The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 29, 1959, Image 4
PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion When Will Legislators Begin to Legislate?? SGA Assembly tonight will hear a report on an Encampment workshop, another on student insurance and make four appointments ... another nothing meeting. This will be the fifth meeting of the semester and hardly a thing has been accomplished. The only "accom plishment" has been the realization that it couldn't do something—amend its constitution until the full Assembly is elected. Just why should Assembly meet if virtually nothing Is being done? Only one bill has been introduced—to elect class vice presidents and treasurers--and this is now "laying on a table" waiting for the full Assembly to be elected. This single action has left political parties in the lurch as to how many candidates, if any, they will need for the November elections. Granted this interim Assembly cannot change its constitution but this is the only legislation it cannot pass. However, no move has been made by anyone to initiate new business. Where has legislation come from in the past? When the old Cabinet was in operation, most recom mendations originated in student councils and other key organizations such as Interfraternity Council, Association of Independent Men, etc. Are these organizations disgruntled because their presidents do not sit on Assembly? There is no reason for them to stop making recommendations. The present Assemblymen are supposedly represent- ing their individual classes. Can It be true that students are completely satisfied with everything on campus? What has happened to the five-point grading system proposed last spring, or the parking meters that were recommended? When will the student body find out the status of these proposals? The new parking regulations should be one of the most immediate items for action. A committee has been work ing on this for two weeks, but no report. Student government has already missed the boat for this year on a floating half-holiday for a football weekend. Cabinet wholeheartedly endorsed this last year, but the issue has not been mentioned. How many more students would be at the Pitt game if a half holiday had been proclaimed? The Lecture Series which was successful last year with appearances of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Clement Atlee is operating this semester with a list of speakers almost unknown to students. Hasn't anyone wondered why? The Lecture Series and Artist Series have the same goals and should be operated jointly with funds split more equally. What new could student government undertake? Perhaps it could see to it that a better method of ticket distribution be established for Artists Series. Or maybe plans could be started early enough to get a suit able program for Homecoming Weekend. These are just a few of many projects that could be undertaken. Many students, especially freshmen, have showed interest in participating in student government this semester. But how many of these same people are wonder ing just what student government does? A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom the Daily Tollrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Deily Collegian is a student•operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July f. PM at the State College, Pa. Post Office tinder the act of March 3. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: LIAO per semesizz $5.00 per year. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press DENNIS MALICK GEORGE MeTURK stt,n ' Editor Business Manage: STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Suzie Linkroum; Copy edi tor, Amy Rosenthal; Wire editor, Jeff Pollack. Assistants: Janet Durstine, Lee Gahn, Joel Myers, Paula Dranov, Meg Teichholtz, Dennis McConnell, Eugene Maiale, Ina Zicherman, Lois Dont zig, Carol Kunkleman, Ann Palmer, Mary Pearce, Renny Trav ers, Yvonne Unbewust, Phyllis Mandelbaum, Larreen Doorley, Mary Lou Marple. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ..AND NE BRINES Toys' *f a - ID ALL THE GOOD LITTLE can,/ giLDREN THE WORLD!, • AI, • 4,44", ALL RINI; SO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA MK AND I LL ~ BELIEVE IN THE m eatki NAPKIN:. \t ....1.:A. .44 144 . * . 61 , Vito(' 4 1 k.ta., TflE WAY I SEE it, ii DOESNY MITER WHAT YOU BELIEVE JUST SO YOU'RE SINCERE! li t l .3 ~..... .......-.. CV. 4 , 44 ,„,„ ~.‘ -., 1 _ , Editors Request Srs. for Pictures TO THE EDITOR: Since every one reads the Collegian, we hope that all seniors will read this let ter. If you want your picture in the 1960 LaVie you must check the deadlines for your college. There are posters all over campus and articles in the Collegian that list these deadlines. We hope the 1960 LaVie will be as successful as the award win ning 1959 edition. This is possible only with your coperation. Gazette AR Hill Party Committee, fl -45 p m., HUB Air Force Glee Club, 3 p m , HUH aeeem. bly room Alpha Phi Alpha. 7 30 p m , 213 HUB Bridge Club, r, .10 p m., HUB cardroom Campus Assembly, 7 p.m., 217 HUB Circa, 7 p m., old staff; 7 ;30 p.m., candl. dates. 40t ilopcke Christian Fellowship, 12:t5 p.m., 213 HUB DOC Council, 2 p.m., 217 HUB Gamma Sigma Sigma pledges. 6:16 p.m., McElwain lounge jndependenl.s. 7:30 p.m.. Mlle( music room Junior Panhellenic Council, 7 p.m., 201 HUB News & Views, 7 p.m , Home Economies Outing Club, 7 p m , HUB emierribiy room SCA Assembly, S p.m.. 214 HUB Job Interviews TODAY Atlantic: Any BS Candidate interested in Sales. Airborne Instruments. Lab: Jan BS & 190 MS. PhD in EE. MB. Eng, & Phys. New Jersey State fitghway: • Jan BS grada CE, Arch E. Standard Oil of Ohio: IMO PhD rands. in Chem. Chem Eng, intere3ted in reaearch & engineering. Shell: Jan BS & 1960 MS rands. in Chem, ChE, ME. Eng Mech, Eng Sci, Metal, EE, BS, MS & 1960 PhD in Pet & Nat (;as, Mng Eng for Prod; BS, MS in Chem. ChE, ME, EE, Eng Mech, Eng Sri, For, Mfg & Mktg. Rohm & Haas: 1960 PhD cantle. in Cheni tAnal. Org. Phys & Biol.) DuPont: Jan BS & 1960 MS In ChE, ME, Chem, IE, Metal. Anseo: Jan BS in Bwi Ad. ChE, Chem, EE, IE, ME, Phys; MS. PhD in Chew. EE, Phys. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co: Jan BS in EE, ME, Metal, Gen Eng, CE, Fuel Tech & Eng Mech for Prod only. Sprague Electric Co: Jan BS & 1960 MS in Cer Tech, EE, ChE, ME & Chent t PhD In Phya & Chem. Continental Can: Jan BS & 1960 MS in ME, IE, Cer Tech, Bus Ad, LA & Ed for Sales. Alcoa: 1960 MS, PhD cands in ChE, Chern, Aero E, EE, ME, Eng Mech, Eng Sci, Metal for Research. Jan BS grads In Aero E. Arch E. ER. Chill, Chem, IE, Eng Mech. Eng Sci„ Metal, Bus Ad, Acetic. —Pamela Alexander Dorothy Tynan, Senior Editors of 1860 LaVie TODAY TOMORROW Letters Space Edit Complimented TO THE EDITOR: Congratula tions to the Daily Collegian for their short, but apt, com ments on the new SGA. Last semester the students accepted the new SGA under the impression that this would be an improvement over the old Cabinet form. In five months, however, this system has proved very weak, pri marily due to the inactivity of the legislative branch. It seems that they have been too interested in arguing over the machinery of the system to try to accomplish something with it. Student government is for the students not for a few peo ple trying to complicate an al ready intricate system. Stu dents will be asked to elect 42 assemblymen plus the class of ficers, and now certain mem bers want to elect more. This is not necessary. Instead of trying to compli cate this new system, let's see the SGA Assembly put this system to work for the stu dents. Remember, SGA is for the students, not for SGA. —David Epstein, '6O Patrol Requested To Follow Dean TO THE EDITOR: Col. Lucien Bolduc, Campus Patrol impres sario and producer of the Greatest Snow on Earth, could well take a cue from Dean Lipp, our dean of women. As Dean Lipp is quoted as saying in the article in- Tues day's Collegian, "Rules are not a static element . . . in order to be effective, they must be continuously evaluated and altered." How about it, Col. Bolduc, revise, evaluate, and alter what is now so ridiculous that we may soon see you in line with the rest of us in 203 D HUB, with the same disgusted look on your face. —Norman Kahn, '6O (Editor's Note: Fine com ment, Norm, but it's directed to the wrong person. Such regulations are turned out by the Office of Vice Presi dent for Business Adminis tration. Col. Bolduc and his patrol can only enforce them.) Student Hits Luck Library Books TO THE EDITOR: Penn State has a very poor library system. I try to find books on my subjects, and there are none to be found. I think that some thing should be done to im prove our library stocks. —John Shue, '62 (Editor's Note: We give up, why isn't something done?) Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1959 TO THE EDITOR; With refer ence to your editorial in yes terday's issue, I would like to suggest some important mat ters for the immediate atten tion of the SGA: Many of these important matters demand wise legisla tive consideration. Or, like un der what pretenses does any such inactive group retain its University charter? —Rick Woltman. 'Bl • Letter Not Cut Frosh Asks Team Support TO THE EDITOR: Everybody loves a winning team and Penn State is no exception. Our team is one of the best to come out of State, so we all welcome them home from their victories especially over Army and Illinois. We welcome them home after the game is over and won. Everybody is behind a winning team but what about the winning team before the game? It takes a while for a team to get fired up for a game. The cheering after the game doesn't help them win the game they've already won. If you want to help the team, get out and cheer the team before the game. We're all be hind the Nittany Lions so let's be behind them all the way, all the time. —Lillian Lehi, '63 *Letter cut What Happened To Grade System? TO THE EDITOR: What hap pened to the five point grading system under discussion last semester? The pros and cons of such a proposal should have been elaborated upon before the subject was dropped complete ly. So far this semester noth ing additional has been pre sented to the student body zoncerning this matter. What, if anything is wrong with the system? If there are defects, the student body should be informed of them unless this is just another form of political influence. This does not appear to be an ap propriate means of presenting such a recommendation. Would it benefit the Univer sity? We would like to know. We hope that this subject will again be brought into focus in the near future. —Donald Taft, '6l Ronald Luther, '6l m a im