t“| 3te iatlti|2|Cnllmtatt ™;,“ AND COLD ) VOL. 51 —No. 42 Confidence Pledge Given By AIM Governing Board The board of governoi-s of the Association of Independent Men gave the administration of its four officers a vote of confidence at the board’s first meeting of the semester Wednesday night. The charges of “inefficiency” and “lack of organization,” which Francis Turk, former president, of .Nittany dorm council, hurled at the officers before the West dorm and Nittany dorm councils Mon- day night, wei'e brought before the board by George Levchak, treasurer of the West dorm coun cil. , Levchak, appointed by the West dorm council to investigate the charges, asked for a clarifica tion of the situation. Richard Bard, chairman of the board, de nied Turk’s charges, and Richard Mills, secretary, read the state ment disputing the charges which appeared in the Daily Collegian yesterday. Bard was authorized to ask All-College Cabinet last night to sponsor and finance a Christmas lawn display in front of Old Main. According to Bard’s plan, Leoni des, Interfraternity council, Pan hellenic council, and AIM would put up the displays. William Raymond, member of Pollock dorm council, was ap pointed chairman of a freshman housing committee. The group will investigate a statement in the Daily Collegian of Oct. 13 which said there was a possi bility that the West dorm area would be occupied mainly by freshmen next fall. The statement was attributed to Wilmer E. Keriworthy, assistant to the President in charge of stu dent affairs. It was suggested at the meeting that the freshmen be placed in the Nittany-Pollock area next year. • • The board voted to continue its entertainment bureau formed last year to get a file on all amateur (Continued on page eight) Dr. Eisenhower Honorary Head Of Androcies Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower,- was initiated honorary charter presi dent of Androcies, junior men’s hat society, in his Old Main office last night. “I’m thrilled to belong to the society, and surprised that the group would ask a person of my age to join,” Dr. Eisenhower said. “One of the things I like best about education work is that I’m always working with young peo ple,” he said. After the initiation ceremony. Dr. Eisenhower was presented with a key, shingle, and hat of the activities honorary. The words “honorary charter presi dent” were inscribed on the back of the key. • Donald Carlson, president of the group, Robert Amole, George Glazer, and William Zakor con ducted the initiation. Shingles were given to members after the initiation. Dr. Eisenhower sug gested that the society hold a meeting at his house. Fifteen members of the 1949- 50 hat society council were named honorary members of the organi zation. Students named who are still on campus are Gay Brunner. Rose C. Eifert, Frederick Huston, and Rudolph Valentino. Laundries Opened In West Dorms Laundry rooms in the West dorm area were opened to stu dents yesterday. Instruction in the use of the washers was given at dorm floor meetings Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The rooms will be open all day until 10 p.m. Clothes in the at that time will have to be picked up in the morning. Pressing rooms equipped with irons and ironing boards were opened last w.eek in Hamilton, Thompson, and McKee balls. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1950 Campus Drive Closes Today; $6OOO Needed Campus chest chairman Her bert Axford announced that $9OOO had been received at chest head quarters late yesterday. The drive, extended one week, ends today. The goal is $14,000 which will be apportioned among the ten agencies participating in the drive. Final figures on the funds collected by the drive and how much each organization will receive will not be available un til sometime next week, Axford said. Solicitors who have not yet turned in their reports are ask ed by Axford to do so before Saturday noon. The reports should be handed in at the PSCA office in 304 Old Main. Axford announced that the fac ulty has given about $lBOO to the drive. He said that a few fra ternities still have not reported. The chest campaign was the first ever held on the campus. In former years each organization held its own drive for funds throughout the year. Patrolman Errs In Traffic Tickets . Members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house were more than mildly irritated on Wednes day when they found , that traf fic violation stickers had been placed on the windshields of all their automobiles in the parking lot behind the house. Phi Gams were inclined to blame freshmen in nearby dorms for the supposed prank until Captain Philip Mark of the cam pus patrol informed them that the job had been done by an over-zealous new member of the patrol who thought that the fra ternity parking lot was part of illegal parking space in the ad joining West Dorm area. Lion, State Campaigns Begin; To Hold Parades Next Week State and Lion parties began their campaigns yesterday with the distribution of posters to downtown business places and dormitories. The Lion party has distributed about 400 small pointed posters with candidates’ names on them, according to Ray Evert, public relations committee chairman. He said that distribution of large posters with candidates’ pictures on them would begin today. Some of the Lion posters contain catch phrases and word puzzles. State party publicity workers began distributing 300 multilithed posters yesterday afternoon carry in g' candidates’ pictures. This is the first time in campus history, according to Harry Cov er, State clique chairman, that a political party has run pictures of candidates on the majority of their posters. Explain Platforms Candidates for -both parties started campaigns by contacting members of fraternities and dorm residents. They explain in their talks the platforms of their party and what their party -intends to do if their candidates are elected. The parties have both sched- At Prom Tonight . . Johnny Long Junior Prom Tickets Go On Sale Today Tickets went on sale this morn ing at Student Union for the jun ior prom tonight in Rec Hall fea turing Johnny Long’s orchestra. No estimates were available for the number expected at the dance, but attendance will prob ably at least equal last year’s 1500. Fur wraps and heavy evening jackets will be in order with the predicted low temperatures and snow flurries. In the past, it has been almost standard practice for it to rain every big weekend. Last year’s prom featured Jim my Dorsey’s orchestra and dec orations had a “Jungle Time” theme based <sn voodo.o and prim itive culture. This contrasts with this year’s French theme using street lights and striped awnings% George M. Trahan of New York, this year’s decorator, also work ed on last year’s dance. According to Don Carlson, chairman of the prom committee, 1500 programs have been ordered and will be handed out at the door. This year’s programs are the most expensive in the school’s history, he said. They are cello phane-covered and are black and white with a picture of a dancing couple. Bandleader Johnny Long is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and at past appearances at the College, has been a guest of the local chapter of the fraternity. I-lours for the semi-formal af fair are 9 to 1, and tickets are $4 per couple. WSGA Senate has granted 2 o’clock permissions for upperclass women and 1 o’clocks for freshman tonight. uled parades for next week. The State party will have its parade Wednesday night before the elec tions, starting down town at about 8 p.m. A caravan will motor up Pollock road about 9 p.m. Cover said that the campus por tion of the parade will last about an hour with stops being made at all dormitories. Cover said can didates will ride in convertibles and closed cars. The party will provide music and a loudspeaker system. Lion Parade The Lion party’s parade will be held Tuesday night. The parade will start downtown and will tour the fraternity section before com ing on campus. Stops will be made at dormitories and the par ade will end in the Nittany Pol lock area. The parade will consist of automobiles carrying candi dates and will feature a band. A change in the elections code of the all-College constitution permits use of automobiles ; in campaigns, but limits their use to one parade in each campaign. Prior to the revision, automobiles were not permitted to be used at all in campaigning. Both parties have planned pub licity stunts for the Penn State- West Virginia game. Registration Set For Next Month Plans to hold final registration for the spring semester next month were revealed last night in & meeting of All- College cabinet. All-College president Robert Davis will confer with Wilmer E. Kenworthy, assistant to the President, today to discuss details of the proposal put forth by the College sen- large Crowd Attends Rally Despite Rain More than 1,000 students brav ed the rain to participate in the West Virginia game pep rally on the steps of Old Main last, night. Speeches by President Eisen hower, football Coach “Rip” Eng le and the arrival of the Nittany Lion highlighted the ceremonies. The rally was well advertised by signs all over the campus and a banner above the mall, but less than 50 students were present at the beginning of the parade which preceded it. However, the playing of the Blue Band and the cheers of the accompanying group, drew stu dents from dormitories as the parade passed. When it ended on the steps of Old Main more than 1,000 marchers were pres ent. Eisenhower Speaks In his speech, President Eisen hower said he was glad to' see so large a crowd despite the rain students would keep the same and he expressed the hope that kind of spirit behind the team “win or lose.” Coach Engle said the team is playing good football and doing their best to win. He said he didn’t know what would happen Saturday, but it would take a good team to beat them. During the rally emceed by Robert Davis, All-College presi dent, the Nittany Lion arrived on top of a coffin containing the West Virginia football team. The bereaved relatives of the team accompanied him. They were dressed- in hillbilly clothes and carried shotguns and moonshine. While Samuel Vaughan, Froth editor, offered a prayer to Presi dent Eisenhower for the poor people in West Virginia, the Lion patroled Old Main’s steps with a shotgun. LA Committee To Plan Mixer Plans for sponsoring a liberal arts student-faculty mixer were made at the last meeting of the liberal arts student council. Merrill Sporkin was appointed chairman of a committee to de cide the date for the mixer and to make other arrangements. Members of the committee are Patricia Wertz, Jean Marohnic, Thomas Farrell, Ann Quigley, Jane Yahres, and William Slepin. The council passed the revised constitution and Jack Baron was appointed parlimentarian for the group. Members of the council went on record as favoring the measure to preserve Hort woods. They also supported All-College Cabinet in its objection to the activity file in its present admin istrative form. The first issue of L. A. Angles, a newspaper for the School of Liberal Arts, will introduce mem bers of the council to the stu dents, and will outline council plans for the semester! It will be published within the next two weeks, says Edward Shanken. president. Any club in the School of Liberal Arts which would like to have news of their organization published in the paper please contact Jack Boddington at 2220. PRICE FIVE CENTS ate to set aside Dec. 4 and 5 as as registration days for the spring semester. Davis’s meeting with Ken worthy is a result of a request by cabinet members last night for more information about the pro posed advanced registration dates. Kenworthy had asked cabinet to consider recommendation of a fine which would be imposed on stu dents who fail to register on the specified dates. Points to be discussed at the meeting today include the regis tration procedure to be used for the 400 freshmen expected in February, and plans for keeping students on campus the entire week of registration. Since classes will be suspended on the days set aside for registration, cabinet felt that many students would cut remaining classes during the week for a prolonged vacation. Timetables Needed Release of timetables for the spring semester will also be dis cussed. The advanced registration dates makes it imperative that students have access to the time tables . within the next three weeks, it was pointed out. Cabinet also passed a recom mendation of the inter-class fi nance committee to allocate to the sophomore class $3OO for their an nual dance and set'Dec. 1 as the date. Dance Tickets Sophomores may pick up tick ets for the dance at the Student Union desk upon presentation of their matric cards. Dates for ticket procurement will be announced later by dance co-chairmen Thom as Smith and Marian Whitely. Clark Young, of the Hort woods committee, told cabinet that the committee met yesterday with President Eisenhower to discuss dedication of the area. According to Young, President Eisenhower suggested that the woods be dedi cated to a specific person, but that the name “Hort woods” be re tained. President Eisenhower also said that the College can and should maintain the financial up keep of the. area: Women Barred From West Dorm Lounge Areas Lounges in the West dorms will be for men only, except on spec ial occasions under supervision of counsellors, according to an understanding between H. K. Wil son, dean of men, and Pearl O. Weston, dean of women, and the President’s office. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, assis tant to the President in charge of student affairs, explained that the administration was provid ing social areas in the West dorm dining hall, that men call at women’s dorms when dating, and that many men not dating will want to use the lounges. It was announced that the din ing hall lounge and snack bar will be open for women from 1 p.m. until 15 minutes before the women’s dorms close. Flash Card Workers Students interested in work ing on flash cards for the Penn State-West Virginia football game were asked yesterday to report to Recreation hall from 10 g,.m. to 12 noon and 3 to 5 p.m. today, by Rudolph Val entino, head of the cheerlead ing squad.
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