PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Good Intentions, But... The v/eekly pre-pep-rally motorcade will see a new twist Thursday with a contest among fraternities with points awarded for various kinds of automobiles. The motorcade’, sponsored by Androcles, junior women's hat society, and Chimes, junior women’s hat society, will include sports cars, both foreign and Ameri can, and old-time cars and novelty vehicles. The scoring system will give 15 points to each car of vintage 1935 or older; 10 points to 1958 sports cars, 10 points to novel vehicles such as decorated trucks, busses, jeeps; and 5 points to 1956 and 1957 foreign and American sports cars. The fraternity with' the highest number of points will receive a trophy. While it is refreshing to see a novel and interesting idea brought forth to boost pep rally spirit, the merits of the motorcade contest are questionable. The point system seems certain to mean unfair advantage for some fraterni ties. Should a fraternity earn a trophy because it can trot out the largest number of sports cars and unusual vehicles for a short time to pick up points? What of the houses which have no sports cars or otherwise qualified vehicles —a situation which could hardly be blamed on apathy or a lack of school spirit? Another question which looms unavoidable is that of rushing-by-vehicle. Fraternities have had little opportun ity to show themselves to freshmen this year, and the ones who can make a good showing in the motorcade will jump at the chance. And freshmen might find themselves re membering fraternities according to the length of that house’s chunk of the car parade. Perhaps an award for decoration of cars of any year and in any number—would be more appropriate. Decorating cars shows much more enthusiasm and initia tive than it takes to drive a sports car or novelty car for a few miles. There is, of course, a provision that decorated trucks will be credited in the parade—but we wonder how many fraternities will enter trucks. It seems more likely that the parade will revolve around sports cars. The contest idea seems well-intentioned but ill- advised Culture Makes a Hit John Frandsen, guest conductor of the Danish Na tional Orchestra, said in an interview Sunday that college students are his favorite audiences. And it’s no wonder. The enthusiasm shown by the near-capacity crowd at Sunday night’s excellent concert should quiet for some time the critics of the student body’s appreciation for culture, The Danish Orchestra’s performance was greeted with rapt and serious attention, and the audience’s reaction to the entire concert was one of interest and enjoyment. Yes, there was one obvious mistake by the audience applause at the conclusion of a movement in a symphony is not correct concert procedure. But this error was not repeated after the first movement on the program, and the audience more than redeemed itself with its overall en thusiasm throughout the night. Rec Hall was filled . . . the audience enjoyed the music and loved the performers ... the orchestra seemed to have a wonderful time . . . and the Artists Series re corded one of its biggest successes to date. A Student-Operated Newspaper latly Collegian Successor to The Free Lance est 1987 FublUhcd throaih Satard** aarnlnj daring lha UnlTtralt* Mat. Tba Dali* Collegian la a Undent-operated newepaper Entered ae eeeoad-elaaa natter ielr I 1934 at the State College. Pa Poet Office ander the act of March t. IftTh. Wall Saheerlptlon Prlret IJ.M pet eeaeetar - Sl.tt per rear ROBERT FRANKLIN __ Editor Clip Editor, Oerid Flneman: Managing Editor, Richard Dragnet Sports Editor, Lon Prato; Associate Sports Editor, Matt Mathews. Personnel and Public Relatfona Director. 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Foundation Home Economics Extension, 8 p.m., 218 HUB Intercollegiate Conference on Government, 8 p.m., 203 HUB Junior Prom Queen Committee, 3-5 p.m.. 212 HUB LaVie photo staff, 7:30 p.m., 1A Carnegie Panhellenic Council, 6:30 p.m., 203 HUB Science Institute for Teachers, 4:15 pm.,’112 Buckhout Sigma Alpha Eta, 7- p.m., McEl- wain Sigma Tau Delta, 6:30 p.m., 217 HUB Wesley Foundation, Communion, 5:15 p.m., Choir Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. Young Republicans, 8 p.m., White hall Building English-- (Continued from page one) see if a more effective means can be devised to enlist active parti cipation in the department from all faculty members. ' Another aspect of the depart ment's organization to be ex amined is the suitability of the present administrative set-up. Since the 1957 evaluation, the English department has been op erating under a system Euwema called “rather unique." The de partment head (Euwqma is now acting head) appointed three as sistants, one from composition, one from literature and one from the graduate program. An advisory committee then set up consisted of two elected members from each rank in the new department, Euwema said. The curriculum itself also- is slated for discussion. The 2-man evaluation team will be asked to look into both undergraduate and graduate programs. Typical questions offered by faculty members, are whether the course of study in English is adequate, whether the qual ity of work offered is of uni versity calibre and whether courses are arranged in an ef fective sequence. The fconsultants also are expect ed to evaluate the graduate pro gram to see whether it is care fully administered, whether the admissions and examination poli cies are sound and whether grad uate theses are pf university cal ibre. WFDM Program Schedule TUESDAY 6:50 Sifrn-On and Newa 7:00 Music and Then Sana 7:30 Guest Disc Jockey 7 :S5 Pennsylvania * News 8:01 Greek Qoli 8:30 Marquee Memories *9:00 Campos Newa and Sports *9:15 Juat New In Literature *9:30 Cabinet Forum of the Air 10:00 Background 10:85 Sinfonla Tima 11:39 Newa and Sign-Off - • ' t • »*Alao «r«c WMii little Man on Campus by Dick Bible? -an' why not a 'BIG HEAD?' I crammed all nite for this test!" Take It or Leave It There's Princeton With Its Buggy... An enterprising Princeton University sophomore found a novel way to beat the school’s ruling against automobiles—he bought a carriage and borrowed a horse. Princeton undergrads have been forbidden the use of motor vehicles for at least 30 years. The horse and buggy were approved for Eric -Grin ned because he offered to use his rig for publicity purposes at football games. He plans to earn money to keep his horse in oats by pro viding an old-time style taxi service for couples on big weekends. We compliment Grinnell on his initiative. But he’s not alone in his utilization of an unorthodox vehicle for cam pus travel. At least three Penn State fraternities have shown simi lar originality. One has a 1921 Model T truck, another owns a 1941 Cadillac ambul ance, and last year a third group had a 1941 Cadillac hearse. The old Ford truck was carl-, ed to campus by flatbed truck' .—its owner, fraternity pledge Edwin Kohler, lives near Al lentown and decided it would take too long to drive his an cient vehicle to school. The Model T has been nick named the “P 1 ed g e mobile,” since it serves as the main means of transportation for Kohler and his pledge broth ers. The above-mentioned am bulance—complete with red flashing lights—was acquired from a Dartmouth student who drove it down to sell shortly after the semester started. The price was $250, and a group of fraternity TUIS 15 A COMPLETE OUTFIT... INK, TYPE, NEWSPRINT... ' EVEfaTHiN6...OH, AND HERE'S THE MOST (MPOfiTANt ITEM OF ALL TUESDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1958 by Pat Evans brothers pooled their cash to buy it. The ambulance is almost ready for its maiden voyage through borough streets. As soon as the fraternity crest is painted on, the flaming red paint job will receive a coat of wax.. Then the ambulance will take on its duties as the house vehicle: picking up rushees, driving sorority members to the fraternity for mixers, transporting brothers to foot ball games and shuttling back and forth from the girls’ dorm itories on date nights. The hearse no longer be longs to a campus fraternity; It’s now the property of a stu dent from another school. But the long, black, funeral car served faithfully last semester. The fraternity bought it for the first big weekend to pick up the brothers’ dates for a "funeral party.” The hearse also pulled a Spring Week float. But protests from bor ough officials, fraternity alum ni, and others won out and the hearse now graces an alien campus. It’s just too bad that there aren’t any slightly used fire engines for sale in this vicin ity. We can think of no mode of conveyance that would pro vide more fun than a hook and ladder truck—even Princeton’s horse and carriage couldn't compete. A LITTLE &IP OF PAPER LUHICH ENTITLES ME TO AN APPOINTMENT WITH JIMHA6ERTYI
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