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VOL. 55. No. 67
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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:
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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&
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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."
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