PAGE FOUR OIb F Sailit Cftl tvrtmti 3tsa uo jzssss xra h a ' P / P tSe Ji t n or CT,e *' edito^i, ‘ ,, Entered ag toeand-dto, natter Jaly &. I9tt at tin State coileze. Pa. Peat Office under tie act of March 1, 1879. DAVE JONES. Editor ! - ,a,, M^- non « y; . C!t J., Ed ~ Ch o Uck „ Asst. Bos. Mgr., Mark Christ; Local Advertising Mgr.. «wS« 4 . an iS-V Sk^ y y » Mathias, s g o *J* Sara J pro “ Robert Carruthers; National Adv. Mgr,* Shirley Muss rave; S£} *■«* ’ L, ' n Go »“ ra » n : Ed., Bill Jost; ■ Circnlation Mgr.,- Frank Crossman; Promotion Mfrr., Rath y," ?f 0 £ e n rocd « r; * f d ” il x Newell; Asst. Israel; Personnel Mgr., Patience Ungethnem; Office Mgr., aporte Ed.. D.ck McDowell; Asst. Sot Ed, Gas Vollmer; Gail Shaver: Classified Adv. Mer.. Jean Geiger; Sec., Carol feature Ed., Nancy Meyers; Exchange Ed., Lorraine Giadus: "Schwing; Research and Records Mer.. Francis Crawford, i.abrartan, Ai Goodman; Senior Board* Jack Reid* STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Marcie MacDonald; Copy editors, Ed Reiss, Peggy McClain; As sistants, Dick Anglestein, Nancy Gray, Gay Snodgrass, Ron Gatehouse. Panhel Presidency: Crazy, Man, Crazy! Panhelienic Council is now considering a The rotation process has been defended as modification in its method of choosing a pres- more fair. The process may be mathematically ident. The best modification Panhel could make proporiionale.but it is not fair. It is not fair for . .. , . ... . , .. . .. the best qualified candidate to be forced to the m present system is its complete elimination. sidelines merely because it is not her sorority's The presidential rotation clause now in effect turn for the presidency. It is not fair that a provides that the office must pass from one president be picked from a greatly restricted sorority to the next, in order of chapter found- number of coeds, none of which may be of real ing on campus. The modification would require presidential calibre. And it is not fair to govern a screening board for the Panhel vice presi- sorority women with an undemocratic system in dent, and would allow a sorority to have its a University and nation where democracy should turn at the presidency a year late if it had no be the watchword. one able to assume presidency in the designated Panhelienic Council’s only expressed defense year. ... has been that the system is democratic because The modifications are good ones. But the it was legally enacted by the council in demo real modification is being overlooked, or pur- cratic procedures. This defense is no ‘ defense, posely ignored. And that is a representative or Because a legislative body enacts a law does general election of the Panhel president. not mean it is democratic or desirable. It merely , There can be only one reason for the rota- means the law was legislated in a democratic tional policy: to keep one sorority from getting manner. The law itself may be completely un ahead of another. True, there are by-products democratic. of such a system. This might be elimination of That is the situation here. Panhel has, by cooperative processes to put a few sororities in democratic process, instituted an undemocratic, the presidency year after -year, or similar ac- and unwise, regulation. There is no “election” tions. But what price this prevention? of a president. There is merely a “selection.” As long as we have democracy, we will have The president of Panhel must logically be elected attempts to control segments of the govern- on the basis of qualifications, and not on the ment. A democratic state is characteristically basis of whose turn comes next, a competitive state. Much emphasis is placed on Panhel's present process is much like the rising above the other person. Attempts at com- . hereditary succession of kings, or the case of plete equalization, and possible reduction to a children who play follow the leader. The only level of mediocrity, are characteristic of so- trouble here is that in.playing follow the leader, cialism. there may be no real leader to follow. Committee Heads: A Selection System Student government embraces several thou sand undergraduates. As a democratic system, it should be open to every qualified student who wants to participate. But when appoint ments are passed out—from WSGA committees to All-College Cabinet—an unhappy, though expedient, rut seems to prevail. The same few persons seem to get almost all the jobs. There are reasons for this, of course. Persons appointed to important committees are those who have proved themselves in previous com mittee work—usually. Often, however, students get committee appointments because of interest they've shown and people ihey know. The result: a rut involving the same people, same ideas, same methods, time and again. Aside from general stagnancy, such a system serves to kill the interest of many would-be good workers. The person with ability but with out contacts has less chance of student govern ment participation than the person with con tacts and without ability. We propose a new system—a system wherein persons interested in committee appointments, especially chairmanships, could formally apply for those positions and be selected for them by democratic process. What would this new plan do? Primarily, it would inform the students that student govern ment participation can be open to them. The only requirements would be interest and apti tude. A selections board, no matter how im partial, would not be free from bias; it cannot be expected to be. However, the initial step would begin with the student. And although he Today DELTA SIGMA PI, business meeting, 7:30 p.m., Kappa Sigma. INFIRMARY Sidney Brindley, Monroe Frey, Leo Henry, Daniel Light, Barbara Lordly, Myrtle Mason, Surendra Mathur, Fred Montanari, Michael Moyle, George Olmstead, Robert Rohland, Bruce, Spengler, William Stiffler, Alice Thornton, David Wedekind. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Graduate student in EE wanted for part-time laboratory work. The following camps will interview prospective counselors. Students may sign up at the Stu dent Employment Service: Ken-Mont and Ken-Wood—Feb. 12; Delwood—Feb. 17: Bar ree—Feb. 24; Trail’s End—Feb. 27; Hiram House—March 2; Abington YMCA—March 16. PLACEMENT SERVICE WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. (Research Labs. & Atomic Power Div.) representatives will interview Ph.D. candidates in Chem., Math., Metal, Phys., ChE, ME & EE expectins to receive their degrees in 1954: and M.S. candidates in the above fields who have completed at least one semester* on Feb. 19. E. 1. DUPONT will visit the campus to interview grad uating seniors in Chem., Comm. Chem., Phys., Science, ChE, EE, lE, ME, and Mining Engr. on Feb. 22, 23, 24. EASTMAN KODAK CO. will interview graduating seniors and M.S. candidates who have completed at least one semester in Bus. Adm., Acctg., Bus. Mngt., Eco., Finance, Trade & Transportation, Chem., Phys., Science. Math..' ChE, EE, lE, ME on Feb. 22 and 23. FEDERAL AGENCY ENGAGED IN NATIONAL SECURITY WORK will interview graduating seniors in Bus. Adm., A&L *<Eco., History, Pol. Science), Languages <not Ro- mance), Geography, and Secretarial Science on Feb. 22 and 23. BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. will interview graduating seniors in ME, CE, ChE, EE. lE, Mining Engr.. Metal. Ceramics, and a few students in Purchasing, Acctg., Finance and Industrial & Public Relations on Feb. 22 and 24. Sneeeasor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. 18*1 may not get the position originally applied for, he has displayed interest—an interest, which, under the present set-up, could remain unknown to the few VlP’s frantically seeking sincere workers. Opening the field of committee activity to more persons automatically would open it to more ideas—and more energy. A student leader with an average class schedule, plus two or three committee jobs, no matter how qualified or enthusiastic, cannot be expected to turn out novel ideas and boundless energy with each job. As a result, the people working under him in various jobs get overloaded, the committee work becomes a chore, and he gets mononeucleosis. A new system bringing in new people, and new viewpoints, would be as much a boon to the student leader as the man without contacts. How a student leader gets to be a Student Leader is another factor that might be altered with a application system. Patronage—the al locating of chairmanships to friends and ac quaintances of organization heads—would be, or should be, definitely limited when more people are brought into the committee sphere. One more point. Student leaders with more than one cabinet appointment are in the posi tion of receiving money from more than one compensated job. Too many students are inter ested and qualified to allow for the status quo, where there are no limitations on how many compensated jobs a student may hold. Applications for chairmanships, therefore, would open student government to more stu dents, more ideas, and more democratic action. • —Baylee Friedman Gazette ... CLEVITE CORP. (Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. and Brush Electronics Co.) will interview graduating seniors in Acctg., Bus. Mngt., Chem., Phys., Metal., ChE, EE, lE. and ME on Feb. 22. WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY (Industrial Products and Air Brake Divisions) will interview grad uating seniors in ME and a few outstanding EE on Feb. 22. GENERAL RAILWAY SIGNAL CO. will interview grad uating seniors in EE, lE, ME on Feb. 23. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. will interview grad uating seniors in Bus. Adm. and Liberal Arts on Feb. 23. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP. will interview graduating seniors in Bus. Adm., Liberal Arts and Education on Feb. 23. AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING CO. will interview grad uating seniors in ME, lE, Chem., Engr., Acctg., and A&L on Feb. 23. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. will interview graduating seniors in P.N.G., and Mining Engr. on Feb. 22. PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO. (paint div.) will inter view graduating seniors ,in Chem.,. Commercial Chem., Bus. Mngt., ME, ChE; M.S. candidates who have com pleted at least one semester in Chem. and Chem. Engr.; and Ph.D. candidates expecting to receive their degrees in 1954 in Chem. and ChE, on Feb. 23. NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC. (Downey, Calif.) will interview graduating seniors in Phys., EE, ME, CE, Aero. Engr., and General Engr.; M.S. candidates in the above fields who have completed at least one semester; and Ph.D. candidates in the above fields expecting to receive their degrees in 1954 on Feb. 24 and 25. AMERICAN STORES CO. will interview graduating seniors in ME, CE, EE on Feb. 24. CIIAS. PFIZER & CO., INC. will interview graduating seniors in Chem. (Analytical), ChE, and IE; and M.S. candidates in the above fields who have completed at least one semester on Feb. 24. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC. will interview grad uating seniors in Fuel Tech., ME., and ChE on Feb. 24. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO. will interview graduating seniors in Phys.. Aero Eng., EE, and ME on Feb. 24. WEIRTON STEEL CO. will interview graduating seniors in Metal, and ChE on Feb. 24. WAGNER ELECTRIC CORP. will interview graduating seniors in ME and EE on Feb. 24. ALLIS-CHALMERS will interview graduating seniors in EE, lE. & ME on Feb. 25. MONSANTO CO. will interview graduating seniors in. Chem., ChE, EE, MR oa Feb. 25* THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr. Little Man on Campus "Well, they don't wear hearing aids in my classes, and they insist on sitting at the back of the room." Interpreting the News Pitfalls Described In Indochina Defense Secretary Wilson is much more optimistic' about the possibilities of a French military victory in Indochina than a lot of Americans and Frenchmen who have studied the situation there. That does not mean that he and President Eisenhower are wrong in clinging to the hope that the matter can be fought out, either on 'the ground or at the conference table, without getting American ; troops involved. For one thing, no matter how the dice fall, there will always remain the possibility that American troops, by bringing direct intervention from Red China, would defeat their own purpose. For another thing, Indochina is not Korea. It represents a highly important strategic matter, but many of the elements of principle which took the Western Allies in to Korea are not present. The Indochinese rebellion, orig inally a domestic affair, now has become of international impor tance because it has been taken over by the Communists.' It does not represent nearly so clearly as Korea did a direct attack, spon sored by aggressor nations. Nor are the states of Indochina direct offspring of the United Nations as is South Korea. Also, direct American inter r vention in Indochina would be judged in Asia as support for a colonial system which, no mat ter how the French seek lo re vise and rectify it, is bitterly resented throughout the area. All these things bear bn whe ther the United States could' or would send troops if the French seem about to fail. Whether the billion dollar an nual aid now being given- the French war effort will bring mili tary victory, however, is another matter, For seven years the French have not quite held their own against the Vietminh forces. But they do still hold the major objectives which the Communists must have to win the war. Those are the major food areas, especially the Red River Delta. Bui io win ihe war the French must drive the Communists out and close ihe China border. Thai is a large order in an area where a large pari of ihe popu lation supports ihe rebels. Some observers even stale that a ma jority of ihe people are more anii-French than anti-Commun is!. This has not greatly affected ihe Vietnamese army, in which soldiers follow their leaders as soldiers usually do. Bui it is re flected in defections among mil itia and irregular forces. Many American observers re main highly critical of French military tactics too, despite re- By J, M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Press News Analyst cent improvements. Correspon dents and military men alike, on the scene, doubt the ultimate re sult. This, coupled with French censorship and restrictions on American military observers at the fronts, has resulted in cleav age between the French and American allies as well as be tween the French and the people they are trying to protect from the Communists. . Wilson's remarks come, too, at. a. time when the military The Pennsylvania loyalty oath has again been declared constitu tional. The State Supreme Court passed down this decision in a case in volving a Philadelphia nurse, the Associated Press reported yester day. The nurse, Marie S. Fitzgerald, was fired in April, 1952 for refusal to take the oath. She appealed in vain to the Civil Service Com mission. Then she filed suit in the court of Common Pleas. The oath was upheld. The case was brought before the Supreme Court. It upheld the decision again. Miss Fitzgerald had maintained loyalty oath is an infringe ment of the rights of free speech and peaceable assembly, free com munication of thoughts and opin ions and freedom from interfer ence with the rights of conscience. In the court’s opinion, Chief Justice Horace Stern wrote: “Certainly the constitutional rights thus asserted ... do hot extend to freedom to meet with others knowingly and deliberately, for the discussion of plans to over throw the government by force or violence.” Tonight on WDFM 7:25 Sign on 7:30 Marquee Memories 8:00 . Record Prevue 8:15 . Just for Two 0:00 Semi-pops 9:15 Campus News 9:30 Dance Party 10:50 Sign of£ FRIDAY: FEBRUARY-]2. 1954 By Bible* ’**' *«•& -S"* (Continued on page five) Loyalty Oath Again Upheld By High Court 91.1 MEGACYCLES
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