RAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion The Finale - Acts H and 111 of the float parade drama have ended with the finale still unwritten.:The:conoversy - over when the float parade will be held, which has implicatiiins reach ing into the futiires of both Greek and Spring Weeks, has been presented to a near capacity audience - for — almost four weeks. Tonight, most likely, the finale will, be written as the student government decides the date ofthefloat parade. The major roles in the drama have been played by the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council—both of which are active in Spring `Week and the only parti cipants In Greek Week. • Act lof the four-act play took place - when Richard Pigossi, past president of IFC, proposed to the Council -that the Spring Week carnival be replaced by a Spring Week float parade in the future. Act II took - place Monday night when IFC, without leafing a true presentation of both sides of the issue, voted to support a float parade held on Friday night -of Spring Week. Act 111 occurred Tuesday night when Panhel, also without hearing a thorough presentation of both sides of the issue, voted to support the parade' held in the fall in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend. Since, in participants, past, these two groups have been the major parad&participants, we believe they should attempt to reach common agreement before - USG votes * on the issue tonight. We suggest that a scenario, with Panhel and. IFC sharing center stage, be put into the drama before. the finale. This could be staged around 6:30 tonight in the HUB before USG meets at 7:30. It would givethe members of both councils a chance to hear and debate opposing viws and perhaps to conciliate their differences. Ptior to act■ n and 111, the executive boards of both organizations met and reached a compromise which ap parently was not agreeable to the members of both coun cils. At 11 last night, the presidents of the organizations involved had not reached a decision on whether or not to meet jointly. We feel this lack of cooperation is a disgrace ful ; detriment to Greek Week, Spring Week and Home coming Weekend as all three are involved in this issue and planning time for any or all three is limited. , We again present our proposed finale----that -- a float •parade be held during Homecoming Weekend. Our reasons were stated yesterday:! We urge that the final decision on the float parade be made responsibly and constructively and-that IFC and Panhel show enough cooperation to resolve their differ ences before tote final float parade•decisjon is made by USC. tonight. A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years of Editorial Freedom allr Batty Tottertiati Successor to The Free Lance. est. 188? Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the Unlvereity year. The Daily Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 6, 113( at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the art of March 2, 1879. Mall Subscription Prior t 11.01 a year Matting Address --. Box 211. State College. Pa Member of The Associated Prc s - ANN PALMER HERBERT WITMER Editor 1151* - Business Manager ...lir N. • •le. :0' a HOW CAN YOU SA/ THAT?. tIJE DON'T KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT NOVRE BEO6 ifiItMCAU - 1111 pk tl7- CMON,CRARLIE BROW Hlitk OUT! la T4Nie. atkAL43e. YOU CAN DO IT.!! 4.11 gaik , THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY' PARK. PENNSYLVANIA agreement threatens to, make Penn State student government look a little like the French Fourth Republic known for its embarrassing deadlocks. And like the French it makes us look a little silly in our at tempts at re- conciling d i ferences a n finding so 1 u • tions accept* , •'"- ble to the ma jority. 4' B 4 t t Ire !Z.; French have ;fr.-, : been hasseling, for years over; rr such important• , problems as the •r.l system of gov- - „ ernment they miss ORTON Should have, the place of re ligion id the country and the • disposition of colonial territor ies. whichare admittedly tough ' nuts to crack. Penn State stu- men( Who ,flee their homes in search of • food and freedom, then it will have failed its traditions and its • pretensions to superiority over the Com munist sphere in .both econom ic. and politic al ability. One of the t roblems faced by those who seek a solution is that few of :he refugees ex press • willingness to go far from the bits of land' and the salt? 1 Student Stale IFC and Panhel's little dis- Ifilerpretiilg Chinese Exodus Causes Problems By .1. M. ROBERTS • Associated Press News Analyst The long-Apected mass flight from the results of Chinese communism appears to have begun, and like the long hoped-for unificato of Europe, is presenting serious probirms. One reason is that the Pei ping regime; having stumbled badly over industrial inexper ience in "great leap for ward."' decided to shift,back to the country' the workers who who have been concentrated in the cities. This 'is at a time when crop failures already had the countryside on next to starvation rations. ..The British are meeting the problem temporarily by turn ing back as many refugees as they can at the Hong Kong border. But one thing seems to be sure.. , If the West proves unable to provide sanctuary and food for Letters Rogal Letter Challenged TO THE EDITOR: In reply to the letter of Mr. Rogal in Tues day's Collegian: I regret that you dismiss concern about nu deir destruction of the world as merely "noble and Humani tarian," inferring that this con cern is naive and ill-founded. It may be; that the pacifist philosophy is not a complete and realistic- one. But, in the same token, we can't dismiss nuclear destruction tis only a secondary° threat in the world situation today. But my main criticism of your letter is directed at the l i ass mption upon which your w le argument is based; that " e are ficed with two choices; submission or resistance." This\ oversimplication of the nature of international conflicts is a grave handicap that must be - overcome before we can pro gress toward solutions of the various problems: Indeed, if all Were as simple as you suggest, there would be little cause for frustration and neurosis in the world—and in deed little challenge in living. dent organizations can't ven come to an agreement on if and when , to' have a float Rarade. 1 IThe present situation has left not only the float parade, but Spring Week, Greek Week and IFC-Panhel Music Festival up in the air where they right well remain if some action is not taken quickly. The organi zations seem ,as effectively deadlocked as the French Assembly was over some of its issues. -Id ..nsteaA of t stumbling ilong in chaos, maybe our studesit or ganintions can find a goirern ment more worthy of emula tiont. than the French. My'can didate for a model is the .3t rit ish, noted for its peaceful. effi cient ways of solving fac onal problems. The Britiih cabinet, ma' of the ministers of various,' ernment departments, dot effective job of presenting, relatives they have left hind. Knowing little of politics or economics,- thei from hunger and nurse of return based on they -not what. The Chinese Nation&lii4s Formosa are under pressure to to more. and wilL The !dread* crowded island can use ei good many - farmers. But they are hesitant of being accused by fellow Chinese of kidnaping people who speak only Canto nese. not understood For mosa. and who fear any , sort Of oversees trip. i Thy- rie refugees are not Peonle who could be resettled ill most Western countries in the usu4l' sense of that word, since: their productivity would never i. - each self support. • i Aside from moving .i a ' and returning China•to her people, the problem seems to be almot insoluble. Nevertheless, there thought friscribed on a: f; statue" standing over the of New York which the Western world can ill affi forget: "Give me your tired, poor, your huddled , r yearning to breathe free wretched refuse of your ing shore." 1 As woes , .r iol z v*ip.orywnr., 4 AND BCJNCaO 1:41 , s, NG for THU:RSOAY. MAY 24. 1962 cdes sarolee orton posals 3:fr o Parliament. Because fu4 these , oposals are usually care y-considered and well drawn, it provides a firm basis for 1 lative action. I'M pot suggesting that Penn State organize a cabinet on an 'official basis, but it seems to roe th4t the British ideal would `be an effettive way of prevent ing • sqcky situations such as the present one. _ Obviously individual groups have' different points of view and different things to consider in adopting an y proposal. Therej should be some effort made .to hear all the views be fore a proposal is presented to individual groups. If the presidents could meet to hear the first presentation of important suggestions involv ing their groups, they could discuis it with their group's interest . in mind and reach an agreement on what would be most beneficial to the student body.! e up gov • 1 an pro ( After this, the presidents could' return to their respective organizatioim with a carefully drawn, proposal which consid ers. all .aspects and conse qyences- of an action and is at least! tentatively acceptable to all cimcerned. On the basis of this, the organizations could make decisions' in .a more in telligent manner th a n they have in the past. be ithe • fie: ope no' 'To; be sure, all decisions neither could nor should be dictated by the agreement of the }'cabinet" but they would be made in full knowledge of a great many more facts than are now presented. Neither could all this be ac complished in one meeting of eithlr the cabinet or the or ganizations, so plans should be made far enough in advance so thatithe end of the term doesn't arrive with issues still un •solved.• . • In all fairness, attempts have been made at coordinating the groups involved in the float parade issue. Joint executive meetings have been held and the proposal was presented to all groups, but these efforts were not carefully enough thought out to be effective. The fact that the cabinet sys. tern! helps keep the British government calm and efficient does not necessarily mean that It will work at Penn State. However, some effort must be 'made or like the French, we'll need a deGaulle to step in and save us all. 'is, la mous Pori hole rd
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