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VOL: 52, No. 108
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Stdike OpOrs
College, and service union officials apparently were waiting each
other out yesterday as the date for the union's special strike meeting
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approached.
The union, local 67 of the American Federation of State,'County,
and Municipal Ethployees (AFL), has set Wednesday as the date
for a special meeting to vote on a work stoppage unless the College
complies with its grievance de
mandS.
That date was set at the last
regular meeting of the local, near
ly two weeks -ago, 'and since then,
there has been no announcement
that ' the College . had altered its
stand on any of the union's griev
ances.
Protests Merit Basis
Debaters
Pick Headly
As Veep
Jay Headly, a senior in arts
and letters, was elected vice
president of next year's Pennsyl
vania State Debate Convention
Saturday.
The over 100 delegates to the
17th annual convention voted Wil
liam McCartney,. of Allegheny
College, president, and Ruth Bun
tich, of Mt. Mercy. College, sec
ond vice-president. Miss Buntich
was a candidate • for Gavel Girl.
A member of the College men's
debating_ team will be appointed
convention secretary next year.
The convention, judged' by par
ticipation of delegates, was
,"very
successful," according to Clair
George, manager, although it was
one of the smallest held so far
at the College, he said. -
Delegates approved a mock-bill
Saturday -morning that• would
provide for a federal divorOe
and sex education in secondary
schools, to combat lowered moral
standards.
It also provided that, the De
partment of Internal Revenue be
selected completely by Civil- Seiv
ice; each state's bar association
conduct crime investigations;
_and
Congressional immunity be
waived if the Federal • Court of
Appeals finds a Congressman
guilty a second time of making
untrue statements.
Any person found guilty • of
accepting financial or material
bribes, according to the bill, would
be fined three times the amount
of the bribe and/or 20 • years in
the federal penitentiary.
After the delegates , were un
able to agree on amendments
to Committe I's bill against in
flation Friday night, committee
ll's bill, based on a report by
John Baron,- was accepted.
WD Plan Code
For Lounges
Plans for a dating code for the
three West Dorm small lounges
were set in motion last night by
the West Dorm Council.
The proposal, which will follow
the general line of the dating code
of the Interfraternity Council, was
described as .an effort to obtain
College .aPproyal. for unchaperon
ed dating in the. ment - j ounges.
At present dating in the small
lounges is ' prohibited to special
occasions when chaperones ar e
present.
Mixed dating in area lounges
is allowed_ only in Thompson
lounge s . as - it is in all women's
lounges,- 'and in the West ' Dorm
main.ldunge. •
Ralph :Griffith, Herbert Hollis-.
ter and Arthur Simm Were named
to a committee to investigate and
draw• up the. proposed :code by
Council President Richard Mills;
Mills also, announced that a
dance rs . scheduled for the main
loupge- Friday 'night with music
by the -Campuseers.
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The union submitted to the Col
lege on• March 6 a: list of five
demands designed, the union said,
to bring wages into line and
prove working conditions.
The union is protesting, mainly,
wage increases made on a merit
basis to some College employees.
The raises amount to an average
of about
,$32 over what salaries
were last July 1.
- The College_ never answered the
list of union grievances with a'
public 'statement, nor has there
been any known meetings be
tween the - union and College ad
ministrative officers •since the
special strike meeting was. set.
- 200 Attend Meeting
Spokesmen for the union, on
the other ' hand, have repeatedly
stated that action to avert a work
stoppage is now up_to the College.
• Nearly 200 attended the meet
ing March, 5 when the:unanimous
vote • to, call the special meeting
was made. Just what proportion
of the total union membership
thIS represents is doubtful. Union
claims have set the total member
ship of the local as high as 800,
but - a high - ,:College official 'has
estimated 'that it represents no
more than - 300 of the 1800 service
employees.
- A claim that suppo'rt for the
union's action-.is -general among
'service employees "was made by
the union last week, but it is not
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Overflow
To Hear
By ,LEE. STERN
An overflow crowd last' night
packed 121 Sparks and spilled
over to the steps and doorways to
be "voluntarily c o rn e re d" •by•
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas ; and,
judging by the prolonged . ap
plause at tile end of the program,
they enjoyed every minute of it.
The npet is 'possessed of a firm,
clear voice 'capable of • unusual
range and expression, and this he
used to great advantage. The fore
most consideration in the read
ings, he said, was to preserve the
original intent of the authors.
Thomas, . speaking'
,in his res
onant British-tinged voice, - cap
tured' the- fancy of the audience
with his
,quiet wit and excellent
readings • of works by modern
poets and some of his own "early
ones, hurly-burly ones, lament
ing• ones, and lamentable ones."
But the selections of-his own
works he chose for the readings
were anything but lamentable.
He started with two war poems,
"A Refusal' to Mourn a Death - by
Fire of a Child in LOridon," and
"Ceremony . after a' Fire-Raid,"
both of them filled witha-brood
ing, Old Testament kind of faith.
"After the first death; there is no
other," 'he says in the final line
of the first of these poeths.•
According 'AP the' bushy-haired
Thomas:Am.:writes -two 'kinds. of
poems, loud ones and soft• ones.
His next reading frOm his own
works- was •that-of a lender "soft"
poem, "This Side-, of ; `. the -Truth,"
written ; for ,•his*six=year-old, son.
-
He -concluded with his, familiar
pciern .of, strength a.ndlaith, "And
Death Shall Hay.e....No..Dominion.'!.
_-_As -art- encor e,-he .read Ahd
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, ;1952
Tickets on Sale
For Kentucky Game
Reserved tickets• for the
Eastern Section games of the
NCAA tournament went on
sale. yesterday morning at the
Athletic office in Old Main.
Tickets for Friday. and Sat
urday nights are $2 each. Penn
State plays Kentucky an d
North Carolina meets St. Johns
of Brooklyn in the semi-finals
Friday. The winners play Sat
urday for the• sectional cham
pionship and the losers also
meet in a consolation game.
Pep Rally
To Send Off
Cage Team
Penn State's Raleigh-bound bas
ketball team will receive a' noisy
send-off tomorroiw night with a
pep rally scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
on the steps of Recreation Hall.
The rally, the second staged
for the team this season, will be
sponsored by Hat Society Coun
cil.
The ten man traveling squad
will leave- 8 a.m. Thursday for
Raleigh, N.C.,• to play Kentucky
in the opening round of the NCAA
playoffs Friday night. Penn State
last played in the NCAA's in
1942.
Coach Elmer Gross and the
team •which won 20 games will
appear at the _rally according to
Richard Rostmeyer, president of
Androcles, junior men's hat so
ciety.
James Worth, All-College pres
ident, and Louis Bell, director of
public information, will be among
the' speakers. The master of cere
monies has not yet been chosen.
'The cheerleaders will be at the
rally.
Rostmeyer said he hoped the
turnout would be greater than at
the February rally staged to wel
come the team home from 'a road
Crowd Packs Sparks
Poet. Dylan Thomas
beautifUlly : =descriptive and nos
talgic "Fern
- He also read selections from
Auden; .Yeats: and others.
Of • his education, Thomis 'said
that . it was "the liberty.' I I had la
rgiatt
Frosh Council
Approves Joint
,Custoiris Board
Freshman. Council voted last night to accept the proposal for a
joint men' and women's freshman customs board as its recommenda
tion 'to the Women's Student Government Association Senate.
The proposal, submitted by a special committee of the council,
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passed by a 11-1 vote.
In accepting the plan, the council made seven changes.
These are:. .
1. The persons sitting as chair
man of 'the board shall be a.vot
ing .member.
2. In base .of a 'tie vote, guilt
of an accused violator will be de
cided by the. Freshman Customs
and Regulations Board,,not by
Judicial as 'provided in te origi
nal proposal.
No Dating Rules
3. The boar d must consider
recommendations for. - changes in
customs made
,by WSGA Senate
.
4. Customs must be worn .from
Saturday morning until Saturday
noon. The original reads "the dress
customs holiday starts at 5:30 p.m.
each - .-Friday and ends at 70-a.m.
Monday morning, with the one
exception- 1h a t freshmen must
wear .the customs, until noon on
Saturday."
5. Rules on no dating will, be
enforced during the whole us
toms •period; including' weekends.
6. All- customs will end. at the
same time. .
Dual Approval:Asked
. 7. Written and signed.. charges
of violations of customs must be
submitted to, the board within 48
hours. These charges mu s t be
acted upon by the board within
a - week after-the charge is made.
Several changes were• made by
the committee before submitting
its report. Among these are' that
women members of the" board -are
subject not only to the approval
of All-College Cabinet, but - WSGA
Senate•• as well.
The committee also inserted' a
clause saying that the chair Man
of -t h e Freshman Customs and
Regulations •Board will be. a
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read. whatevet - 1; wanted t 0.",: His
work, acccirding „to him, is "al
ways expetirnental and always
completely. imsatisfactOry.!' _ •
The expression ppetry•is the
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Lion Class
Chairmen
Selected
Vincent Yakowicz was elected
senior class clique chairman of
the Lion Party at a meeting Sun
day night in 10 Sparks, as the
Lion Party chose senior and jun
ior class clique officers.
Yakowicz was unopposed
,for
the chairmanship. Allen Marshall
won over Donald Douglas for the
office of senior class vice clique
chairman, while Howard Mason
was unopposed for senior class
campaign manager.
Ann Jones and Douglas were
elected as senior class representa
tives-at-large. They edged out
Henry Pitt.
Richard Kirschner beat Thomas
Pyle for the position of junior
class clique chairman. By defeat
ing Jerry Kintigh, James Hand
became junior class vic.e
clique chairman, while Fiorentino
Feraco won over Pyle for junior
class campaign mana g e.r . Ann
Skapik and Roseann leonack• are
junior class representatives-at
large by virtue of being unop
posed.
- Over 100 persons attending the
meeting received voucher cards
making them eligible to vote.
These cards were given to per
, sons who have attended at least
two clique meetings.
At 'next week's clique meeting
opening nominations for All-Col
lege officers will begin. The Lion
Party will also elect a new chair
man from the freshman and soph
omore. classes as required by the
new party constitution, Ray Evert,
party chairman, announced.
The Lion Party also held a
party Saturday night at Kappa
Delta Rho. The party, under the
chairmanship of John Haines, was
open to the public and featured
carnival games. A combo pro
vided music for dancing. Haines
was assisted by Thomas Kidd and
Charles Obertance.
Book. Agency
Will Return
Funds Today
The Used Book Agency in .the
TUB will be open today, tomor
row, and Thursday to reimburse
students whose books have been
sold through .the agency, Robert
Spragg, manager, said.
The agency will be open from
8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30
p.m. each day.
Students should bring their re
ceipts with them, Spragg said.•
Spr,agg also said that students
who have unsold books.• at the
agency, with the exception of
graduating seniors and students
who do not intend to return to
Penn State • next fall, may leave
their books at the agency during
the summer.
The agency will keep the books
and try to sell them in the fall,
Spragg said. This procedure would
save the student the trouble of
picking up his ' books this spring
and bringing them back in the
fall. •
This ,method will also give the
agency a reserve of . books with
which to start operating in the
fall.