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VOL; 53, No. 31
Political Nominees
Need Majority Vote
. As a result of a change in the all-College elections code, a major
ity vote is now required for-a person to be nominated for candidacy
by a political party clique, Ronald Thorpe, elections committee chair
man, said yesterday.
The change in the code, under methods of nomination, now
reads: “If a majority is not reached on the first ballot, all but the
Penn Seat
Complaints
Accumulate
Complaints about the quality
of the $3.90 seats for the Penn
State-University of Pennsylvania
football game; poured into the
Athletic Association office, yester
day, according to Harold R. Gil
bert, graduate manager of ath
letics.
. In. answer to complaints, Gil
bert said, “You can’t put every
body on the 50-yard line.”
The $3.90 -seats, all of which
have been sold, occupy sections
NB to NM in Franklin Field,
Philadelphia.. The sections are lo
cated along the sidelines and ex
tend beyond both goal lines. ,
The $2.60 seats are located be
hind the end zone's and in section
NA. Section NA is on the extreme
end of the sideline seats. Tickets
are still available for the $2.60
seats, Gilbert said. -
Refunds on ticket sales will be
made until 5 p.m. Wednesday, he
said.
Students filled .the, hall, oppQsite
the Athletic,Association office'iif
Old Main yesterday when they
started lining up at 8 a.m. to ob?
tain tickets.
There was no count taken on
the number of tickets distributed,
Gilbert said.
Tickets ordered through student
applications will be distributed
until all have been claimed.
Seniors to Be Charged
Yearbook Photo Fee
Seniors will be charged a $1.50
fee when they return their La-
Vie - proofs to the Penn State
Photo Shop, Douglas Schoerke,
editor, has announced. . .
The fee is charged each year
to help costs of printing
and developing, Schoerke ex
plained.
Prexy, Engle, Simes
To Speak at Rally
President Milton S. Eisenhower will speak at the pre-Michigan
State pep rally at 7:30 tonight in front of Recreation Hall. . Also
speaking at the team sendoff will be Rip Engle, head football coach,
and Frank J. Simes, dean of men.
The Blue Band, conducted by James W. Dunlop, will be on hand
at the rally, David Arnold, Druids
president, has announced.. Druids,
sophomore men’s hat society, is
sponsoring the pep rally.
’Arnold has announced that
Samuel. Nowell will emcee. No
well said he expects to introduce
a Michigan State Spartan in full
regalia at the rally, “just to scare
people.”
AP Lists MSC First
The entire football squad will
be present,. Arnold-, said. Head
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two highest candidates will be
dropped and another ballot tak
en, . with -the candidate receiving
the majority vote considered nom
inated.”
New Checking System Used
Previously, a person could be
nominated by the clique tor a
class or All-College office by re
ceiving a plurality vote. The
change in the code will be put in
to effect Sunday night when, the
Lion and State party cliques meet
to complete nominations and vote
on candidates for freshman and
sophomore class offices.
• Thorpe announced that a new
system of checking names will be
used at the clique-meetings Sun
day. Members of the elections
committee will be stationed at
tables in front of the main doors
of 10 and 121 Sparks, where the
Lion and State parties, respec
tively, will meet.
Before being 'admitted to the
clique meeting, a student must
present his matriculation card at
one of the tables. It will be check
ed with the list of members that
the party has submitted to the
elecions committee. The list in
dicates that a person has attended
at least one of the two clique
meetings held by the party.
Attendance Requirements
Following the checking of
names, that person will receive a
freshman and sophomore ballot
and- a. clique ..card. The student
will then take his clique” card
to the entrance, where it will be
checked again.
To be able to attend Sunday’s
clique meetings, a person must
have attended at -least one pre
vious clique meeting, and his
name must appear on one of the
lists submitted to the elections
committee, Thorpe said.
The clique meetings are .sched
uled'for 7 p.m. ,
Inkling Material Wanted
Fiction and poetry are being
accepted by Inkling, campus lit
erary magazine, for use in the fall
issue.,
' - Matefial shoukTbe addressed tp.
Inkling and left at the Student
Union desk, in Old Main, John
Hoerr, editor, has announced.
Cheerleader Alan McChesney will
lead the cheer squad.
Both Arnold and McChesney
urged students to make tonight’s
pep rally the most successful of
the year, both in enthusiasm and
in the.size of the crowd. Arnold
pointed out that Michigan State,
the nation’s number one football
team on both Associated Press
and United'Press polls, is rated
a three-touchdown favorite over
Penn State by sports crystal gaz
ers throughout the country.
'Team Needs Support'
Penn State has been placed 17th
by AP, while” UP has alloted the
College 19th spot in its lineup of
top teams.
“The team will need the know
ledge of our support in the Mich
igan State game this Saturday,
more, than it has yet this season,”
Arnold said. “Let’s show them we
know they’re going to score.”
The entire team will leave by
bus at 8 tonight for East Lansing,
Mich., directly- from •Recreation
Hall, at the conclusion of the rally.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1952
Both, the plan to allocate 300 seats for alumni, faculty members
and others at indoor sports events and the plan to issue two different
colored Athletic Association books allowing students to see only
one-half the athletic events were defeated by the Board of Gover
nors of the Association of Independent Men last night.
The board appointed a committee to investigate an AIM Board
of Control that - would operate
similar to the Interfraternity
Council Board of Control..
Both plans for Recreation Hall
seating were suggested' by Dean
Ernest B. McCoy of the School of
Physical Education and Athletics
at a joint special meeting of All-
College Cabinet and the Athletic
Association,
The first plan would allocate
300 seats for the'public at the in
door events. The second plan,
defeated by the Board with no
affirmative vote, would have di
vided the student body in half,
issued a diffei-ent color AA book
to each half, and allowed only
one half to see each night’s.events.
William Shifflett, AIM presi
dent, appointed AIM committees.
Thomas Dennis was appointed
to the Campus Chest committee,
Michael Papowniak to the Dink
Debut committee, and Melvin Ru
bin to the publications committee.
The Junior Prom weekend com
mittee will include Joseph Haines,
chairman, and Joseph Gardecki;
the social committee, Sheldon Od
land, chairman, and Robert Frank;
and publicity committee, Peter
Prinzivalli, chairman, and John
Mallick.
Donald Douglass was appointed
chairman of a committee to in
vestigate the powers and regula
tion of an AIM Board of. Control;
Others appointed to the committee
are Robert Hance, Dennis, and
Edward Thieme.
The board voted to support the
blood drive scheduled for Nov. 11
and 12.
The board’s LaVie picture will
be taken at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at
the Penn State Photo Shop.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Cabinet to Discuss
Funds, Handbook
Discuss Rushing
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FRATERNITY RUSHING chairmen, Thomas Woolaway, Joseph
Connolly and Olio Heizel, left lo righl, meei at-the second session
of Ihe IFC Workshops io discuss rushing problems. Connolly was
chairman of Ihe group which mei at Phi Kappa Sigma. Eight other
workshops also mei last night. (See story on page 2)
Rec Hall Seating Plans
Rejected by AIM Board
Lion Suit Funds
Still Being Sought
Additional contributions to the
Lion suit fund may be made at
the Daily Collegian office from
11 a.m. to noon and 4 to 5 p.m.
daily.
The quality of the new suit will
be determined by the. amount of
money available, Harold R. Gil
bert, graduate, manager of ath
letics, explained. Although the
$5OO goal was reached, more mon
ey may be needed to buy the new
suit.
The goal was reached Tuesday
when West Dorm Council con
tributed $79.79 and Nittany Dorm
donated $2.75.
If the total collected during the
drive is not sufficient, Interfra
ternity Council will make up the
difference, Arthur Rosfeld, IFC
president, has announced.
'Pivot' to* Choose
Fall Staff Tonight
The staff for the fall issue of
Pivot, campus poetry magazine,
will be elected at a meeting of the
editorial and circulation depart
ments at 8:30 tonight in 215 Wil
lard.
Students may .submit poetrv for
Pivot at 245 Sparks. The $25 Fred
Lewis Pattee poetry award will
be.presented in the spring for the
most outstanding poetry. appear
ing in the fall issue.
Prof Group to Meet
The American Association of
University Professors will meet
at 7:30 tonight in 110 Electrical
Engineering.
Ticket Sale Poor
For Forum-
See Page 4
$2 La Vie Fee,
Chess Request
Are on Agenda
All-College Cabinet will act on
requests for funds for the Chess
Club and the student handbook
and will view the proposal for a
$2 freshman LaVie fee at its meet
ing at 8 tonight in Old Main.
As all three issues involve fi
nances of more than $lOO, they
must be acted on at two cabinet
meetings. The LaVie fee proposal
was approved for the first time
at cabinet's last meeting two
weeks ago.
Roll Call
Minutes of ihe previous
meeting.
Reports of officers.
Adoption of agenda.
Reports of cabinet members.
Senior class
AIM dance
Reports of commiffes
Encamp meat subcommit
tee.
Religion in Life "Week
j Campus Chest
Old business
Chess team proposal
LaVie fea
Student handbook finance
Alma Mater
Mew business
Lion suit fund
Appointment of committees
Announcements
Chess Club president Peter Bet
ley presented the recommenda
tion asking $2OO for the club at
that meeting. Betley told cabinet
at that time that students in the
club had been covering their own
expenses, whi c h amounted to
about $5O a man each year. In
1950 the chess team won the
Pennsylvania Intercol legi a t e
championship.
The request of allocation .of
money for the student handbook
—5421.17 was asked —w a s pre
sented by John Hoerr, editor of
the publication. At the same time
Hoerr announced four other pro
posals which were acted on im
mediately for they involved no
finances. All four were approved.
David Pellnitz, editor of the
Daily Collegian, will propose to
cabinet that a yearly fund be set
(Continued on page eight)
Debate Selects
Fourteen Fresh
Fourteen freshman women have
been placed on the women’s de
bate squad. Freshmen were not
required to try out to join the
team but had only to show suffi
cient interest in debating and in
arguing the national intercol
legiate debate topic.
Those named to the squad are
Mary Cabeen, Joan Donovan, Hel
en Frey vogel, Mazie Gerhart,
Barbara Hinger, Charlotte Ka
gan, Joanne Montgomery, Carole
Merrin. Judith Newell, Leah
Obert, Sarah. Pickett, Lola Rogins,
Nancy Si 1 v.e rma n, and Doris
Thiessen.
Two upperclass women were
admitted to the team following
special tryouts. They are Eleanor
Rakosi and Barbara Tokarsky.
Home Ec Seniors
Scheduled for Photos
Seniors in the School of
Home Economics may have
their pictures taken for the
1953 LaVie today t h-c ough
Tuesday at the Penn State
Photo Shop.
Men are asked to wear suits,
white shirts, and ties. Wom
en are requested to wear white
or plain colors.
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