Today's Weather: 411. Clear and gilialtg rq-.!A Tfitirgtatt Warmer VOL. 57. No. 8 Committee Accepts Office. Rotation Plan A permanent plan for *alternating elected class and All- University officers was unanimously approved by All-Uni versity Elections Committee last night and will be recom mended to Cabinet as an amendment to the Elections Code. The_ argument concerning fraternity or independent af filiation of-candidates has been a sore soot in student govern- TV Rooms In Sparks Number 18 A new distribu ion system for television facilitie, in Sparks was installed during the summer, bringing, the total of rooms with receiving sets to 18. • The seven rooms in use last se mester had a seating capacity of approximately 600, and the 11 rooms added to the circuit will seat 350 persons. At present all ,the rooms are not used for television classes, but, if the need would arise, nearly 1000 students could take a tele vision course at the same time. Third Type Tested The new distribution system is an expansion_ of the equipment testing phase in the television ex periment. The system is the third type to be tested in the experi ment. James Raleigh. a -project engi neer, -listed the following -advan tages of the new system:: Standard Units Used 1. Standard television receivers can be used,• instead of those which have to be modified and changed. 2. .Two programs can now be sent at the same time. This would be necessary if two television courses were given at the same hour.' 3.The picture and sound ar e broadcast simultaneously instead of separately, as in the old sys tem. - Twelve new receivers were ac quired in order to equip the rooms added to the circuit. They_ are 24- inch sets and the newest type available. The new system gives a "very satisfactory picture," Raleigh said. - MacKenzie Named _Special Assistant To Research Post Dr. Ossian MacKenzie, dean of the College of Business Adminis tration, yesterday was temporar ily appointed special assistant to the - future- research- coordinator of the University. The appointment w•as an nounced by Dr. Eric A. Walker, president-elect of the University, after seeking the help of a fac ulty committee in choosing' a re search coordinator. . Dr. MacKenzie, continuing in "his deanship capacity, will super ,vise operation of housing, food service, purchasing, physical plant, and personnel services. Dr. Brice Harris, head of the English literature . department, meanwhile was named chairman of a faculty committee which will recommend three or more candi dates to Dr. Walker for the posi tion of Coordinator of Research. Dr. Walker, who will move into the presidency Oct. 1, has been performing both functions since ; last-July. Frosh Senator Blanks Available for Women - First semester women may ob tain self-nomination blanks . for Freshman Senator Monday through Saturday in the office of the dean of women. . Candidates riiust have no major judiCial record. STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 22. 1956 merit for years. The new plan, stemming from student encamp ment, calls for the following rota tion: Freshman—officers to be all in dependent. Sophomore president, frater nity. and vice president, indepen dent. Junior—president. independent, and vice president, fraternity. S e n i o r—president, fraternity, and vice president, independent. All-University officers will al ternate—fraternity and indepen dent—from year to year with the president and secretary-treasurer being of the same affiliation and the vice president of opposite af filiation. Minimize Friction The plan was created to mini mize the potential friction be tween the affiliation. Last spring a new system was put into effect whereby a flip of a coin decides the affiliation of both candidate. if the clique chairmen disagree. I This caused uncertainties and wa. left largely to chance. . I:: d the w ords to express how I - The Elections Committee also 1, ..I rir w ha' I want to say. I only set Nov. 1 and 2 for freshman and knoo, that I speak for myself, sophomore class elections. Alter- , I.(1( nt leaders, and the student nate dates, Nov. 15 and 16, were 1),,,1v when I say I'm very sorry also planned in case there is dif- to •i e him go." ficulty in obtaining voting ma- Given Two Gifts chines due to national elections. Following the serenade, Bahren- Meetings to Begin bui ,we Eisenhower a color slide ' The first official clique meet- projector. and a projection screen pings of both Campus and Lion' . Noticing the going-away present -.% ii, in lour packages, Bahrenburg 'Parties - will take place Oct. 6. 1 quipped "Don't worry, it's all Political campaigns will begin University Coeds there. That's the way it's sup of days prior to the first day; posed to come. It's one of these of elections. i Lion party last Sunday elected Not That Way ti-embly jobs." At the serenade, cheerleader- Byron LaVan, junior in business aided by the University Blue 1 From all indications, Captain administration from Philadelphia,' Band, led the students in singing Phillip A. Mark of the Campus clique chairman. Campus party gh thoug the entire repetoire of university ,Patrol has high of Uni will hold clique elections at 7 p.rn. versity coeds. so tomorrow cheers. Dr. Eisenhower tomorrow in 121 Sparks. When asked what he thought joined in the singing of each song. might be done to eliminate the Greets Cheerleaders Noticealy touched, the Presi- Campus Clique i gested that those students who campus traffic condition, he sug dent took time at the end to shake I could survive without their car the hand of each cheerleader. To Be Elected lon campus should send it home. He .will leave for Johns Hopkins L. I When then confronted with truver,ity today where he will be honored at a reception, a Uni the attitude of some students Campus party will elect All-' vi'l•it‘r • - pt;kesman said. He will ' who feel that a car is University clique officers at 71 necessary return to the University to coin t for d a ting, he said: "That just p.m, tomorrow in 121 Sparks.ol(•te ai rangements. then go to The meeting will be open to all isn't so . . . Penn Stale coeds th" Maryland University perma ,students, and those attending will! just aren't that way." ?lent :v. Ireceive a party membership card.' -- - - --- - William Snyder, present clique,Town Independent Men Warmer Weath er chairman, will officially resign' tomorrow night when the new To Hold First Meeting I - lit,. h Fair Skies , Al f;1 , clique chairman is elected. 1 Town Independent Men will Other posts to be filled will be hold its first meeting at 7.30 p.m. vice clique chairman, executivOrednesday in 203 Hetzel Union Predicted Today secretary, recording secretary and Building. Ti :I,ov:illate.; are predicted to treasurer. • ' Town Independent men have I , Campus party i e• tills morning for a perfect will nominate,been invited to attend. Anyone candidates for freshman an d attending this meeting will auto- bee 11,mng to a fair-and-warmer sophomore sophomore classes at a later meet-;matically become a voting mem- , Lord. I ing, Freshman and sophomores Charts L. Hester Jr., associate , ber. , p:i'f--scir of meteorology, sa i d twill then elect their class officers! Plans for the year will be dis- A SURPRISED man waves and during the October elections. 1 cussed. I shows a familiar family smile. 1 e'tellaY the mercury sho u I d -'reach a high of 70 degrees today. Yesterday's high was 60, with a low of 32 last night. Suez Conference Ends hi :1; reet - neat i Drought The t stillh e air heaviest an d e o t, l r dos ,l . tv e o a f ther % !season in the ar e a yesterday One of SCUA's first tasks will country joining it, wilt meet in i morning. with snow and sleet on be to seek UN help by mid-Octo- London Oct. 1.1 Philipsburg mountain. 1 ber in reaching a final settlement I Its immediate tasks will be: lncreasingly cloudy weather is of the Suez dispute , { 'predicted for tomorrow, with To prepare a joint case for in ' pos- Secretary of State Dulles went tcrnational control of the canalisible thundershowers in the late directly from the last conference' an d by mid-October present it toiartern°°ll - to London Airport and the UN Security Council with of State forecasts called for rain boarded a military plane for request for endorsement.ltoday ending in the morning, tot -IWashington. Mowed by partly cloudy weather Cooperation Sought Speaks to Reporters !with a high of 70-75 degrees in To seek Egypt's cooperation forlsvectern Pennsylvania. Dulles, author of the association th e "safe, orderly, -- efficient and ; plan, - plan, told airport reporters:l e D conomic transit" of the ships of aity Collegian to Hold "It was a good conference. It ;its members through Suez. ! fulfilled good work and there was Mixer far Candidates To investigate ways of bypass-. 1 a cooperative spirit. I think the!_ the canal should it ever bel The Daily Collegian will hold a results are solid as we move for- ,Coke party from 1 to 3 .m. to closed to them. . ward to the next stage." I day in the Collegian city - room, SCUA already is assured mem-On the basement of Carnegie Hall, With a smile and wave of his! : hat, he added: bership of 11 nations—the United for students interested in joining ' "I am very satisfied with the States, Britain, Italy, Australia,ithe editorial staff. Students need not be journal- N . outcome." - ew •Zealand, Portugal, West Ger- f SCUA's governing body, corn .imany.- the Netherlands, Turkey,lism majors nor have previous experience to become editorial posed of one delegate from eachlSpain and Norway. t eandidate& LONDON, Sept. 21 VP)—The 18-nation Suez conference end led tonight with majority arfreemerit to form the Suez ;Canal Users' Assn. within 10 idays., But France expressed such disappointment at the asso •ciation's final form as to cast doubt on Western unity. French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau surprised the meet ing by withholding immediate approval, apparently viewing the Iproject as too favorable to Egypt. Reservations Expressed Japan, Pakistan, Sweden, Iran and Ethiopia expressed reserva tions. All, however, were much warmer toward the final revised plan-for the,association than they were toward its original toms,. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE 2000 Laud Prexy At Final Serenade More than 2000 students heard President Milton S. Eisenhower promise to return to the campus at ieast once a year at a surprise farewell serenade last night. Dr. Eisenhower will leave the University Oct. 1 to assume his duties as president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. fr• f Old M So Long Prexy See Page 4 bower said "I 11 always have a ' part of my heart here." He ex pressed great sorrow at having to leave the University, but said he did it for pressing personal rea •:ons. P:ivlng a humble tribute to the President Eisenhower sald. The recognition and respect , tt.donts is worth more than :try ether honor I could ever hope •i; - and I hope I have gained ‘ , l r re ,, peet." Termed 'Wonderful Person Tht, man whom Ail-University President R obert Bahrenburg e,ll:ed "a wonderful person to ith and know" said the reminded him of the ! , ome students accorded him hen ne came to the campus in 19-)0. N, • ;,s th - en, Dr. Eisenhower (1. ' I am completely overcome d :ov ht art -1.4 full: .'.!t.2r he had entered to - the -t: _• of "Hail to The Chief. - BahrQtiburg Introduced Dr. Eisen hov.-er to the group saying "T can't FIVE CENTS
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