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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.