THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1966 Fraternities Report Swastika Incident By LAURIE DEVINE .Collegian. Editorial Editor (Related Editorial, Page. 2) Three drunken affiliates of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity painted a swastika on the aide fall of Zeta Beta Tau. fraternity a little after 4:16 a.m. Sunday, the presi dents oi both houses said last night, Richard. Meyers, president of ZBT, aald he had discussed the matter Tuesday night with Robert Holmes, PIKA presi dent, and that no charges would be pressed with the State College police. "As far as ZBT is concerned, there were no Semitic overtones involved, Meyers said. "As far as PIKA and ZBT are concerned, the matter has been dis cussed together and closed,” ... Meyers, Holmes, and Interfraternity Council President Warren Hartenstlne and _ Board of Control Chairman Larry Telch declined to name the men involved in-the incident. Telch, who along with his seven-mem ber Board of Control is responsible for dis- Davison Proposes Changes In Public School Grading While public schools have embarked on many, bold, modern prpgrams, their grading procedures are still in the same old rut. A new method of marking has been suggested by Hugh M. Davison, professor of educational research. Davison 1 made his proposal to the Pennsylvania School Study Coun cil. t “When pupils are grouped according to their capacities into different tracks at a school," he says, “an A in a low ability group does not represent the same level of work as an A In a high ability group. Some good students even try to avoid the letter classification ih order to receive better marks.” Educators, aware of the problem, have come forward With various solutions. One plan, for example, proposes a rigid standard of evaluation which would use the same test and the same marking for each section. This could mean, according to Davison, that the lowest track might wind up with all F’s and the top one with all A’s. Obvious ly, poorer students would have little incentive to work harder, and good ones would miss the stimulus of com petition. Another suggestion would have each teacher give the same proportion of A’s, B’s and C’s, with the grades "weighted” by the ability of the section. However, this Diplomats Call U.N. Move Piped ream UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. and the high cost of living. tant to me,” Adebo said, “But (AP) Move the United Na- But a sampling of the opin- the interests of the organiza tions? The idea is a pleasant ions of delegates yesterday in- tion must be careful not to plpedream, diplomats say, but dicated little serious considers- throw out the baby with the as a practical matter, forget it. tion was being given to his wash water.” Ambassador Jamil M. Baroo- proposal. _ A strong endorsement of New dy, a veteran Saudi Arabian ‘Not the Solution’ York,City came from Ambassa representative here, suggested Chief S. 0. Adebo, Nigeria's dor Piero Vinel of Italy, in a speech Tuesday that mem- ambassador to the United Na- "The United Nations should bers should think about the tions, said the African and Asi- be the center of the world,”' possibility of moving U.N. an countries have many griev- he said, “and the center of the headquarters' out of New York, ances "but this is not the solu- world at the moment is New He ticked off a long list of tion.” He mentioned specifical- York City. . complaints against the city that iy the problem of racial dis- If Universal Peace ranged from dirt and noise and crimination that many diplo- "When we get the pax ecu lack of trees to political pres-- mats encounter. . - ' - menica universal -peace' s lores, racial .discrimination “How lam treated is impor- perhaps then we can move to 13 New Councilmen Elected (Continued.from page one ) erature and Life” is the topic of his speech Chosen from a list of recommended professors to be delivered 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in 111 selected in a random student poll. 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House, probation will be the likely penalty, Telch said, and "the length Is the only actual question, though I would not want to predict any time period, because there are seven other members of the Board” Involved In fixing- disciplinary action's. Holmes, the PIKA president, explain ed the circumstances behind the painting of the green swastika on the predomi nately Jewish house’s outside wail. A group of PIKA members had been drinking beer at a stag party in the base ment of the house with members of Delta Chi fraternity Holmes said. The Delta Chi members left, Holmes said, and ,a few PiKA’s continued drinking until they wfere sparked Into a "mischievous mood. "They went running outside and tried to decide what to do,” Holmes said, They thought of "sawing off a flagpole and let ting air out of tires,” he said. Then the The Sisters of ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA \ Proudly Present Their Fall Pledge Class LIN ANDERSON CONNIE HESS DANNIELLE APPLEGATE CATHY LA SPADA Mary beattie doris Mullen JAN BOWMAN NANCY PHAIR JOAN EGKEN KAREN RAYNOVICH MARGARET EVANS JUDY SHEELER DIANE HARPST LYNN SHELDON SHARON SUMPTER faff To Press Charges would require a complicated report card system to dif ferentiate between the B-l a student earned in the top track and the E-7 made by a student in the bottom class. Under Davison's scheme, a ■ five-track' plan Would be put into effect in a school. Each subject offered would have a Roman numeral track notation. “English V” would stand fo rthe highest section, “English I,” lowest. Within each classroom, an'A, B. C grading standard would prevail. "Since a student is usually not in the, same track in each subject ,it is necessary to have a method of arriving at grade point averages for admission to college,” Davison points out. “This could be done by multiplying the value of the Roman numeral fo ra section by the Arabic numeral representing the achievement level for the course. “We arrive at the Arabic numeral by giving an A grade a value of 5 points, B-4, C-3, D-2, and P-1. So a student in the fourth track in.'Algebra with a B mark would earn a score of 16. Totaling the products for all his courses and dividing by the sum of the Roman numerals would give the grade point average.” A further benefit of his plan, Davison believes, is that It allows room for variations in teaching content for a course. By the end of high those in group V might be two years ahead of those in group' 111 from the point of intensity and depth. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA swastika idea waaraised by a PiKA mem ber, who remembered through research for this year’s Homecoming, that in 1969 a swastika had been painted on the door of ZBT. “The spark' from this discussion re mained in three people to do this,” Holmes said. “Two of the men actually carried it out. The third member stayed at quite a distance away and watched. “On the way back to the house, this guy was very upset; he was not in control of his senses, which, of course, is no ex cuse,” the house president said. This third member considered returning to the ZBT house and cohering the swastika with paint so that it “would just be a green blob,” he said. Holmes described the condition of the three men involved on Sunday morning when they woke up and realized their actions the previous night. "They were very upset about it,” Holmes said. "It’s like when you wake up the next morning and realize suddenly that you had killed your wife the night before,” he said. another city.” A spokesman for the U.S. mission, asked for comment on the Baroody proposal, said, “We are the host government and we are doing our best to live up to the responsibilities of the host government. We intend to continue doing that." An Asian delegate said he be lieves “there is - a consensus among the Afro-Asians in favor .. of moving out of New-York.” . sSHSI-Coilepiii Ids' iriiig Jesuits* of the United Nations." United Nations *''should be lo cated in a neutralized place and New York is anything but neu tralized. It is the center of big power politics ” Opera Tryouts Set for Nov. 24,25 Tryouts for singing roles in "Gianni Schicchi” will be held Nov. 24 and 25 in 233 Music Building. The one-act Puccini opera is to be a joint presenta tion of the Departments of The atre Arts and Music next Feb-, ruary at the Playhouse The atre. Singers should prepare an audition piece of their own choosing. They may also be asked to read an unfamiliar work. A recording bf the opera may be heard in the Music De partment listening room. , The ZBT president reported the inci dent to the State College police, the next day, though the fraternity will notify the police today that the base has been closed. Zeta Beta Tau brothers and pledges scrubbed the swastika off the wall early Sunday, “right after it happened,” Meyers said. Hartenstihe, IFC president, said the matter was raised at the IFC’s meeting Monday night. House presidents were in formed of the incident. Holmes said the matter was discussed at a PiKA house meeting Monday night following the general IFC meeting. "I knew Monday night that members of our house were involved,” Holmes said. ’ "I decided to go over and talk to Richie Meyers about the incident Tuesday night,” Holmes said. He took two respected house members with him. “The four of us discussed the matter and decided, for the betterment of fra ternity life, to make as little as possible of the incident, because there was absolutely no ahti-Semitism involved,” he said. SPENCER COXE, executive director of the Pennsylvania Civil Liberties Union, is seen here, at center. He spoke to the Centre Holmes said his fraternity offered to “pay any financial damage" incurred against ZBT and to "scrul the insignia off the walls. “Everyone in our house is thoroughly embarrassed about it,” the PiKA president said. "We had a long pledge and brother’s meeting on it Monday evening, and the embarrassment was obvious.” He said the three members involved “would be sub ject to charges of ‘conduct unbefitting an affiliate’.” Hartenstine said he regretted the in cident’s occurence. “This is not represen tative of the fraternity system,” he said. "There is no cause and effect relationship between the fact that these men were fra ternity men and Pi Kappa Alpha mmbers and the fact that these men painted a swastika. . / “Every fraternity, I’m sure, ultimately tried to produce gentlemen,” he added, “and the sytem as a whole tries to repre sent gentlemen. But this act in no way reflects the responsibilities a gentleman assumes.” , County American Civil Liberties Union at ’ the Wesley Foundation last night. The topic of his speech was criminal justice. PAGE THREI HEW COLLEGE DINER Downtown Between the Movies •A:'- .• AIWAYS OPEN ! SPORTS CAR | SPECIALTIES I American Car f Tire Sale You Pay j Cost+ s i°°; I ’ and installation i •AH Tubeless (• Full Road Hazard l Guarantee •Premium Tires •Regular Tires •Economy Tires - Also a large selection of USED SPORTS CAR TIRES 1 SPORTS CAR i SPECIALTIES [ 1536 North Atherton Street 1 State College [ 237-7461 r Open 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.
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