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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
• "For A Better Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to thte Penn State Collegian,
established 1904, and the Free Lance. established 1882.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1934
of the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 8, 1879.
' Editor , r _ ; „. Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Cordon Coy '43 Leonard E. Bach '43
Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office
Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St.
Phone 711 Phone 4372
'Managing Editor This Issue Benjamin M. Bailey
News Editor This Issue Robert E. Kinter
Women's Editor This Issue Sally L. ' Hirehberg
Sophomore Assistants —__ Walter Fischman, Otto Belser
Graduate Counselor ------
Tuesday, June 16, 1942
Rushing Violations
No one will doubt the fact that Penn State's
accelerated Summer semester has been the source
of numerous benefits. But the same program
has produced plenty of headaches, as both the
administration and student organizations are be
_ ginning to realize.
Interfraternity Council, which has a special
4readache during every normal rushing season,
must now cope with the overdose of difficulties
that have arisen from unusually intense compe
tition caused by the "free-for-all" to pledge the
limited number of freshmen who are attending
the Summer Semester.
Surely, the Council must have anticipated the
keen competition that was bound to flare under
'the present situation. In other words, the Coun
cil has been trying to conduct an accelerated rush
ing season according to a code that has become
outmoded.
True enough, a number of houses, and one in
particular, took advantage of the situation and
stretched the rushing code to the extent that
there were violations of the "spirit" but not actual
-provisions of the
. code.
lilecause of these petty violations, we believe
that Interfraternity Council should launch plans
to adopt a code that will provide for better con
trol over accelerated rushing. Between now and
the September rushing period, there will be am
-ple time to correct the errors, so that "intensive
lead-piping" — will not be repeated.
As it stands now, one fraternity should not be
outlawed or shoved into notoriety before the pub
lic for violations which were practically as prev
alent in a number of other houses. •
The Council may offer an excuse that the ac
celerated semester has brought about an unfore
seen incident.. By full cooperation on the part
Of every fraternity, the shortcomings on the part
of the entire organization can be corrected during
the next several months.
The next time there can be no excuse. A vio
lation will be a violation and treated as such, with
'little regard for stifling the notoriety that will
accompany publication of the violation.
Origin Of 'News Hounds'
Far be it for us to cast stones from our many
windowed offices in Carnegie Hall but necessity
demands that we raise our editorial voices and
3lowl. No, this. time it isn't about the PSCA or
Penn State Club. Those organizations have been
roasted and may receive future toastings but we
are more, concerned now with the men in key
positions.
Administrative and student sources have led us
to believe that The Daily Collegian is needed as
an instrument of service in broadcasting import
ant announcements and accounts. However,
some individual student leaders and worry-ridden
faculty men have been overlooking. this fact. We
are not actually saying that they are withholding
information but we are hinting strongly that they
are slipping up in their duty of passing on the
news to the medium best suited for its dispersion
—The Daily Collegian.
We're not offering any excuses for missing im
portant news stories because that hasn't happened
yet. But it may happen unless a little more co
operation is forthcoming from all sides. Com
plete campus coverage is our boast and we try
to live up to it. When it becomes necessary to
continually hound one source of news for a stray
but important scrap, then we begin to wonder.
In the past The Collegian has been accused of
making its news; in a sense, we will agree that it
true. Harried men in key positions sometimes
iiave so much to do that there is a tendency to
overlook certain things. As a quasi-public in
stitution any paper feels the responsibility of
cltecking up on these things.
An of which boils clown to one thing . —the re
quest for cooperation and con s ideration as a con
agency trying to doa difficult job.
------ H. Bell
-H. J. Z
BILE DAY. COI.J.ZGIAN
The
Campuseer
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Getting The Lion's Share
While debating which jacket to choose from his
extensive wardrobe t'other day, , Campy hit upon
the thought of how wonderful it would be if he
had a Lions Coat. Further thoughts reminded
us that if the regular procedure of ordering
Lions Coats for the second semester was to be
followed this year, seniors would have their
coats by late Fall, making them impractical: We
were gratified indeed to get the word yesterday
that McAleer had come through and appointed a
committee to handle the problem. Now, the
coats will go on sale Friday. Nice going, 'Mac!
Tales Out Of School
Since the Cub stole our promised prevue of
frosh beauties, we'll have to take a dig at that
excuse for a columnist. It seems there was men
tion of a BMOC who was pining for a BWOC, in
Uniontown for the Summer. And so, the story
goes, he asked a Kappa kutie to a DU picnic to
ease his aching heart. But from there on in the
Cub got the.facts twisted, because the kutie made
no advances .. . after all, she is - aKappa .
Just to show that he doesn't read the column
anyway, the BMOC dated the kutie again Satur
day night, and a good, but clean, time was had
by all at Whipple's Dam.
Foiled By A Technicality
The Beaver House boys did a good job of rush
ing. Or rather, one member in particular, Ben
Ulrich, was responsible for a better part of the
rushing. The prospect was sold, .and the boys
voted affirmatively. Everything was set—then
the boy's looked at their by-laws; It seems that
members must live in the house one semester,
and they realized that' Dean May wasn't that
broadminded that she'd let Mary Kuder, Alpha
Z Delt, move over to the Beaver House.
Anyway, it wasn't as bad as the sig manuer
tactics.
Navy Blue And Gold
A fo . rmal dinner dance at the Nittany Lion Sat
urday night, thrown by the ensigns' in training
here, highlighted-the weekend. e+Wry much in
evidence were Peg Sherman and her so-called
"mystery man," Ensign John Shirer, Katie Popp
and Charlie Reed, and E. Mae Hartos, Mickey Mc-
Farland, Jackie Reese, 1 1VIi11ie Schmidt, Louise
Fuoss, and a few more coeds scattered in among
ensign's wives . . . Only sad news of 'the week
end reported was the return of Phi Gain jewelry
from Kappa Jeanette Lose to Bob Morgan . . .
Theta Bev Miller's' flame from Penn was up.
—CAMPY
AEF IN IRELAND—It is reported that Penn State alumni are among
the first AEF divisions to have been landed in Ireland. Shown here
is part of one such division as its members were greeted on landing
by Maj. Gen.. Russell P. 'Hartle. Divisions like these are in every
town -in Ireland.
Campus Calendar
TODAY WR'A Archery Club meets ; 3
Collegian sophomore editorial White Hall, .6:30 p. in.
boards, men and women, import- WlitA Tennis Club meets, Col
ant meeting, 8 .Carnegie Hall, 7:30 lege tennis courts, 7 p., m..
,
P. IL , First meeting of PSOA Fresh-
Zoologlcal Society meeting, man Council for Men, .304' Old
basement of Agricultural . Educe- Main, 8 1,3. m.
,
lion, 7:30 pm. m. ToS9REPOW •
Druids meeting, first floor WRA ißrldge Club meeting,.
lounge Old IVlain, 7:30 p. m. Ali White Hall playrooin, ,6:30 p. m.
*RA. .Bowling • Club • meets,merri" hers urged to be present. .
White Hall ibowling• alleys 6:30
Alpha Phi Omega meets 309 Old
Main - • •••
, m.
• •
Skull and Bones. meeting in 305 WRA• Badminton -Club meets , first floor • lounge; White
Old Main at' 8 p. m. to make final
Hall, r 7
p• m. - Freshmen and teachers in
selection of new inemberi. , Vited. Short business followed by
Makeup exam for fresh Men who playing. .
Missed psychological exam, 3 Bur- WRA Swimming Club,. meets,
roughs Building, 7 p. m. White Hall swimming pool, 7:30'
Penn State Players Shindig, p. m. •
Schwab Auditorium, 7p. m. Fresh- •WRA Dance Club Meets, White
men and upperclassmen urged to Hall Rhythm Room, 4p. m. .
attend
'WRA Intriamural board meeting, '46 Independent Organization
WSGA lounge, White Hall, 6:30 p. meeting in 315 Old Main, 7 p. m.
m. Thursday.
Trustees Meet
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tenant's commission in the U. S
Navy.
3. M. ISchempf; instructor in
chemistry at undergraduate cen
ters, to active duty as a reserve
Officer in the Army.
L. M. Boorse, instructor in mu
sic at .undergraduate centers, to
enter the Artily Air CorpS.
Renewel of leaves of absence
were granted the iolloiviAng:
D. D. Mason, associate profes
sor of French, to continue to as
sist in the College etxension de
fense training Program; and to
these staff ,members already in
miiltary service:
W. R. Young, N. R. Sparks, J. S.
Leister, A. H. Zerben, H. W. Stov
er, C. C. Caveny, H. W: Rankin, W.
M. Lepley, F. A. Tebo, E. R. Queer,
R D. Scheirer, C M. Speidel, E..F.
O'Neill, C. E. French, J. H. Book,
G. G. R. Lucas, Seth Russell, Wil
liam Parrish, R. S. Grieve and R.
R. Cleland.
• The resignations of R. W. Brew
ster, administrative head, Schuyl
kill undergraduate center, and Al
bert Walton, associate professor of
industrial psychology, were ac
cepted.
K. S. Bagshaw, Hollidaysburg,
J. A. Boalc, New Castle,. M. J.
Grimes, Catawissa, and F. P. Wil
lits, Ward, were reported as elec
ed to the Board by county agri
cultural and industrial .organiza
tions.
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
AND BONDS
TUESDAY, SUNE 18, 1942
MISCELLANEOUS
Lion Shrine
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faculty believed the spot arranged
for was too,far from the center of
campus activities.
A reconsideration ,was made by
persons in charge of the placing,
but the old site was retained. No•
vote was taken , among students
or faculty.
Fraternities
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The poll, suggested by - Arthur
G. beninan '43; rushing chairman,
will include such other questions
as . what the price-per -month the
students can afford to pay, and
what fraternities they would con
sider first.
In proposing the plan, Denman
stated that he hoped it would help
both the fraternities still needing
members and the independent
man who was "lost in th rush"
during 'last pledging season.
Final pledging totals, announc
ed at last night's meeting, show
that 302 students "went frater
nity" during Penn State's _ first.
Summer semester rushing season.
Detailed figures have not yet
been released, but unofficial re
turns indicate that well Liver half
of this year's 443 freshman men
are included among the new fra=*.
ternity members.
The'percentage of frosh pledges,
highest in College history, sweeps.
aside last year's record-braking:
mark. During the 1941-42 sea-'
son, 503 of the 1029 freshman men
pledged, for a 48 per cent score.