,TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1955 Lion Party Tempers Flare At Campaign Criticism A letter, criticizing Lion party's campaign and written by a party candidate near the end of the past campaign, caused tempers to flare Sunday afternoon at a meeting of the Lion party steering committee. It was the first official party meeting since the elections, in which the party took the freshman class positions and lost the sophomore class riosts. 1. The letter—which was circulated among party members and xept secret from Thomas Dye, party clique chairman, at the time of distribution—was read in part at the meeting by •Robert Nurock, sophomore in arts and letters from Elkins Park Edward Long, defeated Lion party candidate for sophomore class president, later in the meet ing admitted writing the letter. The letter points out what Long feels were mistakes in the party made during the campaign. It in cludes lack of party discipline, poor division of power, poor pos terk and the mistake, according to Long, of the steering commit tee not reviewing the campaign speeches of the candidates before they were given in dormitories and fraternities. Long said he wrote the letter "because there were things wrong within the party." He said he "was not trying to cut Dye's throat" and that he would like "to see Dye clique chairman next semes ter." Nurock,. before reading Long's letter, said he felt the party owes Long •an apology. "It was the party's fau l t that he was not elected," he said. Appreciates Party Cooperation Long, •before Nurock's apology bid, had 'thanked the party for its cooperation in the campaign. Long lost to William Coale by three votes. 'Richard Moon, steering com _ mittee treasurer, said "factions are working here now. All you guys around here think you're po litical geniuses. If you think you are so much better than Tom Dye, why don't, you tell him so? This makes me mad." Moon's iteration was made be fore Long admitted publicly that he had written the letter. After Long admitted writing the letter. Dye asked the commit- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA tee if it wanted to know the pro cedure for impeaching a clique chairman. The procedure was not requested. Robert Steele, sophomore in arts and letters from State Col lege, said he felt that the letter Was not meant to reflect upon personalities. Long said it was "too late to do anything about the mistake%when 1 1 V;IiPA.1 Steele Makes Comment MEN WITH MAGINATION! los Scientific Laboratory, the nation's most institution for the development of atomic interested in interviewing young graduate 1 scientists—particularly those wonting to elopment of the atomic age. :ontinuing and ever expanding achieve spans research, the Laboratory is now vscinoting fields of nuclear power members have the opportunity in research and experimenta me of the Western World's . of winning recognition :ommensurate with ability. ion about the Labor°. re not civil service ... area in which Los the letter was written. (Nurock said the letter was dated Nov. 7. Elections were held Nov. 10 and 11.) He also said that these mis takes must be corrected "if we are to win in the future." Robert Spadaro, junior in the Division of Intermediate Registra tion from Philadelphia, came to Dye's defense. He said he did not like "the gripe (Long's letter) not going to Dye in person. Dye did a . . . decent job of leading the party." WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPz Effective Sunday, Nov. 17, 1955 = The salesroom will not be open after 1 p.m. a" Sunday afternoons until further notice. Et . FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIMF The University Creamery salesroom will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. LABORATORY .duct "on campus" NAL INTERVIEWS NOVEMBER 28th OVEMBER 29th ent Office Dr. William B. Edgerton, assist ant professor of Russian, will pre sent an illustrated lecture. "Rus sian Literature in Pictures," at 8 tonight in 316 Sparks. The lecture, which is open to the public, will be illustrated with pictures taken by Dr. Edger ton while spending two months in Russia last summer. FOR GOOD RESULTS USE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS PAGE THREE
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