Final WSGA
Election Today
VOL. 50 - NO. 106
Council Allots
Street Space
For Carnival
Spring Week Carnival, set for
May 18, was authorized 'Monday
night by Borough Council to
use. borough" street space.' •
The, CoUncil unanimously, ,pass-.
ed a measure to close S. Allen
street from College avenue, and
E. Beaver from Allen to the
alley beside Woodring's Floral
Shop for the day of the Spring
Carnival.
Two booths from the State
College Drum and. Bugle Corp
Carnival, already scheduled' for
May 18, 19, and 20, will be placed
with the Spring Carnival booths
on the northern end of S. Allen
street.
The 'Spring Week Committee,
headed by. Jack Senior, considers
this year's arrangement an im
provement over last Spring when
Carnival space was limited to
S. Allen street only. This space
was inadequate to handle • the
tremendoUs . turnout of students
arid townspeople. ,
Moro Space
Congesti o n and crowding
around Carnival booths this year
should be greatly 'lessened as a
result of extending the Carnival
over twice as much space as last
year.. The exact pobition of booths
has not yet been determined.
All • organizations planning to
enter a .booth in the Carnival
must fill out application, forms,
stating size, type, and other fea
tures of ,the booth. Forms may be
picked up at Student Union desk
in Old Main starting next Wed
nesdEty. Forms should be "return
ed to the Spring Week Com
mittee in care of Student Union
at the earliest date possible.
Senior emphasized that in
case of duplication of Noth
ideas, the organization's appli
cation which was turned in first
will be accepted. The Committee
plans to have no two booths ex
actly alike.
Late Permissions
Two o'clock permissions for
the IFC-Panhel Ball on Friday
night were granted to upper
class women •by WSGA at its
regular meeting last Thursday.
Freshmen will have two one
o'clock permiaslons this week-
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1956
Editorial
• Footballistically, now is the time to forsake all the giddy
adjectives and breathless verbs. Let's speak plain, unfrilled
talk.
Penn State's football fortunes have reached an impasse.
It is now that something must.be done if. the. College is to
flourish again on the gridiron.
It is now that something must be done if t the caliber Of
Lion football teams is to approach that of the happy schedules
being sought for years hence by Mr. Harold R. Gilbert, grad
uate manager of athletics.
It is now
,that something must be done if the College's
centennial , celebration in 1955 is to be, on the football field,
more than a nonsensical, unbalanced struggle between weak
Penn State and behemoth Pitt, Army or what-have-you.
It is now that something must be done if the College is
to progress from next year's inevitable record of not more
than three or four football wins.
It is {low that something must be done if Penn State is to
resume wooing the Willie Throwers and its share of all• the
other i ,top-flight Pennsylvania high school stars. .-.
It is now that something must be done if the bounce and
verve is again to be injected into Penn State's high school
bush-beating—bounce and verve that for practical purposes
Gabriel To Present Program
For Reitoration Of Customs
All-College Cabinet tonight will hear a plan for restoration of
customs in the fall. Drawn up by a Hat SoCieties customs committee,
the, program will be presented by Chairman Robert Gabriel.
Tuesday, varying degrees of 'opposition to the customs program
were voiced by several of the eight students attending an Open meet
ing of Tribunal. Robert Keller, Tribunal chairman, and Gabriel
explained aspects of customs as
enforced in 1944 and 1945.
Action on the matter will have
to come.from Tribunal and Cab
inet. A final draft of the pro
posed customs was revealed last
week. Freshmen, under this plan,
would be required to wear green
"dinks," black bow ties, and
name cards. A dating restriction
would be imposed.
The first-year men would be
required to carry the Student
Handbook and to "button" at
comm an d- of upperclassmen.
Other points revealed included
the manner of punishment of
violators.
Ted Allen, all-college presi
dent, yesterday said he expected
further Cabinet consideration of
a proposal for amendment of the
Senate Committee policy c .dis
crimination.
IFC
On
By STAN DEGLER
Interfraternity council tabled
an amended motion dealing with
restrictive clauses in fraternity
constitutions last night.
The reason for delay in IFC ac
tion is for the new proposal to be
discussed in the fraternity chap
ters before action is taken. Har
old W. Perkins, assistant dean of
men, advised IFC to go slow after
a member questioned the ability
of the members to vote without
consulting their brothers on the
new plan.
The motion now' before IFC
calls for the council to go on rec
ord as opposing discrimination,
for member chapters to consider
the problem and take any action
they deem necessary to eliminate
it, and to have chapters with re
strictive clauses make a yearly re
port to IFC. The time limit clause
provided in the original motion
has been deleted.
Peter Glesey, president of IFC,
speaking for the executive com
mittee which , drafted both the or-,
iginal plan and• the new version,
said.that "we do not consider, this
*TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
By TOM MORGAN
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A]len recently advocated a
1954 deadline for removal of re
strictive membership clauses by
all student organizations. He ask
ed all representatives in Cabinet
last week to confer with their
respective groups before consid
ering any action on the measure.
Cabinet, meeting in 201' Old
Main at 8 o'clock, will hear com
mittee reports on future control
of class ring sales and distribu
tion and on progress 'of com
mencement plans. Reports will
be submitted by the Cabinet rep
resentatives to the Senate calen
dar committee and by the book
exchange chairm an, Richard
Schweiker.
The status of• future relations
with the National Student As
sociation also will be consbisired.
Tables Proposal
Restrictive Clause
motion as lip-service; it is a start
in the right direction."
The original resolution, as pre
sented to IFC last week, provided
for the lass of IFC membership
by any organization whose con
stitution contained a restrictive
clause as to race, color, or creed
by Oct. 17, 1952. Members failing
to comply would have lost the
rights and privileges of the or
ganization.
A proposal, similar to the first
IFC resolution, will be considered
by All-College Cabinet at its
meeting tonight. It provides for
a Nov, 1, 1954 deadline, which
would apply to all organizations
chartered on campus. It would be
only a recommendation to the
Senate Committee on Student
Welfare, however.
The council of the Association
of Independent Men also met last
night and adopted a resolution
advocating the removal' of re
strictive clauses from the con
stitutions of honorary and pro
fessional fraternities. The coun
cil decided that social fraterni
ties are not within their juris
diction. •
Richard Sehweiker, chairman
of thp IFC Board of Control, ex-
Curtain Rises. Tonight
On Thespian Production
Of Gershwin Musical
The 'curtain will go up tonigt on the Thespians' production of
George Gershwin's musical comedy "Girl Crazy" at 7:30 in Schwab
,auditorium.
• Some tickets for all four performances still are available at the
Student Union desk in Old Main. Those for tonight's performance
will cost $.90; the price will be $1.20 for the performances tomorrow
and Saturday nights, and for the
2 p.m. Saturday matinee.
"Girl Crazy" is the story of a
New York. playboy who is sent
to the wild west as a cure for a
bad ,case •of addiction to% the op
posite sex.
The romantic leads will be
played by Mary Foucart, a fresh
man with dramatic experience
in Florida, find 'David. Evans, a
senior, appearing in his first Thes
pians show.
The entire production is being
directed by Ray Fortunato, ad
visor to the. dramatics club.
Experienced .Cast
Gloria De Peons, who has ap
peared in previous shows with
Players and. Thespians, 'and Sid
ney Manes, also , . experienced in
campus drama, will play the
leading comedy roles. Other
speaking roles have been as
signed 'to Nathan Pletcher, Joel
Kranick, Katherine Weber, Frank
Lewis, Anne. Sweger, Thomas
Pullen, and Merrill Sporkin.
Robert Sinclair is directing the
dramatic portion of the play.
Dancing for the production is
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Coec;lsConclude
Elections Today
The final election of WSGA
and WRA officers will be held
today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
the dormitory units. Sally Fol
ger and Mary Ellen Grube are
running for the office of WRA
President, and Ella Louise "Wil
lie". Will lams and Barbara
Sprenkle are candidates for
WSGA president.
Other girls running for WRA
offices include Margaret Betts
and Nancy Worthington, vice
president; Barbara Cochran and
Marilyn Williams, intramural
chairman; and Janet Herd and
Mabel )4arple, assistant intra
mural chairman.
Candidates for other WSGA
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plained the purpose of the
Board's operations to representa
tives last night.
Mock Robbery
The idea for the IFC mock
robbery of fraternity houses last
week originated with Ralph Lew
is, editor of the student govern
ment handbook. It was similar
to one staged at the University
of Colorado. '
David Ludwig was named.
chairman of the IFC bridge tour
nament, Harold Leinbach was
appointed to work on a plan
for connecting prospective pled
ges with fraternities, and Harry
Savisky was appointed to in
vestigate a change in the intra
mural basketball rules.
AIM Council also discussed
freshman customs but took no
action. Opinion seemed to be
divided evenly among the mem
bers of the council.
Plans were begun for a Spring
Week Dance scheduled for May
20 at the University Club. An
AIM annual banquet is also being
considered. Congratulatory let
ters were sent to Edward Sul
kowski, Robert Rutherford Jr.,
and Charles Medlar, newly ap
pointed coaches.
Today's Weather ,
Cloudy and
cool
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Late AP, News Courtesy WMAJ
House Downs
Housing Bill
The two billion dollar Co-op
Housing Program, designed for
middle income families, was vot-%
ed down yesterday in the House.
The vote, 174 to 122, was• a sting
ing defeat for President Truman
and the administration.
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The tslittany Lion Roars
FOR the gaping vacancy
left in his realm by the lack
of a football coach.
When the presidential hole
was plugged the proud beast
thought the rents in his hide
were filled forever. Now an
other huge split, though some
what less serious, has develop•
ed at the seams.
The Lion, dizzy from watch
ing opponents pile up touch
downs, lets out a plaintive
wail for a gridiron mentor with
experience and a reputation—
even if he costs more than
$8.1)00 per. .