Zimmerman Elected
WSGA President;
Fleming Secretary
Daisy Zimmerman, junior in education from Lewisburg,
was elected president of Women’s Student Government As
sociation yesterday.
Martha Fleming, junior in home economies from Hunt
ingdon, runner-up to Miss Z
comes WSGA secretary. Miss 1
to 402 for Miss Fleming.
Susanne Smith, sophomore in
home economics from Bellefonte,
defeated Barbara Kinnier, soph
omore in education from Dan
boro, for WSGA vice president.
Miss Smith polled 507 votes to
457 for Miss Kinnier. Miss Kinnier,
runer-up for vice president, auto
matically becomes a junior sena
tor,
Ellen Donovan, freshman in
axis and letters from Empor
ium. was elected WSGA treas
urer with 513 votes, over Hea
ther Lohrenis. freshman in
education from Pittsburgh, who
polled 450 votes.
Claire Ganim, junior in home
economics from Cincinnati, Ohio,
received 162 votes, to win the of
fice of senior senator from Mary
Lou Shunk, junior in education
from York, who received 118
votes.
Second junior senator is Su
zanne Aiken, sophomore in home
economics from Edgewood, who
received 168 votes to defeat Pris
cilla Kepner, sophomore in educa
tion from Quakertown, who poll
ed 87 votes and Gail Rolle, soph
omore in education from Arling
ton. Va., who polled 81 votes.
Mary Ann Gemmill. freshman
in education from New Cum
berland. defeated Carolyn
Courtman. freshman in arts and
letters from Sharon Hill, for
sophomore senator with 120 to
105 votes respectively.
Ann Farrell, junior in physical
education from State College,
with six votes, defeated Janet
Beid, junior in home economics
from State College, for town sen
ator. Miss Reid polled 5 votes.
Miss Zimmerman was a junior
senator this past year and acting
vice president of the WSGA
House. She is secretary of the
Swimming Club, and a member of
Chimes, junior women’s honorary
society, and the Association for
Childhood Education Interna
tional.
Forty-eight per cent of the wo
men students, a total of 974, voted
in yesterday’s WSGA elections.
Last year approximately 40 per
cent of the women voted.
Exact voting figures in the wo
men’s dormitories were not avail
able. However, Roseanne Fortun
ato, WSGA elections chairman,
said that Atherton registered the
highest percentage of votes, with
McAllister in second place. Wo
men voting in McAllister also in
cluded students living in Wo
man’s Building, Grange, and
town.
Nomination Blanks
Due for Ed Council
Today is the last day students
may file self-nomination blanks
for positions on the Education
Student Council.
Forms are available in 101 Bur
xowes and at the Hetzel Union
desk.
Candidates are required to have
a 2.2 All-University average.
Every person on the council rep
resents 50 students enrolled in the
College of Education.
Voting will be held Wednesday
and Thursday in the Hetzel Union
Building.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
SNOWY
AND
RAINY
By ANNE FRIEDBERG
immerman, automatically be-
Simmerman received 572 votes
Parties Deny
BX Stickers
Representatives of both cam
pus political parties have denied
having anything to do with the
stickers appearing the past few
days on various campus buildings
pertaining to the controversial
Book Exchange issue.
William Johnson, Lion party,
and Robert Bahrenburg, Campus
party, the two candidates for the
All-University presidency, yester
day said they knew nothing of
the origin of the stickers, which
read, “Where did the BX profits
go?”
Robert Spadaro, Lion party
clique chairman, and William
Snyder, Campus party clique
chairman,, have also denied any
knowledge of who is responsible
for the stickers.
The stickers are similar to the
“C. V. Tummer” and “Clyde
Klutz” stickers which appeared
at various times earlier in the
year.
Snow Changing to Rain
Predicted for Today
The forecast for today is snow
changing to rain before noon with
occasional showers in the after
noon, according to ' students in
the department of meteorology.
The predicted high for today is
38 degrees while the expected
low is between 25-30. Yesterday’s
high was 40 and the low was 28.
There was .04 inches of precipi
tation.
Senate Approves Dual Parity Supports
WASHINGTON, March 15 (IP)
—The Senate approved a “dual
parity” system of price supports
for basic crops today, promising
farmers about $4OO million more
in benefits this year.
Administration efforts to knock
dual parity out of the election
year farm bill failed by a single
vote. The roll call on this, key is
sue was 45-44.
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er’s forces wanted major crops
supported under a new parity
formula which became effective
this year. It raised the price level
for some crops but lowered it for
others—among them wheat and
corn.
Farmers Have Choice
But the Senate chose to stay
with the dual parity provision
written into the farm bill by its
Agriculture Committee. This
Daisy Zimmerman
WSGA President
Sljf latly
VOL. 56. No. 105 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 16. 1956 FIVE CENTS
3 Parking Requests
Ousted by Cabinet
A report containing three recommendations for relief of the campus parking problem
was turned down by All-University Cabinet last night on the grounds that work on the
problem is already underway and has been for some time.
The recommendations were contained in a report submitted to Cabinet March 1 by
Thomas Dye, former Lion party clique chairman.
A recommendation that Cabinet recommend to the Council of Administration that it con
sider a long-range program for increasing parking facilities, was refused after Junior Class
President Robert Bahrenburg pointed out that the council is already considering just such
AEC Training
To Take Place
At University
The University will assist the
Atomic Energy Commission in
training scientists and engineers
in nuclear science and engineer
ing.
Thirty engineers and scientists,
including five from industries in
the United States and 25 from 19
other countries, will begin train
ing at the University on April 16.
They will complete the first
phase of the program on August
10 and then report for the second
phase of four months at the Ar
gonne National Laboratory, Le
mont, 111. A second group will re
port for training in the fall.
Two Schools Offer Program
The Commission has announced
that both the University and
North Carolina State College,
the only two'educational institu
tions with research reactors in
operation, will offer the first
phase of the program. Before this,
the entire program was conduct
ed at the Argonne National Lab
oratory.
The AEC feels the new arrange
ment would better meet the
mixed needs of students, would j
encourage college and university
participation in the program, and;
would help the AEC in meeting
a growing demand for training.!
Graduation Proposal
Last June President Dwight D.
Eisenhower proposed at the Uni
versity’s graduation exercises
that the United States offer re
search reactors to the people of
free nations who can use them ef
fectively for the obtaining of skill
and knowledge essential to peace
ful atomic progress.
The University’s program will
deal with the broad basic science
and engineering of nuclear ener
gy and its utilization, preparing
for the Specialized program at an
advanced level at Argonne.
would allow farmers to use ei- [sometimes tops three billion
ther the new formula or the old (bushels.
—whichever was higher—in com
puting the level of price supports.
As the Senate session wenti a^ 6-10 of a cent a pound more
past the dinner hour, Sen. Allentfor peanuts and from one-fourth
Ellender (D.-La.), chairman of Ito one-third of a cent a pound on
the Agriculture Committee, said [cotton. On the basis of anticipated
there was no chance of final ac-iyidds this year, corn growers
Jtion on the farm bill tonight. JHe| woul d get an estimated 270 mil
jreported there were still 42 lion dollars in additional support
amendments to be disposed of. payments while wheat producers
I -Parity Explained )Y ould an additional 100 mil
■ .. . . .. , , , lion, cotton growers million
Parity is the price fixed by law peanut farmers about 10 mil
as fair to the farmer in relation,jj on
U> his production costs. Existing Sen . George D. Aiken (R.-Vt.),
pails for crop price supports w ho led the fight to eliminate
ranging from 75 to 90 per cent of dual parity, said the Senate’s deci
(Panty. _ sion re tain it was “a fatal blow
The Senate’s action today was to our hope for a good farm bill
estimated by the Agriculture De- this year.”
partment to mean the government Sen. Allen Ellender contended,
would pay about 13 cents a bushel however, that dual parity was
more this year on nearly a billion one of the few things remaining
bushels and about 9 cents a bushel in the bill "to give farmers any
more for corn. The corn crop immediate relief this year.”
jTOIASSV
m
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By AL KLIMCKE
a !ong r range program.
The second recommendation,
that Cabinet recommend that the
Council consider scholastic ef
fects, increased costs to students,
added inconveniences and what
the report termed “overwhelm
ing student opinion,’’ before tak
ing any further car banning ac
tion, fell before a barrage of criti
cism.
No Further Ban
Bahrenburg pointed out that
Director of Student Affairs Wil
mer E. Kenworthy has rhade it
clear that no more “banning” ac
tion is pending.
The third recommendation, that'
the University make available for l
student parking those areas mark
ed for building but on which con
struction will not begin for some
time, was also defeated after
Bahrenburg reported on a survey
he had made which proved that
such action is impractical.
All-University Sectetary-Treas-j
urer Phillip Beard said he did not
believe the treasury of Cabinet
could afford to finance insurance
and protection costs for such
areas, as is called for in the re
port.
Director of Associated Student
Activities George Donovan said to
refer such a set of recommenda
tions to the Council of Adminis
tration would be, “an insult to the
council.”
“It is not necessary to call any
thing so obvious to their atten
tion,” he said.
Education Policy Report
In other business last night
Cabinet referred back to commit
tee for further study a report of
the educational policy committee
presented by Chairman Judith
Sedor.
The report said the committee
discovered the attitude among
many students that the policy of
requiring a greater number of!
liberal courses would be desire
able. j
It was made known in a few,
of the student councils, the report;
continued, that overlapping ofj
courses exists, and if this prob-!
lem were solved it would be pos
sible for the students in these col
leges to elect more liberal courses.
Education Student Council
President Charles Witmer stated
that most of the student councils
are presently at work on the prob
lem, and that the work of the
(Continued on page eight)
Increases Announced
It was also estimated to mean
(HoUpgtan
Lawyers Say
Campus Sales
Are Tax Free
Full time students at the Uni
versity will be at least tempor
arily exempt from the three per
cent sales tax approved last week
by Governor George M. Leader,
j Love and Wilkinson, Bellefonte
attorneys and legal advisors for
the University, have interpreted
the bill for the lime being to
mean that students will have to
pay the tax only when buying
supplies at the Book Exchange.
The Home Economics dining
hall, the Penn State Creamery
’sales room, and the Waring Hall
and Hetzel Union snack bars have
all been labeled tax free.
University publications and
merchandise sold through the
Alumni Association Office will be
subject to the tax.
Under the clause which states
that purchases in schools, church
es, and hospitals are exempt, no
tax will be charged in dormi
tories.
Students living down town have
been affected by the provision
which calls for taxation on food
and beverages except beer,
liquor, wine, or soft drinks—pur
chased from caterers or in restau
rants, cafes, lunch counters, and
other eating places.
The University centers will fall
into the same category as the
University in abiding by the tax
bill.
Student Involved
In Borough Crash
Cars operated by Robert Neff,
sophomore in agricultural educa
tion from Pottstown, and Ronald
L. Hillard, of Pennsylvania Fur
nace, collided at 9:05 p.m. Mon
day at McAllister street and Cal
der alley.
| Police said Neff, driving east
.on Calder alley, struck the Hil
lard vehicle. The alley is one-way
west.
Damage to NefFs car was esti
mated at $75, and at $l5O to Hil
lard’s.
Seniors to Honor
President, Deans
President Milton S. Eisen
hower and the deans of the
colleges will be the guests oI
honor at the senior class tea to
be held from 2 to S p.m. Sun
day in the Hetzel Union ball
room.
Sponsored by the Senior Ad
visory Board, the purpose of
the tea is to give seniors the
opportunity of meeting Dr. Ei
senhower and the college
deans. This will be the first
time an affair of this kind has
ever been held. Each senior
will receive a personal invita
tion.
All seniors may attend the
lea.
Entertainment consisting of
selections by the Glee Club
will be given.