WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960 Panhel Workshops Offer Sorority System Changes Several suggestions for improvement in the sorority sys tem for the future emerged from the Panhellenic Council workshops held Sunday. To improve cooperation and unity among the sororities, more inter-sorority projects and socials were recommended. The possibility of holding Greek Week in the fall in conjunction with Mardi Gras was discussed. It was felt that such an event would be one way of acquainting freshmen with Greek life early in the year. To replace the IFC-Panhellenic Ball, a jam session with a big name band would be held since this type of social event seems to be more popular with college students, Cynthia Talbert, work shop chairman, said. A discussion was held on the structure of Panhellenic Coun cil and there was general agree ment that the council should ex orcise more power and have a greater say in sorority activities. It was suggested that the coun cil meet in a larger place and have pre-announced agendas. The committee on cooperation and unity within the individual sororities found that fines pre sented a problem to many of the groups Fines are not effective because they are difficult to col lect from the women and they are a burden to the treasurer, the committee reported. The loss of a vote in chap ter or rush meetings. was sug gested as a possible substitute for fines. The group also recommended that the sororities do away with "help" weeks and have weeks that would bring the sisters and pledges closer together while re vealing the "true meaning" of be longing to a sorority. Tryouts to Start Today For WRA Sports Day Tryouts for WRA Winter Sports Day will be held today and to morrow in White Hall. Volleyball tryouts will be held today from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m., bask etball and bowling tryouts, tomor row from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. Those interested should sign up on the WRA bulletin board in White Hall and come to the try outs at the specified times. The sports day will begin at 12:45 p.m. March 12. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Air Patrol to Hold Training Classes The State College Civil Air Pa trol will conduct the first of a series of classes on Observer Training fQr members and inter ested personnel at 7:30 tonight in the National Guard Building on the University Farms. Classes will be held every Wednesday evening. Instruction will be given in na vigation and map reading, corn munica Lions, search and rescue procedures, survival, first aid and meteorology. —People who like to be waited on are the hardest ones to be cured of their ailments, PRR to Abandon Branch in County WASHINGTON (/P) —An Inter state Commerce Commission ex aminer yesterday recommended that the Pennsylvania Railroad be ' permitted to'go ahead with a pro posed abandonment of its 22-mile Snow Shoe Branch In Centre County. The ICC authorized the aban donment last- March on the com pany's showing of steadily declin ing business. However, the permit was stayed for further hearing when a group of area coal opera tors protested, The examiner who reviewed the case, T. W. Forbes, said yesterday that although the coal operators were objecting to the line being abandoned, they had in fact shift ed their patronage to trucking concerns. The line runs from Boggs Town ship to Snow Shoe. Pre-Med Group to Hear Pittsburgh Medical Dean Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-med ical honorary fraternity, will pre sent a talk by Dr. C. H. William Ruhe, associate dean of the Uni versity of Pitsburgh School of Medicine at 7:30 tonight in 317 Willard. How to shrink a giant computer A person like yourself, for instance. . IBm ® You are invited to contact your College Placement Division to find out when our Interviewers will next visit your campus. Or write to the Director of Recruitment, Dept. 872, IBM Corporation, 590 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York. IBM Salutes EngiuAeri' Week February 21- 27 Army Plans Change In ROTC Next Fall By CAROL BLAKESLEE Advanced Army ROTC stu dents next fall will probably be allowed to substitute sev eral academic subjects for about 20 per cent of their courses in military instruction. Col. Ellis B. Richie, professor of military science and tactics, said yesterday that modifications in the Army ROTC curriculum will probably be started, at least, next fall. The complete change may be put into effect gradually in several phases, he said. Students enrolled in basic ROTC will be taking fewer courses in weaponry. he said. More importance will be placed on courses in the socio-human istic field, he said. These include courses such as the role of America in world affairs, Richie said. Modification in the University's ROTC program are in line with an announcement made by the De partment of Army in Washington Monday which was reported in Electronic computers do big jobs-250,000,000 calculations a day, for instance, in tracking earth satellites. The computer's already gargantuan capacity is being increased at IBM as our scientists and engineers probe deep into the mysteries of such fields as cryogenics, magnetics and microwaves. Utilizing many of their findings, we are simultaneously working to shrink the giant computers of today down to Tom Thumb size. The improvement of our products and methods is an area to which IBM has devoted a great deal of time and work. This effort . has resulted in a steady, planned growth, which in turn has created excellent career opportunities for persons of widely diverse skills and talents in research, engineering, programming and manufacturing. the New York Times yesterday. Although the content of the program will be changed, the Army reaffirmed its belief in com pulsory ROTC for freshmen and sopohomore men, the Times re ported. The Army feels that ROTC courses "instill interest where none existed before?' A com pulsory program, too, provides a better foundation for selec tion of cadets for advanced training, the Army said. Compulsory ROTC has been an issue at the University for about three years. An extensive study was made on the subject by the former All-University Cabinet (predecessor of the SGA Assem bly) and was approved by the As sembly this year. It recommended that ROTC be compulsory for one year only. Several other schools of the 168 which have compulsory ROTC have debated the issue. The facul ty at Michigan State University last week voted to make ROTC an elective, course, and a decision is pending at the University of Wis consin. PAGE FIVE
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