AIM Governors
Kill Veto Power
After spirited debate the Board of Governors of the Association
of Independent Men last night voted nine to six that the president
should not be allowed a veto power.
Such a power was provided for in the revision of the constitution
which was read last night for purpose of discussion. No vote on the
constitution as a whole was taken and the action was not final.
IFC to Use
New System
For Award
A new criteria has been set up
, for selecting the fraternity to re
" ceive the Outstanding Fraternity
Award this year.
The award is presented to the
outstanding fraternity each' year
by the Interfraternity Council
during Greek Week. This year's
award will be presented at the
IFC-Panhellenic Banquet March
31 at the Nittany Lion Inn. .
The award is presented on the
basis of ratings by other frater
nities and participation in activi
ties.
The new criteria for judging in
. elude four points:
1. Points for scholastic rating
will be awarded to the first '3O
fraternities whose house averages
are above the aU-University av
erage for men. A total of 30 points
will be given to the house with
the highest average, 29 to the
house with the second highest av
r. erage, and so on until 30 fratemi
r ties have been ranked.
Under the old system, points
were given to the fraternities with
the highest averages regardless of
whether they jrre re above jfhe all
men’s average. In the event that
less than 30 houses are above the
average, only those houses above
averages will be awarded/points.
2. Evaluations by sororities /will
be discontinued. Under the old
system, sororities submitted lists
rating the top fraternities. It was
felt that evaluation by sororities
has not been objective.
3. The following individual ac
tivities have been added to the
list of those eligible for points:
editor of Toga Tales, editor of
the IFC Rushing Magazine, and
major IFC committee chairmen.
The following house activities
have also been added: children’s
Christmas parties and Help Week
vprojects. Houses will also be pen
alized for missing IFC meetings.
4. A representative from the
dean of men’s office will be pre
sent while the' data submitted
from each fraternity are being
tabulated. Reports of the tabula
tions will be available to fraterni
ties.
Cabinet Personnel Group
To Interview Applicants
The Cabinet Personnel Inter
viewing Committee will interview
applicants for the spring semester
business staff of Spring Week at
7:45 tonight in 204 Old Main.
Intercollegiate Council Board
will hold a preliminary meeting
at 7 tonight in the same place to
discuss the open house program.
.Post Office Has Busy First Day
University Park postal station in the Hetzel Union Building processed 14,000 pieces of first
* class mail in its first day of operation, post office officials reported yesterday.
The new postal station also sold 15,000 Centennial stamps commemorating the University’s' 100th
anniversary.
Stamp sales have ceased at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Stamps will continue to be
available at the University Park
borough .post offices for an
indefinite period, however.
Centennial cachets will con
tinue on sale at the Student Union
T £ ls * s tile only at
which the commemorative enve
lopes may be purchased
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
PARTLY
CLOUDY
‘ It will be read at the next meet
ing of the board for final amend
ments and approval.
Robert Dennis, who yielded the
chair to vice president, James Mc-
Dowell, said he believed a veto
power foould help to make AIM
a more responsible organization.
He said . that such a power
would constitute an executive
check within the board on its own
legislation.
Harry Martini, third semester
arts and letters major, who pro
posed the motion to eliminate the
veto power, said he did not be
lieve AIM was large enough to
require the veto power.
In answer to Martini’s state
ment, Dennis reminded the board
that by 1970 the enrollment of the
University is expected to reach
20,000 and that most of these stu
dents will be potential members
of AIM. Such a large group, he
said, should be organized with an
executive veto power. 1
James Anderson, alternate from
West Dorm council, said that since
as the dean of men had the power
of- veto on AIM legislation, it
wouldt not be necessary for the
president to have such a power.
The board also came to disa
greement upon the duties of the
vice president. They voted to de
lete the section of the revision
which would allow the vice pres
ident to be ex-officio chairman of
the constitution and social com- ;
mittees.
Stanley Juras, former president
of the West Dorm council, stated
that he did not think a man elect
ed to the office of vice president
would automatically possess the ;
ability to plan social functions. 1
Leonard Richards, secretary,
said plans were being made for
Leonides, -in conjunction with
AIM, to sponsor the University’s
first Independent Week, March 14
to 24.
Suggestions to include a dance,
queen contest, independent chapel .
service, and project display were :
made.
Hell Week Group
May Issue Report
The hellweek practices commit
tee, set up by Interfraternity
Council last semester to study
hellweek practices in fraternities,
may be ready to issue a report at
the next IFC meeting, John Mc-
Meekin, chairman, has announced.
Questionnaires on hell week
practices were sent to each fra
terntiy in order to establish a per
manenf hellweek code. Thirty of
53 fraternities have returned the
forms so far.
Committee members include
McMeekin, Pi Kappa Alpha; Merl
Gerdes, Sigma Alpha Epsilon;
Samuel McLaughlin, Alpha Chi
Rho; David Bavar, Alpha Epsilon
Pi; Charles Folkers, Phi Kappa
Psi; and Robert Little, Kappa Del
ta Rho.
The HUB post office got off to
a good start yesterday, according
to a post office official. The
spokesman added, however, that
all the kinks probably will not
be worked out until the opening
of the HUB on March 15.
In addition to the first class
mail processed yesterday, the new
postal station handled 140 parcel
post packages and 12 money or
ders.
Window services which are
available at University Park are
stamps, registered mail, parcel
post and money orders. Postal sav
ings is the only service not of
fered.
University officials reported
yesterday that letters addressed
University Park, Pa.” are begin
ning to arrive on campus.
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VOL. 55. No. 88 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 24. 1955 FIVE CENTS
Free Day Before Exams
To Be Discussed Tonight
A proposal to allow one day between the end of classes and beginning of final examin
ations will be discussed by All-University Cabinet at 7 tonight in the board room on the
second floor of Old Main.
The proposal will be presented b;
inet will discuss the proposal
Skating Rink
Will Close
During March
The University skating rink
will remain open until the first or
second week of March, Robert
Rutherford, manager of the rink,
has announced.
Not even the comparatively
mild temperatures of the past few
days have ruled out ice skating
at the rink.
Rutherford said the weather has
posed no problem to date and only
two sessions have been lost since
the rink opened. “This is no mean
achievement,” Rutherford said,
“since mild weather, snow, and
rain all are supposed to affect
these operations adversely.”
The weekend still remains the
most popular time for skaters, al
though faculty and staff turn out
in numbers on Monday nights
and children of the community
on Saturday mornings.
Young GOP's
To Hear Talk
Roderick McDonald, interna
tional representative of the Build
ing Service Employees Union of
the American Federation of La
bor, speak to the Penn State
Young Republicans Club at 7 to
night in 202 Willard.
McDonald, a native of Madison,
Wis., was elected president of the
International Guards Union of
America in 1953 for a five-year
term.
McDonald has spent the past 25
fears organizing unions. Previous
;o his union activities, he had
been a coal miner, locomotive
fireman, policeman, auto body
painter, and construction worker.
The two McCarthy films orig
inally scheduled for tonight’s
Young Republicans meeting have
been postponed in favor of Mc-
Donald’s talk.
Evans Will Speak
Marshall K. Evans of Pitts
burgh will speak on budget con
trol at the Accounting Club meet
ing at 7 tonight at Phi Kappa Tau.
Election of officers will be held.
Personnel of the office of the
Dean of Admissions and Regis
trar, where large volumes of mail
are received, said the first mail
arriving yesterday included four
letters properly addressed.
One of the letters properly ad
dressed was postmarked Houston,
Texas.
Paintings Are Available
The University art committee
has announced that a number of
original oil paintings, watercolors,
prints, and drawings are available
to students on an indefinite loan
basis.
For letails about this service
students may contact Francis E.
Hyslop Jr., associate professor of
fine arts.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By DOTTIE STONE
Robert Dennis, for the Calendar Committee. Cab-
so the committee can get a student opinion before deciding
on a /ay to get the extra day.
One of two recommendations
is to lengthen the present ex
amination schedule half a day,
and have no exams the first day
of the exam period. Only con
flict exams and exams for senior
courses would be scheduled at
this time. The second alternative
would be to cut a day from
Christmas or Thanksgiving vaca
tion. Cabinet will discuss these
recommendations
Richard Gordon, manager of
the soccer team, will again ask
Cabinet to purchase awards for
the soccer team. Last week Cabi
net expressed the view that
awards to teams should be made
by the Athletic Association and
not Cabinet. They felt this m'ght
set up an undesirable precedent
AGENDA
Committee Reports:
1. NSA Convention report—
George Kulynich
2. NSA—Janice Holm
3. Leadership Training—
Robert Smoot
4. Centennial—Diehl McKalip
New Business:
L Calendar Committee Report
—Robert Dennis
1. UCA Contribution—
Robert Homan
All-University Cabinet will
meet at 7 tonight in the board
room on the second floor of
Old Main. Students may attend
the meeting.
that future cabinet members
might not wish to continue.
Gordon said today that he had
talked with Ernest B. McCoy,
Dean of the College of Physical
Education and Athletics, and that
McCoy had said no action would
be taken by the AA this year.
The Readership Training Com
mittee will ask that the program
not be set up for this year, but
that a program be submitted to
Cabinet in the spring. This' pro
gram could then get an early
start next fall.
Cabinet will also hear reports
from the Centennial committee
and two about the National Stu
dent Association. No action will
be taken on these reports.
Faure Is Named
French Premier
PARIS, Feb. 23 (A*) —The French National Assembly tonight ap
proved Edgar Faure, a 46-year-old financial expert and attorney, as
the nation’s new Premier.
By a vote of 369-210, the deputies accepted Faure as the suc
cessor to Pierre Mendes-France, who was turned out of office Feb. 5.
Faure, who held the job in 1952
for six weeks, will head the 21st
government in France’s post-lib
eration history
The only blocs of opposition
came from Communists and So
cialists. Both Faure and Mendes-
France are members of the Radi
cal Socialist party, a badly splin
tered centrist group.
Earlier Faure had announced a
Cabinet which included former
Premier Antoine Pinay as for
eign minister, Pierre Pflimlin as
finance minister, former Premier
Robert Schuman as justice minis
ter and Gen. Pierre Koenig as de
fense minister.
The Cabinet has been labeled
as one of the farthest to the right
in postwar history, despite that
Faure is classed a little left of
center.
In his address of investiture,
Faure pledged his government to
(Mlrgiau
Debate Team
To Compete
In Pittsburgh
The Men’s Debate Team will
compete in a tournament at Mount
Mercy College tomorrow and
Saturday. "Fifteen colleges and
universities from Ohio, West Vir
ginia, and Pennsylvania will be
represented.
The topic will be “Resolved:
That the United States should
recognize the Communist Govern
ment of China.” A trophy will be
awarded. Last year the University
placed second.
Ernest Famous, eighth semes
ter arts and letters major, and
Benjamin Sinclair, eighth semes
ter arts and letters major, will
take the affirmative stand. De
bating the negative side for the
University will be Jonathan Plaut,
fourth semester industrial en
gineering major, and Edward Kie
vans, fourth semester electrical
engineering major.
Edward Gilkey, assistant coach
of the Men’s Debate Team • will
accompany the group.
Elections Committee
Will Discuss $25 Bond
All-University Elections Com
mittee will meet to discuss the
$25 bond for political parties at
7 tonight in 204 Old Main.
The bond, if established, would
be used to penalize the party that
violated the elections code during
the campaign period. Last year,
candidates were held liable for
their parties’ infractions through
vote penalties.
Hospital Back to Normal
The University Hospital settled
down to a normal routine yester
day with 28 patients.
Visiting hours will continue to
be restricted in order to prevent
the spread of illness.
work for ratification of the Paris
treaties for German Rearmament
as quickly as possible. The upper
house of the French Parliament,
the Council to the Republic, still
must approve the treaties passed
by the Assembly.
The program Faure announced
today calls for new increases in
industrial production, a seven per
cent increase in the standard of
living, balancing the foreign trado
accounts, hikes in workers sal
aries by April, price supports for
agricultural products and contin
uation of the fight against al
coholism.
He promised efforts for new
Big Four talks after the Paris
treaties are finally ratified and
continuation of the negotiations
with Tunisia on internal auton
omy for that North African pro
tectorate.