WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY= T 954
Pani*t:
Defeats
With more alertness and discussion than Panhellenic Council
has witnessed this semester, the council last night passed the consti
tutional amendment granting a one-year grace period in the sorority
rotational presidency clause and defeated an amendment that would
have eliminated sorority presidents as council delegates.
Thirty-eight council delegates
were present at the meeting in the
Zeta Tau Alpha chapter room.
Alpha Kappa Alpha was not rep
resented.
WRA Interclass
Juniors Clinch
Basketball Finals
By INEZ ALTHOUSE
The Juniors took the Freshmen
38 to 34 for the interclass basket
ball championship in one --of the
fastest, closest games of the sea
son.
Bette Bingman, outstanding
player for the Freshmen, scored
16 points. Joan Gillette, playing
for the Juniors, gained 14 points
for her team.
The Freshmen led at the end
of the first quarter 14 to 12. Gain
ing 10 more points in the second
quarter, they led the game at - the
half by • a score of 24 to 14. The
Juniors moved ahead in the sec
ond half to bring the third quarter
score to 32-27, still in favor of the
Freshmen.
The score tightened in the last
quarter as the Juniors tied the
score at 32 with six minutes left
to play. Six more points against
two for the Freshmen gave them
a lead at 38-34;
With three minutes left in the
game, the Juniors froze the ball
in their territory for nearly two
minutes be f ore the Freshmen
could break through. But they
got the ball back and the game
ended with the score still 38 to 34.
The Juniors entered the finals
by beating the Senior team on
Monday night by a score of 45 to
14: The Freshmen won over the
Sophomores that same night 18
to 14.
The Juniors' team included
Miss Gillette, Ann Ewing, Vir
ginia Harris, Barbara Myer s,
Dawn Bren, Peg Turner, Marcia
Manley, and Diane Haines.
Playing for the Freshmen were
Miss Bingman, Meredith Miller,
Maurine Leonard, Nancy Bross,
Ann Forster, and Margaret Fors
ter.
The interclass teams were made
up of players from the intramural
leagues and sponsored by th e
Women's Recreation Association.
Tomorrow night the annual
Army-Navy game, with teams
made up of outstanding players
on the interclass teams, will be
played.
Queen Court
Voting Held
Elections for candidates for
May Queen attendants will con
tinue this week in the women's
dormitory units.
Each class will nominate ten
girls. At the primary elections
March 16, three girls will be chosen
from the freshman and senior
classes and two from the sopho
more and junior biasses.
Final elections will be. held oh
March 18. when the three fresh
man women Will compete for
freshman maid of honor. The sec
ond and third place winners in
this group will be attendants. The
senior class will elect one of the
three senior candidates to become
May Queen, and the other two:
will be attendants.
These elections are held in con
junction with the Women's Stu
dent G o v e r n m e n t Association
spring elections.
Senior girls may sign up at the
elections to take part in the hem
lock chain in the May, pay
,exer
cises. Seventy-five girls are need
ed and anyone may take part.
Chess Club to Meet
The Chess Club will meet at 7
tonight in .3 Sparks to select a
chess-team.
By PEGGY
.McCLAIN
Editorial on Page 4
14 Votes for Clause
-The amendment providing a
'one-year grace period to sororities
in line for the council presidency
was carried by an affirmative vote
of. 14. Four votes were cast in op
position to the clause.
Under this revision "the soror
ity eligible for filling the office
of vice president shall submit up
to five * candidates, each having at
least a 1.5 All-University average,
to a screening board (consisting of
the five council officers, the presi
dent, vice president, recording sec
retary, corresponding secretary
and treasurer.) The final selection
of a vice president shall be deter
mined by a two-thirds. vote of this
committee after careful consider
ation of each woman's qualifi
cation.
Gets One-year Grace Period
"In the event the committee
cannot select one candidate from
those submitted, that fraternity
shall be given a grace period of
one year."
If the sorority in line for presi
dency cannot provide a satis
factory candidate at the end of
the first year, the presidency will
automatically pass to the next
sorority in line according to chap
ter founding on campus.
The council vice president auto
matically becomes the president
after serving one year in the for
mer office.
Delegate Clause Defeated
The amendment which would
eliminate sorority presidents as
council delegates was affirmed by
eight votes and opposed by five
votes. A two-thirds vote of the
19 voting members was necessary
to carry the amendments.
The council delegates will con
tinue to be the rushing chairman
and the president of each sorority.
Discussion on the delegate
amendment consisted of only two
comments. Louise Glud, Pi Beta
Phi, asked if a delegate other than
the sorority president would not
be as obligated to attend council
meetings as the president would'
be,
Ellen Wendel, council president,
replied with a second. question.
She asked, "Would a delegate oth
er than the president be as con
scientious as the president?"
Obligation Not Binding
Miss Wandel said that the obli
gations of a delegate other than
the president to attend council
meetings would not be binding.
Discussion on the "grace period
and screening board" clause cen
tered mainly around the construc
tiveness of establishing a screen
ing board to investigate presi
dential candidates. Ann Robertson,
Delta Delta Delta, said that a
sorority knows its members better
than a screening • board and that
the sorority Would- be in a• better
position to cast final decision on
its presidential candidates.
One comment was offered in
favor of holding general elections
for council •presidents rather •than
the present rotational system.
Nancy Scofield, Kappa Alpha
Theta, suggested that the council
might open the presidential nom
inations to the entire Panhellenic
Association and then select a
president through a screening
board similar to the one now ap
proved.
WSGA Senate Meeting
Scheduled for Tonight
Senate of the Women's Student
Government Association will meet
at 7 tonight in the. WSGA room
in White Hall..
The agenda is as follows:
Roll Call
•
Minutes
Officers Reports .
Committee Reports
1. Nominating Committee
-Old Business
1. Retreat
2. Survey Sheet
•3. Elections
4... Convention Delegates
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Sets Brace - bear;
Dele,• - :::ate' Clause
in Thought
Deep
PANHELLENIC COUNCIL delegates met last night in the Zeta
Tau Alpha chapter room to cast final decision on the revised
council constitution. Of the two major amendments proposed, dele
gates passed one granting a grace period fOr the presiding sorority
and opposed a clause that would eliminate sorority presidents as
council delegates.
Nomination Blanks
Available to Coeds
Self-nomination forms for Women's Student Government Asso
ciation and the Women's Recreation Association elections are avail
able in the Dean of Women's office, 105.01 d Main.
Blanks must be returned by March 3, Kathleen Queensberry,
WRA elections chairman, and Margaret Faris, WSGA elections
chairman, said yesterday.
A screening board will inter
view nominees after the blanks
have been returned. Candidates
selected by the screening board
will be introduced at house meet
ings.
Elections March 16 and 18
Primary elections will be held
March 16 and fin al elections
March 18. In the primary elections,
candidates will be limited to two
from which the winners will be
selected in final elections.
Nominees must have a 1.5 All-
University average and may not
have a major judicial •record.
Qualifications for WSGA posi
tions are as follows: president,
sixth semester woman who has
served for one year on WSGA
Senate; vice president, fourth se
mester; senior senator, sixth se
mester; junior senator, fourth se
mester; and sophomore senator
and treasurer, second or third se
mester.
Town Senator
Town senator may be any se
mester. The runnersup for presi
dent and vice president will be
come secretary and a junior sen
ator, respectively.
Qualifications • for WRA posi
tions are as follows: president,
sixth semester; vice president,
fourth . semester; and secretary
treasurer, second semester. An in
tramural chairman and assistant
chairman will also be elected..
The WRA executive ,board last
night voted to elect a sophomore
representative in the spring. Pre
viously, the freshman and soph
omore representatives were elect
ed in the fall.
The change is being made to
eleminate having to elect two rep
resentatives in the fall, Miss
Queensberry said.
WSGA House to Plan
May Day Program
House of. Representatives of
Women's Student Government
Association will discuss a program
for May Day
.at 6:30 p.m. tomor
row in the WSGA room in White
Hall.
Committee reports on the May
Day activities will be given at
the --meeting.
Sigma. Pi Paints
Jail as Project
Eleven pledges from Sigma Pi
g arformed their annual Help Week
project Saturday at the Centre
County jail in Bellefonte.
_ . .
John Basista, head of the pro
gram, said the pledges and sev
eral brothers work e d 2 hours
painting cells, corridors, and the
kitchen. He said the project was
arranged by. County Sheriff Mar
tin Kauffman.
Modern Dance Club
The Modern Dance Club will
meet at 7 tonight in the Rhythm
room in White Hall.
Orenl .2)cay Weineday
Anne Fogarty Dresses
Haymaker Shirts
Handmacher Suits
124 SOUTH ALLEN 3T. STATE COU.EGE,PA
PSCA Assembly
Agenda Includes
Summer Projects
The summer projects program
will be discussed by the Penn
State Christian Association As
sembly at 7 tonight in 304 Old
Main.
Five speakers will discuss earn
ing, learning, and serving in con
nection with the summer projects
program.
Wilbur Kraybill, special student
in 'history, will discuss summer
work camps. A display on the
Mahwah work camp in New Jer
sey is currently being shown in
the Penn State Christian Asso
ciation office, 304 Old Math.
Institutional service which in
cludes working in mental institu
tions will be discussed by Bryna
Lasker, sixth semester arts and
letters major. This program also
offers the opportunity of study.
The European seminar will be
discussed by Jose hine Stewart,
graduate student in botany. The
European seminar includes a tour
to Europe in which participants
study economic and cultural sit
uations.
Robert Starbuck, program asso
ciate of the PSCA, will speak on
projects of the YMCA and the
YWCA. Through the 'Y' projects
students gain employment in in
dustry, government, and at re
sorts.
The functioning of the Interna
tional seminar will be told by
William B. Edgerton, assistant
professor of Russian. This pro
gram, under the educational
American Friends service com
mittee, attempts to get students
from other countries and the Uni
ted States to attend a seminar for
eight to ten weeks in the U.S.
This seminar is held to foster in
ternational understanding.
HiDel to Sponsor
1954 WA Kick-Off
Hillel Foundation will hold a
kick-off meeting at 2 p.m. Sun
day for the 1954 United Jewish
Appeal.
The campaign will be a one
day flash campaign from 7 to 10
p.m. Monday. Rosalyn St er n,
sixth semester arts and letters ma
jor, and Donald Pripstein, eighth
semester industrial engineering
major, asked students interested
in working for the drive to sign
up at Hillel.
Phi Sigma Sigma was winner of
the annual Stunt Night sponsored
by the foundation before approxi
mately 600 students last Saturday
night.
Second prize went to Alpha Ep
silon Phi and third prize to Zeta
Beta Tau. Social chairman Grace
Bassel awarded the cups.
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