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In 2d Contest •sass •
By DICK McDOWELL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Four col
lege basketball teams—survivors
of a 24-team field—converge on
the Municipal Auditorium here
tonight in the semi-final battles
for college basketball's richest
prize, the National Collegiate
championship.
Penn State meets LaSalle and
Bradley takes on the University
of Southern California before an
expected capacity crowd of 10,000.
The Nittany Lions and the Ex
plorers battle in the opener at
10 p.m. (EST) and the two west
ern clubs tangle in the nightcap
of the doubleheader.
Two weeks ago all four finalists
were buried deeply in the NCAA
lineup below such powerhouses
as Indiana, Notre Dame, Louisiana
State, and North Carolina State.
But all of the pre-tournament fav
orites are out of the picture now
and tourney officials are still won
dering what happened.
However, they aren't worried
about the outcome thus far. Cage
happy Kansas City fans have kept
tickets on demand all week and
the competition tonight promises
to be as good as any shown up to
this point in tournament play.
(Continued on page seven)
Tribunal Asks
For Suspension
Of 2 Students
Tribunal recommended Tuesday
night that two second semester
residents of Hamilton Hall be
placed on deferred suspension for
the rest of the spring semester.
The recommendation was made
for violation of University regula
tions concerning the possession of
firearms and drinking in domi
tories.
The Judicial Board of Review
of the Association of. Independent
Men had recommended March 8
the students be sent to the Senate
committee on student affair's sub
committee on discipline. The stu
dents appealed the AIM board's
decision to Tribunal.
The students, one a pre-medical
major and the other a mining en
gineering major, were found guil
ty of having a revolver in their
dormitory room while they were
illegally drinking alcoholic bever
ages. The revolver was not regis
tered with the Campus Patrol.
They were charged with action
under Senate regulation W-4 and
state liquor laws which prohibit
minor's drinking intoxicating bev
erages. Regulation W-4 says alco
holic beverages are not to be
served at any social function at
the University.
Deferred suspension means the
students are suspended, but are
permitted to remain until the end
of the semester, when their disci
pline will be reviewed. Any ac
tion by either Tribunal or AIM
board is a recommendation to the
Dean of Men's office.
Coed Room Application
Deadline Is Today
The deadline for women stu
dents to file room applications
has been set for 4 p.m. today by
Mrs. Cordelia L. Hibbs, assistant
to the dean of women.
Mrs. Hibbs said each woman
must file an application. Those
who desire to retain their present
rooms and already have chosen
roommates and those who have
not chosen roommates should both
complete the required forms in
the Dean of Women's office, 105
Old Main.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
WARMER AND
SHOWERS
VOL. 54, No. 104
Traffic Plan
Recommitted
By Cabinet
All-University Cabinet last
night sent back to committee rec
ommendations to establish a grad
uated increase in fines for student
parking and traffic violators.
The recommendations, part of
a report submitted by James Dun
lap, Traffic Court chair m a n,
would have established penalties
varying from a $1 pine for first of
fenders to a $2O fine with 16
weeks suspension of driving priv
ileges in Centre County for fifth
offenders.
After considerable debate, cab
inet voted to send the report back
to the committee for revision.
Dunlap Recommends
Dunlap also recommended cab
inet recommend to the University
administration that three campus
parking areas be expanded to in
crease parking facilities by more
than 400 spaces.
Richard Crafton, junior class
president, offered and later with
drew a motion asking the commit
tee to draw up recommendations
calling for the University to elim
inate inequities in regulations af
fecting staff, faculty members,
and graduate students.
Crafton pointed out that under
the present situation, students
are fined for traffic violations and
other violators are not. Faculty
and staff members are not disci
plined and enforcement of regula
tions for graduate students rests
in the hands of the deans of their
colleges.
Dunlap urged that the students
"clean their own house first, be
fore we ask the administration
to clean'its house."
Action Seen
He indicated the administration
will take action on the "inequi
ties" within the next two weeks.
Craf ton withdrew his motion
upon request by Dunlap to await
action from the administration on
the "inc_wities."
Dunlap also recommended:
1. All motor vehicles belong
ing to students be registered with
the Patrol regardless of whether
the students are eligible for park
ing permits or not. Failure to reg
ister cars within 24 hours of bring
ing them on campus would result
in a $lO fine. •
2. Faculty and staff members'
cars be registered as well.
3. Student violators who fail to
appear before Traffic Court be
fined $1 regardless of the dispo
sition of the case, and violators
who fail to report to the patrbl
office within 24 hours of getting
a ticket be fined $l.
4. To make parking area 50, near
the Jordan Fertility plots, made
open to any cars.
Kidd Asks - Election, :'' , .?..:11.,1rd '-i•i.,-.ltirisilins
In condemnation of what he
termed a "vigilante committee
meeting" held last night in 121
Sparks, Thomas Kidd, sixth • se
mester education major, asked
All-University Cabinet to reor
ganize the present All-University
elections committee and demand
ed that all campus political parties
be chartered by cabinet.
Kidd asked that such charters
be demanded "so that present cor
ruption could be dealt with." His
reference to "vigilante committee"
was made in reference to a meet
ing held at 7 p.m. yesterday in
121 Sparks and called by Donald
Herbein, Charles Gibbs, and
James Dunlop.. Kidd said. ". . . a
number of you were present. In
my opinion their proposed plan to
solve the political situation on
campus was not very wise. It is
the duty of Cabinet to control pol
itics."
Kidd made the proposal before
Cabinet as an individual student
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 19, 1954
Lion . I ,.`arty ;- . ':''':'ejecstas
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Politics in the Spotlight
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—Photo by Keihl
JAMES DUNLAP, former official in the State Party, blasts the
activities of both political parties at a "better Student Govern
ment" rally in 121 Sparks last night. Donald Herbein, who called
the rally to obtain opposition to Benjamin Sinclair, Lion Party
clique chairman, and support for Lewis Wade, State Party candi
date for All-University president, is• in the background.
Student Opinion
Rally; Wade to
A rally organized in the name of improying student politics at
the University died last night when the tide of public feeling at the
meeting turned against the sponsors, and the rumored resignation
of Lewis Wade, State Party candidate for All-University president,
failed to materialize. "
This last action made it impossible to substitute what was termed
as a "more popular candidate" in
an ..attempt to carry the election.
Wade had been previously ap
proached and asked to resign his
nomination but late last evening
he changed his mind and refused,
The" meeting was chaired by
Donald Herbein and was called
in the name of the senior men's
hat societies, one of which, Skull
and Bones, Herbein is president.
He said the meeting was the re
sult of an idea developed by James
Dunlap, Charles Gibbs, and him
self.
Herbein said the meeting was
called to put an end to campus
and in no official capacity. The
proposal asked that an Elections
Board be set up to consist of a
chairman, two assistant executive
chairmen, and seven election as
sistants. It called for Cabinet'§
chartering of all political parties
formed on campus and Cabinet's
establishing and legislating a fixed
elections code. Kidd suggested
that the proposed committee meet,
work out and authorize a new
elections code.
At present a temporary elec
tions code, set up annually by the
Elections Committee, is used.
There are no existing charters• for
political parties. He said that the
proposed elections code would
have to be adhered to by, political
parties, and thus party clique
chairmen could not manipulate
clique membership according to
the will of the clique chairmen.
Under the proposed code, Kidd
said, Cabinet could not control
clique membership but it could
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By DIEHL McKALIP
political parties controlled by one
man: Benjamin Sinclair, clique
chairman of Lion Party. He said
the only way to rid the University
of this threat was to defeat the
candidates Sinclair sponsors.
He then announced Wade would
run and he must be backed to
beat Sinclair. He asked people t
sign up as workers in the cam
paign to get Wade elected.
The meeting ended a day of
rumors to the effect that several
candidates in spring elections
might resign under pressure.
(Continued on page eight)
regulate nomination of candidates
The proposal was sent to corn
mittee study by Cabinet vote.
In further action Cabinet ap
proved a proposed All-University
Cabinet Budget for 1954-1955, sub
mitted by David Arnold, All-Uni
versity secretary-treasurer, listing
estimated total Cabinet receipts at
$12,300 and allocations at $12,300.
The major change in the budget
from the present budget is a de
crease of $6OO in allocation to Col
lege councils. The budget provides
$9OO for College councils in con
trast to the present allocation of
$l5OO. The remaining $6OO is allo
cated to the National Student As
sociation. The sum wa- granted
to NSA. Arnold said, so that NSA
would not have to draw on Cabi
net funds for expenses.
The major drop in scholarships
was a decrease of $95 in Traffic
Court scholarships. Under the new
budget, traffic court chairman
(Continued on page eight)
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Goslin Says
Party Plank
Will Remain
By GEORGE BAIREY
Lewis Goslin, Lion Party vice
clique chairman, flatly told the
elections committee last night it
is the Lion Party prerogative to
choose the issues upon which it
will run its campaign. Goslin said
this in answer to a committee de
cision last night that ruled out
one of the Lion Party platform
planks.
Goslin told the committee that
the Lion Party "has decided on its
planks and, although the (elec
tions) committee has ruled out the
first plank, we (Lion Party) feel
it is our prerogative to choose the
issues upon which we will run."
' The State Party platform and
five remaining planks of the Lion
Party platform received full sanc
tion from the committee.
The committee approved the
cliques' slates that were elected
Sunday at the final clique meet
ings after clique chairmen sub
mitted lists of candidates and
their transcripts.
The plank which was ruled out
by the committee is, according
to Goslin:
' Chaperoned Dating Code
"The Lion Party states its op
position to the new chaperoned
dating coed and proposes the fol
lowing plan:
A. During the hours from noon
to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thurs
day and from noon until that
hour when each woman student
is due in ner dormitory Friday
and Saturday evening, a social
function shall be considered in
operation at each fraternity.
B. It shall be the immediate
responsibility of each fraternity
to supervise the conduct at all
such functions.
C. It r shall be the overall re
sponsibility of the Interfraternity
Council to supervise and check
the conduct of all fraternity social
events.
Self-help
We believe that under such a
system, the fraternities will prove
able to regulate, unaided, their
own social functions, and that the
imposition of chaperons and/or
housemothers is unnecessary.
With the IFC responsible for the
conduct of fraternity social
events, we feel that the problem
can be solved."
When asked by Jane Mason, a
committee member, why Lion
Party bothered to send a repre
sentative to read the code to the
committee if its intent was to do
as it pleased anyway, Goslin re
plied: "It's a ritual, so to speak."
Lion Party won top position on
the All-University ballot through
a coin toss and State Party was
awarded top position on• the sen
ior class ballot. On another coin
toss, Lion Party won top posi
tion on the junior class ballot.
The committee approved a mo
tion which will allow a party time
enough for an emergency clique
(Continued on page eight)
Blue Band President
To Be Concert Soloist
Donald Lambert, president of
the Blue Band, will be featured
soloist of the Penn State Blue
Band concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in
Schwab Auditorium.
Lambert will present a baritone
horn solo of De Luca's "Beautiful
Colorado."
The concert is open free to the
public.
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