PAGE FOUR Pabltnhed TdMdar through Bitqrd*y mornings daring ths University year, the Daily Collegian Is a student operated newspaper. EnUrtd .. .trond-cl.w Matter J«lp I, IM4 ■at tha Slat* CalUce, Pi. Put Offict andar tl MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager Managing Editor, Roger Beidler; City Editor, Don Shoe- Cj-Asst. Bus. Mgr*., John Kmets, Dorothea Koldys; Local maker; Copy Editor, Dotty Stone; Bporta Editor, Roy WIL Adv. Mgr,, Faye Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr., Jerry Fried; llams: Editorial Director, Jacklo H.dglno; Society Editor. PromoGon Mgr.. Mlta Co-Per«nne t l ln^ Ines Althoune; Assistant Sports Editor, Ron Gatehouse; Pho- Manbeck, Connie Anderson; Office Mgr., Ann Keesey; Ctaasl tography Editor, Ron Walker. Mgr., Peggy-Davis; Secretary, Lll Melko; Research . 1 ond Records Mgr., Virginia Latahaw. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, A 1 Klimcke; Copy Editors, Sue Conklin, Ted Serrill; Assistants, Marian Beatty, Dave Bronstein, Greg Huntingdon, Pat Evans, Mickie Cohen, Joyce Bedrava, Willa Neudorfer, and Linda Lowenthal. Shortsighted Fraternities May Wreck FMA This is the crucial year for the Fraternity Fraternities also claim they can buy food- Marketing Association. The group, which acts- stuffs of better quality for lower prices by as a buying agent for member fraternities, will dealing directly with the vendors. Two fraterni ei -ii f Pf come a real asset t 0 fraternities, or it ties that dropped from FMA this year gave will fold. that reason when asked why they dropped from If FMA folds, the fraternity system at the the organization. University will pay through the nose. Although member and non-member houses The storm clouds, which have been gathering bu y from virtually the same dealers, there have for years, are the result of FMA’s fight against J? ee ? ma ?y c 2,?l p * lai S. ts ab .°, ut the quality of two factions: the very fraternities it is trying foods sold to FMA. It would seem the dealers to help, and the vendors who sell their goods ar S Polling the wool over FMA’s eyes, to fraternities and FMA. In an attempt to rectify this situation, FMA The indifference of the majority of fraterni ties has hindered FMA in its bid to expand FMA waf aualill l2? and become an integral part of the fraternity BufMhere Ysnothhi^bWnn system. At its height, FMA membership never sending FMA inferior after tvw exceeded 26 members. Present membership Droducte have been annmved h totals 21 fraternities who actually do their food P FMA and ifs Jims fr.tomit.W buying through FMA. However, even some money are basicallv sound Bu? if fht* Uie f °° d situation continues, there'is little doubt the Duying directly irom tne vendors. organization will dissolve. If FMA folds, prices . This la ck of support has hindered the group of foodstuffs will go up. For with no compe xn its efforts to expand and become a real tilion. the dealers will have fraternities over money-saving organization. the proverbial barrel. The other faction, the vendors who sell pro- If every fraternity at the University would ducts to FMA, are a headache too. These deal- get behind FMA and become an active member ers sell their products directly to the houses, the group’s buying power would increase, as giving them the same two per cent discount would discounts. Long range savings through as they give FMA. FMA would be guaranteed. At present, fra- However, after FMA subtracts its 1% per ternities are evidently thinking of the money cent service charge, members are left with a they are saving right now. one-half of one per cent discount. By buying Such an outlook shows a definite tendency directly from the dealer, the houses save the toward shortsightedness full two per cent on prices, Same Old Grind If formal rushing is lhe most exhaustive sorority function of the year, informal rushing is the most boring. Informal rushing began yesterday and will continue for the remainder of the school year unless Panhellenic Council decides to enforce a time limitation. This means that anytime from now until finals start in the spring sororities whose quo tas are not filled will be expected to entertain rushees in the usual “coke date” manner. Wom en who do not care to enter rushing right away may wait around for a month or two or until the spirit moves them, and still be within the limits of the present Panhellenic code. This procrastinating rushing policy has no real advantages; it has many disadvantages, especially from the point of view of the soror ity. Indefinite rushing, as informal rushing has come to mean, is at best, a grind. Some sorori ties have a rule that every sister and pledge must be in the suite af every free hour to meet rushees. If only a few hours a day are set aside for rush ing, sisters may become disgusted with sorority activities, and Penhellenic Council should not be in the business of making • sisters disgusted with sorority activities. Enthusiasm is the mainstay of rushing, but even the most gung-ho greek finds it difficult to work up enough sorority spirit to last for eight or nine months, (the length of time in formal rushing could last, technically). Women who do not wish to enter the in formal rushing program right away should be required to wait until the beginning of the spring semester season. It is not fair for sorori ties to keep their suites open for the last min ute rushees, few in numbers, and possibly lack ing in interest. Rushing, like football, should not last all ye,ar. The only result can be tired players, bored spectators, and a poor game v —Jackie Hudgins Safety Valve.. • Frothy Bounces Back TO THE EDITOR: Frothy, in his blue and white garb, is as much a tradition at the football games, as is the Blue Band, the Lion, and the cordons of hatmen and women. All of these groups do their part in making the event a bit more enjoyable and pleasant. Frothy provides a comic relief at football games. His antics, along with the lion's, are enjoyed and anticipated by the great majority of fans. One of these figures, without the other, would be lost. Both the Lion and Frothy agree to this. Perhaps if we had a character named "Col legy" dressed all in black, circulating among the fans, and depressing people, this would be pleasing to a few morose souls—at least it would keep the "foolishness" hidden. Only a “dunce” when seeing Frothy on the field would get the impression that a bunch of “dunces” go to Penn State. He would like wise look at the Lion and say that a bunch of lions go to Penn Slate—this is ridiculous. laily Cnllpgtan Sbccmmt to THB FREE LANCE. ML (IST THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA A Tug for Spirit Sag “The Big Pull” may prove to be just the thing to give Penn State spirit a much-needed shot in the arm. Interest in “things collegiate” seems to have been at a standstill around campus for quite some time now. Customs is a good example. The idea behind customs is basically good. The shame of it is that no one seems 16 want to take the trouble to perpetuate a good thing. The enforcement of the program during its second week this year was a disgrace. It just seemed to be too much trouble for the busy upperclassmen to pay any attention to the freshmen. Freshmen soon became aware of this blase attitude and began to emulate it as the ac cepted thing. Toward the end of the second week of the program we would be willing to wager that about the only people who were participating in customs were freshmen—some fakers enforcing, some die-hards receiving. But the scheduled tug-of-war between mem bers of the sophomore and freshman. classes set to precede the Navy game may do much to erase the bad taste customs left this year. The Freshman Customs Board would be wise to make this contest a regular event to culmi nate the customs period. Gazette... Today AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS, ? p.m., 106 Agricultural Engineering CHESS CLUB (elections), 7 p.m., 3 Sparks CO. B-5 PERSHING RIFLES, (active members), 7 p.m., Armory COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, (all boards), 6:45 p.m.. Collegian Office DAILY ROSARY, 4:30 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church HOME ECONOMICS CLUB EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m., 109 Home Economics INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS* RESEARCH ASSOCIA TION, 8 p.m., 317 Willard MARKETING CLUB, 7:30 p.m.. Phi Kappa, 338 E. Fair -mount avenue MEN'S DEBATE TEAM TRYOUTS. 7 p.m., 316 Sparks PLAYERS ADVERTISING WORKSHOP, 7 p.m., Schwab Auditorium (loft) RIDING CLUB, 7:15 p.m., 217 Willard THETA SIGMA PHI, 7:30 p.m., Grange Playroom CO. B*s PERSHING RIFLES, (pledge practice), 6 a.m., in front of Old Main University Hospital Barbara Albeck, Jose Alonza, WIU Brown, Charles Dißocco, James Donahue, Ned Finkbeiner, Orville Halde man, Allen Levinbook, Margaret Nichols, Paul North, An* thony Petullo, John Ritchey, Faith Rojahn, Michael Si korski, Joyce Simpson, Jameo Swartzwelder, Catherine Wilson. Frothy is a student who is giving up the op portunity to sit in the stands and relax. He is doing all he can to provide a little fun at the game for all of us. Douglas Moorhead, president of the student Athletic Association, has expressed his opinion as looking forward to seeing Frothy at football games as a bit of fun and also as a wonderful part of tradition here at Penn State. Froth may soon have to consider starting a new student newspaper—one that would not merely be a conquest of space. You Collegian aires should buckle up ana try to erase the old familiar phrase that has been circulating for years—“it it’s wrong, it’s Collegian.” —Stanford Lichtenstein Froth Senior Board Etlttorfola r.pruent tho viewpoint* of tho writer,, not nccCMaril, tho pollc, of tho paper, tho itoif.pt bod,, or tho Unlrcrclt,. i* oeft of March I. INI. —Larry Jacobson —The Editor Tomorrow Little Mail on Campus "She's in one of my classes—rathe: the rolling stone Universal Pranks Navy goats and tug-o-wars bring a twisted grin to the face. From time fo time University students have had the originality for such “school-boy pranks.” And it’s good. But dear 'ol’ State is not alone. Jovial moods are had by some of our fellow students across the seas—take the Uni versity of London or Oxford, for instance. The most highly prized club at Oxford goes by the name of the Bath Club, pronounced with the long - ' “a” as in Harvard. Club members are noted by a hand some blue necktie embroiderd with a spigot. Initiation of members con sists of taking the long "a" bath in the women's dormitory and returning with the proof— spigot. Enough to keep deans of women and - housing experts quite upset. The Englishman who related this story went on to tell of bon fires which held up traffic in the center of town and kidnapping of schooLmascots. Seems Penn State isn’t doing too badly after all. But London University cops put ours badly to shame. The great sport there comes when a student is spied committing a misdeameanor and the bulldogs (bobbies) chase the student. Like any sporting game of tag there are safety zones on the steps - of one’s college (dormitory). There is also one centrally located safe ty zone. One enterprising young lad was being pursued and fled to the steps of a college—the one central haven for all the pur sued. regardless of college. He stayed. The bobbies stayed. However, the youthful scholar had to be home by midnight. Five minutes of 12 came and the bulldogs stayed. One min ute before and he walked in— quite safe. It was also his col lege besides being the central safety zone. Rumors have been heard of two lively Penn Staters who de cided they could make the 50- yard. dash in one door and out the other of Thompson. It worked fine, except they spent the night in the tunnels to escape .the cam pus cops. And the tug-of-war has also been revived on campus after a 23-year buriaL Final Perhaps as our lion was sweetly greeted by Army, the Navy goat will again find some reception at State. And just yesterday there was a sign on our beautiful obelisk —the one made with every type of building stone in the state. Around its slender stature an “Out of Order” sign hung. Two or three recent pranks may have caused some administrative eyebrows to rise, but it shows that pranks are universal—in a university. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1955 By B distracting isn't she?" by doitie stone AIM-Leonides To Sponsor Autumn Ball The annual Autumn Ball will be held Saturday, Oct. 15 in the Hetzel Union ballroom, it was an nounced at a Leonides meeting Monday night. Herbie Green and his orchestra, who played at last year’s dance, will again furnish music for the event, which is sponsored jointly by: Leonides and the Association of Independent Men. Tickets for the semi-formal dance which are $2, may be ob tained at the Hetzel Union desk, dancing will be from 9 p.m. to midnight. The Homecoming Queen will reign at the ball. Decorations cen tering around the. Centennial theme will be used. Co-chairmen of the dance are Camille Blount, sophomore in ed ucation from Homestead, and James McDowell, senior in me chanical engineering from Empor ium. Lilly Johnson, junior in arts and letters from Philadelphia, and Joseph Janus, junior in forestry from Johnstown, - are in charge of publicity. The policy of establishing a bluebook file for independent women in the AIM-Leonides of fice was discussed at the meeting. All independent women are re quested to bring bluebooks to the office in the HUB to be filed. It was also announced that Le onides is entering five contes tants in the Homecoming Queen contest. Chess Club to Meet The Penn State Chess- Club will meet at 8:30 tonight in 3 Sparks. Officers for the school year will be elected, and activi ties planned. A knowledge of chess is not required for member ship. All prospective members may attend this meeting. Tonight on WDFM »!.l MEGACYCLES :16 Sinn On New* ... Student Encampment ........ .... Behind the Lectern :30 :00 _ .... Phi Mu Alpha :00 ' Call Card :1( New* :»# Ifuaic You Want sifftt o«
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