Ntitional Newspaper Week Oct . 1 to 8 'OL. 57. No. 17 Yule Vacation Cut In 1957-58 Calendar | By JUDY HARKISON A revision of the f&ll semester 1957-58 calendar, which chops four days (including two class days) from Christmas vacation and increases the interim between the close of the semester and fall graduation exercises to four days, was adopted by the University Senate yesterday. No mention was ICCB Vetoes Setting Date Of Elections The Interco legiate Conference Board has unanimously decided to-set no dati! for fall elections of freshmen to the nine college student counc Is. Some of the councils, which have constitutional provisions re quiring them to hold the elec tions on a date set by the board, are now free -to schedule them as they see fit. Some Not Affected Other councils, which are bound by no such regulation, are not affected by the move, since they have always been free to act independently and have us ually done so. Board president Donald Patter son said the action in refusing to set a definite election date was taken so that the councils with out such constitutional provisions "should be free” to act as they pleased. Spring Date to Be Set However, he said, ICCB will probably set a date for the spring council elections, in which repre sentatives for the sophomore, junior, and senior classes are elected. The date will probably be at the time of All-University elec tions, he said. Presidents Compose Board The board, which is made up of the presidents of the nine col lege student councils, is designed to work on projects of All-Uni versity Cabinet and keep in con tact with the class advisory boards and the hat societies. It meets Thursdays following Cabi net meetings. Conclave to be Held Delta Theta Sigma fraternity is hosting the fraternity’s annual national conclave today and Sat urday. Texas Court Recesses Step NAACP Hearing TYLER, Tex., Oct. 4 (JP) —A recess was called today in the District Court hearing on an attempt by the state govern ment to stop the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from operating in Texas. State Judge Otis T. Dunagan said, “Legal questions that could be very serious have been called to my attention by both sides. I must have time to study them and will give my rul ing in the morning.” Restraining. Order Questioned • Judge Dunagan said the ques tions concern the restraining or der in effect and the temporary injunction asked by the state to halt operations of the NAACP. • The recess was announced after Texas Atty. Gen. John Ben Shep herd conferred with the'NAACP ’chief- attorney, Thurgood Mar shall, and other attorneys. Earlier today, the state intro duced in evidence an NAACP master plan to' use children of what it called “sympathetic Whites-and Latin-Americans” in breaking down the color line in Texas public schools. The plan called for the parents to enter their children in all- Negro schools. The state'also contended that ®lfp ffl STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5. 1956 made, however, of the floating half-holiday recommended by All- University Cabinet. The revision allows next year a 15-day vacation between Dec. 19 and noon Jan. 2. This semester allotted vacation totals 12 days, from noon Dec. 22 to Jan. 2. Revised for Catalog The report, compiled by the Senate committee on Calendar, was revised now in order that the correct calendar could be in-! serted into the 1957-58 catalog. Dean of Men Frank J. Simes asked the Senate ifthe time inter val- before graduation exercises could be decreased because the addition would demand extended housing and board for the stu dents. 'System Needs Revision* A committee spokesman said that the interim cannot be short ened at the present. With the anti quated bookkeeping system now in use, final grades cannot be computed in time for graduation, he said. “Give the folks a transition period,” he said, “to get out of the 19th Century and into the 20th Century.” In other Senate action, the group defeated a recommendation to deelare'a moratorium on addi tional new courses throughout the entire academic year of 1956-57. Survey Also Defeated Also included in the defeated report was the suggestion that Senate empower the Senate com mittee on courses of study to take a survey of existing courses and recommend in June whether each course should continue to be of fered by the University. 3-. Groups Oppose Dr. Phillip Shelley, professor of German and Comparative Litera ture and chairman of the com mittee, said, in defense of the mo tion, that there are three groups of critics against course, expan sion. They are: 1. Members of Senate, he said, think the committee is too lenient if it turns down their “pet pro posals.” 2. There is at the present time (Continued on page eight) the NAACP had asked Texas la bor leaders recently for “appro priate stimulation” in an NAACP drive to bring its total Texas membership to 25,000. Integration Plan Revealed The master plan for integra tion was unfolded in the fourth day of an injunction hearing. Meanwhile, at Beaumont police claimed that a Negro taxicab driver, taking his sCfepson to school, threatened white proseg regation pickets who surrounded his cab at integration-torn Lamar College of Technology. Police took the driver, Clarence Mason, 39, and his Stepson, Lon nie Flanagan, 19, to police head quarters. Pickets have surrounded the college several days, and have roughed up some' Negroes at tempting to enter the school. -- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE High Court Vote Postponed —Daily Collegian Photo by Harry Furminger SPARSE CROWD attends Army pep rally. Small Crowd Attends Rally Despite Weather Clearance By ANNE FRIEDBERG A small, unresponsive crowd of approximately 500 people attended the Army-Penn State pep rally held last night in front of Recreation Hall. • Although rainy weather prevailed on campus yesterday, the weather had cleared by 7:30 p.m., the time of"the rally. However, the clearance did littlei to encourage student attendance'. • ■ . _ . at the rally. ; Leadership Series Difference m 2 Rallies 1 There was a decided difference A nnlirnfinnc Orton in the spirit of students who at- HppilCQllOns Upen tended the rally last night and Registration for the Leadership that at the rally last Thursday ... . . ~ night, sponsored by Chimes, jun- Traimn b Pi ogram Will begin Mon itor women’s hat society,-and An-jday at the Hetzel Union desk, drocles. junior men's hat-society. The program this year is open That rally marked the end of primarily to freshmen although Freshman Customs, highlighted!,, . , . . by the tug-of-war won by the u PP erclass students may also freshman class. register. It will begin Oct. 17 and Last night’s rally was spon- continue every Wednesday night .sored by Scrolls, senior women’s during the next eight weeks. ihal society, and Parmi.fjous, sen-j . , - .... .. lior men’s hat society. . The coursc includes instruction A small motorcade consisting parliamentary procedure, the of senior men and women rode'role of a student leader, commit around campus trying to recruit*j ee organization, public relations, students for the pep rally. . . .Air Force Band Plays land activities planning. Songs and cheers were led by I the cheerleaders, accompanied by MM - ■■ + i %w®, i „„ i jßearnev Favors Oustina dent m the audience were nuraer-l B m J ■MWVB a# V jous bells that were sounded dur-j Jtm Campus Political Parties i manager, spoke to the group and I ■ introduced several of the players,) A recommendation to completely eliminate political par- Di < ck d DeLuca, P Jack W Calderonej ties from the campus scene was made by Rosetta Kearney, Jack Farls, Les Walters, Rich Me-[president of Leonides, before AJI-University Cabinet last Millan, Donny Delmore, Joe Sa-| n : n i.(. bol, Frank Urban, Joe Bohart, ° . Bruce Gilmore, Bobby Scrabis, Miss Kearney said she sees no reason for their existence J^ne^an^Ra^AlbSigh 11 " 6 ’ BUly jbecause “the platforms are ineffective, and the parties are Valentine Speaks fo Group lactive only during Ail-University Valentine, team captain, told!elections in March. - ’ the grcup that he was "confident[ “Furthermore,” she said, “par-! our team will give Army a tough ties campaign primarily to thej time Saturday.” j fraternities for votes and the stu “We still haven't forgotten last dent body as a whole shows a year’s game.” Valentine said. Ilack of interest in politics.” I The Leonides president ex ! pressed her confidence in the All (University Elections Committee to handle class elections. I The proposal made by Miss , Kearney arose from Cabinet de ;bate over the student encamp ment report, “Political Parties.” Alternation Plan The report also contained the oermanent alternation plan of All-University and class officers according to fraternity or inde pendent affiliation. This plan was previously accepted by Elections Committee and will be presented to Cabinet later for approval of the Elections Code. ÜBA Refund Deadline Set for Tomorrow Tomorrow will be the last day that University Book Ex change will return money for sold books. The ÜBA has requested stu dents to pick up their money or unsold books as soon as pos sible. Today the ÜBA will be open from 9 a.m. to S p.m. and to morrow from 9, am. to noon. ollrgratt Supreme Court See Page 4 Decision Set For Oct. 16 All - University Cabinet kicked the Supreme Court football back and forth last night, then decided to post pone any action on the court’s banishment until Oct. 16. Pro and con discussion of the worthiness of the judicial body spurted after the Student En campment Regulations and Con trol workshop offered a recom mendation to Cabinet asking that the court be eliminated. Checks on Cabinet The court was established sev eral years ago to judge the con stitutionality of Cabinet legisla tion. It is composed of the senior members of Tribunal, men’s judi cial body, and Women’s Student Government Association Judicial. After smoke from the discus sion had cleared, it appeared that Cabinet members were clearly undecided as to what to do with the court. Of the members who advanced opinions, an unofficial count showed approximately four members for court abolition. Sev en members spoke against the recommendation. Martini Backs Court One of the strongest proponents of the court. Junior Class Presi dent Harry Martini,- compared Supreme Court to an insurance policy. “We ail buy insurance with the idea that we hope no one win collect on the policy.” he argued. “Cabinet needs some thing to serve as an appellate | body even if the court only met j three times last y.ear. Though I think we have to change the method of selecting membership, we must have the court,” Mar tini said. He suggested the membership might be composed of sophomores who would be lectured about the necessity for objectivity. •Nice to Have* In answer to repeated charges that the court is not used enough to make it feasible, Martini said: “It’s nice to have it and not need it, but not so nice to need it and [not have it.” The junior class president was [backed by Daisy Zimmerman, WSGA president, who said she didn’t think it was Cabinet’s job to judge its own legislation. Martini’s chief opposition came from Daniel Land. Interfraternity (Continued on page eight) Joseph Eberly, president of the Chemistry-Physics Student Coun cil, was in favor of leaving the choice of affiliation up to the po litical parties. The entire report, approved by Cabinet, will be referred to Lion and Campus parties along with the recommendation to eliminate the political groups. Dink Recommendation Approved Cabinet also approved a recom mendation providing that fresh men wear dinks until the end of football season. Coupled with this idea, although defeated, was a proposal to eliminate freshman signs during customs. Both were recommended indi rectly by Samuel Wolcott, Cabi net parliamentarian. Wolcott said : that freshmen this year "com plained about wearing signs but Ididn’t mind the dinks.” FIVE CENT!
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