SATURDAY. APRI, 2. 1960 —Collegian Photo by John Beauge SORORITY HOUSE? Back in 1031 Spruce Cottage was the home of Theta Phi Alpha. Today it is the heaaquatters of the Campus Patrol. 7949 Marked End Of Sorority Houses Modern sorority suites in the South Halls and the new Pollock Halls offer a contrast to the sorority houses which used to dot the campus. Only 12 years ago sororities still occupied Elm, Hemlock. Maple, Moffatt, Oak and Spriuce cottages. Upkeep on the houses then became too great, so the sor- lorities moved into dormitories. 'McElwain and Simmons Halls Cody to Honor: , w v e e r r e e being d ebdu in built and ea eh e i d g o h r t m tr suites; v Women living in • the sorer- Top Ag Student i e t r y on h e o s u w se h s o had r e full-time usually ycohuanpg teachers, secretaries or graduate , Applications are available in students. 211 Armsby for the annual con-1 These sorority women had one test sponsored by Coaly Society, major complaint: the cottages, agriculture honorary society, to, were known by their old names find the outstanding senior in the rather than sorority names until College of Agriculture. there were all renamed for trees The 'contest started yesterday ;in 1949. and will run until April 22. Any; Few women could live in the senior in the College of Agricul- houses because of limited space tui e may submit an application In 1951, for example, 13 fresh- Applications will be judged on I man coeds lived in Spruce Cot the basis of scholarship and ac-;tage as the result of an overflow tivities. Activities, both on and ; of enrollment in the fall semes off Ag Hill, will be rated on ,alter. Eight occupied Pine Cottage, scale of 1 to 10, with a higher while 14 were placed in Elm Cot number of points going to those tage. who hold an office of some kind i Chi Omega, the first sorority The All-University average will at the University to become na be rated on the basis of 30 points , tionally affiliated, moved into for a 40, 20 points for a 3.0 and, Oak Cottage in 1928 and re -10 points for a 2.0. mained there until 1948. The cot- The contest winner will be an-{ tage housed Beta Sigma Omi nounced at 4:15 May 20 in 2111 cron from 1948 to 1949. Buckhout at the Agriculture Fac-i Nita Nee, now Kappa Alpha ally Meeting. He will receive an,Theta, moved into Stone House engraved cup. This building was renamed Elm Cottage in 1949. Maple Cottage, which housed Alpha Omicron Pi from 1928 until 1948, was razed in Sept. 21, 1955, when Boucke was being built. The former home of Delta Gam ma (1930-1948) and Kappa Delta (1949) was torn down in January 1953 for the Hetzel Union Build ing. Co-Edits The new ribbonees of Beta Sig ma Omicron sorority are Anne Chernevsky, Nancy McMinn, Sara Peterson, and Nancy Turnbough. Newly elected officers of Phi Mu sorority are Judy Moore, pres ident; Betsy Lewin, vice presi dent; Karen Skawden, recording secretary; Helen Heller, corres ponding secretary; Suzanne Bar et, treasurer; Sue Standish, social chairman; Elaine Michel, mem bership chairman; and Karen Dosier, pledge director. Recent initiates of Phi Chi Theta, women's professional com merce fraternity are Sandra Bind er, Jayne Buckley, Susan Butch kosky, Joan Cavanagh, Anne Chernefski, Carol Franke, Leonora Gahn, Jean Garrett, Joan Harrar, Carol Hodges, Helen Oakes, Hen rietta Reish and Patricia Shockey. The new officers of Delta Sig"- ma Pi, professional commerce and business administration frater nity, are Francis Manley ,presi dent; John Yamulla, senior vice president; Jay Huffman, junior vice president; Ronald Koot, sec retary; Robert Stroh, treasurer; : Gilbert Kahn, historian. New initiates of Sigma Sigma' Sigma are Jayne Buckley, Joan Foss and Elizabeth Taylor. By KAY MILLS From 1930 to 1948. Moffatt Cottage was occupied by Sy chor, predecessor to Kappa Kap pa Gamma. Theta Phi Alpha first used Spruce Cottage in 1931. Phi Mu was the next sorority to move into a house. In 1937 they were assigned to Pine Cottage, which had been built in 1888 by Samuel Plague, a military profes sor. TOM & JERRY'S SUB SHOPPES THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Words to Watch Profs Give Opinions on Segregation By JERRIE MARKOS and never thought a problem. ' lion of racial discrimination. I (Continuing in our discussion He cited India's caste system ' and the key tool will be equal of the question "Is segregation a' and the segregation in South ,voting rights," he concluded. by-product of our society?,"j Africa . as examples of recog- , Since segregation is not a bio- Words to Watch presen t s corn - razed and approved discrimma- ,logical or genetic problem, Lepley mentary on the subject by Dr.' tory practices. said, it follows that it must be Seymour Leventman, assistant One cannot understand the prob- created by society Howevm, he professor of sociology and Dr. lem without taking into consider- added, this does not mean that it William, M. Lepley, director of talon two vital factors, Levent- is inevitable. the Psychology Laboratory.) man said. The first is the relation-` There is a good deal of hope for ,fl ship between . Negroes and whites; integration in the United States "Segregation is a legacy ' , the second is the internal titer- because it has been achieved in the institution of slavery, pro-:ture of the Negro community. We other, older cultures, notably Eng !often fail to realize, he said, the land and France. moted and protected by an 'self-Imposed stratification among, "A well-educated Southerner economic and political strati- Negroes based on their varying once told me something which is 'interests and economic levels not often heard in the North." fication especially prevalent W hen asked about the future Lepley said. The gentleman's ** in the South," Leventman said. of segregation in the United remark was, "I can accept de- It appears in many forms and States, Leventman said that there segregation intellectually but 1 is unique in the United States in is . no doubt that it will di-ante- can't feel that way. Emotions that it is not sanctioned by the grate. He said he believed the are hard to get rid of." American creed of equality, Le- recent um icings involving educa- Depley also quoted from Presi iventman continued. Even to con- lion, bus seating and lunch count-,dent Eisenhower when he said, Isider it a problem is unique; for er service to be only peripheral "You cannot pass legislation that discrimination, wherever else it:to the real core of unrest—the!will make people like each other, is practiced, is an integral pact political situation in the South. but legislation will certainly en of the customs of the people and "The next 20 years will be , courage an enrichment of asso is recognized by the governments crucial decades in the absolu- ciations." Nittany Men Local Wa Ask Airing As Floodi Of Problems The Nittany Area Council; Thursday night voted to vestigate the possibilities of s l bringing their complaints con cerning housing and dining conditions to the attention of the student body through WDFM, stu-' dent operated radio station. Members of the council, and the; heads of the Departments of Housing and Foods would parti-' cipate. I This meeting would be similar lin objective to one held by the council last week attended by' ,Albert E. Diem, vice president for, ,business affairs, Robert C. Prof- . fitt, head of the Department of Foods, John F. Fishburn, head; ,of operations, Department of, Housing and Frank J. Simes, dean' of men. In other business the council di