PAGE FOUR THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1958
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Editorial Opinio. One View by Dick Bible,
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Greeks Welcome Frosh United Nations 7 .1.---;: - -,
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Fraternity house doors will swing wide tomorrow to Is Necessary .
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To Keep Peace •-lir -.4.
TIV2 first phase of the Interfraternity Council's open 1 J 1. 4 4 V
house program will include rushing at the six houses on Richard Ferguson, in his letter
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the campus,
in yesterday's Daily Collegian 4\ 0 i . 11
made a comparison between the
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Other fraternities will be closed to freshmen tomor._ United Nations and the League ..
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row, but houses east of Locust Lane will hold open house of Nations and between the Uni- : Et - A5 . Te " --.'"- .:-- -.- i •, - -
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programs on Nov. 16 and those west of Locust Lane will led Nations and conferences be- .
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hold programs Nov. 23. .
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The open houses are always an important factor in The League of Nations failure,
fi t•slimen meeting fraternity men and vice versa. With it has been claimed, was brought ...
about by indulgence and too much .
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the advent of deferred rushing this year, they are doubly faith in the power of talk. But
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The open house program represents one of the few of foresight which resulted in -an
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niethudg of fraternity incorrect philosophy concerning rushing where the initiative lies
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modern welfare. .
with the rushee. It is important to every freshman inter- This fallacious philosophy was .
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ested in joining a fraternity that he take the time and based on the fact that World War ' ..--inar4
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trouble to make the open house tour. ment race coupled with a more ~ .. ..
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Freshmen can get the most out of the open house 5-4
alignment and was finally touched
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program by doing two things: ' off by the actident of assassina- ;,:eZ.e:a..
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The League, then, was de- 1) They can visit as many houses as possible. The "Flossy says to amuse yourself in the GAME ROOM—
mole fraternities they become acquainted with, the more signed as a discussion group she'll be down in a few minutes."
that could minimize the likeli- .
selective they can be in choosing houses they would like hood of such an accidental out- -
to rush. break of war. At a c o m m o n
meeting ground, it was felt by Letters Gazette
2) They can be themselves. Fraternity men are in- the league fathers, nations
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differences terested in freshmen for themselves. They want to meet could iron out t h e i rTODAY
in front of the entire world. Grad Student
the freshman as he is, not as he thinks the fraternity man y Agronomy Seminar, 10:30 a.m.,
would like him to be.
However, as was seen in the
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middle thirties, the league had
not figured on a war being start- Opposes View Autumn Ball, 9 p.m., HUB ball
ed on purpose. room
And this was the league's fail- On Shaw Play Druid Circle play, 8 p.m., Cen
ter Stage
Not a Day To® Soon ure.
Concerning a comparison of TO THE EDITOR: In reference Football vs. Furman, 1:30 p.m.,
the UN to a make-believe situa- to Mr. Ted Serrill's comments Beaver Field
The United States has pledged suspension of nuclear tion where police strive to come upon Players' production of Student Movies, 8 p.m., HUB
to an understanding with crimi- "Too True To Be Good": assembly hall
tests for I year—and not a day too soon, it seems. nals the fact of the matter is that The qualities "cohesiveness
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there is little practical similarity and timing" praised in the or-
In the 'wake of the nuclear ban comes increasing
between national and interne
iginal review are simply the Agriculture Extension Recep
agitation over ..-. 2 possible harmful effects of the atomic tional law. critic's observation of the un- lion, 3 p.m., HUB main
Within the borders of any deniable fact that War r e n lounge
tests, particulaily from Southern California. given nation, that nation's law Smith and his actors accom- Artists Series, 8 p.m., Guiomar
Headlines is the Los Angeles papers Wednesday is supreme. National law, sim- plished a basic function of uni- Novaes, Schwab
ply put, is possible because of versity theatre: Campus Par t y. 2 p.m., 214
sci earned the report that the radioactive level in the I) an omnipotent police force, They were able to entertain HUB; general meeting, 7
and 2) the strength of public a heterogenous audience (Mr, p.m., 110 E.E.
vicinity had jumped to 20 per cent above the safe level. Serrill's boredom notwithstand
opinion and censure. Chapel Service, 10:55 a.m.,
Los Angeles officials claimed the radiation came from the In international law, however, ing) and at the same time pro- Schwab
nearby atomic test site in Nevada, there is no supreme police force, vide instructive training for Entre Nous, 2 p.m., 217 HUB no all-powerful sovereignty and, __actors, actresses and technic- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow-
Although the Atomic Energy Commission reports the therefore, the philosophy of na-
tans; and provide genuine in- ship, 1:45 p.m., 212 HUB
tional law cannot be carried into tellectual stimulation for a Newman Club, 7 p.m., 214-215-
radiation level in Southern California is not hazardous, the world sphere. (At least not university audience. 216 HUB
we doubt if residents of that vicinity will soon forget the until understanding and sensible A university theatre is not— Protestant Service of Worship,
efforts at peace some day result '
and should not be—concerned 9 a.m. Schwab
scare, nor the possibility of future scares if the tests are in a truly international govern- with "boxoffice." Those mem- Student Movies, 6:30 p.m., HUB
resumed. ment.)bers of the audience who were assembly hall
The role Mr. Ferguson has out-
familiar with Bernard Shaw's University Party, general meet-
And there seems a good chance the tests may resume lined for the United States smells- type of drama - undoubtedly en- ing, 7 p m., 10 Sparks
3oyed the show—they knew
before the end of the 1-year suspension period. The U.S. more of ganesterism than the ene- what to expect, and knowing MONDAY
mies he lashes at fairly eloquent
is dependent on the Soviet's obeying the same provi- iy, it, they came. Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m., 212
Those who were disappointed HUB, 8 p.m., 214 HUB
stop—and if the Reds continue to set off nuclear blasts, What is in Mr. Ferguson's
mind is the conviction that the —the common remark heard Dancing Class, 6:30 p.m., HUB
the U.S. will presumably start their own tests again. United States is the sole pos- during the intermission was "I ballroom
don't understand the play"— EngineerinMechanics Semin
sessor of right, always and
This conditional ban is not the real answer to the prob- can perhaps blame it on their ar, 4:15 p.m., 203 Engineer
completely, and should bang on ignorance of the style and work ing A
leis, The nuclear testing issue has been played as a game the head anyone who disagrees
more than passingly.
of a man who may well be the Faculty Luncheon Club, noon,
too long. But, good grief, Mr. Ferguson, greatest British dramatist since HUB dining room A ---
Oscar Wilde. If Mr. Serrill and Freshman Orientation Court-
It's tini e our government stopped worrying about wouldn't this be rather ridiculous others were in search of "en- selors, 10 p.m., Simmons
Russia's getting ahead of us and started considering the for the United States to do—to tertamment" - a la Jackie Glea- lounge
proclaim itself the light of the son, I commend them to their IFC, 7:30 p.m., HUB assembly
possible health danger of the radiation created by the universe, and damn anyone who television sets. hall
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tests. attempts to As to Mr, Serrill's comment Marine Recruiting, 9 a.m., HUB
tion at all? shed any illumina-
that the actors suffered from ground floor
Some scientists claim the amount of radiation caused But even if Mr. Ferguson still "confused direction"; I was Newman Club, 7 p.m., Discus
maintains that the U.S.is, always
by the nuclear testing is negligible as a health factor. But . present at several rehearsals sion Group, 104 Program
Las been, and always will be for "Too True To Be Good"; Center, Chapel
others experienced in the field claim the radiation could right, he cannot be so naive as to Mr. Serrill was not. Precisely Vesper Service of - Worship,
believe that the republic is pow
have eventual devastating effects on the health of those what does he know about the 4:15 p.m., Helen Eakin Eisen
erful enough, or could be power- (Continued on page five) hover Chapel
exposed—especially in the field of heredity. ful enough. to dictate to the rest .
of the world.
No one seems sure of the answer to the health prob- ..
Why. the U.S. in many cases . I*A N.VFS .
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lean, But the possible consequences seem so grave that doesn't even represent a major
ity of world opinion. Should it 5,10 1 A P,/ UJASI.IIIE AND LET LIVE?
the government should make this—not the Soviets—the then attempt to do among the .•
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