Today's For cash Cloudy and Mil VOL. 59. No. 94 A ssessor Says nts Must Pay dult Residents' Tax Stud As 1 ' By DICK DRAYNE Collegian Managing Editor (Editorial on page four.) The $lO borough tax which has been raising a loud cry of protest from own students is "a school tax levied on every adult resident •f . the borough and_ on students who fall into this class," au.' ding to G. G. Green, borough tax assessor. Green defin .11 a "resident" as anyone who owns or rents a home or apartment. The tax does not apply to stus •nts who mere ly rent a room a d do not have private kitchen #r bathroom fa cilities, Green sa d. The tax, he s id, is assessed by the State College Area School Board a d is not con nected with the borough. "The borough doesn't get a cent of this money," he said. The school tax has been in ef fect for many years, he said, and was raised from $5 to $lO last year. Green said the $lO rate was collected from borough residents last year, and that present stu dents are not the first to be' af fected by the $5 increase. Every adult resident without exception' is charged the tax, Green said, and he emphasized that it was not aimed at students. "It is impossible to forget students, just because they are students, if they meet the re quirements:" Green said. He added that this . interpretation of the law is backed by the soli citor for the county assessment board. "I personally would like to have all undergraduate students e - -empted from the school tax," Green said, "but the law does not allow it," . Fraternity men are not assessed the tax because they are legally considered roomers• rather than residents, he said, and• the same applies for students who live in rooming houses or rent rooms in private residences. Green added the same tax is collected from adult students who live in the borough with their parents. With the school tax is levied a county occupational tax. Under graduate students are assessed the minimum amount, 50 cents, and graduate students according to their wages, Green said. This tax is also assessed to all adult residents. Students who fall into the taxable group are considered residents even if they live in - -the borough during the school year. The survey is taken up (Continued on page five) Hintz's 0 •Anion Problem Is Greeks' Own By BILL JAFFE Second in a Series Interfraternity Qotin,cil Pres ident Edward Hintz places the blame on the fraternities them selves for failing to serthem selves to men students. Hintz said he was not alarmed at the 200 vacancies in the frit:. ternity system at the present. Ac cording to a Daily Collegian sur vey conducted last week, the total rooming capacity of the 53 fra ternities is 2151 and only 1947 men students are now living in the houses. "Fraternities must first sell the idea of fraternity life to rushee* and then worry about selling the individual fraternity to the prospective members," Hints said. . More emphasis must be placed on fraternity Scholarship a n d study hour re l :trictions, Hintz -said, Too many tudents have the 0 ..4 . 1 r 4 ti t ~:,',..,,.,......,,,,,%, it STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27. 1959 —Daily Collegian P!,oto by Bob Thompson "WE USE the big end on the faculty," President Eric A. Walker jokes to Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee as he shows him the University's mace. Attlee visited the president's office while on a tour of campus yesterday afternoon. Attlee Sees Peace In World Authority By JEFF POLLACK People should turn their minds away from pride in their countries' sovereignty to a willingness to see authority in a world government, Clem ent Attlee said last night. Attlee, second speaker in the University Lecture Series, calledi idea that frateinity men never study and place little interest in scholastic achievement. Only a few fraternities have more than five vacancies but the competition for pledges will be much keener this spring, he said. Mental blocks have been de veloped against the fraternity sys tem in the minds of freshmen and these must be removed to in sure enough manpower to fill the fraternities. 0. Edward Pollock. assistant to the dean of men, cited schol arship-as the biggest reason for the gap in membership. "Many fraternities are rushing men with the hopes that they will make averages--many of these students don't," he said. He urges fraternities to fill up their houses with men who have the proper average and not to worry about those_ without aver ages. Pollock also cited poor rushing and the .lack of 'interest on the part of the fraternity members for the-vacancies in membership. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Macmillan, Khrushchev End Meetings on Chilly Note KIEV, Ukraine (iP)—British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ended talks yeSterday in an atmosphere of bitter chill. The British visitor• warned Khrushchev of grave danger if anyone interferes with the Westerrrpowers' rights in Berlin. "But Khrushchev is not budging an inch," a British spokesman said, "and Macmillan is for a change in the United Nations from a debating society to an ef fective authority. A world government, Attlee said, would have to be made up of all the nations in the world. This authority would have to be "endowed with the power to act on a majority vote." "It would have a supreme court . which made decrees and had (Continued on page five) Only one-fifth of the University men belong to fraternities, he said. In some instances fraternities become too selective in their membership' and concentrate only on a few interest groups rather than selecting members upOn individual qualifications, Pollock said. Fraternity membership has not increased in the past - 10 years in proportion to the student.body be cause of the limited housing fa cilities. President Eric A: Walker disclosed University plans to study the PoSsibility of expansion for, the fraternity system but it is assumed that fraternities first will have to fill the vacancies which now, exist before land or money is-made available. The administration's study will look into the possibility of provid ing land on University grounds for a fraternity section. It will also study the feasability of loan ing money to fraternities at a low er interest rate for expansion pur poses. - • _ rgiatt not budging an inch, either. Make of that what you will." Before flying here for a visit, Macmillan told Khrushchev that any interference' without some alternative arrangements "would lead to a dangerous situ ation," the spokesman said. Such alternative arrangements supposedly would meet the So viet threat to turn over to East; Germany the control of Allied; lifelines to isolated Berlin. These would have to come through ne gotiations, in Macmillan's view. Khrushchev, in a speech to a! political rally in the Kremlin' Tuesday, heaped ridicule on they Western plan for negotiations at] the foreign ministers' level. In that speech Khrushchev warned ' that any violations of East 1 Ger many's borders in a dispute over Berlin would be considered an act of 'aggression. Despite the tenor of Khrush chev's remarks, the spokesman insisted in reply to a reporter's question that Macmillan does not believe the Soviet leader has shut the door on a foreign min isters' meeting. But the Kremlin speech, corn., ing at the height of the British !visit, so stung Macmillan that he thought of breaking off further talks and returning to London, British sources reported. "But Macmillan came here to' have talks with the Soviet leaders and to see the country," a British official said. "He had the talks and he decided lie might as well see the country." There will be a final meeting with Khrushchev Monday after Macmillan returns from visits to Kiev and Leningrad. But the Brit ish spokesman said there is noth ing left to talk about except the wording of a final communique. Year-Round WSGA To Go Into Effect Summer school government for women students will go into effect this year. The Women's Student Government Asso ciation Senate adopted the summer plan at its Wednesday night meeting. The Senate also voted to select two sophomore women as members of the revamped Judi cial Board along with three junior and three Senior women. These members will be in charge of various residence halls and will be individually responsible for penalties ranging in severity from blackmarks through lenient week-end campuses. The governing body of the WSGA summer organization will be a three-member summer board consisting of a summer judicial chairman, a summer standards chairman and a sum mer recreation chairman. "The main function of the board will be coordination," said Jessi Janjigian, chairman of the WSGA summer student govern ment committee. The three chairmen will be se lected in late May by a screening [committee of Senate members under the guidance of the dean ,of women's office. Applicants 'must have the same qualifications as regular WSGA members and should also be attending the en tire 12-week summer program.-- Soviets Said Innocent Of Cable Cuts WASHINGTON (Th—U S. Navy men who boarded a Russian fish ing trawler oft Newfoundland yesterday reoorted they found "no indications _of intentions other than fishing." They had been seeking to learn what caused breaks in four transat lantic cables. Adm. Jerauld Wright, comman der in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, who ordered the boarding of the Soviet trawler Novorossisk, said in a statement that the boarding party found that the trawler "was equipned for deep sea fishing and that all papers were in order." This promnt report on the inci dent seemed likely to lessen the possibility that the boarding might stir up serious new trouble with Russia. Wright's statement issued by the Navy here also said: "The master of the trawler was friendly and cooperative and there were no indications of in tentions other than fishing. "The vessel's log revealed that the trawler had been operating in the vicinity of the reported cable interruptions." The party which hoarded the Russian trawler consisted of five men from the crew of the Roy 0. Hale. By DIANE DIECK The judicial chairman will preside over the summer judi cial board, members—of which will also be screened. and se lected in late, May. This board will determine penalties for any infractions occuring during the summer program. Distributing ' a copy of the Penn State Woman's World and a supplement or newsletter con taining summer hours and other regulations to each woman stu dent attending summer school will be the responsibility of the standards chairman. She will also be in charge of orienting women students from other schools. The recreation chairman will post information. about coming recreational and social events and will encourage participation. Members ,_of Women's -Recreation Association will participate -in the Screening of the recreation chairman and their recommenda tion will be given precedence. Miss Janjigian - stressed 'that (Continued on page eight) Distortions and Facts See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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