'' . S . Onoto' , q ieoup ..- OK's: -, ,,Z.:Ne4j . 'r.0 S-oi•9ritie, • . . • By pu..L. JOST , T,wo- potential Negro sororities; Alpha. Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta, have - been approved, and .regulations and , restrictions for, new , sororities have been . passed by the student welfare com mittee. • If these two groups follow ,committee they will• become . the Reading Festival Ends Today The fourth annual Pennsyl vania Intercollegiate Reading Fes tival will end today with long poem, short Story, and 'drama readings scheduled for the final sessions. Students from 13 colleges are participating in the two-day pro gram. Patricia Hathaway, junior in journalism, is chairman for the reading sessions, which are being held •in 304 Old Main. Constance Melvin, junior, will read - "Maple" by Robert Frost at the long poems session at 9:30 a.m. today. Thomas Rice, senior, will preside. The short story program will be presided over by Madeleine Sharp, junior, at 10:30 a.m. today. Betty Lou Morgan; senior; will read "Wingless Victory" by Max well Anderson at the drama read ing program at 1:30 p.m:. at which Margaret Troutman, sophomore, will preside. Mrs. ,, Harriet D. Nesbitt, assis tant professor of public speaking, is in charge of the festival. This afternoon's drama read ings include excerpts from "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, "Lincoln Attorney" by Edward Eggleston, "The Robe" by Lloyd C. Douglas, "Ah! Wilder ness" by Eugene O'Neill, "Eliza beth the Queen" by Maxwell An derson. "Saint Joan" by Bernard Shaw, "Dr. Faust Lights the Lights" by Gertrude Stein, "The Lady's Not for Burning" by Christopher- Fry, and "Our- Town" by Thornton Wilder. Myron Cole and Joada Oswalt read yesterday. • , Coed Injured In Accident Joyce Harkins, senior in home economics, was injured in an ac cident involving four cars Wed nesday afternoon at Miles street and Beaver avenue. Miss ,Harkins received body bruises and suffered shock when her car was struck by one driven by Gerald Weissman of State Col lege. Police said Weissman, driving on a learner's permit and accom , panied by a licensed operator, went through a stop sign and hit the left side of Miss Harkin's car. The Harkins car was knocked into a parked car, which in turn crashed into another parked car. Damage to the Harkins vehicle was' estimated at $5OO, while the Weissman damage was $4OO. The two parked cars were damaged •approximatelysloo and $3O worth. Magazine Appoints _ Zelka Assistant Editor ' Harold P. Zelko, professor of public sneaking, has been named assistant ;editor of The Speech Teacher, a now publication issued ''quarterly by the Speech Associa tion of America. The magazine deals with teaching- methods and pro:rams in s .eech trainin:. TODAY'S WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY - AND •MILD ' the regulations , set up by the first Negro sororities to • receive charters at Penn State. There are currently three Negro fraternities on campus. Petitions from these groups had been pending until the committee developed a policy for admitting new sororities, - since no suites are available - for new sororities. According to the restrictions set up by the committee, these groups are not allowed 'to use the names of national sororities, and may not petition for affilia tion with a national sorority for a period of one year._ As Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta are names of national sor orities the' local groups will have to change their names. The . , committee has approved these two, potential sororities as student groups. After one year they may petition a national sor ority. The group must operate as a local for a period of two years, during which time its name must be distinctly different from that of any , existing national fraternity or sorority. New sororities will be approved with the understanding that no suites pre available. Sorority in itiations and other meetings will have to be held in College rooms on a scheduled basis.-Any sorority which is granted a charter must certify - in writing that it • under stands and accepts the restrictions relating to suites. . . When the sorority petitions a national organization, it must pre sent a letter from the national (Continued on page eight) La Vie Honors Photographer's Long Service In • recognition of 42 years of photographic service to LaVie, Robert Breon Sr. of the Penn State Photo Shop has been given a certificate of appreciation by the LaVie* Board of Directors. Since snapping his first com mercial picture in September, 1909; .when he was a new em ployee of the Smith Studio,.Breon has taken thousands of pictures for the College yearbook. .At that time the Smith Studio made most of the photos, with the, ,exception of the individual student portraits, for LaVie. 1920 Breon became a partner of the studio, which was then called the Penn State Photo Shop. In 1944 he .became sole owner. Now- the official photographer for • LaVie, the Penn State Photo Shop has been responsible for al most every picture -to appear in LaVie since 1926. It . has taken the individual senior pictures as well as' the group and action shots. ". Cabinet OK's For Carnival By MIMI UNGAR I F All-College Cabinet last night approved ! a recommendation by JoAn Lee, recently defeated can didate for All-College vice presi dent, that Thursday, May 15, be declared a holiday, and be named Spring Carnival Day. Miss Lee pointed out that, since the two days of pre-regis tration had been eliminated, there are two extra days on the Col lege calendar, which is already complete without those two d'ays. She recommended that. the pro posal be submitted to the Coun cil on Administration when it meets at' 9 a.m. Monday. It was pointed out by Clr.ir George, chairman of the Foard of Dramatics and Forensics, that Thursday is the most practical day since 'this is when the Carni val will be held, and it 'rill give organizations sufficient- time ,to set up • their booths. He pointed out • that in the , past, -because- of 41. . 4 , r Ba t tg iis VOL. 52, No. 135 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MA'l - 2, 1952 FIVE CENTS Welfare, Excuses Acted on in Senate Senate Passes Official Excuse Plan System The College Senate yesterday approved - amendments to the un dergraduate regulations setting up a new system of official excuses to be used for legal class ab sences. These amendments also provide for • disciplinary probation, th e approval of the Dean of Men or the Dean of Women in the choice of the location of social functions, and for the change of the name "committee on student welfare" to "committee on student affairs." The Senate also passed a pro posal to' set a special committee to study suggestions for changes in the time and method of re porting the grades of graduating seniors. The calendar for the 1953-'54 school year was also passed. The amendments provide fo r excuses to be issued for author ized athletic trips, inspection trips, student organization trips, hospital confinement, an d for personal emergencies. These ex cuses, according to the•regula tions, must be honored by in structors, and will allow the stu dent to make up work without penalty. No excuses will be issued either from the College dispen sary or from the out-patient de partment of the College hospi tal. The, head of the department in which the student is enrolled will issue excuses for inspection trips. Excuses for trips incidental to a course 'will be granted by the dean of the school in which the course is taught. The ne w regulations provide for disciplinary probation to be imposed by the committee on stu dent affairs. Previously;the regulations pro vided .only for academic proba tion. A student placed on proba tion is not allowed to hold an office in any College activity and may not join any additional activ ities. Deadline for Seniors Noon tomorrow has been set as the deadline for ordering senior caps and gowns at the Athletic Store and invitations and announcements at the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main. the short amount of time to set up booths, the carnival has been opened with some booths incom plete. Since the Council of Adminis tration is made up of the deans of the various schools, it was rec ommended by David ,Mutchler, chairman of Tribunal, that the presidents of the student coun cils ,present the proposal to their deans before the meeti._g Mon day. In presenting the elections com mittee report, George Glaze r, member of the committee, rec ommended two changes, for next year. The first, that all members of the committee be seniors, was defeated by cabinet. The second recommendation, that the city ed itor, of the Daily Collegian be a member of the committee, was unanimously passed. • Following the reading of a let ter of •thanks from Peggy Fahr inger,... recipient of All-College FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Black- Gowned ' FCRB Announces Ftosh Moveups All second semester women were moved up last night as members of the Freshman Cus toms and Regulations Board went to each freshman women's living unit and made the announcement. Dressed in black caps and gowns, they carried a sign read ing, "Move Up Day Today." Joan Yerger, chairman of the board, gave the following speech: "I have a very sad tale to tell you— the freshman woman is dead—she is now an upperclassman." Second semester women will now have upperclass hours which include two 1 o'clocks on week ends and 10 o'clocks during the week. Any remaining 10 o'clock ' permissions that freshmen have automatically become 11 o'clocks. The freshman previously had a 10 and a 1 on weekends, and 9:ls's during the week. All freshman regulations are set up by the Women's Student Gov ernment Association Senate, and are enforced by the FCRB. 30 Outstanding independent Seniors Named Thirty outstanding independent senior men and women have been selected by the presidents of the independent dormitory and town councils, the Association of Inde pendent Men, and Leonides. Se lections were made on the basis of scholarship and participation in extra-curricular activities. • Those chosen were Moylan Mills, John Stoudt, David Mutch ler, Lee Stern, Harry Cover, Wes ton Tomlinson, Paul Zanoni, Pet er Sarantopoulos, Ray Evert, Wil liam Everson, Leonard Kolasin ski, Robert Fraser, Ronald Bonn, William Cole, David Olmsted, Ralph Egolf, John Price. Richard Mills, William Miha lich, Fred Pope, Richard White, Richard Klingensmith, Lewis Hoover, Edna Baylson, Patricia Bowles, Rosemary Delahanty, Anne Hibbs, Shirley Vernon, Jeannine Bell, and Margaret Reis meier. Proposal Holiday Cabinet's $2.5_ scholarship, A College, President John Laubach formally installed James Plyler, All-College vice president; Rich ard Rostmeyer, All-College sec:e.- tary treasurer; Theodore Kimmel, senior class president; and Rich ard Lemyre, junior class presi dent. Kimmel introduced William O'Malley, senior class vice presi dent; and Margaret Hepler, sen ior class secretary treasurer. If;e myre introduced Robert Carruth ers and Peggy' Crooks, junior class vice president and secret ary treasurer, respectively. Cabinet , also heard the second reading of the amendment to the All-College Constitution which would make a Radio Guild mem ber an addition to the Board •of Dramatics and Forensics. Laubach announced that an All- College cabinet meeting will •be held' next' Thursday. Proposal Made To Replace Welfare Group A plan to replace the present College Senate committee on stu dent welfare with a committee on student affairs was proposed at Senate meeting yesterday by R. Wallace Brewster, chairman of the student welfare committee. According to the proposed plan, which will require an amend ment to the Senate by-laws, the committee would be composed of four faculty members frem the Senate, the Dean of Men, the Dean of Women, the director of student affairs, the chairman of the Graduate School committee on student affairs, and the presi dent of All-College Cabinet. The latter two would be ex officio members. Six Sub-committees Planned Ex officio members are not given voting power by the amend ment, but the question of their voting is left to the decision of the regular members of the com mittee. Six sub-committees are provided for in the amendment. They are academic honesty, organization control, social affairs, discipline, health and recreation, and college student relations. Each committee would be composed of faculty members and at leaSt two stu dents. The committees on academic honesty, organization control, and college-student relations would (Continued on page eight) Price Heads Radio Project John Price will be station man ager for Radio Day, it was an nounced at a meeting of the Radio Day planning committee. • Radio Day is a project designed to offer students the opportunity to participate in a full day's ac tual practice in running a mock radio station. The date for the day has been changed to May 22. Students in radio and journal ism and other interested students will write, direct, and act in the on-microphone performance. The programs will not be put on the air but 'may be heard through special speakers in 304, 305, and 307 Sparks. Others in charge of Radio Day are Donald Barton, general assis tant; Phyllis Brenckman and Pa tricia Hathaway, assistants; Jay Murphy, announcing; Miss Brenckman, Barbara Klopp, Moy lan Mills, continuity; Miss Hath away, direction; Anthony Kibel bek, music. Frank Hutchinson, station oper ation; Karl Thomas and Ellis Maris, engineering; Diana Koppel man, traffic; Nancy Luetzel, pub lic relations and news; Gordon Greer, drama; and Don Barry, sports. Androcles Sets Tuesday Deadline Applications for membership it Androcles, junior men's • hat so ciety, must be filed at the Student Union desk in Old Main before 5 p.m. Tuesday, President Richard Rostmeyer has announced. All sophomore men with a 1.00 average may apply by turning in a list of their campus activities and honors. Those sophomore men who have applied for Blue Key, junior men's hat society, may also apply for Androcles. Blue Key applications must be in by 5 p.m. today. Applications for Skull an d Bones, senior men's hat society, must be turned in by Tuesday, President Clair George said. •
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