Panhel Accused of Viol By JOANNE MARK and JOAN MEHAN Mrs. Arthur K. Anderson, adviser for Alpha Omi cron Pi sorority, yesterday charged the local Pan hellenlc Judicial Board of violating a section of the 1957 College Panhellenic Conference Agreement in penalizing Kappa Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi for rushing code infractions. The section of the agreement which she said was violated, as set forth in the National Panhellenic Conference Manual of 1958, outlines a very definite procedure for handling disputes of this kind, she said. Mrs. Joseph D. Grigsby. NPC chairman, when contacted last night by The Daily Collegian, at the biennial NPC now in session in Chandler, Ariz., said, "An agreement ratified by all member sororities of the NPC is binding on the local panhellenic councils." Dorothy J. Lipp, dean of women, said last night that the statements of policy put out by the NPC are not enforceable in terms of government. "The local panhellenic councils are chartered by the University,” she said, “not by the NPC. VOL. 62. No. 41 UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. NOV. 16, 1961 FIVE CENTS SGA Extends Petition Deadline The SGA Assembly last night extended the petition deadline for candidates for the Assembly election from to night to the week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, the specific date to be decided by the elections com mission. "Since the Assembly voted to change the deadline, the elections commission has no choice other than to follow its recommendation. Therefore petitions will be accept ed until Tuesday, Nov. 28,” Nancy ■Williams, elections commission chairman, said last night. Dales for the Assembly elec tions were announced as Jan. 23, 24 and 25 with campaigning Snow Due Tonight Rain is expected today and most of tonight, and colder weather with rain changing to snow is indicated for late tonight. Snow flurries, windy and much colder weather Is forecast for to morrow. Today and tonight should be mild, and a high of 52 is expected today. The temperature will re main near 50 degrees until late tonight, when the mercury should begin ~a rapid descent. The rain should change to snow late tonight, and a light accumula tion is possible early tomorrow. Rush Chairmen Disagree On Code Interpretation By JOAN MEHAN When contacted by The Daily Collegian last night, sorority rush chairmen differ ed as to whether or not they had been informed of a partic ular clarification of the term "planned entertainment’’ as cited In an official Panhel letter. The letter containing this specific interpretation was sent by the Panhellenic Judicial Board to Kappa Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi sororities. It stated the sororities “had participated in organized pre-rush meetings; for example, three or more rushees and sisters met in the suite at one time.” In yesterday’s Collegian Janet Carlisle, Panhellenic rush chair man, interpreted planned enter tainment to mean that "there may not be a group of rushees being entertained by sorority women at any time in the suite.” Saih} FOR A BETTER PENN STATE beginning Jan. 15 and continu ing through Jan. 25 by Miss Wil liams. These dates are dependent up on the approval of an SGA con stitution before this time but both Dr. Laurence Lattman, chairman of the University Senate commit tee on Student Affairs, and Den nis Foianini, SGA president, have fiven indications that there would e a constitution by then, Miss Williams said. The Assembly decided to change the deadline for petitions because it felt the scheduled one week allotment was not sufficient for some areas such as men off-cam pus. "If the deadline is not extend ed, I think we might be defeat ing our system of representation before it gets started by creating 2,000 Congo Troops Mutiny LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (AP) —A mutiny of more than 2,000 Congo government troops has broken out in the eastern Congo, the United Nations an nounced' yesterday, and diplo mats said the defiance was under the personal command of leftist leader Antoine Gizenga. The United Nations said the re bellion will be put down by force if necessary. Diplomatic informants said Gi zengs, heir of former Premier Patrice Lumumba, was directing At this time she did not define group to mean a specific num ber. Liselolie Weihe, president of Alpha Omicron Pi. said last night "I have never heaid that three or more rushees in. a suite meant planned entertain ment" "After consulting our rush chairman, I found that the inter pretation of planned entertain ment given by Miss Carlisle in yesterdays’ Collegian was never mentioned at either a Panhellenic Council meeting or a rush com mittee meeting. ’ Nancy Williams, president of Kappa Delta sorority, said that “our rush chairman has attended every scheduled meeting and was totally unaware of any definition of planned entertainment pertain ing to three rushees in a group.” “I’m sure that she wouldn’t miss such an important point,” Miss Williams added. "It seems lo me that this rule (Continued on page two) “There is no way the NPC may revoke a college panhellenic charter," Dean Lipp said. “The University reserves the right to handle its own sorority affairs.” The agreement that Mrs. Anderson said was vio lated concerns the handling of disputes. It states: • The Panhellenic president shall call a meeting of all parties concerned in the misunderstanding. These representatives shall discuss the difficulty and try to reach a solution. •If this fails, the accuser In the dispute must submit the charges in writing to the local panhellenic president. • The president shall then call for a meeting of the entire panhellenic council to discuss the case, allowing sufficient time so that the accused may pre pare a statement. The delegates of all accused groups may be present at the meeting to present their side of the case. • The case goes to the local Panhellenic judiciary body only if the council fails to reach a decision or the penalized group refuses to accept the verdict. @(£nU*giatt the possibility that some areas ■will not be fully represented," John Wilmer. U-Sr., said last night. In other business, the Assembly discussed the future of its consti tution recently withdrawn from consideration by the joint com mittee on student affairs and or ganizational control. Dean Wharton, last year’s sopho more class president, suggested that someone from the Assembly work with David McKinley, asso ciate dean of business administra tion, to write- a new constitution to present to the Assembly. Foianini assumed this respon sibility and has made plans to meet with McKinley this week end. The Assembly is scheduled to (Continued on page eight) the revolt against central govern ment authority in Kindu, the Kivu Province town north of the seces sionist Katanga Province. Gizenga’s open defiance of the United Nations and the Congo’s central government of which he nominally is a vice premier, was reported three days before a scheduled Nov. 18 conference to which Gizenga has invited all “true nationalists of the Congo.” He has summoned ail left-wing leaders to set up a new Lumum bist national party called the "Panalu” movement. FRED LEWIS PATTEE LIBRARY appeared ready lo hand out the standing room only sign last night when this photo was taken. Library officials have reported that the existing facili ties are filled lo near capacity on most evenings “These procedures must be included in the rush ing procedures of all college panhellenics, according to the NPC manual," Mrs. Anderson said. These procedures are not included in the local panhellenic rush code which states: “The Panhellenic Executive Council shall have the right to investigate rumors and punish according to the information found.” Nancy M. Vanderpool, assistant to the dean of women and adviser to panhellenic council, said "As far as I know, the NPC agreement is not binding, only a recommendation.” Mrs. Vanderpool said her Interpretation is based on iha preamble to the NPC agreement which stalest “National Panhellenic Conference recognizes that in unusual cases where established administrative policy differs from that set forth, the College panhel lenic shall concur with such established policies of the college or university.” Nancy Williams, president of Kappa Delta (Continued on page two) Student Calls Prexy immature In a,prepared statement presented at the Tosn Independ ent Men’s Council meeting last night, Gomer Williarps, chair man of the TIM Thanksgiving Recess Investigation Commit tee, charged that the actions of President Eric A. Walker concerning the Thanksgiving recess issue were “irresponsible, immature and detrimental to the welfare of the University.” In an impassioned half-hour ap peal for what he called “improve ments in student-administration relations," Williams gave a report on his actions as chairman of the Thanksgiving committee. A motion to accept the report was tabled by TIM council. Williams said that Walker fold him during an interview that there was a big problem in the area of student-admin istration relations, but that it didn't worry him. Williams said that Walker also said during this interview that he would expel any students who par ticipated in a demonstration for a recess at the Penn Sfale- Syracuse football game. Williams said he called Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive assistant to the president, several days after this interview. He said that Kenworthy said Walker was onlyj joking when he threatened to! expel demonstrators and that Wil-j liams had personally threatened; to lead a riot at the game if ai recess were not granted. I Williams denied these charges' and said that subsequently Walkerj has repeated them to other people and refused to give him a chance to defend himself. Williams added that he has tried to see Walkerj five times. ! Williams charged that the reasons given him by Walker for not granting a recess were "sharply confradicled by other —Coll'glan Photo by Nancy I.ou Smith and all day Tuesdays and Thursdays. In pre vious years the library was overcrowded only around the beginning and the end of the semes ter, but this year, officials have said, the library has been crowded almost all term. dtion members of the administra tion." Williams further charged that administration - student relations had reached an all-time low as witnessed at half time during the Army game when the students spontaneously booed the four term system and drowned out the Blue Band with cries of, “We want a vacation.” Williams said that “irrespon sible remarks and actions” by Walker had helped lead to this situation. He suggested that Walk er no longer be called Prexy. "1 realize what I am saying may be used against me," he said. However, he added, "I have checked, double checked, and checked some iffore to make sure that I was right. I firmly believe I am right." Williams cited his research into the Thanksgiving issue, his let ter to Walker on behalf of TIM council requesting a recess, and his personal opposition to dem onstrations and riots as evidence that he acted in a “responsible manner,” I "I’ve been acting responsibly ‘and Dr. Walker has not,” he said. I Walker is now attending a con- Jvenlion of the American Associa tion of Land Grant Colleges and [Universities in Kansas City and could not be reached for comment last night. . When asked to comment on the situation in the absense of the president, Kenworthy said, “I nave nothing to say at this time.”
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