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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor. Marian Beatty; Copy Editor. Dave Fineman; Wire Editor, Jim
Tuttle; Assistants, Carole Gibson, Paula Miller, Mike Dutko, Ralph Manna, Edie Blumenthal, Barb
Stone, Sheila Miller, Wayne Schlegal, Ellen Oosterling, Judy Berkowitz.
A Look Back at Rushing
A sigh of relief and relaxation for all coeds
marked the end of rushing last week. Now that
it's over let's take a look at the program.
The overall program was improved. There
were a great. many problems ironed out, and
several new ideas helped to lessen the confusion.
There are still some points which could stand
some improvement, but we know that Panhel
lenic Council and its adviser. Mrs. R. Mae
Schultz. are working on many of them already.
The most obvious improvement was the ad
dition of IBM machines. By using this method
rather than having town women working day
and night sorting and organizing the whole
system ran much more smoothly. Sororities got
the lists of girls who would return much more
quickly: the rushees got their invitations much
snore quickly. It was certainly a help to the
women who had had to work such long hours.
One complaint concerning the IBM system
was that the freshmen and sophomores had to
be on one list. This meant that a sorority could
not choose sophomores individually and on the
basis of how many they wanted. They had to
put sophomores on the same list with freshman
women.
We understand that this can be fairly simply
rectified. Panhel was not aware of all the uses
that could be made of the IBM machines. Next
time, according to Mrs. Schultz, Panhel will try
to use the IBM cards with more information like
semester, religion and average. This will not
only make the IBM cards an improvement over
the ones used in this past rush season. but it
will make them an improvement over past
systems.
Mrs. Schultz said that the IBM system was
beyond anything she had ever expected. We
are inclined to agree with her.
Another good point about the recent rushing
program is that there was a free weekend in
the middle. This gave both rushees and sorority
women a chance for a breather.
Before this rush period the rushees could ac
cept or decline a sorority, but this lime they
were able to "regret" which meant that they
would like to visit that group but could not
snake it at the originally-scheduled time. This
was a valuable addition to the system.
The educational and preparatory period was,
to a certain extent, improved this year. The
rushing booklet was far better and gave the
rushees a much better idea of what to expect.
The meetings held before rushing for the rushees
PNPA Loses a Fight
The fight being waged by the Pennsylvania
Newspaper Publishers Association to get more
freedom in photographing courtrooms and court
house corridors has met what may be its last
rebuff.
The United States Supreme Court has refused
to review a Pennsylvania court decision banning
such pictures.
The PNPA has been carrying on this fight
since they made a test case of the trial of John
Wesley Wable, the Turnpike Phantom Killer.
Wable was sentenced in Westmoreland County
Court by Judge Edward G. Bauer Dec. 28, 1954.
Pictures were taken in the corridor outside the
courtroom before and after the sentencing
against the implicit orders of Judge Bauer.
Pictures were taken deliberately to test wheth
er or not the 14th amendment would protect
the press. from photographing newsworthy
events. Most of the pictures were taken silently
with special equipment.
Judge Bauer found newsmen from the Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette and the Greensburg Daily
Tribune and Morning Review guilty of criminal
contempt April 12, 1955. Fines and jail sentences
were imposed. The jail sentences were thrown
out by the State Supreme Court but the con
victions were upheld.
In recent years the long-time ban on court
room pictures has been loosening with more
and more judges letting photographers take pic
tures in the more important trials.
The biggest objection to taking pictures in
courtrooms has been that the picture-taking
process has tended to mar the orderliness and
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in an attempt to educate them to the system
were fairly successful. The rushees were better
informed, but they seemed to lack maturity in
making decisions. They would sometimes not
listen to the advice that had been given them
by Panhel.
Mrs. Schultz took a very active interest in
the rushing, and gave it all her attention. She
did quite a bit of individual counseling with
rushees and was very concerned with the prob
lems of each person. This gave rushees a chance
to go to someone older for advice; it gave them
a chance to find out many things they were not
sure about.
Unfortunately, many of the rushees did not
listen to Mrs. Schultz-or to Panhel. They cut to a
very few sororities at the beginning. Many of
them did not look around, but had their mind
made up ahead. As a result over 100 rushees
did not go sorority. According to Mrs. Schultz it
was mostly the rushees that did the cutting, not
the sororities. She said that she was somewhat
disappointed in the reaction from the rushees
after all that had been done to keep these very
things from happening.
Again on the negative side, it would probably
be better if rushees could go to three parties
rather than two. They had to cut from five chat
ter dates to two parties and then also went to
two coffee hours. It would be better if it were
more gradual with three parties.
Another problem which Panhel has always
faced is that of open houses. There are many
sororities and only so many hours in an after
noon for the rushees to get around to them all.
Although this might be hard on the sorority
women we would suggest that open houses be
held from 1 - 10 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sun
day. This time they were held from 2 to 5 p.m.
We would also suggest that the sororities be
open for a couple of hours Sunday night for the
rushees to go back and visit any sororities they
may have missed.
Although this plan would be hard for sorori
ties it would be much fairer for rushees since it
would give them a chance to visit each sorority.
The sororities would also benefit because the
rushees would be more likely to visit each of
their suites.
We would like to compliment Panhel for a
good job. We hope it will be even better next
time.
Temporarily
serenity which are part of a court trial. Judges
have always ruled that the photographers had
to cause too great a disturbance and interfered
with trial proceedings.
However, with the present-day photography
methods and equipment photographers have
shown without doubt that they can take good
pictures silently and efficiently without causing
any deterrent to the normal processes of the
trial.
In fact. there was a case where a photographer
won a judge over to his side in the matter by
showing him pictures taken without the knowl
edge of the judge. The judgo respected the
quality of the picture and the ease with which
they were taken and decided that courtroom
pictures would do no harm.
Apparently, the PNPA, which has payed all
court costs for the lengthy judicial fight, thought
that the time was right for getting official per
mission from the courts rather than having the
courtroom photographers wheedling permission
from the judges where they could.
Rights for press photographers are expanding
all the time. There are two bills in the state
legislature right now which ask for penalties
of attempting to keep photographers from doing
their job.
But from the Supreme Court's standpoint it
appears as if some time will have to pass and a
few more judges will have to be swayed over
to the modern viewpoint before courtroom pho
tography becomes an accepted thing.
Editorial* Imprensa the
viewpoints of the writers.
net neertserili the polka
of the paper. the student
body or' the Unlversib
—Sue Conklin
—The Editor
Little Man on Campus
"Our sorority has only ONE entrance requirement, Elsie Mae." -1
Interpreting the News
Many Small Nations
Adopting 'Neutrality'
By J. ,M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
King Saud's suggestion to his Arab conferees that they
adopt a policy of toughness toward communism at home
while maintaining neutrality in international affairs is- the
line followed by Prime Minis
It may be the best line ti
can take in their present stages
of development
The United States has said she
will not attempt to force alliances
upon anyone who steers clear of
international communism, regard
less of the forms taken by gov
ernments if they are independent.
She is even willing to help Com
munist governments of the type
which assert their independence
of Moscow domination.
In effect, President Eisenhower
has said the United States will
not interfere with the internal af
fairs of Middle East -countries
which will accept American aid
while keeping out of the hands of
communism.
The Saud position therefore
seems to offer a working ar
rangement whereby these na
tions can accept the proferred
aid without committing them
selves against Russia, so long
as they are not for her.
One trouble with this, however,
is exemplified by India.. By at
tempting to . avoid opposing the
party to the world dispute which
is the aggressor, a nation may
be pushed into a position which
appears to be benevolent and ap
peasing.
Then there comes a time when
the chips are down, as it always
comes when dealing with an ag
gressor, and a nation like Yugo
slavia discovers that she must be
either satellite or enemy.
Poland, for instance, is just be
ginning to learn that, without
prompt outside aid, Russian pres
sures now may make her econom
ic condition worse than it was
under the former direct exploita
tion.
• More than neutrality is need
ed.
More than security from inter
nal communism is needed.
To be safe, the emerging na
tions must also make sure that,
in order to obtain what seem to be
SATURDAY. MARCH 2. 1957
by Bibler
er Nehru of India.
at formerly submerged states
opportunist, benefits, they do not
work themselves into positions
where, under fut u r e circum
stances, they will not be free to
go their own way.
Nasser did it when he mort
gaged Egypt's economic life to
Russia for a few arms, obsolete
or obsolescent. The arms have
suffered heavy damage, but the
debt remains in full force. Un
til it is paid, Nasser's talk of
being "free" is just so much
hogwash.
He may get away, for a time,
with repudiating his agreements
with the West which will never
again try to blackjack him—
though it may use some - pretty
firm leverage. He wouldn't dare
act the same with his less prin
cipled associates.
Waiters Named Editor
Dr. Walter H. Walters, associate
professor and head of the Depart
ment of Theatre Arts, has been
appointed Book Review Editor of
the Educational Theatre Journal,
the official publication of the
American Educational Theatre
Association.
BX Candidates to Meet
A meeting of Book Exchange
candidates, tentatively scheduled
tomorrow night, will be held next
week.
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