PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Student Government Ills; System or Student Faults? the system of student government we now have tr.;iit for this University? Are the students ready to take (01 the iesponibilities of such a system? Questions like these have been cropping up often in the past few weeks, and the people who have been asking them ale seriously beginning to doubt the wisdom behind the s‘vitcli from the old Cabinet system to the separation ul poweis we now have. Thr, Is unfair % The trouble, as we see it, is not with the system but with the people who use it. A part of the trouble lies with the student on the Mall. He is the first to admit he doesn't know a thing about the way the present system operates. Yet, in the same breath, he says student government never "does anything" and that's why he isn't interested. This seems to be paradoxical. If the student knows little or nothing about the operation of student govern ment and if he will not take the time to learn, how can he rightly c► 'hew 'it? Another pat t of the ti ouble rests with the members of student government themselves. They, too, do not seem to undelstand the system or the responsibility they owe to the student body. The present system was patterned closely after our national government. But it has been said, and rightly so, that at the moment it is not comparable to that govern ment. This is because the positions of our Cabinet and Assembly with regards to being informed on student issues and having the experience to deal with them are reversed. This must be remedied! The responsibility for having the background knowledge and the capability to produce good student legislation does not lie with the Cabinet. They are an advisory body only, It is the job of Assembly. Of course, they are a new group, and part of the necessary experience will come with time. When the present freshmen are seniors it is hoped there will be Assembly members with four years of legislative exper ience. But the job of becoming informed needs immediate attention. We cannot afford to wait three years! The system was also set up to make political parties stronger and more responsible to the students. The parties are failing in their platforms and candidate training. They are not coming up with platforms strong enough to inter est the average voter, As a result the elections have be come personality contests. The parties are informing their candidates of the present issues, but they are not supplying enough back ground information on each issue. Therefore candidates do not understand why their parties take the stands they do. and party lines are weakened. The parties must also keep a constant watch on their Assemblymen to remind them of responsibilities to the people who voted for them. If they find people failing at their jobs, it is the duty of the party not to support them at the next election. Assemblymen must get out and meet their constitu ents. They must prod students not directly connected with SGA to voice ideas and opinions. They must find out what led to these opinions, and present bills based on them to Assembly. Assembly must not take a defeatist attitude toward bills that look as though they might be unaccept able under present administration policies. The Assembly has been hampered this past seme,ter by being constitutionally unable to pass legislation. This was purposely done to give new assemblymen a chance to find out how the system works and to keep them from impulsively using their new powers. After the coming election, the period of waiting will be over. Assembly will get a chance to prove that we have not ben wrong in believing in the system we now have and in its power to better student life on this campus. A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom Batty Tollrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, en. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the lintrerelti year. The Dell, Collegian le a student.operated newspaper. Entered as Second - dim matter July 1. 1931 ■t the State College. Pa. Post Oftlee ander the act of March 0, Irt. Mail Subscription Price: $3.01 per semester -- $3. 1 0 Per year. DENNIS MALICK GEORGE McTURK Sia>s Editor Business Manager THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Campus Beat 'Cross' Spirit, Bright Moon, Stir Staters Hello again, Students After the "post Syracuse slump," I hope everyone has gotten ready for the spit it that's needed for this week's game. After all, we hear that Holy Cross is sixth in defense. Bet we pull the:n down a peg or two today. We hear that Leonard Julius is taking a parliamentary procedure course. We hope that it isn't all for naught The Collegian editor went out last night and bayed at the beau tiful moon. Funny thi"q was that he was answered by SG Thompson Hall coeds. Who was the interior decorator that went bezerk in the new Home Economics building? After look ing at the interior walls, we feel that he evidently flunked a course m color harmony. Anyone see that Volkswagen that has been driving around campus with a giant wind-up key on its tear deck' The Chi Omegas got a real start last Sunday when they g , , t a sere nade complete with a leader who had a coke•b-'- "v-d'um and baton. Some member of Androcles Hat Society evidently isn't too gung-ho His hat and rain coat were li.ft in the journalism 11- brary !or over two weeks. The Centre Daily Times ran a front page picture of two line men trying to move the monu ment in honor of Govrnor Beaver at the site of the present Beaver Field. What stupidity! How could they possibly move that ten-ton rock with Rip Engle standing in front of it? Today is the day of reckoning. Notice :he samll print on the HUB canlendat? It states: Mid semes ter below grades due today. Seems a shame that those goal posts have stood for the past 50 years. I'll bet that with a little effort on the part of all students present this afternoon that they could come down in quick order. After all, they won't be needed any more. Prediction• If students are go ing to vote on the good looking candidates next week, we know who'll ‘vin hands down, We hope that no one had a heart attack trying to dig out of that "two to three inches of snow" that was predicted for yesterday. Don't we wish that all the snow was that easy to shovel. Well. time for another blue book. Can't help it. You students can't seem to get along without them Gazette TODAY Campus Party. 9 p m., 211 DUO Simultaneous ( hews Exhibition, 7 P.m., Warnock Lounge HOW Freshman Council. "Autumn Hon da)" Dance, 9 p.m., to midnight, Billet Foundation TIM Dance. 9 pin to midnight. HUB ball• room WRA Open House, 7 to 9 p wt., Whit. liztll TOMORROW AIM. i p 202 HUE Bible Fellwaship. 2 p.m , 214 MIR Chess CIA 2 p m , HUB Cardroom Chimes, 6:30 p.m . Simmons second floor lounge CPIC. 8:16 pm., 213 HUB; 2 pm, 212 Hutt Elections Committee. 6:30 p m., 217 HUB Emerson S - iety, 6:30 p.m , 303 ,Boticka Grad Student Bridge. 7 p.m., 212 HUB Judicial Interviesys, t, p.m 214 HUB Junior Advisory Board, 8:15 p.m., 217 HUB Nittany Philatetic Club. 2 p m., 218 HUB Newman Club, 7 p m , 218 HUB St,A Committee of Center Integration. 5 pm . 217 HUB Swedenborgian Service, 10:30 a.m.. 212 litllS 20:auto Ctub, 9:t5 p m , HUB main lounge MOND -tY A Phi°, 7 p m , 21:: Hui; chriltion Fellowship. 12 Ali p.m., 7 p.m , 218 HUB CPIC, 0:20 p m., 214 HUB Jr. WC, 7 p m., HUB asiembly room Leonides, 6 :30 p.m., 203 HUB Penn Stat• Lumber Jllls, 7:30 p.m., Lir. ing Center, flomeEe Building RBA Fireside. Dr. Robert Gieen "Denomin. taloned Labels. li'hat's Behind Them"' o :31) p.m.. McKee lounge WRA Bowling Club. 6:30 p.m., Bowling Alleys, White Hall WRA Volleyball Intranturals, 1:30. 7:80 EM:=l • • • 1::MMI —Prof Wayne ittle Man on Campus by Dick Bibles EMI t-oSV cALLSO OFF - n-A ErtilizE FtrrUKs---SH FOR 019 :NeXT 3 YEARS Of CO!"Lizeir- Letters PhysEd Major Disappointed TO THE EDITOR: I was sor ry to read in recent issues of the Collegian what an imma ture outlook the veterans have towards the physical education program at the University. As a physical education major, I would like to clarify the value of its program. Tho very term "physical ed ucation" provokes a chain of misunderstanding due, in part, to the traditional dualism of the words ."physical" . and "mental." Physical education is a phase of total education and contributes to all of the ob.;ec fives of education—not Just to the physical aspect. Veterans must realize that physical education develops one's intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and social qualities which have a direct bearing on his future life. The program is designed so that success and acclaim are more dominant than frustration and anonym ity. This program has been rooted in the same soil as the best in all of education, Spirit Stirs North Halls Men TO THE EDITOR: We, the men of North Halls, feel highly in sulted by the fact that every time school spirit is mentioned, the North Halls are left out. At the same time the boys from Nittany and the West Halls were being praised for their valiant effort in guard ing the Lion, there Was no mention of the men from the North Halls. Who do you think relieved the boys from Nittany and West Halls in the early hours of the morning? They guarded the Lion in the early evening when all who passed could see and admire these brave men guarding "the symbol of our best." It was in the early hours of the morning, when the rest of the PENN UTS, • ". • WP IIC • A il , -A a l 11 4 I'M 5 - URPRISEDTHERE ( G ~'" \ NO REFUND ON TUE /".• rk.). EMPTY BOTTLES"! )• 1. 1 A k ) .:; .. 1 ige0....4410 ' rib .._.. oirmarm //../4 bexleite- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1959 I realize that veterans could possibly be in the best of phys ical condition, but life is a con stant process of action and in teraction one simply cannot stop the wheels while one takes exercise to strengthen a part. What physical education does must be judged in its total values—not physical alone, but also in terms of personal be havior, psychological function, recreational purpose, and learning. If leisure is on the increase, physical education moves to meet the need for its construe. Live use. Physical education fries to equip its students with worthwhile interesting activ ities which can contribute to enjoyment of leisure. Physical education stands upon its own feet as a profes sion, solidly within the scien tific and social culture of the race, beholden to no other group, but ready to work co operatively with other profes sions for human betterment, —Jack Dellastatious, '6O campus was sleeping, that the men of North Halls did their duty. Also, when the Collegian gave a report of the bonfire pep meeting before the Syra cuse game, it was mentioned that a dummy, which hung in front of Waring Lounge, was burned. We would like to point out the fact that the dummy that was burned at the pep meeting was the same dummy whose pic ture appeared on the front page of the Collegian that same Fri day morning. At that time it was correctly identified as the property of Montgomery House of the North Halls. You may criticize us for (Continued on page eight)
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