PAGE FOUP 1'60118.14a ru.sclay through Saturday mornings, during the University year. the Daily Collegian is a student operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under t TAMMIE BLOOM, Editor . . Managing Ed., Diehl McKalip; City Ed., Mike Feinsilber; Asst. Bus Mgr , , Benjainin Lowenstein; Local Adv. Mgr., Copy. Ed., Mary Lee Lauffer; Sports Ed., Dick McDowell: Sondra Duckman: . National' Adv. Mgr., William Devers: Edit. Dir., George Bairey; Radio News Ed.,Phil Austin; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Richard Gordon, Gail Fromer; Pro- Soc. Ed., Peggy McClain; Asst. Sports Ed., Brm Weiskopf : motion Mgr., Evelyn Riegel; Personnel Mgr., Carol Schwing: Asst. Soc. Ed., Nancy Ward; Feature Ed., Baylee Friedman: Office Mgr., Peggy Troxell; Classified Adv. Mgr., Dorothea Exchange Ed., Edmund Reiss: Librarian, Marcie MacDonald: Ebert; Sec., Gertrude Malpezzi: Research and Records Mgr.. Senior Board, •Bev Dickinson. Virginia Coskery. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Al Klimcke; Copy editors, Inez Althouse, Roger Beidler; As sistants, Bobbie Hendel, Doug Millar, Margaret Lieberman, Mike Moyle, Ted Serrill. Sorority Quadrangles at the University Pro . . . Sorority women, independent women, and the University as a whole would be greatly bene fited if the proposed sorority quadrangles come into being. Sorority women, under the present dormitory suite set-up, are not getting their money's worth out of their sorority dollar. The amount of en tertaining they are allowed to do in dormitory lounges is restricted, and they cannot receive all the social benefits accorded to their sisters in other chapters. The present system, whereby independent women are housed in the same dormitories, fre quently on the same floor, and sometimes in the same hallway as sorority suites can lead to very bad results. The woman who is independent by choice may -find herself convinced that the gaiety down the hall is what she should have, even though she may disagree in principle with the sorority system. But, even more unfortunate is the independent woman, who is not inde pendent by choice. When the crowd around her assembles in the suite for a chapter meeting, to plan a pledge dance, or to work on Spring Week projects, her life can become unbearable. The housing program at the University is greatly hampered by the sorority suite system. Independent coeds ma y cry "unfair" when sorority women are allowed to pick their rooms in the suites on the first and second floors of dormitories long before the independents draw their room preference numbers. And, when the elevators in McElwain and Simmons are over crowded, the independent who is in a third or fourth floor room, because the lower floors are filled by sorority women, has just cause for com plaint. With sorority quadrangles, sorority women will be able to get the social benefits they want and pay for. They will be able to increase the scope of their activities and conduct better rushing. The entire housing system at the University would benefit if several hundred sorority women move out of existing dormitories into the quad rangles; the coeds in Thompson Hall will be able to move into women's dorms, and Thomp son will at last go back to the men. The benefits of sorority quadrangles are many and the disadvantages, if any, are minor. Coeds and ROTC Strained eyeballs—that's what University coeds are getting. Well, they're asking for there. You know, nothing gives a man more pride than having thousands of giggling females watching him. If this is the case, every Tuesday at four p.m. must be pure joy to everyone involved with Air Force ROTC. Why it's almost impossible to hear the cadence over' the giggles of women—or, in this case "girls" would be a more appropriate word. May be someone will give a wrong command, and they'll all be trampled into the ground. You know what they say : . . he who laughs last . . —Joe Beau Seigneur Today CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 6:45 p.m., 304 Old Main COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, INTER MEDIATE BOARD, 6:30 p.m., 9 Carnegie COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, JUNIOR BOARD, 6:30 p.m., Business Office, Carnegie Hall EDUCATION COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m., 206 Bur rowes EL CIRCULO ESPANOL, 4 p.m., Temporary Union Building ENGINEERING COUNCIL, 7 p.m., 107 Me chanical Engineering FROTH CIRCULATION, 7:30 p.m., 312 Willard Psych Group Elects Edward Thieme, graduate stu dent in psychology, was elected president of Psi Chi, psychology honorary society. Other officers are George Wil cox, vice president; Kenneth Cook, secretary-treasurer; and Erwin Lesser, cor=nonding secretary. Seven new :--2mbers were elect cd to the group. Mir Batty Cotirgaatt Successor to TEE FREE LANCE, est. 1887 —Ann Leh Gazette . . Gray to Speak Tonight William H. Gray, professor of Latin-American hist or y, will speak on "Communism in Latin- Amer ic a. with emphasis on Guatemala" at an International Relations Club meeting at 7 to night in McElwain lounge. Offi cers will be elected. An apis is the scared bull wor shiped by the ancient Egyptians. THE DAILY . COLLEGIAN STATE - COLLEGE P'ENNSYLVANte FRANK CRESSMAN. Business Mgr. Con . . A plan favoring the building of sorority quad rangles at the University was recently endorsed by President Milton S. Eisenhower. There is some question whether this plan would be en tirely favorable. Under the present system, there is not much distinction between sorority and independent women. They can live in the same dormitories, eat the same food, and get to know each other. If the sorority women are separated the same feeling would not prevail. Living in separate quarters would tend to give sorority women an aloof feeling which does not exist now. For economic reasons many women are not able to join a sorority. It would not be fair to them to give sororities the added advantage of a separate house and a homier atmosphere. Two girls can now go through four years of college living side by side and being close friends with out sorority life drawing a line between them. Separation draws a group of coeds closer to gether but also makes them a greater clique to outsiders. If the sorority houses were not filled with members other women would have to be moved in and extras would feel out of place among a unit of girls. While the sorority women would have brand new living quarters, independent women would still be required to live in the old dormitories on campus. It is not fair to give -One group of girls an advantage over another group. More housemothers would be required and someone would have to pay the added expense. If it meant higher bills for sorority women, less women would be able to go sorority. It does not seem that a quadrangle of sorority houses would be advisable in exchange for the present housing program in which "Greek" and independent women share the same dormitories. —Sally Sykes Studying and Fun • This is. Spring Week. This is also another academic study week—the third from the last before final examinations this semester. Spring Week and stu&ying, if mixed in the proper pro portions, can result in a week which is most enjoyable, yet not disastrous to the academic program. Members of the faculty and administration have expressed concern, from time to time, over the effects of the activity-packed Spring Week on classes and studying. It only happens once a year, students say. Perhaps that's the only thing some of them can say. Although the contests, parades, carnival prep arations and participation, and other events are time-consuming, they are also fun. In exchange for this fun students should be willing to sacri fice a coffee hour here, a bull session there, or perhaps a few hours of sleep, to keep up with current classwork. The busy person gets more accomplished, it is said. With more pressure than usual upon students for their time and efforts, study time could probably be more effectively utilized. Spring Week may be a valuable part of col lege life, but it should be an added value, not a substitute for studying. FROTH AD STAFF AND CANDIDATES, 7:30 p.m., Froth Office GERMAN CLUB, 8 p.m., Grange Playroom HOME ECONOMICS CLUB, 6:30 p.m., 105 White Hall SIGMA ALPHA ETA, 7:30 p.m., 12 Sparks WRA EXECUTIVE BOARD, 6:30 p.m., White Hall UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Stephen Behman, Gerald Bensink, Richard Blank, David Cochran, Harry Fuehrer, Evelyn Grubb, Patricia Harned, Ruth Kaplan, Vonnie Leith, Allison Munn, Joan Musselman, John Pine, Cecelia Poor, Clair Stewart, Nancy Thomp son. ASME Elects Officers Martin Rawhouser has been elected chairman of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Other officers are Kenneth Hower, vice chairman; John Gil bert, secretary; Harry Kegerise, treasurer; Eugene Tarris, student council representatiVe; and Alex ander H. Zerban, professor of me chanical engineering, honorary chairman, Editorials represent tile viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the paper. Unsigned edi torials are by the editor. he act of March 3, •1879. Little Man on Campu ,---- see ti • ' '- - ' :- -N 71: ." i lie 00- . Erie --:-...,, . , 9 - . Committee. .. •„ 0 „ , ,tL....•:,. -, --, i osso ' .4 ......,..,.v......i U •-,f5 ' GRAPtialtiONs —.---- ' 4fa t i[ ...-_,_______ _ , . •-..- . '. - • -77.--7.--- , . , . ji/ ..... , f ,- :400.v 1 .-. 4. • • ° •t -,1" ki.! . : ' .: -, ;11 : , . .•.,,,A,54.1,1.-:',.,... .. f :, '-. : - . ( --- 1-1 : , ..:•.*::.::• - .';.‘. , '.'ii ..:::::::.i ..: .::........:, , . . . 1111111 , ,a i ... , ,LiiiiMllllllllll 4Rillgtigit .., ... "I tho't you'd like to know, Worthal—your name has just come of Grow Stud 'Group. Dynamicisn-i'..,- Has Practical Use.' Because there are persons who seem to think we are going -over board on group-thinking to the point of losing our individuality; the study of groups, "Group Dynamicism," has been initiated,FranciS Whaley, assistant professor' of psychology, explained yesterday to the Faculty Luncheon Club. This scientific study of groups he said. It has been used in in dustry for better supervision of workers, he said, and to discover means for workers to become more productive. It has been used by religious and ethnic groups to combat prejudice, by the govern ment to sell more bonds and to evaluate public attitude toward atomic energy, and to help with civilian morale, Whaley said. Many variables are used, he said, to study these groups. First the forces as to why people join groups must be accounted for, Whaley said. There are three general reasons, he explained. The activity may be enjoyable to the person, or the activity may help to gain goals the indi vidual could not attain himself. The last reason for affiliation may be social needs which can only be fulfilled by association with other people, he said. Naturally there are also • forces Whath pull a group apart. A person may get into a group and then find it doesn't offer what he wanted; he may not receive, the recognition he wanted or, feel that he is part of the group; or internal strife concerning a common goal may pull it apart. Forces also affect the produc tivity of the group such as its structure and the relationship of the members, Whaley said. The leadership and the climate—whe ther or not it is friendly—also af fect the productivity, he stated.. There are five general, tech niques of studying group behavior; Whaley said. The first is "inter action analyses." , A . trained . ob server may sit •in the group. and watch who speaks the most, what kinds of questions are asked, what the climate and manner of the' groups are. This is also an analy sis of roles: who are the domi-, nator, blocker, non-participant, harmonizer, or idea man. The second technique is the "feedback," Whaley said. An Oki- - server watches the atmosphere ` , '. of the group and then tells the group leaders what Would, help , the group function better sO that they may reevaluate'their. goals. •The third technique, according to Whaley, is "sociornetry." In , other words, asking „meml2;ers of the group Who they would most like to associate with. The next type Is role playing. For example, ,an employee and, employer could change poSitions during an - argument - and-- try--it By MARNIE SCHENCK has led to many practical uses, he • from the other point of, view, per haps becoming more tolerant, he said. The last and most common de vice used' is that of buzz .grouPs. A large group is broken up into smaller and more pliable groups which can be tested• for their. re , actions. Chapel Choir Concert Set For May 19 Chapel Choir, under the , direc tion of Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, will present its seventh annual spring concert at 8 p.m. May . 19 in. Schwab Auditorium. Mendelssohn's oratorio, "Elijah," which the choir presented as its first and third spring concerts in. • 1948 and -1950, will be performed. The _choir will be accompanied by 'the _University Symphony . Or chestra, directed by Theodore- K. Karh a n,_ associate professor of music and music education. Singing the title role will be Raymond H. Brown, bass, as sistant professor of music and director of the Women's Chorus. Other guest soloists are Saramae Endich, soprano; Jean Schneck, contralto; and John McCollum, tenor. The concert will be free and open to the public, with a limited number of • seats reserved" for guests : Of the .ehoir. An offering will be taken to help defray ex penses. Counselor Forms Due Members - of men's hat societies should turn in their . Orientation Week counseling applications by Sunday to Joseph Cutler, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, or to the Student Union': desk, in. Old Main, Cutler has announced: Those who do not: have applications should con tact Cutler. • Tpnight on WDFM 30 ----- Record Review 00 _—__--_ _____ _ _ Call Card 30 Tops. in Pops, 15 News 30 •w Music -Hall TUESDAY: .`MAY 11 ' 1954 B Bibler ~ S-40, $l.l MISCACYCLICS