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Editorial Opinion
SPE Ruling Should Be
Lesson to Fraternities
One lesson should be drawn from the controversial
ruling handed down last week by IFC Board of Control
against Sigma Phi Epsilon—that fraternities must under
stand their responsibilities under the IFC Code and make
sure that each member knows them.
SPE was found guilty of violating University Senate
regulation W-5, which, as interpreted by the IFC Code,
says that a fraternity is responsible for the conduct of
guests who have attended any function of that fraternity.
A Delta Upsilon pledge, reportedly intoxicated, was
left in his car in the DU parking lot by two members of
SPE after he attended an SPE party. He later was arrested
in town.
SPE had its social privileges removed for four weeks
and was placed on social probation for the remainder of
the semester. It was granted a rehearing after presenting
a petition signed by 51 per cent of the fraternities on
campus.
SPE felt that it had fulfilled its responsibility. The
guest had become unruly and would not enter the DU
house. So his car keys were hidden and he was left in the
car. The Board of Control felt that this did not constitute
the limit of responsibility. Probably, if a member of DU
had been contacted and informed that the unruly pledge
was in the parking lot, this action could have been con
sidered as a transference of responsibility and SPE could
have been absolved.
Some say that SPE is being unduly disciplined for the
actions of two of its members while DU was not dis
ciplined for the action of one of its members. But the
difference lies in the fact that the SPE men were per
forming a responsibility of the fraternity as required
by law.
The discipline meted out may be too harsh, consider
ing the circumstances, but that is not the point contested
here.
While a plea for commutation may be valid in this
case, the incident is an example to all fraternities to edu
cate their members to the rules as written so that the
responsibilities, as defined in the IFC Code, may be
carried out:.
Other Views
A Case of Lost Faith
The Dean of Men's remark about losing faith in the student
government if it does not propose a mature alternative to the
opposed housing bill seems rather ludicrous.
Let us review some of the facts leading up to the present
transfer situation:
•It was the Administration who failed to make an oral
agreement binding with the State about using State money to
build classrooms.
• It was the State who did not follow through with the agree
ment and forward necessary funds to build classrooms for an
increased enrollment.
•It was the President of the University who typified a
rationalizing administrative outlook on the transfer ruling. Dr.
Eric A. Walker, himself, told Ogontz student leaders that it was
all for the students' benefit, since the University has always
thought that dormitories "broadened a student."
And a combination of the above has led to the paradoxical
situation of planning to renovate a residence area (Nittany) that
will cost a minimum of $150,000 to improve, while trying to fill
a space deficit of 2000 in the other residences.
After all this, Mr. Simes says that the ADMINISTRATION
might lose faith in the SGA because they were indiscreet enough
to protest a ruling without proposing an alternative. Apparently
the SGA should not show student opinion unless they, them
selves, are prepared to take administrative responsibility for it.
The question, as we see it, seems to be reversed. It should
bq the SGA warning the administration that if they continue
as they have been, the students might lose faith in the admin
istration.
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Pastor Blasts
Legion Pressure
TO THE EDITOR: It is my earnest
hope and prayer that a great Uni
versity like Penn State will not be
intimidated by the neo-McCar
thyism of the American Legion
and the Sons of the American
Revolution.
Recent news stories in The Dai
ly Collegian indicate that there
is pressure on the University by
these self-appointed censors of
Penn State policies on speakers.
The freedom of the University to
teach, speak, and print all views
in the pursuit of truth is guaran
teed by the American constitu
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It is therefore the duty of the
University to resist the efforts of
all groups who may wish to place
their imprimatur on university
speakers, speeches, lectures, or
press. This includes even the
pressures of religious groups such
as my own or any other.
Under this constitution, the
American Legion and the Sons of
the American Revolution, how
ever reactionary, have a right to
be heard in the University. Here
their rights end as do mine.
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Campus Lutheran Pastor
Angel Flight Opens
Annual Workshop
"Social Aspects of Air Force
Life" will be discussed at the first
meeting of the sixth annual Blue
Yonder Workshop, at 7 tonight in
McElwain lounge.
This pr o gram and a get
acquainted tea which will pre
cede it are sponsored by the
Angel Flight of Arnold Air So
ciety.
Capt. Norman M. Winter, as
sistant professor of air science,
will serve as moderator of the
panel discussion.
Mrs. Winter, Mrs. 0. V. Robi-
chaud, Mrs. C. M. Richardson,
Mrs. Clyde R. Cloar, Mrs. Joseph
B. Koi and Mrs. James S. Robin
son, all wives of air science in
structors, will participate on the
panel.
HOSPITAL
Hossein Ahmadi, Nancy Allen, Clifford
Beck, Robert Benton, Beverly Caldwell,
Gretchen .Cretser, Donald Currie, James
Doutt, Gail Dubrow, Bruce Foanocht, John
Francis, Vera Glass, Cynthia Hackett,
John Hanish, John Hill; Michael Horo
witz, Moira Lamay, David Lupton, Ann
Sally Mahoney, Kenneth Mauna, Richard
McCoy, Eleanor Newkirk, Samuel Bom
berger, Bette Rubinson, Barbara Strauss.
Judith Todd. Jobs Watt.
without malice
Chances are
For an Army
DRAFT!!
Look at 'em run. Strange how just one word can make so
many strong, able-bodied men cringe, begin limping and even
consider such drastic measures as (gulp) marriage.
For those of you eligibles who
have not noticed, Newsweek
Magazine has
some very perti
nent information
concerning duck
ing the draft. The
d e tailed article
boils down to this
one fact: the odds
are 99-1 against
getting out of it.
"Draft roulette"
the Army calls it.
They're pretty cer- MALICK
lain about getting you. Then
there's this guy Lt. Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey—they call him "Mr.
Draft"—who says that objection
to the draft is "some more of our
softness—the desire to do no
work . . . "
Now. I wouldn't go so far as to
say just that. With me, it's a de
sire to do work which makes me
object to the draft. Like try to get
a good job with a 1-A classifica
tion.
But there are ways of getting
out of the draft, such as:
0 Go to grad school until you're
TODAY Campus Party, 7 min , 217 HUB
Air Force Glee Club, 3 p.m., HUB assembly Collegian Business Staff, 7.30 p.m., 2
room Carnegie
Ai: Career Day, 7 p in., HUB assembly Christian Fellowship, 12.45 pin . 218 HUB
loom Graduate Mining Seminar, 3:20 p.m , 24
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ml, David G. Mickle, speaker
M. it. Penske, speakem, 7 p.m , 110 E.E. LaVie teat, 7 p m., 112 Osmond
News and Views, 7 p m., 18 Home Ee
Biological Lecture Series, 4:15 pm , 112 Physics Colloquium, 4 :15 p.m.,117 Oa.
SUCkhalit., S. 11, Suskind , speaker mond, Herwig Schopper, spea ker
Bridge Club, 6.30 pm , HUB cardioom Senior Class Day. 6:30 pm , 218 HUB
BX Candidates, 6:15 pHI , HUB assembly SGA Assembly, 7.30 pin , 203 HUB
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Weekly
ACROSS
1 Huge Sacramento
River dam.
7 Dent in cheek.
13 Interrogated.
14 Text correctors.
16 Experience.
17 Charming.
18 "To get her poor
dog ___:" 2 words.
19 Garden flower.
21 Sisters, cousins,
aunts.
22 Undersized
animal.
23 See 12 Down,
24 Oil lamp's reser
voir.
25 Part of TNT.
26 Start a golf game:
2 words.
27 flank of baseball.
28 A "look-see:" 2
words.
30 Milady's bow.
31 Pub stock in
trade.
32 Dell sound.
33 More courageous.
36 Concern of the
U. S. C. G.
40 Fix again.
41 De ..._ (in
reality).
THURSDAY, MARCH 3L 1960
by denny malick
26 (check your transcript, then
cross that off).
• Fatherhood (no comment).
•Have a job in an "essential
occupation" (too late to switch
into education now).
et Physically or mentally unfit
(my knee hurts so much I can
hardly walk, Mr. Army Doctor).
a Become a minister (after a
degree from PSU?).
0 Hardship cases (there are 25
children living in our one-room
apartment in Central Park West).
The draft officials report that
where fatherhood is concerned
they can't tell when a young man
has cynically and deliberately got
himself married and started rais
ing a family strictly for draft
avoidance.
Well, if a guy did this, he's in
sad shape. I hardly think the gov
ernment should give him any
more problems by trying to draft
him.
After consulting the Newsweek
article, I have but one recourse
—to turn Democrat. Two Demo
cratic presidential hopefuls are
not in favor of the draft. Nixon
says it's "indespensable to nation
al security." Give him a uniform.
Gazette
Crossword
42 Miss West.
43 Egyptian goddess.
44 Factories.
45 Mountain lake.
46 Bradstreet's
partner.
47 Caravel of 1492.
48 Man of might.
49 Arabian noble
man's jurisdic-
tion.
51 Make an invoice.
53 Legislative bodies.
54 Fur esteemed in
Middle Ages.
55 Gobi.
56 Precipitate.
DOWN
1 It precedes a tan.
2 Living for
• pleasure.
3 Negative verbal
contraction.
4 "Your Majesty."
5 Young sheep,
6 Certain lucky
children.
7 Jowl.
8 Fool.
9 Pert girl.
10 Eight to the gal.
11 Take care: 2
words.
99-7
Hitch
Puzzle
12 Prized weasels.
13 Size of a book.
15 Guard.
20 Time division.
23 Cut.
24 Largest city in
N. D.
26 Landlord's sign:
2 words.
27 The con game,29 Roof edges.
30 Reefers.
32 Recites.
33 Newlyweds.
31 Took up again.
35 Stupid or stub.
born.
36 Tar.
37 Of love.
88 Gene of golfing
_
fame.
39 Sawbuck.
41 Most diacriminat-
mg.
44 Abbot's head-
dress.
45 Fearful.
47 Top of head.
48 Incline.
50 Ethiopian title.
52 God for whom
Tuesday was
named.