PAGE FOUR T undMf thronrti BatsnU* moraine* during Um University year, The Dally Collegian b a student' operated newspaper* %tM per fencftter 15.11 o«i year 1 Colored «i Mund'tlui natter Jil; t, 19)1 at the State Collezc. Pa Poet Office under the act of ftfareb L 187* MIKE MOYLE. Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Matt Podbesek; Copy Editor, Dave Fineman; Wire Editor, Lynn Ward; Assistants, Anne Fre idbcrg, Linda Segar, Bobbi Levine, Mary Kelly, Barbara Stone, Judy Berkov.-itz, Marcel Van Lierde. LA Council: Face Up It has come to our attention that some un savory practices have been going on in council elections for some time. The council which has come under fire for this is Liberal Arts, but it is the only one we are sure of. The guilt of the others comes only by heresay. At the Liberal Arts polling place in Waring Hall last week a candidate seeking re-election was in complete charge of the polls and was al legedly influencing the voters. This candidate •was re-elected. Two students who witnessed this action sub mitted a complaint to the Council president. jßoberl Nuroclc. who admitted that the person was left in full charge at the polls. Because of a disagreement over what a “for mal protest" consists of the results were tabu lated and were announced in the next day’s paper. This was reluctantly agreed to by the complaining parties. All agreed that the protest could be registered at tonight’s Council meeting. Now, it seems, there is to be no council meet ing. Not until May. that is. The officers of the council are experiencing some difficulty in fit ting the elections protest into their calendars. Other more important things like All-University Cabinet and going home early are standing in the way. It is now beginning to appear as if the council is trying to smooth over a very bad situation •whidb needs remedying worse than a lot of things on this campus. It will indeed be ironic, in view of al* the hulabaloo which goes on over relatively un important things in student government, if this matter escapes remedial action. One factor which confused the issue at the outset was the absence of any process by which elections could be contested. Everyone seemed thoroughly puzzled by the fact that a council election could be contested. Nurock has admitted the faults of the council elections, but his only defense was the fact Slamming the Critic's Critic TO THE EDITOR: Welcome back Horace Gree ly, Jerry McGinnis, Pat Miller, and “Warpism." Once again, college students have proven be yond a doubt there is a difference between book learning and common sense. After stumbling through the literary efforts of “Sinclair Lewis” McGinnis, and his female counterparts, I head straight for the medicine chest and two “bromos.” McGinnis’ letter was an illogical nothing; and they both show twisted thinking in their con clusions. Whether McGinnis has “considerable more amount” of newspaper experience (he worked three summers for the Clearfield Progress) is questionable. But this is no time to quibble over tenure. And where is the relationship between newspaper experience and qualifications to re view a play? He could have all the experience in the world, and still not be qualified to criti cize a play. And as the Collegian editor said, since when CHESS CLUB 7 p.tn. made to prize winners of recent tournaments. FROTH CIRCULATION STAFF' Meeting, 6:16 p.m., HUB assembly room LECTURE, Professor A. W. Cue. 7 p.m, 104 Helen E&kfa Elsenhower Chapel MARKETING CLUB—Nominations Committees meeting (for alt jrraduatingr seniors). 7 p.m„ Sigma Chi MARKETING CLUB Business Meeting, 7:30 p.m.. Sigma Chi MARRIAGE CONFERENCE. 7:30 p.m., Helen Eakin Eisen- ©lff BatUj Collegian Boeeessof U THE FREE LANCE, ml 1887 DAVE RICHARDS. Business Manager Safety Gaz 7 Sparks. Awards will be THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA to Faults that it is common practice among ail councils. Of course, this is no defense at all. However, he promised to take immediate action on getting some machinery in the ICCB constitution which will provide for contested elections in the fu ture. We are aghast that there hasn’t been any for this long—especially if these grossly corrupt practices have been going on*. The other guilty councils certainly need to look into their own elections practices—and quick. We appreciate Nurock’s promise to correct the faults of the system, but we maintain that this is not enough. Different practices for staffing polling places need to be made. The reason for the incumbent’s being at the polls was that there was no one else to do it. This typifies the sad lack of interest in student councils which, in the long run, lies behind all the trouble. Perhaps an agency outside the coun cil is needed to handle elections. Or maybe the council should provide a special body o’f their own group—or their own college at least— to take the job. Whatever it is. something must be done. Inci dents like this one only serve to further under mine student government in the eyes of the students. It is fine to say that you will do your best to correct it, but the present situation must be acted upon, also. The Liberal Arts council is at fault for not having any process by which it will accept protests of elections. Yet it aug ments the crime by trying to postpone (and per haps smooth over) a criticism of its faults. The council should be glad that there are at least two students in the Liberal Arts college who are interested enough in the cause of good student government to worry about the matter. To spurn this effort would be to encourage wrong-doing in student government. Let's hear this protest now—so it isn’t easily forgotten. Valve can you correct an opinion? A mistaken fact, yes, but Miss Hunter’s opinions were based on how well the play pleased her innate senses. I’d like to see someone say “the wrong things please you.” I did not agree with Miss Hunter’s review in its entirety, but because a review, at best, is one person’s opinion, who is to say who is wrong and who is right? I doubt whether anyone will question the privilege of students to write letters disagreeing with Miss Hunter’s opinion, but, when they say, because these opinions differ, that theirs are right and hers are wrong, aren’t they bordering on the dogmatic. The letters in Tuesday’s paper asked Miss Hunter to refrain from writing reviews, take a dram course, and stick to feature writing just because of differences in opinion. This is logi cal thmking . . . for a teenager. Somebody should raise the University’s en trance requirements. ette bower Chapel loanee OUTING CLUB—Field and Stream Division, 7:30 p.m,, 317 Willard PENN STATE SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY, 7 p.ra., 209 HUB University Hospital Grover Albright, Alan Aukerbrand, Marilyn Boote, Charles Clear, Walter Coyle, Diane DuBoU. Thomas Hage> panos, Joyce Levenson, Earl Poust, Richard Simmermacber, Deborah Smith. Ira Starer. Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the piper, the student body, or the University, —The Editor —Larry Jacobson Little Man on Campus "Watch youi talk—that's one psych major who slops to analyze anything you say." According to Moyle Angry Operators Some time ago an editorial appeared on this page slam ming the University telephone operators. There .seemed to be a general dissatisfaction with the editorial at the time. Some felt it was unjust, others feltthe subject was not one worthy of editorial comment—one way or the other. Since that time we have had occasion to listen to these, opera tors at work. There-have'been a goodly number of people who will agree with our opinion that they are entirely too outspoken—this is our opinion despite what any tele phone official might say, despite the large volume of calls the op erators have to. handle, and de spite the discourtesies which the operators must put up with. Operators are expected to re main at least reasonably com posed through anything. An oper ator who would growl, “You make me sick” at a caller is in the wrong business. Again in the category of re peated gripes, we turn our atten tion to the sports announcers at WMAJ. Don’t get us wrong! We think they are doing an OK job. Only please boys, it’s Nashua (Nash’ —00-uh), not “Nash’-aw” when referring to the race horse. And it’s Consolo (as spelled), not “Con-sway’-lo” when referring to the Redsox infiel<jer. And by the way, the boxer Hogan (Kid) Bas sey is from Nigeria—not Niagara. Thanks, and keep up the good work. ' ■ *‘ • * We were amazed last night how 4 ' U INTER-VARSITY SPRING CONFERENCE April 12,13,14 Theme• CAMP wishing to go should' attend the meeting Friday at 7:30 in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. | TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10. 1957 by mike moyle anyone could see the-Ugly Men as they paraded past our office— let alone judge the relative ugli ness of the contestants^ The National Education Asso ciation sends us some facts which might interest graduating educa tion majors: the average salary of elementary and secondary teach ers combined is $4055; <one-third receive less than $3500; less than five per cent get under s2ooo’ or over $7000; 86 per cent of them voted in the. last election—prob ably for higher pay for teachers. The New Yorker has finally furnished us with a long-sought sobriquet for the venerable New York Times. The sarcastic New- Yorker called it, “New • York’s civic historian.” Very apropos. Tonight on WDFM tlj MEGACYCLES 6:50 Si*n On . News Telephone Bandstand —— . Sports lnvitation to Relax Music or the People 9:30 Anthology 10:00 . .. Virtuoso 11:30 News 11:35 Sign Off "A Servant of God" H ATE-T O-LEA VE-IT (Near Lamar, Pa.) by Bibier News Informally Yours
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