PA GE F 013.:
Published Tuesday through
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the staff of The Daily Col
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State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. rust Office - under th
DAVE JONES, Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor: Al Goodman; Copy Editors: Peggy McClain, Betty Koster; As
sistants: Janice Laird, Kay Krause, Joe Beau Seigneur, Byron Fielding.
Student Compensation Explained
There has been a good deal of
discussion in student circles re
cently about All-College Cabi
net's budget and the compensa
tions and scholarships awarded
to student government officials
by that budget. This discussion
has been precipitated by a re
cent question as to whether or
not student council presidents
should be compensated.
Many students evidently do
not realize some student gov
ernment officials and committee
members are compensated.. It is
partially through this lack of
knowledge that campus election
figures have suffered. The stu
dent body has been repeatedly
told All-College Cabinet is
spending $12,000 a year in stu
dent money. Cabinet has not.
however, gone to the same pains
to explain where the m
goes.
This is not to say cabin.-
is under strict obligaf on fo
precisely explain from time to
time just how it spends mon
ey. It is to say, however, that
students should know where
the money goes' and should
have more of an opportunity
to 'find out.
IV. Judicial Would
(This is the fourth in a series of five edi
torials designed to outline and explain the
proposal for a Supreme Court in. Penn State's
judicial system.)
The inconsistency and unfairness which resl, it
under the current judicial system naturally re
flects on the integrity of the College. The com
plaints of students, which in many cases are
echoed by their parents, can seriously damage
the reputation of the College.
In addition, the College feels it is not enougi_
to merely issue punishments and forget about
the matter It realizes that some form of re
habilitation program would be helpful in
straightening out those students who have
erred along the way. The present ,system pro
vides no effective means for doing this. The
deans' office probations, which merely consist
of reporting in at regular intervals,• act only
as an inconvenience to the student and a threw.
of the possible consequendes should he becom
involved in any further trouble.
'The newly proposed system would end tLc
inconsistencies which threaten the integrity
of the • College by setting up continuity
procedure; uniformity of decision, and a sys-'
tern of appeals. In- additicin, alloWing student
agencies to hUndle all cases except those of
extremely severe or personal, nature would
further the integrity of the College by dern
onstrating student interest
. in their own ,
Safety Valve
TO THE EDITOR: We understand that there
is a motion before All-College Cabinet that
will provide for a $l5 compensation to all
student council presidents. This has raised the
question in. ourminds as to how much money
is given to whom and for what.
This idea of compensation was new to ue
If some group's receive compensation; do. all'r
Why doesn't more of the student body know
of this, especially since it comes out of our fees?
We, as students, feel we have a right to
know precisely where this money goes. Why
hasn't this been explained to us? By keeping
it quiet, either accidentally or on purpose,
May 8, 1953
MARKETING CLUB picnic, 1:30 p.m., Sunset
Park.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Tuscarora in the Poconos, will interview men
and women May 8.
Men wanted for waiters.
Men wanted for garden and lawn work, house
cleaning and odd jobs.
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Successor. to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
That the students are not
aware compensation is, given is
only partially cabinet's fault. It
is the responsibility of any in
terested student to attempt to
find out how his fees are spent.
A student cannot expect to sit
and wait for cabinet to present
a detailed explanation without
putting forth any effort on his
own.
Any student really interested
in cabinet's budget should know
it includes an item titled "schol
arships and compensation," and
should realize that attending a
cabinet meeting when the bud
get is presented should solve his
lack of knowledge completely.
That students do not take
an interest in student govern
ment is a sad truth. That they
do not know where their
money -goes, then, is largely a
result of their own apathy.
Because the student body does
have the right to know exactly
.10NNT All-College Cabinet spends
its money, the Daily Collegian
here undertakes an explanation
of the amount of money cabinet
spends for student scholarships
and compensation.
Under the 1953-54 budget as
Questions Compensation Policy
Gazette ...
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr.
End Inconsistencies
community responsibilities.
The rehabilitation problem could be handled
by the establishment of a probation board which
would be responsible to the offices of the deans
of men and women. This board would eat as
a counseling agent for student rehabilitation
and should be composed of psychologists and
sociologists who are best equipped to adequately
'-:alp the student. Much of this work could be
ir_4sumed by those already on the College payroll.
The College is also interested in taking
away from the Senate committee on student
affairs the stigma of disciplinary action, and
leaving it a purely constructive agency. Until -
last year, disciplinary cases now handled by
:his committee were under the jurisdiction
of a disciplinary committee of the Council of
Administration. What was then the student
:welfare icomMittee•haridled only cases involv
'.ng violations of College social codes. The
Iwo groups were combined for the sake of '
afficiency. ,
•
The disciplinary stigma would be removed
'corn the student affairs committee on dis
:iplinary 'action into the Supreme Court, thus
~eaving the student affairs committee and its
five subcommittees free - to devote themselves
exclusively to constructive and positive meas
ures. -
we can't help but . get the impression that
something is "shady.'
We thought working on student councils was
service to the school which is considered a
:rivilege by those chosen few. The idea of
lmpensation has lowered our estimation of
?se • positions
Ed * Note— r The emotion before All-College
Cabinet_was actually part of cabinet's annual
budget. Cabinet's budget arid the compen
sation in it have not been kept quiet; neither
have they been shouted from the rooftops.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Rosetta Berger, Octavio Cano, Richard Demp
ster, Ariana Dickson, John Epler, Joanne Fra
zier, Robert K. Jackson, Benjamin Kreider, Lee
Kummer, June Larson, Paul Makowski, Nancy
Schade, Abing Sorriatmadja, Raymond Talipski,
Ward Wheatall, Mark Wiener and Donald
Ziegler.
Collegian editorials repre
sent the viewpoint 'of , the
writers, not necessarily the
policy of the newspaper. Un
signed' editorials are by the
Pditor.
act of March 3, 1879
now set, $1550 will be spent
for scholarsh!ps and $425 for
compensation. This - is a $l3O
increase over last year's bud
get. This year's complete bud
get will be $12,300, or a $745
total increase over last year.
Scholarships awarded are: Al] r
College president, $300; All-Col
lege secretary-treasurer, $150;
All-College vice president, sen
ior class president, and Tribunal
chairman. $lOO each; junior class
president, $75; sophomore and
freshman class presidents, elec
tions board chairman, and Tri
bunal. secretary, $5O each; Tri
bunal treasurer, $4O; Orienta
tion Week chairman, Student
Handbook editor and business
manager, $25 each. Compensa
tion totaling $4lO is also given
prominent handbook workers,
Tribunal members, and Orienta
tion Week and election commit
tee members.
Compensations awarded are:
Spring We e k chairman. $5O;
Junior and Senior Prom chair
men, and Spring Week business
manager, $25 each; and seven
individual Spring Week commit
te heads, $l5 each. In addition,
(Continued on page eight)
—Dave Pellnitz
Retiring Editor
—Pat Douthett
Carolyn Cunningham
Margie Hopp
Little Man on Campus
"See—l told you we could •get
ci " rtg Arottiii
With all the present discussion going on about some members
of student government receiving compensation, we thought of one
student government leader who is compensated at the rate of $lOO
.1 year. He is the Chairman •of Tribunal. Be can have it.
He has had to listen to More
sad stories than a county judge
handling divorce cases. Some ,of
the stories are just as interesting.
The chairman isn't the only
member of Tribunal wh o is
compensated. They all receive
compensation not as much .
but then . they haven't had to
listen to as many stories.
The boys of the parking fine
collection agency probably appre
ciate best . the non-story teller.
This is the guy who comes in and
says, "I thought I'd try to get
away with parking there. How
much?" His honesty pleases the
board so much that they fine him
only as much as the others.
But no matter how much the
board likes the non-story teller,
the others are far , more inter
esting. There is always the stu
dent who oversleeps. He Over
comes his plight with a solution
born of the mechanical age. He
drives to class—and is -caught.
In recognition of this tale of
woe, the , misdemeanant is ac
corded the full and unqualified
sympathy of Tribunal along
with a monetary fine.
Since there are about 20 lovers
of sleep heard every week, we
have long considered looking into
the possibility of establishing an
alarm clock factory, or at least a
dealership, at the College.
The board has also been con
fronted with the' lad who brings
with him a complete medical his
tory attested to by every doctor
his family has known since his
birth. This is all right. It helps
the board see why he can't or
shouldn't walk to class. But in the
case of some it might be simpler
to get a note from the Health
Service explaining that he might
experience some difficulty in
walking with a broken leg.
Then there is the case of the
student who was brought be
fore Tribunal for going through
a stop sign four times with a
motorcycle. He liked the sen
sation of goiiag over the dip
FRIDAY,. MAY. 8, 1953
Fff RIR
DEO
ates if we just had a car.",
By DICK RAU.
in the road. This kind breaks
up- the monotony.
In every group there are, the
pre-laW majors, not all of them
taking pre-law. They usually do
not deny that they were' parked
illegally,l but would rather talk
about. the legal aspects of setting
up a parking system. The board
listens politely, agrees that the
'system has its inconvenient sit
uations, points out that they are
only enforcing the law instead of
making it, and fines him.
Occasionally an embarrassing
situation arises at 'the weekly
hearings. One such situation in
volved a Tribunal member.. He
had received a ticket. His was
the'. sorriest story of the night.
He couldn't even plead ignor
ance. He also joined the ranks
of the poorer, but penitent.
Now and "then during a. lull in
the proceedings, the old members
of Tribunal discuss days gone by
when there were no assigned
parking areas, but only assigned
spaces scattered about the carri
pus. In those days the number of
.violators •invited before* Tribunal
might have run as high as a dozen
or more a week. Now business is
booming. Tribunal has split .up
into two shifts except for the
more important cases. The Asso
ciated Student Activities fund
has received more money from
fines than ever. before. Every
thing has changed but the comp
' ensation and the tone of, the stor
ies..
Phi Mu Alpha Elects
Black President
George Black; - sixth semester
commerce major, wa s recently
elected - president of Phi _Mu, Al
pha, men's national music honor
ary fraternity.
Other officers 'are Allan May,
vice president; Donald Lambert,
secretary; Neil Andre, treasurer;
Alexander Zerban, warden; -Rob
ert Potter, historian; and 'John
Jenkins,
_alumni secretary..
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