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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Diehl McKalip; Copy editors, Peggy McClain, Jack Reid; Assist
ants, Roy Williams, Mary Laubris, Ron. GatehOuse, Marilyn Ambler. Ad Staff: Ann Shurman, Faye
Goldstein.
A Real Education for the Student Body
in his faculty address earlier this month,
President Milton S. Eisenhower urged both
faculty and administration to continue the edu
cational process outside the classroom. That
many faculty members do not feel this responsi
bility It recently shown when. students in one
school of, the College attempted to hold a
student - 4aculty mixer. /
The mixer was planned to better acquaint
student leaders of the school with the depart
ment heads. Fifteen department heads, mem
bers of :the school student council, and presi
dents of student organizations in the school
were invited.
Of the department heads, only one responded.
None of the other 14 even stopped by to pay
his compliments. Yet all members of the school
council and most of the student organization
presidents attended.
This is perhaps a dynamic illustration of the
theory that education ends in the classroom.
Some department heads probably had good
reason for not attending the affair. It is doubt
ful, however, that 14 were previously engaged.
Granted, most of the students attending were
Town Council Election: Illogical and Illegal
Almost everything about last week's election
ent Town Council members was illogical or
illegal.
The election was unconstitutional. The coun
cil's constitution—adopted only last spring—
clearly outlines the election procedure. It says:
"Nominations for representative shall be by
petition which must be signed by twenty or
more district electors. Petitions shall be sub
mitted to and approved by the AIM Board o'
Governors election committee."
This procedure was not folloWed. No petition
were submitted. In fact, in many cases, no bal
loting was held. In some cases, representatives
were chosen by lot. In other instances, a ward
representative and his alternate were selected
by mutual consent of the few men from the
ward who showed up. In still other cases, only
one, man from a ward appeared. In two wards,
not a single voter appeared at the election
place.
Chester Cherwinski, president of the council,
has said the election had to be held in this
manner. He argued the constitution was too
cumbersome to be followed. He maintains there
would be no Town Council had an attemp
been made to follow the constitution.
But, with the election held as it was, Cher'
still is no Town Council. The constitution wa
disregarded. No council was legally elected.
Eight *ndependent men living in town vote:
in the election. Approximately 2500 men live 1:
town. Of every 11 men who voted, five werc
elected. Since the expense of buying and print
ing the postal cards sent to inform town inde
pendents of the election amounted to over ss'
the election cost,over 62 cents per voter.
Twenty-three hundred men—those who hac:
addresses listed in the temporary student direc
tory who were not eighth semester seniors—
were informed of the oncoming election. Oi
those informed, 2220 did not vote. That is r
majority. •
In view of the indifference of the majority,
Town Council might better dissolve.
What would happen then? One of two things:
Today
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STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Waiters and kitchen help for fraternities
COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE
The companies listed below will conduct interviews I.
campus. Schedule interviews now in 112 Old Main.
SHELL OIL will interview Ph.D. candidates :•in Chem
and Chem. Eng. expecting to receive their degrees in 1954
on Oct. 29-30.
PROVIDENT MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. of PHILA
will interview Jan. graduates in Bus. Ad. and Arts & Let
tars on Oct. 30.
CELANESE CORP. OF AMERICA will interview Jan.
graduates in Ch.E, lE. ME,, Chem., and Labor-Managemeni
Relations on Oct. 30.
WEST PENN POWER CO. will interview Jan. graduates
in EE and ME on Oct. 30.
ELECTRO METALLURGICAL CO. will interview Jan.
graduates in Business Administration, Chem., Phys., Metal.,
Chem. Engr., EE, IE, ME, and MM. prep. Engr. on Nov. 3.
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE will interview Jan. grad
uates in ME on Nov. 3.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
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members of the council, sponsor of theaffair.
Yet, all of them, and other students, did attend
Many professors frequently remind theh
students education is a constant process. They
encourage outside reading and attendance a
panels and discussion programs. Yet, too mans,
of them are unwilling to assume the responsi
bility of taking part in that constant educatior
Some may argue the social hour is not a pal
of educating a student. But the social hot])
perhaps more than any type of formal educatior
is one educational aspect that is invaluable
Students live in groups, not in a laboratory
They must associate and live with people, no
with textbooks. The social hour, then, is a* -
important factor in any education.
If Penn State is to offer a real education .
'students must seek it. Equially important if Penr
State is to offer a real education is a faculty
desire to give a real education. It is not rea
education when the faculty, as in the inciden:
illustrated, does not care, or does not have
time, to meet the student body. And although
this is not true most of the time, it is true all
too often.
Town independents would either miss the coun
cil, or they would not miss the council.
If they would miss the council enough, they
would act to get it back. This would give the
new council the student support it needs to
effectively exist.
If town independents would not miss the
council, it would mean council had served no
ourposes, and had no reason for existence. Its
!isappearance would save a lot of wasted tittle,
'nt of wasted effort, and a lot of wasted money.
—Mike Feinsilber
Worthy Objectives
Fraternities and sororities are giving an in
dication that they recognize their potentialities
as organized groups for pursuing worthwhile
objectives.
Phi Kappa Psi and Chi Omega, in completing
their recent Korean clothing drive, demon
strated they were motivated by more mature
thinking than that ascribed to students who
mutilate hotel rooms on football weekends.
The two groups collected, and packed more
than five tons of blankets, shoes, sweaters and
)ther clothing for destitute survivors of the
:orean conflict. The articles will be sent :to
Imerican Relief for Korea in New York for
hipment to the war-torn country.
Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Aye See Colony
.f Pi Beta Phi, in planning a touch football
ame to draw funds for the Campus Chest,
ave brought to the •campus an innovation
ambined with good purpose.
The transition of hell weeks to help weeks is
.nother indication
• that fraternities are growing
ip. The constructive work done by pledges in
nearby institutions is certain to bring more
favorable comment to social organizations.
Fraternities and sororities, because they are
well organized, should be capable of handling
Projects of an extensive and worthwhile nature.
Perhaps the sentiment of Greek Week is
---in 0: a year-round expression at last.
—Nancy Ward
MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO: will interview Jan:
graduates in Accounting, Bus. Mngt., lE, and. ME on .Nov. 2.
BURROUGHS CORPORATION will interview Jan. grad
uates in Accounting and Business Administration on Nov. 2.
GLENN L. MARTIN CO: 'will interview Jan. graduates
in Aero. E., .CE,"-EE, ME,: M.S. candidates in Aero. E., CE,
EE. and ME who. have 'completed at least one semester, and
Ph.D. candidates: -in Aero. E., CE, EE, and ME expecting
to receive their degrees in 1954 on Nov. 2.
SQUARE D CO. will interview Jan. graduates in EE, lE.
and ME on Nov. 2 and 3.
SHELL OIL- CO: interview Jan. graduates' in Chem.
CE, EE, •1F:,14E.. Mining, and Petroleum - Engineerinir
A.S. 'in Chera.,7.CE. , ' , EE,-ChlE., lE, ME, Mining, and Petrr
ieum Engineering :aii Nov: 2 and 3. •
DUREZ PLASTICS • 44: •'."E`4* GALS, INC. will intervie•
lan. graduates in •ME; Ch.E, BE, and Chem.. Ph.D. cant)
dates in ME. Chem. expecting to receive the'
degrees in 1954, and M.S. candidates in ME, Ch.E., EE, ar
Chem. who have completed at least one semester on Nov.
GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER CO. will intervic-
Jan. B.S. graduates in Chem., Phys., Metal., • ChE, El
Aero.E, Arch.E, CE, lE, ME, on Nov. 5. •
CONTINENTAL OIL.' CO.• will interview Jan. B.S. gran
uates in Petroleum Productien• Engineering on Nov. 5 and
PAUL E. WILLIAMS, ;Ph.D., will interview Jan. B.f'
candidates in Bus. hinge. Eco., Marketing, Pre-Med., Science.
ChE, EE, lE. ME, and Arts' and Letters on Nov. 5.
I-T-E CIRCUIT BREAKER CO.
,will interview Jan. B.S.
graduates in EE and ME on Nov. 5. •
Lollerian editorials represent
tile viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of the
newspaper. Unsigsked editorials
aro by the editor.
der the act et Marcia 3. 1871.
Little an au • Campus
d thing we're going to a Halloween party—Worthal's blind
thinks he's wearing a mask."
Constitution Revision
Danger to Liberties
Seen in Revision
By R. WALLACE BREWSTER
Head of the Department of Political Science
(This is the first in a series of faculty guest columns)
Despite the many persuasive reasons which can be given for
amending our constitution in Pennsylvania, I find it difficult to
agree with those who support the calling of a constitutional conven
tion. There are negative factors which seem to outweigh the possible
gains to be realized from such a
-tep
We, •as a people are now going
through a period of unrest and
self-doubt which •in some quar
ters seems almost to reach hys
terical proportions. The underly
ing principles of what we call the
American way of life, that is the
free way, are being questioned
from many sides. Some of this
opposition comes from -those who
admire the totalitarian philoso
phies of communism and fascism.
Others who are in the opposition
consider themselves to be the en
emies of communism. The totali
tarians fight the free way because
they know that their philosophies
cannot be implemented in a lib
eral society. The zealots attack
the underpinnings of freedom be
cause they actually distrust the
ability of a free democratic so
ciety to remain free on the terms
of its own principles which leads
them, in effect, to advocate the
saving of freedom by destroying
it through erosion.
This distrust of our ancient
principles, as laid down in the
Declaration of In d e pendence
and • in our federal and state
constitutions, has serious impli
cations. It leads to agitation for
the .abolition of constitutional
protectionS against self incrimi
nation, for the control of speech
and press through censorship
and licensing, and for extensive
restrictions upon the, :right of
ssociation an d assemblage.
hose who distrust freedom
Istrust government officials,
eachers, preachers and others
.vho influence opinion. They
Insist that these citizens inust
:arty the taint of subversion un
til they prove themselves to • be
innocent. All this creates a cli
mate of opinion in which the
THE CHUCK WAGON
GRAND 'OPENING!
Bill of Rights is put upon the
defensive.
If we now meddle with the
fundamental law of the Common
wealth through a comprehensive
revision, we run the risk of dam
aging some of the basic consti
tutional provisions upon which
our society rests. Then, too, with
the heightened economic group
Consciousness of various segments
of production, such as industry,
labor and agriculture, a tempta
tion would be created to seize
upon a constitutional convention
as -an opportunity tO write spe
cial favors into the document. It
is doubtful if the advantages to
be secured by a sweeping over
haul of -the constitution could out
weigh these disadvantages. •
It is hard to avoid the feeling
that some of the sentiment, at
least, in favor of a convention -is
more than an inarticulate dis
satisfaction with our politics. We
must keep in mind that some "re
forms" have been put in our con
stitution, such as the one a quar
ter century ago allowing the leg
islature to permit local option
votes on a city manager system
of government, but Which neither
the Republican or Democratic par
ties while in legislative control
have implemented by statute. We
cannot improve our political re
sponsibility merely by changing
clauses in the constitution. -
Even if we fail to call a con
stitutional convention, this does
not necessarily mean stagna
tion, The channel of formal
amendment remains open. Al
though the process is admittedly
rigid- and difficult, there is no
reason why we Pennsylvanians
cannot, for example .separately
amend our constitution to per
(Continued on page five)
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.1953
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