HHI ®fp> laxly § OlnUpgtan VOL. 46—No. 56 NSA Report No. 3... NSA Constitution Presents Students With Bill of Rights This section of the report concerns itself with the compiling of basic policies to be followed by the National Student Association in regards to Student Rights as it appears in the By-Laws of the Con stitution. Since in this panel more time was spent on this particular subject titan any other, it appears only fitting that a part of the By-Law should be reprinted her.e. By-Law 111. Bill of Right* hi order to preserve and ex tend these conditions indispensa ble to the full achievement of educational objectives, and with full cognizance of the responsi bilities and obligations which en sue from any assertion of funda mental rights, the National Stu dent Association holds the fol lowing rights essential to the full development of the student as an individual and to the fulfillment of his responsibilities as a citizen. J 1. The right of every student to a college education. I 2. The right to conduct re-. search freely and to publish, dis-: cuss and exchange any findings or recommendations, whether in-| dividually or in association with local, national, or international grpups. 3. The right of students to a clear and concise statement, .be fore entering college, of the con tractual rights, obligations, and responsibilities pertaining to edu cational and extra-curricular ac-i tivities. (According to the mis-' understandings that exist here onj this campus we certainly can benefit greatly by instituting a policy in accordance with this paragraph.) Rights a« Citizens 4. The right of every student to exercise his full rights as a citizen in fanning and participat ing in local, national, or interna tional organizations for intellec tual, religious, social, political, economic, or cultural purposes, and to publish and distribute their views. 5. The rights of recognized stu dent organizations to use the in stitution’s name subject to its regulations with respect to off campus activities. 6. The right of students and recognized student organizations bo use campus facilities, provided the facilities are used for the purpose contracted, subject only to such regulations as are re-; quired for scheduling meeting i times and place. May Choose Speakers 7. The right to invite and hear speakers of their choice on sub jects of their choice. (At this in stitution we have been fortunate (Continued on page three) Late AP News Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ Yanks Not Coming WASHINGTON President Truman said yesterday that he has no intention of sending American troops to Palestine. The President’s statement was in reply to a question at his news conference. In that connection, Mr. Truman said there probably will be a United Nations force available in the future to enforce U-N mandates. Save fuel WASHINGTON— With winter riding high, wide and handsome, interior secretary Krug has called on the public to cooperate in sav-l ing fuel. He told an emergency conference of fuel corodinators from twenty states that a 15-per-l cent reduction must be effected. | Winter's Worst Wave CHICAGO—From the Rockies all the way east, the worst cold wavei of winter whipped across the nation yesterday. Forecasters believe the cold air will go as far south as Texas and Florida and that the mercury may gq to 25 below zero in Minnesota and Wisconsin tonight. By Eugena Fulmar. NSA Dalegala Loman, Sororities Discuss Suites Mona Smulyan, president of Pan-Hel, has called for all soror ity presidents to meet with Mr. Harold W. Loman, director of | dormitories and dining commons, to discuss arrangements for sor lority suits which are to be pro . vided in the new women’s dormi jtories. Time of the meeting will ]be announced in Tuesday’s Col legian. A questionnaire, which was drawn up by Mr. Loman and is sued to the sororities, explained the details of the suites and re quested the sororities to state whether they wanted to be con sidered for these suites. In re turning these questionnaires, the sororities included detailed speci fications for their particular suites. The specifications concerned furnishing the decorating ar rangements which cannot be guaranteed at the present time. Provisions for the construction of the chapter room must be acted upon, however, and sororities will be asked at- the meeting if they will accept the proposed suite plans with the , provision that (Continued on page six) Glass To Emcee PSC Talent Show Tonight at 8 o’clock the cur tain goes up on the seventh an nual All-College Talent Show, a two-h our variety program sponsored by the Penn State Club, Scene of the show is Schwab auditorium. I Twenty-one participants, pre sented in 15 acts, will perform in scenes ranging from comedy skits jand satires to serious piano solos i and group singing. Headlining the show as master of ceremonies will be Henry Glass, star of Thes pians and Players A special guest act will star the winners of last year’s Talent Show, the ‘‘Bar 3 Boys.” The trio composed of Marvin Fisher. Louis Goodfarb, and Howard; Kleidman present a musical comedy number: Gene Witmer and his Skytop pers will furnish the pre-show and intermission music. Tickets for the show are avail able at Student Union up until curtain time. Contrary to prev ious information, tickets will not be sold at the door prior to the performance. As in the past years, prelimi nary judging wil eliminate all but the five top contestants. From this select group of five, the win ner will be selected by audience applause. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three contestants, and records will be made of each act on the stage and given to the en trants as souvenirs. Thespians, Masquerettes A joint banquet for all mem bers of Penn State Thespians and Masquerette Club will be held in the ballroom of the Hotel State College, 6:30 p.m. Friday. A dance lor all who participated in the re cent production, ‘‘Hot ’n’ Gold,” will start at 9 p.m. Paul Grove’s orchestra will provide the music. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1.6, 1948—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Co-op (ommilfee Sets Up Booths For Second Drive Supplies Posi Cards, Trustee Addresses action for the establishment of a campus co-op swings into action today with students requested to mail postal cards to members of the Board of Trustees, announced David Malickson, chairman of the contact committee of the joint cooperative committee. Booths have been established in the lobby of Old Main and Sparks where post cards and the trustees’ addresses are available. When writing to a trustee, stu dents are asked to: 1. Write to the trustee nearest your home town. 2. Sign your name and home town address. 3. Return the instruction sheet and postal card to the booth. 4. Mention you want the co-op at The Pennsylvania State Col lege. Sponsored by All-College Cab. inet and the Joint Co-op Com mittees, the postal card drive Will continue until Tuesday. Both booths will be open from 9 to 5 o’clock, Malickson said. Some campus organizations and fra ternity. houses will also? be so licited. ■ This drive gives students a direct opportunity to participate in the attempt to establish a Co op on campus. This is a concrete way for students to let the Board of Trustees know how they feel about the recent rejection of the co-op plan. Other members of the contact committee include Roni Prosler man, Cecil Goodman, and Elliot Rosengarten. Distribute Petitions The joint co-op committee has completed the final draft of a pe tition for the revival of the co op movement and is circulating the petition at fraternities and Student Union. The petitions are to be signed, with name, State College address, and home town included, and returned to Stu dent Union not later than Wed nesday, Jan 21, said Emory Brown, chairman. The context of the petition is: ‘‘Whereas: the executive com mittee of the Board of Trustees of the College, on December 5, 1947, rejected the request of the All-College Cabinet for permis sion to establish a co-operative store on campus for the sale of jused books, school supplies and toilet articles; and "Whereas: The Pennsylvania State College, as a land grant college, plays a vital role in pro viding low-cost college education to the residents oi the state; and ‘‘Whereas: the cost of many inci-| dental items have increased so greatly in the past few months as to make their purchase an addi tional burden to many students, especially veterans who incomes are barelv sufficient to meet the cost of food and housing; and “Whereas: Co-operative stores cstablised at other schools have succeeded in materially reducing these expenses: and “Whereas: A recent poll taken at the College showed that the above mentioned proposal had the support of over 93 S' of the undergraduate students; "Therefore: We. the undersign ed students at the Pennsylvania c tato College, do petition the Board of Trustees of this College ‘n reconsider at their next meet ing. the decision of their Execu tive Committee with regard to the establishment of a co-opera tive store on the College grounds.” Second .round of. student Drive Lasts T 0 Tuesday To Fraternities, SU Eastern Receive As a final tribute to the fine efforts of the 1347 football team in their completion of an undefeated season, Thomas J. Lannen, All- College president, will present trophies to each member of the travel, ing squad in Rec Hall following the boxing matches tomorrow night, paid Frank Tidona, chairman of the committee for football trophies. Trophies will also be presented to the five coaches. Bob Higgins, Joe Bedenk, A 1 Michaels, Earl Edwards, and Jim O’Hora; Dr. Griess, team physician; Dave Barron, student manager, and the team’s two trainers, Chuck Medlar and Jackie Tighe. The presentation, authorized by All-College Cabinet, will be made in behalf of the entire student body, and every student is urged to be present to add his cheers and applause to the presentation of trophies. DIFFICULT TASK 'Serenade' Stars Campus Comics The list of performers for the “Sheepskin Serenade.” senior class entertainment which will take place in Schwab. 2:15 Sun day afternoon, has been defi nitely decided upon, according to C. Frederick Troutman, show di rector. The cast includes seven Thes pian performers and several ama teurs. Thespian headliners in clude singer Adele Yablon, Jimmy Amlbordos. who will do a comedy skit, and Hank Glass, now emcee’ing at the Club Skytcp. who will be master of ceremonies for the show. A “Farewell” song will be pre sented by Viree Neilly and Vir ginia Gallup, the words and music of which were written by Neilly and arranged trv Bunny Rotili. “Ginny” will ''also appear with “Fuzzy” Lomadv in a dance routine from the last Thespian show. One of the top features will be a surprise singing and comedy act done bv four coeds, who will give their interpretation of “Real Gone.” Other numbers in the show in clude the Bar Three Boys, a Black Face dance by the Cotton Bowlers, and a song by Prudence Roat. Music will be provided by Paul Grove and his band. Ed Banvui. senior class president, will give a short talk before the show. The committee for the show is composed of Ann Wynosky and C. Frederick Troutman, co-chairmen, and Dee Limber. March of Dimes Campaign Begins in Mens Dormitories Cabinet Approves NSA Group Report All-College Cabinet last mghl approved reports front delegates to the National Students Assoc tu ition. Paving 'he wav tor Cabinet action to ratiiv the NSA cons: itit lion and establish a chapter at the College. Robert T r o x e I 1. delegation chairman, submitted the consti tutional report, while Eugene Fulmer reported on NSA jcii\i ties in fostering student govern ments. Allan Ostar on interna tional activities, and Jane Four acre on educational opportunities. Ostar's report, which drew tiie most di-cussion. explained that affiliation with the International Union of Students was desu-ed bv NSA only with certain reserva tions. I Communist domination of lie lUS has been advanced as a na son against NSA affiliation, he re ported. The national cotnein.on felt. Ostar said, that the advan tages of joining the lUS far out weighed the disadvantages, it an (Continued on page three) Cloudy, Snow, Continued Cold Grid Champs Cabinet Awards “The task of deciding who was eligible to receive the trophies was the only unpleasant aspect faced by the committee appointed to give these gifts. A line had to be drawn some* where. In decid ing the exact meaning of the term ‘traveling squad’ it was de fined as includ ing all players who at any time traveled with the team,” said Tidona. The trophies to be presented to the players are not small as was reported previ ously in Collegian, but are six teen inches high. Team members who will re ceive trophies are Charles Beatty, Fred Bell, John Chuckran, Joe Colone, Barry Ooomey, Don Cull ings, Ed Czekaj, Chuck Drazeno vich, Joe Drazenovich, Jeff Dur kota, Norman Erikson, John Fin. ley, Clarence Gorinski, Bay derick, Lee Henry, Bob Hicks, Dennie Hoggard, Clarence Hum mel, Howard James, Larry Joe, Paul Kelly, Dan Kline, Bill Kyle, Bill LaFleur, Bill Luther, John Misiewdcz, Don 3V[urray, John No lan, Negley Norton, Walter Pal mer, Elwood Petchcl, John Pots klan, Francis Rogel, Robert Ross, John Simon, Tom Smith. Sieve Suhey, Sam Tamburo, Wallace Triplett. Ray Ulinski, Bob Weit zel, Bobby Williams, and John Wolosky. LANNEN The March of Dimes campaign is in full swing at Pollock Circle and Nittany Dormitories, said Harry Patchin, who is in charge of collecting funds from these units. The goal for each unit is $lOO. Tilt 1 campaign is being con ducted through the dining com mons. Thermometers denoting Hie progress ot the drive are posted on the bulletin boards and two coin containers have been placed in each of the commons. Students are also being cau cused as they pass through the waiting line. Patehin is being aided in the drive by Nicholas Supron, president of the Nittany Council, and James Muccalium, president of the Pollock Circle Council. The College campaign, which has set SIIIOU as its goal, is the filst that has been conducted bv a campus group—the 'division of health education m the School of Physical Education and Athletics. It is headed by Dr. Arthur R. Davis. The campus drive will end January IM, but the national campaign continues until January JO. This is the tenth annual drive against infantile paralysis which was founded by the late Frank lin D. Roosevelt. WEATHER FIVE CENTS
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