Drinking
Charge
Waived
Phi Kappa Sigma and Pi Beta
Phi, one of the two Spring Week
Carnival groups charged with
drinking on the carnival grounds,
were cleared of the charge after
an appeal was made last night
to the Spring Week committee
by Harry McKee, president of
Phi Kappa Sigma.
Richard Sent, Spring Week
chairman, said the appeal was
granted on the grounds of cir
cumstantial evidence and that the
grobp would not be penalized.
Penalty for the offense would
have been the forfeit of all Spring
Week points obtained from the
carnival.
Phi Kappa and Theta Phi Al
pha, the second Spring Week
group involved in the charge, did
not appeal to the Spring - Week
committee and took a forfeit of
all carnival points.
Bottles Were Props
McKee, in a statement to The
Daily Collegian, said he had told
The committee that the beer bot
tles found in a trash can behind
the carnival .booth by Seng and
a campus patrolman were used as
props in their show.
" McKee said that a--member of
the committee present at the ap
peal reported that he had come
in during the second act of the
show and had not seen the bot
tles used on stage. McKee said
he replied that the bottles were
"used in the first act and that that
was the reason the checker had
'not seen them used.
. • Came Around 10:30 p.m.
McKee said that Seng and the
campus patrolman came around
'about 10:30 p.m. and found some
'beer bottles on the ground, and
some in the trash can. To clear
the group, McKee said he as
sembled the cast of the show to
gether and asked Seng if they
looked like they had been drink
ing. : Seng said - no, but then said
"Looks like I'll have to turn you
-
(Continued on page eight)
Tribunal Applicants
TO Be Interviewed
Sophomores who have applied
for Tribunal will be interviewed
tomorrow in the Hetzel Union
Building at the following times
according t 0 their last initial: A
'.l, 9 a.m.; K-P, 10 a.m.; and Q-Z,
11 a.m.
Juniors who have filed applica
tions will be interviewed at 7
p.m. Monday in the dean of men's
office; 109 Old Main.
Only students who have already
filed applications will be . inter
viewed,. Lynn Myers, Tribunal
chairman, has announced.
Ike's Soil
Approved
WASHINGTON, May 3 (PP)—The House passed a new
farm bill today, approving President Dwight D. Eisenhower's
soil batik program but denying him authority to advance
farriers $5OO million dollars in soil bank benefits this year.
Democrats denounced the advance payments plan as an
attempt to buy farni votes in the November election. In the
major test - of the day, they de
feated a pre-payments amend
ment 181-157 on almost a straight
party line vote.
Roll Call 314-78
The roll call vote on passage of
the bill was 314-78. The bill now
goes to the Senate
_
There . were many elements of
victory for the Eisenhower ad
ministration in the new legisla
tion.
It would give the President the
soil bank- -he. asked for, even
though it may not be in full oper
atlon until next year. It would
also give the farmers a wide range
of other non-controversial bene
fits in an election year.
'High Prices" Not Asked
. And it does not call for a return
to high, rigid, price supports, at 90
per cent of parity, one of the rea
sons why Eisenhower vetoed - the
first general farm bill - April 16.
Republicans - failed to defeat an
amendment--by Rep; Carl Albert
(:!-Okla.) adding grazing lands to
the soil bank -program and mak-
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Alpha Sig, KKG Win
Spring Week Competition
Related story on page two
Alpha Sigma Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma were awarded the 1956 Spring Week trophy following the Donkey
Basketball Game at Recreation Hall last night for receiving the largest number of points in Spring Week events. They had
a total of 78 points.
Winners of the Spring Week Carnival and the He-Man Contest Ayere also annou
Rho and Phi Mu, Delta Sigma Phi and Kappa Delta, and Alpha Sigma Phi and Kapp.
Senate OK's Appropriation Bill
The Senate yesterday unani
mously, approved the University's
$26,194,000 appropriation bill, set
ting it up for possible final House
approval today.
The bill calls for $1 million
more than Gov. George M.
Leader requested in his April
19, 1955 bUdget. The Associated
Press said yesterday that it was
erroneously informed that the
bill was $1.4 million more than
requested.
The House must vote upon the
$1 million amendment tacked on
to the bill before it is sent to Gov.
Leader for final approval. The
House previously had approved
a bill calling for $25,194,000, the
sum requested by Leader.
57 HUB Cafeteria Employees Ask
15-cent Per Hour Wage Increase
Student employees in the Hetzel Union cafeteria and Lion's Den have presented a
grievance petition to Miss Jean A. McFadden, Food Service manager, asking for a 15 cents
an hour wage increase and monetary payment. -
The students will go on strike en masse if the demands are not met by Thursday, ac
cording to the petition.
A University official said yesterday the University could not comment on the petition
Cloudy With Showers
Cloudy skies with showers like
ly this afternoon and tonight are
forecast 'for today, according to
students in the department of
meteorology. The temperature
will range from 64 to 68 degrees.
Yesterday's high was 67 degrees.
Bank Bill
by House
ing grazers eligible for $5O million
dollars in benefits. The roll call
vote on this issue was 199-195.
Grazing Land Opposed
The administration opposes the
addition of grazing land to the
soil bank, arguing, for one thing,
that it would be difficult to en
force compliance. Some House
Republicans called it a "handout"
to cattlemen.
A last minute GOP attempt to
send the bill back to the Agricul
ture Committee was defeated 211-
184 on another roll call vote.
Republicans an d Democrats
came to terms on a policy for corn
and feed grains, however. -
Ike Vetoes First Bill
When he refused to sign the
first farm bill last -month, Eisen
hower objected to mandatory sup
ports for feed grains—rye, oats,
barley and grain .sorghums. The
Republican leadership, however,
decided.to accept the supports in
return for Democratic concessions
on corn.
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 4. 1956
The AP Harrisburg Bureau
said yesterday that the House
will probably convene at 10 a.m.
today. The first, second. and
third readings of the bill will
not be necessary since the or
iginal bill was only amended.
the bureau said-
The largest part—s2s,7B3,ooo—
go for general maintenance
and instruction. Most of the re
maining money will be used for
research.
The Senate appropriations com
mittee in late March tacked a $2
million increase on the House
approved bill. The increase met
opposition in the Senate and was
sent back to the committee the
next day for a compromise. The
committee approved the $1 mil
until it had been fully reviewed
and evaluated.
At present, student employees
are paid 85 cents an hour in meal
tickets.
Fifty-seven of 74 student em
ployees in the cafeteria and Lion's
Den signed the petition. Emil
Haas, junior in journalism from
Pottsville, said yesterday.
One Student Refused
Haas said one student refused
to sign the petition because he
was satisfied with job conditions.
The remaining employees who
didn't sign the petition were not
contacted, he said.
The petition urged a wage in
crease since wages paid to student
employees are "far below the na
tional minimum wage," costs in
this area are going up, and wages
paid to student employees are
lower than those paid to non-stu
dent help although students do
just as much work and sometimes
some heavier work.
Haas said most non-student em
ployees start at $l6O a month for
a 40-hour week, which is one dol 7
lar "an hour or more.
The petition also requested
monetary payment rather than
meal ticket payment. The petition
states since meal tickets are only
usable in the cafeteria, employees
are "captive consumers" of one
product and the method of pay
ment denies the employees the
privilege of using their wages as
they see fit.
Inconvenient to Eat
The petition also said many em
ployees find it inconvenient to
eat in the cafeteria and thus the
meal ticket payment is useless.
Haas said Miss McFadden told
him she couldn't understand the
students' feelings, since they knew
the conditions of the job when
they started. "I am more con
cerned with what caused this sit
uation to arise than the situation
itself,'! she told him.
There has been talk that Food
Service might move the students
working in dormitory dining halls
- nt4 the cafeteria and Lion's Den
(Continued on page-eight)
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
lion compromise Tuesday night.
The committee gave "added ex
penses at the school" as the rea
son for the increase.
Committee chairman Leroy
E. Chapman (R.-Warren) said
University officials "agreed that
the $1 million increase would be
sufficient to handle most of its
needs."
President Milton S. Eisen
hower corrected the AP's origi
nal figure yesterday afternoon
at a University Senate meeting.
If the bill becomes law as is, it
will be the largest appropriation
ever given the University for a
biennium. It is over $5.5 million
more than the 1953-55 appropria
tion.
Former Student
Dies in Meadville
After Long Illness
Judith Zacks, a former psy-'
chology major at the University,
died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in City'
Hospital, Meadville, after a long'
illness.
Miss Zacks had been ill since
November, 1954, but had man
aged to keep up with her work
at the University until the end of
last semester, her fifth.
At this time she was forced to
leave school in order to undergo
medical treatment. However, she
had planned to enroll in the Uni
versity's summer session.
Miss Zacks had had two ab-
I dominal operations before leaving
the University, and commuted to
the hospital for daily treatments
in February. She had had no fur
ther treatment until she -was ad
mitted to the hospital three days
before her death.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Ruth Zacks, and a younger
sister, Esther.
Private funeral services will - be
held today at 12:30 in the White
Funeral Home in Conneautville.
Bedenk Will Address
Faculty Luncheon Club
F. Joseph Bedenk, baseball
coach and professor of physical
education, will address the Fac
ulty Luncheon Club at noon Mon
day.
His subject will be "Baseball."
Discussion of Suite Use
Otto E. Mueller director of
housing, will discuss plans for the
use of sorority suites during next
fall's rushing at 8 p.m. Monday in
the study lounge on the first floor
of McElwain. .
Two representatives from each
sorority have been asked to at
tend.
Totleviatt
ced last night. Alpha Gamma
Kappa Gamma all received
first place in the carnival and
Dion Weissend of Sigma Nu was
named the 1956 He-Man.
Second place in the overall
Spring Week competition went to
Delta Sigma Phi and Kappa Delta
who received 73 Spring Week
points. Triangle and Atherton
Hall came in third with 72.6
points.
Three Get 45 Points
The three first place winners
of the carnival all received 45
Spring Week points. Second place
went to Tau Kappa Epsilon and
Gamma Phi Beta, Sigma Chi and
Alpha Xi" Delta, and Theta Chi
and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Both
first and second place winners of
the carnival received trophies.
Dion Weissend received a tro
phy and 15 Spring Week points
for winning the He-Man contest.
He competed with 12 other final
ists Tuesday night to . gain his ti
tle.
Metzger 2nd in He-Man
Second place winner of the He-
Man contest was Robert Metzger
of Phi Kappa Psi, third place
went to Richard Wolford of Alpha
Sigma Phi, fourth place to Elmer
Strauss of Phi Kappa Sigma, and
fifth place to John Yaag of Phi
Kappa Tau. The four-runners-up
received medals.
Runners-up in the over-all
Spring Week competition were
Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Omi
cron Pi, fourth place; Sigma Al
pha Epsilon and Delta Gamma,
fifth place; Alpha Gamma Rho
and Phi Mu, sixth; Beta Theta Pi
and Chi Omega, seventh; Theta
Chi and Sigma Sigma Sigma,
eighth; Lambda Chi Alpha and
Delta Delta Delta, ninth; - I Chi
Phi and Kappa Alpha :seta,
tenth.
$4900 Collected at Carnival
Approximately $4900 was col
lected during the carnival Tues
day night, according to Douglas
Moorhead, Spring Week business
manager. Money remaining after
Spring Week expenses are paid
will go to the All-Jniversity
Scholarship Fund.
Other groups who received over
! 20 points in the Spring Week Car-
Fiival were Beaver House and
Thompson Hall, 38.6; Chi Phi and
'!Kappa Alpha Theta, ;38.6; Theta
Xi and Alpha Chi Omega, 34.8;
Kappa Delta Rho and Indepen
dent Women, 33.9; Phi Kappa
'Sigma and Pi Beta Phi, 33.8; Beta
!Theta Pi and Chi Omega, 32.3;
'Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Omi
!cron Pi, 32.1; Phi Mu Delta and
Beta Sigma Omicron, 30.3.
Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta
Delta Delta, 30.1; Phi Kappa Tau
land Atherton, 28.4; Association of
!Independent Men and Leonides,
128.2; Sigma Aloha Epsilon and
;Delta Gamma, 27.3; Delta Sigma
'Lambda and first floor Thomason,
(Continued on page eight)
Two O'clocks Granted
To Women for 'Ball'
Senior, junior, sophomore,
and second semester freshmen
women will receive late per
missions for the Senior Ball
tonight.
These women must be back
in their dormitories by 2 to
night and 1 a.m.. Saturday, ac
cording to Jo Fulton. Judicial
chairman.
Freshman women received
sophomore hours last night.
They must now be in by 10 on
weeknights and 1 on Friday
and Saturday nights.
FIVE CENTS