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What Price NSA?
Alter much delay All-University Cabinet
will vote tonight on Ira- National Student As
boi-iatioi foreign student scholarship fund.
Barbara Hendel, NSA tegional chairman, pre
sented the plan to Cabinet two weeks ago.
According to the plan Cabinet would give a $7OO
scholarship to a foreign student leader picked
L.y NSA. Miss Hendel guaranteed Cabinet that
if it offered a $7OO scholarship, the administra
tion would also offer a $5BO scholarship f->r the
student. She also assured Cabinet members that
the University would definitely get one of the
15 NSA foreign student leaders if it offers the
two scholarships.
The question—does the University want a
foreign student leader at that price? In our
opinion he or she is considerably overpriced.
Cabinet could find many fields for spending its
money which would give higher dividends.
An NSA foreign student would have dubious
student leadership qualities. Most foreign coun
tries are notably weak in student government.
The academic is stressed so greatly in most
foreign universities that little time is left for
student government. With the highly developed
system of student government practiced in the
United Stales, it is doubtful that a foreign stu
dent leader could offer much to the University's
student government set-up.
One of the points brought out by Miss Hendel
is that the foreign student would be able to
return to his country with new ideas for student
government. This would mean that the junior
Cheerleaders and Spirit
This sudden, unexpected football win over
Ohio Stale has brought to the fore an age-old
topic of discussion at Penn State—school spirit.
This is something to be desired and with a
student body of 12.000 plus it would seem
that quite a good deal of this commodity could
be mustered.
There have been times, however, when the
lack of school spirit has been particularly con
spicuous by its absence.
Whenever school spirit is discussed one na
turally thinks of it in terms of football games.
These events are. after aIL probably lhe best
chances students have to express their endear
ment for their alma mater.
Last weekend the student body joined in a
booming tribute to a victorious football team
which had just taken victory from a much
favored foe. Unfortunately this rousing expres
sion of spirit came at a time when the campus
was virtually deserted. There were no events
of special importance going on and many stu
dents had left for Columbus, O. or for home
towns. Thus the only persons who witnessed
Keep Your Place
Who's running National Student Association at
the University?
It would seem that Barbara Hendel. NSA
regional chairman, is trying to be NSA co
ordinator at the University as well. We think
it would be far better taste for the NSA co
ordinator to present plans concerning NSA to
All-University Cabinet. Although Miss Hendel
may be very familiar with NSA it is not her
responsibility to act as the NSA coordinator.
Cabinet created the NSA committee and
coordinator so that NSA information could be
brought to Cabinet and integrated into student
government. The committee and coordinator
should do the job. The NSA coordinator should
have presented the foreign student scholarship
plan to Cabinet. Miss Hendel. who has no direct
relationship to the University, student govern
ment should not have presented it.
We'd like to see the NSA committee show in
terest, and we'd like to see a little less Penn
State interest on the part of Miss Hendel.
—Sue Conklin
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year would be spent in the United Slates and
the senior year in his own country. We doubt
if a student leader coming to this country follow
ing his sophomore year would have held a* lop
position. We also doubt if a very important
student leader could be spared by his university.
We feel that a foreign student leader would
gain only a limited amount from one year at the
University, and would probably contribute very
little to the student government at the Uni
versity. •
,One of the strangest points against giving the
foreign student scholarship is that it is a very
poor idea for Cabinet to spend the students*
money on this project. There are many students
al the University who are struggling financially
to get through college.
It would be selfish of Cabinet to spend $7OO
of the students’ money on a foreign student
project. The average student will see no benefit
from such a plan. Why should Cabinet.make a
struggling student also help pay the way of
another student?
NSA, an idealistic group, seems to skip over
some of the economic factors when they suggest
plans. It would be impractical for Cabinet to
spend such a large sum on this project. If it
wants foreign student leaders, it would be much
less expensive to build them out of the foreign
students already attending lhe University.
Cabinet should think twice before scattering
its money to the winds—trade winds that is.
—Sue Conklin
this wonderful demonstration were the students
staging it.
This has paved the way for many persons to
plead to the students for the same kind of school
spirit at the forthcoming game with West Vir
ginia.
Possibly overlooked in all this hulabaloo is the
group which leads the whole thing. The cheer
leaders have this job and since it is theirs we
tend to overlook the job they are doing. We have
some complaints coming from the cheerleaders
themselves on this score.
So when we go to Beaver Field Saturday and
yell our lungs out in support of the football
(as we all should, of course) let’s not forget
the stellar job being turned in by the cheer
leaders, not only at football games but at all
pep rallies and other functions.
We are sure that the warmest support we
could give the cheerleaders would be go to the
game Saturday and turn in an exhibition of
cheering like we hear from so many other
college cheering sections.
—The Editor
Militarism at UN Day
We had occasion to observe part of the cere
mony held yesterday m front of Old Main to
commemorate United Nations Day.
Perhaps it was merely poor planning, but the
celebration to us looked largely like a military
ceremony, with the uniformed students standing
stiffly at attention beside the flags of other
nations.
Another thing we noticed was a lack of density
in the assemblage watching the program. Per
haps this was because it was held at noon, when
most students were on their way to lunch.
Would it not be possible, in such ceremonies
in the future, to conduct them at some other
time, perhaps later in the afternoon, when more
of the student body would undoubtedly attend.
We would also suggest that such interested
groups as the International Relations Club or
the all-University committee on international
understanding, which sponsored this year’s cele
bration, conduct a greater part of the program,
rather than leaving this to the military element
on campus.
We believe it is particularly inappropriate
for military forces to conduct a ceremony in
honor of an organization dedicated to inter
national peace and understanding.
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Interpreting the News-
Big Choice Asked
On H-Bomb Question
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (JP)— With all the words that
have been fired off in the last few days about testing hydro
gen bombs, the American public is in little better position
to judge between .Stevenson and Eisenhower on this issue
than it was before.
Stevenson says the United States should take the lead
in stopping the tests, both be
cause of what he calls the dangers
of radioactive fall-out and be
cause it would be a step toward
peace. He says the United States
doesn’t keep up with Russia in
making proposals that sound
peaceful.
The White House, bearing the
responsibility of national secur
ity, says it has carefully consid
ered a ban on bomb testing for
a long time and decided that the
chance is too.great to take.
As a campaign issue, asking the
public to decide is like asking lay
advice On any scientific problem
connected with war.
Use of the atom bomb in the
beginning was a fateful decision
in the history of America. The
whole idea of mass destruction,
including noncombatants and cul
tural institutions, is foreign to
American thinking. But it was the
experts on war, both political and
physical war, not the public, who
decided.
Stevenson, of course, by stress
ing his proposal, has been saying
to the voters that Eisenhower and
the Republicans are not the only
ones who can think and act about
peace. That’s his real point. He is
under considerable compulsion to
get around this idea, which the
Republicans have sought to foster,
aided by the respect shown
abroad for the President of the
United States as a key figure in
the search.
There is some question whether
the voters have accepted the ques
tion as a campaign issue at all.
They undoubtedly see that Ste
venson, if elected, would seek and
probably get some sort of agree
ment with Russia.
They probably see that Eisen-
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1956
For Everybody, Too* .
hower would like to do it, too, and.
will do it if what he thinks is a
safe situation should arise.
There is no indication that the
public has developed a rash on
the topic, or that it is in a hurry.
Society to Hold
Eng Convention
Delegates and guests from 61
chapters of Pi Tau Sigma, me
chanical engineering honorary
society, will attend the, national
convention for the Society to be
held Nov. 1 and 2 at the Univer
sity.
The program will include a
banquet on Nov. 2 at the Nittany
Lion Inn with Dr. Eric A. Walker,,
president of the. University, as
the speaker.
Maurice S. Gjesdahl, professor
of mechanical engineering, is com
pleting his third year as national
president of Pi Tau Sigma. -
Officers of the campus chapter
are Ronald Trupp, president; Ron
ald Eisenhart, vice president;
Jean -Platt, recording secretary;
Keith Bartley, corresponding sec
retary; and Donald Finley, treas
urer.
Steele Selected to Be
Counselor Chairman
Robert Steele, junior in arts and
letters from State College, was
appointed Orientation Week
Counselor Chairman for next
year.
The appointment was made by
John Kersh, president of the-hat
society council, at a meeting of
the council last night.
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