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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings during
the University year, the
Daily Collegian is a student
opertaed newspaper.
Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office ender t
DIEHL McKALIP. Editor
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ron Gatehouse; Copy Editors, Fran Fanucci, Marnie Schenck.
Assistants, Cynthia Bell, Arabel Wagner, Gene Reeder, Dave Webb, Audrey Sassano, Lenore Hamil
ton, Joan DeLacy.
Ask the Seniors!
Let's ask the seniors how they want their
graduation run. The answer to ending this
squabble over whether an alternate indoor cere
mony is needed or even wanted lies with the
candidates for degrees for whom the com
mencement exercises are being staged.
For this reason, senior class president Donald
Baithaser shduld call a real meeting of the
Class of 1955. For a change the class will have
an issue of common interest to settle, and the
meeting will not be called just to fulfill the re
quirements of the constitution.
University officials have stated they are look
ing into the possibility of an indoor ceremony
if the weather is not merely inclement but ex
treme. They are trying to give everyone a
chance to attend the program even if they have
to sit in the rain.
Part of the neglect of an alternate ceremony
in Recreation Hall, in addition to the space
limitations and the difficulty in equipping it
since Beaver Field is going to be already set
up, stems from the administration's interpreta
tion of the student attitude. University officials
and Balthaser have said seniors indicate they
prefer to shoot the works outdoors because they
would not want to have to select two of their
guests to go inside.
- We doubt this prevelance of opinion since
students we have contacted seem to have no
difficulty in selecting their parents to accom
pany them to the exercises. This sample even
seems ready to do without any guests if they
can only have an assurance of a formal cere
mony to cap their degree work.
Extreme weather is not inconceivable, and
the decision to make no indoor plans should
not be decided by administration officials, a few
representative students, or occasional comment.
There is need for a real class meeting. Then
the wishes of the seniors, comprising the bulk
of candidates for degrees, can be determined.
On Segregation
If the United States Supreme Court plays
footsie with southern states any more, it will
soon be 100 years , since the races were declared
equal with nothing having been done to im
plement it.
The deplorable practice of imposing on
minority groups has long been a weakness in
the country and currently seems to be the
favorite pastime in the South. Resistance to the
ending of school segregation still exists despite
the Supreme Court decision banning it. The
question now is the implementation.
While anti-segregation agencies urge a 90-
day limit on the preparation of plans to stop
segregation, lawyers for Southern interests have
asked the Court to "fix no date and give no
criteria to the lower courts for guidance." At
first this seems a reasonable request, since it is
admittedly difficult to reorganize a social sys
tem within three months.
Closer appraisal, however, reveals this to be
another attempt to save a way of life that sup
posedly ended with the treaty closing the Civil
War action. If plans have not been made through
the years to treat all citizens on a common
lbvel, the chaos of a forced deadline may be
the only answer to settling the issue once and
for all.
The Supreme Court has said there shall be
Money Granted 11 Soviet Editors Seipt Elected
To University Slated to Visit Ag President
The University has been named 8 U.S. Schools Fred Seipt, sixth semester dairy
as one of the 15 colleges and uni- • science major, has been elected
versifies awarded a total of 16 The Institute for Internationa president of Agriculture Student
Stanolind Foundation fellowships Education has announced eight Council,
for graduate study for the 1955- Seipt and the other new offi-
American colleges and universi
-56 academic year. The fellowship cers will be installed by outgoing
offered is in petroleum engineer- ties to be visited by 11 Soviet ed- president George Williams, sev
ing. itors arriving in this country Tues- enth semester animal husbandry
Each fellowship grants $l5OO day major, at the next council meet
and pays tuition and fees. An ad- Other schools will be added to ing on April 26.
ditional $5OO grant is allowed ge- the itinerary if they agree to re- Other newly elected officers
ology fellows for summer field ceive the Russians. They are the are David Morrow, sixth semester
work, first non-diplomatic Soviet dele- dairy science major, vice presi-
Selection of fellows will be
gation to tour America coast to dent; Judith Corfield, sixth se
made by the University. Students
coast with U.S. government ap- mester bacteriology major, sec
interested in applying may con_ proval since 1946. retary; and Norman Shue, fourth
suit their department heads. The editors, all men, call them-
semester dairy science major,
Fellowships granted by Stano- selves a "student" delegation al-
treasurer.
lind are unrestricted, and fellows though their ages range from 26 The council will meet at 7 p.m.
retain full rights to results of to 39. Eight of the 11 hold senior on
.alternate Tuesdays in 103 Ag
their study and research. Accep- editing positions with publishing riculture.
tance of a fellowship in no way houses, newspapers, or magazines
binds the fellow to subsequent whose publications are designed Hibbs Condition Same
employment by Stanolind. for college students. The condition of Mrs. Cordelia
Stanolind Foundation, Inc., was The University was not on the Hibbs, assistant to the dean of
created and is supported by Stan- itinerary of the Soviet group. women, is reported to be the
olind Oil and Gas Company. same as yesterday by the dean of
Fifty-one years ago this year women's office. She was reported
In total value of its metal and the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity slightly improved yesterday. Mrs.
milliard products, Pennsylvania men were quarantined in their Hibbs is still in Mount Mercy
leads all other states. house because of scarlet fever. Hospital, Pittsburgh.
ahr Elatig Colltglan
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manages
The Vote Will Tell
The revote for Athletic Association officers
Monday may prove a good test of men students'
interest in AA.
Voting for AA officers has always been done
during All-University elections; as is to be
expected, AA votes were generally as heavy as
the male All-University 'vote.
This does not mean, necessarily, that men
voted for AA officers just because they were
voting for other positions. However, Monday's
turnout for the toting will show whether an
AA ballot can draw any interest on its own
merits.
The AA was wise to make void its March
ballots after learning that women possibly took
part in the voting. The association also has set
up a poll schedule that should make participa
tion in Monday's elections convenient.
If the interest is there, men will not be in
convenienced by the revote.
The situation that forced the revote may
prove to be less unfortunate than it seems.
Results of the balloting will show just how
strong a backing AA has among men students.
—Peggy McClain
A Small Request
Once again Alpha Phi Omega has taken up
the annual fight for grass on campus. Un
fortunately APhio members are usually the
only ones who pay any attention to the cam
paigns. but the group must be commended for
trying time after time.
This year, the men produced some ingenious
signs begging, warning, and threatening stu
dents to keep off the grass and to stop using
unpaved paths across campus lawns.
The signs are drawing much attention from
passers-by. But the grass is still drawing pedes
trians who are in a little too big a rush to stay
on the sidewalks.
APhiO has gone to a lot of trouble to post
these signs over campus. The men have not
done this simply because they enjoy painting
signs. They are doing a job that should be
shared by the entire population at the Univer
sity.
t's
I time University residents gave in and
for once paid heed to what is really a very
small request. Just keep off the grass. This is
not too much to ask.
Gazette • • •
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405 Old Main
NEWMAN CLUB. DAILY ROSARY. 4:90 p.m., Church
NEWMAN CLUB. SPRING FLING, 8 p.m., Student Center
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, CAMP INTERVIEWS, 112 Old
Main, Camps: Conrad Weiser, April 21; Menatoma,
April 22, 23 ; Kon-o-Kee, April 23 ; Sinking Creek, April
28, 29.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Marjory Blank, Sally Collins, Franklin Cortese, Judith
Goodrich, Harold Hawley, Richard Johnson, Sanford Lich
tenstein, Marvin Margulies, Naomi Mermel, Arthur Mitchell,
William Oliver, Kaye Oplinger, Edward Pasko, Barry
Pifer, John Sensenig, Bernard Strope.
• the schools and it is the duty
see that its decision is effected.
•ne by allowing the South to
ition further.
no segregation •
of this body to
It cannot be d
delay this trans
Editorials represent the
viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper. Unsigned ,
editorials are by the editor.
e set of March 3. 1879.
-P.M.
Little Man on Campus
-ror' rOPAY
"—Just what it says— 'lf of what ....
is r If you had read the assignment, that
question would be perfectly clear."
The P filling Station
Apathy is something everyone can talk about but no one can cure.
Each ye,ar politicians—especially those on campus—and govern
ment leaders seek cures for the disease but the disease continues de
spite their heavy thought.. Thought on the subject is important, but
only if the underlying reasons for the disease of apathy can be
anlayzed.
This year on campus a symp
tom of the disease has come into
focus for the first time—"consti
tutionalism." Every organization
seems to be more concerned with
the contents of its constitution
than with other immediate prob
lems facing it. This may be due
to the fact that the immediate
problems are complex and the or
ganizations wish to avoid complex
problems if at all possible. • •
It may also be due to the fact
that these organizations realize
their incapability of handling
such problems, since the prob
lems affect not only themselves
but other agencies, such as the
University administration, and
neither can find f ooting on
equal ground to solve these
problems. Student government
is not sovereign. It can rule, but
it is unable to reign.
This failure to solve immediate
problems creates a frustration
with the students. This frustra
tion tempers into a slow disgrun
tlement. As more examples of
failure to solve problems are
made, this disgruntlement with
student government erupts into
apathy: "What can they do, any
way?"
Student government is con
trolled by the administration to
the extent that the Senate Com
mittee on Organization Control
has the power to recommend char
ters for all campus organizations.
And a student organization can
not operate without a charter.
Often the gravest problems
facing students are such that
the best their highest student
government body can do is to
recommend something to the
administration. The administra
tion need not accept these rec
ommendations. This means that
student government at its high
est. most refined level is noth
ing more than a sounding board
of both the general student
body and the administration.
This weakens All-University
Cabinet in the eyes of the stu
dents. Since the epitome of stu
dent government is weakened
in students' eyes, how can other
organizations gain respect?
But of course, apathy isn't re
stricted just to campuses. We see
the f u r or of government rage
about us continually, locally, in
the State, in the national govern
ment, and internationally. Yet a
minority of persons understand
the organization of these govern-
FRIDAY, APRIL 15. 1955
By Bibler
I=Ml=l
mental agencies or care to under
stand why existing conditions pre
vail.
We live at a tremendously
fast pace. It's the nature of the
society in which we live. There
for, we have eliminated all but
the necessities from our lives.
This explains why government
in general has fallen from the
public's view and why students
in certain curriculums naturally
aren't expected to partiCipate in
government while at college.
However, if students do not
participate in government in
college, in a type of laboratory
government, will they partici
pate in the real McCoy once
they end their formal educa
tion?
The philosophy of the Ameri
can system of government is
predicted upon the belief that
the pablic will exercise the
proper controls upon govern
ment, and the government will
respond in the manner desired
by the majority of the public.
However, government by spe
cialists--such as students have
at the University—now is the
thing, since specialists seem to
be the only ones who seem to
know anything about govern
ment.
AA Election Booth
Located in HUB
Voting for Athletic Association
officers will be held at the Hetzel
Union Building only, Ronald
Weidenhammer, AA president
said yesterday.
Originally, it was planned to
have a second voting booth at the
corner of the Mall and Pollock
road, near the bulletin b. ard. This
was ruled out, however, because
of the possibility' of students vot
ing twice.
The revote will be conducted
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.
Men must show their matricula
tion cards to vote. Names will be
checked off a master list.
The revote was called because
women reportedly voted in the
first election held last month.
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