PAGE FOUR Published Tuesday throufh Saturday morning* during the University year, the Dally Collegian is a student operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 6. 1934 at the State Collate, Pa. Post Office under MIKE FEINSILBER, Editor Managing Editor. Mika Miller; City Editor, Don Bh<M- , Co-A.st. Bnj. Mgn.. Rogar Vogalalngcr, Dorothea Koldya; _ . _ ..... ft .. , Local Adr. Mgr., Faye Goldstein; National Adr. Mgr., Jerry maker; Copy Editor, Dotty Stone; Sports Editor, Koy Wil- Fried; Co-Circulation Mgr*., Milt Llnlal, Christine Kauffman; Homs; Editorial Director, Jackie Hudgins; Society Editor, Promotion Mgr., Dellte Hooper; Co-Personnel Mg**., Alette Inez Althou.e; Aaeietant Sport* Editor. Roger Beldler; Photog- Manbeck, Connie Andenon; Office Mgr., Ann'Keeaey; Claaal p... „ n fled Adv. Mgr., Peggy Darla; Secretary. Lll JMelko; Reeeereh raphy Editor Ron Walker. and Records Mgr., Virginia Latahaw. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Fran Fanucci; Copy Editors: Don Barlett, Sue Conklin; Assistants: Ned Frear, Pat Tomlinson, Rosemary Arentz, Pauline Metza, Jane Hartzell, Barbara Budnick, Cyn thia Bell. Ad Staff: Arnie Hoffman, Dianne Hallock. Hat Societies: Do They Tap Fairly? The charge that hat societies are corrupt in their tapping methods is circulating campus again, as it always does this time of year. Is the charge justified? Some hat societies employ a point and inter view system for selecting new members. Ap- Elicants send letters, listing their activities. A oard, composed of some of the members of the group, rate the letters by a point system. Promising candidates are next called up be fore another board, or in some cases, the so ciety for questioning. New members are then selected by. vote of the entire group or the interviewing board. Methods vary among the nine groups now in operation. This appears lo be a democratic procedure and few have complaints about this method it self. Gripes stem from its application. Those societies with no apparent reason in their tapping methods are the ones most open to criticism. It is unfair to rejected applicants not to inform them of the basis for decisions. Rumors inspired by this lack of system are damaging to the societies as well as the mem bers who are selected. The charge that members are chosen politi cally—that the buddy* system carries weight— still remains, despite the qualifying sessions aimed at selecting the students most worthy of wearing a hat. The method of selecting new initiates could, we feel, be improved on two points. Hat society members who first screen applications need not know the names of the applicants. If they are selecting students to be interviewed only on the basis of activities, as claimed.' they have to know only the applicant’s surface qualifications: his activities. We feel, also, that if old members of the When a Good Dean Leaves... James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men, handed in his resignation yesterday. So now the independents will get a new ad viser and dormitory counselors will be headed by another member of the administration! but students will have to look a long time before they find another Mr. Dean. The Association of Independent Men has made more progress during the two years that Mr. Dean has been its adviser than during any other period in its history. According to reports from the National In dependent Student Association of which Mr. Dean is an executive board member, the Uni versity’s independent student organization is ranked second only to the University of Illinois. First place in the NISA Week contest was awarded to AIM and Leonides during the April NISA convention at Ft. Collins, Colo. Mr. Dean has morning office hours in 119 Waring Hall where he meets with resident counselors and after lunch he may be found at his desk in the dean of men's office in Old Main. All-University Officers Schedule Office Hours All-University officers are hold ing office hours from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday in the All-University Cabinet room, 203 Hetzel Union. At least one of the three offi cers will be in the room at this time daily, according to Philip Beard, All-University secretary treasurer. Officers are: Earl Seely, All-University president; Robert Sturdevant, All-University vice president; and Beard. HORSE SHOW May 7 and 8 Sat. and Sun. at the show grounds Pei™ RMiufl Club Oft}? Sailg Collegian SacMMW to THE FREE LANCE, aat- tMJ AlKSit JACK ALBRECHT, Business Manager Today Is Deadline For Delphi Applications Letters of application for Delphi, newly organized soph omore men's hat society, are due by noon today at the Het zel Union desk. Second and third semester men with an All-University av erage of 1.0 are eligible. Letters should include the name, aver age, semester, and student ac tivities. Letters should be ad dressed to Robert Segal, presi dent of Delphi. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA society—being no longer active—were on the interviewing boards, there would be less room for politicing. Old members might be more in clined to think of the society itself, rather than of close friends who are applying. As it now operates, interviewers are just one year ahead of interviewees. Seniors interview ing freshmen for membership in a sophomore hat society might have a slightly less prejudiced viewpoint because they’d be less likely to know the applicant personally. This, of course, wouldn’t cure the whole problem; fraternity brothers still are interested in advancing their fraternity, and therefore, its pledges. But, it’s our guess, while they still might be prejudiced, they’d be less likely to be as prejudiced as members with close ties with applicants. Both these steps, we feel, would leave the hat society less open to charges of unfairness, and, by so doing, would help the group. ' Hat societies can not merely shrug off criti cism' by saying, "This is our society and our business." By their very , nature, hat societies have an obligation to the student body as a whole, and topast, present, and, indeed, future mem bers. They capnot shirk this obligation to be fair. Members are accepted by the public as students who have been designated leaders, and future leaders are tapped from these talent pools. It is important that hat societies select members with the qualities the hat they wear asserts they have. The disappointment some students have for not making a hat society is keen. But the bitter ness they display should never be justified. Hat societies have an obligation to see that fairness dominates their actions during the tapping season. Wednesday nights belong to the AIM board of governors meeting and a few minutes every day are reserved for a Collegian reporter. Mr. Dean’s little office in Waring Hall is always busy . . . usually with puzzled coun selors, but quite often with people who just want to talk. A man who can work as closely with his students as Mr. Dean does and still retain their deep respect is worthy of highest esteem. Colleges all over the country would do well to have more Jim Deans. Penn State is happy to claim the original. Gazette • • • Today NEWMAN CLUB, Daily Rosary, 4:39, church; party, 8 p,ra. student center UNI Gerson Alexander, Fenstemacher, Archi Heasley, Jay Livziexj Tosh Pal, Douglas [VERSITY HOSPITAL Robert Allison, Lorraine Cobosco, Dale [bald Gentles, Mark Goldsmith, Glenn , Francis Markland, Samuel Mento, Asu Pease, Kenneth Sommers, Donald Wise. Journalism Professor Has Textbook Published Donald W. Davis, professor of journalism and chairman of the advertising sequence at the Uni versity, has had his new text book, “Basic Text in Advertising,” published by Printers’ Ink Pub lishing Company, New York. The b00k,'665 pages in length, as designed for introductory ad vertising courses at college and university level. It will be used in Journalism 40, basic advertis ing course in the journalism de partment. Mltorlnl* rapreaent tha clowpoint of tlio writer*, not neeMMrllj tho policy of tho paper. Unaltinf Miltarlol* or* bp tho editor. i* act of March 1, lift. —The Editor —Jackie Hudgins Little Man on Campus Look Who's Talking ... About Leaders So you’re an athlete! At most colleges this« means long trips and scholarships—but at Penn State it means just one thing—you’re bound to become a student leader before you graduate. i Six of the nine All-University officers for the years 1952, ’53, and ’54 were famous campus ath letes. If, as statistics show, athletic ability begets leadership ability, we recommend the new leader ship training program be made compulsory for all well-known players of football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, wrestling, and golf. Sportsminded men. by virtue of their muscles will, without a doubt, lead the undergraduates of the future and it is only fair that they be trained leaders. The program set up by cabinet last week will be a step in the right direction toward providing the university with responsible leaders. Of course the other solution is to make athletes out of al} the present student leaders to keep these two apparently related fields of student activity com bined. The secretary-treasurer for two of these three years was cfn the University lacrosse team. And in the light of this discovery we ad vise that before the two or three cliques look for candidates for secretary-treasurer that they carefully screen all promising la crosse players. Since only one of the secretary treasurers was a wrestler, we.do not believe it feasible to screen all outstanding matmen. The only drawback to this otherwise perfect system for se lecting leaders for the University is the fact that the athletic-lead ership classification leaves the women completely but. And since women participate in no varsity sports their chances for All-Uni versity leadership are slim. The problem is a serious one, but we have come up with a solution. FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1955 By Bibl By JACKIE HUDGINS We urge women who think they possess leadership qualities to try out for varsity sports so that they too may enroll in the training program and ultimately become campus leaders. Dorothy Anderson, class of ’35 could very well have the the prec edent because she is the only woman ever to play on a varsity team. Too bad she wasn't nomi nated for All-University president after her winning tennis season. She would have been terrific! 'Expose' Issue Of Froth to Go On Sale Monday The lid’s - off.’ Froth pulls no punches in the May issue on the “newstands” Monday. It’s tjie Ex pose’ issue. Learn the behind-the-scene do ings (without phone numbers) at Penn State in ’’Penn State Confi dential.” Other articles' for gossiprhungry readers include “Clean Up. the Town Issue” and “The Confes sions of a Little League Manager.” Where can you buy the m? They’ll be bothering you in. front of the bulletin board on the Mall, the Hetzel Union Building, War ing Hall, and the Comer Room. Tonight on WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES 7:25 7:30 SttHijht Serenade 2:05 Weekly New* Roundup 9:30 10:30 Thought for the Day ST RE! We know it ow About You? OIN THE FUN Spring Week Sicn On Scenerio
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