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MIKE MOYLE. Acting Editor
Deanna Soltir, Asst. Biihineu Manager: Arnold Hoffman, Local
£«* Conklin, Manuring fvditor; VA DoMm, City Editor: Fran Adr. Her.: Janice Anderson. National Adr. Mgr.; Anne
Ponorci. Sport* (Editor: Becky 7aha, Copy Editor; Viaee and David Poses, Co-Circulation Mers.; Arthur Brener.
Coroeci. A*«i»tant Bport# Editor; fr>»e Onaa, Featarea Editor; Promotion Mrr.; Jo Fulton. Peraonnel Mrr.: Harry Yaver-
Oa*e Btrar. Photograph? Editor. baurn. Office Mar.; Barbara Shipman. Classified Adr. Mar.;
Rath Howland. Secretary; fane Groff. Research and Ree-
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor.. Bob Franklin; Copy Editors, Barb Martino. Pat Evans; Assistants,
George French, David Fineman. Rick Wolpeit, Mike Dulko. Han Johns.
Rushing —Pros and Cons
Sara Ann Hawkins, Panhellenic Council rush
chairman, sent a letter to the editor concerning
our editorial in yesterday's issue. We feel there
may have been some misunderstanding and
contusion on Miss Hawkins' part in the criticism
raised concerning Panhellenic Council.
Mia Hawkins' letter follows:
"In answer to Miss Conklin's editorial of Fri
day. Oct. 26. I would like to clarify some of the
issues which she criticized so strongly.
"First, this year an unprecedented number of
women signed up for informal rush. The in
formal rush program heretofore had been con
ducted via telephone calls between the sorority
end rushee. This system was not feasible with
277 women planning to rush. In order to ac
commodate such a large group, the rush com
mittee of Panhellenic Council was forced to
revise the former method within one week. Thus
the present invitation system, which was deemed
the most effective that could be worked out in
such a short period of lime, was adopted. If
would be quite impossible for invitations to be
handled through the Dean of Women's office
because not only is there a shortage of help
there, but Panhel alums from town cannot be
expected to devote eight hours a day to sorting
invitations during an informal period.
"Secondly. Panhellenic Council does not oper
ate to the advantage of sororities alone. It also
takes into consideration the position of the
rushee. Accordingly the week allowed a rushee
to accept or reject a bid enables her to give
thought to an exlremeiy important decision. A
possibility for limiting this period to three days
.was suggested at the last council meeting, at
which lime the council voted unanimously to
retain the present week period. Provisions were
made for studying the suggestion and putting it
into effect next year.
"Thirdly, in September a meeting of all wom
en interested in rush was held in 121 Sparks.
At this time they were informed of the techni
calities of rush and the importance of reading
the Collegian for additional information. It must
be remembered that informal rushing is quite
different from formal rush. Informal rushing is
in essence a courtesy extended to those women
who previously did not have an opportunity to
rush. It is thus necessary to preserve the in
formal atmosphere which prevails at this lime
in order to distinguish the two programs from
one another. Accordingly, Miss Conklin's sug-
gestions are quite pertinent to a formal rush
period but completely out of context with our
concern over an informal program."
If the Panhel rush committee was forced to
revise the informal rush period in one week it
Rehearsals Not Needed
Evu yone who attends church requires vary
ing amounts of religious ceremony.
Some Protestant students require the ritual
or tlicit' own denomination. For this reason they
attend the local church representing the group
to which they belong
Others attend the University Chapel. Some
chapel-goers have made their choice for reasons
ot convenience. Others place more importance
on bearing well-known speakers than on de
nominational ritual.
Even though this group doesn't require much
religious. ceremony, many of them have de
cided in the last three weeks to stop attending
Chapel.
These students feel what religious ceremony
chapel does have, is being destroyed. And they
The Band Played On?
TO THE EDITOR: On Thursday the Army ROTC
marched, with their instruments but did not
play a single note. As a result, general confusion
reigned. This was caused by an order of the
University authorities to silence the. disturbing
noise that supposedly accompanies a military
band.
If this is the case why not remove all the dis
turbing noises from the campus rather than
selecting just one organization—ROTC? Per
haps the administration could eliminate noisy
trucks, cars, and the various musical noises that
nour forth from Carnegie and bother students
in Sparks, Willard, ard Carnegie. This sounds
prepostrous doesn’t it: but being a land grant
University we have to have ROTC and ROTC
bands to drill them.
Will it be right for the University to continue
to call upon the military bands to provide music
for national observances? If so, should they be
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was not because it did not have more time.
When sc few girls went through formal rushing
last spring, it was quite evident that a great
r umber would be going through the informal
fall rush. In fact, this was a major topic of dis
cussion during last spiing’s formal rush. Panhel
should have started working at that time on re-
vising the informal rush program to accommo
date the large number of rushees. Perhaps with
more time the committee could have developed
•i more workable plan.
Miss Hawkins states that it would be impos
sible te use .the Dean of Women’s office for
clearing invitations. It was not impossible to
use it last spring during informal rush when
236 coeds registered for rushing, and yet it is
considered bad policy and a waste of time for
such busy people when 277 coeds register for
fall informal rush.
Miss Hawkins also mentions the fact that the
week which is allowed for rushees to answer
bids enables them to give serious thought to an
"extremely important decision.” We find that
the decision is no less important during formal
rush v.hen coeds have only a few hours to de
cide their preferences of sororities. We agree
that the decision is important. We feel, however,
that longer rushing would better enable coeds
to make wise decisions, not so much the length
of time they have to answer bids. Three days
would certainly suffice for a rushee to evaluate
the amount of mformition she has gained dur
ing the rush program. We feel that three days
v.'oula not put rushees at a disadvantage and
would give the sororities a better advantage in
handling the rush program.
Miss Hawkins goes into great detail to point
out what methods are used for educating pros
pective rushees to the program. She missed the
point. There is not enough done in this line/ We
would alo like to point out that it would be
somewhat foolish to maintain the informal
atmosphere of the present rush period merely
to distinguish it from the formal rush period.
We think that the reason for informal rushing
is that it is very .difficult for sororities to pre
pare foi two formal' rush periods in one year.
Usually there are not very many girls going
through the informal rush so that there is little
incentive for sororities to prepare parties. How
ever. if Panhel continues to rush second semes
ter freshmen, we would predict that it would
soon become necessary to have two formal
rush periods.
We do not intend to criticize Panhel unduly.
We feel that many of their projects are quite
worthwhile, but that most of them would be
more effective with a little more effort.
—Sue Conklin
aitribuie this destruction to the practice of re
hearsing the hymns before the service begins.
The hymnals being used this year are new.
However, students are still capable of singing
the hymns on sight with the choir and organ
♦o back them. They do not need to be rehearsed
by Mrs. Willa Taylor, the choir director, to be
able to take.part in the service.
One of these services when hymns were prac
ticed was broadcast over the local radio sta
tion. In this instance such a practice might be
plausible. However, we do not see why practice
in congregational singing needs to be instituted
at the University when no church throughout
the world has ever, found it necessary.
If the practice continues it is certain that
chapel attendance will fall.
Valve
held out by University farms or the golf course
as suggested by Miss Conklin?
In our common hours now there is barely
enough time to issue arms, hold a review, and
return the rifles to the Armory without march
ing 1600 students to some distant field.
One afternoon a week is not too disturbing
an experience and after all we are college stu
dents and should be able to concentrate on
studies with a small amount of' disturbance
going on around us.
We know that the administration can arrive
at a decision which will be more acceptable to
everyone concerned.
Army ROTC Band
Ed. Note: Order which slopped bands from
playing at common hours came from the
three heads of the ROTC departments and
not from University officials.
Unrreeaity Haepital
Robert Bowyti, Richard Dill, Byro* Hartley* James
Holmes* Ceorge McGee. Andrew Moconyi, Kay Powelt, Kctt*
uth Slotaick, Ceew* Spud. sad If ruses Wumc.
Editorial* represent Om
viewpoint* *f tha writer*,
net necessarily the policy'
of the paper, the stadent
body or the University
—Carole Gibson •
—David Goodspeed
Drum Major
—Norman Hedding
Director.
“By Golly, If I had A’Part in This Campaign—”
Herblork's opinions art not necessarily tiiasa of
this newspaper, the student body, or the University.
According to
Moyle
by mike moyle-
Carnegie Controversy
It is becoming more and more apparent that we have a
first-line controversy on our hands around these parts. The
ROTC bands have been silenced. What next? -
A reader in the Nittany area has written us a note sug
gesting that perhaps the ban be extended to the musicians
who diligently practice in Carnegie. I’m sure almost every
one who ever gets to this end
of the campus must have heard
these people at one time or an
other. How can you miss?
So now that the bands are quiet
it looks like sentiment is rising
against allowing the music stu
dents’ not-so-pear-shaped tones
from . wafting out over Pollock
road
Right now we can imagine
many members of the faculty
of the music department rush
ing over to Old Main screaming
protests like "Don't try to send
us out to Ag Hill to practice."
This practice of ROTC bands
playing one day a week first
came under criticism on this page.
Then the profs took up the cause.
If the truth be known the'profs
were actually the first ones to
complain.
Our comment on the whole
thing is that it doesn’t seem to be
a really serious problem. It is ser
ious to the Army band and per
haps to some professors who have
classes within earshot of Carnegie
or of Old Main.
However, being a march fan
and lover of martial music from
way black we can only say that
if the bands come back we
won’t be very unhappy.
Looks like the upset of Ohio
State has set people to thinking
about this football team of ours.
Interest is at an all-time high.
We are going to wend our way
up to Beaver Field real early
today. Looks like the senior sec
tion is going to be mobbed with
early arrivals.
Seems to us that the admin
istration really did let them
selves open to valid (that's the
kind which is hard to ignore*)
criticism, when it arranged a
schedule which forced students
to travel back to school on a
national holiday. Traffic factor
made them look a little short
sighted also. The proposal lo
tack on two days at ihe begin
ning of the vacation, however,
is an example of a fault of stu
dent government cropping up
again.
If the students caa’t make sure
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1956
that their views are- solidly en
trenched in the minds of the ad
ministration then the students are
at fault. It seems a little ridicu
lous to try to change something
which has been already estab
lished. Especially something like
that "inflexible” old calendar.
Seriously suggest that you see
the Players'.and the School of the
Arts production of “Ruddigore”
currently running in Schwab.
They have done a very nice job
with some grand old Gilbert and
Sullivan stuff. Another note:
Never before 'have we heard so
many really fine voices together
in one show at Penn State. Play
ers are really becoming a music
minded group these days.
From all the weather reports
we've heard no one will be
roasting (a la Holy Cross game)
in Beaver Field this afternoon.
Rain and cold weather are
called for. Real football for a
real football game.
UCA to Hold
Bible Classes
The University ‘Christian As
sociation will sponsor several
Bible study courses for preparing
students who will attend an inter
collegiate conference at Chatham
College, Pittsburgh, Dec. 27 .to
Jan. 1.
The conferences will discuss
"The University Under God.” :
The Bible study groups will
meet at 7:30 p.m. - Monday in
Waring Hall Lounge; 8 p.m. Mon
day in 218 Hetzel Union; 7 p.m.
Tuesday in Alpha Gamma Rho
fraternity; 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
in 212 Helen Eakin Eisenhower
Chapel; 8:15 p.m. Thursday in
Lutheran Student Center, and 9:30
p.m. Thursday in Nittany 38.
Froth Available Today
Froth will be on sale for 2S
cents today at the Hetzel Union
desk. i .