- -1-, -, - - 1 4 a i -• lese.:7 t>l7 VOL. 57. No. 93 STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28. 1957 FIVE CENTS Elections Committee Most Campus, Lion By 808 The All-Univers last night tentativel six planks in the Lio spring elections, The planks whic dealt with air condi, downtown motion pict and with the proposed student discount servic' The approval of planks was temporari by a question over wording. Said 'Outside Scope' The two unapproved planks were refused passage as being "outside the scope of political parties." John God iyte, Lion Par ty Clique Chairman, told the Elec tions Committee last night that he would submit a reworded ver sion of the unapproved planks for the committee's approval at its meeting Sunday. Other planks advocated the ex emption of eligible eighth semes ter students from final examina tions; optional physical education for freshman and sophomore vet erans; decentralized voting and the elimination of Elections Com mittee review of party platforms. The platform also labelled "do mination by administrative view point" the main weakness of -stu dent government. The plank - on decentralized vot ing said the practice "paves the way for increased student partici pation in voting." It said that since this method was discon tinued in 1955, voting percentages have been about 11 per cent lower. One Similar Plank A single similar plank appeared in the platforms of both parties. The Lion party version suggested that veterans be given an option of scheduling an elective rather than physical education if they so I choose. The plank said the "vet-, erans' time, much more so than the average student, is limited due to marital and /or financial' responsibilities." After suggesting a minor change in wording, the committee passed a plank calling for an end to its regulation of party platforms. As passed, the plank said the Elec tions Committee should not have power "to approve or disapprove of students' opinions, which we believe are represented in politi cal party platforms." 'Air Conditioning' Plank One of the unapproved planks called the lack of air conditioning in downtown theaters "one of the greatest inconveniences, seeming ly inherent in State College," and said that "such a situation need not exist." The othet unapproved plank advocated a student discount ser vice as "advantageous and prac tical to both students and mer chants." Abernathy Wants Equality Now By DAVE FINEMAN The Rev. Ralph D. Aber nathy, of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery, Ala., said last night, "I want free dom not only for my two year-old daughter, but I want to be free myself." In a speech before 500 people in Schwab Auditorium, Reverend Abernathy said that the South wants his people to`adopt a phil osophy of "gradualism," but, he said, the Negro wants freedom. He does not want to p -serve, as the Southerners wish ti preserve, "the fine old way of li e." Montgomery Integ.ation Reverend Abernath president of the Montg provement Association, FOR A BETTER PENN STATE FRANKLIN y Elections Committee approved four of the party platform for the were refused approval ioning in Eng Council Gives Aid To Hungarians e theaters . owntown o other delayed The Engineering and Architec ture Student Council voted Tues day night to donate $lOO to the Hungarian Student Relief Fund. The money will be turned over to the International Understand ing Committee for distribution to the seven Hungarian refugee stu dents now attending the Univers ity. Six of the seven students are enrolled in engineering. Richard Hegarty, Robert Stroup and John Haas were nominated for president of the council. Others nominated for council) posts were Carl Kirk, vice presi-1 dent; Alton Kendall, •treasurer;, and Lawrence Perez Jr., record-, ing secretary. Nominations for all offices will' remain open until the elections at the next meeting. Open House Reports • The council's committee to in vestigate the possibility of hold ing an open house reported that the plan is not feasible because a date could not be found that would be free of scheduled cam pus activities. The committee recommended that the council set up a commit tee in the fall semester to develop the program. University Given Consultation Fee The University was named as one of 19 persons and firms under contract to be paid $31,419 by the Forests and Waters Department for consulting services, according to the Associated Press. Chairman Norman Wood (R.- Lancaster) of the House Appro-1 priations Committee said the in formation was forwarded by the auditor general for the commit tee's study of Gov. George M. Leader's proposed 1957-59 budget. Secretary Maurice K. Goddard of the Forests and Waters Depart ment said the persons mentioned on the list were hired on an hour ly basis pending processing of their regular appointment papers. Lantern Staff to Meet The Lantern literary staff will meet at 7 tonight in 9 Carnegie. Material for the spring issue will be considered. ization that achieved integration for the buses in Montgomery. - As he put it, they transformed the "cradle of the Confederacy" into the "cradle of freedom and first-class citizenship." The organization sponsored and supported Montgomery's "Walk for Freedom," a period of 381 days in which all of the city's 50,000 Negroes refused to use the buses and walked or ran car pools in stead. The boycott won integra tion for them on the buses. But, he said, the fight is not anywhere near the end, for "all is not well with our people to , day." He said that the Montgomery Improvement Association is now mapping out future strategy for further advances toward break- is vice ery lm he organ- Six out of the seven planks included in the Campus party platform for spring elec tions were tentatively approved last night by the All-University Elections Committee. The platform includes advocation of a 3 Nominated Future Plans Approves Planks By GINNY PHILIPS community living program; a scholarship bulletin; pre-registra tion of seventh- and eighth-se mester students; optional exemp tions of veterans from physical education; an investigation of the extension of time between class-1 es; and a student-run organiza tion to publicize University af fairs both state and nationally. The plank which was not ap proved advocated that the var ious alumni associations in con junction with present students of the University would sponsor so cial gatherings during the sum mer months for all new students to better prepare students for col lege adjustment. Plank to be Revised The plank was refused because it was "not within the scope of political parties." John Bott, Cam pus party clique chairman, will submit a reworded version of the plank at a meeting of the Elec tions Committee Sunday night. The platform as a whole will not be officially-approved until the revision is presented. A similar plank supporting the plan for optional exemption of veterans from physical education also appeared in the Lion party platform. Would Give Information The plank on a scholarship bul letin advocates a periodic bulle tin be sent to all students. A pub lication of this sort would elimi nate the present lack of informa tion concerning scholarships which in the past has resulted in, many unused grants. Bott said that this would be a student-run, publication. According to the plank on a time extention between classes, the need for an extension has arisen because of the new build ings and proposed expansion of the campus. It was stated in the plank that at the present time students are finding difficulty in walking between classes using the maximum allotted time. Senior Pre-registration Registration for seventh and eighth-semester students will be conducted in the same way that the College of Business Adminis tration conducts its pre-registra tion which has proved very suc cessful, Bott said. Working with the Administra tion to publicize and promote University affairs is needed, ac cording to Bott. Since there is no national newspaper in the Uni versity area, publicity for Uni versity affairs is at a minimum, Bott said. . ing through the "black curtain of segregation." The future goals of the organi zation include extension of inte gration, gaining the vote, a high er standard of living and better job opportunities. Reverend Abernathy said all of the South must have integration on transportation facilities and in schools. Gain Negro Vole The Negro must be able to vote, he said. At present, he explained, ridiculous, complicated questions I must be answered by unschooled Negroes before they can pass the Elections Board of Registrars. The Improvement Association wishes to raise the standards of their people by teaching habits of sanitation and modern living, Reverend Abernathy said. alker Sa s: More State Funds Needed to Expand President Eric A. Walker said yesterday that the Univer sity cannot possibly admit additional students unless the Commonwealth assumes financial responsibility for the re quired expansion of facilities. These are the same students, he pointed out, who have been crowding the public schools in the past several years and who will, in steadily increas ing numbers, seek admission to the University. Dr. Walker, replying to a ques tion on the adequacy of the $27.7 biennium appropriation recom mended to the General Assembly by Gov. George M. Leader, ob served that this figure fell "far short" of meeting even the Uni versity's minimum obligations for 1957-59. Dorm Projects New men's and women's dorm itories planned for 1960 will be among the first projects, aban doned if the state indicates a wish to stabilize enrollment at its pre sent figure, the President said. He explained that the Univer sity, to meet the real and pro jected enrollment bulge which soon will engulf the state's col leges and universities, was con -1 fronted with the need of adjusting( salaries. This was necessary, het said, not only to attract new per sonnel but also to hold its present( faculty and staff, to 'modify its( program and to take care of more women applicants, and to provide the facilities for such expansion. "The faculty problem in itself is staggering," Dr. Walker said.l "Faculty members have not shared adequately in general wage increases, and the cornpeti tion from business, industry and government tends not only to keep the number of new teachers down but also to drive highly qualified teachers out of our classrooms and into other occupa tions." Fees Recently Boosted He pointed out that the Univer sity only recently had boosted fees beyond the level of most land-grant colleges. He said the increased cost of public education when added to the high degree of selectivity imposed by lack of classroom and housing space was sacrificing the whole philosophy of the state institution—to extend, educational opportunities to the young people of the Common-; wealth at relatively low cost. "Even now," he said, "a high school graduate either must finish in the first two fifths of his class 'or place high in entrance exami nation to gain admission to the University. As the demand for ad 'mission grows, the restrictions will grow increasingly more dras tic, and eventually only the select (Continued on page five) Ike Receives MoHet Plan For Mid-East Situation WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 M—French Premier Guy Mol let said today he has proposed to President Dwight D. Eisen hower that the West devise a "joint and long-range policy" `erests in the Middle East. uld . aim particularly to block to safeguard their common in Such a policy, he said, wi Egyptian as well as Soviet Com munist designs on the Arab world. Mollet reported this develop ment in a speech to the National Press Club here on what was to have been the last day of his har mony conference with Eisenhow er. Talks Continue Before he spoke, however, the. President and Mallet agreed to ex-I tend their talks for another 24; hours, evidently with the aim of taking up again tomorrow morn-I ing the latest developments in the Israeli troop withdrawal crisis. Tomorrow's session is due to be followed by the issuance of a corn- 1 munique which is expected to re-1 fleet a considerable restoration of: French-A me r i can cooperation' which was shattered last fall, when the United States denounced the French-British attack on Egypt. Mollet told his press club audi ence he thinks Israel was entitled to a definite settlement of its NSA Report Scheduled For Cabinet All-University Ca bi n e t will hear the second of two reports on the National Student Associa tion at its meeting at 7 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union. Lawrence McCabe, NSA coor dinator, will present the report, which emphasizes the associa tion's work on campus. Will Determine Membership The two reports will help Cabi net determine whether to retain its membership it NSA. Member ship in the controversial organi zation was voted last year follow ing a period of one year when Cabinet was out of the associa tion. Tonight's report contains no recommendation because, the re port says, of the belief that "the essentials must be understood by Cabinet before considering plans to improve upon them." The report outlines the func tions and the work done over the past year by the four NSA com missions on campus. The four groups deal with student govern ment, student affairs, internation al affairs and educational affairs. Expenses Reach $1209 A financial statement included in the report shows the distribu tion of 91209.13 in expenses for the campus NSA unit. The report calls the position of the local unit "somewhat ambi 'guous to say the least," because it has not been "charged with a specific responsibility such as the Spring Week Committee or the Campus Chest Committee." NSA Explained by McCabe McCabe two weeks ago ex plained to Cabinet the national :organization of NSA. , Cabinet tonight will also hear a final report of the Campus Chest Committee. Robert Gellman, chairman of the committee, will report statistics on the group's drive last fall and will present some ideas on next year's cam paign. frontiers with the Arab states and a guarantee of its territorial in tegrity. lie also endorsed the con cept of a guarantee for-free pass age of Israeli ships through the Strait of Tiran into the Gulf of Aqaba. lie described Israel's October attack on Egypt as an exercise of the "elementary right of self defense"and declared, "I refuse to brand this state as an aggres sor." Views Expressed He presumably expressed =e views in his talks with the Presi dent yesterday and today, though he did not give any indication of Eisenhower's reaction. The Presi dent's position has been that Israel had no right to attack Egypt and ;therefore is obligated to witpdraw its troops from the Gulf of Aqaba !area and the Gaza Strip in com- Ipliance with United Nations reso liutions.
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