PAGE FOUR riestished Tannlay through Stitangay motorising. daring the University year. The pally Collegian is a student aptirate4 newspaper. $3.114 per seas eeeee Eatered a veontl-cla►► ...atter July S. 1914 at the State College. Pa MIKE MOYLE, Acting Editor Deanna So ltis Asst.. Business Manager: Arnold Hoffman. Local Bee Conklin Managsng Editor. EA Dobbs, City Editor: Fran Ado Mgr.: Anita Lynch. Asst. Local Ado Mgr.: Janice Ander /Amara Sports Editor: Becky 7.ahea. Copy Editor: Vise* son. National Ado. MET.: Anne Caton and David Posca, Ca• Carucci. Assistant Sports Editor. Erie Ono". Features Editor: Circulation Mgrs.: Arthur Brener Promotion Mgr.: Jo Fulton. Dave flavor Photography Editor lersonnel Mgr.: Harry Yaverbaum. Office Idde.: Barbara Shipman. Classified Adv. Mgr.; Ruth Howland. S to ry: Jane Groff. R h and Records Mar. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Jim Kopp; Copy Editors, Marian Beatty, Bob Franklin; Assistants Judy Harke-on, Matt Podbesek, Bill Jaffe, Mike Maxwell, Sherry Kennel, Edie Blumenthal, Rozanne Friedlander. FMA: What to Do With the Wreckage? To say that the Imes fiaternity Council closed that not one fraternity officer took the time its collective eyes Monday night to a real oppor- or trouble to ask for an explanation of the plan tunity for cooperation and economy in food from the association's board president, who buying would indeed be an understatement. conducts regular office hours. The defeat of a "100 per cent" Fraternity In any case, IFC's contradictory moves over Marketing Association and the resulting move the past few months—in fact since the forma by the FMA Board of Trustees to suspend oper- lion of FMA—in supporting the project in prin ations by the end of the semester leaves IFC ciple and in working against it in practice have with a difficult problem to solve. gained it the net re..ult of no progress whatso- Concerning Monday's voting, we believe the ever. only argurinent we saw advanced against the Instead it has lost the services of a valuable "100 per cent" amendment• that approached organization which it is still striving to keep being legitimate or reasonable was that the in principle. It has driven a group of responsible, proposal involved the use of force, and that experienced administrators and students to give fraternities which did not wish to belohg to up in disgust. FMA should not be coerced into joining, no And it has most certainly shown a lack of matter how good the organization might be. judgment and foresight. The issues in the debate immediately pre- What can be done now? IFC can begin a ceeding Monday's voting were almost completely joint-buying committee of its own, to replace obscured by a smokescreen of misleading, ir- the services lost from FMA. However, we have relevant, and downright untrue arguments. serious doubts that such an inexperienced corn- One opponent of the amendment, attending mittee could succeed, unless it is mobilized with his second IFC meeting of the year, blandly extreme speed and unless it consults and gains proclaimed that he had not seen sufficient facts the help of some of the present FMA board or figures to justify the proposal. Referring to members. his own fraternity. he said: "We get better profits than any house in FMA." We heard sev eral council members ask. under their breath exactly what comparisons he had made to determine this "f•+ct," but no one challenged him on the floor. Another council member declaiming the amendment accused the IFC vice president's surveying committee of having "no idea of the internal workings of fraternities": Not once. but twice were addit'onal profits which FMA distributed over and above normal discounts "confused" with the association's total benefits to fraternities. It seems to us a sad commentary on council members that none effectively refuted the un founded argument that the amendment was contrary to state law and that none effectively countered the argument that an impossibly ex- pensive warehouse would become a necessity until AFTER the vote. It is indeed surprising to us that, in all the professed quest for information about FMA and the FMA program over the past two weeks, Cabinet: Separate Wheat From Chaff How much does All-University Cabinet work for itself and how much for the students? We would estimate that it spends 90 per cent or more of its time on procedural matter, and the remaining small percentage of its time on sub stantive matter. We find that both idealistically and realis tically this is a very discouraging situation. Cabinet is supposed to represent the student body. It is supposed to function on behalf of the student body. Cabinet should look for prob lems all over campus which affect the students' welfare. These they should spend time solving. Cabinet would seem to be the most egotistical group of people at the University. It would seem that the members consider Cabinet as the only group of great enough importance to be worthy of its time. The greatest amount of Cabinet's time so far this year has been spent on two items—Student Encampment reports, and the Supreme Court. Both of these fall in the procedural category. Both are concerned with making Cabinet a smooth running and effective group. We wonder what Cabinet hopes to be effective for. It would seem only to make itself more effective. Cabinet has also spent some time on the National Student Association, also a procedural matter. The bulk of the remaining time has been spent .hearing and approving reports from its various committees or approving names of students to participate on its various commit tees. Both of these functions also fit into the procedural classification. On the substantive side we find that Cabinet has made a few contributions, but all of which took very little of its very valuable time. First. Magnificent Response TO THE EDITOR: In the Hungarian Relief Drive our community developed a spirit sym bolic of American unity in the cause of free dom wherever it may be. This spontaneous ef fort certainly reaffirms our adherence to the moving inscription on the Statue of Liberty. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched ADVENT NOONDAY PRAYER: It :$4/ p,ia._, Melee Saki* Chapel ADVENT WORSHIP SERVICE Aver Memorial Chapel BOOK - f.IiANGE: All Hoard.. G:211 p.m.. !IT HUB NiCH BAVARIAN" SCHUITMATTLERS: IMI p.m:: •MG - The Batty entirvittit Siorre.oor to THE FREE I.AI 4 ;CE, eot. 1887 "' ' Safety Valve Gazette •• -• , _ • NITTANY GROTTO: 1 p.m.. 121 Mineral Industries PENN STATE BAIRBELL CLUB: 7 p.m., 101 Willard PENN STATE CHESS CLUB: 7 p.m., 7 Sparks PENN STATE 'RIDING CLUB: 7 p.m.. .217 . Willard - • SCIENCE FLCTIO24 SOCIETY: - 7 p.m.. 214 HUB . - Tomorrow SOCIETY-OrAIiiiHICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS; T p.m., I Carnegie - EN:E;I3 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA MAO per year Pat Office under the aet of March 3. 1873 DAVE RICHARDS. Business Manager IFC on Monday passed a resolution calling for an investigation into what could be done in three phases of a joint-buying program, with a report to be made by June. As well-inten tioned as this may be, we hesitate to express confidence that such a committee can do in. a few months what a more experienced group has been trying to do for four years. To make a v; , orking program out of the wreck age of the organization they so soundly defeated Monday night. IFC faces a gigantic task. We still cannot help but express the belief that the passage of the "100 per cent amendment" would have been a much easier, safer way to bring the IFC and FMA into a closer, more proper relation ship. It is now up to IFC to make the best it can of a bad situation. We express our deepest hope and desire for the continuation of a cooperative buying pro gram at the University. but we cannot express confidence. it recommended a longer Christmas vacation. It was not at fault entirely for its lack of success. Second, it recommended that S 2 be added to each student's fees for the cultural program. On this motion it spent very little time, and may have missed the point that it was by far • the most imp - ortant action that Cabinet has yet taken. Third, it allocated some funds to send cheerleaders to a football game. This action we also find worthy of Cabinet's time, far more so than the Supreme Court issue. If the members of Cabinet could find time they might analyze the issue of the Christmas holiday extension. They, quite rightly, feel that the student government failure was caused by the lack of participation from the student body. What they don't seem to realize is that the student body has been given little reason to believe that there would be any action gained by supporting Cabinet. The student body rarely feels the effects of Cabinet legislation or recom mendations so why should it feel that in this instance the group could work great miracles. The mass of students cannot organize itself be hind Cabinet. Cabinet must, itself do this. If the members of _Cabinet would learn parlia mentary procedure, a' great deal of time could be saved and more precise legislation could be passed more quickly. If the members of Cabinet would find time to look outside their own group, to look at the students they represent, they could for a change fulfill their function of working for the stu dents. At present they work entirely for them selves. not for the 'students who elected them, and whom they supposedly represent. refuse of your teeming shores. Send them, the homeless tempest tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door." By the overwhelming response to the cause of these freedom-loving people, you have as sured the heroes of Hungary that they have not died in vain. Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers. net necessarily the policy of the paper, the student body. or the University. Bob Franklin —Sue Conklin —Mrs. Henry Yeagley Glen Elder Co-chairmen. Hungarian Relief Drive e Man on Campus "Yes. I'm going to pass you because I'm tired of having to make up new tests for this course every year." According to Moyle The Reverend Vincent Negherbon, dean of students at St. Francis College, made quite a stir early this week when he announced that the school has formally outlawed "steady dating" by the students. The school, located at Loretto, has 650 men and 150 women students. As one would expect, the new ruling met with an immediate uproar on the part of the students and to quote the Pittsburgh Press, "I'll Walk Alone' and Too Young to Go Steady' became top favor ites on campus jukeboxes." The reasons given for the rul ing were that steady dating should mean that the couple are contemplating marriage in the very near future and therefore the practice of going steady •is morally wrong for college stu dents. Father Negherbon also made the assertion that steady dating is detrimental to scholastic stand ing. The latter point may have some l good foundation but with thel former we must take sharp' issue. The entire move r on the part c - St. Francis oft cials was a bi surprise. It seek quite ridiculoi for any collet to pass such ruling. The poi] which immef ately : comes the Minds most college s dents is, in the world a. to enforce it?" What we wonder is, "Can the administration of •a college or university dictate tb the students what kind of 'Social life they should lead?" The Pittsburgh Press said that when • the announcement was made the students were shouting "segregation" and dictatorship!' at the school officials. Perhap i S these terms are a bit strong but the basis for complaint is *ceik .• tainly present. If an administration hasn't overstepped its bounds on this one then no administration ever has. ;.i EM:l=3 During the course of the year we have compiled a few notes: on radio station WMAJ (!bari. the only station which is heard; by the entire student body.)"' ' To begin with, the fans of Bob, and Ray (and they are legidn)l have a complaint to make abolit that weekly . program. L-WithdUt trying to_ pry into the financial , affairs - Of the station, we a4k:f.as it absolutely necessary to cut fit; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1956 by Bible P-Ar by mike moyle to the Bob and Ray show every night for a five-minute news cast?" It's• only five minutes but often it comes right in the middle of a very funny skit and some times right smack in the middle of a sentence. Also why isn't the Bob and Ray show broadcast on some Thurs days? Perhaps these questions in volve a matter of sponsors and to a radio program the sponsor comes first (naturally) so I guess we have no really legitimate gripe. But couldn't something dif ferent be worked out?. We do have one good word for the station though. We think most people will agree that the staff announcers far surpass those of the last two years. Much more listenable this year. But why does Roy Elwell try so hard to imitate Rege Cordic of KDKA (Pittsburgh)? We would like to correct a couple of false impressions left: in last week's column: 1. We Weren't trying to start a food. riot in the dining. halls with our comments on the one out at the UniVersity of Michigan. Now, who could ever accuse us of doing a nasty - thing like that to Food Service. - They. who are doing such a stupendous job for the students. We were merely trying to tie in the dissatisfaction at both schools with the food. Of course, students in the, ' dorms always complain about` the food. We know they all- - Want service like they get back home and all that BUT perhaps it isn't. only the food here which is bringing' about the complaints. We might add a note to the students eating in "the' dortni • tones at preient. Please, far our sake dOn't'slart any food riot. They will get you nowhere but backward with the achninistrai lion. They -frown heavily on riots as well they should. 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