures abroad must show a profit in the ledgers within a certain period of time or it -is wasted. Thus the term "American dollar diplomacy" was originated to des cribe the - outlay of mon e y to countries which, in return, had to provide the U.S. with a more favorable attitude toward Ameri can policies or other concrete prbfits. • A case in point would be the controversy last 'spring over, send ing grain to famine-ridden India. Certain congressinen advocated sending the much-needed grain only if India showed a less favor able attitude toward neighboring Red countries.. Humanitarianism, or the giving of grain to the starv ing Indian millions purely , be cause the"U.S: had a grain sur plUs and , human beings in India were dying for lack of precious wheat, was not considered valid by many in Congress. • . Subsequently,' after months of wasted time, grain was shipped to India without strings attached. But - the unfayorable impresSion that Americana want their money to talk had already .been made on hundreds of Indians at - a 'time when Russia was sending grain to" India , with nothing in return expected. Naturally, the .Soviet Union appeared in a more favor able light to the' Indian nation. Now persons • are advocating that . the U.S. give a no-more monetary-aid-un 1 e s-you-can- • comply-with American-demands', ultimatum to. France. France has 10-raiseluora tax money. to sup- -SATURDAY; MARCH- 22,',19 • ••••„ • canny was proud of Stan first ' neration to graduate from college." By MOYLAN MILLS port its position in the European defense set up. But the French deputies have been reluctant to let a measure raising faxes pass the French parliament. These deputies feel that the French economy, just 'now recu perating from the devastation of World War 11, cannot stand the strain of added taxes. Therefore, the French have unofficially ap pealed for U.S. aid to keep their nation from collapsing under new burdens of European defense. Therefore, threatening to cut aid to France can only antagonize the French and create, more dis unity in a Europe which the U.S. is struggling to pull into a co hesive unit as a bulwark against any Soviet aggression. By making American dollars talk in this high handed fashion, the U.S. would be negating all the posSible good will built up in Europe by the Marshall Plan and U.S. arms aid. It's hard to see how.. talking money can ease a tense situation. 'lnstead of cutting off French aid, why not show the Gallic nation that the U.S. can understand a tough situation and provide ad ditional help. An atmosphere of gdod will might achieve: more quickly a cooperative attitude from the French and thus promote European unity. The recent Lisbon conferenCe of the North Atlantic Treaty Oiganization shOwed that the nations of Europe can work to gether. If France pulls out of the .NATO set-up because of economic distress, what 'is • gained? It's obvious that for a long time to come the U.S. will have/••to underwrite European economics' until the nations themselves can get back on_ their feet. Why not take. the situation for what it is and' use American dollars in a leSs begrudging way? • • To cut off money .from France Might . force the 1' ren ch into 'straining their economy to get the additional 'revenue. But what good is. a cardboard defense set up,-. built .on animosity, which could collapse at any. moment? Yes, m one y talks. But co operative group action based on good will and mutual aid can be more - effective . . than talking money._ By Bibler!
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