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Captains and Kings
Now that the tumult and shouting about Dean
of Women Pearl 0. Weston's action in banning
sophomore coed dating in fraternity houses has
died, one wonders if the captains and kings will
likewise depart.
The ban, of course, was lifted some ten days ago
after IFC President George Chapman instigated
the establishment of a Board of Control to check
on violations of that body's code for unchaperoned
dating.
The whole inckilltnt aroused considerable resent
ment and concern, and Dean Weston's action
might be termed arbitrary without stretching the
point. It is true, for instance, that neither the Dean
of Men nor the Senate Committee on Student Wel
fare was informed, much less consulted, before the
prohibition went into effect.
It is questionable, also, if Dr. Weston did not
overstep her authority in an action which, in
effect, overthrew a code approved by a commit
tee of the College Senate, highest administrative
body under the Board of Trustees.
No thinking fraternity leader could deny that
frequent and sometimes flagrant violations of the
code have occurred, nor that disregard of its pro
% isions placed the whole system of unchaperoned
fraternity dating in jeopardy. Probably fewer
Greeks are aware that few comparable institu
tions allow dating under anything approaching as
liberal conditions as they are accorded.
The code itself, both IFC leaders and Dean Wes
ton agree, is an admirable attempt to allow pre
sumably adult men and women to associate under
conditions free of suspicious surveillance. The
problem, then, is one of enforcing the code.
Experience in every field of human relations has
shown the folly of law without an agency of en
forcement. In substance, the code has remained
unenforced, or largely so, because fraternities
pledging themselves to report their fellows has
been the only deterrent to violation. The practice
of winking at one another's misdeeds is the logical
result of the machinery previously provided.
IFC's Board of Control, composed of a rotating
.troup of house presidents, visits assigned houses
...tad reports to Chapman, is at least a more effec
ttve police power than has existed in the past.
At the root of the problem, however, is the
question of whether or not such a police force will
continue, in the absence of such a crisis as this
'all's. Captains and kings., as Kipling has observed,
're wont to depart once the coronation has ended.
Certainly the history of periodic "crack downs"
md subsequent let-ups in obedience to the dating
..ode are evidence that IFC is no exception.
Some continuing, effective, and mature force in
he direction of compliance with the spirit as well
.1 the letter of the IFC dating regulations is cer
ainly indicated.
Such a force is admirably embodied in the
house mother system, as existing in numerous
aajor universities throughout the country.
Before rejecting house mothers as a preposter
ous invasion of their rights, fraternity leaders
would do werl to find out how acceptable, even
'udispensable, chapters of their group operating
under the system find them.
Some institutions have found it expedient to
require house mothers in fraternities chattered
there; it might behoove Greeks at the College to
ke action before the administration does. More
-articularly, the Association of Fraternity Coun
elors, as permanent and mature members of their
.hapters, should give serious consideration to vol
-ttary adoption of the house mother plan.
Edit Briefs
• Yesterday morning's weather flag on the MI
Iluilding predicted clouds. At least we're glad to
:now that it was only cloud dripping down our
'Jack yesterday afternoon.
• The College has a tradition for rainy big
,veek-ends. Wonder what odds the bookmakers
are quoting for this week-end. We might be
tempted to invest in some "rain insurance."
—Malcolm White
Collegian Gazette
Wednesday, November 10
WRA, BADMINTON CLUB, WH Gym, 7 to 8
p.m.
WRA BOWLING (BEGINNERS), WH, 6:30 p.m.
WRA MODERN DANCE, WH, 7 to 8 p.m.
WRA CONCERT GROUP, WH, 8 to 9 p.m.
HOME EC., Home Ec. Living Center, 7 p.m.
CAMPUS CENTER CLUB, 418 Old Main, 7:30
p.m.
College Hospital
Admitted Mo nda y: Jo Ann Esterly, Eileen
Kutzer, Leatrice Berger and Norman Tarnoff.
Discharged Monday: George Kozich.
Admitted Tuesday: John Folk.
Discharged Tuesday: Francis Wunderle.
College Placement
Brown Instrument Co., November 9 and 10,
eighth semester men from EE, ME and Physics.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co., November 8 and 9.
eighth semester men from ME, lE, EE, CE, Metal
lurgy and Chem Eng.
Sylvania Electric ovember 8, eighth se
mester men from EE, Co., ME, Chem Eng, Chem, and
Ceramics.
Armstrong Cork Co., November 11, 12 and 13,
seventh semester men in lE, ME, Ph.D. in Chem
istry, Chem Eng and Physics.
Bell System, November 9, 10 and 11, eighth se
mester men from EE, ME and lE. 8.5., M.S., and
Ph.D. men in EE and Physics.
Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
November 15 and 16, eighth semester mem from
CE, ME, EE, IE and Chem Eng.
Shell Oil Co., November 11 and 12, men gradu
ating in January with B S. in Physics and Chem
M.S. in Pet. and Natural Gas Eng, Mining Eng.
Chem Eng, EE, ME, Physics and Chemistry. Ph.D
candidates in Physics, ME, Physical Colloid or
Analytical Chem.
National Supply Co., November 11 and 12, eighth
semester men in lE, ME and C&F.
General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Co., and Timken Roller Bearing Co., eighth
semester men from CE, EE, lE, ME, Arts and Let
ters, C&F, Metallurgy, Mining Eng, Chem Eng,
Physics.
Radio Corporation of America, November 17
and 18, seventh and eighth semester men in EE,
ME and Physics.
Armco Steel Corp., November 18 and 19, sev
enth and eighth semester men from CE, lE, ME
and Metallurgy.
General Electric Co., November 15 and 16,
eighth semester men from EE, ME and lE.
Westinghouse Electric Corp., November 17 and
18, eighth semester men in EE, lE, ME, Metal
lurgy, Chem Eng, and Chemistry.
Linde Air Products Co., November 16 and 17,
eighth semester men from EE, lE, ME, Chem Eng,
Physics, and Chemistry.
West Penn Power Co., November 18 and 19,
eighth semester men in EE and ME.
Student Employment
Contact Mr. Allan Reece. TUB
Men interested in restaurant work at night.
Substitute waiters and dishwashers for House
party weekend.
Baby sitters for football games
Experienced clothes presser.
At the Movies
CATHAUM—Four Feathers.
STATE—Smart Girls Don't Talk.
NITTANY—Big City.
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Lew Stone
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'`For he's a `oll
Between the Lions
Praise for Punchy
The battering ram who sprinted
44 yards for one touchdown and
made a spectacular catch of an
end zone pass for another score
against Penn is a fullback par
excellence in the football trade.
Nittany Coach Bob Higgins
flatly call s him the "best
plunging fullback I've had in
all my years of coaching," and
there's reason to the fig's
words. It's because Francis
Rogel is more than a fullback
who plunges.
"Punchy" is one of that exclu
sive clan of fullbacks who be
come broken-field runners after
a straight buck through the op
posing line. Football movies have
shown graphically that he isn't
content just to bend forward,
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER TO M 8
ood fellow —'
By Tom Morgan
SPORTS EDITOR
generate steam and throw his 1S
pounds with utter abandon into
rival players.
Like Pistons
Once he's through the foe's
first-line defense, his head is
up, his feet are rotating like
pistons, and he's zigzagging his
way through the secondary. If
they do catch him, 'Punchy" is
still driving for a few more
yards, even with' the hangers
on.
Penn will remember Rogel as
the boy who bounced off All-
American Chuck Bednarik to
gallop 44 yards to score. On a
spinner, Rogel whirled through - a
yawning hole in the left side of
the Quakers' line, only to come•
upon the huge Bednarik.
Bouncer
At this point Frannie dem
onstrated his knack of playing
hide - and - seek with opposing
backers-up. Coming in contact
with Bednarik, he recoiled and
immediately bounded to the
left with all the eclat of a de
ceptive Triplett. From they.,
just wide-open spaces remained
to the goal line.
Incidentally, Rogel and Bed
narik met outside the stadium
after the game and—through the
medium of Slavish congratu
lated each other on two fine per
forinances.
48th Clash
Penn State and the University
of Pittsburgh will clash on the
gridiron for the 48th time in '4B.