Council Balloting ...
VOTING was generally light in the election of representatives to
eight college councils yesterday. Alice Krellner and Marilyn
Kaplan, standing, cast ballots for Education Student Council
members as Harry Shank and Frances Crawford supervise the
election. Voting will continue today for representatives "of - all
councils except Agriculture.
Council Voting
Reported Poor
Voting on the first day of student council elections was very dis
appointing, three elections committee chairmen said yesterday.
Approximately 125 students voted for the 57 candidates for Edu
cation Student Council seats, Sally Lessig, chairman, said. She said
she considers the turn-out for the election very poor. There are 686
students in the College of Edu
cation.
Of the 853 students eligible to
vote in the Business Administra
tion Student Council election, 86
voted. David Baker, elections
chairman, said more students
should vote to support the candi
dates and to get better represen
tation.
Speech Contest
Begins Tonight
Thirty-nine students will com
pete in the eliminations of the
John Henry Frizzell Extempore
Speaking Contest at 7 tonight in
assigned rooms in Sparks Build
ing.
Contestants will debate on top
ics submitted by themselves or ob
tained from a list provided by the
committee in charge of the contest.
Debate squad members may not
use debate topics or other forensic
contest topics. Contestants will
speak on the topics for five min
utes and withoUt notes.
One from each of the twelve
elimination sections will compete
in the semi-finals at 7:30 tonight
in 316 Sparks. '
First place winner will receive
the $5O prize. Second place win
ner will be given the $25 Foren
sic Council prize: Both winners
will receive the John Henry Friz
zell award of merit in extempore
speaking.
Dress Rumor Denied
Reports that the Dean of Wom
en's office issued a ruling con
cerning dress apparel dur i n g
Spring Week activities were term
ed false yesterday by Pearl 0.
Weston, dean of women.
Governor to
For Confab
Governor John S. Fine will arrive by plane at the University to
day to address the seventh annual Pennsylvania' Recreation Confer
ence at a luncheon meeting at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Municipal officials and more than 300 recreation leaders will hear
Governor Fine speak on the status of recreation in Pennsylvania.
Governor Fine is expected to
leave the University shortly after
his address.
Francis Gordon, room assign
ment officer in the department
of housing, will, demonstrate how
to prepare for a prolonged hike
in the wilds from 9 to 11:45 a.m.
tomorrow in Hort Woods.
Gordon will hold a question and
answer period during the demon
stration., A canoeist, Gordon has
his own guide service in Ontario,
Canada. He will draw answers to
questions' from his experience as
a guide in the Algonquin. Provin
cial Park,-200 miles north of Tor
onto...
A3nong . the topics to be dia-
One hundred and ten students
voted yesterday in the Liberal
Arts Student Council elections.
Larry Gedrich, chairman, said he
was very disappointed with the
lack of interest of LA students.
There are 1217 freshmen, sopho
mores, and juniors in the college
who may vote.
In the Chemistry and Physics
college, there are 597 students whO
may vote in the elections. Of this
number, 136 voted.
Mineral Industries college, with
approximately 320 students eligi
ble to vote, had a turnout of 44
students.
No estimate of the number of
voters,( was available from the
Home Economics Council.
Wilmot Stamm, chairman of the
elections for the Enginering Coun
cil said the voting turnout was
fair.
No estimate was available for
the Physical Education and Ath
letics Council vote. The elections
in this college will be extended
until 12 p.m. tomorrow because
the ballots were distributed late.
By PHYLLIS PROPERT
cussed and demonstrated by Gor
don are: information on materials
to take on a long hike, methods of
making oneself comfortable in the
woods, selection and use of the
axe, methods of packing and car
rying on the trail, and what foods
to pack for a long trip.
A folk dance workshop, under
the direction of a graduate of
the University, Mrs. Betty Jane
Dittmar, 610 W. Nittany avenue,
and Tsuneo Y. Tanabe, assistant
professor of dairy husbandry, will
be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the
West Dorm lounge. The instruc
tion. period is free to the
Arrive
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VOL. 54. No. 132 STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1954 FIVE CENTS
Sorority
Endorsed
By NANCY WARD
President Milton S. Eisenhower has endorsed a plan to build sorority houses in quad
rangle form at the University as a future housing program.
Sororities may be quartered in a row house arrangement of buildings constructed in, a
quadrangle and containing a number of sorority units. Under the plan, the University
would build, landscape`, and maintain the properties on University ground. Units would then
be rented to sororities.
President Eisenhower said at a
meeting of women's fraternity
counselors in March that he, as
one individual, is willing to work
for a program of sorority house
building similar to that at North
western University as outlined
above.
He said buildings might be uni
form in size and construction, ex
cept for minor architectural de
tails for the sake of variety. He
said he thought it reasonable that
sororities choose their own decora
tive schemes and accessories and
suggested the houses might be so
designed that adjoining living
room, dining room and library
may be used as one for dancing
and other social functions. A chap
eron's suite would be included in
each house.
Grade Plan to Go
To Senate Today
The proposed grading system, approved Monday by Honor
Society Council, will be presented to the University Senate this
afternoon.
C. 0. Williams, Senate secretary, "said yesterday the plan would
be presented, but no action will be taken until the next Senate
Town Counc;l
Elects Weidner
New President
Donald Weidner, fourth semes
ter agriculture education major,
was elected president of Town
Council last nigh t, defeating
George Makar, fourth semester
education major, 9-3.
Other newly-elected officers are
Thomas Smeal, fourth semester
wood utilization major, vice pres
ident; Makar. secretary; and Don
ald Neifert, - sixth semester labor
management major, treasurer.
Council unanimously approved
two proposals made by Robert
Schoner, retiring treasurer, one
that nomination of ward repre
sentatives be made at a meeting
to be held not later than three
weeks after the beginning of the
fall semester and the other that
a: two-thirds vote of quorum be
required for amendments.
Nominations of ward repre
sentatives' are now made through
petition. Amendments now re
quire a two-thirds vo t e of all
members of council.
Both proposals will go into ef
fect next semester.
Final plans for the council pic
nic to be held Saturday at Green
wood-Furnace were discussed.
Retiring officers of council are
Chester Cherwinski, president;
Francis Mears, vice president;
Schoner, treasurer; and J ain e s
McDowell, secretary.
Tractor Driving
Takes on Speed
The student branch of the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers is sponsoring a tractor
driving contest Saturday in the
parking lot between the Forestry
Building and the Plant Industries
Building.
There will be separate compe
tition for men and women. The
men's division will start at 1 p.m.
and the women's at 3 p.m. Prizes
will be awarded to the winner of
each division.
Entry blanks are available at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main and on the first floor of Ag
riculture Building. The entry
deadline is 5 p.m. today.
Ellis in 'Good' Condition
Patricia Ellis, Women's Student
Government Association pre s i
dent, was reported in "good" con
dition yesterday.
However, her X-ray report - has
not been received by the Uni
versity Hospital.
Miss Ellis was slightly injured
Tuesday night when she stepped
off the curb of Pollock road be
tween Osmond and Walker lab
oratories into the path of an auto
mobile.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
meeting, June 3.
The new system would establish
grades ranging from 4 to 0 and
replace the/ present system of
grades ranging from 3 to -2. The
plan also recommends that the
minimum graduation requirement
be raised to a 2.0 All-University
average.
Under the proposed system, the
-2 would be eliminated and a
cumulative honor point system
for determining All-University
standing would be used.
In the new system 4 would be
an "A" and 0 a failure. This sys
tem is now employed by most
other colleges. i
The. Senate will also hear. a re
port from the committee on ad
missions, recommendirig that
three units of English be required
for admission to the freshman
class. At the present time, there
is no formal statement of English
requirements listed in the Uni
versity catalogue.
In its report the committee will
recommend that since most Penn
sylvania high schools req u i r e
three units of English for gradu
ation, the requirement should be
formally stated in the catalogue.
The committee on rules will
also present a report to Senate
recommending that the Senate
Regulations. for Undergraduate
Students be adapted to fit the
needs of students at centers. The
committee's recommendations will
propose that a separate handbook
be published for the students at
the centers, and that the director
of general extension be appointed
to the committee on rules in an
ex-officio capacity, because of the
frequency of extension problems
in rules considerations.
Tal s Begin Friday
sn indoc ina Peace
GENEVA, May 5 (AP)—France and the Soviet Union agreed
today to start peace talks on Indochina Friday, if possible, and
certainly by Saturday.
Agreement was reached as French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault decided to ride out his country's Cabinet crisis in Geneva.
Bidault's decision against being
present for the vote of confidence
tomorrow in Parliament wa s
taken as a sign of confidence-the
Cabinet would survive.
Jean Chauvel, French ambassa
dor in Switzerland, spent an hour
with Deputy Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko discussing
the impending peace parley. Both
agreed it should start as soon as
feasible,
Later Chauvel reported the re
sults of his conversations to Brit
ish and U.S. delegations. It ap
peared that only the belated
arrival of delegates from the As
sociated States of Indochina was
holding up the peace meeting.
A Vietnamese delegation of
three, including Deputy Premier
Tottrgiatt
Housing
by Prexy
President Eisenhower said all
rooms would have to be filled as
in any dormitory. If a sorority
were unable to fill all of its rooms,
he said, the University would re
serve the right to move in other
women to obtain maximum rental
at all times.
President Eisenhower said noth
ing will be done about the plan
until the current studies designed
to estimate the size of the campus
population by 1970 are completed.
He said it is expected the studies
will 'predict a large increase in
enrollment, especially of women
students. In that event, he said,
new women's dormitories will
have to be built.
600 Woman Dorm
President Eisenhower said ten
tative thinking is that the next
dormitory should house 600 wo
men in units of 125 women each
and fanning out from a central
kitchen. Each 125-woman unit
would be fed in its own dining
room, he said.
Future dormitories will prob
ably be built at a lower cost than
were McElwain and Simmons
Halls, President Eisenhower said.
The two dormitories on Short
lidge road represented a cost of
$6OOO per woman, he said, and
it is expected future construction
will be held at $4500 per woman.
President Eisenhower said he
is agreeable to building future
dormitories in the form of sorority
houses. However, he said, he had
been told women at the Univer
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Nguyen Trung Vinh, Foreign
Minister Nguyen Quoc Dinh and
Minister for Democratization
Continued on page eight)
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