Election Proposals
Will Be Presented
To Cabinet Tonight
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All-University Cabinet tonight will be asked to adopt a revised
elections code governing student political parties and establish a
committee to examine elections procedures in the various student
councils by Robert Homan, All-University secretary-treasurer.
The proposed elections code includes a proposal that all-Uni
versity clique chairmen be elected by their entire clique.
Fraternities
Employing
40 Mothers
Forty resident or part -time
housemothers are presently em
ployed by fraternities, O. Edward
Pollock, assistant dean of men for
fraternity affairs, said yesterday.
Of the 40 housemothers now
employed, 12 are full-time resi
dent housemothers while 28 are
part-time housemothers. All of
the full-time housemothers are
from outside of the State College
area, Pollock stated .
In addition to the 40 already
employed, three or four other
houses are now negotiating with
candidates for housemother posi
tions, he said. Pollock also thought
that by early next week all fra
ternities desiring full or part-time
housemothers will have acquired
thqm.
There will be six or seven fra
ternities that will not employ
either a full or part-time house
mother, Pollock' went on. These
houses will operate on the regis
tration and chaperone provision
in the new dating code, he added.
The overall housemother pro
gram is going quite well, Pollock
stated, and fraternities are dem
onstrtaing-good cooperation with
the University in solving the
problem. Pollock hoped that this
cooperation would continue in
other ways.
Several fraternities have had
trouble in that they haven’t re
ceived University recognition of
their housemothers, Pollock stat
ed. He reminded fraternities that
they must turn in a letter request
ing official acceptance of their
housemother by the University.
This letter must also be signed
by the fraternity’s adviser, he
added.
Annual Kick-off Dance
Is Tomorrow Night
The annual kick-off dance,
sponsored by Campus Chest, will
be held from" 8 to 12 tomorrow
night in Recreation Hall. The mu
sic of Jack Jenkins’ orchestra will
highlight the dance, which is the
first majbr. event planned for the
purpose of raising money for the
chest.
Tickets for the dance may be
purchased for 50 cents at the Stu
dent Union Desk in Old Main.
Proceeds from ticket sales will
be given to Campus Chest.
Mortar Board, senior women’s
hat society, will operate the re
freshment stand.
DeffePsune Elected State Party Head
By ANN LEH
Rae DelleDonne, seventh se
mester home economics major,
last night was elected chairman
of the State Party clique. She
was elected at a 90-minute ses
sion of the party’s Student Rep
resentative Council during which:
1. There was a 40-mihute dis
cussion as to whether a quorum
was present. •
2. Miss 'DelleDonne remained
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
FAIR
COOLER
At present clique chairmen are
elected by small groups within
the parties.
The proposed code would re
quire cliques to present to cabi
net copies of existing clique con
stitutions. This, in effect, would
be chartering the parties by cabi
net; At present, it is not necessary
for political parties to be regis
tered with cabinet.
Otto -Hetzel, chairman of the
committee on making student
government more effective, will
present a resolution calling upon
cabinet to appoint a committee'
to make a thorough analysis into
AGENDA
Roll Call
Minutes of the previous meeting
Reports of officers
Adoption of the agenda
Reports of committees:
1. Orientation Week report
2. Encampment, committee re
port on cultural'and social
aspects
3. Encamp ment evaluation
committee report
4. Encampment committee re
port on nominations and
elections
5. Encampment committee re
port on making student
government more effective
Old business
New business
Announcements
Adjournment
All-University Cabinet meet
ings are open to the 1 public.
Meetings are held at 8 p.m. each
Thursday, in the Board Room
at the rear of the Old Main
lounge.
the revision of the student com
pensation program.
Kirk Garber, chairman of the
cultural and social aspects com
mittee, will present a resolution
asking that a committee be set up
by cabinet to take positive action
toward including an assessment
for Community Forum in the stu
dent activities fee.
Joseph Cutler, chairman of the
Orientation Week committee, and
Robert Smoot, chairman of the
Encampment evaluation commit
tee, will present other reports.
Riot Foils to Develop
A threatened riot against
customs by freshmen failed to
materialize by 10:30 last night
in the West Dormitory area.
Several hatmen, alerted to
the talk of the riot, kept a vigil
for 45 minutes, watching
groups congregate in the West
Dorm courtyard. Robert Smoot,
president of hat societies coun
cil, said he believed the pres
ence of hatmen in the vicinity
prevented a demonstration.
unopposed in nomination after
other candidates declined.
3. Heated debate arose over the
propriety of the election since a
permanent election code is to be
brought before All - University
Cabinet tonight;
After her election at the meet
ing in Simmons Lounge, Miss
DelleDonne thanked the group
for naming her the first woman
All-University clique chairman
in the history of political parties
on campus.
Third Chairman
“I am sure this will be an in
centive for women to get into
politics,” she said as she accepted
the chair, making her the party’s
third clique chairman in 12 hours.
John McMeekin, who had been
named temporary clique chair
man earlier this week, announced
early yesterday that he was not
chairman.
McMeekin was named chair
man by John. Fink, last year’s
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VOL. 55, No. 6 STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 23. 1954 FIVE CENTS
February Opening
Planned for HUB
The Hetzel Union Building will probably be opened the first week in February,
Samuel K. Hdstetter, comptroller, said yesterday.
One of the first events to be held in the HUB will be the University s Centennial
birthday party, Feb., 22
The new governor and other dignitaries are expected to attend the celebration. A na
tionwide telephone hookup is also planned, so that alumn:
Customs Violations
Charged to Seven
Rigid enforcement of customs by a few members of the sopho
more class brought the first group of customs violators in front of
the Freshman Customs Board last night. Of the seven violators three
were women and four were men.
Violations against the men were refusal to wear dress customs
or participate in the customs pro
gram. The men admitted their
guilt to the board
The board sentenced one fresh
man to wear a sandwich sign
stating that he is a customs viola
tor. The other three were in
structed to write essays on the
value of the customs program to
freshmen entering a university.
They must also appear before the
board at 1 p.m. Saturday in 204
Old Main and explain what they
got out of the program.
The three freshman women
were reported for dating after
5:30 p.m. and not wearing their
customs. It was the opinion of the
board, based on the defense of
two of the girls, that they were
not dating. The board instructed
them to write essays on the mean
ing and purpose of the customs
program.
The other girl, who was guilty
of the charge, was sentenced to
wear a 8-by-l 1-inch card stating
she is a customs violator. .
Hugh Kline, co-chairman of the
board, reminded the violators that
the customs program is designed
to. orient and acquaint the fresh
men with Penn State and that
freshmen, therefore should par
ticipate fully in the program.
Greater enforcement of customs
was evidenced yesterday as frosh
were seen in large groups on the
steps of Schwab Auditorium sing
ing the Penn State songs.
The spirit will expand today
when joint customs day goes into
effect at 8 a.m. Upperclass men
will be allowed to ask freshman
women to curtsy and upperclass
women will be able to make
freshman, men button.
clique chairman, who resigned
Monday. However, McMeekin said
he learned that legally he could
not hold the post and that John
Lyon, clique vice chairman, should
assume the post.
Lyon called the council meet
ing and presided. McMeekin was
named clique vice chairman.
A question arose over whether
unfilled post on the council
should be counted in the number
necessary for a quorum. Some
posts had been vacated through
graduation or through persons
being promoted to other positions.
1.9 Present
The group decided only filled
posts would be considered. This
meant the 19 persons present con
stituted a quorum, although full
council membership would -be 42.
After the first round of nomina
tions, the names of Miss Delle-
Donne, John Lyon, and Rudolph
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By MARY BOLICH
WD Council
Elections
Rescheduled
West Dorm Council elections,
previously scheduled for Oct. 26,
will be held on or before Sunday,
Oct. 4.
A constitutional change in units
has been necessitated because of
two fire walls which were con
structed on the first and second
floors. The changes are as fol
lows: unit I is now level A; unit
11, level B; unit 111,, south wing
of the first floor; unit IV, north
wing of first floor; unit V, south
wing of second and third floors;
unit VI, north wing of second
floor; unit VII, fourth floor and
north wirig of third floor.
In Watts Hall, unit I is the first
and second floors, and unit II is
the second and third floors. In
Jordan Hall, unit I is the ground,
first and second floors, and unit
II is the third and fourth floors.
Nominations for council offi
cers must be made by means of a
petition signed by ten or more
district electors. The petitions
must be submitted to the district
resident counselor within .two
weeks after the beginning of the
fall semester. There must be at
least two nominees for each of
fice. A candidate may run for
only one office.
LONDON, Sept. 22 (A*) —Back from Moscow and Peiping, Labor
Leader Clement Attlee called on the West today to get rid of Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek at once.
• Simultaneously, Attlee’s lieutenants supported the principle of.
West German rearmament in the face of determined opposition from
left wing and pacifist groups at a
meeting of the Labor party’s Na
tional Executive Committee.
Both developments will influ
ence the course of events at the
party’s annual conference next
week at Scarborough; a Yorkshire
seaside resort.
Arriving home after talks with
top Russian and Chinese Commu
nist leaders, Attlee stepped from
a plane at London airport, greeted
his two daughters and a grand
child, and said: “Personally speak
ing, I. think the sooner we get rid
of Chiang Kai-shek and his troops
the better.”
Long ago Attlee went on record
in favor of giving Peiping repre
sentatives the United Nations’
seat held by Nationalist China, a
wartime ally of the Western
powers.
The man who was Prime Min
ister when Britain recognized Mao
Tze-tung’s Red regime in 1950 de-
(Eollwjtan
clubs may attend by proxy.
Original plans called for the
HUB to be opened by the begin
ning of classes this fall, but labor
trouble during the summer de
layed construction.
■ Although much of the exterior
work on the building has been
completed, the contractors must
still complete much work on the
interior and furnishings and
equipment must be installed.
Opening to Climax Plan
When the building finally opens,
it will be the climax of planning
which was begun in 1937. Actual
construction of the building,
which will cost approximately
$2,867,000, was begun in Decem
ber, 1952.
The project is being financed
through a student-assessed fee of
$lO a semester, together with fac
ulty contributions and contribu
tions to the alumni fund, desig
nated for that purpose.
The new student union building
will provide increased space for
campus organizations including
Central Promotions Agency, Froth,
and Thespians.
Special Meeting Rooms
Special meetings rooms will be
provided for Leonides, indepen
dent women’s organization, the
Association of Independent Men,
Panhellenic Council, Interfratern
ity Council, and other similar
groups.
The Penn State Book Exchange
will also be given expanded quar
ters in the HUB.
A ballroom, with one wall en
tirely constructed of glass is also
being provided. An adjoining ter
race will also be used for danc
ing, when weather permits.
Other Facilities
Other facilities to be included
are a lecture room which will ac
commodate over 200 people, a
banquet hall, two dining rooms, a
cafeteria, two lounges, a brows
ing library, and a music room.
There will also be a game room
with space for ping-pong tables,
shuffleboard, and card tables.
The Irwin and Leighton Co., of
Philadelphia, are contractors for
the building.
scribed Formosa—island strong
hold of Chiang’s Chinese Nation
alist troops—as “the biggest dif
ficulty of all” in the Orient.
Further, Attlee told reporters he
had the impression there has been
a relaxation of tension in the Far
East following the Indochina truce
agreement at Geneva.
Attlee led a Laborite delegation
that visited the Soviet Union and
Red China in August. He was the
last member of the party to re
turn/ making a trip around the
world and coming back via Aus
tralia, New Zealand and the North
American continent.
He got back a little too late to
take part in the executive com
mittee’s row over German rearm
ament. Instead of hurrying to a
committee room in London he
drove to his country home, Cherry
Tree Cottage, at Great Missenden.