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VOL. 55. No. 140
Summer Dating Code
Discussed in IFC
Interfraternity Council last night heard comments from
O. Edward Pollock, assistant to the dean of men, in charge
if fraternity affairs on the possible revisions of the summer
dating code.
Pollock said that he was drawing up a rough draft of the
dating code to present to the Sen
ate Committee on Student Affairs
tomorrow. There are no major
changes in the code, Pollock said.
In the past there could be no
unchaperoned dating in a frater
nity house during the summer.
Pollock sak£ This policy will
probably continue to remain in
effect, he added.
No Provisions
Fifty Fail
To Report
To Simes
About 50 out of approximately
100 students who were sent let
ters by the dean of men’s office
requiring them to appear at the
office for failing to go before Traf
fic Court had not reported as of
noon yesterday, Dean of Men
Frank J. Simes said last night.
Yesterday was the deadline for
reporting.
Simes added that he did not
know the final number of students
who failed to appear because he
had to leave his office early yes
terday.
The students, Simes said, are
liable to office probation or more
severe disciplinary punishment
unless they heed the letters.
As yet the students have failed
to come before Traffic Court, on
charges of traffic violations, al
though they had received several
notices to do so.
Traffic Court is a student body
which hears cases of students who
feel they have been wronged in
being tagged by Campus Patrol
for violations.
Simes appeared before All-Uni
versity Cabinet May 5 requesting
that some legislation be initiated
by the body requiring the students
to heed the summonses. Simes lat
er said it would not be necessary
for Cabinet to act on the matter
since it would be handled by his
office.
Simes’ ultimatum was handed
down after debate by his office on
what to do about the problem.
Office probation requires stu
dents to report to the dean of
men’s office for informal talks at
certain times as long as the office
deems necessary. No permanent
record is placed on the student’s
transcripts.
Pivot Contains
Faculty Articles
The Centennial issue of Pivot,
the University’s poetry magazine,
will contain poems written by
both students and faculty mem
bers. In the past, all contributions
were written by students.
The magazine will be on sale
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today
through Thursday on the Mall, in
front of the Comer Room, at the
Hetzel Union desk, at Grahams,
and at the Book Exchange.
The magazine is organized by
English composition 13, a poetry
workshop. Members of the class
will sell the magazine, which
costs 25 cents.
Dr. Joseph L. Grucci, assistant
professor of English composition,
is faculty adviser to the maga
zine. Gordon Sterner, senior in
arts and letters from Plainfield,
N.J., is editor; and Ruth Kluger,
junior in education from Wyom
ing, business manager.
Cool Weather, Showers
Forecast for Today
Cooler weather with increas
ing cloudiness and possible after
noon showers is forecast for today
by the department of meteorology.
Minimum temperatures are ex
pected to be around 40 and the
high will be 70.
Yesterday’s high was a warm
83 and the low was 47. Today’s*
u ,rather data was compiled by
Clarence Sakamoto, senior in
meteorology from Honolulu.
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At the present time there are
no provisions for housemothers
to remain in fraternities during
the summer Pollock said, but
there is the possibility that in the
future some provisions may be
made where housemothers may
stay during the summer.
The draft will include provis
ions for the operation of houses
where only members stay during
the summer, where both members
and non-members stay, and where
the house is rented to an .outside
group.
Pollock said that fraternity op
erations in the summer have not
previously involved IFC, as far
as he knows.
Probation Possible
Pollock said that there is the
Eossibility that a fraternity could
e placed on probation for the
fall semester for an adverse in
cident which occurred during the
summer. He said that if the house
is rented “you are responsible”
for what goes on at the house.
A question was raised from the
floor asking why changes such
as amendments to the code in
volving fraternities not go before
IFC for action. Pollock said that
he was “not in a position to an
swer that,”
Robert Bullock, JFC president,
told council members to discuss
in their houses the feasibility of
big weekend dances on Saturday
night instead of Friday night and
to find the reactions of house
members. Bullock said that the
houses could hold jazz sessions on
Saturday afternoons and that par
ties could be held Friday night.
Bullock said, however, that this
will probably not go into effect
next year since the next year’s
calendar has already been drawn
up.
Senior Class Gift
Ballots for senior class gift sug
gestions were distributed to the
council and members voted for
five of the nine gift suggestions
listed. Bullock said that the bal
lots will be, turned over to Don
ald Balthaser, senior class presi
dent.
Gift suggestions on the ballot
were: furnishings for the social
lounge of the All Faith Chapel
wing; furnishings for the All
Faith Chapel (such as pews, and
hymnals); a still-life painting by
Franklin Watkins of the Penn-
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Germany Protests Pact
VIENNA, Austria, May -1(3
(A*) —Austria, celebrating her
long awaited treaty of inde
pendence, ran into trouble
with neighboring Germany to
day.
The first protest about the new
pact came while Chancellor Juli
us Raab was telling reporters he
thought the Austrian setttlement
“may have opened the door some
what for a solution on Germany.”
It was Adolf Hitler’s annexation
of Austria in 1938 that started 17
years of military occupation fof
this country. Difficulties between
the two arose again today when
the West German government
protested the “unexpected” way
the question of German property
had been settled in the new
treaty. The protest was made
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
* STATE COLLEGE PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17. 1955
Carnival Tickets
Not Recovered,
Lieske Reports
The approximately 1000 tickets
stolen Wednesday night from the
Spring Week Carnival booth of
the Association of Independent
Men and Leonides have not been
recovered, according to Bruce
Lieske, AIM president.
No further action Will be taken
on the matter, Lieske added.
The theft, which took place
when the lights went out for a few
seconds, di* not harm the stand
ing of AIM and Leonides since
credit was given for only 225
tickets. The booth collected over
this number, and the independent
student associations went on to
take third place in their division
of the final Spring Week stand
ings.
It is believed, according to John
Carlson, president elect of West
Hall’s Council, that two high
school students stole the tickets.
They were seen in the booth when
the lights went out, but were
missing when the power resumed.
“Splitting of the Atom” was the
theme for the booth.
Positions Open
For Students
On WDFM
Students interested in working
in any capacity of station oper
ation of campus radio stationJ
WDFM may attend a general staff
meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in
312 Sparks.
Department heads will discuss
the work of their respective de
partments. Students may sign up
for the following staffs: announc
ing, campus and community serv
ices, continuity, engineering, mu
sic, news, office, promotion, pub
lic relations, special events,
sports and traffic.
v Morton Slakoff, station man
ager, announced yesterday that
the station will broadcast three
hours of continuous music from
7:30 to 10:30 p.m. during the final
exam period.
The three hour program will
consist of one hour of popular
music, one hour of semi-classical
music, and one hour of classical
music.
The station will stop broadcast
ing June 8.
SU Directory Lists
Due at HUB Desk
Groups who have not sub
mitted their list of officers for
the Student Union Directory
must hand them in at the Het
sel Union desk by Saturday.
These groups include sorori
ties, fraternities, clubs, honor
ary societies, and any other or
ganisation having officers.
Organisations which do not
get their lists in by Saturday
will be assumed inactive and
no longer be included in the
Directory.
verbally by Dr. Carl Mueller-
Graf, Bonn’s diplomatic repre
sentative in Vienna.
German Property
The treaty specifies that for
mer German property in Austria
cannot be returned except if it
is individual property worth less
than $lO,OOO or if it belonged to
religious, cultural, educational or
charitable organizations.
This means German owners
can get back none of the great
oil fields or industrial plants
which the Russians seized as “Ger
man assets" in 1945 and which
Austria is now having to buy
back at a total cost of 150 million
dollars.
Territory Involved
In Bonn, a government spokes
man could give no immediate in
dication of how much German
property in Austria is involved.
He said that, besides a protest to
Suspension, Probation
Recommended for Three
By AIM Judicial Board
The Association of Independent Men’s Judicial Board of
Review last night recommended that a freshman be suspended
from the Urtiversity for one semester.
The student was accused of stealing a chicken from the
Poultry Plant with the intention of releasing it in McElwain
Hall, early the morning of May 8.
Around 2:50 a.m. that morning
campus patrolmen saw two stu
dents at the southeast side of
McElwain Hall with a chicken.
They apprehended one but the
other ran away.
The patrolmen required the
student to return the chicken.
They accompanied him to the
Poultry Plant where they found
the glass door on one of the pens
was broken. The student said that
he had nothing to do with this
damage but admitted to stealing
the chicken.
Planned to Take Cow
The student said he and his
cohort had planned to take a cow
from the University barns with
the intent of tying the animal in
the Nittany dining hall. However,
he said, they abandoned this plan
in favor of stealing the chicken.
Two chickens were (actually stolen
but one got away from the stu
dentsl and was returned to the
Poultry Plant the next day.
The chickens were a part of an
experimental group being em
ployed by the College of Agri
culture. In view of this fact the
incident fell out of the class of a
prank, according to the dean of
men’s office. The College of Ag
riculture is legally able to make
a case of breaking and entering,
and petty larceny out of the situ
ation.
The dean of men’s office said
it considered the act a serious
setback to important research
being financed by the University
and the government. The student
described the reason for the in
cident as being “something to do”
to break the monotony of the
routine.
Begins Next Semester
The recommendation called for
suspension from the University
for the fall semester of 1955. The
student will be eligible to apply
for readmission in the spring se
mester of 1956.
The board also recommended
disciplinary probation for. two
Nittany students for throwing
firecrackers in a Nittany dormi
tory.
The two, both sophomores, were
caught by counselors after throw
ing a firecracker down the hall
of a dormitory on the night of
May 2. They admitted owning
firecrackers and said that they
had thrown a firecracker once
previously this semester. The stu
dent that threw the firecracker
got it from his accomplice who
owned the firecrackers. The own
er said that he was not familiar
with the rule prohibiting the use
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Vienna, the West Germany gov
ernment is asking the Western
Allies for “clarification.” Austrian
Deputy Chancellor Adolf Schaerf
told a news conference today the
$lO,OOO limit was set by the Bigi
Four.
“It is admittedly a big advan
tage to Austria,” he said. At the
same time, Schaerf said there
was no reason for Austria to com
pensate the former German own
ers. “The treaty also contains the
stipulation that Austria may not
make any. claim on the German
Reich.”
Austrian Claims
He said Austrian claims on
Germany could include the funds
of Austrian Social Insurance In
stitutes and compensation for the
holders of German state bonds.
West German news correspon
dents repeatedly questioned Raab
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Hell Week-
Pro and Con
See Page 4
Retirements
Approved
For 7 Profs
The University Board of Trus
tees approved retirements • for
seven faculty members at the
weekend meeting of the executive
committee.
Dr. Arnold Currier, professor
of chemistry, will retire June 30,
with the rank of professor emeri
tus of chemistry, after 36 years
of service.
Dr. Joseph E. DeCamp, profes
sor of psychology, will retire
July 1, after 36 years on the fac
ulty. He will be honored with the
rank of professor emeritus of psy
chology.
Charles A. Eder, will also re
tire June 30 with the rank of
professor emeritus of Civil en
gineering. Eder has served on the
faculty for more than 22 years.
Also from the school of Civil
engineering, John S. Leister, will
retire June 30 with the rank of
professor emeritus of civil engi
neering, after 18 years of service.
Charles R. Gearhart, professor
of the dairy science extension,
will retire May 1, as professor
emeritus of the dairy science ex
tension, after 32 years of service.
Dr. J. Robert Hilgert, associate
professor of marketing, will' re
tire, effective July 1, with 21
years of service.
Henry R. Eby, county agricul
tural agent in Allegheny county,
will retire, effective June 1, after
more than 33 years of service.
Education College
Outstanding Senior
Nominations Close
Nomination blanks for the out
standing senior award in the Col
lege of Education must be turned
in today at the Hetzel Union desk.
Seniors in education may be
nominated by both faculty and
students, and will be judged by
the Education Student Council on
the basis of professional and schol
astic records, and service to the
University.
The name of the oustanding sen
ior will be announced at the
council banquet at the Eutaw
House tonight. The banquet is
held in honor of the newly elected
council representatives. Students
attending the banquet will meet
at fi - m. behind Old Main.
The outstanding' senior will
have his name engraved on a
plaque in Burrowes and will also
receive a gold cup in recognition
of his achievement.
Cabinet Agendas
Available Today
All-Universitv Cabinet agendas
and reports will be available to
Cabinet members beginning at 9
am. today at the Hetzel Union
desk.
Cabinet will meet ,at 7 p.m.
Thursday in 203 Hetzel Union.
The Cabinet banquet, which was
scheduled for Thursday, has been
postponed until next week be
cause it conflicted with the Armed
Forces Day parade on Thursday
night, Robert Bullock, Interfra
ternity Council president, said
yesterday.
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