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Editorial Opinion
The Price of Justice
The Department of Security's special joint student
administration committee on traffic rules and regulations
turned its back on student government when it tagged a
$1.50 fee unto all traffic fines appealed and sustained.
All-University Cabinet opposed this penalty charge
when the matter came up last semester.
Besides the fact that student wishes on a basically
student-inspired matter—l.e., Traffic Court—were dis
regarded, we feel the $1.50 fee is unjust.
Of course, we don't doubt the fee will accomplish its
pui pose—reducing the large number of contests by stu
dents fined for traffic rules violations.
But it is distasteful to us to see justice sacrificed to
et ficlency
Granted a parallel may be drawn to legal courts
where small fines and penalties cannot be appealed.
But there the parallel ends
'Magistrates are usually persons qualified and versed
In the laws they must administer.
But, while the students on Traffic Court may be
possessed of a certain amount of judgment, they are
hardly judges.
It is unfair for a student to be fined by these persons
on Traffic Court and then be dissuaded from appealing
by the $1 50 penalty.
And the fact that the $1.50 penalty charge is higher
than the standard first-offense fine of $1 is slightly
awkward.
We feel that the penalty charge is not the answer
to the appeals problem.
Perhaps the difficulty lies within Traffic Court. If
students are not convinced of their guilt, then maybe
their cases have not been handled properly.
We don't recall the committee's ever having reported
looking into this aspect of it.
Delay at Stone Valley
Plans for the dam at the Stone Valley Recreation
Area, originally to be submitted for state approval on
May 12, have been delayed by a decision to incorporate
a hydraulic testing building into the dam.
Lawrence Perez, coordinator of the project, said he
does not know when the plans will be submitted to the
State Water and Resources Board, which has to approve
them before construction can begin.
The long delay seems justified, since the decision to
include a hydraulic building no doubt required a revamp
in the original plans. And since the Stone Valley project
is intended for research as well as recreation, the new
addition to the dam fits in with the purpose of the project
and so is not just an uncalled-for delay.
- But construction of the dam ought to begin as soon
as possible. Students have been promised a recreational
area and so the unforeseen delay in building the darn
should only bring greater efforts on the part of the
University in speeding completion of the project.
Editorials are written by tho editors and shit member,
at rho OaHy Collegian end do not necessarily represent
the views of the University or of the student bob
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Washington
Adams' History,
Position Seen
Without Parallel
By ARTHUR EDSON
WASHINGTON (IF) In all
U.S. history ,there is no exact
parallel to the Sherman Adams
story—simply because never be
fore has there been a job like his.
Pick up a "Congressional Di
rectory" for 1935, for example.
Immediately after the biography
of Franklin D. Rosevelt, with no
fanfare, come short notes on his
secretaries, Lo ui s McHenry
Howe, Marvin Mclntyre and
Steve Early.
But a sharp change was made
in the directory after Eisenhower
took over.
Now, after the President biog
raphy conies this special heading,
in bold face type: "Executive Of
fice of the President." And head
ing that executive office is the
assistant to the President, Sher
man Adams.
From the very start, then,
Adams has been a man set apart.
When he told a national radio
and television audience: "I ten
dered my resignation," he may
have been making—unwittingly
and unhappily—political history.
For, since no president ever has
resigned, it could be argued that
never in our strictly political his
tory has any man stepped down
from so high up.
As an old military man, Eisen
hower naturally turned to the
idea of having a chief of staff for
the White Houst.. This chief of
staff, who was to be Adams, was
to help with the endless paper
work, see many of the people who
needed seeing, say that word that
often comes so hard for a poli
tician, "No."
Looking at it with hindsight,
the remarkable part of the Adams
story is this:
He must have known from the
start what a natural target he
was. How each move would be
watched. How any misdeed, or
anything that could be labelled a
misdeed, would be eagerly seized.
And, although he bitterly re
ferred to "irresponsible testi
mony, innuendo and even unsub.
stantiated gossip in his resigna
tion speech, Adams knew all
along the danger in being a man
set apart.
Political science may be the
most improbable of all the sci
ences, but you can bank on this
as being almost invariably true:
If we're harsh with our presi
dents from time to time, we're
even more harsh with those we
suspect of having some influ
ence over them.
Gazette
TODAY
Alpha Lambda Delta, 8 p.m , Mc-
Elwain TV Lounge
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, 5:30 p.m., Agricul
tural Engineering
Archery Exhibition, 8 p.m., Rec-
reation Hall
Camera Club, 7:30 p.m., 212 HUB
Chess Club. 7 p.m., 7 Sparks
Freshmen Customs Board, 6:30
p.m., 217, 218 HUB
Froth Advertising Staff, 7 p.m.,
Froth office (HUB)
Jordan Mixer, 6:30 p.m., HUB
Ballroom
LAVIE Junior class candidates, 7
-p.m., 121 Sparks
Mineral Industries Student Coun-
cil, 8:15 p.m., 216 HUB
Nittany Grotto, 7 p.m., 110 EE
Outing Club, Cabin and Trail Di
vision, 7 p.m., 111 Boucke
State Future Farmers of America
Conference, 1-5 p.m., 21? HUB,
7-10 p.m., 214 HUB
University Christian Association,
Social Commission, 7:30 p.m.,
Chapel Library
Upperciass commuting women,
noon, McElwain Lounge
Women's Choir, 6:30 p.m., HUB
Assembly Hall
WRA Bridge Club for intermedi
ate players, 7 p.m., White Hall
Judith Bausch, Joseph Bohart, Michael
Bo!gar, James Brett, Gerald Cooper, Chris
tine Cudea. Virginia Dean, Virginia Do
gan, Winifred Grella, Stanley Katzman,
Carol McMichael, Stuart Medwin, Richard
Pigossi, James Richardson, Richard Sabel,
Walt:yr Shanks Sophia Thomas, Thomas
Thocupsoo.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
Little Man on Campus by Dick aibi•t
"Just one student, to 'pose' for, Miss Leer—seems a siupi
rumor got around we weren't having class today."
Behind the News
'A' Is for Ford
On 1958 Campus
By Bob Franklin
Ever been passed on the highway by a wheel from
your own car?
The 1931 Model A Ford our friend was driving
dropped suddenly to the left as a back wheel sped past
him, shot across the street in front of startled motorists
driving in the opposite direc
tion, jumped a curb and hit a
tree,
The wheel must have boun
ced 10 or 12 feet in the air,
nearly crashing through a near
by apartment house window.
This type of trouble is only
one of the adventures faced by
drivers of automobiles of an
early vintage.
And the State College popu
lation of old and/or unusual
vehicles appears to have jump
ed this fall all out of propor
tion with the increase in stu
dent population.
Several Model A's and even
two Model T Fords have been
seen in th e
area of what
President Eric
A. Walker
has said will
soon become - .
a "walk in g :
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T was per
haps
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car produced • ;t
with the "av
erage" Ameri- •
can in mind.
Henry Ford turned out hun
dreds of thousands of them
between 1907 and 1928.
Then from 1928 to 1932, he
mass-produced the Model A,
perhaps the most advanced
American car of its time. It, in
turn, was succeeded by the
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Models B and C and then the
Ir-8.
We have observed that a
rather ancient car in running
condition has perhaps the long
est usefull lifetime, the simp
lest engines, the best "pick
up" ability and—if it has one—
usually the loudest radio.
While an antique vehicle is
not built for long trips, this
doesn't mean it can't make
them. Witness the recent trip
of a 1921 fire engine from State
College to Spokane, Wash.
And while an ancient auto
may require more work to
keep up than a newer one, it
is probably more conducive to
doing this work.
And they're conducive to a
lot of work that isn't required.
Like the owner of a Model A
in Florida who casually in
stalled a Thunderbird engine
under the hood. Just how many
unsuspecting dragsters choked
on his dust has never been of
ficially recorded.
Parts are another problem.
A certain amount of standard
ization makes available many
parts for some of the more
popular older cars.
As the story is told, one
elderly gentleman who had ap
parently babied his car along
for years told a garage oper
ator. "Well, if you haven't got
the part, perhaps you can di
rect me to the nearest Hup
mobile dealer."
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