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IFC Defers Vote
On Hell Week Code
Interfraternity Council last night tabled a report from the hell
week practices committee which would establish a permanent pre
initiation code for fraternities.
The report was tabled so that representatives could discuds the
report in their chapters before voting on it. A vote will be taken
at the next meeting, to be held March 23.
Posters
Sought for
Greek Week
Entries for the Greek Week
poster contest are now being ac
cepted, Earl Reinsel and Hedy
Grossman co-chairmen of the pos
ter committee, have announced.
The posters are due at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main no
later than March 16.
The posters are to be built
around the Greek Week theme.
“Greeks Through the Centennial.”
They will be displayed in down
town stores to publicize Greek
Week which will run from March
26 through April 2.
Trophies will be awarded to the
fraternity and sorority which sub
mit the best posters. Entries will
be judged by members of the fine
arts faculty.
Entries will be judged on the
basis of neatness, originality and
relation to theme, and simplicity
of design.
The name of the contributing
group may or may not be in
cluded directly in the design, but
it must be included somewhere
on the poster. The design should
also include the Greek Week
theme and the dates of the week.
The committee has also asked
that posters be' limited to two
dimensions, and be 12 by 16 inches
in size.
Groups submitting posters
should specify whether the post
ers should be returned. Those who
wish their posters returned may
pick them up at the Student Un
ion desk from April 4 to 6.
Red or Blue -
Which Are You?
What type of blood do you
have? Red, blue—note one!
You haven’t checked lately?
Well, here’s your chance.
The Rod and Coccus Club will
conduct a blood typing service
in 206 Patterson from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. tomorrow.
Any student may have his
blood typed and RH factor deter
mined for 25 cents.
The typing will be conducted
by upperclass students of the bac
teriology and medical technology
department, under the supervis
ion of Dr. Carroll Heist, associate
professor of bacteriology.
Norton to Give Reading
In Pattee Library
Dr. Paul F. Norton, associate
professor of fine arts, will pre
sent the Wednesday Reading at
4:15 p.m. tomorrow in 105 Pattee
Library.
The reading, which is the fifth
in a series, will be open to the
public.
Reading from Renaissahce lit
erature, Dr. Norton will present
selections from the work of Ben
venuto Cellini.
Club to Hear Althouse
Dr. Paul Althouse, professor of
agricultural and biological chem
istry, will speak on "A Student
Leaves Flat Land” at a meeting
of the Agricultural Economics
Club at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at
Theta Delta Chi.
First President
Judge Frederick Watts of Cum
berland County was the first pres
ident of the Board of Trustees at
the University.
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The report contained five rec
ommendations:
1. That the IFC establish a
standing committee to investigate
all complaints arising from pre
initiation practices.
2. That all pre-initiation prac
tices be restricted solely within
each fraternity, including “Help
Week" projects.
3. That the term “Work Week”
be substituted in place of the
term “Hell Week” in all written
documents.
The term “Work Week” was
amended to “Help Week” by IFC.
4. That a minimum of five
hours for sleeping and three
hours for studying be alloted each
day during periods of intensive
pre-initiation practices.
5. That resolutions two through
four be incorporated into a perm
anent pre-initiations code to act
as a standard for individual frat
ernities and the standing com
mittee established by the first
resolution.
Board to Enforce Code
John Carpenter, IFC president,
said this code will be enforced by
the IFC Board of Control. He
added the board will be given this
power in forthcoming amend
ments to the IFC constitution. At
the same time, he appointed Mar
shall Dawsey, Delta Upsilon,
chairman of a committee to pre
sent constitutional revisions at the
next IFC meeting.
The report of the Hell Week
practices committee was drawn
up following a survey of present
practices in fraternities. Of 52
fraternities questioned 30 replied.
Survey Results
The most common practices
based on these 30 replies show
that 100 per cent require pledges
to do more general housecleaning
than usual, that 96 per cent feel
Hell Week is necessary and
should be continued, that the av
erage length of Hell Week is 5*4
days, and that the average num
ber of hours allowed for sleep
each day was four hours while
the average time allowed for
study was three hours.
In other action Phi Sigma Del
ta .was reinstated to membership
in IFC. The fraternity had been
dropped after it was not repre
sented at five meetings during
the current academic year.
The IFC constitution provides
that a house shall be automatically
dropped from membership if it
is not represented at two consec
utive meetings or if it misses five
meetings during the course of a
year.
A $lO fine is also imposed. Upon
payment of this fine, a house may
be reinstated by a majority vote
of the council.
'Who's in News' Copies
Available at SU Desk
Copies of ‘Who’s in the News
at Penn State’ are now being dis
tributed at the Student Union
desk in Old Main.
Persons whose names are in
cluded in the publication may
pick up two copies. Each fraterni
ty and sorority may pick up one
copy.
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Frank J. Sheed
Centennial Series Speaker
Publisher
To Speak
At Hillel
Frank J. Sheed, author, lecturer,
and New York City publisher,
will speak on “The Catholic In
tellectual Revival,” at 8 tonight
at the Hillel Foundation.
Sheed was born in Sydney,
Australia in 1897. He earned de
grees in arts and law from Syd
ney University and took first
class honors in Latin, French, and
English.
He then went to England and
met his future Wife, Maisie Ward,
in the Catholic Evidence Guild in
wtych they were both active. The
guilds train speakers for outdoor
talks in parks and on street
comers to explain the teachings
of the Catholic church. Sheed has
delivered more than 3000 street
corner and outdoor talks in Eng
land and America.
The Sheeds were married in
11926 and founded Sheed and Ward
[Publishing Company. Their goal
[has been a book business which
might become a medium of ex
pression .for the Catholic world.
They concentrate on philosophic
and religious books.
They publish the works of Car
dinal Newman, Alfred Noyes,
Belloc, Christopher Dawson, Lu
cile Hasley, Paul Claduel, Etienhe
Gilson, Jacques Maritain, and
others.
Sheed’s own works include
Communism and Man, A Map of
Life, Nullity of Marriage, The
ology and Sanity, Society and
Sanity, and Sidelights of the Cath
olic Revival.
Sheed received the 1944 Chris
tian culture award and the 1948
Catholic literary award for “The
ology and Sanity.” He and his
wife have received the Pope Leo
XIII medal for outstanding work
in the field of Catholic social edu
cation which was awarded in 1951
by the Sheil School of Social
Studies. In 1953 they received the
Cardinal Newman award.
The lecture is the first of a
series of Centennial lectures on
religion sponsored by the Com
mittee of 13.
University Debators Place
In Two Weekend Tournaments
The Women's Debate Team won lost to Gannon College and the
second place in the Pennsylvania Women's Debate Team of the Uni-
State Tournament at Allegheny, yeraity.
defeating the Men’s Debate Team David Meckler and Jonathan
of the University. Plaut took the negative for the
The Men’s Debate Team tied University. They defeated Mount
for first place with Notre Dame Mercy and Saint Vincent College,
at the annual North-South Toum- They lost to Setqn Hill College,
ament at West Virginia last week- the University of Scranton, and
end. Wilkes. •
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Twenty-seven colleges and uni
versities were represented in the
state tournament The topic was
Resolved: That the United States
should extend recognition to the
Communist government of China.
Lucinda Manaren and Mary
Maum debated the affirmative for
the Women’s Team. Lee Edwards
and Vanessa .Johnson took the
negative.
In the preliminary round, the
affirmative' defeated Duquesne
University, Juniata College, The
University of Pittsburgh women,
Temple University, and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The neg
ative team defeated Allegheny
College, Gannon College, Saint
Vincent College, and the Mens
Debate Team of the University.
Both the negative and affirma
tive teams defeated Westminster
College in the semi-final rjeond
They- lost to the University of
Pittsburgh in the final round.
The members of the team re
ceived silver keys for their vic
tory. Edward Gilkey, instructor
in speech, accompanied the team.
Miss Manaren took second place
in the women’s oratory contest.
Sidney Goldblatt arid Behja
mine Sinclair took the affirmative
for the Men’s Debate Team in the
tournament. They defeated Alle-
gheny College, Duquesne Univer
sity, and Bucknell University and
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Goldblatt 'won second place in
the oratory contest Meekler won
in the finale.
Dr. Harold J. O’Brien, coach of
the Men’s Debate Team, accom
panied the group. O’Brien is pres
ident of the Debating Association
of Pennsylvania Colleges, which
sponsored the tournament.
In the North-West Tournament,
Irwin Weiner and Ernest Famous
debated the affirmative for the
University. The national topic on
die recognition of Communist
China was debated. The affirma
tive team defeated Georgetown,
Morris Harvey College, Allegheny
College, and the University of
North Carolina.
Mark Wiener and Edward Kle
vens took the negative. They de
feated Fairmount College, Con
cord College, Marietta College,
Morris, Harvey College, and Mar
shall.
Famous received a certificate of
merit in recognition of outstand
ing forensic skill.
Dr. Harold Zelko, professor of
speech, accompanied the team
Plant Science Club
Dr. Howard A. Cutler, head of
the economics department, will
speak to the Plant Science Club
on “The American Folk Hero—
A Symbol of Work,” at 7:80 to
night in 111 Plant Industries.