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Editorial 0 ainion
Oh No, Not Again
The agenda for the Student Government Association
Assembly meeting last night stated that the time of the
meeting was 8 p.m.
It convened at 8:50 after two members rushed in to
give it a quorum. This quorum lasted for 20 minutes till
one of the two left.
Another member walked in at 9:17 and Assembly
reconvened to pass its first piece of legislation.
Eleven members, only one of whom had received an
excused absence, failed to answer the first roll call.
We wonder if anybody plans to run for re-election?
. . Contrast
. Such a contrast was provided when, after the
Assembly meeting finally started, Duane Alexander pre
sented a report of the Stone Valley Work Day committee
that showed just hoW much an interested SGA group
can do.
The plans to unite hundreds of students for a massive
work project with the added attraction of recreation was
figured out to such minute details as providing a canoe
shuttle service across the lake for those who may need to
avail themselves of rest room facilities.
AIM Moves Ahead
The AIM Board of Governors took one giant step last
night as it passed a total reorganization motion and decided
to try to eliminate present constitutional restrictions
If AIM gets the go ahead sign from the Senate Com
mittee on Student Affairs, it can proceed with the neces
sary reorganization without being hampered by techni
calities in its present constitution.
Significant Prelude
• The .Association of Women 'Students will hold its
final elections for Community Council representatives
and freshman Senate members today.
AWS is the first group to be reorganized under the
new community living system. Today its first elected
representkives will be voted into office.
These elections are a significant prelude to the adap
tation of the whole community living concept.
Chalk Up a Victory?
Those who advocate a "down with pre and post game
spirit" doctrine have apparently achieved their goal.
About 25 people constituted the "crowd" at the begin
ning of last night's pep rally.
During the trek around campus, the "rally" picked
up approximately 75 more people wito endured calls
about quiet hours from the residence hail inhabitants.
Chalk' up a victory for the "mature" anti-spirit stu-
dents
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Letters
IFC Sing
Chairman
'Comments'
TO THE EDITOR: Once again
we come to blows over your
editorials concerning the IFC
Sing. Despite your "earnest"
efforts to secure all the facts
before writing your comments,
you neglected to include a
comment which I specifically
requested. So, if you won't, I
will.
First, the situation which oc
curred Sunday evening was
not a new one. It has hap
pened before. How to prevent
this is a problem which con
fronts the sing committee, but
all the editorial criticism and
word spankings seem to do
very little to alleviate it.
The Greek groups might
show a little more of the en
thusiasm that Jack Hendricks
encouraged in his letter to Col
legian several weeks ago if
they received a few more af
firmative literary comments
rather than "you naughty
Greeks" remarks. It seems to
me that Collegian psychology
is rather ineffective in the di
rection it seems permanently
headed.
Secondly, the Collegian re
quested that the committee
phone in the results of the pre
liminaries. From this I assume
that Collegian did not feel that
the occasion warranted any
newspaper representation.
From this I infer that Colle
gian did not feel enough of
the "spirit" which it so widely
advocates.
Thirdly, in a phone conver
sation with a member of Col
legian staff regarding facts and
figures about the sing, I spe
cifically requested that some
comment be made to the effect
that the overall caliber of the
groups participating in the sing
this year had certainly risen.
Almost everyone did a fine
job on two pieces of difficult
music. I think that they de
serve the praise and congratu
lations of all Greek groups.
Collegian's discerning ear
failed to note this.
When, on Friday evening,
the groups have been selected,
they will represent what can
be done with music by non
professional groups, and I feel
that every Greek will be proud
of their accomplishments, Per
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Letters
Ministers Discuss Politics
TO THE EDITOR: We want
to bring the following state
ment to the attention of the
students and faculty of Penn
State. Although we will, as in
dividuals, support different
candidates for the Presidency
in November, we stand to
gether in our support of the
following statement.
It was drawn up by a com
mittee of persons convened by
the Fair Campaign Practices
Committee and the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews.
Charles P. Taft, former may
or of Cincinnati, was chairman
of the group which made this
statement public in April,
1960. They said:
"It is proper and desirable
that every public official
should attempt to govern his
conduct by a personal con
science that is formed by his
religious faith.
"No candidates for public of
fice should be opposed or sup
ported because of his particu
lar religious affiliation. A cam
paign for public office is not
an opportunity to vote for one
religion against another.
"A candidate should be
judged by his qualifications for
the office he seeks and by his
position on issues relevant to
that office. He may properly
be questioned about such is
On the Block 'S' Club
TO THE EDITOR: In yester
day's Collegian it was reported
that I was the President of the
Block 'S' Club, This was 'an
error. Betty Segal is the Presi
dent of the Block and she has
done a very fine job in seeing
that everything is handled on
time.
She and our other two offi
cers have received no credit
for anything that has hap-
pened.
Sheila Gallagher, our secre
tary, who is in charge of all
regular pep rallies, and Steve
Solomon, the treasurer, who
is in charge of special events,
have worked relentlessly for
the progress of the school
spirit.
Betty oversees all the func
tions of the Block. Sheila or-
Cordover Answers Critics
TO THE EDITOR; In refer
ence to the "Spirit Letter Gets
Answer" in Wednesday's Col
legian, Freshman Landis sore
ly needs advice.
Freshman Landis' assertion
as to the harmlessness of the
brave young Lion guardians,
who "were just having a good
time," is entirely unfounded
and completely ridiculous. It
Freshman Landis were a bit
more sophisticated he would
realize that a dozen irrespon
sible youths with sticks are
about as harmless as a forest
fire.
Freshman Landis is in favor
of athletic. intellectual, cultur
al and social pursuits yet
blindly can find neither "much
needed breaks in the routine"
nor his "good time."
If his eyes were open (even
More on School Spirit
TO THE EDITOR: I read Mr.
Thrdover's recent letter with
great enjoyment, and I read
the reply with great interest.
I would now like to voice my
opinion on this subject.
I watched these people with
"school spirit" perform after
the Army game and before the
Syracuse game. If a demonstra
tion like this, particularly the
one after the Army game, is
a demonstration of school spir
it, I wouldn't brag about hay
ing school spirit. I would be
ashamed of it.
The collective IQ of a crowd
TODAY Jazz Club, 9 a.m.-4 :15 p.m., HUB
Bridge Club, 7 p.m., HUB eardroom ground floor
English Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., HUB Kappa Phi, 5 p.m., 214-215.216 HUB
Auditorium Mineral Industries Colloquium, 4:16
English Department, 1:30 p.m., HUB p.m.. MI auditorium
assembly room "Romanoff and Juliet," 8 p.m., Centre
Interlandia. 7:30 p.m.. HUB ballroom Stage
TV Christian Fellowship, 1.2:45 p.m., Young Democrats, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., HUB
218 HUD ground floor
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1960
sues and about the bearing of
his religious faith and con
science on them.
"A candidate's resligion is
relevant to a voter's decision,
but only so far as it bears on
such political issues.
"Stirring up, fostering or tol
erating religious animosity or
injecting elements of a candi
date's faith not relevant to the
duties of the office he seeks are
unfair campaign practices.
"Intelligent, honest and tem
perate public discussion of the
relation of religious faith to
the public issues will, as it has
already done, raise the whole
level of the campai g n."
—Rev. Albert S. A sendorf,
Rev. Robert Boyer, Theo
dore A. Braun, Rev. Don
ald W. Carruthers, Rev. John
W. Davis, Genevieve Dills,
Rabbi N. T. Goldberg, Rev.
Samuel N. Gibson, James
Halfaker, Rev. John F. Har
kins, Luther H. Harshbar
ger, Rev. Richard S. Hove
nec, Elaine P. Heydenreich,
Donald Mcllvride, Rev.
Richard W. Nutt, Rev. Ger
ald J. Ream, Rev. P. Barrett
Rudd, Arthur H. Seyda,
Mark D. Shaw, Patricia
Smathers, Rev. Earl F.
Spencer, John R. Whitney,
Preston N. Williams, Shir
ley Jane Winter, Bert E.
Wynn
ganizes all the fine Pep Ral
lies that we have had. Steve
has charge of organizing the
rallies that occur when the
team returns from a game in
addition to being an all-around
helper to all of us.
There are many committee
members who also put in a
great deal of time in design
ing the flashcard stunts and
putting them on the stunt
sheets.
These people also go un
recognized, but they are really
appreciated when the stunts
are good at the halftime show.
I would like it noted that
there are a great number of
workers in the Block. Thank
you.
Paul A. Krow,
Vice President,
Block 'S' Club
puppies open their eyes before
they are weaned) he would see
the wealth of teams, leagues
and intramural athletics of
fered to break his routine.
There are enough clubs, organ
izations and discussion groups
to whet his intellectual appe
tite, if he has one.
We have problems of dis
crimination, parking and stu
dent government fiascoes for
the socially minded.
When one grows up he finds
that there are other, construc
tive ways of having a good time
and breaking routine that are
on a mature level.
Freshman Landis says that
one might enjoy throwing pa
per and honking horns. Three
year olds enjoy these pastimes
immensely. Is Freshman Lan
dis three years old?
—Robert Cordover, '62
like this may be closely ap
proximated by taking the av
erage IQ and dividing by the
number present in the crowd.
This sort of crowd is poten
tial dynamite. It can turn ugly
with little provocation. I saw
this happen once back home,
and once was plenty.
Now I wish to ask a ques
tion. For What? The way some
people act, you would think
the school is about to disinte
grate and its one saving grace
is its football team.
It's about time football was
put into its proper perspective
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