PAGE TWO raternities to Begin Pledging ibleb Freshmen February 20 Feb 20 has been set as the date when fraternities may begin to extend bids to freshman rush ees inviting them to become pledges, and the entire week through the 27 has been set aside as "Rush Week." The announcement was made by 0. Edward Pollock Jr., assistant to the dean of men in charge of fraternity affairs, after the date was approved by the Association of Fraternity Counselors last night at Sigma Nu. They acted upon a recommendation of the executive ' - committee of the Interfraternity Council. Pollock pointed out the Record er's office has assured him final semester grades will be available by then to clear up the matter of whether the prospective pledge has the required 1.0 semester av erage. This is the earliest the grades have been available in several years, he said, and ac . counts for the early pledging date. Grades May. Be Checked A copy of the grades of each student will be available in the Dean of Men's office for rushing chairman to check if they are in doubt about any rushees grades, Pollock said. However, he ex plained, most students will have their own copies by then and can inform fraternities of their own standing. Approval by the AFC of the date for the beginning of legal pledging before it is announced is in accorance .with the Interfrat ernity Rushing and Pledging Code. The code also notes several oth er pledging regulations in addi tion to those concerning the date I when it may begin and the aver age necessary. It stipulates that no fraternity may offer pledge ship to any student not receiving resident instruction on the cam pus of the University. $2 Pledge Fee Although he might wear the pin of a fraternity, the code rules that no rushee is recogniied as pledged until receipt by IFC of an official acceptance card and the $2 pledge fee. It adds that each fraternity shall pay its $lO annual dues before it receives any offi cial acceptance cards. If a man breaks his pledge, the code states, he may not be pledged nor remain overnight in any fraternity house for a period of at least 30 days. This section is to be in force throughout the academic year, but does not apply to pledges dissolved by sole ac tion of the fraternity. Men interested in joining a frat ernity have been urged by Bruce Coble. IFC rushing chairman, to pick up a discriptive rushing mag azine and a fraternity preference Icard from their dormitory coun selors or at the Dean of Men's of fice. About 300 preference cards have already been received. he said, and lists of interested stu dents are expected to be available to fraternities late this week. 3 Discipline Cases Sent To AIM Two cases involving students' use of fireworks in University dormitories and one involving two students who violated University regulations by drinkihg in a Nit tany dormitory have been refer red to the Association of Inde pendent Men's Judicial Board of Review. A third fireworks disciplinary case has been settled by the Dean of Men's office, James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men in charge of independent affairs, has announced. Five students from second floor McKee Hall were referred to the AIM board by Dean for explod ing iodide crystals on the floor Jan. 4, 5 and 6. Two of the five were previously serving on office probation, Dean said. Whether or not their offenses are recorded on their permanent record is up to the AIM board, he said. The other case to be referred to the board is the case of the stu dent who ignited a cherry bomb in the second floor lavatory of Hamilton Hall Jan. 3. The bomb destroyed a commode in the lava tory. Two students fr o m Nittany dormitory 35 who were involved in a drinking party the night of Jan. 3 will also be sent before the board, Dean said. Originally four students were involved in th e party but two were eliminated, Dean said. A student who was caught Fri day in Pollock dormitory 14 with an unlit roman candle in his pos session has been placed on office probation for the rest of the Uni versity year, Dean said. The stu dent must report to the Dean of Men's office once every month until probation is lifted, he said. No disciplinary action was tak en in the case of five students in' Jordan Hall who gave another resident a haircut Saturday night. The five furnished the money for the other student to obtain an other haircut, arly Fee -:-.•r-ged by Students have been cautioned to make fee payments for the Spring semester early this month in order to avoid a last minute rush which may make it impossible for many students to pay fees in time for registration. David C. Hogan, University bursar, yesterday urged students not to delay payments until after mid-semester recess. A receipt showing fee payment from the Bursar's office will be necessary for registration. Students will not be admitted to Recreation Hall with the ex cuse that they were unable to pay fees because of overcrowding of facilities in the basement of Wil- , lard, he said Mail Payments• Drop . According to Hogan, payment of fees by mail or in person has dropped in the last week, and he is afraid most students are plan ning to make last minute pay ments. "We cannot possibly handle sev eral thousand fee payments right before registration without con fusion and delay," he said. "In such an event, many students would probably have to register late." Receipts for payments made by mail will be sent to students at their homes, and they may be picked up ' during mid-semester recess. Hogan Urges Early Payment The new system, adopted last semestrq., nroved successful as more V-: - .1.11 7500 students paid fees by mail before registering. Hogan Payment Hogan said he did not expect such a large response by mail this semester, but hoped that students would at tempt to pay fees early in this manner or over the counter at the Bursar's office. Registration for the spring se mester will start at 8 a.m. Feb. 3 for juniors and seniors. Freshmen and sophomores will begin regis tering at 10 a.m. Feb. 4 and will continue through Feb. 6. Graduate students may register at any time. 2 Hours Added Feb. 4 Juniors and seniors will be giv en an extra two hours for regis tration Feb. 4 in order to eliminate overcrowding of facilities which delayed registration last semester, H. A. Sperber, assistant schedul ing officer said. Scheduling timetables for the Spring semester are still on sale for 20 cents in the basement of Willard Hall. They contain alpha betical listings for registration and a schedule of all courses plan ned for next semester. Students are asked to report to their advisers at least 24 hours before they are to re g ister to draw up trial schedules and receive en vc'o containing forms neces sary for registration. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENN/Slaw-WNW 50 Attend Harrisburg Farm Show Approximately 50 faculty and staff members attended the open ing session of the 38th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show yester day at the Farm Show Building in Harrisburg. Gov. John S. Fine made the welcoming speech at the opening exercises before a capacity crowd of about 8000. The State Police then entertained the crowd with a display of horsemanship and dog training. The annual affair, sponsored by the State Farm Commission, will continue until Friday. James Dunlop, director of the Blue Band, will direct the Penn sylvania Fut u r e Farmers of America Band tonight at the 9th annual rural talent festival. Theme of the festival is "Song of the Soil." A record $55,912 in awards broken into 9800 separate prizes will be given out to competing farmers during the week. Over $5.5 million worth of exhibits will be on display for the 1954 show, dedicated to "The Pennsylvania Rural Home." On exhibition are thousands of choice livestock, farm products, farm machinery, and equipment. The steady flow of beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, horses, and sheep into the Farm Show Build ing ended over the weekend. Nittany Council Reports 20 111, 6 in infirmary About 20 residents of the Nit tany-Pollock area became ill last week, suffering stomach ailments, and six were admitted to the Uni versity Infirmary, it was learned at a meeting of the Nittany Coun cil last night. The six students admitted to the Infirmary were troubled wit h stomach disorder, according to Herbert R. Glenn, director of the University Health Service. No def inite attribution as to the cause of the illness could be determined, Glenn said. However, all evidence seemed to point to a potato salad eaten by the six, he said. None of the salad was available for examination when the illness was discovered, Glenn pointed out. James Lloyd, chairman of the food committee for the Nittany area, said there were about 20, perhaps more," who complained of stomach trouble. He said his in formation is indefinite and incom plete, but he will conduct an in vestigation. Thomas Claypoole, sixth semes ter meteorology major, one of the six who visited the Infirmary, said four other men who ate in the same dining hall as he we i e among those in the Infirmary. Nu merous others who became ill did not report to the Infirmary, Clay poole said. Coed Knocked Out From Fall on Ice Carlene Samuels, third semester pre-medical major, was - knocked unconscious when she fell on the ice near Carnegie Hall Saturday morning. She struck her head when she fell and was •taken to the Univer sity Infirmary for examination. Infirmary officials reported yes terday she was not injured ser iously and was released Saturday. Giving servicemen free mail in World War II cost the Post Office department about $9l million a year. Customs Revisions Would Affect Dinks Squalls and Chills Seen for Today After seven inches of snowfall yesterday, guess what the weather will be today? It'll snow. And it'll be cold. Light snow squalls are expected to continue all day today. The high today is 'predicted to be 25 degrees above zero—if that can be called high. Tomorrow night the temperature is expected to dip to 5 degrees above zero. 54 Promotions Made to LaVie Junior Board Shirley Stuckey, managing ed itor of LaVi e, yesterday an nounced 54 promotions to the an nual's junior board. Those promoted ar e Aurelia Arre, Alexander Ayers, Mary Lou Benner, Arlene Borgeson, Mary Burke, David Carvey, Joan Clar et', Tele Cohn, Martha Colaianni, !Barbara Cotter, William Demet ris, Michael Doyle. Dorothea Ebert, Nina Finkle, Lois Freed, Joan Freyler, Gail Fromer, Richard Gordon, Jean Graham, Grace Hempel, Nancy Hicks, Doris Humphrey, Bernard Kleinstub, Mary Lee L auf f e r, Julia Leichel, Gilda Lobock, John McNeill. Beverly Marcus, Suzanne Mor gan, Mary Nolt, Edith Pippenger, Alan Pomeroy, Norma beck, Phyllis Richards, Evelyn Riegel, Gretchen lobb, Elaine Rothstein, Joan Rowland, Suzanne Santee, Joseph Sendek. Joyce Shusman, Ga i 1 Smith, Nancy Smith, Margaret Steven son, Virginia Sturm, Charles Tur ner, Stanton Vogin, Richard Walsh, Randall Washburn, San dra Weichel, Susanne Wescott, Dorothy Williams, B a r b ar a A. Woodward, and Mary Lou Yan dow. MIT Prof to Speak Professor Milton Shaw, Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, will speak on metal cutting at the American Society of Metals' meet ing at 8 tonight in 219 Electrical Engineering. onovan Praises r ew SU Building The new Student Union building will house probably the best student government and activity facilities of any college or univer sity in the country, George L. Donovan, director of the Student Union, told members of the Faculty Luncheon Club yesterday. Donovan explained that the student-financed Union building, scheduled to open by Sept. 1, "is already being copied by other schools throughout the nation." The $3 million building is being paid for by a student assessment of $lO a semester with the help of faculty contributions and desig nations from the Alumni fund. Provides Awaited Facilities In giving, faCulty members a "quick tour" of the building, Don ovan pointed out many of the other long awaited facilities it will provide. The basement will contain a snack bar seating 500 students, three dining rooms, two game rooms, and student offices, besides storage rooms and facili ties for employees. He explained how large the game rooms will be when he said one of them will easily provide room for 16 ping pong tables. "The second room will he some thing- new on campus," Donovan said. It will be a card room "es pecially attractive to bridge en thusiasts." ÜBA to Use Game Rooms Game rooms will be used by the Used Book Agency at the 'begin ning of each semester. The Penn State Book Exchange, school sup- TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1954 Freshinan men and women would be required to wear name cards and blue dinks with the white University seal for the dur ation of a two-weeks customs period, according to proposed re visions of customs regulations that will be submitted to All- College Cabinet Thursday. The revisions were approved Saturday by .the Freshman Cus toms Board. According to the proposed re visions, appeals of violation cases from the board and from Tribu nal or Judicial would be heard by the Senate committee on student affairs subcommittee on disci= pline, rather than by All-College Cabinet. Veterans would be automatical ly exempted from customs, re gardless of age, according to the new plans. A student who falsi fied information to show he was a veteran and avoid customs would be considered a customs violator. Whereas hatmen and women have been considered responsible for customs enforcement, this task would revert mainly to sopho mores, according to the proposed revisions. Hatmen and women would be charged with prevent ing excesses in hazing. This pro vision would place them on the "side" of the frosh rather than on that of the upperclassmen, a customs board spokesman said. The customs board also pro posed to change its organization. If plans are approved, the board will consist of three sophomore men and three sophomore women with a junior man and junior woman as co-chairmen. The men would be appointed by Tribunal and the women by Judicial, with approval of All-College Cabinet. Members of the customs board would not be permitted to be members of Tribunal or Judicial. However, the chairman of Tri bunal and the chairman of Judi cial would serve as non-voting members of the customs board. In cases involving freshman women brought before the cus toms board, the junior woman, would act as chairman. The jun ior man would be chairman of the board when it heard cases involv ing freshman men. According to the regulations in effect now, there must be a man and woman from each of the three upperclasses on the board in ad dition to the co-chairmen. The co-chairmen, are the chairman of Tribunal and the chairman of Freshman Customs and • Regula tions Board, a subdivision of the Women's Student Government As sociation. By BETTY KOSTER ply store, will also be located in the basement. The first floor of the new SU will contain a lecture hall seating 192 people, two lounges, a brows ing library, Student Union ad ministrative offices, offices for stu dent organizations, a music room for small recitals containing a grand piano and surrounded by seven smaller listening rooms, and an exhibition room for paintings, sculpture, and other University, displays. Donovan said the loung es will contain fireplaces which, unlike those found now in Old Main, will actually work.- Large Ballroom The main feature of the first floor will be a large ballroom which can later be doubled in size if 'additional funds are made available. An outdoor terrace may be used for dancing in good weather, he said. One feature of • the new build ing which Donovan believes stu dents will enjoy is the use of glass along the entire rear portion , of the building. The glass will af ford a beautiful view of Mt. Nit (Continued on page eight)
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