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Trustees OK
Labor Report,
Rescind Action
The Executive Committee of the University Board of
Trustees has accepted the report on basic working relation*
ships released last week by the three-man grievance panel
ployee organizations.
set up to air differences between the University and its em-
The report issued by the labor panel included four basic
recommendations:
1. That the University meet an
nually with employees and their
representatives to discuss policy
matters.
2. That the University strength
en its grievance procedure by us
ing the four steps already in use
in addition to arbitration by a
panel of three, the findings of
which would be final and bind
ing.
Student Group
Will Sponsor
Song Contest
A Centennial Song Contest open
to undergraduates is being spon
sored by the Student Centennial
Committee. The prize for the win
ning manuscript, a choral compo
sition, is $5O.
The type of composition, as de
fined by the committee, should be
a dignified choral composition
With lyrics significant of the Cen
tennial. The music should be suit
able for the lyrics. A composer
and a lyrist may collaborate in the
composition, but words and music
must be original. Manuscripts are
due at the Student Union desk ih
Old Main by March 28.
If in the opinion of the judges
no entry is considered to have
enough merit to be used as an
official Centennial song, no win
ner will be chosen. The judges
will include four members of
the music faculty and one mem
ber of the Student Centennial
Committee.
The manuscript is to be un
signed, but a sealed envelops con
taining the composer’s name
should be left with the manuscript
at the Student Union desk ac
cording to contest rules. A num
ber assigned to the manuscript;
will be placed on the outside oJ'
the envelope.
Biochemist Wins
Research Grant
An assistant biochemist in the
department of agricultural bio
chemistry at West Virginia Uni
versity has received a fellowship
for research and graduate study
at the University
Orville L. Voth of Morgantown,
W. Va., has been awarded a Unit
ed States Public Health Service
Research Fellowship for work at
the University, Dr. Howard O.
Triebold, head of the departmem
of agricultural and biological
chemistry, announced yesterday.
Voth’s work at the University
will be conducted under the super
vision of Dr. Russell C. Miller,
professor of agricultural and bio
logical chemistry, and will be con
cerned with the metabolism and
storage of vitamin E and other
antioxidants in animal tissues.
Friday, March 4
Under the present policy a
grievance is presented to the em
ployees’ immediate supervisor. If
no solution is reached a meeting
is arranged with the person im
mediately above the supervisor.
The third step is a meeting with
he dean of the college, and the
fourth step is a meeting with the
University comptroller.
3. That the University establish
separate and distinct procedures
for consulting with employee or
ganizations on wages, hours, and
working conditions; and for hand
ling disputes over the interpreta
tion of these rules.
4. That employee organizations
be permitted to have non-Univer
sity spokesmen beginning with
step foUr of the grievance proce
dure.
In following up the recommen
dations in the report, the trustees
rescinded an action of 1943, which
prevented University officials
from dealing with anyone but
University employees.
The rescinded action regarding
outside representation Stated:
*. . . the best interests of the
College and its employees will be
served by . . . the existing policy
of the College, to wit: that the of
ficers of the College will receive
and consult with the employees of
the College either as individuals
or through representatives of their
own choice who are employees of
the College, relative to any mat
ters of mutual interest or con
cern . . .”
It also stated that employees
"are free to organize for tne pur
pose of fostering the interest and
welfare of .the employees of the
College.”
The trustees also named Rgy T.
Fortunato, former coordinator of
labor relations, to fill the pew post
; of director of employee relations.
No details on the nature of the
post were available iast night.
! Fortunato, a graduate of the
. University, has served on the Uni
[ versity staff for nearly seven
• years as Supervisor of the em
ployment division.
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ODK Gets
Point Plan
Suggestion
A system of evaluating student
activities to determine the quali
fications of future members of
Omicron Delta Kappa has been
submitted to the organizational
committee, Frank J. Simes, dean
of men and secretary of the com
mittee, said yesterday.
ODK is a men’s national leader
ship fraternity.
The point system was submitted
by Benjamin Sinclair, eighth se
mester arts and letters major and
an organizer of the movement to
establish a chapter at the Uni
versity.
Sinclair said his point system is
patterned after the one suggested
by the national chapter of the
fraternity.
The four students on the com
mittee, Bruce Lieske, Watson
Leese, Robert Dennis, and George
Williams, have been doing indi
vidual research in an attempt to
determine the relative importance
of each campus activity.
junior and senior men who are
scholastically in the upper 35 per
cent of the men in their college of
FORESTRY BALL
MIKE PEDICIN 4
and His Orchestra
Members will be selected from
the University and who are out
standing in one field of student
life or a leader in two or more
fields. They will be screened on
the basis of character, campus
service and leadership, and ad
herence to democratic ideals.
The five major fields of student
life, according to ODK, are stu
dent government, social ahd re
ligious affairs: scholarship; pub
lications; forensic and applied
arts; and athletics.
Simes said as soon as the group
obtains 12 members it will be able
to go before the Senate Commit
tee of Student Affairs subcommit-
tee on organization control for lo
cal approval. When this is attain
ed it will petition to the national
fraternity for a charter.
Ice Skating Rink
To Close Monday
Instead of Sunday
The University skating rink will
close Monday instead of Sunday
as previously announced. The ex
tra day was added in response to
an appeal from faculty and staff
members who wished to hold one
more session before the rink
closed for the semester.
Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the
College of Physical Education and
Athletics, readily agreed to the
extension, but explained that the
earlier-than-anticipated c 1 o s i n f
was forced on him by the mile
weather and the knowledge that
it soon would become too expens
ive to maintain the icemaking
equipment at the necessary leVe
for operation.
With the extension, there will
be skating sessions Monday after
noon and evening in addition to
the usual weekend schedule.
2.50 Per Couple
Revisions Committee
May Report Soon
Cabinet Constitutional Revisions Committee may be ready
to present its report to All-University Cabinet by March 10,
John Speer, committee chairman, said Thursday night.
The committee has been meeting since early in December,
after Cabinet decided a complete revision of the AU-Univer-
Bity constitution was necessary.
Currently, the committee is
working on a general revision of
the court system.
So far, three main revisions have
been tentatively decided upon:
1. The constitution will be re
ordered to follow the United
States constitution in' form, ft
will include six articles: executive
powers, legislative powers, judi
cial powers, financial powers, mis
cellaneous powers, and amend
ments and bylaws.
Powers Not Catalogued
The constitution is being re
ordered in this manner because
committee members felt the pow
ers of Cabinet were not expressly
catalogued and defined under the
present constitution.
2, The elimination of any sort
of clause providing for substitu
tions.
Under the present constitution,
a Cabinet member who misses
three consecutive meetings is
called before Tribunal.
Too Many Facets
Speer said the committee felt
there were too many facets in
volved to draft an adequate sub
stitution clause. .
3. The dean of women, dean of
men,. the graduate manager of
athleiics, and the executive direc
tor of the alumni association will
be made advisers to Cabinet. Un
der the present constitution, they
are listed as members ex-officio.
The change was made at the re
quest of several of those involved.
Mohr to Speak
On Spelunking
Dr. Charles E. Mohr, president
of the National Speleogicftl So
ciety, will speak at the meeting
of the Nittany Grotto, cave ex
ploring organization, at 7:30 p.m.
Monday in 109 Agriculture.
Dr. Mohr has been doing Ex
tensive exploration and research
in Pennsylvania caves as well as
others throughout the world. Dur
ing his visit he will photograph
specimens of cave life m the area.
Dr. Mohr will show slides and
a movie entitled, “Descent to the
Underworld,” featuring scenes
photographed in local cayes.
The meeting scheduled for
Wednesday, has been canceled.
Alpha Phi Omega
Open to Rushees
Men interested in becoming
members of Alpha Phi Omega, na
tional service fraternity, may meet
at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 3 Sparks.
Prerequisites for membership
are Boy Scout experience and a
desire to render service.
Present members will meet at
7 p.m. Monday,
- SATURDAY, r&BUABV $6, 1955
Eleven Named
To Dean's List
Eleven students in the College
of Physical Education and Atn
letios are on the Dean’s List for
the fall Semester. Mary Hudco
vico, fifth semester physical edu
cation majof, received a 3.00 AU-
University average for the third
successive semester.
Seniors receiving this hono.r
were Martha Roj&n, 2.82: Shell
don Sherman, 2.81 j and Ronald
Weidenhammer. 2.62. Juniors hon
ored were Mary Hudcovlch; Rob
ert McMullen. 2.61; Grace Need
ham, 2.72; Judith Pendleton, 2.70;
Ethel Ross, 2.66; and lan Spring
er, 2.62;
William Spieth, 2.62, was the
only sophmore to make Dean’s
List. The only freshman was Mary
Conrad with a 2.80 All-University
average.
'Who's in the News'
Copies of "Who’s in the News
at Penn State” will tentatively be
distributed at the Student Union
desk in Old Main on Tuesday.
Persons whose names are in
cluded in the publication may pick
up their copies there.
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