SATURDAY. APRIL 25. 1959
Editorial Opinion
Election Results
Two points stand out among the few conclusions that
can be drawn from the spring elections results announced
Thursday.
First, an unusually low number of students voted.
The approximate respective voting percentages for
spring elections in 1957.1958 and this year were 27 per
cent and 23 per cent.
The fact that decentralized voting-was discontinued
after one day cannot be considered a major factor, since
there was no decentralized voting at all last year. Perhaps
less vigorous campaigns—;as is reflected in the parties'
expenses—were a factor.
Certainly quality is more to be desired than quantity
in voting. But it is disappointing—especially considering
the impact on a new student government—that only about
one-fifth of the students saw fit to follow the campaign
and cast a ballot.
A second important factor was indicated in the large
amount of ticket-splitting. ..
Although Campus party elected all but one of their
Assemblymen candidates, several of the University party
piled up leads, on some of their opponents.
It is heartening to know,"with students directly elect
ing many more legislators, that candidates are not mere
party symbols.
Keep ft Clean
Spring is in the air and along with it comes the annual
Spring Week—full of fun, hard. work and best of all, a
spirit of working together for a common end.
Last night's float parade was the first indication of
what promiieS to be an enjoyable and eventful week. But
these events, especially Carnival, could be carried too far.
Jun Niiler, Spring Week chairman, has stressed the
need for all participating groups to maintain good taste
in their shows. He asked All-University Cabinet members
to be on their guard for distastefulness which could result
in serious consequences for the violating group.
Booths have been closed down in the past because
Spring Week, officials decided they were being conducted
in "bad taste:" Using these methods to attract patrons can
hardly be worth having a booth closed down and many
weeks of hard work going to waste.
It would do all groups well to observe the rules set
up by the committee. Spring Week comes but once a year
—so let's make it a success in good taste.
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Letters
Student Decries
Drive Failure
TO THE EDITOR: "Tvco-day
blood drive yields 165 pints; goal
was 200."
„.
Every person on the campus
should be thoroughly ashamed of
these figures. The first figure be
cause of the Pennsylvania State
University couldn't donate more
than 165 pints of blood and the
second because not more than
200 pints are expected from the
students, faculty and the clerical
workers of this institution.
I say every person because even
we who did donate blood and
those who are physically unable
to do so could have done much
more to influence others to at
least have a try at this simple
civic service.
Could the reason for this poor
performance of public duty be
that we are too busy studying?
I don't believe so. Not more than
200 feet from the donation center
is the well-known Lion's Den,
which is very seldom during the'
day inhabited by fewer than 165
students. What is the reason these
students don't participate in the
program? Maybe some of them
do, but the figures tell us that
the great majority of them don't.
Maybe it's just that we don't
realize how many of us sometime
may need a transfusion. Or is_ it
that we say that our percentage
of donors is just as good, as that
at any other place? This last argu
ment, like the others, doesn't hold
enough water for a flea to take
a bath in.
We are supposed to be a gath
ering of at least half-intelligent
people and should be setting an
examnle for ethers instead of
blindly following their poor ex
ample.
The next time the bloodmobile
comes to University Park, let's
get behind this worthy cause.
Don't say "I have l—excuse---).
I can't give blood." Go some
where and find out for sure
whether or not you can. Don't
say "let's go down to the Lion's
Den for a coke." Say "Let's go
down and give a pint." Don't say,
"I have only an hour between
classes. I can't give blood in that
time." It takes only one hour to
give the pint that may save a
life. Don't say, "It's too far to
walk to the card room at the
HUB."
Say, "Is it too far to go to save
a life?" Let's not only set a good
example for others but also see
if we can't add about 8000 pints
of blood to the blood bank.
—William D. Nam. '6l
Gazette
` TODAY
Block 'and Bridle Club banquet, 11:30 p.m.,
11U13 ballroom
Lighting Seminar, 9 a.m., 212 HUB
Orientation Committee. 1 p.m . 211 i HUB
Student Movies, 7 p.m., HUB aetembly
I 00111
Andrade* Hat Society ' 10 p.m.. Phi Sigma
Delta
Chess Club Tourney, 1 p.m., 213 HUD
Christian Fellowship, 2 p.m., 218 HUB
Cestpilesentery Gke Clair Concert, 3 p.m.,
Set' web Auditorium
Delphi, MO :30 214 HUB
Slattern Orthodox Society v*sPer sfrviee4.
• 7 p.m., Helen Eakin Eisenhower' Chapel
Flash Card Committee, 5:30 p.m., 217 HUB
Graduate Bridire Club meeting, 7 p.m., 212
HUB
Newman Club, 6:30 p.m., 21R HUB
Student Mot les, 6:30 p.m., HUB ctsembly
room
Snedbardjan, 10:38 e.m., 212 HUB
Williams Penn Foundation, 2 P.m . HUB
assembly room
MONDAV
Alpha Phi Own, 7 p.m., 214 HUB
Christian Feßoyishly, 1 . 2:30 p.m., 218 HUB
Freshman Council. 6:30 p.m., 212 HUB
Philosophy Club. 7 p.m., 217 HUB
Physical Education Shiest Ceanell, 8 p.m.,
213 HUB
Julia Calderon, Larry DeANen, Mary
DePiante, Harry Descender, Robert Ed
wards. Jack Henderson, - .John Jeffries.
Thomas Kirshner, Donald LIo3J, Arden
MaeHatton, Jerry MeMurdy, Linda Marks,
Robert rassmore, -Alphonse Sallett, John
Sedan, Ronald Smith, James Stalmiiler,
Elisabeth Summers, Tbdith Todd, Eugene
I,Viddoss, Evelyn Wilson.
Pi Gamma Mu to Hold
Annual Initiation Banquet
Pi Gamma Mu, national social
science honor society, will hold
its annual initiation banquet at
6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, at
the Hetzel Union Building.
Tickets to the banquet may be
obtained prior to 3 p.m., May 1,
at the office of the Department
of History. 117 Sparks.
SUNDAY
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
ttle Man on Cam
"Better get a flashlight and see what's going on
top of the mall's farewel
What
Say,
Perhaps senioritis is fun.
Perhaps it's necessary for the has-beeners to latch
onto senioritis to explain their sudden free afternoons
and evenings as they relinquish positions of importance
to the juniors.
But it occurs to use that - the class about to be graduated
has something to say more sig
nificant than "just 42 days to
graduation; I can't wait to get
out of this placer
At least we hope so.
We're about to have our own
taste of Whipples afternoons
and leisure, ,•
hours for cof- .
fee, etc., but )4 , • •
this doesn ' t_":'
entitle us to
an ounce of 111 !.. 1 '"AN •
cynicism. - -
We've given
to and taken
from Penn ,
State since the ' , L. - ,
first day of
Orientation
Week, 1955.
Na one said miss wrato
we .nould stop givirig on this
last leg of the four years:
Sure, the seniors are tired
of the demands .of activities,
sororities and fraternities, and
the academic routine. Four
years of one pattern are bound
to get boring.
But remember the enthusi
asm we shared this time last
year when we were moving
into the positions vacated by
our superiors. It was sort of
disgusting to us to hear the
seniors laughing about the
naive ambitions of the under
classmen. We had the right to
determine for ourselves the in
herent values of the univer
sity system. We resented their
sloppy casualness._
Seniors can so easily look
back and say—don't waste your
time on this or that pursuit.
You'll run yourself ragged and
have nothing to show for it.
We had to find out for our
selves what we were to do with
our senior year. The juniors
are entitled to the same right.
Ask any student leader to
day how he would have man
aged his four years if he had it
to do over again. Our bet is
that in the- final analysis he
would' do it the same way. He
learned only by doing it.
The senior who deplores ac
tivities and responsibilities is
only a hypocrite now. Last
year at this time he waited
anxiously to hear election re
turns and appointment an
nouncements to see if he had
made his mark for his senior
year. He wanted to be recog-
us 117 Dkk Saki
back in the stacks."
Do You
Senior?
by lynn ward
nized for the work he had done
in his prevjous three years.
And soon he will take a place
at the bottom of the ladder
again. He will vie for the fa
vored position, for the appoint
men t s and promotions no
longer dependent on the uni
versity system he knows. The
world which surrounds the
university is not really an out
side world, but another phase
which he will have to experi
ence for himself. He doesn't
want to hear the cynic say it's
not worth it all.
We mentioned before that we
hoped the senior has something
to do more significant than
counting the days until grad
uation.
We have been accused of
being a silent generation with
.littlefo contribute. From a cas
ual observance of seniors about
now, this may be all too true.
But it's nicer to believe that
there lies within these seniors
a latent reserve of ideas, en
thusiasm and gratefulness for
the opportunity they've had in
college.
Humility is the distinguish
ing characteristic of the reluc
tant senior. He's reluctant to
graduate not because he's so
far behind in courses that he's
afraid he won't make it by
June, but because he is vitally
aware of all that the Univer
sity has given to him. He can
be as enthusiastic about the
characteristics of college as the
high school senior when he has
just received his acceptance to
Penn State.
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