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Campus To Have Plant-In
Capitol
` Middletown, Pa. ---
mai•ch-ins, and love-ins are com
i-non on college campuses these
days, but would you believe a
plant-in?
That's exactly what students
and faculty at The Pennsylvania
Slide University's Capitol Cam.
pus plan next month wheil they'll
eXercise their green thumbs in
; 0 _ effort to beautify their cam
-
- - Academic. pursuits will be put
aside on April 15 as some 330
trees are planted on the campus,
an upper-division college and
graduate center located in the
former north complex of Olmsted
Ail. Force Base.
The University is supplying the
trees and planting know-how.
Students and faculty are supply
ing the necessary manpower.
The tree-planting project, be
ing organized , by the Student
Government Association, was in:
itiated after siudents_and facul
ty members e%Presged their con
cern about the "sterile atmos
phere" of the campits and the
lack of trees acid other shrub
berY.
In fact, early _ _
the Fall Term,
several students took it upon
themselves to go out in the woods
and remove a small tree, and
plant it on the campus as- a
means of visualizing their con-
"Many of us felt that trees
Fere needed to dress up the area
and make it look more like a
traditional college campus," said
John Lybarger, president of the
Student Government Assn.
"We approached Mr. Herpel
(Coleman Herpel, campus direc
tor) about the 'possibility of such
project. Later ws.Vere inform
ed that President - Walker (Eric
Walker, PSU President) would
provide special funds for the pur
chase of trees if the, students
would plant them."
Lybarger then formed a com
mittee . ; to organize the project
and named Paula Holtzman, a
senior from Philadelphia, as
chairman. Members, in addition
to Lybarger, are Patricia Har
lecher, a senior from Highspire,
and Eugene Weller, a junior
from Montgomery, Pa.
In organizing the project, the
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student cothrnitteet sought` the ad
vice of Mr. Paul W. Pierson,
head of landscape planning for
the University's Physical, Plant
Planning and Construction Divi
sion.
The types of trees to be planted
were selected and a planting
plan developed. Trees to be
planted include Sugar Maple,
American Sweetgum, Red Pine,
London Plane, Pin Oak, Washing
ton Hawthrone, and two types of
Crabapple.
The biggest problem now fac
ing the committee is the procure
ment of shovels for the project.
"We have received a promise
of a loan of about 30 shovels
from the Middletown Borough,"
Lybarger said, "anO there is a
possibility they may provide a
back hoe'to make the planting
holes prior to the Tree Day. But
we probably need a total of 150
shovels to do the job."
Lybarger said supervision
groups are being organized to
provide security for the shovels
loaned to the students and to
make certain that the trees are
planted properly.
Undergraduate classes at the
campus, both morning and after
noon, will be dismissed so that
students and faculty may devote
themselves to tree planting.
A formal ceremony is schedul
ed for 9 a. m. in front of the
main building on the campus.
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4 (FOUR)
Tall, young, eligible men for es
corts to the Greek Ball.
Contact:
1) Zelda Glutzmeier
2) Mathilda Hatwater
3) Hortenzia Grump
4) Penelope Hackemgluzer
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Fraternity thy
University Park, Pa. Stud
ents, who joina fraternity may
pay a price with their grades.
In a Pennsylvania State Uni
versity study, Dr. Jamas A.
Rhodes indivklually matched
freshmen living in campus resi
dence halls -- by their college
and grade point average- with
students pledging the ten frat
ernlies ranked highest scholast
ically and the ten ranked lowest
First term grades averaged 2.-
244 for, the 91 men who entered
Penn State in Fall, 1966, and
later joined a high achieving fra
ternity. After pledging in the
fourth term, their grades averag
ed 2.559.
While their residence hall fel
lows slipped somewhat during
the same period from 2.840 to
2.684 the drop was not -as
great.
"That the fraternities themselv
es are concerned about this pro
bleth," Dr. Rhodes says, "is evi
denced by the fact that Inter
fraternity Council, which repre
sents all 54 of Penn State's Greek
letter societies, actually gave me
funds for m research."
A member of the staff of the
Office of the Dean of Students,
and formerly in charge of frater
nity affairs, Dr. Rhodes under
took his survey to help fulfill re
' quirements toward a doctor of
education degree at the Univer
sity.
"The negative effects of low
achieving fraternities were even
more pronounced," he continues.
"Their 49 pledges dropped from
a first term average of 2.782 to
2.456 in fourth term. Those in the
dorms actually raised their grad
es from 2.775 to 2.854."- _
Differences in curricula may
account for low achieving resi
dence hall students surpassing
even the two high groups, he be
lieves.
The grades of 108 freshmen
who entered Penn State in Fall,
1965, and were inducted-into the
ten high achieving fraternities
in Winter and Storing Terms of
the next year, followed the same
patterns as those of the 1966
freshmen, according to. Dr. Rho
des. The high achieving group
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Affect
dropped from a 2,825 grade point
average to 2.483.
In following the grades of the
1965 stndents through three a6ll
tional terms, however, Dr. Rho
des noted that their marks rose
again to a 2.601 average in the'
seventh term.
For 83 low achieving inductees,
the first term average was 2.774;
the fourth, 2.073; and the seven
th, 2.417.
"Tests administered to resi
dence hall and fraternity groups
showed no real difference be
tween them either in regard to
their study habits or attitudes,"
Dr. Rhodes points out.
All 20 fraternities cooperated
fully when Dr. Rhodes requested
permission to visit their houses
to inspect study facilities and in=
terview selected officers.
Both high and low achieving
Greek societies offered similar
physical facilities for study. The
high achieving groups did keep
extensive, up-to-date mamba
lion files which were well or
ganized and regularly used.
High achieving fraternities had
a tendency to be professionally
oriented, with slightly higherl
standards for selecting pledges.
They had fewer pledge classes
per year and spent less time or!
pledging activities. Interpersonal
relationships were warmer, and
there was a greater spirit of co
operation between members and
pledges than in low achieving
groups.
On the other hand, hazing and
pre-;niVation practices in low
achieving fraternities were de
cidedly more harsh. For ex
ample, four of the low, but none
of the high groups, reported that
paddling in one forin or• another
was still accepted practice. law
achieving fraternities also plac
ed considerably more emphasis
on social activities.
"Fraternities," Dr. Rhodm
concluded, "are currently oper
ating in a number of ways which
are in conflict with the values
and purposes of the University."
He suggests that fraCternity
house corporations develop long
range plans for improving study
conditions and facilities, that
they relegate social objectives to
their proper place with regard
to newly defined educational)
goals.