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Vle Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. 1881
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 5, 1934, at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint of the
writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the editor.
Dave Pellnitz
Editor Fran klin Kelly
Busmess Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Lix Newell; Copy Editors: Lynn
Kahanowitz, Bill Jost; Assistants: Chuck Ober
tance, Phi Austin, Chiz Mathias, Lou Martin.
New AIM Election
Is Best Solution
If the Association of Independent Men needed
anything to make it look more ridiculous than
it did when it named a fraternity man as the
"Independent Athlete of the Year," the election
as president of a man who did not have the re
quired scholastic average really did the trick.
' The former mistake was relatively minor. It
wasn't really too important •and caused only a
few red faces. But the current error can't be
laughed off; the whole of AIM should be blush
ing, and we know those that are really inter
ested in the organization are. There will be a
lot of unnecessary unpleasantness because of a
mistake that, with only a very slight amount of
care, should never have occurred.
Just where the blame should be placed is
hard to tell. Had the AIM nominating com
mittee done its job properly, no such incident
would have arisen. On the other hand, the
candidate is not entirely blameless either. At
any r a te, the responsibility, wherever it
rested, was not followed through.
The current uproar has brought into the open
one thing which has been obvious to at least
a few people for some time. This is that AIM
needs something—though just what that some
thing is we aren't sure. Perhaps it is a greater
sense of unity.
It's plain to most students that AIM doesn't
have the coordination that such groups as the
Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Coun
cil have. Maybe this can't be expected. AIM
is too large and unwieldly a group to be really.
effective. It has no tangible groups which can
be represented on its Board of Governors, and
its members are too spread out and just too
disinterested to make the organization a mighty,
force on campus.
This isn't to say,that AIM has done nothing
good. It has contributed to the support of Ink
ling, Penn State's literary magazine, has aided
in straightening out dining hall difficulties,
sponsors annual houseparties and holds fre
quent Friday and Saturday night dances for
the independent men, and has aided in the
collection of funds for the Gentzel fire vic
tims.
But to get back to the original problem, that
of the AIM elections.
At a special meeting of the AIM Board of
Governors this afternoon, the whole matter is
to be discussed and a course of action to be
decided upon. It is quite likely that a re
election will be herd, and John Laubach, former
AIM president, has stated that if no sugges
ticins are made at the meeting he will suggest
that a new election be held.
We agree that an entirely new election is
the best action that can be taken, but we are
definitely against the plan to have that elec
tion this afternoon as Laubach suggests. Any
Saturday afternoon would be a bad time to
hold such an important election, but today is
particularly bad because of the Spring week
end activities.
In the first place, the Board of Governors
will have little or no chance to get to know
the proposed candidates. In addition, it is •
doubtful that a very representative showing of
the board will be present to vote on the nomi
nees. And then too, will the nominating com
mittee be able to present a slate of suitable
and eligible candidates on such short notice?
We have heard rumors that some people feel
the best plan is to change the AIM constitution,
eliminating the requirement of at least a-• 1.0
All-College average for its office-holders. We'd
like to point out that this would solve nothing.
First of all, the AIM president is a member
of All-College ' Cabinet and the All-College
Constitution clearly states that no student is
eligible for cabinet membership unless he has
a 1.0 All-College average. And as far as we
can make out, it would be impossible for an
organization to send a permanent substitute
to cabinet.
Secondly, it must be realized that a student
who does not have a 1.0 average is going to
find it very difficult, if not impossible, to stay
in college and still do justice to the office he
holds. No matter how much the student wants
to do a good job, it would be unfair to the
organization to make it stand the risk involved.
This is especially true of AIM.
And there is still a third point—that of schol
astic probation. Th e College undergraduate
regulations state that a student on probation
because of poor scholarship "shall not' partici
pate in any extracurricular activity of the Col
lege, except that he may continue to be an
ordinary member of any organization without
holding any office or committee membership
whatsoever, and without taking any active part
in its activities." A student is placed on proba
tion when his average drops to 0.65 or below.
Once a student gets below 1.0, he is skirting
dangerously close to probation and in• our opin
ion cannot possibly,be a suitable candidate far
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE MnLEGE
any office.
The whole situation is most embarrassing
to everyone concerned. It puts AIM in a bad
light when that organization can't afford to
be in• a bad light. We hope the meeting this
afternoon will do something toward seeing
that such a situation doesn't arise) again. As
far as AIM is concerned, it can't afford a re
occurrence of this type of business.
By carefully considering/its action this after
noon, AIM will be taking a step in the right
direction. •
Leonides Rules
Need Revision
It is a relatively simple matter to condemn
students for disinterest, apathy, and downright
laziness when, in an election such as Leonides
recently held, only 40 per cent of the eligible
voters cast ballots. It is true that the elected
officers therefore represent the choice of less
than one-half the independent women on cam
pus, a really regrettable situation.
Because of a certain clause in the Leonides
election code, however, we wonder if the blame
can be laid entirely on the students. _
This ruling forbids door to door campaign
ing by nominees for Leonides' offices.
By forbidding nominees the right to stop at a
woman's room, introduce themselves, and talk
over problems of mutual interest to indepen,
dent students, this ruling makes it difficult- for
the woman who is unacquainted with them to
find out their qualifications and for what they
will work if elected.
True, an interested student may hustle up to
the Dean of Women's office and look up the
nominees' activities in the card file, but how
much does this tell about a person? A woman
may have worked on numerous committees and
be active in many, clubs, and yett-not .have the
drive and administrative ability necessary to
lead an organization the size and scope of
Leonides.
One of the reasons, we feel, that 'a record
number of students voted in the recent All-
College elections was because the All-College
and class nominees conducted vigorous per
sonal campaigns. In addition to appearing in
dining halls at mealtime, they went to frat
ernity houses and dormitory rooms and told
the students how they 'felt about' various is
sues. They became more than names and pic
tures on a poster.
Leonides leaders, seem• to be in the• dark as.
to the , , reason for this ruling, which, has been
in effect for at least three years. The general
feeling, however, is that because the nominees'
qualifications are investigated by the Leonides
Council before„the,slate is drawn up, door to
door campaigning is unnecessary. It is felt that
the woman who campaigns more vigorously
might have an unfair advantage over her oppo
nent. . ,
Granted, she - does have an advantage, . and,
we feel, a fair one. If Leonides wishes to have
more support and interest shown by indepen
dent women in the election, the organization
should dispense with this ruling and allow hide
pendent women to conduct independent cam
paigns. • • - •
Arts Exhibit Shows
Student Talent
The Combined Arts Festival, currently being
celebrated on, campus, is unique in that it is a
combination of the efforts of students not' only
in the' departments of art education and fine
arts but in music, home arts, architecture, dra
matics, landscape horticulture, and speech as
well. •
Opening two. weeks ago with the, Pennsyl
vania Intercollegiate Re a d'i n g Festival and
marked by performances of Players' "Biogra
phy" and "She Stoops, to Conquer" in addition
to the, modern dance and Glee Club concerts,
the festival has touched on fields of which one
is certainly Of interest to every student on the
campus.
The combined arts exhibits on display in
the TUB' only until Monday show desire to
make • this observance meaningful to every
one. Those who have contributed Work have
• shied away from anything "arty" as much as_
do most of the students.
One •of the most interesting displays is a
plan for..a small chapel for the College showing
elevations from various sides, a cross section,
and the interior and exterior, all drawn to scale.
The architecture student who planned this
chapel made it a circular shape, "ending where
it begins and repeating itself . . . the eternal
line," in her words.
Photographs .from 'this year's Players' shows
are on display with set designs in which dra
matics students have expressed emotions with
such objects as. a tree, staircase, bench, and
column.
Contributions from the Home Arts depart
ment include contemporary furniture, some of
it most unusual, table settings, and brass and.
wooden utensils. Dis Plays from other groups
include a model of a , one-story house and, - its
landscaping, sculpture, murals; deSigns"':With-,
paper and string, pencil sketches; and oil' and;
water paintings. •
Naturally not , all of the -work shows -the
talent of Rembrandt, but because it, shows
the feelings and effortsJnf students!,..nur
it is certainly worth looking at:At', , ithete:
not only to be enjoyed ;bid to,be criticized
and discussed. It is a combined festival made., •
possible through combined efforts, for a large
student • group of diversj.fiedlnterests.-
—Bettie Loux
Stuart Allen; Gelda Antoko
litz, Joan Atkinson, Clifford Bea,
Pat Beahan, Helen DeLaine, Paul
Hofmann, David Howells, Bar
bara Hyman, John Peifer, Walter
Saxe, Grace Thomas, Robert
Young.
• COLLEGE. PLACEMENT
.Sinelair Oil Co. is .interested in June
graduates: and
..8.1.
PENNSYLV AMA
Little Man On Campu
"Professor Snail. I want •to cong ratulate you on building the
engineering school into one of the finest in the country I over
heard some students•say you flunked over half the class last term."
Interpreting the News
Koje Pii ‘ toii Trouble
.ExainpleilFmirer-up
By J. 14..11.08ERTp
Associated Preis : lol;li Analyst
I doubt that we shall.-ever have an entirely clear picture of
what's been going on in the prisoner of war camps in Korea.
The precision with „which „both military and diplomatic brass
can form an opaque column of circles around a brother caught with
his procedure down is a beautiful thing to watch—if, you're not
trying to get at the roots ,otthing,s.
Preliminary-'r epor t s, 'however,
are sufficient ,to establish that
those responsible
for' camp oper,
ations p r o b
ably under con
s t ant pressure
from above to
make sure the
C rnm - u n s.t s
were given no
reasons for prop
aganda a b out
treatment of the
inmates—ac
tually have been working on the
basis of appeasement of prisoners.
Communist 'flags have been
flown in the prison compound
in violation' of rules and
nothing done about it for fear
that forcible enforcement would
make the Allies liable to charges
of violating the Geneva Con
vention.
Prisoners have been trading
with civilians, and protested when
contraband goods such as watches
and pens were confiscated. Con
fiscation was rescinded.
The Communists have gotten
away with establishing their
own guards to see that non-
Communists did not escape.
The Associated Press report of
conditions at Koje said:
"The Reds have succeeded on
many occasions in forcing their
demands on camp officials." Now
"the Reds hold sway and run
things to suit themselves." \
In other words, the United
Gazette ...
Monday, May 19
ELECTRONICS WARFARE
UNIT 4-3, 200 • Engineering E,
7 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB EIROGRAM
COMMITTEE meeting, 409 01 d
Main, 6:45 p.m.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS - ANDWO
CATION ED PICNIC, Foster' and
Holmes park, 4 p.m. •
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
SATURDAY, ..M.Air.7.11,i',119,52
By -Bibs:
/-t_k
States has been so afraid of
Communist propaganda that it
has - not • been conducting its
business properly.
To climax it all, despite pre
vious riots and efforts by the
Communists to capture hostages,
high American officers have put
themselves in position' to be . at
tacked, and a general has under
gone..
a brief imprisonment. • To
get him released, another hiS
made a very embarrassing. - reply
to a• Communist demand• of the
"have you stopped beating your
wife" type. „. •
The upshot of the laxity and'..
appeasement has been to,permit
the' Communists to take. the.,.
spotlight away from their,Ran-,,
munjom efforts to keep' . ' Nal.
going without any great, : cost ,
to themselves, and from Abe
fact that 75 per cent of the
Chinese prisoners would rather
be dead than be 'Ont,tloni.l,
There can hardly be anY'ilOiabt
that it has meant iikreseniiiiii
of the non-Communist majoriti{
in the camps by the COniiriuMsf;
equivalent of the - fainilia;l
kangaroo courts of the worst;
run American prisons:•,:...v
It is hardly surprisingAhat Pen
tagon officials are reported at a
lOss to understand how the situ,
ation was permitted '• to develop
over what must have been a long
period of time.
will visit the campus if enough.stildenin
apply before May 16 at 11 . 2 :01d:Ma11; 4
West Penn Power Co. will'=7int ,l iew
undergraduates for summer work in M.E.
E.E., and I.E. May 27.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Men to work as ice cream dispensers ever
nings and week days.
Camp Linden, Northbrook, Penna., will
interview men for August camp work.,, r!
Married' couple for full time summer
job near State College.
Men with soda dispensing experießce for
Friday, and -Saturdiy night
Man interested in becoming exneroher. of
student magazine agency, for next !!
Women' for• night clerking jolts.
Camp Lillian Taylor will interview mai
and women May 15. Variety-of jobs open.
Boy for noontime work 11:30. a.m. to
1;30 p.m:
Bass player , and tenor sax player foe ,
May 17. t
Student wife to do part time secretarial
work in exchange for rent, of apartment.
Couple may have child.
Man for local camp counseling job. Sea•
son June 7 to July 27.
Student-far summer drafting-job.