Penn State Taken Out of Consideration for NIT
NIT Action
Sound Move—
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VOL. 52, No. 89
Quakers Upset Lions, 54=52
Feeler Move
Gets Senate
Disapproval
Penn State's basketball
team has been taken out of
consideration for the Nation
al Invitational , Tournament,
the Daily Collegian learned
•
yesterday.
The decision to•reject an in
quiry by the NIT was made by
the College Senate committee on
athletics. Chairman of the com
mittee is Franklin L. Bentley,
professor of animal husbandry.
Other members of the commit
tee are Hummel Fishburn profelsr
sor of music; Nornian R. Sparks,
professor of mechanical engineer
ing; and J. Harris Olewine, pro
fessor of organic chemistry.
'Not in Favor'
The decision was reached Tues
day. .
Speaking for the committee,
Bentley told the Daily Collegian,
the "committee was not,in fa
vor" of the basketball tem par-
Franklin L. Bentley
ticipating in the privately-spon
sored tournament.
"The committee would probably
be more favorable to the NCAA,"
Bentley said.
Would Play in NCAA
Bentley was chairman of the
committee in 1942 when approval
was granted for the Lions -to
participate in the NCAA. tourna
ment.
' Indications pointed to accept
ance: of-an offer from the NCAA
should a bid be forthcoming from
that - grott: - -
The_decision by the committee
came as •'a result of an inquiry
made to:Abe- College by the NIT.
It was -reliably reported that the
inciiiiik" took :the form, "If Penn
State were. invited to the National
Invitational, ; Tournament, - would
it accept?"
The same informant said that
similar "feelers" had been sent
to some .20 or. 25 colleges across
the" :country. :
rln; listing, some of the reasons
~e ou4ting Penn State out of
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1952
Juniors Want
New Proposal
In Amendment
By MIMI UNGAR
Nineteen members of the junior
class, at a meeting last night, pro
posed a change in, the amendment
to th e All-College constitution
now pending in All-College' Cabi
net.
The juniors proposed that the
results of the statistical poll sug
gested in the amendment be bind
ing cin• cabinet.
The amendment, which David
Olmsted, senior class president,
presented to cabinet deals with
proposals to change fees which
come before cabinet.
To Keep Large Diploma
The amendment states that if
a"' petition signed by 10 percent
of the student body is submitted
to an officer of cabinet within
one week after the first vote, a
statistical poll, conducted by the
elections committee, with the ad
vice of the' Psychology depart
ment, must be taken within 30
days and the results presented
to cabinet for consideration be
fore the final vote is taken on
the fee change.
After discussing the proposal to
change from the present large,
academic graduation diploma to a
smaller one, the majority of the
group favored retaining the di
ploma in use since it is, not only
•of importance in a profession, but
it will also continue a Penn State
tradition.
Investigation of Finals
The gro up unanimously ac
cepted the project committee re
port by Robert Sherman, chair
' man of the committee. The class
will have as its project the estab
lishment of a lending record li
brary in the Reserve Book Room
of the Pattee Library.
The initial amount of $lOO will
be used to purchase records of
"The Greatest Shows of the Cen
tury" and others. Purchase of the
records will be handled by the
project committee. The records
will circulate for three days and
students will be responsible for
breakage at list prices.
IFC Approves New Plan
For Ball Co-Chairmanship
After much discussion, a new plan calling for co-chairmaxiship
of the IFC-Panhel Ball on April 4 was finally approved by the Inter
fraternity Council last night.
As presented to the IFC by its executive committee, the plan
calls for a committee of three IFC and two Panhellenic Council
representatives. The vice presidents of IFC and Panhel would be
the co-chairmen of the. dance and
the secretary treasurer of IFC
would be business manager.
The secretary treasurer would
also - be a co-chairman of the
Woody Herman Concert Commit
tee along with a Panhel member.
The distribution of profits would
be based on the ratio of the money
contributed by each group. Fifty
fraternities and nineteen sorori
ties are contributing. No compen
sations would be given out until
the profits are divided among• con
tributors. )
The new plan is a complete
reversal of a previous one backed
by IFC. The old proposal had
called for single chairmanship of
the ball by IFC. This proposal
had been defeated by Panhel. An
IFC representative will present
the proposal to Panhel at its next
meeting.
Another motion was passed by
IFC:in favor' of a Greek Week,
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
'We're On Our Way'
—Photo by McNeillie
COACH ELMER GROSS waves along with co-captains Tiny Mc-
Mahan, Hardy Williams, and Jesse Arnelle, the Lion's big scoring
threat. They left by bus yesterday for a three game over-the
weekend road trip. They met their first foe, University of Penn
sylvania, on the trip at Philadelphia last night.
Sunday Pep Rally
To Welcome Team
The entire traveling squad of Penn State's basketball team will
be on the stage of Schwab Auditorium Sunday as part of the pep
rally designed to welcome back the team from its_ five-day road trip.
Sponsored by Hat Society Council, the rally will begin at 6:45
p.m., one hour after the , squad is scheduled to arrive at the Post
No Cabinet Meeting
All-College Cabinet will not
meet tonight. Cabinet will
meet again next Thursday.
By TED -SOENS
as proposed by Jerry Gibson, of
Alpha Sigma Phi.
The Greek* Week would begin
March 29 with a community pro
ject and the cleaning up of rec
reational areas.
On March. 30 emphasis would
be placed on church attendance
and the IFC-Panhel sing finals
would be held. March 31 would
have sorority and alumni func
tions; April 1, exchange dinner
between sororities and fraterni
ties; and April 2 would feature
open house.
The council also went on record
as favoring a 10 o'clock deadline
for chaperoned or unchaperoned
house functions during week
nights. Under present College
rules, girls have to be out of the
houses by 8 p.m. Stanley Wengert,
IFC• president, will present the
motion to the Senate committee
on student welfare.
Cabinet Should
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House from Syracuse.
In addition to Coach Elmer
Gross, cheerleaders, speakers, and
members of the Blue Band will
participate in the rally, accord
ing to Richard Rostmeyer, presi
dent of Androcles, junior men's
hat society.
"Win or lose on this trip," Rost
meyer said yesterday, "we want
to express our thanks to the team
for the splendid job they've done
this year."
The squad leaves Philadelphia
today for Hamilton, N.Y., where
it faces Colgate tomorrow night.
From Colgate the courtmen
travel to Syracuse for a Saturday
night game, and from there they
will return to State College Sun
day by bus.
The ten-man traveling squad
includes Jesse Arnelle, Jim Block
er, Ed Haag, Chet Makarewicz,
Jay McMahan, Joe Piorkowski,
Herm Sledzik, Jack Sheriy, Ron
Weidenhammer, and Hardy Wil
liams.
Student Fees
Payab6 Today
Payment of student fees will
be due today and tomorrow in 6
Willard Hall.
Students may pay fees at any
time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
on either• day, David C. Hogan,
Ibursar, said' yesterday.
Lists of fees will be posted by
matriculation number on one side
of the room so that students may
find out the amount of their fees
and make out checks before get
ting into line, Hogan said. If stu
dents do this, they can speed up
payment greatly, he added.
Students who pay their fees
late will be charged a $5 late pay
ment fee.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Last Quarter
Splurge Fails
To Catch Penn
Special to the Daily Collegian
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20
—The University of Pennsyl
vania snapped Penn State's 15
game winning streak tonight
before a capacity crowd in the
Palestra, in a 54-52 thriller.
The loss for the Nittany Lions
was only their second against 17
wins. Penn now has a record of
16 wins and six losses.
Villanova defeated Xavier in
the first game of the basketball
doubleheader, 93-74.
Coach Elmer Gross' Lions put
on a third quarter rally, whitling
down a 12 point lead the Quakers
held at the end of the first half,
only to have the clock run out on
Summary
'enn State Fg F TlPenn Fu F T
Williams 0 1 1 Brooks 2 2 6
Piorkowski 1 0 2 Beylmun 7 317
Arnelle 10 3 23 Beck 7 1 15
Sledzik 2 2 6 Scanlon 3 2 8
Weidenh'mcr 3 0 6illolt 1 4 6
Sherry 1 1 3111arter 1 0 2
Haag 1 1 3
llcrilahan 3 2 81
Totals 21 10 321 Totals
Score by periods
Tenn State
Penn
13 9 14 16--52
19 15 11 9-54
them. Penn piled up its lead in
the first 20 minutes by scoring on
39 per cent of its shots, while
State could make only 26 per
cent.
Jesse Arnelle led the Lion cag
ers in the scoring column, tossing
in 23 of the State's 52 points.
Dick Heylmun led Penn's attack
with 17 points. Ernie Beck had 15.
The Lions began to find the
range in the third quarter and
were able to outscore Penn, 14-11,
to cut the lead to 45-36 going
into the final period.
Shots by Ron Weidenhammer,
Jay McMahan, and Arnelle cut
the Quakers lead to 46-41 shortly
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RI LW Show
To Portray
Religions
A tableau showing the ways in
which three leading religious tra
ditions worship God and interpre
tation by the modern dance
group wil highlight the Religion
in-Life Week program at 8 to
night in Schwab auditorium. .
Prodipto and Shunil Roy and
Nagesh Wadekar will participate
in the Mohammedan scene of the
tableau, Rabbi Benjamin Kahn,
Miriam Bleiberg and Aaron Hoff
man will enact the Jewish scene
and the Rev. John Peabody and
the boys' choir from St. Andrews
Episcopal Church will show a
portion of a Christian service.
The modern dance group will
interpret two themes, "Hymn of
Glory" and "Praise Ye the Lord."
Dorothy Briant, leader of. the
group, will dance "Lamentations
of Jeremiah."
Scriptures will be read from
the Old Testament by 'Rabbi
Kahn, from the New Testament
by the Rev. Peabody, and from
the Zoroastran scriptures by Min
ocher Karkhanavala.
Suzanne Scurfield will sing "0
Rest in the Lord." Organ music
will be played by George Ceiga,
Chapel organist.
The program will close with the
reading of a litany by Charles
Schulte and Susan Holtzinger.
John Price is in charge of the
technical arrangements, an d
Richard • Patterson will operate
the lights.
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