Sty? Uailtj CoUpgtan S®js7s?s£ Sacctttor ta THE PR BE LANCE. Ml IIS? rriltoHsln •??"» th*"«2Mtnr > IsUnl u Mcand-elatt Hltttr Jil; I, III! al tilt Butt Call***. Pa. PMt Offlc* aadat tht act af March I. lITI. NblithM ruesda? through Saturday aorninri during the Unhcrilty fear, the Daily Collegian is a student* operated newspaper. MIKE FEINSILBER, Editor Mintflm Editor, Mlko Mlll.r) City Editor, Don Shoo- . Co-Aoit. Bw. Men., Rotor Vonl»lni(«r. Dorotheo Koldni at.... a... 4. D „ «„ Loeol Adr. M»r„ Pay* Goldatolnt Notional Adv. Mer., .lorry aakori Copy Editor, Dotty Stonoi Sporta Editor, Roy WII- Frlodt Co-Clrcnlatlon Men., Milt Llnlal, Christine Kauffman: llamai .Editorial Director, Jaekle Hndelnat Society Editor, Promotion Mer.. Dalit* Hoopea: Co-Penonnal Men., Aletta Inaa Althouaet Aaalatant Sports Editor. Roeer Baldleri Photec- Connie Anderaon: Off lee Mer.. Ann Keeaey: Clasal *..a. ■>„. iv.iv.. fled Ad*. Mer., Peeey Da*lat Secretary. Lll Malko: Research yaphy Editor .Ron Walker. and Records Mer.. Virginia Latahaw. STAFF THIS ISSUEt Night Editor, Ted Serrill; Copy Editors, Shirley Calkins, Don Barlett; Assist ants, Jack Williams, Evelyn Onsa, Ginger Hance, Anne Friedberg, Roger Alexander. Ad Staff: Claire Murray, Mona Signorino. Must Assembly Lines Supply Our Leaders? The University is often compared with a fac tory because of some of its industry-like pro cedures. We can understand why a piece-work regis tration system is necessary, we even see the merits of televised lectures, but we find it im possible to subject ourselves voluntarily to a network of mass-produced leaders. Tha essence of leadership cannot be taught in the classroom, and if a student lacks that inherent quality, no amount of lecturing or dis cussion will make it available for him. Similarly, if a student is a potential leader, he does not need to be instructed by a leader ship-training group in order to be suitable for an executive position. The program approved by All-University Cabinet two weeks ago might ultimately mean that every student who aspires to lead some sort of campus group be required to enroll in an eight-week leadership training program. As ths program is sal up now, by 1958 leader ship training will be a pre-requisite for candi dates for the offices of All-university presi dent, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and junior and senior class presidents. The Cabinet committee also recommends that the leadership training program later be made compulsory for other campus offices, specifical ly for the sophomore and freshman class presi dency. Few will deny that leaders should possess leadership ability. The way to acquire this ability, however is quite a different question. Apparently the Cabinet committee feels lead ership is a trait best attained or improved on by 90 minute sessions once a week for eight weeks in the fall. We do not feel this is the solution. If a student has leadership ability, he will definitely benefit by such a course and ulti mately be a better officer. If, on the other hand, a student does not have an inclination toward leading others the course will be a waste of time. The course will serve to separate the good from the not-so-good campus leader, but when Today COLLEGIAN BUSINESS CANDIDATES, 8 p.m., 217 Wil- lard UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL CANDIDATES, 7 p.m., Collegian Edrick Adams, Gerson Alexander, Stephen Behman, Rich office ard Burroua, Lorraine Cobosco, Richard Eldredge, Frederick NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY, 4:30 p.m.. Church; Fratikel, Harry Krause, Francis Markland, Alexander Mill!- Bishop Sheen on TV, 8 p.m.. Student Center gan, Robert Pearlstein, Douglass Pease, Harvey Rosenthal, STUDENT HANDBOOK business and advertising candidates, Albert Rossi, Kenneth Sommers, William Wehmer, Benja -7 p.m., 208 Willard min Weln, Henry Woolman. Interpreting the News, Big Four Conference in the By J. M. ROBERTS pean conference should be con- Associated Press New Analyst ducted by the chiefs of state Reports from Paris indicate and the American stand that all strongly that when the Big preliminary work should be Four foreign ministers meet in done at the foreign minister Vienna this weekend they will level. One outcome might be a pass directly from completion brief meeting of ihe prime min of the Austrian treaty to con- islers and fhe President to give sideration of a full-dress con- the foreign ministers a send ference on European settle- off. ments. That would be akin to the French sources appeared con- procedure often used by the fident the treaty would be foreign ministers and their dep cleaned up in short order, al- uties. though the British and Ameri- Secretaryof State John Fos cans still were cautious, remem- ter Dulles indicated, however bering the last-minute monkey that the United States will wrenches thrown by Molotov move in all of this with ex on other occasions. treme caution. He said the Soviet authorities, though Austrian treaty would repre still bitterly critical of Ger- sent an important change in man’s affiliation with the Russian policy, but made clear North Atlantic Alliance, con- he accepted it as a tacitcal tinued to talk of negotiated change, not strategic. He said settlements, and West Ger- that.it was Russian procedure many’s Chancellor Adenauer to zigzag toward a fixed goal, predicted a period of confer- pausing to regroup her forces ences. when necessary. There was a suggestion of Adenauer ascribed this ne compromise in the air between cessity to the new force aligned the British view that the Euro- against the Communists by the Oliver Will Address Engineers Tomorrow Dr. Robert Oliver, head of the speech department will speak be fore the Centre County subsec tions of the Institute of Radio En gineers and American Institute of Electrical Engineers at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Hctzcl Union Ru'iding. His topic v.' ;i l be “Be hind the Iron Curtain." it goes so far as to separate graduates of the course from non-graduates of the course, we question its worth. In the report approved by cabinet two weeks ago, which the elections committee must in corporate in its code, there is a stipulation that no person be considered a candidate for the three All-University offices and the senior and junior class presidencies in 1958 unless he has satisfactorily completed the course. It is entirely possible that many potential leaders will fail to enro'll thereby eliminating themselves from the list of eligibles when can didates are chosen. The mere fact that a stu dent does not participate in a course that would take 720 minutes of his time should not be grounds for dismissing him from the race for election. If a group of actors is needed for a play the director does not train a hundred or so for eight weeks and then choose the best among the trained ones to perform. More than likely, the director will audition all those interested, consider their ability and then choose on the basis of performance. After the part is cast, the individual is re sponsible for knowing what is required of him and then learn his part. If the actor does poorly in the part, he may be held accountable or the director may be blamed. At any rate, the rea son the performance is poor is not because of the method of choosing the particular actor. In an analogous situation, the actor trying out is the candidate for campus office, the di- ; rector who must choose is the student body, and the poor performance is an unsuccessful tenure of office. Good actors and good leaders are hard to find, but an alert student body should be able to weigh the good and bad points of any indi vidual, vote accordingly and elect the best man for the job. A score of classroom-trained students may, add bulk to the list of candidates but at the same time; it may eliminate one or two with real ability. If this is the value of leadership training, is it worthwhile? Gazette... STUDENT HANDBOOK editorial candidate*, 7:SO p.m., 208 Willard Election Set Tonight By Pollock Council Pollock Council will meet at 7:30 tonight in Nittany Dorm 20. The purpose of the meeting is to hold the final nominations and election of officers for the com ing year. Further nominations will still be received from the floor tonight. fflf BAItT S9ttgBlW STATE EBttfgf Pmj»y*NiA JACK ALBRECHT. Builnet* Manager Offing? Paris accords which admitted West Germany into North At lantic Treaty Organization and provide for her rearmament. That fhe diplomats were en tering a period'of movement was emphasised by Russian Foreign Minister Molotov's willingness to leave a Warsaw conference with his satellite foreign ministers in order to meet the British and French foreign ministers. Harold Mac millan and Antoine Pinay, and Dulles in Vienna. The Russians and the satel lites are working out a mili tary consolidation to reinforce Molotov’s political moves dur ing the next few months. They are setting up a mutual system of their own like that of the West. It doesn’t mean much, since all the strength of East ern Europe fell into Russia’s monolithic control system long ago. It is obvious that both sidos are approaching the matter of a conference with a great deal of cynicism. Delta Sigma Pi Elects Next Year's Officers Delta Sigma Pi, national com merce and finance honorary so ciety, elected Richard Hayes, pres ident; Anthony Pecone, second vice president; Paul Rettger, sec retary; Thomas O’Haren, treasur er; William Rosenmiller, histor ian: and Charles Folkers, parlia mentarian. —Jackie Hudgins Little Man on Campus "Bar 2 because It'* way out of lino—and don't give mo that 'bad eye' routine again this year." A Column of Clips.. < Capitol's Newsmen Roast the VIPs As Penn State’s chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national journalism fraternity, went last week, so went the newspaper cor respondents in the nation’s capitol. Both groups went to town roasting the wheels of their own particular beats: Penn State in one case, Washington, D.C., in the other. Democrats and Republicans, all felt the fry. An imposter labelled "Harry S. Truman,” for instance, was quoted as declaring the Republicans “think they can win with Ike and a tax cut. We’ll win.” he Eromised, “with nobody and a iggfer tax cut.” And “Speaker Sam Rayburn” sang, to the tune of “The Dark town Strutters .Ball”: We'll be down to get you. with a tax cut, brtoher; We’ll dish it out, I’m here to state. So sorry to_be late But we’ll produce before the tax cut, brother; Remember when you get it, brother, The Democrats were on the ball. We may get George Humphrey's goat, , But we’ll win that White House vote, With that free-for-nothing dough for one ana all.” THE UNFUNNIES— While newspapermen made their fun, steps were taken in two directions to deal with the now serious problem of the un comical comic books. New York's Governor Averell Harrimsn signed a bill making it a misdemeanor for anyone to publish or distribute "any book, or magasine consisting of nar rative material in pictorial form" containing the words "crime." "sex," "horror," or "ter ror" in its title or whose con tents is "devoted to , • • pictures or acounts of methods of crimes, illicit sex, horror, terror, physi cal torture, brutality, or physi cal violence." The battle was waged on an other front last week. Seventh graders in a Long Island grade school started a campaign to swing their fellows to more liter ate reading matter. In an “H dictionary” they list ed these qualities of the comic book: "Horror, Horrible. Hair-Rais ing, Harrowing. Horrendous, and Hood." Then they asked, "But are they funny?" The campaign, inspired by a book, “The Blackboard Jungle,’ and a teacher; caught on in six other localities. But one candy store owner near the school noticed no drop in sales of comic books and a few playful eighth graders retorted with a short lived “We love horror comics” campaign. WITH TAILS WAGGING— Dalmatian dogs walked out o: raMW* is. iw implied by MIKE FEINSILBEH shelters from another type of hor ror—the horror of an atomic ex plosion—last Thursday. The does had been in reinforced rooms in buildings about a mile from the scene of the thirteenth atomic blast in the 1955 spring series in the Nevada 'desert flats. Although the buildings two frame houses and a two-story brick house—were wrecked, the dogs in the sheltered rooms emer ged unharmed. They were, in fact, wagging their tails. CHOP AND CLlP— Barbers will lobby as they clip, if the president of the Barbers and Beauty Culturists Union of America has his way. Yesterday he asked barbers and hairdressers to toss in a few plugs for “beneficial” labor laws while chatting with their customers. "The barber and beauty shops today," he said, "are America's miniature town halls in which public opinion.'can be molded to support measures benficial to labor and the welfare of the country." will Ike run? In the non-stopping “will Ike run for a second term” debate, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TexJ. ioined the side of the minority. His guess: No. McCuUogh Gets $5OO Scholarship Kenneth McCuUogh, sixth se mester student business' adminis tration major, was the recipient of the $5OO Pilot Freight Carriers. Inc., scholarship. i He was presented the award at the annual dinner of Delta Nu Alpha, professional transportation fraternity. Luther Hodges, director of pub lic relations for the Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc., of Winston-Salem, N.C., made the presentation. Tonight on WDFM *l.l MEGACYCLES 7 >35 Stan On 7*30 ...... Marquee Meiaoriea 8:05' Behind the Leetun* 8:30 Mnele of the People 9:00 ..... ..... Informally Yourt till N«»» »!*• This World of Hull Him Thought* for th* Bog By Bibier
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