THURSDAY, FEBRUARY,I 1968 Vital RefOr.iii-:':::4041:94.00 By • PAUL L'EVIN'E Special to The Daily Collegian When cocktail-party conversations turn to state legis latures, the' many voices usually form a distinct pattern— much criticism but little.concensus. There are, however, some general comments about state legislatures which apply. quite well to Pennsylvania government. While not forming a unanimity of. opinion, these observations are often agreed upon by many from seemingly different political persuasions. Few observers, if any, would argue that the -Pennsyl vania Legislature is flawless. Iri fact, most assert that the foibles of the General Assembly, are those found in all legislatures. ' Many feel that time has long since passed the Legis lature by, that 'the legislators are living and governing, in the 19th century. In his final State of the Common Wealth Message in January/ 1966, Gov. William W. Scranton called for new „efforts to meet new problems, Public Demanding Service 'Members of the Legislature must discipline them selves and their party caucuses to provide the kind of service that the public increasingly demands," Scranton said. Observers of the national scene think . that such prob lems are widespread, In "Storm Over - the States," former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford calls state legislatures "lacking in fresh, confident leadership." State leaders must establish new character tb get a new reputation, Sanford wrote. . There are others who are likewise disturbed about the condition of the nation's legislatures. In hiS book, "The States—United They Fell," Frank Trippet charged that public interests are not being met in state government. The legislatures, he claimed, are run by a coalition of in dustrial, commercial and business groups. 'The true con- Professors Named to Posts In Several Organizations Frances M. Andrews, profes sor and head the Depart ment of Music Education, has been named president-elect of the Music Educators National Conference, an organization of approximately 55,000 members with national headquarters in Washington, D.C. She will serve as president elect and as a member of the Executive Bo: rd for two years, then automatically take office as pre.sident,for twn years, fol lowing which she will serve two y.ars as vice president. • The Music Educators Nation al Conference is active in all aspects of music and music education ,on the local, state, mational, an d 'oternational levels. It has an active pub lication program of profession al brochures, monographs, and periodicals, and has an exten sive program in musical cre ativity funded 'by the Ford Foundation. E=:::=3 Merrell R. Fenske, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and director of the Petroleum Refining Labora tory, has been elected 1968 chairman of the American Chemical Society's Division of Industrial, an d Engineering Chemistry. * * `Beardsley' Up for Award "Beardsley," t li e bios:aphy written by Stanley Weintraub, professor of English, is among the 31 books chosen by judges for the National Book Awards a,s "leading nominees" for the sty $l,OOO prizes. HUB Bloodmobile To Seek Donors A Bloodmobile, co-sponsored by Alpha Phi ()mega, men's na tional service fraternity, and Gamma Sigma Sigma, wom en's national service sorority, will be held from 9 t..m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 20th and 21st in the 'Hetzel Union Building card room. This service-sponsored Blood mobile is held eve"y Fall and Winter Term in conjunction UNITED AIR LINES Is Cordially Inviting All Interested Girls To An Informal COFFEE HOUR The Night of .Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Downtowner Motor Inn The 'Presentation Will Be At 7:00 P.M. Contact Your Placement Office For Interview Information Come, so that we many answer your questions. Hope to see you the 20th. FLY THE CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVE FRIENDLY SKIES VIRGINIA LEE JUDY OF UNITED . 308 'STEPHENS The winners will be named March 6 at a gu*'•_ring of the literary community in Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall in New York. The National Book Commit tee, a non=profit group, admin isters the awards, which are made in the fields of Fiction, Poetry, Translation, Arts and Letters, History and Biography, and Science, Philosophy, and Religion. . Peter R. Gould, associate professor of geography, has been appointed a member of the Behavioral and Social Sci ence Survey Committee, Na tional Academy of Sciences, dealing with review questions and recommt.ndations to Con gress. A. T. Phillips, associate pro fe4or of biochemistry, has been elected to membership in the Biochemical Society of England, M. L. Keith, professor of geochemistr:, is serving on a panel of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., concerned with evalua ting applications submitted to the Postdoctoral Research As sociates Program of the Na tional Research Council. William F. Fuller, manager of the Hetzel Union Building, has been named to the 1968 Resolutions Committee of the Association of College Unions— International. The Association, founded in 1914, is a professional organi with the Centre County 'Chap ter of the . American Red Cross. All donations will be given to the chapter. A "walk-in" pro cedure will be used and it will not be necessary to have reg isteted with the Bloodmobile prior to the time of donation. Any one over the ,age of 18 who is neither pregnant nor in poor health is eligible to give State's Government stituency , of s the lagislatufe- is% the .commeicial community,'.' Trippett said. Thomai R. Dye, 'hisfarticle, - "State Legislative Poli tics,",`, accuses legislatures of functioning to serve locally organized interests. . , • And, Gov. seranton took' the Pennsylvania' Legisla ture to.task, for not keeping the welfare of the people fore most in mind. • ' , Lobby Spending ilepOrts "Special -interests still Wield tdo much' power, too," Scranton . said.. "LobbYiSis perforrh the wbrthvhile and legitimate function of bringing the problems of economic groups to the attention of the legislators. BLit when"the in terests of these groups gain supremacy over ,the general public interest,' legislators are not ,giving fair:_serVice to either . their constituents or the Cormilonweal i th.' We need rigorous laws for the reporting - :expenditurek.by lobby ists, the financial holdings of - legislators, and executive personnel -- and political" campaign financing:too." • Although expressed 'over a year ago, Scranton's' con cern with legislators' 'ethics remains a timely subject. An ethics bill became bogged down in the last session of the Legislature and is expected 'to See more problems when the Legislature reconvenes. Much attention focused' on the bill after-last month's Susie Monroe affair. ,Rep. Monroe (D-Philadelphia) has not been seen in Harrisburg since the Legislature convened in January, 1967. Yet, 'in the lait year, she collected about $BOO in travel expenses,, presumably for the twice-weekly Phila delphia to Harrisburg trip. The incident hardly raised an eyebrow on Capitol 'Hill where such practice is the rule rather than the exception; but the state's citizenry did awaken to the fact that there is room for moral improve meat in Harrisburg. The .structure of the Legislature has also come under fire recently. The Committee; for Economic Development nation . of r early ,800 member college unions. Communication Theory Four members of the Depart ment of Speech fac..ilty are authors of a book, dealing with the communication theory in the elementary and secondary classrooms: ' The • book, to be published Sept. 1, is entitled, "Oral Com munication and the Classroom Teacher" and the aothors are Gerald M. Phillips and Robert E. Dunham, both associate pro fessors of eech; Robert S. Brubaker, professor of speech, 11.,d David E. Butt, instructor • in speech. * * Robert F. 'Jolly, assistant professor of • mather. a' ics, has been granted a le:.ve of ab sence to serve the Mathemat ical Association of America' as staff mathematician and con sultant to the• Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM). * * * Margaret B. Matson, profes sor oLsociology and director of \ • the Social Welfare major in the tj SG rig i . L • , College 'of' the Liberal Arts, has been appointed to membership ...,o - iiege Bowl Continues - on an Advisory Committee of the 'Social - and Rehabilitation • Service. Department of Health, "What president of th e teams haVe called me . wanting Erie ' House conquered Blair Education. and W 'are. United ' States followed Warren to enter after the competition House 11 110-85. In the third * * * G. Harding?" This and many had already begun." meet -Center House was the Richard L. McCarl, assistant similar questions 'were asked • victor over Aliquippa House professor of biochenAstry, has last night, in the, second round The USG part of the College 140-45. The final bout matched been named chairman of the of the Undergraduate Student Bowl pits teams :r.m residence Sullivan -Wy n m i n'g House Central Pennsylvkia section Government's College Bowl halls and University organiza- against the first girls' residence, of the American Chemical So- held in the Hetzel Union Build- tions against each other. The'• hall to compete, Shulze. ,Hall. ciety. ' ing Assembly Room. school fraternities and sorori- The final score was Sullivan ties are conducting tlieir own Wyoming 195 'and Shulze Hall Four contests were conduct- contest with the grand cham- 115. ed last night in the College pion tentatively scheduled to Bowl's most successful corn - In an effort to end the night petition in its history. Accord- engage An a playoff with the USG winner. ly matches earlier, -the Mon ing to Diane Clymer,] contest - day ni g ht contests 411' begin blood. A rotating plaque will be chairman, this year's bowl In the first match Blair awarded to the fraternity with "has been a great success. As House defeated Potter-Scranton 15 minutes ' earlier than pre the largest donation. a matter of fact, several other House by a score of 175-65. Next viously announced. '6B Chevrolet—Sale savings now on specially equipped Impala VBs: Impala V 8 Sport Coupe, 4-Door Sedan and Station Wagons—equipped with beauty and protection extras—are yours to ouve got nothing to gam by settling kr less car. 'BB Chevelle—Prices start loier than any other mid-size oar's. Sized to your needs, both in 112"• and 116" wheelbases, Chevelle delivers big-Chevy ride and comfort in a mid-size car at your kind of price. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA THE BLAIR HOUSE team from North Halls defeated East Halls' Potter-Scranton House 175-65 last night in USG College Bowl competition. The team and last night's three other winners now advance to the semi-final rounds. Team members, left to , right, are Dan Ser man, Steve Locke, COnrad Schmidt and Robert Whalen. ( not even money) Now you can "customize" your Camaro with bold new striping, mag-spoke wheel covers, a spoiler out back, new "hounds tooth" upholstery plus• four new colors for Camaro: Corvette Bronze, British Green, Rallye Green and Le Mans Blue. [c kiEVROLET Be smart. Be sure. Buy now at your Chevrolet dealers. t Proble m s ~Typical in Penn s ylvania' Legislature (CED); -a .national group of businessrnen and educators, recommends that legislators be limited to 100 members in total. Pennsylvania •has 203 members in its House and 50 in the Senate. - While not as cumbersome as New Hamp shire's 424-member Legislature, the General Assembly could be effectively reduced in size, according 'to many observers. . However, the Conritutional ,Convention in Harrisburg has already rejected two proposals which would have trimmed the size of the HOuse. One afnendinent, Which would have lowered the number of Representatives to 101, was defeated on the Convention floor by a vote of 135-Ig. The - Other amendment, calling for a House with a maximum of 151 members, fared only.‘Slightly better, losing 103-40. The Convention's: Legislative Apportionment Commit- tee recommended Maintaining House membership at 1 .203. After the Committee's proposal is formerly presented one more time—a mere formality—the Convention will go on record as reaffirming the status quo. Too Many Committees CED also criticizes the committee systein of most states. Committees, the group says, should, be few in num ber and organized along broad functional lines. Thirty-five states, presently have more standing committees than the U. S. Congress. With 56 committees, Pennsylvania ranks about midway, along the scale which ranges from Nebras ka's mere 14 to Mississippi's 101 standing committees. Some critics of the state scene feel that there is more wrong with the committee system than just the numbers. Rep: Gerald Kaufman (D-Allegheny) recently charged that the checks and. • balance, system of the Legislature is inef fective because Republicans in control of committees are, serving as extensions of Gov. Shafer's executive branch of the government. • Before stepping down last year, Gov% Scranton had additional criticism for the Legislature. He advocated' a •-• • .:: ' '6B Camaro—lowest priced of all leading sportsters. Sporty like Corvette, yet with family-style room. Features like Astro Ventilation and a 327-cu.-in.standard VB. No wonder Camaro's popularity is growing faster than any other sportster's in the industry. change in "the traditional mode of operation" of the Legis lature. '"The practice, of coining to Harrisburg for a day or two at the beginning of the week, calling frequent recesses, stretching out the session, and finally, acting on most im- -- portant matters in a frantic rush in the last feW days be-, fore adjournment simply does not make for orderly. and responsible government today," Scranton said. "The best practice would be to 'buckle' down at the beginning of the session, meet regularly, conduct business and then adjourn. The legislator's work, however, should not be finished with the end of the session." , - The Pennsylvania Legislature holds annual sessions (budget sessions are held every other year) with no time limits. Because most of the legislators 1161 d other jobs as well, the Legislature usually meets only' two or three days a week. CED favors full-time legislators working in annual sessions with no time limits except for revenue and ap propriations measures. Another concern of the CEI? is the salary level Of state legislators. The committee wants the minimum salary to be $15,000 in the smaller states and $25,000 in states of Pennsylvania's size. Pennsylvania legislators currently re ceive $12,000 annually .$7,200 basic salary and $4,800 for expenses. One supporter of the pay-raise is Rep. 'Ronald G. Lench (D-Beaver) who also advocates reducing the size of the legislature: • Legislators' pay should be raised, Lench said,,"lf ,this were done, you wouldn't have people trying to run the state government and practicing law or selling insurance at the same time. But it is difficult for a man to - take this work seriously when he has a family to support back home." • APPLICATIONS FOR BOOK EXCHANGE CANDIDATE Will Be Avaiialole At The Store Ground Floor HUB WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14 ONLY FRESHMEN & SOPHOMORES MAY APPLY "Movies are better than ever." - When Hollywood•coined that promotional phrase some years ago, television was just coming into its own, movie audiences had dwindled, and films themselves seemed sillier than ever. The slogan, regarded in some quarters. asWishful thinking, occasioned no little merriment. But .• - f nowadays, nobody's laughing. . For while the theatre is declared,moribund (again), and television is not regarded as•worthy of. considera •-i: tion, movies are better than ever. At least, more people than ever before go to them, talk about 'them and take - them seriously. Public interest extends to all kinds of movies underground, overground, homemade, foreign, new wave, old ripple, The Sound or Music, and Blow-Up. 'lt has been said of everyone, - from 'Shakespeare to Brecht: "If he were working today, he'•d be working in movies." On the theory that, Marshall Mc:Luhan notwithstand ing, people who enjoy seeing and talking about movies, would also enjoy reading and knowing more about them, an international publishing venture called Cinem'a World has been launched. The plan is for a series of definitive, lively, copiously-illustrated, jargon -free crit ical studies of .individual directors and actors, discus sions of national cinemas and kinds of movies, and ex planations of the movie-making prdcess. The first three volumes in the series, published in paperback at $2.95 each (and in hard coders at $4.95) are: Jean-Luc • Godard, by Richard Rout'. A study of the connecting themes and ideas in the work of the contro ', versial 'French director whose Breathless led the "new wave." Losey - on i.oiey; edited and introduced by Tom Milne. The American director, comments on' his own work, from The Boy with Green Hair to The Servant and Accident. ~• Luchino Visconti, by. Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. An analysis of the director whose products extend from the, neo-realisin of Rocco and His Brothers to the rococo of • The Leopard. • Other books to be published in the series this year •-` include Robin Wood on Howard Hawks, John Ward On. • Alain Resnais, and The New Wave, edited by Peter Graham. Always, we hope Cinema World will fill the gap between the heavy technical tomes and the fantasy of movie fan .magazines. The latter, incidentally, are responsible for a satire called Mmmm . . It's Juicy which appears, along with hundreds of other pieces, in Max Shulman's Guided Tour of Campus Humor ($4.95, hardbound). This is, a king-size collection of the best stories, 'articles, jokes, poems, and nonsense compiled. from 65 college humor magazines over half a century.. 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