Cunningham, Farrell Win Top WSGA, WRA Posts; Riley Is WSGA Secretary Carolyn Cunningham, sixth semester home economics major, was elected president of Women's Student Govern ment Association yesterday, and Patricia Farrell, sixth semes ter physical education major, was elected president of Wom en's Recreation Association. Riley -- Carolyn Cunningham WSGA President AF May Call ROTC Grads To Active Duty Seniors who will complete the advanced program in Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in June probably will be called to active duty by the Air Force, Col. Daniel F. Riva, professor of air science and tactics, said yes terday. Air Force officials in Washing ton have announced theyh will ap point as second lieutenants in the Air Force Reserve approximately 10,200 AFROTC cadets graduat ing during the year May 1, 1955, to April 30, 1956. With 'the exception of about 100 graduating cadets who have had 'previous military service, and cadets granted deferments to continue with academic work,. it is intended• that all 10,200 grad uates will be called to active duty. • Included in the group to be called are approximately Erroo men who have been accepted for flight training. Also included, and to assume non-rated duties, are 2000 who have technical and. ad ministrative type skills needed by .the Air. Force. Unlike last year, there is no lack of , vacancies within the Air Force. Last year it was necessary to give graduates certificates of completion. House Approves Tax Clause Repeal WASHINGTON, March 24 (VP) —The House of Representatives today passed by unanimous voice vote a bill to repeal two business tax benefits which have been at tacked by Democrats as a multi billion dollar "windfall" to busi ness firms. There was virtually no opposi tion to the measure which now goes to the Senate, but the vote was preceded by two hours of stormy partisan debate on broad e tax .olic . ' TODAY'S WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY AND COLDER Sy INEZ ALTHOUSE to Miss Cunningham, auto matically becomes secretary of WSGA. Miss Cunningham polled 683 votes to '271 for Miss 'Riley. Miss Farrell received 597 votes, while her opponent, Marilyn Fischer, sixth semester education major, received 438 votes. Forty per cent of the women students, a total of 1082, voted in yekterday's WSGA-WRA elec tions. Last year approximately 57 per cent voted. Thompson Hall registered the highest percentage of votes with 64 per cent voting. The poll in McAllister Hall was second with approximately 58 per cent. This voting poll included women from Grange and Wom an's Building, and town women. No breakdown on the separate dormitories was available. Ather ton and McElwain Halb • has 45 per cent voting, -and Simmons Hall registered 30 per cent.' Margaret Forster, fourth semes ter home economics major, was elected WSGA vice president with 607 votes, over Daisy Zimmerman, fourth semester education major, who polled 435 votes. Miss Zim merman automatically becomes a junior senator. Sondra Peters, second semes ter edugation major, was elected treasurer of WSGA over Carole Ruff, with 635 and 394 votes re spectively. Pauline Paulekas, sixth semester home economics major, received 127 votes to win the office of senior senator from Sylvia • Fish, sixth semester arts and letters major, who received 102 votes. Junior senator is Martha Flem ing, fourth semester home eco nomics major with 142 votes (Continued on page eight) World at a Glance Red Disarmament Position Reversed LONDON. March 24 ()—Sov iet Russia, in a surprise reversal of its . position at the five-power disarmament talkS, has put for ward new proposals. "quite sim ilar" to the Western program for reducing nuclear and other arms, sources close to the U.S. delega tion disclosed today. Western officials were pictured as cautiously optimistic that the arm conference may now make some progress, but wary lest the Soviet proposals turn out to be propaganda. The informants said ' Russia's plan calls for step-by-step cuts in both nuclear an d conventional weapons, such as tanks and planes. It would eventually re sult—if carried through—in scrap_ ing of hydrogen and atomic weapon& ' Patricia Farrell WRA President Tile Buggitrgiatt VOL. 55, No. 109 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25. 1955 FIVE CENTS Cabinet Approves New Constitution By MIKE FEINSILBER Daily Collegian City Editor All• University Cabinet unanimously adopted a new constitution last night, setting up a Supreme •Court to review the legality of Cabinet legislation. • The 'constitution must be approved by the Senate Committee on Student Affairs be fore it goes into effect. The constitution provides an impeachment procedure for the All-University presi• dent, due to action taken last night. _ _ _ In the closing minutes of debate, which has continued for three weeks, a proposal was made to recommit the constitution to change its basic representative organization. The viewpoint that Cabinet, am now constituted, does not repre sent the average student was ex pressed by most members of the body during debate on the move to recommit the new •charter. Representation Questioned Diehl McKalip, chairman of the Board of Publications, questioned whether he, in his official posi tion, or the chairman of the Board of Dramatics and Forensics, who also has a seat on Cabinet, and the four class officers, who sit on Cabinet, "actually represent anyone." Cabinet members, except for the eight popularly elected, gain their seats by virtue• of their posi tions as head of other groups. Thus, each student is represent.. ed by at least four Cabinet mem bers. Frosh Driving Plan Tabled by Cabinet A recommendation that freshmen not be allowed to drive or park on campus was tabled by All-University Cabinet last night. The plan, which was approved by University administration, will go back to committee for further study. During debate, John Speer, All-University vice president, pointed out that no more parking areas will be constructed in the central part of campus. Speer alto announced that a University committee is studying methods of improving bus facilities in and out of State College. The plan to bar driving privi leges for freshmen was hotly de bated. It was suggested by Walter H. Wiegand, director of the physi cal plant, to Samuel K. Hostetter, comptroller, according to Robert Hess, chairman of Cabinet's Traf-, fic Committee. Samuel Wolcott and Earl Seely, sophomore and junior class presi dents, both veterans, expressed feEik' that the legislation would cut down on veterans' enrollment at the University. Approximately 400 v et e r ans were enrolled in the freshman class in the fall. "If students are not willing to forego the use of a car," Dean of Men Frank J. Simes, an ex officio member of Cabinet stated, "then as far as I am concerned let them go some place else." Simes pointed out that the stu dents who live closest to their classrooms, the freshmen, have their cars nearest to the class room buildings. But off-campus students are not allowed, to drive to classes, Simes said. A proposal that Shortlidge road, from College avenue to Pollock road be made a one-way street from midnight to 1:15 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays was strick en from the report. The recommendation was drop (Continued on page eight) Knowland Opposes Big 4 Conference WASHINGTON, March 24 (P)— Sen. William F. Knowland of Cal ifornia declared today a Big Four conference which failed, might be worse than no .conference at all. If it broke up in "major dis agreement," the Senate's Repub lican leader told newsmen, "it might have actually lessened the chance for peace rather than in creased it." And he said it is essential that the United States, before trying to come to terms with the Soviet Union, conduct conversations with its major allies. Knowland, Chairman Walter F.l George (D.-Ga.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower all agree that any moves to bring American, British, French, and Russian chiefs . of state together at one table must await ratifica tion of the Paris agreements. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Ball Elected First President Of OK Society John Ball, eighth semester arts and letters major, has been elected president of the Omicron Kappa, local leadership fraternity. The OK society, which was ap proved Wednesday by the Senate Committee on Student Affairs, may petition at the end of a year to Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership fraternity for applica tion. Robert Dennis, eighth semester arts and letters major, was elected vice president; Jerry Donovan, eighth semester .labor-manage ment major, secretary; and George Williams, sixth semester animal husbandry major, treasurer. The following committees were set up: Petition Donovan, chairman, John Robinson, Fred Seipt, Doug las Mooihead, and Bruce Lieske. Banquet Williams, chairman, Ellswokth Smith, Watson Leese, Carl Nurick, and George Kuly nych. SelectionD e n n i s, chairinan, Larry Adler, Sidney Goldblatt, and David Morrow. Spring Campaign Gets In Full Swing Spring elections are drawing near! Athletic Association nominees have been chosen to run in the spring elections next Wednesday and Thursday, and political can. didates are campaigning in dormitories and living units for the fourth time today. Douglas Moorhead, varsity track; William Straub, football, and Robert Hoffman, varsity football and basketball, have been nomi nated for AA president. The only nomination made for secretary was lan Springer, soccer. Candidates are selected by - the coaches, captains, and co-captains of the University athletic teams. Men students will vote for the candidates. The candidate getting the second highest number of votes for president will be in stalled as vice president. Requirements for the nominees, according to the association's con stitution, is participation in at least one major sport and a 1.0 All-University average. Political candidates will visit dormitories, fraternities, and town living units again at noon today, but only State party candidates will solicit during the evening meal The last day of campaigning will be next Tuesday. STATE PARTY All-Universky oumM- 'Overlapping' Hit Robert Dennis, president of the Association of Independent Men, defended this "overlapping of representation." "Sure our student government is unusual," Dennis declared, "Sure it is hard to understand. But it is more effective than the representative, popularly - elected student governments -on most campuses," he said. Cabinet decided to recommend that a workshop at the 1955 Stu dent Encampment look into the problem of Cabinet representa tion. Under the new constitution, the Supreme Court, composed of the senior members of Tribunal and udicial, men's and women's ju dicial bodies, will decide the con stitutionality of Cabinet decisions when decisions are c.uestioned. Violations of election 'proce dures will also be reviewed by the Supreme Court after having "first been heard by the appro priate regulatory body." The impeachment procedure (Continued on page eight) dates will visit Sigma Phi Alpha, Alpha Rho Chi, Zeta Beta Tau, and Sigma Alpha Mu at noon. At 6:30 they will visit Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Chi Rho, Alpha Toil Omega, and Alpha Gamma Rho. Senior candidates will visit Phi Sigma Delta, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Chi Phi, and Alpha Epsilon Pi at noon. They will visit Alpha Zeta, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, and Phi Gamma Delta during dinner. Phi Delta Theta, Deta Theta Pi, Alpha Phi Delta, and Alpha Chi Sigma will ha visited by junior candidates at noon. Dur.. ing dinner they will visit Tau Phi Delta, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Beta Sigma Rho. . - LION PARTY All-University candidate* will solicit at Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Tau, and Delta Chi at noon. Senior candidates will visit Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Chi Rho, Theta Xi, and Theta Delta CM ; and junior candidates will visit Sigma Phi Alpha, Alpha Chi Sigma, Zeta Beta Tau, and Sigma Alpha Mu at noon. CAMPUS PARTY All-University can. didates will solicit at Phi Kappa Sigma. Triangle, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon nib 12 :SO. . Senior candidates will visit Phi Kappa. Lambda Chi Alpha, and Pi Kappa Phi: and junior candidates will visit Alpha Zeta, Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi at 12:30. Nominees will not solicit after dieser towigkit or at day tomorrow.
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