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Behind the FMA Question
Perkins Sees Cooperation
Under 'loo%' Plan
The Fraternity Marketing Association will make every
effort to reflect the desires of its members should the Inter
fraternity Council vote compulsory membership in the as
sociation, Assistant Dean of Men Harold W. Perkins said
vesterda V. •
"That is the way it's been all along," said Perkins, who
Commission
To Continue
Fish Probe
The State Fish Commission will
continue an investigation until it
discovers the source of the pol
lution that killed almost .VlO,OOO
trout in Spring Creek last Satur
day. according to William Voigt.
executive director of the commis
sion.
"We must find the source of
the pollution." he said. "We can't
afford not to run down the pol
lution to its source. The com
mission has too great an invest
ment on Spring Creek to risk the
danger of further pollution.-
Causes Unverified
Although investigators had said
that the substance of the pollu
tion was ammonia or an ammonia
compound. Voiet would not verify
this, saving. "We're approaching
the study with an open mind?'
The United States Fish and
Wildlife Research Station at Lee
town, W. Va , has joined the in
vestigation. The Department of
Health laboratories in Harrisburg
have been working on the investi
gation from the start.
Water Sampled
Officials of the Fish Commis
sion and the Department of Health
toured the area where the fish
were killed and took 30 samples
of water to discover whether the
composition of the water has
changed since the disaster.
Voight said that the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service
has offered to replace some of the
fish lost in the pollution.
The Fish Commission estimated
the value of the fish lost in the
disaster at $lOO.OOO, the greatest
such loss in the history of Penn
sylvania.
Court Leyies $135
In Traffic Fines
Traffic Court levied a total of
$135 in fines Moiuhiy night.
Fourteen students who _failed
to appear before the court were
automatically fined a total of sB4. i
Traffic and parking :olations
led the amount of fines with a
total of V 24. Fines for failure to.
register vehicles amounted to VA.
and for failure to report to the:
Campus Patrol office within the
next complete school day account
ed for ST in fines.
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Fifth of a Series
is president of the FMA Board of
Trustees. He described FMA as
"ready to cooperate in any way
that will bring about greater ful
fillment of the joint buying idea."
IFC will vote Monday on a con
stitutional amendment which
would require membership in
FMA by all members of IFC and
which calls for a review of the
FMA constituion and organiza
tions.
Sees Changes Possible
Changes in the organizational
structure and in the operation of
the association could be brought
about to meet the demands of 100
per cent fraternity participation,
Perkins said_
If the IFC amendment is passed.
he said, he believes the board
would immediately begin investi
gating other practical categori e s,
especilllv in the non-food line.
which FMA could move into, so
that savings could be demonstra
ted in these fields.
Eventual Expansion Seen
Although no immediate expan
sion is planned, a statement by
the board has expressed hopes
that the association could event
ually •`handle all goods and serv
ices essential to the life of the
fraternity."
Perkins said he believes FMA
should eventually employ a man
ager. elected by the association's
governing body and responsible
to it.
Ohio State Plan
He said perhaps member fra
ternities would be required to buy
exclusively through FMA only
some of the categories offered by
the association. This plan is fol
lowed at Ohio State University,
he said, where the fraterniti
must purchase all their goods in
only three or four of the six cate
gories offered. FMA follows this
pracifee now.
Under another system Perkins
described as possibl.?. the frater
nities could buy in a category
through other sources, if they
could furnish definite proof to the
board that they could save more
successfully this way.
Alumni Reduced Rates
Either of these plans would al
low fraternities to take advan
tages of offers of goods at reduced
rates by house alumni who would
not make the offer to the frater
nity system as a whole, according
to Perkins.
He said that, in any case, 100
per cent participation in FMA
would bring about large scale
savings at a greater rate.
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Library Given
Sixty Volumes
On the Violin
A collection of 60 volumes on
the violin have been presented to
the Fred Lewis Pattee Library
by Mrs. William M. Myers of
State College.
The books were a part of her,
husband's library. The late Dr.
William M. Myers. until his death,
in 1951, was professor and head I
of the Department of Mineral Eco
nomics.
The earliest book in the collec
tion is "Spohr's Grand Violin
School," edited by II C. Hill and
published in Boston in 1852. It is
a book on violin teaching.
W. M. Morris' "British Violin
Makers" and Henri Poidras' "Dic
tionary of Violin Makers," both
standard works on these subjects,
are included in the gift. There is
also a book in the collection that
is devoted entirely to the subject
of violin varnish_
Ralph W. McComb. University
librarian. said that the collection
will be known as The William
Myers Violin Collection.
Board to Study
Finals Question
The question of final examina
tions exemption for eighth semes
ter students will again come up
at a meeting of the Senior Class
Advisory Board at 9 p.m. Monday
in 202 Willard.
Members should bring their
reports from the interviews with
the deans of the colleges. Presi
dent Eric A. Walker, Wilmer E.
Kenworthy, director of student
affairs, and Dr. Robert G. Bern
reuter, professor of psychology
and director of the Division of
Counseling, are among the peo
ple who have already been con
tacted.
A report for the advisory board
will be made by Joseph Hartnett
at the meeting of AU-University
Cabinet on Thursday night in the
form of a recommendation.
Ansco Official to Speak;
Slides Will Be Shown
A. C. Shelton of the camera
club department of Ansco Film
Co., Binghamton, N.Y., will speak
on "Highlights of Scenic Ameri
ca" at 8:30 p.m. Monday at 110
Electrical Engineering.
His talk will be illustrated with
color slides. The lecture is spon
sored by the Penn State Camera
Club and the Penn State Color
Slide Club. Students may attend.
Fraternities Once Clubs
The University fraternity sys
tem, now one of the world's larg
est, was an outgrowth of student
eating clubs organized nearly a
century ago to meet the over
burdened campus dining facili
ties during the early days of the
University.
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NSA Plans Foreign
Student Conference
The National Student Association International Affairs
,Committee wilt sponsor a conference on foreign student af;
( fairs on Dec. 14 and 15 to acquaint students with the proh
ilems of foreign students.
Very often the American student does not understand
' these problems and questions although he may be in a group .
'which is interested in knowing
}and helping, an 'NSA spokesman
said
A conference such as this was
held on a national level last sum
mer and NSA officials feel that
much was gained for both the
American and foreign students.
They feel that a conference at
the University would have an
even greater effect.
4 Topics Cited
The first day of the conference
will be spent in discussing the
orientation and adjustment of the
foreign student. The topics will be
orientation on campus—both for
mal and informal, language bar
rier, and cultural shock, and the
amont of conformity desired or
received by the foreign student.
Questions that will be discussed
at the second and final day of the
conference will be: Are foreign
students anti-social? Do Ameri
can students consider them un
sociable? Should internationolly
interested clubs be conducted so
cially and politically? Do Cauca
sian foreign students feel warmer
relationships than other students?
and Do we let religious and other
prejudices enter into relation
ships?
Invitations Extended
Two representatives from all
groups working with foreign stu
dents will be invited in addition
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to seven foreign students. Others
interested, although not receiving
an invitation through this chan
nel, may also attend.
Groups invited wilt be the
Home Economics International
Friends Club, International Rela•
tions Committee, World Univer
sity Service, University Christian.
Association, Cosmopolitan Club,
Intercollegiate Council on Gov
ernment, Interfraternity, Council,
Panhellenic Council, Association.
of Independent Men. • Leonides,
Cabinet, Political Science Club,
and Women's Student Govern
ment Association.
Residents Admitted Free
The University adopted a policy
whereby no tuition was charged
residents of the state when James
Calder was president in the 1870's.
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