1958_01 The Daily Collegian January 1958

              —Th* Fresno Stat* College Collegia!
EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Why Not Kings?
"We can truly celebrate" in 1958, reports the United States
Chamber of Commerce. Special days, special weeks, and
joyous occasions will tumble happily-over each other throughout the year.
There will be countless new opportunities for the reigning monarch of products and occasions which never before
have occurred even to the most imaginative publicity i
n have had a monopoly of the
right of representation for special days and weeks. We think
it is high time that American men get into the sw'
things and demand their rightful place of leadership.
Think how appropriate a symbol a jolly fat man wc
for National Apple Pie Week! And, why not a sweetheart of
Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, and the other
The king for National Long Underwear Week, for
stance, might turn his week of reign into a publicity gimmick
which   attracts   attention   to   his   unquestioned  appeal   in
"tights". We suggest that aspiring Hamlets enter this
The reigning sovereign of National Pickle Week might be
selected on the basis of the best biographical essay
pickle peddler, Amerigo Vespucci, for whom
jo be open to men only, of
There is to be Bachelor's Day, Feb. 28. Those men who a
not eligible for the Feb. 28 celebration may look forward
Expectant Fathers" Day. then Fathers' Day. I ^ ***"**..
National Laugh Week, April 7-14, is a warm-up period for j suteTcollete i
National Comedy Week, April U-20, which features April 18.; that about 8'
as National Fun Day. chose ihe offl.
e relaxation  and refreshment  through  the ill*  »chooi   i
occasional idle moments stolen while the world works and """".l""... .vl
hurries," there will be a celebration in  1958 for Sidewalk
Superintendents.
There will be 350 days or weeks set aside as special for
almost every kind of food or drink — apples, cheese, hamburgers, cantaloupes,  raisins, orange juice,  hot chocolate,
Let Jack Bailey give the women their opportunity five day:
each week on Queen for a Day. To any woman who thinks
this is not enough, we offer, with no strings attached, Weight
Watchers Week, Feb. 3-9.
Greek Life Described
With the close of another semester nearing, plans are
again in full swing on how to orientate the "Independents"
on fraternity and sorority life.
One of the greatest problems of the "Greeks" is to clarify
the misconception that pledges will be submitted to all types
of horrible physical and mental torture commonly listed
under a pseudo-classification that "it's traditional."
Not so, say the "Greeks" These traditions — popular
during the times of bathtub gin, Charlestons, 23-skidoo, and
Oh-You-Kid.— have been replaced by such horrible traditions as being required to study on specific nights set aside
e study nights," not being allowed to spend three
hours a day in the cafeteria but only long enough to
lunch, and shaking hands with fraternity members that
hope someday to call "Brother."
The individual fraternities and sororities have different
requirements for entrance with the majority requiring
average the semester prior to pledging and the school requiring an overall "C" average in college before they will
allow you to rush.
The time of pledging varies from six weeks to
ter and some groups require their pledges to maintain a
average throughout  their pledging semester and will
initiate them until the following semester.
Is it worth it?
Although we can not speak for intra-fraternity
procedures we can speak for a majority of the student body
and faculty when we note with admiration the floats at
in local parades; the Blue Key Carnivals each spring; the beautifully decorated doors on campus
to celebrate the Yule Season; the annual "Greek Sing," and
their lesser known, but more important activities
work details that go out to the Children's Nutritional Home
every Saturday to offer mental, physical and monetary
"ie less fortunate.
PROFESSOR NAMED
EDITOR ON MAGAZINE
Hoy DubUch, professor of mathe-