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FOB A BETTER PENN STATE , • ,
VOL. 54, No:
Mob Riots in WD;
soeksTermitfation
Offrosh.COonis
About 1500 men, mostly fresh
men, rioted for an hour and one
half in the. West Dorm courtyard
late last night in an attempt to
end frosh customs.
The melee started about 10:30
p.m. after a fire drill in Thompson
Hall, brought coeds out of the
dorm. Frosh men in Hamilton Hall
and the Tri-Dorm area began
The second joint customs day
goes into effect , at 8 today.
Customs may be enforced by
all upperclass men and 'women.
Only those customs designated
ip the handbook may be carried
out.
shouting and a mob formed in the
courtyard.
Cries of "burn the dinks" and
"down with customs" echoed
through the area as the frosh
roamed about, attempting to start
fires and burn - their dinks. Upper
classmen, many of them hatmen,
extinguished the fires. f
Thomas Farrell, 'co-chairman of
the Joint Customs Board, tried
to silence the mob from a Hamil
ton Hall balcony with the promise
of a contest to end customs. Far
rell said customs would only be
'ended through normal student
government channels a n'd not
through mob: action. Tony .Kline,
member of the cheerleading
squad, ,and Richard Lemyre, All-
College president, also tried to
silence the frosh.
Lemyre said the frosh were "a
mob without individuality.!' Kline
said the end-'of customs could
only be determined by the ma
jority of upperclassmen.
Representatives of the dean of
men's office and hatmen mingled
through the crowd and talked to
the shouting frosh. Aerial bombs
were set off during the riot. The
demonstration broke up after the,
mob started singing College songs.
Dress Rules Set
For Dorm Men
.Men living in the West Dorms
and the Nittany-Pollock area will
wear coats and ties at the noon
meal Sunday and coeducational
dinners and will wear slacks and
collared shirts for evening meals,
in accordance with the dress res
olutions passed by All-College
Cabinet.
India Asks Chiefs
Of State Meeting
UNITED NATIONS ., N.Y., Sept. 28 (W)—lndia's V. K. Krishna
Menon today called on—the UN Assembly to request formally a
personal meeting of the chiefs of state of the big powers in an at
tempt to solve the world's troubles.
Menon said the peace of the world is the responsibility of the
great powers—"primarily of the two giants—the United States and
the Soviet Union." He said they
alone have the mans to enforce
peace
He also urged the Assembly to
issue a declaration calling on the
Untied States and Russia to prom
ise never to use atomic and hy
drogen bombs and other weapons
of mass destruction.
Referring to a meeting of the
chiefs of state, he said• "this idea
is what humanity cries for."
The wavy-haired Indian dele
gate spoke to the Assembly short
ly after Prime Minister Church
ill broke into his'vacation tol de
clare he still thinks a top level
Brit - Pour meeting is a good idea.
Some diplomats here said they
looked on the Indian proposal
coupled with Churchill's state
ment today as twin moves to put
pressure on the United States to
agree to a top level conference on
world: problems.
-Menon— apparently meant that
Britain, the United States and• the
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1953
ZBT Get
For Rushi
College Plans More
Saturday Classes
A change in class scheduling to include more Saturday classes
beginning in the spring semester, 1954, has been announced by the
Council of Administration.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy,c director of student affairs and secretary
of the organization, said the move was taken to provide more effec
tive.s use of class room and laboratory facilities:
The statement released by Ken
worthy reads:
"During the spring semester of
1953, the Council of Administra
tion gave consideration to ma.k
inglhe most effective use of class
rooms and• laboratories. As part
of this consideration, the class
schedule was re-evaluated. It was
shown that under, the present plan
there had been a drift toward
feWer Saturday classes. The coun
cil instructed the scheduling offi
cer that for most effective opera
tion, schedules, should be planned
that would make more use of fa
cilities On Saturday mornings. The
1954 spring timetable will be or
ganized with this in mind."
In making the announcement,
Kenworthy emphasized this did
not mark a "return" to Saturday
'classes. The present schedule pro
vides for Saturday classes, al
though there are not as - many-as
on other days, he said.
He said there is an urgent need
for spreading the class schedule
to provide more free hours dur
ing the week. This, he said/will
break up time spent in class and
allow some unscheduled time for
meetings of organizations and fac
ulty committees.
The Council of Administration
is composed of President Milton
S. Eisenhower, - the assistants to
the president, the school - deans,
the deans of men and women, and
the dean of admissions.
Under the present plan, the
tendency has been to eliminate
many. Saturday classes an. d to
lump courses into thee other five
days with many awkward and
inconvenient sequences. In the
, future the scheduling officer will
I attempt to plan more balanced
weeks.
Soviet Union should send their
chiefs of state to such a confer
ence. He quoted statements from
them on the desirability of peace
and said at least a start must be
made on solving the world's i prob
lems.
He also mentioned that Presi
dent Auriel of France had called
for a Big Four conference in an
address to the Assembly in 1951.
The United States delegation
said any reaction to Menon's pro
posal on a meeting • of the big
powers would'have to come from
Washington since it involved the
President.
In Washington, the State De
partment said it failed to see how
a top-level conference su c h as
Churchill suggested' c o,u 1 d "ac
complish results different from
those being sought throUgh con
ferences that are now in pros.:
pect." The department was com
menting on the anhouncement is
sued for Claxtrchi/1 •••
Simes Cautions
Against Setting
Fake Alarms
Students who are guilty of
turning in false fire alarms may
be subject to expulsion from the
College, Dean of Men Frank J.
Simes warned yesterday.
The warning came after a false
'alarma emptied Hamilton Hall
about 9 p.m.• Saturday.
Simes declared that students
who set false alarms are subject
to severe disciplinary action.
Turning in a false alarm or tam
pering with fire fighting equip
ment or the fire alarm system is
both a federal and state offense,
Simes said.
False alarins are potentially
dangerous, he said, because' too
many false alarms will, cause
apathy among students in dormi
tories. Then, in the event of a
fire, many students might, ignore
the alarm.
In. accordance with state and
federal laws, the College holds a
fire drill •in each dormitory unit
at least once a month.
`James W. Dean, assistant to the
dean of men in charge of inde
pendent affairs, yesterday ex
pressed satisfaction With the re
sponse of students to the first
scheduled fire drill. He reported
that McKee and Hamilton Halls
were emptied of students within
three minutes of the sounding of
the alarm.
An.drocles Group
Will Show Film
'Movies of the Penn State-Wis
consin football game will be
shown at 7:30 tonight in Schwab
Auditorium. The movie will be
sponsored by Androcles, junior
men's hat society, and a member
of the football coaching staff will
comment on the films. •
No admission will be charged
Penn Tickets
Still on Sale
Tickets to the- 'University of
Pennsylvania-Penn State football
game Saturday will continue on
sale until 4:30 p.m. Thursday at
the ticket windows on the ground
floor of Old Main.
Seats sell. for $3.90 and $2.60.
Most tickets left are for the $2.60
end-zone seats, Harold R. Gil
bert, assistant director of ath
letics, said yesterday.
'No ,half-day holiday has been
declared for Saturday. In the
past, it was College policy to dis
miss classes on the day of th-
Penn game to allow students with
Saturday classes to attend the
game.
Matriculation Cards
Available at Willard/
Final call for new students to
pick up permanent - matriculation
cards at 109 Willard was issued
yesterday by C. 0. Williams, dean
M admissions 'and - registrar.
Probation
Violation
ng
S
Privileges Withdrawn
For One-Month Period
The Interfraternity Council Board of Control has withdrawn all
social privileges and assessed a $5O fine on Zeta Beta Tau fraternity
for a violation of the IFC Rushing and Pledging Code which oc
curred during the spring semester.
Social privileges have been withdrawn fora period of one month
effective midnight September 21.
According to Thomas Schott,
found guilty of pledging a man
not having the required scholas
tice average necessary for pledg
ing as defined in the IFC Rushing
and Pledging Code. The Board
acted on the. case during the last
week of school during the spring
semester.
Article three, section three, of
the code states: No student shall
be considered eligible for pledge
ship or initiation who does not
have an all-College average of
1.0 or an average of 1.0 for the
semester preceding.
The man pledged by Zeta Beta
Tau had an average of .54.
The violation of the code was
brought to the attention of the
IFC by a resident dorm counselor
and was . then handled by the
Dean of Men's office which turned
it over to the IFC Board of Con
trol. The board has sole power
to interpret and enforce the code.
The man illegally pledged was
automatically depledged but will
be eligible for repledging when
he makes the required average,
Schott said.
Report Violations
The IFC Board of Control
which acted on the case is com
posed of the elected officers of
the IFC, two members of the IFC
executive committee, and five ap
pointed members selected• from
various -fraternities represented
on the IFC. William Johnson of
Delta Tau Delta is the present
chairman of the board.
Schott has reminded all frat
ernity men they are obligated to
report all violations of the code
to the IFC or the Dean of Men's
office. He also urged nori-frater
nity men to report violations.
State, Lion Parties
Explained to Frosh
State and Lion Parties swung into action Sunday night, holding
meetiligs to explain campus politics to freshman and new sopho
more students.
Approximately 94 freshmen attended the Lion meeting. Ben
jamin Sinclair, temporary clique chairman, said. Kenneth White,
State Party clique chairman, said 124 students attended his meeting,
Sinclair said he was "pleased" by
the turnout,
Dates for Lion Party clique
meetings were announced by Sin
clair. Election of party clique
chairman, secretary, and treasurer
will be held Oct. 11, along with
, preliminary nominations for
freshman and sophomore clique
officers.
Election of freshman and soph
omoie class clique officers and
nominations for freshman and
sophomore class officers will be
held Oet. 18. Final selection of
freshman and sophomore class of
ficer candidates will be held
Oct. 25.
Definite dates for the State
Party clique meetings have not
been announced. White said dates
are being, cleared with the all-
College elections committee.
A clique chairman, a vice clique
chairman for men, a vice clique
chairman for women, , and a sec-
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IFC president, The fraternity was
Barnett Names
Junior Prom
Committees
Committees to plan the annual
Junior Week-Junior Prom activi
ties were appointed last week by
Joseph Barnett, class president.
Robert Smoot is chairman for,
the week's activities. Jesse Ar
nelle, class , vice president, and
Barnett will be in, charge of the
semi-formal dance Nov. 6 in Rec
reation Hall; Ralph Flanagan will
lay
p .
The Junior Week committee
consists of Carole Avery and Alec
Beliasov, co-chairmen for the tal
ent show; Otto Hetzel, Chapel
Choir. service; • John Speer ; -.pep
rally; Benjamin Sinclair, business
manager; and Robert Hom a n,
publicity.
Band day at the Fordham foot
ball game Nov. 7, featuring high
school bands from all over the
state, will be included in the big
weekend 'activities.
Meinbers of the 'Junior Prom
committee are Thomas Kidd, dec
orations and Rec Hall;• Dorothy
Swanson, intermission and re
freshments; Patricia Ellis, coro
nation and selection of Miss Jun
ior Class; and John Allen, pro
grams and tickets.
Junior Week plans will be dis
cussed at the first meeting of the
junior class at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in
121 • Sparks. Those attending the
meeting may sign up for com
mittees, Barnett said.
Junior Prom committee chair
men will meet at 4 p.m. today in
the Student Government room,
204 Old Main.
retary-treasurer, will be elected
in both the freshman and soph
omore Lion cliques, Sinclair said.
Fredrick Becker, president of
the Mineral Industries Student
Council, explained the workings
of the school councils to the new
students at the State. Party meet
ing.
A talk, "How All-College Cab
inet Works," was then presented
by Robert Homan, sophomore
class president.
The operations of the State
Party were outlined by John
Fink, clique treasurer.
Speakers' at the Lion meeting
were David Arnold, all-College
secretary-treasurer; Joseph Bar
nett, junior class president; Jesse
'Arnelle, junior class vice presi
dent; and James Bowers, fresh
man class president.
• Interested students were given
an opportunity to volunteer for
work at both party meetings.
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