j Cnll — ■ J FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 52, No. 12 Constitution Change Gets F i rst Rea ding All-College Cabinet last night heard the first reading of a con stitutional amendment that would give the sophomore class repre sentation on Tribunal, The amendment was introduced by Michael Hanek, junior class president. The amendment requires three consecutive readings before a vote can be taken. 5 Seniors on Cabinet -- H a nek, in introducing the amendment, explained that <a sophomore would be better able to. advise on freshman views re garding customs. Tribunal at present is com posed of • five seniors and two juniors. Article 3, section 3, of the All - College constitution, states that Tribunal shall'be composed “of four members from each of the junior and. senior classes.” The amendment, if adopted by cabinet,, would set future mem bership of Tribunal at five sen iors, three juniors, and one soph omore. Jamsters Plan Sunday Sessions An All-College jam session, the first of its kind on campus, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the TUB, under sponsorship of the ' Dean of Men’s office in coopera tion with the resident counseling program. _ Sunday’s session will be the first in a series to be held each week in the TUB. They will be open to the entire student body, and no admission will be charged; Participants Named The first musical session, en tirely unrehearsed, will feature several well known campus mus icians, John Huber, resident counselor In the Nittany-Pollock area, said. , Edward Reider, trumpet; Grant Price, alto; Donald Stroch, drums; and John LaClair, tenor, will par ticipate in the session along with 'others. Musicians to Sign Up Subsequent sessions will fea ture students from the two dor mitory areas. This will be a means of entertainment aimed mainly at residents in the Nit tany-Pollock area, Huber added. .Students wishing to play in ■ (Continued on page eight) Canoe Still Missing; Frosh Contest Set Klisanin Accused In Disappearance A $25 reward in the name of the Campus Chest has been of fered by William Klisanin, chair man of the chest, for the return of Froth’s missing canoe. The canoe is to be entered in the Flaming Foliage Festival canoe race at Lock Haven. when confronted by Konald Bonn,, editor, of Froth, on suspicion of being involved in the canoe plot, refused to make a' statement on the grounds that it might, incriminate him. He ad mitted, however, to a Collegian reporter that he had seen the c&noe in the vicinity of Hamilton and Garner streets after its dis appearance Wednesday afternoon. Identity Known At approximately. 1 a.m. yes terday, Bonn received a telephone call from a “Green Hornet” tell ing hint'that the canoe was seen floating down the stairwell of the Chi Phi fraternity house; but upon investigation the next morn ing, Bonn could find no trace of the canoe. ‘The legions of decency and Americanism are closing in,” de clared Bonn. “The canoe cannot possibly slip through the drag net. The identity of the culprits is'known and they cannot possi bly escape justice.” No New Glues Marvin .Krasnansky, editor : of Collegian, repeated his statement of yesterday that he had “no idea in the world where the canoe' is. We are making every reportorial effort to locate the canoe, so that our friends-on Froth may have an opportunity /to drown them selves, I ”_Krasnansky said. He es caped Wednesday from Fro.th promotion staff abductors who accused' him of. being involved plot of the missing canoe. ■ No new:clues turned np and Report Tabled A three-fourth vote is required to approve the amendment after the three readings. A report on. the fourth National Student ■ Conference by William Klisanin was tabled after Mair vin Krasnansky, chairman of the Board of Publications, pointed out that the report recommended cabinet approval to the National Student Association sponsored bill of rights, which according to Krasnansky contained points which should be explained to cabinet in detail before final ap proval is given. ,Clair George, president of the Board of Dramatics and Foren sics, moved the report be tabled when Harry Cover, "All-College (Continued on page eight) Entrants Must Find 'Foolish Hdtman' Beginning Monday morning, freshman men undergoing full customs can vie for the privilege of accompanying Frothy in the Flaming Foilage Festivals canoe race. At that time “The Foolish Hat man” will make his appearance on the campus. He will be one of the 150 hatmen and will wear his hat at all times. The first frosh to approach the hatman and say “Tuesday is Froth Day” before saying anything else will have the honor of riding with Frothy. “The contest will continue until “The Foolish Hatman” is identi fied”, Ronald Bonn, Froth editor, said. The canoe race, which is spon sored annually, by the Lock Ha ven Express, is scheduled for Oct. 6. Many Pennsylvania schools and colleges, plus independent teams, have already announced their in tention to enter the forty-mile race down the Susquehanna Riv er. The race will begin at 8 a.m. arid is expected to last approxi mately five hours. Daily Collegian reporters will be bn hand to give the race full coverage. The canoe will be exhibited be tween halves of Saturday’s foot ball game at Beaver Field, pro viding it has been recovered by that time. . despite indiscriminate accusa tions by the editor of Froth, there are no. new developments in the matter,” George Glazer, city edi tor of the Daily Collegian said. “The staff of the Daily Collegian will: put forth: its utmost- efforts to aid in the recovery of the canoe, if there be, such an ani maLri-..' • • . - • STATE COLLEGE, FRIDAY, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1951 Parade, Rally, and Dance Head Pre-Game Festivities Monday Half Holiday Proposed All-Cqllege Cabinet last night voted to recommend to the Coun cil of Administration that the annual football half holiday be granted the Monday morning fol lowing the Pitt game. The council had previously re ported that it “did not look with favor” upon the idea of a Monday holiday. It had instead favored granting the Saturday morning of the Villanova game as the holiday. Passed 17-3 Vote It was pointed out in cabinet that since only 3000 students had Saturday morning classes, the council’s recommendation would benefit less than one third of the student bod£ Cabinet’s proposal to the admin istrative council was passed by a 17-3 vote, in the hope that it would enable more students to attend the Pitt game. CPA In Committee A proposal by Walter Sachs to establish a central promotion agency. ■ was sent to, .committee. The’ CPA, said* Sachs, would plan and distribute publicity work for all campus organizations. It would serve the dual pur pose of offering publicity material of a professional quality and of enabling students interested in' promotional work to gain actual experience, he further pointed out. The group, according to Sach’s plan, would be set up like any professional advertising agency. An organization wishing to ad vertise would present its budget to the agei« y and then an adver tising campaign would be planned to fit the budget. - Sachs Chairman Worth appointed Sachs chair man of the committee. Also on the committee are Ann Hibbs, William Raymond, Arthur Ros feld, and John Tibbott. Florenz Fenton, editor of cabinet publi cations, will serve as an ex offi cio member. Cabinet heard a r report from John Stoudt, chairman of the (Continued on page eight) Eisenhower to Sit With Senior Class President Milton S. Eisenhower will sit in the middle of the sen ior class section at the Boston University/ football game, it was announced yesterday. He will be escorted to the game by James Worth, Harry Cover, and Thomas Jurchak, All-College officers; David Mutchler, chair man of tribunal; and Clair George, representing hat men. ■ The group will sit with him throughout the game and will probably escort him back to the President’s mansion. The President said he would not sit in the President’s box be cause he wants “to be with the students.” Several hat men will reserve the row of seats before the group arrives at the field, which ‘will be close to the 2 p.m. gate time. Hatmen Meet Tonight There will be a meeting of all hatmen on the steps of Old Main tonight, Mar v in Krasnansky, president of Hat' Society Council, announced yesterday. Krasnansky asked all hat-" men to be there by no later than 6:30. fgtatt Pre-Boston University football game festivities will begin at 1 tonight with a parade led by the Blue Band from Prospect and Garner streets to the Lion Shrine. Carrol Chapman, recently selected drum major, will lead the band past many fraternity houses and dormitories in an attempt to take large numbers of followers with them President Milton ,S. Eisenhow er, head football Coach Rip En gle, and All-College President James Worth will speak at the rally. Engle will introduce Co-Cap tains Arthur Betts and Leonard Shephard who will give short talks about the team. Marsleller Is MC The cheerleaders, Thomas Han na, will lead the group in cheers and songs. r Patricia Marsteller, a sopho more, will be mistress of cere- Freshman men’s dress customs will- be • lifted from 6 p.m. to day until 7 tomorrow for all men who attend the pep rally and Kickoff Dance. The announcement was made by David Mutchler, chairman of Tribunal, and came on the heels of a previous one which stated that dating customs would be lifted for all freshmen who at tend the program. Women’s dress customs are automatically lifted on Friday evenings according to the fresh man rules. Mutchler warned all freshmen to -be sure to wear their dress customs at the football game to morrow, because hatmen will be checking. He also reminded them that the no dating rule would-be enforced, with the Kickoff Dance the only exception. monies at the rally. This .marks the first time in several years that a woman student will lead a football rally. The Kickoff Dance, scheduled to begin at 9 p.m., will follow the rally. Jack /Huber and his or chestra will provide the music. Tickets, at STJ An entertainment program has been set up by Frank Lewis, en tertainment chairman, to provide amusement dining the intermis sions. Tickets for the dance are on sale at the Student Union desk in (Continued on page eight) Coed Cheerleaders To Strut Tomorrow Tomorrow, should be quite a day at Beaver Field. There’ll be a lot of firsts the first football game of the season (with Boston Uni versity), the first showing of the fast-stepping Blue Band this year, dnd regular coed cheerleaders—the first in the Vale since 1947,’ with a .single exception last year. ‘ Coeds to Draw the Eye TJhe appeal- of nine sweater and-skirt-clad lovelies assisting 11 male cheerleaders can be expect ed to improve the cheering over that of last year. Although Thom as Hanna, head cheerleader, would make no comment along that line, he said that the larger squad—ten more than last year— should contact more people and bring out the cheering. Although somersaults, cart wheels and other gymnastics will be left to the men, the coeds can contribute to the success of these actions by. directing attention toward the field, Navy sweaters with a wide white stripe around the neck and navy skirts' lined .in white will be the order of the day. The women will not wear numerals or letters. No new cheers or routines have been practiced, according to Han na, but he is planning to put the coed cheerleaders in the stands occasionally. As a result; of tryouts last By 808 FRASER Women to Nominate On Tuesday Women’s Student Government Association and Women’s Recre ation Association elections will begin Tuesday with nominations for WS G A freshman senator, WSGA treasurer, two WRA fresh man representatives and one WRA sophomore representative. Primary elections will take place Oct. 16 and final elections, Oct. 18. According to Joanne Williams and Marilyn Williams, co-chair men of the elections committee, the self-nomination plan, which proved successful in the elections last spring, will be used again this year. Candidates to File Applicants for the position of WSGA treasurer must be sec ond or third semester students and those for WRA sophomore representative must be present sophomores. Candidates for both positions must have at least a 1.5 All-College average and no major judicial record. Applicants for WSGA freshman senator and WRA freshman representative must be first semester freshmen, and if elected must have at least a 1.5 All-College average at the end of their first semester. Any woman student interested in becoming a candidate for one of the offices should fill out an application form in the Dean of Women’s office Tuesday, Wed nesday, or Thursday of next week.. At interviews with the appli cation boards next Saturday, each applicant will be informed (Continued on page eight) By BETTIE LOUX spring, the following girls will be performing at all home games: Lois Brown, Margaret Mayberry, Rose Ann Monack, Ann Quigley, Louise Roberston, Audrey Schultz, Nancy Wiant and Mere dith Williamson. Campus Protests Five women performed at the Temple game last year as an ex periment. The five, Michaline Claysmith, Mary Foucart, Polly Potter, Cookie Weber and Jeanne Wiener were picked because they were members of Thespians and were dancers in “Some Punkins.” Because they cheered that day with only four hours practice and because of the method used to pick the group, many campus groups protested the use of the coeds. At that time it was de cided to abandon the idea until a definite method of - selecting them could be established, and action could be taken by the athletic council to decide if coed cheerleaders would be allowed. 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