4 Lioiu. boxers in Semi-fillOsil Arnelle Wins; 4420 Vote Jesse Arnelle is the new All-University President. He defeated Lewis Wade, State Party candidate, by slightly less than a three-to-one margin in a record-breaking election. More students voted Wednesday and yesterday than ever before and the percentage of students who voted was slightly higher than ever before. John Speer, Lion Party nominee for All-University vice presi dent, won over William Rother, State Party's candidate, by a 499 vote margin Robert Homan, State Party, 'outdistanced Jerry Donovan, Lion Party, by 286 votes for the All-University secretary-treasurer post. State Party swept the senior class officers election and Lion Party won all three junior class positions. Under the new decentralized voting system, 46.8 per cent of the student body-4420 students—voted. This surpassed the previous all-time record by 288 votes. The record was set last year, when 44.9 per cent of the students voted. Arnelle, the first Negro ever to be elected president of the Penn State student body, polled 74.5 per cent of the vote. Wade, his op ponent on the State ticket; received 25.5 per cent of the vote. Lion Party won three of the five All-University Cabinet seats at stake. Yesterday's vote was light. Wednesday 2719 cast ballots; yester . (Continued on page eight) • Baitg VOL. 54, No. 119 STATE COLLEGE PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1954 FIVE CENTS Dating Code Trial Hinted for Spring Fraternity presidents at a meeting late last night voiced disapproval of the social code adopted Wednesday by the Senate committee on student affairs. The presidents rejected a proposed recommendation to the administration which would have put the new code into effect on a trial basis after the Easter vacation. Thomas Schott, president of the Interfraternity council, said the house presidents could not Pxcept the code for the reason it was "impractical." He said he will discuss the situation with Dean d Men Frank J. Simes this morning. Schott said he believed "the administration is forgetting the .obligations it has to fraternities." Fraternity presidents have discussed recommending to the• University that the recently adopted fraternity social code be put into operation on a trial basis this spring. • Presidents met last night for the second time in two days to discuss the new code. At the first meeting Wednesday night they discussed recommending the trial period from Easter vacation un til mid-May. Because several fraternities were not represented at the first meeting, no action was taken and a second meeting was held at 11 p.m. last night at Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Weidinhammer Wins AA Office R op al d Weidenhammer was elected president of the Athletic Association in elections which ended yesterday. Jan Cronstedt finished second in the AA race to become vice president of the association, War ren Gitlen was elected secretary treasurer. Weidenhammer, star guard on the Nittany basketball team, re ceived 1408 votes to Cronstedt's 1386. Oliver Sax received 866 votes. Gittlen, a two time letter win ner in golf, won the secretary treasurees post with 1345 votes. Donald Austin was second with 1073 and Galen Robbins was third with 1026. In a statement to the Daily Col legian last night, Weidenhammer said "I'll do everything possible for the organization. I'll try and make the best out of the office." By MIKE FEINSILBER FOR A BETTER PENN STATE If the recommendation is made and the University approves it, fraternity social functions during the trial period would be governed by the new code. The new code is a change in the University's attitude concern ing alcoholic beverages from pro hibition to disapproval. Under the new code, the present unchaper oned dating code is replaced by a policy requiring chaperons at a majority of fraternity social af fairs. A fraternity spokesman yester day said the purpose of the pro posed trial period was to prove the impractical aspects of the new policy. At the present time, the new code is not scheduled to go into effect until Sept. 1, 1954. Approval Doubtful Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, said yesterday he did not think the University would approve such a recommen dation. He said he did not believe the period suggested would be a fair trial. This is why the effective date of the code was set for Sep tember, Kenworthy said. Followed Amendments The two meetings of the frater nity presidents followed a deci sion by the Senate committee on student . affairs to make four amendments to the new code. The amendments were made af ter suggested changes in the code were submitted to the committee by Thomas, Schott, Interfraternity (Continued on page two) Tottrgiati BULLETIN Jesse Arnelle Wins in landslide Lyon Selected To Witness Vote Counting John Lyon, State Party vice clique chairman, was selected to witness the vote count last night for the State Party by the All- University elections committee after the committee rejected Ken neth White, chairman of the State Party Advisory board, who had been /appointed by the party's clique chairman to witness the vote counting. The dispute—the only one the committee faced—centered about an interpretation, of the All-Uni versity elections code, which states that each party's clique chairman be allowed to watch the vote counting. Two State Party of f icials showed up at the meeting—each claiming to be the official repre sentative of the party to witness the vote counting. John Fink, the party's clique chairman, was off campus on a field trip. White contended he should be the party's representative, since he had been appointed by Fink. He maintained the party's execu tive committee had no jurisdic tion in the matter. Lyon was selected by the ex ecutive committee at a meeting March 22 to represent the party at last night's meeting. The com mittee felt that since the clique - (Continued on page eight) State Party Sweeps Senior Class Seats State Party last night made a clean sweep of senior class offices, putting their candidates in the seats of senior class president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer. By a margin of 284 votes, Donald Balthaser took presidency from Lion Party candidate Kaye Vinson. for Balthaser to 330 for Vinson. Tabulation gave Balthaser 65 per cent of the vote for senior class president, and Vinson 35 per cent. Richard Hurlbrink was named senior class vice president by a 177 vote margin when he took the office. with 538 votes to Lion Party candidate Sidney Goldblatt's 361 votes. Hurlbrink got 59.8 per cent of the votes cast for senior class vice president, and Goldblatt got 40.2 per cent of the votes. Faith Gallagher took the secre tary-treasurership from Lion Par ty candidate Marilyn Schadt with 662 votes to Miss Schadt's 241 and by a margin of 421 votes. A per centage of 73.2 votes was cast f6r Miss Gallagher, and 26.8 per cent for Miss Schadt. Juniors last nighti lagged behindthei. junior class _ vot-i ';•1 ing record of 52.3 V per cent set 1952 and repeat-[ ed in 1953. Of they;;4 2157 juniors eli.4 f5.,:::'.4 gible to vote this; year for •senior class officers, 9274, • or 43 per cent,i' • 2 cast ballots. ' • State Party 'S Donald Balthaser senior class sweep last night was its first major sen ior class election victory since 1952, when the party took all three senior class positions. Newly elected senior class pres ident Balthaser said in a state ment to the Daily Collegian last night, "It's a great feeling to know that your fellow students are be hind you. I thank everyone who made it possible for me to get this job. I hope to serve the University and the senior class to the best of my ability." Election Results Votes Mar- Per gin Cent Ali-University President Arnelle (L) 3159 2076 74.5 Wade (S) 1083 25.5 Vice President Speer (L) '2378 495 55.8 Roth& (S) 1883 44.2 Secretary-Treasurer Homan (S) 2195 266 53.2 Donovan (L) 1929 46.8 Senior Class President Balthaser (S) 614. 284 65.0 Vinson (L) 330 35.0 Vice President Huribrink (S) 538 177 59.8 Goldblatt (L) 361 40.2 Secretary-Treasurer Gallagher (S) 662 421 73.3 Schadt (L) 241 26.7 Junior Class President Thalimer (L) 650 153 56.6 Juras (S) 497 43.4 Vice President Seely (L) 756, 256 60:2 McGrath (S) 500 - 39.8 Secretary-Treasurer Sedor (L) 638 56 52.3 Dickinson (S) 582 47.7 The Lion Party • won five of fices, including three Cabinet seats; the State Party four of fices, two Cabinet seats. Athletic Association President Weidenhammer 1408 38.5 Cronstedt 1386 37.8 Sax 866 23.7 Secretary-Treasurer Gittlen 1345 39.0 Austin 1073 31.2 Robbins 1026 29.8 By PEGGY ; McCLAIN Lion Party Cops Three Junior Posts By GEORGE -BAIREY Lion Party swept the junior class elections yesterday for the second straight year when John Thalimer was elected president, Earl Seely vice president, and Judith Sedor secretary-treasurer. The defeated State - Party can didates are Stanley Juras, presi dent,' Thomas McGrath, vice pres ident, and Patricia Dickinson, secretary-treasurer. It was the second straight year for a Lion Party junior class sweep and the third consecutive year Lion Party has dominated the junior class elections. In 1953 Joseph Barnett was elected pres ident to lead a Lion Party sweep and in 1952 the junior class vice president and secretary-treasurer posts went to Lion Party. A percentage of 47.6 per cent eligible sophomores voted in the t w o-d a y elec • • --;-• tions. Of 2569 , dat , sophomores eli- gible, 1225 voted.. It was a drop of •,' ' . • 5 per cent from "•.. , last year's totals. `W' , >'` Thalimer re- z ,);' ceived 650 votes „..-`, - ; to Juras' 497. He - : l - ^,,,t had a win mar- . ..r, gin of 153 votes. :--, Seely received A:%.,-,' V 756 votes to de- r4V;' , : 1 . , f eat McGrath, John Thalimer who had 500. Miss Sedor defeated Miss Dick inson by 56 votes in the • closest race of the election. Miss Sedor had 638 votes and Miss Dickinson received 582 votes. The junior class, election was the only election that required recounting by the elections com mittee. When informed that he had won last night, Thalimer ex pressed thanks to all who sup ported him. He said he would do his best for the junior ' class. Coeds to Draw Room Numbers Second semester coeds who want rooms for next semester and have not yet drawn numbers may do so in the Dean of Women's office from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 5 p.m. today. Eight-week students will draw and select rooms after Easter va cation. Approximately 550 second se mester coeds selected rooms for the fall semester Wednesday and Thursday, according to Mrs. Cor delia L. Hibbs, assistant to the Dean of Women in charge of hous ing. Dormitories Will Close During Spring Vacation The Department of Housing said yesterday the dormitories will close for the Easter holidays at 5 p.m. Wednesday and will re open at noon April 20. Previously the time for reopening the dorms was reported as noon April 21. The noon meal on April 14 will be the last meal served be fore vacation. The first meal after vacation will be the noon meal April 21. the senior class Voting was 61-4
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