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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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