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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Paula Miller; Copy Ed;tor. George French; Wire Editor, Mike Max
well; Assistants. Bonnie Jones, Mary Fran Cowley, Mane Russo, Jeff Pollack, Anthony Cil.lo, Neal
Friedman, Carrne•lla LaSpada. Edie Friedman, Loretta Aynardi, Marcia Kengor, Barbara Greenwald.
To Heck With Hell
It is a standard tradition in most fraterni
ties to ((induct what is called Hell Week—a
period in which the pledges go through their
most arduous "training" in preparing them
selves for brotherization into the chapter. We
question the value and validity of Hell Week.
In brief, this is what a typical Hell Week
program consii , ts of: rigorous hazing of pledges
by brothers; little; if any, sleep for the pledges
during the duration of the period; "gamt..-s" in
which the pledges are made the blunt of the
joke; lengthy - work sessions at which the pled
ges do constructive labor for repairs, painting,
etc. Although sonic fraternities may differentiate
from this somewhat, it could be considered
typical of Hell Week activities.
We feel that most of the activities during
Hell Week are worthless—they prove nothing
and serve only to humble the pledge below
human proportions.
Preventing a pledge from sleeping, whether
it be six or only three days, can accomplish
nothing but injury to the pledge's health. No
one can go without slei'p and retain a healthy
khysical condition. Sleepless Hell Weeks were
nown in the past to impair a pledge's health
so severely that he was forced to withdraw from
school for at least a semester.
Some houses try to reach a compromise by
Years of Service
Samuel K Hostetter today ends almost half
a century of service to the University. He re
tires with emeritus rank as vice president for
finance.
Their. is no doubt that he will be missed with
in the administration.
Hostetter's days of leisure were to begin a
year ago. But at that time President Eric A.
Walker was just taking over his new job, and
Hostetter was asked to stay on because of the
help he could give the new President.
Hostetter was named to the University staff
in 1908 as an assistant in administration and
later that year was named secretary to the
deans of the colleges.
He later was appointed acting financial agent
and in 1910 became purchasing agent. In 1923
the duties of manager of the residence halls
and dining commons were added to his job.
In 1935, President Ralph Dorn Hetzel appoint
ed him to the position of assistant to the Presi
dent in charge of business and finance. He con
tinued in that post until 1950 when he was given
the title of comptroller.
Hostetter in 1936 was named also as acting
treasurer and the following year was appointed
treasurer. Since 1936, he has served as treasurer
of the Board of Trustees.
The record speaks for itself. with the Uni 7
versity the winner.
701.1.FAIIAN BUSINESS STAFF. 6:30 p.m, 202 Willard.
.OOLLECIAN CLASSIFIED AD STAFF. 7 p.m, Collegian
office.
Zcomaatics CLUB. 7:20 p.m.. 102 Bourke. Organizational
enemies.
GAMMA SIGMA, G:44 p.m, lob Willard. New members.
HILLEL HOUR. 7:41. p.m. "Day of Atonement' un WMA.L.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB. 7 p.m.. Home Economics living
realer. Inttiatea •r. to he then- at 6;SO p.m.
LA ftoem 201 Temp. Staff meetlnic.
rAmit:Luirac COUNCIL. 6:30 pm. Room 203 HUB
rHYswm, EVOCATION STUDENT COUNCIL. 7 p.m.
Rum tr HUB.
PROMOTION STAFF. T p m.. 202 Willard.
THETA SIGMA PHI. II p.m. Bark study lounge of Sim.
men. li•IS
IiCHA BOWLING MTH, • :30 p.m. Bowling alleys, 'White
Buildmit
120 Coeds Register
,Military Initiation 11 DOC Students
For Informal Rush To Honor Walker Make Dean's List
A total of 120 coeds registered President Eric A. Walker will. Eleven students in the Division
for informal rushing yesterday, be initiated into the National So-•
of Counseling have been named to
according to the dean of women's ciety of Scabbard and Blade at
office. 14 p.m. today in his office. ,the dean's list for the spring se-
Registration for rushing will, The military society will also mester.
continue from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to-:initiate Col. Arthur W. Kogstad. The students are Daniel Mc
day through Thursday at 105 Old;professor of military science and Hugh, 4.0; Grant Riddle, 3.73; Rob-
Main. A $1 fee is charged. ,tactics, and Capt. John P. Roach,' ert Moyer, 3.70; Arthur Millen-
Second-semester freshman - I , V o- professor of naval science. berger, 3.68; Roy Fuhrman, 3.62:
men with a minimum of 2.3 All Thomas, Powell, 3.62; Nicholas
University average and upper-l Hotel Greeters to Hear ITriano. 3.62: Jo Ann Hollenbaugh,
clanswomen with a minimum 2 . 0
,Home Ec College Dean ' 3 ' so '
1 - William Simon, 3.53; Mary
All-University average are eligi-i
1 Grace l 3s
Resko, ,.
3.53; and Alan Freeman,
ble to rush. M. Henderson, dean of
the College of Home Economics, , .
!will outline the future of the col-• :
Science Head to Speak e
Ileg at a meeting of the Hotel ; Monitor Staffs to Meet
Dr. Alan T. Waterman, director;Greeters at 8 tonight in the cafe-' Candidates for the circulation
of the National Science Founda,)teria of the Home Economics and editorial staffs of Monitor,
tiori, will speak to graduate stu-Building. ;education newsletter. will meet at
dents on foundation grants andi Plans for a chicken barbecueri tonight in 218 Willard_ -
fellowships at II tonight -n 1111 and trips to hotel conventions also' Anyone in the College of Edu-
Armsby. . kill be discussed. !cation may attend. •
53 Years oi Edttorial Freedom
01le Batt!' efillrgian
gacceooor I* THE FREE LANCE. •.t. MT
—The Editor
Gazette
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
STEVE HIGGINS. Business Menages
Week
permitting a few hours sleep. However, This
policy has not been successful—the pledge is
still "beat" physically. Is that the purpose of a
fraternity? We think not: yet the idiotic prac
tice still remains.
The games, which vary from the ridiculous
to the obscene, are the most valueless items in
the program. They serve nothing but to allow
a brother to display his sadistic tendencies to
the rest of the chapter. At times, this sadistic
tendency is often praised by most members—
and those people are supposed to be mature
college men. How hypocritical can one get?
It has often been argued that Hell Week is
intended to make the pledge realize the value
of humility in order to be better prepared for
brotherization. Our answer to this is: humility
can never be taught through ridiculous humili
ation. It results only from well-developed, time
consuming efforts. It should come from the
pledge's training during his semester's pledge
period.
Hell Week is unnecessary—it accomplishes
nothing. A revision of a fraternity's pledge
training program should suffice. Train the
pledge properly and he will become a worthy
brother—Hell Week will never make him into
a man.
Grim Reminders
It's beginning to look as if Penn State is a
booby trap with shade trees.
In the first issue of The Daily Collegian this
fall, we quoted the National Safety Council as
saying college and university campuses are
booby traps with shade trees.
The council reached this conclusion after a
study made in cooperation with the American
College Health Association. The study showed
that the accident toll among college and uni
versity students is alarmingly big and growing.
The council, in most certain words, made it
known that it does not consider college and uni
versity campuses as traditional symbols of
reflective tranquility and happy, carefree liv
ing.
After last week it is easy to see why, for this
newspaper of late has been reporting grim news:
the student who died as a result of a fall into a
sunken fraternity patio, the six students in
jured in the Tug-of-war victory demonstration,
and the three students who were hospitalized
from an auto crash during the weekend.
These should be enough reminders for us all
to use some extra care and common sense.
Wilk GOLF CI.UB. 2 p.m. Golf course.
W.SCA JUDICIAL BOARD. 5 p.m. 214 RUB
Tomorrow
BOTANY CLUB, at noon in 202 Buckhout.
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EASTERN ORTHODOX SOCIETY. 7 :IS p.m. Memorial
Lounge of the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Cha pel.
ETA KAPPA NU. 7-9 p.m., F—E Building. Free tutoring
for freahnien and sophomore engineers.
WEST HALLS COUNCIL 7 p.m.. McKee Lounge. Organ.
ixation meeting.
ZOOLOCL CLtB. 6:45 p.m. Field trip. Meet at 113 Frear Lab
AIM JIDICIAL BOARD OF REVIEW. T p.m., 201 Willard.
TONIGHT ON WDFM
41:45 Slim on and news; 7:00 The People Act; 7:15 Behind
the Lecturn; 7:50 State news and National sports: 8:00 In
vitation to Relax; e:3O Open to Question; V:00 News.
Local. National and World; 9:15 As You Believe: 9:30 Cabi
net Reports 10:00 News; 10:05 This World of Music; 11:00
News and Si::n-off.
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers.
not necessarily the polity
of the paper. the student
body. or the Valve/lily
—Vince Carocci
—The Editor
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For William
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 o'l—The nation's capital seems
to be infested with statues.
Everywhere you look there's a monument to somebody:
to generals who took part in battles now forgotten, to states
men whose accomplishments have been worn away by the
pressure of new problems until
they're little more than footnotes
in history books.
Yet where is the monument to
William Willett? Who today even
thinks of the man'lvhose achieve
ment is no further away than
this morning's alarm clock?
For William Willett did the
most to sell the idea of daylight
saving time.
Today some persons who have
been on daylight time went
back io work on standard time,
and some who have been on
daylight time will stay there
for another month, and all this
tampering with time is because
of Willett.
Willett was an Englishman who
built fancy houses. He had his big
idea about daylight time in 1907.
Willett's idea was that clocks
should be set ahead for 20 min
utes." This Ni-ould be done in four
stages as summer advances, so
that finally the clocks would be
80 minutes ahead of standard
time.
Although he spent a lot of
time and money pushing his
idea, Willett never got any
where much in his lifetime. He
died in 1915, shortly before
World War I made daylight sav
ing time a reality.
To save power and fuel, the
Germans pushed the clocks ahead
an hour, and the Allies gradually
adopted the same course.
Few issues have stirred up more
controversy, particularly fro In
farmers who claim they are get
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By ARTHUR EDSON
ting up early enough already. The
first nationwide daylight saving
law was repealed, largely be
cause of farm protests, over a
veto by President Wilson.
Nor has the argument ever
died completely. Five years ago.
for instance, a bill for daylight
saving in the District of Colum
bia was before - the House.
Rep. H. R. Gross (R.) of Water
loo, lowa, grumbled: "I would
like to hear someone explain the
necessity for this legislation, and.
who is demanding it, other than
the golfers and mint-julep-patio
squatters who like to preen them
selves in the Washington, D.C.,
midnight sun. I am opposed to
it."
The bill passed, however, and
Congress went on daylight time,
too.
Freshman Society
Hears Founder
Members of Alpha Lambda
Delta, national freshman women's
scholastic society, had a special
guest speaker at its first meeting
of the year on Thursday their
founder, Maria Leonard.
Three 'students were initiated
into the society: Ericka Mares,
Carol Frank and Lois Di Joseph.
During the business transacted
at the meeting, the society formed
committees to handle its fresh
man tutoring program.
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