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
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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<cussed the recent gas leak in
Nittany 32. and the three hour
time lapse between the original
report and a plumber's arrival on
the scene.
Jerome Whalen, residence hall
coordmatov for the area, will meet
with Diem today to discuss this
delay and the "dangerous conse
quences that could result from
such negligence."
Nominalions and elections for
council officers were postponed
and will be held at the next meet
ing. ,
DOC Plans Social;
Holds Elections
The Division of Counseling Stu
dent Council will hold a social
from 9 to 12 p m. April 29 in the
HUB ballroom.
Students from all colleges may
attend and a dance band will be
featured.
Newly elected officers of the
council are: - president, Edward
Rosenzweig, freshman in coun
seling from Apollo: vice presi
dent, Lois Affleck. freshman in
education from Gladwyne: and
secretary treasurer, Janet Shaw.
freshman in liberal arts from
Merrick. N.Y.
The council also plans to send
letters to all students enrolled in
the division for the purpose of
stimulating interest in the coun
cil and its functions.
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Rivers and streams began receding in Centre County and
other areas of the state yesterday after melting snow and
heavy rain caused flooding in the lowlands.
The level of Penns Creek was reported down permitting
traffic to flow on the adjoiningi
road from Spring Mills to Zerby.'
a e. um mer Term
but the road was still blockedl
from Zeiby to Coburn, A signi
ficant drop occurred in the level A l p -- I
p ;cations
of Bald Eagle Creek yesterday
after a crest of just four, feet be- I
low flood stage. Available Soon
Other sections of the Common-' University Park students
wealth were not so fortunate. The can obtain advance approval
,Ohio River overflowed into the:
for the 1960 Summer Sessions
low-lying areas of Pittsburgh.!
Meadville, which was hardest hit. Course Programs froth April
was covered with water and some 20 toMay 6 .
900 homes were surrounded by,
'water. Many of the residents nut' Students seeking such advance
to higher ground. approval must adhere to the fol
lowing procedure:
Flooding also occurred in Hai- •An Official Registration Form
risburg, Wilkes-Barre, Danville, f .
or
ea
scssion must be com-
Sunbury and Towanda. pleted. The forms can be oh-
Rampaging rivers and streams tained from the regular academic
were not restricted fo Pcnnsyl- a d visers
vania. Damage ran into the mil- *Undergraduate students must
lions in the Midwest where thou- have then adviser sign the appli
sands of acres of farm lands cation. Graduate students must
were inundated and hundreds have their adviser's signature and
of roads were blocked. Many that or the Dean of the GI aduate
schools closed. School. Special summer sessions
The latest count showed nine students need the signature of the
dead and 6000 homeless. Dean of Summer Sessions.
The St. Louis area has been ®The approved forms must be
warned that a flash rise in the presented at the registration sec-
Missiq<appi River may cause local ton in the basement of Willard.
flooding this morning. •A "notice of appioval" will
besent to the student for each
I Although streams are now re-
ceding across Pennsylvania, the session he plans to attend pi for
threat of flash flooding will con-
to the opening of summer ses
:Orme to exist for some time. The smns.
Student who have not obtained
!ground is saturated with moisture,„i`—`van L , e approval may register
and any rain that falls won't be -
in full on the registration day of
' able to sink into the soil and will
,a particular session The sessions
thus run off rapidly.
and dates of registration are• in
: When conditions such as this ter-session, the morning of June
exist, an inch or two of rain is 33; first six weeks session, after
enough to touch off considerable
flooding. noon of June 13: mid-session, July
s;' second six weeks session July
Showers will fall throughout,2s; post session. August 15.
Pennsylvania today and in thei Students desiring to register for
,eastern sections of the state to-'more than one session will be able
:night, but fortunately no heavy to complete registration, except
rains are anticipated. (Continued on page four)
hers Recede
ng Ends
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