Editorial Opinion
IFC Scholarship Program Provides Test
The revised Interfraternity Council scholarship
program is .4 heartening indication that IFC not
only realizes the problems facing Greek groupt
today but is sincerely interested in trying to combat
them.
Fraternities will now face a much more crucial
test to prove their academic worth than they did
under the previous program. This is as it should be.
For unless fraternities can prove that they
belong in an academic world that is becoming in
creasingly difficult, the system has no place —n the
college campus.
Fraternity members have no cause to complain
about the present program. If anything, it could be
stricter without being unduly harsh.
The penalties for poor scholarship prescribed
by the program are just. Depriving a fraternity of
Greater Responsibility
A step toward greater executive responsibility
was taken last night as Panhellenic Council Presi
dent Patricia Pfordt accepted a suggested change
of plan for the pending Panhel elections.
Originally, due to numerous vacancies on the
organization's executive board this term, an elec
tion of the two vice presidents was slated for last
night.
At that time, the only criteria on which sorority
women could base the choice of a future president
were the names of three candidates, their averages,
and their college activities.
Because of the importance of the election, how
ever, it was postponed until after the next Panhel
lenic meeting.
This decision could expose sorority women to
an election the caliber of which they haven't had
a penny's worth
Promises, Promises!
Each Dec. 31 there occur
across the nation a series of
parties and celebrations which
bear a remarkable resem
blance to the Roman orgies of
old.
Guests at
gatherings
prone to imi
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shades on
heads, r
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But alas! By the next morn
ing the revelry of New Year's
Eve is all but forgotten. Their
heads adorned with ice packs,
a'great number of people pain
fully' swallow bicarbonate of
soda and begin to feel penitent.
Not only do they wince over
incidents of the preceding eve
ning, but they try to formulate
"codes of behavior" to carry
them virtuously through the
new year.
Penn State students, mean-
Letters To The Editor
Former Co-Editor Says
Froth Served Vital Purpose
TO THE EDITOR: Although
I've been told that the Froth
issue is closed and that the
students of Penn State Uni
versity lack the spirit to stand
up for their rights, I was
shocked to find out that the
staff of the Collegian has lost
sight of the principle for
which they fought gallantly
last year.
The point was not that
Froth was a good or bad
magazine and that on this
basis should lose or maintain
its charter by administrative
judgment.
If this were the case, than
a group from the administra
tion night just as suddenly
and as justly decide that the
Collegian was not fulfilling
the function that the adminis
tration wanted it to and with
draw its charter.
The fact that you are in
corporated and legally pro
tected against such action is a
mere legality which does not
make the action more unjust
morally. It seems strange that
after being taught the mean
ing of "Freedom of the Press"
in the classroom you can
come out of that classroom
and stand behind an action
which banned a publication
which had broken no state or
federal law.
Your ideas are strange in
deed.
One other point I thought
might be of interest to you
is the manner in which Froth
is regarded in the "outside
world."
First, "a 3 you possibly know.
Froth was voted the third
best college humor magazine
in the United States three
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while, compose their own lists
of resolutions—strangely sim
ilar to the promises they make
to themselves at the beginning
of each term.
The I'll-bring-up-my-all-U-if
it-kills-me student resolves to
get up for at least two-thirds
of his eight o'clock's, limit
Saturday class cuts to one a
month, and bypass the 1-ILTI3
instead of cutting through no
matter how cold it is.
This temporarily conscien
tious student may also promise
to start term papers before the
week they're due and avoid
listing in the bibliography any
books which he hasn't actually
used. The extremely brave (or
unrealistic) soul may even
swear off bridge and TGlFing
on days other than Friday.
Resolutions in the Things
that-are-good-for-me category
are also popular among stu
dents.
..They include getting up for
breakfast at least three times a
week, going to at least one
lecture and one Artists Series
performance, and reading a
newspaper (besides the Col
legian) regularly.
Still another type of resolu
tion prescribes behavior in
times in a row by the Texas
Ranger Poll. Secondly, when
I graduated from Penn Slate,
I found that people in the
magazine and advertising
world had little use for some
one directly out of college no
matter how high the all-U.
All they wanted was ex
perience. In fact I sincerely
doubt that I would have a
job now if it were not for
the copies of Froth that I
carried around with me while
job hunting.
For example, N.W. Ayer
people were not impressed
with the class room projects
that I showed them. They.
however, changed their tune
when a copy of Froth was
placed before them. They
found it "full of imagination
and freedom of expression
that seemed to be lacking in
the class room material."
In these fields job hunting
for a female is particularly
difficult. I can truthfully say
that Froth magazine gave me
the "plus" I needed to com
pete on an equal basis with
male job hunters.
And I'm not the only one.
Take some time and check
the positions now held by
past Froth editors. You'll find
them working for some of the
biggest names in publishing
and I think you'll agree that
these people generally do not
hire untalented people.
So, it seems that Froth
served a purpose that is very
important because, practical
ly speaking, a college educa
tion is not much good with
out a job.
—Andi Buscanics
Froth Co-editor, '63
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964
ERBERT WITME
Business Manager
its right to participate in Spring Week, Greek Week
and intramural athletics for two consecutive .terms
under a 2.35 average, or placing it on social proba
tion for three consecutive terms is certainly not
too severe.
The program could be strengthened, however,
by adding a clause suspending the same activities
for fraternities who fall below a 2.35 two out of
three consecutive terms as for those who fall below
two consecutive terms.
As the program now stands, many fraternities
may be inclined to adopt a lackadaisical attitude
after attaining a 2.35 average, for they would face no
penalty if they fall below the following term. A
fraternity could in fact consistently fall below a 2.35
two out of three terms and not be disciplined.
A clause guarding against this would discourage
laxity without being too strict.
by Panhel Executive
in a long while.
The burdent of proof now lies with each in-
dividual sorority
At chapter meetings next Monday each sorority
should discuss what characteristics it desires of a
Panhel executive and which way it feels the offi
cers should stand on pending issues.
Each delegate should attend Tuesday's meeting
with an eye toward discovering, through questions
to these candidates, which one best fits the officer
sought by her sorority.
The delegate can, in turn, report to her sorority
sisters on the responses of the candidates.
By this method of election each sorority woman
will be able to vote more intelligently, and the
chances of the best candidate being elected will
be increased.
by penny watsen
money matters and towards
parents.
Here the well-informed Uni
versity Park inhabitant re
solves to write home more
often (not just when in need
of money), surprise his parents
by calling home non-collect
just once, use restraint in bum
ming cigarettes from his room
mate when out of funds, and
finally, not order out unless
genuinely on the brink of star
vation,
The typical coed promises
herself she'll mend all hems
immediately with thread in
stead of safety pins. lose an
inch on her hips, not accept
any dates after Wednesday
night even if it means feigning
a necessity to study on Satur
day night, and let her hair re
main or dye it back to its
natural color.
The male student, on the
other hand, decides he must get
a hair cut at least once every
two weeks, get up in time to
shave before class, call for
dates before Wednesday niet,
make his bed once a week., and
when in Pattee concentrate on
books, not every girl who
enters the room.
Of course, compiling these
lists can be a very complicated
and time-consuming affair. To
avoid all the trouble. I think
I'll just dig up the resolutions
I made last year. After all,
they've never even been used!
I FC Prexy Endorses
New Scholarship Plan
TO THE EDITOR: I am great
ly encouraged by the recent
passage of a stronger and
mor e realistic scholarship
program by the Interfrater
nity Council. The passage of
this program is an indication
of the strength of the Inter
fraternity Council rather
than a capitulation to the IFC
Executive Committee or the
administration, _as _some. dis
enchanted fraternity me n
would believe.
Its passage means that fra
ternity presidents have aban
doned the provincial outlook
that confined the depth of
their thinking and interest to
the short-run welfare of their
own fraternity at the expense
of the fraternity system as a
whole.
This attitude too often in
the past prevented consider
ation and passage of measures
that would have benefited the
fraternity system. They now
realize that their responsi
bility is to all fraternities, not
merely to their own.
The need for a revised
scholarship program has been
recognized for a period of
time by almost all fraternity
men genuinely interested in
the continued success of the
Penn State fraternity system;
only the type and degree of
revision remained to be de
cided upon.
It was decided that the re
vision should be complete,
and not watered down by
compromise. The presidents
realized that a general over
haul was necessary rather
than only minor revisions,
and that a healthy fraternity
system rests on a foundation
of good scholarship; there
fore, the program had to be
met head-on rather than over
looked or side-stepped.
Some fraternity men feel
that they have been let down
or that their best interests
weren't considered if the pres
ident of their fraternity sup
ported the new program. This
is simply nrit true.
Further. let me dispel a
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misconceived belief held by
some fraternity men that the
revised scholarship program
was conceived by the admin
istration, that the IFC and the
Executive Committee were
pressured by the administra
tion, and that the provisions
of the program were dictated
by and its subsequent passage
strongarmed by the adminis
tration.
This is a total and groat
misconception. The program
was conceived by the IFC
Executive Committee; sug
gestions, improvements and
encouragement were offered
by various interested frater
nity presidents; and finally.
its passage was the result of
enlightened and responsible
action by the fraternity pres
idents.
—Peter Lockhart.
IFC President
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Vandalistic Acts
Termed Regretful
TO THE EDITOR: During the
recent Faculty Art Exhibi
tion in the HUB Gallery, acts
of vandalism took place. A
painting was knocked off the
wall; an assemblage was writ
ten upon; an object was taken
down and put in - another part
of the room; another three
dimensional work had ma
terial torn and removed from
it. The works were constantly
found to be askew indicating
unwarranted touching and
handling.
It is regretful in a Univer-;
sity community where - one;
would assume respectful re
sponse to creative activity!
that "criticism" could take ,
the form of violent reprisal.
In the most practical sense
if we cannot permit a Plat
form for that with which we
disagree, we may have trou
ble defending that which we
prefer.,
—Richard Fraenkel,
Director of Exhibitions
Milestones
Disciplinary Cases
Increased in Fall
By DENNIS KNECHT
If you're male, 18.8 years old,
with a 2.11 all-University aver-i
age and just past your third term
(3.3 term standing, to be exact),,
watch out! You fall into the pre
cise category of the averagee,
student involved in disciplinary
cases during the past term.
In a term report submitted by
Champ R. Storch, assistant dean
of men, the fall totals shows 174
male discipline cases, an in
crease of 71 over fall term 1962,.
and 66 over fall term of the !
previous year.
A representative of the dean ,
of women's office said no similar
report was prepared concerning
women "because we don't have
the volume of cases the men do."
Few Reversals
Of the 77 disciplinary cases
heard by the six student tri
bunals during the term, only six
of their recommendations were
reversed. Fifty-one, the greatest
number of discipline cases, in
volved drinking violations.
Disciplinary probation and of
ficial warnings constituted the
penalties with the greatest in
crease. Disciplinary probation,
which involves official notation
on, a student's transcript and
limitation of participation in ex
tra Currie ular activities, in
creased from 41 cases - in 1961
and 26 in 1962, to 61 during the
past term.
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Sparks.
Gamma Sigma Sigma sisters,
6:30 p.m., 214 HUB.
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Official warnings increased,
from 12 and 19 in 1961 and
1962, respectively, to 40 last'
term. Storch said the increase'
may be caused by a stricter
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