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AZ, BSO Rank Highest
In Scholastic Standing
Alpha Zeta and Beta Sigma Omicron ranked first in scholastic standing among
fraternities and sororities for the fall semester 1954, according to statistics released yesterday
by the dean of admissions office.
Both leading groups had 2.09 All-University averages. Alpha Zeta led fraternities
for the third consecutive semester. Beta Sigma Omicron is a newcomer to the top spot. In tkie
spring •semester of 1954; the group was eighth among sororities.
In second place for sororities
were Chi Omega and Phi Mu
both with a 2.04 averages. Chi 1
Omega has led sororities for the
past two semesters. Phi Mu was
ninth among sororities in the
spring of 1954.
In second place for fraterni
ties but finishing behind 20 sor
orities and Alpha Zeta, was Delta
Theta Sigma.
Sorority Women Lead
Sorority women led the Univer
sity scholastically with a 1.89 av
erage. Independent women were
next with a 1.49 average. Frater
nity men were in third place with
a 1.32 average and independent
men were fourth with a 1.28 av
erage.
The combined average for sor
orities and fraternities was 1.50,
and the average for independent
men and women was 1.33.
The average for University wo
men was 1.62, and the men's av
erage was 1.32.
List of Averages
A complete list of averages
follows: Alpha Zeta, 2:09; Beta
Sigma Omicron, 2.09; Chi Omega,
2.04; Phi Mu, 2.04; Gamma Phi
Beta, 2.01; Delta Gamma, 1.98;
Kappa Delta, 1.97; Kappa Alpha
Theta, 1.96; Alpha Xi Delta, 1.95;
Delta Delta Delta, 1.92; Phi Sigma
Sigma, 1.92; Kappa Kappa Gam
ma,l
1.90; Alpha Gamma Delta,
1.89; sorority women, 1.89; Zeta
Tau Alpha, 1.88.
Alpha Omicron Pi, 1.86; Pi Beta
Phi, 1.86; Delta Zeta, 1.81; Sigma
Delta Tau, 1.78; Sigma Sigma
Sigma, 1.77; Alpha Epsilon Phi,
1.75; Alpha Chi Omega, 1.72;
Delta Theta Sigma, 1.71; Alpha
Gamma Rho, 1.69; Tau Phi 'Delta,
1.67; Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1.66;
University women, 1.62; Triangle,
1.61; Theta Phi Alpha, 1.59; Beta
(Continued on page eight)
4 Constitution
Revisions OK'd
By Ed Council
Education Student Council
Tuesday night adopted a revised
constitution.
Ann Beebe, chairman of the
constitution revisions committee,
read the revised constitution to
council. Approval was unanimous.
The new constitution provides
chat organizations recognized by
the College of Education and
meeting at least once a month
will each have one representa
tive on council who will have all
rights and privileges of members
except that he' may not hold a
council office.
A quorum will consist of two
thirds of the council and meet
ings will be conducted according
to Robert's Rules of Order, Re
vised. Other changes include re
striction of each member to one
unexcused absence instead of two
and changing College to Univer
sity throughout the wording of
the constitution.
Council also discussed plans for
the C o 11 e ge Open Houses to be
held or. April 23. It decided to
give souvenirs of scratch pads
and pencils to high school stu
dents who attend the education
open house.
Lieske Reports
On Club Plans
The Outing Club is planning a
canoe trip for the Easter vacation,
Bruce Lieske, president, said at
a convocation of the College of
Physical Education and Athletics.
. Lieske said the club was organ
ized to arouse stimulation and ap
preciation of outdoor activities
and to arrange activities for stu
dent group participation.
Lieske reviewed the activities
the club has participated in dur
ing the past semester. He also
gave commentary on slides and
films of two outings that were
shown.
Club to Sponsor
Louis Armstrong
The Penn State Jazz Club has
announced it will sponsor a jazz
concert by Louis Armstrong and
his All Stars April 29 in Schwab
Auditorium. Armstrong will pre
sent two performances.
Tickets will be $1.50 each and
will go on sale after spring vaca
tion. All seats for the performance
will be reserved.
This is the Jazz Club's second
venture in bringing the nation's
top jazzmen to the University
campus. The club sponsored a
concert by Dave Brubeck on
March 18 which drew an audi
ence of 1500.
Ml Council Names
Tocker President
The Mineral Industries Student'
Council last night unanimously
elected Edwin Tocker, sixth se
mester ceramics major, as council
president for next year.
Donald Fleck, seventh semester
meteorology major, was elected
vice president, and James Var
shay fifth semester geology and
mineralogy major, wa s elected
secretary-treasurer.
The council heard a report by
.the guides committee for the open
house which stated that the guides
will have to be trained for their
euties. Council also voted to dis
continue the coffee hours.
Council discussed the possibili
ty oc presenting the retiring pres
ioent, Charles Larson, with a spe
cial key in recognition of his serv
ice.
'Rainbow' Will Open Tonight
A bit of Ireland and Texas will
be transported to the Schwab
stage when Thespians' production
of "Finian's Rainbow" opens at
7:30 tonight for a weekend run,
including a Saturday matinee.
Leading roles in the production
are played by Edwin Grove as Og,
the leprechaun, Louis Fryman as
Finian, and Jeanne Lippy and
Michael McKay will be seen as
the romantic leads.
A Hetzel Union desk employee
reported that some seats were
available for both the Friday and
Saturdny night productions. Tick
ets are selling at $1 for tonight's l
show, and $1.25 for all other pro
ductions. The matinee will begin
at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Fryman is Director
Loui- Fryman is dialogue direc
tor for the show, Michael Rosen
feld
did musical arrangements for
the orchestra and staged musical
numbers, and Charlotte Fink did
choreography.
Among the songs which will be
heard in the musical are "Old
Devil Moon," "If This Isn't Love,"
"Necessity," and "Great Come
and Get It Day."
Others in the cast are Phoebe
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The fifth annual newspaper
editors' seminar will get sunder
way at 1:45 p.m. today at the
Nittany Lion Inn with a welcom
ing address by Ben Euwema,
dean of the College of the Liberal
Arts. The theme for the confer
ence is "Press Responsibility."
Fifty Pennsylvania newspaper
editors along with ten Latin
American journalists will attend
the seminar which will be held
today and tomorrow. The con
ference is sponsored by the Penn
sylvania Society of Newspaper
Editors.
James C. Hagerty, press secre
tary to President Dwight D
Eisenhower, will address the clos
ing session of the seminar.
Newsmen, along with gdvern
ment officials and University fac
ulty members, will participate in
the two-day conference.
Among the speakers at the
seminar will be Robert H. Esta
brook of the Washington, D.C.
Post and Times-Herald; Ox i e
Reichler, editor of the Yonkers,
N.Y. Herald Statesman; James
M. Driscoll, editor of the Con
nellsville Courier; and Judge
Leonard M. Propper of the Muni
cipal Court, Philadelphia.
Chairman for the seminar will
be Dr. Robert Clark, acting head
of the department of sociology at
the University.
English, Alfred Klimcke, Jack
Williams, Robert Martz, Eugene
Wethers, Ernest Swiggett, Mar
vin Jackson, Daniel Long, Judith
Hartman, Leon . Cooper, Albert
Ely, John Starkey, and Lawrence
McCabe.
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Donald Ziegler, Gerald Hodge,
John Schofield, Robert Bishop,
William Edgeworth, Ronald Ross,
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Thomas Zimmerman, Patricia
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Mixer Date Is Set
By Pollock Council
Pollock Council set April ;$ la the date for an area mixer. The
mixer, which sad' be held in the bAllrooM of the Heusi Union
Building, will be open to the public. No admission will be charged.
The council voted to raise the $lO allotment, which is given each
dorm for social purposes, to $l5 for this semester.
In determining the amount of Money which will be given to
dorms in the future for socials
purposes, the council approved a
new amendment which will gilt
into the by-laws of the new eon
stitution.
Amendment Stipu
The amendment stipulates that
no more than one-fourth of the
total amount of money alloted to
the council will be used for dorm
activities. This amount of money,
which will be determined at the
beghming of the fall semester,
will be divided proportionately
among the existing dorms n the
area.
The council stated that athletic
equipment for any resident .of the
Nittarw-Pollock
be area is now avail
able end may obtained at NM
tany 38. Students using the
equipment will be required to
leave their matriculatiOn cards as
security.
Election. Date Sit
Harry Martini, council presi
dent, announced that the election
of officers for the Association' of
Independent Men will be held
May 26. A president, vice presi
dent, secretary, and treasurer will
be elected. Candidates for the
presidency must be either fifth
or sixth semester students with a
1.0 All-University average, Mar
tini said.
Nominations will be made from
the floor at AIM meetings or by
petitions. Petitions must have the
signatures of 300 students. Any
independent student MY run,
Martini stated.
In other action the council ap
proved the appointments of Da
vid Cummings, fourth semester
business administration major,
and Ronald Urick second semes
ter chemistry major, to assist in
the Red Cross blood donor pro
gram.
Celeste McDermott, Alberta Hoff
man, Judith Koenig, Maxi Tassia,
Maine Karlip, Seymour Gold
stein, Leonard Phillips, Irving
Schemmel, John. Valentine, and
Donald Gerhart.
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feirs, said in a lecture to Political
science classes yest erday.
Gatch,` who has been assigned
posts in Baghdad HOrig Kong,
Warsaw, arid Tripop, stioke of his
experiences as a oreign service
officer and the adyentages and
disadvantages to this type of life.
catch ' Richard' Friedman,
special ikssistant in the Wide of
public affairs, were at the Uni
ver'sit'y from the United States
Department of State for the pur-,
pose of interesting students to ap
ply for jobs in foreign service.
Gatch . was stationed in Baghdad
during the Palestine Wars. He
spoke of the riots that occurred
there which became so violent
that the Ameircan information
center was attacked and burned
bya ntob. Front Baghdad he wak
sent to Warsaw where he helpe
to investigate the disappearance
of P Polish family behind the
Iron Curtain. Later he was sta
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the Bong Kong office and the for
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