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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings during
the University year. the
Daily Collegian is a student
operated newspaper.
t 3 .n . Pa. Off
MIKE FEINSILBER, Editor
Managing Editor, Mike Miller; City Editor, Don Shoo- Co-Asst. Bus. Mgrs.. Roger Voge!singer, Dorothea Ko!dye;
. Local Adv. Mgr., Faye Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr., Jerry
maker; Copy Editor, Dotty Stone; Sports Editor. Roy Wit- Fried: Co-Circulation Mgrs., Atilt Linial, Christine Kauffman;
llama: Editorial Director, Jackie Hudgins: Society Editor, Promotion Mgr.. Delite Hoopes: Co-Personnel Mgrs., Alen*
Ines Althouse: Assistant Sports Editor, Roger Seidler; Photos- Manbeck, Connie Anderson; Office Mgr.. Ann Keesey: Classi
raphy Editor , Ron Walker. fied Adv. Mgr. Peggy Davis; Secretary. Lii Milk.: R h
and Records Mir., Virginia Latshaw. ,
STAFF THIS . ISSUE: Mike Feinsilber, Mike Miller, Don Shoemaker, Dottie Stone, Jackie Hudgins,
Rog Beidler, Roy Williams, Ted Serrill, Ed Dubbs, Larry Jacobson, Judy Harkison, Bob Kling and
Roger Alexander.
Sorority Rushing: No Room for Folly
Sophomore• women will have, their first look
at sorority life this morning when the fall rush
ing season gets underway.
Formal rushing, probably the most exhaus
tive social event in the Greek year, is designed
to acquaint the independent woman with group
living an d introduce the already-pledged
Greeks to this year's crop of candidates.
The word 'rushing' should not be taken too
literally, for fear of defeating the purpose of
the parties and get-togethers. 'Rushing' does
not mean confusion and snap decisions. It does
not mean choosing a sorority—any sorority.
Rushing is a period of time during which
the independent woman must decide Iwo im
portant things.
1. Whether or not she wishes to join a na
tionally organized social group whose ties ex
tend beyond her years in college, and
2. The particular group in which she would
be happiest, should she decide to 'go sorority'.
Belonging to a social organization, nationally
affiliated or not, carries with it responsibilities
—many of which the rushing candidate is un
aware.
First, there is the question of dues. Seldom
is this discussed at afternoon parties. However,
any woman may inquire in the dean of
women's office for full information concerning
national dues. Here she may .also see other
printed material published by the national or
ganization.
Secondly, the national office sets up some
what rigid requirements and suggestions as to
personal and group behavior.
Thirdly, national membership is national
identification—favorable or unfavorable. Wom
en all over the country wearing similar pins
may claim sisterhood to the sorority woman.
Admittedly, the sorority is hard work with
fun and satisfaction as rewards. The good
times are often pictured in chapter scrapbooks
and rewards represented by gold-plated tro-
phies, but hard work is difficult to talk about
over a china cup of coffee in the house of the
wealthiest local alum.
Customs: Here's Why
Perennial moans and groans will once again
be resounding from east to west campus and
back. It centers around that period in the life
of a freshman known as customs.
But face it, frosh. Customs is probably here
to stay, so you might just as well sit back,
enjoy it, and learn what it's all about.
Although it may be hard to believe at The
moment, the customs period was not set up to
make you feel .conspicuous or inferior or to
put you in your place. It was destined to be a
generally helpful span and an enjoyable one,
too.
Customs should be a learing period for the
freshmen. Its existence is for your own good..
It is the time when you will become acquainted
with the University. You will learn its songs,
and many traditions. And learning about the
University can be fun. It can help to make
your life on campus one of activity rather than
one of apathy.
Customs is also a period which tests your
ability to adjust to a new phase of your exist
ence. Learning to adopt the right attitude has
proved to be a step toward personal maturity.
Customs can be a period of forming new
friendships. Those "ridiculous" signs you're
going to wear will be hanging around your
necks for a purpose. With them you will meet
new people. You will find many whose in
terests are common to your own. Remember,
frosh, you're all in the same boat, and customs,
like no other period, can very well help to form
a close entity out of an otherwise ununited
class.
Unfortunately, there is one barrier in the
way of making this period a thoroughly en
joyable and informative one for you, and that
is the upperclassmen. An increasing lack of in
terest in the enforcement of the customs pro
gram has been noted in upperclassmen. The
Scholarships, Fellowship
Renewed in CheimPhyst
Two scholarships and a fellow
ship in the College of Chemistry
and Physics,' amounting to $3300
have been renewed.
They are: the Union .Carbide
and Carbon Co. fellowship in the
amount of $2600; the Monsanto
Chemical Co. scholarship in
chemical engineering amounting
to $500; and the Bakelite Co: in
chemical engineering amounting
to $2OO.
The Union Carbide and Carbon
Co. fellowship provides $l4OO for
a fellowship and $l2OO for the
chemistry department
atm ElatlH CulWotan
Successor to TEI rRn LANCE. est. IST!
,4Ek.. JACK ALBRECHT. Business Manages
'Rainmaker' Tryouts
TT y out s for the Penn State
Players first Center Stage pro
duction of the season, N. Richard
Nas+i's "The Rainmaker" Will be
held at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Lit
tle Theatre in the basement of
Old Main.
The cast calls for six men' and
one woman.
' A' new building will be con
structed at the McKeesport cen
ter of the University.
The Board of Trustees of the
University has accepted a pro
posal by a McKeesport group,
whereby the group will build the
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
A sorority woman is required to attend
every chapter meeting; she is required to work
on projects, her suite and chapter dues must
be paid on time; she must attend weeknight
fraternity entertainments; she must be present
at regular song practice; she must attend to
regular suite clean-up; and she must attend
and often decorate for teas, dances and parties.
Lastly, after the rushee decides to become a
sister, the problem is—who's sister?
The criteria for group affiliation are many.
A woman must be able to feel a part of her
sorority. She is seeking individual and group
friendship. Although she need. not be the
stereotype of any one sister, similarity in breed
ing makes -for a more closely-knit group. And
it is for this reason that the rushee must not
pretend to be what she is not. If she is not
sincere in her brief contact with the sisters she
may find herself pledged to a group quite dif
ferent than finances permit her to be.
Similarity of hobbies, activities, and college
curricula are of little importance in later as
sociations even though they spark much of the
coke date conversation.
Often sororities are confronted with the prob..'
lem of a legacy. A legacy is a woman whose
mother or some other relative is a. sister in one
particular sorority at which the woman is
rushing. Sometimes legacies are stubborn and
will accept a bid from none other than. 'Mom's'
sorority. And sometimes sisters will bid the
•
legacy for fear of hurting an alum's feelings.
In either case, unpleasantness can result. Wom
en who.do have ties to particular groups should
not rely on a 'safe bid' but they should make
an effort to find the group in which they prob
ably will be happiest.
There is no substitute for good judgment. A
woman who is unable to tell the difference
between an insincere smile and one signifying
genuine interest will not make her first nor her
last mistake in her choice of sororities.
This is one analysis of the skill of rushing.
How skillful will you be?
Pick a Card • • .
People laughted when a well-known writer
said he scheduled only those subjects in college
that met at convenient hours on the first floors
of buildings near his dormitory, but after two
days of devil-may-care registrajion some stu
dents may find themselves having no better
justification for, enrolling in courses than this.
Students can be blamed for some of this
academic indifference but certainly not all of it.
Every year students gripe about registration.
Some dislike waiting in line, others object to
8 o'clocks and Saturday classes, but 'the ma
jority of the complaints—those about not being
able to schedule certain courses—are justified.
In some departments pre-registration assures
the majors in a curriculum a place on the roll
book; often new sections are opened after a
certain number of demands for a particular
course are recorded. But frequently a student
will not be allowed to take a course simply
because his last name happened to begin with
the wrong initial.
Students are encouraged to enroll in some
courses for broad educational benefits, but in
all too many cases during registration their
choice of electives is governed solely by the
hours during which a course is offered.
Registration is a means to an end. But un
less it allows students to take the courses they
need and those they want, it fails to meet its
purpose.
A well-geared registration systeni is essential
to the purpose of Penn• State.
cooperation of upperclass students is essential ,
to the success of the program.
A re-examination of the worthwhile objec
tives of customs would prove valuable to.,both
upperclassmen and freshmen.
—Marilynn Zabpski• ..,_
$17,800 in Stock:Willed
To Kunkle-Loan Fun d
Common stodk Aralued at .$l7
800, willed to then University gy
the late Bayard D.V4mkle, wi I
be added to the gittel: lOW Bay
ard Kunkle Lo n q Fimd. The loan
fund was established in 1946 by
Kunkle, a'. 1.907. graduate of the
University and a. Distinguished
Alumnus, now' totals nearly
$130,000.
Income from the fund is avail
able for loans to married vet
erans, with a limited amoun
available to aid non-veteran sen
iors in need of financial help.
$140,000 structure. The Univer
sity will rent the facilities.
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers,
nit necessarily the policy
of the paper, the student
body. it the University.
—Jackie Hudgins
—Jackie Hudgins
ttle Man on Campus
At Encampment
The annual Student Encampment at the University's Mori;t Alto
Forestry School has always been the source of many cogent ideas
to improve Penn State. This year, as in the past, I am sure that the
students and faculty members privileged to attend the thrge-day
sessions will incorporate into their various activities and professions
many of the proposals discussed
by the Encampment group.
You will undoubtedly be read
ing of these new ideas this se
mester as the participants in the
Encampment program present
them in a formalized manner for
, the consideration of their groups.
' But aside from the more tang
ible results of Encampment, I
feel that many students who
have never attended the sessions
fail to realize the more undefine
able something the delegates gain
from the program.
Important By-Product
The fellowship breeded by liv
ing and working together for
three days is an intangible by
product of the pre-school sessions
which • I believe is actually one,
of the most important aspects of
Encampment.
. As an illustration of an En
campment intangible, I refer to
the faculty vs. students softball
game. Those participating, as
well as those on the sidelines,
really saw one another relax and
have a good time. For people who
must work closely together it is
important to learn such things.
Bull-Sessions Beneficial
And even when the topic of
conversation among the delegates
in informal bull-sessions strayed
from University affairs their talk
was still beneficial to one another
and, thus, ultimately to the Uni
versity because of their campus
positions. .
This is so because when people
get to know each other well they
better understand their respec
tive problems.
If they hold opposite viewpoints
on a question they will work
more readily toward an under
standlng. Itthey epee on a point
they will work more harmonious
ly toward the common goal.
Through such intangibles I be
lieve the Encampment does much
to make a better Penn State.,
ENCAMPMENT SIDELIGHTS
Ossian R. -IVlacKenzie, dean of
the Business Cellege, sporting
a fine figure in Bermuda
shorts . .
Which bl i ngs 'to mind, that
about the or#y t vipman who ap
peared in a tk lit/during Endamp
meat was Dean re4',Women pearl
0. Weston- r all the women !stu
dents were g bed in )3 er -
mudas . '
Prexy knY cke w he delegates'
eyes out with *his sport shirts.
To boot he appeared in a , heret
at the hot dog roast the 'first
night . . .
Bob Bullock, IFC president,
tried to go him one better. He
wore a derby'
. .
Best quote of the week was by
Phil Beard, All-University sec-
FR IDAYi /SEPTEMBER' 11$4 1955
By Bible
By MIKE' MILLER
retary-treasurer, in a report on
the National Student Association
convention. He said: "A delegate
to the convention from- a South
ern school 'ran on a platform to
abolish student government t —and
won. Now he doesn't know; what
to do." •
Thespians Set
Tryout Dates
Tryouts for the Penn State
Thespians' "Take Ten" will be
held from• 7 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday
Monday and Tuesday in 410 Old
Main. •
"Take Ten," this year's annual
original revue, will run for.' three
nights during Homecoming
Weekend.
Parts in the chorus are, open
for approximately • 12 men and
12 women.
The Penn State Thespians Club
and crew chiefs for the show will
meet at 6;15 p.m. Sunday in 410
Old Main. The meeting will be in
preparation for the tryouts.
$5OO Scholarship
Started by Firm
The North American Refrac
tories Company has established a
scholarship for students in cer
amics.
The scholarship, which will be
come effective this Fall, will pro•
vide $5OO for the student chosen.
If the student continues to meet
requiremeiltg-for the scholfirship,
he may qualify for renewalref the
I.;
scholarship*.The recipient of the award will
be selected` •by the Scholiirship
Committee of the College of
Mineral Industries wi t 4 the
recommendation of the held of
the department of ceramidftech
nology on. the basis of seholar
ship, need and character.
Holtzinger Reappoin 1 ed
J. E. Holtzinger, Altoon pub
lisher, was renamed a Bo d of
Trustees representative d ector
of the Penn State . Foundat n for
a five year term. iP
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