EMBER 12. 1959 FRIDAY. SE Is This fo You? y, Council Posts dily Accessible Par Re itc—This is the second of two articles on student gov ritten for The Daily Collegian by All-University Pres- Feldstein. Editor's n ernment ident Jay By JAY FELDSTEIN , All-University President ou in my preceding message that today I would political experience, student councils and the üblic scrunity. et to it. I told I deal with I pitfalls of t Let's Nadi •übt by this time some of you are fired up with •f becoming a freshman class officer. Others of ather wait before Jumping into the game at this the idea you will early sta are one of these I want you to realize that simply ' , ith one of the parties in the campaign can pro -lerful experience. If you working vide won., !times those who have worked in the parties make uccessful candidates in future elections. The par- I rays eager to have workers; a position is available !ally everyone interested in this aspect of govern- Many good and ties are al! for prae ti 1 ment. At th• rst p. yorl • e •-t • • .11 "or • will go ou . If you are interested, by all means volunteer fort these part, positions. Within the party itself there are var ious admix istrative and leadership positions which are democrati ally eleCted. These positions, again, once you have rallied en 'ugh support behind you, are readily accessible to you. STU II ENT COUNCILS: Who sponsored and organized your college's orientation program? What do you go to for help with a specific problem of your college? The answers to both of these is your college's student council. This is another area of student government which is of importance to you because 'each of the nine college councils has a provision for freshman membership. A system of self-nomination is used to acquire candi dates for the councils. In the council elections the freshmen in each college are eligible to vote for their representatives to their respective college councils. As before, if you are able to get enough people to vote for you, your chances of being elected are good, since in most cases several freshmen representatives are elected. In the council elections, however, no organized campaign ing is done. It falls on each candidate to spread his gospel among his friends. " I haven't discussed the Women's Student Government Association program nor the residence hall opportunities in student government. You can obtain information about these from your coun selors, of which you have so many, your Student Handbooks or anyone connected with either group. PITFALLS OF PUBLIC OFFICE: "The best laid plans of mice and men oft gang aglay." It's ironic to realize that often the best intentions of office•seekers must inevitably "gang aglay." or go awry. The average student, looking through rose-colored glasses with stars in his eyes, thinks that work and enthusi asm in student government will inherently bring results. The average student is wrong. There are too many hidden angles and personal likes and dislikes to most ideas to insure their success. Usually the office-seeker does not become aware of these until he as sumes office. Thus the situation may arise whereby, although he is in favor of an idea, along with the rest of his constitu (Con tinned on page fifteen) Ex-Wesley Pastor Dies in Columbus The Rev. W. Emory Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, a former stu dent pastor of the Wesley Foun dation, died June 4. Dr. Hartman, who was pastor of the Berkley Methodist Church' in Columbus, served five years' as student pastor In State College in the late t92o's. raduated from Wes . ary and Boston Uni ool of Theology and s pastor of the Car ist Church and sup of the Altoona Dis- He was leyan Semi versity's Sc also served lisle Metho • erintendent trict. Discriminating k TASTES TOWN and COUNTRY . College Ave. WE DAILY COLLEGIAN!, STATE COLLEGE, A Graham El Sons Established in 1896 • Which makes Grahams the oldest busi ness in State College. We extend a cor dial invitation to the Freshmen and all of our old friendS to make it as it has been for all of these years, your store for news papers, magazines, postcards, stamps, pipes and tobaccos of all kinds. The finest candies in town and many other items too numerous to mention. Just come in , and make it your store. , Graham &I Sons 103 S. Allen Street Dink Debut-- (Continued from page one) ing by Monday. Other rules are Freshmen shall attend all speci fied home athletic contests wear ing their dress customs. Freshman men shall answer to the call "Button, Frosh" by doff ing their dinks in the direction of the upperclassmen who directs the call to them. Freshman women are required to curtsy when the call "Curtsy, Frosh" is directed to them by upperclasswomen. On Reverse Day freshman men and women must answer to the calls of upper classwomen and upperclassmen ,respectively. Freshmen are not permitted to place their hands in their pockets when strolling or loung ing on campus or in town, nor are they permitted to smoke on campus, except in their living quarters. Freshmen must know the name l of the dean of their particular college and know the name of the president of the University. High school athletic awards or I letters may not be worn on cam pus. The Penn State "S" is the ;only athletic award that may be worn. The east side of the Mall and the diagonal walk from the front of Old Main are considered "Hel lo Walks." Freshmen must say "Hello" to all persons they pass while using these walks. Freshman men must how and doff their dinks and freshman women must curtsy when pass ing the Old Willow on the east side of the Mall. All freshmen can only use the east side of the Mall, where the Old Wil low is located. Freshmen must know all Penn State songs and cheers. Fresh men must render these songs at the request of upperclassmen arid upperclasswomen. KC Joint Living May Be 'Alarming' Community living has gone so far at the University of Kansas City that they've moved women into the same dormitories with men students. But, according to the Associ ated Press, their sections are sep arated by special dormitory door locks which trip an alarm system when tampered with. The women occupy the fourth floor of a men's dormitory. Pre viously out-of-town coeds lived in approved homes in the city. Burnett, White Named Associate Professors Dr. Clyde R. Burnett, assistant professor of physics, has been lamed associate professor of phy sics, and Douglas F. White, re search associate of engineering re ;earch, was named associate pro lessor of mechanical enginering. BUD HOLLANDER (second from left) and Bon Siders (second from right) talk to interested students about the Student Insur ance program at the information desk on the first floor of the HUB. January '5B Policies Expire; New Insurance Plan Begins Students who purchased group insurance for $lO at the University last January shou expired September 10. The new policies termina Students graduating in January will be covered until Sept. 10, 1959. The master policy held by the University is effective from Sept. 10, 1958 until Sept. 10, 1959. William A. Marquette, vice president and treasurer of the m 'surance handlers, says about 2700 policies have been returned from 13,600 policy forms sent to stu dents. Students may enroll in the in surance program at the informa tion booths located in the Hetzel Union Building and in Waring Lounge. The enrollment deadline is Sept. 17. The Student Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan was ini tiated at the University last Jan uary. Since then several thousand dollars have been paid to in sured students in payment of claims. PAGE SEVEN d be aware that their policy e in September 1959 Research Prof Gets Patent for Indexer Harry M. Crain, associate pro fessor of engineering research at the Ordnance Research Labora tory, has been granted a patent for a variable-frequency indexer. This invention is a new kind of marker-signal generator for auto matically indexing a frequency response curve at predetermined intervals. It offers improvements over previous devices in permit ting, more variable operation and in avoiding errors. It is chiefly applicable to test ing devices, especially oscillo scopes and recorders.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers