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VOL. 57. No. 98
Sigma
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tf Sigma Phi Alpha, the oldest local frat
li versity, have approved a national merger
Lambda fraternity.
The alumni
ernity at the Un
with Alpha Kap
Although all 1
already large e 1
ballots have not been counted, the vote is
ough that the merger could not possibly
1
LA Co
Preside
Still 0
1r the office of
.eral Arts Stu
left open at
1 meeting as
, junior from
,obert Steele,
College, de-
The candidacy f
president of the Li
dent Council was
last night's counc
both Robert Nuroc
Elkin Park, and
junior from Stat.
dined nominations
Steele was named as candidate'
for All-University - president by,
the Campus Party Monday night.
There were no further nomina
tions for the president after Steele
and Nurock declined. Nomina
tions for all offices will still be
open at the next council meeting.
Jay Feldstein, sophomore from
Elizabeth, was nominated for vice
president. Feldstein was the only
nominee for the office.
The council nominated three
for the . office of secretary-treas
urer. Sandra Shogren, sophomore
from Pittsburgh, Bonnie Keys,
sophomore from Mt. Penn, and
Lois Henderson, sophomore from
Hazleton, were the nominees.
The election for the council of
fices will be held April 3 and 4.
The council also formed a com
mittee to investigate the prospect
of holding a series of speeches
designed to aid liberal arts stu
dents in chosing a career. This
was suggested because of the feel
ing on the part of the council
that many students in liberal arts
are not decided on what they will
do after graduation.
The proposed lecture series
would feature speakers represent
ing various careers.
Snow to Ruin
Lion's Party
The Lion kept popping up out;
of his den this morning looking!
for signs of the coming snow.
"The weatherman
right today,"
himself. "It
can't snow
rve planned
big party."
He - was b
planning a
intellectual.
stimulating
ty for tong!
redeem him:
He has been
cused lately
the 'most qi
tionable cone
But he is tt
ed.since snows are to begin late,
- in the afternoon and continue
through the night, accompanied
by daytime tempera i tures of 30 to
35 degrees.
University Re
At Ed TV Cony
Joseph A. Murnin,
sistant in the inst
search program, is
l
the University thin
Washington, D.C.
educational televisil
The conclave is
the Department of
Instruction.
Panhel Officer
Barbara Nicholls; Panhellenic
Council president, has asked sor
orities to turn in their- slates for
Panhellenic officers by 5:30 p.m.
ay in 38 Simmons.
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Alpha Alumni
rger with An
be voted down.
Leslie Hoffman, house presi
dent, said that of 230 ballots sent
to the active alumni, 136 have
been received with a total of 130
affirmative votes.
Even with official approval
fr om the national fraternity,
which has not yet been received,
the group' must petitioil to the
Senate Committee on Student Af
fairs for a charter.
To Petition Soon
ncil
cy
en
Hoffman said the fraternity
will petition the Senate commit-I
tee "within the next week or so."}
When Sigma Phi Alpha obtains
national affiliation, it will reduce
the number of local fraternities
at the University to two. They
are Pi Sigma Upsilon and Beaver'
House.
Sigma Phi Alpha first came to
the University in 1919 when it
was known as the Friends' (to
denote its Quaker background)
Student Hostel. The following
year it was reorganized under
the name of Friends' Union and
recognized by the Interfraternity
Council. It was in 1930 that the
group came to be known by its
present name.
Governed by Directors
The present house is located at
134 E. Foster Ave., and has 30
members. The house is governed
by the Sigma Phi Alpha Corp.,
Which is located in Philadelphia
and is composed of a board of
10 alumni directors.
A 'local alumni chapter with
seven members is in existence in
State College.
"One of the reasons we chose
to affiliate with Alpha Kappa
Lambda," Hoffman said, "is be-
CallSe its framework and ideals
are comparable to ours to a great
extent."
A tentative date in May has
been set for the formal presenta
tion of the national charter and a
three-day celebration, Hof f man
said.
Alpha Kappa Lambda was
founded by 11 men in January,
1907, at the University of Cali
fornia in Berkeley, Calif.
The fraternity now has 14 ac
tive chapters, the most recent
ones established in 1955 at the
College of the Pacific in Stock
ton, Calif., and at Millikin Uni
versity in Decatur, Dl.
When the local group receives
national status it will be the only
eastern chapter of Alpha Kappa
Lambda. Other chapters are at
Stanford University, the Univer
sities of Illinois, Wisconsin, Mich
igan, Kansas, Purdue University
and Ohio State University.
Action on IFCPA Constitution Delayed
Definite action on the pro
posed constitution for the In
terfraternity Council Purchas
ing Association (IFCPA) has
been delayed until Monday to
give house presidents a chance
to take the plan back to their
members.
resented
ntion
, research asp
"ruetional re
representing
week at al
,Jonvention on
On.
Daniel Land, IFC president,
presented the constitution of the
IFCPA to the presidents Monday
night.
The association was designed to
replace the Fraternity Marketing
Association which will discon
tinue operations by the end of
the semester.
.ponsored by
Audio-Visual
lates
If the association's constitution
is approved at the next meeting,
it will be sent to the Senate Com
mittee on Student Affairs for
chartering.
• 0. Edward Pollock, assistant to
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 6. 1957
Founded in 1907
To Replace FMA.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Ike's Mideast Plan
Passed by Senate
WASHINGTON, March 5 VP)---The Senate adopted overwhelming tonight a resolution
serving notice on Russia the United States will fight, if necessary, to help halt Com
munist aggression in the Middle East.
The vote was 72-19. Passage of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Middle East resolu
tion came at the close of more than two weeks of debate on
Survey Exposes
Habit of Cheating
A survey of American college students indicated today
that "systematic cheating on examinations is the custom
[ rather than the exception" at many large colleges.
The survey, conducted by Philip E. Jacob, social science
professor at:the University of Pennsylvania, was prepared
for delivery to the 12th National
Conference on Higher Education
in Chicago, according to the
Associated Press.
In contrast to what the report'
called "generally low standards 'n
regard to academic honesty" were
findings about college students'
'standards of sexual morality.
"Despite the boldness of college
talk, dress and outward social
conduct," it said, "... in personal
practice and findamental belief
students generally hold to stand
ards which are thoroughly con
ventional."
Misdirected Male
. .
\huts Thompson,
Surprises Coeds
"Don't ever take directions
from strangers," said a male stu
dent as he dashed out of Thomp
son Hall Friday night.
He had gone into Thompson
thinking it to be Hamilton, as he
had been told by an unidentified
direction-giver.
He knocked on the door of
what was supposed to be his
friend's room. When he got no
answer, he poked his head into
an 'open door adjacent and
much to his surprise—stood
staring at 10 coeds.
"This must be the girls' dorm,"
he gulped.
"Yea, I guess it must," said the
startled coeds.
Whereupon, he streaked from
;the spot to less incriminating
!grounds outside.
WSGA Senate to Hear
Honor System Report
The Women's Student Govern
ment Association Senate will meet
at 6:30 tonight in 213 Hetzel
Union.
The implementation committee
will give a report on the progress I
of the proposed honor system in
connection with the drinking
problem. The committee has noti
fied members of the Psychology
Department to obtain further in
formation for its report.
Collegian Editorial Candidates
Candidates for The Daily Col
legian editorial staff will meet at
7 tonight in 1 Carnegie.
the dean of men in charge of
fraternity affairs, presented frat
ernity house plans to the repre
sentatives and asked for correc
tions. The plans were drawn up
by the armed forces during World
War II and have not been cor
rected since then.
Survey to Start
The correction of house plans
is the first step in a survey that
will be undertaken in the next
few weeks by department of civil
engineers of Physical Plant as
part o a safety inspection pro
gram.
The Board of Trustees has au
thorized the University to insti
tute a safety inspection program.
Alter the engineers inspect the
fraternity houses, they will report
any safety hazards to the dean of
men's office and the fraternity
will -be- asked to make _necessary
improvements.
Pollock asked fraternities to re
turn corrected house plans to his
egiatt
Students' Values
Jacob's study inquired into
what influence colleges and uni
versities have on students' social,
moral and religious values.
The answer, he said, is that "for
the most part" they seem to have
no influence at all.
Although the "intellectual, cul
tural or moral climate of some in
stitutions stands out," Jacob said,
most colleges "will have to learn
how to . . . salvage the most es
sential product of a liberal educa
tion—students who know what
they value and why."
Cheating Obvious Fault
Although students generally
seemed to profess reasonably high
values, Jacob said, "it is with re
gard to cheating that the chinks
in. the moral armor of American ,
students are most obvious?'
"The situation varies greatly
among institutions," he added,
"but the practice is so widespread,
as to challenge the well-nigh uni
versal claim of students that they
value honesty as a moral virtue.
"Frequent cheating is admitted
by 40 per cent or more at a large
number of colleges, often with no
apology or sense of wrong-doing."
office by Friday
In other business, Land an
nounced the IFC elections sched
lule. Officers to be elected include
president, vice president and sec
retary-treasurer. Self-nominations
for these positions opened Mon
day night. The deadline for filing
nominations will be midnight
March 17. Election speeches will
Ibe given on March 18 and elec-
Itions will be held on March 25.
Howard F. Thompson, IFC vice
president, announced that Sammy
Kaye will play for the IFC-Panhel
Ball to be held April 5. Advanced
ticket sales will begin on March
18. The council voted to omit cor
sages from the balL
Evaluation Sheets Due
David Tressler of the Outstand
ing Fraternity Award committee,
requested fraternities to hand in
evaluation- sheets
.by 7 p.m. March
24 at the Hetzel Union desk. Last
year, 34 out of a possible 54 frat
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he .proposal which:
•Pledges the United States to
use its military forces if the
President deems it necessary to
help any Middle East nation
which asks U.S. help in resisting
overt armed aggression by the
Reds.
•Gives the President authority
to spend up to $200,000,000, free of
most present restrictions, in sup
plying arms aid and economic as
sistance to Middle East nations
between now and July 1.
Eisenhower asked urgently for
the authority in a special mes-
WASHINGTON. March 5 (IP)
—Both of Permsylvanies sena
tors. Republican Edward Mar
tin and Democrat Joseph S.
Clark voted with the majority
tonight on the Middle East res
olution. which passed by a vote
of 72-19.
sage two months ago today. The
House gave its approval, 355-61,
Jan. 30.
The Senate has beer: debating
the subject with deliberation.
Ordinarily, the Senate and
House versions would be turned
over to a conference committee of
both branches for adjusting dif
fereaces.
However, there were reports
that the House may be inclined
to accept the Senate language,
without going through the confer
ence committee process.
Further Debate Unneeded
The basis for these reports was
said to be a feeling that there
need not be any further consider
ation, since the administration has
approved the essentials of the
Senate version.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles added to the likelihood of
early, final action by Congress.
In a statement saying "I am de
lighted" at the Senate's action,
Dulles quickly accepted the Sen
ate's version of the resolution.
"While further action will be
necessary oecause of variations
between tne language of the
House resolution and that adopted
by the Senate, the substance is
tne same," he said.
'Nonpaxlisan' Backing
. "It is now clear that the Con
giess of the United States has, by
an impressive, nonpartisan ma
jority Joined with the Yresident to
assure the peopies of the free na
tions in the Middle East that the
United States stands ready to
join with them to. ouild up their
strength ana, if need be, help
them defend their national integ
irity and inuependence against
:Communist armed aggression.
"This is a major step and should
contribute greatly to peace and
secur - .4 in the area."
In one change voted today, the
Senate approved 48-43 an amend
ment by Sen. Mike Mansfield
(D. Mont.) pledging support of
United Nations police forces in
the Egypt-Israel area.
Council Tables
DST Decision
Borough Council Monday night
tabled a motion setting up day
light saving time for the period
April 28 to Oct. 27.
The Council members said they
wish to confer with the school
districts and wi, other boroughs
before making a decision.
The Council also voted to di
rect the Civil Service Commis
sion to conduct examinations for
a list of persons eligible for ap
pointment to the police depart
ment
The Council took this action be
cause of the short-handedness of
the .forte at the present time.
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