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VOL. 59. No. 89
Sr. Pie
System
By DENNY h
The proposed pi ;dge system
for financing senior class gifts
was replaced last night by a
plan for individual class fund
drives which would pay for the
gift before each graduation.
The pledge system was dropped
mainly because of its conflict
with the yearly drive for mem
bers by the Alumni Association.
Adopted by
Cabinet, the new system stipu
lates that each class beginning
with its freshman year conduct
fund drives so the gift would
be paid for by the time the
class is graduated..
The responsibility of paying for
the gifts was dropped into the
laps of the students last Septem
ber when President Eric A.
Walker announced the Univer
sity would discontinue the gift.
The University, unknown to
students, had been paying for the
gift itself since 1948 when a re
aranging of fees eliminated the
source from which the gift money
was obtained, previously.
However, "after conferences
with All-University President
Jay Feldstein and Senior Class
President Charles Welsh, Walk
er agreed to set aside Univer
sity funds for the 1959 class
gilt and to financially help the
present sophomore and junior
classes get their fund drives
started.
Welsh told Cabinet that figur
ing on past gifts of about $lO,OOO
each, the average for each stu
dent was about $4. Using this fi
gure, Walker agreed to:
•Provide $3 of University
funds for every $1 the present
senior class can collect.
•Provide $2 for every $2 col
lected by the' presented junior
class.-
•Provide $1 for every $3 col
lected by the present sophomore
class.
Welsh said the Senior Class
Advisory Board has agreed to
set up plans for a campaign to
collect $1 per senior student
for this year's gift. The drive
would be held in May, probably
in connection with the Alumni
campaign for members, he
said.
Citing the advantages of this
system, Welsh said jtl) it will def
initely provide a senior class gift
before the class is graduated; (2)
it will not conflict with any Al
umni Association drives; and (3)
it may develop student spirit
which it is hoped would start a
habit of contributii g to the-Uni
versity both before and after
graduation.
The major meth
ing the gift .mone;
booths set up by
registration.
Welsh said Wa
proved a plan v
student would hi
as . part of legist
class booth.
In order to spee
tion of the syst
urged immediate
by presidents of
sophomore and ju
such problems as
registration booths
Building, what pu
needed next summ
what to do in c
would not have fh
while registering,
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1959
Gift Plan Adopted
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Out
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—Collegian Photo by Ken Florence
RELINQUISHING THE CHAIR, All-University President Jay Feldstein, center, last night rose to
speak in the Cabinet debate on Student Government Reorganization. To his left is the man behind
the plan, Daniel Thalimer, and to Feldstein’s right is All-University Secretary-Treasurer John
Gingrich.
Den Coffee Profits Refused
By Diem to Lorry Sharp Drive
Editorial on page 4
Downtown merchants will be participating in the Coffee Profits Day of Larry Week,
but the Lion’s Den will not.
This was the word yesterday from Albert E. Dierri, vice president for business admin-
istration,
Diem was twice visited by t'
Den turn over its profits from
coffee sales on Friday, March 6,
to the Sharp fund.
Diem said he would allow the
committee to place cans in the
Lion’s Den on Coffee Profits Day
where students could deposit
money if they wished.
Most of the downtown restaur
ants have indicated their willing
ness to participate.
Diem, who was leaving town
yesterday, referred the matter to
Robert C. Proffitt, director of
Food Servite.
Proffitt said the Lion’s Den is
an entirely different, operation
from the downtown restaurants.
He said it is required to support
itself and any profits are used
for maintenance, repairs and new
equipment.
jd of collect
would be at
each class at
The Lion’s Den does distribute
free coffee to students before
Christmas vacation, but Proffitt
said this, is a different situation.
He said that at Christmas the
Lion’s Den is closing down for
two . weeks and the "small”
i amount of 'coffee which' is given
away would probably have to be
thrown out if not consumed.
liter has ap
hereby each
v« to report
ration to bis
i implementa
sm, Feldstein
consideration
the freshman,
lior classes of
low to set up
in Recreation
ilicity will be
:r and fall and
ise a student
mey with him
He added that the cost of .wash
ing dishes and also “ringing up
Ore money, accounting it, taking
it Ito the: bank and then giving it
away would also . rule out the
proposal.' •
. All-University-, President Jay
Feldstein said, “Discretion limits
me from making comment on
this.” ■ ‘
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
te students and twice refused their request that the Lion’s
1000 Additional Trio Tickets
To Go on Sale at 10 Today
j An additional 1000 tickets for
the Kingston Trio concert, March
18, to benefit the Larry Sharp Fund
I will go on sale at 10 a.m. today
at the Hetzel Union desk.
Carmella LaSpada, general
chairman of the drive, said the
additional seats were placed on
sale after the original supply of
5000 was exhausted yesterday. Al-
'Greek' Men to Visit Suites April 6
Fraternity members will bei
permitted in all the sorority j
suites for coffee and enter
tainment following the Greek
Week exchange dinners, Mon
day, April 6.
Leonard Julius, Greek Week
chairman lor the Interfratemity
Council, said this will be the first
time, other than Mother’s Day,
that men will be permitted in all
the sorority suites. Sororities-in
the new South Residence Halls
are permitted to entertain men
in their suites throughout the
year.
The dean of women’s tlfice
organization
pgiatt
most 4000 tickets were sold
Wednesday, the first day they
were on sale.
Miss LaSpada said seats will
be set up on the floor of Rec
reation Building for the concert.
Some persons may have to stand
on the track in the balcony, but
she said that people will not have
to stand three ,or four deep.
iplans to watch, the experiment
j closely and it could prove very
'instrumental in determining pos
sible future policies in regards to
women entertaining men guests,
Mrs. Mae Schultz, assistant dean
of women, said.
Mrs. Schultz hinted that sor
ority women may be permitted
to entertain men in the suites
prior to the men picking up
their dates or for mixers with
other groups. "The Greek Week
experiment may lead to possi
bilities," she said, "and it will
be carefully observed."
As part of the exchange , dinner
program, fraternity members will
visit the women's dining halls
and eat with sorority members.
Separation
Of Powers
By CATHY FLECK
All-University Cabinet last
night legislated to put itself
out of existence.
It will cease to exist in its
present form after the prin
ciples of reorganization ap
proved last night are put into
I effect.
FIVE CENTS
Cabinet membeis, with the ex
ception of four, accepted reorgan
ization of student government in
to three separate blanches—ex
ecutive, legislative and judicial—
after lengthy discussion on the
proposals offered by Daniel Thaji
mer, chairman, of the Cabinet
Committee on Student Govern
ment Reorganization.
Donald Zepp, president of
Chemistry-Physics Student
Council; William Sekeras, presi
dent of Mineral Industries Stu
dent Council; Jack Kendall,
president of Engineering and
Architecture Student Council;
and James Hockenbrock, presi
de n t of Physical Education
Student' Council, voted against
the proposals.
These principles will be used
by the committee in setting up
the mechanics of the new student
government system which will be
incorporated into a constitution to
be presented for the approval of
Cabinet in the near future. If
Cabinet approves the constitution,
the hew system will go into ef
■>ct next fall.
A motion by Edwaid Frymoyer
to make the All-University presi
dent chairman of the legislative
assembly as well as the head of
the executive branch was defeat-
when All-University vice presi
dent, Steve Garban, broke a tie
vote.
Frymoyer said that by making
the vice president chairman of the
legislative assembly, the impor
tance of the All-University presi
dent would be decidedly weak
ened while the vice president
would gain power.
All-University president Jay
Feldstein gave up the chair to
speka iir favor of Frymoyer’s
motion. Feldstein said, "the pres
ident must preside over the as
sembly to know the lone of
discussion and interpret it to
lake it back to the executive
body." He also added, "If the
president sits as a member of
the audience, nothing will make
him pay attention to the action
undertaken by the assembly."
Charles Welsh, president of the
senior class, speaking against the
motion, said, “By putting the
president in charge of both the
executive and legislative bodies,
Cabinet would defeat the whole
theory of separation of powers.
The president as an ex-officio
member of the legislature would
lose no prestige since he repre- -
sents the student body as a whole,
but the vice president would be
enabled to gain prestige thus nar
rowing the gap between the two
All-University officers.”
John Bott, chairman of the stu
dent-government workshops of
1957 and 1958 Student Encamp-'
ments said “if Cabinet is in favor
of separation of powers, then it
can not be in favor of Frymoyer’s
motion. The president can keep
an effective finger on the legis
(Continued on page two)
Sorority members will also visit
fraternities on the same night,
Wally Caplan and Bonnie Clarke,
exchange dinner co-chairmen,
said.
George D. -Lobingier, manager
of the educational department at
the Westinghouse Electric Corp.,
East Pittsburgh, Pa., has been
secured as-the guest speaker for
the Greek Week banquet to be
held April 14 at the Nittany Lion
Inn, Julius also announced yes
terday.
Other activities during the
week, which attempts to pro
mote better understanding be
tween the Greek groups and
the faculty, administration and
- (Continued on page two)