PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Why Vote? Fr,shmen and sophomore.; have a tradition to up- hold today and tomorrow Their tradition—the right to vote—is one which has meant much to their predecessors True, it has meant choosing their representatives to sit on All-University Cabinet, the highest student govern ment body. It has meant strengthening one political party or another. And it has meant rewarding a great many students for v.rec - Acs of hectic days and sleepless nights. But these functions of voting are relatively unim portant in the total progress of the University. To Penn State students, the tradition of the ballot box has meant leadership, It has meant the leadership which planned and built the Iletzel Union Building against the opposition of powerful lot ces which favored a field house. It has meant the leadership which established the student insurance plan, which rose magnificently to the aid of Larry Sharp, which helped start Spring Week and the Penn State Scholarship Fund. It has meant the leadership to aid the students bet ter irg their position. The students who keep this tradition must be discern ing. Quality in voting is even more important than quantity. This means that voters often must wade through the seas of tripe and trivia in which some candidates and party leaders would entrap them. It means that voters must study not only the plat forms, but the students who propose them, their ability to carry out sound plans and—most important—their abilities to think beyond the scope of planks to the future needs of the students. Only as it involves a serious choice of student leaders does the right to vote merit its role as a tradition. Unity, Not Power The Inter-College Council Board has made a wise move in tossing out a section of its proposed new constitu tion which would have bound all students councils by ICCB's two-thirds vote. All council members except Donald Zepp, board presi dent, voted to delete the section of the constitution. Zepp, who did not vote on the issue, had called the present con stitution incomplete and said it "makes mockery out of the organization" by making it powerless. When the two-thirds proposal was announced, it was met with immediate opposition. Council members argued that ICCB should not be a power group, but rather should seek to coordinate the councils. This is precisely true, and it is gratifying that most of the council members saw it immediately. ICCB should represent and unify councils, not control them. ICCB's purpose is defined in another section of the new constitution as "to better coordinate the aims, goals and activities of our colleges." Not so precise as the deleted section, perhaps, but much more desirable. If the board lives up to these ideals, It will be serving its function admirably. A Student-Operated Newspaper 011 r 'Battu Tottrgiau Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 EuhllAlted luesday through Sari...day morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian• is a student-opanted newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July S. 1911 at the State College, Pa. Pont Office under the act of March 3. 1879. Mail Stil.eription Price: $3.00 per semester 15.00 per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor ertr Editor. Da% id Fineman: Managing Editor, Richard Drayne: Sports Editor, Lou Preto: tssociate Sports Editor. Matt Mathenat Personnel and Public Relations Di% e‘ tor, Patricia El ans ; Copy Editor, Lynn Ward; Assiatant Copy Editor. Dick Fisher: Photography Editor. Robert Thompson. erejit ner., Janice Smith: Local Ad Mgr.. Tom Mackey: Asst. Local Ad Mgr., Rohm Pierone: Nationni Ad Mar., Betsy Brnckbill; Promotion Mgr., Kitty Bur g Art ; Personnel Me r., Mickey Nash; Classified Ad Mgr., Rae Waters; Co eirculotion mgrs., Msry Ana. First and Murray Simon: Research and Records Mgr.. Maly Ilerhein: Office Secretary, My la Johnson. ST U 1 THIS ISSUE: Night F . :4km. Catht , Fleck: Copy Editor, Bobbi Levine: Wire F.10.n Donny Muhek, A...,tmants, Amy Ro,enthal, Katie Datas, Elaine Miele, hat Sella!, Bill ilyaher, Kar;el Ilueltacel, Judy Grundy, Pat Gairttn. Cordie Lewis. Pat V.*i anJ Zanily FRANK VOJTASEK Business Manager .kri , ,_, , , *1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Monuments to the Ballot Box Letters Bookstores Are Called Lacking TO THE EDITOR: I was sur prised to read of The Daily Collegian's failure to endorse, without first making a thor ough investigation of the pros and cons, the Campus Party's plank three calling for the in stitution of a student book store. I would agree with the Col legian's position on the mat ter, though not with the "rea sons" it gave, if a student book store were being proposed for the sole purpose of supplying classroom texts (at possibly re duced prices). I feel that this need is more than adequately met by the Big Three in book stores in State College. What is needed, instead, and I dare say that few students and faculty members have failed to experience a want along this line, is a bookstore whose owner is able and will ing to supply books to com pletely fulfill the intellectual requirements of the commun ity. Presently it would'seem that a BeaVer Avenue bookstore is the only bookstore willing to do this. (I do not number it among the Big Three. It may or may not be significant that the textbook trade is a non existent, or, at most, a negli gible portion of its business). - This store is doing its heroic best (and one could also men tion a certain news stand on College Avenue) in this direc tion, but its present cramped location prevents the owner from doing the job he would obviously like to do. On the face of it, I would be reluctant to agree that its small size represents the magnitude of the intellectual needs of State College and its neighbor. In this regard the Big Three appear in a bad light. When I inquired recently of the owner of one as to the reason why he traded only in classroom selections in books, and why he didn't replace some of the merchandise on the ;counters with good books, he replied to the effect that the corporation was in the business to make money and that it was the commodity with the fast turn over that made the money in his business. One of the Big Three hardly looks like a book store at the start of a semester., and, in• deed, isn't a bookstore at all after all texts have been trad ed. Instead of books one finds of all things—toys. And one of the Big Three keeps 80 to 90 per cent of its books hidden somewhere se r.-~^" -~ itytAf t \\, that one hardly knows what kind of bookstore it is. Indeed, in this respect, it is more like a library than a bookstall. In conclusion, a word of criti cism of the Collegian's "rea sons" for not supporting the Campus Party's plank three. The assertion that "the admin istration" is "chilly" on it is the kind of jargon one expects to find in "smoke-filled" rooms in Harrisburg, or in Washing ton, where political patronage is doled out. It appears that The Daily Collegian has little of that "fighting spirit" that characterizes many college newspapers. A little "leg-work" to supplement the trusty pen of the editorial writer might also help. —Carl C. Faith, Assistant professor of mathematics Action Is Urged On ROTC Issue TO THE EDITOR: Has com pulsory ROTC been judged by those learned policy makers of the Campus and University parties as a topic too minor to be considered in this cam paign of earth shattering is sues? Every freshman and sopho more knows that when issues such as free legal advice, check cashing facilities or closer as sociation with centers are pre sent, no campus leader can spare a breath to discuss such an insignificant question as ROTC. - It would appear to tne, a curious bystander, (I say cur ious because who could be in terested in such a meaningless and dull topic as campus poli tics) that the political parties are afraid of their own sha dows when they refuse to han- PEANC 1 e q* V (L..f. Ili - . - „ \ tin. A t V 0 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1958 International Coup in Sudan May Represent Gain for West By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst In the paradoxical politics of the Middle East, the military coup in Sudan may represent a gain for the West and a defeat for President Nasser of the United Arab Republic. The whole Arab East seems involved. Soon the clear lines of two opposing camps may emerge, one dominated by Nas ser, the other led by the new revolution:: ry regime in Iraq. Like most military coups, the one in Sudan reflected despera tion. It conceivably can strength en political leaders like the head of the shaky Iraqi regime and the President of Tunisia men who seek to avoid Cairo's domination of the Arab East. Gen. Ibrahim Abboud, the ar my commander in chief who seized power, has the support of the two main Sudanese sects, One of these is the Ansari, head ed by Abdul Rahman el Mandi, probably firmly against Egyptian domination The o t her sect leader, Ali Mirghani of the Khatmia, once was pro-Egyptian. But three years ago he split with pro- Egyptian for c e s in a quarrel with former Premier Ismail al Azhari, head of the National Unity party. Al Azhari, de manding close ties with Egypt, had been the chief rival of the newly deposed Premier Khalil. Khalil himself represented an element which distrusted the Egyptians and viewed Iraq as a likely spokesman for Arab East affairs. Gazette TODAY AIIE, 7 p.m., 303 Willard ASAE (Student Branch), 7 p.m., 206 Ag. Eng. , ASME, 7 p.m., 105 Mech. Eng. Camera Club, 8:30 p.m., 121 Sparks Chess Club, 7 p.m., 7 Sparks DCC Student Council, 8 p.m., 212 HUB El Circulo Espanol, 7 p.m., Sim mons Lounge French Club, 7:15 p.m., Home Ec. Living Center Nittany Grotto, 7 p.m., 121 MI Outing Club (Cabin and Trails divisions), 7 p.m., 317 Willard Psychology Club, 7 p.m., 109 Os- mond Riding Club, 7 p.m., Stock Judg- ing Pavilion WSGA Senate, 6:30 p.m.. 217 HUB UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Judith Anderson, Bereford Bailey, Theo. dove Baranet, Robert Beerman, Thomas Boucek, Roger Clisby, Gerald CrandldY, Robert Fee. William Haugh, Richard Hu her, Joan Lash, James Friaale, Deborah Resnick, Samuel Senopole, Daniel Thali. rner, Diane VanVoorhis, Gail Winklevoss, Ruth Wrigley. dle such a hot potato as ROTC. Since neither party has of-,, fered a pertinent, imaginative program, it is up to you as freshmen and sophomores to ask the candidates for their views on issues of importance to you. Don't adopt a defeatist attitude about ROTC because it was stopped last year by a miscarriage of legislation. Re member that _ this year you have the referendum. —Carl Von Dreele, '59 . A V,% - * ;g f r)'--1 \4 SCiciAZZ. REAL VULTURES DON'T GET It LONESOME
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