PAGE FOUR l■Yliehed i.esd.J titteietk Beterdey •aernings the Uni•etelty leaf. the Daily Collegian t► a etedent epereted newonenitr knterod as second-class platter July I, 1934 at Ma !gat* Conte,. Ps. Post Mks ender MIKE NEINKII.IIEII. Editor MIKE MILLER. Assotiste Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Nancy Showalter; Copy Editors, Ted Serrill, Rog Alexander; X.:A-it:int-, Chuck Di Rocco, Lou Prato, Ruth Grossman, Lianne Cordero, Hannah Yashan, Lynn Ward, Jane Klein Ad Staff; Chuck Swolm, Fred Seipart, Jackie Steenberg, Anita Lynch. The 14Inance Amendment: Deserves Defeat A (riroplcx but absurd amendment to the All University Constitution was distriktited to Catonet members last week and presumably t+ ill 1w introduced tonight for core;ideration. !tut Cabinet Iriefilben, need read no more than the first of the amendment's five pages to find good reason for hasty_disposal of it. The reatun• the amendment exceeds the jurisdiction grunted to student government by the Univer sit v's Board of Trustees. The amendment create:, a Board of Budget and Finance and gives it power to "make all appropriations to student organizations which ieceive funds from student assessments•' Cabinet does not have this power and certain• ly cannot delegate it to a Cabinet-created board. Only the Board of Trustees can legislate about student fees. Cabinet is Pmited to recommen dations and requests. ,ides f3.li F., the amendment would create a Comnutlee on Student Welfare and Activities and would give it authority to "control the dis tribution, other than to oudent orgamaztions. of fund, for the benefit and general welfare of the Cerviptice...:^n: The Pro and TO Tnc. A un. 111 .6,1, to Mr. Moorhead's letter which appealed in yesterday's Collegian, I would like to express my feelings on the ques tion of scholarships for student leaders and pre sent an entirely different side ... To accomplish this I will discuss each one of Mr. Moorhead's questions and answer them in a different light. 1. Can scholarships be justified? I say to this, definitely yes. It is true that student leaders holding responsible positions gain a great deal. (They) learn to accept responsibility, make new and lasting friendships, and gain a certain amount of prestige. However, these ) things do not pay for telephone calls, meals, stamps. gaso line, and parking tickets which are inevitably incurred. I am afraid that Mr. Moorhead's ideal istic. viewpoint is highly impractical ... 2. Are scholarships for student leaders just like academic and athletic scholarships? The source in some cases may differ, (but) their pur pose is just the same: to encourage and promote interest in their particular field. 3. Will the caliber of students active in stu dent government remain as high if scholarships become the major consideration? Again I will answer definitely yes. In fact, the quality of student leaders should rise. The present level of scholarships is so low that it would be ridicu lous for a student to consider it rather than the responsibility which he is accepting. These scholarships may be considered merely as "to kens of appreciation" as well as an inducement to enter student government for those students who are financially capable and yet have good leadership qualities. The scholarships proposed are not designed to pay all of the expenses in curred—they merely help out. 4. Does Cabinet have the right to vote money to themselves and make it retroactive? Yes, this is done in many, many student legislative bodies as well as state and national bodies. " S. Is it possible to set up scholarships that can -be distributed on an equitable basis? As a mem ber (of the committee) that studied this . . . I will admit that this is a definite problem. How- Gazette DAILY Ctll LEGI,AN hiokineaa Staff, Senior fivard, 6:111 , Carnegie. 1111.1. EL Sea, and Record Committee, 1 p.m., 114 mac Room, Foundation. 1111.1,E1. Comer:mtional Hebrew (Neal, 7 p.m.. Clmisrmw, lIMel Foundation, 1111.1. EL Uld 'ft...tam...tit Text and interpretation Claac II p m.„ 11itlel Foundation 1111.1 El. 1101 , 11. 7 :39, Radio Station W - 111.1 HOME EC CLUB, Clothing Intereat Group, 7:30 p.m.. 117 Rome Economics REPUBLICA N-DEmocttAT DEItATE„ 7 p.m.. 191 Sparks SPRING WI EK Carnival Committee, 4:30 p.m., 217 Reuel l'a ion Piomotion and Puhlicily Staff, 7:30 p.m.. 305 Sparks STUDENT ENIIPLOYIIENT The following eattips will in , rsiew at the Student Em ployment AgencY, 11 2 Old Main. CAMP WISE. reh. 23 HIRAM HOUSE CAMP. Feb. 2 and 26 PHILADELPHIA WMCA, March 1 CAMP WOODLANDS. March I 1 CAMP CONRAD WEISER, arch 13 and 14 CAMP MENATOM A. March 14 and 15 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, rle t tat, Stephen Milstein. Albert Mark burst. Eslitah Collins. John D' Angela, lialmrt Devlin, Peter Coma, It v Timm! Cmyette, Hess, Joseph Den nessev James Hobert Murray, Janus Musser, Margaret Th.:Muss, Thomas West, J iut's ”att. Frances Wssael, and James Barron. Correction Juniors planning to apply for West Dormitory rooms for next fall must have a 2.5 All-University average, not a 3.0 All-University average as reported in yesterday's Daily Collegian. Sophomores must have a 3.0 All-University average and sen iors, a 2.0 All-University average. Oht Bang Cultrgiatt So c e eseor te THE FREE LANCE. est. 1847 Safety Valve TO I) Y Alpha Zeta Initiates Alpha Zeta recently initiated Gordon Miller, sophomore in (lain , science from Clarks Sum mitt. Miller's name was omitted from the list of new initiates in yesterday's Daily Collegian. U. S. accidental deaths declined from 96,000 in 1952 to 90,000 in 1954. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA ''Ell'T.,,'2'''' ' ROGER VOCELSINGER, linsineaa !Manager students." If this means the committee would have the power to delegate funds collected from student fees, it . goes beyond Cabinet's powers. From other viewpoints, as well, the proposed amendment is undesirable. Cabinet, in passing it, would be creating a pair of dictatorial bodies with tremendous powers to determine policies of all student groups. It would "have the power to fix appropria tions to student organizations" and . . . to limit the amounts held in reserve by student organizations." What's more, the budgets of all student groups "shall be approved . . . by the B. B. F." This would simply give 8.8. F. dictatorial powers over virtually every student group which maintains a treasury. If 8.8. F. didn't like the way a group intended to spend its money, it could simply reject the group's budget. .It would take a two-thirds vote of Cabinet to ov erride this decision. For obvious reasons, the 8.8.F.-S.W.A. amendment deserves a swift, sound defeat to night. Con Debate Continues ever, after many meetings and long delibera tions, the committee is in agreement that the proposed plan is fair to all ... and satisfactorily fits the criteria which the committee used to compare positions. 6. Do student leaders need scholarships? Again I will say yes. Many students have to consider expenses that will be incurred before accepting responsible positions. With the grow ing complexity of student government, and the added responsibilities of student leaders, I feel that a small encouragement is needed to insure that we get capable students to take part in student government. When financial qualifica tions enter into the selection of student leaders, it is a sad thing indeed. What good is any gov ernment when only the financially stable are able to serve their fellow men? . . This entire issue is of utmost importance. I ask . • . students and Cabinet members to con sider these points very carefully before forming an opinion. •Letter Cut TO THE EDITORS In my opinion the student body owes a vote of thanks to Dean of Men F. J. Simes, and the five persons who opposed reinstatement of compensations for student gov ernment positions. It seems to be a gross in justice to use student fees to remunerate peo ple who should find enough satisfaction in their elected positions knowing that they have the trust, confidence, and respect of the student body. How long will this respect continue? Shouldn't the student body as a whole be given the opportunity to decide whether their money should be "used" to pay elected officers, even if it is under the guise of a "scholarship". Shouldn't we have a referendum this spring? In the meantime, I cannot help but agree enthusiastically with Dean Simes that "leader ship is its own reward". However, if those of the administration still feel this inherent re ward is not enough, why not use administra tion funds to create "scholarships". Couldn't student funds be used more appropriately for the benefit of the entire student body? Couldn't they be used as incentives to promote better scholarship among our students by reinstituting Honors Day? Even automatic voting machines might be purchased—they could be used for matters such as this in addition to regular elections. In anticipation of a common response that holding such offices involves an outlay of per sonal funds for expenses incurred, why not institute a sorely needed system of expense accounts so that our leaders may be fully re imbursed. Perhaps a lesson can be learned from Cabi net's counterpart on the Graduate level, the Graduate Student Association Council. They have at no time even considered compensations for any aspect of their services to their student body. In conclusion, if we must put prices on serv ices of student leaders, why not reduce it to an equally absurd level of competitive bidding. , • Letter cut editori►te represent dee viewpoints of tits writers. not necessarily the Polk., of the paper. the student body. or the University the ■ct et March 9, 1879. —The Editor —Fred 1.. Seipt President. Agriculture Student Council —Rhymes Humphreys Collegian Business Staff The senior board of the Daily Collegian business staff will meet at 6:40 tonight in 111 Carnegie. Carnival Committee to Meet The Spring Week carnival committee will meet at 3:30 to night in 217 Hetzel Union. Little Man on Campus the rolling stone Why Do Flock to Mr. Kenneth C. Royal!, former Secretary of War, delivered the keynote address at the New York State Conference on Education. He said: "I am sure that today thousands are streaming into college not actually for educational purposes but for social or athletic or other purposes which bear little if any relation to real education." Anyone with eyes to see or ears to hear knows that Mr. Royall spoke of the truth. Yet his state ment brought a storm of dissent from educators. He was accused of thinking in the "ox-cart age." Other critics said the problem was the development of leaders and thinkers, the assumption ap parently being that leaders and thinkers could be developed by spending four years in college, even without interest in learning. I think Mr. Royall has peaked in on student life in the United States. He's probably seen the student who for four years has read dull books and interesting books; admired favorite professors and cut classes of the unfavorites; has gabbed all night "just for the heck of it"; and has drunk much coffee. True —he has been sur rounded by people of similar in telligence and similar interest. But so what? Idealism is a wonderful thing— a Utopia separate from the falla cies in people, from the frustra tions of real pressures and prob lems. But even idealism and Uto pia combined can't develop a leader from a young man who goes to college and has a gay old time. I don't even see how a leader is developed from the more con scientious young fellow who, with out any real curiosity or flair for learning, manages to absorb quan tities of unrelated information of which has has no capacity to eval uate. Reading and study without preception can be as deadly as ignorance. Ask any number of recent grad uates who didn't "really expect to set the world on fire," but who were nevertheless disappointed that they were doing even less of a job than they anticipated. College was meant to be pre paration for later living. In four years there just isn't time to equip the students with both knowledge of a specific field and an under standing of the whole, big world. So profs are forced to resort to teaching a few theories and offer ing a lead to practical information pertinent to one or two fields. It leaves preparation for the real world to the individual. Yet, with exceptions, the student reads the newspapers with somewhat indifferent attitudes. He knows THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1956 By Bible Students College? by dottie stone only vaguely what it 'happening in the Far East. It is a rather ri diculous fact that even journalism students, who will some day be reporting actions of the world, are poorly versed in world affairs. College is the time for formu lating a set .of values. Knowledge of more than one aspect of living only makes the process of adjust ment a bit easier. Is that how leadership is formed? By a con scious effort to evaluate present problems and facts? I'm sure that no committee need be set up to consider Mr. Royall's statement because a college degree and education are not synonymous terms. Possibly they never will be. But the individual can make them come into harmony. Survey Begun For New Plant A three-week survey by con struction engineers of additions to State College streets since 1953 is underway as part of prelimin ary work for the new sewerage disposal plant. The University will bear the cost of the $1 million plant and will collect rent from the bor ough each year for facilities used. Construction of the new plant is scheduled to begin in late sum mer or early fall. Borough -manager Robert Y. Edwards said the survey of land for routes of sewerage lines will supplement the original 1953 sur vey. Cost of the survey and the lay ing of the pipes was estimated by Edwards at $2,600,000 which will be paid by the borough and prop erty owners. The sewerage plant will be lo cated on the east end of the bor ough near the duck pond and will replace the present University and borough plants located there. Tonight on WDFM 91.1 fiIEGACTCLES 7:25 - - - Sign On 7:30 .Starlight Review Szoo _ Jim Club Etztto Jest Out 9:00 9 :15 William Egerton News 9:30 - scenarint 10:30 ---- ______ _____ --- Sig. Ott
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