AIM Will Open | Nominations Tonight For New Officers Nominations will open tonight for next year’s officers of the Association of Independent Men. Independent men may be nominated for any of the four posts at the AIM Board of Governors meeting at 7 tonight in the student government room in the Hetzel Union building. Election of officers and closing of nominations will be held at 7 p.m. next t Wednesday, April 18. To run for office, a man must have a 2.0 all-University average or higher. At next Wednesday’s election he must UCA to Start Town Query Wednesday The University. Christian Asso ciation, in conjunction with Al pha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, the State College Min isterium.and various student re ligious groups, will begin a sur vey Wednesday to determine how many borough residents are will ing to rent rooms to Negro and foreign students. The survey will continue through April 30. Lists of rooms available to stu dents in these categories will be compiled from the survey and placed on file in the dean of men's office, dean of women’s of fice, foreign student’s office, UCA office, Cosmopolitan Club, Hillel Foundation and the Newman Club. Plan Contained in Report The plan for the survey was . contained in a report to the UCA made by delegates who attended the Ecumenical. Student Confer ence in Athens, Ohio, last De cember. The purpose of the survey, ac cording to the report, is “to pre sent several areas of concern which demand truly co-operative action between students and townspeople . . . and to acquire information in the spirit of good will.” The report cited two areas'of •concern with regard to segrega .tion: 1. The difficulty of foreign and Negro students in obtaining town rooms. 2. Insufficient orientation of foreign students in regard to lo cal conditions. To Answer Questionnaire Householders contacted during the’ survey will be asked to fill out a questionnaire stating whe ther they would be willing to rent rooms to Negroes, foreign stu dents or their weekend guests. According to UCA officials, the answers given during; the survey, will not be legally binding. Collegian Circulation The Daily Coilegfan staff junior and ii boards will meet at f in the Collegian office Courts By RON LE: The U. S. Supren decision Monday, • voked a New York tute as a violation o cess of law, was ii locally yesterday as step in guarding civil Dr. Francis J. Sorau of political science, sa TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY WITH RAIN [present a copy of his transcript as proof of his average. Only fifth or sixth semester men may run for AIM president. I Any member of the AIM Board of Governors may nominate some one for an office. Otherwise, an independent man must present a petition signed by 300 indepen dent men to the board for his nomination at either tonight’s meeting or next Wednesday’s. The four offices are president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. Officers will be elected by preferential ballot in this or der, and defeated candidates may drop down a position if they wish. Those nominating men may give nominating speeches of not more than three minutes. Accep tance speeches will be given at next Wednesday’s meeting. The AIM executive committee will present a change tonight in the AIM by-laws lengthening accep tance speeches from three to 10 minutes. If approved tonight and a second time next week, the change will allow 10-minute ac ceptance-of - nomination speeches before the election begins. The community living commit tee will present a report on the feasibility of community or co educational living on campus. Several administration members, including assistant to the dean of men William B. Crafts and assis tant Alumni Secretary Ross B. Lehman will speak on this sub ject. Community living entails the rooming of men and women stu dents in separate living units, but allowing them to eat in the same dining hall. The board will also consider an appropriation of $3OO expenses for the four delegates AIM and Leonides have sent to the Nation al Independent Student Associa tion Conference at the University of Texas. Clouds, Possible Rain Predicted for Today Cloudy with possibilities of rain this morning is the forecast for today, according to students in the department of meteorology. The predicted high for today is 65 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 59 while the <low was 30. 2 Measles Cases Listed The University Infirmary' re ported that two new cases of Ger man, or three-day, measles were admitted to Grange dormitory yesterday. Only one other student was still confined after last week’s measle outbreak. circulation itermediate :30 tonight Decision Said Setting Trend court has set a trend during the past year, with a new emphasis on the protection of civil liberties. He said the significant point in Monday’s decision was that a lo cal government cannot dismiss without a hearing or investiga tion a public employee who has invoked the protection of the Fifth Amendment. ie Court’s which re- City sta £ due pro lterpreted a further liberties. Called 'Summary Dismissal' In a 5-to-4 ruling the court held that the “summary dismissal” of Dr. Harry Slochower, a professor at Brooklyn College for 27 years, "violates due process of law.” The Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall be required to give self-incriminating testi mony nor be deprived of life, lib erty or property without due pro cess of law. The Fourteenth Amendment a’pplies the Jaw to the states. Dr. Slochower was fired in 1952 without a hearing, after he used the protection- of Fifth Amendment before a Senate sub committee. ', instructor id the high Stiff VOL. 56. No. 117 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 11, 1956 FIVE CENTS Nicholls to As Panhel Barbara Nicholls, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, will take over as president of Panhellenic Council replacing Joanne Caruso. Grace Antes, Pi Beta Phi, has been chosen vice president by a unanimous vote of the executive council of Panhel. Newly elected officers are: Roberta Lerch, Chi Omega, recording secretary, Daria Dut ko, Phi Mu, corresponding secretary, and Nancy Showalter, Alpha Xi Delta, treasurer. 'Hubzapoppin' To Be Aired By 2 Stations Radio station WMAJ will broadcast “Hubzapoppin” concur rently with student-operated WDFM Saturday night. If the show is successful it will be carried by both stations throughout the semester. The show, which is presented at 7:30 p.m. weekly in the Hetzel Union building, will originate through WDFM’s facilities and will be transmitted by telephone wire to WMAJ. At the same time, the campus station will broadcast the pro gram on frequency modulation. Sandra Greenspun, WDFM sta tion manager, said for the show to be successful it must have a studio audience. This is necessary for audience response, she said. There is no admission charge to the show, which is held in the Assembly Room. This week it will present the Air Force Glee Club. Tuesday night, WDFM began a regular feature, campus news broadcasts in French and Spanish. The French versions will be given on Tuesdays and the Spanish on Thursdays. The programs are presented by the Romance Language depart ment, under the coordination of Donald Bleznick, assistant profes sor in the department. Morse Assumes New Foreign Post Adrian O. Morse, recently re tired provost of the University, was sworn in Monday in Wash ington, D.C. as cultural affairs officer of India. Morse, provost since 1951 and assistant to the president for 27 years, will supervise the United States Information Agency book, student and cultural exchange, music and lecture programs. Following a period of training in Washington, D.C., he will leave for New Delhi, India, in June and is expected to be joined by his wife several months later. Morse terminated his work at the University last Saturday. His successor as provost is Lawrence Dennis. - ’ “In this case,” Dr. Sorauf said, “what the court objects to is that New York City dismissed . the public employee only because he invoked the Fifth Amendment.” Emphasizes 1 Procedure It objects to | the assumption that guilt is associated with using this protection, he said. It is em phasizing procedure and insisting that investigations be held before firing a “Fifth Amendment” pub lic employee. j However, the court did not spe cify what sort of standards or reasons a government .must have to dismiss an employee. In a pre vious case, it said it would accept subversive activity as grounds for .dismissal. j Dr. Sorauf explained that the court has always held in such cases as importation, deportation, citizenship and [those involving government employment that en try, citizenship, lor government employment are; not rights but privileges. - Consequently, it has (Continued oh page eight)' Hatty FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Firemen Continue Borough Inspection For Fire Hazards Volunteer teams from the Al pha Fire Company began inspec tion of State College rooming houses for possible fire hazards last night, in an attempt to com plete a borough-wide check which began two months ago. Last week firemen completed an inspection of fraternity houses I : and reported finding no major l fire hazards. The check made last week was the first in approximately a month. Firemen began the in spection with a check of borough businesses. All theaters and eating estab lishments were described as being relatively free of fire hazards by Tom Sauers,- fire chief. The inspection originally was to include businesses, fraternities, rooming houses, apd private homes. V. W. Fletcher, first aid chief said, however, that private homes will be inspected next fall. Firemen hope to complete in spection of town rooming houses sometime this week, Fletcher re ported. Mid-East Action Preparations Set WASHINGTON, April 10 (/P) —Secretary of State John Foster Dulles paved the way today for a possible request that Congress give President Dwight D. Eisenhower blank check authority to use American troops in the Middle East if war dangers become acute there. The secretary, in close touch with Eisenhower, met for 1 hours with 14 key members of Congress at the State Department. Eight were Republi cans and six were Democrats. I He reviewed with them the tense Middle East situation made even more serious by new Arab- Israeli bloodshed. It was report ed that he skirted —but did not directly raise—the question of asking Congress for a Formosa type resolution Ike to Give Address | The White House announced Ei-! senhower will make a major for eign policy address on April 21. It will be delivered in Washing-] ton before the American Society of Newspaper Editors and pre-j sumably will cover the Middle] East crisis. „ . Focal point of Dulles’ consulta-] tion with the congressional lead-' ■ers was yesterday’s -White House (EnUegiatt Take Over President Barbara Nicholls New Panhel Prexy The officers were elected by the 22 sororities in their separate chapter meetings from six nomi nees for each of the three posi tions on the ballot. The results were announced by Joanne Car uso. outgoing president, after an executive session last night. The offices of president and vice president are based on a ro tation system, with a different sorority choosing three girls as candidates for the vice presidency every year. One girl is selected after an interview with members of the executive council. The vice president automatically becomes president. The sororities rotate ceived permission to organize from the Senate Committee on Student Affairs." There are two members and two pledges of Sigma Kappa now at the University. Miss Caruso said, according to Dean of Women Pearl O. Weston, there is room for two more sororities because the vice presidency on the order of their founding on campus. Council also passed a motion, 20-1, to accept Sigma Kappa as | Grac* Ante* jthe 23rd sorority on campus, Sigma Kappa has already re 'of increased enrollment and 'dormitory facilities. Once the sorority is organized 'on campus it will be given a one lyear probationary period before it will be officially accepted. A motion was also passed unan imously that the council become a member of the Associated Stu dent Activities Fund. The Uni versity run organization will han dle the council’s money and audit its books annually free of charge. It is costing Panhel $5O to have its books audited this year. It i hasn’t been done in two years. statement that .any aggressor in the Middle East will have to reckon with U.S. opposition. The statement drew warm praise today from Britain and France, in strong contrast to the criticisms and goads toward ac tion they have been beaming at Washington lately. But it did not halt bloodshed or bring the Arabs and Israelis into any friendlier attitude. Bolsters Hammarskjold Neither side commented imme diately on it. It did. however, bol ster the hand of U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold who, togetherwith U.N. Palestine truce chief E. L. M. Burns, launched his month-long on-the-spot sur vey of the Middle East tinderbox by making initial calls at Tel Aviv and Cairo.
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