'WEDNESDAY.. JANUARY 12. 1955 Pantie! 'Defeats . . Quota C h ange • "Panhellenic Council last night defeated the recommendation to set, up, a flexible quota system for sorority membership. The recom nielldation will be sent back to committee for further revision. The council voted to replace the strict silence ruling during rushing to a semi-strict period. This will mean that rushees and sorority women will be allowed to talk but not 'concerning sorori ties. Frosh Suggest Datin g Revision Freshman Council last night suggested that an honor system over -a shorter period 0..: time be used to enforce the :5:30 dating rule- for freshman 'women... The present ruling requires enforce ment for one semester.: • COuncil representatives we r e asked to carry the diScussion back to the women in their dormitory units. . • . . ..The dating rule forbid's' IreSh man women from dating after 5:30 p.m. on week nights, : A committee will be aPpointed to look into the possibility:tit stalling vending machines' in/Mc- Allister Hall for student , use. Student activity 'cards were-dis tributed to the counci: representa tives for distribution among the women in their units. -The cards are to be filled out, and returned to members of the council. Adam's-. (Continued from page four) be "big names" to draw votes; admittedly our biggest names are our sports figures. Arid let's face it. There just aren't" that 'many sports heroes on campus Willing to throw in the towel: and, be All- University something-or-others. Thus, about the only • way, a third party could make •a , go of it at this time would be to replace• one of the present parties, in Much the same way that the Lion and. State parties did in 1947 and 1948.. And to replace a tradition - SO firm ly planted as either Lion or State party will take one of .two things: an amazing amount .of: ingenuitY' or a mighty sharp knife. >= If the rumors of :a third partY are true, as .they. might 'Well be, the "founders" are taking • a 'big bite. They'll succeed, most - likely, if the students feel a need for their party and if the party is set up -to offer students what they feel lacking in the - present two groups. The situation, whatever. the re sults, should make • interesting watching.. After all,.change is the backbone of progress. So, be it. Sc.ii3fi class to HoJci Entertainment Auditions Auditions for entertainment of the, sophomore class at the class meeting March 5 will be held at :15 p.in. tomorrow in 200 Car negie, Donald Genhart, talent committee chairman, has an nounced. ' 'Any member of the sophomore class I.S- eligible. Members of the talent committee should attend the 'meeting, he said. Plan Now for Executive Career in RETAILING UnigiM,One-year course leads you-,to,fVfaster's degree. Indi vidualized training for those COLLEGE GRADUATES-WhO desire top-paying positions, have average or better aca demic records, broad educa- tional backgrounds. Training } in nationally known retail or ' ganizations with pay (covers tuition, books, fees). Scholar ; ships. Coed. Graduates placed. Next class begins Sept. 6,1955. 'ions ac- The flexible quota recommen dation defeated by council pro vided that the membership for all /sororities would not go below 50 or exceed 60 girls. The quota would be set by the council after it was determined how many sorority women were returning and how many women were rushing , . Approves Code Council approved the. Panhel lenic rushing code after a few changes were recommended. The changes included: 1.. Second semester women with a 1.3 All-University average are eligible for rushing. 2. , Two informal rush periods will be held in 1955-56. '3. Coffee Hour invitations will be printed by Panhellenic Council. • 4. A semi-strict silence period will be observed between Open Houses and ribboning. s 5. There will be a lapse of one week between the formal and in •formal rush period. This will be a semi-strict period. 6. All-women who rush inform ally must" register at the Dean of Women's office. Committees will be appointed by Louise Moreman, Council pres ident, from each dormitory to plan teas to be held for freshmen this spring. The teas are designed to orientate freshmen to sorority life. Patricia McLaughlin was ap pointed as council's representa tive to Women's Student Govern ment Association Senate. She will replace .JoAnne Caruso, council vice president. Hester Anskis was appointed rushing chairman. Sororities were asked by Miss Moreman to turn in pictures for next year's rushing booklet to 131 Simmons before next semes ter. K'aufman-Duckman Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Duck man of Brooklyn, N.Y., announce the marriage of their daughter Sondra to Herman Kaufman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kaufman ,of Scranton. Mrs. Kaufman is an eighth se mester industrial psychology ma jor. She is the former local adver tising manager of the Daily Col legian. Mr. Kaufman , was graduated from the University and is now doing engineering work and at tending Temple Law School. The couple will reside in Phila delphia. w. Write in C. L Of LING i ITY OF URGH th 13; Pa, : THO DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Frosh Teas Marriages Library Given Art Collection From Australia As a memorial to. her two sons who lost their lives in World War 11, Mrs. N. W. Moody, of Perth, Australia, has donated a collection of Australian art and literature to the University. Both men were amateur art collectors, as is their mother. In order to help further the cause of international relations and be caUse of the close collaboration between American and Austra lian forces during the last war, Mrs. Moody decided to place part of their collection in an American university. She selected the University be cause of the work being done here in the field of British domin ions literature. The University is the only institution offering such a course. 'The collection will be on ex hibit throughout this month in the lobby of Pattee Library. UCA Wig! Hear Convention Report A report on the National Stu dent Assembly of Young Men's Christian Association and Young Women's Christian Association, held at the University of Kansas Dec. 27 to Jan. 2, will be given at the University Christian As sociation assembly at 7 tonight in 304 Old Main. Representing the UCA at the YMCA and YWCA assembly were Glen Elder, Douglas Finnemore, Linda Gerber, Robert Hare, Jan ice Huber, students; the Rev. Luther Harshbarger, University chaplain; and the Rev. Robert Starbuck, program associate of UCA. Students attending the assem bly studied the needs of students in relation to the national and world situation and explored the resources of the Christian faith. Outing Club Plan Wild Game Dinner The field and stream division of the Penn State Outing . Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in 317 Willard to complete plans for the wild game banquet to be held Sunday at the Stone V all e y Forestry Cabin. Outing Club members who have not signed up for the banquet may do so at the meeting. The banquet will be free to members of the club. Meat for the meal was taken by members of the field and stream division during hunting season. Ski Trip to Be Planned Persons interested in attending a ski trip to Red House in Alle gheny State Park, N.Y., during the week between semesters will meet .at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in 301 Recreation Hall to make plans for the trip. The Penn State Outing Club is sponsoring the outing. PrOvenzano-Miller Mr. and Mrs. George •W. Miller of Hanover announce the engage ment of their daughter Glorietta to Russell Provenzano, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph .Provenzano of Washington, Pa. Miss Miller is a fifth semester business administration major and a member of Delta Zeta. Mr. Provenzano is a seventh semester business administration major and a member of Delta Sigma Phi. Smith-Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Wilson of Pittsburgh announce the en gagement of their daughter Carol to, Lawrence Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith of Pittsburgh. Miss Wilson is an eighth semes ter elementary education major and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Mr. Smith is a seventh semester mechanical engineering major at Carnegie Institute of Technology. rfi • k YMd • t h Max.ghaidn (Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek" eta) SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE: No. 1 In this day and age, as I like to call it, everybody should know something about science. Unfortunately, however, the great majority of us are majoring in elocution, and we do not get a chance to take any science. But we can at least learn the fundamentals. Though this column is intended to be a source of innocent merri ment for all sexes and not to concern itself with weighty matters, I have asked the makers of Philip Morris whether I might not from time to time use this space for a short lesson in science. "Makers," I said to them, "might I not from time to time use this space for a short lesson in science?" "Bless you, lad!" cried the makers, chuckling. "You may cer tainly use this space from time to time for a short lesson in science." They are very benign men, the makers; fond of children, small animals, community singing, and simple country food. Their benevo lence is due in no small measure to the cigarettes they smoke, for Philip Morris is a cigarette to soothe the most savage of breasts. I refer not only to the quality of the tobacco which, as everyone knows, is amiable, humane, and gracious but also to' the quality of the package. Here is no fiendishly contrived container to fray the fingernails and rasp the nerves. Here, instead, is the .most ' simple of devices: you pull a tab, a snap is heard, and there, ready.at hand, are your Philip Morris Cigarettes. Strike -a -match, take a puff, -and heave a delicious little rippling sigh of pure content. So, with the cordial concurrence of the makers, I will from time to time devote this. column to a brief lesson in science. . Let us start today with chemistry. It is fitting that chemistry should be the first of our series, for chemistry is the oldest of sciences, having been discovered by Ben Franklin in 123 B.C. when an apple fell on his head while he was shooting the breeze with Pythagoras one day outside the Acropolis. (The reason they were outside the Acropolis and not inside was that Pythagoras had been thrown out for drawing right triangles all over the walls. They had several meetings outside the Acropolis, but finally Franklin said, "Look, Pythagoras, this is nothing against you, see, but I'm no kid any more and if I keep laying around on this wet grass with you, I'm liable to get the break-bone fever. I'M going inside." Pythagoras, friendless now, moped around Athens for a while, then drifted off to Brussels where he married a girl named Harriet Sigafoos and went into the linseed oil game. He would also certainly be forgotten today had not Shakespeare written "Othello.") But I digress. We were beginning a discussion of chemistry, and the best way to begin is, of course, with fundamentals. Chemicals are divided into elements. There are four: air, earth, fire; and-water. Any number of delightful combinations can be made from these elements, such as firewater, dacron, and chef's salad. . Chemicals can be further divided into the classes of explosive and non-explosive. A wise chemist always touches a match to his chemicals before he. begins an experiment. A great variety of containers of different sizes and shapes are used in a chemistry lab. There are tubes, vials, beakers, flasks, pipettes, and retorts. (A retort is also a snappy comeback, such as "Oh, yeah?" or "So's your old man!" (Perhaps the most famous retort ever made was delivered by none other than Noah Webster himself. It seems that one day Mr. Web ster's wife walked unexpectedly into Mr. Webster's office and found Mr. Webster's secretary sitting on Mr. Webster's knee. "Why Mr. Webster!" cried Mr. Webster's wife. "I am surprised!" ("No, my dear," he replied. "I am surprised. You are astonished!' (Well, sir, it must be admitted that old Mr. Webster got off a good one, but still one can not help wishing he had spent less time trifling with his secretary, and more time working on his diction ary. Many of his definitions show an appalling want of scholarship. Take, for instance, what happened to me not long ago. I went to the dictionary to look up "houghband" which is a band that you pass around the leg and neck of an animal. At the time I was planning to pass bands around the legs and necks of some animals, and I wanted to be sure I ordered the right thing. (Well sir, thumbing through the H's in the dictionary, I hap pened to come across 'horse.' And this is how Mr. Webster defines "horse"—"a large, solid hoofed herbivorous mammal, used as a draft animal." (Now this, I submit, is just plain sloppiness. The most cursory investigation would havc shown Mr. Webster that horses are not mammals. Mammals give milk. Horses do not give milk. It has to be taken from them under the most severe duress. (Nor is the horse a draft animal, as Mr. Webster says. Man is a draft animal. Mr. Webster obviously had the cavalry in mind, but even in the cavalry it is men who are drafted. Horses volunteer.) But I digress. We were discussing chemistry. I have told you the most important aspects, but there are many more—far too many to cover in the space remaining here. However, I am sure that there is a fine chemistry lab at your very own college. Why don't you go up some afternoon and poke around? Make a kind of fun day out of it. Bring ukeleles., Wear funny hats. Toast frankfurters on the Bunsen burners. Be gay, be merry, be loose, for chemistry is your friend! Okras Shulman, 19&4 This column is .brought to you by the makers of PHILIP MORRIS who think you would enjoy their cigarette. Engag meats Pope-Hall Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hall of Fredericktown announce the en gagement of their daughter Joetta to Fred Pope, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pope of Luzerne. Miss Hall is a seventh semester business administration major. She is a member of Delta Zeta and president of Chi Theta. Mr. Pope graduated from the University in 1952 and is now a lieutenant in the United States Army. Sherlock-Bourne Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Bourne of Philadelphia announce the en gagement of their daughter Dorothea to Charles Sherlock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Sherlock of Mifflintown.. Miss Bourne is a seventh se -In2ster elementary education ma jor and a member of Delta Zeta. Mr. Sherlock is a ninth semes tcr civil engineering major and a member of Kappa Sigma. PAGE rrVE
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