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A Student-Operated Newspaper
56 Years of Editorial Freedom
04It Bag Tultegiatt
Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887
Pahtithed Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year, The
Daily Collegian It a student-operated newspaper. Entered aa second•claee matter
July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Poet Office under the act of March 3, 1873.
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and The Intercollegiate Press
JOHN BLACK
Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Lynn Ceref ice; Wire Edi
tor, Sue Eberly; Night Copy Editor, Meg Teichholtz; Assistants,
Pat Haller, Suzie Ellison. ` •
Editorial Opinion
To Sing or Not to Sing
Perhaps, since this is the final day of registration for
the IFC-Panhel Sing, we ought to take a good look at this
annual event.
Out of a total of 84 Greek groups on this campus, 8
fraternities and 9 sororities have registered for the group
sing. What happened to the other 67 groups?
This year Greek Week was moved from its traditional
place in the spring semester to the fall. We have heard
complaints that there is not enough time to practice, that
the sing conflicts with rush.
Greek Week and its traditional sing were moved to
the fall semester this year to avoid the mass confusion of
activity which usually characterizes the spring semester.
Last year,_the sing was held when most students were
Looking ahead to Spring Week and the campus was begin
ning a lively political campaign.
As far as the complaint about practice is concerned, a
fraternity songleader has wisely pointed out that it is often
not the hours of practice which win the sing but the
enthusiasm of the group.
Last year only 23 groups participated in the sing.
Perhaps this event has outlived its time at this Uni
versity. Other schools fill auditoriums for their greek
sings. Southern Cal even fills the Hollywood Bowl. Here
we can't even fill 121 Sparks.
Since almost no one attends the preliminaries except
the participating groups and only a few attend the finals,
the sing can not even be classified as an entertainment
for students.
The purpose of Greek Week is to create a spirit of
good will and cooperation among Penn State Greeks. The
IFC-Panhel Sing is obviously not contributing much to
this goal. •
Change Has Started
The Women's Student Government , ~
Association Tues
day night became the vanguard of community living and
took the first step in adapting its organization to the new
concept.
The big switch, approved by the WSGA Senate at its
first meeting after gaining the- sanction of the University
Senate Committee for Students Affairs, made little change
except in name.
But the significant move was providing an election
framework through which representatives will be elected
by their, community constituencies.
The women of each community will elect councils to
govern the community. Two members from each council
will then be elected to the central organ now known as
the Association of Women Students.
The functions of the new AWS will be primarily the
same as those of WSGA.
Screening safeguards are built into the system to insure
representation of all four classes and of both Greek and
independents.
The men are considering formation of a Men's Resi
dence Council which would concentrate the men's self
governing functions in a somewhat parallel construction,
The men already have community councils and the MRC
would coordinate from the top.
The women have reorganized without disbanding
Leonides which still exists as a social and activity organi
zation for independents. Likewise the men should be able
to form their over-all council and still let the Association
of Independent Men social program survive.
Community living is starting to take shape and campus
organizations are going to have to realign themselves to
fit into the system.
Twiny halhonm
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491D1 Business Manager
Gazette
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
With one weekend of sor
ority open houses over and
another yet to come we
have some observations to
make about the situations
that take place during rush
It seems that strange cate
gory of homo sapiens (Penn
State coeds) has a behavior all
its own during rushing. Any
one deviating• from this pat
tern is duly put to shame by
the rest of her sorority sisters
or her companion rushees.
First, let's take the case of
an unknown rushee who wears
a BLACK dress during open
houses. This is probably the
same girl who attempts to
light her own cigarette or hold
Letters
Discrimination
Hit Again
TO THE EDITOR: Jacob Den
tu is a ludicrous character
with an admirable but exas
perating idealism. Of all peo
.,ple to suggest that students
should make:a plea for reform
—the very student who did!
He seems to have forgotten
`very quickly what a thick, im
penetrable wall.. lies between •
the student body and the ad-'
ministration.
Last year at a memorable
Student Government Associa
tion meeting our dean of men,
Frank J. Simes, said there was
no housing discrimination. This
year he is saying nothing. Is
this out of fear or just a cocky
sureness that his battle has
been won? He has, by showing
his authority, sent State Col
lege back to its stagnant con
servatism.
Ed. Note- The dean of men
has said that his office only
maintains the housing list and
policy for changing it must
come from higher authority.
The Collegian today is submit
ting a formal request through
•roper channels that landlords
who will not subcribe to a
lon-discrimination statement
have their listings stricken.)
llMMter
TNAT MEANS MY REPRIEVE 14
ALMOST UP, AND I NAVE TO
START WORRYING ABOUT THAT
FREEWAY f3U6INESS AGAIN.,,
liewirMESlMmimml
I CAN'T STAND IT
I JUST CAN'T STAND IT!
WIIVIIAVE 1110 FRIENDS
IN Hi% PLACES?!!
8 o'clock fog
Monkey See, Monkey
—Leslie LeWinter, '6l
s'e#iitt.
her own ash tray (burn, or per
ish the thought).
You see all perfectly ac
ceptable behavior for any nor
mal person but not allowed
during sorority rush at Penn
State.
- - .
Then there is the rushee who
becomes so busy going from
chatter date to chatter date
that she arrives at a suite pret
tily decorated with three name
cards.
Rushees aren't the only ones
who make the so-called faux
pas though. Every sorority has
at sometime probably run out
of cigarettes. (Filter lips, that
is.)
While we're on the subject
of smoking it's not unusual
for sorority women to actually
force a girl to learn how to
Letters
Why Did He
TO THE EDITOR: Khrushchev
doesn't like to play cards in
the Card room. Otherwise, he is
the most skilled poker 'playet
of modern diplomacy. His
face is made of wax (different
ly molded for different -occa
sions), his thoughts from plas
tic wit and dynamite.
He is charmingly calculating,
childishly outspoken and ob
stinately consistent in pound
ing the "anti-imperialist" slo
gans. Nikita is a truly gaudy
character. His appeal lies in
his strength, courage, deter
mination, blind-folded fanati
cism and limited but attractive
curiosity about things.
Why has he come to Ameri
ca? What reasons did he have
to come when everything was
against him—summit blast, the
sentence of Powers, the accus
ing, derogatory st at ements
about the folk-hero Eisenhow
er and even the rain.
Actually, in my estimation,
his plan has nothing to do with
America. His main interest is
in impressing China and Asia.
By coming to New York, he
displayed very conveniently
his courage to attend the
UN sessions "on hostile foreign
territory."
He wished to prove to Mao-
Tsetung, Nasser and Nehru
that for the sake of trying to
create a Luke-warm cold war
he is willing to sacrifice even
his "just anger" and deep dis
content with the U.S. govern
ment.
And this is understandable
since we all know that for Fa
ther Khrushchev peace (and
the Picasso-dove) precedes
even vodka and tequila.
From a less sarcastic angle,
I think that the Soviet Premi
er wants peace. As a matter of
fact, he is obsessed by peace.
Nobobdy wants peace with
more passion than Krushchev,
and along with him, the USSR.
Russia has lost approximate
ly 25 million lives in wars, the
challenging pastime of adults,
and that equals roughly the
population of Poland. Ru3sia
suffered, starved, burned and
wept,
The Russians have numer
ous rockets but they also have
a will to live, a will to con
quer but alive.
Grad Says St
TO THE EDITOR: First, may
I congratulate you on your re
cent editorial regarding stu
dent housing conditions in
State College.
Secondly, I wish to say that
I find it impossible to compre
bend why the student body
allows itself to be "used."
They, the students, are being
used by benevolent landlords
who only charge $75 per month
for third floor firetraps and
only a , modest $65 per month
for lovely, upholstered sewers.
They, the students, are being
used by warm, kind-hearted
merchants who only charge
$2.50 for an item which costs
them the tremendous sum of
$6 a dozen.
They, the students are being
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1960
by elaine miele
smoke when she rushes. How
can she help it when she is
offered a cigarette on the aver
age of one a minute.
The education of a rushee
includes much more. She finds
out how to sit down gracefully
in a tight skirt in about three
square inches on the floor.
She also learns how to' look
perfectly groomed just• ,
20 min
utes after emerging from White
Hall pool. And the greatest feat
of all a girl who is tone
deaf must pretend to took hap.
py when sorority members in•
vice her to join the singing.
Rushing is well, just that
a time of hurrying back and
forth until the night of rib
boning when all can sit down
and finally enjoy meeting their
new sisters.
Come?
"No more wars," Khrushchev
said. And Picasso helped him
by drawing big, white birds on
housewalls, proclaiming weap
onless conditions. .
Indeed, Khrushchev wants
peace. He wants to crush the
Yankee-land (Georgia includ
ed) through tough propaganda
and ideology campaigns (rely
ing mainly on the Asian and
African nations), economy and
education (better universities).
He needs time. peace, rich corn
and wheat fields.
He is the man of "peaceful
coexistence." but of 'his own
pro-calculated, shrewdly con
structed coextistence. He pic
tures himself as the tough
trapper and America.the noble,
rich furred tiger who will
eventually fall into his trap.
Why did he come to Amer
ica? He came to slap China
across the face, by showing
that friendly cooperation with
corrupt, degenerate but weal
thy capitalist countries can
exist. Take the fatty milk of
the cow, but when she becomes
old and useless, offer her to the
butcher. She served her pur
pose.
Also, Nikita came to set an
example for Asia, for countries
which still waver in accepting
an outspoken standpoint (-In
dia, UAH), as the knight, the
honey-voiced troubador whose
tenor only praises love, frater
nity, peace and fidelity. And if
the troubador is rejected, peace
is rejected. But the troubador
can't be wrong. lie is love and
fidelity. Don't you see?
And at least, but not lasi, the
old, unpolished man came to
make Cuba more communistic
(which is a difficult task, tin
deed). He kissed Castro's beard
and promised to drink more
Havana rum.
I expect Khrushchev to come
up with an unusual proposal at
the UN for world peace, pros
perity and compulsory reli
gious instructions in colleges.
Or he might give the U.S. 50
battleships and offer to throw
his rockets into the Hudson
River.
He might build another Sta
tue of Liberty. And if you don't
accept it, it's your fault.
—Nick Kolumban, '6l
udents 'Used'
used by an administration who
seemingly thinks it is all right
to see students insulted and
humiliated iv the above men
tioned sweet, kindly landlords.
The administration also
seemingly enjoys seeing the
students pay outrageous, ex
orbitant prices for essential
items. (Oh no, not textbooks:
they are sold by as sweet a
friumevrate as you could ever
hope to meet almost, not
quite, as sweet as the land
lord).
Please, young ladies and
gentlemen, stop acting like au
tomations and use your God
given minds to stand up for
what is correct, decent and
equitable.
—David E. Groner, grad