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VOL. 52, No. 93
Panhel Council OK s
I FC Dance Proposal
Panhellenic Council last night unanimously approved a plan
calling for' co-chairmanship of the IFC-Panhel Ball, and discussed
rushing and the proposed amendment to the All-College Constitution.
Presented by Stanley Wengert; Interfraternity Council president,
the dance plan calls .for49.' committee of two' Panhel and three IFC
!representatives. Marlene Heyman,
vice president, and Byrne Tetley,
treasurer, will represent Panhel.
The vice presidents of each
group will be co-chairmen of the
April. 4 dance, and the IFC sec
retary-treasurer will- act as busi
ness manager. The business man
ager and the. other Panhel repre
sentative will be co-chairmen of
the Woody. Herman Concert com
mittee.
Dr. Thomas,
Past Prexy,
Succumbs
The Rev. Dr. John Martin
Thomas, President of the' Penn
sylvania State College from 1921
to 1925, died yesterday, at the age
of 82.
Services will be held Friday
at the Trinity Episcopal Church
in Rutland, Vermont, with -the
Rev. Vedder Van Dyke, Episcopal
bishop of Vermont, officiating.
When President Milton S. Eis
enhower heard of the death,' he
said, "John M. Thomas was a vig
orous advocate' of the values of
higher education and the need
for such education in the modern
world. He was especially under
standing of the land 'grant col
lege philosophy and its•service to
the Commonwealth.
"For• the alumni, faculty, and
trustees, I express profound sym
pathy to his family."
The School of Education and
•the Graduate School were start-.
ed, President Eisenhower said,
during Dr. Thomas' term here..
Aside from serving as Presi
dent here, Dr. Thomas was also
president of Middlebury College
from 1908 to 1920, of Rutgers
College from 1925 to 1930 and of i
Norwich University from -19381
to 1939.
He was born in Fort Coving
ton, N.Y. 'and was - educated at
Middlebury College and Union
Theological Seminary.
Dr. Thomas also served as pas
tor ..of several Presbyterian
chu t Ches and served in World
War' as : an Army chaplain.
Releaves his widow, Mrs. Lea
nor Thomas of Mendon, -Vt., their
home;. two sons, Dr. John M., Jr.,
of Woodstock, Vt., and Henry S.,
of , .New Brunswick, NJ., and
three daughters, Mrs. Amos W.
Fox of .Deruyter ,N.Y., Mrs. Lloyd
8.-Gale of Mendon, and Mrs. Ed
gar G. Killary of East Montpel
ier, Vt.
Parking Tags
Are Discussed
By Committee
• Plans for issuing 'new campus
parking stickers and setting a
time for a change in traffic reg
ulations, were discussed Monday
night, in a three-hour meeting of
the. All-College traffic commit
tee.
The major problem presented
by traffic at Penn State is that
there are more cars than parking
spaces, according to Walter Wie
gand, head of the department of
physical . plant and chairman of
the. traffic committee.
Student representative at
Monday's meeting wa s Clair
George, replacing David Mutch
ler, who was out of town.
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By LYNN KAHANOWITZ
Profits - will be distributed on
the ratio of - money contributed
by each group. Fifty fraternities
and 19 sororities give money to
support the dance. Compensation
will be paid after all the money
has been distributed.
The plan was approved by IFC
last .Wednesday. It will be regis
tered in the office of Associated
Student Activities.
The plan is a complete reversal
of • one which was unanimously
turned down by -Panhel Feb. '5.
Th e first proposal, backed by
IFC, called for the IFC vice presi
dent to be sole chairman of the
ball committee.
Olmsted Explains Amendment'
James Wharton, IFC vice presi
dent, said he hoped the agree
ment would bring cooperation be
tween the two councils.
David Olmsted, senior class
president, explained the proposed
amendment to th e All-College
Constitution concerning student
fees. The plan calls for All-Col
lege Cabinet to take -a statistical
poll of the -student body concern
ing fees if a petition has been
signed by a sufficient number of
students.
Nci' Double Dating
The poll would be conducted by
the All-College election commit
tee. Jane Stieber, senior psychol
ogy major, pointed out that learn
ing to conduct and analyze a poll
was a four year job. The council
voted to take the proposal back
to the individual sororities.
Marilyn Levitt, Panhel presi
dent, pointed out that rushing
rules forbid actives from double
dating with r ushe es. Marion
Whitely, rushing chairman, ex
plained that any contact with
riishees by actives outside th e
suites is considered dirty rushing.
Production Candidates
For Inkling to Meet
Students interested in learn-.
ing production techniques for
Inkling, !campus literary maga
zine, will meet at 7:30 p.m. to . -
morrow in 9 Carnegie Hall.
The production process used
in offset Printing will be ex
plained and outlined, Milton
Bernstein, managing editor,
said yesterday, and production
of the magazine will start next
Tuesday.
Coed Elections
Set for March
Spring elections of the Women's
Student Government Association
and the Women's Recreation As
sociation will begin March - 27
with the primaries and end March
29 with the final elections.
The dates, suggested by Joanne
Williams, WSGA election chair
man, ,were approved unanimously
by the WRA executive board, last
night along with the complete
election schedule and the recom
mendation that the present elec
tion-plan be continued.
Under the current system coeds
must nominate themselves for of
fice. Applications may be • filed
in the Dean' of Women's office
from March 10 to .1.3.
WSGA.and WRA will hold
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1952
IFC 'Approves Plan
Polio Drive Cut
By Campus Chest
The. Campaign Opens
—Photo by Glazer
THE FIRST SIGN OF a presidential campaign on campus was
visible yesterday when students going to early morning classes
saw this sign pasted on the bulletin board outside Carnegie Hall.
Three freshman women (left to rght) Terry Mizia, Marcia Ferguson,
and Gayle Thrush stopped for a minute to have a closer look.
The sign was removed shortly after this picture was taken.
No one seems to know who posted the sign in the first place.
'Ugly Man'
To Be Chosen
March 26-28
The second annual Ugly Man
contest, sponsored %by Alpha Phi
Omega; national service frater
nity, will be held March 26, 27,
and 28 for the benefit of the. Cam
pus Chest. William Slepin, chair
man, announced.
Selection of this year's Ugly
Man, who must be a well-known
eighth semester student, will be
determined by voting in a booth
set up on the Mall at Pollock
road.
Voting for the Ugly Man will
be done by placing money in
jars representing the candidates.
Anyone may vote as often as he
wants. The money-votes will be
turned over to the Campus Chest.
The man whose jar contains the
most money at the end of the
voting period will be named Ugly
Man of Penn State for 1952. He
will receive a silver key at the
IFC—Pan-Hel Ball April 4.
. Entries for the Ugly Man con
test may be submitted' only by
College organizations. The dead
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meetings with all candidates on
March 13 to explain the duties of
all the offices and present a com
plete election code.
Nominating committees of both
organizations will screen candi
dates March 15. Candidates will
be introduced to all coeds at
special housemeetings scheduled
for March 17 to 20.
Pictures of candidates will be
posted- in the lobbies of all wom
en's dormitories• before' both the
primaries and finals.
. Nancy Worthington, WRA' elec
tion chairman, will be assisted by
Carolyn Barrett.
Haines
Re-elected
By Pollock
Joseph Haines was retained as
president of Pollock Council last
night in the semester elections of
that group. Frank Schrey and
William Tyson were the other
nominees for the post.
Haines was a nominee for Jun
ior class president on the Lion
Party ticket last spring.
Other officers elected last night
are James Hand, vice president;
Richard Morman, secretary; and
Donald Ludwig, treasurer. All the
offices were filled on the first
council vote.
Immediately Installed
Vice president Hand was named
head of the council awards com
mittee and treasurer Ludwig was
appointed Pollock area fire mar
shal. A parliamentarian will be
appointed at the council's meet
ing at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The newly-elected officers as
sumed their duties immediately.
Michael Popowniak was named
chairman of a committee to in
vestigate area fo o d problems.
Also on the committee are Robert
Barrattee and Enrico Rossi.
Barons Granted $25
A public welfare committee
composed of Theodore McDonald,
chairman; Howard Zeutzius, and
Norman Bowne was appointed.
The council granted the Barons,
Nittany-Pollock social organiza
tion, $25 to' finance a dance for
the area. The time and place of
the dance have not yet been de
cided.
The council also heard a sug
gestion for planning, educational
film shows in Pollock dormitories.
Films for this purpose are avail
able at Pattee Library at little
cost. •
Borough Blood Drive
The State College blood drive,
under auspices of the Lions Club,
has reached its 200 pledge goal,
C. W. Stoddart Jr., Red Cross
chairman, said last night.
A bloodmobile unit will be at
the. First Presbyterian Church to
day to secure donations, he said.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
March of Dimes
Officials Refuse
Share in Fund
The Campus Chest will no
longer consider the March of
Dimes as a participating agency
in future drives, William Klis
anin, drive chairman, said yes
terday.
This decision, Klisanin said,
comes as the result of his meeting
last week with National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis offi
cials at which the foundation
[ turned down money from this
year's Campus Chest drive.
Prof. Evan Johnson, head of
the local chapter of the founda
tion, said in January that hi s
group could not accept the money
because it is against the founda
tion's policy, to acc e p t money
from joi n t fund-raising cam
paigns.
Re-distribution of Money
Klisanin said he has two plans
he will present to All-College
Cabinet for disposal of funds col
lected in this year's Chest drive
for the March of Dimes:
1. Re-distribution of the money
in proportion to th e remaining
Chest agencies.
2. Allocation of the money to
another welfare agency not pre
sently a beneficiary of the , Chest.
Klisanin said foundation offi
cials were
."sympathetic to the
idea of our campus being an ab
normal condition and the way
the Chest is set up here," but
felt they could not make an ex
ception without risking loss of
control over
. fund-raising activi
ties.
Since the Campus Chest is the
only solicitation drive each year
on campus, Klisanin indicated, it
would be a violation of the Chest
plan for the March of Dimes to
secure funds from students other
than through that drive.
Points Not Clear
Klisanin said the foundation
based its policy on the fact that
joint drives seldom meet the re
quired goal and do not produce
as much income as separate
drives.
"The unfortunate part is that
these points were not cleared in
the Chest's inception in 1949."
Klisanin said, "and the fact that
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Seven. Receive
Parking Fines
From Tribunal
Seven students were fined for
campus parking violations last
night at a meeting of Tribunal.
Four of these were suspended
fines.
Among those fined were two
students who were charged with
three parking violations and had
disregarded previous summons to
appear before Tribunal. One stu
dent was fined $2, and the other
paid a $1 fine when he pleaded
that he had not received the pre-•
vious summons.
The other student fined was one
who had appeared before Tri
bunal and pleaded guilty to char
ges levied against another student
with a similar case.
One student whose fine was
suspended said he was in the dis
pensary while he was charged
with illegal parking behind Old
Main. Others whose fines :were
suspended included parking near
the library and in the West Dorm
area.
The final case involved tagging
a car with a parking permit. Tri
bunal promised the student that
it woilld investigate further.
Richard Klingensmith, who pre--
sided at the session, said Tribunal
is trying to enforce the overnight
parking ban on Buriowes Road.