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Editorial Opinion
The University's Fall-Out
ti nivel mty's counseling service is a relatively
unsung plogiata yet the i esults achieved seem to have
paid off in an amazing retention rate of students as
compared to other public institutions
The New Yotk. Times in an editorial page column.
Sunday cited the tintvetsity':3 20-year program as having
succe , ,,ttdl attacked the "fall-out" rate through confer-
um; with patents and the incoming students on their
abilitie , , and aptitudes
An important cause of failure, the Times said. is the
advice and desires of parents that often send their chil-
dren off on ill-suited courses of study that generate prob-
lems and often end in disinterest and failure.
Through conferring with patents, the counselors are
able t i t;«•e to them a frank appraisal of the abilities of
their child and the appMopriateness of the youth's career
clinic'
f f u vc vor, the counseling service can only advise stu
dent,-; on what field of college studies to pursue. It is up
to the students themselves if they wish to follow the
advice given them by the counselors and in doing so
p , ,,ibly save both their parents and themselves time and
MBES
The Univetsity has achieved a great deal through
'hi, woi thwhile program. It has been altered in the past
few ;,ears from a voluntary to a required preliminary to
enrollmit in their college course of study.
Other colleges and universities have been attempting
to implement similar programs—another indication of its
apparent success.
Good advice that is well received by both students
and their parents will in the long run be a stepping stone
to a bi ight future in a career that is pleasing to both.
Challenging the Posters
Political platforms are often nice to stand on but hard
to work with—particularly when the candidates standing
on them know only as much about the planks as their
publicity posters tell them.
But both Campus and University parties are trying
to avoid the failing of the "meaningless platform" during
the compalgn for the Spring Elections. Campus has chal
lenged University to a dehate among each party's top
five candidates on the platforms, and University has said
it ‘‘ ill accept the challenge.
Thi, platform debate has been held in years past, and
it is good to see that it is becoming a yearly event. The
committee on student government reorganization has been
considetin:; such a debate, but the parties are to be com
mended fin• taking the initiative on the issue before any
definite action was taken by the committee.
The debate should help both politics and student gov-
ernment
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TODAY
All-UnileraitY Cabinet, 7 p.m., 201 HUB
American Rocket Society. 7 pm . 105
Mechanical Engineering
Big-Little Slater Committee, S p.m., 213
HUB
Bridge Club, 7 p ni., 211-15-1.6 HUB
Chrktian Fellow.thip„ 12:30 p m , 218 HUB
Faculty Women's Bridge, 7 :15 p.m 212
HUB
Froth ad staff, 7.30 p m., Froth office,
HUB basement
Gamma Sigma Sigma. aisters & pledgea.
6:30 p m , McElwain lounge
Billet, Fassoser program, 41:13 p m , Eisen•
bower Chapel ; public lecture, 8 p ot,
Mlle!
Newman Club. Legion of Mary. 7:30 p 111.1
Student Center
Outing Club, Canoe dtviiion, S P m , 2nd
floor, Presbyterian Church Education
Bldg
Sports Car Club, 7 p.m., 217 HUH
['CA. 7 p.m , HUH assembly hall
WSGA dancing dais, 5.15 and 6.30 p
213 HUB
WSGA Publicationn Stuff, 6 30 p to , Ma•
Elwain Study Lounge
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Susan Abbey, Shelda Bachm, John Baer,
Gail Beam. Albert Blaekhuist. Clark Cable,
Heiman ( - anion', Janet Cohen, Patricia
Couch. %%alter Cußneth, Lee Cunningham,
Jane Eisenbrey. Barbara Engelhard. Jose
phine Errigo, Ann life. Richard Fineberg,
Sydney Fisher, James Gilbert, George
Glynn. Joseph Haberstroh, Bertram }Pr..
man, Henrietta Hertzog, Henrietta How.
ard. Cicala Jones, Allen Reiser, Roberta
Mac Marian& At den MacHatton, Carol
Mapel, Andrew Moconyi. Rona Nathanson,
Jane Newman. Jack Parks, Deborah Res
nick. Linda Rosner, Raymond Schoch,
Nancy Senior, Richard Shields. Robert
Stone. James Stoup. Keith Straley, Justin
Ssnne,tredt, Elizabeth. Taylor, Call Tice.
Cornelia Willard.
U. of P. Religion Prof
To Give Talk at Hillel
Dr. Moshe Greenberg, associate
professor of biblical studies at the
University of Pennsylvania, will
speak at 8 tonight in the Hillel
Auditorium on the "Biblical Quest
for Meaning." His lecture will be
followed by a reception and ques
tion period.
Election Survey.-
(Crottinued from page three)
business" was the most prevalent
reason given
Others said they didn't have
the time, even after it was point•
ed out to them that it could be
done between classes in less
than five minutes.
Other students said they would
vote if they happened to pass by
the polling places (and few knew
that this year there would be sev
eral polling places set up).
WDFM
THURSDAY NIGHT
6 .55 Sign•On & News
7 :00 Potpourt
7:30 Album Review
7:55 Pennsylvania News
S .00 Starlight Review
A. 5 5 Sports News
9 00 Just New in Music
9:15 Washington Reports
9:10 Rho Tau Sigma Presents
9 :55 __ Campus News
10 :00 Background
16:05 Chamber Concert
1/ ad __ Sum-0111
from here to infinity
Souse the Rushee
—Via the Waterbag
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Ah Spring!
The season of white ducks, cord suits and panty raids.
This year a new item may be added to our list of
traditional springtime pastimes. At other universities
across the country and—to add the international zest to
the season—in England's stately institutions of higher edu
cation, the fad has been
"crowding."
The rage hasn't spread to
the main campus of the uni
versity, but those in one un
dergraduate campus have tried
their luck at seeing how many
men they can get into a for
eign car. Students at the
Ogontz camp us managed to
sardine 41 in a Volkswagen--
and they have produced the
picture to prove the feat.
This spring has brought the
revival of another sport that
was initiated at ma n y flat
roofed frater
nities last
spring. It's
water - bag
dropping. This
pas time has
also been car
ried out by
those dwellers
of the peaked
ro of houses,
but the parti
cipants are
more prone
to a dousing THOMPSON
from someone
on the floor above
The local laundries have
been very cooperative with the
indulgers of the waterbag
sport. They've been returning
shirts in re-usable plastic bags.
ACROSS
1 Column.
7 Projection on a
wheel.
10 Surfeited (with
"of").
14 The procurator of
Judaea,
15 Unclose: Poet.
16 Joint of a horse s
leg.
17 Aviators.
18 Conjunction.
19 The ordinary
crowd.
20 Have as a dinner
partner: 2 words.
23 Co about seeking
excitement.
26 Speaks tenderly.
27 Most recent.
31 Nautical term.
33 Philter.
35
City C°lf e te ni c ie a e s. t"
i
36
38 Creek mountain.
39 Levantine name.
90 Little.
41 No one else but
me,
42 Job of delivering
newsnaners. etc.
Clvin i=h noble.
Migs Turner.
47 It covers optics.
48 Old name of
Tokyo.
49 Sitting Bull's
domicile.
Crossword Puzzle
51 Parting point. 23 City in Alabama.
52 Bird. 24 Fashionably.
54 Ottoman 25 Relatives of the
standard. Roosevelt%
56 Sawbuck. 28 Shoulder.
57 Reeler. ornament.
60 "King day"! 29 Cracker,
2 words. 30 Had a fitting;
63 Greek letter. 2 words.
64 Fragrances. 32 House wing.
68 A table at bridge. 34 Equal: Prefix.
69 Homo sapiens. •37 CoMpletely
70 Beasts of burden. wrong: Slang:
71 Prepositions. 2 words.
72 Streets: Abbr. 41 One of the .
73 Skin layers. Siamese twins.
43 Poetic
DOWN contraction.
1 Very soft: Abbr. 46 The USAF and
2 Three: Rom. the RAFt
3 Legal degree. 2 words.
4 Region in 47 May's birthstone,
Indo-China. 50 Drink.
•
5 Garret . 53 Rulers.
6 Pauses again. SC Actress Oberon,
7 Vehicles of the 58 Mountain pass in
pioneers: 2 words, India.
8 Addresses for 59 Tiger talk.
G. L's 60 Ooposite of I
9 Sheep. Down.
10 Small mouselike 61 Goose eggs.
11 Poker
mamma payment. l.
62 Capek's play.
12 Three hundredt 65 Three thousand:
Rom,
Rom. Ho
13 Hooded. 66 Sign for some
organization. motorists.
21 Hoot. 67 Draft
22 Tenfold, organization.
Weekly
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959
by bob thompson
In fact some other merchants
have even outdone the laun
dries by returning dry-cleaned
suits in plastic coverings.
Although these suit bags are
large enough to dousc , several
persons with wat e r when
dropped from a roof, they are
extremely difficult to maneu
vet. Quite often those trying to
heave the bags end up wetter
than the wouldbe recJpients of
the missiles. The suit baggers,
of course, work in 2-man
teams.
This year's waterbag season
will more than likely last
longer than last year's. The
proponents of the sport have
been saving bags all winter,
whereas last year's players
were caught rather empty
handed with a small supply.
At that time, the most likely
times for a bag drop were be
tween Saturday and Tuesday.
By Saturday the shirts were
back from the laundry, and by
Tuesday the baggers had let
go of the last bag covering
shirts cleaned the week before.
A few innovations have been
added to the sport this season.
New slants on the game in
clude "Dampen the date on
Saturday night"; "Plaster the
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