The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 08, 1952, Image 1

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    A Study.
In Profs—
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VOL. 52, No. 80
Poll Proposal Called Football'
Shortages to
Construction
Shortages of steel and other vital materials will probably hold
up construction of the Student Union, James Worth, All-College
president, announced last night at the cabinet meeting.
The information was part of a detailed report on the Student
Union prepared from questions submitted by All-College Cabinet
to members df the College admin
istration.
Reading from the,statement,
Worth said that the National Pro
duction Authority had offered no
objections to the College’s appli
cation for permission to build.
“This is only the first hurdle
to cross, and this alone by no
means gives assurance that the
College can obtain critical build
ing materials. An application for
materials such as steel must be
made by the contractor when a
contract for construction has been
let. It is anticipated that difficulty
may then be encountered,” the
report read.
_ Worth also reported that offi
cials in Washington believe -that
the situation will ease greatly after
Jan. 1, 1953.
Worth also announced that |
47 Students
Receive
Scholarships
Forty-seven students were
awarded ‘scholarships yesterday
by. the College Senate, Dr. Robert
L. Weber, chairman of the Sen
ate committee on scholarship and
awards, announced last night.
Three $lOO John W. White
Scholarships were awarded to
Malvin Bank, Richard Updegraff;
and Mr. and Mrs. George Alleman.
Eight $75 Louise Carnegie
Scholarships were presented to
Daniel Babcock, Ronald Bonn,
Ethelbert Godshall, Doris Golub,
Michael Kotyk, Helen and Joanne
Luyben, Lois Powers, Jean and
Martha Richards, and Marian Un
gar.
The 1920 Class. Scholarships of
$lOO each were given to Nancy
Ferguson, Jeanette Ibbotson, Peter
Lansbury, Marjorie Lohse, and
Mary Malicki.
Marion. Venzlauskas received
the Class of 1921 Scholarship val
ued at $2OO.
Sixteen persons were awarded
the $5O Class of 1922 Memorial
Scholarships. They . are. Patricia
Barnett, Miriam Bleiberg,' Alice’
Doles. Marilyn Franklin, Robert
Gilmore, Edward Godschall;- Jos-,
eph Kelley, Adam Krafczek, Low
ell Rrawitz, Donald Lambert,
George Page, John Pasco, Grace
Parrello, Robert Rapp, Ronald
Sauers and Sarah Whitney.
The Vance C. McCormick Schol
arship of'sl2o was presented to
Yvonne Carter, while Thaddeus
Matylewich and Martha Rex re
ceived the $62.50 Helen Wood
Morris Scholarships..
Elizabeth Allison', Barbara Hen
nessy, Irene Jeffreys, and Frances
Waring were awarded the $lOO
Lawrence J. Ostermayer Me
morial Scholarships. The Lt. Har-
Edward Wagner Scholarships
of $lOO went to John Laubach and
Jean Nisley. Mary’ Yandow was
presented with the Phi’ Kappa
Phi Scholarship valued at $5O.
Scholarship winners will re- i
ceive a cheek from the office of .;
the comptroller for the amount ■
of each award, Weber said. j
'Woody' to Give Concert
Something new has been added
to the big Greek weekend April
4 and 5. Woody Herman and his
orchestra will not only play for
Shelnterfratemity council-Panhel
ball but will also give a concert
on the afternoon of the fourth
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
1 This, will be the first time a
concert has been presented along
with the ball. Herman and the
Herman herd had given a similar
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See Page 2 for full text of
Worth's report to All-College
Cabinet on the Student Union.
Harry Cover, All-College vice
president, has resigned from his
position.
In the absence of Cover, Thomas
Jurchak, secretary treasurer, read
the formal letter from Cover.
Cover wrote that because of aca
demic difficulties, he found it
necessary to resign from his posi
tion on All-College Cabinet.
David Mutch le r, ex-officio
member of cabinet, will sit in
Cover’s position with voting
power, but not as vice president.
Worth also reported that stu
dents have a.right to appeal deci
sions made by Tribunal and Ju
dicial. He pointed out that the
constitution provides that defen
dants may appeal from a decision
of Tribunal or. Judicial to Cabinet,
which has final jurisdiction over
the matter.
Cabinet was asked to consider
a donation of $2OO to the Religion
in-Life Week to supplement the
>6OO provided by the College.
Worth said that it had been done
in the past and that a vote would
be taken at the next cabinet
meeting.
Millard Rehburg, chairman of
the blood drive, reported that a
total of 907 pints had been given,
all of which went to Korea. It
was decided to suspend the com
mittee until March.
concert at the University of Penn
sylvania where it-met with great
success.
The Jazz orchestration, spon
sored by IFC, will cost $1.25 per
person and will be .given in
Schwab auditorium. John Allison,
secretary-treasurer of IFC, will
be chairman of the concert.
The decision to have the con
cert was made after consultation
with several fraternity presidents,
fraternity members and some ad
visers. The IFC hopes that by giv
ing such a concert'it will set a pre
cedent for future concerts oh
Greek weekend.
To facilitate the presentation
of the concert the engineering
lecture scheduled for that after
noon in Schwab Auditorium was
canceled.
The IFC-Panhel ball will be a
semi-formal affair'starting at 8:30
p.m. on April 4. The dance will
be held in Rec-Hall and; will cost
s4.per couple.; -
In Cabinet Exchange
CHARGES OF PARTY politics flew in All-College Cabinet last
night when David Olmsted (right), senior class president, intro
duced a constitutional amendment. Clair George, president of the
Board of Dramatics and Forensics, made the charges.
IFC Unanimously Backs
Sole Dance Chairmanship
The Interfraternity Council last night unanimously gave a vote
of confidence to its executive committee in support of the committee’s
proposal for a sole chairman from IFC for the IFC-Panhel ball.
On Tuesday, this same proposal had been rejected by the Pan
hellenic council which had suggested that it retain its present unpaid
co-chairmanship.
Under the new agreement the
IFC vice-president, James Whar
ton, would be chairman of the
dance and would be assisted by
a member of Panhel and two other
IFC representatives, William Klis
anin and Carrol Chapman. Also,
the Panhel representative would
be paid the same as the IFC
members of the group. Last year’s
Panhel representative was not
paid.
The agreement also calls for
thre fourths of the profits to go
to IFC and one fourth to Panhel
in proportion to the amount of
money contributed by fraternities
and sororities,
Stanley Wengert, IFC president,
will again present the proposal
to the Panhel council at its next
meeting.
A suggestion that all of the
houses make sure no men are
pledged with below one averages,
as they had last year, was made
by Klisanin, president of Chi Phi.
He said he felt that something
should be done to raise the stan
(Continued on page eight)
To Give Concert
WOODY HERMAN
By TED SOENS
"Yankee"
Role Goes
To Rolf
■ <’•
Ed Rolf will play the role of
the Yankee in Thespians’ pro
duction of “A Connecticut Yan
kee,” Rodgers and Hart musical
comedy, to be presented April 3,
4, and 5 in Schwab Auditorium.
Seen last fall in the Alpine Inn
skit in “Bottoms Up,” Rolf will
portray Martin, who wakes up
from a nap to find himself in
King Arthur’s medieval court.
In the fall show, Rolf sang
“Never Trust a Woman” and “A
Love Divine,” which were also
used as final numbers. He play
ed Billy Crocker in “Anything
Goes,” last year’s spring show.
The part of Fay, the scheming
vamp, will be portrayed by Isa
bella Cooper, and King Arthur
will be played by Ed Korber.
Miss Cooper and Korber also
were in “Bottoms Up,” Korber
in the “You Went and Did It
Again” act, and Miss Cooper in
“Dirty Dan’s Plight.”
Betty Richardson will appear
as Sandy, and Dick Hartle will
play Merlin.
Nancy Lou Thomas, who sang
“A Love Divine” with Rolf, will
be seen as Evelyn, and' A 1 Mc
(Continued on page eight)
Winter Cold expected
To Last Over Weekend
The “typical winter weather”
of the last few days will probably
continue through the weekend
according to Dr. Charles Hosier,
instructor in meteorology.
Hosier said skies would be
partly cloudy today and a low of
22 was expected sometime early
this morning. Light snow flurries
are predicted for late tonight and
Saturday..
Sunday will -be fair and cold
and next week will be colder
than it has been for .several
weeks, Hosier added.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
George Claims
Politicsßehind
Olmsted Move
By DAVE PELLNITZ
Clair George, president of the
Board of Dramatics and Forensics,
last night charged that constitu
tional amendment proposed by
David Olmsted, senior class pres
ident, was merely a “political
football” to gain support for the
State party.
George also said that the
amendment added nothing new to
the All-College Constitution since
Article I, Section Nine provides
that “any member of the faculty,
administration or student body
may attend and present to Cabi
net any matters which concern
student welfare” and that cabinet
must take action on the matter
within 30 days.
The proposed amendment pro
vides for the taking of a statistical
poll of a representative cross-sec
tion of the student body upon
the presentation to cabinet of a
petition signed by ten per cent
of the student body within one
week after a proposal to change
student fees has been made.
Professor Speaks
Thomas Jurchak, All - College
secretary treasurer, said that the
amendment should not be taken
as a political matter but should
pass or fall on its merit.
George also asked what the ad
vantages of a statistical poll were
over a referendum. Dr. Lester
Guest, professor of psychology,
was called upon by Olmsted to
answer the question. Guest said
the poll, while it would not give
a perfect sounding of student feel
ing, would give results close
enough to be used for administra
tive consideration and guidance.
Guest also said that unless a
referendum of about 90 per cent
of the students was taken, the
results would not accurately show
student feeling, as only those stu
dents who had “an axe to grind”
would be voting.
Called Compromise
Jerome Kidd, a freshman at
tending the meeting, said that the
way the proposed amendment now
reads, the poll might not do any
good. He suggested the amend
ment be changed to make the poll
binding on cabinet
Thomas Farrell, a sophomore,
said he thought the amendment
was a good compromise. He said
that even the federal government
has a system of checks and bal
ances and the proposed amend
ment \frould provide a compromise
between an actual referendum
and what he termed “no student
representation at all” as things
.now stand.
The amendment must be read
and discussed at two more cabi
net meetings before a final vote
can be taken. A three-fourths
vote of cabinet is required to pass
the amendment.
New Pensions
Affect College
Many employees of the College
will be affected by the newly
passed State Act 622, which pro
vides an increase in pensions for
certain persons who retire at 60
or older.
The increase would be possible
if the amount contributed by the
person toward his pension is less
than the amount contributed by
the state. The act was passed at
the last session of the General
Assembly in Harrisburg and ap
proved by Gov. John S. Fine.
S. K. fiostetter, comptroller at
the College, explained yesterday
that because the state employees**
retirement board has referred the
act to the attorney-general for
clarification, interpretation as to
the full meaning is not immedi
ately available.
Hostetter added that as soon as
clarification of the act is received,
more detailed information will be
provided.