Probation Suggested
For 4 Pranksters;,
IFC Holds Hearing
The subcommittee on discipline of the Senate Corn
mittee on Student Affairs yesterday recommended disci
plinary probation, for four members of Pi Kappa Phi fra
ternity who removed several articles of furniture from Phi
Kappa Tau Feb. 1.
Meanwhile, the Interfraternity Council Board of Con
trol began preliminary hearings Thursday night to decide
whether the two houses and their officers can be held re-
IFC Board
Will Report
On Hearings
• The Interfraternity Council
Board of Control will report to
the IFC Monday night on bear
ings the Board held into inter
fraternity pranks Thursday night.
The meeting will start at 7:30
p.m.
The Board he ar d testimony
from the presidents of Pi Kappa
Phi and Phi Kappa Tau fraterni
ties 'Thursday night while trying
to.decide whether the two houses
and their officers can be held re
sponsible for individual actions of
fraternity members.,.
4 Fined tgy Borough - '
Four members of Pi Kappa Phi
were caught by police Feb. 1
after stealing a rug and chair
from Phi Kappa Tau. The men
termed the incident a "fraternity
prank" and said it was nothing
more than a "friendly" fraternity
rivalry.
Justice of the Peace Guy G.
Mills fined the quartet $61.50
apiece for disorderly conduct. Dis
ciplinary. probation was recom
mended for the students by .the
subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Student Affairs yester
day.
Russell to Report
IFC is also scheduled to hear
a report from John Russell, IFC
vice .president, on plans for the
IFC-Panhel Ball, March 23, and
Howard Thompson, editor of Toga
Tales, on the reorganization of
the IFC magazine.
Robert Bullock, IFC
.president,
will make appointments to the
IFC Culture Committee. Th e
committee was organized by IFC
last semester to try to bring cul
ture programs to the University.
Weatherman Predicts
Rain Mixed With Snow
Cool weather with possible rain
and snow has been predicted for
today by students in the depart
ment of meteorology.
Yesterday's .high was 45 degrees
and the low was 35 degrees. The
high today will be approximately
40 degrees and the low will be
33 degrees.
Alabama Prexy
Denies Charges
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 10
VP)—With obvious heat, the pres
ident of the University of Ala
bama today emphatically denied
charges by a Negro woman stu
dent that mob action here was a
"cleVer strategem"to let her out
of school.
Dr ; O. C. Carmichael said al
legations in a suit filed in Bir
mingham U.S. Dist. Court yester
day by Autheririe Lucy, were "un
tr u e,unwarranted and out
rageous.'"
TODAY'S
WEATHER
COOLER
WITH
RAIN
By LARRY JACOBSON
kponsible for the actions of the
four fraternity members who took
part in the prank.
The recommendation of the
Senate subcommittee overrode
one of office probation made
Tuesday by Tribunal. •
The case was referred to the
subcommittee by the office of
the dean of men. The office
neither approved nor disapproved
the recommendation of Tribunal,
but felt the matter should receive
more intensive consideration.
Board Recesses Hearing
The Board of Control heard
testimony from the presidents of
the two fraternities involved, but
recessed the hearing to gather
more information on the case.
Robert Simmons, chairman of
the Board of Control, said the
testimony of the two house presi
dents did not coincide with • the
facts the Boaid had gathered.
Simmons said there were too
many "inconsistencies." He did
no elaborate.
He said the Board has recessed
to make a more thorough investi
gation, but will definitely try the
case. The Board cannot act
against individuals in a frater
nity, he said, but only on the ac
tion of the house as a whole.
However, Simmons added, the
house officers may come under
Board of Control, jurisdiction.
Harold W. Perkins, assistant
dean of men, said yesterday the
University contends that frater
nity rivalries can get out of hand
when allowed to continue over a
long period of time. It is up - to
the Board of Control, he said, to
decide whether or 'not these
pranks are desirable.
He added that this the Uni
versity is giving the Board of
Control an opportunity to take a
stand on the matter of fraternity
rivalries and pranks.
Board to Give Statement
Simmons said the Board of
Control would issue a statement
at the end of the hearing dealing
with fraternity pranks in the gen
eral area of the prank staged by
the four Pi Kappa Phi members.
The four men involved told
Tribunal Tuesday night that they
had only participated in friendly
fraternity prank, and that there
was a friendly rivalry between
Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Kappa Tau.
Previously, the men had been
fined $61.50 apiece" by Justice of
the Peace Guy G. Mills for dis
orderly conduct.
World at a Glance
Westinghouse
Mediators Quit
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10 (AP)
Federal mediators gave 'up today
after four months of hammering
away at settling the 118-day old
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
strike.
The Federal Mediation Service
entered the dispute a week before
the strike began last Oct. 17.
. Both the company and the un
ion blamed each other for the fed
eral agency's withdrawal but said
they are willing to continue talks.
None were scheduled.
- I 1
4 Coinnsueit4 Acquitted
CLEVELAND, , Feb. 10 (A))—
Four Ohio .Commilhist leaders to
day won acquittal of charges they
conspired to teach the overthrow
Of the American government by
violent revolution, but six others
were convicted.
Rivalries Queitioned
MR Dago
VOL. 56, No. 80 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11. 1956 FIVE CENTS
Fire Hazard. Probe
Will Start Today
Editorial on page 4
Several of eight volunteer teams from the Alpha Fire Company will start an inspec
tion of town State College businesses this afternoon as part of a town-wide check of
possible fire hazards.
Fire chief Tom Sauers said present plans call for a check of businesses, fraternities, and
private residences in that order.
Sauers said he didn't know how long it would take the firemen to complete the in-
Review
May Presents
Thesis Production
"The Innocents," a two-act suspense drama, successfully
packs tense moments.and surprises for its audience at every
turn.
Miss Nancy May, graduate in dramatics from Elizabeth,
staged and directed the production .with talent becoming a
professional.
The four member - cast portrays the haunting story of two
strange young children who have
had a lacy spider's web tale en
twined around their young lives.
With every action the poetry
reciting Miles, played by Walter
Ebaugh, seventh grade student at
State College Junior High School,
and his song-loving little sister,'
'Flora, enhance the story with
their inherent charm and stage
;potential. Carol, Alin Mansell,
nine-year -old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard. E, Mansell, Jr. of
State College, played Flora.
As th e youngsters trapse
around the stage, the two other
cast members complement the
depth of their acting. Through
the adult roles, Flora and Miles
sweetly portray innocent chil
dren while accepting their role
in the strange world around
them.
Ruth Yeaton, as the young
governess who was hurled into
the 19th century home, portrays
well the emotions of the en
tanglement of their life. Mrs.
Grose is a kindly, well-meaning
housekeeper, portrayed well by
Mrs. Joetta Laing, junior in arts
and letters from State College.
From the very first strains of
opening music until the last
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Bridges to Talk
On GOP Futures
Tuesday Night
Republican Sen. Styles - Bridges,
of New Hampshire, will speak on
"The Republican Party in the Fu
ture," at a Lincoln Day dinner at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Nittany
Lion Inn.
The dinner is being sponsored
by the Young Republicans Club
in conjunction with the Centre
County Young Republicans Club.'
Sen. Bridges, who began his ca
reer as an instructor at Sanderson
Academy in Ashfield; Mass., was
governor of New Hampshire from
1935 to 1937. He was first elected
to the U.S. Senate in 1937. In 1952,
he received the largest majority
vote accorded to any candidate in
the history of New Hampshire.
At present, Sen. Bridges is the
ranking minority member of the
Senate Appropriations Committee.
He also served two terms as presi
dent pro tempore of the Senate.
Sen. Bridges' trip to the Uni
versity was arranged by Congress
man James E. Van Zandt of the
120th Congressional District.
Tickets, which are $3, may be
obtained from Carl Saperstein.
Lincoln Day chairman, or David
Scott.
Snowbound Europe
Gets U.S. Air Lift
LONDON, Feb. 10 (iP)—Food
and fuel tumbled out of mercy
planes over snowbound villages
of Europe today in the worst
winter of the century.
American Air Force "Flying
Boxcars" joined the rescue work
as Europe's death toll climbed to
216.
Secretary. Benson Calls
Farm Bill Inconsistent
WASHINGTON, Feb.- 10 VII—
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T.
Benson lashed out today at the
farm bill approved b ythe Senate
Agriculture Committee. He called
it "inconsistent;" saying it would
create a new surplus problem.
Tax. Bill OK Promised
HARRISBURG. Feb. 10' (All--
Gov,. George-M. Leader today in
jected new life into the House's
bipartisan income-sales tax com
promise by agreeing to sign into
law all parts of the plan.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By DOTTIE STONE
New Graduation System
To Be Used Each Fall
The efficiency with which each graduate received his
diploma at the recent commencement has caused University
officials to plan to use the system for every January com-
mencement
However, it is still impossible to employ the system at
the spring graduation exercises, they said.
About 600 students were graduated at the January exer
cises, which were held in Recrea
tion Hall. Approximately 2000
are graduated each spring at the
ceremonies on New Beaver Field.
Under a system not used for
some 30 years, each January
graduate was handed his diploma
by the dean of his college.
Formerly, the graduates had to
return after the exercises to Wil
lard Hall to pick up their parche
ments.
The decision to use the new
system regluarly was repotted to
the 'University Senate at its
Thursday meeting.
From the Committee on Stu
dent Affairs, the Senate heard
a brief report on academic hon
estY.
A spokesman for the committee
said an open meeting was held
recently with several interested
faculty members.
snr4"4l
.3.1!
Taltrgiatt
spection, but did say the firemen
would "hit the businesses for the
first week or so."
We will try to do as thorough
a job as possible, Sauers said, but
we are volunteers and can do
only so much. This may be a big
ger job than we thought, he said.
Make Town Safer
Commenting• on the purpose of
the inspection, Sauers said, "We
are lust trying to make the town
a little safer." _
Sauers said warm ashes loaded
in non - metal containers and
placed near inflammable parti
tions were the major cause oftires
in the home.
Other fire hazards the firemen
will search for according to Sauers
include overloaded wiring circuits,
loose rubbish sitting around, and
poor incinerator service. .
Sauers was asked what action
, the firemen would take if they
discovered fire hazards existing
in businesses or residences.
Recommend Changes
He replied that firemen would
discuss .f i r e hazards with own
ers and make recommendationS
for suggested change. Owners will
be required to fill out a question
naire. "A report will be made out
if we deem it necessary and will
be referred to the state fire mar
shall in Hollidaysburg," he said.
Sailers replied, "we have noth
ing' to do with that," when asked
if firemen would search for pos
sible health hazards.
Each team, composed of eight
men, will be - led by a deputy
armed with an affadavit from the
borough granting the firemen the
right to inspect.
Each team will operate indepen
dently, Sauers said. He explained
the functioning of a team as fol
lows:
Arriving for inspection, a team
will split into four groups of two
each enabling them to cover four
closely spaced dwellings at the
same time. The deputy will act
as a supervisor and will lend his
assistance when needed, -
Sauers promised that the fire
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The committee will make a
full report at the next Senate
meeting, the spokesman said.
Under the academic honesty
regulations approved last May 3,
academic dishonesty is classified
into three types of offenses with
commensurate punishment:
1. Presumably unpremeditated
cheating,
2. Premeditated cheating, and
3. Cooperative, p - emeditated
cheating.
A student caught cheating must
be reported to the student's dean,-
through the head of the depart-
ment and the dean of the college
in which the dishonest act was
committed.
Several months ago, the faculty
of the College of Chemistry and
Physics proposed that the instruc
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