.• % . . . ..•.• . . . . . . . ... . . 4 • ..3 ' 11, C,.. .. • . . . t • - • • • , . . • ' . , FOR A BETTER . : • 4r • ~ . ... ~. . - • •• • - A . :11 .g !,: .-. . . . TODAY'S WEATHER: • -.-- . 1 .. A . PENN STATE _.„ WINDY AND • COLDER , •.' P . r ...,, a , -. $,......,... . tirgiatt . .SCATTERED SHOWERS • • . . , . . . . • VOL. 51— No. 90 Lion Party Chooses New Clique Officers By BUD FENTON • The 1951 Lion Party machine took the first steps toward organi zation of the, spring campaign .Sunday night by electing all-College, senior, and junior class clique officers. Milton Bernstein took the re] College chairman Huber Stevens the only other candidate for the office, was withdrawn from the nominees. Nearly 300 students attended the Meeting in 121 Sparks, elect ing the new officers by sitting calmly and nominating only 12 persons for ,the ten positions. _No Balloting No balloting was necessary for the elections since the second nominees for all-College' chair man, and all-College vice-chair man, were withdrawn from the race. This necessitated the casting • of only a single "formality" vote by the all-College clique secre tary, Rose Eifert, to put the nom inees in office. Stevens, in relinquishing his position to Bernstein, said, "Vic tory this spring will be in order again, although it will be third time." (The Lion party has dom inated the political scene in re cent years, winning the` last two all-College elections.) John Stoudt was elected to the vice-chairmanship of the all-Col lege clique. Robert Schultz' name was withdrawn, making the elec tion automatic. Ruth Grotsky is the new all- College clique secretary, and, John Haines will hold th treasurer's position in the new clique. Both were unopposed. Senior Officers Senior class clique officials were all unopposed — in quest of - -their positions. Leonard - Wargo is the new chairman. Charles Kru ger was elected to the vice-chair manship and Ann Titmus was elected as secretary-treasurer. The junior class clique candi dates were also unopposed for the three pdsitions. William Berks tresser took charge of the junior clique as chairman and Richard Cameron took office as vice chairman. Peggy Mayberry was elected to the secretary-treasurer position of the group. Senior. Exam Plan Approved By LA Couricil Liberal Arts student council passed a resolution last night to approve the proposed plan to el iminate final exams for eighth semester seniors by a 13 to 4 vote. Some council members felt that the finals' plan should' eli. minate exams entirely. Others voiced the opinion that final exams should be set up on a voluntary basis as a reward. They felt that if the .student could raise his grade by taking the test he should be allowed to do so. Debate On Finals The plan will be discussed at the senior class meeting tonight. A debate on final exams will be held next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in 10 Sparks.' Marlin Brenner, All-College cabinet parliamentarian, an d John Erickson, senior class presi dent, will debate the affirmative. Harry Kondourajian, All-College vice-president, and David Lewis, a member of the debate team, are the negative debaters. Plans were aired on the Liberal Arts mixer set for March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Tub. It will be a faculty-student affair with en tertainment during intermission. A dance band has not been se lected as yet. Admission is dree. Suggestions Asked Edwardd Shanken, president, called for suggestions to be pre sented to the student-faculty planning board. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1951 ins of the party from retiring all after the name of James Worth State Party Lists Clique Nominations By MARV KRASNAIISKY Murray Goldman,'in his second year in campus politics, has been recommended for State party all- College clique chairman by the party's steering committee. Goldman's name headed a list of nine recommendations' sub mitted by the steering committee Sunday night at the first meet ing of the party. The recom mendations were announced by James Worth, who also disclosed that Harry Cover had resigned as State party clique chairman. Elections Next Week Further nominations can be made next week, when final nominations and elections will be held. Richard Mills was recommend ed for all-College clique vice chairman, and Melvin Glass was suggested as all-College clique treasurer. Senior class nominations were John Price, chairman; Merritt Dinnage, vice-chairman; and Vir; ginia Laudano, secretary-treas urer. Juniors Recommended Junior class recommendations were• Thomas Flemming, chair man; Jeffrey Gray, vice-chair man; and Bernardine Fulton, secretary-treasurer. Goldman announced that per sons must attend two meetings before they are allowed to vote in party elections. He also an nounced that Glass would be in charge of fund-raising and re quested those interested in as siting Glass to contact him. Debaters Tie For 2nd Place At Mt. Mercy The College men's debate squad tied for second place with three other schools in the debate tour nament held at Mount Mercy college last week-end. Twenty-five colleges fr o m Pennsylvania and nearby states competed. Bowling Green college was the winner, with seven vic tories against one defeat. . Bowling Green last year got to the semi-finals of the nation al debate tournament at West Point. Penn State won six and lost two, tying for second with 01 - ho State, Carnegie Tech, and Mount Mercy. The College negative team, composed of Clair George and John Boddirigton, was undefeat ed in four debates. George thus extended his current winning streak to twelve. He has won 35 and lost only 5 in two years of participation in debates. The affirmative team, Harry Kondourajian and Robert Alder dice, won two and lost two. Adviser Applications Applications for resident ad viser positions in the men's dor mitories will be received im mediately by the office of the dean of men. The application blanks can be obtained at 109 Old Main, and appointments, open to graduate students, will begin next Seniors Will Consider Final Exam Elimination PRESIDENT' EISENHOWER smiles as he goes through the cho* ..line in NittanyrPollo c k dining commons. The President is reaching for carrot slices and green pepper. See page 5 for another picture and story. NSA. Nears 5000 Names On Petition The National Student , associa tion expects to have 5000 signa tures on its absentee voting petition by tomorrow, David, Fitzcharles, chairman of the NSA absentee voting committee, said yesterday.. There There are now over 4000 names on the petition, he said, and there are still about 15 ftlaternity houses to be canvassed. The pez. titions have been placed at Stu dent Union, outside the women's dorms during meal hours, at the West dorm post office, and are being circulated to the fraternity houses. Fitzcharles said the group had received a letter from Adam T. Bower, chairman of the elections committee of the State House of Representatives, stating that the committee will study the recom mendations of the NSA, and will receive "worthy ideas there from." Bower did not promise any definite action by the house on the petition, however. The proposal to allow 18-year olds to vote is not included in the petition, Fitzcharles said. Some persons held the• mistaken impression ' that this is a part of the NSA petition, he said. Bursar To Charge For Late Fees David C. Hogan Jr., College bursar, said yesterday that his office would start charging $5 for late payment of fees this Morning. Hogan said that he felt the students had plenty of time to pay their fees Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning. The death (Continued on page eight) Senior class members will be asked tonight to approve a program calling for the elimination of final examinations 'Ler seniors. The program will be presented to a class meeting by Marlin Brenner, chairman of the committee that has investi gated the final examination situation. The meeting is sched- New Law Limits Pres. To 2 Terms By the Associated Press The 22nd amendment, barring future presidents fro m- serving more than two elective terms or more than ten years in the White House, became the law of the land last (Monday) night. Utah and Nevada the 35th and 36th states to approve the amendment voted for ratifica tion last night, Nevada complet ing action at 7:30 p.m.. (EST). A three fourths majority, 36 states,, was needed to make the amendment effective. It will not apply to President Truman, who was specifically ex empted when Congress submitted the proposed amendment to the states in 1947. The last amendment td the Con stitution the 21st—r epealed prohibition. It became effective Dec. 5, 1933. Utah was the 36th state to ratify that one. ' • NeVada'ilaw.niakers - sfood by to grab for their state .the distinc tion of making the 22nd amend ment a part of the Constitution. The Nevada Senate voted 16 to 1 for ratification minutes after learning that Utah had voted to approve. The prOposal to ratify cleared the Nevada Assembly, 29 to 12, early in the afternoon. The vote in the Utah Senate was 14 to 8. The house, already had passed the measure. The proposed amendment has been kicking around in state'leg islatures since March, 1947, but only 24 states had voted to ratify until late last month. • Seek Readers For Festivals Tryout S appointments for the third Pennsylvania Intercollegi ate reading festival and the Eastern Intercollegiate poetry reading festival may be made Thursday in 312 Sparks at 6:30 p.m. Tryouts for both festivals will be 'held March 6. Students in terested in participating should prepare a five-minute prose, poetry, or drama selection for the Pennsylvania festival or a five minute poetry selection for the Eastern festival. Four students will be selected to represent Penn State in the Pennsylvania festival to be held May 3 and 4 under the direction of the Speech department as part of the Combined Arts festival. One student will be chosen to represent Penn State at the East ern festival at Brooklyn college April 13. Harriett D. Nesbitt and Wil liam W. Hamilton, assistant pro fessors of the Speeech depart ment, are in charge of festival arrangements. PSCA To Meet Tara Purshottam and Ram-Tba kur, students at the College, will speak on "The Famine In India" at a general meeting of the Penn State Christian association' at 7:30 tonight in 304 Old Main. The meeting is open to all PSCA members and to' all others in terested in the topic. PRICE FIVE CENTS uled for'7:3o in 119 Osmond lab oratory. * The College senate must ap prove , the programbefore it can c 4,7,,..,: , .. ~. o T f h :;The all-College se r n e af meeting ere tt w thinh i a l will - go into effect. ...... ,5' '- meet Thursday ;:afternoon.A s 00-4....,- cabinet has been called for Wed nesday 4c , A evening 1.1:hillif:L.:17:41:1•:..;:1' :b. g nip o a e d o m c y riad t le b o take' ac t, k ,. LisAti r on on the pro son senate convenes. Indications are that if the class approves the program—as it is expected to do—cabinet will be asked to set up a committee to contact the senate. This commit tee, in turn is expected to ask the senate to set up a committee, including student representatives, to study the problem. Student interest in the meet ing as indicated by tonight's meeting will play an important part in the success or failure of the plan, John Erickson, senior class president, said last week. Keep Marks High Brenner also joined in urging seniors to attend the meeting. He also urged seniors "to • keep their marks in all , courses as high as possible." The importance of high marks is twofold, Brenner said. In the first case, he said, if seniors have high marks they will be prepared to meet all eventualities "in the event of a compromise." The sec ond reason, he continued, was that the impression in ad e by graduating seniors may be im portant. The class will also consider class• gift nominations, and hear a report by James Pasike on the advisability of continuing the lion coat tradition. West Dorms Ask AIM Inkling Aid The West dorm council last .night voted to ask the board of governors of the Association of Independent Men to give $5O from the AIM budget to the Ink ling, proposed literary magazine. The measure was put on the floor by Harry Shank. It was passed 12 to 5 with 5 abstentions. Thomas Durek, president will present the motion when the AIM board meets Wednesday night. The council also officially ap proved the budget, voted to drop the investigation into having Sal ly's food service return to the area, passed a motion to invite AIM to use the West dorm facili ties on Houseparty weekend, and approved a report to have tribu nal deal with fire alarm violators. AIM Plan The plan to give $5O to Inkling originated at :the last AIM board of governors meeting and was re ferred for approval to the indi vidual dorm councils. The motion to invite AIM fie hold its annual houseparty in the West dorm main lounge was passed unanimously. The motion was proposed by Weston Tomlin son, social chairman. The party will be held Saturday, April 7. The council passed a report which asked for the temporary (Coatinued au Page eigiblit
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