PAGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
Students' Responsibility
Measured At Elections
Attfl a volatile pie-election period, when the air hung
heavy with aci id cries of duty politics, unrepresenta
tive govei nment, lost faith" and a clamor for investigation,
elec.' ion s are almost upon us and controversy seems
to Ihive subsided considerably.
Both pai tees have apparently held their own "spring
housecleaning" and the extent of campaigning is limited
to !oolitic personality and plank speeches and a few
p() , ,tel s
The focus of action now shifts from the politicians to
the electoi ate. Likewise the responsibility now devolves
upon the votes s. It will be interesting to note how well the
‘,,,iteis cai y out this quality they have flaunted in the
faces of the Assemblymen.
Student elections have consistently been marked by
low pal ticipation 'This yew's pre-election period was more
seniational than i ecent years' with the attacks on the po
litical pay tics and on the infant SCA itself that erupted.
This could have one of two effects on the impending
elections. Voter participation could dip to a new low. Or,
conversely, the state of affairs could arouse the student
eleetoi ate to the point where they will turn out in record
numbers to elect the ones whom they will trust with their
vested tntetests.
It the students are really interested in establishing
an effective student government the latter will prevail.
The students Nvill elect a president who will repre
sent them, ni vai ions official capacities and serve as the
hason bet:'.•een SGA Assembly and the administration.
They Will elect a vice president to chair the Assembly and
a secretai y-tieasurer who plans the budget.
Each class will elect a president and the Assemblymen
that they expect to represent them and initiate the action
they desire.
In addition. fifth, sixth and seventh semester students
will--vote on a referendum asking that they give up 700
seats of their allotted 4000 for the Block "S" Club flash
card sectton
If the students have any school spirit they should he
willing to approve this referendum. Considering the nor
mal aver age of less than 80 per cent attendance of each
class at a football game, they would, in reality, not even be
sacs ificing any seats,
This is the one time of the year that responsibility
fur student government falls upon the voters instead of
the elected officials. Will the voters fulfill this responsi
bility so that they have a right to expect those whom they
elect to do the same for the coming year? Or will they
display the same lack of responsibility for which they
have condemned the pi esent Assembly?
Egli's Boys Honored
Bradley and Ohio State walked off with the NIT and
NCAA basketball championships, but Penn State won
what ranks as one of the most important trophies of them
all—the Sam Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award.
This is a tribute not only to Coach John Egli, but to
every man on the Penn State squad.
In these days of high-pressure athletics where the
emphasis is on money and winning, many athletic officials
low sight of the real meaning of competitive sports. But
apparently Egli and his team didn't, even though the odds
were against them both on the floor and in the stands
during every game this year.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
GEORGE McTURK
Business Manager
Interpreting
Many Doctors
Do Not Heed
Medical Advice
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Some thoughts after scanning a
weeks news:
A man be a very fine physician
and yet fall short of being a good
advertisement for his profession.
At a medical convention in
Philadelphia about 600 doctors
submitted themselves to physical
examinations. About half of them
hadn't had one in four years. A
third of them were found to have
ailments they didn't suspect, in
cluding heart trouble, high blood
pressure, anemia, piostrate trou
ble and one cancer suspect.
Any amateur can test himself
for diabetes with an expenditure
of a dollar and two or three min
utes, but nine of the doctors had
to be told they had it.
Do you suppose half the doctors
everywhere don't read all this
stuff we have pounded into us
about regular examinations and
preventative cal e 9
World reaction to the South Af
rican massacre suggests that there
is a vast potential of latent sym
pathy, indignation and human
brotherhood still waiting to be mo
bilized against social injustice.
Jules Moch, who fought both the
Germans and the French collabo
rators dining World War H, and
has been fighting communism
within and without France ever
since, gives a neat description of
Soviet disai filament tactics.
The Russians won't talk about
controls first. Then when some
agreement is reached on disarma
ment procedures, they vitiate the
whole thing by blocking controls.
This subjects the West to public
pressure for action without con
trols.
It's an old Communist trick.
agreeing n principle to what the
world wants, then smothering it
with their own terms.
In Britain they are saying that
it will be a strange thing if a
disagret•ment on small nuclear
tests is allowed to block the
agreement on banning large tests.
It will be a stranger thing if three
countries agree at all when a
fourth, France, is determined to
go ahead with her tests.
Gazette
The Dark at the
Center Stage. 4 p m
Top of the Stair:,'
Friends of India, Film. "The Tiger and
the Flame." 7 ri in MI auditorrum
Thespian Shovi. "Kr., Me Kate," 2 p nr,
and 7 10 p m , Sehwah
I. I CA. Forum Series. "The Christian and
the Problem• of Contemporaie Culture."
' 1 15 p m El.enhonel Chapel
Winter Courcea Banquet, 11 noon, HUB
ballroom
TOMORROW
Chnpel Sort ice, 10.55 am , Schwab
Elections Committee. 2 p.m . '2l'2 HUB
Chem-Phi's Student Council, 2 pm.. 213
HUB
Emerson Societe•, 6.30 p m., Eisenhower
Chapel lounue
L-ttheran Student An.tocintion. 6.30 p rn ,
Student Centel
Protestant Service of Worship, 9 a.m ,
Eisenhower (hand
Roman Catholic Mass. 9 a m . Schwab
Student Mosie, 6'30 p m HUB assembly
Thespians, Me Kate," R p in , Schwab
University Party Candidates, i p m 215
HUII
MONDAY
AFhiO, 7 p m , 212 HUB
Elections, 9 a.m. to 7 p TII, HUB rorilrix)ni
Engineering Mechanics Seminar, A:l5 p
203 Engineering "A"
Faculty Luncheon Club, 12 noon, HUB
loom "A"
441 Exerut?vm 7 p m . HUB
F .eshman-Sonhomore Dance Committee, 7
m.. 214 111111
IFC-Penhel Sing, 8.30 p.m., HUB ball•
room
IFC. i n.m , HUB assembly
117CP. 7 p.m, 217 HUB
Leonides. 6:4 , p 203 HUB
Penn State Model RR Club. 7 p.m 218
11 1 1113
Placement, 8 a m to 6 pm, 212, 213. 214
RUB
Prof Snarf Contest. 8 ¢m. to 6 p m
mein floor
SGA, 8 p m 211 HUH
Tri-Sigma, 4 p.m., HUH main lovnige
HOSPITAL
Marilyn Agee,ti, Nancy Allen, Gretchen
Cret,er, Donald Currie, Lea Davidson,
Jame, Dnutt, Edward Goldstein. John
Hanish, John Hill, Michael Horowitz,
Kathren Kas anaugh. Hidehiho Kid°, rd
v.aid London. David Lupton, Roger Pei.
ton. Judith Shiebley, Allen Siedle. Bar.
loam Sttau,s, Elaine Sweeney, Judith Todd,
Penelope Sweeney.
Duo Tickets Available
Tickets for the "Froshmore
Duo", the combined freshman
sophomore dance will be avail
able at the Hetzel Union desk on
Monday. The dance is open to
freshmen and sophomores and
their dates only. Tickets are flee.
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Letters
Election Method Queried
TO THE EDITOR: Again it seems
that a very small percentage of
students voted in the recent elec
tions Naturally, we can't expect
every student to go to the polls,
but perhaps there could be a
greater turnout at the polls if a
few changes were made in the
election system.
Many students have changed
colleges since September. Since
matric cards do not record these
changes until the following Sep
tember, these students cannot vote
in the elections of their new col
leges in the spring election with
out going through bothersome
red tape.
The result is that the student
doesn't vote. If the polling place
of each college were equipped
with a list of all students in that
particular college, then a student
could vote upon presentation of a
Haber's Activity List Hit
TO THE EDITOR: Dick Haber,
one of the SGA presidential can
didates, has listed men's debate
team as the second activity on his
campaign posters. This is a mis
representation of fact. It is also
extremely unfair to the men who
are actually on the squad.
Mr. Haber did come out for de
bate during his sophomore year,
but he made no effort to con
tribute anything to the squad and
quit after a semester. Debate in
volves plenty of research, indi
vidual responsibility and just
plain ,hard work—as Leonard Ju
lius, Ted Haller or last year's SGA
President Jay Feldstein can tell
you.
It is not an activity for someone
who is interested only in getting
a hat or a list of activities to put
on a campaign poster and I resent
the fact that Mr. Haber seems to
have tried to make it just that.
I think Haber's action was an
injustice to the men now on the
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matric card, and check by his
name on the list.
Many students would like to
know something about the plat
forms of candidates for repre
sentative positions in their par
ticular college. If a couple of
sentences regarding the candi
dates main "ambition" if he were
elected were posted beneath his
picture—if necessary, instead of
a long activity list, students would
really know what they were vot
ing for.
As it stands now, Penn State
can baldly call its political sys
tem, "student government" as it
represents the choices of such a
small percentage of students.
However, with just a little more
effort and the institution of the
changes above, I feel that stu
dent government could really be
a strong and effective organiza
tion. —Barbara Burgin, '63
squad because they, on the other
hand, have contributed much
time and effort to the success of
Men's Debate and to the reputa
tion of the University as a whole.
I am not trying to campaign
for one party or the other. But
I hope Mr. Haber will henceforth
list only those activities to which
he has made honest and worth
while contributions.
—Vernon Barger,
Men's Debate. '6O
Summer Term--
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