PAGE FC,UP Published fuesday through Saturday mornings during , the University year. the Daily Collegian is a student operated news Entered as seeond-etass matter July 5. 1034 at tho State College. Pa. Pest Ottleo ander DIEHL McKALIP. Editor Managing Ed.. Mary Lee Lauffer: City Ed., Mike Fein- Asst. Bus. Mfr., Benjamin Lowenstein; Loeal Adv. Mgr., Ober; Copy Ed.. Nancy Ward ; Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell: Fay Goldstein: National Adv. Mgr.. John Albrecht; Cir. Edit. Dir., Peggy McClain: Radio News Ed., Phil Austin: Ike. rotation Mgr.. Richard Gordon! Promotion Mir., Evelyn Ed.. Marcie MacDonald: Asst. Sports Ed., Herm Weiskopf: Riegel; Personnel Mgr.. Carol Sawing; Offiee Mgr.. Porn Asst Soc. Ed., Mary Bolkh; Feature Ed., Edmund Reiss; ?remelt Classified Adv. Mgr., Dorothea Ebert: Bac, Gertrude Photog. Dir., Ron Hoopes; Senior Board, Bev Dickinson. Maine:sit Research and Records Mgr.. Virginia Cookers. Ann Leh. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Nancy Showalter; Copy Editors, Margie Blank, Dave Bronstein; Assistants, Evelyn Onsa, Barbara Budnick, Terry Leach, Jim Brown. Let's Keep Athletes Out of Politics With spring elections just around the corner— good fortune to be blessed with good leaders they are usually scheduled for late in March— who could combine both athletics and student the three campus political parties are busy affairs in the past. That is, most of the time. looking for candidates. And, they can't find And, this year for example, two All-University them. officers, President Jesse Arnelle and Secretary- The party workers have been scurrying about Treasurer Robert Homan, are also captains in looking for qualified and interested students to their respective sports and are doing creditable be candidates for the nine positions available jobs in both positions. this spring: the three officers of both the junior In future years, as in some of those past, this ,and senior classes and the all-University offi- envious condition might not exist, however. It cers. With three parties, which must by rule run may just be the individual, if elected, would full slates, looking, this means 27 nominees not be able to handle both jobs. He might easily must be found.win the election on his athletic popularity while As noted above these candidates can not be having no student leadership ability. found; there seems to be a lack of students To go back to the "big-time" element, we with student government experience who are must note that it is today hard to serve both willing to run in the all-campus campaigns. masters at the University. The programs of This is causing the parties to turn for possible intercollegiate sports competition and student candidates who have made their names in other government at a school with an enrollment of fields, and the chief sources are the athletic 12,000 students are both too demanding to be teams. 'pursued at the same time by the same people. If nominees in the spring elections are taken It appears to us that today's student has . a from the athletic arenas rather than the poli- rough time participating in both athletics and tical arena, it will not be the first time. Periodi- student government—and carrying an academic cally, campus offices have been filled with load too. We also feel'there is too great a chance athletes. Often, also, these students have done of poor student leaders being elected on their fine jobs; their leadership in sports seemed to sports reputation. carry over to leadership in student affair. This is the year of decision; student govern- We feel this is in general a very poor policy, ment must go elsewhere than to the athletic however. Both student government and ath- fields for leaders. We demand that in a des letics at the University this Centennial year are perate grab for candidates, which seem in short too "big-time" to be combined. supply this spring, the parties do net turn to Penn State student government has had the athletic heros. Is There Honor Among University Students? In the oft-mentioned honor system, the school exam and to that statement he will sign his has the honor and the students hatre the system. name. So goes the old saying. Despite many at- This last part of the plan, the signature which will verify the integrity of the student, is the tempts by schools throughout the country, the key. Any elaborate plan for getting the signa honor system seems to have survived in very ture, apprehending offenders, or holding hear few of them. Often the school is afraid to try ings and meting out punishments, will be just putting the students on their own, and more so much paper if the honor is not there. often, when an honor system is tried, the stu- Actually, the question we would like to raise, dents spoil it by taking advantage of it. for the lebenty-lebenth time, is: would the Currently at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute honor system work at Penn State? the Class of 1958, now freshmen, are working The immediate reaction is no. Most students on a plan which they are asking the school to think the University is too large, and, there try during their three remaining years. fore, students could get away with murder Simply, the plan is to have a board hold under this plan with the large classes. closed hearing on any student who is alleged It seems to us that anyone thinking thus is to have cheated on two different occasions. forgetting the essential part of the plan—honor. The proceedings, which are hearings rather The functioning of the honor system does not than trials, amass evidence which is turned hinge on size of the school, type of school, or over to the administration and then the Board class of school; it involves the honor of the of Trustees. The honor board has no power to . students. And, we believe students can have expel a man. just as much honor at one school as another. The proposed system would not apply to the No matter how you look at it, the honor sys use of fraternity files, old examinatims, or tern is theoretically an admirable thing. Look papers as reference material. Nor would it ing into it, however, has made us think our cover any school work except tests, quizzes, initial statement was backwards. The school and exams. When a man has completed a test should supply the system and the students the he will state on the paper that he has neither honor. given nor received any assistance during that Would it work at Penn State? Safety Valve— Woman's Warpaint -- TO THE EDITOR: On reading the recent article in the Daily Collegian (Tuesday) making the beard growing contest an official Centennial activity, we were astounded to find that the women, who compose a large part of the Uni versity, have been neglected in these Centen nial activities. Since this is a coed university and the sup port of all activities should be shared by both sexes, we propose that if there is a no-shaving rule for men students, there should be a no cosmetics rule for women students. We sincerely believe the women of this university will main tain their beauty regardless of whether or not they wear cosmetics and will at the same time be able to participate in the anniversary cele bration with the men. Since the women have been a part of this school almost as long as men, we do not think the Centennial activities, such as the beard growing contest, etc., should be restricted to men students. The women should be given the chance to display some of their enthusiasm for Penn State's 100th anniversary, and therefore should be encouraged to discard their powder and paint for the Centennial celebration. —Tedd Hamsler Don Chalmers Gazette • • . Today AIM JUDICIAL, 7 p.m., 204 Old Main DAIRY SCIENCE CLUB, 7 p.m., Dairy FENCING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., North Corridor, Roe Hall NEWMAN CLUB, Daily Rosary, 4:30 p.m., Church; Dia. • cusaion, 7 :30 p.m., 304 Old Main NITTANY GROTTO, 7 :30 p.m., 121 MI PENN STATE RADIO GUILD, 7:30 p.m., 312 Sparks WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE MEETING, 7 p.m., Old Main TIOUSE REPRESENTATIVES. 6:50 P.M.. 312 Sparkiw aim liatig Collegian Sateen., to THE FR= LANCE. out. leff olginlip WILLIAM DEVER% Business Manager THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Politics: Open Field Campus politics take on a more formal aspect this weekend when two of the three parties, Lion and Campus, hold their first clique meet ings of the semester Sunday night. State, party hasn't as yet announced its first meeting, but we assume it too will join in the , schedule shortly. Sunday night is as good as any' for students to get in on the campus political scene. Closed mouthed as the parties have been the pia month or so concerning new policies, constitu tions and the like, they seem to be embarkifig on somewhat changed-about programs.' In the first place, they are going to have to behave themselves this semester—they're under the University Senate's wing, which group admit tedly packs a sounder wallop than All-Uni versity Cabinet has ever ventured. The parties, and those potential party mem bers now looking over the picture, have a few other 'points to their advantage. The addition of the new party—the Campus—indirectly might benefit campus politics quite a bit. The more parties— the more competition for good 'candidate slates and platforms. And normally, competition produces quality. On the other hand, the fact that the new party administra tion is made up primarily of post-Lion or State party members might lead to some degree of friction and possible mudslinging. In the long run, however, this year's campaign will depend on the attitudes of the entire clique memberships. And now is the time for students to make up cliques to their likings. Lion party will be electing a new clique chairman Sunday night and State party needs a new vice clique chairman. Campus party must elect an entire slate of All-University clique offices and with in the next few weeks, the student body can vie for 20 class clique offices in the new party. Students interested in politics have no ex cuse this semester that they "couldn't break into the groups." &Mortals rep resent the riewyelat et the writers, set sieeemearily the of the payer. Uali editorial' are by the alb sell et Mardi S. IST! ,Peggy IdeClain Man on Campus'. Littl "Whore do you buy, your leotards. Miss?" Tnarcie gea,twoup Curiosity got the best of two senior dieticians we know; they have taken steps toward enlisting in' the Army. They say they'd like to find out what Arrhy` life' is like. ". , That's one answer to the piobleth of what to do when the in evitable graduation day comes' and the man-behind-the-pen-behind the-checkbook turns us out into the cold, cruel world. It seems like more and more students hereabouts are putting I off the day of reckoning by wheedling just E few hundre( more from thei chancellors of tt exchequer for extended trip Europe. But the what are v.' , going to do? An ingeniot professional loin er once suggestec. a revolution in M the social system arcie MacDonild, whereby retirement would begin at birth and end at sbctir-five. If still alive at this age, We would all dash out to , the ,placement service and sign up for inter views. This great mind, said that' such a ,system could be financed ; by transferring 'the - billions ; spent on defense to a great big old social security -fund, to. Which' workers (those, 'past 65) would contribute much in the-same way.', as is.'bow done. • , • And what- about defense? It 'Pa Obvious, after_ our, loafer- friend explained, that 'with - 'Men •of fighting: age, in . retirement,.: NVe would have no .armed, force.Cf• A brave step forkVard 'in, the .•dit armamerit• ..of the entire- world, indeed. • . Thus, ,with the' iventrial• obso4 lescence of war ; we could allen4 joy the vionderful•civilikatiOn••:Wat have developed through ?the cen turies.. Even th e employment which would come eventually to most, would be accomrquiied , ,by pleasures of life not enjoyed' by society. today. Very lovely idea, this plan, but we must all loaf together' or we all work separately.: , One of those characters ivho reads all newspapers with an acid eye and tongue writhing with criticism recently , jarred Mc- Elwain Hall with an accusation that the editorial "we" is a very poor device by which -one per son can spread unpleasant re actions to his written word over an entire staff. "Nobody," Old Critical T • fumed at us, "really thinks that a column represents the combined efforts of the staff of writers." (At least she called us writers.) We don't think you do, either. We each know that each of us is one of "us," and hence we are "we" to us, and you might as well start thinking of us as "we". Did you hear about the lady journalist who stood at the altar and bravely faltered 'hen her turn came. "We do"? .THURSDAY: • FEBRUARY' 10; 1'955 By MARCIE MaOOPIALD By MIKE FEINSILBER What would student .govern ment do with itself if for once—it quit revising, rewriting, or drawing up brand new con stitutions? , Startling question? Look at the record. At this mo- ' meat, an off-hand coma shows 10' groupi, soundly concerning them selves with the business of revis ing or accePting,new constitutions. l e , One . of. the two traditional.*•ll - parties just finished; its new charter is -being analyzed-byUni verSity Senate •conunittees. ether,:party is still in the prOcess. CaMpUs 'party will' hear . Its first 'constitution - read ,Supday: Town ConrioU, Weit 13 o r m Confikil, Pollock Council, and theirlog r ent group, ttie• A'Ssocia tibn 161 Independent 'Men in d s t , of corultitAbining. Warnereff Student Goyernmern As.. sc,iciStiOn 'haS been .revisihk for Ati:All-liniymity Cabinet Con sUtiitional • Revisions: •• , CoMmittee Itaik.Baen meeting„ behind closed , 0 0 ( 11 * - PreSufnattlY •'? •amokey • rgiorns, doing-;what comes•natural- A rid the,new constitution of the ,ArinedForces. Cornrnunicli tiona .and Dlectionics Association, for comic relief, • has just corn pletedra new constitution which has , been approved by military advisois in Washington, D.C.) Is this good or •bad? It - Would be good:if these con stitutions were here to stay or if they • improved the -constituted tit at the mating rate consti tutions, become outdated, this apparently isn't the case at all. • •So it's. bad.. Time spent chang ing constitutions is, time that can't lie ,spent improving the - Ultimate lot- of the student. Let's get on to New Business, Tonight on WDFM T:25 _ Mtn G. 7:30. Altventur• in Ittseard i 7:46 As You Believe :40. --------- Couteet r —se ta " 6:30 ------_------------- ----- Just Out. 1:01 Guest Stft 0:16 ' New 9:30 The Mute p alett . T 1100191 99 409 Um Der By Biblert of all things 91.1 MIiGACYCL/111
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