PAGE FOUR .eutuisneu l'ttestlay through Saturday mornings. during the University Tear. the Daily Collegian is a student *nerated nowsnaner Entered as second-class matter July 5. , 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office guider the set of March 3. 1879 DIEHL McKALIP, Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Sue Conklin; Copy editors, Ron Gatehouse, Rog Beidler; Assist ants, Ruth Barnard, Ted Serrill, Marnie Schenk, Jane Casselberry, Shirley Calkins, Diane Mather, Rod Felix; Ad Staff, Enie Wolfgang, Diane Hallock. Constitution Should Be Revised Immediately Approximately 80 minutes were spent Thurs day night by All-University Cabinet in trying to decide if it had the power to charter poli tical parties. The All-University constitution said it did. The Administration said it didn't. Over 30 minutes were spent by the group de bating if it should take seats away from three representatives, authorized to sit on cabinet by their organization's presidents and unauthor ized by. the All-University constitution. The constitution declared these seats illegal. Cabinet overruled the constitution and declared them legal. The situation is not the most consistent with constitutional procedure. In fact. it's an extremely unhealthy action for cabinet to record in its minutes. It indicates either that cabinet is dissatisfied with its pres ent constitution and wishes revision (which is a perfectly justifiable condition) or that cabinet holds little or no respect for constituions (which condition could prove disastrous to student gov ernment). _ Whatever the motive, cabinet has been acting illegally in several instances for years and to all appearances intends to continue this same procedure until the constitution is revised. Defends Mackey's Talk TO THE EDITOR:, I have been watching the Collegian . . . to see if Burgess Mackey had answered the charges of "inaccuracies and false figures" made by Ben Sinclair of the Penn_State Young Republican Club. Either the Burgess has not seen the Sinclair letter, or he feels that it is not worthy of an answer. Perhaps he feels that the faculty should not "invade" the student newspaper. I should like to come to his defense, for Sin clair, obtaining his figures secondhand, mis quoted the Burgess . . . He took the Burgess' figures and applied them to a biennium rather than to one year. Thus the Burgess said, "We need between 200 and 300 million dollars per year . . ." for educa tion in Pennsylvania . . . not per biennium as Sinclair intimated. The Burgess said that in the past year, the sales tax has brought in between 50 and 60 million dollars . . . The Burgess' fig ures (for one year) were certainly correct, inso far as can be ascertained. Sinclair stated that the Burgess was deliber ately misleading in his use of the Chesterman report. I can not understand how a college stu dent of Sinclair's supposed ability could have made such a gross error. The figure (of possible savings listed in the report) which was used by the Burgess is given in the table on page six of the report . . . I must ask Sinclair to read the report (the question he asked the Burgess) for there is no possible refutation of the Burgess' figures . . . This 100 million figure is for a biennium, making about 50 million a year. The point the Burgess made was that if all of the saving projected by the Chesterman report were avail able this year, they would equal this year's return on the sales tax . . . Tile ?Lag Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE.' est. 1887 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA; FRANK CRESSMAN. Business Mgr. All-University officers are considering a gen eral revision of the constitution. However the revision has been informally delegated to cabinet member currently engaged in cross country. Committee action cannot be started on revision, he says, until cross-country is over for the season. Cross-country will not be over until Nov. 22. In the meantime, cabinet must rely on prece dent rather than an outmoded constitution, continue to act illegally, spend countless hours debating constitutional points which are ex tremely ambiguous and misleading, and create general havoc and between cabinet members who do not agree on interpretations of constitutional articles which should, actually, leave no room for misunderstanding. It would perhaps be unreasonable to ask the delegated revision chairman to sacrifice cross country activity to begin immediately on the revision. However, it would not be unreasonable to ask cabinet to appoint a new chairman who does have the time to begin immediate action on the revamping. We cannot ask our All-University officers to give up their sports, but we can ask for a more efficient delegation of duties. —Peggy McClain Gazette ... AG HILL PARTY EMCEE TRYOUTS, 7 p.m., 103 Agriculture BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB INFORMAL IN- ITIATION, 7:30 p.m., Beef Barn CLOVER CLUB, 7 p.m., Delta Theta Sigma COLLEGIAN BUSINESS CANDIDATES, 7 p.m., 100 Weaver COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, 6:45 p.m., Carnegie COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF SENIOR BOARD, 8:45 p.m., Carnegie COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, 6:30 p.m., Collegian Business Office ED STUDENT COUNCIL, . 7:30 p.m., 204 Bur rowes HOME EC STUDENT COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m., Home Ec Living Center INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 7:30 p.m., 405 Old Main MINERAL INDUSTRIES STUDENT COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m., 208 Willard NEWMAN CLUB, 8 p.m., Catholic Student Center PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Psychology Laboratory I should like to register a strong objection to the tone of Sinclair's letter. He tried to be flip pantly abusive, and the result was particularly contumacious, inasmuch as he was exactly 100 per cent off . . . There are two sides to the election questions, and I should like to believe that members of the Young Republicans are making a sincere effort to present the facts honestly. This is serious business—not rah, rah, BMOC stuff. Editorials represent tke viewpoint of . the writers,. not necessarily the policy of the Ostler Unsigned edi torials are los the editor. Today —Lois Hummel Young Democrat Club EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES in VENEZUELA with CREOLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION An Affiliate of Standard Oil Co: (N.J.) Representatives of Creole will be on the campus on THURSDAY, NOV.. 4 to interview unmarried gradates with majors in ENGINEERING, PHYSICS and GEOLOGY See your Placement Director for interview Schedules Little Man on Campus Ng fa "") tDoel 4a Burcik Explains Stonecutting Art Members of the Faculty Luncheon Club were introduced to the art of cutting semi-precious stones ,yesterday by Emil J. Burcik, associate professor of petroleum and natgral' gas. Burcik, whose lapidary endeavdrs . are a hobby he has enjoyed for the past four years, calls felloW. lapidaries "rock hounds," while young initiates with the gem-cutting bug are termed "pebble pups.* All these jewel enthusiasts, he said, cut and polish gems to en hance their beauty. Burcik considers semi-precious gems more beautiful than pre cious gems in many instances, and he distinguished between syn thetic, genuine, and imitation stones. Synthetic stones have the same chemical composition arid physical properties as the gen uine stones: However, they are crystallized by man. A flawless synthetic stone is impossible to distinguish from a genuine one. A lapidary may .use either a cabochon or a faceted cut. on a stone. The cabochon is the -sim plest of the two, and invlßlves merely the polishing and shaping of the stone into a smoothly round ed oval. A faceted cut entails more skill and patience. A gem holder main tains the stone in a stationary posi tion while a wheel rimmed with diamond dust cuts a level plane on its surface. Certain cutting rules guide the ',lapidary in de- TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1954 OEY FELIAS T ItARIVERE'S A °MG'S' & FEES.' LEctige OVER IN in' AIJOiIDRIUM e ) ) By JOANNE WOHLEBER termining just where to facet the stone. As many as 58 facets may be required in the cuffing of a brilliant diamond, Burcik said. It is for . this reason that hems retail for so Much more than their intrinsic value. Some types of faceted cuts are buff; emerald, and star. Burcik showed a series of colored slides to illustrate the beauty of such semi-precious stones as opals, to pazes, amethysts, rose quartz, Venus' hair ,stones, laboradorite, sunstones, and tiger eyes. He also pointed out that color and price is the only difference between turquoise and emeralds. Tonight on WDFM 7:30 One Night Stand 8 :00 . Behind the Lecturn 8:30 Music of the Peop 9:00 Informally You 9:15 9:30 ,_. 10:30 By Bibles 1 a E M.l MEGACYCLES Sign On ' This World of Mus Sign 01
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