PAGE FOUR ralolishodl Tuesday throng* Saturday mornings donna tiro University year. the Daily Collegian is a student operated newspaper. Entered as second -slam matter July 13. 1934 at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of Starch I, 1871/ MIKE YEINSILBER. Editor MIKE MILLER. Ao.oriate Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Dick Hufnagel; Copy Editors. Ed Dubbs, Becky Zahm; Assistants, Dick Fisher, Ruth Billig, Hannah Yashan, Sandy Reimer, Bob Franklin, Lou Prato. OK Panhel, Now's the Time to Change Now that the Dean of Women's office has necessity, is rarely ever the president. decided the University can support two more A rule stating one sorority could not hold the social sororities it seems a good time to start presidential post more than once in three or making plans for a more realistic method of four years would serve to break up any potential electing Panhellenic Council officers. monopoly. The method now used is to allow each soror- It is not Panhel's purpose to strengthen any ity to supply the president for the Council in individual group at the risk of weakening it. the order of the sorority's founding at the Uni- self. versify. For instance, there are 22 sororities The one good argument is the one that in here. The newly elected president of the council sists upon fairness to the sororities. Advocates is a member of the 20th one founded, next say it is only right to let every group have a year's president will be a member of the 21st chance at the presidency since most of them founded. and the following year a member of have already, and only a few remain that have the most recently founded sorority will be not. We go along with this, but unless some president. official action is taken the line of "groomed" So if two more groups are established before candidates will be endless. Unless Panhel puts a stop to this unrealistic practice before Sigma 1959, which will in all probability happen, rep- Kappa or any other group becomes founded resentatives of these also will be in line for the presidency for the 1959-60 term. there will be no limit to sororities who will legally claim a right to the presidency. The addition of two more sororities will pre- —Jackie Hudgins sent ho problem if Panhellenic Council is satis fied with its elections code and feels it is the best method by which to elect its two top offi cers, but if there is any question at all that a revision should be made, certainly now is the time to effect a procedure change before new sororities are actually established here. The present procedure has been attacked over the years as being unrealistic mainly be cause it is not the way to elect the best quali fied women for office. The only thing it guar antees-is that the most promising woman from a particular sorority is put into top position. Defenses of the rotating system include such things as: In every sorority is found at least one woman who is capable of holding the office. if the rotation system were not used one or two top sororities would always win the post. Providing the Panhellenic Council president helps to strengthen the individual sorority. But our rebuttal to these arguments is: The best sorority woman on the campus, of Safety Valve An Aroused Public Opinion: the Marines Have Landed TO THE EDITOR: We want to thank our editor TO THE EDITOR: It seems that there is no for informing us of the appaling state of train- limit to the Editor's righteous indignation. Call ing of the U.S. Armed Forces. The rigorous ing the drowning of the six Marines at Parris training the Armed Forces use to instill spirit Island murder is as misguided a statement as and discipline in recruits might turn them into can be made about that tragic accident. ferociouS killers. It would be simply awful if The Marines have thrived on such "disci such nasty training turned recruits into men plinary measures" since their founding and have capable of fighting this country's enemies in produced indispensable fighting forces with times of war. them. It would be well for the editor's "aroused public" to bear in mind the record of the U.S. Marine Corps before advocating any change in training methods. Accidents can and do happen in both civil and military life. Perhaps S/Sgt. McF.:eon was wrong in judgment, but we do not have the courage to call him or the Marines or the U.S. government responsible for murder. This is a serious charge and one no other paper we have read has made. Those who think discipline is too strict in The Armed Forces should watch the ROTC cadets "marching" some afternoon. These boys are of higher intelligence than many members of the Armed Forces, but their drilling does not reveal it. They are not instilled with the same brand of discipline. Our editor's last paragraph of his April 12th editorial reminds us of an amazingly similar paragraph in his editorial concerning fraternity hazing. While he was correct concerning fra ternity kids, we feel the editor is entirely wrong in his treatment of military discipline. —George Hafer, ex USA and Jim Brann, ex USMC •Letter Cut TO THE EDITOR: Through the eyes of our distinguished authority on military matters, i.e. the editor, we have been shown his ignorance of military discipline by his condemnation of the government in one fell swoop for the Parris Island incident. Furthermore he has the af frontry to call this incident murder which in directly places all our high brass including the president, who is Commander in Chief of all the armed forces, in the category of murderers. To date with all the facts given (which are very few), how can he call this murder? Since he has given us a diagnosis, he must lave a cure. But has he? Has this paragon of the press enlightened us as to how we may stop such incidents from happening? Has he shown us how a happy medium of discipline can be maintained? Surely he has some ideas. Vie, who have experienced military discipline, have come to the conclusion that this unbiased individual has. yet to face military service and must be hoping that public opinion will soften his forthcoming life in the service. —Charles Beige. Elmer Greim, Harlan Berger. Joseph Ott. Howard Lewis, Hall MacMannis, and Dale Weller Tomorrow ALPHA DELTA SIGMA Spring Rushing Smoker, 7:30 pm., HILLEL Lox and Bagel Brunch. 11 a.m.. Hillel Foundation L.ambda Chi Alpha IDEAS OF GOOD AND EVIL IN GREAT LITERATURE NEWMAN CLUE GRADUATE STUDENTS. 8:30 p.n... OM Series. 8 p.m.. HiDel Foundation Church Hall LUTHERAN STUDENT CLASS. 9:30 a.m. -LUTHERAN EXCHANGE DINNER. 5:15 p.m.. Roger NEWMAN CLUB TV Partg. 8 p.m., Student Center Williams Fellowship WOMEN'S CHORUS Practice, 2 p.m. 117 Carnegie JAM SESSION. 2 p.m., Theta Kappa Phi Thr Bally eitiltgian Suttee ow to THE FREE LANCE, est IU7 i ROGER VOGELSINGER, Business Manager Gazette THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA We're Graceless This newspaper does not intend to contribute to the shortage of newsprint, the paper on which newspapers are printed. Therefore, we have made a drastic, bold, dramatic decision. It will shock Philadelphians among our read ers. It will deviate from the precedents set by every other newspaper in America we've seen in recent weeks. It may be worth a footnote in the grand and glorious History of Journalism. Nevertheless, our decision is final. This newspaper does not intend to run another word about Miss Grace Kelly or her fiance. We will not report what she ate for break fast. We will not tell you how many children the Raniers intend to have. We will not reveal where they intend to honeymoon. We said it and we're glad. Despite the blusters coming from Washing ton, D.C., a short talk to any former Marine will confirm this. Murder is a premeditated act. McKeon the sergeant in charge of the men that were drowned did not do what he did in a fit of sadistic estasy. He did it in performance of his duty as "adrill master. That of course is only an opinion, just as the editor's was an opinion. And since opinions such as this are unfounded in fact it is much better to reserve judgment until all the facts are known. But to imply that the death of these six men is indicative of grave failings in the mili tary administration of the country is rather far fetched. At most it means that a better site for a training camp is in order. AIM Nomination: It's Easy TO THE EDITOR: In answer to the editorial appearing in Thursday's Daily Collegian con cerning officer elections to the Association of Independent Men, the statement that an inde pendent must be "in the know" with someone on•the AIM board of governors in order to re ceive a nomination is not true. I am an independent, and the meeting of AIM on Wednesday evening was the first I have ever attended. Due to working in the evenings, I have never attended a TIM meeting either. Therefore I did not know anyone on the AIM board of governors. I merely walked up to a man sitting at the table and asked if he was nominating anyone for office of president of AIM. He said that he was, but referred me to another man who was not, and I was nominated. Let us give credit where credit is due. I can honestly say that I have never been received better by any group than by ATM members. After the meeting, at coffee call. I became ac quainted with many of AlM's board of gover nors, and because of them have decided to take an active part in student government. I honest ly believe that anyone could have, merely by attending the meeting, received a nomination for office in the Association of Independent Men. Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers. not necessarily the policy of the paper, the student body, or the University. —The Editor —Torn Werner —James Tipton an on Campus Little "GEE, ERVIN, WHY moNir WETHINKTO BRING A HAMMOCKFN President's Dilemma Odds Are Vetoing Farm By J. M. Roberts Associated Press News Analyst President Dwight D. Eisenhower's dilemma over the farm bill is close kin to one faced by Gov. Averell Harriman of New York recently. New York's Republican controlled Legislature handed Harriman a measure providing for a horizontal cut in income taxes. He didn't like it. His financial advisers advised him that the state was not able to stand it His political advisers told him he'd better sign, in this election year.•He did. In one way, Harriman's deci sion was easier than Eisenhow er's •because Harriman is not . op posed to tax cuts in principle. Eisenhower is opposed to rigid farm price supports in princi ple, preferring to try to get the farmers back on a sound busi ness basis through the "soil bank" and other adjustments reducing production, with flex ible price supports to meet emergencies in the meantime. The Democrats originated the rigid support idea, opposed its abolition in principle, and in ad dition saw a wonderful chance to put Eisenhower on the spot politically. They were ]oined by some farm belt Republicans who couldn't face the thought of kill ing any prospect of money for farmers during a period when farms aren't doing so well, and the farmers are making up their minds how to vote. Eisenhower has called the Democratic bill a bad one, but hasn't indicated whether he will veto it, sign it, or let it become law without his signature. He has ten days in which to make up his mind. There has been a good bit of talk of veto. This is heightened by a report, not yet verified, that he will make a speech to the public when he decides. That sounds like an explanation of a veto. A veto would be very unpopu lar with most farmers, though it would have some appeal to city folk who are paying both taxes and artificial food prices. The city folk, however, enjoying the great est period of prosperity ever, are not intense on the subject, and the farmers are. A veto would also practically guarantee that Eisenhower's soil bank program, included in the bill, would not get under way this year. What he calls a sound economic approach would be that much de layed. With this in mind, the Presi dent would have something to ex plain to the public either way. But the odds now seem to be on a veto, with an appeal that Con gress hurry up with what he thinks would be a better bill. Women's Chorus to Practice Women's Chorus will practice at 2 p.m. today in 117 Carnegie. SATURDAY. APRIL 14, 1956 By Bibler Ike Bill Froth Promotes Business Staff Frank McFaden and Robert Gellman have been promoted to Co-business Managers on th e Froth business staff senior board. They and Business Coordinator Richard Dollinger will replace the present Business Manager San ford Lichtenstein. Paul Kauffman, Maurie Fox. and Jay Tolson will take the posi tions of Nancy Kishler and Dave Hubert as Advertising Directors. Thomas Hollander and Harry Neuman will be the new Circula tion Directors replacing Frank McFaden and Robert Gellman. Arthur Cohen and Jane Wi cheiser will replace Phillip Wein as Promotion Director. . Rina Kaplan and Suzanne Spen cer will be Exchange Directors, and Steffi Barad and Mickey Mc- Millan will be Office Managers. ',idle Skating Party Will Be Held Tonight A skating party for independent students will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight tonight at the Coli seum Roller Rink. The party is sponsored by the Association of Independent Men and Leonides. It is the last of several events held by the organ izations in observance of National Independent Student Association Week. This Weekend On WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES Tonight Sign On News, Sports Jazz Club Hubzapoppin S :00 —__— Musical Marathon 9:00 Special Events 9:30 HiFi Open House 11:00 Sign Off 6:46 ----- 6 :50 _____ 7:00 Tomorrow - Sign On The Third Program ------- 'Sign Off 7:25 7:30 ___ _- __-__-- 10:30 ___ Monday 6:45 -- Sign Oa 6:50 -_— News. Sports 7:00 Pattee Lecture Series 7:4.5 News. Sports Music My Friend 8:45 — As You Believe 9:00 _ Showcase 9:30 --__ Poetry, Short Stories - .c News. Weather Symphonic Notebook Siga Off
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