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VOL. 50 - NO. 147
Spring Carnival Arrives Today
On South Allen and East - I ver
The 1950 Spring Carnival is finally here.
From 2 o'clock this afternoon until 11 o'clock tonight the
gay fair' will operate on South Allen street and part of• East
Beaver avenue.
Fifty-seven entertainment
tion to food booths and three
Top Independent
Actives Cited
At AIM Banquet
Outstanding independent men
were given awards for achieve
ments in athletics, publications,
and activities at the first annual
banquet of the Association of
Independent Me n Wednesday
night.
Norman Duffy, banquet chair
man, introduced William Nor
cross who served as toastmaster.
Charles M. Speidel, wrestling
coach, delivered the main ad
dress. He spoke on his exper
iences in coaching as related to
experiences in life.
Homer Barr was presented the
award for outstanding achieve
ments in athletics, Jack Reen
was given the award for service
on publications, and James Mc-
Callum was given the award for
outstanding independent man in
activities. Robert Davis present
ed the awards.
New Officers
New officers were inaugurated
by Norcross, . town vice-presi
dent. They are Richard Bard,
chairman of the Board of Gov
ernors; William Zakor, vice chair
man; Richard - Mills, secretary; and
Howard Fitting, treasurer. Out
going officers were also honored.
Ross Lehman, advisor to AIM
presented these awards. The re
tiring officers are Robert Davis,
preside nt; William Norcross,
town vice-preside !II; Ralph
Houck, campus vice-president;
Corbin Kidder, secretary; and
Howard Fitting, treasurer.
The banquet was the last meet
ing of AIM 'under its present con
stitution. The new constitution
will go into effect in the Fall.
Protest Dismissal of Lorch,
Candidate Tells Voters
Republican Congressional Candidate Theodore 0. Spaulding has
urged voters in his district to protest the dismissal , of Dr. Lee Lorch
from - the College faculty by writing letters to Gov. James Duff and
the Board of Trustees, the Committee on Academic Freedom in Penn
sylvania has disclosed.
Spaulding, who is seeking elec
trict in Philadelphia, discuskd th ,
to the Negro community at a pub
lic meeting sponsored by the North
Philadelphia Civic League.
-Larch Claims
Lorch, assistant professor of
mathematics, has made the claim
that his dismissal stemmed from
his participation in the campaign
to end discrimination in Stuyvcs
alit Town, a housing project in
New York City. The College has
replied that Lorch was fired be
cause he did not have the "per
sonal qualifications" needed to be
come a permanent member of the
'faculty.
Rev. Kenneth Ripley Forbes, re
tired Episcopal minister, termed
Lorch's dismissal a "clear-cut
abridgement of academic free
dom," according to the committee
report. Dr. William H. Gray, editor
of the Afro-American, and Attor
ney E. Washington Rhodes, editor
of. the Philadelphia Tribune,
also
Voice .at the meeting, as did Lorch.
'OR A BETTER PENN STATE"
See Carnival Map on Page 3
booths of all varieties in addi
icket booths will comprise the
Carnival.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the
Carnival will be officially opened
when Mary Anne Hanna, Miss
Penn State of 1950, cuts the rib
bon to the entrance at the corner
of Allen street and, College ave
nue.
After • a finfare of trumpets, a
carnival barker will open each
booth, and the day's' festivities
will get underway.
In case of rain the Carnival
will be held tomorrow during the
same hours.
Jack Senior, head of the• Spring
Week committee, said that every
organization must count its own
Carnival tickets tonight. The
tickets must be returned in to the
ticket booth at the corner of
Allen street and College avenue
at the close of the Carnival and
must be accompanied by an
itemized list along with receipts
of expenditures for prizes and
booth construction. '
One of the late booth additions
is a bingo booth, which' will be
sponsored by the Spring Week
committee, but will be operated
by Androcles, newly chartered
junior men's , hat society. This
booth will not enter the compe
tition for the $lOO prize for most
tickets turned in.
Late Booths
Other late booths are Sigma Nu
with "Pigalle," Sigma Pi with
"Pop-a-Pack" of cigarettes, and
Froth, which will give Carnival
goers a chance to win a kiss by
popping ping-pong balls into beer
mugs.
The rest of the booths.and their
sponsoring organizations:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Gamma
Phi Beta, dancing in the alley; Kap
pa Delta Rho, "KDR Follies;" Delta
Delta Delta and Delta Tau Delta,
"_Critter Crawl;" Phi Gamma Del
ta. "Fijiland;" Beta Sigma Rho,
"Clothe the Peanut Chew;"
Shooting Gallery
Alpha Chi, Sigma, "Shooting Gal
lery;" The Daily Collegian, "Esquire
Girl;" Delta• Upsilon, "Roll-o-Bowl-a-
Balir Alpha Sigma Phi, "Dumpa-Sud;"
(Continued on page three)
ion in the 4th Congressional Dis
implications of Lorch's dismissal
Conflict Exams
The conflict examination
schedule for this semester is
printed on page 7 of today's
issue of The Daily Collegian.
President Named
For Kansas State
Dr. James A. McCain, now
president of Montana State Uni
versity, has been named presi
dent of Kansas. State College to
succeed Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower,
who will assume the presidency
of Penn State on July 1.
This announcement was made
Tuesday by Hubert ~Brighton,
secretary of the Ktitisai Board of
Bagaihis.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 26,
.1950
Carnival Opening
To Count Tickets
Gods Pleased
By Last Night's
Sun Ceremony
By JOHN DALBOR
The sun gods put in a brief, but
blazing appearance last night in
front of Old Main, to climax the
Carnival Sun Dance, a ritual
ceremony praying for good Carni
val weather today.
Over a thousand students gath
ered on the lawn in front of Old
Main shortly after 9 p.m. to wit
ness the cold-blooded sacrifice of
former All-College President Ted
Allen's heart to the gods in hopes
that they would sibile on the
Carnival today.
Flaming Brand
The Indian high priestess,
Gladdy Lou Miller, opened the
ceremony by dashing in with a
flaming brand, glowing wierdly
in the darkness, as .she lit a circte
of fire pots. Three other Indian
maids followed her to the center
in a dance of supplication.
Then Allen was dragged, in by
a dusky red man, who placed him
on the sacrificial altar to await
his doom. The high priest and his
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WSGA Approves
New Amendment
WSGA Senate approved the
proposed amendment to Article
II of the All-College Constitution
immediately before last night's
meeting of All-College Cabinet.
The Senate reviewed and dis
cussed each section of the pro
posal.
Section 8, Part B in the recom
mended change in 'the constitu
tion states that all students shall
have the right to appeal decisions
in cases conrerning All-College
rules and regulations to the stu
dent Court of Appeals.
Senate members felt that All-
College rules and regulations, if
they are in existance should be
defined for the students.
President Barbara Sprenkle ex
planned that the court would be
a unifying agency between Trib
unal and Judicial 'and would fos
ter better relations.
IFC Newsletter
Names New Staff
Frank Conte has been named
editor and John Dinsmore, busi
ness manager of the 1950-51 IFC
Newsletter, Jack Lapos, gradu
ating editor, announced recently.
Frederick Sheridan and Char
les Marsden were chosen as pro
motion director and circulation
manager, respectively.
Other staff members include
Edward Goldberg and Francis
Bria, sports 'Writers; Jenny
Knauer, sorority column; Jack
Bauknecht, fratchatter column;
'and Carl Peterson, Mendy Frish
bdrg, feature writers.
Senior Invitations
All seniors who have not
picked up their La Vies or
their invitations and announce
ments should do so at Student
Union as soon as possible. ,
Approves Plan Calling for $l5
Next Year, $2O Thereafter
By GEORGE GLAZER
All-College Cabinet last night passed the controversial Stu
dent Union building assessment in a storm session that lasted
nearly three hours.
Fourteen Cabinet members voted yes. Three voted no. Four
abstained.
A two-thirds majority
the motion on its second
History Head Dies
Dr. J. Paul Salaam
Head of History
Department Dies
Dr. J. Paul Selsam, head of
the department of history at the
College, died at Centre County
hospital Wednesday night. He
was 51.
Doctor; attributed his death to
pneumonia and uremic poison
ing. Dr. Selsam had been in the
hospital since last Frilay.
Two memorial funds in Dr.
Selsam's honor are being plan
ned. Phyllis Kistler, former vice
president of the history club,
has called a meeting of all in
terested students in 121 Sparks
at 5 o'clock this afternoon to
consider a collection for a chari
table fund to be named by the
family.
The history department is
setting up a fund to buy books
(Continued on page three)
Appeals Court Set Up
By All-College Cabinet
The amendment to the All-College Cabinet, constitution which
would establish a Student Court of Appeals was unanimously ap
proved on its third and final reading by All-College Cabinet last
night.
, Under the new amendment, men and women will have the right
to appeal Tribunal and Judicial decisions in cases concerning all-
College rules and regulations to
the Court of Appeals. Concerning
living unit regulations; however,
men will appeal Tribunal decis
ions to All-College Cabinet, and
women will appeal Judicial decis
ions to the WSGA Senate.
The All-College president will
be chairman of the new body and
other members of the court will
be the Interfraternity Council
president, Panhellenic Council
president, Association of Inde
pendent Men's president, Leon
ides president, Womens Student
Government Association presi
dent, and the All-College vice
president. The chairmen of Tri
bunal and Judicial shall be pres
ent at all ,hearings of students
from their respective bodies.
Court's Duties
The new court will also "deter
mine whether a rule is of an all-
College or living-unit nature" and
will "interpret all-College rules
and - regulations and accept the
cases involving all-College rules
for retrial according to its decis
ion."
Robert Keller, past Tribunal
head, in replying to a question as
to why a joint body of men and
women couldn't decide the judi-
of those voting was necessary to pass
reading. The abstaining votes did not
•
count.
The final vote came after Cab
inet previously had voted 17 to 3
with one abstaining to approve the
assessment.
Hugh Stevens, Home Econom
ics president, said after the vote
that he had voted under a mis
taken impression and that he
wished to change his'vote. A mo
tion for a recount was then passed
and the second vote was taken.
The motion called foi $7.50 to
be aszeszed each student for each
semester next year, and for the
fee to be raised to $lO a semester
the following year.
Stevens, sophomore class presi
dent Joseph Arnold, and junior
class president David Mutchler
voted no.
Heated Arguments
Debate on the question lasted
for more than two hours, with
several hot verbal exchanges be
tween members of the floor.
Two petitions were presented to
the Cabinet, one by John Clark, a
student living in the Nittany-Pol
lock dormitory area, and another
by Clyde Michel, also a student
living. in Nittany-Pollock.
Clark's petition, signed by 740
residents in the dormitory area,
stated in part that the undersigned
"stand opposed to the question
able tactics employed by All-
College Cabinet regarding the
contemplated SU building assess
fent. . . .we further request the
the issue be put to a referendum
and that only those students af
fected be allowed to vote."
James MacCallum, former All-
College Secretary-treasurer and
a member of the SU committee, in
a speech previous to the presenta
tion of the petition, recognized the
existence of the petition. MacCal
lum stated that Alan 'Uhl, vice
president of the Interfraternity
Council said. he had been queried
as to why it hadn't been circulated
through the IFC, 'Uhl replying
that he thought it wasn't neces
sary since no opposition had been
voiced.
MacCallum said that these two
factors puzzled him, since the
group which would benefit most
from the SU was the group on
(Continued on page six)
By MOYLAN MILLS
cial decisions, stated that the Col
lege has a necessary double stand
ard forced by public pressure in
connection with the men's and
women's living units. He said that
the separate men's and women's
judicial bodies take care of cases
involving the living units solely
while cases involving' all-College
regulations will be taken care of
by Tribunal and Judicial and may
be appealed to the new Student
Court of Appeals.
Gladfelter Questions
Dean Gladfelter, chairman of
the Board of Publications, raised
the question as to whether the
new court would he empowered
to uphold the original punishment
or change the punishment if an
appeal case is upheld by the new
court.
Keller replied that the point
depends on what was appealed,
the case or the punishment. He
said that if the case was appealed,
the new court would be able to
uphold the original punishment
and that if the punishment were
appealed, the court would be able
to change the punishment, if
warranted.