PAGE TWO StandardsCOM' Mittee Last week, the house of representatives of •Orl Women's Student Government Association tlbled the motion to adopt the Standards Corn •-inittee until late in June. The Standards Commit- Spe• was to be an informal method of improving the behavior of the women students. just after Easter recess, all dormitory units mr-re called together for house meetings to intro duce the Standards 'Committee to the girls. Two lOris from each unit were elected to represent their dormitories on the Standards Committee. Host announced to the coeds that their lounge con duct would be regulated, that they must dress one »ight a week for dinner, that they couldn't Wear ilue jeans and shirt s in town, and that they were to be regulated in a great number of actions that 4 Ind always previously been entirely dependent on individual discretion. Naturally this sudden regulatory action, I.:}uching on subjects which had always been con :littered purely personal, met with opposition. But idea behind the Standards Committee was a -good, one. Florence Porter, president of Senate, mid Janet Taylor, chairman of the house of repre wntatives, proposed an idea Which had been in oN:istence and functioning successfully in a great 9n: my of the large midwestern universities for »,:my years. At Northwestern, for example, each dormitory has a committee which determines the ~.tindard of behavior. The college is big, and it's getting bigger. Atherton Hall, which is typical of the dormitory of the future, contains 500 women students, most of. whom are total strangers to even their next door neighbor. In such large units, it would be risible td regulate the standards of coeds with wit Many instances of outstanding injustice. But by refusing to pais on the Standards CJmniittee, • the women student body has _shown -that they consider themselves capable regula- Ling ar.id judging their own conduct. A woman old enough to go to college should surely know -the difference between right and wrong. It may justly be supposed that the dormitory coeds feel (fiat they live under too many rules and restraints In impose another on themselves.---L.JIVI. Hatman Evaluation When Skull and Bones adopted - the point ~ : ystern for tapping this week, they set an exam ))le that should, and could, be followed by all oth e). campus hat Societies.. ;flat societies, the "hatmen chew their toe wills" boys, have long been a subject of ridicule rm. campus because of the choice of their mem - 'hers. - Theoretically, activities make a hatman, a so-called BMOC, but actually, pull plays a large part in becoming a hatrdan. Collegian commends the Skull and 'Bones point system on two Points. First, because every »lan who participates in a number Of campus or ganizations will be considered,. and second, be cause the group has reserved the right to black ball any man if the members do not approve of his character. In this manner the group will be able to omit the "joiners" who become members of organizations simply as an expedient to be coming .a hatman. If the Point . system is used [r; tapping for hat societies will' mean rec ugnitipn for service in campus' activities. Hat societies will never achieve the honor they ricetend until they establish a similar method, .and omit 'the men who are tapped because they have fraternity brother or a roommate in the hat so ciety; THE COLLEGIAN Established 1940, Successor to the Penn State Coileg• lau, established 1904, and the Free Lance., established lA. Bette.): Stab.'" ?Published every Tuesday and Friday morning dur• log the regular. College year by the stafi! of the Daily I.lolleg,lan of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered - as tecond class matter July 5, 1.93, at the State College, P Post. Office under the act of March it, 1879. Subscriptions Nr mail at $l. a semester. Dittor-ut Chx.er Bnavness Manager Woodene I: ill IYlar3v Louise Davey Co-blanaginp: Editors Advertisi:ag Manager News Editor—Barbara Ingraham: Feature Editor—Jane -Wolbarst ; Photo Editor—Cwynnoth Timmis : Sports Editor Jtodc Reid: Women's Editor— Doris Stowe; Circulation Manager—John Neel: Assistant Advertising Manager— Phyllis Deal. Senior Board—Ray Krell Lids Marks. Junior 13oard—Michael Blatz, Lawrence Foster, Marilynn Jacobson, Lee) Kornfeld, Lynette Lundquist. Suzanne McCauley, Kathryn McCormick, Lucy .S'ell'ing, and Rath Tieherratut. Advertising Assistaets—Claire Harvey, Sally I{ {strum, D • othy Leihovitz, June Rosen, Selma Se,bel, Jeanne Thompson. STAR -0 TIILS , ISSUE Mona'lnn Ixliinr Copy reOlitOdi _ 2J etvs Editor . . Audrey Etybarh, George` Sample EZ.osorna ry Cal an tc , us. 1.,e0 Korai;III -Shirley Lyon Jane Woit:oast ........ Elaine Mittelman Off The Record By Audrey Ryback Maybe you haven't heard much about him, but Stan Kenton and his band is one of the most promising things happening to the music world right now. Stan's 'Shoo Fly Pie (and Apple Pan Dowdy)" with "I Been Down in Texas" on the backing, is perched high on the list of most played records. June Christy takes over the vocal on the former, and blend s her voice with Stan, Gene Howard and Ray Wetzel on the other side. Kenton, known as the Artistry in Rhythm maestro, has recorded "Artistry Jumps," acclaim ed by critics and fans as the greatest waxing yet to come from the bandleader. He is writing more full ork jumpers a la the same style. Painted Rhythm • One of the most recent waxings by Stan is his own composition, "Painted Rhythm." Its plattermate is, a novelty tune in the blues style with a title almost as Icing as the record itself— " Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues." Singer June Christy of the Kenton band leaped to fame with her treatment of "Tampico." Gene Howard, the other Kenton chirper, besides having a fine voice, is Probably the only singer with a name band writing his own arrangements. Alvino Rey is back in the spotlight with a new band, entirely different than his forfner one. The master of the guitar has a neWl interest in legitimate big-band jazz . forms . and advanced modern music. There's a novelty tune by the band just out, called "Cement Mixer," with "We'll Gather Lilacs" on the reverse. For Loughs If you want a, good laugh; Jerry Colonna can help you out with his new and. screwY release, "Josephine Please No Lean on the Bell" and platter-mate, "Casey (the Pride of Them AM." Billy Butterfield, trumpeter, formerlY featur ed with several of the nation's top notch. bands, is now getting together his own - ork. Billy first caught the eye of the public back in the '3os when he was a member of the old Bob Croiby band. La ter he worked with Artie Shaw, Benny. Goodman and Les Brown, and while with these maestros he recorded and was_mzularly featured: • Punch Lines By GEORGE SAMPLE The big problem hanging fire in the All- College, cabinet this week i s . whether all-college officers shall be elected this June or sometime when, college convenes in the tall. — • On the surface it would appear that it matter's . very little if . the student' , officers are elected - in June or in the fall.. This, hoWeVer, is not the case because it does . matter a very great deal. It is up to the All-College cabinet to decide When elections shall be held but it is also up to the All-College cabinet to weigh the facts and . decide which election hOkis the greatest advan_ tags for the student body and the College. Politicians' Views • At the last session of the All-College • cab inet it seemed that the aims and ideals 'of the student officers were those of a politician and not those of a student representative. To illustrate what I mean, I shall point out the advantages a June election holds fOr the student body and the disadvantages it holds 'for the "so-called politi.. In years past, before the accelerated program, it was the custom to hold all-college elections in June. The big reason given for holding elections at thi s time was that it gave the new officers plenty of time to become , acclimated to their new duties when they returned in the fall. Since it is the duty of student 'offiders to work for the best interests of the student body arid the College this seems to be- a most plausible and worth while reason. . At their last meeting the local politicians s howed definite signs Of shying away from a Juno election in favor a fall trip to • the student polls. Politicians first Their reasons for favoring a fall elector_ ara buried deep in political "eye-wash." By favoring a fall election the politicians in office now are assuring themselves a lead in 'the race for the offices in the fall. If the nominations are net made until that time those in office will' enjoy the ad vantage of working in cabinet, expounding their views but' at the Same time not doing enough to incure the disfavor of the voting body. There rare definite . aciVOltages 7 for ,4),43014:iing . elections at either grac., hat the caZel?, ll 9.Pco4. 6 ao: are Ate, only ones that will . el*Tilie , ben''efits Of a i fall election.' TEEE COLLEGIAN A Dark and Bitter Look Your mother may never have told you this, but student govern ment here in this upland pasture of education is run by All-College Cabinet. Now that organization is not, as some believe, al piece of furni_ ture. It is, rather, a group of embryonic statesmen who more or less control your 'collegiate destinies. And, as sometimes happens, these people are human. At least so they claim. 'Anyway, last Thursday, just before I went over to howl outside the window for my friend, Miss Verily, I stopped in at Old Main to hear how the rest of us serfs were being gov erned. As I scrounged my way through the door, I caught the hot blasts of •an argument full in the face. President Simpleton had the floor, and was doing the most awful things to it, too. "Well, the previous question has been moved on the motion to commit and its amendment. Now what the hell do we do?" he asks. "Let's take a vote," chirps a voice from the rear. "Well, I don't rightly know, but if you.all are in flavor it," mumbles our president. "The chess club must go on!" screams Cluck Unwilling, origin ator of the current motion to give $4OO to. the club. "Is there no jus tice Think of their children!" • Everyone sits quietly for a min ute, thinking of their children. Then they start voting. Nobody .understands what they're in favor of, but it's fun to stick - your hand Penn Statemen#s By JANE WOLBARST Although the Dungaree Drag is a thing of the past there is one; little incident concerning it that we must mention at this late date. A florist shop's truck drew up in front of the AOPi house 'late Sat— urday afternaon. Girls Crowded to the front 'door with the usual ex.. citement that arrives with a visit looked at the name on the, box, yea and- a deep' tinge of red covered his face. "Must be at the Wrong place! ThiS , goes to the ATO house —thought it said AOPI." As the girl's -sighed irr disappointment, the poer fell6W quickly retreated and took his vegetables out to the fraternity house. Probably this is .the first time_a fellow has beaten out a group of women' When it comes to 'getting a corsage. How Come? Arid speaking of vegetables, one of -the local garden patches has amidst blossoming tulips, hya cinths etc. three , lovely stalks of asparagus. All-College Cabinet ran into a little difficulty at their last meet ing. Seems that old' demon parlia mentary procedure got the best of our campus politicians. Things got mighty bad—even to 'the point where the members were taking a vote on whether or not to vote on a 'Certain issue. As it happens, the adviser of the , chess club was appearing before Cab inet •at the time and he astounded TUtESDAY, MAY 7, 1940 up in the air. So •finally they push it through. The chess team runs away in triumph, waving a tat tered check. Of course, before old DOc Smitchardson's boys can get their bands on the leash, the whole transaction has to be aPproved :by the Interclass Finance Commit tee, President Hetzel's Office, Grounds and Buildings, Dean Ray, and the first, second, and third assistant bootlicker to the presi dent. Next week I'm thinking of going down and trying a motion. of my own out in Cabinet: For years I've been very interested in the movement to forward research in tarantula culture in the Nit tany Valley area. If any. old organization can gouge 400 bucks out of Cabinet for two trips for a doddering chess team, why cannot we have a new, modern, ultra-Scientific tarantula culture station erected in ,Hort Woods? I'm sure such a venture•wOuld have the whole-hearted support of the student body, faculty, aril friends . . ; to say nothing of the , arantulas. from the florist. The delivery boy dy to presnt it to its lucky receiver,. everyone 'by explaining all the questionable points:. of. parliamen tary procedure. Looks like maybe Cabinet could use a good ..press. player!. Knock-Outs If you happened to see a grOup of buxom, well-made-up wOMen• walking around town Saturday night,. they weren't imports. They were merely Chi Phis all dressed up for their turn-about party. For a week preceeding the'. affair husky men were earnestly seeking out size 42 skirts and other large size articles of feminine attire, while their dates went on the warpath for flashy bow ties, and loud jackets. Joe Steel; eighth • semester president, has started a new - fad of wearing. purple-rimmed; =glass es. -Actually, he'l te11.776u; the Irames-are 'gray bid- in the .Sum-, light they have a purplishAinge.. It's been suggested to' Joe' bat he use , nail polish to change the coliit each week.
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