T;11r• Batlg VOL. 58. No. 124 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1958 FIVE CENTS Lion's Paw Investigation Seen to Be Improbable The possibility of a Senate Committee on Student Affairs' investigation of Lion's Paw, senior men's society, flickered, then all but died yesterday when Liberal Arts Student Council Past President Robert Nurock said he probably won't ask the committee to Investigate. Committee Chairman Edwin P. Nye last night said his group has the power to invest gate student organizations which may be acting n I r violation of their constitutions, hen told of this, Nurock said an investigation would ,be wel nigh impossible. It would b difficult, he said, to find viola!' ns of the Lion's Paw constitu ion since only a skeleton doe ment is on file with the Mu ent activities of fice. The society onstitution prohib its by-laws an contains no oper- 1 sting procedur-s. The possible investigation grew out of an administration confer -1 ence regarding Nurock's pos session of mimeographed copies of alleged Lion's Paw minutes. Nurock said he had had copies of the minutes for quite a while which were given to him by an unnamed source. Rumors had been circulating for more than a semester, he said, that he was going to read them before All- University Cabinet. The rumors thickened the day of the last meeting of the old Cabinet mem bers (March 27). Associate Dean of Men Harold W. Perkins heard wind of the rumors, and called Nurock to check their authenticity. Nu rock denied any intentions to read the minutes at Cabinet, saying he just wanted to have them in case Lion's Paw got "out of hand." "I wouldn't have used them wantonly, because I realized they're libelous," he said. The libelous contents of the minutes was later reaffirmed by Roy Wilkinson, University attor ney. Perkins advised Nurock not to expose the minutes because he felt Nurock wasn't fully aware of the possible legal consequences. After Nurock -told Perkins of his feelings regarding the society, Perkins told Nurock he could take his case to the Senate com mittee. Later that day, Nurock, in the presence of Perkins, Wilkinson, and Assistant Director of Public' Information• James Coogan, asked if a possible investigation could be held without interference of society alumni in the administra tion. It would give investigation a more objective outlook and the committee would be free of ac- (Continued on page eight) Construction Is Started On New Eng Building Construction has begun on a new engineering building, to be the longest building on campus, and a new petroleum refining laboratory'. The two buildings, which are considered as one project, will cost nearly $4 million. The new engineering building, to be known as Hammond Build ing, will require the razing of the present Petroleum Refining Lab oratory at College Ave. and Allen St. The razing of the laboratory has already begun, and workmen are erecting office buildings on the site of the new engineering build ing. The building will be located south of the engineering units A-E along College Avenue, and will blot out the view of the temporary units. The building will begin at . the main campus gate and contains approximately 600 ft. to a point gouth.of the east end of Mechanical Engineering. It will be a completely un broken unit - except for a first floor tunnel. which will coin cide with the division between Eng "C" 'and -"D". - 791 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By LARRY JACOBSON t ' • ~ . . , . , ... : . . . '• . . . ' , •. . •• ... .. . ' . . . • . ~ .• • • . . • ... . • • •• . • : •,.. • . - • .. • . ' • • • • t . , A:,':."- '- •• ' r . _ i T t- . .. f —Daily Collegian photo by Marty Scherr VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONOR James Kane, sophomore in me chanical engineering from Towson, Md., smiles while Mrs. R. R. Reed, volunteer nurse, prepares give blood from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TOM 163 Volunteers Donate Blood A total of 163 pints of blood —137 under the 300 pint quota— were collected yesterday in the Red Cross Bloodmobile in the Hetzel Union cardroom. Seventy five students failed to keep their appointments. Today's quota also is 300 pints. Students who have not received their appointments in the mail may stop anytime to donate blood. The bloodmobile will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority will be hostesses at the blood mobile, serving doughnuts, orange juice and• coffee to the donors. The building will consist of three floors and a basement, drop ping to two floors at its east end at the main campus gate. The two-story wing will be connected to a new south wing of Sackett. Future plans may call for. elimi nation of the temporary engineer ing units, according to Walter H. Weigand, director of physical plant. However, he said, under the present setup the units will remain. Workmen also have begun to remove topsoil and construct of fice buildings on-the site of the now petroleum research labora torv, southwest of the Forestry Building. The laboratory will be approx imately 150 feet long and 100 feet wide,. and will have a basement and first floor. Tattrgian luiin to give blood. Students may today in the Hetzel Union card 'Disorderliness' Brings Frosh Pro Request A freshman has been recom mended to be placed on disciplin ary probation by Tribunal and an other freshman has been placed on office probation until Febru ary, 1959, by the dean of men's office. The names of the students, who were charged with disorderly con duct by State College police, were withheld by Justice of the Peace William P. Bell. The students pleaded guilty to the charges in a hearing April 4. Their case was reviewed Tuesday night, by Tribunal, which made the recommendations to the dean of men's office. The recommendation - for disci plinary probation will be heard by the Subcommittee on Disci pline of the - Senate Committee on Student Affairs either Friday or Monday. The students were arrested af ter being seen carrying pitchers out of the La Galleria restaurant. Lion Sunbathes !n Bermudas The Nittany Lion finally gave up today and put his new alligator raincoat away and donned his blue cord bermudas with the buc kle in the back. With today's ... predicted sunny W , and warm wea- - ther with a high of 70-78, the Lion —.7 — . "*. -- strolled past Ath erton and gazed admiringly at the ,sun - worshiping coeds until he was chased Ly an irate house- mother. He decided to bathe quietly in the rays of his own den. Cabinet Will Referendum The recently debated issue of a referendum system for the Student Government Association will come up again tonight when the new All-University Cabinet's executive committee presents its plan for a student referendum. The plan, to be presented at meeting at 7 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union, provides that a petition signed by 3 per cent of ' the student body can demand al student vote on an issue which has already been voted on by Cabinet, according to All-Univer sity President Jay Feldstein. The proposal further provides that if 20 per cent of the stu dents vote in the open election on the issue, the majority opin ion would bind Cabinet to ap prove the issue, Feldstein said. Feldstein said that the system would give Cabinet the power to overrule the student vote by a three-fourths majority. The question of referendum was originally brought up in a proposal presented to Cabinet by Daniel Thahmer, a member of the Campus party platform commit tee, Thalimer's plan would have provided for a student vote on any issue if petitioned by 2 per cent of the student body. The student vote could be overruled only by a unanimous vote of Cab inet, under Thalimer's proposal. This plan was presented to Cab inet March 20, along with a pro vision for initiative and recall, but was left hanging after long debate. Thalimer's proposal was backed by a petition with more than the requisite two per cent signees to require a referendum on it as a Constitutional amend ment. But since there was a dis crepancy between the proposal as signed by the students and as presented to Cabinet, and also because some members thought the move had political implication, the ref e r endum plan was not considered. Feldstein said yesterday there is a difference of opinion as to whether Cabinet had to consider Thalimer's plan. If the original referndum proposal is brought up at tonight's meeting,. Feldstein said, the parliamentarian would decide whether it was in order. But Cabinet members, after hearing Thalimer's proposal, rescinded the reading, and some members hold that this means the proposal has not been pre sented to Cabinet and therefore does not apply under the ruling that it must be decided within a month. Cabinet members also said that a constitutional amendment must be read to Cabinet'before a peti tion can be drawn up on the issue. Thalimer had not read the pro posed amendment before collect ling the signatures on his petition. After Thalimer asked that his presentation be considered a first reading, Cabinet rescinded the ,reading of the amendment. Greek Bridge Tourney, Banquet Set for Tonight Greek Week festivities will continue tonight with the Outstanding Pledge Banquet and the IFC-Panhel Bridge Tournament in the Hetzel Union Building. The fraternity pledge scholarship trophy will be pre sented during the banquet, which will _begin at 5:45 in Dining Room A and B. Sixty tables, including 240 players, will compete for trophies in the bridge tourney beginning at 6:30 on the main floor. Osian R. MacKenzie, dean of the Colltge of Business Admin istration and vice president of the University will speak at the banquet. Robert Pech, of Theta Xi, co chairman of the dinner with Bar bara Bollinger, Gamma Phi Beta, said about 50 fraternities and 20 sororities will be represented at the banquet. Richard Christian, Pi Kappa Alpha,- secretary-treas urer-elect of the Interfraternity Council, will be master of cere monies. Outgoing IFC and Panhel of- Beers will attend the banquet, in addition to 0. Edward Pol (Editorial on Page 4) Ike Signs $l.B Billion Highway Bill WASHINGTON (in—President Eisenhower ended the suspense and signed the $l.B billion high way bill yesterday. He found things wrong with it —precedents he said he wouldn't like to see followed in the future —but decided to go along because of prospects it could be a quick help in creating jobs There had been advance indica tions that Eisenhower, would sign, but no certainty. Only last Satur day a big Chicago meeting to dis cuss highway construction was called off because of doubt as to - whether the bill . would become law. The bill was pressed chiefly by Sen. Gore (D.-Tenn.) but it had bipartisan backing, notably by Sen. Kuchel (R.-Calif.). It won 84-4 approval in the Senate and the House voted for it 300-29. The new law aims at three major goals: •To provide new jobs. Gore estimated that the new jobs would swell to 520,000 in time. •To get the schedule for the 41,000-mile superhighway inter state, network back on the 13-year schedule set for it in 1956: Other:- wise, the prospect was for a long stretch-out. *To establish a national policy of regulating billboards on the interstate system and giving states incentives to carry out this policy. State agreeing to regulate bill boards would get a bonus of l / 2 of 1 per cent of the cost of the inter state sections regulated by the agreement. The bill is spoken of as a $1,800,- 000,000 measure bccause that is the sum it is - estimated will be available for construction this year beyond the money previously scheduled. It raises to $5,500,000,- 000 the amount to be spent this year on the over-all federal-state highway program. Froth to Remain on Sole Because of a "great demand" for their product, most Froth "pushers" will have today off, as the magazine will be sold only at the Hetzel Union desk today. lock, assistant to the dean of men in charge of fraternity af fairs, and Mrs. R. Mae Schultz, assistant dean of women. First place trophies will be awarded to the top fraternity and sorority groups in the bridge play. Thomas Crawford, of Delta Chi, and Marie Cohen, of Sigma Sigma Sigma, are tournament co-chair men. Students May Obtain Frosh Customs Blanks Applications for the Freshman Customs Board are available at the Hetzel Union desk. - Second semester freshmen with a minimum 2.0 All-University average may apply. Applications must be returned to Hetzel Union desk by_April 18. Hear Plan
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