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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings during
the University year. the
Daily Collegian is • student
aperated newspaper.
Entered as oecond.claaa matter Jai, S. 19:4 at the State College. Pa. Poet Office ander the act of March S. 1871
MIKE FEINSILRIER. Editor
MIKE MILLER. Atooriatr Editor
Managing Calico. Rog., Readier; C.,. Editor, Dow Shoe- Ad. Mgr.. Jerry Fried: National Adv. Mar- Estelle Caplan:
*raker. Copy Editor. Dottie Stone; Sport. Editor. Roy Mil- Co-Circulation Mgrs.. Oran) Schwab, Christine Kauffman:
hams: Editorial Director. Jackie Hudgins; Assistant Sports Promotion Mgr., ()elite Hoopes; Co-Personnel Mgrs.. Aletta
C4litor Iran Fanned; Photograph. !Editor. Ron Walker: Manbeck. Connie Anderson; Office Mgr.. Ann Kersey: Classi-
Sonior Roard. Ron Leik. Ron Gatehouse. find Ado , Mgr.. Peggy Davis; S . !. . Lil Melke; R h
•nd Records Mgr- Virginia Lat.haw.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Barbara Budnick; Copy Editors, Larry Jacobson, Sue Conklin;
Assistants, Jue Cheddar, Jim Kopp, Jim Tuttle, Joan Miller, Pat Tomlinson, Pat O'Neill.
Fraternity Pro: Postponement Warranted
Three fraternities have been placed on social
probation effective Monday fur scholastic de
iciencies—perhaps unjustly.
We do not question the right of the University
to discipline groups which fall below the re
quired scholastic norm; however, we do ques
tion the methods employed by the administra
tion in arriving at its decision.
A number of circumstances surround the pro
bationary ruling which work an injustice on
the fraternities involved.
First, and most important, we question the
method by which the fraternity averages were
computed.
The fraternity averages were arrived at by a
method not in accordance with standard Uni
versity procedure. The recorder's office figures
the house average by totaling the averages of
the active and pledge members and then divid
ing by the number of men affiliated with the
chapter. This does not give a true reading of
the fraternity's standing in relation to accepted
University procedure which presumably is the
basis for the action by the Senate Committee
on Student Affairs.
To give a true indication of a fraternity's
scholastic standing the total number of credits
scheduled by the men in the house should be
divided into the total number of grade points
earned by the men.
This would be in keeping with the method
by which an individual's average is- computed
by the University and how he is judged.
The method of figural(' b an average employed
by the recorder's office for fraternities and that
used to compute an individual's average will
not jibe in almost all cases.
By figuring the house average in the same
manner as an individual's it could serve to
either lower or raise the house average as it
is now computed. The important point, how
ever, is that a true average in comparison with
the rest of the University would be arrived at
by computing a house average by the credit
grade point method employed for computing
an individual average.
There is no doubt that the two methods will
cause differing averages. For example: a man
schedules 15 credits and gains 30 honor points
to give him a 2.0 average; another schedules 19
credits and gains 57 honor points to give him
a 3.0 average. Adding the two averages to
gether and dividing by two as the recorder's
office does would give the men a joint average
of 2.5. But by adding the number of credits
and the number of quality points each attained
and dividing total credits into total quality
points as is done in individual cases the men
would have a joint average of 2.55.
Thus it is obvious that a different house aver
age can be arrived at by using the different
systems. If a fraternity is to be disciplined for
scholastic deficiencies its performance should
be measured by the same yardstick that the
University applies to individuals—the grade
points divided by credits system, not the total
averages divided by men method now employed.
The difference will not be much but it may
well be enough to put some of the fraternities
in question over the 2.0 figure. Some may say
that this is splitting hairs since the house aver
ages in question are so poor, but we contend
that in this case it is necessary to split hairs
since the grading system demands hair-split
ting. One of the houses scheduled for probation
has been awarded a 1.99 average under the
recorder's method. The other two fraternities
Safety Valve
Marine Discipline: It's Vital
TO THE EDITOR: Do you know what discipline
means to the Armed Services? You can't ask
a man to, "Please make your bunk," or "Please
stand weekend duty." No one is going to ask
him to "Please shoot me, I'm the enemy." Disci
pline in the Armed Forces isn't a form of repri
mand. It is a way of life. Its major objective is
to teach a man to react while he is thinking,
not afterwards when it is too late to react at all.
I sleep at night because I know well-equipped.
well-trained. well-disciplined men are on guard.
Yet, you and your aroused public opinion, un
informed and adolescent, would strip the Armed
Services of this discipline. True, the death of
those six Marines was an unfortunate incident,
but isn't it better six than the entire company
or Democracy itself?
Murder, you called it. Isn't an airplane crash
where forty are killed murder? No, that is just
an unfortunate or tragic accident. Before you
hang anyone, find out what is learned in six
weeks of basic.
Why are the draft laws so tough? Why have
volunteer branches recently had to resort to
drafting men? Your type of aroused public
opinion is one good reason. It has taken so
much from the services that men, good men,
with as much as 14 or 16 years lime are getting
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are also fairly close and the difference in the
systems might be enough to put them over the
2.G standard.
Other factors are involved in the probation
ary action which also smack of unfair play.
At the meeting at which the disciplinary action
was decided on representatives of the fraterni
ties involved were not present to state possible
extenuating circumstances of which the com
mittee may not have been aware.
We feel it is a basic principle of justice that
the parties subject to discipline be given a
chance to state their case. Also, since we are
sure that the probationary measures were in
tended as a constructive discipline it would have
been wise to have representatives of the affect
ed groups present so they could thoroughly un
derstand the reasoning of the committee and be
better able to communicate it to their groups.
We also feel that it is unfortunate that more
foresight was not exercised by the administra
tion through prior warning to the fraternities
that they would be subject to such harsh disci
pline if they fell below the academic norm.
Hindsight is easier than foresight, of course,
but it would have been well if the punishment
had been decided on and announced before the
offense rather than after,
Lastly, we object to the tardiness of the fra
ternity scholarship reports. Although the fra
ternities scheduled for probation are being held
accountable- for a full semester's work to im
prove their averages, they actually have only
seven weeks to work on their scholarship in
cognizance of their position.
We realize the difficulty the recorder's office
faces in preparing the fraternity averages
swiftly, but we do not feel that the difficulties
involved present an insurmountable obstacle.
Spokesmen for the recorder's office explained
ye7 -, terday that fraternity averages are computed
last after all other averages. Under the method
presently employed it takes one person about
two weeks to complete the fraternity average
list. Another week is required to complete the
reports.
The spokesmen also reported that to compute
the averages in the same manner as individual
averages would vastly complicate the proce
dure since it would entail checking individual
transcripts and totaling individual credits and
grade points. At present the averages are ob
tained from IBM cards which do not list credits
and grade points.
We are• sure, however. in the light of the
serious consequences to fraternities, that Inter
fraternity Council representatives would be
more than glad to pitch in and help with the
work so that the scholarship report could be
issued early in the semester.
If this would not be possible then perhaps
the averages could be computed as is done now
and then the lower houses which might be
questionable could be rechecked by the method
used for individuals. In this way perhaps only
100 individual averages would have to be re
viewed -instead of more than 2000.
In any event, however, the averages of the
fraternities now scheduled for probation should
definitely be rechecked by the credit-grade
point system. If a fraternity is to disciplined for
academic failure it should be given the same
treatment the University accords to other schol
arship problem cases.
The social probation ruling should be post
poned until it is ascertained whether the three
fraternities really are below the scholastic norm.
—Mike Miller
Gazette
HILLEL SABBATH EVE SERVICES. 3 p.m., Hillel
Foundation
INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 7:30 p.m.,
Hetze/ Union auditorium
LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION Discussion, 7 pan..
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Student Employment Service. 112 Old Main. Please sign
up in advance for an appointment.
April 14—Cradle Beach Camp. New York
April 14-- Hulett's on Lake George. New York
April Ift and 19—Camp Conrad Weiser. Penn.ylcania
April IP and 20 7 —Camp Sinking Creek. Pennsylvania
April 21—Trail Blazer Camps, New Jewel-
University tirstitit.l
Harold Albrecht. Ralph Brower. Jo,eph Dudek. Donald
Gordon, Frederick Greenleaf. Richard Liedy. Andrew Ma
retzki, /tinsel' MacNamee, Michael McCormick, John Mc-
Dermott, Patricia Moyer. Albert Orr. Michael Ott. Terry
Rebe, Robert Smith, James Strucher, Roy Vollmer, Francis
Walla, David West, Richard %Vo'ford, Wayne King. Chand
ler Waggoner. Parkca Eldridge. Jay Livxiey, and Harriet
discharged. You handcuff officers „and non
commissioned officers so much they can't tell
"Junior" to get up without fear of a con
gressional investigation.
Unless you are "bucking" for commissar and
want a good night's sleep, you had better arouse
public opinion for the days of •'wooden ships
and iron men" instead of just iron ships.
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers.
not necessarily the policy
of the Ow. the student
body. or the University.
—Bill Bush
Man on Campus
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'BUT- aftlEti I Sio D ?LAY BALL WITH ME TONITC-I HAD SOMETHING ELSE IN
Look Who's Talking ...
About Averages
Being loyal believers in the grading system around here, we
'find ourselves convinced that women are smarter than men. Why do
we say this? First of all, because figures in Willard prove it. Just this
week, the All-University wo
men's average, computed to be
2.61, soared over the All-Univer
sity men's meager 2.30.
Why do women, year after
year. bring home the - scholas
tic honors? Well, because they
are smarter; we've already es
tablished that, but there's an
other reason. They're better
disciplined. •
Do you ever see a gang of coeds
at the Town House at 11:30 on
Wednesday nights? Do they roam
around the borough early in the
morning—singing no less?
01 course they don't. They're
in their dormitories studying
—without even so much as a
telephone call to bother them.
But the poor men—there's just
no one to watch over them to see
that • everything goes along
smoothly,
So what should we do to cure
this terrible ill the men seem to
have brought upon themselves?
Should we fight for house
mothers for men's dormitories?
Should we stop all local tele
phone service at 10 p.m.—on the
dot?
Should we give men black
marks when they yell out of
their windows onto the court
yards, or when they wear dun
garees into the dining halls?
Should we push for a pink
slip method of checking their
weekend trips? .
Should we make them "dress
up" for special dinners and
wear "Sunday dress" to Sunday
meals?
Should we insist that they be
in their dormitories every night
during the week at 10, and on
weekends at 1?
, Should we make them cut
out all smoking •in the dining
rooms—and all drinking?
Should we "campus" them
when they accumulate three
black marks?
Should we restrict their
wearing of Bermuda shorts?
Of course not!
We women like being smarter
than men.
Hall Will Speak
At Grad Lecture
Dr. Newman A. Hall, assistant
dean in charge of the Graduate
Division of the College of Engi
neering at New York University,
will be the next speaker in "the
Graduate School Lectures series.
His topic will be "The Profession
of Engineering."
The lecture, co-sponsored by
the College of Engineering and
Architecture, will be held at
8 p.m. today in the Mineral Sci
ence auditorium. It will be open
to the public.
FRIDAY. APRIL 13. 1956
By B►
Jackie Hudgins
Fire Inspection
Discloses No
Major Hazards
Alpha volunteer firemen check
ing five rooming houses listed as
containing fire hazards Tuesday
night found "everything to -be in
pretty good order," according to
Tom Sauers, fire chief.
Sauers said the only hazards
discovered were' several over
loaded circuits and lack of fire
escapes in several of the build
ings.
The five rooming houses were
named on lists of rooming houses
containing fire hazards submitted
to the borough by Robert Cole,
Town Independent Men presi
dent. Cole said previously he
formed the list from complaints
made to him by to.vn students.
Commenting on,the lack of ma
jor fire hazards found, Sauers
said the students who made the
complaints mustn't have known
what they were talking about.
Firemen hope to complete in
ispection of the remainder of
boarding houses and unchecked
fraternities sometime this week,
Sauers said.
WH Council
To Nominate
The West Halls Council decided
Tuesday night that preliminary
nominations for the council presi
dent will be accepted at its next
meeting.
Additional nominations an d
elections will take place April
24. It is not necessary that a stu
dent nominated for the office be
a member of the present council.
Students in the West Hall area
are eligible to enter candidates
for the Miss Penn State contest.
A 5 by 7 inch photograph must be
turned in at the council's meet
ing Tuesday night.
Entries. for the West Halls soft
ball tournament should be turned
in by 4:30 p.m. Friday. The entry
fee is $l.
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