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VOL. 59. No. 81
IFC
Diploi
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The Interfraternity Council voted last night to request the
University to withhold diplomas of graduating seniors who
owe debts to individual fraternities.
By a 50-3 majority, the IFC voted to ask for the with
holding of the diplomas only upon the request of the individ
ual fraternities. The group also stipulated that the request be
granted only upon the presenta
tion of evidence that the fraternity
has made every reasonable effort
to collect the bill.
Hart Langer,' chairman of a
committee studying the problem,
made the recommendation after
his group had received replies
from 42 fraternities, regarding the
prevalence of the problem. Thirty
five fraternities reported the
problem does exist, 32 favored
the withholding of diplomas and
10 were opposed to the plan.
"The plan would be used
only when individual fraterni
ties need it," Langer said, and
the University would have no
control over the fraternity's fi
nances. O. Edward Pollock, as
sistant to the dean of men in
charge of fraternity affairs,
favored the plan but added that
the fraternities should make
every effort possible to collect
the debts.
The IFC request will be sent
to a University administration
committee for final action.
The IFC approved a request of
the IFC Executive Committee that
they be given the power to screen
and hire a secretary part-time for
the Fraternity Affairs Office. The
secretarial post would replace the
IFC executive vice president posi
tion.
David Morrow resigned his
position as executive vice presi
dent and said the present Fra
ternity Affairs Office is an in
efficient phase of the IFC. He
favored the new plan.
At the present, the FAO is
being reorganized under the
leadership of Richard Christian,
IFC secretary-treasurer, and of
fice hours will be held. A part
time secretary will make the
office a fraternity service as
well as provide a more efficient
means for maintaining an or
ganisation, Christian said.
The IFC took no action on the
request of the Edward Vantine
Co. to become the official IFC
•photographers. Vantine proposed
that the IFC would receive a per
centage of the charges as com
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Ike Unveils School Plan:
Gives Dulles Sick Leave
WASHINGTON (JP) The
Eis e n hower administration
yesterday formally unveiled a
5-year program of federal
school aid, aimed at helping
to provide $5 billion worth of
facilities.
The program was presented by
Arthur S. Flemming, secretary of
health, education and welfare.'
'The secretary told a news
conference that under the new
bill, school districts urgently in
need-of schools could get fed
eral aid amounting to half the
cost of bonds and interest in
curred to build schools.
Colleges and universities could
get federal help in debt retire
ment with the government agree
ing to pay 25 per cent of the prin
cipal of long-term bonds issued by
institutions to finance housing,
academic or other educational
facilities.
(Halt
r ill Request
nior Debtors
By BILL JAFFE
—Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson
"HOLD IT THERE while we get these seats in,” sport officials had to caution students at Saturday’s
gymnastics meet. The crowds were' so large that those who weren’t turned away had to wait while
bleachers, even bridge chairs, were set up for them.
Vega,
Pace
Penn State almost “fell” out of the gymnastic picture Saturday afternoon, but the
Army specialists couldn’t outperform them in the end. The Lions won the Recreation Hall
battle before a standing room crowd of 6200, 53^-42 J /a-
Tom Maloney’s 18 specialists waited for Penn State to b
WASHINGTON (JP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower gave Secre
tary of State John Foster
Dulles “a few weeks” leave of
absence last night to un
dergo a hernia operation and
to recover from an old intesti
nal ailment.'
Immediately there was specula
tion as to whether Dulles would
return to his post as top ranking
cabinet officer and foreign policy
administrator.
His illness cast a pall on the
whole western posture being
worked out to meet Russia’s new
threats and demands on Germany.
Dulles, who will be 71 on
Feb. 25, insisted he would be
back.
Dulles said his duties in the
meantime could be handled by
undersecretary,Christian Herter
or undersecretary C. Douglas
Dillon.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10. 1959
First 3-Year Course
Established by Ml
The College of Mineral Industries has established the University's first complete
curriculum for accelerating students who wish to graduate in three years.
The program, which will go into effect in June, is geared for high school graduates
just planning to enter the University.
CunninghamNeuhauser
Gym Squad to Victory
complete routines. The strategy
almost paid off. The Cadets took
a 21-11 advantage after the first
two events before Captain Ar
mando Vega and company went
into action.
Captain Vega scored 16 points
with firsts on the parallel bars
and flying rings and second to
his chief lieutenant, Lee Cun
ningham, on the high bar. Cun
ningham had 12 points. The
second triple-threat lieutenant.
Jay Werner, got into the act
with eight points—second on
the parallels and fourth on the
high bar and rings.
Things looked dismal for the
home crowd in the beginning as
Eastern tumbling champ Dave
Dulaney was "outscored” for the
first time this-year. Dulaney re
ceived a 258—his lowest score of
Collegian to Welcome
News Staff Candidates
The Daily Collegian will
hold an open house from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow for stu
dents interested in joining the
news staff of the paper.
The open house will be held
in the Collegian city room, in
the basement of Carnegie
Building. Refreshments will be
served.
Assistant Dean John D. Ridge, of the College of Mineral Industries, said yesterday
that because of the tight sched
uling required, uppei classmen and
even freshmen could not gam
much by enrolling m the pro
gram.
By MATT MATHEWS
Associate Sports Editor
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By DENNY MALICK
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Library, Salaries Cited
As Expansion Problems
_ First of a Series
Dr. Eric A. Walker has cited library expansion and in
creases in faculty salary as two of the most pressing problems
accompanying the growing student enrollment.
In his “State of the University” report addressed to the
people of the Commonwealth, 1
of an adequately equipped li
brary to a great university.
The report stated that although
progress has been .made in en
larging the library collection, in
tcreasin'g the staff, and providing
I greater space, much still remains
to be done in this field.
According to Walker, a library
collection must fulfill both the
curricular and extracurricular
needs of the undergraduate stu
dent body as well as serve as a
research center for the faculty
and graduate students.
Walker also said that further
increases in salary for instruc
tors will be necessary lo keep
the University competitive with
"We have many courses lhai
are taught in fall-spring se
quences," he explained, "so lhat,
unless a student starts out in
the program he will gain very
little." 1
The program will enable high
school graduates to enroll either
in the summer just after he leaves
high school or the following fall.
Only one of the college’s 11
curriculums metallurgy will
not be available to students stall
ing at either time.
“This is the curriculum with
the highest number of required
credits in the college and it
couldn’t be arranged for both
times," Ridge said. The aacceler
ated metallurgy program may
only be started in the summer.
The summer phase of the pro
gram will be operated as part
of the new six-weeks summer
sessions to be started in June.
Ridge emphasized that the ac
celerated program would require
students to stay in it all the way
through to receive the benefits.
“If a student has to take a sum
mer off to work, the acceleration
wonh help," he'said. “We’ve tried
to find some way to allow one
free summer, but it just won't
work out.”
As the summer session pro
gram grows, this problem may
be because more courses
will be given in the summer al
that time.
Because of the scheduling dif
ficulties. a student in the acceler
ated program will not be able to
be in any advanced Reserved Of
ficers Training Corps program.
Ridge said that some publicity
has been circulated about the
new program but it is too early
to know how many will enroll.
! He does not expect any large
enrollment in it until such a time
when enrolling in the summer
may be the only assurance a high
school graduate has of being ac
-1 cepted that September.
By C Vf, ” ’
Walker stressed the importance
other institutions, industries and
government in order to assure
a continuing improvement, in
the professional quality of the
faculty.
Salary increases will be neces
sary to meet the increasing stu
dent enrollment because of the
keen competition for qualified
instructors among the universi
ties. The report stated that the
University, to help curb this com
petition in the, past, has adjusted
salaries and given merit raises to
bring the faculty income more
into line with salary scales at
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