VOL. 60. No. 144 IFC C Gives To Dz By LYNNE CEREFICE a fraternity was placed on social probation •bruary, 1961, for holding an unauthorized n according to Ben Bronstein, IFC Board :ry. In addition, all social privileges were • last night through October 10. Delta Tau Deli last night until F Sunday jam esess•l of Control secret removed effectiv Infirm ry tee Commi Plans Set A research committee of the Freshman Advisory Board de cided last night to recommend that SGA set up an infirmary committee t:, include six stu dents and a member of the Ritenour Health Center. Eugene Zuckerman and John 11. Davis, co-chairmen of the freshman committee, said they would recommend that the pur pose of the committee be to im prove relations between the stu dent body and the health center and to increase the student's gen eral knowledge about the center. The function of the infirmary committee would be to gather student complaints and sugges tions about.the health center and, after investigation, to present any valid complaints or suggestions to the health center. The freshman research group was set up by SGA to do research on the health center and to rec ommend the procedure which shoUld be used in setting up an infirmary committee. A commit tee report will be presented to the SGA Assembly's first fall meeting. The health center has offered its full cooperation to the proposed committee, Zuckerman and Davis said. • Simon Explains Book Store Plan Wihin the next two years,- students may have the oppor-, tunity to purchase their textbooks in a student-operated campus book store, according to Theodore Simon, member of the new Junior Class Advisory Board. Simon reported his progress on the book store project Tuesday night at the Junior Class Advisory Board meeting. He sent 170 letters to other colleges and universities which operate their own book centers, inquiring how they started their stores and in what manner they conduct their operations, Simon reported in an inter view that he had already re ceived 45 answers. "Of these, I would estimate that 95 per cent give very favorable answers, he added. 1 Simon said that he wants to col lect all the data from these let ters and compile a comprehen sive report to pr•sent to SGA Cabinet soon. According to Si two tentative pla the store: either o operative or on a • store basis. " Generally spe said, "there is markup on new cent of this is head costs, whic per cent for pr • on, there are s for running 'a student co niversity book king," Simon 20 per cent •ooks; 15 per •ed for over leaves only its." Elattg FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 20. 1960 ntrol Social Pro Ito Tau Delta The session which took place on Sunday, May 15 on the house patio created sufficient noise to attract students from other fra ternities and involved the serv ing of alcoholic beverages, Bron stein said. The function was a violation of a directive issued last spring b 7 Dean 0. E. Pollock, former assistant to the dean of men in charge of fraternity affairs, which states that Sunday after noon "jam sessions" at frater nity houses are no longer ap proved social functions. The noise created by the music of a guitar and drum hooked up to a public address system on the patio at the front of the house attracted students from other fra ternities to the premises. Bron stein said it was reported that a group of 30 or 40 students was present at the session. Several couples were observed dancing, he said, and students were seen drinking beer on the patio. The penalty assigned the • house by the board of control involves the removal of all so cial privileges effective mid night last night until October 10, and social probation until February 1, 1961. According to the University regulations concerning the re moval of social privileges, a fra ternity may entertain no women guests except parents in the fra ternity house. It may not sponsor or conduct an invitation to any social function and not more than one half its members may attend a function at any other fraternity. The social probation regula tions state that a fraternity will be kept under surveillance and stricter penalties will be imposed if any rules, regulations or poli cies are broken during the proba tionary period. By CAROL KUNKLEMAN If the project were run on a cooperative basis, he continued, the 15 per cent overhead would be returned to the students as a direct saving, while the over head saved on the book store ba sis would be placed into a loan or expansion fund as an indirect saving. A professional manager would probably be hired to manage the store under both plans, Simon ex plained, with student employees acting as salesmen. Under the co-op plan, stu dents would probably pay $1 a year for a card. This card would be marked each time an item was bought; at the end of the term the card would be re turned to the store and a 15 per cent rebate would be given to the student. Commenting on possible oppo sition from town book store own ers, Simon cited a similar case faced by the Ohio State Univer sity in which a local owner sued the school. The school won the case, he said,. Trdirgiatt Board Increase In Tuition May Be Avoided By MEG TEICHHOLTZ The University w ill exert every effort to avoid increases in tuition fees or room and board rates during the coming year, President Eric A. Walk er said yesterday. "It is not easy to make an un qualified statement on matters such as these," he said. He added that he hoped such increases would not be necessary during the second half of the current biennium. Walker conceded that written University policy permits ad justment in room and board rates without notice. The ad ministration has no wish to exercise this privilege unless it becomes absolutely necessary, he added. He said that he hopeF , means can be found to avoid any in creases "whatsoever." Over one week ago, Albert E. Diem, vice president for business administration, said that he "would like to have students know one way or the other" about such increases by the end of the end of the semester. Room and board rates have re mained at their present level since 1957. Last year tuition was raised from $175 to $240 per se mester for Pennsylvania resi dents, and from $240 to $4BO per semester for out-of-state students. According ,to Walker, both the Food Service and Housing Departments have found it in creasingly difficult to operate within - their present income. They are instituting operational economies which they hope will enable them to continue at their present level for "at least an other year," he said. He explained that these econo mies would require the "whole hearted cooperation" of students but insisted they would not sig nificantly re - duce present services. Diem said that these economies will in part take the form of an obligation that students have their rooms prepared for cleaning promptly, to lessen \the expense of University operation. Sparks , Given Honor Of Professor Emeritus Norman R. Sparks, who will re tire on July 1, has been named piofessor emeritus of mechanical engineering. - , Collegian Photo by Rick Bower THE PRIDE OF THE MILITARY—Units from"the Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC detachments at the University as well as local reserve organizations participated in the annual Armed Forces Day parade last night. Dr. Howard A. Cutler, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs, acted as parade marshal. alkouts End SGA FIVE CENTS Assembly Halted in Midst Of Discrimination Bill SGA Assembly ended its meeting last night—abruptly_ when the lack of quorum was brought to the attention of the parlimentarian Frank Milus. A quorum was present when the meeting began, but the constant exiting of Assemblymen removed the quorum in the middle of the meeting. The lack was discovered as As sembly was in the midst of con sidering a bill to permit SGA to go on record as being opposed to all forms of racial discrimination, especially in the area of housing. SGA Vice President Donald Clagett handed over the gavel to secretary Susan Sherman and then rose to extend an apology to Den tu for Assembly "dissolving" in the middle of his bill. "I've never seen anything like I've seen tonight," Clagott said. "Don't you people realize that this is the highest student governing body on this campus? This is pretty shamful," he said. He said he didn't know why people had left but said he in tends to find out. Clagett called for another roll call at the close of the meeting to determine those people who had walked out while the meeting was in progress. The question of discrimination had come before the Assembly earlier in the evening when a DARE request for the formation of a committee to investigate in tergroup relations in all aspects which affect students was ap proved. In a heated 45-minute debate Assemblymen questioned their right to investigate in this area. Majority leader Walter Darran (U.-Sr.) suggested that DARE conduct the investigation on its own. Representatives of DARE de clared that the investigation be longed under a chartered Univer sity- organization and not under their auspices. They said that this committee should be a perman ent organization. Dean of Men Frank J. Simes, when questioned by Assembly members, said that as far as he knew the administration is not planning any action on discrim inatory practices. Simes said that property rights as well as human rights are in volved. In reference to an earlier suggestion made by Konstam that one of the areas of investigation be fraternities, Simes said that this would work a hardship on the fraternities. He said they had existed on campus before any such action was taken and that the University cannot now just decide to cause a loss to frater nities by refusing to authorize their charters. By BABB PUNK Students To Pay $5 Fee For Cars By JERRIE MARKOS An automobile registration fee of $5 a semester will be required of all undergraduate and graduate students having cars on campus beginning in the fall Dean of Men, Frank J. Simes announced to the SGA Assembly last night. Simes explained that the fee has been imposed because it was felt that only the students who bought parking tickets paid for the privilege of driving and park ing on campus. He further said that all students who drive on campus and use the parking lot areas at night benefited from 'these privileges. In other business the Assembly approved the appointments rec ommended by the Cabinet Per sonal Interviewing Committee to Encampment. The appointments were approved after the report was uestioned by two motions brought up before the Assembly. The first of these was - that of Jackie Leavitt, (U.-Sr.) who moved that James "Tim" Neill gan's name be stricken from the list. Miss Leavitt felt that he was unfit for an Encampment posi tion because his name has not yet been cleared from the alleged elections fix. The other motion was brought on the floor by Walter Darran (U.-Sr.). It asked that party chair men should go to Encampment by automatic position. The As sembly defeated both motions. Showers May Follow Cloudy, Warm Weather Partly cloudy, warmer and humid weather is expected today and there is a good possibility of afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms. Today's high tem perature will be about 83 degrees. 2 ,, _lir, 'e 1 ii,. Y JA. . ':g i t s , . I:1, ~i,4 ► ,g 4 ' ' I 4 • ikl ,
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