!-Y,CIS FOUR
It 'Oattll eidiegiati
Successor to CBE FREE LANCE. est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
luring the College year by - the staff of The Daily Collegian
of Th. P-qnsylsania State College.
Entlred aq , tecond-class matter July S. 1934, at the State
College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint of the
writers not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. fin•
signed editorials are by the editor
Dave Pellnitz Franklin S. Kelly
Editor "/W°?'" Busines Mgr.
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Sports Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed., Bettie Long; Edit.
Dir., Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed.
Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens; Asst
Soc. Ed.. LaVonne A.lthouse; Feature Ed., Julie Ibbotson:
Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Nancy Luetzel. •
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lation Co-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfe; Personnel
Mgr., Elizabeth Agnew; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Marion Morgan.
Therese Moslak; Classified Adv. Mgr., Eleanor Mazis: Office
Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman: Secretary, Patricia Shaffer:
Senior Board, Nancy Marcinek, Ruth Pierce, Barbara Potts.
Betty Richardson and Elizabeth Widman.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Barry Fein; Copy editors: Bob
Schoellkopf, Gus Vollmer; Assistants: Len Good
man, Bob Dunn, Roy Williams, Bill 011endike,
Mary Angel, Bill Snyder, Peggy McClain.
Ad staff: Bob Potter, Vince Drayne, Virginia
Bowman.
Class Week Knits
Juniors Into Unit
The activities scheduled for J un i or Class
Week and the potential that such weeks on an
All-College level offer are almost unlimited.
The main objective of this week, however,
is to acquaint the members of the junior class
with one another. Students coming to any large
school ,very often have difficulty becoming ac
quainted with fellow students, let alone their
new classmates. This week, with its many ac
tivities, should bring juniors together and give
them a chance to at least be able to recognize
some of their classmates.
Studenti should bear in mind that they will
one day become alumni. Friendships made
during their schooldays often last for many
years. And a person should think of future
reunions when he will return and at least be
able to recognize someone to talk over old
school days and the class of '54 or '56.
Many will contend that classes have no place
in the large school, and students should instead
be united for the entire school.
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Certainly there is room for class pride in
anything the class may accomplish. The entire
class has the right to feel proud about any honor
given a class member through achievement in
athletics or scholarship. And again in later life,
any person attaining fame will show a reflec
tion on his college class and the talents in
that class. And that person's classmates will
be able to say with pride they have graduated
with that famous person.
The list of activities, arranged by a com
mittee of juniors who deserve a. large vote
of -thanks, started Wednesday with a display of
junior talent in a variety show. A pre-Rutgers
game pep rally last night was attended with
more enthusiasm, but both were successful.
The highlight of the week's activities will
be the coronation of Miss Junior Class at
the Cinderella Ball tonight in Recreation
Hall. Looking over some of the finalists will
show that the junior class is well represented
on campus with its share of "queens." A mum
mers parade, preceding the Rutgers game and
fraternity house parties are scheduled for to
morrow.
Juniors will get together Sunday at a break
fast for their class and then go to• Chapel, en
masse, giving them again more chances to be
come acquainted. A jazz jamboree will conclude
the week's activities Sunday afternoon in
Schwab.
The present junior class at State can• go down
as one outstanding in the history of the school.
Junior Class Week and the activities scheduled
deserve the support of the student body and
certainly the full support of the junior class.
—Chuck Obertance
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Donald Bailey, Richard Cribbs, Richard Fav
ro, Gary Friedman, Paul Green.. John Haub,
Andrew Jaros, Ronald Lacue, Ralph Schorr,
Robert A. Smith, Gordon, Stroup, Dina Tapper,
Margaret Wright.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Safety Valve
Editorial. Shows Distortion
TO THE EDITOR: Chuck Obertance's editorial
on scholarship in fraternities is a good example
of the distortion 'that can be brought about by
improper use of statistical information. It is
hardly fair to compare the statistics on two
groups such as the average of fraternity , men,
and men's All-College average if the groups are
so different as to bias your results before you
- zt art.
Mr. Obertance, in maintaining that frater
nity men have "outshone the non-fraternity
men," cites two p . o s s l i b le reasons for
the higher aver age among fraternity
•nen, but he ignores the main reason; the fact
that the fraternities are a selected group to
begin with. In order to get into a fraternity
you must have at least a 1 All-College aver-
aae.
This automatically raises their average as a
Iroup by eliminating nearly all those with an
average of less than 1. Included in the non-frat---
ernity group are. men who want to be fraternity
members, but-who were rejected for having too
low an average.
•If Mr. Obertance and the College statistician
want to compare the scholastic performance of
fraternity men with that of non-fraternity men,
let them take samples from each group who
have the same average at the beginning of the
semester and compare their averages at the end
of the semester. Such a comparison would give
a somewhat more legitimate indication of the
effect of fraternity life on scholastic perform
ance and perhaps satisfy those who feel that
this is a vital piece of knowledge.
Our own view is that such comparisons are '
odious and that, rather than foster competition
for higher grades, they create ill will among stu
dent groups and shouldn't be given the recog-.
nition of appearing in a student - publication.
—Edward Thieme
Frank Coladonato
Ed Note: The scholastic standings of frat
ernities are news, not only to the fraternities,
but to independents who ar e considering
joining a fraternity. They therefore have a
place in a student publication. One of the
chief points of Mr. Obertance's editorial was
apparently ignored by the writers of the above
letter: that is, that the Greeks have at least
Partially disproved the theory that fraternity
life automatically lowers one's grades. It
should be pointed out 'that once a man is
brotherized there is nothing requiring big
average to remain above a 1.
Gazette ...
Friday, November 14
INTER- VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOW
SHIP, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Penna. Transformer Co. will interview January B.S. can
didates in M.E. and E.E. Nov. 21.
Jay Manufacturing Co. will interview January B.S. candi
dates in M.E., E.E., 1.E., mining ens., metal., and ac
counting Nov. 18.
North American Aviation, Inc. will interview January B.S.
and '53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in M.E., E.E., C.R.
aero. eng., and arch. eng. Monday and Tuesday, Noy.
-17-18.
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. will interview January B.S. can
didates in C.E., E.E., M.E., 1.E., C&F. mining eng.,
mineral prep. eng., journ.. and accounting Thursday,
Nov. 20.
Linde Air Products Co. will interview January B.S. and '53
• M.S. candidates in M.E., eng., chem., and phys.
Thursday, Nov. 20:
A United States Government representative will interview
January graduates interested in intelligence work Thurs
day, Nov. 20. Interviews can be arranged in 112 Old
Main.
Western Union Telegraph Co. will interview January B.S.
candidates in M.E., E.E., 1.E., and accounting Nov. 10.
Olin Industries Inc. will interview January B.S. candidates
in M.E., C.E., chem. eng., phys., metal., and accounting
Nov. 19.
Electro Metallurgical Co. will interview January B.S. can
didates in E.E., 1.E., chem. eng., metal., and corn. and
econ. Nov. 13.
Aro. Inc. will interview January B.S. candidates in E.E.,
1.E., M.E.. aero. eng., ind. management, ens. phys., and
math. Nov. 18. •
McDonnell Aircraft Corp. will interview January B.S. and
'53 M.S.- and Ph.D. candidates in C.E., E.E. M.E., aero.
eng., -and phys., and B.S. or B.A. candidates in math.
and phys. Nov. 19-20.
California Texas Oil Co. will interview January B.S. and
'53 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in M.E., E.E., C.E., chem.
eng., geol.,
and corn. and econ. Nov. 18.
Crown Central Petroleum Corp. will interview January B.S.
and '53 M.S. candidates in A&L, chem., business adm.,
phys. ed., psych., C&L, and marketing Nov. 19.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Translators ,for technical work in Spanish, French, and/or
German.
Altoona residents to do Christmas selling.
Students for miscellaneous selling opportunities on a com
mission basis. •
Messenger for one hour per day. 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.,
Tuesdays to Saturdays.
Student wife for clerking in afternoons.
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Counter
Three weeks ago -in this column we,:disCussed the situation of
The Daily Northwestern, a newspaper whose efforts to raise funds
to get out of the red were being complicated by some campus
groups' offers to assist' _ only if the paper "behaved itself," and
"played it their way.!"
In the interests' of editorial freedom the Daily Collegian con-
tributed $lO and appealed to 100
papers of colleges and universities
across the country to contribute
what they could.
Here, in part, is the reply we re
ceived from Northwestern upon
receipt of our check:.
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"It was with pleasant surprise
that we received the check. As
you have _ probahly read in the.
Daily our campaign did not xeach
its goal . . (and) we are return
ingthet money.
"I cannot express the appreci=,
ation of the Daily staff. It is heart
ening to know that we are not
alone in our desire to preServd
independence of thought."
From the Cornell Daily Sun:
Seven Cornell fraternities were
fined a total of $lO5O by the judic
iary committee of Cornell _lnter
fraternity Council for infractions
of IFC by-laws which prohibit
contracts among fraternities "for
the purpose of exchanging votes
or, by other unfair means, of gain
ing advantage" in student council
elections. • •
Houses and fines were as fol-
Phi Delta Theta ..
Alpha Tau Omega
Delta Tau Delta .
Lambda Chi Alpha
Chi Phi
Phi Kappa Sigma
Theta Xi
Minimum punishment under
FRIDA Y, lIPVED/LBER 14, 19DZ.
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By NANCY LUETZBL
provisions of the by-laws is $25.
• In a statement explaining the
reason for its action, taken in con
junction with forthcoming elec
tions for the - Freshmen Men's
Class Council, the judiciary com
mittee stated:
"(This) action was taken by
- the judiciary committee because
it feels that this offense consti
tutes a most serious threat to
effective student government.
"Coalitions prevent qualified
candidates from running on an
equal' .basis and, as such, are
not in • the best interests of the
fraternity system or the. Uni
versify."
Also at Cornell:
A spilled glass of water mush
roomed into a four-dormitory wat
er fight and sent two students to
the infirmary.
As fas as can be discerned, the
melee broke out when a student,
trying to balance a glass of water
on a finger, accidentally spilled
the contents of the glass on an
other student who retaliated in a
like manner. Glasses gave way to
wastebaskets and the battle spread
to other dorms.
One student sustained cut ten
dons in his hand when he shoved
it through a glass door. Another
was also taken to the infirmary
with facial cuts resulting from
being hit in the face with a waste
basket full of water.
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