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DIEHL McKALIP. Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Rog Beidler; Copy Editors, Al Klimcke, Dot Bennett; Assistants,
Harry Davis, Ned Frear, Evelyn Onsa, Rod Felix. Ad Staff: Diane Hallock, Peg Porter, Nancy Peterson,
Enie Wolfgang.
Political Party Revisions End. DiCtatorships
Ii is a slow mill, but it grinds exceedingly the past has been elected by this executive
fine. committee.
This is the saying which might apply to the Thus in the present setup we find two bad
things. Decisions are made by a dominating
position in which the campus political parties clique chairman or an executive committee
row find themselves. After freedom that knew which dares not oppose him or it will be dis
no bounds short of student pressure, these solved. Also, the clique chairman names the
groups now are under the wheel and are being committee which names the next clique chair
man, establishing a non-blockable way of per
reduced to self-evaluating organizations. From petuating, a political dynasty.
this it is hoped to build a sound political system The Senate subcommittee has as its main
at the University. object the elimination of this dictatorial sys-
What is referred to is the current constitu- tern. In the eight recommendations given to
tional revision being conducted by both parties, each party to use as a basis for revamping
Lion and State, at the orders of the Senate their constitutions, the stress was placed on
Committee on Student Affairs subcommittee putting control of the parties in the, hands
on organization control. The subcommittee gave of the students and bringing operations into
the negligent parties until Jan. 13 to complete the light. This is no more than is expected
the task. The constitutions will then be re- of any other groups which operate at the Uni
viewed and accepted or rejected with further versify under Senate charter.
recommendations. Parties, however, seem above. this. So far
The action is not a mere formality and the their several meetings to discuss the situation
parties do not seem aware of this. The sub- have been hush-hush, hand-picked discussion
committee composed of representatives of the affairs rather than open meetings of those
student body, faculty, and administration are interested in the cliques. Assuming open clique
determined to change the parties until they- meetings may be impossible, proper constitu
meet student needs, or deny them the right to tional revision committees have not even been
function on the campus. appointed by the clique chairmen. The closed-
For the reasoning behind this move, one door, dictatorial policies continue.
need only look at the procedures followed by Considering this, .it appears the outcome of
the parties today. What exists is a group with the revision may be expected to be as' disap
control centered in one person, the clique chair- pointing, as the original constituion which were
man, to the extent that the - organization re- presented to All-University Cabinet and the
sembles a dictatorship. This setup is responsible Senate in the charter applications. They were
for filling 15 elective offices, the three officers a shame to students of government and the
for each class and the three All-University loop-holes' in them made it obvious they were
officers. prepared with the-intent of allowing dictatorial
How so? Drawing from the party constitu- powers.
tions which set up both parties along similar The showdown is here and the results can
lines, the control is found to , rest in the hands go only in favor of the Senate subcommittee.
of the clique chairman and an executive corn- The results will not hurt political parties; run
mittee of people named and removed by the by the student body they can be strong and fill
clique chairman. This executive chairman in their rightful niche in the University.
Ag Council Elections: .Keep Them Closed.
Agriculture Student Council will be faced position to judge the ability of potential , officers
tonight with the decision of whether or not of the council than is the student body.
to open elections of council officers to the Should the student body take over elections
agriculture student body. The Ag Hill Breeze, of officers to the council, we fear they will put
agriculture students' weekly newsletter, came both themselves and their elected officers in
out this week with an editorial favoring open- an unfortunate predicament. For while the
ing the elections. To appreciate the Breeze members of each department may be well
editor's reasoning, we must first understand acquainted with all potential candidates from
the unusual "organization of the ag council. their particular currieulums, they could not
The majority of college councils on campus possibly be familiar with the qualifications of
are composed of students not representing any all agriculture students. This factor in itself
particular group of their college. They are will handicap a wise , selection of officers.
merely representatives-at-large who vote ac- The proposed change in elections procedure
cording to their independent judgment. How- was probably suggestd with the hopes of in
ever the ag council is made up of representa- creasing interest in student government. How
tives from the agriculture clubs, organized un- ever, we feel that to risk the welfare of the
der the various departments of the college. council and its effectiveness would not war-
Theoretically these representatives vote accord- rant the probable low increase in student in
ing to the majority decision of the groups they terest that such action would create.
represent. - If there is a lack of enthusiasm and interest
.
A designated number of representatives are in agriculture student government (which this
elected from each club, according to the en- proposal, of a change seems to indicate) then the
rollment in the curriculum with which that fault probably lies somewhere in the manner
club is associated. The clubs are nonrestrictive of selecting council representatives, not off i
in membership and require little of their mem- cers. For while officers are a vital part 'of any
bers except payment of dues which seldoni organization, they cannot function effectively
amount to more than 25 cents per semester, without a strong and efficient group behind
and in some cases attendance at an initiation them. Actions of student councils are neces
ceremony. sarily a reflection on the entire council, and
The students elected by these club members can in no way be attributed to the officers
serve as ag council representatives, exclusively.
The Breeze editor set forth two chief argu
ments against the ,present system of elections.
He pointed out the council representatives were
not compelled to vote with the majority of their
clubs and thus students have no guarantee their
majority votes are being cast by their repre
sentatives. The other argument was that stu
dents who do not belong to clubs are not rep
resented on the council and thus cannot par
ticipate in elections of council officers.
These arguments overlook two pertinent fac
tors in student government: that students are
elected to councils to represent their consti
tuents in all phases of council action, including
elections of that council's officers; and that the
council representatives are in a much better
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HOUSEMOTHERS
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Talking to one of our freshmen fraternity housemothers the
other day, we were•informed by •her that she objected to the title of
housemother. Also no good were hostess, "mom," Mrs. So-an-So, or
the first name.
Mrs. So-and-So was too formal, first name, too familiar, and.
housemother too institutional sounding. "Hostess sounds like some
one running about with towel onl
arm and menu in hand saying
`Ydur table' to a group of strang
ers," she said.
She said the result was that
her boys now call her by a nick
name coming from a name she
was dubbed with when -a. school
girl. She explained this is a corn
bination between the formal and
the familiar. "It has character,"
she points out.
MAIL BAG ITEM—
Coeds at the University of
Rhode Island have complained
they object to having hurricanes
named after the fair sex.. The
"Hurricane Gals" contend the
blows are dangerous and deadly,
and by using ladies'. names, •we
may minimize the hazards of
these cyclonic storms by kittenish
references to Dolly, Carol, Edna,
and so on.
At the university 15 per cent
of the coeds have hurricane names
with the Carols representing the
most numerous bloc. They have
endorsed a code suggested by Dr.
John G. Albright, an authority on
meteorology, which they feel is
simpler and more descriptive. It
is made up of shorter words
easier to use in both written and
spoken communications.
Here is a partial sample of the
suggested code as it appeared in
the Intercollegiate Press bulletin
showing the defined terms that
could be substituted for the "Hur
ricane Gals:" Alice—amok, fren
zied; Barbara—baff, a blow; Carol
—cark, a worry; Dolly-doxy, a
wench; Edna—eyra,. a wildcat;
Florence—flam, a drumbeat; Gil
da—gaff, a barbed spear; Hazel—
havoc, destruction.
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JAM SESSION—
Your editor braved the raving
mobs Sunday to take in a "jam
session." He was impressed. He
went 'to 'hear Mike Pedicin and
his combo (short for combination,
we.believe), from Philadelphia and
pciints West, who were - making
with a real nervous beat at the
Sigma Nu house.
While usually prefering the 'old
masters (we seem to be a square),
we could not help but enjoy the
entertainment. The atmosphere of
people packed in a stifling room
and letting their hair down' in
unison was infectious. It "even
caused us to forget how warm it
was, that we did not, sit down or
hardly move for three hours, and
that we were missing , supper:(din
ner to you cats from the East:).
- We wonder, if this is a- typical
display of the enthusiasm for
this brand of music, if it would
not 'be a sound idea to - . - stage a
session on a campus-wide .scale.
It should attract both the serious
students of this type of music and
the curiosity seekers. One . big out
fit could be imported or several
small ones to do . shift :work 'and
then stage a free-for-:all the
end. Possibly a project. for lour
new jazz club.
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