PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion About That Lion's Paw An of gatuzation which pel iodically "makes the head- Imes" around the campus has done it again. The issue of Lion', Paw influence is again before us. Ilnw much influence does this organization have in the allans of student government and is it a front for administrative control of student activities? Thee two que , ,tions have arisen persistently over the yea's, In 1954, the All-University Cabinet debated and de feated a motion to wain Lion's Paw that unless it ceased political activity the cabinet would take steps to revoke its chattel In 1958 both John Bott and Jay Feldstein, then candi dates for All-University president, admitted to the Col• legian editor that Lion's Paw probably did exert some influence on student . government. Feldstein accepted his bid to Lion's Paw. A move to investigate Lion's Paw activities was also made and subsequently killed in 1958. It appeals that the only way to eliminate the stigma that sui rounds Lion's Paw is for the group to make a general statement explaining the organization or an explanation of its activities. Pei haps the pamphleteers have drawn illogical con clusions by connecting unrelated events. Did Lion's Paw's influence get Vince Marino appointed elections committee chat' man? Was there Lion's Paw influence in the at tempted election fix? Did Lion's Paw engineer the meet ing at which Tim Nelligan and John Brandt were asked to resign as chairmen of their respective parties? The pamphlets being circulated to the administration and faculty by John Brandt, Alan Elms, David Byers and Harald Sandstrom imply all of these things. However, in their charges, these four students have not given any concrete proof of validity of their charges against the present Lion's Paw group. If true, the alleged minutes in these papers prove that past Lion's Paw members have definitely influenced stu dent overnment to a point whet e this influence could he considered dangerous. But what about proving the validity of the charges against present members of this "secret organization?" Any "secret" organization which contains so many members holding high positions in student government and activity circles is bound to be suspected from time to tune. Pethaps this organization should not be so secret about its activities while operating under a professed banner of "what's best for Penn State." If Lion's Paw really operates merely to carry out its Ingh-sounding ideal, an explanation of its activities would not hinder this objective. If, howevor. its main purpose is to influence and attempt control of student activities, theie is no reason for its existence. 011 r• Batig Tollrglati Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Satutilay morning during the 1 nirersity year. The Daily I lineman is a student-operated newspaper. Filtered as second-class matter July 3, 1911 at the Stale College, Pa, Post Office under the art of March 3. 1879, Mall Subscription Price: $3 00 per semester 00 per year. JOHN BLACK Edifor ~,, AFT THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ellie Hummer; Wire Editor, anne Mark; Headline Editor, Polly Drano•; Assistants, Phyllis andelbaum, Sunny Schade, Karin Miller, Stine Ellison, Bob THEY'RE AuoNis TALKING ABOUT (GNAT AN EASY LIFE A DOG HAS! A II • kiiitu ( 11 /./ ! 4 I‘ THEY SAY WE'VE REALLY _ GOT LT EASY,.. /Ili THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager THEY 54Y tOE DON'T NAVE TO DO ANYTHINS EXCEPT EAT AND SLEEP! ,a\V „ 4 - 14 , rntErRE RIGHT! A Letters Senior Hits SGA Action On Vacation TO THE EDITOR: Congratula tions! lluirah for Student Poli ticians' In four years you finally managed to accomplish some thing, that is, taking some im pot days from a vacation. Like taking candy from babies' Couldn't have been easier or less painful. Fortunately, I graduate, and do not have to risk life and limb coming back through the New Year's holiday traffic. It seems to me some other foolish gentlemen and women in the disguise of vatuous politicians fought very hard so that we students would not have to travel on this danger ous (400-500 fatalities) weekend. I'm sure you get the picture, I don't want to belabor a dead horse, or politician, but I didn't see one constructive suggestion. Well, contrary to popular belief, a lowly physics major can come up with a suggestion for the gods of activities. The spring semester ends June 5, seniors graduate June 10, and intersession June 12 or 13th. Now there is a period of about one week from the end of finals and the beginning of the first of sum mer sessions. Why not move the entire spring semester ahead three days and give the time to the fall semester" When I look at the calendar for 1960-1961 I can hear the screams of anguish. For instance we would have to register (three days shot right there!) Monday, February 6 to Wednesday the 9. etc. This would cause a pile of work but it could be done This is just the suggestion of a student, but I respectfully sub mit it. If some of the politicians would use their heads for some thing more than a hat rack, we would not have to lose any vaca tion time. Why not start the fall semes ter a week early on Sept. 4 9 After all the second 6 weeks session ends Sent 2! Oh, I .yell—it might rush the administration, Heaven, forbid' —Fred B. Shaffer, Jr., '6O Bourov, Whitney To Talk on Peace Nikolai Bourov, first secretary of the Soviet delegation to the United Nations, an d Norman Whitney, of the American Friends Service Committee will speak at 8 tonight in 121 Sparks on "My Personal Hopes and My Nation's Plans for Peace." Bnurov is in charge of public relations for the Soviet delega tion and Whitney is national sec retary for peace education for the Friends committee, which ar ranged the lecture Gazette AIA Student ( hapter, 7 p m , 102 S.icLett AIM Board of Go‘ernoro, 7 p m , 203 111_ 1 13 ASAE, 7 p m 200 Ag Eng BU4 Ad Student Council. 4:13 p HUll maim lounge RN: Interviews, 2 p m -4.45 p.m . 212. 213 111111 Camera Club. 7.10 p m 215 HUB Cll.l, 3.15 p m . HUB Agemmblv Han Chess Club, 7 p.m . HUB Cardroorn Chrktian Fellpershlp, 12:45 p M 218 HUB Class Day, fi p in., 217 HUB Emerson Society, 6:10 p m 218 HUB Faculty Women's Luncheon, 12:50 p.m., HUB ballroom Forestry Convocation. II a m 121 Sparks Grad Students. 7..10 p.m 214 HUB Lecture. Nikolai 'louvre, 8 p.m., 121 Sparks Phi Epsilon PM. s•'to p m., 215 111111 Senior Class Day Committee, 6 p m , 217 If Ull Senior Class Day Participants, 6.30 p m 217 HUB Sport.; Car Club, 7 p m , 212 HUB Tenni! , Club, btp.ine‘ts meeting, 6 30 p 3 White Unhertity Ballet, S p in.. Little Theatre Women's Debate Team Wins in NYU Tourney Four members of the Women's Debate team took part in the New York University Debate Tourna ment Those speaking for the affirm ative were Lurene Jochem and Joan Kemp; Sheila Cohen and Mary Ann Ganter spoke for the negative. The affirmative team won four out of four debates; the negative team won three out of four debates. Joan Kemp placed first in after dinner speaking and was awarded a gavel. Thirty schools attended the tournament. World At State Senate Airs Capital Punishment HARRISBURG (T) Pennsyl vania Senate leaders yesterday assigned a high priority to a spe cial legislative study on whether to abolish capital punishment in the state. Sen. Charles R Weiner, Demo cratic floor leader, and his Repub lican counterpart, James S. Ber ger Potter, said they expected the matter to come up for action in the 1961 Legislature which con venes in January. Senate and House resolutions adopted by the 1959 Legislature authorized the study by the Joint State Government Commission, the Assembly's research arm. Weiner, a Philadelphia lawmak er, was one of the sponsors of the Senate resolution which called for a study to determine the effect of capital-punishment on socety and the advisability of it being abol ished in Pennsylvania. Berger declined to state his per sonal feelings about capital pun ishment but agreed the commis sion should study the matter and report to the next Legislature. Fire Claims Four, Mother-Sister Safe NU MINE, Pa. GP) A raging fire took the lives of four chil dren late Monday night in this small Armstrong County mining town, Then• mother and a sis ter escaped. The two-story frame house "flared up m a puff," one neigh bor said. Two nearby homes were scotched by the flames, but the occupants feld unhurt. Fire Chief Charles Moore said grease from a french fryer appar ently caused the explosion. Malenkov Shifted Again MOSCOW (EP) Former Pre mier Georgi Malenkov has been shifted from his job of running the Kamenogorsk hydroelectric plant on the Siberian-Kazhak border, usually reliable sources said Tuesday. Letters Senior Objects to 'Agitators' TO THE EDITOR: Something that has been a thorn in all those peo ple's sides who have had any contact with student government has been the constant agitation by a group of people against Lion's Paw. No one can object if these peo ple say that the basic concept of Lion's Paw's very existence and presence is wrong. I don't concur, but I respect this group's right to oppoie Lion's Paw on this basis. However, I am sure that these are not the grounds on which they lay their claims against Lion's Paw. They hang their ar guments on a buffer for the pur pose of debate. This stipples them with a handy logic so they can convince themselves and others of the validity of their claims. The recent Lion's Paw initia tion is case in point. Running around in cars, carrying binocu Patrol Action TO THE EDITOR: As one of the participants in the protest-picket ing of the Lion's Paw office on Sunday night, I felt that some members of the administration were pretty partial to Lion's Paw. But I didn't expect that even the Campus Police might be involved. While we were picketing the office, we were approached by a campus cop who had been sent over after Lion's Paw called the Campus Patrol office. He ordered us out and told us that nobody was allowed in Old Main after 5 p m. unless they had a key. Yet / went up to the second- WEDNESDAY. MAY 4, roe,, A Glance South Korea Relaxes Curfew On Capital City SEOUL. South Koiea UN Threats of further student dem onstrations against the National Assembly appeared to fade so the South Korean caretaker gov ernment shoved the curfew in this capital city back to midnight. The Assembly yesterday for mally accepted the resignation of Syngman Rhee as president as well as the resignations of six as semblymen accused of helping to rig the March 15 elections that re turned him to power and then touched off nationwide student riots The lawmakers are now working on changes in the gov ernment setup calling for new elections. The legime of acting President Huh Chung also issued a policy statement pledging reform in U.S. aid management. Ike Asks Congress To Stop Politicking WASHINGTON UP) Presi dent Eisenhower appealed to the Democrat ic-controlled Congress yesterday to pass up politick ing and get down to legislating for all America in these closing months of the election year ses sion "Too great a preoccupation with events of an election year could seriously impede constructive ef fort," Eisenhower said in a spe cial message "We should jointly resolve that the shortness of time and politi cal rivalries will not he allowed to prevent us from serving the American people effectively." Democrats on Capitol Hill greeted the above-politics tone of Eisenhower's message with who does-he-think-he's-kidding skep ticism "This speech—it's called a mes sage but I call it a speech—seems to be the Republican platform," House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D- Tex), said. Kangaroo Meat Sold HARRISBURG (JP)—Thousands of pounds of kangaroo meat have been sold for human consump tion in Pennsylvania, the Justice and Agriculture departments re ported Tuesday. lars, brandishing cameras, hiding in bushes, and engaging in other gradeschool harassments indicate their true motives. This is merely the desire to satiate themselves by seeing se crets for the sake of seeing secrets. It could be no other: it certainly has no argumentative basis in an attack using claims of "control" and "influence." The immaturity and the lack of purpose is theirs. This is the caliber of person who places in question the in tegrity and reputation of student leaders who have proven them selves capable to their contempo raries at Penn State. —Frank Pearson, '6O (Editor's note: There are two Lion's Paw organizations at the University, one an alumni group, the other undergraduate. Pearson was a member of the undergraduate group during this academic year.) Protested floor lounge of Old Main last night to study, and no one bothered me. I even asked a jani tor how late I could stay, and was told that as far as he knew the building was always open to the public until midnight. This makes me wonder: Is it the Campus Police's job to "pro tect" Lion's Paw against some peaceful pickets, or is it their job to be impartial in their main tenance of law and order? Just how powerful is Lion's Paw any way? Just who is trying to run this campus? —Bruce Harp, '63
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