Cabinet Approves
New Compensations
On Ist of 2 Votes
Compensations totaling $1875 were approved for student
leaders by All-University Cabinet last night on the first vote.
A second vote is needed before they will go into effect.
The vote, which came after a lengthy debate among both
Cabinet members and administration assistants, was 18 to 5.
The cor?ipensations—or "scholarships" as some Cabinet
members and administration assistants preferred to call
them—would be drawn from the Interclass Budget System,
which is supported mainly by student fees.
Segregation
Controversy
Continues
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb.
16 (/P)—Students and faculty
at the University of Alabama,
beset with racial strife since
its first Negro student was
enrolled early this month,
were told today the issue has be
come "not segregation -versus in
tegration, but law and order ver
sus anarchy "
Dr. 0. C. Carmichael, univer
sity president, was addressing the
first student convocation since
Miss Autherine Lucy, 26-year-old
Birmingham secre'ary, was ex
cluded from classes Feb. 6 as a
safety measure by the university
board of frustees.
The Negro student is petition
ing the U.S. pistrict Court for an
order requiring her readmission.
She attended classes three days
ending Feb. 5, when a rioting mob
threw rocks, eggs, and mud balls
in a tumultuous demonstration
against the end of segregation at
the 125-year-old institution.
• Two photographers were taken
in custody by university police
during the convocation. It had
been announced that no photo
graphs would be permitted dur
ing the meeting.
The Lucy petition is set for a
Feb. 29 hearing in Birmingham.
Carmichael today ruled out spec
ulation she might be readmitted
before Feb. 29. His statement was:
"The decision now rests with the
court."
Anderson to Fill
Housing Position
Vacated by Hibbs
Edith H. Anderson of State Col
lege will assume the position of
assistant to the dean of women
in charge of housing on March 1.
She will fill the position held
by Mrs. Cordelia Hibbs who died
last fall. Mrs. Anderson will be,
gin handling summer and fall
room assignments next month.
- Mrs. Anderson was formerly
employed as secretary in the
Psychology Clinic. She has also
worked in the Division of Inter
mediate Registration.
The last position Mrs. Ander
son held before coming to the
University was Director of the
Bureau of Women and Children
in the State Department of Labor
and Industry. •
Mrs. Anderson, a member of
the Board of Directors of the Uni
versity Christian Association, has
served as vice-chairman and sec
retary of the Board.
She is a - graduate of Indiana
University.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
CLOUDY
AND
SNOWY
By ED DUBBS
The action was taken by ac
cepting a Cabinet Compensation
Committee report recommending
such a move. The report was pre
sented by Philip Beard, All-Uni
versity secretary-treasurer and
chairman of the committee.
A second vote is needed since
the Student Government Associ
ation constitution states that ap
propriations totaling more than
$lOO must be approved at two
consecutive meetings.
Voted Out Last Spring
Cabinet voted out compensa
tions, except for All-University
officers, last spring.
The committee's report states
the "criteria" used in determining
who receives, and who receives
how much compensation were:
"length of service, financial re
sponsibility, responsibility of de
cisions, and delegated position
and prestige."
Douglas Moorhead, student Ath
letic Association president, who
voted against returning the com
pensations, said he doesn't be
lieve leaders should be compen
sated "for jobs they have taken
on for activities."
• Personalities Inferred
Moorhead, while Beard was dis
cussing the proposed compensa
tions, asked if they were "study
ing the jobs or personalities."
George L. Donovan, director of
Associated Student Affairs and a
member of the committee, said
that "we're not interested in per
sonalities—we are just trying to
do some small thing for student
activities."
_
Ross B. Lehman, assistant ex
ecutive director of the Alumni
Association and the second ad
ministration member of the corn
mittee, said he believes compen
sations are • "good."
,He said he
was "horrified last year to find
that they had been thrown out."
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes
came out against compensations.
Simes said:
"I think that leadership is its
own reward. You (Cabinet mem
bers, many of whom would re
ceive compensations) serve the
University, but there are many
alumni who also the Uni
versity . . without a penny of
compensation- : . ."
Now Have Prestige
He further said that student
leaders already receive benefits
from activities, such as "prestige
and self-confidence."
Those in favor of "scholarships
for student leaders" contended
that they were no different from
athletic or academic scholarships.
Simes refuted this argument by
saying that "academic and sports
scholarships are taken fr o m
money given to the University
by individuals" and that the com
pensations would be taken from
(Continued on page eight)
Cabinet Votes Change
In Spring Election Slate
In an extenuated and, at
times, heated, session last
night, All-University Cabinet
decided that independents
hold three of the five'Cabinet
offices which :will be elected
in this Spring's elections.
CME3
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The motion, which was intro
duced by Bruce Lieske, president
of the Association of Independent
Men, was delayed by extensive
debate and was hashed over from
every possible angle before being
passed by a vote of 16-2.
Previous to this All-University
Simes Takes Stand
alle Elaitg
VOL. 56, No. 84 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 17. 1956 FIVE CENTS
Sororities Confused
By Rushing Rule
Sororities found themselves confused Wednesday night over Coffee Hour invitations and
the number of upperclass women that could be pledged. The confusion was caused by two
interpretations of one Panhellenic Rushing Code regulation.
Panhellenic Executive Board, composed of five officers of Panhellenic Council, met
yesterday afternoon to settle on one interpretation of the rule.
Wednesday night sororities were called and informed that the rule was being inter
preted in a way different than many sororities had previously understood. This caused
the number of invitations some sororities could send out to be altered. It also changed
the number of upperclasswomen some sororities could plan to pledge.
State Senate
OK's InCrease
In Scholarship's
The State Senate passed and
sent on to the House of Represen
tatives Tuesday night a bill
doubling the value of state schol
arships for colleges from $lOO to
$2OO.
Jo Hays, state senator from
Centre an d Clearfield counties
and sponsor of the bill, said yes
terday the number of scholarships
would retrain the same. There are
80 such scholarships—one for
each senatorial district, Hays said.
Fifty-four students are present
ly attending the University on
these state scholarships. They
have no relation to the senator
' ial scholarships used by approx
imately 1200 student. at the Uni
versity. State scholarships are
paid directly to the student by
the administration while senator
ial scholarships are paid from the
administration through the Uni
versity to the student.
The scholarships may be won
by students through competition
ir. each county. Those winning
may attend the colleges of their
choice.
ICC B Approves
Elections Time
The Inter-College Council Board
has decided that the elections of
student council members will be
held this spring at the same time
as the All-University elections.
Fred Seipt, chairman of the
board, said that the council
thought that student interest
would be greater if the elections
were held the same time as the
All-University elections.
Seipt also said that some of the
colleges will set up their voting
places at the same central voting
places as the All-University elec
tions. Some of the others, how
ever, such as Home Economics
and Engineering will hold the
elections in their respective build
ing because they believe that by
doing this they will be able to
get a greater number of students
to vote.
President Earl Seely was forced
to break a deadlocked vote and
defeat a motion by All-University
Vice President Robert Sturdevant
which specified exactly which of
fices should be held by each fac
tion.
The debate was marked by
speeches from nearly every Cabi
net member and by Lion Party
Clique, Chairman Robert Spadaro,
and, other interested spectators.
It had been previously agreed
upon by the Elections Committee
Chairman Roger Beidler and the
clique chairmen to have three of
the offices go to fraternity men.
Ueske, however, interjected his,
motion because 'he said it was "a
. r P it
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By DOTTIE STONE
The regulation concerned the
number of freshman and upper
classwomen each sorority could
pledge. Because some sororities
felt that they could not pledge
any upperc)asswomen, they did
not send invitations to upper-
clanswomen rushees.
Last night Panhel informed all
sororities of the new regulation,
and some upperclasskvomen rush
ees were notified by the Panhel
Post Office of the invitations
they would have received if the
rule had not been re-defined
Wednesday night.
The present interpretations
that the Panhel Executive Board
decided last night are:
1. A sorority may not pledge
more than 15 freshmen.
2. If a sorority has under 50
members at present, these vacan
cies may be filled with upper
classwomen or freshmen, as long
as the entire freshman quota does
not exceed 15,
3. If a sorority has 15 or fewer
seniors graduating in June, these
places may be filled only with
freshmen.
4. It a sorority has more than
15 seniors graduating in June,
only 15 freshmen may be pledged.
The remaining vacancies created
by graduating seniors may be
filled with upperclasswomen.
5. A sorority need not fill its
quota during any one rush per
iod.
The new quota system will
vary this year, as the rushing
program is in the process of be
ing revised to allow freshmen to
pledge sororities. The quota of 15
freshmen was decided on to al
low sororities to evenutally equal
ize the number in each class, re
sulting in a better balanced sor
ority.
The point of Wednesday night's
confusion over invitations in
volved .the sororities that were
told they could not pledge tipper
classwomen unless they had room
for 15 freshmen.
The mix-up was partly caused
by the confusing wording of the
regulating in the Panhel rush
booklet. Other factors might have
been that the council president,
Joanne Caruso, was student
teaching when the regulation was
written and interpreted at Panhel
meetings, where a representative
of each sorority was present.
When Miss Caruso returned ; her
interpretation was different from
other sorority members.
matter of principle." He noted
that for the last two years the
majority of the Cabinet posts had
gone to fraternity men and that
this year there was no problem
with not having the qualified in
dependent men to fill the Cabinet
posts.
The motion which was-passed,
however, still may be appealed
to the Elections Committee in
which case' it would have to be
brought back to Cabinet for re
consideration.
Robert Bahrenburg, president
of the Junior Class warned Cabi
net that this possibiliyt was in
effect a probability and told them
to be ready for debate on the-topic
in forthcoming weeks.
Tottrgiatt
NSA Requests
Representative
Far Seminar
The University has been invited
to send a delegate to the first In
ternational Student Relations
Seminar of the Pennsylvania-
West Virginia Region of National
Student Association' to be held
March 9, 10, and 11 at Lycoming
College in Williamsport.
An American student from ei
ther the sophimore or junior class
is eligible to be sent as a delegate.
Participants will receive grants
from NSA to cover expenses.
Acting head of the department
of political science Dr. Eaton At
water must endorse applicants to
make them eligible and All-Uni
versity President Earl Seely will
select the delegate from among
the endorsed applicants.
The criteria on which students
should be judged are knowledge
of international relations, aca
demic standing, linguistic profi
ciency, and student government
activity or general proficiency in
the field of student affairs-.
According to David Dulles. di
rector of the seminar, it is very
probable that the International
Vice President. Olive S. Gray, and
the National Vice President, Eu
gene Preston. will attend the sem
inar.
The purpose of the seminar is
to make the member schools of
NSA aware of, NSA's loreign rela
tions program with national stu
dent associations in other coun
tries, and to spread information
from the International Commis
sion in order to stimulate mot c ef
fecUve foreign student and inter
national programs on campus and
in the region.
The seminar is also planned to
give qualified students a chance to
see what personal part they may
play in the foreign relations pro
gram.
Prexy Delays
Presentation
President Milton S. Eisenhow
er will be presented the Republic
'of Korea Medal at the Korean
(Embassy in Washington on March
I instead of today as reported
lyesteday in the Daily Collegian.
A University official said yes
terday that Dr. Eisenhower de
cided that unfavorable anticipat
ed weather conditions made it un
likely he could attend both the
funeral services of James Milhol
land at 2 p.m. today in Pittsburgh
and the ceremony in Washington.
Instead, Dr. Eisenhower will
attend the funeral services of the
late president of the Board of
Trustees today and will receive
South Korea's highest civilian
award on March 1.
Leadership Training
Students who have successful
ly completed the leadership train
ing program may pick up their
certificates and book, "A Call to
Order." today at the Iletzel Union
desk.
"A Call to Order" deals with
parliamentary procedure.