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VOL. 52, No. 99
Close
Past Poll Shows Staters
Picked Wrong President
• If the past is any indication of the future, Penn State students are
going to pick the wrong man to win the coming Presidential elections.
According to the results of ' a poll conducted by the Daily;
Collegian 1948, '-53 _per cent of the students questioned preferred
Thomas E. Dewey over President Harry S. Truman and the other
candidates in the field. A similar poll will be conducted by the
Frosh Okay
Major Part
Of Proposals
About 40 freshmen, who at
tended a meeting last night to
discuss customs changes,, ap
proved all but two of the ma
jor points in a group of sugges
tions which were presented to
the freshmen class last month.
The freshmen did not approve
the proposal for stronger fresh
men punishments for customs
violations nor did they approve
the proposal which would ask
customs enforcement for all stu
dents who transfer to the Col
lege as freshmen. ,
The basic tenets of ,the sug
gestions, including a male-female
customs enforcement board, oc
casional coed customs, the set
ting of a definite time limit for
customs, and set periods for
song-cheer sessions, we r e ap
proved by the group.
The original suggestions, with
the exception of those rejected
last night, will be presented to
Tribunal and Judical by the
chairman of the freshmen cus
toms committee, Thomas Kidd.
The 40 students also approved
a suggestion by, one of the group
that the "no smoking" ruling
now in customs be removed, al
though there was some discus
sion as to whether such detailed
analysis of customs was the in
tention of the meeting.
Group to Probe
Cost of Glazing
Pollock Council last night laid
plans to investigate the cost to
area students for replacing brok
en dormitory windows. Council
members • reported that Pollock
residents were being charged
varying amounts for similar re
pair services.
Theodore MacDonald, cha i r
man of the council's public wel
fare committee, was appointed to
head the investigation.
The council voted unanimously
to reject the serving of cocoa in
the area dining hall. The food
committee reported that serving
of cocoa would, necessitate the re
moval of coffee and a 'half pint
of milk from the menu for a day
a week.
Joseph Hain es, recently re
elected president of the cop.ncil,
named Emery Richardson to work
on the food committee. Frank
Schrey was appointed parliamen
tarian, the last office to be, filled
this semester. All other officers
were elected and appointed last
week.
TODAY'S
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STATE COLLEGE,_PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, '1952
Retained
Daily Collegian tomorrow and
Friday to give Penn State stu
dents an opportunity to express
their' preferences in the Presi
dential race.
The 1948 poll, which was sim
ilar to those taken in other-- col 7;
leges and uMversities, showed
that Penn State studenti weren't
the only. ones wrong, however.
In seven other colleges which
were surveyed Dewey was pro
ferred by 73 per cent of those
questioned.
Ballot Box Locations
Ballots , for the current poll
will be printed in tomorrow's
Daily Collegian. The ballots will
list the names of the eight men
in both the Democratic and Re
publican 'parties who have de
clared themselves candidates or
have been mentioned as possible
candidates for the . Presidential
nomination. Space will be left
for write-in candidates, as well
as for those who are undecided.
Ballot boxes, will be located
at the Student Union desk in Old
Main, the lobby of the West
Dorm lounge, and in the lobby
of the Agriculture Building and
will be open tomorrow and Fri
day. The boxes will be open from
9 a.m. to noon at all three lo
cations and from 1 to 5 p.m. at
the West Dorm lounge and the
Agriculture Building. The Stu
dent Union ballot box will be
open in the afternoon from IAO
to 5 p.m.
Poll Includes Other Questions
Th e Presidential preference
poll :will be the first of several
political polls planned by the
Daily Collegian. -Another Presi
dential poll may be held near the
end of this semester, and an
other just before 'the elections in
the fall. The three polls will show
the trend of 'student thinking as
the campaigns become more vig
orous.
The poll ballot, in addition to
asking the students' Presidential
preference, will also include
questions on national political
party affiliation, family income,
and size of hometown. The an
swers to these questions will pro
vide material for an analysis of
the poll results.
Cabinet to Vote. on Fee Amendment
By DAVE PELLNITZ
Th e proposed amendment to
the All-College Constitution re
garding the changing of student
fees will come before All-College
Cabinet for the last reading and
final vote tomorrow night.
The amendment, first proposed
on Feb. 7 by David Olmsted, sen
ior class president, provides a sta
tistical poll of a representative
cross-section of the student body
upon the presentation to cabinet
of a petition signed by ten per
cent of the student body within
one week .a fte r• a proposal. to
change student fe es has been
made.
.The poll w,o u.l d -not -be con
ducted by , the All-College 'elec
tions committee with the acrtrice
of the Psychology d..epartment. -It
would be taken within 30 days
after the petition was submitted,
and the results presented to cab , -
inet ,for• `consideration before the
final`. vote :the change in stu 7
dent fees - .was taken. ' - •
On. Feb. 14,_01rasted. withdrew
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Will Speak_
Union Close
Junior Class
To Dedicate
Gift Records
A special dedication ceremony
is planned for next week when
the 28 record albums bought for
the library by the junior class
are released for student use. •
The albums are now being pro
fessed by the library and will
be ready for use next week, ac
cording to Robert Sherman, pro
ject committee chairman. Th e
collection of records, all of which
are of 33 1 / 2 r.p.m. speeds, is to be
called "The Greatest Shows of the
Century." They are all recordings
of musical show tunes.
The records will be available
at the reserve book room of the
library and will circulate on a
three day basis. Fines will be as
sessed when an album is kept
over the three, day period. Break
age charges will be made if any
part of the album is lost or dam
aged. These charges will be at
the album's regular list price. •
Among the albums in the col
lection are "Call Me Madam,"
"I'll See Yo u in My Dreams,"
"Song of Norway," "The Vega . -
bond King," "The Desert Song,"
"Kiss Me Kate ," and "Sweet
hearts."
Players' Show Tickets
Tickets for "You Can't Take
It With You," th e Players'
show which opens tomorrow
night at Schwab Auditorium
for a three-night run; are on
sale at the Student Union desk
in Old Main. They are 60 cents
for opening night, and $1 for
Friday and Saturday night per
formances.
the amendment as Article 13 of
the constitution and resubmitted
it as an amendment to Article 'l,
Section 8 of the constitution. The
withdrawal did not ,change the
essence of the amendment.
Under the constitution, a • pro
posed amendment must: be read
and discussed at three consecu
tive cabinet meetings, with• a final
vote after the last reading. A
three-fourths mote of cabinet is
required to pass the amendment. ,
According to Barr Aspluridh,
cabinet parliamentarian, the
thtee-fourths vote means-three
fourths of the cabinet must. vote
for the- measure ,if •it •is. to pass..
Abstentions -are, as a result,, - con=
sidered as negative votes: . •
fourths of the members and' vot- -
ing. Abstentions are not 'consid
ered as votes and will not be
counted- for or against the amend:
•
meet.
The _amendment as. cabinet :will
rgt an U. S. Overrun
By 'Mugwump?—
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Free Speech, Precedent
Issues in Hour Debate
By RON BONN
Upton Close was retained last night as a bonus speaker
for the Community Forum, by . voice vote of the forum
general committee. •
. The, action followed an hour-long debate on a motion
that llvould thaye canceled the Close engagement. Close will
appear on . April' 7.
Only three, members of 13 pre
sent voted, to drop Close.
Close has been denounced as
anti-Semitic by the Anti-Defama*-
tion • League' of B'nai Vrith, as
well as by other groups. Dr. Ger
ald Stein, B'nai B'rith forum rep
resentative and chairman of the
3-member committee which en
gaged Close, emphasized that this
fact was not known by the group
at the_time
Precedent Issue
Debate centered around the is
sue of whether it would be an
infringement of free speech if
the committee were to cancel the
speaker after new • evidence on his
views indicated he was not de
sired.
Several. members of the cona
mitte raised the issue of the pos
sible setting of .a precedent
against speakers advocating • any
extreme views. "Where are you
going to draw the line?" C. W.
Kallenbach, mein b e r at • large,
asked.
Clair George, All-College Cab
inet representative, suggested that
cancellation of Close might indi
cate to outside observers that the
speaker's conservative viewpoint
was the .cause.
No Endorsement
Joel Milner, Hillel Foundation
representative, said, "I don't feel
we're benefiting the student body
or anyone in the town by bringing
this speaker."
Kallenbach, speaking for the
executive committee a f ter the
voting, said there should -be "a
clear understanding" that no
member and no group represented
on the committee agreed with
an y anti-Semitic vie w s Close
might have.'
Might Have to Pay •
Stein, arguing for dropping the
speaker, s d , "The committee
made a 'mistake in *asking- him,"
and that the mistake should be
rectified "In the most-honest way
possible."
Clayton Schug, forum chairman
and member of the hiring corn
mittee,..indicated that cancellation
of the contract might entail pay
ing Close his full $3OO fee, but
said that some settlement might
be arranged.
Milner made the motion which
would have dropped the speaker,
and Dr. Stein seconded it.
Mrs.' S. Lewis -Land, Parent-
Teachers Association representa
tive, was the other member l of
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vote on it tomorrow night . reads:
"The cabinet shall have control
over all student funds, including
the establishment of class dues,
the recommendation -of student
activitieB fees, the approval of
specific• budgets, the approval of
expenditures. .R e c ommendations
for subtractions from, or additions
to, student activities fees', can be
made to the administration only
after cabinet /has passed such a
recommendation - by a two-thirds
vote on each of two consecutive
meetings; if, however:. a petition
signed by ien per cent "of - the - stu
desit body is , submitted - to an of
ficer of cabinet within one _week
after the first vote, a statistical
poll, conducted by the elections
committee, with the advice of the
Psychology 'department, must be
taken within 30 days and the re
sults•presented to cabinet for con , '
Sideration' before the final vote
is taken on:the changein student
fees."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Tribunal
Favors Poll,
4 -0
Tribunal last night voted 4-0,
with one abstention, in favor of
the. statistical poll amendment
now before All-College Cabinet.
The action was taken in a special
session after the regular meeting
of Tribunal.
David Olmsted, senior class
pr esiden t, who sponsored the
amendment, last night asked Da
vid •Mutchler, 'chairman of Tri
bunal, who he was actually rep
resenting on cabinet.
(Mutchler was appointed by All-
College president James Worth to
sit in as a voting member to re
place Harry Cover, All-College
vice president, who resigned.)
Tribunal took the vote on the
amendment so that if Worth ruled
that Mutchler was to represent
Tribunal when he votes, he would
have an opinion of the group to
go on.
Mulchler to ask Worth
, Olmsted, contacted after the
meeting, said that in his opinion,
Mutchler would have to be bound
by TribunalV decision. Since he
cannot vote as All-College vice
president, nor as a member at
large, his voting, capacity must
stem from his being Tribunal
representative, Olmsted said.
Mutchler said he would have to
ask Worth who he was represent
ing when it came to the question
of voting: Worth, contacted last
night, said Mutchler was appoint
ed to his present position because
he was an ex-officio member of
cabinet as chairman of Tribunal.
Worth said it was his opinion that
Tribunal's vote last night bound
Mutchler to vote for the statistical
poll, which comes before cabinet
again tomorrow night for the
third reading. It will either be
passed or dropped then.
The amendment would- require
a statistical poll to be taken, if
a petition signed by ten per cent
of the student body is presented
to a cabinet officer within one
week after- the first vote on an
increase of student fees. The poll
would be conducted with the ad
vice of the Psychopgy depart
ment within 30 days after the
petition was presented. The re
sults of the poll would not be
binding on cabinet.
Found Guilty
In its regular meeting, Tribunal
tried 12 student violators with
seven being fined and two given
warnings. Two fines were sus
pended and one defendant was
held over until the next meeting
because of incomplete informa
tion.
All• ,the offenders were found
guilty of parking or traffic vio
lations. One student was fined
three dollars because of reported
offenses, and three were charged
two dollars.
Three violators were fined one
dollar because of minor offenses.
Two more , received suspended
fines, and two were w arned
against future violations.
The case of illegal parking re
sulting from the alleged expiring
of a permit was held over until
the next meeting pending closer
examination and allowing the of
fender .time to obtain a new per
mit.