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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.
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Director, Patricia Evans; Copy Editor, Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor. Dick
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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
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'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
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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
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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 .
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