Cab NSA inet to Air Question Expected Vot All-University Cabinet is expected to vote tonight on whether to retain its membership in the controversial National Student Association. Cabinet will meet at 7 p.m. in 203 Hetzel Union and will hear a final report on the association presented by NSA Co- Report Asks $1240 'Pay' Next Year All-University Cabinet will be asked tonight' to appropriate $1240 in compensations for stu dent leaders for next year. This amount—about $5OO less than was allotted last year—will be requested in a report of the Cabinet Committee on Compen sations. The report, which will be pre sented by Barbara Nichols, the committee chairman, said the group - apportioned compensations on an 80-point scale. Point System Used It said they considered the time involved in the student's activity (20 points), the length of service (10), the financial responsibility Involved (18), the responsibility of decision (20) and personal ex penses incurred (12). The report also recommended -that each college- student council compensate its president and that groups not now compenpating their officers study the possibili ties of doing so. According to the report, the University Senate has approved a report asking a thorough analy sis of compensation practices. Compensations will remain in ef fect at least until March 1, 1958, by which time the have study is expected to have been com pleted. To Hear Progress Report Cabinet tonight will also hear a progress report on 42 "of the 90 recommendations from last fall's Student Encampment. The progress report covers some recommendations on student gov ernment; academic policies; so cial, cultural and recreational ac tivities; counseling; communica tions and the University Health Service and the University's fu ture. Bypass Planned On Rout, 322 The .U . S. Burdau of • Public Roads authorized the State High ways Department to go ahead with plans for a 5 million dollar bypass on Rt. 322 near Lewis town, according to the Associated Press. . - A spokesman for the depart ment said the state would pt . & sent detailed construction plans to the bureau now that final proval has been received. The six mile project starts in Derry Twp. just south of Lewis-I town and runs parillel -to the present location of Rt. 322 into Lewistown. The road will be a limited access-highway. • The department has not set a date yet for sending •out bids Frosh to Co Bookstore Survey The Freshman Class Advisory Board will conduct a survey to assist bookstores in ordering the proper number of textbooks to fill student needs. The board feels the problem is that the bookstores do not receive adequate information on the num bers or names of books to be or dered. Each of the nine colleges will -be contacted by a member of the board to determine how the lists are compiled, where they are dis tributed and how the necessary quantity is determined. ordinator Lawrence McCabe. The vote will climax weeks of debate both inside and outside of Cabinet on the perennial issue of membership in the organiza tion. Cabinet last year voted to re join NSA after a year of non membership. Although the final report does not include a recommendation, All-University President Robert Bahrenburg yesterday said he will entertain any affirmative motion on the subject. At least one member of Cabinet has said he will present such a motion if no one else does so. The final report, scheduled for presentation last week, was de layed until the arrival of complete reports of the national organiza tion's work during the past year and of the national student con gress. Martini to Be Named In other business tonight, Harry Martini, junior class president, will be appointed chairman of next fall's Student Encampment. John Sopko, president of the sophomore class, will ask Cabinet to assume responsibility for dis tributing dosed section lists dur ing registration periods. I The recommendation, sponsored by the class advisory board, sug gests that the lists .be distributed through a special committee or a service organization. A 5-member committee of the board distributed the lists during the registration for this semester. They were distributed three times to central residence hall locations, to all fraternities and at the Het zel Union Building. They had previously been given only to faculty members, who were to pass the information on to their advisees. The, board sug gested that the plan be announced earlier and more often than was done this semester. Leadership Report A final report will be given on last fall's Leadership Training Course. Of the 308 students who signed up for the course, 196 com pleted it. Ninety per cent of these were freshmen, according to the report. The report asks continuation of the present policies for the course; possible examination "to elimi nate knitters, letterwriters, etc."; earlier preparation of certificates of completion and stronger sup port of the course by residence and freshman counselors. ( Philosophy Club to Meet The Philosophy Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in 212 Hetzel Union. Dr. Ernest G. Freund, professor of philosophy and head of the de partment, will speak on "Is Reli gion a Luxury in Modern So ciety?" Israeli Troops, Administrators • Head Home From Gaza Strip JERUSALEM, March 6 (iP)—lsraeli troops and ad ministrators headed home from the Gaza Strip to night in a withdrawal oper ation due to be completed by 7 pp. Thursday. Others based on the Gulf of Aqaba coast loaded their equipment aboard ship at Sharm el Sheikh for a similar duct The exodus came as Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion re ceived overwhelming endorse ment of his policy from Parlia ment. There was violence in Gaza. Move Into Gaza Strip UN Emergency Force troops moved into the Gaza Strip, Tilr Elatig VOL. 57 No. 99 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 7. 1957 FIVE CENTS Women Will e Surveyed On Proposed Honor Code All coeds will soon be asked to participate in a survey to determine their attitude toward the feaSibility of establishing an honor system for University women. Other purposes of the questionnaire are to find coers: opinion of social life at the Uni versity and their opinion of revising the present system of women's student go•;ernment. Marilyn Seltzer, chairman of the WSGA committee, last night presented a progress Physical Ed Group OK's Officer List The Physical Education Student Council Tuesday night approved an election slate of officers for next year's council and set March 14 and 15 as electiu.& dates. The nominees for president are David Watk ins, Coopersburg; Charles Ruslavage, Coaldale; Car olyn Briggs, Catonsville, Md., and Patricia Barnitz, Venetia. All are juniors. Robert Hoover. Philadelphia; Calvin Emery, Centre Hall; Carol Mason, Lemoyne, and Diane Kemp, Hanover, are the nominees for vice president. All are soph omores. Secretary Nominations Secretary nominations are Wil liam Odenkirk, Harrisburg; Ro bert Taft, State College; Anne Colelesser, Erie, and Marianna Moldovan, Farrell. All are sopho mores. Jack Michel, Ridgway; Bennie Adams; State College: Audrey Sassano, Pittsburgh and Joanne Bedenk, State College, are nomi nees for treasurer. All are juniors. Any other student may enter his name on the ballot by pre senting a petition signed by 15 students in the College of Physi cal Education and Recreation to ( Robert Hoover, 257 Hamilton Hall, by March 12. 2.3 Average Needed However, to be eligible for president or treasurer a student must be a junior with a 2.3 All- University average and for vice president and secretary, a soph orpore with a 2.3 All-University average. The council also began making plans for a tennis clinic to be held sometime in May and dis cussed a possible scholarship in connection with a sporting goods Jompany. World War II Movie "Attack in the Pa . Cific," one of a series of World War II films, will be shown at 1 p.m. today in Schwab Auditorium. The movie deals with the naval war in the Pacific. home to about 230,000 Arab refugees of the Palestine war of 1948 largely supported by the UN Works and Relief Agency. The Israeli army announced "the administration of the Sharm el Sheikh area will be transferred to the UNEF by the Israeli defense forces on Friday, March 8," implying Is, rael would retain possession of that base on the gulf about 48 hours. Withdraw Progresses Rapidly But UN sources in Cairo - said the Israeli withdrawal froni Sharm el Sheikh is progressing rapidly. Train stations in Cairo were crowded with Palestine Arabs seeking to return to Gaza. The historic changeover in Gaza was started under cover FOR A BETTER PENN STATE report on the proposed honor sys tem to the WSGA Senate. She emphasized in her report that the drinking problem at the University would not be the sole concern of an honor code. The code would cover all WSGA regulations, and would put wom en students on their honor to obey them. ,Miss Seltzer said if an honor system is put into effect without sufficient preparation, the code might fail. Therefore, she said, coeds' opinions must be analyzed before the system can be set up. The questionnaire is being pre pared with the help of a member of the Counselor Education De partment of the College of Educa tion. If the questionnaire shows that stdents favor an honor system, a report explaining the proposed syste-n will be presented for ap proval to WSGA and the Senate Committee on Student Affairs. Honor House Considered The establishment of an honor house at the University is now under consideration. The resi dents of this house would be cho sen fr om highly-recommended senior women. Arrangements have been made, for three members of the imple- 1 mentation committee to live for a weekend this semeste_ - at Biddle Honor House at Dickinson College in order to acquire practical ex perience with dormitory life un der an honor system. In her report, Miss Seltzer list ed and explained several ac complishment.; of the WSG: committee. Letter on Code A letter concerning the pro posed honor code has been com posed. This will be mailed to women applicants for admission to the University, in the event that the honor code report is ap proved. The committee has drawn up a pledge of responsibility to the honor code. If the code is passed. the pledge will be' signed by all coeds. • Plans have been completed for a new system of government for women. This new system would be necessary under an honor code. Penalties for dishonorable ac tions and infractions of rules have .n revised for enforcement un der the suggested code. The feasibility of a revised stu dent handbook for women is (Continued on page eight) of darkness, with the Arab pop ulation forced to remain in doors under a rigid curfew af ter a flurry of disorders which left an Arab civilian and an Israeli soldier dead and two Israelis wounded. UN Troops Stand Guard The UN troops moved up from Sinai Peninsula positions through the frontier town of Rafa to take up vacated guard posts. Abroad, the withdrawal led to hope fora speedup in the clearance of the Suez Canal, on which the Egyptians have evinced no hurry lately, and the promise of a start on repair of sabotaged pipeline pumping stations of the Iraq Petroleum Co., in Syria. This will be a help to oil-rationed Western Europe, • Tolltgiun Town to Get New Report On Parking A group of borough officials plan to travel to Pittsburgh some time next week for a look into the State College parking situa tion. In Pittsburgh they will consult with officials of the Don McNeil Engineering Company, which con ducted a comprehensive survey of the borough's traffic and park ing problems last Oct. 11. No Results .Jude Public Plans for the Pittsburgh meet ing were revealed yesterday by Borough Manager Robert Y. Ed wards. He said the conference was originally scheduled for yester day, but had to be postponed for !about a week. No results of the survey have been made public, but Edwards said the borough is now studying maps sent to it from the engi neering firm. A list of persons who may make the' trip to Pittsburgh includes Edwards; Marlin C. Mateer, chair man of the borough's parking au thority, and Charles F. Lee Dec ker, Borough Council president. To Make Final Report Edwards said the engineering firm will present a final report to the borough sometime after next week's meeting. McNeil, a former traffic manager of the City of Pittsburgh. has made simi lar surveys and developed park ing solutions in towns and small cities throughout the state. The survey last October was conducted with the aid of 165 high school senior volunteers. Every motor vehicle moving in and out of the downtown area was stopped to determine its des tination and the length of time it would remain there. Rain Forecast; Lion Replaced Today's weather forecast calls for rain, which is expected to continue off and on throughout the day. This weather report comes from the University weather station. This report hr not been inf: enced by the N tany Lion. The Lion see] ingly has lost knack for ma, ing weather for casts with ai„ degree of accur acy. The only e, cuse he has c fered about tl large margin error is that it is caused by his state of mental confusion brought on by "the way certain question able details from my private life have been so unmercifully publi cized." The temperature in Centre County should keep the precipi tation to rain. High today is ex pected at between 35 and 40 de grees. Scholarship Applications Application forms for a $l5O Panhellenicscholarshipto be awarded to a sorority woman may be obtained at the office of the Dean of Women in 105 Old Main.
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