Today's Weather— Cold, Occasional Snow' Flurries VOL. 55. No. 67 CAinet )ecides - ',`,',!::.t[.g 1 - s.-Unfiecoss4ry.to -:icca...it Party Financial Re:,f-,orts All-University Cabinet last night decided it was unneces sary-to vote on the acceptance of .the financial reports of the Lion, and State parties since they had been approved by Associated Student Activities and reviewed by the Elections Committee. Ernest FaMous, chairman of the Elections Committee, Ceremonies For Chapel Set Feb. 22 Groundbreaking ceremonies for the All-Faith chapel are planned for the morning of Feb. 22, ac cording to the Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger, University chaplain. No definite plans have been made for the ceremony, except that invitations will be 'sent to University officials, student lead ers, and representatives of the three religious faiths. The Reverend Harshbarger said the groundbreaking ceremony would not be elaborate, but he hoped constru m will have pro gressed far - . sough to lay the cornerstone at a ceremony around comniencement time. He said the University Board of Trustees has given the University architect permission to complete the final plans for the chapel and these plans will probably be 'ap proved- when., the trustees meet in Harrisburg Jan. 22. The physical plant has com pleted the clearing of the chapel site in preparation for test drill ings which are expected to begin soon. est drillings are taken to de termine the formation of the rock strata 'under the chapel founda tion. Work on these test drillings will begin between now and Feb. 22. The chapel will be built in Hort Woods on the north side of Curtin road. The chapel will be -built 'in three units: 'a small meditation chapel, the main chapel and, a connecting unit between the two buildings. The' .units will be ar ranged in a U-shape around a large reflecting pool, The. first unit to be constructed is: the meditation chapel. Feb. 22 is also the date for the Centennial birthday party and the dedication of the nuclear reactor. Simes Cites Conduct Factors By ANN LEH Pean of Men Frank J. Simes yesterday cited the revision of residence hall population and discipline systems and the student courts' taking more respon sibility for handling discipline cases• as major factors in im proving dormitory conduct this year. ,At the same time he said the addition of resident house mothers to the fraternity sys tem and excellent leadership from the Interfraternity Coun cil were greatly responsible for the decrease in the number of fraternity discipline cases. Upperclass Housing In the past some upperclass men were housed in all dormi tories in the West Dorm area. Approximately 1000 freshmen v. az , o r rt :i3 ttitu , 11 , \.......,..„ presented the estimated financial reports of the parties' and the report of party finances by Stu dent Activities to Cabinet. He ex plained that both parties stayed under the maximum of $l5O which they are allowed to spend for campaign purposes. The Lion Party, Famous said, estimated its expenditures at $146, and of the $l9l which it turned in to be held by Student Activities, it spent $129.74. The State Party estimated its expenditures at $125.43, and of the $l3O which it turned in to Student Activities, it spent $111.19. Famous said that at Student Encampment held before the be ginning of the fall semester, it had been resolved that the parties would be allowed to put funds in the student activities fund and withdraw money from there. Watson Leese, president of the Liberal Arts Student Council, questioned Famous about an esti mated expenditure for Lion Party pictures which had not been listed on the report from Student Ac tivities. Donovan Gives Explanation George L. Donovan, manager of Associated Student Activities and the Student Union, was asked by Famous to clear up. the point. Donovan said the two parties did not bring their funds immediately at the beginning of the semester to Student Activities and had probably paid some bills in ad vance. Famous told Cabinet that the parties had presented all bills to the Elections Committee, but the party chairmen would appear be fore Cabinet if it wished. Sinclair Upholds Reports Benjamin Sinclair, president of the Board of Dramatics and For ensics, said there was no need ftir Cabinet doing that unless it want ed to repeat the work of the Elections Committee. John Speer, All-University vice president, presiding in the tem porary absence of Jesse Arnelle, president, said there was no need for Cabinet to vote -on the accep tance of the report since it had been accepted by Student Activi ties. Cabinet approved two aniend ments to the Elections Code con cerning the acceptance of party constitutions and the chartering (Continued on page two) and 60 upperclassmen lived in the area last year. Under a new program an nounced last spring, a ratio of one upperclassman for each three freshmen living in the area was established. However, all upperclasmen in the area are housed in Hamilton Hall while McKee Hall and the Tri- Dorms are used exclusively by freshmen. • Proportion Aids Influence -Because of the greater pro portion of upperclassmen to freshmen in Hamilton, the up perclassmen are able to exert more of a stabilizing influence on the freshmen there, Simes said. "Last year," he said, "the upperclassmen were so out numbered that they did not want to assume too much dis ciplinary responsibility." The complete lack of upper- FOR .A BETTER- .PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1955 • , • • - .2', inet D • /. iT iscrimin,frt irn Issue Eiections Committee CHAIRMAN ERNEST FAMOUS stresses 'the value of the voting machines and the centralized voting in the Hetzel Union Building for the All-University elections which will be held March . 29 and 30. The elections committee members are from left to right Famous (standing), Roger Beidler, Baylee Friedman, Ellsworth Smith, Bruce Lieske, and Henry Simm. Committee Sets March 29, 30 'or Vertions The All-University elections committee last night set March 29 and'3o as the dates for the all- University spring elections. Voting machines for the elec tions will be set up in the main lobby of the Hetzel Union Build ing. The committee scheduled the first clique meetings for Feb. 20. Subsequent meetings will be held Feb. 27 and March 6 and 13. The committee discussed, but took no action on a. proposal to change the penalties for political parties which violate the elections code. Under the present penalty sys tem, parties are docked votes for violations of the code. Ernest Famous, committee chair man, said he felt it . was unfair to penalize individual candidates for the actions of the parties. He said that often the• candidates have nothing to do ,with the viola tions. Famous proposed a monetary (Continued on page two) classmen in the other west dorms is possibly the reason be hind the improved discipline there, he said. , Few Placed in Past "In the past when there were only a few upperclassmen in the area, the freshmen prob ably expected more leadership from the upperclasmen than they got," the dean said. "Now the freshmen must look to themselves for leadership." Subdividing large units in Hamilton and moving resident counselors from suites into sin- gle rooms in the center of their units are other factors behinc the improvement in Hamilton he said. The larger floors in Hami3 ton, which house as many aF 180 men, were subdivided bz temporary wall partitions. Ir the past, two counselors, housed (Continued on page two) rjiatt Nittany Grotto Backs Beards For Centennial Nittany Grotto, cave-exploring asociation, last night became the first campus group to support the Beards-for-Centennial movement. It passed a resolution requir ing all members to grow -beards, if feasible, unless previous com mitments, such as enrollment in the Reserve . Officer Training Pro gram, interfered. Members who refuse to let their beards grow will be required to buy "non-growth permits." Members urged that other cam pus groups sponsor similar legisla tion to mark the celebration of Centennial year. The group did not stipulate what women members were to do. But a female member of the club, who declined to be named, sponsored the motion. "P . resi4e . tis S*.eec Stresses '-ormo..ny WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (W)—President Eisenhower held out the hand pf cooperation to the new, Democratic-controlled Congress to day along with a massive legislative program keyed to warding off "the catastrophe of nuclear holocaust." In a message 'to the lawmakers on the State of the Union, a message that bid strongly for political harmony and good will, Eisenhower saw a heartening hope for world peace, and pro gress toward the ultimate "rule of freedom and justice." Yet, he said that the peace of today is insecure in the face of "military machines and ambitions of the Soviet-Communist bloc" that create sobering problems and world uneasiness. Democrats an d Republicans broke in with applause , for a promise that "America's response to aggression will be swift and decisive." Russian Ambassador 7.4eorgi N. Zaroubin sat stone "aced and motionless. Among 'a number of the Con tress members who heard the President deliver his message in person in the House chamber there was something less than Simes: Times See Page 4 potion Mode y Fielding Asking Stand By DON SHOEMAKER All-University Cabinet de cided last night it should not take a stand on discrimination at the University. The action came when Cabi net defeated a resolution sug gested by Byron r Fielding, fifth semester political science major, intending to discourage discrimi nation at the University, if such exists. The vote was none for the resolution, = l against, and 3 ab stentions. Fielding's suggestion was as follows: "Resolved: That All-Uni versity Cabinet request that every student organization recognized by the University as such, having such a clause in its charter which would restrict membership in that organization on the basis of race, color, of skin, or national origin, voluntarily strik e out such clituse." The motion was made for Field ing by Patricia Ellis, president of the Women's Student Government Association. Benjamin Sinclair, president of the Board of Dramatics and For ensics, spoke against the motion, saying if such a resolution were passed it would create, rather than solve a problem. No Discrimination Evident "In the ;three and one half years I have been on this campus," Sin clair said, "I have not seen any cases of discrimination. By pass ing this resolution you are saying there -is discrimination and sow ing doubt in the minds of students and the peOple of the Common wealth." Several other members of cabi net shared Sinclair's opinion. - TEC on Discrimination John Carpenter, president ot Interfraternity Council, pointed out that IFC has already ex pressed disapproval of discrimina• I ton clauses in fraternity charters 'He- said however. that the fin& (Continued on page eight) exuberant enthusiasm for a mili tary program that will cut down manpower and place increased dependence on airpower and new weapons of "rapid and destructive striking power." Several key sena tors and House members adopted' a "show-me" attitude on the manpower question. But for the presidential offer of cooperation, from himself and every g overnment agency, in meeting the problems of perilous times there was a loud demonstra tion of approval. With the shift of congressional control to the Democrats, Eisen hower said, both parties now are "on trial." He called on them to avoid paralysis and an "indecision approaching futility." He urged: "Let the general good be our yardstick on every great issue of our time." FIVE CENTS
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