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Published uesday through
Saturday mornings. during
the University year. the
Daily Codezisn as a 'student
operated ne wspaser.
Soteseg its second-clam matter JteO S. 1934 at the State College: ea. Feet Office andel
DAVE JONES, Editoa.
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copio: Edit. Dir.. Len, Goodman: Wire-Radio Ed.. Bill Jost: Circulation Mgr., Frank Creasman; Promotion Mgr., Ruth
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Marcie MacDonald; Copy editors, Ann Leh, Nancy Fortna; Assist
ants, Fran Fanucci, Becky ,Zahm, Joan Nickerson, Carlene Samuels. Ad staff, Linda Holmes, Enie
Wolfgang, Faye Goldstein.
Activity Regulation: A
Three cheers for Women's Student Govern
ment Association Senate for voting down the
proposed activity point system.
Senate defeated the proposal Wednesday
night after kicking it around for about a year.
The proposal would have given a point value to
every coed activity, and would have placed a
limit on the number, of points any one coed
could amass. Purpose of the proposal was to stop
a few women from holding too many positions,
and to spread those positions among other coeds.
If the proposal would only have encouraged
more coeds to participate in activities. it would
have been quite acceptable. In reality, however,
the proposal also would have restricted women
in activities.
Generally, those who wish to take part in ac
tivities find many avenues open to their efforts.
And in general, those who work hardest are
those who get on top. The activities regulation
would only have stopped the progress of some
AA Election: Another Cabinet Seat
The recent nomination of candidates for Ath
letic Association offices rounds out the local
election scene. The climax of campaigning comes
April 7-8. Till then, campaign speeches, prom
ises, and oratory, will rule the day—and the
nights.
That so many All-University Cabinet seats
are at stake in the elections should be the most
important consideration of the student voter.
It does not seem to be sufficiently appreciated
that on cabinet, the student body has a poten
tially effective spokesman.
One of the three junior men nominated for
the AA presidency will also be sitting on cabinet
next year, ostensibly representing the male stu
dents. As with other cabinet positions, the bet
ter candidate will rise to the occasion if the
students are demanding enough in what is ex
pected from him. The voter's job is likewise
made easier—that is, if both voter and candidate
keep reasonably calm and cool.
One of the better practices of campus parties
is to have candidates visit the fraternities and
dormitories. In this way students get to know
candidates, at least more so than they normally
would, and also get an opportunity to ask
questions which they normally would not.
Student government at the University spends
about $12,000 of student funds per year. This
alone should elicit concern for student repre
sentation.
The AA president will also be representing
Trophy-Stealing
Tonight and tomorrow night will combine to
produce- another "big weekend" at the Univer
sity. The evenings may also become another ex
pensive time for many fraternities.
The point in mind is the attack by disrespect
ful guests who insist on leaving with a piece of
house property as a souvenir.
Losses of this sort occurred last semester
when fraternity visitors walked off with tro
phies from five houses. This was in addition to
many replacable items lost each year, but just
forgotten. Trophies are not replaceable, and
they represent hard work by those who earned
them.
When the thefts can be attributed to fra
ternity guests, the loss is even harder to take.
Friends are invited in, allowed to enjoy the
eevning with members, and show gratitude by
taking things belonging to their hosts.
There seems to be little that can be done to
stop the offenders. Most houses will not close
their parties. The only answer seems to be to
put away everything ,:hat is not nailed down
and particularly those nice, shiny trophies.
—Diehl McKalip
On Lerner Talk
Max Lerner, one of the best known liberal
voices in America, is coming to Penn State. He
will speak on "America as a Civilization" at
8 p.m. Monday in the Hillel Foundation audi
torium.
Lerner, keen critic of the American scene,
has earned respect of many for his sometimes
controversial, sometimes novel, but always in
teresting, views. He writes a column four times
a week for the New York Post, is author ,of five
books, and is a well-known lecturer.
It is not often a person with the knowledge,
ideas, and stamina to express these ideas, re
gardless of their relative unpopularity, speaks at
the University. Lerner represents the freedom
of thought some would stifle.
His appearance will be an intellectual oppor
tunity for all—regardless of political orientation.
—Mike Feinsilber
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women leaders and perhaps provided less
capable coeds to take their places. Such a sys
tem could well have produced inferior leaders.
Not too many coeds assume duties beyond
their capacities. When they reach their capacity,
they pass on some duties to others. When the
capacity has not yet been reached, talents of
these women are being wasted.
Then too, there seems no need to restrict
some women to provide a place for others. If
coeds have qualities that will make them valu
able to an activity, those qualities will put them
on top in that activity. Certainly, the proposal
would have spread activities among more wom
en. But it may have spread those activities
among less capable women in the process.
That WSGA found similar proposals burden
some and unworkable on other campuses was of
minor importance. The major objection must be
to the system itself—a system that would not be
desirable even if it did work elsewhere.
male students when he assumes office follow
ing the May elections, but even more .when he
later takes his cabinet seat. It should be re
membered that his cabinet vote means just as
much as the next when an issue is being de
cided, and his qualifications for holding such
an office should be weighed in light of his over
all responsibility.
What more can be said than to consider the
stakes involved, the personalities involved and,
the duty to vote.
Safety Valve ...
On Compensation
TO THE EDITOR: In response to (Leonard
Goodman's) recent article on compensation, I
would like to make a few points clear. For one
thing, I am glad Goodman took the time to
ask about compensation from some of the people
who know a little bit about it. (His) article
certainly showed he was writing upon some
thing that he knows nothing about.
His idea of people just going into activities
for the monetary reward is absolutely false and
. . . unfounded . . .
There are three main points that I would like
to bring to your attention:
1. Student leaders' compensation has been
approved for a long time by more learned and
wise men than you and I.
2. Collegian often times comes out with ar
ticles and editorials where they have not made
any effort to find out the facts or the reasons ...
3. Did Goodman realize that Collegian senior
board is compensated to the tune of $2BOO per
year plus bonus ...? This amount is $825 above
what All-University Cabinet Spends on compen
sation for more students representing the entire
student body.
So might I suggest, before one condemns
another organization for faults, maybe he should
try his own first. Before editorials are written
on such subjects, wouldn't it be best to make
a few inquiries and ask a few questions? . . .
Secretary-Treasurer
Ed. Note—Goodman has long ago refused to
accept any Daily Collegian compensation.
Party Answers Charge
TO THE EDITOR: The Lion Party has in no
way intended to capitalize on the efforts of the
West Dorm Council. or any other group on cam
pus. We feel . . . that all of us are concerned
in a better Penn State and our work is not
mutually exclusive. Our working together can
only enhance the achievement of this goal.
Now then, a word in reply to (the charge of
the secretary of the West Dorm Council) regard
ing two planks in our platform, namely:
1. Advocacy of more upperclassmen in the
West Dorms.
2. Advocacy of informal coed dining for the
West Dorms.
Your complaint involving the first is a bit
late in coming, for it was also a part of our
platform last year. We feel that its appearance
there did much to stimulate student-administra
tion attention and facilitate the West Dorm
Council's work. In the second plank we advo
cate more informal coed dining and in no way
wish to attack the council's achievements in
this grand contribution to student welfare.
—Sid Goldblatt,
John Thalirner
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—Len Goodman
—David H. Arnold
All-University
Little Mau of Campus
"Yeah! Well, the chow ain't so hot over at our house either."
Co/legOte Chatter
You may not have been aware of it, but we collegiates actually
go to school only two weeks a year. This startling statistic was fig
ured out by the Southeastern, student publication at Southeastern
State College, Okla.
"Out of 365 days a student s
hours a day.. This leaves 243 days.
Then there are 52 Sundays. Take ,
at least half an hour per day off
for lunch and • three months for
vacation. This leaves 91 days.
"Now, subtract 52 Saturdays,
couple of weeks for Christmas va
cation; throw in. spring vacation,
and the Thanksgiving weekend. ,
We're left with two weeks of,
school each year."
You take it from there. We give
up.
Quotable Quotes:
It's not murder if the. chore.
girl wipes out the silent butler:
A rich uncle could be a
strained relation.
Space in modern houses is
mostly on the outside.
By the time you're important
enough to take two hours for
lunch, the doctor limits you to
a glass of milk.
By their own admission, Uni
versity of North Carolina coeds
spend most of their leisure time
talking about boys, marriage,
boys, diamond rings and boys.
One male said he was disap
pointed. He had read somewhere
that college was the most likely
place to find a mate on his own
educational level. At last report,
he was dating a waitress in Ral
eigh.
For... several years the Ohio
State Lantern has complained
because it was not allowed to
cover closed meetings.
Now, at least one door has
been opened. The paper will be
permitted to cover the univer
sity's board of trustees meeting
from now on, because of a state
law which just went into effect.
The law requ i r es all state
boards and commissions but
one to meet in the open.
Women are like baseball um
pires—they make quick decisions,
never reverse them, and they 'don't
think you're safe when you're
out.
At Loyola University the col
lege newspaper editor and the
paper's business manager tried
a humor-testing publicity gag
which didn't work too well. The
paper printed a letter by the
business manager saying that
most of Loyola's coeds were
"simply out for a man," and
were being "put through school
by their daddies" because they
By LORRAINE .PLADUS
eeps away a third of this—eight
'"are too lazy to study or get a
job."
• The a: pe r was promptly
cloged down.
A student shot his roommate in
a fight over a girl at 5:21 p.m. in
Carroll's Tea Room, according to
the - Cavalier Daily, of the Univer
sity of Virginia. The shooting,
however; was a fake.
This .was a pre-arranged drama
for. a.Moot Court Case in conjunc
tion with the School of Law at the
university, held to determine the
reactions' of the law students.
. The University of North Car
olina, the only southern college
to consider joining the crusade
to eliminate discrimination in
campus organizations, recently
defeated such a proposal. Al
though opponents affirmed their
opposition to d i s c r i m ination,
they argued, "You can't legislate
brotherly -love."
Why I Never Joined a Sorority,
I. wanted to do as I wished
and think for Ifiyself instead of
being led around by a bunch of
sorority sisters.
2. I had never gone into
,Wo
men's clubs and organizations be
fore I came to college and I didn't
want to start.
3. I didn't like the thought of
having to spend my evenings with
a crowd of girls.
4. I didn't want a lot of frat
ernity men calling me up at night.
5. I had never danced with a
man in my life and I didn't want
to.
6. I didn't like the idea of hav
ing to sleep and room with the
same girl all semester.
7. I didnt like the idea of pa
jama parties, sleeping in a crowd
ed dormitory and having to crawl
over a lot of sisters before going
to bed.
8. I didn't fill out a sweater like
other girls did and I didn't look
very 'attractive in a .sleeveless,
low-cut gown.
9. I am a male.
She
was
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8:30 Just for Two
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10:30 --- I Sign Off
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