Weather— Cloudy with Rain VOL. 54, No. 108 'Mr. Ag' Winner —Photo by Bretts PAUL H. MARGOLF, professor of poultry husbandry, presents the Mr. Agriculture of Penn State Award to Edgar Fehnel, eighth semester dairy husbandry major, for his activities on Ag Hill and campus. The award was presented during Ag Achievement Day activities held last night. Fifty-two students were recognized dur ing the program and $5OOO in checks and awards were presented. Fehnel in Mr. Edgar Fehnel, eighth semester dairy husbandry major, received the Mr. Agriculture award during the Ag Achievement Day program last night. Fehnel was presented the award by Paul H. Margolf, professor of poultry husbandry, and was chosen by a group of judges com- SDX Banquet Ticket Sale Ends Today Today is the last day for pur chasing tickets to the Sigma Delta Chi Gridiron Banquet, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Nit tany Lion Inn. Those invited to the event may pick up tickets at the Student Union desk in Old Main. The price is $3. Invitations have been sent to leaders among the student body, the faculty, and the administra tion staff. Satirical skits and songs lam pooning campus and town per sonalities will highlight the ban quet, which is sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, men's national profes sional journalistic fraternity. The theme around which the skits will evolve will be "Joe Mc- Carthy Comes to Penn State." Adrian 0. Morse, University provost, will be honored speaker. Morse will offer a rebuttal to the skits on behalf of the University, AROTC ranks First in Tests Penn State Army Reserve Offi cers Training Corps placed first in relative standing among 50 edu cational institutions participating in general classification tests, ac cording to a letter received from Second Army Headquarters. The tests were taken by cadets of the 50 colleges and junior col leges comprising the Second Army prior to_ attending summer camp in 1953. The tests were given to provide a comparison of the stand ard of ROTC students with indi vidualsin the Officers Candidate School program as well as a com parison of students of different ROTC units. Concert Blue Band The Penn State Concert Blue Band will present its first spring concert on the road at 8:15 to night at the Williamsport Junior High School Auditorium. • . _ .....„ .. ..-01i...P . ./".4 ~,.. • f ifg ii . ts.). . 4 . II- . ) '1. 3 . ) cg. T4"tz., '' aj - 7 •NE.__A.1.„*...1.%-"/ Wins Title Ag Contest posed of faculty members and headed by Russell B. Dickerson, associate dean of the College of Agriculture. The contest was open to all sen iors in the College of Agriculture and was based on the entrant's activities on Ag Hill and campus. Some of Fehnel's activities in clude editor of the Penn State. Farmer, manager of the Little In ternational show, chairman of the Ag Hill. Party, president of the Dairy Science Club, member of the Ag Student Council, winner of the Paul R. Guldin Ag Speak ing Contest in 1953, chairman of the Harvest Ball, and treasurer of the Block and Bridle Club. His campus activities are chair man of the Penn State Student Encampment; vice president of the Religion-in-Life-Week pro gram; member of the Skull and Bones, senior men's hat society; member of the Lion's Paw, sen ior men's honorary society; and his name appeared in Who's Who among College Students in Amer-1 ica. Fifty-two students were recog (Continued on page eight) isen-• er Refuses On Two McCarthy WASHINGTON, March 24 (W)— President Dwight D. Eisenhower said today, when the subject of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis) and his row with Army officials came up, that in America a man doesn't sit in judgment on his own case. Eisenhower refused at a news conference to ta 1 k specifically about (1) McCarthy's insistence on cross-examining witnesses at forthcoming public hearings in the dispute, or (2) moves by Sen ate Republican leaders to have McCarthy remove himself com pletely from the conduct of the inquiry. But the President did say, and the White House permitted him to be quoted directly: "I am perfectly ready to put myself on record flatly, as I have before, that in America, if a man FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1954 Partial returns of the two-day All-University elections will prob ably be counted after the first day of balloting and kept secret, Ed win Kohn, elections committee chairman, said yesterday. Clique chairmen of both par ties agreed to the early counting of ballots as long as they are kept secret. The commitee earlier had con sidered releasing the first day re sults if both party chairmen were in agreement. "Under no circumstances would we agree to releasing the votes until after the election," John Fink, State Party clique chairman, said last night. Ben Sinclair. Lion Party clique chairman, said, "I think the idea of counting the votes Wednesday night (April 7) is sound." Sinclair said he would not agree to an early release of results. Purpose of counting ballots early would be to speed up the announcement of final results, Kohn said. Only members of the 11-member elections committee will count the votes. In addition the party chair man and a Daily Collegian re porter are allowed to witness the vote counting under provisions of the All-University Elections Code. The elections for All-University and senior and junior class offi cers and Athletic Association of ficers will be held April 7 and 8. Soph Women Will Continue Room Selection Most sophomore women hold ing numbers above 250 for select ing rooms for the fall semester will be contacted to draw rooms during this week, Cordelia L. Hibbs, assistant to the dean of women in charge of housing, said yesterday. Students who are not contacted by the Dean of Women's office will draw numbers Monday night, she said. This does not include eight-week students planning to student teach or live in the home management house during the fall semester. Freshman and third se mester women will select rooms in April. Single rooms irk Simmons and McElwain Halls have been taken, but women's names will be placed on a waiting list for single rooms. Mrs. Hibbs said because of cancel lations during the summer, most women requesting single rooms will be able to obtain them. No Cabinet Meeting All-University Cabinet will not meet - tonight. is a party to a dispute, directly or indirectly, he does not sit in judgment on his own case, and I don't believe that any leadership can escape responsibility for car rying on that tradition and that practice." The President's meaning, as it might relate to the immediate point in the McCarthy controver sy, was not 100 per cent clear. Some of the 212 newsmen pres ent thought he was backing the Senate leaders, who want Mc : , Carthy's role in the investigation to be strictly that of a witness. McCarthy, on the other hand, said he and- Eisenhower "agree with each other completely." The sen ator has stepped down from his subcommittee chairmanship and given up his vote for purposes of the hearings—while holding fast to his stand that he should cross- Committee Plans Early Vote Count e~ittn Committee Gets Fraternity Code Social Changes Suggested changes in the hours and qualifications for chaperones, described under the new fraternity social code, were presented to the Senate committee on student affairs yesterday. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, said no action was taken as there was not sufficient time at yesterday's meeting c consider the suggestions. They may be considered at the next committee meeting Wednesday, Kenworthy said. Thothas Schott, Interfraternity Council president, presented the suggested changes drawn up by the IFC board of control Tuesday night. Neither Kenworthy nor Schott would say specifically what the suggested changes were. Similar to Presidents' Requests However, Schott said the frat ernity presidents would have an approximate idea as to what the suggestions were. He said they are similar to those discussed by the presidents when they met March 10. At that time the presidents asked Schott to represent them at a meeting with President Mil ton S. Eisenhower to discuss the drinking and dating nolicy, which goes into effect Sept.l, 1954. Schott said he met with Presi dent Eisenhower and Kenworthy three times. The suggested chan ges presented to the committee were those discussed_ with them, he said. Presidents' Major Objections The presidents' major objections to the new policy concerned the extensive use of chaperones, the qualifications for chaperones, and the severe limitations on the time when women would be permitted in the houses. The chaperoned dating code specifies that chaperones will be required at all times women are present, except in cases of "dry" fraternities. These houses may have limited • unchaperoned dat ing. Longer Dating Hours The presidents asked Schott to present to President Eisenhower a request for longer hours when women could be in fraternities and a request for more lenient choice of chaperones. The new policy provides that dating in fraternity houses end at 8 p.m. Sunday. Under the un chaperoned dating code now in ef fect, dating in fraternity houses is permitted until 11 p.m. The presidents expressed a par ticular interest in reducing the re quirement that alumni chaperones be alumni of ten years' standing. In the new code proper chap eronage is defined as two couples. three adults, or a part-time house mother. In addition to alumni, chaperones may be- chosen from members of the University faculty or staff, fraternity, advisers, and parents of chapter members. Ct ' meat Actio s examine witnesses. The question came up at the beginning of a news conference in which the President also: 1. Said unemployment hasn't reached the point of calling for any slam-bang emergency pro gram to cope with it. 2. Praised House Republicans and the nine Democrats who join ed them in passing his tax bill last week. 3. Reaffirmed that the forth coming Geneva conference, with the Chinese Communists sitting in, doesn't change this country's refusal to give Red China diplo matic recognition under present world circumstances. 4. Offered a long-range opinion that non-Communist forces hard beset by the Reds at Dien Bien Phu, in Indochina, will come out all right if their morale holds up. State Party Platform® See Page 4 Council OKs Orientation Revisions Hat Society Council last night unanimously passed a proposal that hat men take over' the job of counseling freshman men dur ing orientation week next fall. The council believed this would be more efficient than the pres ent system of having volunteers sign up as counselors. Soph Enforcement Urged It was also decided that hat Men should not take part in haz ing activities. The council sug gested that the student body, and particularly the sophomore class, should enforce customs, and that hat men act as helpers, not hazers. To emphasize the importance of sophomore class enforcement, a recommendation was made that Customs Enforcement Board en large its number of members from that class. Richard Grossman, eighth se mester business administration major, reported that the one boy and one girl have been selected in the Bellefonte High School to compete for leadership school being sponsored by the American Legion this summer. Two To Be Chosen Two students will also be se lected from the State College High School in the near future. These four will be interviewed by the council, which is working with the American Legion on the project, and two will then be chosen to attend the week-long program. The place of the training school has not been announced. Students from a number of high schools will spend a week learning to be future leaders. Hat Society Council also recom mended that the Men's hat so cieties lower their memberships. Parmi Nous and Skull and Bones are decreasing their memberships at present. Borough to Employ New Speed Traps State College Chief of Police John R. Juba has announced speed traps .will be placed in op eration in the borough this week. The location and time will not be revealed. The traps are part of a general tightening-up of traffic regula tions currently being directed by Burgess David R. Mackey. He termed it as not a campaign but "a move to apprehend the driv ers who normally have little re spect for others." Mackey said the traps would become a regular feature of the traffic law enforcement program and indicated that police would continue strict enforcement of all laws "so motorists could get used to the idea and know what to ex pect." June Grads May Order Caps, Gowns at A Store Seniors and graduate students who will be graduating in June may order their caps and gowns now at the Athletic Store, store officials announced. Students who expect to receive a bachelor's degree must pay a $5 deposit. A $lO deposit must be paid by students who will receive advanced degrees. FIVE CENTS
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