PAGE FOUR irSir : hH:| lailg CoUrgtan Dally C«ll«iliin t* a Mtdent* •Derated n*wiptwr. Saccesnor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. 1997 RnUred as «eeond»clasa matter J«ly 6, 1994 at the StaU Cellete, Pa. Paat Office Milder tlie act af March t. 1179. DIEHL McKALIP. Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor: Jackie Hudgins; Copy Editors: Nancy Showalter, Ted Serrill; As sistants. Ned Frear, Ron Leik, Marion Beatty, Arabel Wagner, Anne Friedberg. Ad Staff: Esther Donavan, Rose Anne Gonzales. AIM: Wise Move The Association of Independent Men Board of Governors used good judgment in rejecting the request of AIM president Robert Dennis for a presidential veto power. The veto would not only be useless, but could be rather dangerous as well. The dean of men must approve all legislation passed by AIM, and therefore, he is an actual veto power in himself. For this reason, veto power for the AIM president would be super fluous. I Another important consideration is that the veto could do great damage in the hands of an incompetent person. No one can predict just how able future AIM presidents might be, but in ail likelihood, there will be a few who do not measure up. Indiscriminate use of the veto by an incompetent future AIM president could be a real thorn in the side of the organization. However a good organization should have some sort of executive check on legislative measures. The AIM president has a seat on All- University Cabinet, and in all probability is more aware of feasible student actions than the Board of Governors. It follows that the AIM president should use his influence, based on this knowledge, before AIM legislation is passed, rather than afterwards. In this manner, there would be a pre-check on legislation, and a post check by the dean of men. From this it seems as though the AIM Board of Governors has acted wisely in rejecting veto power. Chalk up another credit to clear-headed thinking. IFC Award Plan The Interfraternity Council finally bas taken positive steps to revamp the Outstanding Fra ternity Award. Personal opinion has been partly cut out with the elimination of sorority evaluations. Under the old system, sororities submitted lists rating the top fraternities. IFC felt these evalu ations were not objective—and rightly so. It stands to reason the women would vote for the house they have had the most contact with, not taking into consideration the activities of other fraternities. This method of evaluation could not possibly'be objective. The new plan should also strengthen IFC and encourage attendance at IFC meetings through the addition of a penally for houses misisng IFC meetings. Doubt as to the accuracy of the outstanding fraternity choice should be done away with under the new plan. The plan states that a representative from the dean of men’s office will be present while the data submitted from each fraternity is being tabulated. It also will make the tabulations available to fraternities. In the past, these tabulations were not made available and the committee working on the award was the sole judge in the matter. This should put some weight behind the award and remove any feeling that the award is merely circulated among a few “choice houses.” The award also will be based on benefits fraternities perform for outside groups. Former ly. the only house activities included in the award were such projects as sorority enter tainment and parties. Children's Christmas parties and Help Week projects now are in cluded in the award system. These changes will enable the chosen fra ternity to be truly recognized as the “outstand ing fraternity.” 5 Names Mentioned as Office Seekers By MIKE FEINSILBER Daily Collegian City Editor The search for candidates is underway. For weeks, politically-mind ed students have been specu lating about who will run for what, while party officers have been actively seeking candi dates to fill the slate for the spring election, which is about a month off. The search has been par ticularly intensive this year be cause 27 candidates must be found. Each of the three parties will nominate three students for All-University office, three for senior class office, and three for junior class posts. First results of the search will be seen Sunday night, when preliminary nominations are made. Throughout the weeks of ru mor and speculation, five names continually reappeared. They are Hugh Cline, Robert Hoffman, Bruce Lieske, Earl Seely, and Vernon Sones. All five names have been men tioned in connection with the positions of All-University president and senior class pres ident. Hugh Cline, sixth semester WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manager —Larry Jacobson —Rog Beidler. arts and letters major, report edly has removed himself from the race—he’s told inquirers he’s not interested in seeking either the All-University or senior class presidency. Nevertheless, specu 1 a t i o n about Cline’s possible candi dacy persists. Cline is well-known, has a good record as sophomore class president, and is an athlete. Therefore, in the political sense, he’s a “natural’’ candi date. When he ran for sopho more class president a year ago last fall, he was in the State party. But party affiliations don’t carry over from year to year at the University. Cline is on the gymnastics team, is a cheerleader, and was Freshman customs board co chairman last fall. He’s a mem ber of Phi Gamma Delta and, as a fraternity man, would be eligible to be All-University president. The All-University Elections Committee, meeting two weeks ago with party clique chair men, decided the All-Univer sity president would be a fra ternity man and the senior class an independent. But Thursday night, the com THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA On Line Crashers Students who are "unconsciously" line jump ing in the University's dining halls may be helping themselves right out of school. According to James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men, line jumping has been showing an upward trend in the past several weeks. These line jumpers may be classified in two categories—the ‘‘unconscious” line jumper and the “intentional” line cutter. An example of the “unconscious” line jumper appeared before the Association of Independent Men’s Judicial Board of Review this week. The student claimed he merely stepped into line to talk to some friends. As can be expected, he forgot and stayed in that position in the line. It is this type who is hurling himself un knowingly. He has cut into line, not consciously trying to get ahead of anyone, and is asked to qo to the back of the line. Trouble starts when the student grows indignant and refuses, be lieving nothing can be done to him. However, as in the above case, his name is turned into the dean of men’s office, which in turn gives the case to the Board to recommend punishment. If the Board tends to be lenient, as it did this week, the student will “get off’ with judi cial probation. Under this, his name is not sent to the dean’s office, but should he ever be in volved in any further incident at the University, a record of this goes on his transcripts and he may well be expelled. The second type of line jumper is the student who cuts in line intentionally. This student is fooling no one but himself: When someone turns his name into the dean of office— as anyone may do—he will be dealt with more harshly. It is not worth having a black mark put down on transcripts or being expelled from the Uni versity just to eat five minutes sooner. —Don Barlett Hero Candidates Athletes belong in the sports arenas and not in student government chambers. We must harp on this subject. We also admit there are exceptions. But even if the dual ability does exist, the demands on time' from both a major sport and a major student government position are not compatible. Both are going to suffer in the division of lime. On this campus with a student body of nearly 12,000, there must be student leader material which is not already burdened with activities. This source should be tapped to afford the best in student government, It appears parties turn to athletes merely because they are sports heroes, and other abili ties are only an after-thought. The parties hope the popularity gained through sports stardom will carry the candidates into office. Let's not have athletic heroes as student gov ernment leaders. Nominate and vote wisely in clique meetings. Gazette... NEWMAN CLUB, Daily Rosary, 4:30 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church; Open House, 8 p.m., Student Center PHI MU ALPHA, 1:80 p.m.. 117 Carnegie Tomorrow CAMPUS PARTY, steering committee, 2 :30 p.m., 108 Willard CAMPUS PARTY, Clique, 7:80 p.m., 10 Sparks PHI MU ALPHA, 7:30 p.m., 117 Carnegie SKATING PARTY, Forestry Cabin, 2 p.m.. Rear of Old Main Monday ALPHA PHI OMEGA, brothers, 7 p.m., 3 Sparks ALPHA PHI OMEGA, prospects, 7:30 p.m., 3 Sparks mittee and the chairmen re opened the possibility of the senior class president being a Greek. As of today, this has not been settled. Reportedly, the parties asked the elections committee to make it possible for a frater nity man to be senior class president because they were having a difficult time finding independents for the post. This lack of independents may be an important factor in the elec tion. Qualified candidates are scarce, and, because there are three parties, competition for them is keen. Robert Hoffman, sixth se mester journalism major, is an other potential candidate. Hoff man, while not previously as sociated with campus politics, is well known as a basketball and football star, seemingly a definite political advantage at the University. A member of Delta Upsilon, Hoffman would be eligible to be All-University president. His name has mostly been linked with the State party. Bruce Lieske, sixth semes ter meteorology major, was one of the earh'-st t o (Continued on page eight) i Uttitttli represent Um ' elewpelat at Um vliters. , ast MNiutU: Um palle? 1 af <lm paper Unsigned edttsrlata are t> the edltar Little Man on Campus The Other Half Grading systems, campus radio stations with their problems, charity drives, honor codes and cuts, and beards. No matter where you look the news from college campuses seems to be about the same topics with, of course, some variables. At the University one of 'the major grade —but at Yale the situation is vastly different, averages at Yale have become so inflated that students . make Dean’s List. The problem now at Yale is. finding some way to revise the grading or Dean’s List set-up to limit the number on Dean’s List to about 25 per cent of the student body. - But, don’t feel too badly. The Diamondback of the University of Maryland (of football fame) re ports that a little more than 5 per cent of the student body flunked out in January. Campus radio -station WDFM bears the brunt of a lot of com plaints because too few are able to hear it. But right now the staff of WPRU of Princeton University thinks it might be a little better off if fewer people heard its broadcasts. The station carries the only play-by-play accounts of Princeton basketball games. After several peculiar phone calls from a man claiming to be a New York reporter trying to write “a run ning report for an early morning paper,” the staff is beginning to get suspicious. According to the Daily Princetonian, the staff sus pects a gambling syndicate has been using its facilities to place bets on the basketball games. Part of Cornell's “Fraternity Week ’55” will be a benefit con cert featuring choral groups from nearby colleges. The program will include the Penn Tones, Vassar Night Owls, Brown Jabberwocks, Middlefcury Dissipated 8, Skid more Sonneteers, and the Cayuga Waiters. But, a program of this kind, since there’s almost no over head involved, can raise a tidy sum for charity. University of Maryland's soror ities will be doing their bit to help the Maryland Campus Chest next week when the Panhellenic Coun cil sponsors a day-long car wash. Each sorority will work for 40 minutes washing the cars of stu dents and faculty at 50 cents apiece When the Villanova Student Council rejected a proposed honor system, the “Villanovan” came up with the following: “It appears that the good councilors still wish to retain the old order—i.e., the teachers have the honor and the students have the system.” Our co-Centennial celebrator, Michigan State, is considering a coed honor system for upperclass women having the equivalent of our 2.0 average. Under the plan the women would be allowed un limited 11:30 p.m. permissions on week nights and unlimited over night permissions. The State News SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1955 By ANN LEH contends there is definitely a need for such a program, as proved by the number of special permissions given for many activities. And, the News claims, think of the add ed incentive for studying. The fun may be over for the University, of Connecticut. Since 1931 unlimted cuts have been al lowed, but now there’s sharp dif ference of opinion among the fac ulty as to the effects of missing classes. So, this semester atten dance will be taken and the names of those students with excessive cuts will be reported to the stu dent personnel office. No penal ties will be given, but at the end of the semester the faculty Sen ate will study the records to see if there is a correlation between absences and low grades. And if there is . . . More Beards! Starting Monday shaving will be outlawed at the University of Maryland. The ban will continue until Friday, and No-Shave Week will end with a “women-pay-all” dance. The prize for the most impressive beard—a free shave and haircut! And, at George Washington University, the PiKA’s held a “shaggy beard” contest in con junction with their annual Ship wreck Ball last week. The GW “Hatchet” didn’t say what the prize for the best beard was, but one of the door prizes at the dance was a live parakeet. . IFC to Meet Monday Interfraternity Council will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in 219 Electrical Engineering. The movie “Centennial” will be shown. The meeting will not be a regular business meeting. This Weekend On WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES 7:25 Sign On 7:30 Phil Wein 8:15 BBC Feature 8:45 _ Just for Two 9:30 «... ..... Hi-Fi Open House 10:30 . Thought for the Day 7:25 7:30 10:30 7:25 7:30 8:00 8:15 8:30 9:00 9:15 By Bibler complaints is the -2 Since 1950 scholastic today about half the Tomorrow Sign On Third Program . Thought for th« Dag Mondag Sign On On* Night Stand UN Story Top Drawer Progressions in Rhythm -'Spotlight on State New* Symphonic Notebook Tko<l(bt foe Um Da?
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