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MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor 40/0• 1 ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Marnie Schenck;• „Copy Editors, Al Klimcke, Mike Moyle; As
sisf ants, Audrey Sassano, Marian Beatty, Mickie Cohen, Dick Fisher, Jack Melder.
Political Campaigns
One of the dullest political campaigns in
years is coming to an end. It has been a cam
paign displaying lack of interest, talent, and
personal initiative.
Supposedly the purpose of a campaign is to
impress upon the student body the personali
ties and abilities of the candidates and to en
courage the student body to vote for the best
candidates.
The blame of this fall's campaign—if it can
be called such—can be traced to party leaders,
the candidates, and the student body.
However, to an extent,,there has been a
certain amount of interest rid work shown by
a few party leader's, who sincerely seem to want
to win.
But a few cannot run a campaign. , It takes
a united efforLby all party members and can
didates to make a campaign successful and a
party a winner.
The parties are in large composed of new
blood, who are trying to maintain a political
system which is practically extinct.
Why is campus politics so near death? Lack
of campaign issue, lack of striking personali
ties. and that over-used word—apathy—are ap
parent seasons.
For the most part, Campus and Lion parties
have distributed an abundant amount of pub
licity. But this publicity says nothing—inter
collegiate sports for women and play-by-play
broadcast of games at Beaver Field. These are
issues? • '
However, the entire blame for lack of issues
does not lie within the party. The parties realize
the restrictions placed on them by student
Who Needs Oranges?
What could have developed into a nasty situ
ation luckily failed to materialize Saturday
afternoon at Beaver Field.
For reasons known only to themselves, a• few
cheerleaders and other persons on the field un
vaned a pile of oranges during the game and
started throwing them into the stands, mostly
to the Blue Band members.
We doubt very much if the Blue Band mem
bers were so hungry that they needed the
oranges and we are quite sure that those people
who were splattered with juice from the oranges
did not appreciate it.
Furthermore, if the game had developed into
a rout for Syracuse. which certainly seemed
probable in the first quarter, it would have
been the perfect opportunity for an unruly few
to fire the oranges back at the cheerleaders,
players, and coaches.
That would have really looked good to the
alumni, guests, and thousands of armchair
viewers.
Gazette • • •
AMERICAN INSTITUTE
7:46 p.m., 117 Osmond
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
7 p.m., 105 Mechanical Engineering
hOARD OF DRAMATICS AND FORENSICS, 6:45 p.m.,
101 Willard •
DAILY COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF (sophomore
and junior boards). 6:30 p.m.. Collegian Business Office
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.
8 p.m.. Lambda Chi Alpha
NEWMAN CLUB CHOIR PRACTICE, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady
of Victory Church
NITTANY GROTTO, 7 p.m., 121 Mineral Industries
NOVENA, 7 p.m.. Our Lady of Victory Church
OUTING CLUB, 7:30 p.m.. 121 Sparks
PENN STATE CHESS CLUB. 7 p.m.. 7 Sparks
PENN STATE PLAYERS AND ADVERTISING MEETING,
7 p.in., Schwab Loft
PENN STATE VETERANS CLIII3, 7 p.m., 105 Agriculture
PERSHING RIFLES PRACTICE, '1 p.m., Armory
PHI MU ALPHA, 9 p.m., 117 Carnegie
THETA SIGMA PHI, 6:30 p.m., Grange Playroom
UTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA, 7 p.m., McElwMa
Lounge
OEADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL, 8:16 p.m., 217 Hetuel
Union
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 8 p.m., Psychology Laboratory
University Hospital
Kay Berry. Kenneth Christiansen, George Dunn, John
Cromniak, Faith Jackson, Paul Leyda, Anthony Logiudice,
Ronald Markiewies, Joan McCollister, Ruth McDuffee,
Francine Nielsen, Paul Pritchard, Linda Salv.berg, and Ron-
AM Shoop.
/01"IWARNER
agsitair
Clark Gable
Jane Russell
Robert Ryan
"THE TALL MEN"
Cinema Scope - Color
—The Editor
Today
OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERd,
Tomorrow
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STATE Now
"THE
DESPERATE
HOURS"
HUMPHREY BOGART
FREDERIC MARCH
Features 1:39, 3:40. 5:41. 7:42.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Dull
government
We also grant that most of the 12 candidates
have done their share of stumping the dormi
tory and fraternity circuits. Only a few seem
interested enough in winning to add the per
sonal touch of meetifig and talking to students
individually in order to win votes.
The faulty action of the two clique chairmen
is indicative of the work of most members.•
Call it lack of knowledge and ability, or call.
it • what you will, but the chairmen have not
run their parties well or handled their "under
lings" wisely.
This can be pointed out by disputes between
party members which have caused such dis
organised chaos that it is hard to fathom how
anything can be accomplished.
A small number of party members—notably
the Campus party vice clique chairman'and the
Lion party candidates for sophomore class
president and freshman class secretary-treas
urer, have worked hard. They are to be con
gratulated.
To the student body goes credit for a general.
lack of interest in student government and
political parties. Few students are receptive to
the parties' publicity or platforms—few care
about voting. This is not new, but there is no
evidence that . voting this week will be any,
better, and it will probably be worse.
So far, it has been a campaign of errors. We
are led to believe that the party that will win
the elections will be the party that has com
mitted the fewest number of "goofs."
Safety Valve ...
To Build Interest . . .
TO THE EDITOR: Amid all the statements and
counter-statements accompanying the campaign,
I would like to state one of the principles by
which I have endeavored to guide the Lion
party:
Student government will continue to hold
little interest for the average student and be
relatively ineffective as long as it fails to con
cern itself with real problems, problems which
affect students directly.
I can sincerely say that I stand 100 per cent
in favor of Campus Party's platform. T have
favored the advisory committee idea (one of its
planks) ever since Lion party originated the
idea last year. I approve of CPIC. and better
relations between freshmen and upperclassmen.
However, I. feel that student government should
be capable of coping with greater problems.
The parking problem at Penn State is with
out a doubt a difficult one, but I believe student
government should tackle this problem regard
less of its difficulty. If Cabinet did nothing
more than recommend that the University be
gin a long-range program plan for• improving
parking facilities; it would be better thah ig
noring the problem.
I know perfectly well that the University
stands opposed to freshman veterans •bringing
their cars to State College. But why carl't stu
dent government voice its disapproval of the
University policy on parking and urge the Uni
versity to plan for more parking facilities?
A stand like this for Cabinet would do more
to interest students in student government than
thousands of posters or hundreds of Collegian
editorials.
—Thomas R. Dye
Lion Party Clique chairman
Thanks to Leonides
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to thank the
63 women who assisted the Blue Band men in
caring for the visiting high school bands Satur
day morning. Not only did these Leonides mem
bers aid the visitors by answering questions
and . helping those who were sick, they also
acted as unofficial good-will ambassadors for
the University.
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Players Present . . .
The
Rainmaker
Friday and
Saturday
November 11 and 12
Center Stage at 8
Tickets at the HUB
and at the door!! .
0 set of Mardi 3. 11711
—Ted Serrill and
Ed Dubbs
—Jid Pendleton
President of Leonides
Man on Campus
Littl
the rolling stone
A Time to Question
With accrediting teams touring the campus again today,
it seems that the University is taking a good, long look at it
self, through the eyes of othc4s. But, actually, those others
are looking at the University through the eyes of the Uni
versity.
Standard of accredation is how well a school defines its
goals and carries them out. The
period of preparation was long
for departments and colleges of
the University. Lengthy volumes
of printed material were pre
pared, stating these aims—how
they were met; and if not met,
what needs to be done.
With educational standards and
procedures under evaluation—the
students too have a right to ques
tion what's going on' at the 'Unt
versity.
As graduates, evaluation of
the University will be of mor•
interest to the prelent student
body. When money is ,
_student
to
support growing ideas, n• w
alumni may be surprised to
learn of the constant scrutiny
of growing educational needs.
In view of this, student evalua
tion of goals is logical. All sorts
of questions arise in educational
activities,- and opinions and in
formation can be found at the
student level. At least an awak
fling of interest can be hoped for.
Students at present are con
. rented mainly with this course '
or that—but how about ques
tioning whit is underneath
them—the. principle? Do you
approve of present classroom
procedures, televised courses,
and grading systems? is spe
cialised education in fields like
electronics more important than
a genital education in ideolo
gies and basic processes?
Is it the University's- responsi
bility to help educate people of
the Commonwealth through ex
tension?
Should the University be turned
into a housing place for active
MOTHER'S DAY
Reservations for the week-end,
May 11-12, will be accepted start
ing at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, Novem
ber 11. No telephone calls.
The Nittany Lion Inn
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 9. 1955
By Bibler
by dottie stone
research in every field of study—
especially in the growing scien
tific industry.
Soon students will become in
volved in trying to answer some
of these- questions. Now is the
time to question.
Photos Planned
For 8 Houses
Eight fraternities will have
group pictures for LaVie taken
tonight at the Penn State Photo
Shop. •
The fraternities and the times
they should report are: Sigma
Alpha .Mu, 6:45; Sigma Chi, 7;
Theta Chi, 7:15; Sigma Phi Alpha,
7:30; Sigma Phi Epsilon, 7:45;
Theta - Xi, 8; Tau Kappa Epsilon,
8:15; Tau Phi Delta, 8:30.
Seniors in the College of Engi
neering and Architecture whose
last names begin with the letters
N-Z should report to the Penn
State Photo Shop today through
Nov. 16 to have pictures taken.
Men are asked' to wear white
shirts, dark jackets and long ties.
Women are asked to wear dark
sweaters. Pearls are optional.
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