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VOL. 55. No. 22
Cabinet OK's
Joint Group
For Honesty
By MIKE MILLER
All-University Cabinet last
night voted to set up an hon
esty committee composed of
the ,Senate subcommittee on
academic honesty and 'two
students.
Cabinet’s resolution will have
to be approved by the Senate
committee on student affairs be
fore it goes into, effect.
This committee will be of a
permanent nature and will be
charged with setting up a uniform
procedure to be followed in all
cases of academic dishonesty.
Cabinet also voted to extend a
bid to the National Student Asso
ciation to hold their eighth an
nual convention at the University
in August.
This resolution was introduced
by Robert Dennis, president of
the Association of Independent
Men, as an amendment to the
NSA report.
Two Students on Group
Under the proposals accepted
by cabinet for academic honesty
each college will set up its own
committee on academic honesty.
These committees would be com
posed of three faculty members
and two students. The chairman
would be a faculty member.
The report divides .cheating in
to three categories: unpremeditat
ed, premeditated, and premedi
tated involving collusion.
For unpremeditated cheating a
student would be placed on office
probation and his adviser, the
dean of men or women, and his
parents would be notified. A sec
ond offense would result in pro-]
bation, and a third expulsion. J
Premeditated Offense
Premeditated cheating would
result- in probation for one year
and expulsion for the second of
fense. A student found guilty of
premeditated cheating involving
collusion would be suspended for
one semester. A second offense of
this type would result in expul
sion.
The academic report outlines
examples of the three categories
of cheating. Unpremeditated
cheating would be looking on an
other student’s examination or
asking for or giving information.
Premeditated cheating would
be the possession of “crib notes”
or plagiarism. Premeditated
cheating involving collusion
(Continued on page eight)
State Sedition Laws
To Be Reviewed
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 ( JP ) —Whether states may prosecute al
leged subversives under their own sedition. laws or must leave the
field exclusively to the federal government will be decided by the
Supreme Court.
The court, in its first business session of the new term, agreed
today to review a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision throwing
out the conviction of Steve Nel
son, western Pennsylvania Com
munist party leader, on charges of
violating the state’s sedition act.
A Federal Offense
The Pennsylvania court • ruled
that sedition against the United
States is a federal offense and can
be prosecuted only in federal
courts.
Twenty - seven states joined
Pennsylvania in asking the U.S.
Supreme Court to review, and
overturn the State Supreme Court
decision.
Nelson was tried under the
Pennsylvania Sedition Act in
Pittsburgh in 1952 and drew a
2(kyear sentence. Subsequently
he was tried under the federal
Smith Act, and received a five
year sentence.
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'Who's Who' Questioned;
Cabinet Retables Motion
1954 Homecoming Queen
JOAN MacKENZIE smiles radiantly after being crowned Home
coming Queen at Thespians' opening night production of "Funny
Side Up." The Penn State Glee Club serenaded Miss MacKenzie
with "Honey." The new Homecoming, Queen will be presented at
the Alumni Banquet tomorrow, and'will also preside at half-time
festivities at the Penn State-West Virginia game.
i Review"
Thespians Present
'Funny Side Up
Thespians’ production of “Funny Side Up,” which opened
last night in 7 Schwab Auditorium, ranged in subject from a
circus sideshow to Osmond Lab and in worth from a profes
sional revue to a high school children’s matinee.
The. fact that the show both soared toward the heavens
and groveled in the depths,
The Smith Act makes it a crime
to conspire to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. govern
ment.
Asks for Review
In asking for a. Supreme Court
review, Atty. Geri. Frank F. Tru
scott of Pennsylvania, said:
“If prosecution is restricted .to
federal courts, a Communist by
dilatory and frustrating tactic
may protract and delay trials in
federal courts to such an extent
that only a comparatively small
proportion of these subversive of
fenders may be tried and sen
tenced.”
All told, the court today acted
on about 350- cases, deciding for
•the most part, whether it would
■or “would not review them.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 15. 1954
By EDMUND REISS
Picture on page two
its quality being of a very in
consistent nature, can easily serve
to cause questioning as to the
worth of an original review.
It is very nice to have a student
written musical, but it may be
more profitable to both the aud
ience and Thespian’s if this origi
nal show were replaced with one
which had already proved worth
while.
Every theatrical production
should be one of which the cast
and viewers can be proud, but
generally in the recent past, this
hasn’t been the case, and “Funny
Side 'Up” is no great exception.
If Thespians see fit to charge
$1 or $1.25 for an original show
—the same price charged for its
hit Broadway musical in the
spring—it seems to follow that
the group must consider its work
as being on a par 1 with the already
tested show.
However, outside of too few
spots, “Funny Side Up” was noth
ing more than a talent show with
a variety of semi'-humorous sket
ches.
A large exception to ' this was
the music, both tunes arid lyrics.
These alone made the show an
entertaining evening, and Michael
Rosenfeld and others concerned
with the composing can feel that
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As Usual.
Excellent Music
MacKenzie
Reigns Over
Homecaming
By SALLY SYKES
Joan MacKenzie, first semes
ter speech major from Drexel Hill,
was crowned 1954 Homecoming
Queen last night at the first per
formance of the Thespian show,
“Funny Side Up.” Miss MacKen
zie was sponsored by Theta Xi.
Miss MacKenzie was crowned
during the first scene of the Thes
pian show and was serenaded
with “Honey” and “Hail, Oh Hail”
by the Penn State Glee Club.
The new Homecoming Queen
will be presented at the Alumni
luncheon tomorrow and will ap
pear during halftime of the Penn
State-West Virginia game. She
will receive a trophy.
Miss MacKenzie, a very talent
ed blonde, had done professional
work before coming to the Uni
versity. She started singing at the
age of seven and hopes to further
her career through radio work
while at college.
While still in high school, Miss
MacKenzie was heard on radio
station WCAU; sang with local
bands, and appeared in Upper
Darby High’s All-School Show.
She received two television
offers from WCAU-TV and was
encouraged by her music teacher
to remain at home but decided on
a college career.
Last summer Miss MacKenzie
worked with a professional group
for the USO and toured nearby
Army camps.
Other finalists were Anne Cain,
Roberta Lerch, Jeanne McClos
key, and Glenda Rine. The final
ists were chosen by Ray Fortu
nato, director of Thespians, Ridge
Riley, Executive Secretary-Treas
urer of the Alumni Association;
and F. F. Morris, director of per
sonnel service.
Blue Key Applications
Fourth or fifth semester men
students may apply for member
ship in Blue Key, junior men’s
hat society, by submitting a letter
of application to Robert McMillan,
president, at the Student Union
desk in Old Main.
Alumni, Students Face
Weekend of Activities
Visiting alumni and student's at the University will experience
everything from black magic in Players’ “Bell, Book, and Candle,**
which opens tonight for the first of a six-week Friday night run, to
a hoped for magical four-in-a-row win in football over West Vir
ginia this weekend.
The Nttany Lions, ranked ninth in the nation by the Associated
Press, are a 13-point favorite over
the Mountaineers. Ticket sales for
the game, with kickoff time set
at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Beaver
Field, have already exceeded the
30,321 seating record • for the
Michigan State-Penn State game
in 1951.
Also on -the sports agenda is a
10 a.m. soccer game tomorrow
with Syracuse;, a cross-coun
try meet with Michigan State is
scheduled for 41 a.m. - tomorrow.
Meet time may be moved up to
football time, however.
Stage Productions Scheduled
Thespians will continue to pre
sent their original musical, “Fun
ny Side Up,” at 8 p.m. today and
tomorrow in Schwab Auditorium.
“Bell, Book, and Candle” will be
■presented at 8 tonight at Center
Stage in the Temporary Union
Building.
A Players’ official said yester
day that only a few balcony seats
A motion to determine the
method of selection of candi
dates for inclusion in “Who’s
Who Among Student in Amer
ican Colleges and Universi
ties,” was re-tabled by All-
University Cabinet last night,
pending further investiga
tions of the publication.
The motion was originally
brought- before cabinet two weeks
ago by All-University Secretary-
Treasurer Robert Homan.
When Dean of Men Frank J.
Simes two weeks ago declined to
A siory concerning two
amendments , proposed before
All-University Cabinet last
night appears today mi page
two. The first amendment deals
with appointments of committee
chairmen and persons receiving
compensation and the other
deals with representatives of
absent cabinet members.
serve on the candidates selection
board because he questioned the
worth of the publication, the mo
tion was tabled. Homan was in
structed to seek further informa
tion on the booklet.
The book, a directory of “out
standing" students in 600 schools,
is publised by H. P. Randall of
Tuskalousa, Ala. It has no rela
tion to “Who’s in the News at
Penn State," published by Sigma
Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi,
national professional journalism
societies.
Homan said the book had been
published since 1934, that it was
considered, by those included in
it, to be an honor, and that the
method of selection seemed to be
the only problem existing at the
University.
Last year the candidates were
named by a committee composed
of the nine student council presi
dents.
Homan’s substitute motion last
night called for each member of
cabinet to submit names of not
more than 30 seniors he felt
should be included in the book
and a master list to be compiled,
with the final selection being
made by the Daily Collegian edi
tor and the All-University vice
(Continued on page eight)
By JOE BEAU-SEIGNEUR
were available for tonight and
tomorrow night’s “Funny Side
Up.”
Tickets for “Funny Side Up**
are $1.25, and tickets for “Bell,
Book, and Candle" are $l. They
are available at the Student Un
ion desk.
Alumni To Register
Alumni will register at 1:30 p.m,
today in Recreation Hall for
weekend festivities. Today’s pro
gram also includes an alumni
golf tournament to be held at 1:30
p.m., and a Lion’s' Paw alumni
dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Nittany
Lion Inn.
Movies of the Penn State-Illi
nois game will be shown at 8:30
tonight in Recreation Hall.
The Alumni buffet luncheon
will be served from 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. tomorrow in Recreation
Hall, and will include the preseu
(Continued, on page eight)
Party
Platforms
See Page 4
FIVE CENTS
By ANN LEH