, . ... TODAY'S WEATHER: 1 MILD WITH POSSIBLE . ' • . ' ~* j tit t ag • 4 .„,. • r RAIN ' f it. , ... .71; ,* . "::: Cali rgl a' 11 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE . , , i VOL. 51 No. 92 I FC Will Penalite Hell Week Offenders IFC president Harold Leinbach, representing the council board of control, last night announced five penalties to be applied to houses permitting detrimental hell week activities. - Leinbach, at a meeting of IFC, said that non-cooperating houses will be warned following the first offense, will be fined $lO for,the second and third offenses, will be fined $25 for the • fourth offense, and will be suspended for a month from IFC for the fifth of fense. Foreign. Men To Paticipate In Festival Kyung Ho Lee, Korean foreign student at the College, and five st ud t s from India will be among the participants in an in ternational f e sti v a l presented Saturday by the international committee of the School of Home Economics to raise money for a foreign student scholarship at the College. A varied program, including folk dancing, a fashion show, singing, discussions;, and exhibits will represent Norway, Sweden, Korea, India, Japan, Czechoslo vakia, Germany, and South American, and other countries. Refreshments will be served at the afternoon performance, 3 to 5:30 p.m. and at the evening tier formance, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets for the program, priced at 50 cents, are _being sold through or ganizations of the Home econo mics school, or may be purchased at the door. Exhibits will include articles collected by Dr. Hazel Hatcher on her recent trip to Germany, and a collection of 50 foreign dolls. Kyung Ho Lee will sing Korean. songs, and Mrs. Vaclair Mares will demonstrate the making of apple strudel. Typical fopds of Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy, and Hungary will be served with representative national table set tings of linen, china, and silver. At the afternoon performance, Mrs. Jane Sheppard will lead, au dience participation 'groups in folk dancing, and a folk dancing group from the PSCA will demon strate in the evening. A main fea ture at the afternoon session will be a Latin-American tea with music • and dancing, while in the evening foreign desserts will be served during a fashion show of national costumes. Red Cross Fund Drive Star / .'t.i Today The State College Red Cross fund drive will start today.' The goal.is $7500. Although there will be .no so liciting on campus, Ned Cum mings, drive chairman, urged all students 'who wish to contribute to the Red Cross to do so by direct mail, or by making the contribution at the Red Cross of fice in the Elks building, 119 S. Burrowes street. Pres. Eisenhower Delivers Address PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28(JP) —The young men of today are expressing their p - atriotism equally well whether they go into the service or continue their education, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower said today. "You must decide for your selves which is the best course for you to ; follow," the Penn State college president told about 250 high school- seniors attending a career forum spon sored by the Philadelphia Ro tary club. "But whichever you choose,"‘ he added "there will be no dis tinction in your patriotism. "We now face a long cold war punctuated with a number of 'Korea' incidents. The de sign for mobilization is due to become a 'permanent part of our lives." By MOYLAN MILLS The council also announced dates for the IF C - Panhellenic council sing, heard a report . on a. proposed plan to_ have adminis tration and faculty speakers visit the fraternities, and discussed pledging rules. Penalties recommended IFC went, on record at its last meeting to forbid the use Of caps, signs, and other distinguishing marks of week on campus. This action included a recommen dation that pledges be allowed several hours of sleep each night. The board of control was asked to recommend penalties for non cooperating! houses. The board was set up earlier in the year to investigate unchaperoned dating, excessive drinking, and, other so cial problems. The IFC-Panhel sing will be April 1-3. James Wharton, chair man of the fraternity division, an nounced a preliminary meeting in 303 Willard hall at 7 p.m. next Thursday for sing leaders or rep resentatives from each fraternity. Wharton said two fraternity win ners, will be chosen each night of competition. Previously, one fraternity winner was chosen each night. -The four• winners will appear the following night in the finals along with two sorority winners. Wharton said the reituired songs would be "Blue and White" and a fraternity song. The song winners last year were Beta Theta Pi fra ternity and Delta Gamma soror ity. Sanford Bennett asked frater nities to discuss a. proposed plan for administration and faculty speakers to visit the houses. Ben nett said that H. K. Wilson, dean of men, Harold W. Perkins, assis tant dean of men, Wilmer E. Ken worthy, director of student affairs, and Kent Forster, associate pro (Continued on. page eight) AIM Board Appropriates $5O For Ist Inkling issue The Inkling, future campus literary publication, received an other promise of aid last night. The Association of Independent Men's board of governors, by an 11-5 vote, approved a $5O appropri ation to be used as a financial cushion for the first issue. Nittany and Pollock councils also received loans from the board totaling approximately $146 for the joint Nittany-Pollock-Leonides semi-formal dance scheduled for Recreation hall on April 21. Under the constitution ,of AIM, any council may receive up to one-third of the money it paid to AIM for membership during the semester. Nittany council re ceived $95 and Pollock's exact amount was undetermined, but it will be approximately $51.• Council's Grant Both loans were made with the stipulation that 'if the dance proved to be a financial failure the money would be considered as the council's grant rather than a loan. Another request by Pol lock for $42.50 to pay a bill due for a square dance held on Feb. 17 was tabled pending the out come of the serni-formal. The board passed a motion call ing for the awarding of keys to the board members, and also pass ed\ a motion calling for the coun cil members to pay for their own plates at the AIM banquet, but calling upon the AIM treasury to pay for the invited. guests. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1951 Four Winners By GEORGE GLAZER Elimination Of Sr. Finals Is Approved By Cabinet Cabinet Will Appropriate NSA Dues By BUD FENTON All-College cabinet passed a resolution last night to provide funds for the i membership dues for, the College in the National Student association. The resolution, passed by 21-2 vote, would provide $l5O for the dues. A final vote on the measure will be, taken at the next meet ing. William Klisanin, president of the College chapter of NSA, in asking for the grant, said that dues are paid to the national as sociation iry proportion to the size of the student body. Any school with an enrollment of over 7000 must pay $l5O. Klisanin was questioned con cerning the conduct of certain of the association's activities. 'Pink-Tinged" Clarke Young, president of the School of. Education council, said that there were reports that the NSA was using its encampment progiam to indoctrinate students along what he called "pink tinged" lines. Robert Fast, president of Hat Societies council; suggested that the association keep its activities on the student level and stay away from such things as loyalty oaths and things not on an edu cational level. Klisanin answered that NSA was a representative body of Am erican students and that Commu nists would always try to work into a group of this type. - Klisanin said that the NSA rep resented the American students at the International Union of Stu dents in Prague and withdrew because Communist domination of the lUS. International Representative He said• that NSA represented the American student& on an in ternational level and provided in formation for member schools. (Continued on page eight) The social committee reported that due to the amount of money lost on the previous post athletic dances, the affair planned for this week-end •had been cancelled. Thomas Durek, president of the West dorm council, announced that an informal record dance would be held in the West dorm lounge following the basketball game. He said that there will be no admission charge. AIM Houseparties Richard Mills, chairman of the social committee, announced that AIM houseparties would be held on April 7 and May 19; starlight dances in front of Old Main on April 14 and May 26; and two all- College hikes to Mt. Nittany, on April 22 and May 6. Several recommendations for changes in the present dormitory contracts were made to the board, and the committee will meet with the staff of the dean of men's office before presenting it; final report. All-College cabinet last night unanimously recommend ed the elimination of final examinations for graduating sen- The report, in the form of a letter addressed to C. 0. Williams, secretary of the College senate, will be presented On Finals MARLIN BRENNER reads a proposed plan to eliminate final examinations for eighth semes ter students at a senior class meeting Tuesday night. The meeting brought out a record number of seniors, who voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposal. NSA To Hear Student Gov't Clinic Report William Klisanin, president of ' the National Student association, will report on the tentative plans arranged last Saturday in Phila delphia for the N.S.A. Student Government Clinic. The report will be given at an open meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. in 233 Sparks. The clinic will be held at Mulh enberg college, Allentown, April 28-29. Students from the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, , Lehigh, ' Mulhenberg, and Penn State helped prepare the plans. Other subjects slated for dis cussion at the meeting are: the appointment of the Travel Bureau committee and plans for its oper ation; appointment of a commit tee to coordinate the work of the proposed Jazz concert; a report by David Fitzcharles on the pro gress of the absentee voting pro posal, , WRA Applicants To Need Photos All applicants for WRA of fices will be required to have a picture taken to be used on posters, according to Betty Lou Jones, election chairman. The pictures will be taken at 7:15 p.m. today in 9 Bur rows building and at no other time, she said. Mimeographed sheets post ed in the dormitories are in correct in saying that the WRA secretary-treasurer must be at present a sophomore. The ap plicant must be at present a freshman, Miss Jones said. Applications for all WSGA or WRA offices must be re turned to the dean of women's office by 5 p.m. today. By MARV KRASNANSKY to the senate when it meets this afternoon. Cabinet's unanimous approval had been anticipated. Almost 500 members of the senior class ap proved the same recommenda tion at a class meeting Tuesday night. Marlin Brenner, chairman of the senior class committee which worked on the plan, again pre dicted prompt action by the sen ate. Brenner said he was "con fident" a decision would be reach ed by April 1. John Erickson, president of the senior class, urged members of cabinet to enlist the support of the organizations they represent. Support of the plan by campus groups, Erickson , said, would "demonstrate student opinion on the matter." Dates/ Set April 18 and 19 were set as the dates for the spring elections. Cabinet approved the report of the spring elections committee setting the date and making sev eral changes in campaigning pro cedure. March 11 was set as the dead line for preliminary election nom inations and March 1 as the final nomination deadline. Party plat (Continued on page cight) Ag Council Supports Petition Agriculture student council voted unanimously at its meeting Tuesday night to send a letter to the Pennsylvania speaker of the House and the chairman of the Pennsylvania Senate supporting the NSA absentee voting petition. The proposal was made by Rob ert Fast, a council member. A committee report on pro gress being made in establishing a new agriculture honorary fra ternity on campus was made by Charles Zellner. The fraternity would be composed of agriculture students rated high in extra-cur ricular activities by a point sys tem yet to be established, Zenner said. Activity rating sheets were passed out to the council mem bers. Zellner said the purpose of the fraternity would be to pro mote solidarity and fellowship on the Hill. Plans will be ,to establish a "big brother" idea on Ag Hill for incoming freshmen so they will be able to gain advice through a counselling system, he added. He also said the society would probably tap seniors to recognize their achievements, and juniors to carry on next year. No name has been decided up on. Zellner said he hopes to have the society started this semester. The council instructed Robert Fast to carry a suggestion for in tegrated May Day open houses with other schools to a student Council co-ordinating committee meeting. Eligibility A committee was established to decide upon the eligibility qualifications new members on the council would have to meet in order to hold office. Eligibility will be based on length of serv ice in the council. The council discussed plans for a softball league on A; Hill this semester. PRICE FIVE CENTS Prompt Action Seen Rating Sheets
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