The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 17, 1955, Image 2

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    TWO
Constitution
Hearing Set
By Cabinet
Holm to Give
NSA Report
Editorial on Page Four
Discussion will be resumed
on the proposed All-University
Constitution, and discussion
will be held on the National
Student Association report at
All-University Cabinet meet
ing at 8 tonight in the board room,
Old Main.
The action taken by Cabinet
last week is not final as Cabinet
cannot vote on the constitution
until next week’s meeting.
Last week Cabinet took a pre
liminary vote to remove the
clause which would give Cabinet
power to rescind any acts of a
member group which are deemed
detrimental to the good name of
the University and the welfare
of the student body. Robert Den
nis, president of the Association
of Independent Men, said he felt
the clause would violate another
clause which prohibits Cabinet
from passing legislation which
lies exclusively in the scope of
any member organization.
Simes Favors Constitution
Frank J. Simes, dean of men,
said yesterday that he was fav
orably inclined to provision in
the new constitution.
He said he felt the rescinding
power is a good provision since
constituent organizations are a
little jealous of perogatives and
somebody has to have check on
them.
Realises NSA Is Weak
Cabinet will also discuss the
NSA report to be given by Jan
ice Holm, chairman of the NSA
committee. Miss Holm told Cabi
net, at a previous meeting, she
realized NSA has been weak on
campus, but said Cabinet mem
bers should decide if they want
to put enough work into NSA
to make it worthwhile.
Vernon Sones, who was at
tending the meeting, asked Cab
inet to consider dropping NSA
altogether. He said the Univer
sity is too large to benefit from
NSA, which is composed largely
of smaller schools.
AIEE, Home Ec Council
To Hold Mixer in HUB
A mixer sponsored by the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers and the Home Eco
nomics Student Council will be
held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in
the Hetzel Union ballroom.
A 15-minute skit, beginning at
2:30 p.m., will be staged by both
groups. Refreshments will be
served and the mixer is open to
the public.
Chess Club to Entertain
Bethany College Team
The Chess Club will play host
to the Bethany College Chess
Club in a match to be played on
four boards at 7 p.m. Saturday
in 3 Sparks.
The club has adopted a new
rating system.
Six thousand seven hundred
and five students at the Univer
sity live off campus.
IFC Hears
An amended version of the In
terfraternity Council constitution
was given a preliminary reading
at a special meeting of fraternity
presidents held Sunday night.
The larger of two major chan
ges in the new constitution in
volves the establishment of a'
fraternity affairs office.
The purpose of this office will
be to act as a coordinating agency
for IFC activities. The office ill
also maintain IFC records and act
as a research center to aid in the
preparation of reports.
The office will be staffed by
an executive secretary, a junior
secretary, and a sophomore sec
retary. The executive secretary
shall be appointed annually by
the president with the approval
of the junior and sophomore sec-
Phys Ed Unit
Plans Activities
Plans for a student mixer and
Physical Education Convocation
were made Monday night at a
Physical Education and Athletics
Student Council meeting.
John Zerbe, Recreation Society
president and mixer committee
chairman, said the mixer will be
held from 8 p.m. to midnight
March 25 in White Hall. Square
dancing and refreshments are
planned for the affair which is
open to all students and faculty
of the College.
A Phys Ed convocation will be
held at 11 a.m. March 30 in 10
Sparks. The meeting will be con
ducted in conjuncture with the
Penn State Outing Club.
Railroad Man Honored
George E. McClellan, vice pres
ident and general manager of the
Beliefonte Central Railroad, was
made an honorary member of
Delta Nu Alpha, professional
transportation fraternity, at its
March meeting.
TME DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Proposed
retaries who have served for at
least one semester. The junior
and sophomore secretaries will
be appointed by the president on
the advice of the executive secre
tary and with the approval of the
executive board of IFC.
Executive Secretary a Senior
According to Marshall Dawsey,
chairman of the committee in
charge of revising the constitu
tion, the executive secretary prob
ably would be a senior.
The new office will be located
in the space allocated to IFC in
the Hetzel Union Building.
The procedure for appealing a
decision of the board of control
has also been changed.
In order to appeal a decision
of the board, a house must pre
sent a petition signed by 51 per
cent of the member houses. When
this is done, the board will re-
Strauss Address
Entered in Record
The address given by Adm.
Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission,
at .the dedication of the Nuclear
Reactor building during the Cen
tennial program Feb. 22 has been
entered in the Congressional Rec
ord. Admiral Strauss’ address
stressed the importance of atomic
energy for peace-time use.
Congressman James E. Van-
Zandt (R.-Pa.), who attended the
dedication ceremony Feb. 22,
made the entry in the Congres
sional Record of Feb. 25.
AIM Judicial Board
The Association of Independ
ent Men Judicial Board of Re
view will meet at 7:15 tonight ip
213 Willard.
CHUCK TORRENCE
QUARTET
TONIGHT
at the
TOWN HOUSE
Constitution
view the case. A further appeal
may be made to the floor of IFC.
A decision may be reversed by a
two-thirds vote of the council.
Appeal Made to IFC Floor
Under the old constitution, ap
peal was made direatly to the
floor of IFC.
The new appeal procedure has
already been incorporated as part
of the new rushing code adopted
by IFC last month. It was in
corporated into the constitution
so that it could apply in all cases
instead of just those involving
rushing violations.
The new constitution will be
presented to the next IFC meet
ing, March 21. A two-thirds vote
is necessary for passage. If it is
approved, it must then be sub
mitted to the Senate Committee
on Student Welfare before it be
comes effective.
Bell to Address Pre-Vets
Mrs. Boyd Bell, agricultural
missionary to Silliman University
in the Philippines, will speak on
“Philippine Agriculture” at a
meeting of the Pre-Veterinary
Club at 7:30 tonight at Sigma Pi.
THURSDAY. MARCH 17. 1995
Brubeck Set
For Friday
In Rec Hall
Tickets for the Dave Brubeck
jazz concert, to be presented by
the Penn State Jazz Club at 9
P-tn. tomorrow in Recreation Hall,
are on sale at the Hetzel Union
desk.
They will also be sold at meet
ings of the Jazz Club. Tickets are
priced at $1.50 general admission
and $1 to club members.
Recent Popularity
Brubeck, who has been de
scribed by critics as probably the
most excitihg new jazz artist at
work today, has emerged in only
a few years from an unknown to
one of the top names in jazzdom.
In only five years, Brubeck fans
have grown from a small, West
Coast clique to a coast-to-coast
crpwd particularly on college
campuses. Last June Brubeck
made his first Columbia record,
"Jazz Goes to College,” which for
four months outsold any single
album by Liberace.
Last year Brubeck won Down
Beat’s popularity and critic’s poll
and Metronome’s All-Star PolL
Jazz expert Qeorge Avakian, who
brought Brubeck to Columbia
records wrote that the Brubeck
quartette has "a 1 kind of team
work that is without parallel in
the entire field of music.”
Widespread Concerts
Brubeck and his quartette have
been enthusiastically received in
concerts all over the country.
They have appeared in Los An
geles' Sardi's, Boston’s Storyville,
Manhattan's Basin Street and in
September presented a concert in
Carnegie Hall. On their tour
through the Midwest they drew
large crowds in Chicago, Mil
waukee, and St. Louis.
Americans are beginning to
take jazz very seriously.
Brubeck, who introduced his own
brand of jazz, has had a large
part in bringing a new kind of
jaz- age to the country.
Silversmith Company
To Sponsor Contest
A "Silver Opinion Competition”
which will give the winner $5OO
will be conducted this month by
a leading silversmith company.
Entrants will be asked to give
their favorite design and tell why
the design best suits the way
they live. The entries will be
judged on the basis of interesting
opinions.
The second and third place
prizes will be $250 scholarships.
Students interested in entering
may obtain complete details from
Dianne Lee or Nancy Brebner,
stulent representatives.