PA O r c fOUP Editorial Opinion A Better Approach Effective USG Recall: For an USG Congressman Alan White's proposed constitu tional amendment to permit a referendum on the con tinuation of student government Is enough to make .even the most disinterested student sit up and take notice. . It set off a prolonged debate in the meeting of the USG Rules Committee, where it was. decided that the bill was unclear. Therefore it will not be oh the agenda ! for the Congress' meeting tonight. There are indications that the bill would cause even more discussion if and -when it is presented to the Congress. \ Such an amendment would permit approximately 2.000 students, by petition, to call for a referendum on the continuation of student government. Were such a petition obtained, the issue would come to a vote of the entire student body. ' j } We strongly believe there does exist a basic need ; for an All-University student government on this campus. The individual area governments cannot perform many : functions that a student government representingajl stu-; dents can. Also, there aie certain times when iive views of the student body must be presented; an All- Upiversity student government can best reflect these? views. j - While we disagree with White’s amendment, we be-* lieve that he has raised a .valid point in that tlhere is a. need for a means by which students can keep tabs'on their representatives. r ~ At the present time,' the USG Constitution provides* for removal of a Congressman only by Congressional action. We feel there should be a means by which a Con-' greismsn can fce recalled by his constituency and urge that an amendment providing for this be adopted. This power .of popular recall is not presently included in the. By-Laws of the Undergraduate Student Govern ment. Steps, should be taken to fill this gap and to give students the ability to remove elected representatives from of lice as well as vote them into office. F . 7 This eoemi to us to be a more effective and workable means of popular control than that of allowing for the entire body to be removed. i j If the student Sody and the Congress agrCe with us that there is a need for an All-University student govern ment, we hope that they will consider our suggestion for an individual recall amendment rather than I Congress man White's propose/! amendment. ! : A Studeht-Gperated Newspaper 58 Yearn of Editorial Freedom Stye lath; (Eolbman Successor to The Fret Lance, est. IM7 e.hll.hMl Tereda, throosh Betordar «»rnln* derln* th« Unlrerahy jaer. Tht Osilr (alldln h « nmptatr. fntiril u imnl-etau nstui Jslr », I*J« .t the But. Oil's*. P«. Pool Of fie. «nd,r Mare“ Jm». M»ll StktripliM Priori |t.M * year j Mslllns Addreoa Bor Mi. State Coll re*. Pe. j ANN PALMER - Tr HERBERT WITMER Editor Business Manager Member of The Associated Press ,?"! 4 £® , £ rh! S,w ‘ mn4 W,rM Aff.lr. Editor. Kor Mi l*. Edltoriol Editor. (orol Konkltioon; S porta Editor. John Morriot Aa.ialanl Sport' Editor. K,« Oonllncrr; rhatocraphy Editor, Dm Coleman: Aaaiatani rhotopnphy Editor. Bill Caedmon: Paraenn.l Director. Saralre Orton i ***o reatarm Editor, Donmn Bfooon. Co-Monoscro: Jeon RnM, Jnnt Bll'ent'ln; ' National Ad Jjsr.. Barbara Brown; Credit U»r.. Ralph Frlcdmon; AaaiaUnt Credit Msr_ Morrr Kourh; Promotion Msr.. Barr. E»flti; Claaaifiod Ad Mrr- Catharine Baumpr; < irroUUon M*r.. Phil Ga+at; AutaUM Cimriatian Mrr„ David eSptrtt Prnnnnrl and Offict Mfr., Lynn Marphy. PI AM 1 *> | y I eoT _ /"A"ON MV '■fj <ll s DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA LOOK.! GOT AN "A*..SK? RIGHTTHEIS!I6dTAN*‘A"i '‘•'♦A** r:<® m ,i i ( RAIS! I THOJSMTI ) j Wv *' v w/y'/A^ :aleidoscoi term The home stretch of each term brings a flurry of criticism'about : our educational “wonder." the term 4 system. We begin to complain of * the pressures placed upon us by i the need to condense courses into a ‘lO-week span. - , people have always complained . and undoubtedly always will. Uhtil now, I have felt that maybe the term system > After all, we h: a jterm break w month to oul that of almost other universit 1 1 have chan, rrjy mipd, h< ever. What g' does-this lengi vacation do to dents v/ho arc- tense to enjoy We are told by our elders that col lege years should miss mills be the best of our lives. Tell that to some industrious student at 2 a.m. and see what reaction you get. : Too many people have become too mired in their own academic problems to remember that other students have worries. These stu dents may never need counseling services but they have become so involved in their little worlds that minor irritants cause major tem- Letters Football Rating TO THE EDITOR: As the 1962 college football season has pro gressed toward, its final. weeks, the undersigned wish to question the validity of the major national football polls, in particular those of the UPI and the AP. How in heaven's name are these teams ranked? By the team’s ability or by the amount of press coverage received?' If ranked by ability, other factors should be considered by the pollsters besides the scores by which the teams win. Of prime consideration should be the type of schedule that the team m question plays: This week Alabama is ranked number one in the country. Let us examine their schedule. They have played such "lough" op ponents at Tulane. Houslon, Tulsa and Vanderbilt. We do not mean to take anything away from the University of Alabama, for it has a fine team as evidenced by the 36-3 trouncing of Miami last week. But how can a team who plays such easy opponents for most of the' year be ranked number one? By the same token, we also feel that Penn State has been kicked around by these pollsters ■ long enough. Penn State’s' 1962 foot ball schedule is undoubtably a tough' one. 1 i Every one of the schools which we have played or will play before the season ends can be considered a potentially' danger ous opponent. So far we have had a very successful season, defeating seven teams and losing to only ■one and that by a very close score. Yet. we are ranked somewhere Coeds Comment On Record Hop Ad TO THE EDITOR: RE: The "clev er” and "inspiring” advertisement for the West Halls’ Record Hop in the Nov. 2 issue of The Daily Collegian. It’s reassuring to know, at a time when nations are in peril, that someone will be around with songbooks. If we can't do anything else, at least we can "Sing Along With Castro!; After all, a nuclear attack is just a mi nor skirmish and when the "war? games" are over “dancing will be resumed." i It is too bad that the future .headers” of our country view puch events as the Cuban crisis fco lightly. Perhaps the.' students pf West Halls could get together with Kennedy. Castro and Khrushchev for an' international !“inspirational’’ songfest. Then, in stead of swapping missile* bases for blockade removals, they'could exchange their country’s latest tunes. —Bobbl Abram*., *63 —Emily ‘6S —Sheila Cannon. *63 System Soul Searching per outbursts or. increased with drawal, depending on the person’s emotional makeup. Of course, the term system can’t be solely responsible for tension. The world is in a pretty bad fix, 100. Experience shows, though, that people respond more to events which happen to them than those that happen to others. Students may be able to accel erate and offer their brainpower to the community sooner, but is possession of crammed facts and not well-considered concepts the criteria for'the educated man our society wants or needs? America requires citizens with increased understanding' and tolerance noble words, perhaps, but words which cannot be allowed to be come meaningless. We mav likewise be able to reduce financial handicaps by working during the long winter vacation. We may gain, but what happens in the long run, when our hollow education fails us? I realize that here' I ajn criti cizing myself and my school. Why do I remain, you ask? I remain because I believe there are people and groups which are striving to enrich others' educations and make the diploma more than a symbol. .. These people deserve all the thanks and praise a grateful stu- Questioned in the second ten while L.S.U.; which has lost one and has been tied by Rice, a team which we defeated 18-7, is ranked number 10. In this case, did the pollsters consider ihe relative merits of the two teams or did they count how many times articles on Jerry. Stovall were run in Sports - Illus trated? ' In closing,.we feel that a grave Injustice has been done and that it is high time that the sports writers in question give credit where credit is due. —Garry Kotishion. '65 —David Fitzgerald, '65 *—Charles Laedlein. ‘64 —William Lutz, '65 —Frank Mac Cord, '64 Editorial Policy Appraised TO THE EDITOR: In light of your motto "For a better Penn State" and your expressed interest in building good student govern ment, we were somewhat more than surprised at a statement in your recent appraisal of the USG executive. Your editorial implied that "nothing” has been done to present the pros and cons of NSA affiliation to the student body. Perhaps, if you are interested fn building student government, it would be wise to investigate various matters more fully before subjecting them to editorial com ment. Before' pros and cons can be presented, they must be investi gated more fully. Student govern ment hat tent delegates to both the Spring Regional Conference and the National Student Con gress of NSA, and has taken a responsible role in ihe formation of the present NSA Coordinator’s Committee. Thiscommittee is now working in ; the areas of NSA program ming for instance, book dis count. Educational Travel Inc., NSA mock convention, entertain ment and lecture bookings and is sponsoring a region-wide con ference on the aims of education. Throughout the year, the com mittee will be investigating- the feasibility of various NSA pro grams. In this way, the student government can and is surveying the potential benefits of NSA af filiation. This task requires the coopera tion . of many campus organiza tions if it is to present- a true appraisal of NSA to USG this spring. A conscientious effort by The Daily Collegian to at least become publicly aware of the efforts of the student government in applying NSA -programs to Penn State would bp appreciated. ' —Tom Kiley, NSA Delegate —Fran Monte, University Party Chairman ! WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14/1962 ■by kay mills dent body-can deliver. They are the ones who will be remembered by us in the future. Some stu dents unfortunately, never find these people. ! One suggestion for easing pres sures could be drastic- curtailment of extra-curricular activities. In deed, many students have needed no prompting and realize that first duty is to the books’. But activities,' sports and social life are : vital outlets for many in easing term system pressiires. There are obviously those, stu dents who do not feel pressured. Parties are as gay and as frequent as ever. But the average' serious students if you pardon another noble sentiment, the people who should be the backbone of our society in 10 or 15 years .are at ihe same lime concerned about the depth of their learning. The whole problem can be stated as one concerning philoso phies of education. .Should uni versities educate a few students well or many students sparingly? Or can universities educate in depth the mass of students, even the jokers, and the ’plodders? There is the real challenge. I am well aware that the Uni versity will not undo what is done. Many''attempts have been made to soften the pressure cooker effect of this grind. On paper, the-term system may ap pear ideally: geared do our age of technological advances. 1 - Prog ress in education is desperately, needed. Human teaming and living, however, are complex proceses that cannot be neatly represented on charts or pre packed for distribution at 10-week intervals. Penn i State, look at your stu dents now as they are voicing, their most penetrating comments about you. Then plug your elec tronic brain into the circuit marked _ "silent, serious soul searching.” Thank you. Letters Simons Hits Baker Criticism TO THE EDITOR: “Crusading, emotion-evoking student, press/’ "crusading psuedo-joumalists”— Mr. Baker at least seems to have a fixation that Collegian is cru sading (perhaps he jdiscerns con trast with .his own organization). But as for_the.oth.en.descriptive • terminology, the honorable VP (for Morris is an honorable man), - seems to have something In com mon with Mr. Nixon—the press . just.doesn’t understand. It insists on printing the facts. And inter preting them. • In other words, it -fulfills the responsibility for which it exists. And, as they say, Mr. VP, when living in glass enclosures (203 Hetzel Union Building has glass on both sides) . . . • ■ Mr. Baker apparently equates USG’s "level of maturity seldom, if ever, before seen in a student government at Penn State”, with inaction, for that is what USG’s ''mature and constructive solu tion" consists o'f at present. Mr. Baker doesn't seem to realize that while Congress was busily water ing down its stand, the oppor-t . lunliy for timely and effective' action evaporated. USG’s committee '.wants to “work out changes in Froth so that it can become an acceptable publication,’’ he says. Our oracle doesn’t seem to realize that this is just what the administration committee refused to allow the magazine editors to do. Will now, several mdnths later, they allow USG to do this? Arid he accuses the Collegian of making idealistic statements. —Kurt Simons, '63 Seat Savin a in Schwab ■ ■ TO THE EDITOR: It is promi nently noted on each program for Schwab 1 shows that: “Early ar rivals may not save seats for late arrivals.” We, .the undersigned, consider it unjust that despite -this general - policy statement, seats are reserved for certain fac ' ulty aristocrats for, every per formance beld s —David Thompson —Hank Grill . Grad students
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