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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
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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!