PAGE FOUR tontinisevi Teiventay theiesigil lateriliiy sioneleigs /Wring tin University yang. Ow Daily C•ileiels• i• • 4101140 ll ow re tad mow obilsopir PlNteritid rr HeAnkii-thits gull** Job I. 1914 at MO fitate Csll.ga, P.. Not Oftke man MUCK VEINSILISIKR, YAW., MUM MILLER. Associate Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ed Dobbs; Copy Editors, Ron Leik, Becky Zahm; Assistants Dave firon:-,tt-trt, Bob Franklin, Pauline Metza, Pat Evans, Ginny Philips. Connnunity Living: Deserves Consideration The As.ociation of Independent Men's Board of Covet ours recently announced plans to in vetigate the possibility of a form of corn,. munity living between men and women stu d-ots at the University in future years. The idea has been greeted in many quarters by mild tivstei to What the board has in mind, and the manner in which it has proposed to work toward it, represent an attempt on the part of 'a student govel !Mlt'llt body to do something for its con st.luants. The board, and their idea, at least de M• 1 ye serious consideration. The board does not contemplate, according to AIM Secretary Leonard Richards, any radical changes in the present housing arrangement, but an arrangement very similar to that which now exists in the West Dormitory Area. In fact. Richards said, the idea was prompted by the announcement by the department of housing that coeds would be removed from that area when the new women's dormitories are completed. This would result in what AIM President Bruce Leiske has referred to as, "the isolating of men and women students at ex treme opposite ends of the campus." It is this rather grim prospect which the board intends to work towards altering. The board has in mind the ultimate estab lishment of a type of co-ed living such as is now proving very satisfactory at several other colt- and universities. It would maintain, of course. seperate living quarters, perhaps even Should Sfu4ent Leaders Be Paid? TO THE EDITOR: Last Thursday evening Cabi net voted 18 to 5 to return Compensation (if anyone is offended by that nasty word just use scholar ships) to our student government scene. A final vote will be taken this Thursday. There is no indication of any difference in the voting vet What are compensations? A monetary re tort, to people in student government by virtue of their positions. I cannot in honesty vote for compensations. If I dkl I would feel a traitor to my belief in what student government stands for. These are my thoughts: Can compensations be justified? I think not, except under these conditions. If the work load is so heavy that a student would have to take fewer credits and thus have to stay in school an extra semester or summer session, This would be a significant financial loss, and would possibly justify a compensation. The All-Uni versiti; officers pretty well fit into this cate gory so I do not obiect to them receiving com pensations. But here is a Cabinet about to vote in a pro gram of compensations that covers many elec tive and appointive positions and in the bargain making them retroactive. Of the proposed $1875 for this purpose. $1025 goes directly to voting members of the cabinet. Is this right? I have a few questions to ask my fellow members of the Cabinet: 1. Do students deserve compensations? Any one in student government is there of his own confidence, prestige, Makes many friendships; free will. He receives valuable experience, self- Pre-Initiation Practices Code: TO THE EDITOR: Before progressing in this letter. 1 wish to make it clear that this is not to be construed as an argument for the con tinuance of all initiation and pre-initiation prac tices; but, by the same token, it is not my in tent that it should be considered a condem nation of all such actions. It is rather directed toward the casual reader who, upon first glance ; and after reading some of the more recent articles on the subject, might see in his mind's eve an evil in the American Way of life. And the fraternity system is 'part of the American way of life. It, for a moment, you will step away from the magnifying glass. and look at the complete picture. you will see not a horribly unjust situation, but an institution created by our fore fathers that has done much to mold the charac ter and ideals of many prominent and respected and totally insignificant men. It is an institution which serves as a "melting pot" of universities in much the same way the United States serves as the "melting pot" of the world. It takes farmers' sons, lawyers' sons, doctors' sons; sops of business men, carpenters, and plumbers, and boys who have no family at all and it provides for them a ground of com mon understanding, How many of those sons have gone through the same rituals and procedures as these which are now being lambasted because of recent unfortunate occurrances? I-low many of those sons have had their footsteps pointed in the right direction through the workings of brother hood? Should all this be forgotten because of an accident which receives undue literary atten tion? Should one incident be so instrumental in shaping opinion about a system of such long standing and proven high ideals? All of these questions I ask you to Hunk about before jump- gilt Eattg Culttgian Seetossft lbe TIRE rams LANCR. NIL lUt 41510.. Safety Valve THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSAVANIA = ROGltit VOGELSINGIBM, Piesfinees Manage: in different buildings, which would be located close together with common dining facilities. Such a close association between men and women students, the board feels will contribute toward a more informal and more desirable atmosphere. It would, Richards said, "keep the men on their toes," with regard to action and appearance. And it just might help the coeds a bit too. At present, the whole thing is just an idea. But a committee of the board is already at work gathering information on the application of the idea at other schools. It is a long-range pro posal, results of which may not be noticeable for some time. But it does display initiative and foresight. The board hopes over a period of time to ac cumulate enough evidence to show that such an arrangement would work at Penn State. And. right now, who can say that it may not do just that? At any rate, the work of the committee cer tainly deserves a serious reception. Let's save the snickers for later, much later, when some results, whether favorable or not, are noticeable. He who laughs last laughs best. —AI Klimcke Froth Is Out ... —Mikes Feinsilber and Miller is this not adequate compensation? 2. Are compensations just like academic and athletic scholarships? Dean Simes pointed out the difference at Cabinet. Scholarships come from contributions by individuals, compensa tions from general funds donated by every stu dent. 3. Will the caliber of students in this work remain as high if monetary compensation rath er than job satisfaction becomes the major con sideration? I don't know. On personal sentiment I would say no. 4. Does Cabinet have the right to vote money to themselves when the previous cabinets voted out compensations? Even more so. do we have the right to make them retroactive to last se mester? 5. Even if we were to have compensations, is it possible to set up an equitable system? Not casting aspersions at the committee which set up the present system, as they spent much time and thought, I would voice an emphatic NO. 6. Do students need compensations? This has been pointed out as a method of not preventing poor students from being active and a way to cover some of the necessary expenses of the jobs. To my mind, this is one of the best argu ments for it, but I think if we reason it out, very few students are too poor to participate and most of them are naturally inactive in this field. The other can be refuted by showing that many other things we do which cause us ex penses are not compensated for, and no one would say that they should. • Letter cut Concrete Action Coming ing to any conclusions. Now from the standpoint of our ideals at Penn State, I would like to point out that we, as members of the Interfraternity Council, have long recognized the possibility of a situation such as this arising: and have long been trying to reach a satisfactory solution. Last year—and the year .before—the problem was discussed at some length by, the council. And just one month ago it again was made the prdject of the council to return from committee - the pre-initiation practices code,• and to reach some means of agreement. I feel certain that concrete action will be taken' this year, and am only sorry that it some times takes graphic examples to implement progress Gazette AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS. p pt.. 105 Agricultural Engineering ANGEL FLIGHT Blue Yonder Workshop. 7 p.at., Elec trical Engineering CENTRAL PROMOTION AGENCY. 7 p.m., CPA office, Hettel Union basement DAILY COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF. Intermediate and Junior Boards, 6:30 p.m.. Collegian office NEWMAN CLUB CHOIR PRACTICE. 7 p.m., Church NEWMAN CLUB INQUIRERS' CLASS, 7:45 p.m., Student Center PENN STATE CHESS CLUB. 7 p.m.. 7 Sprtrke PENN STATE PLAYERS ADVERTISING CREW. 7 p.m.. Schwab Auditorium loft FENN STATE VETERANS CLUB, 7 a.m., 105 Forestry ROD AND COCCUS CLUB, 7 p.m., 214 Henkel Union University Hospital Gerald Althouse Albert Ulackhurst, John D'Angelo, Robert Devlin. G. Richard Dietzel. Herbert Duey. William }toss. Richard ma, James Robert Murray. James Muzzer, Richard Simmerrnacher. Margaret Thomas, Fred Trust, Janata Wyatt and Joseph Hennessey. 64titeriete reptleeet the viewpaialla of the writer, set teteeteatlkp the polio of the paper. Ow etediett beds. or the UaiveteitY. the ad of Kate* $, 11179. —Doug Moorhead —Robert F. Bullock President: Inter fraternity .Councii tie Man on Campus SCOW. I • 0 34 !COM. Tr \ s)% Quips and Quotes The New York Times is known for its accurate, clairvoyant, and comprehensive coverage of the world's news. In its desire to be comprehensive, the Times has reported on such history-making Ls in Japan and the rising popula ides (because the sun rises in the happenings as the number of tax lation on the West - side of the A East, the people on the western slope sleep longer). Following this policy, the Times on Monday carried a story about the price of brides in Western Tanganyika, East Africa, where the surplus of unmarried women is upsetting the government or military or something or other. We'll let the Times tell it ("Let's see, where is that map of East Africa?): "COST OF BRIDES IN AFRICA RISES "NAIROBI, East Africa—The rising price of brides is scaring off scores of would-be husbands in Western Tanganyika. "A Wa Fipa" (pronounced: Wa Fipa) "tribesman could once be come a husband for about $l5. Today he is lucky if he can col lect a wife for less than $9O. He must give the traditional cash and-kind presents to the bride's parents, buy the bride her veil, pay for the gallons of beer at the wedding feast and hand over the bride price—a form of insurance against her failure as a wife. "Matrimony in t ,h e Ufipa" '(rhymes with Wa Fi-pa) "District of Western Tanganyika is so ex pensive there is a surplus of wom en. In the old days Wa Fipa men had as many wives as they liked, the first-wed being No. 1 in the household and the rest 'attach ments.' Now, however, a man must be wealthy to buy "attach ments.' "To add to their problems many Ufipa people.have become Christians. As a result they get married in the local church— but just to make sure, and satis fy the diehards of the tribe they are also married by tri- , bal custom. It all costs extra. "The largest financial . section is the settling of the bride price. The girl's father tries to get as much as he• can for his daughter --so much so that daughters are regarded as a form of • old-age pension. "The young man's party has different • ideas. Pay as little as possible is their- motto.. After much haggling and detailed dis cussion of the embarrassed daugh ter's various merits, they come to an agreement. "Two cattle• are slaughtered' ' l for the wedding feast and the groom must also provide sev eral dozen large barrels of na tive beer" (rhymes with Dear). "The actual tribal ceremony starts with a forty-eight-hour Islgoma' (dance), drinking and general fun. The bride, however, takes no part in this. She is clois tered alone in a hut. In the morn ing the groom approaches, carry ing a small bow and arrow. "Then comes the climax. The groom breaks a straw in two with WEDNESDAY.-FEBRUARY 22. 195 Bv- Bible By RON LEIK his teeth, holds half in his mouth and the other half in one hand. Then he touches his wife on the head with an arrow. They are man and wife." Before this surplus is used up, journalistic history doubtless will repeat itself and some editor in Eastern Tanganyika will write: "Go West, young man, go West." Cwens to Hold 'Spring Debut' Cwens, sophomore women's hat society, will sponsor the "Spring Debut," e combination fashion show and card party from 1:30 to 5 p.m., March 3, at Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The affair is being held for the benefit of C w ens scholarship fund. The proceeds will go toward providing two scholarships fo r sophomore women. Twenty-three women repre senting campus sororities and Le onides will model clothes from the Charles Shop. Each sorority will provide one model and Le onides two for the event. The names of the models should be 'turned in.o Beau Barnes, Cwens president, by today. Admission to the "Spring De but" will be 50 cents per person and will be open to the general public. If.a-group wishes to-make reservations a minimum 'of two tables .of bridge must be guar anteed. . - Background Music for the fash ion show Win be'proyided by Al Wyand- and his - combo. -Cweas will sell refreshments during- the affair. LoVie StiOf Promotes 12 _to, Senior Board. - Twelve promotions to the senior board editorial staff of LaVie have been announced. • . Those promoted are Marjorie Blank, Roberta Lerch; Lee Leap hart, Delores Jones.' Jean McMa hon, William McCann, Michael Moyle, Mary. Lou Scott, Emery Schreckengast, Jay Tolson, Harry Yaverbaum, Carolyn Stehly. Also promoted were David. Ba var. and Joseph Rohrbaugh to the senior board photography staff. Tonight on WDFM 111 KEGACTCLES 7 :25 Sijiga Oa 4 _ _ Marque Memories 8 7 : :30 ° ----- ---- - Music of the People 9:00 BBC Weekly 9 :15 News 10:00 Virtuoso 10 :30 -------- Aga Off .r--_. ~ i' y ~r ~. ,
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