P A Gl:; F(UR Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Col legian .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. DAVE JONES, Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Dick Anglestein; Copy editors, Ann Leh, Bill 011endike; Assist ants, Jeannine Vandeuren, Ann Saylor, Dave Bronstein, Don Shoemaker. Ad staff: Eli Arenberg, Cindy Manarin. A Prominent Visitor: Today is the first time the campus is graced with the presence of a President of the United States. We would like to see it happen more often. The attitude of the student body can be a major factor in deciding whether or not he will return or how often he returns. The students should remember that the President decided to come to State College for relax ' ation. State College as well as the rest of Centre County is a good place to relax. Stu dents can help to keep it that way in the President's mind. He is not coming to the College to make public appearances. Curious crowds, however, can turn a relaxing trip into a situation most nearly representing a public appearance. The man with the most responsible job in - the world is human, despite the ideas pre sented by political cartoonists. He is not a public curiosity, but a man who honestly desires the peace and quiet of private re laxation. We are not trying to discourage interest in our government. To have that interest, par- Compensation System Should Be Studied The dispute over the $l5 compensation for student council presidents proposed in All- College Cabinet's 1953-54 budget has brought the entire question of student , compensation to the fore. All-College officers, class officers, com mittee chairmen, and even committee mem bers are paid out of students funds. The latest proposal—that of compensating council pres idents—was protested, and not because that particular group does' any less work or puts in any less time than .other compensated leaders. Rather, the protest was against the idea of payment where payment is un necessary. The buget includes $l5 for student council presidents. It also includes a similar amount and more for some committee chairmen. We wonder how the salaries are evaluated when considering that a council president's job runs constantly through the year, and a committee chairman's work burden falls within a period of a few weeks or months. Students who -are paid are obviously not always the ones doing the most work. For instance, the Junior Prom committee mem bers last year were paid $lO. The Junior Class Week committee, fully responsible for the week's activities, received nothing. One com mittee was willing to work without money. And there's every reason to believe that the other group would have done the same. It has been argued that compensation will V. Supreme Court Would Hear All Appeals (This is the last in a series of five editorials designed to outline and explain the proposal for a Supreme Court in Penn State's judicial system.) To understand the proposed procedure for the revamped Penn State judicial system, pic ture first a diagram with the Senate committee on student affairs and student governMent on an equal plane at the top, with authority com ing down to the proposed Supreme Court. Under the Supreme Court extends the judicial system with Tribunal and Judicial foremost, and under them the Joint Customs Board, the Freshman Regulations Board, a traffic court, the Interfraternity Council Board of Control, and the Board of Review of the ASsociation of Independent Men. One of the most important points to re member when considering this new plan is that all cases except those of purely routine nature, such as traffic violation, customs violations, and violations of women's fresh man regulations, would be screened through the offices of the dean of men and dean of women. This is an important factor in pro viding for a continuity of procedure so badly needed by the current judicial system. The deans' offices would handle privately all cases of mental and moral nature, but with the right of appeal permitted. All other cases would be directed by the deans to the proper court, depending on the nature of the viola tion, its severity, and the place in which it occurred. Under this setup, the AIM Judicial Board of Review would handle individual and group dormitory regulations, while the IFC Board of Control would concern itself with indi vidual and group fraternity regulations. Tribunal would handle appeals from.the AIM and IFC bodies, appeals from the traffic court, appeals of men from the Joint Customs Board, and violations of All-College regulations. Judi cial would take jurisdiction over appeals of women from the Joint Customs Board, appeals from the Freshman Regulations Board, and violations of women's dormitory regulations. The Supreme Court would hear appeals from the offices of the dean of. men and 01 lizitig Collegian Successor to TEE FREE LANCE, eat. 1887 THE' DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE CCX,IJME. PENNSYLVANIA VINCE DRAYNE, Busineks Mgr. Let Him Relax ticularly with the added stimulus of the head of that government in our presence, is natural and commendable. However, we must not let that interest drive us to making the President uncomfortable. He has the right to walk about the campus and town without a crowd following him just the same as any resident. If he is seen, a simple greeting such as would be given to any respected person will undoubtedly help him feel more at ease. By using the simplest of common courtesy, the students can go a long way toward making the President's Visit a relaxing and happy one. If the President is allowed to relax, he will probably feel more inclined to return to State College. This possibility becomes closer when it is thought that he may be having his farni house near Gettysburg renovated to provide him with a summer White House. If that is the case, he will be spending more time closer to State College than in the past. If students restrain themselves ,now, the chances for having the President with us more often undoubtedly will increase. encourage a higher caliber of leadership. This seems hardly plausible, since' some students don't realize their chairmanships are paid jobs until after they accept them. Most people in activities aren't looking for monetary reward, and would stick with their - extracurricular in terests just as much without it. Those looking for the monetary reward are hardly the leaders wanted. Compensating stu dent leaders could very, well put a monetary value on their positions to the point where they might forget their original goals. Jane Mason, Home Economic Student Council pres ident, posed the question of whether these posi tions would be considered "activities or' em ployment." Activities, obviously, offer many advan- tages other than monetary. The personal satisfaction, contacts, reefrence value, and prestige would certainly be enough to - hold the best people to the biggest jobs regardless of salary. By the time a student reaches a compensated position, he already has held other responsible— non-paying posts. And his accepting further salaried responsibilities was hardly determined by the money 'that goes with them. Student money is going into - the pockets of some leaders without justification. Before it is expanded the compensation system. Should go over the coals until a standard, answerable system is established. women, appeals from Tribunal and Judicial, and cases of a more severe nature' not given to the lower courts. ' These • would include cases of dishonesty, academic abd otherwise, and violations of borough ordinances. The current plan proposed that the Supreme Court be composed of the chairman of Tribunal, chairman of Judicial, chairman of the AIM Board of Review, chairman of the IFC Board of Control, dean of men, dean of women, direc tor of student affairs, and chairman of the Sen ate committee on student affairs; In addition, the dean of the school in which the student Was enrolled and the student's counsel would be present at the Supreme Court sessions,_ but would have no vote. In cases of appeals, the chairman of the body from which the appeal was being made would have no vote, The report of the judicial investigating com mittee is still in the working stage. Undoubtedly some changes will be necessary before the final plan can be put into operation. But from the point of view of all concerned, the Supreme Court idea is needed and desirable. It can be one of the greatest things to hit Penn State in a long time. Gazette ... May 9, 1953 FENCING CLUB, 1 p.m., Rec Hall. May 10, 1953 COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, senior board meeting, 7:30 p.m., 8 Carnegie. COLLEGE HOSPITAL James Beatty, Octavio Cano, Richard Demp ster, Ariana Dickson, John Epler, Jcianne Fra zier, Joseph•• Gower, Benjamin Kreider, Lee Kummer, June Larson, Abing . Sorriatmadja, Ward Wheatall. and Donald Ziegler. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT • Lillian Taylor Camp, Pittsburgh, will interview men and women May 14. • Men wanted for ,waiters. Men wanted for garden and lawn work, 'house cleaning and odd jabs. Collegian editorials repre sent the •viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un signed editorials are •bi the editor. —Dick Rau —Baylee Friedman —Dave Pellnitz Retiring Editor Little Man on Campus Intellectual Reviewer TheCitronellaCircuit With the opening Thursday night of Will Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor," one of his less notable works, we rebelled and decided to hang up our Playbill for awhile and let the younger generation take over. Now that we've got a full time job—copy editor—we've decided to devote our time to copy reading and !writing columns (it says here in tempo medium ital). So we put our dissecting needles back in formaldehyde and made up our minds to see this show, not as the cynical critic, but as the naive playgoer seeking escape and a few hours relaxation. Ha! Reading Ed Reiss' review brought back memories of not too long ago when we sat in the aud ience waiting sadistically for someone to miss a cue or else scrutinizing scenery for cracks and costumes for missing but tons. The part of "Drama Critic" is a fascinating game, a chess match in which the Player knocks himself out in a vain attempt to score, while the Critic sits back non possumus until, the Player is prostrate and then rallies forth like a triumphant ghoul to scream„ "Checkmate, the king is dead!" Actually the reviewer's lot is one of pure martyrdom. It is im possible to please everyone. The critic becomes a scapegoat for both the disillusioned actor whose dreams of stage glory are often shattered and the disappointed audience member who may feel his time and money have been wasted. If one says the play is good he is .patronizing. Dare to criticize it and it's not safe to venture out alone at night. Be Indifferent and you're called stag nant. Players are a. clever bunch. Over in the upper levels of Schwab everyone of any con sequence is referred to by ini tials. 'lts , really quite bohemian and very chic. Mr. Cloetingh is Mr. C. and Mr. Reifsneider is Mr. R. Players' retiring presi dent Fran . Stridinger dubbed us IR—the intellectual review er. To other cast' members of plays we reviewed we were u s u all y more affectionately termed the SOB. After the opening of "Amphi tryon. 38," an ex-Queen • Bee of Players called us up around 8 o'clock the next morning to in form us she didn't like our re view, or us either, as a matter of fact. Then we had to. drag out the old standby and explain how reviews are not written to please anyone in 'particular, especially ex-Queens of Players. Too often newspaper readers jump the throttle and complain that Daily Collegian reviewers suffer from a bad case of "sour grapes." One hackneyed bit of misinformation repeated among victims of t h e critic's ax is "Don't pay any attention to Col legian writers. I hear they tried out for Players and didn't make the grade." A reviewer has no cause for .bitterness. gets to see plays carDAY, MAY 9, - 1953 By Bibler 1 -0 citzeji° tells me someone gratis and can even take: his date to boot. Of course it's sometimes difficult explaining to her why you have to leave in the middle of a show to make a printer's deadline, and if she becomes ab sorbed in the play it might be necessary to drag her out bodily or abandon her. Sometimes we run into a sym pathetic soul who agrees with us—at least partially. One gir told us she lost interest. in Phoenix To o Frequent" and when the- play - bogged down in the middle as we said it did (collapses like a punctured bal loon Mathias, Collegian) she counted the pearls on the 'her oine's dreis and 'got only 372 - instead of the 500 we wrote about in a previous story! And then there •was the great "Lute Song" controversy in which we received the usual poison , pen letters, extortion threats, and even a pat on the back. (although we w ere accused of writing it ourselves under a pseudonym.) We were all perplexed by the play, but a letter from a ?Super Messiah" shed the light -and told us the score. The Collegian editor hadn't received, so much fan mail since Robert (Sealing Wax and Cabbages) Landis wrote 'an' edi torial on religion. Safety Valve had a field day, fraternity men bet on the outcome and every body ldoked forward to the next day's installments like a Captain Video serial. It all started when we saw Elsa Lanchester make a fool of herself in ."Private Music Hall" when we were covering Com munity Forum. We remember dashi n g down the -steps of Schwab at 10:15 to make.a 10:30 deadline. Then the city editor sent us out to the Splinterville Review, which we covered without any savage letters to the editor. Then we learned that when you travel with the crowd you become lostin it and no' one knows you exist, but throw a ' monkey wrench into the works, defy society, and soon everyone is screaming your name. Reviewing is • an intriguing sport, but at the end of the sem ester we find we've got battle fatigue. So we decided to it all up and stick to the movies. But what happens?. The first thing we see is "House of Wax" filmed in the third dimension— ev.en. celluloid • fights back! is slugging the
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