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Librarian. Al Goodman: Senior Board. Jack Reid.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Roy Williams; Copy editors, Diehl McKalip, Mary Eolith; Assist
ants, Peggy Leas, Ted Serrill, Barbara Hendel, Vera Wingert, Brooke Moyer; Advertising, Vince
Tempone, Robert Greenawelt.
Intelligent Decision, Important Principle
Penn State coeds made an intelligent decision
last week in voting 1040 to 390 to release
Women's Student Government Association and
Women's Recreation Association election figures.
By a margin of 650, the women reversed a
decision made two years ago to keep election
figures secret. This reversal was a triumph of
principle over emotion. Release of the vote fig
ures in itself was relatively unimportant com
pared to the principle involved.
The complete reversal of the previous decis
ion strongly indicates the poll taken two years
ago by WSGA was inadequate, or biased. Many
coeds at that time did not know what the prob
lem was. Many women who participated in that
vote now feel the question was presented in an
unfair manner. Such an overwhelming change
of attitude can scarcely be explained in any
other way.
This year, WSGA Senate faced the problem
of its own accord, without outside influence.
No force was exerted and little ill will gener-
Campus Parking: Cleaning Up Our House
Last week Traffic Court took another step on
its rocky way to satisfactory operation as it
recommended revising penalties for student
traffic violators. James Dunlap, court chairman,
took a commendable stand in saying "we must
clean our own house first" in response to ques
tions about censoring non-student offenders.
Dunlap and his court and Capt. Philip A.
Mark and his Campus Patrol have combined to
do good work in the past six weeks. The court
has made penalties stiffer and harder to avoid.
The patrol has been thorough in ticketing vio
lators and not letting them off the hook. Nearly
$5OO has been collected in fines since the semes
ter began. The patrol's success in a crackdown
on Pollock road traffic is evidenced by the de
cline in arrests in a week and a half of operation.
Still, all this has been directed against the
students. Graduate students, faculty and staff
members, and other violators—such as Student
Union building construction workers—have gone
free with only requests not to break' the rules.
And, still the chant, "let's clean our own house
first!"
Faculty and staff members not only drive in
prohibited areas at prohibited times, but per
centage-wise are as great offenders as the stu
dent body. On top of that, they use their Uni
versity positions as excuses to reprimand patrol
men doing their job.
An even greater offending group than faculty
Double Growth
Tangible evidence that the University has. an
eye toward growing not only in size, but in
quality, was seen earlier this month.
Figures showing Pe.nn State academic salaries
have increased 20 per cent since 1950 have been
released by the local chapter of the American
Association of University Professors. Increases
range from 21.4 per cent for associate professors
to 25.6 per cent for professors.
The pay increases are an important part of
the University's continued attempts to improve
quality of education offered at Penn State. In
the past, critics have said the University is
growing too large, and too fast, for its own
good. Those who do not have much faith in
educational opportunities at the University de
cry the lack of quality, the over-emphasis on
quantity.
Proof that the University is seeking growth
both in quantity and quality is shown by the
salary figures. Increased academic pay will re
sult in more attractive teaching positions. More
attractive positions must eventually result in
better teachers, and better instruction.
Students, then, should be aware such strides
are being taken. To them and the Common
wealth, these strides are important now and
for the future. In this way we may be sure the
University is growing not only in monetary, but
intellectual, value.
Phi Eta Sigma
Meets Tonight
Phi Eta Sigma, freshman men's
scholastic fraternity, has invited
125 men to attend introductory
meetings at 7 tonight in 316
Sp ar k s and tomorrow in 312
Sparks.
Men are chosen from any cur
riculum. They must be first, sec
ond, or third semester students,
and have had a 2.5 average last
semester.
Franklin B. Krause, faculty ad
viser, Francis J. Tschan, faculty
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Local Police Launch
Fight Against Speeders
Preparation for another attack
against fast driving is being
launched by State. College police,
who are oiling their speed trap
equipment and revising their
work schedules, according to Bur
gess David R. Mackey.
The enforcement of the speed
laws will begin on a daily basis
as soon as the working hours of
the force can be shifted, due to
the requirement of four police
men for the operation of a speed
trap, he said.
adviser emeritus, and John Ball,
student president, will speak at
the meeting.
TH DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr.
ated. This was fortunate, and was probably
another factor in the decision reversal.
In the last vote, the problem reached the floor
of All-University Cabinet with a recommenda
tion that all groups sitting on cabinet make
public their election figures. The question was
tabled after much storming. This year, WSGA
Senate's decision to meet the problem on its
own probably caused less of a feeling of re-
Sentment than was caused by the situation
before.
Those who still oppose the release, despite the
women's decision and the principle involved,
may try to force another vote on it next year.
This would be not only foolish, but unnecessary.
The WSGA Senate this year was made to
believe it had a responsibility to take the ques
tion to all coeds. In fact, however, it had no
responsibility. And it will have no responsi
bility in the future to again refer the question
to all coeds. Fortunately, a long-standing prob
lem has been wisely solved.
and staff are groups who are not even members -
of the University family, such as the Student
Union workers. They insist on parking in area
23 next to the Temporary classroom building.
Their lot is area 50.
Thus, while others continue to flaunt Univer
sity rules that few would ignore if they were
backed by borough, state, or federal power, the
students take the brunt of the attack. It seems
foolish we must clean our own house and not
do something about our negligent neighbors.
—Diehl McKalip
Gazette
Today
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 6:45
p.m., 304 Old Main
COLLEGIAN ADVERTISING STAFF, 7 p.m.,
102 Willard
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF,- 6:45 p.m.,
Collegian Business Office
COLLEGIAN CANDIDATES, 7 p.m., 111 Car-
negie
COLLEGIAN PROMOTION STAFF, 7 p.m., 104
Willard
DELTA SIGMA PI BUSINESS MEETING, 7:30
p.m., Phi Kappa Psi
EDUCATION STUDENT COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m.,
206 Burrowes
GERMAN CLUB, '7:30 p.m., McElwain Study
Lounge
INKLING EDITORIAL STAFF, 8 p.m., 201
Willard
POLLOCK COUNCIL MEETING, 6:30 p.m.,
Nittany Dorm 20
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
The following camps will interview at the Stu
dent Employment Service, 112 Old Main:
Lillian Taylor Camp on March 23; Abington
YMCA Camp on March 24; Camp Onawandah
on March 26; Camp Menatoma, Maine, on
March 29 and 30; Camp Ma-Ho-Ge, N.Y., on
March 30; Clear Pool Camp, N.Y. on April 1.;
Camp Kiwanis on April 2; Camp Conrad
Weiser on April 7. Sign up for interviews in
advance.
INFIRMARY
Annette Bair, Elizabeth Elliott, Theodore
Jackson, Janet McKinley, Kenneth Meredith,
Russell Myers, Sylvia pence, Cecilia Poor, An
drew Thomson, Robert Waltemeyer, Harvey
Wolfson, Rebecca Zahm.
PLACEMENT SERVICE
This is a partial and unofficial listing. Complete informa
tion on placement may be secured at 112 Old Main.
UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT
SEABROOK FARMS CO. of Bridgeton, N.J. will meet with
freshman, sophomores, and juniors interested- in summer
_. employment on March 30 in 105 Forestry to arrange inter
views for March 31. Seniors interested in employment
upon graduation will also be interviewed.
THE KROGER CO will be on campus March 31 and April 1,
to interview interested seniors. Names should be listed
with G.N.P. Leetch, 112 Old Main.
Coed Swim Night
Set for Friday
The third co-educational swim
ming session of the year will be
held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at
Glennland Pool.
Only the first 50 couples will
•be admitted. Students are request
ed to bring matriculation cards
and swimming suits.
The sessions are sponsor e d
jointly by the Athletic Association
and the College of Physical Edu
cation and Athletics.
Nine men from Pennsylvania
signed the Declaration of bide
pendence.
Editorials represent tho
viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the pOlicy of
the paper. Unsigned edi
torials are , by tbs. editor
set of Kneeln S. 1879.
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"He's worried about breaking up his beautiful teacher-student
friendships—he has to turn in below grades today."
Excursion 6: The Democrat
Walden Sea
How much the individual becomes the democrat is directly pro
portional to quite a number of things. Of course, we are speaking of
the small "d" democrat, and not for once posing the question of the
relative merits of any political partisan.
For instance, the individual be
comes the democrat depending
upon how he might classify him
self in society—possibly according
to native ability,' education; or so
cial status. It becomes a view • of
"self," but not in the philosophi
cal-psychological sense of estab
lishing one's true identity.
Rather, it is a problem' of a so
cio-psychological nature. Whether
the "I" is that which is recognized'
by one's neighbor as oneself, or
whether that almost indefinable
"I" is that subconscious personal
ity and amalgam of motives, or
that portion consciously recog
nized as the inner "us," bears no
direct relation to the discussion at
hand.
G r ante d a definition of the
"self" is a real problem; for it can
be shown that it is one that trou
bled the philosophers for centur
ies, and now for a few decades the
psychologists.
And, neither today presumes
to have the answer, neither the
philosopher—w is el y,• nor the
psychologist—graciously.
How much, then, the individual,
or the individualist (the true in
dividual), becomes the democrat
seems inevitably dependent upon
his view of his own place in so
ciety, or in more general terms,
his view of man. The view could
be: man as a "naturally" social
animal, an animal sufficiently
wise to realize social living as
the most useful and/6r necessary
evil, or an animal that must be
kept in the cage of social prohi
bition to restrain an "inherently"
evil nature.
The view one takes—and all
have been vigorously defended
at one time or another will
eventually decide how much
democracy one might advise for
his contemporaries, or for any
given social setting.
Of course, there are considera
tions of environmental factors;
and it often happens that one such
factor decides for various indi
viduals how much democracy is
advisable: such factors as the ef
fects of education, a changed tech
nology, or the development of
transportation and communica
tion.
But, unless a view of Man is
subscribed to, either implicitly or
explitcitly, such considerations
seem useless.
What if it be assumed—as do
most of the social scientists today
—that the individual is born a lit
eral blank, with a mind of "tab
ula rasa" upon which either good
ness or badness may be impressed,
depending solely upon the envir
onment and some small capacity
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of the individual for absorption
of stimuli?
Isn't it still true that a tacit
belief in the inherent" goodness
of man is held, a belief that man
in society has infinite potential?
When all these factors are con
sidered, including both environ
ment and the nature of the indi
vidual, a curious thing results:
neither a philosophical-psycholog
ical analysis, nor a socio-psycho
logical synthesis. Rather, the re
sulting amalgam might be termed
a "social philosophy"— truly cur
ious animal. A political theory,
and an end purpose of society. are
usually included, and many times
suggestions for corrective , legisla
tion.
The works of Rousseau, Locke,
Marx, and our own "Founding Fa
thers"—such as Hamilton, Madi-.
son, and Jefferson—represent ef
forts in this direction. In our own
day, Huxley, Russell, and almost
any sociologist make the attempt
—a rather frantic one in some
cases.
Thus, when a view of the na
ture of man is taken, the mea
sure of the expression of- indi
vidualism to be allowed within
the citizenry naturally follows:
or, in other words, how "demo
cratic" one — can afford to be,
given the conditions, results.
I can not accept that Society-as
an organic whole gives its own
answer to such questions. Only in
that each member of society : de
cides for himself, and the collec
tive opinion is termed the answer
for that society, can•one say So
ciety answers the questions.
• There is a world of difference
between the two concepts—the
world of the fascist as opposed
to the world of the democrat.
Final Tryouts Scheduled
Tonight for 'Happy Time'
Final tryouts for Players' pro
duction of Samuel Taylor's "The
Happy Time," will be held at 7
tonight in the Little Theater,
basement of Old Main.
The play is scheduled to open
May 6 in Schwab Auditorium. for
a three-day run.
Tonight on WDFM
30 _;_ Record Review
00 ____ UN Story—" Eight Years After"
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Tops in Pops
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1954
By Bibler
By LEN GOODMAN
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