Today's Fore
VOL. 57. No. 80
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take a gift of $375 loaned to five Hungarian
Jniversity Cabinet was defeated by a 12-11
Cabinet.
A motion to r
students by All
vote Thursday bj
Cabinet loan
book, clothing ;
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WASHINGTON,
President Dwight
and Saudi Arabia’:
Feb. 8 UP)
D. Eisenhower
King Ibn Saud
coupled announcenent of a long
heralded air bast-for-arms deal
today with a pledge to oppose any
use of force in the Middle East.
Those were the : alien! points in
a joint communique summing up
talks which'started Jan. 30.
600 Words Long
The communique, about 600
words'long, was issued after Ei
senhower had flown to Thomas
ville, Ga., and Saud had gone to
Blair House following a final 95-
minute meeting at the White
House between the two heads of
state.
The 55-year-old King flies out
of Washington tomorrow aboard
the Columbine 111, the same plane
Eisenhower took today to Thom
asville. Travelling with the King,
by royal invitation, will be Victor
Purse, deputy chief of protocol for
the State Department.
Purse Saud's Guide
.The 38-year-old Purse has been
Saud’s guide since the beginning
of his American visit, last week.
Saud’s frosty reception Jan. 29
by New York City’s Mayor Robert
Wagner seemed long since forgot
ten, buried under more recent
memories of the way Washington
shined up to the fabled ruler.
The communique applauded
“the atmosphere of cordiality” in
which Eisenhower and Saud. to
gether with aides, held their con
sultations.
IFC Plans 3rd
Open House
Frgshman men may attend the
third open house that the Inter
fraternity Council will sponsor in
fraternity houses next week.
Hugh Moore, IFC rushing chair
man, said freshmen, new students
who have transferred to the Uni
versity from other colleges or the
centers and students who were in
eligible to rush previously be
cause of their averages should at
tend the open houses so that they
may acquaint themselves with
the fraternity system and the
houses.
• Open house for fraternities east
of Locust Lane will be conducted
from 7 to 8:30 p.m.' Monday. For
fraternities west of Locust Lane;
it will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, and at the same time on
Thursday for fraternities on cam
pus.
Senator Proposes
Income Tax Bills
Two income tax exemption
bills designed to assist parents of
students and tax-paying students
have been introduced this'week
in the U.S. Senate by Sen. John
W. Fulbright (D-Ark).
One bill would .allow an addi
tional tax exemption, for the par
ent of a full-time college student
under the age of 23. The second
would enable a student to deduct
expenses for his books, tuition,
fees and supplies.
Fulbright introduced the same
bills last April, but was unable
to obtain action before Congress
adjourned. / ■ i
(Hire Daily fS| (E
iet Defeats
arian 'Gift'
the five students $75 to help pay
expenses. The University has
awarded full academic scholar
ships to the students.
Lash Howes, president of the
Association of Independent Men,
said he favored giving the money
to the students as long as they
were required to repay the loans,
but that no real. need exists to
donate the money to the students.
The students will receive an
! education from the University
which will enable them to repay
!the loans, he said.
Asked to Cooperate
Joseph Eberly. president ofi
Chemistry and Physics Student
Council, said Cabinet was asked
by the University to cooperate
and that it could donate the mon
ey “out of the goodness of our
hearts or the largenessof ouri
treasury.” |
Daniel Land, Interfraternity
Council president, said he felt
fraternities cooperated in that
they offered free room and board
to the students. Joseph Hartnett,
senior class president, said sev
eral fraternities were willing to
pay book and clothes costs as
well as room and board expenses.
I Three Sponsored
Three of the five students were
jsponsored by the Hungarian Guest]
Committee, a town committee.!
One of these three students, a
woman, is living at the Lutheran
Student Center.
Another student is living at the
home of Charles Hosier, associate
professor of meteorology. The
third student sponsored by the!
Guest committee is living at a
private home in town. j
The remaining two Hungarian
students now at the University
were sponsored by the Hungarian
Student Assistance Committee
which is a subcommittee of the
University Committee on Inter
national Understanding.
Lives at Acacia
One of the students sponsored
by the student'group is living at
Acacia fraternity. The other stu-!
dent is living at Koinonia Club, an 1
organization of independent stu
dents living cooperatively.
The first of two more Hungarian
students sponsored by the student
group is scheduled to arrive at the
University this weekend. He will
live at Alpha Gamma Rho fra
ternity.
Amos T. Shaler, head of the
Department of Meteorology and
chairman of- the international
understanding committee and its
subcommittee on student - assist
ance. said he will make .arrange
ments .today to bring the other
student to the University. Sigma
Pi has offered room and board to
the student.
(Continued on page eight)
Sorority Rushing Will Begin Today
Spring formal rushing for
almost 300 coeds will begin
at 2 p.m.' today with open
houses in the sorority suites.
The open houses will con
tinue until 5 p.m. and will also
be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
No invitations .will be sent by
the sororities. Coeds may visit
any suite during these two days.
Under Panhellenic regulations,
women should stay no longer
than 30 minutes in one suite. , Wo
men visiting Alpha Epsilon Phi,
Sigma Delta Tau, Phi Sigma Sig
ma or Alpha Kappa Alpha may
stay as- long as one hour.
Dress Specified
Dress 'for open houses will be
tailored suits or woolen dress,
heels and hose. Hats and gloves
are optional. Each sorority will
furnish its own name tags for
op'en houses. For all other rushing
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE,
PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 9. 1957
Elevator Sttands
Simmons Coed
40 Minutes
Many students often feel the
urge to “just get away from it all”;
and retire to some isolated comer
of- the dormitory.
Forty minutes of solitary
'confinement, however, was not -
the choice of Anita Sabatine, ,
sophomore in arts and letters j
from Saylorsburg. when she !
- routinely stepped into an ele
vator Thursday night in Sim- :
pions Hall. >
As Miss Sabatine traveled j
downward, the motor suddenly]
stopped—but the elevator didn’t.)
It fell to the bottom of the shaft)
and was stopped below the base-)
ment by a safety device.
The stranded coed yelled for
help and, after fen minutes,
was finaUy heard by a friend
watching television two floors ;
! above. The friend immediately ■
notified the dormitory hostess \
and the Campus Patrol was ]
called. i
Meanwhile, Miss Sabatine real-|
ized the only way out to be the]
! trapdoor at the ceiling of the]
{elevator. Bracing one foot on the
wall and the other on the rail,
(Continued on' page eight)
Today's Rain
Catches Lion
Unprepared
“Why didn’t I make it to the
umbrella repair shop yesterday
while the sun was shining?” the
Nittany Lion admonished himself
this morning.
“Now I shall have to go out
into what is sup
posed to be a wet
day with my
sieve-like, prac
tically useless
umbrella. ”
Well, he cer
tai n 1 y wasn’t
going to miss out
on the.last “ap
preciation day,”
come what may,
so he took the
worn-out thing,
put on his slicke:
reluctantly from his lair
His spirits were lifted slightly
by the comfortable 40-degree tem
perature, but he couldn’t help
reminding himself of the predict
ed rain.
And what with the "monsoon
month” coming up in 20 days or
so. he was in a generally grumbly
mood.
Coed Debate Discussion
In order to introduce the Wo
men’s Debate Team to coeds,
Clayton H. Shug, professor of
public speaking and advisor to
the team, will discuss debate pro
cedures at 7 p.m. Monday in 2
Sparks.
functions, official Panhellenic tags
should be used.
Rushees have been reminded
by the council to bring .their
rushing booklets. The booklets in
clude floor plans of the dormi
tories and the location of each
suite.
Rushing will continue next
week with two rounds of “chat
ter dates.” The first will be held
from 2 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Monday and from 1 to 5 p.m. and
6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Invitations Needed
Coeds will attend “chatter
dates” by invitation only. Invita
tions may be obtained from 11
am. to 12:30 p.m. in the Panhel
ienic post office in Women's
Building. Rushees will answer in
vitations at that time.
Barbara Nicholls, Council presi
dent, has emphasized that it is
extremely important for women
to answer all invitations, includ
ing those which they cannot ac
cept. Unless this is done, sorori-
ollwjtatt
Merchants' Views
Asked on Discount
The student discount service plan
step today when the National Studen
tee on student affairs sends out letter
State College explaining the idea and
Members of the committee >vill
chants personally to find out their!
response.
Previously, students in dormi-'
tories and fraternities were given;
questionnaires asking if they'
would be in favor of the service.
Of 482 returned, 427 were in favor
and the same number did not feel
that the prices in State College
compare favorably with those in
their hometowns
The majority of the students
said they spent S2O to S3O a month;
and most of this went toward
necessities. Most felt that if a
student discount service were in
effect they would do more of
their shopping for luxuries in
State College.
Local Stores Chosen
The stores that the students;;
would most like to see included!;
in the discount service are Metz-j
gers. the Athletic Store, Kalin’s.)
Keelers, Hur’s, Jack Harpers, ;
Charles Shop. Ethel Meserve’s.!,
Levine's and the Music Room, j
A 10 to 15 per cent discount;'
will be called for in the plan, ac-! ;
cording to Jacob Timbers, head;
;of the student affairs committee.)
(The plan would benefit the mer-i
chant by increasing his turnover!
and it would help the student by'
allowing him to buy merchandise!
at a reduced rate, he said.
Could Buy More
The service would persuade;
many students to buy merchan-i
dire in State College who other-!,
wise would not do so because of : ,
the high prices and if a greater}
! number of students buy items, the;
(merchant would increase his sales,;
he said. i
j This system, first established in;
i 1951, has been successfully operat-|
Sing in 23 cities of the United}
j States. Stores in cities such as
(Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston,)
(Pittsburgh and Bethlehem have I
'given full support to the service 1
;and students have received from)
a 10 to 20 per cent discount ini
(clothing stores, cleaners, jewelers.)
bookstores, restaurants, service
(stations and gift shops by.showing:
i an official identification card from
; their school.
Comments Included
A few of the comments written;
•on the back of the questionnaires,
(are as follows:
; “I would like to do much more;
purchasing and would be able to)
,do it if the discount service were
.(put into effect.”
“My hometown has a small
1 1 men’s college and most of the
•} shops in the community try to
1: help by giving student discounts.”
' (Continued on page eight)
ties will not know whether the!
rushee is coming. Eight invita
tions may be accepted to the first
“chatter dates.”
' Second Round
The second round of “chatter
dates” will be held at the same
(times Wednesday and Thursday.
Rushees will obtain invitations
from 11a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the
post office. Five invitations may
be accepted. Sororities should
have their invitations at the post
office by 8 a.m.
School clothes will be worn to
“chatter dates.”
Sorority women will be in the)
post office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
each day to answer general ques-!
tions about rushing and sorori
ties. These questions include whatj
is expected of a pledge and an!
active member and how much)
each sorority costs.
Mrs. R. Mae Shultz, assistant
dean of women, will be in the
post office to discuss other ques
tions on rushing problems.
Exam
Exemptions^
See Page 4
. will advance another
;t Association commit
's to the merchants of
its merits.
then notify* the mer-
15 Compete
In Hypnotic
Eye Contest
Fifteen coeds have been chosen
semi-finalists in the "Girl with
the Most Hypnotic Eyes” contest
held by Alpha Phi Omega, na
tional service fraternity.
The contest, which attracted 52
entrants, is being held in con
junction with a hypnotic show
which will take place at 8 tonight
in Schwab Auditorium.
} Known Hypnotist
! Howard Klein, nationally known
.hypnotist, will present the show,
which is being sponsored by
IAPhiO.
A photographer and reporter
from Life magazine may cover
the performance, it was an
nounced by Wayne Lippman,
;APhiO spokesman.
The semi-finalists are Shellie
(Bernstein, Esther Segal. Mary
Weeks, Barbara Voysey; Candace
Huber. Mary V. Taylor, Sandra
Finkelstein, Ann Swab, Edith
Shearman, Dorothy Ches n e y,
;Carol P. Miller. Anne Smith, Lin
da' Fullerton, Alice Beebe, and
Jean Holcombe.
! ' Applicants- Screened
They were chosen by a screen
ing committee of APhi’O members
and advisors, and were judged
only on their eyes.
Final judging will be made dur
ing tonight’s show. The judges
will be George L. Donovan, direc
tor of associated student activi
ties; Robert H. Breon Jr., profes
sional photographer; Clarence R.
Carpenter, head of the Depart
ment of Psychology: Albert
Christ-Janer, director of the
School of Fine Arts; and Frank
J. Simes, dean of men.
The judges will select five final
ists from the 15 contestants. One
of the five will be crowned “Girl
(Continued on page eight)
IFC to Discuss
Buying Problem
The Interfraternity Council will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 110
Electrical Engineering to discuss
the Board of Trustees decision en
abling University officials to coun
; sel with fraternities on their buy
ing problems.
j The board’s action- would allow
I various University departments to
consult with an IFC buying com-
Jmittee. the formation of which
(has been proposed for this semes
ter. The proposed committee
'would take over the food market
ing functions of the Fraternity
Marketing Association, which will
suspend operations by the end of
the semester.
The board’s action was taken
in response to a letter from IFC
President Daniel Land requesting
University aid and official recog
nition for the proposed organiza
tion.
j IFC will also hear a report on
(Greek Week by Robert Nuroek,
(Greek Week committee chairman.
Frosh Elected to WRA
I Louise Galusha, recreation edu
cation major from Essex Falls.
(N.J., and Jean Nigh, physical
education major from Chevy
•Chase, Md„ have been elected
(freshman representatives to the
•Women’s Recreation Association
[executive board.
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