FRIDAY; MAY . 2S, 1951
Staters Disagree
With Look Story
Most of the people on campus who have read Mary Smith Rob
inson's "The Great Sorority Swindle" in Look magazine feel that the
charges made against sororities don't exist at Penn State.
Mary Brewer, Panhellenic Council adviser, felt that the article
was highly emotional. Having attended Milliken University in De
catur, 111., she believes that soror
ities are more snobbish and more
important in the , West.
Patricia Thompson, Leonides
adviser, felt that the article was
overwritten. She observed that
most of the undemocraticness and
racial prejudice is disappearing
from sororities.
Weston Defends Rushing
Dean of women Pearl 0. Wes
ton said that none of the com
plaints against sororities can be
found on - the Penn State campus.
In answer to Miss Robinson's
charge that the sorority rushing
system and the method of select
ing members are bitterly irrele
vant and grossly unfair, Miss
Weston said that all 160 girls who
pledged last fall got into the sor
ority of their first choice. -; -
The article was termed terri
ble, biased, and narrowminded by
Doris Sher, Leonides president,
who feels that Penn State sorori
ties are democratic. •
Nancy George, past president
of Panhellenic Council, felt that
Miss Robinson applied extreme
examples to general situations.
She doubts that Miss Robinson
got fraternity spirit while a mem
ber of a sorority. In answering
the charge that alumnae exert
undue pressure in selecting rush
ees, Miss George said that Panhel
works with alumnae in town who
do not try to influence the sor-- ,
ority choice of rushees.
Father Not Worried
Elsa Pasline, Phi Sigma Sigma,
received a letter from her father
saying that he felt the article ex
aggerated existing conditions. He
said that some of the charges may
be true, -but he wasn't worried
about his daughter's being a sor
ority girl.
Harriet Garfinkel, freshman,
said that some of the mentioned
conditions exist at Syracuse
where they have sorority houses.
She said that a friend of her
sister left Syracuse at the end of
her freshman year because she
wasn't pledged by a particular
sorority.
"The article is rioting to get
excited about," said Isabella
Cooper, Chi Omega. "When some
one presents an article with both
sides of the story, be sure and
let me read it."
Quit In Middle
Clair George, Tau Kappa Epsi
lon, termed the article foolish.
He got so disgusted that he quit
reading in the middle of it.
Arthur Benning, independent,
said that Miss Robinson sounded
bitter. He felt that it was silly
to publish the article.
The article states that of 1523
dates made by fraternity men at
SMU, only 68 . were with nonsor
ity women. Of all State frater
nity men questioned, about half
felt that the men at their houses
dated more sorority than inde
pendent women. No one said that
the men in his house dated sor
ority women.
Panhei To Sponsor
Open House Mon.
An open house will be held
from 8 to 10 p.m. Monday in the
main lounge of Simmons Hall
by Panhellenic Council.
The open house is for all wo
men who will be rushing sorori
ties in September. Upperclass wo
men with averages of 1.0 or
above, and second semester fresh
men with 1.5 or better averages
will be eligible for rushing in the
fall.
Three women from each of the
19 sororities on campus will rep
resent the council at the open
house.
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SGA Hears
NSA Report
By Stieber
Compared with other schools
whose representatives attended
the National Student Association
convention at Muhlenberg Col
lege, Penn State's student govern
ment is far superior, Jane Stieber
said at a Women's Student Gov
rrnment Association senate meet
ing Wednesday night.
Miss Stieb.ej was the senate's
official delegate at the conven
tion, held. last month in Allen
town.
..She said that other delegates
w er e - amazed at the excellent
contracts which the College's
government has with its students
and the power it has in carrying
out it programs without faculty
intervention.
Harry Kondourajian, former
All-College 'vice-president an d
William •Klisanin, chairman of
the ,;local ,NSA. chapter, spoke at
the mass meetings.
Miss S t be r said that she
thought one of the best sugges
tions: brought out "in ''the panel
discussions was the idea of a "dis
satisfaction machine." According
to this system, when 25 students
sign their names to a petition re=
questing an investigation of some
campus problem, a mass meeting
is held to air it out.
Senate approved a recommen
dation made by Jeannine Bell,
judicial chairman, to appoint
Joan Yerger, one of the four jun
or judicial members, as chairman
of the freshman customs board.
engagetnenb
Athman-Bair
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Bair,
of Lancaster, have .announced the
engagement -of their daughter,
Lois Ann, to Pvt. William Ash
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Ashman, of Johnstown.
Miss Bair is a senior in the
School of Liberal Arts. Pvt. Ash
man is a 1950 graduate of the
College, and received his degree
in engineering. He is now serv
ing with the Army at Fort Bragg,
N.C.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Wensing, of
Havertown, Pa., announce th e
engagement of their daughter,
Geraldin6, to Walter B. Few Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Few
of Springfield, Pa.
Miss Wensing is a senior at
Richmond Professional Institute,
Richmond, Va., and is majoring in
sociology. Mr. Few is a junior in
the School of Liberal Arts, and
is majoring in business manage
ment. He is a member of Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity.
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Sigma Chi's First Love
BERNADETTE LAWRENCE smiles happily after being crowned
sweetheart of the local chapter of Sigma Chi. John Stozenski,
president of the fraternity presented the bouquet and cup to her.
Debate
Highest
The men's debate team record shows "the highest percentage
of wins of all time, for the number of debates engaged in," accord
ing to Prof. J. F. O'Brien, men's debate coach.
'Members of the team won 72 individual debates out of a pos
sible 95, a .756 percentage. 'Twenty-six men were used in inter
collegiate competition, and 17 of these spoke in decision debates.
Prof. O'Brien feels that this rec
ord is "most impressive."
The team, including 12 veteran
debaters and 22 novices, started
off the season by defeating Army,
considered one of the best teams
in the East. From there they took
second place in the Vermont In
vitational Tournament, the first
tourney of the year. Both the af
firmative and negative teams
won three decisions and lost one,
W&J Tourney
In February Marlin Brenner,
debate manager, Clair George,
Harry Kondou'rajian, and David
Lewis won the Washington and
Jefferson tournament, for the
third straight year. Their victory
enabled Penn State to permanent
ly retain the W and J debate
trophy. State had the only unde
feated negative team and the
highest-s tand i n g affirmative
team in that meet.
The same foursome swept the
state debate and forensic tourna
ment at Temple University, com
ing out on top in a field of 29
Pennsylvania colleges. They took
temporary possession of the Talon
Debate Cup, which must be won
three years in a row to become
a permanent trophy. •
Grand National
During spring vacation they
took fourth place in the Grand
National Debate Tournament,
held at Mary Washington College,
Virginia. Brenner won the grand
national informatiVe reading title,
and took fifth place among the
top ten speakers. Lewis placed
first among the top ten speakers,
was runnerup in declamation, and
carried the affirmative with Kon
dourajian.
Brenner and Lewis reached the
semi-finals in the Boston Univer
sity debate tournament, and were
placed among the top eight'
speakers of the tournament. They
were awarded a plaque for being
among the top four teams.
They tied for second place with
three other schools in the Mount
Mercy Invitational Tournament,
took third place in the first an-
Team Record
Of All Time
nual Carnegie Tartan tournament,
and were judged the champion
ship team in the Duquesne Nov
ice Tournament.
Individual Records
Lewis participated in the most
debates, winning 23 and drop
ping 10. Brenner won 22 and lost
8, George won 21 and lost 3, and
Koridourajian won 14 out of 19
debates. Other members who
were in decision debates are John
Boddington, 11-2; Robert Alder
dice, 8-4; Gene Bouch, 3-2; Ed
ward Shanken, 6-2; Jay Headly,
6-2; Gifford Phillips, 7-1; Robert
Matasick, 7-1; David Schinuckler,
4-1; Donald Yenko, 4-1; Gene
Kolber, 3-1; Sanford Hertz, 3-1;
Lionel Wernick, 3-1; and Edwin
Lefkowith, 3-1.
Nine men were in non-decision
debates, including John A. Har
ris, Frank Fasick, William Klis
anin, Mark Unger, Nathan Fein
stein, Donald Carlson, Otto
Grupp, and Bernard Friedman.
Turks To Study Weather
Five Turkish weathermen will
arrive at the College next Fri
day to complete a year of study
in meteorology.
The men were chosen as the
most promising of a group of 14
Turkish Nationals who were
sent by the Turkish government
to this country for special train
ing by the U.S. Weather Bureau.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
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Bill Williams
Karin Booth
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Billy Gilbert
Shemp Howard
SUNDAY
MIDNITE SHOW
Ad Honorary
T© Initiate 10
Alpha Delta Sigma, advertis
ing honorary, will hold a ban
quet on Sunday at 7 p.m. at the
Nittany Lion Inn. Officers will
be elected and new members
will be initiated.
Those to be initiated are Ar
thur Anderson, Harry Chapman,
Thomas Dulick, Harold Dunmire,
Cyril Farrelly Jr., James Geffert,
Donald Jackel, Burton Johns,
Murray Kauffman, and Sheldon
Vilensky.
Robert McCracken, advertising
manager of the Norristown Times
Herald, will be a guest at the
banquet and Neil See will give
a short speech on his trip to Iran.
Annual awards will be present
ed to outstanding chapter mem
bers.
thru the
hooking Glass
with George
"Who's that sad character
reflected in the Looking
Glass?" I ask myself. Then
comes the awful truth. It's
me, I, George, The Colum
nist—with no column to write.
Please, before you go home,
tell Ethel you've' read one of
these things so I won't have
to sweep floors next Septem
ber.
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summer and always.
aeAei
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