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DIEHL DoIcKALIP, Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ann Leh; Copy Editors, Roy Williams, Ron Gatehouse; Assist
ants, Joan Hiekerson, Jane Casselberry, Sally Sykes, Dianne Mather, Joe Chedder, Jim Brown,
Gail Gilman.
Steps Taken Toward
This is the first of •two editorials dealing
with Panhellenic Council recommendations.
Tuesday's article will 'deal with the pro- -
posed sorority houses.
This week Panhellenic Council approved a
recommendation from the rushing revisions
committee that second semester women be eli
gible, for sorority rushing.
Contrary to "campus talk." this doe's not
mean the recommendation will be effected. It
indicates the council is in favor of the general
direction the revisions committee has taken in
its revamping of the present rushing program.
Should the recommendation in essence be in
corporated into the Panhellenic system on cam
pus, it would greatly alter the rushing program
for both rushees and sorority members. It
would mean, first of all, that formal rushing
would be held in February, instead of Septem
ber as is now done. According to University
stipulation, only one formal rushing period
may be held during an academic year. Fresh
men, of course, would not be eligible to rush
in September—during their first semester—and
because of this the formal period would be
moved back to the beginning of the second
semester.
Such a program was in effect three years ago,
when second semester women were eligible to
rush. The procedure was discontinued for var
ious reasons: because it was felt freshmen had
not been on campus long enough to distinguish
wiselybetween sororities: and because a Febru
ary rushing period interfered to some degree
with the academic calendar.
However, the University has been one of
only two campuses in the nation which ex
clude freshmen from the rushing program.
Further alterations in the present rushing
system, should the recommendation be effected,
would involve - the number of women rushing
in relation to the number of rushees from each
class to receive bids. If rushing is opened to
Safety Valve----
On Debate Ban
TO THE EDITOR: May I say "amen" to your
editorial in Thursday's Collegian on the debate
ban. My heartiest congratulations go to the
Penn State debate team and the Forensic Coun
cil for taking the position they did on not ban
ning the topic.
... To take away our right to debate is deny
ing the very principles for which America
stands.
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Gazette ...
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Freshman Rushing
second semester women, and thus ,to several
hundred additional rushees as compared with
past years, the number of upperclasswOmen for
whom sororities do not have room would be
greatly increased.
Such a situation could of course be remedied,
or at least modified, should the proposed flexible
quota system be adopted by Panhel.
The only actually controversial part of the
recommendation seems to be the specified All-
University average required of rushees. Coun
cil members have protested the stipulation that
freshmen be required to have a 1.5 average
and have asked that it be lowered to a point
between a 1.5 and a 1.0.
Essentially, protests centered around the fact
that a student's first semester average is not an
especially good criteria by which to judge.
Scholastic records, either high or low, compiled
during this period often are not exemplary of
future records for several reasons.. High aver
ages are frequently the result of leniency and
grace on the part of a professor who is aware
of the problems of adjustment a new university
student is facing. A professor, when determining
a first semester student's final grade, will more
often tend to give that student the benefit of
any doubt rather than a lower grade.
Relatively low first semester averages are
often the result of a combination of slow ad
justment on the part of the new student arid a
lesser degree of understanding from the pro
fessor.
Thus council has felt that by modifying the
scholastic requirements of freshman rushees,
these factors can be controlled so far as inclu
sive sorority averages are concerned.
Council has indeed shown initiative in under
taking such a revision. With the enthusiasm
of all factions of the Panhel system on campus,
the proposed plan can be completed to a work
able rushing program.
On Reputation ..
• Spokesmen for the University administration
have stated there is no fear the conduct by
students attending Saturday's football game in
Pittsburgh will be anything but good.
This new attitude is a result of the com
mendable conduct of the student body at the
Penn-Penn State game on Oct. 30.- In the month
and some days that haVe elapsed since then, no
complaints have been reported by the Uni
versity. This is in direct contrast to the adverse
reports following the previous year's game.
Students have clearly demonstrated they are
capable of bringing no discredit to the Univer
sity through their conduct. This weekend will
be another test. The administration officials
are hopeful the lesson has been learned, but
the fact that any statement was issued concern
ing conduct shows they may be doubtful.
If the conduct at Pittsburgh is similar to
that in Philadelphia, the students will have
proved their worth. They will even be able
to use this as the basis for the request that an
annual football half-holiday be once again
placed on the University calendar.
Metal. on Nov. 22.
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in ME, EE, Phys. Math & Chem. on Nov. 22 & 23.
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hclitoriats represent the
viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of
the paper. Unsiened edi
torials are try the editor.
he see of Mora 3. 1879
—Peggy McClain
Little Man on Campus
Fignewtons and Sourgrapes
A Controversial Author
Philip Wylie, noted author and cynic, -is one of our more con
troversial writers competing in the market of the rolling presses
today. Paramount in his writing are the holes he tears in our basic
conceptions and prejudices.
A person reading one of his works, such as "Generation of
Vipers," will discover one failing
—Wylie straddles the fence and
shoots his verbal darts at both
sides. : You, the average reader,
will vastly appreciate the way
Wylie attacks the dogmas and
misconceptions of those indivi
duals you know to be wrong; atH
the same time you will react vio
lently with righteous indignation'
when he tears into your own spe
cial misconceptions.
This invades the right of pri—
vacy—everyman's misconceptions
are his own.
Wylie does not observe this
last rule; that is one reason why
he is so controversial. The read
ing public wants to know about
somebody else's failings; its own
are not the author's business.
It is difficult to judge a man
like Wylie, who writes science
fiction and Florida fishing stories
on the side. In attributes he is
something between Bertrand Rus
sell and Westbrook Pegler. Take
Alighieri Dante, who had his best
friends, writhing in the Inferno;
Don Quixote, with a wicked type
writer instead of a lance; Billy
Sunday, who bellowed out hell-
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fire and damnation; and George
Sokolsky, a self-righteous old
journalist; combine a few traces
of each of these men, and you
have Philip Wylie.
It is possible and desirable to
have a detached attitude while
reading Wylie. And those com
paratively free of bias, struggling
through one of Wylie's chapters
such as the one on Momism in
"Generation of Vipers," might
come to the conclusion that Wylie
is biased. How many other authors
would write, "And if you do not
enjoy this book, the devil take
you?"
In all, Wylie is interesting read
ing. And don't worry if you are
biased against some of his asser
tions. For every bias the reader
has, Wylie has one of his own in
answer.
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