Hig For The Interfrat:rnity Council last night approved a revi sionis: to its rushin code that will raise minimum pledging averages, but def ated a proposal which would defer fresh man rushing unti the second semester. The approved proposal will require freshman men to obtain a 2.2 average the semester immediately before they are pledged. In order to be eli gible for pledging, an upperclass man will have to obtain a 2.0 All- University average or a 2.2 aver age the semester before he is pledged. No student will be eligible for initiation unless he has a 2.0 All- University or semester average. As it now stands, a man must obtain a 2.0 All-University or se mester average to be eligible for pledging. The proposal, which was passed by a 32-13 vote, will go into effect in the fall. James Hart, chairman of the scholarship-evaluation committee, who presented the proposal at last' week's meeting, said the measure was taken for several reasons. He cited the University's efforts towards higher scholastic rating in the past two years. Academic Policies Soph. Unhurt When Auto Overturns Herbert Cohen, sophoinore in psychology from Scranton, mirac ulously escaped injury Sunday night when his car went out of control and• rolled over three times on Benner Pike. Cohen, who suffered only minor cuts on `he hand, said his car was demolished, the roof having been crushed almost to the seats. Cohen Called Lucky State troopers .who saw the accident and examined the wreck age said Cohen vLas extremely lucky to have been thrown to the floor of the car, since the steer ing wheel came out and plunged into the rear of the front seat. Cohen was alone when the accident occurred near Rockview on the way from Bellefonte to State College. A state police car was about 100 yards in front of him when the accident happened. They witnessed the mishap which occurred at 10:45 p.m. Taken to Barracks Co:ten was taken to the state police barracks to be interviewed for the police report and was then taken back to his car. The car was towed away. Cohen said the car went out of control when he pulled back into his lane after trying unsuccess fully to pass another car. Sprinkles Due, Mercury Rises With a forecast of spring temp.' eratures for today, the Nittany Lion planned an excursion to Whipple's Dam. The Lion, it seems, fancies him self an expert swimmer. He was overheard yesterday 'saying that he will definitely swim across the lake this season. The Lion attempted the swim last summer, 0 with great fan fare along the op. shore; but was unsuccessful. -------------4 accompanied : 7 —4— him on the at- ,r tempt, with an 90 1 : t e t, in e x p erienced :, friend at the wheel, - - went out of control short- MiIMEIM launched and came up with the Lion's bathing . suit on its pro pellor blades. The proposed crossing was im mediately canceled. Today's forecast calls for occa sional rain, with temperatures in the 50's this morning. The mer cury should rise to the 60's by this afternoon. News and Views Will Go On Sale The Home Economics Spring Weekend issue of News and Views, the College publication, will go on sale today. ' The issue is centered around spring weekend and its theme, "Food, the Corhmon Denominator of All." A schedule of Spring Weekend activities, articles on farcy food; and a feature story on the customs of the Amish peo ple, are included. ' News and Views is on sale at the Hetzel Union desk and the lobby of the Home Economics building. The price is 25 cents. pproves er Grade !edging The University has accom-1 plished this, he said, by initiating stricter entrance requirements, i raising the minimum graduation' requirement to a 2.0 in all Uni versity courses, and by instituting, a pre-orientation counseling ser- 1 vice for incoming freshmen. He also said that a comparison between the all-fraternity aver age and all men's average since 1952 -bows: • •The all-fraternity average has been stagnant, fluctuating be tween a 2.39 and a 2.30, finally reaching its present level of a 2.37. •The all-men's average has been increasing, fluctuating from a 2.27 to its present level of 2.38. "You can be sure the adminis tration won't let any group deter the progress toward a higher aca demic rating for the University," Hart said. Defeated Rushing Plan The council, by a vote of 16-35, defeated a proposal that would defer freshman rushing until the second semester. The provision stated that freshman rushing would not begin until the first! day of classes of their (the fresh man) second semester. It also provided that no fresh man would be pledged by a frat ernity until the end of the ninth academic week of . the second se mester. The enforcement of the defeat ed proposal would have depended upon "an honor and mutual trust !system," devised by the fraterni ties themselves. Before the defeat of the main proposal, the council passed an amendment that would authorize implementation of the rules for (Continued on page eight) - Egypt Challenges Authority Of UN Force in Gaza Strip UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 11 (H)—Egypt today challenged the authority of the UN Emergency Force in the Gaza Strip and said it is sending its own administra tion to take charge. President - Garnal Abdel Nas ser set forth Egypt's intentions in a cable from Cairo to Sec retary General Dag Hammar skjold here. Follows Demonstration The formal Egyptian -move followed a weekend of tumul tuous demonstrations for Egypt by Gaza residents. Many are refugees of the 1948 Palestine War. Israel officially expresied grave concern. The Mediterranean coastal strip was given up by Israeli troops last weeked under an Israeli "assumption" that. it would not revert to Egyptian Tilt Elaitg VOL. 57. No. 102 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 12. 1957 FIVE CENTS Schry Will Oppose Steele In All-U Presidential Race James Schry, junior in industrial engineering from Johnstown, will oppose Robert Steele, junior in arts and letters from State College, for All-University president in the I spring elections. Schry headed a list of nine candidates who won the Lion Party nominations Sunday night without a single vote cast in opposition. Steele defeated David Tressler, junior in education from South Connellsville The Candidates The following nominees were chosen Stinday night by ;i Campus and Lion parties to run in the spring elections next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: '-' Campus Party Position All-T: nisersity Offices President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Robert Steele John Rhodes Joseph Boehret Thomas Hollander .Richard Martin Jane Carson Bruee Walah Janet Ours •Jack R. Morrison. nominated for Junior Class president by'Catopus Party. later withdrew (see story below). Junior Nominee Withdraws ; Party to Choose Successor Campus Party was left without a full slate of candidates for the spring elections yesterday when 'its nominee for junior class president withdrew from the race. The with drawal of Jack R. Morrison, soph omore in psychology from Marys ville, was announced yesterday by Campus Party Clique Chairman John Bott Bott said the party clique will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in 119 Osmond to choose a nominee to replace Morrison. He has called for a representative turnout at, the meeting to insure the nomini ation of a "winning candidate." Had No Opposition Morrison, who was nominated without opposition, was not pres ent at the Campus Party clique meeting Sunday night. A veteran who lives at the Woodsdale Trail er Park, he could not be reached for comment last night. Lawrence Kowalski, junior in arts and letters from Hazleton, nominated Morrison Sunday. In a prepared statement, he said last night: I "I was asked to nominate Jack by a few of his friends who, at control. Egypt was the occupy ing power in Gaza under the 1949 armistice until Israel in vaded the strip and Egypt last fall? New Crisis Threalei:.o The new turn caused appre hension among UN diplomats. A serious new Middle East crisis may be in the making. Hammarskjold did not make public Nasser's message imme diately but he called a meeting of his seven-nation advisory committee on the UN Emer gency Force. Informed quarters said Nas ser told the secretary general that the General Assembly's resolutions outlining the func tions of UNEF did not give it authority to perform adminis trative duties. Appointing Governor For this reason, he was re ported to have said, he was ap pointing an Egyptian governor for the Gaza Strip. While some sources talked of FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Senior Class Offices President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Junior Class Offices President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer the time, thought he was running for the office. Since I thought— and still do—that he would be a fine candidate and class officer, I willingly submitted his name to the meeting." 'Regrets Loss' "Having been informed that Jack is unable to run because of personal reasons, I regret that Campus Party has lost an able candidate and that the junior class has lost his services." Bott said the party's constitu tion specifies that any clique meeting must have bet . announ ced at least four days in advance.' However, he said, Wednesday's' meeting will actually be a con-1 tinuation of the clique meeting, held on Sunday. He explained that, in the ex citement resulting from the an-, nouncement of the winners of the final balloting, he was not able to adjourn the meeting. a possible recall of the General Assembly to deal with the sit uation, Egyptian Foreign Min ister Mahmoud Fawzi left for Cairo with a statement that the Middle East situation "is reasonably good." Action Regrettable A source close to Hammar skjold called the Egyptian ac tion regrettable, but UN offi cials generally sought to mini mize its importance. Cairo announced an Egyp tian administration was taking over immediately the responsi bility for Gaza, and that Gen. Hassan Abdel La . fif was named military governor. We was in structed to assume his duties at once. Egypt protested also to Ham marskjold against the use of gunfire and tear gas by the UN Emergency Force to break up demonstrations and rioting in Gaza yesterday. Egypt said this exceeded the limits of UNEF duties. Tottrgian Lion Party James Sehry Joseph Shea Tyson Moyer Robert. Yeager Robert Kamlorki Sally Stauffer Robert Roth David West Moldovart hotly contested vote for the Cam pus Party nomination. Five nominations were unop posed in Campus Party, but there were three contests at the packed meeting. Joseph Boehret, junior in arts and letters from Riegels vine, defeated Robert Nurock, junior in arts and letters from El kins Park, for the nomination for All-University secretary-treasur er. Carson Defeats Lockwood Jane Carson, junior in home economics from North Charleroi, defeated Mary Lockwood, junior in home economics from Wash ington, D.C., for the senior class secretary-treasurer nomination. Bruce Walsh, sophomore in business administration fr om State College, won the nomination for junior class vice president by defeating Samuel Fleming, soph omore in chemical engineering from Huntingdon, in a run-off vote. Thomas Hockey, sophomore in journalism from Johnstown, lost the nomination on the first ballot and announced his support for Walsh. Nominees' Speeches In accepting the Lion Party nomination fo r All-University president, Schry - said he felt "an obligation to every member of the Lion Party." He called the campaign "a big job to do in the next two weeks." Steele said he wished to con tinue the Campus Party program. "I ask humbly for an opportunity to serve you," he said. The other nominees on the Campus Party slate, who were unopposed, are John Rhodes, jun ior in arts and letters from Falls Church, Va., All-University vice president; Thomas Hollander, jun ior in arts and letters from Mones sen, senior class president. Campus Party Nominees Richard Martin, junior in arts and letters from Philadelphia, sen ior class vice president, and Janet Ours, sophomore in business ad ministration from Ridgewood, N.J., junior class secrtary-treas urer. Jack R. Morrison, sophomore in psychology from Marysville, who was nominated unopposed for jun ior class president, has withdrawn his candidacy. Schry's running mates on the [ Lion Party ticket are Joseph Shea, junior in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Toronto, All-University vice president; Ty son Moyer, junior in business ad ministration from Wayne, All- University secretary-treasurer. Lion Party Nominees The junior nominees for senior class offices are Robert Yeager, metallurgy major from Bellefonte, president; Robert Kaminski, busi ness administration major from Harrisburg. vice president; and Sally Stauffer, applied art major from Erie, secretary-treasurer. The sophomore nominees for junior class offices are Robert Roth, chemical engineering major from Scranton, president; David Wes t, business administration from Erie, vice president, and Mariana Moldovan, physical edu cation major from Farrell, secre tary-treasurer. Walker Named to Head 'Easter Seal Campaign President Eric A. Walker will serve as general chairman of the 1957 Easter Seal campaign to help crippled children and adults in Centre County. The - campaign will begin Fri day and continue until Easter Sunday. April 21. A goal of $lO.- 000 has been set for the drive.
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