FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL.. 52 No. 7 Cabinet Opposes Loyalty Bill Committees Give Reports To Cabinet All-College Cabinet last night heard reports from four standing committees and from President James Worth and Secretary treasurer Thomas Jurchak. Robert Amole, head of the Memorial Day committee re ported on- last year’s observance of the holiday. He advocated that the same observance be fol lowed in future years to ensure conformity. The past year’s observance in cluded participation by a - rifle squad and bugler from the Persh ing Rifles and the placement of three wreaths—at the grave of former president Atherton, at the memorial for two Penn State athletes killed during World War 11, and at the Student Employ ment Office. Five Recommendations Harpr Cover, head of the or ientation , co-ordination commit tee, presented five recommenda tions adopted by cabinet. They, were that: . 1. The chairman be appointed earlier in the year. 2. The chairman keep .in close contact with the Dean, of Men. 3. The‘Dean of Men’s night be closer to the end of the week. 4. Cabinet recommend some better system of counseling the new students. 5. A new system of selecting the orientation counseling com mittee be adopted. An amendment was added from the floor suggesting that the first night of Orientation Week be set aside for' the President’s Convo cation. Muichler Reports David Mutchler, Tribunal chairman, reported that .Tribunal (Continued on page eight) . C. 0. Williams Receives Dean, Registrar Posts Dr. C. O. Williams, assistant dean of admissions and examiner of the College, has been named Dean of Admissions and Registrar, President Milton S. Eisenhower announced yesterday. The executive committee of the board of trustees approved the appointment Tuesday. Dr. Williams succeeds Royal M. Gerhardt, who retired because of ill health. Dean Williams has served on the faculty for fifteen years. He has held the positions of assistant professor of education, associate professor of education, professor of education, and director of edu cation extension. On March 1 1949, lie became College Exam iner- and Assistant Dean of Ad missions, Leave of Absence From 1938 to 1940, Dean Wil -1 liams had a leave of absence to serve as assistant director of teacher education and certifica tion /with the state . Department of Public Instruction at Harris burg. For the next 'six years he served;, as .assistant director of the lower ■' division at the College, and from 1937 to 1949, was . di rector of Education Placement. He has.also served as visiting . professor, of .education at the. Un iversity of Missouri and at the University of Miami. Deari Williams is a. life mem ber of the National Education As sociation, and of. the Pennsyl vania • State Education 1 . Associa tion. He served as an elected member of the legislative com: ‘mittee from 1943 to 1948, and since' 1946 has served as a mem ber of . the' National Commission on Teacher-Education and, Pro fessional- Standards of - the NEA. He . i's" ateb ; active in numerous ■ professional- organizations, among themi-Fhi > Delta -Kappa,. Kappa STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1951 Jurchak Introduces Resolution —Photo by McNeillie THOMAS JURCHAK, (right) All-College Cabinet secretary treasurer introducing a resolution to the cabinet last night op posing the Pechan loyalty oath bill. Copies of today's Daily Collegian containing the resolution will be sent to the legislature in Harrisburg. James Worth, All-College president, is on the left. Eisenhower, To Speak at President Milton S. Eisenhower and head football Coach Charles “Rip” Engle will speak at the pre-Boston University football game rally at the Lion Shrine next Friday, it was announced yesterday. Last night All-College Cabinet approved plans for the “Kickoff Dance” program sponsored by the Campus Chest. The vote was 21 to 2. The two opposing votes'were cast by Marilyn Williams, Wo men’s Recreation Association president, and Marilyn Levitt, Panhellenic Council president. They opposed on the grounds that a Women’s Student Government Association dance had to be can celed. They asked for more co operation from cabinet members. Robert Fitzpatrick, acting cabi net parliamentarian, recommend ed that William Klisanin, Cam pus Chest chairman, make out a list of Chest activities on a se mester basis. The move would enable cabinet to make a blanket approval of the Chest activities, he said. Tickets for the “Kickoff Dance” went on sale, yesterday at the Student Union desk in Old Main and through most of the hat so cieties. The price of admission is 50 cents per person. The Blue Band, in its first' ap pearance of the year, will lead the pre-rally parade to the Lion Shrine. Campus Chest, in its first money-making attempt of the year, will receive the profits from the dance. The Chest combines most of the yearly donation drives such as Penn State Christian Association, WSGA Christmas fund, World (Continued on page eight) New Admissions Dean Dr. C. O. Williams Phi Kappa, and Phi Sigma , Pi, professional - education fraterni ties. , . . . ' . Taught in Missouri Born in Russellville,. Mb, Williams was graduated, from the State -Teachers College, at War rensburg,. Mo. ' He -taught and then, served.as.a school- adminis trator in the. public .schools of Missouri for seven"' years; He re (•Coatituied-mL.pageeiaht). Engle Rally By 808 FRASER Jobs, Applicants Plentiful Reece An unusually heavy number of jobs and applicants has been re corded at the Student Employ ment Bureau, according to Alan M. Reece, supervisor The Student News Agency, employing about 15 students will begin to deliver New York, Phil adelphia, and Pittsburgh Sunday newspapers, this week. Daily pap ers- will also be on sale at the West Dorm post office, Nittany dining rooms, and the TUB. Shirley Smith, interviewer at the employment bureau, requested all students to bring in their class schedules ,wh eri completing ap pkcatioa forms. Prof S °y s Coods Resolution Against Oath Approved by 17-0 Margin A resolution voicing student opposition to the widely publicized Pechan loyalty oath bill now pending in the state legislature was approved by All-College Cabinet last night. The vote was 17-0 with six abstentions Cabinet also voted to send cop ies of today’s Daily Collegian containing the official text of the resolution to all members of the General Assembly. Faith in Trustees The text of the resolution was prepared by All-College Presi dent James Worth, All-College Vice President Harry Cover, and All - College Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Jurehak in cooperation The complete text of All-Col lege Cabinet’s resolution opposing the Pechan Loyalty Oath appears on page 2 of today’s Daily Col legian. with the National Student Asso ciation. The resolution expressed faith in the loyalty of the College Board of Trustees, administration and faculty, and expressed cab inet’s satisfaction that there is no subversive person on the faculty of Penn State. ■The Pechan bill, which would require state employes and school teachers to take loyalty oaths, passed the state Senate last spring and was approved in amended form by the House committee on state government Tuesday. Six Abstain . , A portion of the bill requires the presidents of state-supported colleges and universities to sub mit yearly reports on the pro (Continued on page eight) Talking Rules To Be Enforced Stricter enforcement of non fraternization of freshman men and women will go into effect as of today, Ray Evert, Tribunal secretary, announced yesterday. Evert requested all upperclass men to refrain from making freshmen sing and cheer during study hours in- dormitory areas. Study hours are from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. the following day. Cheering and singing in class room buildings is also strictly prohibited. Dress customs will go Off at 12 midnight Saturday until 7 a.m. the following Monday, not as previously reported in the Col legian. Dating customs will still be in effect at this time, he said. All violators of customs will be sternly dealt with, he added. Hatmen Plague Frosh By DAVE JONES Penn State’s' freshmen were put. through their paces yester day as some 150 black hats re turned to campus-,to aid in the enforcement of freshmen cus toms. Hatmen appeared early yes terday morning ion campus to plague the frosh, who spent much of their time ducking hat men and singing songs on the east side of the Mall. Groups of both freshman wom en and men were Seen singing together as upperclasswomen seemed to overcome the reluc tance to enforce customs they had exhibited earlier in the week. Despite instructions to fresh man women to wear their name cards on the front, several wom en are still not complying with the new ruling. . .. Women Violate Rules . Several frosh seemed to have the mistaken idea that now only By JIM GROMILLER 20 Ex-Students Get Military Assignments Twenty former students of the College recently received assign ments from the Armed Forces. Pvts. Gino P. Fomicola, Ray mond J. Dombrowski, Philip W. Rogers, Robert E. Svec, Lewis W. Shirey, William C. Kilbum, Rich ard W. Stanley, Raymond L. Pfaff, will receive eight weeks basic training at various centers after completing processing at the 2053rd Reception Center. . Meng Reassigned Announcement of the assign ment of Ist Lt. Donald R. Meng, as unit instructor of Non-Divis ional Artillery and Signal Corps, Army Reserve Units of Philadel phia, was made by Colonel G. Sottong, chief of the Pennsyl vania Military District. Pfc. Arthur W. Cipriany and 2nd Lt. Herbert A. .Arnold have both received, assignments from the Air Force. The former is with the 60th Medical Group at Rhein- Main Air Base, Germany, while the latter, who graduated with a ROTC commission in the Air Force, is a public information of ficer in the Air Force exhibit group at Wright-Fatterson Air Base, Dayton, Ohio. Seven Receive Training Seven student officers are re ceiving on-the-job training prior to being assigned permanent duties. They are Lt. Jack Wilcox, Colonel Bigelow, Lt. Edwin Bar nitz, Lt. Alan Wolfe, Lt. Richard Weisberg, Maj. Clyde Cole, Lt. Allan Weise, and Lt Ernest Hart sky. David O. Nicodemus is one of 27 graduate and undergraduate college students who will leave jobs at the Army chemical center, Md. Nicodemus is' to return to Penn State and complete work on his degree. Pfc. Jack Reen is starting on a 15-day leave that will carry him through London, southern England, and Paris. Phi Eta Sigma Shingles Members of Phi Eta Sigma, na tional freshmen scholarship hon orary,, who were initiated last spring may pick up their shingles at 229 Sparks from Miss Frances Dumoff. hatmen may enforce customs. Others said they felt the hatmen were “really on the balL” Members of Parmi Nous and Skull and Bones, men’s senior hat societies, checked frosh in the Nittany dining hall at noon yes terday for. handbooks and mnw cards. . Enforcement Stricter Blue Key and Androcles, men's junior hat societies, checked for handbooks and namecards in the West Dorm dining hall at the same time. Enforcement of customs has now become, more strict, accord ing to hatmen, since the frosh have had a chance to familiarize themselves with the program. Penalties were given frosh violators for the first time this yca r ■ at Tribunal Wednesday night. More violators will appear before Tribunal next week to have, their cases heaad. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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