Weather— Colder With Showers VOL 54, No. 81 SFC Board Gears Coed, Blames Escort The entire responsibility for the freshman coed who returned to her dormitory after having alcoholic beverages in a fraternity was placed on her escort in a recommendation made by the Interfraternity Council Board of Control The fraternity where the offense occurred and where the coed’s escort was a pledge was complete ly freed of any responsibility in the case. Freeing of the fraternity hinged mostly on the fact that the offense was committed be tween semesters when the frater nity was nearly vacant. The board recommended the student be placed on official pro bation with the Dean of Men’s office for the rest of the current academic semester and eight weeks of social probation be im posed by his fraternity house. The latter would require complete abstention from house functions and parties during'the period. Only a Recommendation Committee To Consider Late Hours Editorial on page 4 The Senate committee on stu dent affairs will hear a letter ask ing reconsideration of its refusal to grant 12 o’clock permissions to women for spring carnival at a meeting this morning. George Richards, Spring Week chairman, said he presented the letter yesterday to Wilmer E. Kenworthy, secretary of the com mittee and director of student af fairs. The committee, at a meeting Jan. 27, refused to consider a pe tition from Women’s Student Gov ernment Association asking spe cial hours for the carnival May 12 and 13. Henry S. Brunner, chair man of the committee, said the petition was “not in order” be cause no such request was antici pated when Spring Week plans were approved in November. Richards and Nancy D. White, WSGA- president,* will attend the meeting today. Richards’ letter explained the relation of the late permissions to the overall success of the carni val and asked that the committee permit full support of the pro gram for which plans have al ready been approved. The letter also recommended that a committee be set up to in vestigate the Spring Week pro gram’s alleged interference with the academic program. Richards said that until the effects of the week upon classes, studying, and All-University averages', have been analyzed, present plg n s should receive support from the administration as well as the stu dents. Brunner said previously that the committee would receive a peti tion asking reconsideration but that he did not know whether late permissions would be discussed. Fraternity Solicitors Need IFC Approval Solicitors are not permitted to canvass fraternity houses unless they have first secured the author ization of the Interfraternity Council, O. Edward Pollock, as sistant to the dean of men in charge of fraternity affairs, has announced. Troop Removal Refused BERLIN, Feb. 16 (JP)— Russia tonight refused again to free Aus tria from' Red troops in an inde pendence treaty to be signed now, but offered to talk in 1955 about a militax-y withdrawal. Soviet Foreign Minister Molo tov tried to sugarcoat his proposal for Austria’s indefenite , occupa tion with the suggestion it could be discussed anew next year. The Western powers, together with Austria, accused' Molotov of transforming the Austrian treaty draft into a “tragic fraud” and quickly turned down his new amendment. But the Big Four foreign minis ters’ conference agreed to devote another session on Thursday—ad journment day—to the Austrian issue. " U.S. Secretary of State Dulles, British Foreign Secretary Eden and French Foreign Minister Bi dault attacked the Molotov mit Satis @©oll STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1954 In announcing the action, Wil liam Johnson, chairman of the board of control, said it was mere ly in the form of a recommenda tion and that actual handing out of the penalties would have to be done by another group. He said he turned his report in to the Dean of Men’s office. The Senate committee will meet early this morning and may con sider this case as part of its busi ness. Reasons for the action which the board gave to explain their attitude in the case were basically that the fraternity was nearly empty and the responsible officers were home for vacation. In ad dition it was pointed out the bev erage was supplied by an alumnus of the house and not an active member. No Officers Present Considerations included that no house officers were present, the fraternity was officially closed for the break between semesters, the only people present were an alumnus, a friend of his, the pledge member, and his date, the action violated a house rule, and the beverage was supplied by the (Continued on page eight) Young Republicans Set Tour Deadline Tomorrow is the deadline for making reservations for the an nual Washington tour, March 8 and 9, sponsored by the Penn State Young Republican Club, Benjamin Sinclair, president, has announced. Chartered buses will take stu dents to and from Washington and provide transportation around the city. Cost of the trip is $l9. This price includes transportation, hotel room, and meals. Reservations can be made by contacting Carl Sapperstein, Sig ma Alpha Mu. amendment as making no real dif ference to his original occupation proposal. This would leave four power armies in Austria as long as Germany is divided between the East and West. Attributing his military de mands on Austria to th iet threat he sees in the European Defense Community with West German troops, Molotov lashed back at the Allied ministers: • “It seems to us that if this EDC treaty is not ratified in 1954 it will go into the ash heap and we are not sorry about that.” Molotov demanded that the West sanction Russia’s continued occupation of Austria in these words: “In connection with the delay of the conclusion of a peace treaty with Germany* the governments of the United States, United King dom and France and the Soviet Union shall have the right, after FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Committee Okays Decentralized Vote SPRING FEVER, one of ihe few "ills" of man for which science has found no cure, has been spreading rapidly on campus. Experts have traced its cause to the recent warm weather. Yesterday's 73-degree temperature is the highest on record for February. The previous high for this month was 69 degrees in 1890. According to the Meteorology department the normal temperature for Febru ary is 27 degrees. Caroline Manbeck, eighth semester arts and letters major, is pictured above playing tennis on the University courts. However, don't put the winter duds away yet. The weather forecast for today is a drop in temperature to the high thirties, with a high in the upper forties or low fifties. Rain showers and wind will prevail this morning. ' interest Increases in Queen Contest Although no entries have been submitted so far this week for the Pittsburgh Press campus queen contest, indications are that a large number of pictures will be submitted later this week and next Monday, John Reid, local contest chairman, said yesterday. Local photographers have reported requests for pictures', have increased indicating that many groups are preparing entries for the contest, Reid said. .. Many fraternities and- sororities have indicated they will definitely submit entries. Some groups have said they are planning to enter as many as six pictures. The deadline for submitting pic tures in the local contest is 5 p.m. Monday. Photographs, 5 by 7 in ches or larger, with the candi date’s name and address and sponsoring organization’s name on the back, may be turned in at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Six judges will select six final ists from the pictures submitted by • the campus groups. Students will then vote for one of the six girls to represent Penn State in the contest. Voting will be held from Feb. 25 to March 2. The pictures of winning candi dates from each of the 30 com peting schools will appear in the ROTO, section of the Press April 11. Readers will select the win ning coed through ballots printed in the Press. A full color picture of the win ner will appear on the front page of the ROTO section in May. -Entries in the local contest and the intercollegiate contest will be chosen on the basis of the photo graph.’ No personal interviews will be held. _ SFC Will Meet Tonight To Discuss Pledging The Interfraternity Council will meet at 7:30 tonight in 219 Elec trical Engineering, Thomas Schott, IFC president, has announced. Schott said the main item on the agenda is a discussion and clarification of IFC policies con cerning pledging of second semes ter freshmen. Freshmen may be formally pledged beginning 8 a.m. Saturday. ' by Russians the coming into force of the treaty with Austria, to postpone tem porarily the withdrawal of their troops from the territory of the respective zones of Austia. “At the same time the govern ments of the four powers deem it necessary not later than in 1955 to reconsider the question of the date of withdrawal of the four powers from the territory of Aus tria.” Molotov’s aims were seen as triple-barreled: 1. To knock out EDC, which would set up a six-nation West ern European army with West German units. 2. To give Russia veto over mili tary evacuation from Austria as long as there is a dispute over Germany. 3. To sweeten for propaganda purposes his blockade of Austrian independence as the West under stands independence. rV': :• s>X Fun Night Program About 100 students attended the weekly fun night program Sun day in Recreation Hall. They par ticipated in co-educational volley ball, basketball, badminton, table tennis, and table soccer. A decentralized voting sys tem will be used in the All- College elections this spring, the elections committee de cided last night. It will be the first attempt at decentralized voting at the Uni versity, according to Edwin Kohn, chairman of the committee. April 7 and 8 were named by the committee as the dates for the spring All-College elections. The committee also named March 28 as the date for the beginning of campaigns and March 14 as the date for final party nominations. Platform Deadline Set March 18 was named by the committee as the deadline for the platforms and a list of final nomi nees to be handed to the commit t66. The committee also approved a new provision whereby the cam paign will start at 7 p.m. March 28. In the past the campaign was allowed to begin at 12:01 a.m. the following day. The committee felt the earlier start of the cam paign would allow campaign lit erature to be distributed and per mit candidates to visit dormitory areas that evening. Spring elections will be for All - College, Senior class, Junior class, and Athletic Association officers. Investigate 8 Locations &2M* -5 ' Eight possible polling locations will be investigated for decen tralized voting. They are Old Main lounge, West Dor m lounge, Schwab Auditorium, Temporary Union Building, Nittany Dorm .20, Agriculture Building, McAllister Hall ,and Simmons Hail. These named to the investigating com mittee are Mary Lee Lauffer, Eli zabeth Engle, George Greer, Al lan Schneirov. John Sheik, Charles Obertance, and Kohn. The committee will report at the next committee meeting on the suitability and physical lay out of the possible locations. The committee readopted a sys tem of clique registration whereby a person would have to attend two of three clique meetings in order to be eligible to vote for clique elections. In the fall elec tions, a person was required to register with the elections com mittee in order to be eligible to vote for party candidates. In order for party membership this spring, a person does not have to attend consecutive clique meet ings. A person may attend either of the first two clique meetings and the third meeting, pick up a membership card, and vote in the clique elections. Sinclair Favors System Sinclair was in favor of an im mediate attempt at decentralized voting to increase the student vote. White said the system was too big to be attempted on such a short notice and the system should be attempted in the fall when the elections are not as im portant as the spring elections The committee voted to allow each clique to spend not more than $3OO for publicity. 6 to. Attend Convention Sigma Pi Eta, national honor ary hotel fraternity will hold its annual meeting Friday and Satur day at Michigan State College in East Lansing, Mich. Richard M. Bower, assistant pro fessor of hotel administration and adviser of the Penn State chap ter, will serve on the advisory council of the national organiza tion. Delegates are Guy Gerhart, James Krug, Janet Toffy, John Trippe, and Andrew Stavres. Collegian Candidates To Meet Torsiigjiht Students interested in becom ing candidates on the Daily Col legian editorial staff will meet at 7 tonight in 1 Carnegie. Pre sent candidates on the staff will also attend the meeting. Spring Week Hours See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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