FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1959
Screams, Excitement to Climax
Two Weeks of Informal Rush
By PAT DYER
Sorority women and rushees alike will heave a sigh of relief when the two weeks of
Informal rush ends with ribboning today.
Excited screams which will be heard throughout the upperclass women’s dorms around
5 tonight when the sororities distribute their bids, are the end product of a process which
Daniel to Hold
Talks Saturday
On Christianity
Dr. Harry Daniel, general sec
retary of the Indian Christian
Movement, will lead a conference
from 3 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the
Wesley Foundation.
Daniel, who is touring th 6 Unit
ed States with the coopera ,ion of
the National Student Christian
Federation, will speak on “Revol
ution and Reconciliation ,in In
dia.’’ His subtopic is “What Is the
Christian Role in Asia?” t
The conference will last
through the afternoon and eve
ning. A supper which will cost
75 cents will be served at 5:30
p.m. Interested students i may
come in anytime during the day.
This conference will be the be
ginning of study groups to con
sider the role of Christianity in
Asia. Members of these groups
will attend a national conference
at Ohio University, Athens, from
Dec. 27 to Jan. 2.
He will also conduct a meeting
from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the
Memorial Lounge of the Helen
Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. At this
time he will speak on “What Is the
Meaning of Life?” and “Mission
of the Church.” .
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is as old'as the fraternity system.
Rushing has been used as the
means by which new members
are selected by fraternities ever
since Phi Beta Kappa was organ-'
ized in 1776 at William and Mary
College.
The establishment of Kappa
Alpha fraternity in 1812 was
soon followed by similar organ
izations for men.
For half a century longer, the
men had a monopoly on secret
organizations. Finally in 1867 a
group of girls founded an organ
ization at Monmouth College
known as IC Sorosis which later
became Pi Beta Phi. They were
followed by Kappa Alpha Theta
and Kappa Kappa. Gamma in
1870, and Alpha Phi and Delta
Gamma in 1872.
The first sorority on the Penn
State campus, Chi Omega, was
founded here in 1926. During the
present rush period there are 23
national sororities on campus,
one local sorority, Tri-Opus, and
a colony, Chi Lambda.
The rushing system in use
at the University has changed
greatly during the last 10 years.
Between 1351 and 1953 only
sophomores were permitted to
rush and formal rush was held
in the fall.
When freshmen were permitted
to rush, formal rush was moved
to the spring and informal rush
lost its importance. The fall in
formal rushing has gained im
portance recently because of the
increase in the number of trans
fer women, according to .Mrs.
R. Mae Schultz, former advisor
to Pan-Hellenic Council.
At one time fall rushing lasted
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TIM Council
To Investigate
Party Facilities
In light of the recommendation
made at the recent Interfraternity|
Council Encampment that frater
nity houses be closed to indepen
dent men not rushing, Town In
dependent Men’s Council plans to
investigate the possibilities or
haying the larger town living
units open for mixed parties on
weekends.
Other plans for the coming year
include the establishment of com
mittees to investigate the down
town housing and parking prob
lems.
The council also plans to inten
sify the social and intramural
programs for town independent
men, and it will hold a Las Vegas
Night in the Hetzel Union ball
room.
TIM Council elections will be
held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday. In
accordance with the decentralized
voting proposals, balloting will be
held Monday in the lobby of Elec
trical Engineering and Tuesday
and Wednesday outside the Hetz
el Union cardroom.
The council will hold its first
meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in
203 G HUB. The meeting is open
to all town independent men.
Functions and purposes of the or
ganization will be explained.
featuring
LENNY HAMBRO
under
RAY McKINtfY
New Leadership Training
Termed Full Success
Last spring about 85 stu- ; Ettelson. chairman of the Leader
dents enrolled in a course for the P elur'e’"a B piei e ucce V ss'. CCi
which they received no credit. Etlelson said the course was
yet they'took lecture notes ’£*7,ll“.iSf ttlTT™
and a final examination.
They attended lectures every;
night for eight weeks on the sec-;
ond floor of Boucke. These stu-,
dents were participating in an ex
periment. |
The course, called Leadership!
Training, is sponsored by the Stu- j
dent Government Association. To
upperclassmen who took the |
course a few years ago, it might
seem very different.
Leadership training used to
mean listening to student lead
ers talk about various extra
curricular activities., This
course lasted for six weeks
during the fall semester,
t Last spring an experimental,
8-week course was set up in an
attempt to improve the course.
Instead of emphasizing., campus
activities, the course presented
different speakers from the fac
ulty and administration who talk
ed about the qualities of a lead
er, the psychology of leadership
and parliamentary procedure.
Outlines of lectures were passed
out to the students and they took
notes. After compiling the results
of the final examination, James
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about campus activities from
handbooks or their counselors.
The new course is not primarily
aimed at the freshman class and
can also benefit uppei'classmen.
This year's course, scheduled to
begin Oct. 21, will incorporate
some suggestions given by the
students at the end of the course.
Among the suggestions were a
; lecture on speaking, a longer
question-and-answer period fol
lowing the lecture and requiring
students to attend an SGA assem
bly meeting.
Delivery on
Hoagies Hamburgers
Steaks Cheeseburgers
Pizza Sausage
and Soft Drinks
9 P.M. till 12 P.M.
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