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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.
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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)