PAGE TWO Bx Evaluation Today when the BX comes up for evaluation of its past and decision on its future, we hop 4 that the outcome is helpful to the students. In its trial operation of slightly more than a year in the TUB, the BX has increased its sales and remained financially in the black, in spite of the BX policy—beneficial to the students—of returning a good percentage of funds to student purchasers. With such proved indication that the BX does perform a service to the students through ,sale of notebooks, paper and other school supplies, the BX Board of Control can now rightfully stand up and maintain that it deserves a man date from the Board of Trustees to continue as a permanent chartered student function. IT FURTHER CAN stand up and request a space that is nearer to the center of campus than the TUB, and a space that is larger than the 15x20 TUB room. BecauSe the BX, in its present modest circum stances, has proved a success, there is every in dication that it would boast even more success and student benefit if granted the chance to assert itself in more propitious space and dimen sions and locale. A Wise Move The Interfraternity Council Wednesday night made a wise move in its fight to eliminate des crimination in campus fraternities. A resolution was passed requesting that each fraternity take whatever immediate action possible toward the removal of any descriminatory clauses which might exist .in its national constitution. The action is in keeping with a resolution adopted by the National Interfraternity Council re cently. Previously, the Council considered a plan whereby every Greek house on campus would be required to submit proof by 1952 that no such clauses existed, or face expulsion from IFC. Fortunately, the danger of that program was seen and the resolution altered to its present form. Many fraternities on campus belong to na tional organizations composed of 50 to 100 chap ters and the degree of "say so" which the indi vidual chapter may exercise is greatly limited. In addition, most of the fraternities conduct na tional conventions once every two years and it is only then that parliamentary action .leading to changes in policy can be taken. Under these circumstances, telling each local chapter that it must change its national 'constitution or be pushed out of IFC would be like telling Rhode Island it must ammend the Bill of Rights or withdraw from the Union. In other words, for many houses, the task would have been impos sible within the : time originally allotted. Perhaps a time limit should be set so long as it allows the chapters under this burden a suffi cient period to accomplish the goal without creating a serious disturbance and probable barrier to success within their national struc tures. There is certainly no doubt that descrimina tion has no place within the fraternity system, but concentrated pressure at the appropriate time by each chapter within its national organi zation is the only means by which its elimina tion can be satisfactorily achieved. It should be remembered, however, that the removal of constitutional clauses barring cer tain races or religions is by no means an assurance that descrimination itself is defeat ed.. The futility of treating an effect rather than a cause has been proved time and again. Certainly fraternities or other groups could continue to descriminate regardless of "clean" constitutions. When the attitudes of prejudice are removed, the 'clauses will disappear as a matter of natural process. At Penn State, great strides are being made toward the defeat of prejudice in its cas ual form and it. would be folly to take any action which might create bitterness and disrupt the smoothly functioning Campus fraternity system. Zlp Elail Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. ISSI Published Tuesday through Saturday wonting, in• elusive during the College year by um staff of Me Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Enteral as second-class matter Jnly S, 1934. at the State College, Pa.. Peet Were ander Ow act et !larch 3. 1819. Editor Business Manager Tons Morgan alitS o " Marlin A. Weaver Managing Ed., Wilbert Roth; News Ed. Jack Reen; Sports Ed.. Elliot Krane; Edit Dir., Dottie Werlinich; So. tidy Ed., Commie Keller; Feature Ed., Bob Kotzbauer: Asst. News Ed., Jack Senior; Asst. Sports Ed., Ed Watson: Asst. Society Ed.; Barbara Brown: Photo Ed., Ray Beater; STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor News Editor Copy Editor Jack Boddington Assistants Myrna Isaacman, Doris Kulp, George Glazer Advertising Manager Judy Krakower ‘"Aritants Bill Schott, Norma Gleghorn —Jack Boddingion L. D. Gladfelter ... Jo Hutchon THE 'DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PEN'NSYLVANTA I 4tle Man On Campus - . / /1:4" • ..„ 5.,....:4 ode ...fa. ""=::0 1. = • ••••• ........ 1 "We thought since you liked 'shotgun tests' so well, Professor Snarf, we'd see if you could pass one." , An Old, Old Story Penn State, like any other university in the country, has several sets of initials that signify something to its students. For example there's the IFC, AIM, PSCA and zillions of other letter combinations. *• • a MOST OF THESE alphabetic organizations serve a noble and worthy purpose. But hiding behind the aforementioned purposes of these organi-, zations is one whose very mention causes male men to cringe, in terror, one which has made its appearance in every living unit, of the College. ' The initials of this terroristic Ku Klux Klan of the Kampus . are BOPS. They stand for the deadly sickening words, the Royal Order of the Purple Shaft. Sometimes, a poor guy doesn't know that he's been tagged with the dubious honor of becoming a member -of this ever , growing organization., His best friends won't tell him. * * * BUT WHILE sitting in a booth at the Corner Room': he may overhear a conversation like this: "Did you hear. about Yankel? That girl he's been going around with has a boyfriend at home." To which the other perion or persons 'in the bootlfmay give a variety of answers. Some 'of them go: "No kidding! Boy he got shafted," or, "He's had it," or maybe even ,"So she juked him at last, huh?" Let's take a typical case HUBERT DOES his roommate a favor and•takes his roommate's girlfriend's girlfriend out on a date. She's a•good looking girl, Hubert has a pretty good time and also decides that he likes the girl. • Being a man of means, he even buys her cokes as they,happily hotdog together for lo these many weeks. As a token of his esteem, he presents the girl with his high school ring, feeling that• he has a gobd thing, and that he should make it binding in some way. She coyly accepts the present, and buys a padlock to put on the chain that will house the ring around her neck. • ' Hubert is in heaven: At last he thinks that he has found the girl A' his dreams. (Editor's' note THE YOUNG LADY in the story has a good friend at some little college far, far away. Her friend asks her to come and visit her on a big weekend. Naturally, it would be foolish not to have a date while she visits, so Hubert consents to "just this once." • Our villianess goes on her merry way after making many ' avowals of her affection for Hubert, who considerately takes her to the train. The weekend is over and our little girl is „safely back in the dormitory. Hubert calls that • night immediately after supper. And what is he greeted with? • • s "DARLING," she gushes, "I want you to be the first to know. I got pinned td an Alpha Cholera while I was away. Isn't that won derful?" • When Hubert is finally revived, he is hit by the terrible reali zation that he has gotten the SHAFT! So, as our little story ends, we come up with only one solution. In self-defense, all men must have at least three girls waiting at" home to fall back on in these times of stress. • Arise, men. This is our only hope. Sorority Beginnings • Women's social organizations first began at Penn State with the foUnding of the Nita-Nee society in January, 1922, and several other groups which quickly followed. They obtained national charters as sororities beginning in 1926, after trustee action permitting them, to petition national organizations. Friend and Rival Dr. Fred L. Pattee, mentioned in Dean Emeritus' oWarnock'S column and remembered by the Penn Staters of today as the author of, the Alma Mater, was a close friend and literary rival of H. L. Mencken. The two carried on a long series of verbal fisticuffs on nearly every literary topic of the day. • - . • • This is where the shaft comes in) * * * ibler 111 . .V 0 -GEORGE GLAZER Exchange News Front The Temple University Rene; While General Eisenhower was being wooed . for, the presidential nomination in 1948, president-elect of the College, Dr. Milton Eisenhower • could have.had the Republican and Democratic nom ination for U.S. Senator from Kansas. Dr. Eisenhower\ chose however to continue as president of Kansas State College and chairman of the United States', 11-member commission to the United Nations Educational Social and Cul tural Organizalion. Front the Lehigh Brown and White: At Le high University, $2006 has been collected from students for parking violations•since September 1948.: Minimum fines at Lehigh are $5 and tolls must be paid at the bursar's office within 24 hours or .the amount - is doubled. From the Syracuse Daily Orange: The Inter fraternity Council at Syracuse University has passed a measure against discriMinatory clauses ,in fraternity constitutions similar to, the plan approved by the local IFC Wednesday. The Syracuse plan provides opposition to the chartering .of new fraternities with restrictive ' clauses, undergraduate kepresentatives are or dered to vote against the admission of such groups, and a three-man committee to effect cofnpromm" es was formed. From the Michigan' State Newa: The concert program at Michigan State next year inCludes such artists as Artur Rubenstein, James Melt9A, Burl Ives, Ferrucio Taglievini, the Ballet Busse de Monte Carlo, Kirsten Flagstad, and, fiVe other outstanding programs. 'ln addition, lecturers will include Edward . n., Murrow, Senators Paul Douglas and Wayne Morse, Elsa Maxwell, and Nodding Carter. Gazette . . .\ Friday, vlarch 31 COLLEGIAN SENIOR And Junior. Edit Boards, 9 CH, 5 p.m. PSCA BIBLE Fellowship, 405.01 d Main, 7:30 WRA FENCING, 1 White Hall 7 p.m. WRA BADMINTON, White Hall Gym, 4 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall Pool, 7:30 p.m. kMIFT . 4 ... ' -W r ..1 ' . 1 • Further information concerning inteyelews mai Job ploci• silents can 'be obtained is 112.01 d Main. Seniors who turned , in preferencee *heels will be given priority' in scheduling, interviews for two days following the initial announcement of the visit of one of the emit , minim of their choice. Other students will be 'scheduled rt the third and subsequent day& Westinghouse Corp. April 11, 12,' 13. June grads in EE, ME; IE for openings in sales and a few manufactUring openings. Also a few jobs ' in highly technical engineering, requiring out " standing analytical ability, for EE and -ME. There are no openings. in routine or service en gineering, Openings also in Metallurgy for ma terials, development and application. Philadelphia Electric Co., Apil 12.4 tine gradd • and juniors:in EE. Marathon - Corp!, April `'l2. June gradd hi •.IE for time and motion, and ,wage incentive Work. General , Electric Business Division, April ,12. June grads in C&F for their' training. program. A great deal of accounting Will be involved dur ing the' first three ye#s. Applidants.mtat have an avera& . of 2.0 or better. kendal Refining Co., April 13. B.S. and M.S. candidatei iii-Clibiii,/*ipliCants . must have an average of 1.8 Or better. • Gooilyear .Tite and Rubber CO., torn 'l3, 14. June gads in EE, ME' and Chem for their Akron I manuf acturing training program. Oppor turiitles be mainly in prodUctibn manage ment, .product and process deyelopment, re search, plant engineering and technical sales. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Information concerning these positions can be obtilned at the Student Employment Office 3a Old Main. i ' SUbstitutie waiters and kitchen help in college dining commons leading to perinanent posithms in. Septernber. Summei camp and resort jobs • 'available to Persons with Various specialties: Dietitiansdor several camps. • Hotel dining room. managers and staff. Seats 150. May be operated under rental agreeMent. Sales personnel sought for both current and summer Work. ruller Brush Co. Full time positions open for summer. Various counties in Pa. available. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Adinitted Wednesday: Joel Peabody, 'Craig Elliot, George Denison, Rose Larsen, Robert Ransley.. _,' Admitted Thursday: John Herr, William ' • Lungren, Carol Thompson. • Discharged Wednesday: Joel Peabody. Discharged Thursday: Jack Bray, Patricia Ann Manzuk, Joan Atkinson. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM---Mal n aya. STATE--Barrica de. ' N/TTAtiy—Adam's AO, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950 • • • • .• *
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