The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 03, 1957, Image 1

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    Today's For
cast:
Clear
and Cool
VOL. 58. No. 16
• ents Name Walker
ge Of
ited
I ural
Stu
Challe
Future
In Inau
iker will take
%lenge of the
guration to
/ ersity's 12th
Dr .Eric A. Wa
a look at the ch.
future in his ina
day as the Uni
president.
I guess! along
ty and alum
. er's address
in Recreation
Three hundred I
with students, fa
ni will hear Wal
at 11 this morning
Building.
Dr. Milton S. E'•
president of the
now president of
University, will fl _
Walker's inaugurai
!enhower, 11th
i niversity and
I ohns Hopkins
iin to attend
OIL
Members of W
have come from N
Ohio to see him
fatherand mother
*TS.
All classes will • e suspended
at 11 this morning to enable
faculty and students to attend
the ceremony. Classes will re
stune 'at 1
,p.m. today.
The program will open with an
Invocation by Dr. Luther H.
Harshbarger, University chaplain.
Greetings will be given by Robert
Steele, All-University president;
Dr. M. Nelson McGeary, profess3r
of political science; Eugene T.
Gramley, president of the Penn
State Alumni Association; and
Gov. George M. Leader.
George H. Deike, president of
the Board of Trustees, will pro
, nounce Walker the 12th presi
dent.
Walker was named to. succeed
Eisenhower more than a year ago
by the Trustees.
He has been executing -the
duties of president since then.
ICCB to Discuss
Council Elections
Inter-College Council BOard to
night will suggest a date for•elec
tions of freshman representatives
to all college student councils.
In the past, council elections
were held on different dates de
termined by the various councils
instead of by the board. ICCB will
meet immediately after the All-
University Cabinet meeting.
HoffaChargesßepudiated
By Teamsters Convention
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Oct. 2 (11))----The Teamsters conven
tion tonight overwhelmingly repudiated corruption charges
leveled at James R. Hoffa, Dave Beck and other Teamsters
bosses by the AFL-CIO.
The-AFL-CIO report detai
closures before the Senate Rai
was read of the convention. It
took about two hours as delegates
listened silently. . .
Then the delegates howled ap
proval of a motion to expunge the
AFL-CIO charges from the con
vention record.
This action followed a move by
Jeffery Cohelan, an Oakland,
Calif., delegate, to have Hoffa,
Beck and others named in ' the
AFL-CIO charges answer to the
i
delegates. He propo ed a union
investigation on the harges. This
was overwhelmingly rejected.
The voting demo Crated an
overwhelming numb r• of the del
egates are behind.H ffa and that
his election as Te ters presi
dent succeeding Bee was prac
tically certain.
. Colelan's unsucces
for a union probe of
against its leaders w
by Thomas J. Haggl
three candidates op
Toll
• 1
ker's family
w Jersey and
installed: his
nd two broth-
—Daily Collegian Photos by Marty Scharr
'KNOWN ALL MEN BY THIS TOKEN'—President Eric A. Walker
listens as All-University President Robert Steele reads the procla
mation bestowing upon him "the most honored title of Prexy."
Watching are Mrs. Walker and their son, Brian.
Flash Card System
To Be Discarded
Hat Society Council has voted to discontinue the flash
card system for this football season because it would be "im
practical."
The council acted on the recommendation of John Coller,
head cheerleader, who cited three main reason for the "pre
vious failure" of the system.
$lOO Education Award
Established by Council
• A $lOO scholarship has been
donated by the Education Stu
dent Council for the fall semes
ter.
The recipient must be a student
in the College of Education who
has completed at least one semes
ter on campus and who has dis
played an interest in the field
of education or psychology
through scholarship, activities and
attitude.
ling the charges, based on dis
kets Investigating Committee,
for the Teamsters' presidency.
After the voting, Hoffa took the
convention floor to make a de
fense of the corruption charges
against him. He had been accused
by the Senate Rackets Committee
of misusing union funds and us
ing union powers for his own
gain.
Efforts of anti-Hoffa forces to
obtain a union probe. of the cor
ruption charges were booed - and
shouted down. Cohelan, in pro
posing an investigation, said:
"If this convention is foolish
enough to sweep this' (the AFL
CIO charges) from the record and
ignore the very serious charges
made here, we would stand be
fore this country indicted,"
Earlier, the Teamsters seated
the bulk of local union delegates
challenged by the Senate Rackets
Committee as improperly select
ed.,
.ful motion
the charges
as seconded
rty, one of
Hoffa
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 3. 1957
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
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Coller said that Beaver Field is
not conducive to a good flash card
program because it is not high
enough and does not have a steep
enough slope. He also said a lack
of student interest in the' past
could be corrected only by the
establishment of the system as a
regular campus activity.
toiler said the most effective
location for a card section 'is in
the vicinity of the 50-yard line,
a section which definitely is not
available, according to the ath
letic office.
The council directed flash card
cochairmen Sally Jervis and Max
Perhnutter to send inquiries to
colleges with successful card sys
tems.
If the council can subsequently
work out a better system it will
be tried during the next football
season; otherwise the program
will be abolished completely, it
(Continued on page eight)
Today to Be
Sunny, Cooler
Today's weather will be sunny
and cooler, according to the Uni
versity weather station.
The predicted high will range
frcim 63-67 degrees.
The Nittany Lion, after work
ing industriously \
on his new in
m t- et -
-
erty, La m bda cN.I .
lota Omicion Nu
(LION), all day
yesterday,an
nounced that he
intends to hold
mixers with all
the coed dorm
units on campus.
. .
His intentions,
however, will be
briefly interrupt-_
ed at this morning, when
he plans to attend "Prexy's" in
auguration. He stated that all of
his "invaluable talents" will be
at "Prexy's" disposal, and that he
could "call on him any time for
advice."
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A BEAMING President greets
students about to make him
"Prexy."
tion to the cause of our Alma
New Magazine Accepts Mater, her traditions and aspir-
Literar ations, we salute 'Prexy' Walk
y Contributions er."
Contributions are being accept--; "Prexy" Walker replied by Bay
ed for Circa, new literary maga-111g tha' "Penn State students are
zine which will replace the Lan the best in the world."
tern. I He was also presented with_a
Short stories, poetry, and des- statue of the Nittany Lion.
criptive writing will be accepted' In thanking the departing sto
at the Hetzel Union 'desk until dents. "Prexy" said, "Now you can
October 31. (Continued on page eight)
Cabinet to Hear Proposal
For 2 Election Revisions
Two controversial aspects of student government may
produce some lively debate at the All-University Cabinet
meeting at 7 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union.
- ,
The topics are included in the report of the Student En
campment workshop on student government. The report:
•Opposes- the policy of requir
ing candidates to pay their own' Robert Nurock, president of
campaign fees. (Liberal Arts Student Council, will
•Recommends that the present 'make the following motion at the
election code provision concern-Imeeting:
ing the rotation of offices between "That the Cabinet meeting of
fraternity members and indepen— Oct 24 be held in 121 Sparks
dents be studied and evaluated. and that arrangements and pub-
Lion and Campus political par- 1 - - .2-, for this meeting be made
ties, long-time rivals for the stu-i -
bhe Cabinet Public Relations
dent vote, have announced their. c o m mittee. "
support of the workshop recom4
mendation to eliminate the candi-1 The agenda for that meeting in--
I dates' assessments. ,eludes the report of the Commun-
Lion party's steering commit - _ iicatiorzs and Culture .workshop
tee Monday night went on rec- !and discussion orf paying mem
ord to suggest a Cabinet appro. !hership dues in the National Stu
priation of $750 to cover the to- ident Association for this year.
tal amount usually assessed the ; Nurock, chairman of the corn
candidates. Ca m pus par t y mittee on Cabinet's meeting place.
passed a similar resolution at suggested to Cabinet last semes
its last clique meeting. iter that several meetings be held
Also included in the Cabinet in rooms with a larger seating
agenda is a report by the Regu-:capacity than 203 HUB. He rec
lations, Control and Student Wel- cimmended - that agendas for these
fare workshop of St u den t - En-:meetings include topics of inter
icampruent. lest to a large majority of students.
The Man
Called 'Proxy'
See Page 4
'Prexyi
Honor Given
On Eve Of
•
Inauguration
1 President Eric A. Walker
,"offictally became "Prexy'
: last night. -
On the eve of his inaugura
tion as the University's 12th
president, Walker was given
I"the highest honor, the highest
,symbol of esteem, affection and
good will which the student body
'can confer upon its president," the
title of "Prexy."
About 250 students assembled
on the steps of the Presidential
Mansion at 7:30 p.m. and sum
' moned Walker to the porch with
"The Nittany Lion."
Walker came out of the house.
his left hand in his pocket, and
looked around at the assembled
students. All , University Presi
dent Robert Steele greeted
Walker on the porch and led
the choraliers in "Blue and
White."
Steele told the president that
i the students would like to add a
!little of their own to welcoming
him as the University's 12th Pres
ident by conferring on him "the
'most significant honor we students
can offer."
1 Steele then read and presented
to Walker the students' procla
mation:
"Kno'.v all men by this token.
Ithat the student body of the Penn
!sylvania State University does
hereby confer upon Eric Arthur
!Walker, president of the Pennsyl
vania State University, the most
!honored title of 'Prexy,' by which
title he shall be known from this
iday forward.
"Know ye further that this title
is the highest honor, the highest
:symbol of esteem, affection and
;good will which tne student body
!can confer upon its president.
"For recognition of devo-
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