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VOL. 55, No. 145
Spadaro Plan Receives
Opposition,
The Political Informat.
was met with mixed feelings f.
to enter the organization. The
informing 2500 new freshmen
Lion Nifty
Unanimously
OK's Plan
The Lion party steering com
mittee Sunday night voted unani
mously, to enter the Political In
) formation Council proposed by
Robert Spadaro, former Lion
party clique chairman.
At the - tame time, Thomai Dye,
present clique chairman, outlined
a program to organize freshman
into Lion party next year.
In describing the fresman or
ganization program, Dye said he
will appoint teams of two per
sons each to go into the dormi
.torie4 during orientation week to
recruit freshmen.
The teams will select a floor
leader, a dormitory leader to
supervise the floor leaders, and
two • coordinatcirs to direct the
, program in the West Dorms and
r in the Pollock-Nittany area.
Dye said the purpose of the or
ganization is to facilitate the dis
tribution of party literature and
maintain a close contact with
! freshmen interested is working
in the party,
He also announced plans fOr a
freshman clique meeting the first
Sunday bf classes next semester.
Dye asked for approval of the
Political Information Council so
the new organization can draw up
a constitution, which would have
to be ratified by the six compon
ent groups.
The Council would be com
posed of the head officers of
State, Lion, and Campus par
ties, Young Democrat's Club,
Intercollegiate Council on Gov
ernment, Young Republican's
Club, and an impartial chair
, man.
The purpose of th e council
would be to inform the student
Ibody of political activities on cam
-1) pus.
• Spadaro described the proposed
operations of the gro u p. The
board, he said, would be pointed
toward the freshmen to indoctr
nate them into campus politics.
Council members ,would speak
to the freshmen the first and sec
ond weeks of the next semester,
he said, and would digtribute
pamphlets in the dormitories.
Seniors to Get Special 'Alumni Rate
The Penn State Alumni Associ
ation will continue to offer grad
uating seniors a special member
ship rate of $2 per year, Ross
Lehman, assistant executive sec
, retary, said yesterday.
The special membership offer
will be accompanied by a special
life membership offer both of
which will be in effect until Corn
mencement Day.
The life membership offer en
tails a pl-Commencement Day
down payment of $lO and four
annual payments of $l5. After
Commencement Day the annual
rate is $3 and, the life member
ship is $75.
Only Liu=
The Alumni Association, which
Lehman described as, "the only
real liason between the Univer
sity and the alumni," last week
began to send out letters to grad
uating seniors explaining the As
sociation's services to the Univer
sity and Its services to.the alumni
themselves.
Some of the specnil advantag
which members enjoy, Lehman
said, are first priority on football
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`on Council, proposed before All-University Cabinet Thursday,
►unday when Lion and Campus parties split in deciding whether
wo parties were two of six groups asked by Spadaro to join in•
next semester of campus, state, and national political affairs.
Three Groups
Vote Down
Proposed Plan
Clique Chairman Donald Buck
bee, representing State party; and'
the Intercollegiate. Conference on
Government have announced their
intentions, to withdraw from the
newly-proposed Political Informa
tion Council.
Campus party steering commit
tee also voted to withdraw at a
meeting Sunday night.
The council was proposed be
fore All-University Cabinet by
Robert Spadaro, former Lion par
ty clique chairman. It was to be
formed by Lion, State,, and -Cam
pus parties, ICG, and ‘e Young
Republicans and Youn Demo
crats clubs.
Spadaro, in commenting on the
withdrawal by the three groups,
said yesterday that he. would
contact the heads of all six pro
posed member organizations and
announce today an y decisions
they might' make concerning the
council.
John Higgins, preside'ht of the
Young Republicans Club, said yes
terday that his group will hold a
meeting 'early this week to , de
cide on further action regarding
membership in the council.
Myron Cherry, president of the
Young Democrats Club, when in
formed that three groups ha d
dropped' out of the council, said
he was sorry to hear they had as
everyone he had talked to in his
group was in favor of membership
in the council. The club will meet
Thursday to take up the matter,
he said.
Lion party unanimously voted
Sunday to officially become a
member organization of the new
council.
Buckbell said that State party
would not join the council be
cause he feels that the three cam
pus parties yvorking together in
teaching freshmen during orien
tation week 'would defeat the pur
pose of the parties—to oppose
eac:: other in gaining party mem
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Last Issue Friday
The Daily Collegian will
publish its last issue for this
semester 'Friday morning.
tickets and a subscription to the
Football Letter, a personalized re
view of each week's game written
by Ridge Riley, executive secre
tary.
Has Dual Purpose
Lehman emphasized the fact
that the Alumni Association's pur
pose is a dual one in that it serves
not only .the alumni, but also the
University and its students
through the alumni. There are
approximately 50,000 alumni mak
ing up the Alumni Association at
the present.
Some of the other services in
clude: a subscription to the Penn
Stater, .a quarterly newspaper
sent to all alumni; maintenance
of complete biographical records
of the 50,000 alumni and the only
active alumni mailing list in exist
ence; a subscription to the Alumni
News, a magazine issued seven
months a year and sent only to
paid members.
In addition t h e Association
consors nearly 70 alumni district
übs all =over the country, These
district clubs, Lehman said; fea
ture campus speakers, advance
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 24. 1955
Support
Campus Unit
Votes Down
Council Plan
Campus party steering commit.
tee Supday night unanimously
voted down a plan to set up a
Political Information Council, as
announced by Robert Spadaro,
former Lion party cliczue chair
man, to All-Universitr Cabinet
last Thursday.
The council, as proposed by
Spadaro, would be composed of
the State, Lion, and Campus par
ties, the Young Democrat's Club,
the Intercollegiate Council on
Government, the Young Republi
can's Club, and an impartial chair
man, to be elected unanimously
by representatives of the member
groups.
Spadaro stated at the Cabinet
meeting that the purpose of the
proposed organization would be
to allow all forms of politics to
be better understood on cam
pus.' He said this was needed
because most of the student
body associated "dirty politics"
with the campus • political par
ties. , .
Bteven Jordon, sophomore in
industrial engineering from San
Bernardino, Calif., who made the
motion to reject Spadaro's plan,
then countered with a motion to
hold a party cligue meeting for
all freshmen the Sunday night be
fore classes begin for the fall se
mester.
The purpose of the meeting, ac
cording to Jordon's motion, would
be to introduce the freshmen to
the party and campus politics.
David Ebel., junior in the Di
vision of Intermediate Regis
tration from Pottsville, called
Spadaro's plan a "super organ
ization." He said the organisa
tion would be controlled by
"you=know-who."
In a prepared statement'or The
Daily Collegian, Allen Davies,
party clique chairman, gave the
following reasons for the defeat
of the Spadaro plan by his party:
1. "The (proposed) council
would be top unwieldy, and it
would prove impossible to see 3000
students during orientation week,
especially in the•women's dorms.
2. "The presence of the Young
Republicans and Young Demo
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scholarships, and aid the Univer
sity with various projects and
programs, including the annual
Men's Glee Club concerts held in
Pennsylvania.
According to Lehman thesp dis
trict clubs are an aid to alumni
in becoming acquainted in new
communities, and give them im
portant business and social con
tacts."
Holds Class Reunions
The Association conducts class
reunions, the Alumni Institute
each June and Homecoming in
the fall. Next fall Homecoming
will be October 15, and will be
highlighted by the football game
with Navy.
The Association' also sponsors
the annual Alumni Fund, which
in 1953 and 1954, its first two
years, contributed over $300,000
to University projects such as fur
nishings for the Hetzel Union
Building, freshman scholarships,
research, library acquisitions, and
the Helen Eakin Eisenhower
Chapel Fund. Some 30 advance
scholars on campus now are mem
bers of the Association.
egiatt
Cabinet OK's 90
For Encampment
All-University Cabinet at a special meeting Sunday ap
proved 90 students to attend fall encampment and instructed
the Elections Committee not to amend the elections code so
as to make completion of the Leadership Training Clinic a
prerequisite for election to the three All-University Cabinet
offices and junior and senior class presidencies.
Ernest Famous, outgoing Elec
tions Committee chairman, re
ported that the committee voted
5-3 not to amend the code.
The committee opposed th e
change, Famous said, because the
amendment wou l d undermine
democratic student government at
the University. He proposed that
possibly a three-week leadership
training course be given to newly
elected officers if they have no
had the course.
Several weeks ago Cabinet ap
proved an eight-week Leadership
Training Course to begin the first
Wednesday of classes next semes
ter. Its purpose will be to in
struct students interested in tak
ing part in politics the fundamen
tals of student government and
the qualities of a leader.
Open to all students free of
charge, it will be instructed by
both student leaders and faculty
members.
Cabinet had passed a motion,
after heated discussion, to change
the elections 'code to make com
pletion of the course a prerequis
ite for election to All-University
president, vice president, and sec
retary-treasurer, and to the sen
ior and junior class 'presidents, ef
fective Tan: "I,' 1958.
On Sunday night Famous sup
ported the Elections committee's
defeat of the motion oh th e
ground that the motion seriously
restricted the field of potential
candidates which would be an un
democratic gesture, according to
Famous.
Benjamin Sinclair, chairman of
the Board of Dramatics and For
ensics, made a motion that Cab
inet instruct the 'Elections Com
mittee not to amend /the code, and
the motion passed.
Peter Kiefer, chairman of the
Student Encampment committee,
reported that 90 persons ha v e
been selected to attend Encamp
ment, which will be held from
Sept. 7-10 at Mont Alto Forestry
School.
Seventy-six per cent were chos
en by position and the remainder
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Medical Advisers
Air Vaccine Problem
WASHINGTON, May 23 (W)—A Public Health Service spokes
man reported today it probably will be another 24 hours before
the government's medical advisers are ready with recommendations
for resuming the flow of Salk polio vaccine.
The scientists met at the National Institutes of Health to thrash
out all the technical problems involved in testing the vaccine for
safety before additional supplies
are released for the school im
munization program
Another meeting is tentatively
scheduled for tomorrow, in which
representatives of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis will take part.
_ Dr. William Sebrell Jr., director
of the institutes and chairman of
the conference, said "we will
probably wait until after tomor
row's meeting" before making 3
report to Surgeon Gen. Leonard
Scheele, head of the U.S. Public
Health Service.
Scheele has promised to make
known his decisions on the pro
gram "as soon as possible." A halt
in the vaccination program was
recommended 15 days ago after
Loyalty and
Sanity
See Page 4
'Prexy Is
Real Chief'
McCarthy
By DON SHOEMAKER
Daily Collegian City Editor
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-
Wis) last night termed Dr. Milton
S. Eisenhower "the unofficial
president of the United States."
Speaking on Reporters' Round
up, broadcast over the Mutual
Broadcasting System, McCarthy
termed Dr. Eisenhower "more
than an influence" on President
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
"He is 4 one of the most left
wingers you can find in the Re
publican part y. Luckily, . Ike
doesn't follow him in all his ad
vice. If he did, the country would'
be in much worse shape," Mc-
Carthy said.
McCarthy accused Dr. Eisen
hower, Nelson Rockefeller, •Har.
old Stassen "and other Republican
New-Dealers" of planning the
proposed Big-Four meeting. •
"I don't believe Ike himself
made the decision," he said.
McCarthy called Eisenhower's
presence at the Big-Four meeting
"an ,act of appeasement."
"We are going there not to talk
about' what we can get but what
we will give away," he said.
McCarthy's attack on Dr. Ei
senhower is the second in the
past few months.
In yesterday's attack, McCarthy
reiterated charges made on • the
floor of the Senate early in March.
Elections Committee
The All-University Elections
Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m.
today in 218 Hetzel Union Build
ing.
some children came down with
polio following their inoculations.
The Senate Labor and Public
Welfare Committee met today on
another aspect of the antipolio
program-control of the vaccine's
distribution after fresh supplies
have been tested and approved for
use. There was a two-hour dis
cussion behind closed doors.
Afterwards Chairman Lister
Hill (D-Ala.) told reporters the
' committee's staff would go to
work immediately with officials
of the Health, Education and Wel
fare Department on doaft legisla
tion to give President Dwight D.
Eisenhower stand-by control pow
ers and also to appropriate ,28
million dollars to finance inocula
tions for children whose parents
can't afford to pay fOr them.
Sebrell reported the session at
the National Institutes of Health
was "going satisfactorily."
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