The Daily Collegian Editorial Page Friday, September 30, ims
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PACE TWO
Code in Danger
Forty-seven fraternities, representing more than
2000 men, are confronted with a serious threat to
their established social life, with the first assault
having already been made against their cherished
unchaperoned dating code.
Already sophomore women have been denied
the privilege of participating in unchaperoned
dating in fraternity houses. This injunction of the
dean of women’s was discussed briefly in yester
day’s Collegian.
Yesterday’s editorial expressed the belief that
Dean Weston would attempt to influence the Sen
ate Committee on Student Welfare to abolish the
IFC dating code, in the event that she remains
convinced that its most pertinent sub-sections will
be ignored.
Now let’s get one thing straight. Much can be
said for the rightness of her position, if, as she
contends, but has not proven, fraternities con
sistently ignore the code restrictions on mixed
drinking and escorting women to bedrooms.
Not only does the code itself prohibit both
acts, but the College's regulations for under
graduate students provide for severe punish
ments for them.
Nevertheless, the dean, by the manner in which
she effected this partial annulment of the dating
code, indicated an unwillingness to cooperate with;
fraternity and coed leaders, or to have confidence
in their motives, ability and sincerity.
Coeds and fraternity men are most fortunate
this year to have leaders of the caliber of the IFC
and Women’s Student Government Association
presidents. They are mature, capable and respon
sible adults, and are willing to work for the same
goals that Dean Weston appears to be striving
toward.
As students, they are fully cognisant of what
ever problem exists, and they realise its true
proportions. They are unlikely to be misled by
a few isolated instances, wild rumors or garbled
exaggerations. They deal with facts.
As student leaders, they realize the responsi
bility of their positions, and the vital necessity to
their respective organizations of a collective self
discipline. The stark knowledge that if they don’t
govern themselves, the College administration
will, is vividly impressed upon their minds.
They dread the consequences of the social
vacuum that would result from a cessation of
unchaperoned dating in fraternity houses. No im
agination is required to visualize the resultant
increase in treks to Bellefonte and cars parked in
secluded country lanes.
Organized, social control would be seriously
diminished. This fact, and the acknowledged
inadequacy of social facilities, must have been
deciding factors- when the Senate Committee on
Student Welfare first approved the dating code
some 20 years ago.
Dean Weston has said, point-blank, that she
favors retention' of the dating code, but only if
its provisions are strictly adhered to. She added
that she is waiting for concrete assurance that
it will be enforced. When that is given, she will
permit sophomore women to participate in
unchaperoned dating.
Fraternity men, fraternities and Interfraternity
Council, the future of your dating privilege rests
with you. To enjoy the privilege, you must accept
the responsibility. Ultimately, it comes down to
each individual member, since the chain is no
stronger than the well-known weakest link.
The Council cannot assume the role of a detec
tive agency. It can and must try and punish known
violators. But the policing must be done by each
brother of each house.
'Rally' Ho!
If you want college tradition at its best, tonight
is your chance to see some of it and also to take
an active part. Starting at 7 o’clock at the Tau
Kappa Epsilon house at Prospect and Garner
streets, the most spirited campus tradition, the
lirst football pep rally of the semester will start
off the football season.
It’s a chance for both old and new College stu
dents to show their appreciation and hopes for a
great football squad. The new student can see what
the Penn State spirit is like and the old student
can see that that spirit is still at its height.
Tonight will be the first time for Hum Fishburn’s
new Blue Band to go into action. It’s also a chance
to see what the team looks like this year, and to
hear Coach Higgins tell what he expects tomorrow
afternoon.
It should be remembered that student enthu
siasm last year was one of the factors that led
last year’s squad to an undefeated season and the
Cotton Bowl.
To show the Nittany Lions what we think of
them is also everyone’s chance to get into the
game. Let’s equal and even better last year’s ral
lies by having everyone there. It will be great to
have another top team! — Arnold Gerton.
COLLEGIAN GAZETTE
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tb# day before the issae in which it is desired to appear.
Friday, October 1
ALPHA Rho Omega meeting, 304 Old Main, 7
p.m. Sunday
College Hospital
Admitted Thursday: Melvin Levine, Wayne De
Arment.
Discharged Thursday: Spencer Boyer.
Student Employment
Jobs available for students with print shop and
'ir.otype experience.
! unshed carpenters needed to fill openings.
iSuby sitters needed for Saturday afternoon.
"Need any help?"
Another Man’s — J
i Poison
By Arni Gorton
Dear Boss
Well, I’m back, so start worrying. This semester the wise old
cat is raring to go and I’ll be on your neck more than I ever was on
Ben French’s.
I haven’t gotten off to a good start because here the semester has
started and I’m a week late. Had 1 known there would be so many
new laces (pretty ones) here I would have come up for Orientation
Week. I always like to help out
sophomores •• • ■ and 1 would
have had a chance to got into the
rat-race in trying to date them.
1 meandered into the Corner
(newly painted) for my usual
bowl of ham ala and cream when
I was rushed by at least twenty
girls. You know, boss, 1 wish
these girls would-get their fathers
to buy them fur coats, or else you
introduce me to people who won’t
have to worry about keeping
warm this semester. What’s this
about the dating code?
The early semester hysteria
hasn’t changed at all, I see. In
stead of overhearing conversa
tions, at which I’m most adept,
about studies and the classics,
all I hear around town is, “Who
are you dating tonight?” and
“Isn’t that fraternity wonderful!”
and “What semester do I have to
be before I can schedule Dr. Ad
ams?” Things are still the
same!
There seems to be a more ap
propriate expression than the po
lite phrase of “Drop Dead!” float
ing around this semester and
that is “Flunk Out!” Oh well, I’ll
do my best.
I had an interesting summer.
I was crossing Broad and Chest
nut streets in Philadelphia dur
ing the GOP National Convention
when I got my tail caught on the
bumper of Dewey’s buggy. The
next thing I knew I was part of
the delegation from New York.
I met some big newspaper men
at Convention Hall. Boys that
started like you did. I rubbed
against Lowell Thomas, H. V.
Kaltenbom and Ben French.
French was an usher in the bal
cony. He and his high journalis
tic ideals! The most remarkable
thing was that I also ran Info
your ex-boss Allan Ostar. He
College Bookplate
A bookplate, for use in publi
cations in the Penn State Collec
tion, has been designed by Milton
S. Osborne, professor and head
of the department of architec
ture at the College.
The plate includes a drawing
from one of the earliest photo
graphs of the College and depicts
students at work on the farms,
with the Main Building in the
background. It will be placed
in books and bound volumes of
publications in the Penn State
Collection, Ralph W. McComb,
College librarian explained.
ri
o-.,|C
had to sneak in .... I always
knew that he would go far. Now
1 hear he’s in Madison, Wiscon
sin.
That prominent has-been, J.
Arthur Stober there too. You
remember him. He was the one
that touted up Froth. He want
ed me to use my influence in
getting him a newspaper job. but
what does a so called humorist
know about life in the raw!
Besides my running into peo
ple and cars, I’ve been practicing
up on my shooting . . . with a
rifle and not my mouth. At first
I had trouble finding decent tar
gets but one day I spotted a bird.
Hah, I spotted him. It was noth
ing more than a sick old owl. So
I put him out of his misery in
quick time. It’s a great sport,
sport.
Well, I’ll have to cut this short
now. I hear that you have to
call 5051 to get any girl and that’s
just what I want, any gifl ....
the line for the phone form@ to
the right.
You’ll hear from me soon,
Phineas T. Glockenspiel
Speech Professors
Visit Convention
Seven faculty members of the
department of speech at the Col
lege are participating in the sev
enth annual convention of th,
Pennsylvania Speech Association
in Harrisburg today and tomor
row.
The members are Joseph F.
O’Brien, Harold J. O’Brien, Har
riet D. Nesbitt, Eugene T. Mc-
Donald, C. Cordelia Brong, Har
old E. Nelson, and Clayton H.
Schug.
Representative speakers from
Pennsylvania universities, col
leges and high schools will join
with the Penn State delegates In
stressing speech education, meth
ods, and rehabilitation.
The convention members will
consider the various aspects of
speech education being carried on
in the State, and will propose
measures to advance speech cor
rection, both in the home and in
the school.
Professor Joseph F. O’Brien is
executive secretary of the associa
tion, while other officers include
Armand L. Hunter of Temple
University, president, and Buell
Whitehall Jr. of the University of
Pittsburgh, vice-president.
While rummaging around in the source file for
this column, some interesting items were found.
Unable to pass them up, we must pass them on to
enlighten and enliven the day of our readers.
Cobra skins are one of the latest variety of im
ports from the Orient. Women, it seems, will wear
anything. Not only take the shirt off their pro
viders’ back, but even the skin off their favorite
snakes. If the girlfriend’s shoes, or her handbags
display a tendency to rear up and spit at you—-
don’t blame it on your personality. She may be
wearing a cobra skin.
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Among other new developments is a vitapiin
capsule vending machine. Along with the pencil
sharpeners placed in Sparks building by the LA
Student Council, these machines could prove a
great relief after blue-books.
9 * * *
There’s a new technique for handling door-to
door salesmen, it seems. No longer do they get tpe
door slammed in their faces. The new way is much
more subtle. The housewife invites the salesman
in to demonstrate his product, and, incidentally,
do her housework.
For instance, one electrical appliance company
requires all salesmen to show prospective custom
ers how a shirt should be ironed. Before they start
selling they learn to iron a shirt perfectly in 4%
minutes.
Browsing .a little further into the circular file
we came upon a few more pages of our young
sophomore’s diary.
September 29: I’m disgusted, I’m burned up, I
could swear a blue streak, if I knew how- And
here’s why. I trusted my room-mate. I know I
should have faith in my fellow man, but after
this I’m not sure. Here’s what happened—
I was waiting for a booth in the Comer this
afternoon, with my room-mate of course. That
guy never leaves me. Suddenly like a ray of sun
shine breaking through a cloud, a beautiful coed
came in. (All right, so she was only pretty, but I
liked her style.) She wanted a booth too, it seemed.
So we waited together, until I got up enough nerve
to speak to her. She seemed pretty friendly, and
after we introduced ourselves, things were run
ning smoothly.
She agreed to share our booth and I went to get
a pack of cigarettes. That was when the dirty
work was done, I found out.
One thing led to another, and I was stuck for
my room-mate’s coke as well as hers. My room
mate and I walked back to Ath Hall with her. As
we left I asked her for a date for Saturday night.
“Oh, I’m sorry," she said, “but I already have
one.” I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time
but my room-mate was grinning like a Chesa
peake Cat.
And then, this evening, the awful truth came
out. My room-mate, my buddy, the guy who
shares my shaving cream, stole my girl from be
hind my back.
Now—l could kick myself. Now that it’s after
10 o’clock I remember that I could have asked her
for a date on FRIDAY night.
September 30: I slept late today and my room
mate slipped another one over on me. He and I
are through!
[
I ®hici'
I intended to call up my coed this morning, but
that dirty dog beat me to it. While I was sleeping,
he got a date with her for Friday night too. He
can’t do that!
But I shall fix his wagon. I just finished switch
ing the labels on the toothpaste and shaving cream
tubes. Will he get the surprise of his life tonight!
P.S.—l’m a bad boy for switching labels—and
besides shaving cream has the worst taste. That’s
right, I forgot about my own joke.
P.P.S.—But my room-mate didn’t. Hah!
At the Movies
CATHAUM Pitfall. Midnite show, “Forever
Amber."
STATE—Taproots.
NITTANY—The Big Clock.
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