Dean Lipp - Penn State University

Edito rial Op inio n
Patience , Resp onsibil ity
Penn
Dea n
of women
17 yoais.
impressed
She is young and talented. She is a ''piolessional dean of
women m the fact that she has been for mally trained
for hoi vocation.
it wasn't more than Z4 bouts af ter her arr ival that
sUtdents were aire
abo ut the chances
and or would make concerning women's regulations and
conduct. It is obvious and readily agreed that women's
hours and restrictions are out-dated and behind the times.
But what to do about them is another problem—one
which will have to bo solved by the coeds themselves.
Through the Women's Student Government Association,
tho groundwork for new and more progressiva regulations
must be laid. Then these suggestions should be taken to
Dean Lipp for her
Dean Lipp is willing and anxious to listen and discuss
w omen's problems with not only student leaders but the
avera ge coed , with an interest in her own ideas and
at titude. The burden of responsibility for any changes or
moditi cations under Dean Li pp's rei gn will have to come
fi um the students themselves.
This pattern of student leadership and self-govern-
ment is m ost evident in the dean of men's office where the
Inter ttateimt y Council , Association of Independent Men.,
Student Tribunal and other judicial groups mold the
patterns lor Ihe action taken by the office 's staff. Under
Frank .1. Simes, the office has accepted modern ideas and
trends of mass
responsibility.
college education and the theory of self-
Solf-responsibility was and still is sorely lacking In
tho dean of women's office concept of their responsibility
and duties pertaining ainmg to women students. stud ents, It's tt s time to emit quit
"babying" the "Rosebuds " and adopt new standa rds by
which to judge t ho University 's coeds. Assistant Dean Mrs.
R. Maa Shultz was alone many times in her suggestions
for a bolter code for women. It was under her advisorship
th at fraternily men were permitted for the first time in
all ihe sorority suites for mixers following the IFC-Panhel-
lenrc Greek Week exchange dinners.
Dean Li pp must be given time to evaluate the Uni-
v eistty 's situati on and adopt recommendations. Coeds must
be patient-UTe present regulations won' t and can't be
changed over night. In fact , it may take a year or longer
t o change .something which has been in use for nearly
30 y ears
State welcomed a new dean of women Monday.
Doroth y J. Lipp has assumed her duties as dean
succeeding Dr. Pearl O. Weston , who served for
We met Dean Li pp Tuesday and were most
by her charming personalit y and forwardness.
rdy talking, speculating and gossiping
a new and progressive dean should
appr oval, rej ection or modification.
Dean of women's jobs aie not easy ones—there's
pressure from parents, townspeople , faculty members,
administr ative. of ficials, dormitory hostesses and students
themselves on neatl y every top ic. Changes will be greeted
positivel y by some and nega t ively by others. It just de-
ponds whosetoes are being stepped on. A "wait-and-see"
attitude is a must befote praises and or criticisms are
h urled at the new dean.
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