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Editorial 0 • inio
A Key to Effectiveness
Student Encampment adopted 'a recommendation de
signed to strengthen the party system and bring about
party responsibility in SGA, but unfortunately the mea
sure apparently died at .that point for it has never been
introduced into Assembly.
The recommendation said that the majority and
minority party leaders should serve as the heads of their
respective cliques (party chairman).
To cover all situations—such as a party which did not
have any members on Assembly—provisions would have
to be made for an interim chairman. But the thing that
this would accomplish is to connect the party chairman
to the Assembly and make him and the party more
responsible for their platform and campaign promises.
Thus it would also have the side effect of forcing
the parties to improve their platforms.
If each party chairman were a member of ASsembly
and the head of his voting delegation, he would be in a
position to introduce the party's programs into legislative
action and be in more direct control of his party's stand.
This measure could be a key to producing more
effective parties and more, effective party action all
around. And since SGA is still based on the party system
it could produce a more active SGA.
Sterling Performance
Greek Week was given a somewhat less than rousing
sendoff Sunday night when only eight of the 15 -fra
ternity quartets registered for the sing preliminaries
showed up.
Three fraternities did manage to call in their excuses
but four did not even bother. Is this Greek Week spirit?
Sunday night found those in charge of the IFC-Pan
hellenic Sing hastily trying to fill in gaps left by these
groups in the program. The result was sad.
Monday night all the groups who decided not to
participate had called; so the program could be resched
uled and at least went off without embarrasing halts,
Of the 12 sorority quartets scheduled, 8 participated
and of the 15 men's groups 12 came. Hooray for the
sorority groups-12 registered, 12 came.
The spirit should be participation itself without con
sideration of winning or losing,.
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Letters
Junior
Comments
On Apathy
TO THE EDITOR: Bravo
well said! Yes, ". . . a univer
sity must be a place where stu
dents do not find apathy more
sophisticated than awareness."
But instead of intelligent
thinking and action on the part
of the student, we hear only
grumblings and complaints
with the ever-present final
statement, "but what's the use
—we can't do anything."
This apathy is widespr6ad.
We witness it not only on cam
pus, where even the few of us
who want to reduce it are
caught up in it, but throughout
our whole country.
Do you realize what apathy
can mean to the future of a
country? Do you realize that
college students represent the
greater part of the more intel
ligent minds of our genera
tion? Doesn't every nation need
intelligent and educated lead
en in all fields for a vibrant
future?
But are we learning to be
come leaders, or are we learn
ing to become followers? Cer
tainly I admit it is easier to
be a follower and let the other
man do all the work while you
occasionally lend a hand with
verbal agreement, and still
have plently of time for your
personal business.
But why be followers at all
and waste your time in sup
porting an ideal when you can
just sit back and watch use
less efforts 'on the parts of
some to get this society on its
feet.
The easiest thing is to be a
watcher. Then you can devote
all your precious time to such
things as worrying about that
five bucks you lost on the se
ries, or what shade of lipstick
you should wear tonight.
Society's problems aren't
yours to solve. What do you
care about other people's prob
lems, as long as you are hap
py and left alone.
Go ahead fellow students
(our future leaders) close your
mind to intelligent thinking,
questioning, and action. And
then only then will you be
happy in your own little im
penetrable spheres of apathy
and complacency.
—Rinaldo Payout, '62
(Editor's Note: The quotation
at the beginning of Favout's
letter is taken from the edi
torial "Parties and Platforms"
appearing in. Saturday's Col
legian.)
Gazette
TODAt
AIM. 8 p.m., 203 HUB
Alpha Pi Mu, 7 p.m., 218 HUB
American Chemical Society, student
affiliate, 7 p.m., 1.06
American institute Chemical Engineer
ing, 7 p.m., 214 HUB
Business Administration Student Coun-
cil, 7:30 p.m., 306 Boucke
Chess Club, 7 p.m., HUB cardroom
College Caravan, 11 a.m., 213 HUB
Dairy Herd Improvement Society Board,
19:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m., 218 HUB
" Freshman Class Advisory Board, 6:30
p.m., 217 HUB
Hockey Club, 4 p.m., Women's Athletic
Field
Israeli Folkdancina, T :30 p.m., Billet
I V Christian Fellowship, 12 :45 p.m.,
217 HUH
Leadership Training Committee, 7 p.m.,
212 HUB
Modern Dance Club, 6 :45 p.m., White
Hall
Off.CanaDua Tribunal, S p.m., board
room, OM Main
Placement' Service, B a.m.-5 p.m., 212
HUB
Penn State Grange, G:45 p.m., 100 Wea-
vcr
Psychology Colloquium, 12 lump, dining
room "A," lIUB. Dr. Helen I. Sny
der, assistant professor of psychology.
on "Certain Aspects of Distortion in
Interperson Perception."
Quarterdeck Society, 7 :30 p.m., Pi Sig-
ma Upsilon
Senior Orchesis and Interest Group, I
p.m., White Hall
Sports Car Club, 8 p.m., 212 11.13
Sociology Club meeting. 7 p.m.. 212
HUB. Dr W. T. Sanders, assistant
professor of anthropology, on "Penn
State Field Trip to the Valley of
Mexico."
Senator Clark's speech, 4:80 p.m., HUB
card room
Tour Group, 10 a.m., HUB assembly
room
Women's Chorus, 6:30 p.m., HUB as
senibiy room
Young Democrats, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., HUB
ground floor
Young Republicans, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., HUB
ground floor
Letters
About Those
TO THE EDITOR: "Boys' will
be boys" is an old saying. But
they'd better not try being
boys while they're at Penn
State. It seems that Dean Simes'
flunkies (otherwise known as
Coordinators and Counselors)
are opposed to such normal ac
tion.
In the midst of a spontane
ous pep rally prior to last
week's football thriller with
Syracuse, the counselors of
Pollock area backed by super
secret serviceman Bill Schimpf
took it upon themselves to
break up this "juvenile gang
war." They called in the re
serves from other areas. "Easy-
Dan" Leasure, North Halls
Coordinator, assisted.
Now these two men are ex
tremely capable of knowing
how to handle "boys." Mr.
Schimpf was counselor in Mc-
Elwain Hall this summer and
threatened to make a federal
case out of a water throwing
incident. He conducted an ex
tensive search for damage and
finally concluded that he could
charge the "boys" for the wax
that had to be replaced.
Mr. Leasure ' was counselor
in Runkle Hall last year. Run
kle had the distinct honor of
having been the niosiest and
dirtiest of all the North Halls.
Mr. .Leasure has initiated
autocracy in handling the disci
pline of the North Halls area
this year. He is behind his
Nittany. Parking Problems
TO THE EDITOR: There is a
paved parking lot in. the heart
of the Nittany area, and it Is
designated at Lot No. 42. This
lot has painted "slots" for ex
actly 65 cars.
Everyday for the past month
six cars belonging to mainten
ance men have been parked
there legally. While a 65-car
lot holds six cars, all the stu
dent-drivers from the north
half of the area are forced to
hunt for spaces in the already
crowded south Nittany park
ing lots.
We students paid our $l5,
now why are we forced to park
blocks away from our dorms
while a 65-car lot stands emp
ty?
The administration claims
that student-drivers are pay
ing $l5 per semester for "main
tenance, and the construction
of new lots." New lots for
whom? A map is furnished to
each student who pays the $l5
fee. On that map, student park
ing areas are designated in yel
low.
A quick survey of these
areas discloses that approxi
mately 8 per cent of these
spaces are paved. The rest are
a mixture of gravel and dust
which coats every car over
night with a thick, ugly grey
film. With all the money the
administration has collected,
why aren't these "gravel-pits"
at least coated with oil? Why
not?
Why does the administra
tion force us to pay 15 precious
dollars for a "no-parking per
mit"? Why do they cause a
large paved lot to stand empty
Spirit Letter Gets Answer
TO THE EDITOR; I read the
article, "Another View of Spir
it" and I .thoroughly disagree
with Mr. Cordover.
If Mr. Cordover is as mature
and above the intolerable ac
tivities, such as guarding the
Lion, and holding spontaneous
pep rallies, then how does he
show his school spirit?
Is it by sifting in his room
and singing the Alma Mater
or riding in his car with a
cheerleader? I seriously doubt
if Mr. Cordover is interested in
anything but his car and him
self.
It is very doubtful that the
"juvenile delinquents," whom
Mr. Cordover encountered the
other night, actually would
have harmed him. They were
just having a good time, and
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1960
Counselors
counselors 100 per cent. (Last
year the counselors were be
hind their "boys" 100 per cent.)
"Boys" are not permitted to
check their mail boxes and
then return to their spot in the
dining hall line.
At times four counselors are
stationed in Warnock Hall to
make sure none of the "boys"
attempt to disobey this rule. It
appears that the only people
who object to checking for
mail in this manner are the
counselors. Yet, these same
counselors use the Exit stairs
to enter the dining area and
then cut into the serving line
ahead of the "boys" who have
been standing in line for 15 to
20 minutes.
"Boys" being disciplined for
a "destructive" shaving cream
incident were ordered to "stand
at attention" while their coun
selor spoke to them.
This is not a complaint
against action in disciplinary
matters, but rather a complaint
against the way in which the
men's residence halls are being
run in general. Rules are being
made with little reguard for
the wishes of students. Coun
selors are acting as disciplinar
ians and "spies" rather than as
counselors.
Seventeen, 18, and 19-year
old boys are expected to act
like mature grown-up men but
are being treated like junior
high school students.
—The "Boys" in Montgom
ery House
in the Nittany area? Could it be
that they want to pressure stu.
dents into leaving their cars
at home when they come to
s chool2.
If so, can the administration
imagine the horrible mess that
would ensue, if, for a school
holiday, 16,00 fl students had to
depend on "Greyhounds" and
the "Boalsburg Express" to
carry them away from the
"dead-center" of Pennsylvania.
Perhaps the administration
has been ill-advised and will
do its best to rectify the mis
takes it has made on the stu
dent parking issue. Or, on the
other hand, perhaps the admin
istration does not care two
hoots for bothersome students
and their silly little oroblems.
Perhaps "students" are just a
necessary evil which is en
countered in the operation of a
large university.
Is this our beloved "alma
mater" or just a place where
we get a diploma and then
"scram" with the feeling that
our university is glad to be rid
of us and our cars?
Should I give money for a
class gift in addition to the 90
or more dollars I will be
forced to donate for mainten
ance of lots in which I am not
allowed to park during the re
mainder of my stay here?
If I am being either short
sighteded or narrow-minded
about this problem, I would
weleoine a letter to the editor
from someone who could set
me straight on why students
are treated thus. There may be
a valid reason. How about it
Mr. Diem?
—E.N. Small Jr.
all he had to do was point to
his Penn State parking stick
ers.
In his letter, Mr. Cordover
stated. that Penn State can be
put on the map by its athletic,
intellectual, social and cultural
achievements without cutting
loose.
I heartily agree with this,
but the object of honking horns,
flying paper, and cheering, is
not to put Penn State on the
map. It is to have a good time.
Without these much needed
breaks in the routine,
.State
would be a very dull place to
go to school.
If Mr. Cordover has never
cheered, thrown paper or
honked his horn, he ought to
try it; he might enjoy it.
—Ed Landis, '64