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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-
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us
"i knonir you made a Son Jth' blue book—but you just look like
a 1 siude.ni."
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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.
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