. . . . - - - - • , . / . • ' 1 0 ' ' s N 2. • Campus Chest . -4 ..,- , , ~N di g 5 r%)*V;Pr- - ri l l "rgl * a Ili N. ° - Needs Solicitors- - -r itto Ban ~,,:,„:„. West Dorm Dating— See Page 4 --, -:' See Page 4 . ,01.1.5 . • , . , FOR A BETTER PENN STATE VOL. 53, No. 44 Junior Class Talent Show At 8 Tonight "Junior Varieties," class talent show, will be presented at 8 to night in S c.h wa b Auditorium. Free tickets have been distributed by juniors, and a limited number are available at the Student 'Union desk in Old Main. The reservation deadline for the junior class, breakfast has been extended until, 5 p.m. today, Thomas Farrell, Junior Week chairman, said yesterday. The breakfast will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the Dutch Pantry. Res ervations have been made by 27 couples, but 50 couples is the committee's goal. Junior Participants The following juniors will par ticipate in "Junior Varieties": Victor Parizo, baritone; Patricia Marsteller; who will sing two numbers from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"; Andrew Krassowski, magician; Marian Schwartz, blues singer; Margaret Crooks, vocalist; and Rodney, Stegal, impersonator. Today is the deadline for sub mitting entries for the Mummers Parade which will precede the Rutgers game. Entrants may reg ister with David Kresge at Delta Chi. Rally Time Changed ,The junior class pep rally will begin at' 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in stead of 7 p.m. as previously an nounced. Marilyn Buzby, Chair man, said the time change was necessary because junior mem bers ,of the varsity football team will not be , available until • that time. The rally will begin with a parade starting at Burrowes road and College avenue. Miss Buz b y, requested that members of junior hat societies and the five queen finalists be at the parade starting point by 7:30 p.m. The jazz band of Phi Mu Alpha, music honorary will give a jazz concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday •in Schwab Auditorium. Distribution of free tickets for the concert will begin tomorrow. Thesis Play Open To Public Tonight The second performance of W. Somerset Maugham's three-act comedy "The Circle," a thesis pro duction by William S. E. Coleman, will be given at 7:30 tonight in the Little Theater in Old Main. Performances will be given for the Faculty Women's Club -at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Friday, nights. Free tickets 'for tonight's per formance may be obtained at the Dramatics office in Schwab Audi torium. Floral Agency to Have Service for Prom The Student Floral Agency will provide corsage service for the Junior Prom this weekend, Man ager-Joseph Sutovsky, said yester day. The agency will provide free delivery service. Salesmen will be at the West Dorm mailroom and the Nittany and Pollock dining halls from 5 to 7 p.m. Ed COuncel Will-Hold Series of Coffee Hours The Education Student Council will hold the first in a series of informal coffee hours for stu dents and faculty members of the school of education' from 7 to 9 tonight in McElwain Hall lounge. Entertainment will . be provided by the Treble ingers. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY MILDER STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNINC, NOVEMBER 12, 1952 Senate Group Approves Dating Code Revisions This Won't Hurt! —By Boyles • DONALD ROBERTS, fifth semester mechanical engineering major, has his blood pressure taken by Mrs. Bonnie Anthony, registered nurse of State College, in preparation for his donation to the campus blood drive. The Johnstown Red Cross bloodmobile( unit handled 100 donors at the TUB yesterday: Red. Cross Pleased At Student Turnout Johnstown Red Cross bloodmobile officials said yesterday 'they were "very pleased" with the response of Penn State students to the two-day blood drive. The donation period began yesterday and will end today. Arthur Koster, center adminis blood program, said that the 'only regret of the organization is that it has failed to meet the expec tations of students at the College. He explained that more than 300 pints of blood; the -goal - for the drive, could not haVe been handled] in this campaign, because sched uling is done at least six months to one .year in advance. _:`100 Donations Handled He said, however, that in the future the desires of this campus will be taken into consideration and proper adjustment will be made. Koster explained there are 31 participating Red Cross chap - - ters requiring scheduled -visits of the bloodmobile unit each year. Much of the scheduling is done according to the population in a particular area, he said. The unit, stationed at the Tem porary Union Building for the two-day drive, handled 100 dona tions yesterday: Mrs. Helen Shaf fer, chief nurse, said 'that the unit fell behind schedule because some students did not receive their af t ern oon appointments through the mail. She attributed it to the fact that yesterday, Arm istice Day, there was no mail de livery. Distributed in 3 Ways Donors are given a physical ex amination b e f or e donating and re c e • i v e refreshments following the donation. The entire process takes approximately •one hour for each donor. • Blood obtained by the Johns town unit is distributed in three ways. Part is sent as whole blood to Korea, part is used in hospitals in the region for civilians and part is sent to laboratories to be made into plasma for, the armed forces. From donation centers the blood is sent to Johnstown, where it is distributed according to the needs at the time. The unit is scheduled to return to the campus for a three-day stay in early May. rator for the Johnstown regional Sandwich Signs Violate college Election Code All-College elections committee last night issued a warning to students in general, and campus political parties in particular, that wearing sandwich sign political posters on campus is a violation of the All-College elections- code. The committee based its action on Article 10, section four of the code which lists as a violation: "Campaign poster in any part of Old Main other than those ap proved by the election committee for use at the polls. Posters may be placed only in the dormitories or TUB." A complaint that suc'h signs have been seen on campus ad vertising Lion Party candidates was presented to the committee last night by Walter Sachs, State Party clique chairman. The com mittee was also' informed similar signs advertising the State Party have been seen. Although the committee did de cide the signs were in violation of the code, no penalty for the violation was determined. The committee will meet with party chairrnen after the polls close tomorrow following the freshman-sophomore class elec,, tions. 'Engineer' on Sale The November Penn State En gineer is, now on sale at the Cor ner Room and the Student Union Desk in Old Main. The magazine features an article on the new United Nations buildings and Rob ert Brooks, The Engineer Boy of the Month. This issue contains 72 pdges. Attendance of first and second semester women at registered and chaperoned fraternity events and chaperoned dating in -the West Dormitory lounges, except for an amendment in hours, were approved yesterday by the Senate committee .on student affairs, according to Wilmer E. Kenworthy, secretary. . Originally the Interfraternity Council requested that first semester women be allowed to attend registered and chaperoned events and that, second-semester women come under the IFC Un chaperoned Dating Code. • Kenworthy said the committee recognized th e improvements made by most fraternities in re cent years and "the outstanding job being done by IFC in adminis tering fraternity affairs." Rules formerly in effect did not permit first semester women to go to fraternities at any time, and second semester women were allowed to attend registered and chaperoned events. Lounge Dating Dating in the lounges of Mc- Kee, -4-lamilton, and Irvin halls and the recreation rooms on Level A in McKee and Hamilton halls will be permitted between the hours of 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. Fri days, 2 p.m. and 1 a.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. and. 10 p.m. Sundays. The dating code applies only to weekends Previously dating had been per mitted only in the main lounge of the West Dorms. The West Dorm Council had asked for dat ing permission from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays. The committee ex plained that supervision could not be provided before 7 p.m. Fri days. In the code, the West Dorm Council assumes responsibility for the enforcement and operation of the code. The code also states that dating is permitted during regular semesters except during vacation periods and specifies that women guests must enter and leave by the entrance ad jacent to the lounges mentioned. Committee Formed ,Point 3c of the code says: "A committee will be formed by the West Dormitory Council to work in conjunction with the resident counselor as chaperons." Violations of the code will be referred to the executive commit tee of the West D'orm Council, and that group will refer its rec ommendations to the student af fairs committee for proper action. The executive committee of the West Dorm Council consists of the resident counselor adviser to the council, the president, vice presi dent, secretary, and treasurer of the council. Political Parties Enter Final Day of Campaign Both Lion and State parties will make the final burst toward the finish line today in the last efforts of campaigning for their freshman and sophomore class officer candidates. Tomorrow is election day. "Whether you vote State or Lion, be sure to get out and vote," is the opinion of leaders on both sides of the political fence. Barry Kay, campaign manager of State Party, said yesterday, that from his view of the campaigns every thing seemed to be running smoothly. Kay said he is hoping a greater percentage of students vote than last fall, when only 27 pef cent came out. Sachs Makes Statement Lion Party clique chairman Richard Kirschner said he feels that the freshman response this year has been especially good, and that much freshman political activity, formerly latent, has de veloped in this campaign. Walter Sachs, ; State Party clique chairman, expressed hope for a record vote, saying that the recent national record may carry over into the campus political field. Lion Party campaign materials, including "Vote Lion" signs, will be available to any students who 200 Demonstrate On Vacation Rule About 200 men students took part in a mild demonstration in the West Dormitory area be tween 9 and 10:30 p.m. last night as a protest against the Council of Administration's re jection of an All-College Cab inet request for a change in vacation dates. The men stood in groups, occasionally, raising - a cheer at the sound "of encouragement from onlookers in the West Dorms. One group centered around Dean of Men Frank J. Simes who was explaining the reasons for the council's re fusal of the holiday change. Tribunal Places Student Driver On Probation Tribunal placed a student driver on probation last night for incur ring five traffic violations prior to his first appearance before the men's judiciary committee. In other action taken 17 Si fines were levied for illegal park ing, six $1 suspended fines were meted out and nine cases were dismissed with a severe warning by John Donnal, acting chairman. The student on probation' will be required to report at the next two meetings of Tribunal. If he is charged with violations during the probation period disciplinary measures will be taken. Two students placed on proba tion two weeks ago were removed from the probation list. A student charged with three violations reported he no longer needed his parking permit and gave it to another student who incured a violation. Donnal em phasized that permit stickers may not be passed from one driver to another. He instructed students who were issued permits but no (Continued on page eight) want them in the West Dormitory lounge today. Women Lion Party workers will set up a small table booth there for this distribution. Lion. Party will also distribute posters with candidates' pictures and qualifications in the living areas. Sophomores to Visit Fraternities Both parties will make final visits to fraternities today with their sophomore candidates speak ing at houses in the evenings as well as at noon meals. Lion soph mores, including presidential can didate Richard Mercer, will visit Alpha Phi Delta, Alpha Chi Sig ma, and Sigma Phi Alpha at noon today and Theta Xi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa, Alpha Tau Ome ga, and Alpha Chi Rho. State sophomores, including presidential candidate Robert Ho man, will visit houses in the same areas tonight. FIVE CENTS
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