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Assistants, Lianne Cordero, Dick Drayne, Linda Segar, Roberta Levine, Mike Dutko, Ted Wells, Made
line Myers. Denny Malick_ •
NSA: Just Can't Make It
The National Student Association has come to
that inevitable crossroads again this year. This
is becoming a yearly event to look forward to
(or to shrink away from, as the case may be)
each year.
Every year NSA stumbles up to Cabinet's
door. Some years it is repulsed with a resound
ing shove. Some years it manages to gather up
enough supporters to throw a scare into the
smug opposition. And then there are occasions
like last year when NSA actually stumbles
through and onto the Penn State scene.
The National Stt.dent Association never quits
stumbling
It' gropes around desperately seeking some
niche at Penn State whereby it can cling so
tha• it will not have to face the same struggle
the following year. In its ramblings it has been
forced to fight off all sorts of abuse and op
position. This has taken a bulk of the organiza
tion's time—thus it has done little else.
This has lead some people to believe that be
cause of this NSA hasn't had a fair chance. It
is true that many minds have been made up
against NSA before the organization even got
off the ground.
Attitudes like these lead to one of the most
basic questions of the many-sided problem:
Should the NSA committee have to justify its
present position as a part of the Penn State
Student Government Association?
To us, this is what needs to be decided. NSA
people are constantly asked to point exactly
how their group benefits the student body.
Usually this question is answered by a long
harangue about the wonderful features of the
national organization. This is a big mistake on
the part of the NSA supporters. Answers like
these, instead of winning over some of the op
position, more firmly convinces the opposition
NSA is doing nothing for Penn State students.
Last year The Daily Collegian, a perennial
opponent of NSA membership, took a poll which
shoived that 11 students of 107 polled could offer
an opinion on NSA. This would probably be
fairly indicative of -student knowledge of the
organisation this year, also. In fact, it might
be interesting to take a poll of Cabinet members.
The percentage would be better than 11 out of
107. This we can be sure of, but . . .
it is a struggling organization and therefore
it would seem that NSA should prove to its
critics that it does have a place here. Strangely
enough, some people do not think so. They be
lieve, instead, that we should accept NSA on
NSA Advice
TO THE EDITOR: Stroll up casually to
average Penn State student and ask, "What does
NSA mean to you?" and he'll probably reply
with a blank stare. It's all a part of the apathy
of the students towards their government.
But the question of NSA should affect the
student when it begins to touch the sensitive
lining of his wallet .. . and full participation in
NCA requires something more substantial than
the signature on the membership pledge.
While attending another large university the
question of NSA membership arose and the
following came to light:
1) At that time (1954) NSA was desperately
searching for a large college or university to
add prestige to its membership and to entice
other large universities.
2) NSA was trying to live down charges that
its past policies were a bit too liberal and one
critic went so far as to shade them a bit pink.
3) The expense of membership and sending
•delegates to the conventions was a bit too high
for the intangible results gained from the na
tional organization. Whether the effects of the
national conventions ever aid the student or his
government is a moot question.
4) This large university voted to join NSA,
and without membership, was able to establish
Today
BLOCK & BRIDLE CLUB. 7:30 p.m.. 206 Armsby
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION. 7 p.m.. 212 Chapel
DAIRY SCIENCE CLUB. 7:30 p.m.. 117 Dairy
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SCABBARD & BLADE BOARD OF REVIEW, 7 p.m., 216
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Queen Entries' Pictures Correction: NSA 'Courtship' Talk Tonight
Women students who entered Regional and national dues for Dr. William M. Smith, professor
the sophomore queen contest, the National Student Association of family relations, will speak on
with the exception of the five are $215 a year and not $6OO as "A - Case for College Courtship"
finalists, may obtain their pic-iwas erroneously reported in The at the West Halls fireside at 6:30
tures at the Hetzej Union, desk. Daily Collegian yesterday. . ,tonight in the Thompson Lounge.
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its broad principle and get what we can out
of it.
If we look past our local situation for a mo
ment (this is one of the things NSA membership
is supposed to do for us) we will readily see that
NSA is nothing but a lobby group. It is the
voice of the national student body to Washing
ton and to all other influential persons in the
country.
Just exactly what this lobby group can ac
complish is something nigh undefinable. Sup
porters say it's good to have someone sticking
up for the students at least; opponents say no
one listens to the students anyway.
Also, in the paSt the national organization
was thought; by some, to be haning a bit too
far to the left to be comfortable. Apparently in
the eyes of these doubters NSA has righted it
self because we haven't heard any complaints
of this kind lately.
To the money consideration, which has been
played up as a big issue in the past, we will
devote little space. If the membership is as
good as the NSA committee tells us, the fees
are worthwhile.
However, is it worthwhile? NSA complains
that it has been given no specific job such as
other Cabinet committees are given. Thus it has
been forced to take up projects on its own.
These projects, on the whole, have met with
little success. Or, as the materialists prefer to
put it, hag given the student little for his dollar.
That leaves the basic precept of the national
organization to show us the worth of NSA. Un
fortunately. the argument of giving students a
voice in national policies leaves us a trifle chilly.
The other advantage cited which might reach
the students is that NSA can get ideas from
other colleges and universities and thus help
student government here function more effi
ciently.
To this we say: If these student leaders are so
anxious to, better their respective organizations,
they need only write their corresponding organ
ization on other campuses. We are sure that if
the letter is an intelligent one, the fellow stu
dent will give them all the information they
need.
NSA has been hampered by a year-to-year
trial basis situation. However, we feel that it
really has little to offer Penn State. Cabinet
could be big and broad-minded about the whole
thing and give the group another chance tonight.
We hope it doesn't, though.
Fair Decision Urged
TO THE EDITOR: This letter is. not intended
to be a digest of the NSA report. On - the con
trary, it says very little about the association.
Neither is this intended to be a vindication of
its campus activities.
My only reason for writing this is to clear
away some of the fog. When Cabinet meets this
evening I hope it leaves its prejudices and pre
conceived conclusions behind. Its decision needs
to be intelligent and enlightened. If possible, an
objective attitude should prevail.
I expect the report has been read and due
consideration has been given the topic. It fol
lows that Cabinet's judgement should not be
based on current editorials and articles appear
ing in this paper. I appreciate the press' role of
popularizing the issues but cogent investigation
and lucid reasoning should be the basis of Cab
inet's decision.
a student discount service using NSA materials.
"Perhaps Cabinet members should reflect on
these ideas from another university along with
their own objections before investing student
funds in an organization whose benefits are
questionable.
University Hospital
Dolores Acri. John Andrews, William Bliss, Peter Cooke,
Dorothy Craig, George Daniel, Clair Dennis. Robert Dorwart,
David Fine, Dianne Fiscus, Thomas Grimison, Gail Hamer,
Doreen Hayward, Carolyn Hodgkiss. Robert Holzinger, La-
Verne Kraynek, Nancy Kress, Phyllis Kunda. Nancy Mar
chese, Vincent Atontalto, David Nash. Furman Peterrnan„
Harold Pitz.r, Walter Poplarehek. Wilda Quigg, James
Ristimaki. Paul Rosenberger. Carolyn Rush. Gloria Sallett
Hyman Schultz. Ira Starer. Kenneth Stuthers. Hendrik
Tillerna. Mary Toohey. Joan Weiner, Thomas Wutka, Jit Yee.
Editortat■ represent tit
viewpoints of the writers,
not oereraarilY the Ptak,
of the paper, the student
body or the University
—The Editor
—Lawrence
_McCabe
NSA Coordinator
—AI Leffler
NSYLVANIA
Little Man on Campus
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Anniversary Brings
Congressional Lore
WASHINGTON, March 6 (W) Since this is Congress'
birth week, our legislators have been busy congratulating
themselves on what a wonderful old institution they are.
And in addition to the adjectives and the jollity that
might be expected on the anniversary of any lively 168-year
old, quite a bit of early congressional history has bobbed up.
Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R.-S.D.),
for instance, has put in the Con
gressional Record an excerpt
that shows what it means to be
a congressman in 1803:
"We go into bed at 11," Rep.
Roger Griswold of Connecticut
wrote Mrs. Fanny Washington.
"We rise at half past 8, eat our
breakfast at 9; talk politics till
10; dress ourselves by 11; then go
to the hall and quarrel till 3; re
turn at that hour for dinner; after
which we either sit stupidly in
our chambers till supper or read
newspapers, enjoy the perfume of
tobacco smoke, and talk scandal
and smut till 9. after which we
retire to our chambers to write or
read till the hour of rest.
"It is true that the scene is
occasionally diversified by in
vitations to dine with. our ac
quaintances, etc.; but this is
making the thing worse.
"Upon those occasions we must
sit at the dinner table till 9 in the
evening and without enjoying
much mirth must entail on our
selves a headache for the next
day at least.
"Such is the life of a member
of Congress."
When anyone looks back, the
tendency always is to say: "They
were giants in those days." But
they didn't always look like gi
ants to their contemporaries.
In 1809, Sen. Nicholas Gilman
of New Hampshire was saying:
"To expect from the efforts of
a heterogeneous mass compound
of 200 wireheads and block
heads, in pursuit of popularity,
a correct, well digested politi
cal course is to my mind irra
tional."
And just as today we often
complain that Congress seems
uncommonly slow in getting
down to business, so in 1809 a
man named J a c k s o n—possibly
Rep. Richard Jackson Jr. of Rhode
Island—was writing:
"Committees have been ap
pointed in the Senate and House
of Representatives to take into
consideration parts of the. Presi
dent's message.
"But the only occurrence that
has yet taken place there wor
thy of notice is that one of the
members of the House of Rep
resentatives has been horse
whipped by the President's sec
retary within the halls of the
Capitol and another has been
severely wounded in a duel."
And yet we've survived it all.
It is indeed a time for congratu
lations. .
THURSDAY. MARCH 7. 1957
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By ARTHUR EDSON
Council Votes
$25 Assistance
To Hungarians
The Mineral Industries Student
Council Tuesday night voted to
contribute $25 to the Hungarian
Assistance Fund.
Donald Kaufman, council presi
dent, appointed a committee to
investigate the possibilities of es
tablishing a scholarship for a
Mineral Industries student,
The suggestion for the scholar
ship came after the council de
cided not to purchase a bench
it had been considering for the
MI Art Gallery. The bench would
have cost $325.
The MI council will elect offi
cers for 1957-58 at its next meet
ing - March 19. Six junior council
members are eligible for the of
fices of president and vice presi
dent. Four sophomore members
are eligible for secretary-treas
urer.
A counseling day will be spon
sored by the council May 4, in
conjunction with the Science Fair
to be held by the Chemistry and
Physics Student Council.
Digital Computers
To Be Discussed
William Cahill, of the National
Bureau of Standards, will discuss
some of the problems solved by
digital computers at the Bureau
at 8 p.m. tomorrow in 110 Electri
cal Engineering.
Cahill will describe such prob
lems as the least squares approxi
mations on the computer "SE
AC" bid evaluation and traffic
prediction.
The talk is one of a series of
lectures on digital computers and
their uses.
Tonight on WDFM
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