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Saturday morainal during
the University year, the
Daily Collegian is a student
led newspaper.
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MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor 400, ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Al Klir;icke; Copy Editors, Sue Conklin, Rog Alexander; As
sistants, Anne Friedberg, Pauline Metza, Bill Kling, Tom Buckey, Barb Martino, Dick Fisher, Anita
Lorah.
Leave a Good Taste
The mass exodus will begin this afternoon
By tonight Philadelphia will be swarming
with Penn State students. Enthusiastic, rollick
ing fans will crowd the city's fun spots. Tomor
row afternoon Franklin Field will reverberate
to the cheers of the Lion supporters when Penn
State tramples the Red and Blue.
Tomorrow night the real test will come.
Exhilarated Lion supporters will want to blow
off steam in celebrating the third victory of the
season. This is fine if done within the bounds
of good taste.
Two years ago the celebrating was way off
bounds. The repercussions from the rowdy dis
plays by University students did much to harm
the name of Penn State.
But last year University students conducted
themselves as ladies and gentlemen and the
post-weekend comments emanating from Phila
delphia reflected the good impression left by
the students.
This weekend students have an opportunity
to completely erase the memory of the poor
conduct of two years ago. We feel sure that
on Sunday Philadelphians will have nothing
but good things to say about Penn State and
its students.
Safety Valve .. .
Outlines Accomplishments of Panhel
TO THE EDITOR: In answer to an editorial
concerning Panhel in the Collegian Wednesday,
Oct. 26:
Panhellenic Council, composed of representa
tives from each of the 22 sororities on campus,
believes that it has accomplished the objectives
as set forth by its constitution. Those being:
". . . to maintain on a high plane fraternity
life and interfraternity relations within the
University . . ."
Panhel cooperates with other organizations
on campus such as IFC, AIM, and Leonides and
participates in All-University Cabinet, WSGA
Senate, the University Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, plus numerous other committees
within the University.
. . . to further fine intellectual accomplish
ments and sound scholarship . . ."
The council's fireside chats and UCA cul
tural meetings, together with individual sorority
welfare projects and ohapel attendance enmasse,
are stepping stones toward this goal. Panhel
also participates in the Orientation Week pro
gram with Leonides, to present an explanatory
skit concerning sorority and independent life
on campus.
High scholastic ideals are maintained by
sorority women who last semester averaged a
grade point ratio of 1.93 (old system) in com
parison to the All-University women's average
of 1.67. It has been the policy of Pantie' to
present a scholarship trophy to the sorority
with the highest semester average at the annual
IFC-Panhel banquet in the spring.
Defends NSA Against Editorial
TO THE EDITOR: The Collegian editor pointed
out his arguments against NSA in an editorial
last Tuesday. It is easy to take any organisation
or idea, no matter how good it is, and criticise
it piece by piece. And these criticisms can be
answered piece by piece. True, the NSA meet
ing on Sunday evening was attended by a sparse
crowd; however, it should be noted that this
sparse crowd was indeed larger than the at
tendance at the last regular Cabinet meeting.
Mr. Miller further stated that "member
schools of NSA vary so much in makeup that
there is little common ground for an exchange
of ideas." This is true and is one of the beauties
of NSA—schools of varying makeup can con
tribute new and different ideas to each other.
Penn State has much to learn from a school
like UCLA. with a student government yearly
budget of 1.5 million dollars.
It has been stated that the $6OO-$7OO per year
cost of NSA at Penn State is extravagant.
Ideas, philosophies, or student organizations
cannot be assessed a monetary value much the
same as the value of a man's education cannot
be fixed in dollars and cents. Only one person,
Bob Smoot, a ninth semester student and Cabi
net NSA coordinator of two years ago, wants
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
For the 'Educated'
University students, sometimes called "edu
cated," are often seen at the United Nations.
In fact earlier this week two bus-loads of them
took it on themselves to tour this world organ
ization.
Many of them were amazed at the modern
buildings and they thought it was wonderful
that delegates from the 60 member-nations
could communicate with each other, either di
rectly or by translation.
But few of them were able to see beyond
the mechanics of the UN to the real purposes
for its founding. Even those "educated" men
and women seemed to think the East River
office building was founded to be a dissemina
tion point for United States ideology propo
ganda.
They refused to accept as normal the Rus
sians' church-going habits, Yugoslavia's view
on world politics, and France's outlook on eco
nomics.
These "educated" tourists pitted foreign ideas
against American ideas, judged America to be
the winner, automatically downed the foreign
ers, and in the true American spirit, subtly
ostrasised the non-conformists.
Busloads of such people should not be taken
to the United Nations.
". . . to cooperate with the University ad
ministration in the maintenance of high social
standards . . ."
All sorority women adhere to an unwritten
code of high social ethics, since their conduct
not only reflects upon themselves, but upon
their University, local chapters, and national
organizations.
Panhel Council and all sorority women in
co-sponsoring with IFC and all fraternity men
who participate in Greek Week, IFC-Panhel
Sing, Spring Week, IFC-Panhel Ball, tea
dances, fraternity entertainments, exchange
dinners, and philantrophic projects.
to be a forum for the discussion of ques
tions of interest in the University and frater
nity world . . ."
The council works in connection with local
chapter problems concerning all sororities, and
also participates in service functions that bene
fit both the University and community.
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. and to make rules governing rushing,
pledging, and initiation . . .
Specific rules governing rushing, pledging,
and initiation are made at the council meetings
with the approval of sororities, the dean of
women's office, and the University.
Thus, because of Panhel's past accomplish
ments and this year's formulated goals, the
council members each wearing their individual
sorority pins, have panhellenically set up a uni
fied, active, and respected organization at the
University.
—E. Joanne Caruso, president
Barbara A. Nicholls, vice president
more money to be spent on NSA.
It was pointed out that NSA is not prominent
in the news, is ignored by the professional
press, and that it isn't a student "voice." True,
NSA does not receive a great deal of newspaper
publicity, but is there another student organisa
tion in the United States that receives more
publicity than NSA? Be it a weak voice or not.
NSA is the only voice of the students.
As has been stated before, the NSA co
ordinator system at Penn State has not been a
good one. Each year one or two persons handled
the entire project. NSA is much bigger than
one or two people and needs a full time com
mittee to operate effectively.
But it is foolish to debate small points about
NSA and not see the forest for the trees. Prov
ing or disproving this point or the other in a
vicious circle of debate tactics accomplishes
nothing. And it is poor policy to criticise with
out making positive suggestions.
Whether NSA is voted in or out, the entire
issue will have been worthwhile. Cabinet mem
bers have done some real thinking on a real
issue, and have proven themselves. Their de
cision will certainly be a wise one.
—Bruce J. Lieske
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Little Man on Campus
"Class--the odds are 40 to 1 that someone in here will flunk,
unless of course, he should decide to drop this course."
The Lodger's Lodgin's
If you had the choice, would you rather interview a fam
ous movie actress or a hermit? Believe it or not there is a man
who would choose the latter.
Harold V. "Hal" Boyle, veteran Associated Press news
correspondent and noted columnist, would rather talk to
hermits or children than all the other people in the world.
Boyle spoke at the Sigma Delta
Chi initiation banquet last Sun
day night when he made the
unusual statement
According to the veteran re
porter, interviewing famous Hol
lywood personalities isn't so bad
at first, but gets pretty monoto
nous and difficult to keep the con
versation going after the third or
fourth year on the job. Every
interview seems to be exactly the
same as the one before, he com
plained.
There's a Difference
But hermits and children are
different, he said, because they
are so unpredictable. Some of the
most interesting and intelligent
remarks have come from persons
in these categories, he added.
Boyle cited as an example a
six-year -old girl living in New
York City. Returning home froth
an afternoon in the historic mus
eum with her nurse, the child
was asked, "Where have you been
this afternoon?"
"To .a 'dead zoo'," was the re
ply.
Favorite Hermit
Boyle's favorite hermit lives on
an island off' the southeastern
coast. He said he heard of the
hermit when passing through a
small southern town and decided
to stop and visit him. Outside of
his lengthy beard, there was noth
ing else unusual about his ap
pearance, Boyle said.
The hermit's favorite pastime
was going to the mainland and
laughing at the tourists, Boyle
said. His occupation was selling
necklaces and bracelets made of
sea shells to the visitors, and
farming a small plot of ground
which supplied him with suffi
cient vegetables.
When Boyle inquired as to how
FRIDAY. OCTOBER U. 1955
By Bibler
By ROGER BEIDLER
the hermit occupied his time, his
host said his "work" consumed
most of it, but he spent his off
hours reading the Bible. Since
there was no electricity on the
island, Boyle inquired as to what
he did when it was dark. The
hermit called attention to the
softness of his beard which
amazed' Boyle. He said when it
was dark, he would , spend his
time grooming his beard. He
would reach down, find a good
strong strand and begin splitting
it. When it had progressed to a
certain point, with a sudden pull,
he would split- it all the way up
to his chin.
Boyle pointed out that this was
the thing that his friend had in
common with the rest of mankind
—he was continually splitting
hairs.
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