Pe'r2 - ) Rally to . ..Seiid:.' Off Capers Team Goes To Raleigh Tomorrow A noisy send-off for Pe n n State's Raleigh-bound basketball team is planned for 8:30 tonight on the steps of Recreation Hall. 'Clair George, vice president of .Hat Society Council, will be mas ter of - ceremonies. George emceed a February rally for the basket ball team which was also spon sored by the council. James Worth, All-College presi dent, and Louis Bell, director of ,public information, will,be among the speakers at the rally. ' Cheerleaders will be present to lead cheers and songs. Coach Elmer Gross an d the team will be at the rally. Mem bers of . the traveling squad are Jesse Arnelle, Jim Blocher, Ed Haag,, Jay McMahan, Chet *Mak arewicz, Joe Piorkowski, Jack Sherry, Herm Sledzik, Ron Weid enhammer, and Hardy Williams. The traveling squad will leave 8 a.m. tomorrow from the Corner Room for Raleigh, N.C., to play Kentucky in the opening round of the NCAA playoff s Friday night. Penn State last played in the NCAA's in "1942. Richard Rostmeyer, president of Androcles, junior men's hat so ciety, said he hoped the students would come to the rally and show the team some.of the spirit that is behind them. Bucknell Debaters Here Today Penn State men debaters will meet Bucknell both home anc". away this afternoon in a debate on the question of federal wage and price controls. Alex Stameteris and Thomas White will take the negative side against the Bucknell squad at 4 p.m. today in 14 Sparks. David Lewis will be chairman. At the same time, Mark Ungar and Ivan Sinclair, affirmative de baters, will meet Bucknell at Lewisburg. Assistant deb at e coach J. H. O'Brien will accom pany the men. The Shanken-Nowell day nurs ery plan, presented here last month, was discussed . Monday morning at the Mt. Mercy Col lege assembly.' Edward Shanken and Samuel Nowell took the af firmative side of the question, "Resolved: That day nurseries should be established in all cities in Pennsylvania with populations of 15,000 or over." Ruth Buntich and Mary Ann Capo, who ap peared at Penn State to argue the same question, took the negative side. . The non-decision debate was run in cross-examination style in a humorous vein. ' Monday afternoon a half-hour broadcast of a mock court trial on the nursery plan was taped. Shanken acted as prosecutor, No well as his witness, 'and the Mt. Mercy women took the defense. It will be broadcast Friday over WDUQ, Duquesne University's student station. Druids to Meet/Tonight A meeting 'of the Druids, soph omore hat society; will - be held at 9 p.in. tonight at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house. The -members will discuss the tapping of new members and the annual banquet, according to Samuel Marino, president. TODAY'S WEATHER WINDY WITH RAIN. VOL. 52, No. 109 Rochester Orchestra To Perform Th e 'RocheSter Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Erich Leinsdoff, will perform at 8:30 tonight in Schwab Auditor ium. The program is the third in the Community - Concert series, and is open only to members of the concert association. The orchestra,• now in its 29th season, . was founded. in 1922 through the interest of, the late George Eastman, for whom the Eastman Theatre, home auditor ium - for the group, was named. The orchestra has had only four permanent conductors—A I,b er t Coates. Eugene Goosens, •Jose Iturbi, and Leinsdorf, the present conductor. Guest conductors have included Fritz Reiner, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Artur Rodzinski, and others. • First-desk players of the Roch ester Philharmonic in most cases hold important positions on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music. In addition they, with other member's of the group, are mem bers of the Rochester Civic Or chestra. Including Philharmonic concerts at home and on tour, Civic Orchestra concerts, and ra dio broadcasts by both .organiza tions,f many of the Philharmonic musicians play nearly 100 concerts annually. Although .the annual tours- are limited by the teaching duties of many of its members, the orches tra travels south to the Carolinas, west to Columbus, ohi o , and north into Canada. The program tonight will in clude the overture to "The Magic Flute" (Mozart);t Symphony No. 6 in F-major—Opus 68, Past oral (Beethoven); "Rondo Veneziano" (Pizzetti); and a choreographic poem, "La Valse" (Raval). Up to Date Chest Totals Exceed $ll,OOO Mark Students, faculty, and staff members, through pledges and cash donations, have contributed $11,297.12 to this', year's Campus Chest, up to date totals released yesterday showed. The figure is not the final tabulation of Chest income this year because veteran donations and proceeds from the Ugly Man con test have not yet been received, William Klisanin, drive chairman, said. Veterans donate to the-Chest through book receipts that will be available March 28. The Ugly Man contest also ends on that - day. Klisanin said the Chest will go over its $12,000 goal this year. Pledges Bring $6656.63 • Students, through pledges, cash donations, and , proceeds of ' the, Kickoff Dance held last semester, contributed $9821.72 to the Chest. Faculty contributions totaled $2275.40. Student pledges brought'• in $6656.63 in this year's drive and cash donations _totaled $1676.06. Kickoff ,Dance proceeds totaled -$689.03. The Penn State Christian 'As sociation will receive $5800.80 from Chest • funds, the largest amount going to any single group included in the 'drive. The PSCA received $4149:99 from" students and' $1650.81 "from faculty, and staff. L L i Represents 46 Per Cent ,The World Student '-S'e rvl 'c e Fund will receive $1638.92. Stu den t s contributed $1082.60 to WSSF and faculty and staff mem bers contributed. $556.32: The PSCA funds represent- 46 per - cent of student contributions and WSSF full& represent 12 per cent. WSW and- PSCA were the only groups -included, in •the. fac- Ulty, . drive, = Faculty,. numbers- did to'iff r..,,,, r 13 a it g 1,:::::,,y; - Toll Union to Make Strike Dec Authority Says Strikers- Face Suspension Under the laws of the state, service employees of the College who strike are "automatically dis charged," Sheldon C. Tanner, pro fessor of business law and former United States commissioner of conciliation, declared Monday in a letter to the Centre Daily Times. Th e application of the laws containing these provisions and others which might apply should the employees strike were out lined by Tanner. In explaining the law, Tanner said "the legislature has , deter mined in the State Employees Re tirement Act that the employees of the College are state em ployees." Using this as background, Tan ner's letter went on to explain, "it would be an act of wise dis cretion to Assume, until the courts have decided otherwise, that the employees of the College are state employees, and are subject to the law prohibiting strikes again'st agencies- of th e commonwealth, including the College." Striking employees are auto matically discharged under the 167 w, Tanner continued, but may be re-employed. They may be re employed, however, only at the pay scale they received before the strike and this may not -be increased for three years. Tanner's ' letter outlined three laws which would bear upon a (Continued on page eight) not contribute to other Chest beneficiaries. The -breakdown of Chest in come will give the following' amounts to other Chest benefici aries: Scholargram program, $721.- 73, eight per cent; Heart Fund, Salvation Army, Leo Houck Can cer Fund, and Women's Student Government Association Christ mas Fund, $541.30 each, six per cent each; State College - Corn munity Fund; $90.70, one per cent. Three per cent of Chest income, $338.96, will be used for operat ing expenditures. This includes $270.69 from 'student funds and $68.27 froth faculty contributions. Six per cent of •Chest income, $541.30, is designated for the March of Dimes., Officials of the National Foundation for -Infan tile Paralysis have"announced they will. not accept the funds because it is against national policy to accept money from, joint fund-raising )campaigns. Klisanin said last week he will present a plan for distribution-of those funds at the next meeting Of All-College Cabinet. ' Last, year's Chest contributions totaled $10,402.67. Students con tributed $7896.57, and faculty and staff contributed $7896.57, arid faculty and s't af f contributed $2506.10. Last year's • coal. was $14,000.. FOR . A BETTER PENN STATE March of Dimes Refuses or NCAA Tourney STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1952 'Americans for Ike' To Form on Campus Formation of an Americans for Eisenhower committee will take place at -7 p.m. tomorrow in 202 Willard Hall. This State College chapter is student-organized by Benja min Sinclair, who is acting chairman. The group is open to all stu dent s,_ undergraduates and graduates, interested in the or ganization or who wish to be come members. WSGA To Discuss Customs The proposal for a joint men and women's freshman customs board will .be discussed at the Women's Student Government Association Senate m e e t i n • g at 6:30 tonight. Seven changes in the \plan as recommended•by Freshman Coun cil will be considered. The amend ed form of the plan was passed by the council Monday with one dissenting vote. Changes made include that a tie vote should be handled by the Freshman Customs and ' Regula tions Board instead of by Judi cial, that the no dating period will last during the entire cus toms period, and that all customs will end at the same time. If Serfate approves the meas ure, it will be presented as WSGA's recommendation at the meeting of All-College Cabinet tomorrow, - Mary Jane Woodrow, president, said. Other business will• include a report on the Eastern Regional Convention of the International Association of Women Students, to be held 'here next month. Joan Lee is chairman of the conven tion. Illegal Parkers To. Have Cars Towed Away Automobiles parked in service drives,. unloading zone s, and other restricted parking areas on campus will be towed away at the owner's risk and expense, Walter H. Wiegand, physical plant director and chairman of the• All-' College traffic • committee, said yesterday.. , Faculty and student• cars parked in unloading zones., and• service drives have . often Made it' im possible...in the past for trucks to make deliveries to 'College build ings, Wiegind'said. Students whO.park in restricted areas will also be taken• :before Tribunal 'for' a traffic' violation, David: Mutchler, Tribunal chair- man, said• yesterday. . To,urnanient Tickets ReServed•tickets for .the East ern Section pmes of the.NCA4 tournament wil be on sale , to day only at the Athletic office in Old Main. The. price of the tickets for Friday 'and Saturday* nights IS $2 - each. • rgiatt ISI Employees Get Open Letter From College Members of the College service employees union will meet _at 8 tonight in the Moose Hall to de cide whether to take definite strike action against the College. At the last regular meeting of the union, two weeks ago, nearly 200 union members voted unani mously to set a date for a work stoppage at tonight's meeting, un less the College complied with a list of five union grievances which the union claims would bring wages into line and im prove working conditions. Establishment of "a well-un derstood system of wage classifi cation" and "a democratically-op erated efficiency-rating system" meanwhile were represented as early objectives of the College in an open letter released yesterday to 'Penn State's approximately 1100 service employees. It was the College's first state ment since the union members set today for the setting of a strike date. "Once classifications, s a l a r y ranges, and efficiency ratings are determined," Comptroller S. K. Hostetter said in his letter, "it will become a relatively easy mat ter to determine salary increases whenever funds are available for the purpose." In the letter, which outlined the steps the College had taken in recent months to boost wages (Continued on page eight) Council Backs Parking Plan The Home Economics Student Council voted last night .to •sup port the recent campus parking proposal made to All-College cab inet by David Mutchler, tribunal chairman. Under this proposal, a definite priority system for issuing campus permits according to the parking areas would be established, Betty Anders, council president, and council members explained. The proposal to cabinet to as sess each student 10 cents a se mester to help finance the College judgingteams also received a supporting vote. Bruce Rathfon gave a report on plans for sending invitations for the home economics Spring Weekend to be held April 25 and 26. Named to the nominating com mittee for council officers were Nancy Ferguson, Carol Reber and Charles Snyder. Interested per sons are "requested to submit their names to this committee. Accident Victim Reported 'Good' The condition of Rhea White, 20, a fifth semester student in Arts and Letters, who was ser iously injured in an auto accident last Thursday, is reported as "good," according to the Associ ated Press. Miss White is still confined to the Crouse Irving Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. The accident took place.lo miles south of Syracuse, when the coed's car' skidded during a snowstorm and collided with a tractor-trailer. The collision was fatal to Stilart Stevens, 20, a junior at Syracuse University, who •was driving' the car. ",
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