PAGE FOUR Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the University year, the Daily Collegian is a student ed newspaper. • 3 : • .• , MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor 4130. 1 ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Judy Harkison; Copy Editors, Evie Onsa, Fran Fanucci; As sistants, Anne Friedberg, Lenore Hamilton, Bob Franklin, Elaine Huberman, Lianne Cordero, Don Simmons, Lou Prato, Barb Martino. Integration: Don't Run Away From It Because racial segregation denotes racial in equality and separate educational and public facilities are inherently unequal, the Supreme Court of the United States has twice ruled in favor of legal integration—first in 1954 in pub lic schools and then on Monday in all places supported by public funds Both of these unanimous decisions were made in spite of protests that social change can not be legislated and that integration is dangerous. But the Supreme Court judges did not act in haste, nor did they expect miraculous results. Prior to the case of Brown vs. Board of Edu cation of Toledo in 1954, which declared public school segregation unconstitutional, the prece dent followed was established by a case in 1896, Plessy vs. Ferguson ? which stipulated that seg regation was permissible so long as separate but equal facilities were provided for Negroes. Many cases before the courts between 1896 and 1954 questioned the constitutionality of the "separate but equal" segregation, but it was not until the Brown case that all public school segregation was declared not in accordance with the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The "separate but equal" doctrine has been called a logical absurdity, because any segre gation by its very nature is inequality. And to provide Negro children with new school build ings does little to build their self-confidence as long as they are constantly reminded they can't enter certain public schools just because they are not white. The Supreme Court's two major segregation decisions are necessary although not sufficient to dissolve deep-rooted prejudices. But the reactions that have followed, par ticularly on the part of Southern educators, have evidenced such bitterness that prejudice is apparently much stronger than most Ameri cans care to admit. And the effectiveness of Get Out and Vote Today and tomorrow freshmen and sopho mores get their chance to make student affairs run at the University the way they think they should be run. They will elect their class officers. Today it is relatively unimportant that the political parties failed to come up with feasible, concrete issues for the campaign. This is nothing new. Political parties rarely present voters with feasible proposals. All too often, as the case has been this year, most of the planks are merely vote-getting mechanisms. That makes little difference now. It is too late to correct the mistakes of the politicians. Today it is important that freshmen and sopho mores consider carefully the relative merits of their classmates who seek office. The position of a class officer is an important one in student government. The president is the class' representative to the administration. He holds a seat on All-University Cabinet. He organizes and conducts class functions. The other officers are his assistants and perform the usual duties of a vice president and secretary treasurer. • Students have gripes but usually do nothing about them. Their class officers are the agents who can represent their arguments and desires. But to be effective student leaders the class officers must have the support of their constitu ents. Therefore, it is imperative that the voting percentage be high in the election. Before voting, students should give careful thought. to• the qualifications of the• candidates, The political platforms proposed this year can be disregarded. They are for the most part un workable and impractical. The candidates must stand alone on their individual merits. Think the matter over care fully before casting your ballot. It is something that will affect you. Get out and vote. Players Present .. . The Rainmaker Friday and Saturday November II and .12 Center Stage at 8 Tickets at the HUB and at the door!! Elatig Cialltgtan Editorials es the viewpoints of the writers. not necessarily the policy of the paper. the student Successor to THE FREE LANCIC, est. len body. or the University. —The Editor As Easy as . . . •.e to . Vote Just walk Into the VOTE HUB TV Room VOTE TODAY and TOMORROW FROSH and SOPH CLASS OFFICERS VOTE Polls Open 8 :30-5:00 VOTE THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA time as an evolutionary panacea dwindles with every move to preserve the "supremacy of the white race." Already existing in some Sbuthern states are attempts to abolish public schools, set them up as private corporations, and continue segrega tion. If public schools are turned into private schools, private funds will have to finance them. And the spirited segregations who in the heat of emotion have • contributed money to the "cause" may soon realise they won't even be able to afford to send their children to the pro posed white private schools. The standard of Southern education is rela tively low now, but if public school attendance ever regresses to the state it was in prior to the Civil War, Southern education may become a pasttime for the wealthy, and educated South erners may number less than those who vali antly fought for another "cause". In an attempt to solve the "dilemma" created by the Court's Monday decision, many public facilities in the North as well as in the South have been sold to private corporations or in dividuals. Legally this can be done. Ethically it should not. It is unfortunate that the granting of equal rights and privileges to one group of people seems to be unfair to another group. In the segregation issue it is unfortunate, it is illogical, it is not even true. For to elevate the social and economic standards of Negroes all over the country, especially in the South, is to enhance the prestige of all the country. The Supreme Court did not act in haste nor did it expect miraculous results. An idealist who offers quick solutions to racial problerns is foolish. A pessimist who says nothing can be done is disgusting, Safety Valve... Beware of Academic Pro TO THE EDITOR: We think one important point should be brought to the attention of Penn State voters before they cast their votes in the coming All-University elections; this is the matter of grades. In the past there have been instances where a candidate has been elected to an office and then has been unable to serve in his new ca pacity due to poor grades resulting in scholastic probation. In this case, the voter receives no return whatsoever from the man he has placed in office. It must be remembered that the campaign and elections are very time-consuming for the candidates. Those whose grades are not well above the required 2.0 average may fall be hind during this period, and, even though elected, may never be able to take office. —S. A. Horn and A. J. Griscavage Gazette.... Today ASSOCIATION OF. INDEPENDENT MEN FIRESIDE. 11 p.m., Nittany 80 CENTRAL PROMOTION AGENCY SENIOR BOARD, 6:46 p.m., Hetzel Union office CHIMES. 4 p.m., Simmons Walnut Lounge COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF JUNIOR BOARD, 1:30 p.m., Collegian Business Office FROTH CIRCULATION STAFF, 6:30 p.m., Froth Office in Hetzel Union basement FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA, 'McElwain Lounge GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL, 8:15 p.m" 217 Retest Union LAYIE SOyHQMORE CANDIDATES, 7 p.m., 3 White Hall NEWMAN CLUB` DAILY ROSARY, 4 . :15 . p.m., 209 Hebei Union PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 8 p.m., Psychology Laboratorg PI GAMMA ALPHA SMOKER, 7 p.m., Tau Kappa Epsilon SQUARE DANCE, 7:30 p.m., Lutheran Student Center University Hospital Sally Barnes, Nancy Berry, George Dunn. Clyde Ells worth. Raymond Fisher, James Hoover, 'Paul Leyda, Ron• ald Markiewics, William Mclntire, Francine Nielsen, Paul Pritchard, Richard Rivers, Linda Salabetw, Howard Sher man, Richard Shutt, Lucille Smith, Dorothy Thompson, and Barbara Zatcoft. —Jackii Hudgins Tomorrow Little Man on Campus Molotov Puzzled . . . By U.S.'s Free Election System By . J. 14. ROBERTS JR. Associated Press News Analyst A good many American communities have just gone through a dilemma from which - Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov would have spared them if he'd been the boss over here. People in these communities had to digest a bunch of personal records, solemn or farcical election campaign state. ments, and try to select some em ployees, commonly called offi cials, to look after public affairs The names of those selected are known today. The real re sults.' in many cases, will not be known for some time, and may never be clearly and pub licly defined. Some newly-elected or re-con firmed officials will prove to be dedicated men, and of this group some will succeed and some will fail in their jobs. Some, probably very few. may read the election results as a license to steal the public blind. Some will be just ordinary Joes, fumbling along honestly but unfruitfully 'in jobs sought because they didn't have much else to do. But they will be the chosen representatives, of their com munities in the fields assi,gned to them. To secure these representatives, the people have "choosed up" sides; and in some cases they have gotten pretty bitter about it. Secretary John Foster Dulles admitted at Geneva the other day that there is a risk in such elec tions that the people will choose wrongly. But otherwise, under the Communist single-ballot system where people vote only for the nominees of one party. it's no 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. iThe Nitiany Lion Inn THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1955 choice at 411, he pointed out. Molotov was pained. In Bus. sia, he said, "we conduct elec tions by single lists and we are not sorry about that at all." It builds up unity, he added. He certainly wasn'tgoing to stand by and see reunification of Ger many through an election which did not build up unity. Before that. he'd let Germany stay dismembered forever. Fraternities Will Have Group Pictures Taken Group pictures of six fraterni ties will be taken tonight at the Penn State Photo Shop. The fraternities and the times they should repor t are: Sigma Nu; 6:45; Theta Delta Chi, 7; Theta Kappa Phi, 7:15; Sigma Pi, 7:30; Triangle, 7:45; Zeta Beta Tau, 8. Housemothers .will be included in the pictures. 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