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VOL. 57. No. 11
up Revises
tions Code
Gro
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versity Elections, Committee Sunday after
. ive major changes and revisions in the Elec
luding the reviewing of party platforms after
have been chosen.
The All-U
noon adopted
tions Code, in ,
the candidate
All chang:
s will be brought before All-University Cab
inet for final approval.
' The reviewing of platforms will
now come the Wednesday follow
ing the final nominations of party
candidates. This, according to
William Johnson, committee
chairman, will give the candidates
a chance to help draw up the plat
form on which they will run.
Previously they had been
drawn up and reviewed before
the candidates were elected.
Week Given for Plans
Plan
Coed 'Meals
Greek
For Tonight
Greek Week exchange dinners
will be held beginning at 5:10 p.m.
today with 46 fraternities and all
23 sororities paiticipating, accord
ing to Bruce Huffman and Phyllis
Hodges, exchange dinners chair
men.
Huffman said that approximate
ly 300 men and 300 women will
be participating in the exchange
dinners, which will be held in the
fraternity houses and in the din
ing halls of Simmons, McElwain
and Atherton.
Men Call for Coeds
Fraternity men will call for the
women at 5 p.m. in the lounges',
of Simmons, McElwain or Ather-,
ton. There will be about seven
men from each of the 48 fraterni
ties that are participating in the
exchange dinners, eating in the
women's dining halls.
Huffman said that from six to
22 women from each sorority will
be eating at the fraternity houses.
No Substitutes Allowed
In an effort to relieve some of
the confusion which has arisen
over the exchange dinners in past
hears, the committee chairmen
ave asked all sorority women
who signed information sheets for
the exchange dinners, •to appear
In person rather than send a sub
stitute.
They said that the reason for
this is because the fraternities
have been sent the names of those
who are signed up, for the indi
vidual fraternities.
Encampment Blanks Due
Applications for interviews for
students wishing to attend the
sixth annual Student Encamp
ment Sept. 4 to 7 at Mont Alto
Forest School must be returned
to the Hetzel Union desk by
5 p.m. tomorrow.
Parking, Traffic Survey
Aerial Photos Completed
Aerial photographs of the
,campus were taken at six
different times yesterday as part of the University's com
prehensive parking and traffic survey.
The weather remained c
day but overcast skies during
cancellation of photography
scheduled for 6 p.m. .
The photographs will be en
larged and pieced together to form
a large map s owing the exact
number and 1 ation of cars on
campus roads d parking lots at
the time eachi photograph was
taken. 11
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The pictures were taken at 8, 9
and 11 a.m. and at 1:15, 2:30 and,
5:15 p.m.
Officers Take Photos
Sgt. Thomas P. O'Connor, of the
Air Force Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps detachment, and - Sgt.
Claude Horton, of the Army
ROTC detachment, took the
photographs.
The use of the airplane and the
services of its pilot, Allan E. Mc-
Nally, were. donated to the -Urd
versty by Haller, Raymond- and
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Platforms which are not ap
proved at the first meeting may
then be reviewed again the fol
lowing Sunday. Campaigning
would start Monday, giving the
candidates one week between the
time of their selection and cam
paigning.
Another major change deals
with penalization of votes. The
new revision states that a candi
date may be docked an unlimited
number of votes for violations of I
the Elections Code. Previously the
code allowed docking of not less
than 10 (or more) than 100 votes.
Vote Docking Unlimited
Johnson said that since the 1
docking of votes is in the power''
of the committee there should be
no restrictions on the number.
The committee feels that if it
knows a candidate received 200
votes illegally it should not be
restricted to penalizing a maxi
mum of 100 votes. Also, if it is
discovered that a candidate only
received five votes illegally there
is no reason why he should be
penalized 10.
Third Revision
The third revision in the code
states that appeals to the elec
tions committee must be made at
the meeting directly following the
closing of the polls. The reason
behind this change, Johnson said,
was that in last year's spring elec
tion an appeal was made after
the votes had been counted, bring
ing about confusion.
A new article was added to the
code providing that the All-Uni
versity Cabinet shall select by
ballot the winning candidate in
case of a tie.
The last revision, which has al
ready been adopted by Cabinet,
states that all candidates must
have at least a 2.4 All-University
average. Previously . it had been a
2.4 for the All-University Presi
dential candidate and a 2.0 for all
other candidates.
ear throughout most of the
the late afternoon forced the
Brown, Inc., where McNally works
as an engineer.
Sgt. O'Connor, who did the pho
tography work at all tcie times
except 5:15, said the pictures were
taken at altitudes ranging from
about 4000 to 8000 feet.
Photography Completed
He said the actual photography
was completed with yesterday's
flights. Another photography ex
pedition had been attempted last
Monday, but was discontinued at
noon because - of stormy weather.
The aerial photography is part
lof a comprehensive parking and
traffic survey hoped to bring
about alleviation of the Univers
ity's problems in these areas with
in two years.
Walter H. Wiegand, director of
Department of Physical Plant, has
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 2. 1957
Walker to Discuss Budget
With House-Senate Group
President Eric A. Walker is scheduled to appear before a joint Senate and House
Appropriations Committee in Harrisburg this morning to discuss the University's proposed
$27.7 million appropriation.
A University spokesman said Dr. Walker was invited by the committee to answer
questions on the appropriation.
Dr. Walker has left no doubt that he feels Gov. George M. Leader's $27.7 million
RAKING LEAVES and collecting and stacking wood at the Stale
College park was the work project of these six Greeks Saturday
afternoon. Left to right, they are Miriam St. Clair, Alpha Xi Delta:
Orville Lerch, Acacia; Dean Plaia, Alpha Phi Delta: Robin Ward.
Phi Mu; William Abbey, Delta Tau Delta; and David Levy, Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Fraternities Told
To Sell Themselves
Arthur M. Wellington, professor of counselor education,
said last night that fraternities should use figures—such as
a four to one graduation percentage over independents—to,
sell freshmen on fraternity life.
Wellington spoke at the Outstanding Pledge Banquet in
the Hetzel Union Building.
He said that fraternities and
sororities should give more fac
tual information about the merits
of Greek organizations to rushees.
One of the strong points of
these organizations lies in the
field of scholarship, he said. Sta
tistics, he said, reveal that the
percentage of graduation among
fraternity men is four times high
er than among independent men.
and that the sorority percentage
is three and one half times higher
than independents.
Wellington said a survey' of
freshmen shows that prospec
tive rushees consider scholar
ship second in importance only
to friendship as a consideration
in rushing a fraternity or soror
ity
Wellington criticized some of
the rushing policies of Greek or
ganizations, and said that a sur
vey of this year's freshman class
showed many more incoming stu
dents expressed interest in join
ing a fraternity or sorority than
have been pledged so -far.
He asked if "Panhel couldn't
find a better system than win
dow shopping" for their rush
ing program. However. he add
ed.; sororities should be com
plimented on the maximum in
formation that they provide
rushee: to help them choose a
sorority, and fraternities could
benefit by their example.
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Iranian Premier May Quit
Over Death of Americans
TEHRAN, Iran, April 1 VP}—lnformed sources said to
day Premier Hussein Ala will resign Wednesday because
of the murder of three Americans in a desert bandits' ambush.
Troops and police pursued into mountain country close
to the Pakistan border a legendary bandit leader and his
men, sought as the killers.
The exact number of men with
bandit leader Dadshah was not
known, but they were reported
being whittled down in runaway
fights with pursuers. A price of
$lO,OOO was put on the head of
each bandit, dead or alive.
Couple Were Victims
The American victims of the
ambush in the desert of southern
Baluchistan province a week ago
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Kevin
Carroll and Brewster Wilson. Car.
roll, 37, was a U.S. Point Four
program official; and , Mrs. Car
roll, 35. worked as his secretary.
Wilson, 35, was a development
specialist for the Near East Foun
dation.
Informants said the Cabinet
shakeup was intended to give the
government a stronger hand in
Student
Spirit
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request falls short of the Univer
sity's need.
University faculty members es
pecially will be watching the de
liberations of the committee,
which has the power to amend
a bill to raise the University's ap
propriation.
The size of faculty wage in
crease depends largely on the
amount of money the state gives
the University for the next bi
ennium.
The University is believed to
have asked Leader for approxi
mately $35 million.
Leader told students and fac
ulty members in his speech at Ca
reer Day that he cut the Univer
sity's appropriation request be
fore submitting it to the General
Assembly to enable him to "go
in with a tight budget?'
Hoped to Avoid Fight
Leader said he decided to sub
mit a "tight budget" in order to
avoid a possible fight with the
Assembly and noted that he had
carried on a "17-month fight" on
the budget two years ago.
He said he decided to give a
"flat 10 per cent increase" to all
state-supported higher education
schools.
$175 Million Cut
Leader said he cut a total of
$175 million from requests before
submitting his $2 billion-plu3
budget to the Assembly.
The process for having the ap
propriation request accpeted in
cludes initial approval by the
Governor to include it in his bud
get message, approval by the Gen
eral Assembly and final approval
by the Governor in signing it into
law.
Budget Affects Enrollment
Dr. Walker said Feb. 27 that "if
the money needed to operate the
institution under frugal manage
ment is not forthcoming it will be
necessary to stabilize our enroll
ment at or near its present fi
gure."
The University is also confront
ed with the need for adjusting
salaries, he said. About one-third
of $1 million would be required
to raise 'faculty salaries one per
cent, Dr. Walker said last semes
ter.
dealing with banditry and tribal
defiance.
These sources said Ala, 74-year
old veteran politican, would an
nounce his resignation after the
departure of West German Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer, now vis
iting in Tehran.
Ala was delaying the announce
ment in order not to embarrass
Adenauer, the informants added.
Physician Called Successor
The informants said Dr.
Manouchehr Eghbal, 49-year-old
energetic politician, physician and
educator, would be suggested as
Ala's successor. Eghbal is court
minister to Shah Mohammed Reza
Pahlevi and rector of Tehran Uni
versity.
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