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VOL. 56. No. 107
IFC
Hendel Charges WSGA
With Election Violations
Charges of elections code violations were leveled at the Womens’ Student Government
Association by Barbara Hendel, junior in medical technology from Hollidaysburg and for
mer WSGA freshman senator, at a special session of Senate Saturday.
Miss Hendel charged the WSGA elections committee with mismanaging the McElwain
dormitory polls during WSGA final elections Thursday.
The specific violations cil
1. That the McElwain p
2. That the McElwain polls
were left unattended at various
times during the day and that un
authorized persons acted as poll
watchers.
3. That the WSGA ballot boxes
were removed from McElwain at i
€:5O p.m., ten minutes before the]
polls were officially to close,
Elections Code Cited
The violations charged concern
ed Section seven, Article A, Part
four of the WSGA elections codej
which reads: “Polling places: Bal-j
lot boxes shall be placed in the'
dormitories. Town girls shall vote I
in a dorm selected for this pur-|
pose. Polls shall be open from 10
a.m. until 7 p.m. and shall be
guarded by poll sitters at all
times. Poll sitters shall be mem
bers of Alpha Lambda Delta,
Cwens and other honoraries.”
Miss Hendel pointed out that
the total number' of persons vot
ing dropped to 900 this year from
last year’s voting figure of 1500.
She said that most of this drop
took place in McElwain where
approximately 350 women eligible
to vote did not cast their ballots.
She stated that between the time
the ballot box was removed and
7 p.m., the closing time for the
polls, 21 women came to the polls
and were unable to cast their
ballots in the WSGA election.
After considering the charges
the Senate decided to appoint a
committee to revise the elections
code. Carolyn Cunningham.
WSGA president, said that hold
ing a new election would be in
valid. She said that it would
change opinion and lose respect
for WSGA. She further stated
that declaring WSGA elections
invalid would nullify the May
Day, WRA, and Quill Girl elec
tions which wore held at the
same time.
Committee Appointed
Miss Cunningham, Patricia
Douthett, Roseanne For t u n a t o,
and Susan Hill were appointed to
the committee to revise the elec
tions code..
Miss Hill, WSGA parliamentar
ian, defending the elections code,
said that the code was not set
up until last year and while it
had proven satisfactory in the
fall elections it was not complete
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End of 155-Day Strike
Hinges on New Plan
WASHINGTON March 19 (JP)—
An end to the 155-day Westing
house Electric Corporation strike
hinges on whether the union
would approve a new compromise
peace plan.
Prospects appeared good the
deal would win approval of the
75-man Westinghouse Conference
Board.
Industrial Program OK'd
HARRISBURG, March 19 t/Pl
The Senate Republican majority
today gave the go-ahead signal to
the administration’s $5 million
industrial development program.
As asked by Gov. George M.
Leader, it would operate in the
economically hardest-hit areas of
the state as a means of spurring
employment.
®ltr SmlylH (Hull
Unveils Hell-Week Code
By BECKY ZAHM
,ed were
ills were not opened until 11:50 a.m. Thursday.
Political Campaigns
To End at Midnight
Political campaigning will come to an end today with
Lion and Campus parties visiting dormitory units, dining
halls, and town living units. The campaign officially ends
at midnight.
Voting will take place tomorrow and Thursday in the
Recreation Room of the Hetzel Union Building. Tentative
'Lost Male'
Reported Seen
In Simmons
The excitement has died down
in Simmons hail after a man was
seen roaming through the second
floor corridors last week.
Ruth Dieter, junior in educa
tion from Nazareth, while walk
ing down the second floor corri
dor to visit a friend, observed the
stranger, "between the age of 20-
25, dressed in khaki pants and
an army jacket, and carrying a
box of Ritz crackers under his
arm,” nonchalantly strolling down
the hall.
The man nodded his head, put
his finger to his lips as a sign
of silence, and disappeared in the
direction of an exit, Miss Dieter
said.
Mrs. Elsie Brebner, Simmons
hall hostess, immediately insti
gated a search for the intruder.
Coeds searched the broom closets
and laundry rooms for an hour,
but could find no trace of the
man.
Captain Phillip A. Mark of the
campus patrol, commenting on
the situation, said the man prob
ably lost his way looking for the
Simmons lounge.
World at a Glance
Greeks, Turks Riot
For First Time
VASILIA, Cyprus, March 19 (JP)
—Smoldering resentments explo
ded into wild rioting yesterday
for the first time between Greek
and Turk Cypriots. More than 30
persons were injured, many of
them women and children.
It was the biggest battle thus
far between the majority and
main minority communities on
this British-ruled eastern Medi
terranean isle. Greek-origin Cyp
riots want union with Greece.
Their Turk-origin neighbors gen
erally are for continued British
rule, or if that ends, a return of
the isle to Turkey.
Authorities said there have
been Greek-Turkish clashes in
the village in recent years, but
nothing to compare with today’s
violence.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 20. 1956
voting hours are from 8:80 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. However, the All-
University Elections Committee
will meet at 7 tonight in 9 Car
negie to consider keeping the polls
iopen until 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Four voting machines will be
placed in the Recreation Room.
The machines are scheduled to
arrive today, Roger Beidler, Elec-,
tions Committee chairman, said
yesterday.
Both parties held steering com
mittee meetings Sunday afternoon
to discuss campaign issues, pub
licity, and last week’s general re
,actions__to individual candidates'
appearances.
Robert Spadaro, Lion party
clique chairman, emphasized
the importance of campaign
progress yesterday and today,
and the last two days will have
the biggest bearing on the elec
tion outcome.
Several committee members
asked Spadaro to stress the fact
“this was not just another cam
paign” and should be devoted
more attention than it received
last week.
Spadaro announced a steer
ing committee meeting at 2 p.m.
Sunday in 217 Willard.
At the end of the meeting, Spa
daro told the Lion party candi
dates that they would be receiv
ing a phone call from him within
the next few days and commented,
“Carry .out whatever instructions
;I give you over the phone, and
ijl’m sure they will have a large
jbearing on the outcome of the
election.”
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Ike Asks Foreign Aid,
Long-Range Commitment
WASHINGTON, March 19 (JP)
—President Dwight D. Eisen
hower yesterday asked Congress
for more than $4 billion in new
foreign aid money, and author
ity to make long-range aid com
mitments up to 10 years.
He anticipated objections to the
size of the sum, which compares
with $2 billion Congress appro
priated last year.
Russia Pays Damages
WASHINGTON, March 19 (JP)—
Russia has paid the United States
$724,947 —half the costs involved
—for shooting down a Navy pa
trol bomber in the Bering Sea
last June 22, the State Depart
ment disclosed today.
The United States has tried un
successfully to get compensation
l in several other cases.
pgiatt
Four Point Program
Would Curtail Hazing
At a special meeting held last night, the Interfraternity
Council's Committee on Pre-Initiation Practices unveiled a
Hell-Week code which would ban practices detrimental to the
physical health of fraternity pledges.
The proposed code is similar to the one brought up by the
IFC last year at this time. Previously, it had been dropped
because many fraternities felt the wording was "too general.”
Robert Bullock, IFC president,
in announcing the code, said it
was drawn up because IFC real
izes the possibility of harm that
may befall pledges during pre
initiation practices at the hands
of other members of the frater
nity.
“The code is designed to put a
stop to these malicious practices
:by making the individual frater
>nity responsible for the well-be- ;
ling of the pledge while preparing!
him for initiation,” Bullock said,
j The Council will vote on the 1
code next Monday. If adopted, it
I will go into effect immediately.
Basically, the code is the same
[as the one rejected by IFC last
year. It contains four articles:
| 1. At no time shall a pledge or
candidate, for initiation be sub
jected to any practice that in any
way endangers his life, any of his
senses, or is detrimental to his
physical health.
2. All pre-initiation practices,
not ritualistic in nature, shall be
conducted at all times within the
individual fraternity house.
3. Adequate time for sleep and
study shall be allotted to each
pledge or candidate for initiation,
with additional time to be allowed
for examinations.
4. The term “Work Week"
shall be substituted in place of
the term "Hell Week” in all writ
ten documents.
The committee also recom
mended that a greater utilization
be made of Work Week projects
and that individual fraternities
schedule their Work Week at a
time when pledges are not sub
jected to intense periods of exam
inations.
1 The enforcement of the code,
if it is passed, will be left to the
fraternities through the IFC board
of control, Bullock said. At the
same time, the board of control
will also recommend all punish
ment, he said.
The code, which has met with
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Five Weekend Collisions
Caused by Slick Roads
Slippery roads and general bad driving conditions were
blamed by police for five weekend auto accidents, including
a five-car collision, in State College and on campus.
Only one person was reported injured. He was John
Schmidt, freshman in business administration from Pitts
burgh, who suffered a cut right ( ‘
knee in a bicycle-car collision at the division of employee benefits
5 p.m. Friday on Pollock road. j o f Personnel Service; Dr. John S.
Schmidt, who was released up- Bowman, professor of English
on treatment at the Infirmary,;composition; and Mrs. Stanley H.
was riding the bicycle east on;Campbell, whose husband is as-
Pollock road when struck head- sistant to the director of General
on by the car, police said. j Extension.
The driver was identified as Al-1 The drug store, Penn-Whalen,
vin Yoffee, sophomore in the. got into the act when the cars
division of itermediate registra-' operated by Francisea Meyer,
tion from Lancaster. 'sophomore in business administra-
The five-car collision occurred tion from State College, and Lent
about 5:30 p.m. Friday, Campus Rasmussen of Utica, N.Y., col-
Patrol said. Total damage was.lided at 4:40 p.m. Sunday at S.
estimated at $lOOO. ! Allen street and Beaver avenue.
The police were not called to! Police said Miss Meyer told
investigate the accident because, them the Rasmussen car failed to
according to one driver, the oper- stop for a red light while driving
ators agreed on what had hap-j north on S. Allen street and
pened and all carried insurance. 1 struck the Meyer car. deflecting
None of the autos had chains, 1 it into the corner of the drug
police said. store.
Those involved who are con-j Damage to the Meyer car was
nected with the University were,estimated at $5OO, the Rasmussen
James W. Wilson, supervisor of‘car, $350; and the drug store, $258.
By ROG ALEXANDER
FMA Sets
Election
Of Trustees
Nomination and election of
new members of the . Fraternity
Marketing Association Board of
Trustees will be held at 7.30 to
morrow night at the annual FMA
meeting at Delta Chi fraternity,
j Four student members, three
| alumni trustees, and one trustee
at-large will be elected to the
board.
Members May Nominal*
Nominations for these positions
will be open to al! member
groups,
The agenda also includes rc
-1 ports of the standing committees.
These arc Quality Control, John
Seastone; Contracts, William R.
Davey. instructor in dairy science;
Financial Control, R. Emmers,
statistician; Membership, James
jHinkel; Publications and Public
Relations, Thomas Hammonds,
General Extension Editor; and
New Categories, Ronald A. Bar
too, assistant professor of fores
try. '
Other reports to be heard
are the secretary-treasurer's re
ports by Emmers and the presi
dent's report by Harold Perkins,
[assistant dean of men.
Each member fraternity will
send its designated FMA repre
sentative to the meeting. Mem
bers of the Board of Trustees and
[special guests will also attend.
Crack-pot Logie
And Hell Week
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