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Editorial Opinion
Better Greek Programs
The Intelfraternity Council last night voted down a
move to limit “Help Weeks” to non-class periods. How
ever, it did not vote down the idea of Help, rather than
Hell, Weeks.
The motion was defeated rather because of the im
piacticallity of enforcing such a ruling. It passed, Help
Weeks would have been restricted to such times as an
Orientation Week or possibly during the semester break.
According to an IFC survey, about half of the fra
ternities hold Help Weeks during these times or else don't
conduct any. Some hold the week during the first week of
classes.
The constant criticism of Hell Weeks has led to the
gtadual decline in their more objectionable aspects.
Ha/mg has been cut down considerably. Unfortunately,
there aie still many who cling to these warped traditions.
The consti uctive aspect of the Help Weeks has been
stressed even more this year. The IFC would do well to
observe some practices alicady adopted on other campuses.
One program v/hich has some merit is a combined
Greek Week - Work Week which is concluded by initia
tions of pledges in the fraternities and sororities. The work
project now incorporated in Greek Week could be re
vamped into a mass pledge project. Although not offi
cially, it almost amounts to that now.
Woik Week, Help Week, Hell Week It is just a
change of terminology in many cases. However, the IFC
is moving in the direction of a more respectable pledge
training
Feather for Wrestlers' Cap
Congratulations to the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrest
ling Association co-titleholders. The Nittany Lions made
a dramatic recovery after it looked like the championship
had eluded their grasps.
Although a comparative newcomer Phil Meyer lost a
crucial bout to Pitt’s veteran Hall and the look of disgust
on his face shown throughout Dillon gymnasium on the
Princeton campus. But Johnston Oberly retaliated with a
fall to salvage the team championship for the undefeated
but once-tied Lions.
The Lion wrestlers were well coached and well
conditioned for the gruelling two-day test and the training
paid off handsomely. It was another feather in the cap for
the “pro” of college wrestling—Charlie Speidel.
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Inside Washington
Commies Have
'Better 1 Bug
For K's Fly
By ARTHUR EDSON
WASHINGTON (/P) —In every
thing, it seems, the Russians are
determined to be bigger and bet
ter than tve are.
And that even includes their in
fluenza germs.
From Moscow comes word that
Premier Nikita Khrushchev has
the flu, that he has had to post
pone his trip Pans, and that he
will need 7 to 10 days to recover.
Some scoffers have said this
may be a diplomatic illness. They
say the Russians are displeased
with Ihe Paris arranugemenls,
and if this isn"i an illness of con
venience, it certainly is a conveni
ent illness.
But this may be a carping view.
Maybe the Russians simply have
come up with a fin germ that is
bigger and meaner than any
body’s.
Khrushchev’s illness starts an
other tram of thought.
In this day of whirlwind, inter
national travel, the stresses on
president and premier are tre
mendous. Yet at any stage of
world history have we had lead
ers who were so old?
Look at the list -
Khrushchev who will be 66
next month, flitting about the
world, selling communism.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 69, who
since the death of his secretary
of state, John Foster Duties, has
done, and is planning, an incred
ible amount of foreign travel.
David Ben-Gurion of Israel,
who is 73, and West Germany's
Konrad Adenauer, who is 84, both
of whom are now visitinq here.
Charles Andre Joseph Marie de
Gaulle of France, who at 69 plans
a visit to this country.
And there are Harold Macmil
lan of Great Bi itain, who is 65,
and Jawaharlal Nehru of India,
who is 70, and China’s Chou En
lai who is 73.
If they find the strain too great,
they rarely mention it.
In this dav of international dis
trust let’s all agree on this: Any
germ that can knock the bounce
out of Nikita Khrushchev, for 10
days has to be potent.
Did You See
Beam House TV?
In the month of February, 1960
Beam Hall went down in Penn
State history.
Someone made a quick decision
And stole the “boy’s” television.
Some students are very sick
Because no longer can they watch
Mav-er-ick,
And others are making noise in
the hall
When they could be watching pro
basketball.
The one who stole that TV set
Probably doesn’t have a guilty
conscience yet,
But the time will come when he
will admit
That it was a dirty trick he did.
Now there’s just one more thing
I’d like to say,
Stealing never did and never will
pay.
We’ll catch that thief some sweet
day
And get back our RCA.
—Ellis Noll, '63
Peck to Speak on Plays
To Belle Lett res Club
Louis F. Peck, professor of Eng
lish literature, will speak on “A
Handful of Gothic Plays,” at the
meeting of the Belle Lettres Club
at 7 tonight in Simmons lounge.
Peck, who has spent years in
research on the Gothic Literature
at the end of the 18th century,
will talk on some of the sidelights
of a little-known type of litera
ture which his investigations have
uncovered.
HUB Plans Special Menus
The Terrace Room at the Hetzel
Union Building will have two
special menus this week. They
will observe the fifth birthday of
the cafeteria today and St.
Patrick’s Day on Thursday. Ap
propriate menus and decorations
will be provided.
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Letters
Politics Stir Campus
Political ' Corruption ' Discussed
TO THE EDITOR: Right now
we have come closer than ever
before to “beat the system” or
to “buck the machine” here at
Penn State. Elections have been
thrown before—corruption has
existed before; but this is the
first time a party and its chair
man has put its foot down and
absolutely refused to sink to
this level.
Judging from the elections I
have witnessed, and from talk
ing to other people who have
been here before, it seems to
me that the same pattern of
elections has been followed
since the old Cabinet system
was instituted in 1939. Appar
ently campus politics have
been rigged all the way.
I don't want to go too far
out on a limb, but by the way
of conjecture, does not this uni
form pattern indicate that be
hind the scenes there may be
a continuous guiding master
hand, or possibly some group,
which has a vital interest in
keeping student government
incapacitated? What, or whom.
Reader Chides 'Big Four' Actions
TO THE EDITOR: Stick to
gether boys! Sunday’s Univer
sity party meeting heard Dick
Haber speak for what the Col
legian has labelled the “Top
Four of the University Party.”
A statement prepared by all
four (Crosby, Darran, Clagett
and Haber) explained to party
members that they were de
clining their respective nom
inations as a group. Why? They
want students to believe that
this move is for the betterment
of Penn State’s student govern
ment due to recent degrading
Soph Says Politicians Have Right to Switch
TO THE EDITOR: A person
who runs on a party platform
for an election does so because
he believes this platform is
right and just for the people
he is representing.
The person elected holds his
loyalty to the people he is rep
resenting. The reason he joins
a party is for unity and sup
port' with others who agree
Academic Year Science Institute of Teach
ers lecture, 12 noon, HUB dining room
“A", Dr. Samuel Tolansky, “The Micro
topographies of Surfaces/’
Ag Council, „7-9 p.m , 212 HUB
AIChE meeting, 7 pm.. 11l Boucke
Alpha Lambda Delta meeting, 5:10 p.m.
216 HUB
Belies Lettres Club, 7 p.m., Simmons lounge
Christian Fellowship, 12:45-1:15 p.m., 218
HUB
Classified Ad Staff, 6:30 p.m.. Collegian
office
College of Business Administration Fac-
ulty meeting. 4:15 p.m.. 11l Boucke
Collegian Business Staff Candidate School,
6:30-7:30 p.m., 112 Osmond
Father Havanic Discussion, 7-8 p.m., 203
HUB
Fire O’clock Theatre, 5 p.m.. Little Thea
tre, Old Main. Ivan Ladizinski, “A
Stroke of the Brush”
Geophysics and Geochemistry seminar. 2*15
p.m., 121 Mineral Industries, Dr. A. K.
Slackadar, “.Numerical Weather Predic-
TUESDAY. MARCH 15. 1960
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would such a group, if It exists,
be protecting?
Students, wake up l Open,
your eyes’ Don’t let anyone
lead you around by the nose,
be it by unashamed flattery or
by playing on your naivete.
If you believe in any princi
ples, now is the time to stand
up and be counted. Get behind
the snowball and push; help it
really get rolling. The same
forces that have stymied past
student efforts to really let
their voice be heard are still at
work as has been evidenced
quite publicly with the recent
University party scandal
Students can’t possibly tol
erate such corruption. You
must help cut out the cancer,
and help establish a sound,
healthy, strong student repre
sentation. Let me assure you,
there are sincere and devoted
people standing up against un
believable pressure from cor
rupt forces and without the
help of a united student body,
they may fail. Do join them!
—Haiald Sandstrom, '6O
controversy involving them and
University party.
Four weeks ago they decided
to run together; now together
they've decided not to run! Will
they be running together next
week? Will their “martyr role”
arouse student sympathy for
their renomination.
Since they have to stick to
gether, students question
whether any one of them i 3
strong enough to stand alone.
And if this quartet can’t stand
alone, perhaps they should give
up politics and take up sing
ing.
with his own, concepts.
If a person' joins a party be
cause he believes its platform
is best for those he would rep
resent, but later thinks that
this platform does not benefit
them, he has every right to
take the course of action that
he considers most beneficial to
his representation.
—Jerry Fisher. '63
GAZETTE
i lion—A Revolution in Meteorology**
Greek Week, 8-10 p.m., 210 HUB
lAS Student Paper Competition, 7 p.m,,
105 Mechanical Engineering
ICG, 8:15-10:00 p.m., 203 HUB
Lecture Series, 10-11 p.m, HUB main
lounge
Mixed Choir, 7-9 p.m., HUB assembly room
Mixed Chorus, 7 p.m , 200 Carnegie
Panhfllenic Council, 6:30-7:30 pm., 203
HUB
Placement, 8 a.m.*s p m., 203, 212-8 HUB
Sigma Tau Delta, 8:15-10:00 p.m., 218 HUB
Soc Club, 7-9 p.m., 214 HUB
UCA, 5:15-6:00 p.m., 214 HUB
Gladys Allen, Barbara Carney, Deborah
Croft, James Daniiovitz. Carole Frey,
Robert Gabos, Richard Hess, Edward La
skowski, Bernice Leagus, Barry Lively,
Barbara Lukehart, Donald Manges, David
Meyers, Mary O’Reilly, Louise Phillips,
Norman Potter, Robert Rabenold, Karen
Snyder, Joel Spero, Sheila Wehsi, NeU
Wilding.
—David Owsley,
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