The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 08, 1957, Image 7

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    SUNDAY. SEPTE
BER 8. 1957
Cab
Vol
net Is Top Group
ing Student Views
'ity Cabinet is the highest student government
Irs but more important it is the voice of the
All-Un iv er
body on camp
students.
This 25-me ber group meets weekly in 203 Hetzel
Building to discuss and legislate on matters pertinent
student body and the-University.
The meetings, of course, are
open to the public. Cabinet mem
bers urged students to attend and
to express their views on matters
before the body.
Although many items that come
before Cabinet must be approved
by University officials,.the body
does serve as a voice of the stu
dents to these Univerity officials.
Some Items Discussed
Some of the items_coming be
fore Cabinet last year were:
•Should students be given a
half-holiday for the. Penn-Penn
State football game and a longer
vacation? (The football half-holi
day was turned down by Univer
sity officials. but an extra half
day was added to the Christmas
vacation.)
•Is the supreme court a neces
sary feature of a student govern
ment system? (Cabinet couldn't
make up its mind on this and the
supreme court was left unchanged
after weeks and weeks - of debate.)
•Should seniors with high
scholastic averages . be required
to take final exahiinations? (Cab
inet, especially the senior class
president and his advisory board,
did much research on this and
came up with strong points for
exemption of exams for seniors.
However, it died last year in a
Senate committee, which was
composed of mainly faculty and
administrative personnel.)
•What can be done toward ac
quiring 'a student AM station?
(Cabinet knew it must come up
with a way of obtaining the
money before this can be taken
to the Board of ,Trustees. They
started work on a plan to raise
the money late last semester).
OShould the University be a
member of the National Student
Association, a confederation of
student government bodies. (Cab
inet dropped out of NSA, but
delegates were sent to the na
tional conference this summer
at the University of Michigan.)
These are just some of the ma
jor topics to come before the
body.
Serves as Chairman
Cabinet is headed by the All-
Universit: officers: Robert Steele,
who chairs the body, president:
John Rhodes, vice president; and
Joseph Boehret, • secretary-treas
urer. These officers are chosen
in student elections held in the
spring semester. - _
Other Cabinet members are:
the presidents of the four classes,
Women's Recreation Association,
Athletic Association, Women's
Student Government Association,
Panhellenic, Leonides, Interfrat
ernity Council, Association of In
dependent Men and Board of
"I'll even get you
- candy from the
Candy Caner
I'll bet she says yes now.
Everyone knows that the
Candy Cane has - the most
delicious candy around. You
- can find everything there—
from pistachio nuts and 101-
lypops to hand-made choco
lates and caviar. And we're
not - expensive, we just look
that way.
P.S. Going to a movie. Treat
your date to the best.
Take along. a of
our hand-made choco
lates:
(ANDY CANE
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Dramatics and Forensics
Also. the editor . - of The Daily
Collegian, and the presidents of
the student councils in the nine
colleges of the University.
How Students Represented
Each student is represented di
rectly by these Cabinet members:
the All-Univerity officers, the
president of his class, the presi
dent of his student council, and
the president of either the frat
ernities or independent students.
"Cabinet also includes ex-offi
cio Members representing the ad
ministration, and a parliamentar
ian. These members are not per- Robert Steele
mitted to vote.'They act only in All-University President
an advisory capacity.
and Student Encampment, which
Much of Cabinet's work is donelplans the student-faculty retreat
by committees. There are stand - lheld annually just before Orien
ing committees for student elec- i tation Week.
tions, Cain p u s Chest, • which
conducts a campaign similar to
In 1932, the first student to en
united fund drives; Spring Week,
'roll in the University was living
which plans the week spring (as a retired. physician on a farm
fever catches up- with students;lin Arkansas.
Prerequisites
Union
to the
for you
on The Penn State Campus
PRE-RE'QUI-SITE adj. Required before; necessary as - a preliminary to a
proposed effect or end; essential as a condition pzecedent. —n. Something
prerequisite.
In the 1870's permission from! At the turn of the
the President and the dean of freshmen were not allowet
women was necessary to date a out after 9 p.m. unless
coed. panied by an upperclassma:
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Established in 1896
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many other items too numerous to
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Just come in and make it your store.
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103 S. Allen Street
... from Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
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