PAGE FOUR Published Tuesday thtilugh Saturday mornings during the University year, the Sally Collegian is a student. ted newspaper. Entered at d-class wafter July •, 19/14 at the Etats College. Pa. Post Office under MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor afelpo., ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager Managing Editor, Roger Seidler; City Editor. Don Shoo- Co-Asst. Bus. Mgrs., John liCinets, Dorothea Relays: Local A v. Mgr., Faye Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr. , Jerry Fried; maker; Copy Editor, Dotty Stone: Sports Editor. Roy WO- Cit Circulation Mgrs., Israel Schwab, Christie Kauffman: llama. Editorial Director, Jackie Hudgins: Society - Editor. Promotion Mgr.. Dente Koopea: Co-Personnel Mgrs.. /MUM Ines Althouse: Assistant Sports Editor, Ron Gatehouse: Pho- Manbeck. Connie Andersen; Office Mgr.. Ann Reesey: Chia& tied Adv Mgr., Peggy Davis: Secretary. LII Menu:: Research tography Editor, Ron Walker. and Records Mgr., Virginia Latehaw. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Shirley Calkins; Copy Editors, Mike Moyle, Judy Harkison; Assistants, Audrey Sassano, Terry Leach, Joe Boehret, Tony Arthur, Pat Hunter, Pat O'Neill, * and Pat Evans. Panhel: Stimulate a Stagnant Group Panhellenic Council is weak on this campus and accomplishes almost nothing of importance. The council's two main functions are to con trol rushing and work with Interfraternity Council on the IFC-Panhel Sing and IFC-Panhel weekend. Panhel does not exercise enough influence over rushing. IFC does most of the work for both of the joint functions and relies very little on Panhel. Attempted mixers between the two groups , bave brought little success, mostly due to the lack of respect IFC holds for Panhel. This condition is not necessary. Panhel could gain the respect 'of the sorori ties• in rushing rather than making themselves , appear as a nuisance factor. Sororities could be controlled more and given more incentive to have a good attitude towards each other during rushing. At present punishments are not strong enough, and Panhel lets many violations go without punishment. Perhaps these are never reported according to the necessary manner, but the sys tem should be changed if violations are occur ring without punishment. Panhel could also work for closer fraternity sorority, relationships, which would certainly be advantageous to sororities since they do not have houses. Panhel could attempt to make mixers with IFC more respected on both sides. Introducing new ideas would create more in terest in the mixers. Will FEPC Work Pennsylvania finally has a much needed Fair Employment Practices law. After many stormy years of debate, the State legislature passed an FEPC law Monday night, making this state the 11th to have such a law. Although Pennsylvania employers have never been tagged with the "discriminatory" label, there has been much feeling in the state that a large number of businesses discriminate when hiring workers. The law, which makes it illegal when hiring to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin, is a fine thing. It reflects the very principles upon which our democracy is based. But merely saying something is illegal is not sufficient. There must be an agent which will actively enforce such a law—a group of men who are not afraid to deal with what is defi nitely a touchy subject. The FEPC law provides for such a commis sion. Under the law, the commission would be bipartisan, composed of nine members, with not more than five from one political party. It will be the commission's duty to investigate sus pected cases of discrimination. Penalties will run from $lOO to $5OO, a 30-day imprisonment, or both. However, commissions in 10 states with FEPC laws have had trouble enforcing fair employ ment practices. Pennsylvania took a step forward with the passage of an FEPC law. The legislature has recognised a growing need for such legislation. We hope enforcement of the law will be as emphatic as was the 44-5 vote in favor of the law's passage. Gazette ... AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, 7:80 p.m., 1 Main Engineering DAILY COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF (sophomore and junior boards), 6:30 p.m., Collegian Business Office DELTA SIGMA PI (business meeting). 7 p.m., Kappa Sigma HILLEL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, 8 p.m., Billet Founda- tion HILLF,I, GOVERNING BOARD. 7 p.m., Hillel Foundation HILLEL INTERFAITH COMMITTEE, 6:30 p.m., Hillel Foundation INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, K p.m., 817 Willard NEWMAN CLUB BASKETBALL TEAM, 7:30 p.m., Catholic Student Center NEWMAN CLUB CHOIR PRACTICE, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY, 4:90 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church PENN STATE CHESS CLUB, 7 p.m., 7 Sparks PERSHING RIFLES CO. Brs (active members and Pledges) 7 p.ni., Armory PHI SIGMA lOTA, (open meeting), 7:80 p.m., McElwain Main Lounge ROD AND COCCUS CLUB. 7 p.m.. 206 Patterson SCROLLS, 12:30 p.m., Student Activities Room, Hazel Union T.I.M. MEMBERSHIP MEETING, 7:30 p.m., 216 Hetzel Union THETA SIGMA PHI, 6:30 p.m., Grange Playroom WEEKLY NOVENA, 7 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church Tomorrow HILLF.L LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 4 p.m.. Billet Foundation NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY, 4:80 p.m.. Our Lad/ of Victory Church MIXER, ?:30 p.m. HUR Ballroom OPENING OF PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT CENTER, 10 p.m. University Hospital &uaenaarle Asquinch, Albert, Balkey, Raymond Carpenter. alp 113attH Calltgiatt seetvisslar M ?Rs num LANCS. NC 1W —Larry Jacobson THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Some joint function between sororities and fraternities either prior to or following the IFC- Panhel sing would create closer relationships. Having the IFC-Panhel sing held in Schwab Auditorium would add prestige to the event and the fraternity set-up. Most important, Panhel, could work for bet* ter sorority relationships by promoting friendly rivalry and competition as well as a coopera tive spirit. Panhel functions in which all sorori ties would take part would further this aim. Several campuses have punch parties spon sored by Pknhel in which all the , sororities take part. These help the spirit between the individual sorority members and Panhel. Panhel could also do more than they do at present to create scholastic competition among the sororities. At present it has a scholastic rating list and a trophy for the sorority with the highest average. The honor could be em phasized by presenting the trophy at a banquet. To accomplish these aims Panhel will have to get representatives from the sororities who are , interested in the sorority group as a whole and its position on campus. Too many of the repre sentatives are interested in their sorority only. These representatives could do a lot more for their sorority by working cooperatively with other sorority representatives. Panhellenic Council can and should become an active and important organisation at the University instead of a stagnant group. —Sue Conklin Improvement at Last Men's hat societies took a long step Monday night toward regaining student respect. By approving a new system of tapping Which will replace the application method in effect for several years the hat societies did much to lift their prestige. Under the new system men interested in hat societies will fill out a card listing their ac tivities, All-University average, and hat society preference. Hat societies will refer to these cards when selecting new members and make their selections on the basis of the listed in formaticin. This plan will eliminate the need for a man to ask to become a member of what should be honorary service organizations. Therefore, it will eliminate much embarrassment from the selection process and perhaps some of the behind-the-scenes skulldugery of which some hat society members have been guilty in the past. Skull and Bones, senior men's hat society, which proposed the plan to Hat Society Coun cil, deserves credit for making a concrete im provement in the tapping method. Coming from a senior hat society, this plan reflects the disgust of those who have been interested in University activities the longest with the methods by which their efforts have been recognized. We hope that this is only the first of many improvements in the men's hat societies which will be made this year. Perhaps at long last the air of indifference surrounding the hat society system is wearing off and members will do something to make their organizations more than just walking ad vertisements for the hat industry. —The Editor Safety Valve • • . Extends Invitation TO THE EDITOR: . . . I always wanted to have some of my old friends from school come over here to visit my place. You people were nice to me when I was in Penn State, and it is indeed a pleasure to have the opportunity of having some of you over here. If anyone from Penn State decides to tour the Caribbean, make it a point to stop in the Dominican Republic. Write me ahead of time and ru be glad to show you the town. Begin ning on Dec. 20 the World Fair of Peace and Brotherhood of the Free World will take place here in Ciudad Trujillo. Any time after that date and all through the year of 1956 will be a good time to visit this country .. . Hoping to see some of the Nittany lions and lionesses in the near future, I remain •Letter Cut —Rafael G. Barberra P.O. Box 453 Ciudad Trujillo, D.S.D. Dominican Republic, W.I. Alexander Christie, Calvin Emery. Robert Findley. Stanley Gladysiewski, Walter Knepley, John Lawrence, Robert Leidy, Richard Ormsby. John Paulson. Harriet Plotnick, Eleanor Strauss, Samuel Valentine, Andrew Yanoviak, and AMA' Yates. represent the viewpoints et the writers; not necessarily the policy of the paper. the student Iredy. or the tlairrerrlty. • •et •f Marsh S. 975 ttle Man on C "Come on now—which one of you guys have our 'Classic Co —we gotta study for a Lit test tomorrow." Through Dulles' Efforts West to United By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst I,can't recall any occasion when an American Secretary •I State has devoted such strenuous effort to behind-the-lines unity as has John Foster Dulles in connection with the foreign ministers conference which begins tomorrow. Dulles has spoken persona least 36 nations in additi43-kto . r gressional leaders, explaining and trying to insure their support, or at least their silence if they dis agree, for the Allied program at Geneva. The matter certainly will come up during his visits to Aus tria and Yugoslavia. Every American and Euro pean nation with, which the United States is allied has been consulted. and there seems to be an unparalleled unanimity. Dulles made a special trip to Italy just to demonstrate the concern of the Big Three for their opinions, despite the fact that the Allies are not inclined to complicate things with Rus sia by including the wartime enemy in the formal Western line-up for peace discussions. It is noticeable but not par ticularly significant that these pre-Geneva consultations have been with members of America's two g r eat Western alliances, NATO and the Western Hemi sphere pact, and not with South east Asian or other Oriental al lies. So far, the United States is moving very deliberately with regard to policy in that area. Aside from clarifying the Al lied program and heightening the appearance of -Western unity as the Big Three meet the Russians, the pre-Geneva explanations also serve to give advance warnings of the known difficulties to be faced. " The Allies realise they aren't offering Russia much in re turn for German reunification, which they have coupled with an all-European security pact as the chief topic of the con ference. They are saying: "You give up East. Germany. and we'll see to it that the unified Germany . never attacks you." Russia is very likely to say: "Why give up East Germany when, as long as we have it, we can see to that ourselves." In that case, the Allies have made it clear they intend to trade no principles, no part of their own strength such as West German affiliation with NATO, for a dangerous facade of peace ful-looking but nonmaterial set tlements. By clarifying all this in ad vance, the Big Three hope to avoid the disheartenment among their Allies which might follow the failure of Geneva to produce any real progress. VVEONESbAY. OCTOBER 260- 1955 mpua Present Front ly to the representatives of at large group of American con- Ed Council Sets Russel As Adviser Education Student Council has voted to accept} Dr. David W. Rus sel, professor of education, as council adviser • for the coming two-semester period. He will suc ceed Dr. Ralph 0. Gallington, pro fessor of industrial arts education. The council also approved the appointments of 12 members to three committees; They are: Coffee hours committee: Kath erine Dickson, Barbara East e r, Frances Cox, and William Tucker. Elections committee: Gail Rolle, Vincent Carlone, Virginia Leary, and Nancy Scholl. Outstanding students commit tee: Patricia McLauchlin, Barbara Cox, Diane Edelman, and Nancy Peterson. The coffee hours committee will look into the possibility of spon soring coffee hours designed es pecially for the curriculum in the college. The Outstanding student com mittee will investigate the aca demic and extracurricular activi ties of students in the college. Several students will be chosen by the council as eligible for ap pearance in the outstanding stu dents section of LaVie. Spring Student Teachers Elementary education students who plan to do student teaching in the spring semester will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in 216 Hetzel Union to receive their teaching assignments. Chess Club to Meet Tonight The Penn State Chess Club will meet at 7 tonight in 7 Sparks. Tonight on WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES 7:16 Sign On 7 :20 News 7:80 Marquee Memories 8:00 Behind the Lectern 8:80 Music of the People 9 :00 BBC Weekly 9 :16 News 9:900 Virtuoso 10:80 _____ -----------------... Sign OH By, Bibler
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