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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
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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
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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
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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. •