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Editorial Opinion
1962 General Elections
According to the latest available figures, from the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, 5,677,500 citizens of the
Commonwealth are registered to vote in the 1962 General
Election today. . >
We will watch with interest the election tallies
tonight to see how many of this number will exercise their
right to vote for state officials and U.S. Senator from
Pennsylvania. ■
Reviewing the history of Pennsylvania governorships,
we see that since the office of governor was initiated with
♦ti« Constitution of 1790, has been filled 40 times.
Of these 40 governors, eight were Democrats, 21 Re
publicans, seven Democratic-Republicans/one Anti-Mason,
two Whigs and one with no party affiliation.
Looking at the political face of Pennsylvania today we
see that the state has 47 counties in which a majority of
the registered voters are Republican and 20 counties with
a Democratic majority. However, considering those coun
ties which have a voter population of over 75,000, 12 are
predominantly Democratic while only eight have a' Re
publican majority on the registration rolls..
The Democratic majorities in these 12 counties are
enough-to give the Democrats a 190.000 plus voter regis-.
tratlon lead in the state. Just 12 years ego the Republican
party had a registration lead of over one million voters.
With the majorities in the more: highly
populated areas of. the state, elections in Pennsylvania in
the past six years have pitted the democratic-majorities
in the urban areas against the Republican strength in the
rural sectors of the state. We will watch for a repeat of
this pattern today. _ j
We ; have stated pur position on the two'major races
in thirds tale. We have endorsed William W. Strantori, the
Republican candidate, for governor and Democrat Joseph
S. Clark, for to the U.S. Senate.
We urge all ' registered voters to cast their ballots
today and remind all students who have received absentee
ballots that this ballot will become invalid if postmarked
Nov. G, 1962. ’ : ; i
the UN and Penn Staf&
A model United'Nations. General-Assembly session
will be held on campus in February under the auspices of
the Liberal Arts Student Council. Applications from
groups seeking to, participate must be turned in at the
Hetzel Union desk by tomorrow.
• This project is educational, social and intellectually
stimulating; It' will .give students a chance to get together
under totally different conditions than are provided any
j wheie on campus. They will learn about the:worlcings of
the UN. in a more relaxed and practical : atmosphere
than can be provided by r the classroom. i
It will also provide tbe discipline needed to make
students broaden their academic scope from! the limited
range of "classes in the winter term." It will cause! stu
dents to probp deeply into the problems and philosophies
of many {Countries of the world. 0. ■
We believe the program-is an extremely valuable
addition to student extra-curricular activities on this
campus. It is open to all groups, formal or informal, and
to individuals who may apply to serve on the delegations
from the United States or the Soviet Union.
We hope to see full.participation from residence hall
■ units, fraternities and sororities, independent groups and
organizations of all interest areas.
This, prbgram will offer the many interest groups
which have sprung forth on this campus a chance to unite
in a vital and worthwhile effort—the deep study into
problems facing the world and the gaining of true insight
into the.views, policies and ways of life of countries other
than our own. f
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viewpoint
Replacement
Now that the University has seen
it fit to stamp out Froth-and thus,
according to the administration's
brilliantly logical WBy of thinking,
protect the school’s “good” name,
most students will probably be
looking for a replacement for the
ill-fated humor magazine.
Most students may. not know it
but there is al
ready a flv
available on cai
pus which cou:
aptly serve as
substitute.
published by
Panhellenic Coi
cil and its offici
title—The Form;
Rush Code
lies the fact t!
It is a humori
publication. In
own subtle way.
however, it is just as funny as
Froth ever was in its prime.
For those students who may.
not be able to obtain a copy of.lhe
rush code, following are a few of
the gems which it contains.
• “Rushees may visit rooms of
sorority women, but not sorority
suites.”. '
Tlateeasoning behind this, as I
understand it, is that if rushees
were allowed ’in the sorority
suites, a party could develop and
this, of course, - would not be
kosher. Just what, T wonder, is
to prevent these gay lete-a-teies
from developing in the rooms.
• ‘‘Sorority women and rushees
may attend the same parties
during the Christmas vacation,
providing the sorority woman, as
hostess of the party does not in-
Letters
ProPs Views
Called Unclear
TO THE EDITOR! In my opinion,
Dr. Aspaturian’s views on “Asian
clashes” need a little more clarity
as some of his statements were
partly clouded with some kind of
a restraint to elaborate on truth.
When he said the people of the
disputed areas • are culturally
closely tied to the Tibetan Lamas
and that they are Buddhists, he
seems to have overlooked quite a
number of things:
•That India is comprised of dif
ferent cultures and one has to
travel hardly 100 miles from any
point’to meet people of an entire
ly djfferent culture, speaking a
different language and leading a
different way of life.
• That Buddhism originated In
India and there are people all over
India who do respect and believe
in Buddhism although all of them
may.not have shaved their heads
and may not be wearing salfron
robes.
• That if the “Chinese" claim on
the so-called closeness to customs
is a recognizable factor, it can any
day be extended to Nepal, Bhutan,
Sikkim, Burma, Assam and even
to some parts of Bengal where the
people are of .the Mongoloid origin.
While it is true that the Tibetans
are- different from Indians, it is
noV true that they are similar to
Chinese. -
Again, when Dr. Aspalurian
said "Really this area is .not a
Chinese Communist claim.-but a
'Chinese* claim,” he’ seemed lo
have been answering the question
why the United Stales did not
recognise Tibet at the first meet
ing of the UJf. held in San Fran
cisco in 1945.
I fully agree with Dr. Aspatur
ian.’s conclusion that India learned
a lesson and:l only hope that it
will not be at the cost of the
freedom she gained after a hun
dred years’ struggle and also by
not completely losing her faith
in others.
K. iS* PiUfty
Grad Studtnt
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vite a rushes to her party."
(Punctuation or lack of it : —
by Panhel.)
This little piece of logical think
ing takes the top prize for the
best joke in the entire booklet
I cannot fathom its purpose nor
the method by “which it. would be
enforced. Suppose, for example,
that Sarah Sorority-Woman, is
having a party and wants to in
vite Ruth Rushee. Instead of in
viting Ruth herself,' Sarah simply
gets her friend, Ina Independent,
to invite Ruth and thereby tech
nically gets around the rush rule.
• “Blood sisters must clear ex
ceptions through the Panhellenic
Office.”
Isn't it a shams that a sorority
woman with a sister who is a
rushes would have to ask Panhel
if she could invite her rushes
sister to her own Christmas party.
What if the rushes sister wanted
to watch television in her ownj
living room where the party was
being held and hadn't cleared it
with Panhel?
BOLBACH
• “Contacts between sorority
women and rusKees shall be con-i
fined to Panhellenic scheduled
rush parties in the formal rush
period. Outside the sorority suites;
contact shall not extend beyond
the Penn State "Hello.” Necessary
contact in the classroom is per
mitted. Any other necessary con-;
tact, such as academic, social;
extra-curricular, etc., must be ap
proved by the Panhellenic Office.
Requests for contact must be
submitted on a standardized con
tact form to the Panhellenic Of
fice." ' . , '
I wonder where Panhel'is hiding
Wolf Claims USG Seat
TO THE EDITOR: Recently, there
has been some question as to the
official standing of'my seat on
the USG Congress. In the October
27 issue of The Daily Collegian,
George Jackson, Elections Com
mission Chairman, was reported
to have said: “Technically, Wolf
declared a winner in
the election."
Here are the facts that.led to
that statement:
• Two days after .the election,
Jackson phoned me, and gave me
, official notification that I had won
the election. He asked me if I
planned to accept the post, and I
replied in the affirmative. 1
• I received a latter from Dean
Wharton, dated October 18, which
stated, “Congratulations on your
election to the Undergraduate
Student Government of the Penn
sylvania State’ University."
.•On October 23, I read in The
Daily Collegian that only six of
gthe eight town representatives
were to be sworn in, so I con
tacted Jackson. He informed me
that there was a question as to
the number of men downtown,.,,
which would affect the number of
representatives from that area. .
•At the Congress meeting on
October 24, the names were read
of those who were not to be sworn
in. Since my name'was not read, -
Opinion Poll
Annoys Soph
TO THE EDITOR: Will someone
please explain to me why the
Undergraduate Student Opinion
Bureau would not accept my opin
ion on the Froth issue after the
caller representing it was unable
to reach the desired party/and I
offered to give my ideas on the
subject? I was told that, “my name
didn’t come up.” which is all well
and good, but I am a. student here,
and I feel my opinion is as good
as' anyone else’s
I was rather surprised and a
little annoyed that I could not
state my feelings under any cir
cumstances, or at least that they
would not be taken into account
Is this another example of our
organized, representative student
government? - .
—Frank Rificiuri, '65
(Editor’s note: The Student
.Opinion Bureau uses a set code
to determine which students to
question. They must adhere to
this code to make the survey
valid.)
i TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1962
Froth
for
by dove boibach
its watchdogs to enforce this one?
• “Cokes may be served at 7:30-
8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. Sorority napkins may be
used. Small cokes are to be served
in bottles with strawfc.” (This rule
refers to those festive occasions
known- as second round chatter
dates.) ).
The point about the time is good
(to prevent the poor rushees'from
getting sick) but I wonder just
how much influence it would have
on a rush se if she drank a coke
from a be tile at one sorority and
from a glass at another.
• There may be no fresh flowers
(as opposed to permanent plants
or artificial flower arrangements
that are in the suite at all times.)"-
(This also refers to second round
chatter dates.)
If the second round chatter
dates were during hay fever sea
son, this rule might have a point
However, hay fever season -hits
its Deak during September.
The purpose of all the above
rules, as well as the less humorous
ones contained in the code, is to
give all the sororities 7 an equal
chance at rushing and prevent
"dirty rush."
If these rules prevented dirty
rush everything would be fine.
However, any sorority woman
who is honest/(and what Penn
State sorority, woman isn’t hon
est?) would have to admit that
dirty rush goes on no matter
what rules are handed down by
Panhel.
But don’t get me wrong. I’m not
opposed to the Panhel Rush Code
as it now stands. In fact, I can’t
wait for the next issue.
I took the oath, and in fact, voted
at that meeting.
Considering the results of the
election, my official notification,
and the fact that I was sworn in,
and Voted at the first meeting,
there should be no doubt that I
am a member in good standing
of the .USG Congress.
There may be, no problem once
the'number of seats allotted to the
town area is determined. How
ever, it is quite apparent that
-Jackson did not handle the elec
tions properly.
—AI Wolf,
USG Congressman
I UOUtWI'T SPEAK TO MW IF I
MET MOO Off THE STREET ON THE
OCEAN, IN THFAIRQ? Whig tiOQN. 1
KW ABJUrtfIVERE
Mm mooaakE me?!
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