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VOL. 54. No. 94
Parties Will Begin
Nomination Meeting
For 1954 Elections
Preliminary party nominations for All-University and class of
fices will be opened at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the second clique meet
ing of Lion and State Parties.
Lion Party will meet in 121
10 Sparks.
Final clique nominations' and
AIM Board
To Try Two
For Drinking
Two West Dormitory area, resi
dents who brought alcoholic bev
erages into their dormitory rooms
will be tried before the Associ
ation of Independent Men's Ju
dicial Board of Review at 7 p.m.
Monday in 204 Old Main.
In other disciplinary action
yesterday, an eighth semester
civil engineering major has been
indefinitely suspended from the
University for using crib notes in
an examination, Dean of Men
Frank J. Simes said.
In one case, a student on first
floor Hatnilton - is charged with
holding a party in his room for
seven students at Carnegie In
stitute of Technology who were
visiting the University. He is also
being charged with illegal pos
session of a firearm, a .22 caliber
target pistol, in the dormitory.
The visitors were members of
Sigma Nu fraternity, James W.
Dean, assistant to the dean of
men in charge of independent af
fairs, reported. Because the local
chapter is now on social suspen
sion for the current semester and
social probation next fall for vio
lating University drinking regu
lations, the men could not drink
at the house, Dean said.
The student was a self-appoint
ed rushee at the fraternity, 0. Ed
ward Pollock, assistant to the
dean of men ill* charge of fra
ternity affairs, said. The house
has been absolved from any part
in the incident, Pollock said.
Simes said he will write the
Dean of Men's office at Carnegie
Tech to inform them of the in
cident.
In the other case, a second
semester business administration
major_ purchased beverages and
consumed them in his room in
Irvin Hall, Dean said.
The engineering student was
suspended by the Senate com
mittee on student affairs' sub
committee on discipline after he
appeared before it yesterday. In
definite suspension means the
student may not petition to be
readmitted at the end of one
semester.
Forestry Bail
Theme Chosen
Theme for the Forestry Ball,
from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday
in Recreation Hall, will be "For
est Fire Protection."
William Rother, chairman for
the dance, said the decoration
scheme wilt be a wildlife display.
Two life-size Kodiak bears and
other stuffed animals will be used
to carry out the theme, he said.
Johnny Nicolosi and his orches
tra will provide music for the
annual semi-formal affair. The
Varsity Quartet will sing during
intermission.
Rother said a sweetheart of the
ball will not be - chosen this year.
Soph Queen Entries
Three entries have been re
ceived so far in the sophomore
queen contest, an official at the
Student Union desk said yes
terday. Deadline for the con
test is 5 p.m. March 17.
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Sparks. State Party will meet in
elections will be held March 14
The spring All-University elections
will be held April 7 and 8.
AcCording to a clique registra
tion system amended by the elec
tions committee and approved by
All-University Cabinet Thursday.
a student must attend two of three
clique meetings to be eligible to
vote in the class nomination elec
tions of the party.
Attendance Requirements
A student does not have to at
tend consecutive meetings for par
ty membership, according to the
system.
Benjamin Sinclair, Lion Party
clique chairman, and John Fink,
State Party clique chairman, yes
terday urged students who" did
not attend the first clique meet
ing Sunday to come to the meet
ings tomorrow night. In separate
statements, the chairmen said
students will still be able to vote
in the clique elections, if they at
tend a meeting tomorrow night,
in accordance with the official
clique registration system.
Lion Party Nominations
Lion Party will open nomina
tions for All-University and 'class
offices tomorrow, Sinclair said.
Nominating speeches must be
limited to two minutes, he said,
and the nominating speeches will
be followed by short acceptance
speeches by the candidates.
The steering committee of Lion
Party will meet at 2 p.m. tomor
row in 317 Willard.
Sinclair announce' yesterday
the appointment of five sergeants
at-arms of the party. They , are
Lynn Meyers, Douglas Moorhead,
James M. Griffin, Gordon Pogal,
and Peter Bond. Russell Martz is
head sergeant-at-arms.
State Party Nominations
State Party will reopen nomi
nations for class clique offices.
The nominations, opened last
week, will be concluded tomorrow
night and election of class clique
officers will be held, Fink said.
The party will hold preliminary
nominations for All-University and
class offices, according to Fink.
The nominations will be open
. for
two weeks, he said.
There will be no speeches with
the nominations tomorrow, Fink
said. The, speeches, both nominat
ing and accepting, will be given
at the final clique meeting March
14 before clique elections, he said.
The executive committee and
the clique officers of State Party
will meet at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow
at Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Eisenhower Orders Aid to 5 Nations
WASHINGTON, March 5 (21')—
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
told Congress today he has or
dered continuance of aid to five
European nations even though
they have shipped more than $6
million worth of strategic mate
rials to Soviet Russia and her sat
ellites.
The nations involved are Den
mark, France, Italy, Norway, and
the United Kingdom. The Presi
dent said to stop military and
economic aid to these countries
because they permitted trade with
Eastern Europe in recent months
would "clearly be detrimental to
the security of the United States."
Congress also was informed of
a movement of 500 tons of copper
worth $450,000 from Turkey to
Czechoslovakia, but was told that
Turkey has taken steps. to "pre
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1954
New Drinking Rule
Termed 'Realistic'
By TAMMIE- BLOOM
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, yesterday described the new Uni
versity policy regarding use of alcoholic beverages as a "more realistic approach" to the
solution of existing problems.
The policy statement adopted Thursday by the University Senate recommended re
vision of drinking regulations and substitution of chaperoned dating in fraternities for
the present unchaperoned dating code. The policy will be effective Sept. 1, 1954.
Under a system of chaperoned dating, K enworthy said, it is believed that existing
— isituations for which the Univer-i—
-isity has been criticized may be
controlled.
Alcohol Now Prohibited
Senate regulations W-4 and
W-5 now prohibit serving of alco
holic beverages at social func
tions.
The revised versions, which the
Senate will receive for final ap
proval April 1, prohibits posses
sion or use of alcoholic beverages
on University property, and holds
student organizations responsible
for good conduct and observance
of the law under all University-;
related off-campus situations.
IFC Enforcement
Kenworthy said the University
expects to work with the Inter
fraternity Council in enforcing
the new policies. Infractions will
be referred to the proper student
judicial body for recommenda
tion.
"It (enforcement) will have to
be cooperative," Kenworthy said.,
"We expect the IFC will con
tinue to be responsible for con
duct prejudicial to the fraternity,
system and the University. The
University will also endeavor to
see that good standards are ob-I
served and will maintain controls
through disciplinary action on in
fractions which are reported."
Result of Criticism
Formulation of the new plan,
he explained, has been based
partly as a result of criticism of
the situatiop from the outside,
and partly from the desire of the
University to improve its own
situation.
Outside criticism, he said, has,
been written and verbal from the
public, alumni, parents, and even
people connected with fraterni
ties. Unlimited unchaperoned dat
ing, he added, has caused wide
spr e a d comment, as has the,
drinking situation.
Special Privileges
Under provisions of ;the new
policy, special privileges will be
granted to "dry" fraternities and
those which employ full-time
resident housemothers.
Fraternities which have, and
enforce, rules prohibiting alco
holic beverages in the house and
on the grounds at all times may
have limited unchaperoned dat
ing.
'Lineman' - to' Be Returned
To Zorach in 2 Weeks
William Zorach's granite sta
tue, "The Lineman," will be re
turned to Zorach in New York
within th.e next two weeks, Harry
Archinal, president of Pi Gamma
Alpha, fine arts honorary, has an
nounced.
He said the University is in the
process of crating it and making
arrangements with a trucking
company to ship the statue, which
has been on display in Old Main
since last spring. It was brought
to the campus as a suggestion for
the senior class gift last year.
Game Tickets
Still Available
Students may get exchange
tickets from 8 a.m. to noon today
at the ticket window of the Ath
letic Association office in Old
Main.
Tickets will be issued upon
presentation of an AA book. They
will also be distributed at the
ticket booth in Recreation Hall
just before game time tonight.
Students will need AA books to
get tickets at Recreation Hall if
they have not already picked up
tickets prior to going to the game.
Tickets for the Eastern inter
collegiate wrestling champion
ship next Friday and Saturday
at Ithaca, N.Y., are on sale at the
office now.
vent a repetition of the incident."
The President made a periodic
report on East-West trade to the
Senate and House chairmen of
the armed services and foreign re
lations committees, as he is re
quired to do under the Battle Act.
This act forbids American aid
to any country that "knowingly
permits" shipments to Communist
and Red-dominated countries of
items on an embargo list, such as
arms, ammunition, implements of
war, or atomic energy materialS.
But it authorizes the President
to continue aid to countries ' al
lowing shipments of strategic
materials not on the embargo list
when unusual circumstances indi
cate the cessation of aid would be
against the interests of the U.S.
The President forwarded to the
Capitol a letter.. from Harold E.
r~ittn _
No house has yet been granted
the "dry" classification under the
new plan, Kenworthy said, but
there are five fraternities at the
University which are "dry" by
tradition.
The Senate committee on stu
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Stassen, director of foreign aid,
which said none of the five coun
tries involved permitted ship
ment of any embargoed items.
None of the embargoed shipments
went to Communist China.
Stassen said most of the ship
ments to Eastern Eur op e—as
noted in his last report on Aug. 1,
1953—resulted from commitments
made prior to Jan. 24, 1952, ef
fective date of the Battle Act.
Other
. shipments, he said, were
more recent commitments where
Western countries regarded two
way trade beneficial to them
selves and to the free world in the
long run.
Stassen recommended continu
ing American aid and was sup
ported in that by the State, Treas
ury, Defense, and Commerce de
partments.
On WSGA
Elections
See Page 4
Schroeder
Will Speak
At Chapel
John C. Schroeder, master of
Calhoun College at Yale Univer
sity, will be the Chapel speaker
tomorrow at 10:55 a.m. in Schwab
Auditorium. His topic will be "The
Right to Existence."
Schroeder is a Congregational
minister and has served as as
sistant minister at Central Church,
Boston; minister of Community
Church, Bogota, N.J.; minister of
First Church, Saginaw, Mich.;
and of State Street Church, Port
land, Me.
He received his B.A. degree
from the City College of New
York; bachelor of divinity .degree
from Union Theological Seminary;
doctor 'of divinity degree from
Bowdoin College; doctor of letters
degree from the University of
Maine; and doctor of sacred the
ology from Ripon College.
Schroeder was a professor of
homiletics at Yale Divinity' School
before his present appointment.
He is the author of "The Task
of Religion," "Modern Man and
the Cross," and "I Believe in
Man."
During the Chapel service the
Chapel Choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Willa W. Taylor, will sing
as introit, "Lord Jesus Christ, Be
Present Now" (Bach) and as an
them, "Ave Maria" (Franck).
George E. Ceiga, University or
ganist, will play as prelude, "Oh
Man Bewail Thy Grievous Sins"
(Bach). as offertory, "Our Father
in Heaven" (Bach), and as post-.
lude, "Fantasia" (Bach).
Four Students
Are Penalized
For Violations
Four students were penalized
for traffic violations in action by
the dean of men Thursday. One
student had his car removed from
campus, another had his car sent
home, and two others were placed
on traffic probation.
The car sent home belonged to
a second semester student who
had seven parking violations,
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes said.
He s..id an eighth semester stu
dent had been forbidden to bring
his car on campus at any time. He
also had seven violations, Simes
said.
Seven of ten cases referred to
the Dean of Men's office Tuesday
night by Traffic Court were heard
Thursday, James Dunlap, court
chairman, said. Two of the re
maining cases will be heard Tues
day. The remaining case failed to
appear before Simes.
Dunlap said a majority of viola
tions were being committed by
graduate students an d faculty
members. Graduate students are
the worst offenders at the pres
ent time,• he said.
Traffic probation means that if
another parking violation occurs,
the student's car will be sent
home.
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