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VOL. 54, No. 41
Sigma Nu Gets
Fine, 3-W@@k
Social Penalty
Sigma Nu fraternity was fined
$5O and placed on social probation
for three weeks starting at the
end of the month by the Senate
committee on student affairs yes
terday for serving alcoholic bev
erages.
The action,' announced by Dr.
Henry S. Brunner, chairman of
the committee, came, as the re
sult of; an investigation of an ac
cident during - Orientation Week
involving'several members of the
fraternity. The car in which they
were riding went out of control
and struck a Baton Co. construc
tion shed at the corner of Pollock
and Burrowes roads.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director
of. student affairs arid secretary
of the .committee, said the penalty
was not punishment for the ac
cident.. He explained that the in
vestigation yielded no conclusive
evidence ..as to the cause of the
accident.
However, he said, in examin
ing-the-facts, information was de
veloped showing that alcoholic
beverages had been served in the
frate'rhity' house during the eve
ning of* the accident. This was in
violation of the Interfraternity
Council Unchaperoned Dating
Code which prohibits drinking at
campus social functions in com
pliance with rule W-4, Senate
Regulations ' for Undergraduate
Students, he added. ,
Kenworthy stated that this was
the basis for the punishment im
posed on: the fraternity. The social
probation period lasts from Nov.
30 through Dec. 19 and is not to
be lifted for. the Military Ball
weekend.
ike Supports Truman
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 <#>)—
The rush of some Republican leg
islators to grill Harry ,S. Truman
about' .the Harry Dexter White
case slowed down tonight after
President Eisenhower backed
Truriian's patriotism and said he
personally would not have
slapped a subpoena on the ex-
President.
There were signs, in fact, that
Truman, might not be questioned
this Friday, as scheduled, if at
all.-.
He had been subpoenaed for
Friday irf connection with Atty.
Gen. Herbert Brownell’s charges
that the former President pro
moted White in 1946 from assis
tant. Treasury, secretary, to U.S.
director, of the Internal Monetary
Fund despite FBI reports that
*White was a Soviet spy.
Eisenhower told a news confer-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1953
Frosh
Steven Jordan
Frosh President State_
Fraternity Spokesmen to. Discuss
Social Problems, Housemothers
Fraternity representatives will
meet at 11 tonight at Beta Theta
Pi to discuss social problems con
fronting Penn State’s fraternities.
The discussion will include
housemothers and the College’s
recently announced interpretation
of the unchaperoned dating code,
according to Thomas Schott, pres
ident of the Interfraternity Coun
cil.
This meeting is'the result of a
week-long period of discussion
and debate within the houses
themselves • concerning a recent
letter sent to all fraternities by
the Dean of Men’s office clarify
ing the unchaperoned dating
code.
Daiing Code Application
In the letter, Frank J. Simes',
dean of men, stated the unchap
eroned dating code applied to “in
cidental dating” only. The letter
defined incidental dating as a sit
uation in which a few of the
members of a fraternity bring
dates to the fraternity house for
general socializing.
This interpretation of the code
would require chaperones for or
chestra and record dances, pledge
parties, exchange dinners, regu
lar Friday and Saturday night
parties, theme parties, functions
on houseparty weekends, or for
similar affairs.
Simes stated Tuesday that the
College felt the IFC’s interpreta
tion of the code was too liberal.
The IFC had considered all or
ganized social functions planned
in advance and participated in bv
the majority of the members o*f
any fraternity as the only social
events requiring chaperones,
Schott said.
A special meeting of -the Inter
fraternity Council was called last
ence today it was inconceivable
that a man in Truman’s posi
tion would knowingly damage
the United States.
The President handed to Brow
nell the responsibility for bul
warking his charges with essen
tial evidence. He wouldn’t be a
party, he said, to anything smack
ing of rank injustice to* anyone.
At the same time he said he
had found his attorney general
interested in decency and justice
and in cleaning, up what he has
got to clean up:- Brownell, Eisen
hower said, will be left to handle
the White case in his own wa\\
The attorney general got out a
statement saying there is no in
tent to impugn the loyalty of any
high official of the .Truman ad
ministration. But. he said a new
memo found at the State Depart
ment seems to place it beyond
question that there was laxity in
dealing with Communist infiltra-
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Will Vote
Robert McMillan
Soph President Lion
Thursday night to consider the
letter. At this time, Schott re
quested all fraternity representa
tives to get their house’s opinion
on the code clarification in time
for tonight’s meeting.
It was not - the purpose of the
meeting to discuss housemothers,”
Schott said, “but the subject came
up in the course of the meeting.”
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director
of student affairs, said "Tuesday
that the clarification of the code
was not an administrative move
toward housemothers in fraterni
ties. He also stated that there are
no proposals before any official
body of the College dealing with
this question.
Not Step to Housemothers
Simes, whose office issued the
letter, also stated that the clarifi
cation was not a step to force
housemothers on • fraternities.
Both men said that plans had
not been discussed concerning the
role of housemothers if -fraterni
ties decided to use them instead
of the expanded dating code. They
agreed they would probably be
accepted by the College as ap
provided chaperones except for
special events when another cou
ple would be required to help
them.
Froth on Scale Today
Froth tackles the labor prob
leiri in its latest issue which, ac
cording to pickets’ signs around
campus, goes on sale this morn
ing.
The bright red cover and the
theme poem illustration were
done by Philip -Steel. Articles in
clude “A Working Man” by Bry
on Fielding and “Never Under
estimate the Power ...” by Bruce
J anssen.
tion of government.
He said the memo from then
Secretary of State James Byrnes
to President Truman shows
White’s “espionage activities”
came to the attention of the White
House and other U.S. agencies in
advance’ of White’s promotion.
Along with the memo, Brownell
said, went a copy of an FBI re
poi’t the attorney general contends
identified White as a spy.
In New York, Truman wasn’t
saying yes or no as to whether
be would obey the summons from
the House Un-American Activi
ties Committee to show up Friday
for a hearing.
In the midst of all the storm
over the White, case and a rash
of statements from the White
House, Justice Department and
members of Congress, there were
indications any hearings starring
Truman might be put off to an
indefinite future. I
Jji
ilisj SSlJlilitflfe
Hugh Cline
Soph President State
Dinners, Talks
Mark Workshop
Opening Night
Exchange dinners, talks by fac
ulty and administration members,
and discussions at seven frater
nities opened jthe fourth annual
Interfraternity'' Council workshop
last night.
The workshop will continue to
night and the annual workshop
banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m.
tomorrow in the Nittany Lion Inn.
The discussion groups are di
vided into seven different areas:
fraternity presidents, alumni and
public relations, social activities,
scholarship, rushing, pledge prac
tices, and fraternity treasurers.
Marsh W. White, professor of
physics and national president of
Delta Chi, speaking before the
meeting of fraternity presidents,
urged them to divide work among
members of an executive commit
tee rather than attempt to. do it
all themselves.
Marsh also urged fraternities
to strengthen and improve their
relations with national fraternal
bodies.
O. Edward Pollock, assistant to
the dean of men in charge of
fraternity affairs, speaking be
fore the meeting of fraternity
pledge masters, urged fraternities
to pledge men strong enough to
live up to the' demands of fra
ternity life, men who can learn
that school work comes first, and
men who will accept the pledge
period as a probationary period
in which to improve social, schol
astic, and. fraternal behavior.
He also suggested the adoption
of some type of tribunal as a
method of pledge control. This
tribunal would keep watch over
the activities of each pledge and
levy any penalties which the
house might feel is necessary.
Mary E. Brewer, assistant to
the dean of women, told a meet
ing of fraternity social chairmen
that outsiders usually consider
fraternity activities as a reflec
tion on college life. This fact,
Miss Brewer said, makes the role
of the social chairmen more than
that of arranging parties.
The discussion following Miss
Brewer’s talk centered upon the
problem of chaperones. for fra
ternity social'affairs. Miss Brewer'
stated that the administration
felt having chaperones was the
“old-fashioned and acceptable
way of holding parties.” The idea
of chaperones is not to have them
reporting on student .behavior,
she said.
Three areas of fraternity fi
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Elections:
Your Voice-
See Page 4
Today
Election Set
For Lobby
Of Schwab
Editorial page 4
Sophomores and . freshmen
will vote today for class offi
cers from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30
p.m. in the lobby of Schwab
Auditorium.
First through fourth semester
students who will be voting in the
election must present matricula
tion cards at the polls. Party
clique cards are not required for
voting.
Edwin Kohn, All-College elec
tions committee chairman, said
3023 freshmen and 2672 sopho
mores are eligible to vote.
Any student caught voting
more than once or voting for an
other person will be subject to
action of Tribunal and severe dis
ciplinary action, according to the
All-College election code.
Groups to Watch Polls
Members of the Daily Colle
gian staff will assist the 1 election
committee in watching the polls,
Kohn has announced.
Two seats on All-College Cabi
net—rthe presidencies of sopho
more and freshman classes will
be at stake in the election. Last
fall Robert Homan, State, won
the sophomore, class post, while
James Bowers, Lion, was elected
by the freshmen.
Candidates for sophomore
class offices are Robert Mc-
Millan, Lion, and Hugh Cline,
State, president: Robert Harding,
Lion, and Richard Allison. State,
vice president; and Shirley Mix,
Lion, and Barbara Stock, State,
secretary-treasurer.
Freshman class officer candi
dates are James Musser, Lion, and
Steven Jordan, State, president;
Robert Bennett, Lion, and Joseph
Ferko, State, vice president; and
Virginia Hance, Lion, and Mari
lyn Seltzer, State, secretary-treas
urer. .
Election Committee to Meet
The elections committee will
meet tonight after the polls close
to decide whether the. State Party
violated the election code by not
reading the code at the party’s
meeting Oct. 25. Kenneth White,
clique chairman, told the com
mittee Nov. 3 the reading was
omitted because he believed a
member of the committee would
read the code to the clique. The
omission was not intentional, he
said.
A penalty of not less than ten
votes or more than 100 may be
levied for the violation if the
committee so decides.
Clique chairmen of both par
ties yesterday appealed to those
eligible to vote. White said “it is
my personal hope that all fresh
men and sophomores will turn
out in Schwab Auditorium to elect
class officers. Whether they vote
Lion or State is not the important
thing if they should take into con
sideration the qualifications and
the candidates themselves, and
cast their ballots accordingly.”
Benjamin Sinclair, Lion Party
clique chairman, said “We hope
that everyone—no matter which
party he intends to vote for—casts
his ballot. If everyone votes—no
matter who wins or who loses—
both parties will be satisfied.”
Filial Name-Action
May Occur Today
Final action on the name change
i petition of the College may take
! place today if Judge Ivan Walker
of the Court of Common Pleas of
Centre County receives the for
mal petition from Harrisburg.
The State Council of Education
approved the request to change
the name to The Pennsylvania
State University on Friday. Walk
er said he would act on the peti
tion as soon as possible.
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