PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Payment Needed? Nittany Council voted Wednesday ni;ht lo pay its e.:ecutive officers— a unique distinction on campus. Di.,tirct as it may be, there is no value in or reason for piying officeis to do a job for which they were elected and a re,ponsihility they accepted when they took their A total of $165 will be divided among the executive committee—the president, vice president, secretary, treas urer, parliamentarian, and two representatives to the AIM Board of Governors. The compensations amount to over $23 per man per year. The freshman class president, which surely has a Luger responsibility than a Nittany Council officer, only receives a $l5 'scholarship' for the year. The sophomore class president receives $25 under the Student Govern ment Association yearly budget. The payment of council officers, especially in the residence hall units, can and will start a dangerous prece dent. It will only lead to added expenditures for the council and added expense for the entire student body. The Council also voted to pay each residence hall president $lO in compensation. This is in addition to the social fee each unit receives from the council each semes ter. Treasuries will be drained in-no time if each dormitory president on campus is paid $lO, for a service which the individual obligated himself to do without pay by accepting the presidency. Nittany Council needs to take another objective look at its payment plan and its overall effect upon the campus. SPIRIT Plus This afternoon the Nittany Lions will take on the Mountaineers of West Virginia and fight to maintain their unblemished record. Besides having a top-notch team, Penn State has had excellent spirit behind the team and this no doubt has left a great imprint on the team's morale. Students should be congratulated on this spirit for it is a commendable trait in any University. Pep rallies have been a huge success, participation in cheers at the games can also be totaled up to spell SPIRIT. Congratulations! Another successful Mardi Gras passed by the way last night. Hat's off to Scrolls, senior women's hat society, who sponsored the event, and to all the coed groups who con: tributed both time and effort. The booths were well constructed and showed much ingenuity upon the part of the sponsors. The crowd of 8000 to 10,000 mingled through Recrea tion Hall and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the affair. ay. illattli Tollegiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Lotlegion is a student•operated newspaper. Entered as second-elass matter July 3, PM ■t the State College, Pa. Pool Office under the act of March 3, ISM Mall Subscription Price: $3.00 per semester 115.00 per year. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press DENNIS MALICK Editor Vt6'3 STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Karen Ilyneckeal; Copy Editor;, Zandy Slosson and Jim Moran; Wire Editor, Pat Dyer; Ar , iitants, Lynne Cerefiee, Sue Ebetly, Bill Barber, Emily Nia:,ley, Jo Ann Mark, Diane Shover, Pat Haller, Judy Everett. Kay Mills, Paula Peterson, Julie Hill, Franey Lefever and Lynn Bordonaro. GEORGE McTURK Business Manager pr ti YCU "-------, DONT MI fi RK ft ~ IW R E 60i YC3U NG 1 1 TO KILI. Ez IT ! i Ft-t rz- -:-' 4 111--- ...;,:. ett-3r —•-... " " " e. - 5-c,fetz. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Letters Senior Hits Nittany Council Compensations TO THE EDITOR: Regarding the Nittany Council's vote to pay compensation to the execu tive council and dorm presi dents: I would imagine that the Nittany Council's action to pro vide monitary remuneration to itself has certain merits, but I would like to question some possible unfavorable aspects. I. Since the other area coun cils (TIM, North Halls, West Halls) cannot afford to follow suit, would this not promote discord among people who do the same type of job . . . yet only ONE gets paid? 2. This action could not be viewed as providing a salary (since the pay is so small for a year's service) for the coun cil members, and if it is a gratuity. isn't it unusual for people to tip themselves? 3. A minor point. but since the Nittany Area is the only area that receives income from "recreational" machines (for the purpose of improving the area), might not the Univer sity cancel this benefit if the funds are used for a minority group's gain'? I realize, of course, that there are reasons for the action that are not known to the average student: but though I am a past Nittany dorm president, and also was once president of the Nittany Council, I cannot find any reasons that would warrant this compensation. Granted that it is nice for the council members. but how will it improve the area? —Charles Blunt, '6O Chairman Acknowledges Workshop Speakers TO THE EDITOR: This letter will serve.to publicly acknowledge the efforts of many faculty members and administrators who partici pated in the speakers program of the IFC Workshops. Reports indicate that this was another instance in which facul ty-student ties were strengthened by the desire of faculty and ad ministrators to give unselfishly of their talents to benefit Penn State's fraternity population. —Martin Leshner. Chairman. Speakers Pro gram, IFC Workshops Gazette Alumni College, 24:30 p m . HUB aasem. bly room Autumn Ball, 9 p m.•midnisht, HUB ball- room Billet Service, 10 am. Student Alovieu, 7 and 9 p.m., HUB as sembly room TOMORROW AIM. 7 pm, 2O HUH Alpha 'Kappa Psi Ipleilpe test!, T• 9 p.m., 214-15 HUB Campus Party Steering Committee, 8-5 n m.' 212 HUB Chess Club. 2-5 n m HUB eardroom Collegian Workshop (sophomore and Junior boarders), 1.15 p.m.. Collegian office Emerson Society. 6:30-10 p m , 216 HUB Grad Student Bridge, 1.10 p m., 212-213 HUH Jr. Cleve Adv. Board, 2 :30-4 :30 p m., 217 DUB Newman Club. 7-8 p m , 218 HUB Sigma Delta Chi, 4:20 p m., Nittany Lion Inn Swedenborgean Service. 10.30-noon, 212 BUB SGA Committee on Center Integration, 5- 6 pm., 218 HUB United Student Fellowship, 9 :30.10 :go a m., 218 HUB USE. a :30 p.m., Faith United Church of Christ Amateur Club. and Station W.IYA. 7 p.m., 219 EE, APIIIO, 7-9 p m , 212-13 HUB Christian Felioviship, 12:45.1 -15 p ni. and 7-9'30 p.m., 21S RUB Industrial Education Society, 7 p m., PI Kappa Phi Leonides, 6:48-9 p m , 203 HUB Model Railroad Club, 7-8.30 pm , 214 HUB SCA Cabinet. 8-10 p.m , 217 HUH University Party, 6.:10-7:q0 p.m., 217 HUH Patients in the link ersity Hospital yes terday were: Carole Baker. Daniel Dixon, Reuben Dworake, Stanley Foster. Richard Garner, Brenda Gugliotta, Eatl Harbaugh, Arlene Herman, Sheldon Katz. Roger Lewis, Kristen Ries, Joseph Rohrbaugh. Roy Shook, Robert Wilken and John Zerbe. Approved Activities The approved activities for tonight include hayrides spon sored by Hickory House and Pi Lambda Phi and a Hallo ween Party sponsored by Tau Kappa Epsilon. The Skating Division of the Outing Club has received approval for an overnight cabin party tonight. TODAY MONDAY HOSPITAL World At USSR Vetoes Laos Mission UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (W) The Soviet Union yesterday tor pedoed diplomatic efforts to put' a UN mission in the Asian king dom of Laos on a permanent basis. Laos has said such a mis sion would help counter a threat] of Communist aggression from neighboring North Viet Nam. A Soviet press release distribut ed at the United Nations de nounced as unlawful any plans to station UN representatives in Laos permanently. It said the conse quences would be "grave to the cause of peace in Southeast Asia and throughout the world?! Western diplomats, including the United States, were uncertain as to their next step. They had been seeking to establish a UN presence either through action by Secretary-General Dag Hammar skjold or the UN Security Coun cil. Cuban Government Seals Oil Files . HAVANA (W) Cuban govern ment agents entered the offices of American and other foreign oil; exploration companies without warning yesterday and sealed their office files, company execu tives reported. Squads of four or five men ap peared simultaneously at the of fices. The Cuban agents repre sented themselves as officials of the Development Commission, Cuba's ministry of public works. American company representa tives reported they visited the U.S. Embassy for consultations on the move. Truman Denies Calling Stevenson a 'Loser' INDEPENDENCE; 14. (W) Harry S. Truman said yesterday he had not pegged Adlai Steven son as a "loser" for the upcoming Democratic presidential nomina tion. At the same time the former president said the Democrats have many candidates and 'they are "all good." Letters 'Frothies' Say They're Funny TO THE EDITOR: After read ing the penetrating, sensitive prose of Dale Peters and Alan Elms in the October issue of Froth (Our Callow Coeds, What Girls Are Made Of), it occurred to us that another publication medium on our campus could utilize such talent. Wouldn't it be• nice if the Collegian could find someone of their calibre to write one of its editorial page columns? "If you can't write, you can always get on Froth" was a comment that appeared re cently in one of your shallow columns. Such a statement seems rather ridiculous to any one who has read both publi cations and compared the writ ing talents displayed therein. Keep trying anyway! —William Crist, '6O Karl Bopp, '6O (Editor's Note: Crist and Bopp are members ,of the Froth "staff.") TO THE EDITOR: What better proof of the coed's lack of understanding do we need than the letter from the "dis gusted coeds." (Tuesday Col legian) Froth is a humor magazine, say what you will; if read by anyone possessing the slight est degree of sophistication, it becomes apparent that even the most harsh comments are made with tongue in cheek. Yes, girls, the Froth writers date coeds and enjoy their company even though they call them "disgusting" in print. And I doubt if Froth will miss its next deadline worrying about the threatened with drawal of your daddy-sent quarters. If you don't understand hu mor, read Fortune or News week. Better still, read your textbooks—they contain cold, hard facts, written by Proper and Polite gentlemen, none of SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31,-1959 A Glance U.S. Announces Air Base Plans WASHINGTON (T--The Unit ed States announced yesterday its willingness to close down four strategic air bases and a naval base in the northwest African kingdom of Morocco. The State Department disclosed that various proposals for arrang ing the withdrawal of U.S. forces, from Morocco have now been pre sented to the government of King Mohamed V, These call for removal by stages of the base personnel over a period of years. There are about 8000 to 9000 American officers and men lin the country. With their de pendents, they make a total of laround 15,000 Americans stationed there. Mexico Badly Hurt By Storm, Flood MEXICO CITY (EP) Mexico feared last night the death toll may reach 1500 on the hurricane and flood battered Mexican Pa cific Coast. Survivors are being plagued by swarms of scorpions dislodged from nests uncovered by the vio lent destruction of adobe houses. Even now the full picture of disaster and the painful aftermath of Tuesday's great blow is incom plete. Each additional detail adds to an appalling panorama of mis ery. The stricken area was still iso. lated except for flights of light planes. No End to Steel Strike Anticipated by McDonald PITTSBURGH (fi") United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald said yesterday there is no prospect for an early nego tiated settlement in the 108-day nation-wide steel strike. McDonald made the statement in a telegram to Joseph Fmnegah, director of the Federal Mediation Service. Finnegan told both union and industry negotiators to meet Monday in Washington if the strike is not settled by then. Reeves Thinks It's Malignant TO THE EDITOR: It is both surprising and unfortunate that in this, the age of horse less carriages, atomic bombs, and 'Lydia Pinkham, a univer sity must be partially repre sented by Froth's malignant grossness. Froth is neither disgusting nor in any way funny; it is in sulting. On Tuesday night "Froth Presents" cluttered the airways with a program so un intelligible as to make one consider transferring to Belle vue. Froth's latest magazine can lead me to believe only that the Froth staff is cursed by date-less Saturday nights, Pim ples, and, certainly, unbalanced hormones. How a man, in the strictest sense of the word, could produce such literary tripe with the degree of sin cerity with which Froth as sailed us last week is far be yond my comprehension. Being a man, with a man's thoughts and desires, and ,so accounted not a prude, I am in dignant about this slur upon the beauty and normalcy of woman. To me, and I am not alone, a girl is the only per fect and unbounded joy that we, as men, may know. It is too bad that the Froth staff did not die when it was whelped. —William Reeves whom would ever dream of suggesting that you. are some what less than perfect. Crist, '6O (Editor's Note: Oh, yes, yes, one must be sophisticated to read Froth)
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers