PACT FOUR eablishoti faesday throorat Sattirday essmings dorms the University wear the Daily CoUprise is a °tonna over-wren ....enamor IMINIMMI /MOO per eerriedaer $5.011 per fete 1.1111.111.1111.1...1111 et MIKE MOYLE, Acting Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Barb Martino; Copy Editors, Bob Franklin, Lou Prato; Assistants Torn Rce , e. Randy Murray Mike Maxwell, Linda S.-gar, Maggie Lieberman. The Problem of Platforms Is Back one knows how far student government can go in making recommendations and in tak ing action." This was one of the more indicative statements made in the Student Encampment workshop reports. Particularly, it came from the workshop on political parties in reference to the jurisdiction of the All-University Elections Committee over party platforms. The statement is indicative of the frequent wordy and meaningless phrases surrounding many of the suggestions in the reports. Whether anyone knows how far student government can go in making recommendations has little rele vance to the present situation as far as political platforms are concerned. The Elections Com mittee has complete jurisdiction over platforms. The All-University Cabinet has jurisdiction over the Elections Committee. The Elections Committee decides whether platforms may be run in accordance with its feeling toward the val'dity of the meaning and purpose of the planks. If the committee doesn't like one part of a plank, or feels that it will give an unfair approach to the students, it may sug gest to the political party that it be changed or deleted. On the other hand, the committee also has the power to refuse an entire plank. Once refused, a plank, or section of it. can not be used in the campaign by the party, and a serious penalty may result if this regulation is disobeyed. Therefore this introductory statement seems to have little bearing on the present problem of party platforms. However, consequent to the statement, according to the report. three opin ions were expressed in the workshop. An ad ditional one was given in the plenary session of Encampment. One of the suggestions is that the political party faculty advisors have the final word on the use of. or the changes in platforms. This suggestion could stand a great deal of thought, in fact, it would be best to dispense with it entirely. The political party advisors have done virtually nothing during the past several years lo help or hinder the parties. Although they may have been present at the party meetings, World Series: Saga of a Fan This afternoon in New York City two baseball teams, well familiar to one another, will com mence one of the country's classic sporting events. The American baseball fan, through 154 games patient hopeful and toward the end of Septem ber somewhat frantic. now settles down to root along league lines. Frustrated Indian, Whitesox, Braves and Redlegs fans presumably join forces behind their respective league champions and thus begins a week, a colid baseball week where every grounder, bunt and stolen base means more blue chips to the victor. This week Suez retires to the rear and the World Series blossoms forth as the number one news event in the minds of Americans who gather under the blanket title. "baseball fan." This week gone from the minds of these hardy folk are the names of Eisenhower and Stevenson and to the fore come the magic names of Snider and Mantle. Students will rush breathlessly from their afternoon classes to radios and television sets to tune in on the proceedings. Some may even rush from the ball game to the classes, depend ing on their academic integrity_ Since its beginning way back in April, base- That's Culture for You! Last Spring a culture.: committee composed of members from every sorority. fraternity. and dormitory unit was set up to bring art exhibi tions, concerts, and lectures to campus. These members vote on programs which they think will be of interest to the student. This committee working with the State Col lege Concert Association has planned'a series of three concerts—the Pittsburgh Symphony Or chestra. the Westminster Choir, and Eileen Far rell, soprano with the San Francisco Opera As sociation. If the campaign for membership is a success one or two additional concerts will be booked. This alone would seem to guarantee student support. However, last year the number of stu dents buying memberships amounted to a mea gre 2% of the total sales. The overwhelming majority of memberships have been held by the townspeople. A student at the concert was a rarity. This clearly indicates lack of_ student interest in cultural programs. At first glance the cost of S 7 may seem pro hibitive but when one considers that a mem- ADVERT' I S MG WORKSHOP. ::o0 Schwab. ASSOCIATION for CHILDHOOD FDIJC kTION, 7M p.m., Atherton Lounge. BIZ AD BULLETIN CANDIDATES and STAFF. 7:00 p.m.. II Sparks. CIRCULO E.srAsoL. 7:30 p.m.. Carnestie. MAKE-UP WORKSHOP. 7:00 p.m.. Schwab basement. MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE_ :JO a.m.. Rehm E. Lin Eisenhower Meditation Chapel. eonductett by the Uni versity Christian Association Student Cabinet. NEU BAVARIAN SCHUH 11, ATTERS, f.td P.m Main. PENN STATE ('HESS CLUB. 7:10 p.m.. 7 Spark.. PENN STATE_ SCIENCE FICTLON jUCIETY. . 213 billiard. Elie Batig entirgiatt SereendMt le rue FREE. LANCE. Ad. lUT .. DAVE RICHARDS, Business Manager Gazette 405 Old THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA they have taken no part in the meeting, and have shown less interest in them. They, quite frequently, are selected as faculty advisor and maintain this dubious honor for several years. This certainly 'does not stimulate the faculty advisor's interest as the position becomes a drag and a bore rather than a temporary re cponsibility. Therefore, we could well do without this suggestion. Another recommendation was that the parties be allowed to stand or fall on the platforms which they present without any approving agency. This recommendation competes with the former for first place on the poor-idea slate. The main purpose of the Elections Committee's review of the platform is to protect the students from platforms which would be unfeasible or impractical. The political parties, not being an impartial group, could not be expected to per form this function on their owri. This is only one reason why we feel this recommendation would also be best forgotten. One of the students in the plenary session suggested that platforms be eliminated entirely. The contention was that they have little or no effect on who is elected anyway so why bother with all the controversy over platforms? Although we would agree that they are hardly the deciding factor in the elections, they add color and interest to the elections, and their elimination would not raise the voting per centage. It may be true that elections are won mainly on personality and achievements of the candidates, but elections, we feel„ are at least affected by the platforms. Therefore, it would also be wise to leave this recommendation in the report and let it go no further. The remaining suggestion, which we strongly back, is to leave things as they now stand with the Elections Committee reviewing platforms. We would like to see Cabinet show foresight and wisdom in handling this problem when it comes up tomorrow. We feel that to do this they could only agree with us. ball has been in and out of the national spot light but this week it will go out in a tremen dous blaze of glory. Can one imagine such an unreasonable em- ployer as one who would ask his men to work when Mantle faces Maglie. _How can one pos sibly work out a geometric theorem when the Bums are pulling off a fast double play at that very moment? Those who can get to radios or television sets to view this splendid spectacle will be in deed fortunate. Those who will jam their way into Ebbets Field and Yankee Stadium to watch it will be the kings of the earth for a week. The diets of these people will be hot dogs and their bibles will •be the familiar "scoreboard lineup" (without which you cannot tell the players.) So the scene is set and the contestants ready. The proud, mighty Yankees anxious for revenge. The scrappy Dodgers out of breath but hopeful of a repeat win. Since an editorial page is full of nothing but opinion it is fully proper to sound off right now a cry which 'will be echoed from wall to wall in Ebbets Field today: - C"mon yez Bums!" bership in a similar association in New York City would cost more than double. the amount, he should realize that he is getting a bargain. However, in past years there have been ex cuses for such disinterest. Students complained that they were buying memberships blindly because there was no guarantee to the number or names of concerts. In addition, the concerts were always planned on the same night of the week and if the student had a heavy schedule on the following day attendance at the concerts would be inconvenient. The former argument has previously been answered and in regard to the second, the cul tural committee has planned for each concert to be held on different nights. This concert is the " first of the, programs planned by the cultural committee, and the per centage of student subscriptions will indicate to them whether it is worth planning other programs of this type. In a University of this size and calibre, interest in the cultural aspects of life should be much more in evidence than is presently the case. —Ginny Philips PETROLEUM ENGINEERING SOCIETY „ 7:00 PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA, 9:00 p.m.. 117 Carnegie. PHI UPSILON OMICRON, 6:45 Hume Economies Living Room. THETA SIGMA PHI. R:10 P.M. Alpha Chi Omega suite. UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CABINET. 7:00 p.m., small lounge, HUen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. KAPPA PHI KAPPA. 7:00 p.m.. Sigma Phi Epsilon fra- tern ity. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB COFFEE HOUR. 5:011 p.m.. 217-219 HUB. SIGMA ALPHA ETA. 7:15 p.n., Main Lounge., Hone Ec - Editorials represent the viewpoints et the writer.. not necessarily the policy of the paper. the student body. or the theirensity —Sue Conklin —The Editor Tomorrow Little Man on Campus -•••./••• • • • ' ° Z . - • _ 111 114[1.111.11 I t, gu n I '11 . 1 , ' ,1111011 • ON "I understand he's up for retirement next year." Interpreting the News U.S. Torn Between Independence, Allies By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Ever since the war the United States has been torn be tween her traditional interest in independence for colonial states and her need for the European colonial powers as allies. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles appears to believe now that the time has arrived when the allies are sufficiently stable to start speeding up their adjustment to life without the type of hegemony on which their economies have been so de pendent. • For weeks the policy of the United States has been under the concentrated scrutiny of Asia, the Middle East and Af rica in connection with the Suez dispute. The United States had helped Egypt obtain the removal of Brit ish troops after a century and a half of European domination, mil itary, political and economic. Then the ruler of Egypt as serted ownership of the Suez Canal, which is generally accept ed as a right. But he went about it in the wrong way. The United States was in a position where it could not not champion the method by which Egypt was asserting in dependence, nor yet support the allies in their first reaction, which was to wipe out Nasser and retake the canal willy nilly. It was a concrete projection of the broad general problem which has been so troublesome in Amer ican foreign policy. This policy, perhaps more through juxtaposition than in tent; has now become Mixed up with the problem of Europe it self. - The ability of France and Ger many to settle the Saar problem between themselves has been seized upon by the European con federationists as a great new suc cess for their idea. Chancellor Adenauer of West Germany has even gone so far as to suggest that Britain join in making Eu rope a great third power in the world, and Dulles has promptly seconded the general idea. The idea sounds fantastic. But many a fantastic-sounding step toward greater unity has taken in Europe since the war, especially the creation. of the European Coal and Steel Community and of Western European Union, which even now is being expanded• into something far more important than a mere military alliance. Penn Prof to Speak Dean Joseph B. Fordham of the University ;of Pennsylvania laW school will address members of Pi Lambda Sigma, national pre legal society, at Bp.m. tomorrow in 203 Willard. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1956 by Bibler __ ~-- 1000 to Attend Second Annual Livestock Show More than 1000 visitors are ex pected to attend the second an nual Livestock Field Day ,open ing at 10 a.m. Saturday in the livestock judging pavilion. Fifty judging teams, made up of 4-H and Future Farmers of America club members, will judge two classes each of steers, swine, and sheep. Thirty dollars in cash prizes will be awarded the top three teams and single judges. Tractor-Driving Contest The 4-H Club will also hold a tractor-driving contest starting at 9:30 a.m. by the dairy barns. Dr. William Henning, state sec retary of agriculture, and William Haase of the Swift and Company research department, will speak at 1 p.m. in the pavilion. Contests in identifying varieties of forage, weights of steers, grades of wool, and meat-type hogs will be held for adult contestants. Exhibits on Display Eight educational exhibits and University livestock and poultry will be On display. Buses will take visitors to the newly opened veterinary research center, where livestock research will be reviewed. WDFM 'Events' Staff Calls for Candidates Students interested in joining the special events staff of radio station WDFM will meet at 7 to night in 305 Sparks. The special events staff pro duces both direct broadcast and tape recorded special feature pro grams. Tonight on WDFM 11.1 31er acy el e-ii 7:00 7:50 _ 8:00 _ 8:10 _ Sign On Telephone Bandstand - News Jazz Club Music of the People Invitation to Relax - __ The First Freedom News Virtuoso --L-Sien Oft
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