PAGE FOUR enisiishon ifeeagay tiliresigh Eat- ,:oilegian editorials rePreseal 1 t a b r e e . 7 .= 7 , o e rst ro tea r IlaVne b ;:rre da ttwe s ri ta n t l a, it r an ' 'II Battg entirgt ice viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the ; of The Daily Collegian of the newspaper Unsigned editorials 1 V'eorterleitoio Stew Voirorottei Seeteasar ea THE MEE LANCE, eat. UM err br the editor. Eattrs4 as wreaud-rJass matter DAVE JONES. Ediformr STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Roger Beidier; Copy editors, Tammie Bloom, Ed Reiss; Assistants, Peggy Leas, Vera Wingert, Stan Frolic, Dave Bronstein, Marge Blank, Sue Coo Kim. Ad staff, Vince Tempone. Political Party Defiance: A Wise Move? Tuesday morning quarterbacking indicates two campus political parties have made an ill advised move in publicly defying the All-Uni versity elections committee. L•nst week the elections committee incorpor ated in the spring elections code a provision for the r4tation of All-University offices be tween independent and fraternity students. In so doing, the committee felt it was merely codi fying what has for years been an unwritten gentlemen's agreement between campus parties. Both parties, however, attacked the committee as acting beyond its jurisdiction. Both parties have denounced the committee for meddling in internal party affairs, and both have refused to obey the decision. The com mittee action cannot become official unless All- University Cabinet approves it within the elec tions code Thursday night. It was a natural reaction for the parties to balk at this regulation. But was the reaction a wise one? The parties can only retain freedom they already have, but they could lose much prestige. A wiser decision, it seems, would have been for both parties to appeal privately to the elections committee in attempts to solve the matter. If this failed, the parties might then reasonably defy the committee publicly, or on the floor of cabinet. Both parties have now shown their hands, and opposition to the party stand may form. Had the parties kept this discontent silent, they may have been able to enlist enough power on the cabinet floor to strike down the regulation. The parties have said they will not obey the committee ruling, but that they will obey cab I® Elections Committee: The Past (The first of three editorials on relations between the All-University elections com- mittee and campus politics.) With spring elections about six weeks away, it seems a good time to review past experiences with election procedures and determine if these procedures worked properly. Past elections have been devoid of campaign excitement. Candidates have not been willing to attack the opposition. While this may lead to a better Penn State by eliminating bad blood from the campaigns—it has not necessarily led to better student government. The elections committee, by its control of elections, has eliminated chances for such com petition to exist. Platforms are meaningless be cause the elections committee makes them so. The elections committee has repeatedly with held planks which are not feasible. Because of this, little has been added to the development of new projects by student govern ment. If a party adopts an unfeasible plank, it should be the duty of the opposition party to charge that plank is unfeasible, and possibly make a counter-proposal. If .the opposition party failed to do this, it would discredit itself. In other words, such a system would keep parties on their toes and eliminate unrealistic planks. The party should endorse its platforms at the meeting of the party. The elections committee should not have total power over what the party says in the platform, as it now has. The elections committee, by establishing unfair campaign practices in the elections code, has gone far in Today ACCOUNTING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity ALL-UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, 7 p.m., 103 Willard AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL EN GINEERS, 7:30 p.m., 105 Mechanical En gineering ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY MEETING, 7:30 p.m., Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity BELLES LETTRES CLUB, 7 p.m., North West Lounge, Atherton CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 6:45 p.m., 304 Old Main COLLEGIAN AD STAFF MEETING, 7 p.m., 102 Willard COLLEGIAN AD STAFF CANDIDATES, 6:30 p.m., 102 Willard COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF MEETING, 6:45 p.m., Business Office, Carnegie COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF MEET ING, 6:30 p.m., Business Office, Carnegie COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL CANDIDATES MEETING; 7 p.m., 111 Carnegie DE MOLAY CLUB, 7 p.m., Alpha Zeta fraternity HOME ECONOMICS CLUB, 6:30 p.m., 105 White Hall PENN STATE CLUB MEETING, 7 p.m., 411 Old Main INFIRMARY Audrey Arbuckle, Terry Bechakas, Richard Chandres, Marsha Felman, Jerry Hassemer, Joseph Humphreys, Raymond Klodziej, Joseph Mitchell, Frank Norris, Virginia Norton, Joan Pollock, Jeanne Riddle, Ronald Solovitz, An thony Spinato, Stanley Stirman, Charles Stone. Judy 6, 11934 SS Sias State Collea*, tai. ' Post Office On Gazette ... THE •D - AitY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE: PENNWLVANIA VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr. <es- , inet. This means the parties are saying nothing. Since committee action must be approved by cabinet, the parties must obey or defy cabinet. They cannot obey or defy an elections committee as such. A better choice for both parties would have been to seek compromise or solution with the committee, rather than to defy the commit tee when defiance can profit . them little. Whether the committee was right in codifying the rotation policy is hard to decide. Parties have traditionally adopted the rotational policy of their own volition. It is natural for them to want to retain this freedom. It is also natural for the committee to want to make sure this rotation policy continues. The policy was made to prevent an all-out fraternity-independent fight. On other campuses, this has deeply harmed student government. Some argue that, if the policy is to be in oper ation, it should be a ruling. Others say if the policy is to be in operation, there is ,no reason for a ruling. Parties have been faithful in this rotation. But what assurance is there the rota tion will continue? More basic than this, is ro tation desirable? Unless something happens at tonight's elec tions committee meeting, this problem could develop into a cabinet floor fight. Unless the parties reach effective compromise, they must take the problem to cabinet. If they do not, they must obey the elections ruling. And then, their defiance will have been so much wind. This is the position in which the parties have put themselves. If the problem comes before cabinet, a decision will be forced on an im portant issue. The wrong decision could seriously handicap student government. stifling the competitive spirit in campaigns. In theory the elections committee is an um- Aire, placed by All-University Cabinet to referee elections. However, it has not only been an umpire, it has also become the director. It has eliminated a basic reason for political parties: the combination of persons seeking office to further the principles of the group. The parties are now only an avenue whereby individuals seek glory for themselves. Parties cannot differ in opinion if they are forced by the elections committee to eliminate any real differences. An entirely new approach must be set forth in the elections code. This code should include a system that would permit more student identi fication with a political party, develop a con tinuing party organization, establish a system of primary elections, and delegate the elections committee to a smaller—but more important— duty. A plan to reform the powers of the com mittee will be presented in following editorials. Under this plan, the elections committee could handle cases of fraud and other voting irregu larities. The committee, in this way, could be come the prosecutor before judicial bodies of students who violate the code. The committee could retain its power to watch campaign finan cial matters and supervise the elections pro cedure. The elections committee does have a place in campus politics, but reform is needed to give it that place. PLACEMENT SERVICE PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. will interview graduating seniors in EE & ME on March 15. PITTSBURGH CONSOLIDATION COAL will interview, graduating seniors in Chem., Fuel Tech., & ChE; and M.S. candidates in the above fields who have completed at least one semester on March 15. ROME AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER will interview graduating seniors in physics (non-nuclear) and EE (in terested in electronics work) on March 10. NATIONAL TUBE DIVISION OF U.S. STEEL (Lorain) will interview graduating seniors in EE, ME, and IE on March 15. PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS will interview graduating seniors in ChE, CE, EE, lE, ME on March 15. PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. will interview grad uating seniors in Bus. Adm., L.A., and Math. (actuary work) ; M.S. candidates in Finance who have completed at least one semester on March 15. FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATION LABORATORIES will interview graduating seniors in EE and Phys.; and M.S. candidates in the above fields who have completed at least one semester on March 15. PENNSYLVANIA THRESHERMEN'S & FARMERS MU TUAL CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. wIl interview grad uating seniors in Bus. Adm., Journalism, L.M.R., Ed.. Psy., and A&L on March 15. PHILCO CORP. will interview graduating seniors in. EE & ME; and M.S. candidates in the above fields who have completed at least one semester on March 15 & 16. PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU will meet with seniors interested in discussing employment opportunities at 7 p.m., March 2 in 105 Forestry. A schedule of interviews will be set at this time for the following day. CINCINNATI MILLING MACHINE CO. will interview graduating seniors in ME and IE and a few Metal, and EE on Mar. 4. KURT SALMON ASSOCIATES INC. will interview grad uating seniors in lE, and M.S. candidates in LE who have completed at least one semester, on March 5. KOPPERS CO. will interview graduating seniors in Chem., and ChE; and M.S. candidates in ChE who have completed at least one semester, on March 5. CONTAINER CORP. OF AMERICA will interview grad uating seniors in ME & FE, on March 5. ' UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF RETAILING will interview graduating seniors in Bus. Adm., Acetg., Eco.. Finance, Insurance 8.: Real Estate, Marketing, Sec retarial Science. Trade & Transportation, Education, Psy chology. Home Ec. (women). A & L, Advertising, L.M.I?-, languages, and Math. DU March 5. der the aet ed !tared 3. 1873 —Phil Austin Little Man on Campus ". . . Then on th' other hand Inever was sensitive about anyone seeing my bluebook grades." Excursion 3: Pinball Era Walden Sea I wonder, when the epic of America is written, how great a role will be assigned to the cultural contributions of the pinball machine mainstay of modern living, epitome of modern life. It's interesting to note the vast number of these coin-eaters dis gorging noisy sounds and bright flashes in bars and restaurants today. Even more, it is significant to note the number of males deeply en grossed in playing these machines. Can one ask "Why?" without stepping on the dangerous ground of guesswork to support a generalization? Probably not: caution must be the watchword. Roughly, the crux of the matter seems to be this: Beset by pressures from all sides—pressures of a vacation, the draft, and passing bluebooks—the men in question seem to have sought for outlets of a "repressed" (in the jargon of the specialist) desire to rebel. To rebel; but also to control events, and to make themselves the "masters of their own destinies," so to speak. What a satisfaction comes from maneuvering that steel ball, or watching one's fortunes ride, for the greatest number of noises and the greatest number of flashes. And what a prize—a whole free game! Which, in a roundabout fashion, brings me to my thesis. Once upon a time liberalism was fashionable in the U.S. It seems no longer to be so. The prevalence of the modern pin ball machine is only one of the outcomes of this demise. No longer has the individual that balancing mechanism that both plans ahead, and rises to the occasion. The individual seems to be lost—but lost—in a sea of public opinion. "Liberalism," has become a nasty word, the whipping boy from both the extreme left and the extreme right, especially the right in the U.S. Many times the Professed liberal has made a poor showing for himself when asked to account for his actions. For these reasons, among oth ers, a re-evaluation of the term `liberalism" has become necessary, along with a re-evaluation of lib eralism in American society, and its interconnections with our friend, the individualist. A modern-day liberalism must • be that movement dedicated to the fuller development of the individual based upon an abid ing belief in the worth and po tential - of the individual. That: our individualist must hold this view seems rather obvious—by definition of liberalism. But, this view will result, it seems, only if the individual feels an abiding faith in, and a personal responsibility for, society. It is a two-way proposition. The "liberalist" might be de fined -as the "pretender to- liber . TUESDAY: MARO4 -- 2, 1954 By LEN GOODMAN alism with a very foggy notion of the role of the liberal.' He has been seen bewailing his fate at one'time, and deprecating society at another. A few have been seen before Congressional committees —others, on those committees. Maybe to prevent a smear campaign of these two newly defined words, liberal and lib eralist, we should have taken them from the dictionary at the outset, hid them for a more un derstanding age, and used math matical symbols devoid of ' all emotional overtones to signify what we meant. But, what is to preent those symbols from gaining emotional significance? Nothing, absolutely nothing, and we are back where we started. Leader Training Registration Set Registration for the a nn.o a 1 leadership training -progr am sponsored by All-University Cab inet will begin at 7 p.m. tomor row in 110 Electrical Engineer ing, Charles McClintock, program chairman, has announced. The six-week training program is especially designed for fresh men, .sophomores, and juniors as piring to campus offices. The pro gram: will consist of six 90-min ute instruction sessions. Topics to be covered include the responsibility _of leadership, parliamentary law, floor leader ship, structure of Penn State stu dent government, reports, rec girds,- correspondence, publicity and public relations, delegating responsibility, working with ad visers, and program content. Chess. Team Tryouts -Tryouts for the chess team will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 3 Bparks, Peter Betley, president of the Chess Club, has announced. Tonight on WDFM M.l MEGACYCLES 7:25 ,Sign on 7:30 Record Review 8:00 - __._ UN Story - 8:15 .—__ Call Card 8:30 - __ . Tops in Pops - 0:15-- - Campus News . 9:30: - • Radio Nederland __ ---___-_—_—_— =___ Music Hall --*-- sign off 10:00 - By Bibler
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