Tilt Elaitg VOL. 56. No. 136 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 8. 1956 FIVE CENTS Elections Committee OK's Three Code Revisions All -University Elections Committee last night adopted three changes in the Elections Code which will be brought befOre Cabinet Thursday for final approval. An alternate plan of amendment to the Code will be pre sented to Cabinet by Robert Spadaro, Lion Party clique chair man, who has disagreed with the committee on several occa sions in the past, said last night that he cannot go along with the changes which Elections Commit tee has proposed. "Bearing in mind the unconsti tutionality of past Elections Com mittee action, based on nothing but precedent," Spadaro said, "I think that this is the time to en act an Elections Code which will permit students to voice opinions ,through political parties in the future." Campbell Is Outstanding Ed Senior I' Annie Campbell, senior in edu cation from Confluence, was awarded the outstanding senior award for 1955-56 in the College of Education at the Education Student Council banquet last night. Also honored was Marion \R. Trahue, retiring dean of the Col lege of Education, who was pre sented with a slide projector and screen by Judith Hance, junior from Glenside and student council president. Miss Campbell was one of four finalists chosen for the award. Other finalists were Barbar East er, senior from Port Chester, N.Y., Jean Yenn, senior from Scranton, and Constance Weitknecht, senior from Allentown. • Dean Trabue presented the award to Miss Campbell, the fifth annual recipient. She was chosen for outstanding leader ship, scholarship, and service. Besides serving on the student council for four years, Miss Camp bell has been a member of judi cial for two years, attended the 1955 Student Encampment, was chairman of the student council's open house, and corresponding secretary of Leonides. She is a member of Mortar Board, Cwens, and Pi Lambda Theta, women's education honorary society. A committee headed by Gwen Davies, junior from Drexel Hill, and Carol Jones, sophomore from Springfield, chose a slate of 15 seniors who were eligible for the award. From these the group was narrowed down to the four finalists by a point system. Other committee members were San dra Grotsky, freshman from Glen Lyon; Marjorie Hopp, senior from Pittsburgh; and Sandra Reimer, freshman from New Cumberland. The student council voted upon (Continued on page eight) Gagarin Volume Now on Display In Pattee Library A volume, "Le Caucase Pit toresque," containing illustrations by Prince Gregory Gagarin, 1810- 1893, distinguished Russian ar tist of the 19th century, is cur rently on display on the second floor of the Fred Lewis Pattee Library. The book has been loaned to the Library by Gregory A. Ga rarin, assistant professor of phys ical education at the University and a grandson of the artist. Also on display are several mailer watercolors which in some rases are details of the larger il lustrations in the book. "Le Caucase Pittoresque," was Printed in Paris in 1847 in a limit ed edition. In addition to the copy on display, four others are known to be in this country. This exhibit will continue through this month. Clear, Cold Weather Will Prevail Today Clear but cold weather will prevail today, according_ to the students of the department of meteorology. kW The high today will be in the CO's and the low will be in the high 40's. Yesterday's high Was 51 and the low, 39. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE One of the approved changes in the Code is the addition of the statement: "A person who has held an elected office in a political party shall not run for an elected office in any other political party until one full year has elapsed since departure from the first of fice. This shall not apply in the formation of a new party." Several loopholes in the Code were brought up during the past Spring elections and Spadaro brought several of these weak nesses before Cabinet and Su preme Court in the form of ap peals of the Elections Committee action. The committee penalized Lion party votes for violating the Code in pre-election practices. Another important change which was agreed upon by the committee deals with platforms: "Platforms must be reviewed and approved by Elections Committee before they may be used by the parties during the campaign." Roged Beidler, chairman, said that in the past it had been cus tomary procedure for the commit tee to have this control, but the committee included it in the Code so that the right would not be contested in the future. This is one of the main differ ences between Spadaro and the Elections Committee. "As it stands now," Sadaro said, "censorship seems to be the ultimate goal of the Elections Committee." "I think," he continued, "that censorship is not required unless you assume that students don't have a sense of responsibility." The committee decided to keep intact another controversial state ment dealing with penalization of votes. The Code states that an in dividual candidate may be penal ized not less than 10 and no more than 100 votes for violations. The committee has interpreted this statement to mean that each candidate in the party could be fined up to 100 votes for a viola tion by one or a group of the par ty members or candidates if the offense could affect the votes re (Continued on page eight) Eisenhower Asks For $5 Billion WASHINGTON, May 7 (VP) The Eisenhower administra tion urged Congress today to invest an additional $4,900,- 000,000 in foreign aid- as in surance against "augmented dangers to the free world." "Military assistance is still needed and defense efforts can- not be relaxed in any degree," John B. Hollister, director of the International Cooperation Admin istration, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Danger Is Present "Although today Soviet tactics are placing greater emphasis on economics overtures to the less developed nations, there is no in- Tottriatt !House Adjourns With 2 Fund Bills Still Lacking Vote With two University fund. bills still pending, the House reconvened yesterday and then adjourned after a roll-call showed 40 members absent. The Associated Press Harris burg bureau said yesterday that a final vote on both bills could, come at any moment, possibly even today. The pending bills are the Uni versity's $26,194,000 appropria tion measure and a bill calling for increasing the debt ceiling of the General State Authority— borrow-and-build branch of the state government—by $lOO mil lion. Grant for Biennium The appropriation bill repre sents the proposed state grant toward the University's operating expenses for the 1955-57 bien nium. The GSA bill, if approved, would mean about 312.5 million in construction grants. Both bills have been approved by the Senate. The University has had a long wait for action on its appropria tion bill. It has been kicking around the Legislature since Gov. George M. Leader requested $25.- 194,000 in his April. 1955 budget. Bill Increased $2 Million For a while the appropriation was increased $2 million by a Senate committee. This met with opposition in the Upper Chamber and it was sent back to the com mittee late in March. The bill now pending is a compromise measure worked out by the com mittee. The $1 million increase was approved by the Senate last week. Now the bill is back in the House since the House had pre viously approved the amount re quested by Gov. Leader. Education Confab To Be Discussed A panel discussion on "High lights of the White House Confer ence on Education" will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Satufday in 121 Sparks. The discussion is sponsored by the department of education, and will be open to the public. Serving as chairman of th e panel will be Dr. Michael Chiap petta, assistant professor of edu cation. The panel will include Dr. Roy C. Buck, assistant professor of ' rural sociology; Lawrence Dennis, administrative assistant to Presi dent Milton S. Eisenhower; Jo Hays, state senator: and Gract M. Henderson, dean of the college of ' home economics. dication that the danger of mili tary aggression is over. "Communist military build-up in any parts of the world and Communist distribution of mod ern weapons provide augmented dangers to the free world." Asks Funds The administration is asking foreign aid funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Its new budget is $2,200,000,000 more than Congress voted last year. Hollis ter, who runs the foreign aid pro gram, said about three billion dol lars worth of the new money would be used for military as sistance. Under questioning by Sen. Sparkman (D-Ala.), Hollister said "there always is danger" of a !renewal of fighting in Korea. Without American help, he said, 'Korea cannot "maintain the larg Auto Crash Kills Coed; Two A side trip to an old stone quarry orought tragedy to a fraternity picnic Saturday when a University coed died and her two companions were injured in an automobile crash. Anne Elder, junior in home economics from Cumberland, Md., died of a fractured skull after the car in which she was riding left a narrow mountain road and smashed into a tree near Pleasant Gap. Injured were Edward Rapp, senior in aeronautical en- Anne Elder Storm Causes Little Damage On Campus University buildings and grounds were unscathed by Sun day night's thunderstorm, al though there was some leakage in a few buildings, physical plant employees said yesterday. Water backing up -from a clog ged drain flooded Nittany dorm itory 36. No damage was reported, Charles C. Lamm, head of build ing maintenance and operation, said yesterday. Leakage in Pattee Library In addition, Lamm said, rain leaked through the Pattee Li brary roof and seeped into the basement of Pond laboratory. However, the buildings were not damaged, Lamm said. With the exception of small washouts, the storm caused no ground damage. Rain Washes Surface Dirt Paul W. Pierson, assistant to the head of landscape construc tion and maintenance, said yes terday there were a few areas where the rain washed out sur face dirt. But, he added, there was no major damage. The high, localized winds from the storm damaged trees, caused electric power disturbances, and some property damage in State College. Congress Foreign Aid est free world army in Asia, fac ing a strong enemy across a nar row demilitarized strip. May Attack Around Formosa, too, he said, the Communists may, "for their own reasons, decide at any time to attack." President Eisenhower sent his semi-annual report on the mutual' security program to Congress to-I day, disclosing that the United! States has shipped more than $12,400,000,000 worth of weapons' and other military supplies to its free world allies in the last six years. The general magnitude of mili tary forces being maintained by all countries receiving U.S. help. the President said, "is equivalent to more than 200 divisions, over 2.000 naval ships 2>i)d about 300 air squadrons." Injured gineering from Reading, and Gretchen Gleim, senior in home economics from Silver Springs. Md. The three were returning to the Phi Gamma Delta picnic site about eight miles northeast of campus. from a visit to the quarry, when the car apparently went out of control, left the 10-foot wide road, and hit a six-inch thick walnut tree, state police said. 40 Students at Picnic The picnic, attended by about 40 students, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Noll, located east of the Pleasant Gap post office. It has been an annual event since the Noll's son. was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Miss Elder died shortly after she was taken to Centre County Hospital in Bellefonte. Miss Gleim was admitted to the hospital with lacerations of the left knee and right ear and head injuries. Au thorities there said yesterday that she was in "good" condition and that she was "up and around". Rapp was treated for lacerations of the right side of the head and discharged. Auto Struck Tree Police theorized that the car hit the tree just behind the right front wheel and that Miss Elder struck the tree. The right side of the car was wrecked from the wheel to the cab section. Dr. Charles J. Cullen. Centre County Coroner said yesterday there will probably be no inquest. since the cause of the death had been determined as a fractured skull. Belonged to Alpha Chi Omega Miss Elder, 20, was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Christie Elder, of Cumberland. M-. Elder was a 1918 graduate of the University. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in Cumberland. Dairy Entrants Will Practice All exhibitors in the Dairy Ex position are requested to attend a full scale demonstration and practice session tonight and to morrow night, according to Dar• win Braund. Exposition manager. The practice will be conducted the same way in which the Ex position will be handled on Sat urday. Each contestant can pick up pointers on showmanship and showing conduct. Those showing Ayrshires, Jer seys, and Brown Swiss will prac tice tonight. Those showing Hol steins and Guernseys will prac tice tomorrow night. The practice sessions for both night:; will begin promptly at 7 p.m. Each contestant mus t be present the night his particular breed will practice. Omicron Delta Kappa Taps Fifteen Students Fifteen men have been tapped for Omicron Delta Kappa, nation al men's leadership honorary fra ternity. Tappees are Joseph Eberly, Joseph Hartnett, Glen Elder, Gil bert Freedman, William Clark. Donald Patterson, Donald Fought. William McCann, Edward Kle vans, Karl Held, Ward Hill, Ger ald Cooper, Malcolm Stark, Thom as Binford, and Warren Saunders. National Coal Scholarship The National Coal Association has established a scholarship of $5OO per year for a student in the field of fuel technology.
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