PAGE FOUR Eclitor;al Opinion Out the Window The Elections Committee pulled Jf f a happy surpriSe last night by voting unanimously to recommend to All- University Cabinet that the fraternity-independent rota tion system be abolished. And. immediately following the vote, Chairman Peter Fishburn, told the committee he will "back this the whole way personally. I think what you did is right." Mr. Fishburn is to be commended. The rotation system, which could prohibit the best man from holding an office because he has the "wrong" affiliation, has been under attack for some time. The sys tem simply rotates offices each year among fraternity and independent men. The reason it has been allowed to exist so long is to hold down the potential power block of fraternities and give the independents a fighting chance. Not only is this the main reason for its existence, but it's also one of its main faults. Independents—who outnumber fraternity men by more than 2 to I--time and time again are being pro tected from "bully" fraternity men. They are taken by the hand, coaxed, pushed and given an office or two every year to keep them happy and to keep good relations be tween fraternity and independent men. But we feel that it's about time All-University Cabi net stops pampering the independents and lets them take care of themselves. If they ever feel they are being op pressed, they can certainly let themselves be known—in numbers. And this talk about the rotation system being needed to keep good relations between the two groups smacks us as being ridiculous. If the good relations between frater nity and independent men are based solely on rotating a few officers every year, these relations are superficial to say the least. The rotation system is not painting a realistic picture of politics in any form. It would be ridiculous to imagine a rotation system among the Democrats and the Republi- A free-for-all election would strengthen student gov ernment and minimize apathy. It would strengthen the leadership because—and this has happened—in an independent's year for the All- University presidency, there may be several good fra ternity men and no independents available, or vice versa. This is certainly not getting the best man for the office. snd student government is in dire need of better leader. ship. If the rotation system is thrown out in time for the spring elections, we bet the voting percentage in the elec tions will be higher than last year's apathy-ridden 27 per rent. More interest would be aroused over the elections if it were not quite so mechanical. The Greeks would have to pull and the Indies would have to pull if they wanted to win. The University is one of few schools that uses a rotation system. Most schools have no regulations what soever about the affiliation of their officers. Cabinet should toss the University's rotation system out the window. Editorials •re written ligy the editors and staff numbers •t The Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent the views of the University •r of the student body. A Student-Operated Newspaper Ohr Battu Tatirgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the Enirersity year. The Dally Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 4, 1134 at the State College. Pa. Pert Office ander the act of *larch 3. 1373. Mall Subscription Prim: $3.00 per semester 33.011 per year ED DUBBS. Editor Managing Editor. Jody Harbison: City Editor. Robert Franklin: Sports Editor, Vista Caroeri: Copy Editor. Marian Beatty; Assistant Copy Editor. Ralph Manna; Assistant Sports Editors. Matt Matthews and Lou Prato; Make-up Editor. Ginn, Phillip': Photograph, Editor. George Harrison. Mot. Bus. 'Atty.. Sae Mortenson: lanai Ad. Mgr.. Marilyn Elias; Asst. Local Ad. Mgr_ Fame Ann Gonzales: National Ad. Mgr.. Joan Wallace: Promotion Mar.. Marianne Maier: Personnel Mar.. Lynn Clasabarn: Classified Ad Mgr.. Sleet Itittatrin: t re.Cirrulat.on Stets— Pat Mierskieki and Richard Lisp*: Research and Records Mgr.. ftathara Wail: Office Secretary. Marlene Marks. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor. Mary Copy Editor. Dick Draite: Wirt Editor. Lynn Ward. Amitstalita„ Bea Bronstein. Linda Segar. Marlene litilfint Lug. Thiebfen. Sandy Giber. wWi STEVE HIGGINS. Bus. Mgr. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve Reader Wants Peace Group TO THE EDITOR: This is in re ply to the editorial which was published in the Dec. 17th issue of the Collegian entitled "Rifles or Unde:-nanding." I agree corn, pletely with the article quoted from the Saturday Review of the previous week. It seems to me that we are to day forgetting the fact that wars have never been able to solve the problems they were fought to solve but rather wars tend to add more troubles to the existing ones. I am convinced that we are mov ing now into a very dangerous arms race which will ultimately involve missiles and manned sat ellites. Thus, I realize that we are heading into a war which will mean total destruction of the hu man race because of the destruc tive power of the nuclear wea pons now on hand. We might say that we are pre paring so that we can stop any surprise attack but my question is, "What would happen to all the ammunition and other wea pons that will be piled up if there is never a chance to use them?" We would then have spent bil lions of dollars for no use when that amount of money could have been used to help others help themselves and raise the standard of living of many millions of peo ple all over the world. We should not forget that the major concern of most people is not Communism and ttie cold war but rather how they can solve their basic problems of hunger, disease, and poverty. Also, there are millions of people all around the world who do not know that the Russians have been able to put two Sputniks into the earth's orbit. There are millions of them who cannot read or write, and some do not have the privileges enjoyed in this country. ' What we need most in this age of missiles and satellites are lead ers who will be completely dedi cated to the cause of a genuine peace and the betterment of the human race and not its destruc tion. These leaders should be will ing and fully prepared to use all their resources to create an atmo sphere of mutual understanding and cooperation and not that of mutual mistrust; they should take all the risks involved to attempt to negotiate; for, the risks of a third world war are by far great er than those we will take to ne gotiate . We are facing a challenge now and our beliefs are under test to see how much we are prepared to practice what we profess. In the article I referred to it was concluded that we are facing a challenge to promote understand ing among all people but that will not be enough. We must start right now working for peace and very ardently. too. I have concluded that a group should be formed on the campus to be called the "Penn State Peace Group," the members of which will inform themselves and others of the student body through all the possible mediums available on the peace problem and the dis armament question and start working for a solution . . . This is the chance for students at Penn State to show that they are concerned with the security of the world and are not the kind of people who are willing to leave everything to one person. This is my challenge to Penn State stu dents. All those who are deeply concerned about peace and dis armament should contact me (ADams 8-6025). I hope that I can find some concerned students on this campus. —Jacob E. Gyampo Dentu. '6O WDFM to Audition For Announcers WDFM, student radio station, will hold auditions for announc ers Saturday. Students may leave their names and telephone numbers in the chief announcer's mailbox in the WDFM office, 306 Sparks. Per sons who have signed up before may leave their name and num ber for an appointment. First semester women are not eigihlP ittle Man on Campus by Dick Bibi 'This must be a required course—my adviser keeps tellin me I'd better take it if I EVER expect to graduate." Ready or Not Eating, Learning— Chaos Everywhere Who said that community dining is a thing of the future? Although the trustees who are planning the joint eating may not know about it, the Collegian is a step ahead of them. Five staff members—all women—began eating dinner in the Thompson dining hall last Sunday. Their arrival was not unnoticed. In fact, it was greeted •with a burst of ap plause, and .a variety of com ments One of the least flattering was perhaps the most repre sentative: "I thought we got rid of them!" But by last night the Col legian contingent was appar ently expected. One group re marked smugly, "There they are—right on time!" Still an other, on the way out of the hall, mourned, "Gosh—we missed them again!" By now the men have ap p a r ently re signed them- selves to the ;. sad truths that time really does bring all things, and l; that the spirit ;' of Carrie Na tion never was quite killed. Several stu dents who were caught in the BX rush weren't quite as fortunate as Carrie's rest less spirit. Those who weren't crushed in the Monday morn ing book rush were finished off by the mob in the Lion's Den. r - All of which seems to indi cate that Penn Staters are be coming appallingly accustomed to standing in lines. And now 'EVERY MORNING Irt:ITSI\AL3°4-1-A I ' 1 1 1 . P II ii A 1 1 .% t ,...,-....., 44-.... •• .... ~- • • , 4 CA,YE6...ONLY I DON'T REG. ARD TriEm AS PREMIUMS.. *IP P bAti WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 1953 fay Marian Beatty that registratoin is over, we should be equally accustomed to filling out cards. Insult was added to injury at Rec Hall, however, when we all were given another white blank. We were then expected to juggle time table, registra tion envelope, metric card, fee receipt and gloves while sign ing this one on.the back of the student next in line. Maybe onl y apathetic sen iors were registering with me, but not a soul asked what this blanks were for. I didn't either. Somehow, it didn't seem to matter. Wonder if we all signed up for an unpopular 400 course? Gazette TODAY AIM Board of Governors, 7 p.m., 202 HUB AIM Judicial Board of Review, 7 Pm.. 21S HUB ASAE. 7 p.m.. 206 A. Eng. Chemistry-Physics Student Council. I p.m.. 209 Hettel Union Chess Club. 7 p.m.. 7 Sparks Collegian Classified Ad Staff, 6:45 p.m.. Collegian Office Freshman Advisory Board, 7:30 p.m. 214 HUB Nen Bavarian Schuhplattlers. 7:30 P.m. 110 Temp. Newman Club Choir Practice. 7:90 P.m, Our Lady of Victory church Newman Club Lecture Series, 7 p.m., 104 Program Center hlittany Grotto, 7 p.m., 121 la Riding Club. 7 p.m.. 112 Buckhout WDF3I Public Relations Staff Candi, dates. 8 p.m.. SOS Sparks WRA Basketball. Volleyball tryouts, I p.m., White Hall gym WRA Rifle Club organizational meet. ins, 7 p.m., 3 White I DON'T BLAME YOtLTI4EY SURE HAVE SOME NICE PREMIUMS, DON'T THEY? I LOOK uPoil 114 EM AS PERGGIAL. GIFTS FROM MY FRIENDS AT THE "SNICKER- L2ACK" PLANT! AN
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