FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1954
Cabinet
Student
All-University Cabinet is the highest student governing
body on the University campus.
At its meeting, held usually each Thursday night, the 24
top campus office holders meet to discuss campus problems,
decide what should be done, and approve committee appoint-
ments to!. carry out their de-
cisions.
The 24 cabinet members repre
sent all segments of University
life. The three .top men on cabi
net are, the All-University presi
dent, vice president, and secre
tary-treasurer. This year Jesse
Arnelle, John Speer, and Robert
Homan fill these posts. These men
were elected last spring by the
students in a voting turnout that
broke all records. /
In addition to the officers, the
presidents of the nine college stu
dent councils have cabinet posts
to represent the .interests of the
students of their particular col
lege in relation to the University
students as a whole.
The campus “Greeks” and “In
dependents” have their voice ori
cabinet too, through the., presi
dents of the Interfraternity Coun
cil, Panhell'enic Council, Associa
tion of Independent Men, and
Leonides, association of independ
ent women.
The presidents of the Athletic
Association and the Women’s Rec
reation Association speak for the
athletic interests of the students,
and the president of the Wom
en’s Student .Government Associ
ation presents the coeds’ views. I
The four class presidents hold
cabinet posts, as do the chairman
of the Board of-Publications and
the president of the Dramatics
and Forensics Council. , y V
To give cabinet accurate.'infor
mation on which to base its de
cisions and then enable, it to' put
decisions into effect, approximate
ly 160 students are appointed to
All-University committees each
year.
Cabinet appoints the members
of Tribunal, men’s judicial body,
and Traffic Court, the group re
sponsible for campus parking and
driving regulations enforcement,
Other committees appointed in
clude the elections, foods, Junior
Prom and Senior Ball, .Campus
Chest, and many, many others.
The importance of cabinet is
soon understood when students
realize that cabinet is responsible
for spending . $12,000, collected
from student fees annually.
Cabinet allocates this money to
various campus organizations, in
cluding the classes, and provides
“scholarships”, or compensations
to some student officers and com
mitteemen.
In addition to spending money,
cabinet also has the power to in
crease student fee assessments.
Recent examples of this power
were a new 25-cent a semester
fee for the operation of campus
radio station WDFM and a 25-
cent per semester fee to be allo
cated to the college student coun
cils. ■ •
Cabinet meetings are open to
the public and students are al
lowed to express thfeir opinions
on vital issues when a matter is
brought up for debate. While cab
inet members alone have the right
to vote on any matter, and each
student is represented indirectly
through one or several students
on cabinet, each student is free
to take a direct part in student
government by voicing his opin
ions before cabinet.
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Body
Band Practice
Begins Monday
The Penn State Marching Blue
Band, under the direction of
James W. Dunlop, associate pro
fessor of music, will begin prac
tice at 7 p.m. Monday in 117 Car
negie.
The band will make its first
appearance at the pep rally at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday in front of
Recreation Hall. It will perform
between-halves of the first home
game with Virginia on October
9. The Blue Band will appear at
all home football games, pep ral
lies, and at the Pitt and Penn
games.
Final auditions for both the
marching and concert bands will
be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to
day. Any student may try out for
the concert band. The marching
band is open only to men. Inter
ested students may sign up for
auditions today in 109 Carnegie.
Tarpley Named Head
Of EE Department
Harold I. Tarpley, professor of
electrical engineering, has been
named acting head of the depart
ment for the period August 1,
1954 to April 30, 1955.
Dr. Vernon M. Albers has been
promoted from assistant director
of the Ordinance Research Lab
oratory to Chief Scientist of the
laboratory.
Cabinet Belongs
To NS A Group
More than 300 institutions, Penn State among them, are affi
liated with the National Student Association, national organization
of student governments.
The NSA- is a confederation of student governments, which
represents college student bodies through their own elected rep-
sentatives.
The aims and purposes of
NSA, as outlined in the constitu
tion, pledge NSA to maintain
academic freedom, stimulate and
improve democratic . student gov
ernments, to develop better edu
cational standards, promote stu
dent' welfare, promote interna
tional understanding, guarantee
to ail people equal rights and
possibilities for education, and
foster the recognition of the
rights and responsibilities of stu
dents to the school, the commun
ity, and God, and to preserve the
interests and integrity of the
government and constitution of
the United States of America.
The organization was founded
by 25 American students who had
been delegates to the 1946 meet
ing of the World Student Congress
in Prague, Czechoslovakia. At this
time, there was no national stu
dent group in the United States.
These students called a confer
ence of delegates from 300 col
leges and 25 student organizations
to consider the formation of such
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Top Scholars
Recognized
By 4 Societies
Four Greek-letter honorary so
cieties have chapters at the Uni
versity to honor students out
standing in scholarship and char
acter.
Second semester freshmen of
all curriculums are honored by Phi
Eta. Sigma (men) and Alpha
Lambda Delta (women), national
freshman scholastic honorary so
cieties. Both groups are repre
sented on Honor Society Council,
which admits only those societies
exercising specified, rigid stand
ards.
Phi Eta Sigma requires a 2.5
All-University average or better
after the first semester. Alpha
Lambda Delta also requires a 2.5
All-University average for the
first, semester.
Upperclassmen who have out
standing scholarship are honored
by'Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kap
pa Phi, national scholastic honor
societies.
Membership into Phi Beta Kap
pa is by vote of faculty members
of the society. Senior and junior
liberal arts students who have
been on campus at least two years
and have attained a 2.5 average
or better are eligible. Graduate
students are also eligible.
Phi Kappa Phi is open to under
graduates who are in the top
eighth of their class. Students of
all curriculums are eligible and
membership is made on the basis
of outstanding scholarship and
good character.
Outing Club to Meet
The Penn State Outing Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in
121 Sparks. New members are
invited. The club’s first hike will
be at 2 p.m. September 26.
an organization. In 1947, the
NSA constitution was drafted.
NSA policy consists of resolu
tions which are developed l and
passed by delegates of the mem
ber student governments at the
annual National Student Con
gress.
The National Student Con
gress is composed of representa
tives from the member colleges.
The size of each school’s delega
tion, ranging from one to seven
members, is determined by the
size of the school.
The executive committee of
NSA carries on the business of
the organization between meet
ings of the Congress.
Each member of NSA also be
longs to one of its 20 regional
organizations. Regional assem
blies meet seven times during the
year to determine programs for
their own area. Regional organi
zations are primarily responsible
for supervision of the intercol
legiate activities of NSA and
maintaining direct contact with
each of the member schools.
Math's Over There
PUZZLED in Rec. Hall during registration Wednesday is Frannie
Cox, who receives assistance from A 1 Jordan at the information
booth. Also assisting, on the right, are Sylvia Fish, left, and Martha
Heim. Registration will end. this afternoon for approximately
11,600 students.
Senate Decides
Academic Policy
As students have their legislative body .in All-University
Cabinet, so the faculty has its legislative body in the University
Senate.
The basic job of the Senate is to legislate on educational policy,
a matter that sooner or later affects every student.
Some of the questions handled
by Senate are courses of study and
curriculums, admission require
ments, graduation requirements,
approval of candidates for de
grees, awarding of scholarships
and honors, and regulations af
fecting students.
The Senate operates like many
other legislative bodies, in that it
carries on its business through the
committee system. Proposals are
sent to one of the various commit
tees; where they are studied be
fore they are presented to Senate.
The standing committees are
admissions, athletics, student af
fairs, educational policy, academic
standards, courses of study, mili
tary., instruction, committees,
rules, and scholarships and
awards.
The standing committees rec
ommend legislation and make a
report to Senate at the end of each
academic year summarizing their
activities. Each committee may
also have subcommittees to help
in carrying on work.
Senate meets the first Thursday
of each month. President Milton S.
Eisenhower is chairman and C. O.
Williams, dean of admissions,
serves as secretary.
In addition, the Senate is com
posed of eight faculty representa
tives elected from each of the
colleges, the dean of each college,
administrative officials, the direc
tor of extension for each college,
the assistant dean of each college
if he is in charge of resident in
struction, the head of each depart
ment of resident instruction, the
head 6f each military unit, direc-
tor of summer sessions, and the
University examiner.
Of the eight faculty represen
tatives from each college, four are
elected one year and four the
next, so that the terms are stag
gered. Each representative is
elected for a term of two years.
Other Senate members include
the dean of men and the dean of
women, director of the University
Health Service, the librarian, the
comptroller, the provost, the di
rector of extension, and the direc
tor of student affairs.
Since there is no judicial body
on campus to interpret Senate
legislation, Article 11, Section 2 of
the . Senate constitution states
that Senate shall interpret its own
legislation.
Section 3 of the same article
states that, “In case of question
of jurisdiction, the power of de
cision shall rest with the Presi
dent of the University.”
TannehiSl Elected
Alumni Fund Head
Ray S. Tannehill, Bryn Mawr,
has been elected general chairman
of the 1955 Penn State Alumni
Fund, John T. Tyan Jr.,. Pitts
burgh, president of the Pe n n
State Alumni Association, has an
nounced.
Tannehill had served as vice
chairman of the fund since it was
inaugurated in 1952 and early
this year was named chairman of
the 1954 fund following the death
of the general chairman, John M.
Spangler, McConnellsburg.
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