PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion 'Big Weekend' Troubles Fraternity men are faced with a peculiar situation on the issue of what to do about supporting the Interfra ternity Council - Panhellenic Ball. The ball has been losing money consistently for years. Apparently many fraternity men are not particularly in terested in it, since many houses have their own formals on the same weekend. The dance certainly has never been an outstanding success among Greeks. However, if they lei the dance die from lack of finan cial support, the accompanying "big weekend" will die with it. This means the end of special privileges granted for a big weekend—two o'clock permissions on Friday nights for coeds and, for many houses. housing of import dates. This the fraternity men don't want. The IFC agreed to underwrite this year's IFC Ball in case of financial loss and each house wound up with a $14.50 assessment to cover the loss. This system, although it kept the dance alive, was unfair because the assessment applied in equal• amount to all fraternities, regardless of the number of men in the house. ~; The IFC approved a more equitable solution to the problem Monday night. The new plan calls for the dance tickets—after a 1-day sale to non-fraternity men—to be sent to each house on the basis of the number of men in the house, leaving the individual fraternities responsible for the tickets. Each house will have to pay for the number of tickets it receives, regardless of whether all the tickets are sold within the house. The plan adds that 50 tickets will be withheld and put on sale the day of the dance. The one day allowed for sale of the tickets to non fraternity men seems to be rather short. Perhaps an ar rangement could be made to extend this period to three days, giving all students ample chance to buy tickets if they want them. The newly-approved plan, however, seems to be the simplest and most logical solution to the problem of keep ing the dance. The method eliminates the unfair assessing of small houses the same amount as large houses, as prac ticed in the last plan. The IFC acted wisely in formulating and approving' the new plan. No Letup Now The 140 graduating seniors who have pledged to join the Alumni Association represent a good start in the as sociation's drive for membership. The unusually early return of pledges may be con sidered due partly to this year's enrollment campaign, with its system of personal contact through class agents. At least 500 to 600 graduating seniors—about one third of the class—are expected to sign up before the drive closes on Commencement Day. To achieve this goal, the efforts which have already been exerted must be continued. We hope the senior class agents will continue to promote the Alumni Association even more vigorously than they have to date. We hope more and more seniors realize the benefits of membership in the association and become members. IC4lltnrisls an written or the alltora •nd staff seisbeen or Ch. Daffy Collegian and -do not necessarily rewreeent the .Lw. 41 the Ilitivenlitt or o the giudent Andy A Student-Operated Newspaper 00 Battu Tollrgiatt Successor to The Free Lance. est 1887 Published rased*, through riaturday morning during the Outman, ►ear The Daily rolleglan Is a student-operated newspaper Entered as steond-elase ■stter isle S 1934 et the Watt Voiles. Pa Post Office under the act of Meath II MIL Mali Rubeeription Priest 000 per ammeter MD per rear ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor 'VIP'. City Editor. David Fineman: Managing Editor, Richard Drains; Sports Editor. 1 ou Prato; Asyociate Sports Editor, Matt Mathews; Personnel and Public Relations Director, Patricia Evans; Copy Editor, Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor. Dick Fi.her; Photography Editor, Robert Thompson. Credit Mgr.. Janice Smith: Loral Ad Mgr., Tom Bucker; Asst. Loral Ad Mgr.. Robert Pirrone: National Ad Mgr., Betsy Brackbill; Promotion Mgr., Kitty Bor• Berl: Personnel Mgr.. Mickey Nash: Classified Ad Mgr., Barbara Ryan; Co. Circulation Mgrs., Mary Anne First and Murray Simon; Research and Records Mgr.. Mary lierbein; Office Secretary, Myle Johnson. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Eight Editor. Linda Segar: Cony Editor. Janet nitrating. iimmitant+, Don Casciato. Lucy Thiessen. Helen McCafferty. Carmel's. LaSpada, amtui Rout. - . „ . . THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA FRANK VOJTASEK Business Manager Letters Pivot Repeats Its Success TO THE EDITOR: It should be good news to our friends and subscribers and contributors that Pivot, our campus poetry maga zine, has repeated its success of previous years, and consequently remains self-sustaining —"a ra ther unique distinction for a poe try magazine," as Poetry (Chi cago) comments. All this, of course, we owe to the support and enthusiasm of our well-wishers here at Penn State and elsewhere, who have made Pivot what its name im plies: a pivotal force that helps to shape our cultural commun ity. The staff and I offer our pro foundest thanks to The Collegian and to all those who have sus tained Pivot for 8 years and made it "an impressive college production, representing a very high level of talent and taste." Praise such as this testifies to the quality and value of Pivot. Its chief value, however, lies in that it offers an outlet for the creative efforts of our students and staff. Toward that end we are happily dedicated. —Joseph L. Grucci, associate professor of English and Pivot adviser Gazette TODAY AIM Judicial, 7 p.m., 218 HUB AIM. 7 p.m., 203 HUB Baseball. varsity, Colgate, 3:30 P.m., Beaver Field. Beta Gamma Sigma. 5 p.m., 214-215 HUB Board of Dramatic* and Forensic*, 6:15 p.m.. 214 HUB Chess Club. 7 p.m., 7 Sparks Christian Fellowship, 12 :45 p.m., 218 111113 El Cleculo Espanol, 7 p.m , 109 Houck, Graduate Mining Seminar. T. M. Robert• son on "Application of Continuous Min• ing Machines to Hard Rock," 4:15 p.m., 24 MI Illustrated lecture, Charles J. Woodaworth, consul-general of Canada in New York, on "Canada and Its Cultural Develop ments." sponsored by the Social Science Research Center, 8 p.m.. 11l Boucke , International Relations Club, social, 8 pan , Chapel Lecture aeries, Professor Case, p.m., 104 Chapel Metallurgy Seminar. John Kosco. graduate assistant in metallurgy on "Oxidation Resistance of Cement ,Materials," 4:10 p.m., 317 Willard Novena, Church Physical Education Council, 8:15 p.m., 212 HUB WDFM open house, T to 10 p.m., 804 Sparks 7 p.m., Our Lady of Victory WSGA, honor code, 8 p.m., 217 HUB Senior Hat Society Elects Kolb Head Ronald Kolb, junior in indus trial arts from Philadelphia, has been elected president of Skull and Bones, senior men's hat so ciety. Other new officers are John Bott, vice president, and Gerald Carlson, secretary-treasurer. New members of the society are David Allison, Thomas Buckey, Eugene Curry, William Davidson, David Fineman, Robert Frank lin, Richard Friedman, Edward Frymoyer, John Gingrich, Martin Harris, Robert Jubelirer, Alton Kendall, Fred Kerr, James Meis ter, Joseph Patton, Robert Pic cone, William Sekeras, Gary Young, Donald Zepp, Kolb, Bott and Carlson. WDFNI Open House Planned Tonight WDFM will hold an open house for seniors and persons interested in radio work at WDFM next year, from 7:30 to 10 tonight, in 304 Sparks. Wilbur Lewellen, WDFM sta tion mnager, said the station has planned the open house in order to acquaint people with the phy sical" set-up of the station and to show how the equipment works. BusAd Keys, Shingles Available in Boucke Keys and singles for last year's members of the Business Admin istration Student Council are available at the main office in Boucke Building. James Meister, president of the council, asked that members, es pecially those whose names are - not correctly listed in the student directory, pick up the keys and shingles this week. WDFM Programs Wednesday night: 6:50. Sign on and news; 7. Telephone Bandstand; 7:50, State News and National Sports; 8, Jams Panor ama: 9, News*: 9:16, At Your Service'; 9:30, Music of the People: 10, News: 10:05, Virtuoso; 11:30. Sign off and news. !Also carried on WMAJ... _ . „ , ittle Man on Campus by Dick Biblor _ ..i n g l ": • 'Frankly, I don't believe in using gra from here to infinity A Shoeless Coed, Frisbee Substitute After our sermon of last week on "sockless" coeds, was afraid to be seen on campus for fear of being stone, by one of the sockless set. Luckily—or unluckily— wasn't: • While ambling aimlessly around campus last wee: looking for a pictUre, I was shocked to see a coed doing the big trick—walking around without shoes or socks. There she was—in the rain yet— carrying her books in one hand and a pair of black flats in the other, Always having camera at hand, I immediately snapped et ~...,-94,04,4.-'4 4* ---...-,- -.,: . , , _ ~., , , ',...404,,,, , , . ...,:,, tttrkti*.ft v . , - - - 4 , • :40 . 4,14 , :,.. : 0... , -- - ,t, ti , e,:t- -- _- : :-',, • , 4 1 ., ~,, i i ,t , ---.• , ,,, t ,,,,,„..., ~ .•,, ~_ ' '''. '''''''' . ) :4-wa . ..h.,.--,..,,......,..:.....,_ _ _ ~,,,,,. zisly,A.Au Shoeless Josephine? a shot of her and proceeded to find out what made her go around without shoes or socks. Her answer was quite simple: She said it felt good. In fact the girl is so addicted to going barefooted, that she only wears shoes inside buildings. She says ii=a3 c1i .... 4D "P6-FEN"I ..... OH, DON'T LOCRPY.THEYIZECIEAN THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ON THE GROUND OR ANYTHING... C it 1441.4 1 - 11416 Oadf WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1959 • 1 . ' >" 'k , N ' J 9 , by bob thompson she only does this because hei feet might get stepped on. - Frisbee, which has swept the campus here, has managed to finally make the columns of The Daily Collegian in pic ture form. We at State mar take the silly game for granted: but mothers and fathers up here last week for Mother's Day weekend were buying the things up like mad. It was the first time that many of the parents had ever seen the game before this week. In fact the demand was so' great for fris bees that prospective customers had to place orders for them. What price Frisbee? • While witnessing a match Sunday, I learned how the fris bee got its name. At least this person thought it was the truth. A little man pulling a' wagon stopped me and asked me if I was watching frisbee. Hearing my affirmative an swer, he proceeded to tell me how the disk got its name. Seems that a Mrs. Frisbee used to bake pies for students at Harvard—or was it Yale? Anyway, she always stipulated that the men who bought her pies return the plates. So the men from Yale—or was it Har vard?—found-that the plates could sail with a little .effort. Those of you who are not able to get a frisbee—or can't afford one—can raid the kitch en and use pie plates. Another good substitute for . '(Continued on page five) WELL, 1...thi..1 DON'T KNOW.. 1...1 MEAN,..1...V4,..U14... It C . A.: vg4tif i ...-.7. ri
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers