WEDNESDAY. • SEPTEMBER 16. 1953 Look Beyond the Pretty_ As fraternity rushing gets underway this week, it would be wise for those being rushed— particularly new students on campus—to reflect some time before making a selection. Pledging a fraternity is no small matter. Most sophomores who spent their freshman year on campus have by now decided whether or not they want to go fraternity. Many of them, probably, also know which of the. 52 fra ternities they prefer. This is not true of those new to Penn State. The sophomore who spent his freshman year at -a center may have a small number of friends in a few houses. He therefore will be rushed by a limited number of houses and' have a limited selection. He is often swayed to pledge where he has friends. He cannot see beyond those few friends to the other 40 members of the house. What a rushee is likely to forget is that the fraternity is painting a pretty picture for him. He is wined, dined, showed, and snowed. He is the guest—until he pledges. Then the tenor changes. A rushee must, therefore, be able to see be- Why. Orientation Week? At this point in Orientation Week, new stu dents' are probably getting tired of attending meetings. Much as we can sympathize with them, we must still stress the importance of attendance. The tours and meetings are intended to help freshmen and other new students to acqUaint themselves with Penn, State. The College is a fairly large and complex student community. In order to understand and to live with the greatest amount of convenience and serenity, some knowledge of this community is needed. It will be impossible to teach new , students everything there is to know about the College in a week's time. Some students will probably leave the College without ever having set foot in some buildings or some sections' of buildings: Some will never learn any names connected with the administration other than President Milton S. Eisenhower. A great many will have a tough time remembering the name of the' All- College President Richard Lemyre. although students fill that office from their own ranks every spring. `Lineman' Sculptor Zorach Prefers Primitive Art By EDMUND REISS (Reiss interviewed Zorach last spring in his New York studio.) In Old- Main there is a statue called "The Lineman." Although the s tat u e by -sculptor William Zorach was not selected as the senior class gift last spring, it will remain there until it is moved by Pi Gamma Alpha, fine "arts honor ary society and sponsor of the statue. Dr. Harold E. Dickson ; professor of fine arts, said he had received a letter from Zorach stating the statue could remain on display at the College indefinitely. Zorach, who lives at his studio in Brooklyn, 5s one of the lead • ing artists of today and was one of the first in a movement to return to sculpturing directly on stone without first making clay models. In his studio there is an un believable number of small plas ter casts and carved wooden stat ues. These are towered over by tremendous granite figures. Walls are covered with paintings by himself and his wife. "The Lineman" was originally done as part of a sport series, Be cause of its high quality the statue was exhibited at the 1932 Olym pic games in Los Angeles. From there is was moved to :the Newark Museurn to remain on exhibition for several years. The granite sta tue is a large figure of a kneeling football player. Zorach has always been influ enced by Oriental art. He tries to capture a feeling of simplicity NITTANY CARD & GIFT SHOP Greeting Cards Yarn and Stationery , Gifts of all kinds Opp. Ath. Dorm E. College Ave. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA along with calm, • monumental power in all his works. Always a serious parson, pos sibly bordering on mysicism, Zorach likes to feel associated with primitive art, such as that of Gauguin and Matisse. He be lieves art should have a monu mental thread of eternity and always some concept of spiritual feeling. When asked about modern art movements, he replied, modern artists show only promise of some thing and not fulfillment in their works. He said modern sculptors are baroque in• ideas and thought. "The artist has to choose whether he wishes to communicate or dec orate. Modern artists have for gotten that structure without con tent is meaningless and beams and rafters do not make a house." Zorach came to this country from Lithuania at the age of four. Living and studying in Cleveland during his early years, he went to New York to studs at the Na- GRAHAM & SONS Yes this is the fifty-seventh year that we have welcomed a freshman class to Penn State and we are still going strong as the student rendezvous for pipes, tobaccos, candies, daily and-Sunday. papers, maga zines, periodicals, fine candies, ice cream, films, smokers supplies and many novelties too numerous to mention.. Follow the bunch and you will land at ,Graham's . . . the distinctive store in State College Picture yond his friends, beyond the pretty picture, and into what the fraternity is, what its reputation is, And what it stands for. And he cannot make an intelligent fraternity selection by Visiting five of 52 fraternities. During rushing,- the fraternity is not the only party being analyzed. The rushee is also ana lyzed. He must be on his• good behavior if he hopes to receive a bid, since fraternity bids are not always easy things to come by. Fraternities may not extend bids to upper classmen until 24 hours before classes. A wise rushee should know a fraternity unethical enough to break this regulation is also unethical enough lo break others. Such a fraternity can not build a good reputation, and a thinking rushee would avoid pledging such a house. Membership in a fraternity is s lasting thing. t is also an all-consurriing thing. The student who pledges a fraternity and later regrets it may well have ruined his college social life, and even his academic life. He had better choose his affiliation, then, not on the basis of parties, i but on the basis of sounder stuff. This lack of knowledge is unfortunate, but it is to be expected. However, it is through a lack of knowledge that the greatest differences occur —differences that may some day work to the disadvantage of the student. It is paradoxical that many. of us are here to gain knowledge and that we go to almost any lengths to avoid learning any more than the absolute minimum necessary to survive. One of the purposes of Orientation Week is to provide as much of that minimum amount of necessary knowledge as possible. The upper classman who advises the new student that hd need not attend orientation meetings is not ad vising on the best use of time. Instead the new student it being advised to learn as little as possible so he doesn't outshine the upperclass man. Not only college, but life, is a matter of "sur vival of the fittest." He that knows the most usually survives. To prefer ignorance is to prefer destruction.—D.R. idonal Academy of Design. He traveled to France to participate in new Fauves and Cubist move ments. Returning to the United States, he exhibited in several croup shows and settled in New York. His most famous work, "Moth er and Child," has recently been purchased by the Metropolitan Museum. Along with painting end sculpturing, Z o r a c h has written many books explaining art and sculpture. Two Are Erected To Advisory Board J. L. Romig, Kennet Square. and Carl B. Seeds, Washington D.C., have been elected to three-year terms on the Athletic Advisory Board. B. M. Hermann, Boalsburg, and F. L. Bentley, State College, were cited by the board in a resolution commending them for service to the College athletic program. Established 1896 Scheduling Time. Again Riding Club Holds Lectures, Contests, Classes Interested in horses? Then the Penn State Riding Club is the thing for you! The club meets every other Wednesday night in Willard Hall. Members see movies, hear lectures and discuss horses. Each year the club sponsors a horse show with intercollegiate competition. Classes in horsemanship, jump ing, and the Olympic trio give persons of every skill a chance to compete. The club has a team which en ters intercolle g iate competitions at Penn Hall, rier, and Cornell. Capt. Gregory Gagarin, assist ant professor of physical educa tion, is club adviser. No tic C r All students desiring the best in MUSIC - whether it be INSTRUMENTS or SUPPLIES FOLLOW. THIS MAP '7l 101 -, re . n , 0 N as cT,• TR HARMONY SHOP 135 , S. FRAZIER Nittany Council Is Part of AIM Among three Association of In dependent Men's governing coun cils is Nittany Council, having jurisdiction over Nittany dormi- tories. The council is composed of stu dent representatives from- each dormitory. From these a president, vice president, recording secre tary, and treasurer are elected. Two representatives-at-large are elected to rppresent the council on the AIM Board of Governors. Nittany Council represents Nit tany area in AIM affairs. It at tempts to settle difficulties in the areas, sponsors social events, and participates in campus drives. Although X-rays are similar to those of light, they are thousands lof times shorter. RECORDS, College Avenue • THE di HARMONY m. SHOP Beaver Avenue PAGE SEVEN OPEN EVENINGS
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