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MIKE MOYLE. Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Bob Franklin; Copy Editor, Maggie Lieberman; Wire Editor,
Afickie Cohen; Assistants, Pat Early, Sherry Kennel, Bobbie Levine, Ruth Billig, Don Thompson,
Harriet Finke and Bill Jaffe.
It Happens Every Spring
On several occasions this past week I have
been just about to take convenient short cuts
across barren grassless paths only to'be con
fronted by clever little signs warning me away.
Seniors must be prompted to say, "Oh, these
signs again," for they make their appearance
each spring under the joint sponsorship of the
landscape division and Alpha Phi Omega, na
tional service fraternity.
We never cease marvelling at the obstinance
of these groups (especially APhiO who has only
tradition to keep them in there pitching) in try
ing to preserve the few green spots remaining
on campus.
As we all can see, there are more and more
sidewalks (not to speqk of buildings) being
built all the time. The green patches are shrink
ing rapidly.
With the past results of the “keep-off-the
grass” campaigns in mind, we are urging stu-
LA Council's Defense
TO THE EDITOR: In reference to your editorial
on the Liberal Arte elections I find it necessary
to bring out some of the misreported and un
reported facts.
1.1 did not defend any actions of council mem
bers influencing votes by saying that it is a
common practice among all councils. I stated
that the only way a council may take charge
of its ballot boxes is to have individual council
members watch them during voting. I have
admitted that it is a poor practice, and steps
to correct it in the future have already been
taken.
2. A council meeting was never officially
scheduled for Wednesday night; in fact, after
consulting the officers of the council, I con
cluded that a meeting when maximum atten
dance would be insured could not be held until
after Easter vacation and Spring Week. The
normal night for a council meeting would have
been Tuesday, but this meeting was canceled
because of conflict with Mr. Leetch’s address
of the use of the placement service by LA stu
dents.
3. A complaint including the names of the
accused individuals was not reported to me un
til after the votes had been counted and released
for publication. To clear this up it might be in
order to examine the events which occurred last
Thursday evening when a joint meeting of the
LA Council Elections Committee and the coun
cil officers was held.
At this meeting I reported that an anonymous
phone caller earlier in the day had reported to
Do the Ads Lie?
TO THE EDITOR: I object to the ads printed by
the Collegian over the name of the West End
Power Company referring to TV A. The figure
in these ads are misleading at best. The true facts
are revealed by an exhaustive study by the
American Public Powec Association which re
futes the claims of the private power companies.
First, TV A was created not only to provide
cheap electric power, but also for many other
vital purposes such as flood control, public rec
reation, conservation, and development of nat
ural resources. In this way TVA has helped
raise a 7-state region from its former poverty
to prosperity, and this benefits the whole na
tion.
The biggest portion of the power generated
by the TVA is sold to the Atomic Energy Com
mission and other agencies of the federal gov
ernment. No tax is paid on that power, but
this does not mean that the private power com
panies pay more taxes.
' Ugly' Discontent
TO THE EDITOR: It has been brought to our
attention, when it was too late of course, that
our efforts of constructing for the Ugly Man
contest were quite hopeless. That’s an entirely
wrong approach to winning. It’s good for house
publicity and house cooperation but that’s about
all. The real solution is to raise enough money
to qualify for the finals.
The seven fraternities who give the most
money (and I say fraternities because the other
campus vote probably amounts to less than five
per cent of the total), get a chance to compete
for the trophy. Therefore, a house that is set
financially can enter the finals without any
effort toward making a float for the Ugly Man
parade.
Sure, there is a big reward for winning the
parade, 1000 votes or $lO toward first place. It
sounds like & lot of votes, but then consider the
fact that the highest raised approximately 10
times that amount. That really the small
significance of placing in, or even winning the
parade.
I have no complaint against the purpose of the
whole contest, for all the money brought in goes
for worthy causes. But let’s make the rules a
little more just so that it’s worthwhile spending
many hours building a float. If the rules are
not changed, many fraternities are going to dis
continue their parade efforts and simply assess
(Si;? itttltj Collegian
Boeecuor to TEE PKEE LANCE, tit IMT
DAVE RICHARDS. Business Manager
Safety Valve
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
dents to please confine their wanderings to the
asphalt.
We are lucky enough to have one of the nicest
looking campuses in the country. We want it
to stay that way (natcherly). If the more popu
lar short cuts must be made into sidewalks
every year, we will soon have a confusing net
work of walks resembling some kind of hideous
puzzle.
Another thing we admire is how they man
age to come up with such original sayings on
these signs each year (don't they ever get dis
couraged?). They could erect barbed wire bar
ricades, you know. It may not be as subtle, but
you can't beat it for effectiveness.
Let’s make Alpha Phi Omega and the land
scape division stop short of such measures. And
KEEP OFF THE COTTONPICKIN’ SOD!
—The Editor
me that another individual, whom he refused
to name, would contest the LA elections. The
elections committee and officers agreed to that
the ballots should be impounded until the na
ture of the complaint were revealed.
After finally discovering the identity of the
complaintant I contacted him and was told that
he would not reveal the name of the individual
he charged with influencing voters while sitting
at the polls. In addition, he would not reveal
the names of the alleged witnesses to this.
Since the charges had neither been clarified,
explained, nor proven, the committee and offi
cers decided that the ballots should be tabulated
and the results released to The Daily Collegian
for publication.
After the meeting I went to the Collegian
office to check the vote tally with the reporter.
It was there I actually met the complaintant and
learned for the first time the name of the in
dividual accused. Since the elections results had
already been released, I agreed that the protest
could be registered at the next council meeting.
It is indeed quite easy to look back on an event
which has already occurred and criticize the
handling of it. This is particularly true when
ail the facts are not known until later.
I feel that the decision to validate the elec
tion,- in view of the facts known at the time,
was the only logical one which would have
been made.
The Liberal Arts council will hear the election
complaint, and if the council considers the proof
valid the members in error will be dropped.
—Robert Nurock
President, Liberal
Arts Council
If the private power companies were to con
trol TVA, they would take their profit out of
the money paid for that power, and since this
is not the case with TVA, the public actually
pays less taxes. The rest of TVA’s power is sold
to a few industrial consumers and to 149 muni
cipal systems and rural cooperatives. The taxes
and money paid by them “in lieu of taxes” (tax
in all but name) amounts to 7.1 per cent against
the 4 per cent claimed in the ads you have
been printing, and this is compared to 8.2 per
cent paid in taxes by the 12 private companies
surrounding TVA. TVA is actually reducing the
American people’s taxes by paying into the U.S.
Treasury profits in Uncle Sam’s investment in
the TVA system, and by paying back that in
vestment ahead of schedule.
The Daily Collegian has been printing these
ads for some time with no editorial comment.
(Obviously! They're a good source of revenue.)
It's time the public was informed of the truth.
Or does the Collegian put profit above prin
ciple?
Students and Government
TO THE EDITOR: As of this date (April 11) only
eight students have applied for the Junior Class
Advisory Board. Why? Why are the same stu
dents who loudly complained of lack of voice in
student government now suddenly silent when
an opportunity to be heard is present? Student
government is only as strong as the students
themselves make it.
Advisory boards carry to their representa
tives on Cabinet constructive suggestions, thus
allowing Cabinet to receive a cross-sectional
view of student opinion. They are not political
plums; not fragments of a spoils system. Con
trary to belief, advisory board membership does
not require affiliation with a political party.
Instead an attempt is made to obtain a cross
section of a particular class.
We hope that more students, knowing these
facts, will take advantage of this opportunity to
participate in bringing closer the goals of stu
dent government.
their members so they will qualify for the finals.
The whole thing will then be an auction with
the highest bidder getting the trophy. What
price glory? ■ -
Editorials reprssent ths
viewpoints of ths writers,
not neeessarlly the polity
of ths paper, the stndent
body, or tha University.
—Rae Hoopes
—George Sellers
Bruce Walsh
Janet Ours
—Waller Scott
>n Campus
it—when I said 'play ball with, me toniie'—
I had something else in mind."
Water Conservation
Campaign Opens
HARRISBURG, April 12 (/P) —The state government this
week opened a long-range campaign to conserve the Common
wealth’s water resources.
The latest action was introduction in the Senate of a bill
setting up a state Water and Mineral Resources Conservation
Board with sweeping power to
investigate any water shortage or
irrigation problem iand recom
mend immediate emergency ac
tion by the governor.
The measure, • introduced byi
Sen. John T. Van Sant (R-Lehigh),|
would provide a cornerstone on
which to build future water con
servation programs.
Task Force Study
Van Sant was chairman of a
Joint State Government Commis
sion task f orce investigating
water problems. The new bill es
tablishing the commission is a
result of the task force study.
The measure outlines the pur
pose of the conservation board to
initiate a program or research
and planning, as well as coordi
nate the activities of local, state
and federal agencies on economic
utilization and conservation of
water.
The board would also carry, out
a similar function on other miner
al Resources. '
The state now uses 11 billion
gallons of water a day. The rate
is comparatively steady through
the year, with industry using
about 90 per cent of the total.
Water Supply Uneven
However, the average daily wa
ter supply available is 90 billion
gallons—but is is unevenly dis
tributed through the year, with
most of it running off in spring
months.
One of the prime assignments
of the advisory board would be
to initiate research into water use
problems, including pollution, ir
rigation, mining and mine drain
age, water table questions and
related subjects.
Another objective of the board
would be to tackle geological and
topographical surveys of surface,
subsurface and other waters in
specific areas-where problems of
conservation, supply or distribu
tion have come up or may come
up in the future.
As the bill now stands the board
would be set up this way: Chair
man ex officio will be the secre
tary of internal .affairs, without a
vote; THE DEANS OF THE
PENN STATE AGRICULTURE
AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES
SCHOOLS, the University of
Pennsylvania medical school and
the Pittsburgh University School
of Public Health. Four other
members would be designated by
the governor.
Other Duties
Other duties of the board would
be to:
Develop a coordinated program
of conservation .and regulation. of
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1957
By RICHARD L. GRAVES
the waters and other natural re
sources of the Commonwealth.
Coordinate state agencies in- th«
development of conservation pro
jects or programs.
Hire qualified people to do re
search on various conservation
problems.
Recommend to the governor be
fore each Legislature enactment
of legislation needed to cany out
programs of conservation, devel
opment or regulation of water re
sources.
A companion bill introduced by
Van Sant would require approval
by the Health Department of
plans for construction of housing
developments. The plans would
haye to show proposed sewerage
facilities, which would have to
meet department standards.
Freshmen Women
To Hold Coed Tea
“Spring Flowers” will be the
theme of the annual Coed Tea to
be given by freshmen women from
2:30 to 4:30 tomorrow- in Ather
ton lounge.
The purpose of the tea is ■to
promote friendship between fresh
men and upperclass women.
A “Spring Fashion” show will
be presented featuring the. clothes
a typical coed, would wear in a
week. The models, all freshman
women, will show outfits rang
ing from bermuda shorts to for
ma Is. The fashion show will bo
presented twice, at 2 p.m. and 4
p.m. Eileen Loehr, co-chairman of
the entertainment committee, will
narrate. ,
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