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Vice President Assumes
Duties, Not Post—Silva
Dr. Ruth C. Silva, associate professor of political science,
said in a speech last night that the “vice president of the
United States succeeds to the power of the presidency, not
the office.”
Dr. Silva addressed the University chapter of the Inter
collegiate Conference on Government.
FMA Votes
Dividend
To Members
Fraternity Marketing Associa
tion has declared a dividend on
the amount of business the group
did during the last school year.
At their meeting last night, FMA
decided to divide remaining from
the year’s expenses among mem
ber fraternities.
The profits will be divided
among fraternities according to
the amount of money each house
invested in FMA. The exact
amount to be declared as a divi
dend will not be known until the
company which does the auditing
for FMA is paid.
FMA annually returns all prof
its to member fraternities to
maintain its standing as a non
profit organization.
Does $120,000 Business
Harold W. Perkins, assistant
dean of men, announced FMA did
$120,000 worth of business last
year. The member fraternities as
a group saved $5OOO, he said.
Breaking this figure down, Per
kins said each fraternity saved
$127.50 for the year, and each
fraternity man saved $3.50 dur
ing the year, by dealing through
FMA.
Three diferent vendors will
sell their products to FMA in the
canned goods division, Perkins
said, and five vendors are selling
nrrats to the organization.
Discounts for member fraterni
ties in the canned goods division
will run from 2-6% % this year.
Meats will be discounted from
3-5%.
Resignation of two FMA Board
of Trustees members. Donald By
erly and Irvin Boerlin, were ac
cepted at the meeting. The offi
cial withdrawal of Sigma Pi from
the group was also approved.
27 Members Left
The withdrawal of Sigma Pi
leaves FMA with 27 contract
members. However, of the 27,
only 21 have been buying regu
larly from FMA. Twenty-one
have contracts in the canned
goods division, and 18 are under
contract to buy meat from the
organization.
Six Students Arrested
Six students at the University
were arrested for motor vehicle
code violations in Centre County
from Sept. 1-15. Arrests were
made by State Police at Pleasant
Gap. Those arrested were:
Improper passing: James Mc-
Dowell. No current operator’s li
cense: David Tressler. No current
inspection ticket: William White
acre. Improper turning at an in
tersection: Norman Williamson.
Failure to stop at a stop sign:
Robert Stefanko, James Jacoby.
She said a misunderstanding of
the Constitution has developed,
allowing people to believe the vice
president assumes the, office in
stead of “acting” as president.
Dr. Silva pointed out that the
composers of the Constitution had
planned the vice president to act
only until a successor could be
named. If it were not close to a
presidential election, a special
election was intended, she said.
Dr. Silva said the vice president
has the power under the Consti
tution to term the president “in
capable of performing his duties.”
She went on to say that “political
opinion would not tolerate” the
vice president assuming the dut
ies of the president while he is
still living.
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er’s condition yesterday was re
ported as “satisfactory without
complications” after suffering a
period of fatigue Sunday night.
Dr. Silva explained that it is
not well known at present if
President Eisenhower’s illness
will be permanent. She said that
no action, except “group partici
pation (that of the Cabinet and
the vice president),” would prob
ably come out of the present situ
ation until the President’s condi
tion is termed permanent.
Dr. Silva said the “odds are
with the Democrats now . . . that
President Eisenhower is removed”
from a second term possibilitv.
“If Mr. Eisenhower is out of
the race, the Democrats are go
ing to put up a stronger candidate
than if he were still in the race,”
she said.
This, she indicated, gives Adlai
E. Stevenson the edge for the
Democratic nomination.
She termed Vice President
Richard M. Nixon the “contender
number one” for the Republican
nomination, but added: “The polls
say he cannot win the election,
and I’m not sure he can even win
the nomination.”
Dr. Silva also said that it is
“pretty doubtful” whether Chief
Justice Earl Warren will leave
his post.
In speaking of the possibility of
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi
dent of the University, receiving
the Republican nomination, she
said all she knows is “what I read
in the Saturday Evening Post.”
Dr. Eisenhower has been men
tioned by syndicated columnists
as a possible candidate. One farm
journal came out in support of
Dr. Eisenhower last summer.
On the lighter side, Dr. Silva
said she read' a quip which she
thought was “pretty good.” It
went: “Harry S. Truman’s pres
ence in the White House is proof
that any American boy can grow
up to be President of the United
States.”
Wilson Will Spook
Dr. Harold K. Wilson, director
of the Division of Intermediate
Registration, will address the
Clover Club at 7 tonight in 111
Plant Industries. His topic will be
“Job Opportunities for Agrono
mists.”
THE STUDENT
DRY CLEANING AGENCY
Is Open Again This Year
No More Downtown Treks!
Same Superior Service - We Deal with
Downtown Cleaners
• West Dorm Area: Breezeway between
Watts and Hamilton
* Nittany-Pollock Area: The PUB
Hours for Men: 12-1 and 4:30-7:30
• All Women’s Berms: See your bulletin
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
LA Group
To Support
Half-Holiday
The Liberal Arts Student Coun
cil last night voted in favor of
having a half-holiday for the
Penn game Oct. 29.
Louis Adler, president, will rec
ommend the council’s decision to.
All-University Cabinet. He will
also suggest to Cabinet that what
ever is decided regarding the
half-holiday be published before
hand so students will be able to
make plans.
Students Not Informed
Last year students did not
learn about the holiday until the
Thursday before the game.
Council voted ih favor of the
half-holiday after Adler said that
at the present time its possibility
does not look favorable.
Rudolf Lutter, seventh semes
ter arts and letters major from
Philadelphia, suggested the pos
sibility of having final examina
tions begin on the Monday fol
lowing the end of classes.
This would give students more
time to study, he said. In the past
classes ended Saturday at noon
and examinations began at 1:20.
Freshmen may nominate them
selves for Liberal Arts Council
from Oct. 17 until Oct. 22 in 132
Sparks.
Three sophomores are needed
to serve on Council. Judith Harki
son, third semester ’journalism
major from New Cumberland;
Linda Ely, third semester journ
alism major from Pittsburgh;
Cynthia Geber, third semester
arts and letters major from Hag
erstown, and Janet Evans, third
semester arts and letters major,
were nominated by council last
week. Nominations will remain
open for two weeks.
Two members of the council,
Barbara Budnick, third semester
journalism major from Schenec
tady, and Robert Nurock, third
semester animal husbandry major
from Elkins Park, have been
named to the academic honesty
committee.
WDFM Quiet Due
To Broken Wire
A broken wire inside the FM
transmitter located in the base
ment of Sparks building was the
cause of student radio station
WDFM going off the air for two
hours Friday night.
James Raleigh, chief engineer,
said that the transmitter automat
ically turns itself off when some
thing fails inside.
The breakage was probably due
to aging, heat, and vibration - ih
the high voltage -circuit. The
break could not have been found
in a routine 'check, he said.
The station has had no other
broadcasting trouble this week.
Engineering Exhibition
To Open Tomorrow
An exhibition entitled “Struc
ture and Space in Contemporary
Engineering” will open tomor
row on the first floor of the Main
Engineering Building, and con
tinue until Oct. 26.
The exhibition is sponsored by
the department of architecture
through the Museum of Modern
Art, New York, N.Y.
Freshmen to -Nominate
—Photo by Walker
GLEEFUL CADETS PASS, the Nittany Lion over their heada
to the top of their section and back again during half time antics
at the Army-Penn State game Saturday. The Lion was returned
unharmed to the field after a near-drop by too eager cadets.
Pitt and State Chief Suspects
In Theft of Navy's Billy XIV
When Navy triumphed over South Carolina on Saturday, 26-0,
there were shouts of joy at Annapolis, Md.
But the shouts soon faded, the Middies became mad, and the joy
changed to grief.
The alarm had sounded. Billy XIV, Navy’s goat mascot, had been
stolen sometime late Sunday. The State Police were notified. And
the search is now on.
The Navy football team runs
up against Pittsburgh on Satur
day at Baltimore and meets the
Lions the following weekend.
For some reason, authorities
feel that the mascot may be in
the possession of either Pitt or
Penn State students!
Late yesterday afternoon a call
reached campus from Pittsburgh.
..“Do you have the goat there?”
the voice from the Smokey City
asked.
The search is still on. The
$64,000 question today is: “Who
got the Navy’s goat?”
Billy Turns Out Nanny;
Marines Get DTD Goat
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3 (JP)
Windows at the Delta Tau Delta
fraternity house of the University
of Pittsburgh were opened wide
tonight—after the brothers admit-:
ted the goat they’d kept overnight
wasn’t Billy XIV, the famous Na
vy mascot.
Someone abducted Billy ffom
Annapolis yesterday. There were
reports two young men in an auto
had been seen driving from the
Naval Academy and it was ..as-
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sumed they might have Billy. By
an odd coincidence, the Pitt and
Navy football teams meet next
Saturday.
Soon after the goat-napping
was reported, the Delta Tau Del
ta boys got a goat from a nearby
farm.
A detachment of Marines from
the recruiting service here visited
the fraternity house, found • the
goat was a nanny and not Billy.
The brothers, weary of their joke,
took their goat bade to the farm.
William HOLDEN
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