The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 01, 1960, Image 5

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    THUR,DAY, DECEMBER 1, •1960
National Affiliation
Planned by Pi Sig
Penn State will lose its only "namesake" 'fraternity on
Saturday when Pi Sigma Upsilon (commonly known as PSU)
becomes a chapter of Zeta Psi. fraternity of North America.
Pi Sigma Upsilon is the' only local fraternity now at
Penn State. Its installation into Zeta Psi will bring the total
,number of national fraternities
with chapters here to 54.
Alumni members of Zeta Psi
from Case Institute of Technol
ogy, Rutgers, Syracuse, University
of Illinois, University of Michi-1
gan and Cornell will be on hand
Debators
Participate
In Tourneys
The men's debate team par
ticipated in two tournaments
the weekend of Nov. 19, win
ning five of the ten matches
in the Rochester International
tournament at Rochester Univer
sity and four of the six matches
they participated in at the Du
quesne Novice tournament at
Pittsburgh.
About 30 colleges participated
in the Rochester tournament and
ten attended-the Duquesne match.
The national debate topic is
"Resolved that the United States i
should adopt, a program of corn.
pulsory medical insurance for. all ,
its citizens."
The affirmative team attendingi
the Rochester tournament' was
Edgar Snyder, sophomore in arts
and letters from Pittsburgh. and
Michael Dyvonik, sophomore in!
arts and letters from Leechburg.l
The negative team was Jack;
Bergstein, senior in arts and
ters from Charleroi, and William
Lloyd. senior in arts and letters'
from West Chester.
At the Duquesne tournament
the affirmative team included
James Goodman, senior in -busi
ness administration from Maha
noy City, and Charles Brewer,
freshman in liberal arts 'from
State College. Speaking negative
ly were Stanley Goorin, junior in
business administration from Dea
ver Falls, and Carl Thormeyer,
freshman in mineral indqStries
from Springfield, Mass.
Council May Give Grants
The possibility of the Chem
istry-Physics student council
granting scholarships to,. students
in the college of chemistry and
physics was discussed at the coun
cil meeting last night.
Rbhert Harrison, vice president
of the council, suggested that $lOO
scholarships be giyen to three
students of the college. These
scholarships would be handled by
the Senate sub-committee on
scholarships.
Steve Brown, president of the
council, suggested that the treas
urer, Ellen Mills, should investi
gate the amount of finances avail
able before a definite decision on
the scholarships is made.
In other business, Harvey Gor=
SENIORS and GRADUATE
STUDENTS
who expect to graduate in January
should sign up for CAPS and GOWNS
at the ATHLETIC STORE - Orders may
be placed until Jan. 10th Deposit $lO.OO
, .
•
Iriiritatiohs & Announcements the 10c
each and may be, ordered at the
Hetzel . Union Desk until Dec.. 9th
Saturday to help
,install the new
chapter. A banquet in the Nittany
Lion Inn will follow installation
ceremonies.
Pi Sigma Upsilon was started
by 16 members of the Pershing
Rifles. a military honotary so
ciety, in May 1955. The men re
ceived a charter on Oct. 26,
1955 and moved into their first
house that fall.
The first. brothers were initi
ated on Jan. 5, 1956, and the first
pledges two days later. The fra
ternity now has 23 members.
The new chapter will be tile
36th member of Zeta Psi installed
since its founding in 1847 at New
York University. The fraternity
was the eleventh national to be
founded in this country.
Zeta Psi was the first Greek
Letter society to cross the north
ern border and become inter
national when a chapter was es
tablished"at Toronto University in
1879. The fraternity now has six
Canadian chapters.
Siegenthaler Will Head
New Speech Association
.Dr. Bruce M. Siegenthaler, asso
ciate professor of clinical speech,
has been named president of the
Pennsylvania Speech and Hear
ing Association, a new state or
ganization of speech and hearing
therapists.
Other officers named by the
organization are Leo. G. Doerfler,
of the University of Pittsburgh,
vice president and Dr. Margaret
C. Raabe; assistant professor of
clinical 'speech, secretary-treas
urer.
don brought up the idea of having
answer books to certain texts
available in the bookstores. He
said that in order for the book
stores to order these answer books
it was necessary for them to have
a note of authorization from the
professors using the texts.
Dr. Walter G. Braun, advisor
to the council,. said that this was
a matter for the students to dis
cuss with their individual pro
fessors, rather than a subject for
council to act upon.
Brown said that if students
were dissatisfied after talking to
their individual professors. coun
cil could consider the problem
further.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By DICK LEIGHTON ifit all the Commonwealth Cam-,announced its membership in
(In an effort to aid in the in- ',buses .and "will integrate alljanother organization, 'the Inter
tegfation of the University's 14 :groups as one common body," ac-collegiate Government movement,
' campuses and centers, the Daily cording to the York Campus according to the Ogontz Campus
Collegian is offering what is , flews. News.. This' group will hold a
hoped to be a regular cotinnn I The OSGA is the first'oreaniza-;model state legislature meeting
1 drawn from news contributions ,lion in which representatives of in Harrisburg in April.
submitted by the oit t 1 ying all the student bodies of the Uni-; Another group that will bcac.-
campuses.) Iversity meet on a common plane tive this spring is the Pennsylva,
! The University, with its and discuss their policies and at-'nia Circuit, Under this system, a
!many campuses, is playing a ltitudes as a single group. ; lecturer will be hired to appear
Using OSGA as a springboard, 'at 20 , or 30 colleges in a ;ow there
major role in an ever increas-I ten University campuses and ' by cutting costs, said Kenneth M.
ing series •of organizations five Pennsylvania junior col- Bailey, Ogontz dean of student
leges met at the Hazelton cam- affairs.
which are linking colleges and! pus last month to form the The circuit, originating at the .
universities throughout the state, Pennsylvania Congress of Sun- Ogontz Campus, will include the
!
according to latest reports from. ior Colleges. The organization University Park cam;nis anti many
the Commonwealth Campuses. , will be used to develop further of the outlying campuses. It is
This year such new groups .as
cooperation between Pennsyl- reported that at least 20 colleges
vania's junior colleges, accord- have signed up to begin in the
the Organization of Student Goy
! ing to the Highacres Collegian.
ernment Associations, the Con- spring, and that many more say
gress of Pennsylvania Junior Col-
The Ogontz campus recently they are interested
leges, the Intercollegiate Govern
ment and the Pennsylvania Cir
cuit are all staffed in part by
University students.
The lines of communication
between members of these asso
ciations provide a statewide
spider web of information.
The first of these groups to be
organized was the Organization
of Student Government Associa
tions. This association' will bene-
Zeigler Named
Pennsylvania Head
For Test Program
Dr. Martin L. Zeigler, director
of student affairs research, has
been appointed State Administra
tor for the American College Test
ing Program, Inc., of lowa City,
lowa.
The ACT program. provides col
leges with information used in
counseling freshmen and pre
college students. Data necessary
for placement of freshmen in
English and mathematics courses
is also provided.
Zeigler's post is concerned with
the coordinating and expediting
of the national testing program
in Pennsylvania.
About 40 per cent of the Uni
versity's budget is provided by
state appropriations. •
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