PAGE SIX Published Toeodojr th reach Hmtmrd*7 nsrsifiti darinjr the University yemr. The Daily Coileritn U s student* operated newspsper. S3.OP per ecmeeter 9S.il per rear SaUrd «< setter Jiir 6. 1934 at the State Collett, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879. MIKE MOYLE, Editor . r-, . r ~ . r .. Mgr.: Joan Wallace, A**!. Local Ad*. Mgr.: George Sham* 5" Conklin «.n.*lr* Editor. Ed Dnbbi. Cjtj' Editor: Fran b »n*h. Notion*! Adv. M*r.: Morilyn Elio.. Promotion Msr.l Fonacci. Sporla Editor. Brrky Zohra. Uitor. Ltio Ouo. Ann. Coton ond Dovid Pooco. Co-Circnlotion Her..: Jo Fnlton. Anoirtont Copy Editor. V ine. Corocm. AMi.tont Sport. Editor. Personnel Mrr.; Horry Voyrrbonm. Office Mrr.t Oorboro lot Honter. I eature. Editor. D.« BotorPhotogrronhy Editor. S Hip man , Cliseified Ad M*r.; Ruth Howland. Sec.! Jana Deanna Solti. Aoet But. Mar.t Ster. Hirrin.. Loral Adr. Croff R „ mrh tnd R « ordl Mer . STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Jim Tuttle; Copy Editor, Pat Evans; Wire Editor, Pat O’Neill; Assistants, Marian Beatty, Mike Dutko, Joan Bransdorf, Marie Russo, Pam Chamberlain, Denny Malick and Cathy Fleck. Who’s Who on Cabinet ' Along with the change to spring has come almost a complete changeot'er of campus lead ers. All-University Cabinet will soon have 25 new members to replace the old. Looking back over the year we iind that there are seven members of Cabinet who deserve special commendation tor their contributions to the group. These seven are Robert Bahrenburg, All-University president; Leonard Richards. All- University secretary-treasurer; Daniel Land. Interfraternity Council president; Lash Howes, Association of Independent Men president; Jos eph Eberly, Chemistry and Physics Student Council president; Joseph Hartnett, senior class president; and Susan Hill, Home Economics Student Council president. Bahrenburg, in addition lo his minmum duties of conducting meetings, addressing groups, rep resenting the University and generally seeing that student activities run smoothly, has at tempted to spread discussion throughout the Cabinet meetings rather than having it con fined to a few individuals. He has kept well in formed on issues to be discussed at the meetings and. in one instance,.acted upon his own con victions and vetoed a Cabinet decision. He has fulfilled his duty of acting as go-between for Cabinet and the administration. Richards has kept himself well informed and has read the agenda before meetings. He has worked hard throughout the year on the Cabi net files and in attempting to get agendas out early. He has spoken frequently at Cabinet meetings—almost always showing a good back ground knowledge of the topic under discussion. Land has been a leading critic of many Cab inet motions. Often he has been right and al ways he has been well informed. He has fre quently been a discussion leader and has often brought important points that might otherwise have been missed to the attention of Cabinet members. He has been criticized for his fire and temper, but we feel that he should not be criticized too heavily since this puts him far above many of the members who were not well enough informed to feel any emotion. Both Howes and Land were instrumental in keeping Cabinet from falling into pitfalls by Safety Valve Ofir CgJ.mMlllfnnr free thinking, but because that extra moment vUI COUCUICU muuary Of question in a critical moment might mean TO THE EDITOR: I was amazed to find that the difference between life and death, not only among the many people on this campus we for one but possibly many. have not only a person who is well-versed in Another question. Has our expert ever heard politics, but also an expert on the mentality of of the incentive awards offered by the armed our armed forces. I should very much like to forces to its constituents. In case she is interest know from whence such vast quantities of ed, these are awards given for new ideas pre boundless knowledge are derived. Surely, not sented to our servicemen, and believe me, this from experience, for to be so experienced in does anything but discourage free thinking and such a varietv of fields would require one to be Miss Author, following orders without question, as old as time itself, and I’m sure our glorious There is no reason for question. Does anyone writer of such impressive articles is not. have to reason out facts? I’m sure I speak for I assume that the author of the article, "Don't many others when I ask, “Do you know what Lower the Voting Age," being experienced in it feels like to be put in a situation and upon the field of the military, is well qualified to receiving an order told to do it? This certainly voice such an opinion. Perhaps a short excur- discourages free thinking doesn’t it?” Sion into the field of truth and fact would re- If the author’s way of thinking is correct veal some "amniing" things. then hundreds of thousands of veterans attend- First of all, granted that we have in our ing school under the GI Bill might as well quit armed forces sQme men who are not the smartest and go home. We don’t have the ability of free people in the world, but I think you will find thought and without it we can never be success that what they lack in formal education they ful. make up for in mechanical skills. Just as our And what about our leaders in society and society is dependent upon both skilled and un- government who were successful as a lowly GI skilled workers, so must our army depend upon or swabbie? Throw them out. They don’t have those with high mechanical aptitudes as well the intelligence to be leaders. 8s four years of college. Do y OU know something. Miss Author? There “The army tends to train men to take orders are a lot of 18-year-olds who never got the without question.” This is a statement of un- chance to vole and never will. They lost their deniable truth, but how can anyone twist it and chance protecting the right of freedom of speech come out with the same reasoning as the au- and opinion for you* Believe roe, you are cer* thor of this article. Such a misconception can tainly taking full advantage of this right. °f facls or warped Miss Author, if you are so dissatisfied with tninKing. _ this country and the way it is being run— The training is of this nature# but not to dis- evidently you are, judging by the derogatory re courage free thinking. Perhaps it would be well marks made by your column on certain politi to inform the author that before such a result is cal issues—l have a wonderful suggestion to obtained they must first be instilled with an make: pack your bags and wonderful thoughts unquestionable confidence in their leaders, so of degradation, and catch the first plane or boat there will be no need for question. This can out of this country. Surely, if you are so un to done only with extreme effort both in peace- happy with the state of affairs here it shouldn’t time and actual combat. be much of a problem. No, dear author, it is not done to discourage Beware of Phony Rings TO THE EDITOR: Since there has been a great deal of misunderstanding recently about Penn State class rings, I would like to clarify the situation a little by explaining the history of our present standardized class ring. In March 1950 the Class Ring Committee, com posed of four seniors and three administrative representatives established a standard ring for the Pennsylvania State University (then Col lege) at the request of the student body for an official, permanent and symbolic sign of recog nition. Because of the standardization of the de sign, the class ring serves as a ready means of .recognition.of graduate.. . . :: 23te: companies rthat met: svith the strict re- : 7 (Site Sailtj Cflllpgtan Soeeeuoi te THE TREE LANCE, ul list DAVE RICHARDS. Business Manager THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA accepting an idea without inspecting it fully. Howes is well known for his excellent speeches, but he is also deserving of credit for his con stant contributions on almost every subject. His clear thinking, good background knowledge on most issues and his good judgement have been an asset to Cabinet meetings. Eberly deserves credit for his knowledge of parliamentary procedure and his critical and analytical mind. Eberly never jumped to conclu sions and. kept Cabinet from making this mis take several times. His background reading and “'facts on hand” were perhaps the best on Cab inet this year. Eberly’s ability to pull out the important points of a discussion often saved Cabinet time. He contributed frequently and knew what he was talking about when he did. Hartnell hits been invaluable to Cabinet this past year because of his ability to find im portant problems for Cabinet to handle. He has not only brought new problems to Cabinet, but he has also brought forth a new line of attack on several existing problems. Hartnett is an example of a Cabinet member who is faced with a problem he knows nothing about so he does his own research and finds out most of what there is to know on the subject. By the middle of the year Hartnett was one of the best informed members of the group and was able to contribute on almost every subject which was brought up. He, more than most Cabinet members, brought problems that really con cerned the average student to the meetings. Miss Hill deserves credit for her contribu tions to Cabinet meetings which were both con stant and intelligent. Her vast background in various activities gave her an excellent knowl edge on most subjects which came up at the meetings. Miss Hill was well prepared for each meeting—she had read the agenda and made sure that she understood what was coming up for discussion. These seven members of Cabinet stood out as leaders. We hope next year's group will be able to boast of this many, or more, students who deserve special mention for lheir service. quirements established by the Class Ring Com mittee are Balfour, Heuf-Jones, Dieges & Clust and College Seal & Crest. The representatives of these companies were asked to sell the class rings only to those students of sixth semester standing or better. - ' I highly advise that we, the students, of Penn State, cooperate with the committee's recom mendations in order to assure ourselves of a standard means of recognition. Any information about these class rings which you may have received through the mail has not been approved or recognized by the ring committee and I would suggest that it be discarded. —Joseph Hartnett ...,Senior Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the piper, the etudent body, or the Univenity. —Sue Conklin —Bill Townsend Little Man on Campus "Eddie! Eddie boy! —ya jus' set a record! Where are ya Eddie?" Interpreting the News Russia Welching On Loan Payments Associated Press News Analyst Nikita Khrushchev says the capitalist countries will not understand the freezing of interest and payments on Russia’s great national loan because they don’t understand the heart of the Russian people. It isn’t necessary to understand the heart of the Russian people to understand that Rus sia’s brand of so-called commun ism isn't working and won’t work. For years Russia has been forcing her people lo buy gov ernment bonds at the rate oi about one-twelfth of their pay. Some interest has been paid. Now that the bonds are ma turing in large lumps, the gov ernment is welching, and giv ing up the system. It is freezing the whole thing for a quarter of a century, with the odds that no more payments will ever be made. Thus the loans turn out to have been merely a tax, which means that people who have depended upon the income f - retirement will not have it. In the meantime, the govern ment gets a vast, interest-free fund for its own purposes. Since Russian money doesn’t mean anything in terms of other currencies, the amount involved is indeterminate. One sure thing, th welching makes it worth less. For younger people who will have more lake-home pay—un less the government devises new means of taking it away from them—it's not bad. Older people have considerable sums tied up. This latest example of the exi gencies to which Russian-type communism must resort in order to keep going comes directly on the heels of another major gyra tion in the Soviet system. Its monolithic structure of cen tralized industrial operation hav ing displayed numerous weak nesses, a new system of regional controls is being devised. " • This means that industrial or ganization will be handled within the states, another arbi trary error. Under the Soviet system, all initiative has been trained , out of th: managers. Instead of working out their own problems, they have spent their lives with their ears cocked for the Moscow word. It will be hard for them to break the habit—and doubly hard if they take .initiative of which Moscow ultimately disapproves. What happens where industry cuts' across state lines will be in teresting to watch. There is one silver lining for the outside world beyond the knowledge that one day the So viet system is going to blow up because of its own pressures. t;t jqcjHßtisiqlt yearganltation FRIDAY. APRIL 12. 1957 OnC =*a^_ i jpMJo mn *»*• * f \ f- " sr.&.asg: By J. M. ROBERTS is a monumental task. It would not have been aliempied if Russia planned an early war. That has nothing to do with what may happen when she thinks her industrial develop r-.jnt—regardless of the troubles through which it goes now—will be sufficient to support a war against the West. Election News Said Impartial Pennsylvania’s daily news papers gave their readers impar tial news coverage of the 1956 presidential campaign, according to a study made by the School of Journalism. Advantages for .both sides were shown by the analysis of a sam ple of 24 dailies made by Dr. James W. Markham, professor of journalism, and Dr. Guido H. Stempel 111, instructor in journ alism. The Republicans received more space and better headline display while the Democrats received bet ter coverage of issues. From the three basic measures used in the study—amount of space, frequency of campaign is sues mentioned and headline dis play—there was no evidence that the newspapers gave preferred treatment to the candidate they supported. The most one-sided aspect of content was pictures, which were two-to-one Republican. University Given Grant The Gulf Research and De velopment Co. has given a grant in-aid of $12,000 to the University for studies in clay mineralogy. 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