©hf Daily (EoUf gxa it VOL. 54, No. 43 STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 14, 1953 FIVE CENTS IFC Calls New Dating interpretation impossible The Interfraternity Council yesterday informed the University administration it is impossible for fraternities., to comply with the recently announced interpretation of the IFC Unchaperoned Dating Code. This action followed a special meeting of the IFC held Thurs day night at Beta Theta Pi. This meeting was the result of week-long discussions by fraternities concerning a recent letter sent to all Penn State fraternities giving the University’s interpretation of the dating code. In the letter, Frank J. Si: dating only. This means that Reds Want Big Power Conference MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (JP) —Soviet Foreign. Minister V.' M. Molotov declared tonight the reduction of international tension is the. prime subject for any big power confer ence and Communist China must take part. After that subject is discussed, he added, the foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and Russia could take up the problem of Germany, “a matter of urg ency.” Molotov made his views kn-own at a news conference—the first held in Moscow by him or any other high ranking Soviet offi cial within the last six years in volving foreign correspondents. Easi and West Newsmen Dressed in a dark blue, double breasted suit, Molotov stood under a portrait of Stalin as he met with newsmen from both Western and Eastern countries in the confer ence room of the Foreign Minis try. Molotov accused the Western Powers, of blocking a foreign min isters’ conference by failing to agree on putting the subject of international tension on the agenda. He said meetings such as that being held next month in Ber muda, to-be attended by Prime Minister Churchill, President Ei senhower and French Premier Laniel “tend to put certain states in opposition to other states and can lead to directly contrary .re sults and even increase interna tional tension.” Must Establish Aims Molotov said this could “not be just a matter of speaking aboiut a conference, but it is also impor tant to establish the aims of such a conference.” He would not elab orate further. The Soviet Union and the West ern'Powers have been exchang ing notes oh a meeting of foreign ministers. Molotov charged that Eisenhower was wrong, in saying the last Soviet note to the West “manifested no intention to get together but an intention to cre ate more difficulties.” UNIVE FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By JACK REID es, dean of men, stated the dati tearly all fraternity social func The IFC had previously con sidered functions participated in by the majority of the members of a house as the only social events needing chaperones. Simes Silent Simes had no comment yester day concerning the results of Thursday’s meeting. Three courses of action were discussed at the meeting. The first was to enforce the University’s interpretation of the dating code. This would make it necessary to have chaperones for all orchestra and record dances, pledge dances, exchange dinners, regular Friday and Saturday night parties, theme parties, functions- on house party weekends, and for all other simi lar affairs. It was agreed. that it. was im possible for any house to secure the necessary chaperones for all these events. The group also con cluded that the presence of chap erones at all such affairs would be undesirable. 35 Oppose Housemothers Fraternity representatives pre sent at the meeting were also polled on the subject of house mothers. Thirty-five houses voted against having housemothers in the immediate future while four houses indicated that they were willing to have housemothers. Af ter a discussion period it was de cided that housemothers were im practical at the present time. The main. . objection voiced against housemothers within the near future was the inability of most fraternities to meet the add ed financial burden and the fact that most houses do not have ade quate quarters for housemothers. The third, alternative considered was the reinstatement of the un chaperoned dating code as it was formerly interpreted.' The group voted 39 to 0 in favor of this al ternative. This action was the basis of the IFC’s statement to the administration. Legend Grows at Penn State As College Becomes University By MARCIE MacDONALD Every college has a' legend, and a new event has been add ed to the Penn State legend. Yesterday Penn State became The Pennsylvania State Uni versity. In its 99-year history, Penn State has had three previous names—The Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania, The Agricultural College of Penn sylvania and The Pennsylvania State College. Each of the names has been suited to the school at the time it was used, but recently, stu dents, adminis trat i o n and alumni felt 1 that Penn State was truly a university and should bear that name. And so’ the necessary legal proced ure was begun to change the name to The Pennsylvania State University. ing code applied to “incidental’ 'tions now require chaperones Bandleader May Give Jazz Show An attempt has been made to secure Ray Anthony and his or chestra for a jazz concert the af ternoon of the Military Ball, Dec. 11. Eugene Nepa, music committee chairman, said he wrote to An thony last week and . requested that the band arrive here early in the afternoon to play from 4 to 5 p.m. in Schwab. No response has yet been received from the band leader. A similar concert was ■ held at West Virginia University last year by the Anthony orchestra. Re cordings were made of the con cert. A highlight of the Military Ball, the only formal All-College dance this year, will be the crowning of a queen who will be selected by a panel of three judges. Five queen finalists will be chosen by military officials, at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Ky. Deadline for entries in the queen contest is 5 p.m. Thursday. Cadets or midshipment may sub mit photographs of entries, to gether with her name, statistics and the name of her escort. Weisman to Present Illustrated Lecture Dr. Winston Weisman, assistant professor of fine arts, will give an illustrated lecture on “Commer cial Palaces of the Gilded Age” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in 119 Os mond. It all began in 1851 when the Pennsylvania State Agricul tural Society was organized. This ambitious group worked determinedly for four years and finally, received a charter in 1855 from the state legisla ture to establish an agricultur al school. Under the charter a board of 13 trustees struggled until 1859 to secure funds with which to build the school. Finally, on Feb. 16, 1859, the school was opened. Students lived a Spartan ex istence in a half-finished main building supplemented by sev eral temporary houses. The faculty numbered four and the student body 119. But the days of the Farmers’ High School, as such, were numbered. On May 6, 1862, the Board of Trustees gave final County Court Gives Approval to Change A new educational threshold was crossed yesterday by Penn State when its name was formally changed to The Pennsylvania State University. The action came about when Judge Ivan Walker of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County discarded the old name, which has stood since 1874, and recorded a new one which is in accord with the status of the institution. In his order granting the change, Judge Walker explained that the formal articles of amendment must still be filed at the county recorder’s office in Bellefonte to make the change technically ef fective. A University official, however, has called this a mere “academic formality.” Third Name Change This name change marks the third time the University has had its corporate charter changed to fit the standing of the institu tion. It was done when the name was changed from The Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania to The Agricultural College of Penn sylvania in 1862, and subse quently in 1874 when the name, The Pennsylvania State College, was adopted. The change was completed \in time to be incorporated in plans President Milton S. Eisen hower, now president of a uni versity, expressed his pleasure and pride in the new name when he was informed of it at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. The title is one "that reflects more appropriately the stature, function and character of the institution," he said. He is in West Virginia as the main speaker of an industry-college conference. being made for the centennial of the institution in 1955. ■ Proceedings involved in having the name change made a reality were begun early in September, and the formal presentation of the petition was made to the county court three weeks ago by Attorney Roy Wilkinson, Jr. Slate OK'd Last Friday Approval to the action was given by the State Council of Ed ucation last Friday, leaving Judge Walker’s decision the only re maining hurdle. It is from this group that the petition is now being sent to the county recorder. In announcing the request for the name change several weeks ago, Judge James Milholland, president of the University Board of. Trustees, said Penn State had long been a university in terms of size, academic standards and program, organization, and func tion. He pointed out that normal recognition of that fact would properly identify it for all persons (Continued, on page three) approval to changing the name of the school to The Agricul tural College of Pennsylvania. This change was followed in two months by passage of the Morrill Land Grant Act, and the college became one of the first land grant institutions. In the same year construc tion was begun to complete the main building, the original Old Main. This building housed practically the entire college during the time of President Evan Pugh. The new Old Main was built on the site of the original building in 1929. During the Civil War, in 1864, the first graduate course was offered which gave a master of scientific agriculture degree. During the first decade of the College’s existence, student life was limited to class work, the (Continued on page eight) By DIEHL McKALIP Editorial on Page 4 Problems Rise After Title Change By MIKE FEINSILBER Well, how does it feel to have your College days over? The change of Penn State’s name to the Pennsylvania State University, which received offi cial authorization yesterday, won’t please some people, at least for the time being. It creates prob lems. For instance: Is All-College Cabinet now All- University Cabinet? Those signs at the University’s entrance still say “Welcome to the Pennsylvania State College.” New signs coming up? How about the College Hospi tal? Are they now All-University dances, and committees? “The College,” a magazine pub lished by the Department of Pub lic Information, now has an anti quated name. Songs Are Inaccurate And Penn State songs, too, are slightly inaccurate today. “Every college has a legend,” first line of the “Nittany Lion,” isn’t speak ing of the University, hair-split tingly speaking. And unless the words are changed, singers will be hailing “The college that we love so well,” when they sing “Hail! Oh Hail.” Penn State Blue Band uni forms now carry shoulder tags using the word “College.” They probably wouldn’t get too far, but student violators of under graduate rules might have grounds in appealing they are no longer bound by the regulations. Page three of the Senate Regula tion for Undergraduate Students declares: “The rules in this pham phlet apply specifically to under graduate students of The Penn sylvania State College . . .” Headline Space Sparce The. length of the word “uni versity” will probably bother staff members of the Daily Col legian. Headlines have space limi tations. “University” is longer. The Collegian has no plans to (Continued on page eight) Today ... The Nittany Lion Roars FOR the newly-approved Penn sylvania State University. Fri day the 13th was a lucky day for Penn State the CentrG County Court of Common Pleas approved its petition for uni versity status. On the eve of its 100th anniversary, Penn State takes another step forward in the growth it has experienced since 1855.
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