'Cu - stems . Plan Needs Joint • Board— • See page 4 VOL. 52 No. 105 College Senate Policy Permits Politicking Student organizations representing legal political parties may be organized on campus, Prof. R. Wallace BreWster, chairman of the Senate committee on student welfare, announced yesterday. In a prepared statement outlining College policy in regards to student political groups, Brewster said that these groups will not be chartered by his committee, but will be allowed the use of College hapel Speaker, The Rev. Robert S. ,Bilheimer Bilheimer To Speak At Chapel The Rev. Robert S. Bilheimer, program secretary for the World Council of Churches, will speak on "The Authority of the Church" at Chapel services at 11 a.m. Sun day in Schwab Auditorium. The Chapel Choir will sing "Herzliebster Jesu" (C ru g e r), "Cherubic Hymn" (Rachmanin off), arid. "Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lqrd" (Mendelssohn). The Rev. Bilheimer is pastor of the Westm ins te r Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, N.Y. He is a graduate of Phillips-E'xeter Aca demy and, Yale University, and received his B.D. from Yale Uni versity ,Divinity School. The Rev. Bilheimer has .served in various capacities with the Christian Association at Yale Uni versity, the New England Student Christian Movement, the World Student Service Fund, the Stu dent Volunteer Movement, and the Interseminary Movement. He - was the adMinistrative sec retary of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam in 1948, and has been appointed executive secretary of the second assembly of the World Council to be held in Evanston, 111., in 1954. He was the general editor of the four volumes of "The Interseminary Series" and author of "What Must the Church Do?" Crofford Improved Charles Crofford, sixth semes ter journalism student who suf fered a fractured skull last week when he fell from a truck, was called "much improved" by an infirmary spokesman. yesterday. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY WITH RAIN Dai STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING; MARCH 13, 1952 rooms for their meetings. Rooms for these organizations may : be obtained through H. K. Wilson, Dean of Men and secretary of the Senate Committee: Brewster • explained that this and other phases of the 'College's policy in regards to political groups is , based on the desire -to keep the College from - being ac cused of partisan political activ ity. This has been a long-stand ing policy of the College, the Daily Collegian was told yester day by an administration source. The complete text of the com mittee's statement follows: "It has long been the policy of the College to refrain' from parti san: politics at all levels of gov ernment local, state, and na tional. Students may organize partisan groups representing rec ognized, legal p a'r ties. These groups will not be chartered, but may be allowed the 'use of Col lege rooms for private meetings of their membership upon appli cation to and approNlal of the Sen ate .committeet on student wel fare: of which Dean H. K. Wilson is secretary. This may invite speakers •to meetings limited to their membership. Open meetings with 'the public invited, with or without speakers, may be held only in cooperation with other major 'political party groups, with all major. parties represented by speakers:" _ • Blue Band to Coinlode Two-Day Concert Tour `The Pel'in State' Bluelßand will present concerts today at Slip pery Rock State Teachers College and , ' Brockway high • school, .to 'Conclude' its "two - - - day'spring, con . cert tours. ' The 90 band members, directed by James W..Punlop,-prpfessor of music education, performed yes terday at the Brookville an d Sharon high schools. NO Cabinet Tonight. There will be no meeting of All-College Cabinet t o n i,g h t. The next meeting will be held next Thursday, All-College Secretary Treasurer -'Thomas' Jurchak announced yesterday. IFC Approves Ag Council Proposal to Raise Fees Two motions dealing with current campus issues were approved by the Interfraternity Council last night. The first motion, passed unanimously,• gave IFC support to the ten cent assessment fee plan asked by the Agriculture Student Council. _ The fee plan is a . propasal to raise all student fees ten cents a semester to help offset the ex penses of the agricultural judg ing teams of the College. To date these teams have received finan cial assistance solely fr o m the students in the School of Agricul ture The second motion was on the parking plan and was passed by the vote of 20 to 17. The motion as made by David Mutchler, Tri bunal chairman, was "to accept the proposed parking plan with the provisions that we establish a long range policy of providing sufficient parking for all drivers who wish to use the campus and maintain present restrictions on use of student • cars only 'as a temporary expedient, until ade qudte:rk.i.,ll.g -for all-=can „be : ' ••:- This new parking plan will per mit 2062 cars to park on.campus.l Parking decals .will be issued to the 500 commuters and to the FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Chapel Offerings To Be Discussed British Poet To Present Readings , Dylan Thomas, British poet, will give readings of contempor ary poetry at 8 p.m. Monday in 121 Sparks building. Thomas is sponsored jointly by the Simmons and Liberal Arts lecture serie'S. This is the first pre sentation in this year's series of Simmons lectures. Thomas is known both in Amer ica and in Great Britain. He has published- several. volumes of poetry and made recordings which are sold in both countries. The 'Current issue of Atlantic carries one of his poems. • As an announcer for the Brit ish Broadcasting Corp. d.O ring World War 11, Thomas gained ex perienc'e in public speaking. This is Thomas' second trip to the United States. He visited this country two years ago. State Mixer At Beta Sig Tomorrow The State Party will sponsor a mixer from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. to morrow at Beta Sigma Rho to in troduce prOspective candidates for the spring elections, Thomas Far rell, clique chairman, said yester day.. Ali-College Cabinet officers will be present. At the party workshop meeting at 7 tonight,, candidates for Steer ing committee positions will be introduced. A student interested in representing his school on the committee must nominate'himself for the post, Farrell said. Nomination blanks may be ob tained from Beverly Morg a n, clique secretary. Balloting will take place after the workshop meeting adjourns. The workshop groups will meet in rooms 10 to 13 and 124 Sparks. By-TED SOENS 1458 faculty members who own cars.' The other 104 permits will be given to physically handi capped students. The plan is an attempt to make maximum use of available park ing space. As additio,nal parking spaces are made available, more parking stickers will be issued to students and staff members. Dates for nominations and elec tions of IFC officers were selected. Nominations will open March:-24 and close April 1 at noon. All nominations would be presented at the April 2 IFC meeting. The elections will be held April 7. , . A meeting of fraternity men responsible for the food • buying lit'ihdie -houses will be'.held at 9:30 tonight at ATO. IFC also approved "Mother's Day" •as the date for the .IFC- Panhel : sing final. r g ian An 18-man committee _will meet this afternoon to discuss sug gestions for use of the College Chapel offering, which has supported Penn State-in-China for the past 40 years. The funds had been given for support of Lingnam University in Canton, , China, until the communists took over that area and refused to allow the.money to enter• the country. The money has been used since then for Oriental plant research in Florida, and is earmarked for that until June 30. The committee, made up of sev en students and eleven faculty and staff members, will meet at - 2 p.m. in 201 , Old Main. Faculty, Staff Members 100 Attend Debaters' Convention More than.loo debaters from 17- Pennsylvania colleges and uni versities will converge on campus this afternoon as delegates to the 17th annual Pennsylvania • State Debaters' Convention. The • two 7 day conclave .begins with 'a convention eve broadcast at 9:00 tonight over , WMAJ on the theme' "Our College's Pride in '5l-'52." One student representa tive from each institution will de scribe activities an 'd advance ments of 'his school during the past year. • Delegates will meet at 10 p.m. tomorrow in 121 Sparks in a gen eral assembly, after which they will break up _into - three commit tees. The groups will be pattern ed after -a model congress, and each committee will work to wards the passage of bills on' its topic: ' One' committee will work. on the 'question "What program should we adopt to raise our pub lic- and private moral standards?" Two Will'.-discuss "What is the best method-of combatting -infla tion?" , Jay Headly is secretary, of this year's convention. Oilier • College delegates• are John Baron, John Dobson, Thomas Durek, Ethel Brown, Mary. Jane Kelly, , William Klisanin, o:instance •. Matlavage, Samuel -Nowell, Benjamin Sin clair, Emily Tyler, Thomas White, and Mary Yandow. A "Gavel Girl" Will, be elected at the Convention Banquet Friday night in the- State College Hotel from three • after-dinner .speakers chosen by the committees. Immediately following the af ter-dinner speeches the • student delegates will elect the young woman who has made the •out standing contribution to the con vention "through a combination of intelligence, subject matter background, and personal charm." Nominees wil - lspeak for .five •min utes each on the topic, "Honesty and Integrity: Are They Passe?" ' A Silver charm gavel• will be awarded to• the successful candi date. Following the banquet the en tire group will convene to hear the report .of the "Committee on Raising Moral Standards." They will then adjourn until • 9 'p.m. Saturday when both committees on combatting inflation,giVe their reports. Election --of officers for next aear's convention will climax the ffair. Phone Directories Being Distributed Approximately 15,130 new tele phone directories will be distrib uted, in this area starting •today, Jesse H. Caum, local manager of the - Bell. Telephone Company, has announced. ,- . • . Distribution is expeCted to be completed' , 'the end of the week, Caum said. -;This'•is , an in crease of about 750 books over last year. : • • The new directories contain some 400 more. alphabetical list ings and • 250 -more professional listings than last year.--All books will be delivered .by - Mandatory Cabinet• Vote Would Hurt Gov't See Page 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS Students on the committee, are William Klisanin, Kirk Garber and Allen Marshall of the Penn State-in-China committee, Carroll Chapman and Fred Black of the Chapel Committee, and James Worth and Thomas Jurchak of the Student Government Association. Faculty and staff members are Wilmer I E. Kenworthy Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs; Luther H. Harsh barger, College chaplain; John Henry Frizzell, chaplain emeritus; Henry S. Brunner, C. Emory My ers . and Roy D. Anthony of the Penn State-in-China committee; Hummel Eishburn and Mrs. Willa Taylor of the Chapel committee; H. K. Wilson, Dean of Men, and Pearl 0. Weston; Dean of Women. Chapel Support The chapel money has been supporting the, work of .G. Weid man-("Daddy") Groff and Richard Pride at their research station on Oriental plants in Florida. It was -hoped then that the two men would soon return to Lingnam and the College would again make contact t her e. Both are Penn State alumni who were formerly on the Lingnam staff. Since it seems improbable that contact will be made soon, the committee was chosen to meet and discuss other suggestions for use. of the offering. Three suggestions which will likely receive consideration are the establishing of an In te r national House for graduate stu dents at the College, both Ameri can and foreign,, the finding of another international project like Penn - State-in-China, an d the building of a meditation Chapel at the College. Lion Politicos To Hold Party - .The Lion Party will sponsor a party 'from 8 p.m. to 12 mid night Saturday at Kappa Delta Rho, according to John Haines, cqrnmittee chairman. • 'The - affair, open to the- public, will include carnival games in cluding; dart throwing and ping pong. A combo will provide music for. dancing. , MeMbers of •the committee as sisting Haines . in arrangements -for the affair -are Thomas: Kidd and- Charles .obertance..
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