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F«Ml«heft Tuesday through
Saturday morntnta during
(hi University year, tha
Dally Collegian la a student
operated newspaper.
Entered as second-class matter July ft, 1934 at the State College, Fa. Fost Office under the net ef March ft, 1»79.
MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Mike Moyle; Copy Editors, Marnie Schenck, Fran Fanucci; As
sistants, Pauline Metza, Terry Leach, A 1 Klimcke, Jack Melder.
Sorority Rushing: Don’t Be Misled
Formal rushing is no longer a crowd of smiles,
a puff of smoke, and a slur of names. The
gaiety of open house has given way to the
more serious aspects of meeting rushees, meet
ing sisters, getting to know rushees, and get
ting to know sisters.
The “What’s'your major?” routine no longer
passes for an acceptable conservation opener.
Rushees have emerged as individuals _ and
sororities have taken on definite characteristics.
During parties and coffee hours wise decis
ions must be formulated after, careful thinking;
appearances still must be maintained; and tem
pers must be controlled.
All in all, these last few days of fall rushing
are tedious, tense, and often disappointing.
There is a great temptation to “talk sorority”
outside regular parties to impress the favorite
rushee, or to be overly nice to a good prospect
for an assured acceptance.
Not only does the Panhellenic Council dis
approve of this proverbial 'dirty rushing', but
such practices violate a well-established code
of ethics.
A few years ago, rushees and sisters were
allowed to have almost no contact with each
other outside the suites. There were several
periods of strict silence and penalties for viola
tions were severe. Since the revision of the
rushing code, we now have relatively few re
strictions. But rules must be made according
to the behavior of the people, and offenders
of the now-lenient code may be responsible for
the return of a strict set of regulations.
Women’ who are still doubtful as to which
bid to accept might be wrongly influenced by a
Plan to Graduate
As the first week of classes nears its end
many freshmen may be asking themselves if
they are really college material.
It is a question with which they needn't
concern themselves. If they weren't qualified
for college they wouldn't be here. The Univer
sity's standards are not exceptionally high, but
necessarily so because it is a stale institution.
Yet it screens applicants well enough to ex
pect all who enter to graduate.
True, the jump from high school to college
is a big one, but it is not insurmountable. If
freshmen remember that they are here first
to get an education and second to meet people
and have a good time they will find that they
can bridge the gap.
But many new students forget that basic
fact and place a good time above an education.
The two can be combined. If done so wisely
the University’s alarmingly high flunk-out rate
will drop accordingly
Safety Valve • • •'Hours for Men' Meets With Protests
TO THE EDITOR: Tuesday night Tribunal an
nounced that it was going to experiment with
hours on men as an additional type of punish
ment. The student reaction was one of ridicule.
But, behind this reaction were two serious
objections to the plan—its lack of enforce
ability and the inequality of the different male
groups affected by it.
The difficulty of enforcing such a penalty is
at once apparent. To tell a male student living
downtown that he must be in his room by a
certain hour is one thing, to check up on this
is another. In the fraternities the situation
would not be much better.
And to depend on the word of a person who
has been found guilty of a rule infraction that
he will not break another rule by not adhering
to. his hours, seems a little naive, if not ridicu
lous.
This leaves only the men living in dormi
tories. Here the situation seems better, as dorm
counselors can be utilized to enforce the rule.
At second glance, however, this is not so easy.
During the week, many dorm counselors are
not in their rooms until 10 or 11 p.m. The
counselors on weekend duty complete a round
of inspection on the average of one an hour
or more.
Last year in the Pollock Dormitory area the
counselors passed through a dorm on the aver
age of once or twice a night. Who would check
on the offender in between? The answer seems
obvious. Tribunal would have to employ a
corps of checkers, no matter how few viola
tors it sentenced.
The second argument is mostly an academic
one, but nevertheless valid. Tribunal has a
method of punishment which has only a chance
of working on one group of students—the men
in the dormitories. If Tribunal is to operate
on the common principles of justice, it must
realise that a penalty must apply to all equally.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
sister’s ‘confidential’ tips on the advantages of
her particular sorority. And downing another
group, no matter how obvious the intention,
might sway a naive sophomore.
Such stealing of rushees would add bulk to a
pledge class and momentary prestige to tha
sorority; but the bonds of sisterhood, if they are
to be strong and lasting, must be built upon
substance more solid than deception and petty
thievery.
Library Guard Duty
The rules for .using the stacks of the Pattee
Library have been changed quite a bit since
last year due to the excessive number of books
that have been stolen.
However, we feel the library officials have
gone to an undesirable extreme in asking fac
ulty and graduate students to have their ar
ticles checked before allowing them to leave
the open book shelves.
Being required to identify oneself as being
eligible for a privilege is commonplace and not
objectionable, but having to submit oneself or
one's possessions for inspection prior to leav
ing is disgraceful.
If the proposed honor system or any honesty
policy js ever to be successful at the University
a feeling of mutual trust between administra
tion and faculty as well as between students
and faculty must be cultivated.
One reason the librarian gave for imposing
the new restrictions on users of the stacks is
that sometimes undergraduates without special
permission or townspeople have been known
to enter the tsacks illegally. To require identi
fication should cut down on this problem, if
not alleviate it.
Librarians should be librarians and not police
men.
Back the Team
Tomorrow Penn State launches its Centen
nial football season opposing the Boston Uni
versity Terriers at Beaver Field.
At 8 p.m. tonight in front of Old Main, Lion
supporters will get their first chance to show
theri confidence in the team at the first pep
rally of the year.
The Lions face a tough schedule this year,
perhaps one of the most rigorous slates Penn
State has ever encountered. The team deserves
all thhe support the student body can give
them. Get out there tonight and show them
you’re behind them
Problems of enforcement make this impossible,
and therefore violate this principle. The law is
unfair for this reason and should be removed
from the books.
The fact that only a few students may be
affected does not change matters at all. So
long as one student is sentenced to this punish*
ment, and as .long as one group of male stu
dents is exposed to a penalty that no other
group has to face, an injustice exists.
—William Eisenberg
Judicial Babysitters
TO THE EDITOR: We wholeheartedly believe
that Tribunal has made another mistake. Tri
bunal has assumed the role of babysitter to
further puppet the student body.
Freedom of action has again been curtailed
by the recent move to restrict the under
graduates to their rooms.
To act as guardian angel is not a privilege
to be undertaken by Tribunal. The parents of
our adult student body do not expect this and
the students are definitely not desirous of room
confinement.
We firmly advocate that Tribunal should feel
the pulse of the student body which they rep
resent before formal action of this type is taken.
—Samuel Powell and Robert McKenzie
Gazette •. •
University Hospital
Rodney Abrahsra, Robert Alperim, Philip Beard, Norman
Churchill, Naomi Dunn, Robert Hooko, Marian Hubbard,
Susanne Mot, Leo Kukkola, William Lawn, Robert Lonff,
Charlene Low, Benjamin Maleaky, Norman Mawby, Joyce
Miller, Rosa Nickerson, Virginia Plants, Theodore Rapchick,
Larry Ridenour, Cly Shelly, Stephen Simon, Gaylord Smith,
Leo Stankavage, Ann Sterner, Elmer Strauss, Jerome Sum
merly, David VanZandt, and Benjamin Williams.
Editorial* represent the
viewpoints of Iks writers,
not necessarily Uia policy
of the paper, the etndent
body, or tho University*
—>Jackie Hudgins
-—Jackie Hudgins
—The Editor
Little Man on Campus
"You learn teaching lh' first year then you study vocations three
years to qualify you for that extra job to make a living."
Look Who's Talking ...
About Education
The .specialized system of education is a good thing, but
if our ‘major’ field of study becomes our oply field of study
our diplomas may be re-worded to state:
The Pennsylvania State University
certifies that
Joe College
does not know anything but
Minerology
“Plc_.j pay no attention to
anything he might say about any
other subject. He did work hard
for this degree and is potentially
a most valuable citizen. Please
treat him kindly.”
Unfortunately, undergraduates,
especially in technical fields often
complain about being forced to
take prescribed courses outside
their curriculum. An argument
frequently used is that liberal
arts electives are of no practical
use—even a waste of time.
Too Elementary*
When the Copernican theory
was explained to Sherlock Holmes
by Dr. Watson, Holmes said, he
intended to forget it as soon as
possible because it had nothing
to do with his major interest,
tracing down criminals. Dr. Wat
son was amazed just as many em
ployers are amazed at the very
limited knowledge of today’s col
lege and university graduates..
It is generally accepted that a
specialist has a divine right to
make a fool of himself on issues
outside his field of specialty, but
it is unfortunate that people, es
pecially college people, will allow
their scope of interests to be nar
rowed by' advanced learning—
when one of the fundamental
reasons of learning is to broaden
one’s mind and deepen one’s con
cepts.
Handicaps vz. Rewards
Naturally an absolute specialist
is handicapped, while at the same
time he is compensated some
times by money, more, often by
personal satisfaction, a feeling of
contentment, and security.
The society in which the strict
specialist lives on is also handi
capped, for this trained-in-only
one-field person is poorly equip
ped to assume the responsibili
ties that accompany citizenship,
but unfortunately there are no
real compensations for the so
ciety.
Information on all subjects has
increased to such an extent that
it has to be explained segment
by segment. Often one course of
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1955
By Bibler
By JACKIE HUDGINS
study seems to be completely de
tached from another. We are so
used to looking at the universe in
splintered hits that many of us
assume it has a cellular structure
and that-each cell can be treated
as if it were a pigeonhole.
This is not true and- only by
increasing our knowledge in var
ious fields, learning to piece bits
of ideas together, and learning to
think, can the questionable di
ploma be 'anything but a voca
tional degree.
Four Chem-Phys
Council Groups
Selected by Childs
The Chem-Phys student council
appointed chairmen and members
for four. major committees at a
meeting Wednesday night in the
Hetzel Union Building., The ap
pointments were made by Wil
liam Childs, council* president.
Joseph Eberly, junior in physics
from State College, was appoint
ed elections coriumttee chairman;
Kenneth Christiansen, junior in
chemical engineering from Fan
wood, N.J., miner committee
chairman; Sheldon Amsel, junior
in pre-medicine from Simpson,
coffee hour committee chairman;
and Howard Levine, senior in pre
medicine from Spring Valley,
N.Y., banquet committee chair
man.
Childs also appointed minor
committees, for the year at -the
meeting. The treasurer’s report
was given by Joseph Eberly. _
Council will meet Oct. 5 in the
HUB.
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