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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
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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
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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.
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