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Editorial 0 ginio
Responsibility Again
One thing bothers us about the proposed changes to
the SGA constitution which are going before the Senate
Subcommittee on Organizational Control today. Why?
Why should it be going to this committee before it
even goes before the students?
The main criticism that the administration has made
of student government on this campus ever since Encamp
ment last September is that it does not want to take
responsibility.
Running to the Senate Subcommittee on Organiza
tional Control with the recommended changes in the SGA
constitution before the students or even SGA itself knows
about them doesn't seem to indicate that student govern
ment is taking on any more responsibility.
The Senate subcommittee does not have to approve
these changes, but SGA. does. And for SGA to take action
it should have already sounded out the desires of the
student body.
The SGA Reorganization Committee, according to
chairman Duane Alexander, had completed a week ago all
the constitutional changes it thinks are necessary, but
never released this information to the students.
Last night the committee refused to release this infor
mation to the students until after it has gone before the
Senate Subcommittee to check "technicalities and parlia
mentary things."
Apparently the student committee has no confidence
in its proposals. They do not need the approval of the
Senate subcommittee but only the approval of SGA and
the student body.
The fact that the Senate Subcommittee on Organiza
tional Control and the Senate Committee on Student Af
fairs will review the student government system later this
spring does not mean that they have to oversee all changes
SGA wants to make in their constitution now.
As the administration has said before, it is the stu
dents' responsibility to determine what is wrong with
their government and what changes they want to make
to it.
During the past two years it has been very evident
what is wrong with SGA.
There have been too many people sitting on their
duffs doing nothing. The few that do come up with ideas
really have no constituency to which to be responsible.
In effect, SGA has not been a government but rather
an activity,
The changes that should be made are to elect the
Assemblymen from their living areas so that every student
is equally represented and Assemblymen can be held ac
countable to their constituencies; to elect fewer persons
and eliminate the dead wood; to activate Cabinet to
function (it certainly hasn't this year) and give it voice
but no vole in the Assembly so the leadership which has
been so sorely lacking for two years can be realized.
The SGA reorganization committee, which has sup
posedly been meeting since last November, has conducted
all its Meetings behind closed doors and was completely
silent till two weeks ago.
At that time Alexander said that his committee was
working closely with the Senate subcommittee. Last night
the Senate subcommittee chairman said they have never
met before and Alexander concurred.
We are always concerned when governmental action
or decisions are withheld from the people they are going
to effect. And especially on an issue which will affect the
student body as much as will student government reorgan
ization. Each action and decision should be reported im
mediately so that all views and opinions may be heard.
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Interpretin
Latin Program Revives Argument
Associated Press News Analyst
President Kennedy, call
ing his Latin-American de
velopment program a 10-
year-plan, has revived one
of the long-standing points
of argument about the whole
foreign aid program.
Administrators have com
plained about their lack of
authority
launch lom
range program:
Congress hi
complain e
about some metl
ods of admini
tration and, sink
the Marshal
Plan for Europ
has given onl
short-term gua:
antees of contin
ued appropriations.
There have been at least two
results.
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By J. M. ROBERTS
ROBERTS
Letters
ApologytoNewmanSought
TO THE EDITOR: Since Mr. his position with respect to
Preston Williams has corn- the issue of "self-discrimina
mented on the positions of Mr. tion."
Monroe Newman and Mr. Wil- I shall not comment on the
ham Wise with respect to dis- m_its but simply state that
crimination on the part of fra- . Williams has done a dis
ternities on the basis of the re- service to Mr. Newman by link
port which appeared in the ing his name with that of Mr.
Collegian I think that I too am Wise with respect to the ques.
in order to comment on the re- tion of "self-discrimination."
port and the letter. There is nothing in the
It seems to me that Mr. Wil- story that indicates that he
hams owes Mr. Newman an shares Mr. Wise's views. Arid
apology. Leaving aside the I repeat there is nothing
fact that many of us know in the story that indicates that
how Mr. Newman feels about Mr. Newman approves or dis.
the entire subject of discrim- approves of University policy.
ination let me point out that a An apology is in order.
careful reading of the story —J. J. Kaufman,
which appeared in the Colle- —L. E. Fouraker,
gian reveals that in the open- Department of Economics
ing part of the story Mr. New- (Editor's Note: Mr. Williams
man was simply stating what was very careful to point out in
the University policy was with his letter that Mr. Newman
respect to organizations which spoke for the Senate Committee
have been allowed to operate on Student Affairs and not
on campus. himself. Mr. Williams said he
Nothing in that statement is a friend of Mr. Newman and
implied that Mr. Newman aware of what Mr. Newman's
agreed or disagreed with the personal feelings are on the
policy. Some paragraphs later matter. His disappointment was
Mr. William Wise sets forth with the University policy.)
Prejudice Undiminished
sirable characteristic of our so
ciety, perhaps the faster it will
disappear. It certainly is worth
a try! Time and patience have
long since been exhausted.
Too often, we have learned
that to let something remain
boiling, while everyone sits on
the sidelines waiting for the
consequences, can be disas-
This laissez-faire policy has trous.
TO THE EDITOR; This is an
answer to the letter from Paul
Ezust in Saturday's Collegian.
Prejudice, my good man, no
matter what adjective you put
before it, has certainly not
diminished in out' generation.
It can be found anywhere, and
it involves little detective work
to unearth it
been employed too often in the
face of a formidable problem.
This is an easy way out of at
tacking the situation. Stirring
up a "noble discontent" against
prejudice, whether it be in the
South or on campus, is a wor
thy method of bringing the
problem into the open and be
fore the community.
Why shouldn't we urge de
struction of this thing preju
dice. The more people that
work on correcting this uncle-
Senior Finally
TO THE EDITOR: Upon sev
eral occasions during my four
years here I have been prompt
ed to air my views on some
particular happening, event or
policy at the University.
I passed up such things as
the parking situation, increased
fees. noon and evening classes
and the debates on the worth
and effectiveness of student
government. In my opinion
none of these was as impor
tant as the problem facing us
now.
The "Great Discrimination
Crisis" which some of our
"benevolent and enlightened"
fellow students have unearthed
poses one of the greatest
threats to unity and harmony
that this institution has ever
faced.
When I came here as a fresh
man, there were no crusades,
no barber shops being picketed
Some good programs have
moved forward spasmodically,
without producing either the
full economic stability or the
political faith in the United
States which they were de
signed to foster,
A feeling of annually repro
duced burden has ben created
in the United States among a
public not entirely clear about
the objectives or when they
may be achieved, if ever.
By setting an achievement
point of 10 years, the Kennedy
program injects a definite ex
pectation that, if the Latin-
American nations will truly co
operate with land, social and
political reforms, the economic
program will keep pace until
outside aid will no longer be
necessary.
That proved true in connec
tion with the Marshall Plan,
whose beneficiaries, after 12
years, are now able to begin
helping the United States with
some of her burdens.
This Is a fundamental °bleu-
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15. 1961
DARE has done some very
constructive things, such as the
housing proclamation against
discrimination, to better the
cause of racial and religious
prejudice. But it would even
be a better and more influen
tial organization if these apa
thetic wallholders would move
to the center of the floor and
do something positive for a
change
—Valerie Golde
*Letter cut
'Airs Views'
and no civil rights organiza
tions but there were people
getting along with their neigh
bors quite well ... and without
people telling them how to do
it:
Now that Mr. Konstam and
his "fellow carriers of the
word" have begun to spread
their message of good will,
...nimosity has also begun to
spread. Is this the desired real
ity? I should hope not!
I have but one further com
ment and this concerns "The
Dialogue on Man's Goodness"
which appeared in Friday's
Collegian. This was one of the
most distasteful and ahm.trd
pieces of work which I have
ever had the misfortune ot
reading. I say let's return to
the status quo and live in
peaceful cooperation and har
mony at Penn State.
--Robert Levanduski, '6l
five of all of these programs—
that the free world shall stand
on its own feet, economically
and politically able to mobilize
its resources for the general
welfare at any time or place
they are needed.
A side product is the expecta
tion that newly viable econo
mies among underdeveloped
nations will provide new cus
tomers to maintain the dynam
ism of all free economies.
First Latin-American reac
tion to the Kennedy plan is
mixed. The idea seems to have
got around that the United
States was going to announce
distribution of some startling
sum which the governments
could use for their own pur
poses. The clear statement that
the aid will he for those who
help themselves in specific
areas must cause some shud
dering. Some of these govern
ments have been virtually bud
geting American aid just as
though it came from their own
texas.