•AGE FOUR
Editorial 0 sinio
Financial Integrity Needed
lievonsibility for political party debts will have to
be vested in someone, but the question now seems to be
The University Senate Thursday sent back to com
mittee a proposal that would make political party chair
men personally responsible for their party's debts.
Senate members objected to the proposal because it
put the blame on the wrong person—but does not the
chairman take upon himself responsibility for party
actions when he is elected?
The Lion Party incurred debts in the past and in the
end, no one was held responsible because no precedent
had been set for individual responsibility Because of this,
All-University Cabinet this year absolved itself from
accounting for the debt.
Such an incident as this could happen in the near
future and steps should be taken immediately to prevent
a recurrence. Under the new reorganization system, politi
cal parties have been given a tremendous amount of re
sponsibility. Among these lines, financial integrity must
also be inherent in party organization,
The party chairmen are most qualified for this Job.
They are chosen by fellow members because they have
shown themselves to be most qualified for the job. They
should be winning to check party expenditures and
ascertain that finances are being handled efficiently.
Senate members should review this proposal again
before next fall when political parties will come to the
fore during elections.
This will give the chairmen sufficient time to prepare
plans for expenditures and also to take steps in making
certain that these expenditures do not exceed the financial
limits of the parties.
Just a Beginning
A note to all seniors: "Graduation is the beginning not
the end of your ties with Penn State."
With this motto, the Alumni Association will launch
its annual membership drive Monday. Seniors will be
called on to contribute their share to help continue the
association's work.
In addition, seniors will be asked to contribute to the
class gift fund and to vote for the '59 gift.
A kick-off banquet Monday night will officially open
the alumni drive. Some 200 class agents will attempt to
personally contact each member.
A very active alumni is a big asset to the University.
The best time to start is now. Seniors will be given special
rates to join the association. The cost of life .memberships
has also been lowered for the class.
After spending four years here, every senior should
feel an allegiance to the University. Whether willingly
admitting it or not, he will miss Penn State.
By contributing to the alumni fund, he will feel he
has done his part. And in turn, he will be able to keep in
contact with the campus through Alumni Association pub
lications, reunions and other activities.
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Letters
Reader Defends
Party Favors
TO THE EDITOR: Miss Levine's
blistering attack on fraternity
party favors in Friday's Collegian,
besides being the type of reading
in which we should all be in
terested and'absorbed, besides all
the thought which evidently went
into it, and besides its profound
offering to our knowledge, did
make its point:
Many party favors are just that,
party favors; they are intended
to serve no particular purposes
other than holding lingerie, fill
ing empty shelves or spaces, de
lighting their recipients, or put
ting a dent in the giver's wallet.
Possibly they could serve to re
mind their owners of a pleasing
weekend. But should this be other
wise?
Perhaps playboy rabbits, candy
striped night shirts, and brandy
glasses with Greek letters on
them should step down to more
practical gifts such as typewriter
ribbons ; bond paper, or copies
of Roget's Thesaurus, or possibly
fraternity men can print a stock
catalogue from which their dates
may choose for themselves a suit
able, practical, useful party favor
which they don't now have in
"the ranks of an already over
crowded room."
In Miss Levine's particular case
she could donate duplicate, im
practical, or otherwise offensive
party favors to less fortunate co
eds who don't have as many, give
them to children, throw them out,
or return them to the giver with
a suitable note explaining their
uselessness,
Whatever Miss Levine does, she
has our sympathy and hope that
eventually she will triumph over
her party favor barrier and will
find more to be happy about with
her favors from now on.
Wonder if she ever thought
about not attending parties; that
should solve the whole problem.
—Norman H. Kahn, '6O
Gazette
TODAY
AIM Spring Dance, 8-12 p m., Hazel Un-
ion ballroom
Newman Club Mother's Day Tea. 2-5 p.m.,
101 Ei,enhower Chapel
Student Movies. 7-10 p.m., Hetzel Union
nhbembly room
Swedenborgian. 7 :80.10 p m , 21R HUB
WSGA Reception, 4-6 p Hetzel Union
main lounge
TOMORROW
Alpha Nu, 8-9 p.m., 217 HUB
Christian Fellowship, 2-3:10 p.m., 218 HUB
Freshman Class Ad% isory Board, 7:30 p m.,
203 Willard
Glee Club Mothera' Day Concert, 3 p.m..
Schwab
Graduate Bridge Club. 7-10 p.m., 214 HUB
Newman Club, 7-8 p m. 218 HUB
School of Arts Reception. 3.5 p.m.. Iletzel
Union main lounge
Rules Committee. 7-40 p.m., 216 HUB
Student Movies, 6-30-8:30 p.m., Hetzel Un-
ion assembly room
Swedenborgian, 10.30-noon. 212 HUB
Thespians, 7-9 p.m., 212 HUB
MONDAY
Alpha Phi Omega brothers, 7-9 p.m., 212
HUB: pledges. 8-9 p.m, 214 HUB
BC Candidates, 6:30-7:45 p.m., 214 HUB
Christian Fellowship, 12 p.m., 218 HUB
DOC Student Council, 7:15-9:15 p.m„ 218
HUB
Freshman Council, 8:30-7:30 p.m., 218 HUB
IFC, 7:30-10 p m., Hetzel Union assembly
room: Board of Control, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,
213 HUB
Model Railroad Club, 7.8 p m..
217 HUB
Senior Advisory Board, 5:15-6 p.m., 218
HUB
HOSPITAL
Charles Berger, Sandra Biber, Judith
Borland, Gregory Caswell, Philip Garnet.
James Gotsick, Frances Griffin, Sheila Ib
sen. Gerald Milosevich, Raymond Radom.
ski, Philip Sheau, Charles Steen, Walter
Wight.
Escapee Caught;
Surrenders Quietly
John Furdella, 38, Rockview
Penitentary inmate who escaped
from guards while out on a work
project Wednesday afternoon,
was recaptured by two prison
guards at 11:15 pm. Thursday
along the railroad tracks at Sun
nyside, just north of Bellefonte.
Furdella did not try to resist
the guards, who had been pre
viously notified by railroad em
ployees of the prisoner's presence
in the area.
Furdella said he was "just tak
ing it easy and trying to get to
Altoona." He was working his
way towards his home in Johns
town.
A train crew operating in the
switching yard at Sunnyside first
spotted the fugitive and radioed
the switch house that he was seen
walking on the tracks.
Little Man on Campus by Dick •ib
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Hearings Inform
Public About Aid
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
There are so many different approaches to foreign
aid it's no wonder the administration and other proponents
are taking such pains to attract public attention both
through the congressional hearings and general propa
ganda.
This year's campaign to get congressional approval of
the nearly $4 billion requested
by the administration is ,one
of the most intensive ever.
As the years go by, opposi
tion to the aid program and
the way it is conducted seems
to remain about the same.
Many members of Congress
ozviously reflect doubt on the
part of their constituencies.
Cost, though important, does
not seem to be the major factor
in this opposition.
Some people doubt that many
countries receiving military
aid use it effectively if need
be, and to this extent they
question the stock claim that
the United States is buying
military security for this
means far more cheaply than
if she tried to do it all herself.
Economic aid is criticized on
the grounds that much of it
shows no obvious results, al
though there seems to be fair
ly general acceptance that the
objective, to raise the living
standards and the purchasing
power of underdeveloped
countries, is good.
There is an admitted need
for greater coordination with
other nations and the United
Nations in the field.
And there is the old argu-
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ment that the good will of na
tions cannot be bought, and
that fundamental long-range
objectives should be placed
ahead of temporary political
expediency for cold war pur
poses.
There is some fear that the
Soviet Union, by keeping its
aid program on a more strictly
business basis on the surface,
and counting upon later com
mercial dependency for gains
in power over smaller coun
tries, may be making a more
hardheaded Impression than
is produced by mere generos
ity.
There is a growing agitation
for international, nonpolitical
coordinaiton of aid and devel
opment programs throughout
the free world.
WDFM
SATURDAY NIGHT
55 Sign-On & News
00 Hi-Fi Stereo Open House
00 News
30 Cavils Beat
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