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WHEN FLAMES broke out in one of the second floor rooms of the Delta Theta Sigma fraternity
yesterday. flaim-s left only two books untouched on the student’s desk while completely destroying
the rest of the furnishings and personal property.
Elections Committee 'Searches
Soul' on Control Over Parties
Discussion at last night's All-University Elections Committee meeting dealt at first
with methods of more effectively controlling student political activities; it then developed
into a debate on whether such control is desirable.
The debate arose after committee members had been discussing methods of regulating
party finances and of penalizing parties and candidates for infractions of the Elections Code.
Lynn Ward, committee secre
tary, posed this question to the
committee: “Is stricter control the
answer to our problems?" She!
said. ‘‘We are going on and on
to the point where the committee
Is extending its power a little
too much. I don't feel we can
justify this."
Chairman Peler Fishbum dis
agreed: "Parlies shouldn't be
allowed to run on their own on
• campus like this—they’d run
Wild.*'
Miss Ward: One purpose of the
University is to train students to
assume their places in society af
ter graduation. There’s no pro
tection in the outside world from
"horrible, nasty politicians."
Fishbum: Once the controlling
bodj- (Elections Committee) gets
too loose, student politicians are
likely to take things into their
own hands. There’s no telling
what this might lead to.”
Lianne Cordero, junior in
arts and letters from Wayne:
"We worry about students not
showing interest in student gov
ernment. but wh&i we actually
give them is a sterilk election.
There ere so many controls that
the students lose irterest."
Fred Taylor, junior in counsel
ing from Lomovne: “Not many
students are mature enough to
handle situations without con
trols on them. Politics up here
stink even with the controls we
have now. Parties would spend
all the money they could get
their hands on. if they had a
chance.”
Miss Ward: "I can't help
thinking that we’re like a Ges
tapo—checking everything the
parties are doing."
Fishbum: Some people get
"a tremendous kick" out of do
ing things underground. With a
hands • off-polilical-pariies pol
icy, the whole political system
could degenerate and the ad
ministration might step in and
take things out of student
hands.
“But I want it understood that
I'm all in favor of an active slam
bang campaign, as long as it’s
run above board.” he said.
Miss Ward: We make rules for
the parties to follow, and then
we judge violations. This is both
legislating and judging, and I
think it is fundamentally wrong.
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Gun-Toting Grad Held in Bail
After Trying to See Truman
A 1954 graduate of the Uni
versity is being held in $l5OO
bail on charges of carrying a
concealed weapon, which were
filed after he had made an un
successful attempt to obtain
entrance to the home of former
President Harry S. Truman.
The graduate. Richard P. Goff
of Altoona, told police he was
seeking the help of the former
President to get a federal job. He
explained that he was carrying
the gun to protect some $6OO he
was carrying.
Police made the arrest on
Saturday near the Harry S.
Truman Library in Indepen
dence, Mo. Truman, who had
been studying at the library,
telephoned the police alter Mrs. |
Truman, alarmed, had called to I
tell him of the visitor's attempt •
to see him.
Goff was arrested on his way
to the library.
Goff received a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Arts and Letters
in 1954. and belonged to Belles
Lettres. Penn State Club, and the
International Relations Club. Un
til last month, he had been work
ing in the personnel department
of the Flick State Hospital. Cres
son.
According to police. Goff told
them he was relieved at the
hospital when he made an un
supported accusation that a
Communist ring inside the in
stitution was selling narcotics.
When Asiatic flu bedded profes
sors at Bard College. N.Y . several
upperclassmen took over teaching
duties in the tower classes.
SPRING WEEK ENTRANCE INFORMATION
All groups, excluding fraternities and sororities, can pick
up application blanks for Spring Week entrance at the HUB
Desk on the following days:
THURSDAY, FEB. 20 FRIDAY. FEB. 21
For additional Information call
John Bolt, Carnival Chairman AD 7-3250
Richard P. Goff
Gun-Toting Grad
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—Doily Collegian phot* by Bob Thoapw*
TWO ALPHA Fire Co. firemen are hampered by dense black smoka
loor window at the Delta Theta
Fairmount Ave.
which poured out of a second-fl
Sigma fraternity house at 126 £
Cold Freezes
Lion's Paw
The Nittany Lion hobbled along
the road to his mountain hide
away—he’d gotten frostbite of
the paw from trudging through
the snow.
Centre County
still resembles
the north pole
region, despite
yesterday's little
warmer tempera
ture. It was the
first day in .11
that the mercury
failed to go be
low the zero &
mark. ®
No drastic
change is expected in the weather
picture for a day or so, according
to the University meteorologist,
Dr. Charles Hosier. The tempera
ture was expected to hit a low
of eight to 10 degrees last night.
The forecast for today’s high is
20 to 25 degrees.
Davis Named Head
Of Ad Committee
Donald W. Davis, professor and,
head of the Department of Adver
tising, has been , appointed by the
Association for Education in
Journalism as co-chairman of its
committee on advertising.
A chief function of this com-]
mittee is to arrange a program j
for teachers of advertising at the;
association’s annual convention at
the University of Missouri in
August. ;
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second floor were completely
destroyed. Five students . lost
all their personal belongings.
At first the firemen could not
locale the flames, bul later in
vestigation found the flames
isolated in the partitions.
Several large holes were made
in the floor of the living room
and in the walls in an effort to
quell the internal blaze.
The fire was similar to the one
which gutted the Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity house in December
1955. A small fraternity fire was
reported by Sigma Phi Epsilon
in January but damage was
slight.
One fireman, David Balinger,
received a “frozen hand” during
the battle and was treated by a
State College doctor. Tbe lines
were kept from freezing by hav
ing them run continually. Traffic
was blocked off from Allen to
Pugh Street on Fairmount Av
enue during the fire.
Christian Science to Be
Vesper Service Theme
The concept of God as revealed
in Christian Science will be the
theme of the Vesper Service at
|4:30 p.m. today in the Helen Ea
kin Eisenhower Chapel.
J. Benton Jones, graduate stu
dent in agronomy, will serve as
reader. The Thursday Chapel
Choir will sing.
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