G E f;C:UR • . . . 1 . - i - collegian editorisin• represent i I r all b a i rm ed ortfi . IV a ilell= i tsfra t t -al t p Batty. qr. a ti rgtati ' --the viewpoint of the writers, 1 the College year by Ms ate( . -- n`ot necessarily the policy of the 1 of The Daily Collegian of . tho . . . ' 7..iieWepaper. Unsigned editorials Pennsylvania Stab Catlett*. Siceessor to THE FREE LANCE . /est . -iBll7 are bk the editor. t . _ Entered so second-dem matter Jahr 74 1934 at the State Celle9e, Pa. ';;Pesi -- tlffiee limiter • the act of March - .9.• 1879. DAVE JONES. Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Betty Koster; Copy editors: Al Goodman, Baylee Friedman; As sistants, Jim Jacoby; Joan. Park, Bill Pete,.Robert Hertz. Ad• 'staff: Est.ell6';i:Caplan, Cindy Manarin, Sandy Duckman. Military Ball and Big Weekend;; Statu s Approval from the Senate dommittee -on stu dent affairs for imports to live ' in fraternity houses is all that stands' between Military Bali . • and its classification as a big weekend. - Big weekend is generally thought of by stu dents as'a weekend when a dance has late hours, coeds have special late permissions, imports are living in approved fraternity houseS and house parties are underway. The Senate committee has already granted late hours for the dance. Women's Student Government Association has approved special coed permissions, Fraternities are planning house parties. It seems a safe bet, then, that the Senate committee will soon come through with permission for imports' to live in approved fraternity houses. Mil Ball's classification comes as a disappoint ment to some, but is welcomed by most. Some student groups have been promoting their dance weekends as possible big weekends. But a look Fraternity Open House: A Clearer Look Tomorrow Penn State fraternities will hold open house as the second part of the Inter fraternity Council fall rushing program. To many independent men, this will be the first opportunity to see fraternities as they really are. To many, the subject of fraternities has been something heard from roommates and the men down the hall, or read about in th Daily Collegian. Students sometimes have vague and ill founded ideas about fraternities before arriving on campus. Purpose of tomorrow's open houses is to give independent men a clearer conception of fraternity life and an understanding of what fraternities have to offer. ' The question is often asked, "Why join a fra ternity?" There are many answers to this ques tion. College life is not merely a corridor through which we pass to the business world lying beyond. It is life itself, often at its very best. College is not merely preparation for life, it is part of that life. Fraternity experience often helps make it so. One of the prime goals for coming to College is learning how to get along with others. There is perhaps no better way to learn this than by living in the atmosphere of a College fraternity. One of the most common misconceptions about fraternities is that the ,cost is too high for the average student. Statistics compiled by the IFC workshop in 1950 disprove this idea. These sta tistics prove there is .a fraternity at Penn Sta+; within the means of almost every man. An Explanation of the New Traffic Court Many 'students, who normally do not know what is going on about campus, were wondering last week dust what the new student Traffic Court is. The court went into operation last week, fining 15 students for traffic violations. The long-needed Traffic Court is the first step in what could be a revolution in student discipline procedure. A need for the court be came evident last year when Tribunal fre quently sat for two nights to hear only traffic cases. Rather than let Tribunal remain a traffic court, student government set up . the new court to handle the situation. The new Traffic Court is distinctly separate from. Tribunal, which hears discipline cases. Tribunal hears appeal§ from the court. Students who do not wish to contest their traffic tickets ALPHA EPSILON DELTA, initiation of. new members, 8 p.m., Alpha Epsiloin,-Pi. • Monday INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ON GOV ERNMENT, Dr. Joseph F. O'Brien on "Parlia mentary Maneuver in Politics," 7 p.m., 108 Willard. WRA .BRIDGE CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall Play room. WRA FROSH BOWLING CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall Alleys. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Mechanical or Industrial Engineer to work he- tween 6 and 10 hours a week. - Waiters or kitchen help for fraternfties COLLEGE HOSPITAL Richard Carson, Geraldine D'Alici; Stuart Itz kovitz, Virginio Juan, Ralph Kudart, William Lennarz, James H. McNamara, Edward Ritter, Peter Schoderbek, Alexis Silkrin and Doris Wenger. COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE The companies listed below will conduct interviews on campus. Schedule interviews now in 112 Old Main. ELECTRO METALLURGICAL CO. will interview Jan.. graduates in Business Administration, Chem., Phys., Metal., Chem. Engr., EE, IE, ME, and Min. prep. Engr. on Nov. 3. WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE will interview Jan: grad uates in ME on Nov. 3. 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.oa Nor. 8. UMMOI THE DAILY ,C_OLLY,'MA N srA C-131,1LEUE iNS YL V Afti at the Mil Ball situation will illustrate the logic of making it one of . Penn State's four big social events. The Mil .Ball has been 'the most rapid grOwing dance on campus. Three years ago it was a routine_ affair and ROTC students' were de pended upon'to insure adequate ticket sales. Last year, however, Mil Ball was one of ,the best dances - of the: College year. The addition of a name band brought the ball into its own. Ticket sales are limited by number, one reason for the dance's popularity. Although the dance is sponiored by the three campus ,ROTC units, it is open to all students. Attendance runs close to 2000. Aside from three other dances already classified as big weekends, other campus dances usually draw about 1000. Senate action to allow imports,in approved fraternities now must logically ollow. If it does, the Military Ball will have gained the distinction it deserves: classification as one of Penn State's four big weekends. However, the benefits of fraternity life ban not be measured only financially, for there are many other, values which conrtibute to the de velopment and formation of character. Fraternities are a home away from home. After graduation, they are a place to return •and again enjoy college friendships. It is up to each man to decide for himself whether fraternity life can benefit 'him. If each man attends the open houses tomorrow with an open mind he will gain a better understanding of what fraternity life can mean to him. He may then decide, on the basis of first-hand in cormation, if fraternity life is the life he wants. —Jack Reid On Powder Bowls Penn State coeds—well known for their ath letic invade Beaver Field this morning to engage in a feminine fray of touch football. Both teams, fielded by Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Aye Sees Colony of Pi Beta Phi will be in there fighting for dear or Campus Chest. For the past several weeks, both teams have been preparing for the struggle. Beaver Field, we understand, is unprepared. The Associated Press is also unprepared—no predictions of the outcome have been made. But dear ol' Campus Chest has been waiting for this day with eager anticipation, as have the referees and coaches. This will be no ordinary-football game. may pay them at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Under the new court set-up, first traffic of fense fines will be $1 and second offense fines $4. Third.offenses may result in the student's car .)eirig sent home. Coeds will not be under the )lan, but will be disciplined by Judicial. The fining system was a recommendation of this year's Student Encampment. The proposal net some opposition from students who felt the second and third offense!penalties too steep. it was aptly pointed, out, however, that traffic regulations were nor- made for student 'con venience. Out of the Student Encampment came several other proposals for reorganization of the student disciplinary. procedure. Two proposals for a more standardized pi ocess will be presented to All-College Cabinet in the near future. Gazette... GLENN L. MARTIN 'CO. will interview Jan. graduates in Aero. E., CE, EE, ME,: M.S. candidates in Aero. E., CE, RE. 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. SQUARR.D.CO. will interview Jan. graduates in EE, lE. and ME on" Nor. 2 and 3. SHELL OIL CO. will interview Jan. graduates in Chem., CE, EE; Ch. E.. IE, ME, Mining, and Petroleum Engineering; M.S. in;-,Ch . em., ,CE, ER, Ch.E., IE, ME, Mining, and Petro leum Engi neering on' Nov. 2 and 3. DUREZ PLASTICS. &• Gr-TEWCALS, INC. will interview Jan. graduates in ME, Ch.E, BE, and Chem., Ph.D. candi dates in ME, Ch.E., RE, do :Chem. expecting to receive their degrees in 1954, and M.S.'earididates in ME,'Ch.E., ER, and Chem. who have completeiriit :least one semester on Nov. 2. GOODYEAR TIRE• AND RUBBER co. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates- in Chem., Phys., Metal., ChE, RE. Aero.E, Arch.E, CE. 'IE, ME, on Nov. 5. CONTINENTAL OIL CO.. will interview Jan. B.S. grad uates in Petroleum Production -Engineering on Nov. 5 and 6. PAUL E. WILLIAMS. , will interview Jan. B.S. candidates in Bus. Mnge., '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::oru'Nov. 5. ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates in Metal., IE, ME, CE. and ER on Nov. 4. NEW JERSEY ZINC GOI Will interview 'Jan. 8.8. grad uates in CE, EE, ME, Mining .E., and' Metal., plus a.' few outstanding geologists: M.S. .candidates in' Chem., Metal., Min.. Prep., and Ch.E. who - have completed at leait one semester: and Ph.D.• carididate9 in Chem., 'Metal. Min. Prep., and Ch.E. expecting . to receive their .degrees" in 1954 on Nov. 4. MANUFACTURERS LIGHT AND HEAT CO. :Will inter-, view Jan.. B.S. graduates in ME, EE, CE, ChE, P.N.G.; and' Home Ec. on Nov. -4. GENERAL ELECTRIC LABS. will interview Ph.D. can didates in Client., Metal., Phys., EE, ChE, and ME expecting to receive their degrees in 1954, on N0v..4. . • WAGNER ELECTRIC CORPORATION will interview Jan. B.S, .graduates in ME and EE-on Nov. 9. .ViWCE DRRYNE. BUSirIOU Mgr. stitution I don't feel, personally, that it is nearly as bad as some critics would have us believe. There are; many features of it that have worked well through the years. It is an exaggeration to picture it as an old worn-out jalopy which is on the verge of collapsing from age. Some persons, for example, ridicule it because of a orovision against dueling; but such an out moded feature is no more • a de fect of the document than is the provision in the national consti tution concerning the escape of slaves from one state to another. —Dick Rau There is no denying, however, that the Pennsylvania constitu tion needs some changes. Its fundamental weakness is its de tail and inflexibility. Part of the strength of the United States constitution has been a flexibility which has permitted it to become adjusted, largely by means of interpretation by the courts, to the changing times. The Pennsylvania consti tution, it, is fair to say, tends in some parts to be a collection of precise laws rather than a basic guide for the governing of the state. The prohibition against the state's going into debt more than Isl million without a vote of the Ipeople is an example of excessive inflexibility. This limit was es tablished in 1873 when $1 million !was a lot of money. Some limit is desirable, but as this one re mained frozen in the constitution through a period of 80 years, the borrowing capacity of the state has in reality been drastically re duced. Other undesirable rigidities in the constitution concern local government. In a democracy, a considerable amount of "home rule" in ,local areas makes sense. It seems to me, for example, that if most. of the citizens, say, Al toona or Uniontown want the city manager form of government in their city, they should be able to get it. But the constitution does not now give them. the opportun- . ity to choose the . kind of govern- ment they prefer. Nothing is to be gained here by enumerating: a long list of suggested improvements ; in the constitution. One example: of a need is a new provision' that will bring about a redistricting of the state„after each census. The constitution' now requires that each district sending a sen ator to Harrisburg must have the same population as other such districts. No adjustMents in senatorial district lines have been made, however, since the early ..1920'5. One • district, ' as - a ttle Man ®n Campus Constitut;on Revision nflexibility For Revision By M. NELSON McGEARY Professor of Political Science (This is the second in a series _of faculty guest columns) Pennsylvania does not have what could be called .a model con- SAT u EDAY, • OCTOBER 31, 1953 By Bibler Calls result, now contains more than five times as many people as -a neighboring district. The con stitution should provide for periodic redistricting in the event the legislature fails to act. Perhaps the most controversial question of all concerns the con stitution's provision which has bpeen interpreted to ban a state graduated tax. A large proportion of tax , experts agree that a grad uated income tax is one of the fairer taxes. The wisdom of a flat constitutional prohibition against such' a tax - is questionable, al though the people twice have re jected proposed amendments to permit the tax: Granted that some changes in our constitution are desirable, the question of the strategy for obtaining them becdmes impor tant. adual improvement by individual amendments frankly appeals to me. It is slow and of ten discouraging. But progress is made. The Pennsylvania consti tution is not as difficult to amend as iscthe national constitution, and as a result .we have been able to make 53 changes in 80 years, many of them advantageous. In cidentally, the people are voting on f our more amendments at Tuesday's election; all four de serve approval. If is my candid prediction that, assuming `the voters on Tuesday approve the calling of a constitutional convention (which is at least doubtful), the new - constitution which is writ-. • ten will be rejected by the vot ers. If the really needed changes are proposed by the conven tion, , almost every one of them will in -some way disturb the status quo and will draw fire from some segment of the state's population. The proba bility of the opposition's "gang ing up" against the new con stitution is clear. Based on ex perience in other states, the . way to get a' new constitution is first to have a citizenship widely aroused as to the need for change. We in Pennsylvania do not at •present seem to have this necessary ingredient. Sup port for revision seems either sporadic or relatively unenthus iastic. . In spite of what 'I have said, the only way to vote Tuesday on (Continued on. page- five)
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