PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion A Little Spring Dusting SGA Assembly Thursday night dusted the cobwebs off a few old forgotten rules that should add to the more efi icient operation of the body by requiting the attendance of A,,semblvmen, The i tiles, which were on the books but evidently never enfoi ced, make eligible for impeachment an As:>ern Wyman who has more than three unexcused ab sences during a semester. The regulations also set up specific stipulations with which a member must comply to ha; e an absence excused. Absent members must submit in writing the reason for their absence and appear in person before the Rules Committee for a ruling on whether or not the absence is excused This is a clear and stringent system that, if enforced, should rectify a situation that has been deplorable and sometimes even crippling. Nine members were absent from the first meeting of the new Assembly and one meeting last month was delayed 33 minutes till enough seats could be filled for a quorum. Unexcused absences of Assemblymen will be pub lished in Collegian so that constituencies can keep tabs on their lent esentatives. The ruling, while it cannot of itself insure the re sponsibility of the elected representatives, is still a step toward increasing the responsibility of the body as a whole. Caught in the throes of indecision over an alternate syotem the Assembly also approved a stop gap constitu tional ammendment changing the quorum rule. Three fourths of the eligible Assemblymen are now required rather than three-fourths of the total seats, This eliminated the possibility that Assembly could not meet nextyear if more than 11 of its members be came ineligible after this semester. But it did not elimi nate the need for a workable alternate system which should still be devised when Assembly convenes in the fall. A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom 011 r Batty Tollrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est 1887 Published TUtilllaV through Satuaday morning during the Unisersity year. The Daily t. ollegian is a student-operated newspaper. Untered as second-class matter July 5, Mt at the State College. Pa. Poet Office under the act of March 3, 1879 Mail Subgeription Price: $3,00 per semester $5.00 per Year JOHN BLACK Editor <D°' Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Pat Dyer; Wire Editor, Jim Kail; Night Copy Editor, Lynne Cerefice; Assistants: Kathy Kuchta, Kai in Miller, Marie Thomas, Sunny Schade, Dave Run kel, Emily Nisslev, Lynne Bordonaio. Little Man on Campus by Dick Bib tM2 NO 11441464°U"M4Cr' ef4f ttseS NEED R - A pLy. APIP7-Imi 1 , 00,1101,11. , ig I c,Ce il l 12,1011:-'r :.. ~ Pi , ite ' NI 1 4}' ‘,.;ot - I 11/4 , it: OW .7' it gCgel I ,; 1 1 111 AAR4 Clr-INkIA /?( -1 NIO 51 L,E ef • V TATI ON --1--- • ibt.7" . ... -,--- • .-;, ...-4-..--..y -7-,LH----. -- ----R_l-----------”T4,4'; 1 r•f-_47- - •-. ::-•.. j , i , i ill/ .., Hi iliill ! 1 .' 4 1r fr 0 ,4 r era r.ll IVY GEM-GE 11'5 THOSE ARMY ,13CY,5 . MAIN -- 016 MAST OE t..entil NG AgOLINC) Itl nNALS: CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager' lo v 4,.... ot4-1, e.,,,,,, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Penn State with its beauti ful country club-like campus is nestled gracefully in the rolling hills of the Nittany Valley away from the hustle and bustle of the cities. It is bounded on one side by the famed Nittany Mountain and on another by a thriving com munity called State College. This town is well known to the stu dents attending Penn State. Some live in it Some eat in it. Others attend its movies and churches or syn- agogues All are at its mercy. The prices of many items sold in this town have been said to be "high" or "excessive " This, if true, is due to the semi monopoly that exists. It's an old American custom to take advan tage of an opportunity. So like red-blooded Americans the town merchants are exploiting their opportunities by charging all that traffic will bear. Who can blame them? Wouldn't you do the same? Over the years many proposals have been presented by students in an attempt to reduce their ex penses. But every time such a plan is suggested the town mer- Letters Frosh Charge Against Nittany Draws Answer TO THE EDITOR: If Miss Vassa lotti (re "Frosh Finds Nittany `Not Fit for Pigs "), you are try ing for Cliche-Girl of 1960, I will gladly solicit votes for you. "Nev er in my wildest dreams" have I seen such an adept bromide brandisher as you. If. however. you are seriously concerned with the living condi t'ons of the Nittany area and the effect they have upon scholar ship. let me console you, Miss Vas salotti. Having lived in Nittany 28 as shortly ago as last year I saw no intellectual atrophy in the area. My own averaae certainly does not show any ill effectc from the "pathetic conditions" which you say exist there. As for the "filth" which you depicted as "surrounding, the en tire area " if you refer to the mud around Nittanv, then many of the campus buildings are "surround ed by filth" about this time of year. If, on the other hand, you mean trash such as candy wran pers, etc, then you can only blame the students themselves for this. Certainly the administration can be absolved of blame. Put a pig in a house and the house will become a pigsty before the nig becomes a man. Similaity for the "pigs" among the student body. I have seen a few of the new North - Halls' 'rooms already ac quiring all of the characteristics of a qrade-B pigpen. When vou came up with that very original thought that "man is a product of his environment." Miss Vassalotti, you should have considered that man also is a molder of his environment. —Dave Lewis, '62 Note of Praise TO THE EDITOR: Your writer, Joel Myers. certainly called the turn on the "plane over Russia" incident in his column of last Saturday. That was the kind of thought ful, wide-awake journalism that more newspapers could use. Eihsard Allen, Richard Anderson, Lor etta Cov.an. Mary Ann Crans, David Mar shall. David Meredith, Norman Potter, Carol Proper, Helen Purner, Terrence Schmoler, Susan Simon, Howard Warren, Donald Zanolint, Snowed Enterprise—it's Great Free An ERS —Ed Hirschmann, Grad Student HOSPITAL chants cry "free enterprise." They claim that the University has no right to compete with "poor" in dependent merchants trying to eek out a living by selling their wares to "wealthy" students. During recent years various students have presented ideas de signed to save money for the whole student body by establish ing student-run organizations. One of these ideas was the Book Exchange. Its success was sort of a concession by the powers that be in State College. Another plan to establish a Uni versity bookstore has also been suggested in the past, but the town merchants have objected vigorously to this one. Apparent ly their violent objections were enough to sway administrative opinion and so the result no bookstore. Letters Attack on Eims Criticized TO THE EDITOR: I dislike see ing the Letters column of the Dai ly Collegian used as a medium through which one person attacks the character, integrity and in tentions of another. This I con sider somewhat cowardly. It indicates that the person do ing the criticizing has neither the courage nor the sense of respon sibility to make these accusations face-to-face to the other party in volved. I am referring to the let ter, written by one Paul Krow, Collegian. • Since I am one of those poor souls who have been squashed under Elms' dictatorial thumb, and since I have surrendered my intellect to a 3.83 All-University average, I may not be qualified —in Mr. Krow's opinion—to de fend my position. Nevertheless, there may be a few open minds on this campus who will listen to me. Mr. Krow stated, "The picket ing of the Lion's Paw office a few weeks ago was provoked by Elms." This is an untruth, the picketing was provoked by Lion's Paw itself! Mr. Elms had nothing to do with this provocation. Mr. Krow also stated, "Here is a sen ior who is angry at Lion's Paw for personal reasons, so he is us ing the whole student body to get back at. them." This too has its inconsistencies. Admittedly, Mr. Elms has Art Ed. 10 a ni . 214, 215, 21G, 217, 218 HUB . Art Ed Registration, 8 a m., HUB first floor Craftsmanship Contest, 10:30 am , 207 Engineering B Center Stage Production of "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," S p m , Horse Show, y a in . Riding Stables Eastern Arts Society, S a m., 218 HUB Pennsylvania Library Association, morning session—Bella Sallow Memorial Library; afternoon session—Nittany Lion Inn Penn State English Club and Sigma Tau Delta Spring Banquet, 1 p.m , Penn 111-Boy Varsity track, ss Pittsburgh, 1 p to. Varsity baseball, ss Na‘y. 2:30 p.m. Varsity lacrosse. vs. Swarthmore, 3:30 p m. Western Pennsylvania Philosophical So ciety, 10 a m.. 212-213 HUB TOMORROW Centre County Cinema Guild presents "Scandal% of Clochemerle" and "An Inter%low With C. B. Slum," 8:30 p.m., 1-1111e1 Foundation Chimes, 6:13 p.m., Simmons, second floor lounge Chapel Service, 10:55 a m., Schwab audi torium Chess Club. 2 p.m., HUB cardroom .35VANAJI SATURDAY, MAY 14. 1960 by toe( myers It's of interest to note that the SGA considered a bookstore pro- posal last year, but they turned it down because their investiga tions had indicated that no sub stantial saving to students would result from its establishment. This is hard to swallow, since hundreds of other colleges and universities, large and small, have their own bookstore and it has been estimated that these stores provide a saving of 10 to 15 per cent. Two years ago the old student government association also dis cussed the bookstore idea. They advanced several reasons why such a bookstore would benefit students, but without any appar ent reason the entire issue fell by the wayside. (Could there have been hidden pressures?) (Continued on page five) strong views on the subject of Lion's Paw; but these are not the convictions of a vengeful, un compromising pi ejudice, they are the results of four years of open minded observance and research. "Innocent until proven guilty" is a nice, high-sounding phrase. Unfortunately, it means absolutely nothing at this university. Any other organization on campus would be investigated if it were accused of the same things with which Lion's Paw is charged. All other organizations must prove that they have a good purpose, or that they are "innocent." There is, however, one bit of truth in Mr. Krow's letter. That is the fact that the student body has heard only one side of this controversy that of the Anti- Lion"s Paws. No one has heard a word from any Lion's Paw member refuting the charges made by "Elms, Brandt and C 0.," that is, unless ad hominem argue ments can be thought of as such. Yet, Mr. Krow seems to think that "the aggressors" must prove beyond all doubt that Lion's Paw is bad for the University, cor rupt in all its aspects, and per haps even a Communist front or= ganization, while Lion's Paw sits back on its haunches and sneers. I don't know. I think the next move is up to Lion's Paw. so Letter Cut --Frank Hugus, '63 Gazette Christian Fellowship, 2 p.m., 214 HUB Freshman Class Adlisory Board, 2 p.m., 218 HUB Grad Student Bridge, 7 p.m., 212 HUB Horse Show, 1 p.m., Riding Stables Newman Club, 0 p.m , 214 HUB Protestant Service of Worship. 9 a.m. Schwab auditorium Roman Catholic Mass, 9 a.m , Schwab auditorium SCA Reorganization and Evaluating Com mittee. 9 a m., 104 Bourke Student Movie, 6'30 p. 81.. HUB Sweden Borgian Service, 10:30 am , 212 HUB USF, 9:30 a in., 218 HUB MONDAY APhio. 7 p 212 HUB Armed Forces Day, 8 a.m., HUB eardroom Campus 4-11 Club, 7 p.m., 100 Weaver Christian Fellowship, 2.15 p.m., 218 HUB Christian Fellowship. 8 p.m., 216 HUB Engineering Mechanics Seminar, .4 :15 p.m., 203 Engineering A Faculty Luncheon Club, 12 noon, HUB dining room A Hat Council, 7 p.m 218 HUB IFC, 7 p.m., A.H. HUB IUCF, 7 p.m., 217 HUB SGA, 8 p.m.„ 218 HUB Tax Institute, 2 p.m., 212. 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, HUB (ITHIN1:1 STANDiNe ya k our HERE JUST , TO GET A} \ SUNTAN? 4„. .._,...... O giklk°2l © c*. 0 Ah. ,AAf Mei
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