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Editorial Opinion
A Gentlemen's ‘Agreement
The new University policy on class attendance is a
type of gentlemen’s agreement between those Senate
members who think class attendance rules are unim
portant or restricting and those who believe this place
is still the Farmer’s High School.
The general policy statement is more vague than the
old K-rules; but it does leave those instructors who feel
they must command attendance some rule to fall back on.
On ihe other hand the policy does not demand that
role be taken by holding instructors responsible for the
whereabouts of students as did the old K-rules. The
illogical hypothesis that a checked class attendance might
prevent "unfortunate incidents" has been discarded.
The policy, in part, says that “instructors shall pro
vide, within reason, opportunity to make-up work for
students who miss class for regularly scheduled Uni
versity-approved activities.”
Most instructors are very reasonable about make-up
work and we hope the University won’t have to stipulate
that professors have to provide this make-up work.
Any instructor- who feels providing this make-up
opportunity is an imposition will probably allow this
feeling to influence his grading anyway.'
This new policy again sanctions the use of class
attendance records in grading. This sanction is high
schoolish and unfair.
There are students who do not have to attend every
class in order to pass it or even in order to get an "A,"
Some may do more impressive work than the student
who comes to class every time and sits in the front row.
This student should not get the same grade as his class
cutting but brighter friends just by virtue of his presence
in the classroom.
We know that some instructors will automatically
mark a student down for cutting a class but we do not
think the University should sanction it.
The Senate would have had a better attendance policy
(since it feels it must have one) and saved space in the
rule book if it had followed Dr. Monroe Newman’s sug
gestion and simply said, “It is the policy of the Pennsyl
vania State University that class attendance by students
be encouraged and that all instructors organize and con
duct their courses with this policy in mind.”
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Snowed ——
Weather May Decide Election
by joel myers -*
of precipitation in any particu
lar state could also prove im
portant and perhaps decisive.
Take Pennsylvania as an ex
ample.
The cities of Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh are centers of
Democratic strength while the
northern and central areas of
the Commonwealth are over
whelmingly Republican.
If it were to rain in either
the northern or southern por
tion of the state and not the
other, the rainless area would
exert a higher than normal in
fluence on the election out
come.
Therefore, although many
politicians will be looking for
early voting trends based on
economic, social, religious and
political factors, the real baro
meter of Tuesday's election
could be the barometer itself.
Neither Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon nor John F. Ken
nedy is a meteorologist and to
our knowledge neither of the
Presidential candidates is very
familiar with the science of
weather forecasting.
And yet, whether these can
didates realize it or not, the
outcome of Tuesday’s presi
dential election could hinge on
the nation’s weather pattern as
it has many times in the past.
It is a well established fact
that the proportion of eligible
voters that go to the polls is
closely correlated with the
weather conditions that exist
in that particular region on
election day.
Inclement weather such as
snow, sleet and rain as well as
cold temperatures tends to re
duce the num
ber of persons
who cast their
ballots. On
the other
hand, sunny
skies and
mild readings
c«use a larg
er than nor-
mal vote.
The effect
of the weath-
er on voter
(a p p earances myers
at the polls is particularly
pronounced in rural aras and
farm country where polling
places are often well scattered
Letters
Sr. Discusses
Jr.'s Letter
On Walker
TO THE EDITOR: It was with
mixed feelings of delight and
little apprehension that I heard
a junior asking, “Who is this
Eric?” (Nov. 2). I say I was
delighted because it is an en
joyable experience to realize
that at least one person is con
cerned with this , particular
situation.
This interested letter writer
wondered if Mr. Walker’s main
interest was in furthering his
prestige as an educator. I say
yes. it is his main interest!
This obviously is what keeps
him so terribly busy (of course,
from time to time, this paper’s
foreign correspondent has a
report to give us concerning his
whereabouts).
His far into the future plan
ning is not to be decried, not
until he forgets the immediacy
of countless administraiional
problems facing his secretaries
right now in Old Main. Besides
furthering his prestige among
the nation’s educators, he ought
to devote some fraction of his
time to cleaning up the chaotic
refuse of a loosely strung ad
ministrative rosary here on
campus.
Previous presidents of this
grand, commodius university
have gone on and left any num
ber of unsolved administra
tional dilemmas, lost forever
(they hoped) in the quagmire
of Old Main’s interdepartmen
tal channels.
So Mr. Walker doesn't have
to bother himself with the
trivia of this collosus of PSU.
His presidency is a ticket to
bigger and better things.
All the administrational ac
tions that have become and will
become hopelessly self-en
tangled are thrown up to the
potentates such as Mr. Diem,
Mr. Simes, Col. Bolduc— these
flunkies and the others appear
to-be fighting out their com
bined mistakes (unsolved prob
lems, if you like) while our
great white father-educator
flits from one mahogany
panelled office to another seek
ing solutions to vague prob
lems that Western society has
yet to create.
—Rick Wollman '6l
(Editor's Note: Col. Laden
Bolduc retired last year.
and far apart. In the cities a
dense network of voting booths
serves to reduce the effect of
the weather on balloting.
If the election outcome in a
specific state is close, one can
see how the weather conditions
in that state could determine
the winner.
For instance, take the situ
ation in many of the Northern
states where the majority of
city dwellers are Democrats
while the majority of farmers
and rural residents are Repub
licans or in the South where
just the opposite distribution
of party affiliation prevails. If
it should rain or snow in one
of these states on election day,
the city residents would exert
more influence on the result
than they would if fair weath
er prevail.
The differential distribution
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Kasavubu Hits
UN Influence
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (ff)
—The United Nations disclosed
yesterday a sharp protest from
Congolese President Joseph
Kasavubu, charging that U.N.
officials are interfering in the
internal affairs of his country
to the advantage of deposed
Premier Patrice Lumumba.
Kasavubu also accused
Ghana and Guinea of trying to
slir up anarchy in the young
African republic by support
ing Lumumba.
The charges were contained
in hitherto secret communica
tions from Kasavubu addressed
to Ambassador Frederick H.
Boland of Ireland, president of
the U.N. General Assembly.
They were published here a
day after Secretary-Hammar
skjold issued a Congo report
assailing the army regime of
Col. Joseph Mobutu and charg
ing Belgian nationals with try
ing to influence that regime
against the United Nations.
Kennedy Requests
Large Turnouts
EN ROUTE WITH KENNE
DY (JP) Sen. John F. Ken
nedy contended yesterday a
“Democratic tide is rising”
across the country and asked
big campaign turnouts to keep
up its momentum.
The Democratic presidential
nominee exuded outward con
fidence as he carried his long,
last weekend drive into Ohio
and Illinois after major pitches
at Norfolk and Roanoke, Va.
—aimed at wresting Virginia's
12 electoral votes from Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
“Virginia,” he told an air
port crowd at Roanoke, which
police estimated at between
15,000 and 20,000, “cannot pos
sibly give its votes to a man
of the stripe of Richard. M.
Nixon.’*
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TOMORROW
World at
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5.. 1960'
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Letters
ZBT Apology
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf
of the brothers and pledges of
Zeta Beta Tau, I wish to apolo
gize to the campus for the ad
that erroneously appeared in
the Daily Collegian yesterday.
The ad stated that the frater
nity house would be open to
the campus tonight.
This is incorrect. This is our
Alumni Weekend, therefore we
will be open only for our
alumni and rushees.
—Neal Keiiz, President
a Glance
Nixon on Tour,
Jabs Kennedy
CASPER, Wyo. UP) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
accused Sen. John F, Kennedy
yesterday of changing his posi
tion on several key issues—
and declared: “We can't have
a jumping Jack as president of
the United States of America.”
The Republican presidential
candidate said his Democratic
rival often makes a statement
on an issue, then “switches his
position as soon as he reads
the polls.”
Leveling verbal six-guns at
his rival, Nixon flew from
Fort Worth, Tex., to Casper for
another campaign foray into
the West.
Wyoming—only three elec
toral votes—is the 49th state
Nixon has visited during the
campaign. The vice president,
who promised to campaign in
all 50 states, plans to fulfill
that pledge Sunday, flying
from Los Angeles to Alaska.
Ike Accuses Jack
Of Inflation Trend
CLEVELAND, Ohio (/P)
President Eisenhower criti
cized Sen. John F. Kennedy
yesterday for preaching “the
gospel of big government”—a
course, he said, which “leads
to deficit spending and run
away inflation.”
Eisenhower carried his per
sonal campaign for the elec
tion of Vice President Richard
M. Nixon into two mighty in
dustrial centers Cleveland
and Pittsburgh where Ken
nedy is believed to have made
important gains.
“In no more sure way can
the economic strength of the
Republic be destroyed than by
inflation,” he said, in Cleve
land’s public square. .