The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 25, 1954, Image 1

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    Lions Baffle lllini in Opener
CO-CAPTAIN OF THE LION GRID squad, Jim Garriiy. pictured
above, displays the sensational play which made him one 6f the
nation's top pass receivers last fall. Because of a leg injury, the
star right end probably will not start for Penn (State this afternoon
when it meets a favored Illinois at Champaign. He may see limited
action, however, along with co-capiairi ■ Don Balthaser—also on
the injured list.
50,000 to See Toughest
Of Nine Lion Contests
CHAMPAIGN, 111.—Some 50,000 fans are expected to pour into
Memorial Stadium here today, and there are many who believe
that they may be sitting in on one of the best games of the season
when Illinois and Penh State open their 1954 gridiron, seasons
The Illini, favored to repeat
IFC Schedules
2 Open Houses
For Semester
Two fraternity open houses
have been scheduled by Inter
fraternity Council, John Russell,
IFC rushing chairman, announced.
According to Russell, the first
open house will be held Oct. 24,
and the second is scheduled for
Nov. 14. If reaction is favorable
to the first two open houses, Rus
sell stated that two more might
possibly be scheduled after Christ
mas vacation.
Russell urged fraternities to
keep these dates open on their
social calendar so that they might
participate in the open house
rushing program.
In addition to the open houses,
a fraternity movie will be shown
Oct. 19 and 20. The IFC rushing
booklets and preference cards will
be distributed to freshmen Oct. 21.
Senate to Meet
University Senate will hold its
first meeting of the fall semester
at 4 p.m. Oct. 7, in 121 Sparks.
On the agenda are reports from
the committee on courses' of
study, the rules committee, and
the committee on educational pol
icy.
Dela. Governor Backs School Opening
MILFORD, Del., Sept. 24 (A>)—
Gov. J. Caleb Boggs today isized
a call for' citizens’ cooperation in
reopening Milford High School
Monday to both Negro and white
children, warning that “law and
order will be preserved.”
The governor spoke out in a
taut situation in this southeastern
Delaware community over the
first admittance of Negro pupils
to the town’s only high school.
“I must insist that no disorders,
By dick McDowell
as Big Ten kings this year, and
the Lions, in pre-season running
with Army for the mythical east
ern crown, square off at 2:30 p.m.
EDT.
Radio Station WMAJ will
carry the game direct from the
Stadium. Play-by-play announ
cer Bob Prince will be on the
air at 2 p.m.
Rated a 14-point underdog, the
Nittanies will inaugurate their
68th year of intercollegiate foot
ball agairfst the toughest of nine
scheduled opponents. Illinois
Coach Ray Eliot, whose team was
only by Wisconsin last
season, may field one of the finest
running backfields in the busi
ness with J. C. Caroline, Abe
Woodson, and Mickey Bates doing
the ball carrying.
Lion coach Rip Engle will
counter Eliot’s T-formation of
fense with an outstanding trio of
his own—halfbacks Lenny Moore
and Ron Younker, and fullback
Bill Straub.
On the line Penn State figures
to have a distinct weight advan
tage. Eliot’s forward wall will
average between 200 and 205
pounds while Penn State’s start
ing lineup will average around
225 pounds.
One thing seems certain. Both
teams will probably concentrate
on a running offense. Both coach
es lost star quarterbacks in June
graduation and have been unable
to come up with a matching re
placement this fall.
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threats or violence take place,”
Boggs said in a statement issued
at the state capital in nearby Do
ver. “I call upon every citizen,
regardless of his personal views,
to see that law and order and
calmness prevail.”
Boggs issued his statement fol
lowing a decision by the state
Board of Education to operate
Milford schools, starting Monday,
without racial segregation. The
state board acted after the Milford
school directors resigned en masse
last night. Both state and local
boards favored compliance with
the U.S. Supreme Court ruling
forbidding racial segregation in
public schools.
“I must say frankly that law
and order will be preserved under
the law and the American way,”
Boggs said. “I know that the citi
zens of Milford and Delaware will
have it no other way.”
As the governor made his. ap
Advaniage On Line
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VOL. 55. No. 8 STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 25, 1954 FIVE CENTS
Cabinet Secretariat
Will Be Abolished
Parties Gain
Official Charter
By New Code
Campus political parties gained
formal recognition and charter
ing b y All-University Cabinet
with the passage of the perman
ent elections code by cabinet
Thursday night.-
Although campus political par
ties have been in operation for
many years and their activities
regulated by the cabinet-appoint
ed elections committee, they had
never received official recogni
tion.
This formal and long sought
recognition however, is contingent
upon the presentation to cabinet
of copies of existing clique consti
tutions as amended and extended.
Committee Report
The encampment elections and
nominations committee report
presented by All-University sec
retary-treasurer Robert Homan,
also:
1. Specifies time and place for
elections.
2. Sets office eligibility require
ments,
3. Provides for the organization
of additional cliques.
4. Describes methods of cam
paign and permissible campaign
procedure as well as establishing
violations penalties.
Polling Places
Elections will take place from
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on a date
or dates specified by the elections
committee. Polls will be in the
second floor lounge of Old Main,
Hamilton Hall lounge, and Nit
tany Dorm 20.
An All-University average of
1.0 or higher, as recorded in the
registrar’s office, will be required
for all candidates. The registrar’s
office shall also, determine the
student’s semester rank.
Semester Requirements
To run for freshman and soph
omore class offices, a student must
be in his first or third semester.
Junior class candidates must be
in their fourth semester at the
time of election, and senior class
and All-University candidates in
their sixth semester.
Any group may form itself into
a clique if it follows the require
ments of clique organization dis
cussed in yesterday’s Daily Col
legian.
This means that clique mem
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peal for cooperation there were
reports that the Delaware Nation
al Guard in Milford might be
alerted to stand by in case of
trouble.
There also were reports that
oppponents of integration were
planning a mass meeting to con
sider their next step.
An attempt by the local board
to open the former all-white high
school, in this town of 5,700 pop
ulation, to both Negroes and white
pupils was . halted earlier this
week after threats of violence
were made.
Milford’s two schools — : an all-
Negro elementary school and the
formerly all-white combination
elementary and high school—
opened Sept. 7 with 11 Negro
pupils and 686 white pupils for
the "high school classes. A protest
meeting which no one acknow-:
ledges having called, resulted in
closing o£ both schools Monday.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
3d Political Patty
May Appear
On Campus Scene
By MIKE FEINSILBER
Rumors of the creation of a
third political party have circulat
ed on campus this week, adding
impetus to political activity which
will formally get underway at
meetings tomorrow night.
With both Lion and State par
ties scheduling meetings to in
troduce freshmen to campus poli
tics, talk of the formation of a
“Nittany Party” has caught the
interest of upperclassmen as well.
John Lyon, former State Party
vice clique chairman, who has
been linked with the rumors,
withheld comment for publica
tion. He neither confirmed nor de
nied that the Nittany Party wpuld
also hold a meeting tomorrow
night.
Lyon, however, did say there
would possibly be a meeting of
freshmen, completely apart from
the meetings scheduled by State
and Lion parties. The place where
the meeting will be held was not
announced.
During the past week, there has
also been whispers of creating
other “third” parties on campus,
but sources were reluctant to re
veal plans.
A third party—if one is created
—will be nothing new to the cam
pus political scene. In the past,
new parties have been formed,
and later replaced the established
parties.
Tomorrow night’s meetings will
primarily be aimed at creating
freshman cliques in the State and
Lion parties. Rae DelleDonne,
who was elected State Party
clique chairman Wednesday
night, called a meeting at 7 p.m.
tomorrow in 10 Sparks.
The Lion Party freshman meet
ing will be held at 7 p.m. in 121
Sparks.
State Party
Doubted by
The All-University Elections Committee was asked last nigfrv
to declare Wednesday’s election of Rae DelleDonne as State Party
clique chairman “null and void.”
Rudolph Lutter, former sophomore class clique chairman of the
State Party, placed a two-page statement in the hands of Ernest
Famous, chairman of the elec
tions committee, making the re
quest.
Famous last night called a spe
cial committee meeting to con
sider the request. The group will
meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Kap
pa Delta Rho.
Grounds for nulifying the elec
tion of Miss DelleDonne, Lutter
stated, were that the election of
her and other clique officers
Wednesday night “were in direct
conflict with the spirit of the All-
University -Election Codq as set
forth in Article 11, Section 7, and
the American tradition of democ
racy,”
This portion of the code states:
'Spirit Of Code'
“The elections committee re
serves the right to act upon any
campaign method which it con
siders to be a violation of the
spirit of the elections code.”
This statement appears in both
the old elections code, which was
in effect when Miss Della Donne
was elected, and the new perma
nent code passed by All-Univer
sity Cabinet Thursday night.
Miss DelleDonne could, not be.
NSA, Others .
To Compose
Service Group
An All-University Cabinet
services committee and a secre
tarial service assigned to the All-
Univer si t y secretary - treasurer
will take over the job of the pres
ent cabinet secretariat.
Secretariat' was abolished
Thursday night by cabinet just
one year after its establishment.
The new committee will be
composed of National Student As
sociation and other similar activ
ities. The secretarial service will
take care of such clerical work as
cabinet requires.
In Encampment Report
The proposals were made in the
encampment report of the com
mittee on making student govern
ment more effective, presented by
chairman Otto Hetzel.
In addition the report asked
that cabinet establish a standing
committee- headed by cabinet
members, and composed of the
chairmen of as many subcommit
tees as are needed. These chair
men should be taken largely from
students who have completed the
student leadership training course,
the report stipulated.
Another provision of the report
recommended further develop
ment of the training program.
Leadership Training
The program, inaugurated last
spring, calls for weekly classes
on such subjects as parliamentary
procedure and presenting reports
to cabinet.
The committee also asked that
a special committee be appointed
to make a thorough study of the
present student compensation sys
tem. Under this system, All-Uni
versity officers and chairmen of
many special committees receive
scholarships or monetary pay
ment.
Election
Lutter
reached for comment on Lutter’s
statement by 10 p.m. yesterday.
Lutter based his charges on
four points:
'Complete ConiroT
“1. Rae DelleDonne in her posi
tion as State Party Secretary had
complete control of notification of
the meeting of the Student Rep
resentative Council which per
mitted her to omit notification to
members opposed to her elec
tion . . .”
“2. Only 19 of the 42 members
of the .Student Representative
Council were present (at Wednes
day’s election of clique officers).
This does not constitute a quorum,
even though the group arrayed
by Miss DelleDonne conveniently
decided that certain positions
holding a vote under the State
Party constitution would not be
counted in the establishment of a
quorum.” ■
“3. The meeting wasf called in
a deliberate attempt to avoid the
democratic election of a clique
chairman; such a democratic elee-
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