PAGE SIX THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE' COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1957 Editorials \From Here Little Man Ofl CdlTipUS b y° lekßibl * The Man of Extinction? grilled, Naive, i fCO *v My Love Grew Perm State’s fraternity man may become the man of / : near-extinction in the not-too-distant future, according pOT OOfTHTlitteeS ■ FL&i to 0. Edward Pollock, assistant to the dean of men in , g £d dubbs I ‘iky/ charge of fraternity affails. ! Some people love dogs. Some',) m Pollock noted in an interview with a Collegian re porter that the fraternity system has not kept up with imttees. i A —JSjumß the University's growth. Twenty years ago 1 out of SO on’af °e? I Arrived i 7 every 2 men wa* a member of a fraternity. Today it's some three years ago, for as an! \ I—Rag—JaippLgrate-.1 —Rag—JaippLgrate-. [* ■f%%r I eager-beaver freshman I soon re- i—l V r I out ol every 4 men. ceived my first committee ap-; : \ A jl." 1 r i And unless the fraternities meet the situation with an pointment. [it- >- »■ ’ ''T' ITW II *\ To say the least I was thrilled. | expansion program, the Greeks will become a smaller Here was my chance to per- j minority group, leaving themselves open for ‘ possible YTirst took ffCoM ‘ j ( j criticism for snobbishness and clannishness.” the commiliee assignment I had \ ■'// —\ pjy. ! i i_ , . ... , no idea how much my love for « * ' ''J( r - \ Av/i ' Although there are some tnings we dislike about fra- committees would grow. * * rvfl? i ternities (Hell Week, for one), there is much to be said You see, I was naive. I thought, c \.. ? , . , ~ committees did things. But I was' h T yT K/J Afc&Mlm ' j for hoping the fraternities meet this challenge. pleasantly sur-. 1 Besides traditionally providing a good level of housing. ‘ good food and good living conditions, fraternities do (within commit- Jr" Jf*o N \ much lo promote school spirit, fellowship, high ideals JR>w C S V and scholarship, io mention a few. the status quo. id \ / ** Z~ /Li , , Expansion of the fraternity system, Pollock feels, is mittees are com- x. -needed along two lines: growth of present smaller houses £° s appointed “by \ l l \ \Zj and founding of new local and national chapters. the unwilling J v i V 'ißfce. \ \ ( =!=^^^nSSS=^» “There is a reasonable limitation on the size of a fra- sary, a group C can ternity,” for it might become little more than a “residence send something , J A Safetv Valve ........ b _ .. . off to a committee to be studied r uivc f ,a7QtTQ club. I* or this reason, Pollock sees the need for new tor years and years and never to II w chapters as well as expansion of the present smaller be heard of again. Sr* I AM J A |.. . tod a y , . • r r Not only Will the thing to be LVCH L6CIQ6IS Hillrl liddish Cl*»i. 7 p.m.. foundation houses. studied never be heard of again,' Hi i lel *" t ' r Jl , ,^ l^tf^J >n,tr, * ,lon * l Htbre ’ r * Th. whole thing preily much boils down to money. Tpan win' o forgetTha? Are Apathetic' CenWf as most other things do ihese days. Some 5150,000 io build it has such a committee. i ■ w ;* , v r st«d«nt Council Excmtire Cabinet. * a new house is hard io come bv and interest rales are Th: ** “ wonderfui - What bet- ;TO THE EDITOR: One of the ma- “ 3 p 'toni°ght l on wdfm r ter way is there lo maintain Jor justifications of student gov- 6:45*. sien on. new* and market report*; hi£,h * Ihtlw ”” . b * : e T-T n -» ° n Can ] PUS J S , the ] !S k 7 :S(U new» W and Land is also a problem. There are few-if any-choice ££>ss£ \j™£e.' building lots available to fraternities in State College. My favorite committee is the body. Cabinet should serve as a n-o- u Nation*) *»nd : fnt«- Manv fratornitips art* lonkincr tn tho I’nivprsitv for nnc. committee on committees. The sounding board for the opinions national new*; ti':o6*: Thu Worid of Mu»iol main nateinines are looking to the university lor pos- man who first appointed such | o f the student body mso: Ne*. .nd si S n-off. aible on-campus land (probably on-farm) for expansion. a committee must have been a A o{ Cabine j membe rs Concert Dance Groun «» rt*t i. may be willing to &S& ! 2SS!~! “ C °kK«.?™„"S, m ed make such land available in the future, but probably not Washington, Jefferson and Lin- | } ulil * a d ODDOsed f avo rina it members of the Senior Orchesis, the near future coln ’ ! for ihal reason " Are These the concert dance group of th# ’ f am sorry to say I have never, mem j, er , 0 . cahinet veieino Women's Recreation Association. There appears little hope that the University will be t> een appointed to a committee on g j uden f ocinion’ ** 9 They are Helen Litke, Brenda . , . t . , ~ TT . .. committees, and for this reason i™.. Rambo, June Savanick, Rona Las able to gi\e financial aid to fraternities, for the University j must deem my college career a „u nnt „’ hv t ow, Patricia Joy, Ceceiia Yukner, will have its hands full in building new residence halls. failure, for the committee on com- ta i n members of rahinet Norma Bernstone, Barbara Halin And the University must borrow money-and pav interest "lf es is the epitome of commit ' showsa ?othe and_Mary_Reed. building residence halls the same as taterni.ies »MSS will have to do to build new houses. men e ts aS as m we y would i ‘bke noi “TO'"’ ' „. 4 , I body toward student govern- The fraternities face guile a challenge. Not only i, ihU of our -James McLaughlin. '59 a challenge to preserve the fraternity system at Penn mittees, we probably shouldn't leade ”’ how can W 9 ex P 6ct Ricliard Woelkers/ ’5B Stale—which is rated by many as one of the best in the be dismayed—for we should be fyfßwwMpw»-7~' 1 ' u 1-3 c. . , thankful that %ve have these lovely UuSsSSSUd /DiD YOU 6ET /IIUUUU IT niroj'T A but to perform a valuable service lo the University things called committees. (THAT SHOT YOU v HURT A RIT / by helping to provide room and board for the expected ~ LUEBE SO WORRIED N "'-p=c~ Influx in enrollment. PrOT \ABOUT, LINUS?y Z' Planning, if nothing else, is cheap and should begin soon ■ | V. J if the challenge is to be met. Post at Andes \V rf I Dr. Richard N. Jorgensen, as- / \ 1/ fJLL-j sistant professor of wood technol- . WWI HHnP \A / II \A # s_l * ogy, has accepted a 2-vear assign- CZZII fc&pj -r-- fc =it=*--| VVOII VVorill LOOXAirifl ment as chief of the section of 7 ¥¥CrM V.V/pyillVJ wood technology at the Latin • Too often we have seen issues come before Student Trafning”lnsUmfe, 3 o*f UIANJTO LET 'EM Councils and d,e members vote on them without knowing <ie Andes 4|) («* &*) I tile facts behind them. the University for the position, T /~~p=nr V[ N i Before tiie ROTC discussion began at the meeting of offered by the Food and Agricul- !< f V (_ Y i i the Business Administration Student Council last week, Nations >1 V ? • e*i V. / c f *v-j Michael Walker, president, told the'members he thought Jorgensen in 1951-52 spent a Jj W ' jt %oulu be fool-hardy to vote on something they knew Jj es where he was engaged in a \ ~~| —pf- | little about. So the council didn’t and appointed a com- special research assignment which ji l-Am £=33 . . , included assisting in the estab- Q L J 7 n-23\ mittee to study K. iishment of the Latin American Other councils would do well by copying this. Forest Research and Training In- ItMmUUjl r. . stitute program. lattMMSKfil >“• A J - ®" g-WH-fd j Daily Glollfntatt jKx&sstsrJissi ‘Tyjr^ 1 Delta Kanpa. junior and senior c \/C\ Ifr / I W <S ) Su-cccssdt to The Free JLiznce, cst. I&S7 men's leadership society n/ ea *—Ha n^)J f»«WW»ed Tur«l*r thfoneh iUtirnUy morttin* dnnnc th* Cniversitr **mr. Th* D»n* The seniors are T.eclie Philla- V/ '*** * " 11^ C*H«*Ub U • •t«d«nt-op*r»ted ne*xp* p ,r. Entered a* t«cond>d*ft» m*tt«r 4ol» I, l«4' 1«,,m PorrrOn p ftßO r ■« i~*S* ■ m «t OU«c* Fml Olft« under th* met of s. tB7f. ' P 31 3 1 * UaTTOII Roger * _ I - -- , Mstl §*b*criprt** Pr*ca< *2.o* p«r ttmctlrr *5.6* per rtmt Levin. Robert Neff, Stephen Hig- f - J /■ > P T gins. John Rhodes and Michael / ANYTHIN'S THAT \ ED DUBBS. Editor «£%s» STEVE HIGGINS. Bus. Mgr. Walker. _ ( FALLS ON THE FLOOR 1 ~~Z T TIT . , B ~—rr 1 i The juniors are Alton Kendal, Vl5 LE6ALLY A\!NE) J SUnmxin* Uitor. H.rkium; tit. Editor. Robrrt Franklin; Snort. Editor. Vlntr Tnlm C„ n l- n To,, A N—. ‘* C HLLT / ' ,NC - S Corocci; Copy Editor. Ann. tnrdtwrx: Auuunt Cm Editor. Marian Orally-. Auiitant KOpxO ana Jat I eiastein. m \ ,m ■ ■ Sport* Edilora. *«»« M.thao. ond Loo Ibkrag Editor. Gin nr Phillip.: Pho- Mftl & U 41 ‘TT'JXrS: M=n: Loral Ad. Msr, «*r„.m A«t Ura, Ad. A P pß«rtlon* Available |.l •!*'- Re “ * nß Uonralra: National Ad. Sl»r, Joan Wallaca; Promotion »Ur. Mariana. FOf SOFina Week Job* /l A L Malar; Panonn.l Mrr, Lynn GU..horn: Clawifirf Ad. Hrr, Str.a Blll.t.tn: Co- . ,7 a , , . . “ . jd[ \ I P I CirraUtUn Msr».. Pat IliernKfri and Richard Upp*i Research and Seearda Application blanks for Spring |i J p W *tl: Office Secretary, Marlene SUrfc*. Week committees are available at f/| \f\ STAFF THIS ISSt'F.: Niirkt Halph Manna; Capr Editor. Dave Einrman; 'bs Hetzel Union desk. oa „.i m . - Wilt Editor. Mary h.llr; AutstanU. Cathv Firck, Maty Fran Cowley, Ann Jacobi The deadline for filling OUt ap- 11 '■ 1 "*■ . 3tU Pollack, Judy SoUenberv't. Don Caaciatix ' plications is Dec. fi. Any Student a ll ■ ■■ i i-iqo —oj
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