New AIM Plan Hits Opposition Opposition to the proposed reorganization of the Association of Independent Men was voiced last night at an informal meeting of the AIM Board of Governors. There was no quorum at the meeting. In a letter read to the group by Chester Cherwinski, 'president of Town Council, from Francis Mears, vice president, the authority of the AIM president to appoint a reorganization committee when all members of AIM had not been elected was questioned. Futher, the letter stated that the president did not • have the authority to present a reorganiza tion plan to the dean of men when the plan was not the work of the group. Kappa Sig Fined, Social Privileges Are Sitspended The Senate .committee on stu dent affairs voted yesterday to suspend the social privileges and levy a $5O fine on Kappa Sigma, according to Henry S. Brunner, committee chairman. The suspension will be in ef fect from Nov. 30 to Dec. 19. . The senate committee action stems from a party held by the fraternity May 16 at which alco holic beverages w're served. This is , a violation of section W-4 of the Senate Regulations for Un dergraduate Students and states: Alcoholic beverages shall not be served at any social function in which students are participating. . According to Wilmer E. Ken worthy, director of student af fairs and secretary of the com mittee, action was not taken last semester because the violation occurred shortly before the end of the spring semester and did not allow the Interfraternity Council Board of Control and'the Senate committee time to act on the matter. The IFC Board of Control, which recommended the penalty, to the committee, consists of the elected officers of the IFC, two members of the IFC executive (Continued .on page eight) Arrest Made In Car Thefts Theft of a car belonging to Nick Thiel, varsity lacrosse coach, is one of the charges to be filed against a 29-year-old laborer being held in the Bellefonte coun ty jail pending booking on burg lary and larceny charges. Nevin Auman, of Spring Mills, faces char ges of burglarizing Spring Mills homes and stealing four cars last week in Bellefonte and the borough, John R. Juba, borough chief of police, said yes terday. Auman was arrested Tuesday' and will be booked on the burg lary count first, Juba said. Au man had abandoned the stolen cars. Eisenhower Defends Secretary Benson WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (2?)—President Eisenhower rose warily to the defense of his under-fire secretary of agriculture today. Sun-tanned and high spirited after his recent swing through the Middle West and down to the Mexican border, the President said he brought back the impression some politicians are more worked up over farm problems than are the farmers and cattlemen them selves. Meeting with newsmen for the first time since his return from Texas. Eisenhower also declared he is not, going to campaign for the Republicans in any district or any state in next year's congres sional election. And, fresh from a breakfast with captured-and-released Mai. Gen. William F. Dean, the Presi dent shook his head over Com munist brainwashing techniques TODAY'S WEATHER: FAIR ' 7 4111 AND i .4( .41 WARM a . % ‘.l By LEN GOODMAN Speaking before a sparse crowd of 20 AIM representatives, count ing the chairman, Cherwinski, quoting the letter,; stated that if the action taken was undemo cratic, it would be sufficient grounds for impeachment. Difficulties had been, encoun tered in the election of town rep resentatives, Cherwinski said. The main difficulty was that four men had the job of searching through the temporary student directory for town men and mailing post cards to them about the Town Council procedure election, he said. For this reason, he added, the town area is not represented on the AIM Board of Governors to the fullest extent now. No Action Taken Nor have members-at-large been appointed to the Board of Governors, he said. There is also the question whether or not re organization is needed at all, he stated, or just a revision of the present organization under the present constitution. No action on any proposal, was taken with the absence of the quorum to conduct business. Over 90 men had been asked to attend the meeting by the president of AIM, Joe Somers. A straw vote was taken on the proposal that representatives be sent to the National Independent Student Association conference which will be held this weekend at Ohio University in Athens, 0. The group' favored the proposal. Club Will Sponsor Model UN Council A' model United Nations Se curity Council, sponsored by the International Relations Club will be held Oct. 29 and 30 in Ather ton lounge. Students from eleven, colleges, including Penn State, will repre sent member countries of the Se curity Council. The Korean ques tion will be the general subject for the three sessions. All sessions will be open to the public. and said he wondered sometimes why• so few American soldiers fell—temporarily, at leas t—for the Red propaganda line. The farm problem was fore most at today's news conference. Joseph A. Fox of the Washington Star asked the big question: "It's been suggested by Senator Young (R-N.D.) that Agriculture Secre tary Benson should resign. Did the President care to comment?" At first Eisenhower gave the questioner one of those that-cer tainly-was-a-mean-curve look s. Then he grinned. Then, deadly serious, he gave his answer—that he for one is not going to be criti cal of Benson for failing to find a miraculous one-shot cure for all the evils that beset the farmer. Benson, said the President warmly, is a man dedicated to America and to giving all Ameri cans—f ar me r s 'and consumers alike—a fair break. Eisenhower added that it's the President's responsibility to pick his top advisers, apparently mean- ' ing he could do without such volunteered service as Young';. Town Difficulty Of 4. ~,,. ~...r - 4p at (40*:)._ 0 r tan ....,... . VOL. 53, No. 26 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 22, 1953 FIVE CENTS Hat Council Asks For Brief Customs 15 Juniors to Pick 5 Queen Finalists Fifteen outstanding juniors have been chosen to select five Junior Prom Queen finalists, Patricia Ellis, coronation - chairman, announced yesterday. Members of the selections committee were named by Frank J. Sixties, dean of men; Pearl 0. Weston, dean of women; Richard 3d Forest Fire In Four Days Is Extinguished The third' forest fire in four days in the California Hollow district along the Philipsburg highway was extinguished yes terday afternoon, Richard Bailey, towerman at Tussey Mountain, has reported. Bailey said the fires are the result of the excessive dryness during the past few weeks:.. Most of the fires are not' the result of natural causes, he, said. Many start along the highway where motorists drop lighted cig arettes, he explained. Fires are burning now along the railroads as the result of sparks from steam locomotives. • Bailey did not have an estimate of the damage of yesterday's Cali fornia district fire. However, he said the fire on Sunday burned about 50 acres and the one Tues day, about 100. The largest fire Bailey report ed .consumed 200 acres of timber land near Clearfield on Tuesday. Several minor blazes have •been. reported in the Rothrock district, from Potter's Mill to Tyrone and from Bald Eagle to Robertsdale, he said. Concert Campaign ' Reaches Quota - Campaigning for the Commu nity Concert Association ended yesterday when the membership quota was reached. Dr. Fred R. Matson, chairman, said the quota was reached after less than two days of soliciting. The drive would have con tinued until Saturday. Matson said iri past years the quota has been reached by Friday of the campaigning week. The membership quota is based on the seating capacity in Schwab Auditorium where concerts are held. Officers Elected By Pollock Council Joseph F er k o, first semester mechanical engineering major, was elected president of Pollock Council Tuesday night. I Other officers are Duane Holm, vice president; Gerald Rosenberg, secretary; and Forrest Crawford, treasurer. Carl Polley was named representative-at-large to the As sociation -of Independent Men Board .of Governors. Richard Harnel, resident COll.ll - is adviser to the council. Hot Societies Sponsor Pell Rally Tomorrow Blue Key, junior men's hat society, and Covens, sophomore women's hat society, will spon sor a pre-game pep rally' at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in front or Old Main. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Lemyre, All-College president; and Joseph Barnett, junior -class president. Juniors named are Jesse Ar nelle, Carole Avery, Joseph Bar nett, Alec Beliasov, John Car penter, Jan Cronstedt, Baylee Friedman, Leonard Goodman, Gail Green, Robert Homan, Thom as Kidd, Robert Smott, John Speer, Maud Strawn and Nancy Ward. Class Votes Nov. 2-5 The committee will interview prom queen entries Oct. 29 and select five finalists. Finalists will be introduced at the Junior Week talent show Nov. 4 and at the pep rally Nov. 5 preceding the Ford ham football game. Balloting by members of the junior class will take place Nov. 2-5 at the Student Union desk. Fifth and sixth semester students may vote by presenting their ma triculation cards. Groups Submit Entries The queen will be announced at the Junior Prom Nov. 6 in Rec reation Ran. Barnett will crown the queen and present an en graved trophy and bracelet on behalf of the junior class. She will also receive 'gloves donated by Schlow's, an evening purse by Simon's, candy by the Candy Cane and pearls by the Blair Shop. She and her court will pass through an honor guard formed by Androcles, Blue Key and :Druids, junior men's hat so cieties. Entries for the contest may be submitted by any campus organ ization or group of individuals. Photographs should be 5 by 7 or 8 by 10 inches with the candi date's name and address and spon sor's name placed on the back of each picture. Any junior wom an is eligible. IFC Votes Against Spring Week Plan The Interfraternity Council last night voted against the pro posed one day vacation for the Spring Carnival. Under the proposal, Easter vacation would be shortened by one day. This day would then be taken Wednesday of Spring Week in order to allow participating groups more time to prepare their carni val booths and to cut down on the amountof class cutting which has preceded the Carnival the las two years Cabinet has tabled the proposal until student opinion on the pro posal can be determined. Merice Nelles, chairman of the IFC workshop to be held Nov. 11- 13, -announced the following dis cussion chairmen: House presi dents, John Note; public relations, Robert Bibbs; social chairmen, Burritt Haag; scholarship, Louis Martini; rushing, John Spe e r; pledge, masters, George Richards; treasurers, Carl -Nurick; alumni relations, Robert Evans; and house managers, Charles Signor irio. Thomas Schott, president of the council announced that mimeo graphed copies of .the lawn dis play*.contest rules will be distrib uted to all• fraternities tod a y. Schott ajso announced that the president of the winning house in the contest will al tend the Alum= in Association banquet at 11:30 Saturday in Recreation Hall. ' • Group Suggests Customs End After .l Weeks By PEGGY McCLAIN An approximate two week cub toms period was one of five rec ommendations made for Fresh man Joint Customs Board last night by Hat Societies Council. According to the recommenda tion, next year's custom period will end at the first home football game if that game is scheduled during the first two weeks of the fall semester. The council also recommended that: 1. Blue and white clinks replace the green dinks worn this year, and colored bow ties be worn instead of the standard black ones. 2. Dating restrictions be re moved from the customs program. 3. Customs be jointly enforced every day of the customs period. 4. Name cards be given to frosh at the beginning of Orientation Week and be worn during Orien tation Week as well as during the customs period. This is to enable freshmen to become acquainted with each other before the customs period officially begins. The council suggested that dor mitory counselors work with the men's hat societies next year in customs enforcement. Further recommendations will be made at the council's next meeting and be given to customs board later this year. Myron Enelow, seventh semes ter arts and letters major, sug gested that freshmen be sent to a three day encampment in the fall, before coming on campus, and be taught school songs and cheers and campus traditions there. He said that such a project would require much preparation and research on available off- (Continued on page eight) Schott urged fraternities to sup port the Gridiron dance to be held in Pittsburgh following the Penn State-University of Pittsburgh football game Nov. 21. The dance, sponsored by the Penn State Lions of Allegheny County, will be held frbm 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the ballroom of the Hotel Schenley. Benny Benack will play for the informal dance. 0. Edward Pollock, assistant dean of men in charge of fraterni ty affairs, reminded council mem bers that all approved fraternity social affairs must be registered with the Dean of Men and Dean of Women at least one week in advance of the event. He especial ly emphasized the necessity of registering all events during the coming Junior Prom weekend. Speech Association Talk Harold J. O'Brien, assistant pro fessor of speech, discus s e d "Speech in Industry" before' the oratory section of the Pennsyl vania Speech Association at a weekend meeting in Altoona.
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