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DIEHL McKALIP. Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Marnie Schenck; Copy Editors, Ted Serrill, Inez Althouse; As
sistants, Mike Moyle, Terry Leach, Evelyn Onsa, Judy Harkison, Arabelle Wagner, Pat Tomlinson,
Dick Hufnagel, Rosemary Bass. Ad Staff: Claire Murray, Mona Signorino.
AIM Executive Veto:
Pro If the Association of Independent Men de
cides tomorrow night it doesn’t want an execu
tive veto incorporated into its constitution, it
will be stating publicly that it doesn’t have con
fidence in its president.
AIM would surely be a weak organisation if
it did not respect the opinion of its chief ex
ecutive enough to listen to his opinion con
cerning legislation that might ultimately affect
SBOO men at the University.
The president, by definition of his office, is
not allowed to enter into discussion before the
board. But the president, also by right of his
office, is in a position to know better what
would be wisest for the association. He has a
seat on All-University cabinet and visits weekly
with the dean of men.
If, in the heat of argument, the Board of
Governors passes some legislation the president
feels is unwise and not in the best interest of
the association, he would, if he were granted the
veto power, be able to slow it down, if not stop
it altogether.
The veto power, stated in the revised consti
tution to be vetoed on tomorrow night at the
Board of Governors meeting, stipulates that
the veto could be nullified by a two-thirds vote
of the governors present.
AIM is one of the largest and best organized
groups on this campus. It has enjoyed un-
Saralled growth during the last two years,
ames W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men,
said recently. If AIM has grown in number,
power, and influence, why, then shouldn’t it
grow in responsibility?
With the addition of the veto power, AIM
would be given an opportunity to prove its
maturity. It would be able to show that it knew
how to use power effectively.
The AIM president should be trusted with a
veto power, just as the All-University president,
and the Woman's Student Government Associ
ation president, are.
Keep It Clean
Two months from tomorrow the 1965 version
Of Spring Week will begin. However, commit
tees are right now planning the week’s events.
To these committee members—whp are rep
resenting the student body as they lay their
Elans —we direct a word of advice: simply, keep
pring Week in good taste.
This advice is passed on because of the mixed
opinions as to the worth of Spring Week. Most
of this opinion tends to favor the week because
it provides an organized and creative outlet
for spring enthusiasm and at the same time
does worthwhile things, such as providing funds
for scholarships.
Unfortunately, all these nice things can be
easily over-shadowed by the critics who point
out that poor taste often prevails over the entire
show. Because people show a greater tendency
to talk about the bad than the good, the ills
which regularly apptear in .the carnival, and
sometimes appear in the parade, are magnified
to make the whole week seem in poor taste.
Cases in point; while usually being separated,
are quite frequent, having to shut down a
show because it does not meet ethical standards;
stopping a group from participating because of
the rowdy conduct of the members around the
project; University officials not bringing visi
tors to the events for fear of embarassment;
the mortification to a girl, who a few weeks
before had been given a high award,
doing an act of questionable taste.
Frankly, some students and the bulk of the
University administration have taken a weary
view of Spring Week antics. This, and we em
phasize, does not mean the administration is
against a Spring Week, but it means they dis
like the trend the week has taken of late. Thus,
it seems safe to conclude this year’s Week must
be a good one or there may be none next year.
We appeal to the committee men and women
to lay their plans well. We hope the many stu
dents that work under these plans will follow
this move for a good Spring Week; one in good
taste.
Gazette...
Today
ANGEL FLIGHT, 7 p.m., Armory
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, 7 p.m., 218 Willard
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS CANDIDATES, 7 p.m., 217 Willard
COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, 6:30 p.m., Business
Office
CpLLEGIAN PROMOTION STAFF, 6:30 p.m., 103 Willard
ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE STUDENT COUN-
CIL meeting has been canceled
FRESHMAN COUNCIL, 6:30 p.m.. Commuters Room,
Woman’s Building
NEWMAN CLUB, Daily Rosary, 4 :30 p.m., Church
NEWMAN CLUB, Bishop Sheen on TV, 8 p.m.. Student
Center
PLAYERS COSTUME WORKSHOP, 7 p.m., Basement of
Schwab
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
John Arnold, Donald Baker, Stephen Behman, Richard
Now's the time to ask her to the ...
AIM-LEONIDES SPRING DANCE
Friday, March 1 8, 8:30-12:00 p.m. tickets on sale at student union desk - informal - s2.so per Couple Music by Johnny Nicolosi
Daily Collegian
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"<•> ». I*S« at the Stow CoUapa, Pa. Part Offlea mUti Um act a! March's. UTS.
—Jackie Hudgins
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
nfl&a WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manager
What’s It Worth?
Co It An executive veto for the Association of
Independent Men boils down, in the long run,
to a harmless enough provision, but an un
necessary one. It’s doubtful if AIM ever has,
or will pass any bill so revolutionary or detri
mental that a presidential censor is needed be
fore the bill is sent to the Dean of Men’s office
for approval.
It seems also, at this point, that rather mis
leading arguments are being used in favor of
passing the veto.
Chief of these is the opinion of “advocates”
chat a veto power would indirectly produce a
more responsible AIM, and hence a group more
worthy of the respect of the administration.
Such responsibility, supposedly, would be evi
denced in “feasible, well thought out bills” sent
to the Dean of Men’s office for approval, or, as
the case might be, in the absence of any illogi
cal, hastily drawn up bills. Neither of which in
the long run has much co do with the responsi
bility of AIM as a group.
For instance, suppose AIM came up with a
bill fitting into the category of “hastily drawn
up and unfeasible.” Suppose further that the
AIM president vetoed the bill. The bill, unless
passed again by the group, would not show up
in the Dean’s office. This would inevitably re
sult in the significant “absence” of such bills.
But this show of responsibility would be due
to the AIM president, and in a few cases to con
scientiousness on the part of the group.
Suppose even further that the Dean’s office
has an influx of AIM bills considered “well
thought out” and reflecting group responsibility.
Production of such bills could be attributed to
an executive veto to this extent: a “rash” bill
was proposed at one meeting, vetoed, and modi
fied enough to pass at the second meeting.
Modification would most likely be due either
to persuasion of the group on the part of the
president to see his point of view or a deter
mination of the group to pass a bill, in one form
or another.
However, this does not constitute responsi
bility. It seems rather, to be a shrewd sort of
conforming to administrative standards.
In short, an executive veto would not so
much cultivate AIM responsibility as it would
impress upon the group that they adjust their
legislation to the AIM president's and adminis
tration's desires, or be just plain out of luck.
This does not necessarily mean the veto would
be detrimental to the group. If its primary pur
pose is to make this sort of adjustment, then
the veto is a harmonious adornment to the
constitution.
But so far as increasing the value of the con
stitution. adornment is all the veto will.be.
Safety Valve—
On Medea - -
TO THE EDITOR: In Mr. Beau-Seigneur’s piti
ful attempt at being intelligent in Friday’s Daily
Collegian (review of Medea) he didn’t do too
badly—considering that he misspelled “Euri
pdies” only twice ... He was also quite success
ful in changing the name of the Shakespearean
heroine Ophelia to Orphelia . . .
We would like to assure Mr. Beau-Seigneur
that Players made a valiant attempt at securing
marble steps, but the United Marble Workers
of Italy were on strike ■at the time. We will
agree with him. however, that stone doors
should have been used. They probably wouldn't
have "quivered with each opening." Had Play
ers done a Passion Play, we would suppose that
Mr. Beau-Seigneur, with his "cinemhscopic
mind," would have liked to have seen real nails
being used.
In short, with people like Joe Beau-Seigneur
criticizing dramatic productions with evaluative
criteria that' should be employed for a cattle
show, we cannot help but think that it is his
species of intellectual cacti that is contributing
the most to making Penn State the cultural
desert that it is.
• Letter Cut
—Ken Williams
EDITOR'S NOTE: Either spelling is correct.
The misspelling Of Ophelia was a typographi
cal error.
Student Conduct
TO THE EDITOR: I, for one am thoroughly
ashamed of the student conduct in Rec Hall
Wednesday night.
We have finally proved beyond a doubt to
our city cousins what real farmers we are.
Jesse's (Arnelle) ovation was the only re
deeming aspect of the entire game.
—Audrey Arbuckle
Brandt, James Byrne, Richard Coats, Colleen Daniels, Hana
Gach, Robert Hackman, Marcia Hammel, Carole Hite, Irene
Jacob, Lawrence Liilecotch, William Murray, Norman Paul,
Marcia Ripper, Jane Schrope, Joyce Stark.
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editorial* are b» the editor.
—Peggy McClain
Little Ma
on Campus
"Well, one word led to another and then.l foolishly said, 'Professor
Snarf, if your ideas are so red hot why aren't YOU out after one
of those $25,000 a year Jobs instead of teaching school?"*
Some More HUB —— ;
Impressions
YES. THE HUB WILL OPEN—
Despite many delays and resettings of the opening day,, the
Hetzel Union Building will open. The magic date is firmly set at
Tuesday, March 15, and George Donovan, the genial proprietor, is
determined to make it stick.
The current week is one of practice for the staff of the building
of educational pleasure as the day
crew experiments with its ability
to handle the crowds and the
night crew tries to see if it can
clean up after them. Sunday, the
building braves the masses when
the HUB is open for inspection
by students.
Probably the biggest test run
this week is in the food service
area. Some 600 students and fac
ulty and staff members have been
invited to be “guinea pigs” and
take their n.„on meals in the Ter
race Room for 25 cents a day.
Behind this pilot group is the
desire by food service to get the
serving technique,- called the hol
low square, down to maximum
efficiency. The principle is for the
customers to get their eating
utensils from an area in the mid
dle and then dart td the counters
on three sides for what tjiey want. I
As it was described by R. C.
Proffitt, manager of the food
stores and food buyer, “If you
can reach it, it is your' turn to
put it on your tray.
Some slowness the first day of
the experiment was attributed to
the fact that many of the pilot
group are taking advantage of
the low price for “all they , can
eat, ”
It is always the unexpected
that puts the spark into an open
ing like yesterday’s. The’ trays,
vital to cafeteria type service, did
not arrive the first of the month
as expected. It seems they were
shipped by railroad freight, a
tough way to get to State College
and University Park. Food service
finally had to go get some by
truck.
Although the food is billed as
the same as that being served in
the dormitory dining halls, it
tasted differently. This can prob
ably be credited to the lush sur
roundings and to coed dining. It
even made the HUB-long line
seem fast.
The crowning blow from the
first-day users came when one of
the students, in the mad fit of
darts to and from counters, dashed
to the display area and took his
cake from there.
TUESDAY. MARCH 8. 1955
By Bibler
fiy DIEHL McKALIP
CENTENNIAL PLUG—
Currently there are two Centen
nial projects underway: a beard
growing competition and a Cen
tennial song contest. This is
way of a short plug for both.'
It is too early to guage results
on the song contest with the dead
line not till the end of the month.
However, the beard contest seems
to be failing down. So far only
about 16 men have entered the
latter event.
We wonder what happened to
all those stalwarts who defended
man’s right to grow chin foliage
a month ago. Sign up at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main* •...
Dickinson College
Honors Professor
Dr. Philip S. Klein, professor
of American history and head" of
the department of history, has
been honored at Dickinson Col
lege, Carlisle, for his research on
the life of James Buchanan,
United States president from 1856
to 1860. ■
Invited to deliver the Boyd Lee
Spahr lecture at Dickinson on the
subject, “Janies Buchanan at
Dickinson, ’ Dr. Klein at the close
of the program was presented a
Sartain engraving of Buchanan.
Dr. Klein is writing a biogra
phy of President Buchanan who
was Pennsylvania’s only presi
dent.
Ag Council to Moot
Agriculture Student Council
will meet at 7:30 tonight in 103
Agriculture.
The finals of the Paul I. Gulden
agriculture speaking contest will
be heard.
Tonight on WDFM
IU MEGACYCLES
7-. as
7:30 Dramatic Presentation
8:00 . Behind the Lecturn
8:30 Music of the People
9:00 ...... Informally Yours
9:15 News
9:30 This World of Music
10:30 Thought for the Day
Sin On