University Employees Being Considered For Social Security Members of the University administration and faculty could re ceive the benefits of the federal social security program if the Penn sylvania legislature passes a package of eight bipartisan bills now in a Senate committee. According to the Associated Press, the bills, introduced Wed nesday night s would permit all state and local employees to join in the retirement system if the majority of workers in each class so desire. The AP further stated that the measure also includes possible participation In the federal old age benefits by "employees of the Pennsylvania State University and teachers and - employees of state teachers colleges. A spokesman for the University said last night that the University would take no action regarding the proposed legislation until the bills were either passed or de feated. Before University employees can be eligible to participate in the social see rity program, two steps must be taken. 1. The State legislature must pass the proposed bills. 2. A referendum must be held among University employees to determine whether a majority want to be included under the social security benefits. A major ity must be obtained before the system can be instituted. Fun-Time Employees' Included under the plan, if it were to go into effect, would be regular full-time \ salaried employ ees of the University. Currently, t hes e same employees are in cluded under, the State Employees Retirement Sy st em. Although these University employees are technically no4—slate employe special legislation has enabled them to receive the benefits un der the state plan. The measures were proposed by Senators William J. Lane (D Washington), Joseph M. Barr, (D- Allegheny), George B. Stevenson (R-Clinton), and William Z. Scott (R-Carbon). Senator Lane said that no em ployees under the plan would be allowed to receive more than 80, per cent of hiS y of his retirement •payments from the federal, state, or local govern ments. . _ Probation Of 2 Frosh Approved The dean of men's office.. has approved board probation and of fice probation for two freshmen from the West Halls. The penal ties were recommended by the Association of Independent Men's Judicial Board of Review Tuesday night. One of the students was given board probation for being drunk and causing a disturbance in his dormitory. The other freshman was given office probation for gambling , in his .room with weekend guests. Board probation entails atten ,, dance by the student at the week ly meetings of the judicial board. Office probation means that , the student will be put under obser vation by the dean of niimit office and will be subject to calls to re port on his behavior . Neither form of probation goes On the student's permanent record. Harold Perkins, assistant to the dean of men in charge of inde pendent affairs, said that the dean of linen's office will begin a slightly different policy on office probations at the end of this aca demic year,' '..,' Perkins. stkid- that his office will make checks at the end Of the year concerning the academic pro gress of th' studehts who are on office probaildri. If the reports received from such persons as dormitory presi dents, instructors, and counselors are favorable the student will be notified that he is no longer on office probation. In the past the office had put a student' on office probation and left the matter up in the air: Per kins said that some students had objected to staying on office pro bation for the remainder of their college career. 'Newsweek' Views Prexy's Nomination Newsweek magazine, in its Dec. 5 issue, said that the push of Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of the University, for the Repub lican nomination could be more than talk. The magazine, in its Periscope section, said that sources who should know have told the news weekly that the entire Pennsyl vania delegation to the Republi can national convention next sum mer is prepared to back Dr. Eisen hower if his brother, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, does not seek a second term. Snow Changing to Rain Predicted for Today An early-morning s no wf a 11, changing to rain during the day, has been forecast for today by students in the department of meteorology. The bad weather is expected to continue over the weekend. Today's maximum temperature will be 38 degrees, with a low of 35. TODAY'S WEATHER SNOW CHARGING TO RAIN Referendum Needed. In the case of public school sys tem employees, Lane said, at least 51 per cent of the districts would have to call for a referen dum before the employees could vote on accepting the plan. The only state and local em ployees now under federal social security are those paid on a per diem basis. 2 Deans, Students To Attend Confab Two deans and two students will be among eight educators and eight college students from the state at the American Industry Congress in New York, N.Y., Wednesday through Friday. Ossian R. MacKenzie, dean of the College of Business Adminis tration, and Dr. Eric A. Walker, dean of the College of Engineer ing and Architecture were asked to attend the Congress. Students attending are Judson Mellott, Jr., senior in business administration from Philadelphia, and John Sink, senior in animal husbandry from Homer City. Ike to Help GOP in '56 Campaign CHICAGO, Dec. 1 President The telegram was read by Dwight D. Eisenhower's plan to Chairman Leonard W. Hall at a meeting of the National Commit take a hand in the 1956 election tee. Members rose to their feet campaign today raised Republican and applauded. Some of them hopes that he will run for a sec- cheered. and term. Eisenhower in his telegram, told Reaction of, GOP leaders to the President's announcement ranged from uncertainty about the role he will play to a firm belief that he will be a candidate. The President's message to the Republican National Committee contained this key paragraph: "You have a splendid record to submit to the voters if 1956. I personally am proud of Republi can achievements for the peace and the prosperity and security of the American people. I shall do everything in my power next year to help you report the record ac curately and fully to the country." ~ s:x_, IL' Bag VOL. 56. No. 52 STATE COLLEGE. PA.` FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2. 1955 FIVE CENTS Academic Honesty Plan Opposed Before Senate The faculty of the College of Chemistry and Physics objected in the University Senate yester day to the "philosophy and recommended procedures" of the Senate subcommittee on academic honesty policy. Its main objection was the pi4ocedure requiring a faculty member to report a student caught cheating to his department head and then to the dean of his college. It also disapproved the graduated punishment system for different degrees of cheating. In their Two Accidents Mar Traffic Safety Day Two local accidents yesterday evening marred Safe Driving Day in this area, as total traffic deat mounted slowly over the Natio . Seven hundred dollars damag resulted from a rear end collisio that occurred at 5:30 p.m. yester day on Route 322 about three miles west of State College. A car driven by Richard Maines, of Philipsburg, traveling west, rammed the-sear of ~a car driven by Harry .Gibson, of RD Port-Ma tildsy which had stopped t 9 make a 'left turn into 'Scotia road. Mines sustained-possible frac tired ribs, , An accident reportedly involv inglinivertity students took place around 8:30 p.m. yesterday on South Allen street. The National Safety Council said its adjusted figure for deaths from midnight Wednesday to 7:30 p.m. EST yesterday showed 29 persons had been killed in traffic mishaps. Up until that time one fatality had— been reported, •in. Perinsyl vahil. • Conflict Filing Deadline Set Students must file examina tion conflict cards by noon to morrow in 2 Willard. -. Students are eligible to file con flict cards if they have two exami nations scheduled for the same hour, or if they have three sched uled for the same day. . Eighth semester senior grades are due in the office of the Re corder by Jan. 25 at noon. Sen iors having examinations after this date should file a conflict card. Students who fail to file their conflicts by noon tomorrow will be held responsible for arranging to take the examinations. Instruc tors are not required to accom modate students in such cases. Farm Service Jobs Seniors interested in having an interview with representatives of the G.L.F. Farm Service for pos sible employment will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in 105 Forestry. Representatives of the Farm Service will interview seniors on December 7 and 8, and March 13 and 14. the party leaderS, "We must not stand still." He added: "Continued progress in the healthy expansion of our econ omy, even more equitable sharing of the productivity of that econ omy, rising levels of health, edu cation and welfare for all, and un tiring search for a just and en during peace, must remain our goals." The committee finished its two day task of laying the ground work for next year's GOP nomi nating convention and campaign, and it listened to a series of speeches pegged to the theme that FOR A• SETTEE PENN STATE view, every dishonest act in the classroom is immoral and should 1* punished equally. , Their recommendation was re ferred to the Senate Committee on Student Affairs. Under the academic honesty regulations approved last May 3, cademic dishonesty is classified into three types of offenses. They are (1) presumably un premeditated cheating, for which a student may receive 11 probationary memorandum in the office of the dean of his col lege, his adviser, the dean of men or women, and his parents notified; (2) premeditated chea ting, for which disciplinary pro bation will be imposed; and (3) cooperative, premeditated chea ting, which would bring suspen sion for the remainder of that semester or for the next immes hes. The Chem-Phys faculty mem bers proposed the following amendment: "The instructor in charge of a course has the primary respon sibility for maintaining honest practices in the class and is em powered to fail any student he finds guilty of dishonesty. Any student failed for dishonesty may appeal to the dean or an appro priate committee of the faculty of the college in which the course was given." Thy 'however, did not mention the apparent con flict it causes with a Senate regu lation for undergraduate students. Regulation M-1 reads: "Grades shall be assigned to students solely on the basis of the instructor's judgment as to the student's scholastic attain ment." The present policy on academic honesty is based on a report sub mitted to the Senate last spring by its subcommittee on academic honesty. The Senate accepted the report, and on May 3 the Council of Ad ministration established the grad uated punishment system, which was based on Senate regulations 0-3, W-1, and W-2. This report was discussed at length by the Chem-Phys faculty at a meeting Oct. 27. They del cided at this meeting that: "The philosophy implicit in these procedures involving the establishment of classes of cheat ing and corresponding penalties is basically wrong and will not lead to the development of a bet ter student concept of honesty." The subcommittee, in setting up the graduated system, was striving for consistency in pun ishing different degrees of dis honesty. Formerly, the degree of punishment was left up to the faculty member or other (Continued on page eight) Americans "never had it so good." The convention, opening Aug. 20, in San Francisco's Cow Palace, will have 1323 delegates com pared with 1206 in 1952—an in crease of 117. With the same num ber of alternates, the total will be 2646. Democrats, who will open their convention Aug. 13 in Chicago, have authorized a maximum total of 4,650 delegates and alternates. Interchange to Open HARRISBURG, Dec. 1 (/P)—The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commis sion reported today it will open the Lansdale interchange of its new northeastern extension Sat urday. The interchange will be th e third on the 37-mile stretch of the extension opened Nov. 23. Totiggiatt Educator To Speak At Banquet The vice president of the Fund for the Advancement of Educa tion, who attended the White House Conference on Education, will speak at the annual Faculty- Trustee Dinner tonight. Dr. Alvin E. Eurich will fly to State College in a chartered plane today from the Washington meet ing. He will speak on "A Call for Ingenuity" at the dinner, which will start at 5:30 p.m. in the Nit tany Lion Inn. Richard M. Bower, assistant professor of hotel administration, is chairman of the dinner com mittee of the American Associa tion of University Professors, which is sponsoring the event. Dr. Eurich is a native of Michi gan. He graduated from North Central College in Illinois in 1924 and received his PhD from the UhiVersity of Mizineiota in 1929. He has served as assistant to the president of the University of Minnesota, as dean of the College of Education, and as vice presi dent. In 1949, he was named president of the University of the State of New York, and two years later he accepted his present position. GSA Committee Is Postponed A meeting of the General State Authority in Harrisburg Wednes day to discuss the scope and size of its new building program, in cluding projects proposed for the University, was recessed without a decision. A GSA spokesman said the meeting recessed because several members of the executive board had to attend a tax conference on Gov. George M. Leader's ex cise tax. President Milton S. Eisenhower has previously outlined proposals for the University to the group, but no details of the proposals have been announced by either the University or GSA. Delphi Begins Tapping, Accepting Applications Delphi, sophomore hat society, is accepting letters of application from second and third semester students. Students should address letters to Robert Steele, president, and leave them at the Hetzel Union desk by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Letters should include a list of activities and All-University av erage. Interviews will probably be held at the end of next week, Steele said. IFC Christmas Tree Orders Due Today Any fraternity wishing to or der a Christmas tree through Interfraternity Council. should place its order by 5 p.m. to day with the Fraternity Af fairs Officir in the Helsel Union Building at AD 8-8451 between 4 and 5 p.m. today.
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