| Show 11 I Poor Poor System of Choosing Council Is Weakened The kaleidoscopic scene presented by bythe bythe the publications council pauses momentarily momentarily momentarily mo mo- mo- mo this week with the announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment of the appointment of Parry Soren Soren- son former Chronicle editor as the fifth member to serve out the term of Ford Barlow declared ineligible j The action serves to reveal the degeneracy degeneracy degeneracy degen degen- of an already poorly adapted system system tem tern of choosing publications heads the heads the naive belief that a group of five students and faculty members elected by popular x vote are qualified or disposed to select those best fitted to perform a a. highly specialized specialized specialized type of work vork But when even that system is not fol followed fol- fol followed lowed loved through when one or two or three council members must be appointed yearly yearly yearly year year- ly because elected men are declared ineligible ineligible ineligible in in- eligible it is clearly unsatisfactory Government Government Government Gov Gov- by the students is thwarted feeble even as that government is Were the eligibility requirements fair- fair did they represent an actual grouping of the scholastically incapable from those not so handicapped this handicapped this criticism would be invalid But when one quarters quarter's work vork is singled out as character characteristic of the one to come and on that basis the student is thrown out of office there would appear to be no basis for this interference with the tem Failure to maintain a C 0 average for any anyone one quarter while the scholastic scholasti average of work done during the students's students's students's stu stu- dents's whole college career is C 0 or 91 above does not constitute reason for foiling foiling foiling foil foil- ing the student governmental plan inadequate inadequate inadequate quate though it may be As it happens the present appointments are wise vise Both and Carlston recent recent recent re re- re- re cent appointees have formerly served as editors of campus pu publications and as such should be qualified to cull editorial chaff from editors The character of the publications council council council coun coun- cil however should be determined neither by an electorate which has not the time or disposition to acquaint itself with the characters of off the candidates or by a faculty faculty fac fan ruling which purports to pass a scholastic scholastic scholastic scho scho- lastic judgment After passing out papers for the final exam xam a philosophy professor at Ohio University University University Uni Uni- watched a nervous coed 4 t touch touch a powder puff to her nose My fy dear ear earr he said severely you r young woman not the are taking up make-up exam yet Ha w |
