PAGE Sir, Interfraternity Council Governs 54 Fraternities Intei fraternity Council, the governing body for the Uni versity's 54 fraternities. is composed of the president of each house, or in case of his absence, a substitute delegate. Each fraternity has one vote on council proceedings. WC elects a president, vice president, and secretary-treas urer each spring. The president, this year Daniel Land, sits on All-University Cabinet, the high est student government body. Other officers are Howard Thompson, vice president, and John Valentine, secretary-treas urer. The president appoints the chairmen of all committees, which include Greek Week, scholarship, rushing, workshops, executive, and the board of con trol. The executive committee serves as an administration advisory board, and the board of control supervises IFC regulations, in cluding those on dating in the fraternity houses. IFC usually meets bi-weekly during the school year at a place and time to be designated by the president. Any fraternity which is absent from two consecutive meetings is fined $lO, while any fraternity absent from three con secutive. meetings or five meet ings during the school year is suspended from the council. One of IFC's big events of the year is its rushing program, which helps its houses to obtain potential members. IFC and Pan hellenic Council, sot ority govern ing body, join to sponsor many events during the school year. which include the IFC-Panhel Ball. Information concerning frater nities and their activities or the activities of IFC may be ob tained at the fraternity affairs of fice on the second floor of the Hetzel Union Building. School Front Remains Quiet By The Associated Press Public school integration pro ceeded quietly Tuesday in two troubled areas—Clinton, Tenn.. and Sturgis. Ky.—where it was necessary for the National Guard to keep doors of previously all white schools open to Negroes. But in Texarkana, Tex.. and Clay. Ky., two other spots where disorders flared up over the issue, the all-white status of schools in volved was being maintained. Meanwhile a roaring mass meet ing in Kentucky and new court action in Tennessee pointed up the possibility of further resist ance to mixing of races in South ern classrooms. Clinton. Term., high school saw attendLnce climb to 590. the high est since disorders broke out after the school, by federal court order. enrolled 12 Negroes. The school has a total enrollment of 770 and Principal D. J. Brittain Jr.. said normal absenteeism is about 50 a day. WELCOME CLASS OF '6O to Thick Shakes Sandwiches Take Out Orders 145 So. Allen St. Daniel Land IFC President McClellan Asks Justice Agency Probe Evidence WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 4,P)— Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) jogged the Justice Department to day to produce the "evidence" cited by President Dwight D. Eisenhower last February in veto ing the natural gas bill. "If there's any dirt, let's have It," McClellan told reporters in announcing the new move by his Lobby Investigating Committee. In his veto message last Feb. 17 Eisenhower said: "Since the passage of this bill a body of evidence has accumu lated indicating that private per sons apparently representing only a very small segment of a very great vital industry have been seeking to further their own in terests by highly questionable ac tivities. I "These include efforts that I ,deem to be so arrogant and so much in defiance of acceptable standards of propriety as to risk :creating ; doubt among the Ameri can people concerning the integ- Irity of governmental processes '(if he signed the bill into law)." McClellan recalled that he asked Eisenhower for the evi 'dence a couple of months ago and said he was told by presidential , assistant Sherman Adams then that the file had been sent to the 'Justice Department. He said he wrote to the Justice Department "and I got no reply." 7,"" 4 " r t t Brunch Breakfast Lunch Coffee-break et oi l dl Men Dessert ANT PARTY INWi Pleas, order day ahead AD 11-6184 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Undergrads Eligible for 1960 Aid Undergraduates will be eligible for scholarships of SlOO, begin ning in 1960, under the terms of the revision of the Class of 1942 Memorial Scholarships. Funds for the scholarships were established by the class in 1942 and income from the principal of the fund. which now amounts to nearly $11,500, will support the scholarships. Grads' Children Preferred Scholarship, need, and partici pation in extra-curricular activi ties will be considered in making the awards, and students who are the sons or daughters of graduates of the University who received their degrees in 1942 will be given preference. Eight fellowships at the Uni versity have been established with grants from industries and foundations. They include: Fellowships Announced Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc., $5400 fellowship to support fundamental research in chemis try by Dr. Robert W. Taft, Jr., professor of chemistry. The Ford Foundation, grant of $2,881 for a doctoral fellowship in the College of Business Ad ministration. Sylvania Foundation, $2OOO for graduate fellowship on College of Mineral Industries. Davison Chemical Co.. $2400 for two-year fellowship in mineral preparation engineering. Stearns Magnetic, Inc., $6OO for fellowship in mining engineering. Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co., Indiana. two-year fellowship in mineral engineering. Michael Baker. Jr., Inc., $lBOO for graduate fellowship in public administration program of the department of political science. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., $2400 for graduate fellowship in mining engineering. 13.99 Genuine Horween Shell Cordovan Plain Toe or Wingtip It's so easy to be Narrow and Medium Widths Rushing Aid to The fraternity rushing system at the University is de signed to provide incoming male students with ample time to become accustomed to college life before they consider pledg ing a fraternity. According to University_regulations, freshmen must live in the University dormitories and may not pledge a fraternity until their second semester. However, freshmen may v ing their first semester and th fraternity life. The Interfraternity Council, the fraternity governing body, begins to formally acquaint freshmen with fraternity life in October or. November. Explains System During this time the IFC ex plains the fraternity system at the University to the freshmen and presents a movie on fraternity life that should answer many ques tions that the frosh have. The magazine Penn State Fra ternities will be distributed to all freshmen. It includes pictures of all the houses and a brief history of each fraternity. A reply card is enclosed in the magazine for the freshmen to express their in terests without obligating them selves. Open Houses Planned The fraternities will conduct open houses on specified afternoons which will afford the new student an opportunity to become more closely acquainted with fraternity life. After this initial indoctrination period, most fraternities begin their rushing programs about De cember 1. According to the fraternity rush ing code. "freshmen w•ho express interest .in fraternities may re ceive personal invitations to visit houses for lunch, dinner, house parties, informal social occasions etc." Date Set by IFC Official pledging however, does not begin until sometime after the dsome ... when you wear white bucks or cordovans from WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1956 System Frosh sit fraternities informally dur -reby become acquainted with start of the second semester. The official date for pledging will be announced by the IFC. Also, freshmen who do pledge must remain in the dormitories for the remainder of the semester. The pledging period extends into the sophomore year and usually lasts until the end of the third semester. Freshmen usually take up residence in the chapter house the beginning of their sophomore year. Range from $65 to $lOO Fraternity house bills range from $65 to $lOO per month. This total includes room, board, and social fees. In order to pledge a fraternity. a student must have a 2.0 Alt- University average or a 2.0 ave rage for the previous semester. There are 55 fraternities at the University, housing more than 2- 000 male students. 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