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Editorial Opinion
High Average Requisites
Pose Problems for SGA
The fieshman class president Robert Carson has been
inflicted with "averagitis„' an ailment which has been
fatal to the presidents of the past three freshman classes.
Carson's case is a different strain of the disease, how
ever, for his scholastic standing makes him ineligible to
sit on the SGA Assembly where a 2.4 All-University av
erage is requo ed, but is not low enough to place him on
academic probation which has been the fate of his
pt eclecessoi s.
But, although he is barred from the Assembly, he will
still remain the official head of his class since "class" is
an autonomous body outside the structure of the Student
Government Association. The only Jurisdiction SGA has
regarding class presidents is in relation to their capacities
to sit on the Assembly.
Each class advisory board can arbitrarily set the
academic standards for its own membership as long as it
does not conflict with University regulations regarding
probation
And this is exactly what the freshman advisory board
did when it lowered the requirement for its executive
council members from the traditional 2.4 to a 2.2
All-
University.
The Assembly might do well to follow this precedent.
The academic requiretnent of 2.4 for Assembly members
is a rather unrealistic one.
Political parties right now are scouring the campus
for good, qualified student leaders for the coming spring
elections. Because we are operating under the more repre
sentative SGA system, their lob is even more difficult
because they must produce more than twice as many can
didates as were called for under the old Cabinet system.
All too often, they find a student who has the proper
background and experience, so necessary to represent his
fellow classmates properly, hut who does not have a 2.4
All-University average.
More often than not this student's academic record,
like Carson's, is just on this side of the line which separates
a "qualified" from an "unqualified" representative, but
still he must he stamped as unfit for Assembly member
ship.
When the academic requirement for Assembly mem
bership was set up by last year's Cabinet, their desire was
to populate the Assembly with capable students. But the
2.4 average minimum was arrived at as much by tradition
and following set patterns as by anything else, since most
of the Cabinet members, who previously had Assembly's
duties. were required to maintain this scholastic standing.
This idealism, of sorts, worked when a smaller number
was involved, but even then it posed problems. With a
governing body more than twice Cabinet's size the prob
lems are even greater.
A 2.2 All-U is certainly a respectable one. The Uni
versity requires only a 2.0 for graduation. It's time that
the Assembly ie-evaluated its academic requirements to
make room for some of the more qualified student leaders.
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So What
Complacency Has Got To Co
by Marty Scherr
Are we afraid of innova
tion? Are we afraid to gam
ble or take a chance? Are we
afraid to stick our necks
out for fear that we will
always be wrong? Many peo
ple have ideas that they hold
inside because of the social
pressure opposing them. They
feat a break in tradition be
cause tradition is the tradition
al thing to live by.
On the base of a statue in
front of the National At chives
Building in Washington, D.C.
is the statement: "What is past
is Prologue." This is quite true,
let ui study the past BUT let
us profit from it.
Let us work ahead for newer
and better things. Innovation
should be a by-word, along
with progressive change. of the
college student. One of his ma
jor aims should be a contribu
tion to the betterment and ad
vancer.lent of society.
Here on campus there have
been some recent chances and
wonderful openings for inno
vation—and it's not too late
yet.
The Senior Ball is coming
tip during the spring month of
May, the same dance as it has
always been; a good name
band, a well planned affair,
and worth attending. But think
of the new life that could be
Letters
Sr. Questions
IFC Ability
As Moralists
TO THE EDITOR: It was inter
esting and rather amusing to read
of the moralistic judgment which
the IFC checkers feel authorized
to make (in reference to The Dai
ly Collegian's story yesterday
about Delta Tau Delta and the
IFC checkers).
IFC probably thinks it has
found many practical reasons for
the existence of such a disciplin
ary body, but I do not see what
basis it has for establishin# it
self as a "morals court" for indi
viduals.
It would seem that having such
agencies encourages moral irre-
sponsibility. Students are not
asked to decide_ their own stan
dards but are given mimeographed
regulations by the University, res
idence halls and now by IFC
checkers.
Aren't college students old
enough to formulate their own
personal standards of behavior?
Can't ethical and moral standards
come from within rather than be
imposed? Even if one's standards
do not conform to someone else's
or to the University's standards,
who is to say that the non-confor
mists are wrong. Perhaps their
standards are even higher than
those of the people judging.
This great concern with moral '
judgments seems to be reflected
in American society as a whole
as well as at Penn State.
Courses in foreign affairs sug
gest that no other peoples of the
world are as concerned about
moralistic matters as we are.
While we are busy applying vague
and obscure standards io the con
duct of our fellow citizens, many
Europeans have found such mat
ters irrelevant in a more mature
approach to evaluating the con
duct of others.
Until the IFC checkers become
paragons of virtue and until they
have a better justification for
their actions, let them not "cast
the first stone."
—Katie Davis, '6O
Frosh Customs Board
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dents are eligible.
injected into it if it was held
in a place besides Recreation
Hall, for example, the skating
rink.
Perhaps the dance is big and
a poor showing could put a few
people on the spot but it is an
innovation that should be
looked into and the gamble
might be worth the benefits
reaped.
The sophomores also have a
dance and according to reliable
reports are
having trou
ble locat in g
a place to
hold it. Will
they have the
nerve to carry
out the block
party they
have spoken
about or
why not the
SCH ERR skating rink
for this late spring dance? One
or the other should be a re
freshing change.
Neither has as much to lose
as it might have to gam—
again the MIGHT is the word
to be wary of. If it fails it will
have at least been tried and
judged rather than have been
judged a failure without a
trial.
Dean of Women Dorothy J.
Lipp, has taken the opportu
nity to show the young Penn
TODAY
Air Force Glee Club, 3 p m, HUD al
Bembly room
American Chemical Society, 7.30 p.m , Pat " ; Council, 7pin , 213 HUB
119 04rnonil Rod and COCCIPI Club, 7 mm:2o6 Pat.
Bridge Club, ft:10 p ro , HUB cardroom tenon
Christian Fellowship, 2:15 pin , 218 SCA Ecumenical Strategy Commission,
HUH 6: to p.m., United Church of Christ,
Convocation, College of Physical Edo. .econti fluor lounge
cation, 11 Itan , HUB assembly room Sigma Tat!, '7 pni , 217 HUB
Faculty meeting, Home Economies, Slavic Club, 3 p in., 7 p in., 10 Sparks
1 •13 p m , 14 Horne Economics University Party, 6:30 p in , 212 HUB
Junior Panhellenic Council, 8 p.m., WSGA Publicity Ccimmittee, 5 p.m.,
212 HUB 212 HUH
Weekly
ACROSS 40 Musical instru
-1 Insect in its find meats.
state. 41 Faint or feeble.
6 Collision. 42 " Arden."
11 Whines. 44 Young Cratchit'r
13 Less clear. namesakes,
15 Supplements to 45 Moroccan city,
writings. 47 Raison d'—.
16 Period in history 48 High note.
of man: 2 words. 49 Musical compost.
17 Cover. . • tions.
18 Puts in order. 51 Stevenson's mon.
20 Ringer marble. • ° g ram *
21 High. 52 Deliverance.
23 Teheran coins. 54 Recounts.
24 Charter. 56 Showed disdain.
25 Well-known 57 Not passe.
golfer. 58 Park, Colo.
27 One of the ratio resort.
Lowell& 59 Provokes (with
.. up i7 ).
28 French historian.
29 Semites' Apia°. 2 I
WL Where French
icalcis p t&j O s. WN
dice.
31 "Many that are
first shall _ . , .: "
2 words. 3 Prayer.
4 Clan of ancient
32 Lead, Rome.
33 Fasten. 5 More practiced.
34 Rotating part in 6ls concerned.
an ice-cretin 7 Spanish streams.
freezer. 8 Massachusetts
37 Auction zealots.cape.
9 Endurance,
THURSDAY:FEBRUARY 18, 1960
State blood that the idea of
change must be made daringly.
yet not without cause. She has
effected many new policies, all
welcomed after their appraisal
—and she's not finished yet.
Dean Lipp's major complaint
is that the young people she
has to work with are afraid to
come out too heartily in favor
of the change. because they are
afraid of what a change might
entail.
Last year the Sunday after
noon jam session was banned.
Some rather feeble reasons
were given and the ban went
into immediate affect. What
happened to all of the students
that like those Sunday jam
mers? They sat back arid grum
bled to each other about it.
Why didn't they do something?
Why didn't anyone take the
initiative to find out more
about it or reverse the decision?
Don't go off half cocked with
an idea. Don't run wild with
silly changes in policy or ri
diculous antics that are sup
posed to show mature strength
of character.
But, if you have an idea that
has been thought out and
worked upon, if you have an
idea that contributes towards
progress and the creation of
new interests don't hold it in
side. Bring it out! By all
means, , try it!
GAZETTE
?Amend Indultrieg Student Couneit,
7 30 p 212 HUB
Newman Club, 7 p m , HUB aiiembly
Crossword Puzzle
10 Exoduses.
11 Seafarers.
12 Glut.
13 Young animal.
14 Temporary ruler.
19 Subdue.
22 Window fasten
ings.
24 Creek.
26 Valleys.
28 English novelist.
30 Play about
robots.
31 Four-poster.
33 Frank actor.
34 Excessively fond
ones.
35 City in Kansas.
36 African tribes.
men.
37 Turkish title.
38 Important mus
cle.
39 Long, tiresome
speeches.
41 Approached the
end.
43 German state.
45 Hybrid tea
46 Tientsin money.
49 Vault.
50 Strip of wood.
53 Small lizard.
55 Mon Pierrot.