p4or, TWfl Progress While Panhellenic Council's rushing code is still complicated and antiquated enough to bring cheers from an anarchist, at least they're making progress. LATEST DEVELOPMENT in ridding itself of excess formality was the abolishment of "silent periods"—days on end in which sorority members are not permitted to converse with rushees. , The new ruling, which was passed before the Christmas ,vacation, now limits silent periods only to that time between the end of formal rushing and the ribbonings. It does not interfere with free intercourse between sorority members and its rushees during the formal rushing period itself. The advantages of abolishing this ridiculous hangover are obvious. The best way for soror ity sisters and potential pledges to become ac quainted is through talk, and not grimaces. NOW IF PANHEL will only abolish its fool hardy rotation system of choosing a president, it might really start making substantial con tributions to progressive student government. The matter, while it has been brought up at council meeting, has not yet been carried back to the individual chapters far their vote. This procedure is required on all mat ters of more than average importance. Several arguments have been advanced to support continuation of the status quo in re gard to selecting a sorority prexy. One is that it's the most democratic method utilized by any campus 'organization. Another is that it is recommended by National Panhellenic Coun cil, which follows the same procedure. NEITHER OF THESE arguments holds water. While it's true the present system is democratic, it is equally true democratic in stitutions can only survive if competent lead ers hold office. The rotation system certainly does not make for able Panhel presidents. While National Panhel does recommend that the rotation system be used, it also states that it is not compulsory. Why shouldn't Penn Slate's Panhel be progressive enough to snap the hamstrings of a system that is proving inadequate. The sororities must remember that their president is not only chief of Panhel, but also a member of All-College Cabinet. The least they can do for students who must live up to the measures she helps pass, is to insure a worthy Cabinet representative. On Letters The editor of a student newspaper such as tide Daily Collegian receives many assorted brickbats and bouquets—some aimed at the Collegian but most of them meant for different campus groups. Of course we reserve the right to print what we think is best, but our point here is that letters hitting our desk unsigned have at least two strikes against them. A Collegian letter-writer, after signing his name, may if he chooses ask that his name be withheld if the letter is printed. But if he fails to sign his name when writing the epistle we can't print the letter, in just about 100 per cent of the cases. We gotta have names. Otherwise people might accuse us of writing all the letters we print. allgb Daily Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE. set. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in• 'elusive during the College year by the stun of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934. at the State College, Pa., Poet •ffiee under the act of March 8, 1879. Editor Business Manager Tom Morgan Marlin A. Weaver STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor Bill Dickson Assistant Night Editor John Pakkanen Copy Editor Bettina de Palma Assistants Audrey Lipsky, Leonard Kolasin ski, Sally Miller, Nancy Lins. Adveitising Manager .. . Bill Schott \ssistants Sue Halperin, Lee Berger, Pete cad Lueark„ aoe Feit. -RED ROTH THE DAILY COttiEGIAN, STATE COLLErrg. PENNSYLVANIA LITTLE MAN . ON CAMPUS "Thank you, Worths', for pointing out to the class just where and how I was wrong—l really appreciate your help." The Gripes of Roth In addition to pleasing a capacity audience at Schwab auditor ium Wednesday night, I think Carl Sandburg's successful appear ance here proved a point which the top brass who arrange next year's Community Forum series might do well to take into account. THAT POINT IS, give the people what they want. Personally, I think the choke of forum speakers this year was poor, except for Sandburg and Dr. Ira DeA Reid, who will speak at Schwab March 30. Men who were selected to address audiences on various topics, with but few exceptions this year, are not experts in the fields they waded into. Of the three scheduled speakers who have already appeared, only Sandburg could be legitimately called, an authority on his sub ject. It might be just coincidence, but Sandburg's talk was also the only one which has been sold out so far. DPI. UREY, the ,first speaker, is undoubtedly a top man in his field, which is chemistry. But rather than talk on atoms and mole cules, he chose to give his views on politics—Atlantic Union in par ticular. Very few, if any, realistic political science exT4rts would go along with Urey's views on the subject of an Atlantic Unions The idea is just not feasible at the present time. But the Nobel chem istry prize-winner wanted to talk about politics, so he did—to a house that was only slightly more than half-full. The second Forum speaker, Hanson Baldwin, military analyst of The New York Times, knew whereof he spoke, but on a subject like "Security in the Atomic Age," might it not have been better to select some government official, preferably from the State De partment or the Military, who is in a position to give the govern ment's view on the matter? IN THIS PARTICULAR instance, Baldwin can be only a theor ist. Students, I am sure, are more interested in what the semi official view, at least, is on the topic of atomic security. , Our next speaker, Senator. Styles Bridges, is scheduled to ad dress a Schwab audience on the topic "Afe We Edging into Social ism?" The honorable Sen. Bridges is a Republican, who has con sistently opposed President Truman's so-called "Fair Deal" program. Need anyone ask what his view will be? Without even attending the address, most students will prob ably be able to hazard a good guess as to the content of his sure to-be biased talk. Not that he doesn't have a right to air his views. He does. But this type of unobjective speaker is just the kind the students will probably avoid in droves. Give the students , what they want, and perhaps the cry that Penn Stater's won't support programs like the Community Forum series will become but a dim echo lost among the Nittany hills. Safety Valve:.. TO THE EDITOR: The most lasting memory that many future alumnus will nave of his alma mater will concern a dreamy night when he took a lovely coed in his arms, drew her close, lowered his lips to hers, and was rriet by a warm, embracing cloud of cigarette smoke. When are our coeds going to learn that their smoking, while being quite dramatic, is frowned upon by the, majority of the men? If coeds must have their cigarettes, let them have them in their rooms, not on the dance floor. Often what appears to be a gentle manly gesture of making room No. Smoking Buying for a girl as she moves through Men 22 2 1 a crowd is merely the man's ef- Coeds 15 , 0 8 fort to protect his clothing, be- In case the coeds are alarmed cause she leads with her cigar- about the brevity of this •survey, ette. I would like them to know that My roommate and I have long we had enough faith in them that shared the opinion that the coeds we did snot stop counting after here smoke more than the men, the first six girls to enter each Fearing that this was perhaps the purchased a pack, As you see product of our imaginations, and in the end the coeds did come wishing to be fair to the coeds, through with only a little over half the buying. • we conducted a short poll at the John Henry Berry TVS Irina the following results: Warren Lee Cooper 1E3E61 By RED ROTH Frowned Upon by Bibfer This is the second in a series of 'columns by Arthur R. Warnock, Dean emeritus of Men. "A guy can chase a gal only so long before she catches him,"—that is a twisted aphorism that bobs up now and then in newspaper col umns. I saw it recently in 011ie Crawford's witty column in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I don't know who said it first—probably some wit who had been caught by the 'girl he was chasing. I became a college freshman in 1901. In every one of the next 49 years I have' lived on or near a college campus. Thus I have seen a lot of campus boy-girling. It has been going on for a long time, and most of the more or less austere faculty teachers of present-day students on the campus engaged in it at some time. Probably only a few of them, however, caught or were caught by the first girl they rushed. That is, campus boy-gitling has involved a lot of it—not just the "boy pins girl" kind. I think that's all to the good..:' Speaking more seriously as a dean of men of many years' experience I may say that campus boy-girling atAimes made official head aches for me, but those headaches were not as serious or perplexing as some problems made by some students who were suffering from too little boy-girling, or who shunned it 'entirely. Though it didn't come in my time as a Penn State dean of men, I hope that at some time in the near future this campus will have com paratively adequate recreational facilities for providing all students with a temperate amount of rational, diversified social life. Normality in adolescence helps to make nor mal society later on. Gazette . . . PENN STATE BIBLE Fellowship, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further information, concerning interviews and job place ments can be obtained in 112 Old Main. National Lead Company, Jan. 20. February and June grads ai PhD.,M.S., and B.S. levels in Chem, ChemE, and etallurgy interested in research in field of titanium chemistry. High scholastic 'standing is essential. The General Electric Atomic Energy Plant at Hanford, Wash., Jan. 18, 19. February and June grads in Chem and ChemE for develop ment work. Applicants must have 1.8 or better average. Dupont Co., Jan. 'lB, 19, 20. February and June PhD. candidates in Chem, ChemE, ME, Bact, BioChem, and Phys. , The General Electric Co., Jan. 16. February grads with accounting backgrounds, for their business training program. Applicants must have 2.13 or better average and be between 21. and 26 years of age. North American Insurance Co., Jan. 19. February grads in AL, CF, .ME, EE, and ChemE. McMillen Feed Mills, Jan. 17, 18. February and June grads in Ag courses or any men with farm backgrounds, for sales positions. June grads in IE who are• interested in gen eral industrial engineering work with The Armstrong Cork Co. should report to .112 Old Main at-once to out 'preliminary applica tions. • • • June .grads in ME and IE who are interested in sales engineering positions with The Indus trial Insulation Division of the Armstrong Cork Co. 'should report.to 112 Old Main` at once to fill out preliminary applications. The Fidelity Mutual Co., Harrisburg Agency, Jan. 13. February grads for careers ,as life agents in counties around Harrisburg. Inter views can be arranged for other dates if neces sary. Admitted Wednesday: Allan Gibson, Mitchell Epstein. ‘• Admitted Thursday: William Kebblish, Will iam Bridge, William M. Erbe, Kenneth Shen gold, Sara Lee 'Hausman. Discharged Thursday: Nellie Mae Davis. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM—Bagdad. NlTTANY—Neptune's Daughter. STATE—Hasty Heart. Going to Funeral In Louisville, Kentucky, a man was brought up before special Judg'e Neil Fink and charged with drunken driving. He v;ras hitting the road at 70 miles per hour and pleaded that he had .to get to Nashville in a hurry in order to attend a funeral. Two Forestry students were overheard talk ing by an naive coed. Said the first, "Heard you shot somebody's mother on Saturday." Before the startled coed could catch her breath the second replied, "Yep, she was nice and plump—real good eating." So ended hunting season, ad nauseatum. Criptic disapproval was literally showered on the Chapel Choir as they rehearsed in Schwab one Sunday. Someone opened the trap door above the stage and the baritones and tenors were surprised with dribblings of very dirt water. A Chat With A.R.W. Friday, January ,13 COLLEGE 'HOSPITAL —Arthur R. Warnock
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