State College News
NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS
Von. XI'. No. 22
AUIANV, N. Y,, KIUIMY, KKIIRUAUY 25,
102
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TAKES NINTH
REPEAL RULE, URGE DuBois And Zajan Support News STATE
STRAIGHT VICTORY SORORITIES PLEDGE
S T A t E' S T W 0 L E A D I N G S T U D E N T - C I T I Z E N S,
STUDENTS, FACULTY
OVER ALFRED FIVE 111 UNDERCLASSMEN
BOTH SORORITY MEMBERS, DEMAND
Want New Council If Present
Intersorority Remains
Obdurate
SENTIMENT
BACKS
NEWS
Even Sorority Girls Repudiate
The Selfish Attempt To
Steal Privileges
Pram faculty and undergraduate, and
even from sorority sources, this week
came the suggestion that if fnlersdrorily
cmuicil persists in Its undemocratic and
selfish course a remedy itiuat be found
in ihn establishment of a competitive in
lersnmrify council, to be known possibly
as the Hellenic council. Cue suggestion
was iliai, if the present council remains
stubborn, new groups ,,( girls can be
rapidly recruited and the membership of
ibe new council thus soon reach a point
of|iml to dial of the present. In a few
years, ii was explained, judging by the
success that the newer individual sororities now have in compcling with tin
oliler groups, ibe new council would be
mi about cfiual terms with the old council,
l*'nctillj' sentimcul seemed to he almost
entirely on the side of ibe four-fifths of
the student body who are being exploited
by the Intersorority council, The faculty
members, uiiiiillucnced by .any consideration save thJ facts, agreed in general
with the Ni'.ws' arguments.
Even much of ibe Impartial sorority
opinion shifted in the side of the nonsorority girls.
Intersorority council
however, beset with Internal con fusion
fiver the violation of rushing rules by
one of its members, continued its silent
admission of the NKWH' charges. One
member of the cmuicil, a sorority president, in a letter published elsewhere ill
ibis issue admitted frankly that the ruling is selfish and that as an individual
student she disliked the whole idea of
sororities for the reasons that they are
unselfish and undemocratic, As a sorority president, however, she said that the
"new ruling is inevitable."
The two w men students in whom the
student body has in this and previous
years placed the greatest trust and given
the greatest honors both issued statements in which they agreed thai the
N'KWS is right and (hat tile Intersorority
council is wrong.
I loth are sorority
girls. The statements are published on
Ibis page.
No opposiiii n would be placed by the
faculty or the administration in the formation of a new intersorority council,
il was learned from sources believed reliable.
Willi v n i e central form of
machinery to start the work, it was fell
that little difficulty would be found in
working out the plan for a new council.
This, however, would be done only a- an
emergency measure in the event that the
Vresent council retains its ruling.
The membership of the present council may be slightly changed soon, as
sororities are conducting their mid-year
elections and some may choose new
presidents. The council itself is by no
means unanimous in its support of its
ruling, il was learned, and in no sorority
is sentiment entirely in favor of the nil-
ADMIT 15 NEW FROSH,
20 SPECIAL STUDENTS
Registration records for ibis semester
show fifteen newly matriculated freshmen. Twenty registered as special students and three have entered for graduate courses and work toward the master's degree.
The number of regularly matriculated
students now stands at 1125. There are
118 special students. The total number of
students registered for this semester's
work is 1.247.
CLEAVES TALKS TONIGHT
Howard I I , Cleaves,
zoology department, w i l l
trated lecture tonight at
room 260 at a Biology
of the Slate
Hive an illusK o'clock in
club meeting.
INTERSORORITY REPEAL RULE
I'l'lii' two xenlor.s Who are prohalily I lie most prominent and Influent lul memher.M nl' the sludenl hnd.v this week, m the reipiesc of Clio NKWS, gave lludr opinions mi the new rullrw of Intoi'minil'lfy council, I>y which the council Is itilpmplliiK to lluili Iho ntunlier of new nicmliurs of llx litnly to one ovftrv two ami tniclin.ll' years, The seniors are Heriiui y.iijim, prcHluont of the iissociiiiinn, ami
Kiliel niillnls, proMltlonl nl' the Young Women's christian association, iimh
agreed (Inn. the NHWH Is rlglu. Roth girls are ineniliei's of .Mysloiula. Until oi'i:
Hdnnilji nirln. Miss Hnjiiii was last, year vice-president of the lunlnr class.
•VIISH Huliiils Is II national oflleor of the V. VV. (J, ,\. Last year she was nnu
of the ihree College girls, unit I lit! only olio not I lion a senior, 1.0 he vtitotl
"ino»t ililnilretl by file Cnllege," Mho was also one of the three voted ••must
popular.'' Allfs Znjnii was ailed '•cleverest," Their letters fallow :|
MR, EDITOR:
As an individual. Mr. Editor, I agree with your belief that liilersororily
council should allow more than two sororities to be on probalinn ai one time,
Keen uuder the present ruling il is possible for sororities to become organized
and lo show a tendency of permanency, but I feci thai were I a member of
one, I should like to have the hope of being recognized as an eipial to the
members of oilier sororities.
Ititersfirorlty's ruling is ifndemocratlc and
selfish.
As a member of a sorority, I feel that I have reaped immeasurable benefits
from my social contacts. Such pleasures and confidence and understanding
I should like to have extended to every girl in State College.
Of necessity, competition will increase and sororities will lose their "cxcltisivciiess," Thai, however, should he beyond the purpose of sororities. Ii
certainly is not the conscious aim of existing sororities. Their aim is in
obtain for sisters lho.se girls whose ideals are ill accord with (heir mvii, ami
with whom they should like to live and work- for an indefinite time,
The live year probation period will insure the council thai the sorority
applying for recognition is worthy of membership, I believe the number
applying should he limited, hut two seems to be too severe a limilalitiii,
— 'ItKH'l HV / V| v.
To
WHOM
IT MAS
Co.Vt I.K.N :
In regard lo the new ruling of fntcrsororily council concerning the probation period for new members, I wish in say that, though I belong lo a
somrlty of the council, I do mil approve of its action in Ibis mailer.
In the first place, the N'KWS has the idea that because of the ruling new
sororities cannot he formed, This is n mistake, There can be "a sorority for
every girl" If that is desirable or probable; but said sororities, for member-hip in Intersorority council, must be on probation two at a lime, for five
years.
And vvlial difference docs thai make? Anyone with cm linoii sense knows
iii.,1 any new in g,ii,i/.,iilon, whether It be a soroilly or uliat Hot, should he
no probation for a time to guarantee (lie durability of its organization and the
stability of its ideals and standards; but I agree with the N'KWS thai in so
lengthening the probalinn period and limiting the membership, the council ii
fostering loo much a spirit of exclusiveness.
Will the sororities lose their preseni dignity if the length of period is
decreased? Very well! If they caiuiol retain it in the lace of competition,
(l<> they deserve it ? I have no fear for my sorority.
And will there be formed merely a hunch of cliques am! chilis of girls vvlm
associate together or perhaps can't gel in any other sororities? Fine! Did not
all the present sororities except the oldest, Delta Omega, come into being in
that very way? And vvnuld they prevent others from doing what they have
done and keep llleitl from the privileges anil joys of the fellowship they enjoy?
True, new sororities will form anyway if the need is fell; anil, of course,
these sororities want to join [ntersorority council! Il is the one body which
simplifies and unifies the whole situation and fosters the right spirit between
sororities, Wouldn't it he .a nice state of affairs if new sororities should set
up their own rules; or, tired of the loo-long probation period should form
a new council? Though the preseni system vvnuld doubtless need a Utile reorganization, how much better il would he to let all live and work and play
together in harmniiv and understanding with each oilier,
—I'?. S. I)., '27
Sorority Officers Violate Point System;
Evade Rule's Spirit, Grab Student Jobs
I he spirit of tlif student point system
for limiting the number of offices which
any one sludenl may hold in College
affairs is being violated by the presidents
if the eight College sororities which
make up Ibe liilersororily council, the
N'KWS is able to reveal today. The
iffices of the sorority presidents and of
he president of the Intersorority coun•il arc the only offices of any type of
indent organization which are not assessed points under the system. The
•iTcct of this is to give lo the sorority
illieers a privilege of holding more
illiees than may be held by any other
• Indents. This is considered another illdance of the sorority attempt to mainlain a position as a privileged class at
.he expense of non-sorority students.
Class ami sludenl association officers.
Dramatic and Art association officers,
officers m' the Music association, of all
College clubs, of Cnllege religious organizations, all staff workers of College
nublicntioiis, members of the finance
hoard, athletic council and officers of
ALUMNI TO
BENEFIT
The million picture presented at the
Strand, the week of March 7 to I I , will
he for the benefit of the alumni association. Students may buy tickets which
will he on sale by committee members
ucNl week.
Ralph A. Heaver, instructor in mathematics, is in charge,
athletic associations, all have points. The
list nl lhti.se offices holding points lakes
three pages uf the freshman handbook—
ind, the sorority presidents and the president of the Intersorority council are the
inly positions not included.
The effect of this discrimination is to
allow sorority presidents to bold additional sindcni positions which otherwise
might en in other sorority girls or to
non-sorority members. This is direct
violation of (he spirit of the point system,
which was intended In distribute offices
more widely among all students and lo
keep a few students from monopolizing'
tin- leadership in many activities.
When the first p.dm system was drawn
up several years ago and was presented
to the student association, it included
points for Ihe-e sorority officers. The
point system was debated ill assembly
and no action was taken to remove the
sororiiy positions from the list. Hul
when flw rules went into effect the sororiiy offices were mil there ami hove never
since been included!
GREEKS TO HAVE TEA
liilersororily pledge party is tomorrow
afternoon from .5 in 5 o'clock in the
College gymnasium. Kach sorority will
have a table at which tea will be poured.
New pledges will be expected to attend
litis parly. There will he dancing and
tables for bridge.
Winning it, ninth straight vielnry';
Slate College for Teachers la -,i night
'riiiinplied over the sirmii. Mfreel University five, winning i-'!i to 23, in a game
MI the Cnllege c u r l . The victory was
aie nf the most spectacular which (lie
"Mm had male in years, The A l l i e d
.'lam wis considered oiie of the nm-i
liiiiriili on tlie schedule-,
At half lime the seme was : Slate, 17;
Alfred. 12.
The men's varsity basketball [cam
i\ II meet the New Tab/ Normal miiiiel in the gymnasium fi m OT.HV night al
1:IS oVCck,
This will he Slate's second meeting
With New I'allz Ibis season, having; de
d i e I the Ni rmal five on i s own court
'" lo II during Slate's New- Vork trip.
Alllmugh the visit irs are mil C r ro.cuge, Stale • In nld have liiile irouble in
.viiuiiiig hv a large .o,n . I i nt . ||,,1;;. j .
piile certain, ibe referee w ill hav. hi,
hands full in keeping ibe game in I and
rlean. \\ IIMI ill two Irani niel e olii r
n the seasnii, 111 ire fouls we c e;il|e(l
i hail in any one name i ha I Siuti haplayed Ibis year
1
"ach Uulli. rn.rd K, Maker ami aiiierd
"day llial he v i nld fa11 Ihi firsi icon
iml thai ihtj will line up nhntil ihe
•aine as in I,-,,| nighi's game. I| iprobilble llial ihev will he taken fmin
Ibe H • as six.ii as |hey e iabh-.li a
'ead over Ibe visitors, and the . t e n d
e.illl will he sclll in,
Accept Large Number of Frosh
Without Regard For Their
Scholarship
3GROUP S G E T H
EACH
Shut Gates of Membership To
Almost 200 Freshman
Girls
One hundred and eleven underclassmen
'"'•'i'b' all freshmen, are pledged by the
• leven i ..Ih,;,- sororities, il is announced
!l,f,a
y- Ii fs life largest number ever to
Ac o h two hundred freshman rirls who
ivere iml pledged will, with a fe« exceplious. never "make" recognl/fed iororie>, unless the Intersorority c uncil reH
-ds its new rulini'. n,,w subject In
eueral aKack hy students and iaculiv.
I bis i, because the sororities Ibis rear
ia\e pledged freshmen regartlless' of
l"i- " holarship ami have therefore
al.cn nearly all ih,- Hrh. uh,,,-, ||iCy
••' I '•" r lake fr, m the pn si m ire-.h"
''••ha I hue i has 11 pledged in.mlier.;
•'•' I'bi. HL Kanp.i Delta, I I ; l',i
"imni.i
I.', i hi si| ma 'llu'ia S
•l"ba I'.PMI. II I'bi will have III pledge
II
" |:, ers i n
i.i Kappa I'hi has H and
!'•''•' /'•:•!. 1-1. I'h, h e l m pledged |.|;
' : Ml hi I an. 8; Alpha K'lm, ;i.
' ' • H i ' h'ir.a will pledge tmiielil l),,ris
\ppleby, '*); Caroline Schlech, ' # ) ;
b'nlh Hallach, '.tli ; Marion lleiibler, 'M)\
'I'll'-'' lirad.y, .ill; I ih.l (Irundsbafer,
ni; M in m Mon nn • '.ill; Mary Nelson,
,;i
- I'ban r Stephen: , ',W; \.m\iic
1
''fi k. dii; and Winifred \ an Sailsbury. '.ill.
IMII I'lil sorority welcomes Into pledge
ecuiheiship Alice lit noil. Marion ( aider,
Wuia llnlan, Louise Mubee, llaa-l
'"oile'lc, I.my I lager, Frances Mc
I'Mimi'li M,Idi.-d iVterson, Nona f o w l's, and I la.el Williams.
I s - I " i Delta plcdced jesterdiiy after
- h'-cphine Walker, 'J8: D i l i e
The h'lniualcy Quartet will h, ., ,,
•'••••• '-"'; Doroihy Cole, '.."'; bdorence
ciial of chamber mu ic S.uurd n t-v 11, n • I '" l>. -"': W inured W'eslcotl, '2<J;
March 5, in ( baiiccHm-'. |, ,11, ,-,i » ,:n 'd.ul.i - Males, '.ill; Ma,-, ar.l Huriiap '.illo'clock, The ipiariei was imiudcd in f i l l y Harris, '.JO; fhoebe Mersereati,
i. ',10;
l"W by a weahhv New Ynrk banker. .'n, Jam Nye, '.ill; \ ,,-gjnia ki
V iri im i Shulte.,, '.ID. M.il'leena SDllsoli,
The personnel i
\dnIio It, ni, h l | • i!| : 'in I Manila Smith, '.JO, |.a.| jtdn
r
riolin; Alfred fnelm,,
r e n d violin
'' : ''in received the M C w i m ;
Nicholas Moldavan, v i d , , : | „ . , M ,|' \ i , I, Mb b'c :
I I ris Mallmy, ' J " ; I |, I, n
''I '" 'nell, '.'.<); I,race Seaman, 'J'S •
ambeaii, cell,,.
!'' ' I A'kl.y '.id; Mildred Coutant, '.ill!
The music in a Ii in- ipiai i, i ,-,, in,,i •••"ban.- (iraliam, '.ill; Kalberiiie Miner,
by its very nature im hide ih,- p|,, ,,c.<\ • ; i - D'lnthy Mullins, ',lo Wdhehnina
;
I'ersiia bene
f a gie,,i m,i.-. a ' inne, Svhcia, '.ill; ( nrnelia \ an Kleeclc, '.ill;
sollielbin i which ill,- uil'.iilnrcd mn-.iV- is •lit,- ne Walkiiis, ',ill; Doris Wilcox,
lover demands.
It is made In i air ,J;i,
Ir.ngerl iii-ininieiii . whii h at ihe'ir nm i
i hi Sigma Tin u vvelcnmed yesienlay
powerful i rescendo cumm . ,mid he 'ft' ni ' >n tni i pied) e iiiembership I'ntri
meiidoiish Imid and vihraiu, The ail
a D'Cniinell, '.'H; D. m|ln Doyle, 'JO;
"I tlie sit-in; tpi.ariei form i m ,ic in Is-ilhi.-.n Muhiueen, \!<>; Ann ' Malrir,
inralc and delicate, and depot d.- implv
in; Mia- Corning '.ill. Alpha hip il. n
"ii the musical de. ices ,i harm nv, mel I'bi will pledge Tuesday nighi, j .tali (,.
inly, contrapuntal Ircaiiueni, and' I'nrin. C h, n, •:;-,. l-'lort'uee I'ischer, '."); l.nrThey are essentially s In iiistrimienls, ena M iritis, '2'): Miriam fmneraul ', '2[> ;
and yet they have a diiii. ah , \ hah iln ; ' •r< I by Seaman, 'JO; llelh I li.imi nd,
single perfnrmer d . r , n ,| have !•• mer '.' '; lean lie I larri-nn, '.JO; Hm.-mv I
come.
Mar'-, '.in; Dm.-iliv knh'n, '.ill' ami
The four artists m' ihe trio • tpi riei Sara WlVe-•. '.JO.
must be as one; lIK V niii.-l, I i Inn • pr,ul.amma Kap si i hi . Cc meil into
lice and In a deep un !er'-;a'iding nl' '>'e -!''i membi'i -hip h i ni In l a civ n
'•ach olher's tun; eiaiia-ii ,-. rk in pi r MacKi ::•!.. '2<): luilh Murrav. 'J'J; lam
feet imi.s, II and --v inp.ilr .
\ ...| ,j i f-'-'Cli. '.ill; Helen Davism,, '.ill; Hilda
may be as -uhj, n i ,- ,-, , ||e plea . ., his Kdlimuds. '.in; Dorolhv 11, III Ireei, '.ill;
acciimpniii.st musi inllnw him.
\n or- f i a t i a v Mcl'ariv, '.ill; and Dnr.ithv
cheslra is ihe pliaiil in,[rttna 1 ,,," a Th.'iiv.s '.),), Ileia Xel-t received into
-ingle man. ihe onidm I -r.
\ -triic- oh i i ilmii W ednesday m'ghl l-.'nlh C'ru•piarlel however is i air s | , i - ; , win, bel, '28 ; iit'ss I •'.•!•:.; u-..ii i, 'JK; (nrnelia
musi learn In he a-, one.
Wesllyn. '_";; Klhe'vn W'ilkin.s. 'Jo;
Students will he admitted up n pa-sen .Mice llarber, '.JO; Mania Cardncr, MO;
tat ion of tax lickcl. Seal -,n the main Catherine I la'iisvvnrth, '.ill; ( hn'stinc
llnor may he re erved by pay ni. ,1 . f II 'ft'beck, '.ill; I'lm-cnce Lawless, '.ill;
an extra fee.
h'.leam.r Miller, '.ill; Dorolhv Oiiaekeubilsh. '.JO; l-'dna fo.shirl '.ill;" Martha
Storey, '.ill; Mar,;arel Wadsvvorih, '.id.
I'bi Delia welcomed W cdnesdav night
nl" phdgc membership Helen 'kra er
2<); (icrlnidc ('.a. '.ill; \,„|rea la liliiu"Mansions," a lragr.lv ,.\ small i ,vvn '.ill; Louise lo'sher, '.ill; Kvclvu Sadler,
life ill the middlc-wcsi, hv llilde aide '-in; Unlli \'au Vlack. '.JO; and hileanor
fi'lanuer, is one of ihe Iwo plnv. i . h. frown. '.10. Phi Alpha Tan welcomes
•.'resented hv the advau.ed drain.,: ic as pledge members ihe following sophoclass March ').
Harriet Wilde, the mores: (iertrude Hoffman, Sarah Shaaunt, will be pi,i.e.! by I m- I Minn, I'if'o Ida \eiuier; antl ihe followimi
'17. lane Creen, '27, will plav ihe pari of ireshmen;
Mae (dockner. (iertrude
l.ydia, her niece, and Ward f',,lc Mil, (iloekner, Rose Handler, fertha .Nathan
the nephew, J, c. K'uih I ..lliuru, '..'7, ami Frieda Scbadriiisky.
will direct ihe play.
Aloha Is I n will p|ed<;e t. ni: In Win
A fantasy, "Maiinnta," by I avvrenec Schneider, '20; Idella Gasman, '.ill;
l.-muer, will he directed by Sara I I . Lorene Kerr, '.ill; Marim-ie Kelcham,
Hark ley, '27, the same night,
.10; and Dorothea Tomer, '.JO.
FLONZALEY QUARTET
TO PLAY MARCH 5 IN
CHANCELLOR'S HALL
"MANSIONS" WILL BE
PRESENTED IN MARCH
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FEBRUARY 25, 1027
State College
News
JiST.-UIMSMGI) ItV THE CLASS OF 1918
The Utnlergrnrliinlc Newspnpcr of New York
Suite OIIICKC for Teachers
REPEAL THE RULING
INTERSORORITY
MUST DO THIS
A NEW COUNCIL
OR ACCEPT
"Oh what meat lias this our Caesar fed that lie lias grown
so great?"
That Is a rjtiestioit that the College may well
ask Intersororily council as the council, confronted by an
increasing wave of student distrust and suspicion, continues
mi its selfish way. The College may well demand by what
prerogative and under what authority the council presumes
to set itself up as the arbitrary dictator o f State College
secret societies—a legislature, a judiciary and an executive
all rolled into one, a government of the majority,
minority,
curious
for the minority.
charm
these
by the
It may well demand by what
former
dramatic
societies,
athletic
clubs, "spile" gangs and religious organizations have become
so exalted that they can say that none shall approach them.
Of the eight sororities now in College, it is a defensible
statement that all but one or two were organized by girls
win) were angered because the previously existing sororities refused to bid them.
The seventh and eighth of the
present sororities
in (he council may have forgotten just
when and under
what circumstances
Intersororily creed of isolation.
they last heard the
It was when they them-
selves were trying to pry their way into the council. The
sorority obstructionists used the same tactics against them.
It is a wise statement that the way to make a communist
behave is to give him a little money.
The three sororities now on probation could tell a very
similar story. These same Intersororily fallacies are those
they too, had to light. And the last of the three to get
into probationary membership got there only because the
Intersororily council was afraid to apply its new ruling
against it. The council feared that i f it adopted and
applied the rule at near intervals, the College administration
would force it to change the rule. So the council grudgingly allowed the third sorority on probation and then
adopted the rule, with the purpose of making it apply as
soon as the next group should seek probation.
'I he first sorority at College, Helta Omega, was formed
thirty-seven years ago. For six years it had no opposition.
Then a group of girls decided they wanted sorority membership, There was no lulersorority council to steal this
from them then, and so they organized. The year following, a third group decided it had just as much right to
enjoy sorority life as had its two predecessors.
So it
became a sorority. A year after that another group made
the shift to sorority standing. These three sororities which
sprang up in three years were IJta Phi, Kappa Delta and
I'si (lamina, three of the eight groups which now say that
a sorority every two and one-half years is plenty and which
would make a third sorority wait live years to get on probation, and would then force it to remain on probation live
more years, a total of ten years!
Ten years vent by until a religious club decided to
become a sorority.
The four existing sororities did not
attempt to knife the lieu one, and it organized.
Then
nine more years went by, A group o f girls decided in
10f7 to affiliate with a national sorority.
The group did
so and became Slate's first women's national. Three years
went by and the College enrollment increased from 600 to
1,100. In 1020, another group of girls made up its mind
that it loo was entitled to enjoy sorority advantages, Last
year an eighth group banded together, and the council, then
not so tyrannical as now, was pleased to allow it admission,
after the customary probationer)' period. The new sorority
Immediately disgraced several of the old ones by grabbing
diree times running', the scholastic honors of the College,
a procedure which evidently has made the council very
wary about taking new members. For the sororities have
sufficient difficulty competing in politics and social activities
without encouraging new groups which are able to make
nearly a I! average in scholarship!
Thus, then, was developed this group which has so
suddenly Income jealous of possible rivals and ready to
do nearly anything to prevent more sororities from rapidly
growing up. The council members quibble and say they
are not preventing sororities from organizing, but are
merely keeping them from the council; in the next breath
they reveal the quibble by giving their private opinion of
sororities which are not on the council.
The situation is rapidly reaching a stage where the
council must either repeal its ruling (which even now it
has not tried to defend) or face the fact that another
intersororily council will be organized which in a very
few years will be able to equal the present council.
A SORORITY PRESIDENT SPEAKS
.irSTIKH'ATIO.V
f I ) Why Hhoulil an "outsider" trv to assume the role of
an authority ami cause .-nidi a disturbance a* lie '-as through
editorial* in the NEWS for which he plainly tloen not have
the facts u l i l i which to prove his statements? True, he has
stirred ii|i puhlle anil private sentiments, and at last has
brought forth a "statement of justification" from a member
of Intersororily Council.
The Council lias b. en falsely accused of criminality, selfishness and Infallibility.
Is it criminal to deprive 800 young
women of lie|«mi.'lrm lo a secret urbanization which lias for
years received H black mark In the public eye? Granted
the public Is mistaken, why are sororities prohibited in the
lai'Be women's cullCfccs'.' ( •; > \y0 a , . e selfish because we are
living up lo Iritersnrorlt.v's rules and properly testing any
group before It is allowed to become recognized here. We
are Insisting on what we believe is for the best for the College. We are infallible It Is said because we have not attempted to Ju.-iil'v intersorority's ruling. This attempt at
Justification I hope will dispense with the "public's" idea of
our Infallibility.
As for prolonging the argument, I see no
argument either, as the editorial staled. Kor -. true argument necis-bates a knowledge of the subject on both sides;
and plainly an outsider lias not the fails wllh which to
combat us who do have them. IS).
Now the ipiestlon Is, do we want at State College, a "sorority" springing up and being "recognized" every six months
or so? What would the condition then bo In such a
"Utopia?"
Why, every or every oilier girl would be a
"sorority" girl.
Rushing would be Impossible.
It Is hard
enough to manage and to establish rules satisfactory to
eight recognized sororities now. < I) College social life would
be nothing Out one big squabble after another. Class spirit,
V. W. and C. A. A. would lie submerged In the struggle.
Social chaos would reign. What standing would the organization of "sorority" have In the eyes of the world? (5) It
would be a farce. Imagine every man in some big university, for Instance. In a fraternity.
Would that bo reasonable?
Is that what is wanted?
Hi) Ho why practically
every girl In a sorority?
(1) If "every girl a sorority g i r l " Is lo lie the slogan,
then why nol try the system which was used In Klmlra College? The sororities there rotated from senior class to fresh-
man class as our class colors do hero, For Instance, the
11123 seniors belonged to sorority A. B, C, say, and the Incoming freshmen would belong to A. H. (.!, also, K.nry freshman could belong to this sororlly provided she paid a
"blanket tax," She wore the pin, attended the meetings, etc.
but such ft sorority did not have the standing that even n
local sorority has here.
II could not. become nnlloiuil ; li
was not organized on the right basis for this, All that many
gills care about really is who her or not limy "sport" a sororlly pin, This system has been abolished in I linlra mainly
because It detracted from class spirit Ihrou'-di sororiiy rivalry,
and because M produced cliques,
If four largo soroijlles
would do this, what would be the result If we had twenty
sororities, say, with only thirty members a piece on ftin
average? My opinion Is that any sorority girl will criticize
sororities on the ground that they do produce cliques, ami
are not conducive lo the much desired unity of a class. Klmlra found this so In the ease of lour sororllles. Whin would
become of State College with twenty cliques or sti? CM.
There Is one other argument, however. CM Provided ;hal
Su:e College continues lo grow, as she will, especially when
giver larger quarters, I have no doubl Inn vvhal each tororlty could be willing to Increase its quota to forty members perhaps Instead of thirty excluding seniors. And with
an Increase in students, her percentage of members would
remain about as It Is now—that Is the sorority group would
remain steady.
What are the benefits of a sororiiy anyhow?
lOvlilonily
they must be tremendous', according to the articles we have
been reading in the NKWM for the past moni.h. ( I l l ) I believe that their creates! benefit here is thai I hoy do take the
place in n small degree of a dormitory and they fiiellltai.f!
rooming eondlllons. The girls live logcihur, and those not
living In the house are hound to those in the house by common Interests and Ideals. "Social polish" why yes, some of
course. I fear that the XKVVS unconsciously Mattered us a
hit when II attributed us with that finesse,
When we got a dormitory hero, a thing which will bn
realized In a few years, ilie need of sornijlles will diminish.
Those existing will remain active probably, h.il really nol so
active ns they are now. So why have fifteen or twenty new
unstably organized sororities lo merely dwindle out? Look
nt Vassar College. Sororities are absolutely prohibited ,ii
They say that they are too "cliquey;" they live m dorms
and'tlo noi feel the need of the social eontai I as we do lure,
at present without dorms.
llave I not adequately proven thai wo do no, I'o. I Mini
more than one new sorority In every two ami me-half ten's
Is for Hie best at S. C, T.? This is nm an "unjust, sclfMi,
short-sighted net." (in the other band il Is "a Just, unselfish,
far-slgllted act," on the part of Inlersororlfy Cornell,
A Member of iniersornrhy Council.
flense do not print my name In connection with ibis reply
to "Convicted."
To take up one by one "Member of Intersororily Council's"
arguments (as we have numbered flieni In her letter).
(I)
The "outsider"
(the STATU COII.I'UK NKWM. or its c II-
tor) has no personal Interest In the sororlly subject, except
as It effects the general question of the welfare of the whole
student body. That is the only reason for and the only Justification of Ilie XKWS' campaign.
C'j Certainly you should "properly test" all new gi p.
before lotting Iheni In the council. Hill you know Ihai you
do test them when you make each wall live years. When
you make a possible third wall live years in gel on probation
iind then matte It remain on live more, JOII are no, les.im-i
them, Von are trying lo kill II by making U wall m Ihe
second generation, almost (and Ihe third college generiiilon I
to get on the council. May ihe XKWS point on, ,Ion vo.ir
own sorority would not be on yel If such l a d e s had been
followed by the council against It?
(Ill Intersororily has been given live wicks to bring foivh
Ihe facts. Is the truth so shameful tluil the council dure m.i
give It out?
( I ) The fact thai rushing would bo more liili, nil Is mil
sullleleni Justification for Intersorority's selfishness.
(a) As Miss huHols says on pun
le, if ihe sororhl's
yes of the world" withcannot keep their pris.ige In lli<
out sacrificing Ihe rest of the College, they must give up the
prestige,
1(1) The XUVVH Is not urging a sororlly for every girl, as
we have said In several Issues, be, urges the rigid of as
many girls as desire to form as many sororities ns iho.v
want.
(7) Kvery girl In a sorority Is not the Xuws' slotaa. The
council may try the hilinlrn system If II wants. The Xu.vs
thinks that system sounds even more ridiculous Hum ihe
present system here.
,
(8) We feel that the College would be lusi ns sale dominated by twenty cliques us If dominated by eight, safer perhaps,
(III Tills Is (he most Ingenious suggestion yet. If necessary to keep off the competition of new sororlihs, ihe pre. :u
ones will be willing to take a I'ow more members apiece I ! : !
(10) We agree thai Hie sororities lake the places of dormitories and Hint Is a chief (but not ll
nlyi reason for
objecting to any group which tries to corner the hmi-dnu
situation here.
in one breath '"Member of Intersomrliv
Council" argues that sororities have little hewdli and (ha,
therefore they are not worth arguing ill
I : In the nuxi .-he
enumerates the benefits and argues.
Kor a general answer to this letter the XKWS merely asks
that Its readers read the letter over slowly and carefully and
grasp fully its Inconsistencies ami fallacies, h is vvor.hv of
note tlint the writer wishes to have her ni
wllhhci I.
COLLEGE BRIEFS GIRLS' TEAM WILL 1
DINE WEDNESDA
Seniors' schedule cards I'm the second
seiucslcr
should he turned
nuee, according
of
in al
to an announcement
Professor John M. Sayles, head of
I lie
education
requested
department.
seniors'
their appoinlnienl
He also
photographs
MISS GREENE DEFENDS COUNCIL
While I might prefer to discuss the mere cultural phases
of college life, when one is in Itome one must burn Roman
candles—there Is no alternative, So In reply to ,v • letter
of February 17, I must continue In the sensational strain
of the " I uilly Mows," though I would much prefer to Imitate
the more Intellectual style of tho "New York Times."
II Is so hopelessly futile to prolong an Issue of this nature.
All secret organizations are by their very nature essentially
undemocratic. .1.* foil// as irr hare sororities nml fraternities (it Stair College, we cannot have on Ideally demaeratio
atmosphere.
But we have sororities and fraternities, and those who
represent sororities, naturally wish to proteet them. When
wo made the rutin/) In question it was with the point of
view that the sororities would increase in proportion as the
student body increased. It was not with the point a) view
that every girl should belong to a sorority.
When that day
arrives, there will he no sororities. / admit that Ihe ruling
Is selfish, but necessarily selfish. As an Iniliriiliial
stuilrnt
I dislike the whole idea of sororities for these rem reasons—
they arc selfish and undemocratie. As a inemlir of a sororlly
and as a member of Intersororlty council, I am commend
that the new ruling is Inevitable and consistent with the
whole Idea of secret organizations. There never has been
and never will be any Issue to dodge.
May I commend you for .your gallantry in this mailer,
and may I also suggest that It would lie in much better
taste for you to defend the cause of the non-fraternity man.
Very truly yours.
.U.VK I'iPITII (illKKXK
dinner for members of the girls' busied
ball |e;.ius and their friends
Speaks on Pestalozzi's Life
Bcrtlfa
student
of
Zajan, '27, pTesidc'til of the
association, spoke on Ihe life
i'estalozzi,
caior,
the noted
in assembly
MISS SKIDMORE GIVES HER VIEWS
They say that there Is an exception to every rule bid
Why make the exception the rule.' I feel Hull ii Is for Ihe
furtherance of the best Ideals at State College lo recognize
no more than one sorority In every two and one-half yens.
Kverythlng that Is to count for anything has |o have a'trial,
or In other words, to be put on a probationary period, I'IIII
you Imagine engaging a "trained'' nurse who had luid no
training, that Is who bad not boon on probation? So why
have many young unproven sororities bore? They would be
like the untrained nurse—they would do more barm than
good.
I'ltKIlK Slt'lOMollK, '27,
I'res. Beta Zulu,
/
member of ihe girls' learn or girls in
Sei'csfed hi the sport may ntfeitd,
After
Ihe dinner
(olindon,
instructor
Swiss edu-
Friday,
in ihe cafe
tcria Wednesday nighl ai (i o'clock, An;
the one
hundredth anniversary of his death,
Miss
J.
H,,bell,
in physical edttca
troiv, will aim uiiice the girls' varsity team
Alma
Fa He, '27, has charge of ciiler
ta il linen t ; Katheriiie Hlcnis, '27. place
Lion Staff to Meet
The I.ion stall will have a inecliiig cards: f.l Id red l.au-dcy, '.."', favor*;
Monday al II :4j to discuss tire Raster -v'uili l-'.inp.,-, '27, music,
Issue. Contributions may still be re- A charge of fifty cents u ill he m ulc
ceived, according to I'eg Maiiai'.au, '27, for Ihe dinner.
editor in chief.
T o Direct
German Club Meets
The German club held a meeting l.isi
night,
nisccttssion
>f club problems in
Herman was a feature of the program.
To T a x N e w Students
Stunt
Bertha / a j a n , '27, and Mclauie (-r.mi,
'27, will direct
between
a -linn
the halves
[o he prctculcd
of
the basketball
game behvet'ii Ihe girls' varsity and I In
iv men's
family
ham, Salurdii)
after
Students who have entered College noon, March 12, in ih< gymnasium.
Tea will be served in ll» small d nmthis seiucslcr will be requested to pay a
to.50 sttideul lax- each, the finance hoard I'm m mi Irr ihe direcli
f Iv llu r I ov
litis decided.
Individual notices will be
.ler, 'JS and I lorciicc Potter. 'JS
•cni |o entering students nest week, the
board announced yesterday.
Dr. Croasdale to Lead Hikers
Receives Movie Profits
Canlcrbui'v club will share in I he
proceeds o| a Hckcl sale lo " H o t e l
I m p e r i a l " al Ihe Strand theater Unlit)
and loiipirrow,
Tickets may be secured from club members al li ft v cents
each.
I >r ( amlinc ' >oa>dalc, ( ollcge pin
sician
and pno,-.-.,,,-
I'oiidlicl
,l
Silitrday
if
bike
a fieri
ihe Girls'
lull
ihe II ion meal
Kli/.aheth I'ulver, ' . " ' , was appointed
of the seiiior•ophomore
chairman
ophoinore Mum for Kriday. The member-; ol her committee arc:
Sun Mother,
!');
Mildred l.ansley, '-"), and Kvelyn
Iraves, 'J' 1 . The stum will be pre'c ;i .sembly
sented in I he -i nii tr sopl
next Friday.
H
Kappa Delta Rho Entertains
Harvey C. Feiincr, '25 Miner Staid.mill. '-'5. and Prancis Smith of Middle
burv college, were guests al the Kappa
Delia Kb., htiusc.
I
tii.iii
,,f
under
\lhlelie
!n.;iric,
( amp
will
I in:,well
t In-
uu-pio
association.
girl will bike her own lunch f, i
Ptilvcr, '29, Ctunt Chairman
" o'clock
\ lunch will be i rv.d
llV ( , . A .
\.
Groups will leave ihe Pl.:/a al tin and
me o'clock, and will jo 11 (he week . ml
li'oiip al ihe Seoul camp.
I'I Girls In Cogswell Sports
lo'iiriceii members o| ihe G i l l - ' \ l b
• flic a; social ion look- pari in ihe v. inl. i
sports artiv ilios ai i amp t',i(rsvvel| la i
week cud. Dr. i 'aniline I roasdale, i --I
'«•:<• physician, and Miss 1'lrahdl. II
Morris, ;i- ,i,i.uii professor ,,f pink,soph-.
.U'lV chaperon, i. i W o t h j Rowland, '2H.
ii I he If nit cr ai lilies depiirtnicnl. ».-'hairtiiau of ihe food ci uiinitii e.
Otttnan Visits
Arthur M. Ottnian, grand consul of
he Kappa Delia Rho fraternity, was a
recent visitor ai the Gamma chapter
uotise.
(lladys Mcrscreau, '25, of ( uniijoharic,
did Alice lllair. 'Jo, of Schenectady,
p 'ill the week-end al ihe Kappa I lelta
house,
Entertains Alpha Epsilon Phi
The members of Alpha lipsilon Phi
were entertained al a bridge last Saturday ui'tlil by Mrs. Samuel I apian, honirarv member, at her home on Oakwoud
sirccl.
To Leave For Camp
Another group of girls will leavt
for Camp Cogswell
this week-end.
Miss
I. Isahelle
lohiisbm and Miss
Hazi I Rowley will be chaperoncs.
Observe Troy Classes
The seip'oi-s in ihe home ec unics
deparinieiil have been observing clns-.es
ill Ihe Tiuv
l l i d i -clmol lids week.
This ;i.-iei.incut supplement-; the leachn { tlic-e -cm ,|-s are -i : Mig in ihe methods
Mv uKAii Miss QIIBKNE :
The NKVVS had thought that, In one sense, the sublet of
sororities was cultural, as you seem to deny
\s president
of a sorority, however, you of course know'more about tho
sororities' true cultural value, so we vllllnglv waive tliut
point.
We agree absolutely that it would be in much better
taste for the XKWS lo defend the cause of ihe non-frnternlly
man, if the two fraternities at College hail banded loglher
in a eauurll for the purpose of keeplni) other fraternities
from organizing. If they ever do attempt so selfish a course
you have tho XKWS' assurance that this paper will at luck
that evil ns much as it has attacked the similar present
evil of the Intersororily council. But the present fraternities have never attempted such an action.
Kor tho rest of your letter, may wo answer it liv referring
you to lis italicized portions (the Italics are liie XKWS')
We feel that these alone are sufficient answer.— I'lniToii.
Mary Neville, '27, is in elrai'gc of l i t
and
blanks.
Guests at Kappa Delta
Kid-roil, T I I K X K W S :
Miss Johnston Will Announce
Varsity Team After
Supper
THE
1
By
THEATER
1 Playgoer 1 ^
MISS KEIM DESCRIBES
EDUCATION CONVENTION
Mis.-, \umi Randolph Ke'ni. a , - ' - , u
d'oic.-or ,,f home economic., h,
n
dirned from I in n.w illy, vv In iv V- al
tended the federal board i n . rin . f tb
V'I caliiiu.il I'lducaii, n o, ictt ;,i ih
iiual .North \tlantir n gioinl coiHciea i
I'Vbruai'y 1-1 I/'.
\ 'o||g the oul •t.dit.'iii!' -p ,d,.-r- v. i, .
Mi
Anna K. Richard- n, field vv rk. i
ii child de-.t'lopmeni .
'illioil, \merie m 1 lone l\'
hild devclopineil; Mi Vcvv Vurk rilv win.
Irvn Mavvr Summer S
n liidustrv," and M
-
M
l
'
"
•
l l i h •i \ \ . S m
b .-.I for \\, n
una Gai
Cl'silV. V.llo spoke I I
" i I'i'mm' '
•aiiiilv and Couiinunii • R
Miss Keim also vi "it-.! lb.- lb i
.ifiiei'oii
melhoil ha - In
DR. DOUGLAS ATTENDS
ALUMNAE CONFERENCE
Dr. Gertrude !•'.. I i umla,, iu-iruch r in
hiolt.gy, intended the Smith coll, ,- alum
iae council inceling ki-i vvtek. Tin d . ' .
lilies discu.sed the alumii.ie c mi d ai d
had c uilcreiices vv ilh the lru-.lt c- of llu
>'- I'.r". Ihe prcsidciil, the c.llfLie dmioi',
bead . I the ph\ , : cal i-ti'.i ali. n departuitui and the studenis. Tb, t compared
Ihe work ol Inch .ch ol and prep ir:,|.,rv
sdio d • radu He-.
'I he. foiiii I llial ..
large pi r cent of ihe slmli nl- who fail
in college work ill Sinilh c II. L;C C -me
from preparalory -ch ml.,
\ kovcr per
ceil I of students who -,-l Phi licia Ka;ip i
keys there n me from high -ebools, I ir.
Douglas .aid.
I he presentation Wednesday i veiling
by ihe advanced dramatics claw of the
'rial scene from the "Merchant of Venice" w . i , a Iriple triumph fur Louise
Giinn. '27, director, and i,,v Stale's most
talented acting team
lulia Kay and
Marccllc Strcel, who played, respectively,
ihe roles of Shylock and Portia.
Miss
bay's chararlcri/.ali >u was careful and
altogether adequate, and she tnosl wisely
played the role in a subdued manner that
CLUB TO SELL FOOD
leni rather than look away from its
The .Yews club will n uiducl a food
forcc-fulucss.
Miss Sired gol most of
side next I'riday i n ih • liasciiicui, ;ic
die noi d oi
' her pari, also a fat one. cording lo Miss Helen K. / i n
I'.nnly
Williams satisfied as Antonio. man, '27, chairman of arrangcincnis.
There « ; „ eM'e'kut support and the
Tuesday li mil ihe club voted lo can
costumes were exceptional,
eel its plans for a sleigliride, win. b was
— T I I K P I . AYUUKR'S COMPANION
lo have been held yesterday.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, fEfifttJAftV
25, 1927
ANNOUNCE PROGRAM Sophomores Are Denied Banner For Soiree; "RELIGION IN LIFE" FAY IS CHOSEN CLASS
POET, SARR COUNCILOR
'30 Votes Almost Unanimously To Keep It
FOR PRESS MEETING
IN PURDY'S SUBJECT
Shall the sophomores be allowed to
use their banner, stolen by the freshmen,
.11 lite sophomore soiree lie\t lilOntll? .
"No," said the freshmen, almost tinani.noiisly. hi a vote at a class meeting
Monday.
"Keep your "le banner," was the substance ol ihe reply which the sophomore, made today, through their presilent, Thomas P, Palloii,
ballon ad-
National Convention Of School
Journalists To Meet
At Columbia
Advance details ol the program for
Ihe annual convention of (lie Columbia
Scholastic I'n.v-i association have been
dressed
a
letter
to
the
STATK COI.UCOK
received
by the S I . V I K COLLEGE NKWS. ,\i-.w>, in which be -aid, among other
The Ni£\vs lias been entered in the as- lungs: "If the freshmen were as low
sociation's animal contest to determine in stature as they are in principle, they
.'oitld easily walk under an ant." Falthe b e t teachers college paper in the
lon's communication follows-:
country.
i'ltiiron, T M K N'I.WS :
Dean 1 ferbori R, Hawkcs, of ColtiuiThe attitude of the freshman class in
bia college, will open the convention with refusing t i allow US to borrow our hauler
for (lie ni; hi of soiree grieves me
an address of welcome al 10 o'clock Fri-•.really. Their altitude is comparable to
day morning, March 11, I 'r, R, (I. Rey the small boy who kick., his opponent
Holds of Teachers College, will speak on
"The Job." At II there will be exhibits
mid the convention pictures will be taken.
Al n ion there will he a subscription
lunch 1 i faculty advisers at the ("acuity
club,
Another address will come at
I o'clock.
"M idem packing plant method- have
Sectional meetings will begin al I :J0.
These will be devoted m the news story, ul\ amed grcaih with the introduction
f goW'i'iunciil iii-pection of plant-," Mr.
make-up, editorials, magazine editing,
illustration, and advertising methods. Al Sullivan of the Albany Packing Company
2:30 another series of sectional meetings old member- of the i omiiiiTi e club
will discus^ ibf faculty adviser and the ;< lerday a l i e n s
publieati'n, feature writing, the humor
"Th, I m a r -in ol Chicago n.iv. offers
c ilumii, tin.' s|i ,rl p.!.;,•, the short story, ighl course- in packing induslrv," he
i u l m ieu s.
A moving picture lecture on paper makMr Sulhv.n
in ilela I the sli'|
ing will be uiu'ii at .1 :M Teachers colp rk pio.hi, is, l,
in mil.,runlege ami normal - I
I delegates will
ha\ e a special mei iiug at the anie lime.
At 0 o'clock ihe coineuiioii dinner will be
in Mi
served. A tour ol New York cil> new..
lb.
Widi
I uper plant • fi llowed bv an excursion
March
Ibrotlgli the cil) will f.d'low.
Repr, eiitali\i > of the pri/c w inning
L E C T U R E S ON N U T R I T I O N
papers it the four different classes will
Mi Marion Aha . rmick. nutrition
etl.i the -lalurtlay, March 12, -pecial edi
p 'ciali-t if I In -late educati' n ill parltion oi ibe ( ii'umbia "Spectator," dailj
ea.
e..v.
i a talk mi " i e idling Nutrition
iii
law pa I.T HI I olumbia university, The
I rograi i w.ll be resumed al n : 1 5 with in I'llenii ni ll'\ Schools ' in tin el,i-, in
Ink! cai'i iii ilu home economics depart
an address.
I Jr. Marion Collins,
Slink: 1 leaders will lead round table una i h i . week.
euiifercn 'is al ID 'clock on the literary n-lriicioi- ,n hvgiene, -poke on "Physical
re
,,l
III,
Pre-Seho'.l
Child.'
',
nuigazine, llif in ,•,-p.,p.r in a small
school, i elti I out I teachers College or
R E P O R T S ON P R O G R A M
normal di :<•! pa; t r, special problems ol
\ l i - - Ploreii.
W'inrheli, instructor
tin p i i , . le c'loiil paper, staff organization an I ban '1 1; . The general busi Mi home ecoiioinics reported the pro
ni • -tin will be al II JO. Prizes gram i f the animal conference of the
re
v. li In ,,wa ! d at I o'clock. The an- Federal Hoard of Vocational Fducanual \ o-sitv -In v, will be al 2:30, a tioli Ink! al Ihe Hotel ( Irainataii,
special ! rf. i" tar • lu-in.; given for the P.r.mxville I'ehruarv l-l I/'. She was
delegati
in i'v hall room of the W'al accniiipau'ed h\ Miss Anna Randolph
dorf A i iria
in the face when he is lying on the
ground.
'I he freshmen have won the banner
rivalry; they have nothing to gain by
keeping the banner from us soiree night,
except lo satisfy their own feeling' of
victory. The banner is out of competition that night, anyway, and its safety
would not be in jeopardy, as I promised
ihe freshman president, on my honor,
in making my plea for the favor of the
use of the banner for thai night, that it
w add be returned.
I asked the freshmen out of the charily of their hearts to allow us to borrow
our banner for soiree night. 1 am Indeed very sorry that freshmen have not
seen lit to act favorably on my plea.
11 the freshmen were as low in stature
as they are ill principle, they could
ea: ily walk under an ant.
THOMAS
P. l<\vt.io\, '29
ORORITY ALUMNAE ELECT
DISCUSSES PACKING SSarah
Peiherbridge, '26 was chosen
INDUSTRY METHODSpre idem of (lamina Kappa Phi alumnae al their sixth annual reunion l.-ist
AT RECENT MEETING
.veikcnd.
STATE OVERWHELMS
ST. MICHAEL'S FIVE
Bf SCORE OF 33-17
I ouli.i iiug it • strin.-; of \ ictories, tin
St,in- ( ,,|lege men - ba-kethall team de
leated SI. Michael's c .liege ,5,i to 17,
on [h, < ollcec c u r t last hrida\ e\iiiiug
I be jpiiiie was po,.rl\ played. Slate's
passwoi i. was ba.l and ' nlj al limedid the Mirsi'.v I k like the smooth
_'» 1 o ' .'J,' two 'weeks .ago.'
While
Slate pl.iusl
ragued
basketball the
v isitm-s • '•
' ' • r ••
\ ' ii ' time did
lb. \ llita.ilen tin I'urple a'". I.old, which
led al the end m ihe l'i-l half, hi lo .'.
In lb, H C ,nd ball St. Michael's played
! (tier ha keiball am i aplain ,\'e|.hew
I hi- leaniniates were forced lo theii
limit to keep ahead a the -coring in lliipera-d.
( ,,-uli llaker used nine men in the
( arr wa- high
''Dependable
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In all
Floicn*
Ol't/ie
Anne Evans, '25, is vice-president;
Marion Cliue, '2,1, recording secretary;
Vera Conistoek, '14, corresponding secretary; and Jane Seulleii, '20, treasurer.
The alumnae meeting Saturday morning was followed by lunch at the Kenmore hotel and a bridge party al the
-ororily house.
Mrs. Eleanor Ciffen Tehhutls, '2-1, w.as
toa tuiislre-s at the annual dinner held
it the Hamilton hotel Saturday evening.
liiher speaker- were: Marion (line '2.1,
reining pre-idenl ; Mildred Kiiliu W d-ey,
24 ; Mary Mellon, '27; faculty, Clarence
\, llidle'y, professor of history,
The week end closed with a tea at ihe
soi'oidiv house Sunday afternoon.
l n in tie field and mis-i 1 mam p .s-ihle
ha k ;..
In a pieliminan game, ihe In diuieii
men's le.on del'e.iled ih. Walervliet
High -chnol liw ,L> lo 2X T h i - i, tin
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SHOW PORTRAIT TODAY
Tin -euior el is.-' gift portrait of I lean
Villi,i k I'i, n v is now on evluhii al ihe
Women', club, 7.1? Madi mi avenue, twai
h iie.e. wesl of South Lake avenue.
Many people expect loo much of religion, ill Hr. Purdy's opinion, ill thai
ihey expect it to do things they are ton
-elfish, ton unintelligent, or loo lazy lo
do for themselves. On the oiher hand
he believes that a great number of people
expert far loo lillle of it.
"Religion has figured a- nnc of (In
most imporiant factors in civilization ''
declared the Rev. Harry I. Swan, assistant pastor of ihe Poiirth Presbyterian
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Thursday evening, February 17. ".Man's
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('..ii.dl;. and Connors divided .-coring
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"iVol in the realm of being or doing,
hilt ill the realm of relationship is the
true essence of religion lo he found." declared I )r, Alexander C. Purely, of Hartford Theological seminary, in his lecture
lo the V, VV, C, A. on " T h e Role of
Religion in Life." Wednesday night.
February lo". "h'.aeh of us is a bundle
of relationships, Religion is one's inner
altitude toward life," lie defined. "It
makes us what we are and motivates
whal we do."
SPRING STYLE
I'ttrtx
World
Religion Is Inner A t t i t u d e
Toward Life", Speaker
Tells Y. W. C. A.
Jtiha A, Pay was elected class p o e t
and Hilda San* w a s chosen alumni
Councilor, at the senior class picctiugFridav.
Oilier elections will he held todays'
N o m i n e e s for prophet tire:
Mclanig
Grant, Constance Baunianu, Kitdorn
Laiupiiian, P e g Flanagan, and iVfareella Street; for historian, Fdvvin Van
Ivleeck and A r t h u r hi. Layman; lesfator.
Thclnta
Temple and Lilian'
Fckler.
Miss Sarr, as aluniiii counselor, will
be in charge of all class a r r a n g e m e n t s
on alumni day, the class stunt, and
anniversary banquets,
She will also
c o m m u n i c a t e with each member of
I he class at least once a year.
Albany, N. Y
BREAD
Holsum
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FEBRUARY 25, 1927
CALL GREEK GRAB
A "CLOSED SHOP'
Faculty Women Ask Sororities
Not To Limit Benefits
To A Few
Typical of the wive' of faculty reaction against the sorority policy arc
the following two letters received this
week.by the NEWS:
You have asked for an expression
of opinion concerning the new ruling
of Intersorority council. I would like
to hear from them a definite idea of
the advantage they see in such a ruling. On the surface it seems to forecast "a closed shop" for sorority activities which touch only a select few
girls at present.
Very truly yours,
ANNA RANDOLPH KIUM,
Assistant Professor of ironic
Economics.
CALENDAR
Today
4:00 P. M. Chemistry Club—Room
250,
8:00 P. M, liiology Club Lecture—
I loom 200.
Tomorrow
3:00 P, St. Intersorority T e a Rotunda.
(i. A. A, Mike to Camp Cogswell,
8:00 F. M. liasketball vs. New
I'alu Normal—Gymnasium.
Wednesday, March 2
4:00 P. M, Menorah MeetingRoom H.
6:00 P. M. Women's Basketball
dinner—Cafeteria,
Thursday, March 3
Noon, News Club Food Sale.
7:20 I'. M. Y. W. C. A. LectureRoom !>,
NEWMAN TO MEET
SIGMA NU KAPPA WILL
The monthly council meeting of
HAVE DINNER TONIGHT
Newman club will be at 7:30 o'clock,
The sophomore-freshman sing will take
place in the assembly Friday morning,
March 18. The winning class will win
live points in the interclass rivalry contest.
Grace Chippendale was appointed chairman of the sophomore committee Friday
morning in the class meeting. The
freshman committee is: Francis Raddiug, song leader, chairman; Kalhryn
Webster, Shirley Wood. Esther Waters
and Dorothy Rubin.
FACULTY NOTES
o'clock. The talk will he illustrated
by motion pictures of children at play,
The lecture will be the second of a
series on child development and parent education. It corclates with the
courses in education and hygiene,
Tickets for the students are available at twenty-live cents each.
dents at his home Sunday evening. The
Three delegates were named by the mysteries (if enlarging pictures were cxNEWS hoard this week to the annual con- plaiued by Professor Kirtland.
vention of the Columbia Scholastic Press
association at New York city March 11
and 12. They are: Kdwin Van Kleeck,
27, editor-in-chief; Helen Zimmerman,
'27, business manager, and Sara FT, Barkley, '27, associate managing editor,
Thclma L. Brezee '27, president of the
News club, will also visit the convention,
Last year's attendance of 700 delegates
may be equalled or passed this year.
according to advance information on
registration. The various divisions of
the contest, conducted in connection with
Business Lunches 40c-S0c
the convention last year drew the entries
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Elizabeth Bender. '27, led the services for the Y. W. C. A.
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Professor R. It. Kirtland of the education department entertained nine stuFOR PRESS MEETING
BALLAGH'S
Matinees Daily
STUDENT PRAYER DAY
SUBJECT OF VESPERS
ROME OF FILM CLASSICS
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HEAD SING COMMITTEES
ptjjij jsMiiwl
I have your letter of February 17th
asking for personal reactions to the
Intersority decision regarding the organization of new sororities,
I do not know very much about the
situation because of the silence of the
council, but my very definite taction
is that of a question. If the sorority
members at State College are. sincere
WILL LECTURE HERE
in their appreciation of the benefit deRev. J, V. Moldenhawer, pasrived from sorority life, why limit the torThe
of
Westminister Piosbyterian
advantages to a few? Ft is perhaps church, the
will give a series of lectures
human nature for individuals to be
early
in
the
spring.
jealous of personal advantages, but it
is hard to believe that such an unsocial attitude would be assumed by
a democratic group such as our Slate
College student body. There must
be other reasons which they have not
divulged, The Tntet sorority council
Miss Helen T, hay, manager of the
should certainly speak in ifs own de- Co-op, spent the week-end and Washfense.
ington's birthday in New York city.
Very truly yours,
Professor R, If. Kirtland is giving an
Head of Department,
CAPITOL ^ALBANY
Sigma Nu Kappa will have its an- Sunday evening at Newman house
nual dinner at the Hampton hotel The regular meeting for all members
tonight. Clarence A. Hidley, assist- will he 4 o'clock Wednesday in room
ant professor of history, and the first 200,
president of the fraternity, has been
invited to speak.
The pledge members include: Lloyd
Newman club's alumni dance was
Fishbaugh, '27; Herbert L. Page, '27; Saturday evening at the Knights of
Erwin Baker, '27; James Martin, '27; Columbus hall. The committee for
John Kinsella, '28; Seward Dodge, '28;
Wallace Strevell, '29; and Edward the dance was: Agatha Flick, '27;
Thomson, '30.
Norma Milano, '28, and Jennie Conboy, '29.
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