PACE FOUR Editorial Opinion Other Views To Fraternity Rushees: Why a Hell Week? "I I, ,• , t 11011 \VPII.-:.": lil, Cole Wlthh u.,hee should ask fitH t;11( 1 ,11)111'1 LW-) to AO!, nil IP,. Tins tiadition 1, no «I nil a, "Ilcdp lVeek" but in most cases only th , n one Leon changed to In otc. ct the Lyallty. A 1 I.ct I) tiorn treatment, but the litany ridiculous, sadistic putc ticy, lenionnng. continue to make Hell I,Veek one of the mop ; sore :,1)()+,, in frateinity life tocicty. The more important trend today is the stress on excellence in education. A student is being pressured to spend more time on his studies in order to remain in school. But how doe, tin, ti end jibe with the continuing Hell radiculous hat rassing by brothers, three or four bouts of ~leer , a night if lucky and the depressing attitude v.hich le:1 Weeks pi oduce are definitely against any concept 01 nttaJning an education S(dne hatemities require pledges to study three to lour how (2i night during this period. But how can anyone ,co.ake, let alone study, under such conditions. But why Co Hell Weeks continue? What is the Ira te] nlty inan's justificatton for this practice? Too many take the attitude: "I went through it and survived, so I don't see why they shouldn't." Others say that is is a good way to get unity among the pledgeclass, making them work together. However, if a fraternity must resort to obscene games, drinking obnoxious potions and eating raw onions and meat to obtain this desired unity, it hardly seems worth it. The Lafayette student newspaper aptly states: "Perhaps a study on the effect of onions on maturity is called for." Fraternities must take a more positive attitude toward plecigo training. and discontinue those practices which oduce mental anguish and, too often, physical injury. Fraternities are not the sole providers of the fraternalistic spit it. And unless they gear their programs to more posi tive and Nv orthwhile activities than Hell Weeks, they may become a thing of the past. A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom Trnr• Bugg Tolirgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Pllbliqtted illft , thlY through Saturday morning during the University year. The lOallY Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-ekes matter July 5. 1911 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 187 V. Mall Subscription Price: $3.00 per semester 15.00 per sear. DENNIS MALICK Editor cilCinto, Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Elaine Miele; Copy Editor, Coldio LPY, is: Wire Editor, Karen Hyneckeal; Assistants, Lynne Olen( e, Diane St dl, Pat Hailer, Margie Zelko, Jo Ann Mark, Nancy Lang , nei, Judy Walko, Sue Taylor, Dean Billick, John Moi t West Eyes K's Middle East Visit By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Western students of Com munist tactics, much inter ested these days in relations between Moscow and Pei ping, may get some clues on that point from Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to India, Burma and Indonesia beginning this week. For a tong time, Red China seemed to ignore at times seemed to actively counter act Iglu uslichev's 1959 peace of fens ve Pciping's aggression against Tibet and India, and her quari el with Indonesia over the lights of dual-cduenship Chi nese there, ignored the gener al "peace-loving" Conununist More recently, the Chinese Reds have issued some state ments, promising peaceful set tlements, even with regard to Formosa. They made a border deal THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA GEORGE McTURK Business Manages with Burma, but it was one which gave them much of what they wanted and only gave away what they didn't want. But the question remains, how meaningful is the appar ently jealous competition to see whether Soviet communism or Chinese communism shall be paramount in Asia? Is Khrushchev seeking to take advantage of Peiping's loss of prestige in Asia because of her aggressive attitude dur ing the past two years? Or is he trying to offset it for the benefit of Communism in general? Or is it merely collaboration in the old Communist tactic of applying threats and physical pressure, then cooling things off by protestations of peace ful intent? There are many other factors which will go into ultimate evaluation of the Khiushchev visit. Since he last went to India there has been a gradual Amer- 1 . 0 NO.O THAT EVEN - 1 - 14OU'E s vA TfiERES GNI!) ON THE GROUND AND ITS A LITTLE atILLY OUTSIDE, , BASICALLY LIFE IS GOOD, AND ;THAT YOU pE'RsoNALLY ARE,,. • : ‘4IEP. ;N l / 4 ,/,‘;,?' \\ ... !%/ ‘N 1 0 - _ /fr: ' ;; - -: 7: - '-• 1 -- • ". • I 1 ?1 ) -.-" 1 %CAW P T . ' ..! DOOMED! • • _ • rc.f4if., Gazette A merican Society for Metal,. Malc,b F .1 yiltd el , It, and Cyrenaic, Then Hach 'f t mileraturo anti Nut (ear le h. ',t? pm, Millet al Itaiu,tl lea Auditoi nun Angel Flight 1,t,0ne,..s meeting, no drill 6 15 Pm, A mon. , Delta Sigma Pi, I .)rt—,lonat IliCeting, 7 I/ m , Phi Sigma Kappa E. onamit. I'acult Seminar. DI. LIM envy I, IA ot hat% "I edet at Reset \e Act of I'll I Hip. Nited Room "A'• Penn State Engineer, 7 pm. lot Bourke Philosophy Colloquium, Di. Atrian Van Krum, "EN istential Anthiopological etiology," t 15 pm , 304 HUB Schuhplattlers. 7 .30 p in., 3 White Theta Sigma Phi, 1 p m , Collegian office. HOSPITAI Khalout Ali:litany', Mary Ann )iellini, ('hat lea Best. Richard Breen, John Buchart, Victor Choi ney, Laurence ugan, Marilyn }aunt. Hendeison, Artionetta 'k rill. Hilbert Levu, Kristen Lose, Jana I.llllllnm' k. Marlin Newman, David O'Neill, Franklin Piohaei• Augustus Schroeder, Mat y Sit lion, Llaine Roth, Sandra Tanner, Calol Ann Taylor, Hall Weaser, Hartiet Wheeler, Lows Papp, Claude Pallistet. Anyone wishing to submit items for publication in this column should leave them in the box marked Gazette in the Collegian front office. These items must be in by 4 p.m. the day before publication. Letters to the Editor may al so be left in this box or mailed to The Daily Collegian, Car negie Building. All letters must be signed in order to be pub lished. Names will be withheld at the discretion of the editor. ican turn, highlighted by the Eisenhower visit, toward ac ceptance of neutralism provid ed it's really neutral, and to meet the Soviet economic aid program on its own ground. American aid to India is to be vastly increased.• Khru shchev will have to do some thing about it. Burma recently accepted American aid for the first time. Aid to Indonesia has been renewed, and the atmosphere surrounding American rela tions there has improved en tirely aside from the conflict with Red China. Khrushchev is conducting a great campaign for loyalty and discipline within the ranks of Soviet and European commun ism. It is not out of character for him to extend this campaign even into areas which the Chi neSe Reds consider their own primary concern. The Soviet regime is fre quently depicted as weary of (Continued on page five) Frosh, Be Careful During Rushing This is the time, if you have made your average, to begin rushing. While rushing you must be careful. There are many questions you'll have in your mind. Don't be afraid to ask them, for you may be sorry later if you don't. One of the things you will want to know is whether you need t i atei nity life Frater nities offer an impoi taut social life but don't let it glow out of ptopoition. There me many other things to do here at Penn State. The Indies are coming up in importance and ha‘ e taken notice of the fact that there isn't enough for the inde pendents to du As a result AIM and TIM have expanded the scope of their activities. Check into the difference be tween what you want to do, what you have been doing and what is actually offered by the fraternity system. Don't be afraid to feel out a house for the presence Ali of things you • ' r ; may lime heard about "Frat ernat- • -.IIA,- ,- 1 , ,111" is a nice r : , " 6 woid and could in ea n a lot to some; fOr but it is only a word and MS' could s i o n many Diswntron is preizent in ",ome hou'-es The mere fact that a few people pledged together and now weal the h amt. pin doesn't mean they ale 'buddies' or the best of friends •• • •a N I , s j 4 k ... • • • k,,,,,)\.) Fraternities have pledge sys tems and 'help' weeks. In order to belong to a fra tei nay you must first pledge. Pledging is a serious thing to consider It takes a good bit of time until brotherization The time is spent in learning the Letters 11U11 Dinnig Grad Blasts Housing Policy TO THE EDITOR: Recent ar ticles in the Collegian have in dicated that in the near future there will be a sizeable increase in the number of residence fa cilities for both married and unmarried graduate students. One point has been over looked. This is restricted grad uate housing. It is now Univer sity policy that graduate stu dents with children of school age cannot live in residence fa cilities provided by the school. By such action the Univer sity is discriminating against those students who have fam ilies. It appears that certain lo cal groups have brought in fluence upon the University administration to make this policy. It is ironic that the students affected ale the same ones for which the local area fails to provide adequate housing. Many graduate students spend days looking for decent hous ing only to be told that because So What Freshmen Beware! St HI RR MME TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1960 by Marty Scherr ti ado ions and history of the - Nate} nity, cleanin;:2, up the house, I.vot king with other /2,1 . 0 ups and suiting the broth lancies some of it in pure mental anguish There are things called 'help weeks' and line-ups that can demoralize the inner feelings of someone young and not too experienced in the way of fra• ternity life. The cleaning up is necessary and it might as well be the youngest members of the house who do it, but doing heavy physical exercise while getting very few hours -of sleep, and listening to needless yelling about needless things, all in the line of pledge 'train inc,' are unnecessary. Money doesn't come too easi ly today, at least not for most people. This is another thing to be consideic.d by the iushee. He should inquire into the reg ular house-bill, into the assess ments made during the course of the Near for special events, into the initiation fees and into any other costs that may be pre , .ent. Then, he should ob jectively compare them to what he is now paying in the dorms or to an equivalent life in an apartment. The hying conditions should be inspected carefully, after all, you will have to live there for two or three years. Inquire if the fraternity has an outside annex in which you may have fewer conveniences yet pay the same housebill. The party room and the liv ing room aren't the only rooms (Continued on page five) they have children they could not live in the facilities. As a result, these people have been forced to live in sub-stan dard housing with their fam ilies. The University is now do ing the same thing by restrict ing the housing provided for graduate students. This is not a type of policy which will draw more quali fied graduate students to Penn State. The Graduate Student Council is aware of this prob lem but when the present pol icy was put into effect they were told that because it was now policy nothing could be done. By having the University en force such a policy as this the community has taken upon its elf the obligation to provide housing for graduate students with families. They are not now doing this and do not seem willing to provide adequate facilities for this group of students. Everett Edington Graduate Student
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