PAGE FOUR Editorial' Opinion It's Up to the Students It is fitting that the first student referendum in recent years will be used in connection with a new student goy- ernment constitution All-University Cabinet's decision last night to use the referendum involves something greater than granting the wishes of more than 600 students who signed petitions favoring the vote The decision to use referendum also shows that Cabi net has confidence in and believes it- has the confidence of the student body. The new constitution for the Student Government Association represents a radical change in stude,nt life. We believe it will herald a new era of student government power and responsibility. Some believe otherwise. Now it is up to the students to decide. Cabinet did not have to put the new constitution to a vote of the student body. It did so because it has faith in the judgment of students, believing that the students will act wisely concerning their own affairs. Cabinet also voted for referendum because it believes that, after a careful consideration of all sides, the students will come to the same conclusion as Cabinet: that the con stitution represents a step forward for all the students. To make a fair decision, the students must give the new constitution every bit as thorough consideration as was given it by Cabinet. Jam Session Ban Unfair Officials of the dean of men's office acted harshly and unfairly when they decided on Tuesday to outlaw Sunday "jam" sessions at fraternities 0. Edward Pollock, assistant to the dean of men, told a meeting of fraternity presidents and advisers last night that the dean of men's office decided to kill the Sunday jams because the number of jam sesions was increasing and numerous complaints about them have been received in his office from townspeople and even students, Perhaps the jams were becoming troublesome—but didn't fraternities deserve a warning before the sessions were cut out altogether? There is a simple reason why the number of Sunday jam sessions has been increasing recently deferred rushing has caused fraternities to use all available oppor tunities to entertain freshmen at parties and a Sunday jam session is usually a good opportunity. But since this Sunday is the official pledging date for freshmen, rushing should slow down considerably for the rest of the semester. Probably the number and size of the Sunday jam sessions would have dropped off too, and the problem would have solved itself. The purpose of last night's meeting should have been to give fraternities a warning, not issue a ban. Pollock should have told the house presidents that if the Sunday jam sessions were not handled with more decorum in the future, the dean of men's office might be forced to cut them out entirely. If he had made his point forcefully enough, the chances are good that the fraternities would have listened. But yesterday's sudden and unexpected ban was pre mature and unfair. Fifty-four Years of Student Editorial Freedom GO flatly Tailrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published funds; through Saturday morning during the University year. The Pally Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second•clau matter jute a Ent at the State College. Pa Poet. °Mee under the act of March S. ISM Mail Subscription Price: SLOG per semester 15.011 per rsar. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor 4330)3 City Editor. David lineman: Manning Editor. Richard Mayne; Sports Editor, Los Preto; associate Sports Editor. Matt Mathews; Personnel and Public Relations Director, Patricia Evans: Copy Editor, Linn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor. Dick Fisher: Photography Editor Robert Thompson Credit Mar. Janice Smith; Local Ad Mgt., Tem Bucker; Asst. Local Ad Mgr., George Mr lurk: National Ad Mgr.. Betsy Grackle': Promotion Mgr., Kitty Bar• Bert: rereonnet Met .. Mickey Nash: Classified Ad Mgr.. Rae Waters: Co- Circulation Mgrs. Mary Anne Yirst and Murray Simon: Research and Records Mgr. Mary Hearth.: Office Beeretaryls Johnaoa. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Nicki Wolford: copy editor, Denny Malick: wire editor, John Black; neelitanis, Phyllis rack, Barbara Foster, Berbera Yunic . , Amy 16..mithal. Jim Strothmem. Bruce Rendervon, Arlene Kate, Diane Model { and Nancy Kling. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT PICCONE Business Manager IDERE ..* f; iI; a i i"'`‘ . ' - l,_ 4 ..„..__., _ 0 ....-. _y 4., .., HAYDN'S' 'SURPRISE' : SYM • c • a I 03\ C 9 b." .7-20 Gazette Ton +Y Astronomy Discussion Group. 7 p.m., 212 HUD Christian Fellowship, 12:30 p tn., 218 HUB Interlandia Folk and Square Dance. 7 p.m., HUB Ballroom Inter:varsity Christian Fellowship, 7:30 p nt.. 214 Bombe Oratorical Contest, 7 .30 p.m., HUB Assem bly Hall UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Arnold Bleiweis, David Byers. Lee Camp ell, Mary Ann Cimmons, Graeme Cowen, Arthur Diners. 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Hughes Aircraft Co.: ES & GRADS: EE, PHYS: MS: EE, PHYS for bummer employment; PhD: ME, AFRO E. The Budd Co.: GRADS: ER, PHYS, CHEM, CH E. The Cincinnati Shaper Co.: SS: EE, lE, ME. METAL: MS: EE. lE. ME. Camp Interviews The following camps wilt interview at the Student Employment Service, 112 Old Main. Appointments must be made In adtance. Camp Adahi, Reading, Pa., !Women), Apr. 9, 10. Camp Conrad Weiser, Reading. Pa., (Men). Apr. 13, 14. ehind the News Administrators . Boil At Old Main Memo A good many members of the "University family" have been boiling over what they consider administra tion attempt to shut them up. The object of their wrath is the following memo randum, dated Feb. 6, signed by President Eric A. Walker and addressed to "Staff, Deans, Department Heads": ' "During this period in which our budget is being considered, it is important that the officers of the Uni versity speak with a single voice on matters of Univer sity policies and procedures. The officers of the Univer sity are frequently asked to express opinions on very sensitive problems, and T. am afraid that these inquir ies are often directed at sev eral different officers in the hope that g onir adit to r y statements or actions can be discovered and publi cized. An es pecially sensi tive area is the matter of our Common wealth Cam- FRANKLIN poses, which is, of course, an area of con cern to the central adminis tration, the administration of our campuses, the Board of Trustees, and the advisory boards of our centers. iffill "It is imperative, in deal ing with matters that be come public information, that all public statements be cross-checked ak one place in order to prevent contra dictory statements. This one place should be the Office of Public Information. All members ol the staff and all deans are asked to check with Mr. Coogan (James H. Coogan, Jr., director of Pub lic Information) before mak ing statements on which the University may have taken a public stand officially." Is this an attempt to impose a "gag rule" on University of ficials? Quite a few officials who re ceived the memo think it is. Not so, however, says Coog an. "It's not what it sounds like," he said Wednesday. "It's not a censor business" and ap plies only to statements con- ACCT(: A. LAIR Little Man on Campus by Dick' SRO" ay, Burwell—l got a TUTOR with my correspondence co FRIDAY. MARCH 20, 1959 By Bob Franklin cerning the budget request." He said the memo came as a result of one official's out-of turn statements about the Uni versity's budget request. The newspaper reports of the state ment, he said, raised some commotion in Harrisburg and "caused the president a lot of embarrassment." But a different interpreta tion came from C. S. Wyand. vice president for development and, next to Walker, probably the most powerful individual in Old Main. When asked about the memo Wednesday, he said, "I certainly concur with it ... All the presi dent is trying to do is to see that (an administrator) knows what he's talking about before he makes a statement." Wyand said he thinks the terms of the memo should ap ply to all situations where an official is speaking as an offi cial on matters of University policy, especially concerning the University's long-range de velopment program. This would not prevent an official from expressing per sonal opinion concerning the University, he said, although "I would think if he's a respon sible administrator he doesn't sound off without coordinating this thing." If the memo was written in the heated reflection of an out burst from a minor official try ing to make University policy and if it reflects only a desire to coordinate policy statements on the budget, its only effect probably will have been crest• ing some resentment. But if the memo means exact ly what it says, then it is an other instance of the Univer sity's long-standing "public-be damned" philosophy of not letting the students and most of the faculty know exactly what's going on behind Old Main walls a philosophy which we thought had taken a back seat this year to the University's desire to inform. and educate. " . g-/6 AgiftZ.
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