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VOL. 55. No. 144
Cabinet Instructs
`Chest' Revisions
Amendment Asked
To Elections Code
All-University Cabinet voted Thursday
night to instruct the Elections Committee to
amend the elections code to state that the
leadership training program be a prerequi
site to holding of five top All-University
offices.
This amendment would enable Cabinet to
take action on the proposed lead
ership program planned for next
semester.
The five offices are All-Uni
versity president, vice president,
secretary-treasurer, and junior
and senior class presidents.
Two weeks ago, Cabinet ap
proved a report dealing with
the leadership clinic. It had not
been approvec. by Elections
Committee when Cabinet • met
Thursday.
Cabinet was scheduled to de
bate the amendment at Thurs-
day's meeting. HoWever, at the
beginning of the meeting, All-
University President Earl Seely
reported that according to the
elections code, Cabinet could not
approve the amendment until
Elections Committee had done so
by a two-thirds vote of the ma
jority.
It was moved then to wait un-
til Cabinet's next meeting before
'I debating the approval of the
amendment, giving Elections
Committee ample time to insti
tute its own approval.
But later in the meeting, Rob
ert Smo o t, chairman of the '
Leadership Training Commit
tee, asked Cabinet not to put
off debate any further, but to
take immediate action on the
amendment.
Finally, after about 45 minutes
of arguing parliaMentary law and
whether anyone at that time had
the right to argue the matter un
der such law, a motion was ap
proved regarding the amendment.
During .t h e previous revis
ions debate, Cabinet members
voiced many opinions . on the
feasability of the leadership
training program. At the end
of the debate, all discussion and
motions to reconsider Cabinet's
previous approva . . of the plan,
excepting the amended section
yet to be approved, were de
clared out of order by Seely.
Cabinet also 'heard a report by I
Robert Sturdevant, chairman of
Foods Committee and All-Uni
versity vice president, recom
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Cabinet to Get
Appointments
All-University Cabinet will be
asked to ratify appointments to
the All-University Elections Com
mittee and the Cabinet Secretar
ial Committee at its meeting to
morrow.
All-University President Earl
Seely has announced the follow
ing appointments:
To the Elections Committee:
Roger Beidler, chairman; Gordon
Pogal and Judith Sedor, senior
members; Forrest Crawford, Rob
ert Heck, Judith Smith and Rob
ert Krakoff, junior members; Les
lie Phillabaum, Larry Heller, and
Delores Jones, sophomore mem
bers.
To the Secretarial Committee:
Marjorie Blank, Nancy Scholl,
Patricia Mostrog, and Ronald
Mountain.
Business Staff
The student handbook busi
ness staff will inset at 7 p.m.
Tuesday in 208 Willard.
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Cabinet OK's
Encampment
Selection Plan
A new method for selecting stu
dents who will attend the 1956
and future Student Encampments
was approved by All-University
Cabinet after heated debate
Thursday night.
Cabinet will meet at 7 p.m. to
morrow 'in 203 Hetzel Union to
consider the list of this year's en
campment invitees.
After next fall's encampment,
between 78 and 82 per cent of the
students who attend will be in
vited by virtue of position. The
previous ruling had been that
"not more than 80 per cent" of
the invitees, should attend by vir
tue of position.
The motion to change the per
centage was made by Benjamin
Sinclair, chairman of the Board
of Dramatics and Forensics.
Before passirt Sinclair's
mo
tion, Cabinet defeated an attempt
to change the percentage of those
going to this fall's encampment.
John Seastone, president of the
Home Economics Student Coun
cil, moved that a minimum—in
stead of a maximum—of 80 per
cent of invitees go by position to
this fall's encampment, which will
be held at , Mont Alto Forestry
School Sept. 7-10.
This motion was defeated 13 to
nine with one abstention. It was
indicated that there would not be
enough time for the Student En
campment Committee to me e t
this proposed requirement this
year.
Cloudy Skies Forecast
For Today, Tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies are expect
ed today and tomorrow with a
high temperature today around
77, the department of meteorology
predicted. The forecast alsoin
cluded the possibility of light
showers tonight.
Yesterday's high was 80 and the
low 46. Richard Winkenwerder,
senior in meteorology from Yaki
ma, Wash., compiled today's
weather data.
Polio Vaccine Dose Not Reduced
WASHINGTON, May 20 (IP)—
The government tonight decided
against reducing dosages of the
Salk antipolio vaccine in an at
tempt to stretch out the scarce
supplies.
This threw into further doubt
just how soon millions of still
unvaccinated children can receive
the treatment.
All-Day Session
A team of e,xperts met all day
here today to consider whether
smaller dosages, possibly injected
just into the skin rather than into
the muscles, would be advisable.
But tonight Surgeon Gen. Leon
ard A. Scheele of the Public
Health Service announced that
this advisory committee has rec
ommended that the present gen-
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1955
Religious Groups
May Be Dropped
The Campus Chest Committee recommend
ed to All-University Cabinet Thursday night
that religious organizations and the Aiheri
can Red Cross not be included in next year's
campaign.
Cabinet also heard the Elections Committee
recommend that voting machines be used in
next year's elections, which
would necessitate centralized vote
ing, and that clique membership
be regulated by individual politi
cal parties.
Ellsworth Smith, chairman of
the Campus Chest Committee,
recommended that religious or
ganizations which would " in
clude the eniversity Christian
Association—be eliminated from
Campus Chest and run their own
drives. He further recommended
the campaigns be coordinated so
they won't run at the same time.
A balance of $4160.60 from this
year's drive is to be allocated
among 15 charity groups this
weekend, Smith said. Last year
$10,394.50 was collected.
Smith said the committee
believed more people would
contribute to Campus Chest if
religious organizations and the
American Bed Cross were not
included. He cited specific ex
amples of complaints it had re
ceived.
The main objection to the re
ligious organizations was that
contributors felt they were giving
to religious other than their own,
he said. Many people did not want
to contribute to the American
Red Cross, he said, because they
felt its administrative branch was
"top-heavy," an unnecessary ex
pense.
Smith said he consulted the
Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger, Uni
versity chaplain, before making
the recommendation, and the
Rev. Harshbarger agreed with the
suggestion.
The committee also recom
mended that the drive be run
earlier in the fall or possibly
early in the spring semester,
that it be returned to a modi
fied designation s y s t e m, and
that it be coordinated with
more special events, such as a
kick-off dance and jazz con
certs.
Smith also suggested Campus
Chest work with World Univer
sity Service Committee to pub
licize World University Service.
The designation system is a
method by which students may
indicate the organizations their
money is to go.
Ernest Famous, chairman of
the Elections Committee, rec
ommended that voting machines
again be used in next year's
elections. This would necessi
tate centralized voting in the
Hetzel Union Building, he said.
Several Cabinet members sug
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erally accepted schedule of three
doses of one CC each of the vac
cine be continued.
He said this and other recom
mendations are being immediate
ly transmitted to medical and
public health authorities through
out the nation for their guidance.
This meant that they had the gov,
ernment's okay.
, Muscle Injection
Experts recommended that the
vaccination continue to be inject
ed into the muscles rather than
just into the skin.
The team of experts also took
up today another question. whe
ther the vaccination campaign
should be suspended in late sum
mer, the height of the polio sea
son, out of fear the injection
Group;
Aired
rgiatt
Senior. Suspended
In Fight Incident
The Senate Subcommittee on Discipline yesterday up
held Tribunal's Tuesday night recommendation that a senior
in arts and letters from Petrolia be suspended from the Uni
versity, effective at the end of the semester, and two others
receive suspended suspensions, according to Dean of Men
Frank J. Simes.
The thr e e students were in
volved in an incident on May 12
which began with visits to five
nearby bars and ended with a
tussle with a State College patrol
man. A fourth student, also in
volved in the same incident, a
senior in education from Elmira,
N.Y., was not ruled upon by Tri
bunal and therefoke no action was
taken by the subcommittee. It
was testified at the Tribunal
hearing that he remained in the
car for most of the time. He was
reportedly drunk.
The following is taken from a
report prepared by Harold W.
Perkins, assistant dean of men,
and submitted to Tribunal for
use in its hearing:
Borough Police Notified
Patrolman William H. Seckin
ger, of the State College Police,
said the Bellefonte police noti
fied him to head off a car which
was traveling from Bellefonte
toward State College.
The car was stopped near the
University turkey farm, and the
student who was driving and who
received the suspension got out
of the car shouting "abusively at
police," according to Seckinger.
Seckinger then reportedly told
the driver to "simmer down." The
student then reportedly struck
Seckinger on the f ace and at
tempted to push the officer over
a guard rail.
The two other students, who
received suspended suspensions,
a junior in business administra
tion from State College and a jun
ior in business administration
from Kittaning, entered the sit
uation to aid the driver.
Pushes Hat in Face
The driven then reportedly took
Seckinger's hat and pushed it in
his face.
At the hearing before Tribunal,
the driver claimed that Seckinger
had "pushed" him against the car
several times, causing the scuffle.
The driver, before Judge Guy
G. Mills, State College justice of
the peace, was ordered to pay
fines and costs totaling $74.80 on
charges of disorderly conduct and
failing to comply with an arrest
ing officer. He also posted $2OO
for bail.
One of the two students who
was given a suspended suspen
sion, also paid fines and costs to
taling $74.80, while the other paid
fines and costs of $36.30. The
fourth student, upon whom no
action was taken by Tribunal,
paid fines and costs of $26.30.
Prexy Writes Article
President Milton S. Eisenhower
is the author of an article on the
development of land grant col
leges in the United States. The
article appears in the current is
sue of American Heritage.
might provoke a type of paralysis.
On this score, the experts rec
ommended:
1. In areas and periods where
polio is prevalent, the first shot
should be given "only after eval
uation of all the circumstances."
Second Shot
2. But the second shots can be
given in such areas and periods
"without appreciable concern for
the phenomenon of provocation."
The experts explained that slight
immunity resulting from the first
dose of vaccine will most likely
provide protection against any
such effect.
The committee expressed the
opinion that use of the vaccine
during an outbreak of polio has
its place in preventive medicine.
Is Cabinet
Useless?
See Page 4
Political Unit
Announced.
By Spadaro
Robert Spadaro, former Lio
party clique chairman, announced
to All-University Cabinet Thurs
day night that a Political Infor
mation Council would be formed
in the near future.
He add& that the council
would be composed of the State;
Lion, and Campus parties, th e
Democrat's Club, Intercollegiate
Council on Government, the
Young Republican's Club, and an
impartial chairman.
He further said the purpose of
forming the organization, which
would be under the control of
Cabinet, was to allow all forms
of politics be better understood
on campus. He said this was need
ed because most of the student
body associated "dirty politics"
with the political parties on cam
pus.
He added that he conferred
with Wilmer E. Kenworthy, direc
tor of student affairs, and Dean
of Men Frank J. Simes about the
proposed council.
At a meeting of the group call
ed'by Spadaro earlier in the week,
a constitution was drawn up for
the council.
Under the proposed plan, the
group would also have the impar,
tial chairman elected unanimous
ly by all the member groups. '
Following the Cabinet meet
ing, Robert Dennis, ICG presi.
dent, questioned whether his or
ganization could join such a coun
cil since it is under the control
of the political science depart
ment and receives funds from the"
department.
New Psych Class
May Be Offered
The department of psychology
may offer a new course next se ,
mester, open to students who
have completed psychology 2.
The new course, which will 'be
called psychology 2-B, will cover
the same topics as psychology '2
but in greater detail.
Priority will be given to stu
dents now enrolled in psychology
2, who will be asked to indicate
if they would like to enroll in the
new course.
This will not commit them, but
will insure them a place if the
demand is great enough to justify
offering the course.
Blue Key Hat Society
Elects Musser Head
James Musser, sophomore in
mechanical engineering fr om
York, has been elected president
of Blue Key, junior men's hat
society.
I Other officers elected were:
William Joyce, sophomore in
chemical engineering from Jean
ette, vice president; Daniel Land,
sophomore in industrial engineer
ing from Ardmore, secretary; and
Robert Gellman, sophomore in
hotel administration from Balti
more, Md., treasurer.
Ag Clubs Slate Picnics
Two Ag Hill clubs will hold
picnics at 2 p.m. today. The Black
and Bridle club's picnic will be
at Farm 5, and the Pre-Vet club
at Greenwood Furnace.
FIVE CENTS