VOL. 57. No. 97 le, Ste Thr For Robert Steele, junior in arts and letters from State College, and David Tressler, jun ior in education from South Connellsville, were named Sunday night as candidates for the All-University president nomination within the Campus Party. John Rhodes, junior in arts and letters from Falls Church, Va., was named as a candidate for the nomination of All-University vice president. • Final nominations for these I positions, All-University secre tary-treasurer and the three offi cers of the junior and senior class es will take place at the Campus party clique meeting Sunday night. Students Mist Register In order to be able to vote stu dents• must have registered for party membership at one of the two previous clique meetings and they must bring their party card and matriculation card to 'the meeting Sunday night, according to John Butt, Campus party clique chairman. 'Earl Brosius was elected junior class clique vice-chairman; Eliza beth Marvin, junior class clique executive secretary and Patricia 'Meirecky, junior class clique re cording secretary. Also Janet Stohl was' elected senior class ex ecutive secretary; and Shirley Kern senior class clique record ing secretary. All were unopposed. • To Be Sunday The nomination and election of junior class clique chairman and treasurer; and senior class clique chair Man, vice chairman and treasurer will take place Sunday night. Herbert Levine, clique secre tary, named the assessments for Campus party candidates in the elections. The nominees for All-Univer sity posts will be assessed $35, the junior and senior class president nominees $3O and other junior and senior class posts $25. Bott said that these ' assessments will be used to help pay for the cam paign. LA Student Council The Liberal Arts Student Coun cil will hold nominations of new officers at 7:30 tonight in 212-213 Hetzel Union. More Scholastic Aid Sought for State . HARRISBURG, March 4 (!P)—A special - committee rec ommended today that Pennsylvania establish a $10.5 million college scholarship and' loan. program on a merit basis to aid students. Gov. George M. Leader, who named the committee, said, the recommendations "will be studied carefully with . the idea of creating improvements where the need is indicated and with the overall aim of bolstering higher education . in order to meet the increasing needs of Pennsyl vania." The nine-member commission on higher education recommend ed .that the' program provide for additional tuition payments or in structional fees. These scholar ships would cover $3OO or- half the tuition fees, whichever was less. Tests to "Be Used The scholarship awards would be determined through the show ing of high school students who would take achievement and apti tude tests. The proposal was included in a 85-page report made by the com- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 5. 1957 FIVE CENTS Tressier, Schry . Hats in the Ring 11-U Presidency Committee OK's Party Platforms The All-University Elections Committee has given its final ap proval to the Campus .and Lion Party platforms and has. set Thursday morning as the date when spring campaigning may be gin. The platforms, as finally ap proved by the committee Sunday night, • include two new Lion Party planks and one new Cam pus Party plank. They replace planks which the committee had thrown out as being"outside the scope of political parties." Same Ideas Expressed - " • Two of the three new planks contained essentially' the Same ideas as presented in the original platforms, but were reworded to the satisfaction -of the • Elections Committee. The third plank, submitted' by the Lion Party, promised that the party would continue to push for such items as lengthened tele phone hours, a permanent half holiday and longer hours for freshman women. The revised Campus Party plank asked the formation of a committee to work with the Alum ni Association in planning "com munity dinners" and other social functions for alumni and new and old students. Orientation Dinners Planned According to the platform, the dinners would be held before Orientation Week. It said they would build good will in the communities where they were held and would make for better adjustment for th e incoming freshmen. The second new Lion Party plank advocated an attempt to work toward establishing a stu dent discount service and air con (Continued on page eight) ' mission The state gives "particular at tention" in its planning to the fields of general education in the arts and sciences; teacher educa tion, engineering educatiOn; tech nical and graduate education. The state establiSh a statewide system of achievement and apti tude testing for all high school seniors. New- Schools Wanted The state encourages the estab lishment of new institutions with programs of less than four - years: junior, community colleges and technical institutes, and extension centers. Nowhere did the report suggest where the state could raise the money necessary for the proposed changes. The aid program would replace (Continued on page eight) Tultrotatt James Schry, junior in industrial engi neering from Johnstown, has been named as a candidate for the Lion Party nomination for All-University president. Schry's• was the only name presented at the party's Sunday night clique meeting for any of the nine posts to be filled in the spring elec-I lions, March 19, 20, and 21. However, Robert Yeager, jun ior in metallurgy from Belle font, announced his candidacy for the senior class presidential nom , ination at the party's steering committee meeting Sunday after noon. , Michael Sitzman, party vice clique. chairman; opened an ex planation of the Lion Party plat form by firing a barrage at Cam- i pus Party's platform. The major, ' difference between the parties, he said is that Lion stresses issues. He accused Campus Party of con centrating on "trivia." . He said such planks in the Campus Party platform - as a sug gestion for a longer break be tween classes raised false issues, because it is "one of the things which will be brought about any way as the University grows larger." Schry's name was presented by Martha Hertzberg, junior in arts and letters from Bryn Mawr. He promised, If nominated by the party, to "do everything I can" to bring about a Lion Party victory in the elections: The party's nominees for the three All-University offices, three senior class positions arid three junior class posts will be selected at next Sunday's clique meeting. Candidates may be presented for any nomination at that time. Voting Requirements To vote for nominees, a student must have attended one of the clique meetings held on the past two Sundays. Cli.me chairman John Godayte announced the following appoint ments: _ Marilyn Turki, chairman of downtown window publicity; coo - dinat or; Ruby Seaman, Thompson Hall coordinator; Carol Dominick. McAllister Hall coordi nator; Nancy Kress, Woman's Building coordinator; and Martha Hertzberg, Simmons Hall coordi nator. Press Mitts Nittany Lion Despite the pleasant weather of, yesterday, cloudy skies and snow are - predicted for the area today. The Nittany Lion is also a little cloudy this morning. He is cur rently complain- • • ing of-"unfair • • • treatment by the press." The Lion says tha t. "the members of the campus news:- paper persist in representing me as•a shallow, conceited, dissi 'pa ted cat. In reality; I lead a blameless life." The animals, sitting around the den watching as the grumbling Lion stocked his den with wood, considered this a rare jest and their laughter rang through the forest. Today's forecast calls for in creasing cloudiness with snow by nightfall. High today should be between 30 and 35. WSGA House to Meet The Women's Student Govern ment Association House of Repre sentatives will meet at 12:30 p.m. today in the Grange playroom to discuss May Day plans. Explains Lion Platform Schry Presented IFC May Freshman The Interfraternity Council last night received two pro posed revisions to its rushing code which would defer fresh man rushing until second semester and raise minimum pledging averages for-freshmen and upperclassmen. James Hart, chairman of the rushing-scholarship evalua- tion committee, proposed that no first semester student be eligible for rushing. If this proposal is passed, formal fall rushing, for the most part, would be elimi nated. Official formal rushing would begin the first day of the spring semester. The pledging date, un der Hart's plan, would be set nine academic weeks from the begin ning of rushing. Upperclass Rushing xtushing would be conducted during the entire semester for upperclassmen. Men who would be . second semester freshmen during the fall semester would have to go through a formal rush ing period and could not be pledged until nine academic weeks after the beginning of the semester. Some of Hart's reasons for the proposed change in the IFC Rush ing Code are: • Eliminates the risk of rush ing a man who in the end does not make his averages, thus avoid ing loss of time and money. • Improves scholarship since men would not be able to rush unless they had the minimum re quired average. • Gives freshmen a semester to acclimate to the University and to studies before rushing, which takes away. from study time. •Eliminates worry about the freshman drinking rule for at least a semester since freshmen would not be allowed in frater nity houses during their first se mester. *lmproves house scholarship since only one semester would be devoted to a formal rushing pro gram. - This proposed revision to the rushing code, if passed by IFC, will require enforcement by fra-H ternities, Hart said. Methods of enforcing the code changes will be worked out after IFC approves the revisions, according to Hart. Action to Violators If a house or freshman were caught violating the proposal, each would be given a warning for the first offense. If a violation occurred a second time, the house would have rushing privileges re-1 moved for the nine-week formal rushing period; and the fresh man's rushing pri• ileges removed for one year: The other change proposed would increase minimum re quired averages for pledging. The change would require freshman men to obtain a 2.2 average the (Continued on page eight) Pol Sci Prof Backs Religious Toleration Dr. Neal Riemer, associate professor of political science, said Sunday night that according to the pamphleteer Roger Williams, attempts at religious uniformity can only lead to civil discord,. making religious toleration the desired state. Dr. Riemer listed this among Williams' views on religious free dom, as expressed in Williams' pamphlet, "The Bloody Tenent of Persecution for the Cause of Con science." Dr. Riemer was speak ing as the fourth lecturer in the series, "The Structure of Free dom." Williams had written this pamphlet after being expelled by one of the New England Puri tan colonies. Advocates Religious Liberty •In the pamphlet, Williams ad vocated religious liberty on two main grounds—a religious one and a civil one. In the realm of civil thought, he separates the church and the state, saying that the business of the state is not the saving of souls, but the maintenance of peace and order. To this end, religious free dom must be instituted, since, his- Defer Rushing By ANNE FRIEDBERG Atom Study In Ag Field Leads State The University_ leads in the study of the potential impact of atomic energy development on Pennsylvania agriculture. A number of studies are being made by agriculture research peo ple at the atomic reactor to de termine applications in the pro duction and preservation of foods. To broaden this study, a pro posal now in the Legislature's Senate Committee on State Gov ernment calls for the appointment of a coordinator of atomic devel opment activities. It also requires state agencies to contribute stud ies and recommendations to atom ic! development. Geared to Indqtry So far, the primary develop ment of atomic energy has been geared toward industry, with the exception of the University, ac cording to the Associated Press. Early studies indicate a wide range of possibilities. For exam ple:- the irraditation of foods as a preservative; the irradiation of seeds to destroy diseases; the pos sibility of developing useful mu tants in animals and plants through atomic treatment. 13 Senators Sponsor The new bill, which carries the bi-partisan sponsorship of 13 sen ators, says the state "recognizes that the production or utilization of atomic energy and other forms of radiation may result in new conditions calling for changes in the laws of the Commonwealth and regulations issued There under." The measure specifically re ferred to health, safety, working conditions, insurance, conserva tion and resources. All forms of energy released in nuclear fission or transformation is considered atomic energy In the bill. Eisenhower Honored Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi dent of Johns Hopkins University, will be honored Friday for dis tinguished contributions in tht field of international public serv ice with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Syracuse Uni versity. By DAVE FINEMAN torically, religious turmoil causes civil unrest, he said. Religiously, Williams.s tate d, from the teachings of Jesus one can conclude only that all peoples. Christian or anti-Christian, must be allowed their beliefs or dis beliefs, for it is not within the purview of man to judge and con demn. Irreligious to Persecute He explains that of the opposing groups, one must surely be right. Hence, it 'is irreligious for any group to persecute the one group that perhaps is correct. Dr. Riemer said that Williams' views hold a great significance for the state of today. He admits, of course, that there is no great prob lem of religious freedom today. but that there certainly remains the question of church versus state. (Continued on page eight)
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