IH CuU - FOH A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 52 No. 8 Fraternity Register Shows 241 Pledges Two hundred and forty-one men have signed the register in Old. Main indicating that they are pledging to a fraternity. Sigma ;Nu heads the list with 19 pledges., .... From this list, twenty-nine of the 48 fraternities are accepting pledges for the fall. However, there is a need for's4 more pledges to fill the fraternity system, according to John Allison, secretary 'Bible 7 Costs Announced By Cabinet ■The cost of printing this year’s freshman b'ib 1 e was $1502.93, Robert Leyburn, business man ager of the Student Handbook, told All-College Cabinet Thurs day. night. Advertising paid $1119.25 of the total cost,, leaving $383.68 to be financed by All-College Cab inet, Leyburn said. Cabinet last year decided to underwrite the "bible.” Should Combine Two Cabinet unanimously accepted the report, although Edward Shanken, Liberal Arts Student Council president, suggested that much of the information contain ed in the freshman bible is dupli cated in the Undergraduate Reg ulations, -published by; College Senate. Shanken suggested that cabinet should investigate the possibility, of combining the two publications in the future. . All-College President James Worth asked cabinet approval for several appointments. Olmsted Chairs Committee Allen-Marshal and John Gar ber have been named to the Penn State in China committee. David Olmsted was appointed to chair the Dean of Men’s coffee hour committee. Richard Mills and Marian Whitely were also ap pointed to the committee. Harry Cover, All-College vice president, was directed by Worth to continue to work with the orientation week counselors as was suggested in thel orientation •week committee’s report. Campus Reactions Mixed On Loyalty Oath Bill The Pechan loyalty oath bill, now pending in the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives in Harrisburg; received mixed re actions on campus Yesterday. A majority of the ..faculty members questioned were definitely opposed to any such Reaction among, students, was more, divided, some feeling that" the‘oath: would “clean out state schools.” ■ Professors were more reserved in .their replies, one'saying that the oath so affected' him as • an instructor that outstanding pro tests would “he viewed by sus picious eyes.” . . More Harm Than. Good Harry Cover.. All-College vice president, said the bill would do more harm than good because “Communists have no scruples about - signing such a thing, while upstanding American professors would fight a cut in academic freedom.” ...Cover’s viewpoint, met agree ment by many students, but some felt equally as strongly that the bill is'-what education needs. One student thought, the oath bill:'was “typical fear reaction.” “Some guy- reads about how big Russia is and how she might invade .us at . any-'time,, and he £ets; scared.' This oath is just like Changes of Address. . Alexander ]W. Stewart, chief requests that address changes of all students be re ported'.to the recorder’s .office, 4 WiUard ; Hall, immediately: l treasurer of the Interfraternity Council. In order, with the new setup, the pledges sign up at the Stu dent Union desk at Old Main. This, Allison said, facilitates the handling of the situation by hav ing at hand a complete record of the names and number of new pledges! In comparison with the critical need for pledges last year, the houses are hot faced with the problem of having enough men to meet the monetary needs of each house. At this time last year there was a misunderstanding over the num ber of men to be released from the dormitories. Then many of the fraternities were forced to in crease their costs among the indi viduals of each fraternity. The College Board of-Trustees then, relaxed their policy to,/re lease 130 men from the dormi tories. This brought the ,total of pledges to 369 and-Jraaugftt the fraternity system fast the crisis. There was concern among the fraternities this spring as~ to the number of meh available this year _to meet the needs. However, despite the draft scare the num ber of students this year made up for , the fraternity men who en listed and left school last spring. - Allison said that although; there are several vacancies in the fra ternities this year, there are many houses which did not use the full number of men that they could accommodate. The immediate need for the houses to have their pledges sign the register in Old Main was stres sed by-Allison. He said that the. register has been in the Student Union office for two weeks and that it will probably remain there for • another' week for the men who have not as yet signed it. By 808 FRASER the enlistment craze among col lege students last spring,” he said. Oppose Oath Both the Pennsylvania region and the national group of Na tional Student Association went on record as being opposed to the loyalty; oath. The Pennsylvania region - stated itsopposition last June at its conference and the national group did the same in August at the University of Min nesota. % The • University of Pittsburgh, not a member of NSA, strongly opposed the bill after it passed the state Senate by a 42 to seven vote. A petition was passed among students for all who opposed the bill to sign. ' Prexy Opposes v President Milton S. Eisenhower, Harold E. Stassen, president of .the University of 'Pennsylvania; Rufus Fitzgerald, University of Pittsburgh; and Robert Johnson, Temple University, all testified in opposition to the bill in closed sessions before the state House of Representatives last spring. : Last April the .-California, state, loyalty oath- was declared illegal by . a state court: ' : STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1951 Vogeler to Speak In Forum Program Robert Vogeler, American businessman held in a com munist prison for 17 months, will tell of his experiences on the first Community Forum program Nov. 1. The former European representative of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. was arrested in November 1949 on charges of espionage, sabotage and conspiracy against Late Permissions All women except freshmen will be granted late permis sions Tuesday to attend the Fred Waring concert in Ty rone, according to Mary Jane Woodrow, WSGA president. They are to return immediately following the concert. '5l Glee Club Names 121, Sets First Meeting There have been 121 men named to the 1951-52 Penn State Glee Club. The first meeting will be held from'7 to 9 p.m. Monday in 10 Sparks. Regular rehearsals will be held on Wednesday night in 117 Carnegie Hall at the same time. All members are asked to bring $3 to the first meeting. , The following men have been named as members: First Tenors David Burke, Robert Bums, Larue Durrwachter, James Erb, Allen Forbes, William Greenleese, C h.a r 1 e s Hahn, Richard Hill, George Jeffries, Albert Kerr,- Rob ert Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Charles Lutz, Alfred Stickler, Luther Sun derland, Daniel Skeath, Thomas Umholtz, James .Vivian, Leon Wil liams, Guy Woodworth, Nelson Woolcock. „ Baritones Richard Ahern, David Ander son, Albert Andrews, Donald Beach, Alec Beliason, David Bor land, Robert Bowers, Edward Budzinski, John Burrell, Ray mond DeAncona, Claude. Doner, David Dunbar, Phil Elliot;' Chas Falzone, Richard Gay ley, Robert Hamilton, - William Harral, Jack Hartman; Walter Hearbst, Miles Jones, . Charles Krewson,. John Hooper, Richard Millhouse, Low ell Minor, Norman Mitterling, John Morgan, Stephen Pontier, Charles Rohrbeck, Andrew Scho erke, Richard Radcliff, Richard Rice, Harry Shadle, ‘Gordon Se ward, James Shaw, Robert Vun canon, Glenn Wiggins. ,‘4.; v ..Second Tenors, Charles Brill, John Brunner, Jonh Carroll, Michael Doyle, Rob ert Eames, William Flasser, Lynn Fowler, William Greenham, Rich ard Hamilton, Robert Huston, Du ane Holm, Richard Hurlbrink, Edward Kaiser, Ronald Kinsey, George Mangigian, Theodore My ers, Milton Morgan, John Mu eiich, Ned Peachey, Kenneth Richardson, Edward Rolf, Edgar Shelley, Cly Shelley, Richard (Continued on page eight) Customs Confusion Caused by Collegian An article in yesterday’s Daily Collegian is apparently causing great concern among the freshman women. The article mentioned only the removal of dress customs on Saturday and Sunday while ignoring the fact that they may be removed on Friday,af ter 5:30 p.m. To quote the Student Hand book: “Ribbons may be taken off Friday after 5:30, Saturday at noon, and all day Sunday. Ribbons will be worn to all football games 'throughout the year.” * rgtan ’the Hungarian government. While being held incommunicado at secret police headquarters, Vogeler was subjected to extreme physical and psychological pres sures. After he confessed to the char ges he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and placed in sol itary confinement. His wife kept up the fight to free - her husband, however, and after governmental negotiations the Hungarian government ex acted a heavy ' price for - his re lease. Their demands included: 1. The reopening of two con sulates previously closed. 2. The rescinding of travel bans for Americans in Hungary. ; 3. The return of Hungarian property looted by the Nazis and held in the American zone in Germany. Vogeler was released in April 1951. Season tickets for the forum series will go on 1 sale Sept. 28 for $3. These may be exchanged later for reserved seats. Other lectures scheduled are Eric Johnston,, economic stabili zer; Kurt Von Schuschnigg, for mer chancellor of Austria; and Dr. Bernard Bell, author and present consultant on education to the - bishop of Chicago. Johnson, listed for Nov. 28, was to appear her last year when he was president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Appointment, to his present post forced him to cancel the engage ment. Von Schuschnigg was chan cellor of Austria when Hitler took over in 1938. Taken pris oner, the World War II veteran was kept in solitary confinement until liberation by the American Fifth Army. His first lecture tour of this country was in 1947. The fourth speaker, Dr. Bell, is the author of 18 books, among the : m being “Beyond Agnosti cism,” and “God Is Not Dead.” Black Hats Replace Upper class Hazers the return of black hats to the campus, upperclassmen have retreated' in customs enforcement in favor of the hatmen, ac cording to freshmen interviewed yesterday by the Daily Collegian. Although upperclassmen are still hazing frosh, most freshmen believe they are not enforcing customs' as thoroughly since the hat men have' returned to campus. Most frosh feel enforcement 1 a hat man would, report them to Tribunal sooner than another upperclassman. A majority of the .frosh inter viewed feel customs are “a good idea.” They feel it builds up school spirit and most think it is “lots of fun.” Frosh Women Gripe Gripes came mainly from the women who have been exper iencing stricter enforcement from hatwomen the past two days. They think customs. should last “about a week” - and should be more strict. A few said customs were fun. The women thought less of the program than the men, although the men have experienced stricter customs enforcement. Many said a three week period was “ridicul ous.” Namecards Bothersome Both men and women said they realized the significance of the program, but both also seemed irritated, by the namecards be- Prof Says Coeds Spoiled Brats See Page 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS Frizzell To Speak In Chapel Prof. John Henry Frizzell, chaplain emeritus and former head of the\ Speech department, will speak on Penn-State-in-Chi na at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Chapel. Tomorrow has been designated Penn-State-in-China Sunday by Chaplain Luther H. Harshberger and the chapel committee to ac quaint new students with this, one of the oldest and most mean ingful Penn State ■ traditions. Offerings io Lingnan In 1907 a Penn State senior, G. Weidman Groff, now known as “Daddy” Groff, became a mem ber of the faculty of Canton Christian College, now Lingnan University, Canton, China. 'ln 1911, by student body and fac ulty action it was decided to send all College chapel offerings and other personal gifts from stu dents and faculty through the American Board of Trustees of Lingnan University to the Penn- State-in-China mission and pro ject in international education. In 1947, Richard E. Pride was chosen to succeed Professor Groff at the Lingnan campus. Profes sor Groff “retired” to develop a Lingnan plant exchange station at Laurel, Florida. Prepares Handbook About a year ago Pride re turned .to America and is now working with Professor Groff in the Plant exchange program and preparing a handbook of the plants common to southeast Asia and the sub-tropical American areas. This manual will be based upon notes and data assembled by Prof. Groff during his 40 years in China and will include a com plete index of over 4000 plants in Latin, English and Chinese. ■ Funds provided by the Chapel offerings during the last few years averaged $4500 per year. now a bit more strict. They said cause the wind “keeps slapping them in our faces.” Frosh men said most of their classmates were wearing their dress customs, especially since Tribunal has meted out punish ment to-violaters. Some freshman women said their classmates were thinking of sneaking out without customs, but hadn’t yet. Nittany dorm men said there was some laxity in the area while West Dorm men said some frosh there wouldn’t wear customs at night because they “couldn’t get downtown fast enough with them on.” Cronstedt Not DP The Daily Collegian erroneous ly reported yesterday. that Jean Cronstedt was a DP student. He is not a displaced person. Cron stedt is studying at the College under ah Interfraternity Council scholarship.
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