NSA To Submit Chest Plan ~„,„ .o'4 , r il a ti g !,,,x,.-.:,),.;,,,,,,, (giattrifiatt VOL. 50 - NO. 56 IFC To Consider New Frosh Regulation Rule A new rushing and pledging code, especially relating to the incoming freshmen of next fall, was proposed to• the Interfrater nity Council last night. The new regulations. introduced by IFC vice-president Jack Senior, include Sections providing that no.freshman May be pledged before completing one semester on•campus, and that all .men must have a 1.0 average, either all- College or for the preceeding se mester, before pledging or initi ation into any fraternity. The. code was formulated by a joint committee, consisting of Se nior, chairman, and Tack Rath, IFC; Mr. Luther T. Bissey, Asso ciation of Fraternity Counselors; and Assistant Dean H. W. Perkins, Dean of Men's office. It was fur ther amended and approved by the executive committees of IFC and AFC, and the Dean's office. Ratification of the code, depends now on the approval of IFC. .o be voted at tbe first meeting of next year, after all' houses have had time to consider it. Rushing , Under the provisions suggested by the joint committee, rushing regulations are held to, a mini mum, permitting rushing, but not pledging •of freshmen. There is a trustee-approved statute which states that all freshmen must reside in College-operated dormitories for their first year. Frosh may. ho*ever, be, pledged in their second semester on cam puS after a date set by IFC. Pledging restrictions constitute the greatest•part of he new code, making it illegal to pledge men not receiving resident instruction on the campus at State College, and• providing, for broken pledges and .official recognition of pledge status, in addition to the frosh rules. IFC Code The ' proposed interfraternity rushing and pledging code is giv en below: Article Ii Definitions and Infor mation , 1 . • — }/Section' It Rushing shall' mean any contact or communication be tween fraternity men and rushees. ` , Section II: Fraternity men shall mean any •active,, pledge; or alum ntis of any fraternity. Section III: Rushee shall mean any male student who is contact ed for purposes of becoming a member of any fraternity. Section IV: Rushee house guest shall be those rushes who- are guests of a fraternity for a period of overnight or longer. Section V: Acceptance cards shall be the cards provided by IFC used' for the official accept ance of bids by rushees. Section VI: Upperclassmen shall be those students in the sopho more, junior, and senior classes. Section VII: Lists of incoming men shall be available to all fra ternities with whatever pertinent information can be obtained at the time. Article II: Rushing Regulations Section I: Rushing shall not in terfere with any regularly sched uled Orientation Week activ;: - / for newcomers to the campus. Section II: A fraternity may in vite an upperclassman to live in the chapter house under condi tions set by the fraternity. Upper classmen under contract to reside in a. college dormitory and mem (Continued on page six) AIM, Leonides PaFier Features Dorm Policy "The Independent" published by the Association of Independent Men arid. Leonides is being dis tributed today. Included in this issue are a let ter by AIM President Robert Davis about the dormitory policy, a history of Leonides, and a per sonality sketch of Joseph Hudak, President of the Penn State Club. "TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1949 . . . . Back from Europe .......-----. ....,.......,,,,,,.... ........,.. •••••••• ••• •• ~. •• ••••• ............. .. .. . ..... ',./.....1/••••h*0i.:0......,:•:,.......,.......g.......:••;:, ill 51, 4 , • kt .•:,•,;;'.. ...St: . '' . 6 , . Z:.•4W1 . ....' ...... .4.4A......M.t0'. Cloptingli . Eo* Theater Tour . Arthur C. Cloetingh, head of the division of dramatics and faculty adviser of the Penn State Players, is expected to return to State College today, after an ex tended tour of. European theaters. Traveling on a Rockefeller In stitute fellowship, Professor Cloetingh and his wife left early in September and. have visited theaters and , theater people •in Norway, Sweden, France, Spain, England, Ireland and Scotland. • A "welcome home" tea will be given' by Players this afternoon in the dramatics. office, and Mr. Cloetingh will also be guegt of honor at a luncheon at the 'Allen creSt` tomorrow given by Players' board of control. ' Today's Weather: Fair and Cold Naming of Perrnanent President Rumored Rumors currently buzzing around campus that Penn State will soon have a permanent president were given added impetus Monday. Frank Brookhouser, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, said in his column, "It's Happening Here," that the announcement of a new president at Penn State will be made soon. He mentioned no names. • The College has not had a permanent chief executive since the untimely death of "Prexy" Ralph Dorn Hetzel in 1947. Since that time: James •Milholland has filled the post of acting president. Indieations;,that the naming of nheim prexyAilay be -in the imme diate offing • were further height ened' by reports, from usually re liable sources, that the. Board of Trustees' committee held a meet ing December 4 for the express purpose of naming a permanent president. As yet, no announcement has been forthcoming from the admin istration. Wilmer E. • Kenworthy, executive secretary to the presi dent, was not available for com ment late •yesterday afternoon. Milholland, it is understood,-had strong backing, from many of the trustees, for the position of , per manent preskient. Penn State Club To Hold Mixer With Freshmen The Penn State Club will hold its second mixer• of the semester for club members with• freshmen women in the main lounge of Atherton Hall at 2, p.m. Sunday. Entertainment, music, and card games are planned for the mixer, according to Joseph Hudak, presi dent. Refreshments will also be provided. Plans for the second annual club talent show are now under way. The show, a big hit last year, will be presented at Schwab Aud itorium early in 1950. Publicity and ticket committees have been chosen for the production. President. Hudak announced that the club, is looking for a room which' could be used for both meetings and activities. At present, the club room is 411 Old Main and the meeting room is 405 Old Main. However, Hudak said the meeting room is too small for the membership which is 1 ex pected to go even higher next) year. -- He said that he was trying to get one of • the lounges in the new men's dorms for a combination meeting and activity room but that the possibility of acquiring such a room was small because of the layout of the lounges. Hu dak also announced that next fall's freshmen would not be al lowed to join' the club because of an administrative ruling. Nancy Smith, Philotes secre tary, invited the Penn State Club members to 'the •Philotes Christ mas party in 405 Old Main Sat urday night. Fashion Show Is Scheduled Miss Phyllis Lee Schwabe, for mer director of the Mademoiselle College Board and now on the exe cutive board, will serve as com mentator for the Penn Valley •Ski Club's presentation of "Ski ni nes'," their winter fashion parade, in _lO . Sparks at 8:30 tonight. Ski wear and forrmir fashions will be •shown •through the co operation of Kalin's Men Shop and the Chailes Shop for Women, both located on South Allen street. Members of the Ski Club will model the apparel in the Fallies," promoted in addition to the above groups by gsquire . Magazine for Men and by Mademoiselle. Accident Victim Still Unconscious Fred W. Meyer, a sophomore at the College who was hurt :in an auto collision early Sunday morning, remains unconscious, the Centre County Hospital reported last night. He has not regained conscious ness since the mishap, which oc curred on route 45. east of the Houserville intersection. In spite of Meyer's condition, the hospital reported that he "spent a goad day" yesterday. Cabinet To Consider All-College Proposal Plans for consolidating College charity and organization drives into one—a Penn State Campus Chest—will be submitted to All- College Cabinet tonight by National. Student Association. Joel Bachman, ex-vice chairman of NSA, has set up the follow ing plan for consideration. A goal of $16,000 has been set. Undergraduate and graduate stu dents will be asked to sign a statement authorizing the addition of To Present Plan Joel Bachman BX Chairman To Answer Keller Charges Richard Schweiker, chairman of the book exchange, will report on the BX at tonight's meeting of All-College Cabinet ,in 201 Old Main, concerning charges made by Tribunal Chairman Robert Keller last week. Cabinet will also hear tentative plans for the Spring electidns from William Shade, chairman of the elections committee. Joel Bach man will report for National Stu dent Association on the campus chest, which would eliminate separate fund drives on campus. Robert Fast will present a final report on the ice-skating project for the New Beaver practice field. Cabinet will also apoint commit tees for investigation of five day meal, tickets for men eating in Nittany 'dining hall, arid investi gation of the College's recently announced policy housing 1000 freshmen in the' new men's dorm itories under construction. • To Charter Publication Last week Cabinet approved a $6OO appropriation to be applied to the debt of the defunct literary magazine, Critique. A new liter ary-photographic magazine is to be chartered. Cabinet will appoint a committee to work on the con stitution and plans for a charter for the new publication. A committee to decide on a possible design for a new school ring and to take definite steps to secure its approval will also be appointed. Cabinet passed favor ably on a motion favoring a change in the present ring design last week. Sets Yearbook Pix Deadline There are absolutely no more individual pictures to be taken for graduating seniors, Ramon Saul, editor-in-chief of La Vie, announced today. Saul also ask ed that seniors in Liberal Arts re turn their proofs and asked the fraternities to return their blue La Vie forms immediately. Students in Mineral Industries and Physical Education may add activities in the La Vie office in 412 Old Main. Town Girls Town girls who have not filled out student personnel record cards are requested to go to 105 Old Main as soon as possible lo do so. By BILL DICKSON $2 to their fees or deducting this sum from their book receipts. NSA recently polled 2000 stu dents on the question of such a campus chest. Seventy-five per cent indicated their desire for the plan. From these returns, NSA estimates 8,000 students and facul ty members will contribute. Combine Donations . Bachman said he will explain to Cabinet how this plan will mini mize the effort involved in drives and will combine donations into one yearly contribution. Another purpose of the campus chest drive is to emphasize the responsibility of students and fac ulty toward the charities and or ganizations that will . benefit. Bachman is expected to suggest to Cabinet that the fourth week of the fall semester .be set as the best time for commencing the drive. Scheduling, rushing, and other ini tial activities will be completed by that time. If approved, a working capital of $5OO will be borrowed from the Inter-Class Finance Fund for the first year drive. This amount will be returned after the drive gets underway, -according to present plans. A percentage of the funds will be retained from the first year drive' to finance' the initial cost for the succeeding year. To Receive Funds Charities and organizations which would receive funds from the chest would be determined on a pro-rated scale by Cabinet, and the following are among the few NSA will suggest,. according to Bachman. ' Penn State • Christian :AlsoCia tion, Women's • Student Govern ment Association, World Student Service Fund, March of Dimes, Cancer Fund; Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the State College Com munity Fund. • According to the plan, Cabinet would approve or disapprove re quests by other , groups or chari ties for permission to solicit funds through the chest organization. 'Any group receiving funds from these chest drives would be re quired to meet certain require ments, • subject to Cabinet's ap proval. The group's activities would have to be broadly representative of the•community, and not a small segMent. Today. . . The Nittany Lion Roars FOR Arthur C. Cloetingh, head of the division of drama tics and faculty advisor to Players. Mr. Cloetingh returns to State College today after traipsing through more than half a dozen countries in Europe, visiting theaters and theater artists. Unlimbering his fluent for eign tongue, the Lion doffs his artiste's tam and welcomes him back to Old Main with roars of "wee wee," "skol," and "naz dravya." It's good to have you back I . Requirements
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