PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Crippling Precedent A gaping hole in what-were previously thOught,to be airtight regulations for the operation of the USG Congress , was discovered at Thursday night's meeting of the Con gre.ss. The constitutional by-laws of the Congresi state "if any member of Congress shall fail to attend two regular meetings without reasonable excuse, be may be impeached k try by atw thirds vote of the entire membership of the Con gress. CO iction by two-thirds vote of Congress shall re sult in removal from office." The word "may" in . the above quoted paragraph became the :key which permitted Congreuman Thomas Paton,. fraternity area, to remain in office although he eras absent from two regular meetings of the Congress _ . Without,:valid excuses. • Judgement on the validity of excuses is solely in the Rules Cgipmittee. The committee decided at a special meet ing early Thursday night that Paton's excuses did not, fit into any of Ahe by-laws categories defining a valid excuse. Paton - said his firkt absence occurred because he,had to study for two bluebooks which he had the day after the Congress meeting and 'his second absence *Pas caused by conflicting meeting., The operating by-layts of the Cmigr'ess state specifi cally that the _ only vallitexcuses are a simultaneous ex amination, illness or a serious personal incident. - By voting against the impeachment of Paton, the• Co ngress has established a _precedent which could cripple the work of the Congress. The by-law definition of a valid excuse is now worthless since the Congress seems willing to accept as valid .excuses other than those stated in the by-lawi. The door now seems open for Congressmen to miss meetings presenting only the slightest excuse with little risk of impeachment.: Since the COngress.meets only once a week, and thus is forced to consider a large number of proposals in a short time, we feel that each Congressman must attend all meetings. The Cohgress cannot operate as a truly representative student governing body until it takes itself out of the realm Of "just another student activity" and places itself on a higher plane as the supreme student-governing body on this campus. This cannot be accomplished with Many' of the representatiVes absent. The present form of student government was set up because many students believed the old system was just another activity. One of the main arguments against the old system was that the representatives did not take their duties seriously and failed to attend many meetings. It this government is to represent an improvement over the previous one. it must realize the importanCe of attendance and =make every effort possible to insure 100 per cent attendance of the Coigreismen at each meeting. _ . We believe the Congress Must take immediate action to plug this hole by establishing definite provisions for the impeachment of Congressrren.,While we believe that mitigating circumstances can be Present, we fail to see why the Rules .tommittee should no - f- be the judge of these circumstances. - A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom 01It' Bally (11011rgititu, SuccessoT to The Fret Lance. est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday veiraing &triad Use ITa'virility year. The Daily OsMilan is a itudent-epersted isetreasper. Deleted as seenad-eises leather Jute 5.1134 et the State Cslkste. Pa. Post OM* ander the aet if Mats* I. IBM tdatl Subsetiptiew Pew*: $5.14 a ye a r • pestling Address 8.. in. Mate Colkea. Pa. Member of The Associated Prc s ANN PALMER Editor 40;6. Idanatinii Editor. Carol Klinklentan: City &Uteri. Joan Mama - and David DaDobelivi New •nd World Affair. Editor. Yap , News and Fenian& Lifter. Sandra Tama; Editorial Editara.- Joel! bireno and David Minkel: Sparta' C+-ttitan. Jahn Morrie and Dean BUDA; rba4lacrapiky rak-44111iara, To• Drawn* and Dan Cate •an: -Peraennei Director Barak* Orton. , Lewitt Ad ker. Jess Rah!: Aosistaat Lioesi Ad Ude.. Jane Sibrusieta; Nana's' Ad Mgt.. Barbara Brawn; Credit 14jr. , Ralph Friedusaa: Assisisat Credit MM, Harry Rau*: Pragmatism Mgr.. Barry Levitz; Classified Ad KM. Catissrtses Bauer: areisiatioN Mgr.. &limos ateaaterl Pommel"! Mgr, Anita Hail: Office Lena Murphy. Perseus with eseeptatats about Th Dotty OelWOW' editorial' getter el neva coverage _a, woke thew-in the teliars to the editor edema of greyest thew, Iw patella to fa wtitkat, to the *Mtn. AU etamplalats will be lareatitottql and thefts was& es mead, altaatkaa when thla antatapet-ii at halt. The Day Colkalait, Unmet, aiptiolie the Atilt I. talltawniteltts Is oworriwe ltr swa tuditwiet a. to what * thinks is In Ito best bterest of lbw thairetatta alp a VW,. 1 • THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, LpNIVERSIV PARK. PENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WITMER "Business Mariner `the AP e Pre Yesterday I attended the first workshop of the !Pennsylvania Society of conferente weekend in Nittany i L Inn. - Se v / thought - yoking mental' from the talks gives editors j f news p a p throughout state. Ted Gr , city editor for Inss PALMER Lebanon Daily News, spoke to the gropp on "What Makes a Good Reporter?" To illustrate his conception of the ideal newspaper reporter, Gress asked members of his -staff to write al paragraph or two on ' the "precious jewel" which every editor hopes to find. One !staff member of the Lebanoh Dairy News said the best prOspects for , a good re porter are those. persons who have. experience. ' He compared experience to a College educa tion and said that while the latter is important, experience makes- vhe man. How. true! • aimless :That . . , Oh, to be at the beach, sitting on the sand, watching the wavestroll in. or to be in the mountains just relaxing beside • : a cool ] stream with not, a care in they world. . ... : 'Just! tell' me Mr. "Snowed" Myers; why must the, ther mometer be so . inconsistent with' University 'life. How can I beeXpected to concentrate on French revolution, the • prob tems Of Laos, the theories of - Socrates or Kant, or the, eco nomic theories: lof Keynes, • when Mr. Myers' - mercury reads 3, a record high for May. As I look out Imy window, I see. the girls from the dorm Sunning 'themselves •on the -lawn,lbut yet as I listen to the sounds. intermingled with the shouti of the frisbee players, and the motorscooters "scoot ing" t:ty, I can also hear the • frantic clicking Of busy type writers, hastening to turn out thatla st term - paper that was due week. ' i • Given thr into a Car 1 'Others will trying to e! not only heat 1 but the 'cares University and head : ward iWhipj the Fort I derdale of tre Co u Never ha' _seen op so ' 'people Xsupposedc world, well no cares' about University worts, any: way. Sornehow this so-called "heat *Aver seems to have become 1a ”disaster wave" for the aca- Aemie aspects of the Univern sity. It seems -- impossible to 71 corn to grips with.the fact that the i niversity will not close its doors on learning (for r this "round", at leait) until June 8. How .will I bear it! , But, 'wait! June 8 (Panic) Three weeks wimp. It can't j)e. A term - paper' here, a theme there, a bluebook mere, 'and heaven forbid, - FINALS! How will II ever get all Qee work' done, But Mr. Myers. 'you- bar* raid* it difficult for me to con- M Schedule SAIWIDAT :Stea-Os - 111:=Uista Ove r . Weatherame al-riOles flow Offbeat lITGOORS : • 'Mae. Law .114 2-40 cu SAO 1 I ~ re.. VIA s—Wit an It is Indeed unfortunate that most college! students don't realise that most jobs WM not depend on a three-inch list nf: degrees after their names: C er tainly many employers seek Oils type of academic prowess. ever, more and more =ward es, whether ,they specialize fn 'frozen food or automobile :abbe, are seeking the well-rounded person the Person with in= telligence sense, level-headedness and en- thtisiaszn. College offers an academic education. That is its primary concern. But college can offer vast experience if 'one takes the time to find it. College is the place where the student c n learn practical and'social Val es which will prepare him to handle a job after graduati a job in which he isn't reg to wear his horn - glasses. All ,these statements lead Ito the same point. Students mts t take advantage of the "expe enee side of college life. They must . get out and do thin s. They must realize the value t of actively! pursuing their• inter whether,they be dramatiCs, newspaper Work. student geiv ernment literary clubs, politiCal Woncksriul 1 S'Ocisori? cordials. "Who's goin g to Whipples?" i Surely this wonderful sun shine, the fragrance of ;the trees, the sound of lawnmow ers,i the voice shotiting fro a convertible' that goes speeding by cannot be an academic! n vironment. Surely I must Ibe at some resort nestled at the foot of the Nittany Mounfain in picturesque Central Penn sylvania. D. (Ring) "Good afternoon, ii . ily Collegian, may.l help you? "Sandy, Line one." , t 2 cents woi4h I . Name changLirig:' The Ti4ng to Do T It's time for a name cha e. The trend today seems t 6 be to change the 'name of a c mon object when a tainted c n notation becomes connecied with it. Just recently, for example, the bowling enthusiasts have changed I name of boi ing alleys bowling lai and the gutti to poodles an attempt, disassociate I sport from not 'so c 1 e background. It must admitted t h alley and g ter do have ce taro unapper with them. The sport been attempting. to improve it self by increasing the use lof the title billards in place lof pool. And scuba diving has re placed skin dilving. In.other areas changes have been ;made to increase sales and to delete the harsh sounds of some word's. ' The smaller !autornobiles uh doubledly have sold mueh bet ter'slaCe they were called coin-. pacts instead of just ''smaller cam"- In addition, t the. term' way death is passing from use since newspapers ami the NI: tional Safety! Council! ha 'e switched to_ using I the! am , -SATtiRDAY, MAY 19. 1%2 Wisdom by ann pabner discussions, service projects, politics, engineering" projects, athletic teams; writing, sewing. drawing. acting; planning. Students who, feel they are getting the most out of their college careers by 'staying cooped up with their books day in" and day out. in_ my estirda. lion, are way. off lease. If they can't face or don't care to face the world at this, the• most in• vigorating and °active jime of their lives, they will not be _able to face it capably in one, two or three years when they graduate from the University. - A second choice comment which came from the PSNE coherence was made, by Duke Kaminski,. Harrisburg corres po dent for the Philadelphia B etin. • aminski greeted the audi eat a %with a remark made to him on his departure from the -capital yesterday morning as hei prepared to leave for the Udiversity. He was told to•`?say hello to the , management and all those poor, misguided col lege• students up there in State College."' I think we "misguided Stu dents" have made definite pro gress when the Harrisburg crew realizes we are poor! by sandy yaggl "Okay, thaiiks." (Thanks' for what?) There' it goes again = Always someone or something keeps calling me back to the University family, either as 'a whole or in part. Well, there's one. consolation, I guess. At this time next year,, I can join the ranks of the sen ior set at Whipplv4 who with graduation only three weeks away, and their contributions made to the University family, can, afford to enjoy the expen sive resort facilities . and be just plain 7 --Aimless. - by dave wake! . gentle term 'traffic fatality. Name changing has only got ten started on this campus, The name dormitories and, espe cially, the abbreviated dorms has been— replaced with the title residence halls. .But, there is a long way to 'go before all cif the tainted titles areeliminated on campus. 'Perhaps ROTC would be more appealing if it was called something like Tactical Train ing in Preparation for Strategic Advancement (this also would be in line with the trend to wards long, - confuting titles) instead of Rot-fte. Eating in Waring Dining Hall might be much more pleasant if the name was changed to the Eutaw House or Duffy!s Tav ern. Of course, there is another problem connected with haVing a name such as the last one for a dining hall on campus. '- But, perhaps the three most -tainted words here are those used to denote rank on campus '---the student body, the admin istration or- faculty members. How many times -- has' the administration been accused of doing this, or the student body been attacked for lloing that or the faculty deciding to take, this uctitin. Student-administration, stu dent-faculty and - faculty-ad ministration relations could markedly improVe ,N if. these zanies were discarded and re placed with •something, like puppefs for -students, crafts men, for facility members and pUppefeers for administrators.
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