The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 26, 1954, Image 4

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Batin Cnllrntan
Daily Collegian is a student*
ooerated newspaper. Sneeeesor to THE FREE- LANCE, est. 1887
Entered as second-class matter July a. 1934 at the State Colleze, Fa. Post Office under ti
DIEHL McKALIP, Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor: Anita Oprendek; Copy Editors, Ron Gatehouse, Inez Althouse;
Assistants, Ed Dubbs, Terry Leach, Wayne Ulsh, Gail Gilman, Sally Sykes, Joanne Wohleber. Mike
Moyle. Ad Staff: Enie Wolfgang Nancy Peterson, Peggy Perter.
Legislative and Judicials Keep Separate!
All-Univerkity Cabinet will be making an well risk postponing action .awhile longer and
unwise move if it passes the proposed consti- consider appointing several other factions as
tutional amendment naming Tribunal and Ju- alternates.
dicial chairmen as cabinet alternates for All- The Hat Society Council president might be
University vice president an 4 .secretary- the answer. Although he is elected by only a
treasurer. small portion of the student body, he has a
The proposal, as it stands now, is the result distinct advantage over court chairmen, who
of an amendment to the original amendment are appointed by the All-University president,
proposed by Benjamin Sinclair. Sinclair former- Also, the hat council president would almost
ly asked that if the vice president and secretary- necessarily have an awareness of campus prob
treasurer were absent from cabinet, their chairs lems.and. issues (which awareness is impera
remain vacant. Sinclair had a definite purpose five in this case) as he is a hat society member
in mind with this amendment ... to keep non- by virtue of his campus activities,
elected students from casting votes for groups Appointing the ‘elections committee chair
which have not appointed them representatives man as cabinet alternate is another possible
of their organization. solution to the problem, although this position
All-University Vice President John Speer’s * 0o >. “ appointive. However, it would
amendment to the amendment . ... to fill these far better to have a legislative body, either
possible vacancies with Tribunal 'and Judicial appointed or elected, rather than a judicial
chairman . . had less apparent reasoning be- group, represented on cabinet, a legislative
hind it, other than the fact that Speer did not oooy.
want these seats left vacant. e - Ve i\P Wor f th c ? b A net 4 s tln J e con
,, x sider removing the seats of the Board of Pub-
After the meeting, individual cabinet mem- lications and Board of Dramatics and Forensics
bers_ seemed to realize the foolishness and m- from cabinet, and appointing these representa
consistency of further mixing judicial and legis- tives ex-officio members to serve as cabinet
lative powers, as would be the case if the alternates. Neither group is a governmental
amendment were adopted. Judicial Chairman body, as far as the student body is concerned.
P? c lUiP 1U j man P rc ?^ es fsd the move at cabinet Both groups are rather technical single-interest
last Thursday, saying that the courts should organizations and while the voice of these
not serve m legislative capacities. However, her groups is advantageous to cabinet discussion,
protests were neatly brushed aside with the the i r votes are not imperative to student gov
excuse that such policy had been used before. ernment.
It is here particularly that cabinet showed The two boards could serve their chief pur
extreme lack of ingenuity. It failed to realize pose—presenting student opinion accumulated
that precedents are not necessarily ideal ex- through communications. media—equally well
amples and that it is their duty, as students’ as ex-officio members.
representatives, to alter or disregard any prece- The entire situation is unfortunate in that
depits that are not consistent with a solid con- there is such an obvious lack of qualified per
stitutional procedure. sonnel to fill the alternate positions. However,
And thus, the heart of the problem boils this is no excuse for cabinet to create an even
down to the fact that, although cabinet and more unfortunate situation by a greater over
probably the student body don’t especially lapping of constitutional powers,
want the courts sitting on cabinet in voting If cabinet cannot find a more appropriate
capacity, there’s no other body qualified to as- and .consistent alternate., than the courts, it
sume this role. would be far better to leave any possible va-
A-lthough dissatisfied with the amendment, cancies vacant, until the entire All-University
cabinet will possibly pass it out of sheer des- constitution can be overhauled to provide for
peration. This procedure, too, has been some- such matters
what of a precedent. However, cabinet could
On LA Lectures
For those students interested in the fine
arts, and for those wondering what the fine
arts are all about, tonight’s Liberal Arts panel
discussion should be invaluable.
This year, the program committee has altered
the usual procedure of having only guest
speakers for the annual series, and has included
University professors in the program. Such
innovation should create an atmosphere of
greater informality between lecturer-audience.
It will also give students and faculty alike op
portunity to express non-textbook opinions and
questions about the artists.
The entire program scheduled for tonight
should benefit the art-enthusiasts on campus.
Possibly it will even help do away with the
age-old belief posed in the discussion title.
“Must Creative Artists Be Crackpots?”
Gazette *..
Today
AGRICULTURE STUDENT
p.m., 103 Agriculture
AGRICULTURE STUDENT COUNCIL PIC
TURE, 6:55 p.m., Penn State Photo Shop
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 6:45
p.m., 304 Old Main
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS CANDIDATES, 7
p.m., 100 Weaver >
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, 7 p.m., 102
Willard .
DEUTSCHER VERIN, MITTWOCH, 7:30 p.m.,
Study Lounge, Simmons
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
p.m., Main Lounge, McElwain
PENN STATE BRIDGE CLUB, 7-10 p.m., TUB
ROD AND COCCUS, 7 p.m., Alpha Zeta
ZOOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p.m., 214 Frear Lab
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Jesse Arnelle, John Arnst, Charles Blockson,
Hugh Cline, William Colangelo, Claude Dun
gan, Theodore Gerus, Marilyn Haarlander, Joyce
To Look Sharp g RATS RANCH I Penn State Players present I
4* And Feel Sharp 3‘/ 2 Miles West of State College I dcm arirw j rAMni c
o« Route 322 | BELL, BOOK, and CANDLE
NITTANY CLEAMEtS • homemade chhi assorted sandwiches ... a Center Stage production at the TUB
• HOMEMADE VEG. SOUP « plenty OF PARKING Friday nights thru Nov. 19
at your student * ,
dry cleaning agency And Your Favorite Beverages HI! Tickets at Student Union
COUNCIL., 7:30
CLUB, 7:30
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PEMNSTLVAfWA '
FRANK CRESSMAN. Business Mgr.
Safety Valve-
Opposes Seating Policy
TO THE EDITOR: The lack of Beaver Field
seats is not merely felt in the senior sections,
but in the junior and sophomore sections as
well. The ten per cent, (or 251-ticket) allow
ance for students who will not come to the
game or will not pass their tickets along to
someone else seems a rather absurd allowance.
On any home football Saturday, that 252nd
ticket is the most looked-for item on campus.
If the trouble of railing-c rossing is
blamed on the desire of each student “to have
a seat on the 50-yard line,” the way to. stop
this section-hopping seems to be not policing
the overcrowded sections, but providing the
with better seats.
The University wants “school spirit,” “loyal
support of the team,” etc., from a student body
of which the greater part observes the games
from behind the goal posts. The members of
the team are University students and the game
is primarily of student interest; yet students
who 1 have been attending the University for
three and four years are still.forced, because of
lack of seats in overcrowded sections near the
20-yard line, to sit in seats behind the goal line.
And then approximately one and.a half sides
of the stadium are “reserved” and often re
main empty. Even though we are paying a low
price for our Athletic Association tickets, we
are students of this University and as such
deserve to have good seats.
The blame for seating problems, therefore,
lies not on the students, but on the University,
which prefers to sell the tickets rather than to
give the seats to the students.
Kerr, Patricia Kronewetter, Marian Labuskes,
Sally Laughlin, Marvin Long, Samuel McKib
ben, William Mertz, Richard Rigling, Robert
Rohland, Richard Spitko, Betty Lou Yarnell,
George Zensen.-
Editorials represent die
viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of
the paper. Unsigned edi
torials are by the editor.
the act of March S. 1879.
—Peggy McClain
Doris Thiessen
Lauranne Wiant
ittle Man on Campus
"Congratulations . . . your written application for medical sc]
has been accepted . . . we couldn't read a word you wrote!"
World Council
no
At
Representatives of 170 million Christians throughout the world
met at Northwestern University this summer in an effort for all
religions to find unity in Christ, the Reverend Hal Leiper, associate
director of the University Christian Association, said yesterday.
Leiper spoke on the World Council of Churches at the meeting of
the Faculty Luncheon Club yes
terday afternoon at the Hotel
State College.
Illustrating his talk with a ser
ies of colored slides, Leiper anal
yzed the purpose, significance and
accomplishments of the Council,
composed of delegates of 163
churches gathered from Aug. 15
to 31 as part of a movement for
the worldwide extension of chur
ches.
Slorm-Tossed Ship
The Council chose as its sym
bol a ship on a storm-tossed sea,
signifying the churches moving to
the final establishment of God’s
kingdom through Christ. As their
theme, they selected Christian
Hope and Christian Faith.
Thiough an exchange-of beliefs
and concepts religious leaders
strove to gain a clearer insight
into the' unity of Christ of all
churches, despite the disunity in
the finer points of religious be
liefs.
Members of the Council exam
ined a variety of problems under
the following topics: One in
Ghrist, Yet Divided, An Evangel
ising Church, The Responsible
Society, The Christian Responsi
bility for International Order; The
Church Amid Racial and Ethnic
Tensions, and The Christian in
His Vocation.
Unity Without Uniformity
These discussions aimed at
unity without uniformity in
churches and dealt with the gen
eral yet important concepts of
creation, redemption, and the
consummation of the kingdom of
heaven.
A mutual note of warning was
asserted with the observation that
communism is the most mission
ary -action in world.
A highlight of the Council was
the attendance of the Czechoslo-
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Northwestern
By JOANNE WOHLEBER
vakian representatives, who were
the only delegates from behind
the Iron Curtain. Leiper appraised
their attitude as completely sym
pathetic and cooperative. They
expressed a great conviction that
a theological, clarity would come
out of the council, he said.
Leiper considers Penn State an
actual sub-project of the Ecumen
ical Council, dealing with the to
tal life 'of the whole church
throughout the whole world. for
all time. He feels that we as stu
dents are the ‘grass roots’ of the
Council’s effect. •
■ As Leiper expressed it in his
conclusion, the delegates came in
with doubtful, hestitant feet and
walked, but with a common stride
and feeling of affiliation with all
the Christians of the world.
Risler to Direct Scene
From 'Phaedra' Today
■ Jeannie Risler, graduate student
in dramatics, will direct a scene
frpih Raccine’s “Phaedra” at 5
p.m. today in the Little Theater,
basement of Old Main. This is the
Experimental! Theater’s third
presentation of scenes from great
plays.
Cast members are Deborah
Peek,' seventh semester arts and
letters major, and John Aniston
and Marian Schwartz, graduate
students in arts and letters.
Tonight on WDFM
8:00
8:30
9:00 Informally Yours
9:30 This World of Music
10:00 Sign Off
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1954
By Bibler
Students Are 'Roots'
91.1 MEGACYCLES
One Night Stand
Behind the Lectern
Music
Sign On
of the People