'-•* Fptrr; ‘of ’ Daii/'&lleston Vtte . * Z> . .■ a L U U»p'e^*^,^J n! t^ e e II S^ ol,e /d i tir ! * , !: I .'emuytoama State College. j Sacccsaor to THE PEEK LANCE, est. 188 i are by the editor. Entered as second-class matter Joiy a. 1924 at tko State Cellese, Pa. Post Office am DAVE JONES. Editor STAFF THIS ISStIE: Night editor, Jack Reid; Copy editors, Lee Wheeler, George Bairey; Assistants, Joe Beau Seigneur, Mary Bolich, Inez Althouse, Bill Pete, Marilyn Ambler, Margie Pearce. Ad Staff, Linda Holmes, Enie Wolfgang. , Town Referendum Contrary to Constitution The recent decision of the Town Council legislation, projects, and activities are not con executive committee to conduct new elections trary to or in violation of this constitution." is the only logical and legal avenue open in the This would make -it/ appear that regulation present snavl. The new elections wiii be -con- and laws for the conduct of elections would bo ducted in the procedure mapped out in the in the hands of the Individual councils, not the councn’s constitution. _ elections committee. , However, the stipulation proposed by the In addition, the method of changing election elections committee of the Association of Inde- regulations, as proposed by the elections com pender.t Men to go into effect if iwo-ihirds of miltee, runs contrary to the provision for the wards are not represented at the nomin- amendment in the Town Council constitution, aiions, throws a new light on the matter. This is not to say that the idea of a referendum The decision laid down by the .elections com- is not democratic. Referendums approach the mittee states that a referendum would be con- purest form of democracy. But democracy, as ducted to amend the election procedures in the we understand it, is also a form of government constitution to permit representatives to be based on law, not on men. elected under the situation that existed pre- Therefore, if the amendment procedure is io viously which the elections committee declared be carried on according to law, ihen the council illegal. constilutional provision is the one to be fol- In_ the first place, the present constitution Oi lowed. The constitution provides: "The amend- AIM in Article VI, Section D, paragraph six, menl shall be valid if if has been read at two gives the- election committee the power to con- consecutive Town Council meetings and passed duct council elections. The paragraph states'. . by a two-thirds vote of the total membership "The chairman of the elections committee of the of Town Council." board of governors will, in cooperation with The council constitution, therefore; stipulate,' those duly delegated by the Office of the Dean that a council must be "formed before any of Men, be responsible for the election of rep- amendments can legally be passed. The con resentatives to and officers of the councils.” stitution does not mention a referendum in any This would give the elections committee the way, either prohibiting or permitting one. The authorization to conduct elections. But the constitution does mention what constitutes a method of election is left to the individual coun- valid amendment, thereby precluding any other cils. Article VI, Section B, of the AIM const!- method as illegal. tution provides: The situation is legal, not algebraic. The mul "The councils shall have jurisdiction over all tiplication of negatives does not necessarily legislation, projects, and acfiviiies which per- nroduce a positive fain to their respective area so long as such ‘Who’s Who’ Committee Needs Revision It almost goes withbut saying that the recent choice of students for Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges was, to say the least, faulty. Of 30 seniors picked by the selections committee, several are not qualified to be , honored. Because they were included, several others, deserving the honor, were omitted. Those selected for the publication are in cluded, with outstanding students from insti . tutions all over the nation, in a publication carrying their biographical sketches. Such in clusion carries quite a bit of recognition. Yet if Penn State’s selection is representative, that publication cannot actually contain sketches of the nation’s really outstanding students. ,The Penn State selection committee was a student group, with one member representing each of the nine undergraduate schools. Each member submitted a list of nominations of stu dents in his school. Final selection was made by the entire group. There is no basis to question the honesty ot the selections committee. There is basis, how ever, to question its composition and the pro cedure it used in selection. The committee decided members of cabinet should be included in the list by virtue of their position. This was the primary error because it immediately reduced to nine the number of r IFC .Workshop May Suggest Panaceas Penn State’s fourth annual Interfraternity workshop will get underway tonight. At this time more than 300 fraternity leaders will meet in various houses to discuss, and attempt to find solutions to mutual problems. Ideas will be talked over at forum-type meet ings. If any particular idea is deemed worth while the group will make a recommendation which will be brought up before the IFC for approval. Members of each discussion group will carry back to their chapters new ideas and techniques. These ideas and techniques can be used by individual fraternity members as a guide for the betterment of their own fraternity and the fraternity system as a whole. In this way, fra ternities will keep abreast of the times. Some things accomplished as a- direct result of these workshops are the establishment of the IFC rushing committee, the creation of a re ELECTRICALi ENGINEERING SOCIETY, 7:30 p.m., 219 E.E. GRANGE, regular members, 7 p.m., new mem ber initiation, 8 p.m., 100 Horticulture. NEWMAN CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Catholic Student Center. OMICRON NU, 6:45 p.m, Living Center. WRA MODERN DANCE CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall rhythm room. WRA UPPERCLASS BOWLING CLUB, 7 p.m.. White Hall alleys. COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE The companies listed below will conduct interviews on campus. Schedule interviews now in 112 Old Main. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates in ChE v and ME; M.S. candidates in ChE, and Chem. who have completed at least one semester, and Ph.D. candidates in Chem.. and ChE expecting to receive their degrees in 1951 on Nov. 10 and 11. OHIO BOXBOARD CO. will interview Jan. B.S. grad uates in Bus. Adm., Arts and Letters and IE on Nor. 11« Today Home Economics THE DAILY COLLEGIATE STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA vacancies left. Then too, there is no reason why cabinet members must be considered outstand ing students. Many of them hold one position on campus' and that may be relatively inopera tive compared to the service rendered by stu dents not on cabinet. The composition of- the selections committee was on the basis of undergraduate schools. This pre-supposes that students should be selected in a school category. But activities and other qualities that make a student ouisianding have no regard for school lines. There would be several possible alternatives. One might be to let senior class officers select those to be honored, since all honored are sen iors. But this could lead to embarrassment and bitterness because class officers themselves' are not always outstanding students. A-better plan might be to form a selections committee of students who without doubt will be honored. These might be the All-College president, and presidents of Interschool Council Board, Women’s Student Government Associa tion and the senior class. If this plan is not feasible, then All-College -Cabinet must be burdened with the responsi bility of establishing a selections committee, on approving all nominations. Something must be done to assure Penn State's student leaders of this recognition they deserve. vised fraternity rushing and pledging code, the establishment of Greek Week as an annual event, increased' membership in the fraternity marketing association, annual Christmas parties for children of State College and surrounding areas, gradual transformation ,of “hell weeks” into community “help weeks,” and an improve ment in relations between fraternities and alum ni, other fraternities, independents, sororities, administration and the residents of State Col lege. . In addition to these tangible results, those .who participate in these fraternity workshops have the opportunity to participate in a group experience which will make a definite contri bution to their college training. . The IFC is to be commended for its excellent accomplishments in these workshops in the past. There is every hope that this year’s program will be equally successful. Gazette... ELI LILLY AND CO. will interview Jan. B.S. and B.A. graduates in Chem., lE, ME, ChE, Bus. Adm., Secretarial Science (women), and Bacteriology (women); M.S. and M.A. candidates in Psychology and Chem. who have com pleted at least one semester; and Ph.D. candidates in Organic Chem. and Bio-Chem. expecting to receive their degrees in 1954 on Nov. 11.. They are also interested in Junior Bus. Adm. and Engineering students desiring summer employment for the 1954 season. CIfANCE VOXJGHT AIRCRAFT will interview Jan. grad uates in Acctg., Bus. Adm., and Econ. on Nov. 11. DUPONT will interview Jan. graduates in Acctg., Bus. Adm., and Eco. on Nov. 11. UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORP. will interview Ph.D. candidates in Chem, expecting to receive their de grees in 1954 on Nov. 12 and 13. S. MORGAN SMITH CO. will interview Jan. B.S. grad uates in IE and ME on Nov. 12. MONSANTO CHEMICAL CO. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates in EE, ME, ChE, Commercial Chem., and Chem., M.S. candidates in EE, ME, ChE, Commercial Chem., and Chem., and Ph.D. candidates in EE, ME, ChE, Commercial Chem., and Chem. expecting to receive their degrees in 3 954 on Nov. 17. DEERE AND CO. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates in ME, Ag E, lE, EE, CE, and Commerce students on Nov. 17. CHICAGO BRIDGE AND IRON CO. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates in CE on Nov. 17. I«r the act at March 3. 1879. VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr. —Dick Rau There comes a time in everyone’s • life. when the need arises for I a housecleaning. This is the time. For the past few weeks I have been collecting little gems, none of which are quite worth dwelling on for any length. Probably the most .frequently discussed topic last weekend was the weather. The arrival of snow surprised almost the whole Fast coast. State College, I believe, was the lone exception. Weather is almost a tradition here. For the information of the freshmen, State- College usually has only one snowfall a year.' It starts in November and ends in April. The snowfall last year ended about half-past April. That was also a big weekend. State College weather on big week ends is also fast becoming a tra dition The snow /had another aspect. It reduced me to the physical labor of putting chains on the car —before breakfast yet! I had the choice of walking into town for breakfast or putting chains on the car. After viewing the drifts, I decided that wrestling with the chains was the lesser of two rather obnoxious evils. Since then I have changed my mind. Car chains were probably de signed by buggy-whip manu facturers to wreak vengeance on those souls who deserted the horse for a slightly more convenient mode of transporta tion. Speaking of automobiles re minds me of a little incident that took place Oct. 28. My car battery, after having served reasonably well for nearly four years, is showing signs of giving up. Those signs became acute on the night of Oct. 28 when pressing the start er button produced one half starved groan followed by a series of rather dull clicks under the hood. —Jack Reid The situation w;as grim, par ticularly considering that the Hort Woods parking lot is devoid of the hills necessary to start without a battery. Then one 'of those rare individuals identified with the almost extinct race known as gentlemen and scholars came forward. He was parked in the car next to mine with a young lady. His proffered hand of as sistance was gratefully received. For someone to pause in such endeavors to aid one's fellow man in distress truly exhibits evidence of a gentleman and a scholar. ■ Getting on to other fields, I. _an across a couple of safe driving slogans in periodicals other than Froth. One was a plea from a it tie Man on Campus 2fv T&sts- °" W us "i knonir you made a Son Jth' blue book—but you just look like a 1 siude.ni." 'lancing Olround ~————————— ~At Oddi ctnd ddndd Stale College did have a good summer though. It didn't snow once. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER ,11, 1953 Ey DICK RAU soldier to his mother: “Please drive carefully. The life you save may be : my replacement.” Another plea for safety was heard from a southern news paper. It seems that subscribers are hard to get, and the paper wants to conserve the few it has. The paper also, cited the dif ficulty in delivering to eternal addresses. My ego was swelled all out of proportion the other week. Tt seems that I have a reader. He forwarded a pack of matches obtained from a cigarette ma chine [ in the Pollock Union Building. The advertising sage should be of interest to all enrolled here: "YOU CAN GET A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCA TION AT HOME." ' ' All this and college too. Getting back to the activity of last weekend, there was one item that really caught my eye. Listed with all the goodies to be awarded to the Junior Prom Queen, there was one item tagged, “stole from Schlow’s.” This little item brought all sorts of pictures to my mind. I finally decided that how- they got it was their business, but at least they could be grammatical about it. . ' . Tying up this little bundle of odds and ends, there is one more gem to be included in the col lection. A couple weeks ago, a professor discussing labor prob lems tried to say “threatened strike” and came out instead with “sreatened thrike.” When one ‘or two students snickered, he philo sophically reasoned that after all it was 9 a.m. Monday. He was right. Half the students hadn’t noticed anything out of the or dinary. Fraternity Urges Hitch-Hiking Ban The national president of Phi Sigma Delta urged that hitch-hik ing as part of the pledge program be prohibited in a recent letter to President Milton S. Eisenhower. A resolution passed by the fra ternity, at its national convention prohibits hitch-hiking on pledge trips;' //'-; ;■ Laurence J. Sobel, president of the fraternity, suggested in the letter that the resolution be sug gested to fraternities at the Col lege. Bv BiM _ ■ {
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