Cabinet Approves New Compensations On Ist of 2 Votes Compensations totaling $1875 were approved for student leaders by All-University Cabinet last night on the first vote. A second vote is needed before they will go into effect. The vote, which came after a lengthy debate among both Cabinet members and administration assistants, was 18 to 5. The cor?ipensations—or "scholarships" as some Cabinet members and administration assistants preferred to call them—would be drawn from the Interclass Budget System, which is supported mainly by student fees. Segregation Controversy Continues TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 16 (/P)—Students and faculty at the University of Alabama, beset with racial strife since its first Negro student was enrolled early this month, were told today the issue has be come "not segregation -versus in tegration, but law and order ver sus anarchy " Dr. 0. C. Carmichael, univer sity president, was addressing the first student convocation since Miss Autherine Lucy, 26-year-old Birmingham secre'ary, was ex cluded from classes Feb. 6 as a safety measure by the university board of frustees. The Negro student is petition ing the U.S. pistrict Court for an order requiring her readmission. She attended classes three days ending Feb. 5, when a rioting mob threw rocks, eggs, and mud balls in a tumultuous demonstration against the end of segregation at the 125-year-old institution. • Two photographers were taken in custody by university police during the convocation. It had been announced that no photo graphs would be permitted dur ing the meeting. The Lucy petition is set for a Feb. 29 hearing in Birmingham. Carmichael today ruled out spec ulation she might be readmitted before Feb. 29. His statement was: "The decision now rests with the court." Anderson to Fill Housing Position Vacated by Hibbs Edith H. Anderson of State Col lege will assume the position of assistant to the dean of women in charge of housing on March 1. She will fill the position held by Mrs. Cordelia Hibbs who died last fall. Mrs. Anderson will be, gin handling summer and fall room assignments next month. - Mrs. Anderson was formerly employed as secretary in the Psychology Clinic. She has also worked in the Division of Inter mediate Registration. The last position Mrs. Ander son held before coming to the University was Director of the Bureau of Women and Children in the State Department of Labor and Industry. • Mrs. Anderson, a member of the Board of Directors of the Uni versity Christian Association, has served as vice-chairman and sec retary of the Board. She is a - graduate of Indiana University. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY AND SNOWY By ED DUBBS The action was taken by ac cepting a Cabinet Compensation Committee report recommending such a move. The report was pre sented by Philip Beard, All-Uni versity secretary-treasurer and chairman of the committee. A second vote is needed since the Student Government Associ ation constitution states that ap propriations totaling more than $lOO must be approved at two consecutive meetings. Voted Out Last Spring Cabinet voted out compensa tions, except for All-University officers, last spring. The committee's report states the "criteria" used in determining who receives, and who receives how much compensation were: "length of service, financial re sponsibility, responsibility of de cisions, and delegated position and prestige." Douglas Moorhead, student Ath letic Association president, who voted against returning the com pensations, said he doesn't be lieve leaders should be compen sated "for jobs they have taken on for activities." • Personalities Inferred Moorhead, while Beard was dis cussing the proposed compensa tions, asked if they were "study ing the jobs or personalities." George L. Donovan, director of Associated Student Affairs and a member of the committee, said that "we're not interested in per sonalities—we are just trying to do some small thing for student activities." _ Ross B. Lehman, assistant ex ecutive director of the Alumni Association and the second ad ministration member of the corn mittee, said he believes compen sations are • "good." ,He said he was "horrified last year to find that they had been thrown out." Dean of Men Frank J. Simes came out against compensations. Simes said: "I think that leadership is its own reward. You (Cabinet mem bers, many of whom would re ceive compensations) serve the University, but there are many alumni who also the Uni versity . . without a penny of compensation- : . ." Now Have Prestige He further said that student leaders already receive benefits from activities, such as "prestige and self-confidence." Those in favor of "scholarships for student leaders" contended that they were no different from athletic or academic scholarships. Simes refuted this argument by saying that "academic and sports scholarships are taken fr o m money given to the University by individuals" and that the com pensations would be taken from (Continued on page eight) Cabinet Votes Change In Spring Election Slate In an extenuated and, at times, heated, session last night, All-University Cabinet decided that independents hold three of the five'Cabinet offices which :will be elected in this Spring's elections. CME3 • • • The motion, which was intro duced by Bruce Lieske, president of the Association of Independent Men, was delayed by extensive debate and was hashed over from every possible angle before being passed by a vote of 16-2. Previous to this All-University Simes Takes Stand alle Elaitg VOL. 56, No. 84 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 17. 1956 FIVE CENTS Sororities Confused By Rushing Rule Sororities found themselves confused Wednesday night over Coffee Hour invitations and the number of upperclass women that could be pledged. The confusion was caused by two interpretations of one Panhellenic Rushing Code regulation. Panhellenic Executive Board, composed of five officers of Panhellenic Council, met yesterday afternoon to settle on one interpretation of the rule. Wednesday night sororities were called and informed that the rule was being inter preted in a way different than many sororities had previously understood. This caused the number of invitations some sororities could send out to be altered. It also changed the number of upperclasswomen some sororities could plan to pledge. State Senate OK's InCrease In Scholarship's The State Senate passed and sent on to the House of Represen tatives Tuesday night a bill doubling the value of state schol arships for colleges from $lOO to $2OO. Jo Hays, state senator from Centre an d Clearfield counties and sponsor of the bill, said yes terday the number of scholarships would retrain the same. There are 80 such scholarships—one for each senatorial district, Hays said. Fifty-four students are present ly attending the University on these state scholarships. They have no relation to the senator ' ial scholarships used by approx imately 1200 student. at the Uni versity. State scholarships are paid directly to the student by the administration while senator ial scholarships are paid from the administration through the Uni versity to the student. The scholarships may be won by students through competition ir. each county. Those winning may attend the colleges of their choice. ICC B Approves Elections Time The Inter-College Council Board has decided that the elections of student council members will be held this spring at the same time as the All-University elections. Fred Seipt, chairman of the board, said that the council thought that student interest would be greater if the elections were held the same time as the All-University elections. Seipt also said that some of the colleges will set up their voting places at the same central voting places as the All-University elec tions. Some of the others, how ever, such as Home Economics and Engineering will hold the elections in their respective build ing because they believe that by doing this they will be able to get a greater number of students to vote. President Earl Seely was forced to break a deadlocked vote and defeat a motion by All-University Vice President Robert Sturdevant which specified exactly which of fices should be held by each fac tion. The debate was marked by speeches from nearly every Cabi net member and by Lion Party Clique, Chairman Robert Spadaro, and, other interested spectators. It had been previously agreed upon by the Elections Committee Chairman Roger Beidler and the clique chairmen to have three of the offices go to fraternity men. Ueske, however, interjected his, motion because 'he said it was "a . r P it FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By DOTTIE STONE The regulation concerned the number of freshman and upper classwomen each sorority could pledge. Because some sororities felt that they could not pledge any upperc)asswomen, they did not send invitations to upper- clanswomen rushees. Last night Panhel informed all sororities of the new regulation, and some upperclasskvomen rush ees were notified by the Panhel Post Office of the invitations they would have received if the rule had not been re-defined Wednesday night. The present interpretations that the Panhel Executive Board decided last night are: 1. A sorority may not pledge more than 15 freshmen. 2. If a sorority has under 50 members at present, these vacan cies may be filled with upper classwomen or freshmen, as long as the entire freshman quota does not exceed 15, 3. If a sorority has 15 or fewer seniors graduating in June, these places may be filled only with freshmen. 4. It a sorority has more than 15 seniors graduating in June, only 15 freshmen may be pledged. The remaining vacancies created by graduating seniors may be filled with upperclasswomen. 5. A sorority need not fill its quota during any one rush per iod. The new quota system will vary this year, as the rushing program is in the process of be ing revised to allow freshmen to pledge sororities. The quota of 15 freshmen was decided on to al low sororities to evenutally equal ize the number in each class, re sulting in a better balanced sor ority. The point of Wednesday night's confusion over invitations in volved .the sororities that were told they could not pledge tipper classwomen unless they had room for 15 freshmen. The mix-up was partly caused by the confusing wording of the regulating in the Panhel rush booklet. Other factors might have been that the council president, Joanne Caruso, was student teaching when the regulation was written and interpreted at Panhel meetings, where a representative of each sorority was present. When Miss Caruso returned ; her interpretation was different from other sorority members. matter of principle." He noted that for the last two years the majority of the Cabinet posts had gone to fraternity men and that this year there was no problem with not having the qualified in dependent men to fill the Cabinet posts. The motion which was-passed, however, still may be appealed to the Elections Committee in which case' it would have to be brought back to Cabinet for re consideration. Robert Bahrenburg, president of the Junior Class warned Cabi net that this possibiliyt was in effect a probability and told them to be ready for debate on the-topic in forthcoming weeks. Tottrgiatt NSA Requests Representative Far Seminar The University has been invited to send a delegate to the first In ternational Student Relations Seminar of the Pennsylvania- West Virginia Region of National Student Association' to be held March 9, 10, and 11 at Lycoming College in Williamsport. An American student from ei ther the sophimore or junior class is eligible to be sent as a delegate. Participants will receive grants from NSA to cover expenses. Acting head of the department of political science Dr. Eaton At water must endorse applicants to make them eligible and All-Uni versity President Earl Seely will select the delegate from among the endorsed applicants. The criteria on which students should be judged are knowledge of international relations, aca demic standing, linguistic profi ciency, and student government activity or general proficiency in the field of student affairs-. According to David Dulles. di rector of the seminar, it is very probable that the International Vice President. Olive S. Gray, and the National Vice President, Eu gene Preston. will attend the sem inar. The purpose of the seminar is to make the member schools of NSA aware of, NSA's loreign rela tions program with national stu dent associations in other coun tries, and to spread information from the International Commis sion in order to stimulate mot c ef fecUve foreign student and inter national programs on campus and in the region. The seminar is also planned to give qualified students a chance to see what personal part they may play in the foreign relations pro gram. Prexy Delays Presentation President Milton S. Eisenhow er will be presented the Republic 'of Korea Medal at the Korean (Embassy in Washington on March I instead of today as reported lyesteday in the Daily Collegian. A University official said yes terday that Dr. Eisenhower de cided that unfavorable anticipat ed weather conditions made it un likely he could attend both the funeral services of James Milhol land at 2 p.m. today in Pittsburgh and the ceremony in Washington. Instead, Dr. Eisenhower will attend the funeral services of the late president of the Board of Trustees today and will receive South Korea's highest civilian award on March 1. Leadership Training Students who have successful ly completed the leadership train ing program may pick up their certificates and book, "A Call to Order." today at the Iletzel Union desk. "A Call to Order" deals with parliamentary procedure.
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