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• —Daily Collegian Photo by Dave Bavar
FIREMEN fight the Sunday morning blaze that forced eight
students to find other living quarters.
$BOOO Fire Leaves
8 Students Homeless
Eight students were temporarily made homeless by an
$BOOO fire that struck their rooming house at 9 a.m. Sunday.
Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity gave the students emer
gency housing Sunday afternoon and night. Seven of them
will move into -residence halls this week, according to the
dean of men's office, and the
eighth has found a room down
town
'The students who were sudden
ly. displaced are:
Merle Cooper, 10th semester arts
and letters major from Wilmer
ding;.David Dutot, junior in horti
culture from Gouldsboro; Edward
Edinger, junior in industrial en
gineering from Mercer; Richard
Grubel; Donald Haller, sophomore
in pre-veterinary from Erie; Tel
ford Hill Jr., sophomore in agri
cultural education from Ebens
burg; and Theodore Ifft, junior in
agricultural economics from Mer
cer.
• The blaze, which took fire
men almost two hours to bring
under control, started around
the furnace in the cellar.
The furnace had been fixed at
about 8 a.m. by John B. Frank
enberger, manager of the rooming
house, and at 9 a.m. he and his
wife went to investigate what ap
peared to be_the smell of smoke
coming from the cellar.
h e a Mrs. Frankenberger
opened the cellar door, flames
leaped.out. Frankenberger said
the - fire was probably fed by a
partly dry wash hanging in the
cellar.
The blaze spread ,quickly
through the walls and floors, and
by the time fire equipment ar
rived, flames were licking at the
underside of the roof of the three
story:building.
Extensive damage, estimated
at $BOOO, was done to the house
and personal belongings by the
flames, The smoke and The gal
lons of water poured on by fire
• fighters.
Mr. and Mrs. Frankenberger,
who were also made homeless by
the. fire, are living with friends.
The house lis owned by Mrs
Ethel Ewing. I
No one as injured in the
fire. Two o the students, who
live on the third floor, which
was the sce .e of the most ex
tensive dam.ge, were away for
the: weaken
Much of
and' other •
damaged by
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-rsonal effects was
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STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 26. 1957
AN ALPHA FIREMAN losses a
trunk to one _.of the students
burned out of his living quar
ters Sunday morning.
SDT, Alpha Zeta Earn Top Averages
Sigma Delta Tau sorority
and Alpha Zeta fraternity re
ceived the highest averages
among fraternity, sorority
and independent groups for
the fall semester, according to sta
tistics released yesterday by the
dean of men's office.
Sigma Delta Tau's average of
3.16 was the highest average for
any University group and Alpha
Zeta placed first among fraterni-,
ties with a 2.93 average and eighth
among all groups.
Sigma Delta Tau moved from
21st place for the spring semester
of 1956 with a. 2.79 average into
first place. for -the fall semester.
Alpha Zeta's average of 2.78 for
the spring semester of 1956 placed
it 22nd in University groups for
that semester.
Kappa Alpha Theta was in sec
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Hart to Head *IC;
Wins on Ist Ballot
James Hart, Acacia, last night won the .Interfraternity Council presidency on the first
ballot, defeating Ronald Ross, Omega Psi Phi, and Richard Moon, Beta Theta Pi.
Hart, who succeeds Daniel Land, Sigma Nu, won 31 of the council's 55 votes to 16 for
Ross and eight for Moon.
Thomas Schneider, Phi Kappa Sigma, was elected vice president on the second bal
lot. It took four ballots for the council to elect Stephen Higgins, Sigma Chi, secretary-treas
urer.
Schneider received 30 votes on
the second ballot to 13 for John.
Spangler, Delta Chi, and 12 for
Leonard Sichel, Theta.XL He suc
ceeds Howard F. Thompson, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Schneider received 30 votes on
the second ballot to 13 for John
Spangler, Delta Chi, and 12 for
Leonard Sichel, Theta Xi. He suc
ceeds Howard F. Thompson, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Higgins, who will take dyer as
secretary-treasurer from John
Valentine, Pi Kappa Alpha, de
feated Patrick Rielly, Kappa Del
ta Rho, 34 to 20, on the fourth
ballot.
Legislature
Passes Tax
Amendments
HARRISBURG, March 25 (fP)
The Republican-controlled Legis
lature tonight approved finally a
series of controversial sales tax
amendments giving new exemp
tions
. to manufacturers, public
utilities and shipyards.
Gov. Leader immediately broke
with precedent and asked the law
makers to hear him tomorrow. He
was expected to ask that the
amendments be reconsidered.
_ Leader to Attack
Ordinarily, a governor either]
signs a tax bill into law or vetoes
it. Leader was reported ready to
attack the amendments on the
basis of what other Democrats
have described as "a Republican
giveaway."
The. House, beating down Dem
ocratic opposition, voted 124-77 to
approve the Senate. amendments
dealing with, the broadened ex
emptions for industrial interests.
A half hour later, newsmen re
ceived word that the governor
had asked the GOP legislative
leadership for permission to ad
dress a joint session tomorrow.
Courtesy Granted
Such permission -is- usually
granted as a courtesy,
Rep. Johnson, House Republi
can floor leader, said he doubted
if the Legislature would change its
mind on the sales levy.
The House spent most of its
session debating the controversial
amendments dealing with indus
try. Not in dispute was the plan
to keep the 3 per cent sales levy
from dropping to 2 per cent June
1 and to eliminate the stamp plan
for collecting the tax.
Dennis Will Address
Plant Science Group
Lawrence E. Dennis, vice presi-1
dent for academic affairs, will ad
dress the Plant Science Club at
7:30 tonight in 111 Tyson.
The topic of his speech will be
"The Changing Nature of the Uni
versity." He will discuss the prob
lems that institutions of higher
learning must face when meeting
the new challenges of modern
times.
and place with a 3.12 average.
Runner-up for- fraternity honors
was Triangle with a 2.68, which
placed it 22nd among all groups.
Both the sorority women's and
All-University women's averages
—2.85 and 2.64—were higher than
the independent women's average,
of 2.55.
The fraternity men's average of
2.33 ranked higher than the inde
pendent men's average of 2.31,
While the over-all fraternity-soror
ity average of 2.49 topped the non.
fraternity non-sorority average of
236.
. The All-University average of
2.39 was five places higher than
the independent average of 2.36,
and 16 places higher than the All-
University men and independen
men's averages which were both
221.
The All-University average of
2.39 is lower than that for the
rgiatt
James Hart
New IFC President
bth Greek Sing
Preliminaries
Begin Tonight
The sixth annual Greek Week
at the University will begin at
6:30 tonight when 19 fraternities
compete in the preliminary round
of the Interfraternity-Panhellenic
Councils Sing in Schwab Audi
torium.
Sixteen sororities will compete'
in the preliminary rounds starting
at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.
The required song for fra
ternities is the "Whiffenpoof
Song," and for sororities. "Mo
ments to Remember." Both
groups will sing another song i
of their own choosing which
may be presented with or with
piano accompaniment.
This year, permanent trophies
will be given to first-place win
ners in both divisions, and second
place winners will receive bronze
plaques.
In previous years. rotating
trophies and permanent plaques
were given to the first-place
winners. In order to retire a
trophy, the sorority or fra
ternity had to win the sing
for three consecutive times.
Winning choruses in both to
right's and tomorrow night's per
ormances will compete in the
final round at 7 p.m. Friday.
spring semester of 1956 when the
All-University average was 2.45.
Beta Sigma Omicron, who placed
first among all groups for the 1956
spring semester with a 3.13, was
tied for third place among all
groups for the fall semester with
Delta Gamma. The average was
3.05.
Theta Delta Chi, with a 2.62.
average, moved into third place
among fraternities and 26th place
among all groups. During the
spring semester of 1956, the fra
lernity was ranked 79th among
all groups.
The complete averages are as
follows:
Sigma Delta Tan, 3.16; Kappa Alpha
Theta. 3.12; Beta Sigma Omicron. 3.05;
Delta Gamma, 3.05; Kappa Kappa Gamma,
2.99; Gamma Phi Beta. 2.-54: Phi Sigma
Sigma. 2.94: Alpha Zeta. 2.93 ; Alpha Kappa
Alpha, 2.91; Alpha Chi Omega. 2.88; Alpha
Xi Delta. 2.87: Alpha Epsilon Phi. 2.86.
Sorority women. 2.83; Pi Bets Phi, 2.83;
Delta Zeta, 2.82: Kappa Delta, 2.92: Delta
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Wins Two Victories
The IFC presidency was the
first of two victories Hart won
last night. During the time IFC
was meeting, shortly after the
presidential ballot, Hart gained a
first-round victory in the Intra
mural Wrestling matches at Rec
reation Hall.
Hart. last year's 128-pound
champion, won a 7-1 decision in
the 135-pound class over Leonard
Shirk. Alpha Zeta.
In the IFC vice presidential
voting, Schneider polled 26 tallies
on the first ballot to 12 for Sichel,
10 for Spangler and 7 for Peter
Dangerfield, Phi Delta Theta.
Majority Vole Needed -
In IFC elections, the nominee
who wins the fewest number of
votes is dropped from the ballot.
The voting continues until one
nominee receives a majority.
Higgins and Rielly both re
ceived 15 votes on the first ballot
in the election for secretary-treas
urer. James Shok, Theta Kappa
Phi, polled 12, Jack Halpern, Phi
Sigma Delta, 9. and Pat Kinney,
Pi Kappa Phi, 4.
Higgins led Rielly during the
rest of the voting, 18-14 on the
second ballot, 24-16 on the third
and 34-20 on the fourth.
Halpern, Skok Dropped
Halpern was eliminated on the
second ballot when he failed to
increase his vote and Skok
dropped out after the third round,
on which he won 14 votes.
In other business, Joseph Eber
ly, IFC parliamentarian, intro
duced eight constitutional amend
ments dealing with the organiza
tion of the council.
Under one of Eberly's amend
ments, which will be acted upon
at the council's next meeting, the
appointed executive secretary
would become an- elected execu
tive vice president. Another
amendment tightens attendance
and substitutes rules at council
meetings.
Lion Predicts
Possible Rain
The light snow that fell on the
Centre County area yesterday did
not deter the Nittany Lion in his
effort to gain pov er on campus.
The Lion caller
an emergent;
meeting of hi
cheering sectio]
yesterday to prc
claim his cand,
dacy for presi
dent of IFC.
But his follow
ers finally di:
suaded him fror
running, and the
election went of
last night wit
no sign of the
Today's forecast calls for in
creasing cloudiness with possible
showers. High should be between
45 and 50 degrees.
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