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STAFF THIS ISSUE: N:gi.t Editor, Pat O'Neill; Copy Editor, Mary Kelly; Wire Editor, Dick Fisher;
Assistants: Ruth Bill 4, Bot.bi Levine, Lolli Neuharth, Janet Durst:ne, Ann Jacobs, Donald Casciato,
Lucy Thiessen, Karen Diener, Ben Bronstein, Amy Rosenthal, Ted Wells.
The Student Body
The student body la , t n.14.1it conferred its fore
most emblem of e.,teent. the title of "Prexy," un
Di'. Eric Arthur Walker.
He %ea% caught by Lurpi - h.e at his campus
home. The impressive cerumonv was short and
(simple, and if we know }um at all, he would
have had it no other way.
He was deeply appreciative of the honor. as
any student who attended the ceremony easily
could see. There can be no doubt that he will
cherish the title.
For one of the few times, the President was
caught almost speechless. About all he could
manage was: "Penn State students are the best
in the world." But he needed to say no more
to express his feelings.
Let's take a look at the new President, the
man the Board of TruFtees has chosen to lead
the University in the future, a future plagued
with as many, if not more. problems than the
founders of the Farmers High School had to
face more than 100 years ago. Let's take a look
at the man the student body has seen fit to
hold the title of "Proxy."
We can list his education: Wrightsville, Pa.,
high school. 1928, bachelor of science degree
from Harvard University, 1932; master's degree
in business administration from Harvard, 1933;
doctorate in enginceting from Harvard, 1935.
Honorary doctor of laws degree, Temple Uni
versity. 1957; Lehigh University. 1957.
We can list his experience: TuftF College.
1933-39; University of Connecticut. 1940-42; Har
vard Underwater Sound Laboratory. 1942-45,•
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and
Director, Ordnance Rese2tch Laboratory, Penn
State, 1945-51; Dean, College of Engineering
Rotation System: Pampering the Indies?
An investigation of the 11atern:tvAndependent student body suffers through a year of weak
rotation system contained in the Elections Code leadership.
will be among the recommenaations from Stu- If the rotation system were thrown out, we
dent Encampinent scheduled to go before All- bet that the percentage of voting in an election
University Cabinet tonight, would be higher than last year's 27 per cent.
The rotation system does deserve consider- A voting percentage is not always a valid means
anon—consideration of throwing it out the win- of measuring apathy, but it is a good indication.
dow.- Perhaps more interest would be aroused over
The reason for its existence is to hold down the election if it were not so mechanical. The
the potential power block of fraternities and Greeks would have to pull and the Indies would
give the independents a fighting chance. This have to pull if they wanted to win.
is its reason and also its number one fault. The extreme result of this, of course, would
Independents, time after time, are being pro- • be an open contest between the fraternities
tested from the "bully" fraternities. They are and independents. This, however, would rarely
taken by the hand: coaxed, pushed and given happen in.full force since students often vote in
an office or two every other year to keep every- a way to keep a certain candidate from winning
one happy. . the Office. This is an unpleasant thought but it
Independents can take care of themselves. is true.
That's why they chose to remain independents. If it would result in Greeks versus Indies, the
If they feel that they are being oppressed, fraternities might run away with the vote in
they can easily make themselves known. On this the first few elections since they are already
campus there are 9000 Indies and only 9000 organized. But when the independents realize
fraternity men and women. they are being tread upon, they could rally to-
Thegether and defeat the Greeks in any coition
rotation system is not painting a realistic The University is one of few schools, if any,
picture of politics in any form. It would be
ridiculous to imagine a rotation system on the that uses the rotation system. Most schools have
national level where a Republican were allowed no regulations whatsoever about the affiliation
one term and the next one automatically went of the officers.
There is no logical reason for pampering the
to a Democrat. independents. Just because over 7000 men and
A. bee-for-all election would strengthen silt- 2000 women on this campus claim no Greek
dent leaders and minimize apathy. affiliation, this doesn't mean they compose the
It would strengthen the leadership because, minority group.
and this liss happened, in an independent's year Cabinet should look at this problem realis
for All-University president, there may be set'- tically tonight. Does the present means justify
ttral good fraternity men for the position but no the end—not only for University living but
outstanding independents. What happens? The for the preparation of solid American citizens?
independent wins, since it's his turn, and the - —Judy Harkison
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
STEVE HIGGINS. Business Manager
4 E'o.-
Gets a `Prexy '
and Architecture, Penn State. 1951-56; Vice
President, Penn State, 1956; President, Penn
State, since Oct. 1, 1956.
This tells us something about the man, but
certainly not all.
Ho has been called "the Brainstorming Presi
dent." "a whirlwind of energy," and "a man
with a vast fund of experience and the willing.
ness so work like a horse." He's all of that.
"There aren't many men of his 47 years wh — o
can point to having earned their own living
and carved out their own place in society for
37 years, as he has done," as one newspaper
has pointed out.
And we can point out that he worked his
way through Harvard for seven years.
And we can say: He was largely responsible
for bringing the Ordnance Research Laboratory
to the University, building the nuclear reactor,
developing an instrument to be used by sur
geons in locating gallstones in the bile duct, and
designing the first series of underwater weapons
credited with an important part in , winning
World War IL
All of these things tell us something about our
new President and our new "Prexy."
But most important, he's a man who wants
to make Penn Stale into a great university. He's
a man who will work tirelessly toward this
goal, keeping in mind at all times the best in
terests of the student body, the faculty, the
alumni, the friends, the Commonwealth.
This, then, is the man who will officially be
come the University's 12th President today. This,
then, is the man who is already "Prexy."
—The Editor
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EE Prof Invited
To Present Paper
Harold I. Tarpley, professor of
electrical engineering and director
of computer facilities, has been in
vited to present a paper at Infor
mation Days, a conference spon
sored by the French government.
'The conference, which will be
held Oct. 14 to 18 in Paris, will be
attended by representatives of
European management and some
students from French universities.
The subject of Professor Tarp
ley's paper will be "Use of Elec
tronic Computers and the Trend in
the Training of Engineers in the
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Little Man on Campus by Dick Bib
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"Oh, for heaven's sake, Fenslasky—not ANOTHER note
Troubled Times
Are Nothing New
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 2 (P) Newspaper men are
strange creatures. Once they have a breather, or get off work,
or take a vacation, what do they usually do?
Ever eager for the latest developments from Little Rock
to the White House to Moscow to the World Series, they grab
a newspaper
But today, during National
Newspaper Week, let's turn to
something historians learned.long
ago, that for understanding the
past, there's nothing like reading
old newspapers.
And that's why at least one
newspaper man each night eag
erly turns to the "News of Old
en Days" column in the Alexan
dria Gazette. There are recorded
the events and the thinking of
100 years ago. Since 1857, like
1957. was an exciting but trou
bling period, it's interesting and
instructive to read the news
with its pronounced southern
accent.
James Buchanan was in the
White House, and the war clouds
were gathering, although no one
seems to have noticed them yet.
• The Dred Scott decision had
been handed down by the Su
preme Court. saying that slavery
could spread to the territories.
The North was dismayed, while
the Gazette probably spoke for
most of the South when it said:
"The agitators of the slavery
question in the North, have
now, in addition to the other
obstructions thrown in their
way, the solemn decision of the
Supreme Court, to contend -
against.
"They may harass the execu
tive and annoy the legislative de-
YOU KNOW
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3. 19
from that English teacher."
By ARTHUR EDSON
partment of the government but
they cannot shake the purposes,
nor annul the decrees, of the su
preme judicial tribunal."
It's interesting to know that in
all the turmoil ' Congress acted
pretty much as it always does,
and newspapers reacted to Con
gress pretty much as they arv — vays
do.
The Gazette quotes the Rich
mond Dispatch as saying: "Mr.
Sumner, in a late speech in the
Senate, likened Mr. Dotfglas, of
Illinois, to a certain nameless
animal emitted odor. The U.S.
Senate was once as dignified
and decorous a body as the
British House of Lords. . . .
"What a descent," the Dispatch
said, "to the dubious epithet, 'you
skunk'!"
Weisbord Given Post
In Journalism School
Marvin R. Weisbord of Phila
delphia has been named instruct
or in the School of Journalism,.
He is in charge of a photogra
phy course and two introductory
journalism laboratories.
Weisbord received a bachelor
of science degree at the Univer
sity of Illinois and a master of
arts from the State University of
lowa. He has done free lance writ
ing and photography for popular,
trade and Sunday supplement
magazines.
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