otok sr e s orecast: 11. Ran Dg 00, ati :B_sl_l/ Today' VOL. 57. No. 1 Mo!gan Elected AI President rgan, junior in business administration from t night was elected president of the Association t Men by a one-vote margin. John M. Gilberton, 1. • of Independe Morgan letters from The efeated Lawrence Kowalski, junior in arts and azleton, 17-16. Board of Governors also elected Bruce Pellnitz, Gift Senio Idea ' Read oxes Soon Suggestion . oxes for the Senior class gift wll be placed• in. Grange, Sim ons and McElwain dormitories, a the Hetzel Union desk, Waring desk, the Corner Room and in I. e Library Monday and will remain until noon Sat urday. Suggestions for a gift to benefit the entire student body may be made by all students. Voting is not restricted to seniors. Discussed by Class Board The Senior Class Advisory Board discussed last night the suggestions made by January graduates. Two suggestions have been chosen as being the best. They are• •Donation of the class gift mon ey for the completion of the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Memor ial Chapel. •Foundation of a scholarship for students based primarily on need and not on scholarship. Approximately $lO,OOO from stu dent fees is available for the gift. The Advisory Board will select six suggestions from the total submitted next week. These will be placed on a ballot given to seniors .when they obtain their LaVie. Random Poll Planned The board also discussed the possibility of combining Bacca lahreate and Senior Class Night into a- single senior convocation. Thu most important and appropri btu parts of each would be used, `according to Joseph Hartnett, senior class president. The board will take a random poll this week to determine student reaction to the combination suggestion. The senior convocation would be field - the Friday night preceed ing graduation. Class night was originally held at that time, but Hartnett said that attendance at ClaSs Night has been insignifi cant recently in relation to the size of the class. /Junior Named LaVie Editor George Shambaugh, junior in journalism from Harrisburg, has been named 1957-58 LaVie editor. Other senior board promotions include: Leslie Phillabaum, managing editor; Mary Steranchak, art edi tor; William Kearns, scheduling editor; Maureen Funk, copy edi tor. Jack Halpern, sports editor; Mary .Mertz, sorority editor; Ro bert Yeager, fraternity editor; Lynn Glassburn and Margaret King, co-activities editors; Ann Francis and Joanne Adair, co senior editors; Patricia Miernicki, organization editor. Roy Vollmer, Betsy Hoekstra and Mary Ann Raup have been promoted to junior board art staff. Tapping Cards Available For 3 Hat Societies Fourth- and fifth-semester men may fill out tapping cards for Androcles and Blue Key hat so cieties until 5 p.in. next Wednes day .at the Hetzel Union desk. Second- and third-semester men mar fill out tapping cards for Delphi,' hat -society until 5 p.m. April 17.. STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 4. 1957 junior in education from Nesco peck, vice president: Louis Won deny, junior in business admin istration from Phoenixville, sec retary; and Dean Frey, sophomore in mechanical engineering from York, treasurer.• Frey was elected treasurer, 18- 15, over Harry Martini, junior in education from - Honey Brook and former junior class president, after James Macinko, freshman in electrical engineering from Allentown, and Lynn Scheirer, junior in civil engineering from Reading, were eliminated due to lack of votes under the single elimination ballot system. This system insures election on the first ballot by distributing John Morgan New AIM President the votes of the lowest candidate among the remaining ones. The offices of vice president and secretary were uncontested. The retiring AIM officers are Lash Howes, president; Robert Seiler, vice president; John Rhodes, secretary; and Norman Hedding, treasurer. The new officers were sworn in following the election by Wil (Continued on page eight) Student Council Votinu Reported Li t ht Voting was reported as light to. medium yesterday in elec tions for seats on seven of the nine college student councils. The elections will continue today in all colleges except Home Economics, which completed its elections yesterday. The Agricul ture and Physical Education Stu dent Council members are not chosen at these elections. The polling places and the hours they will be open are: BusAd 8-5 HUB cardroom Sparks Chem-Phys 8-5 Osmond Ed 8-5 Schwab 8-5 Eng B 8-5 HUB desk 9-5 MI Only the Chemistry and Physics Student Council elections officials reported a "larger than usual" vote. The balloting for the Busi ness Administration Student Council was reported "fair to ade quate." Students must present a matric ulation card to vote in most of the elections. Home Economics Results Eleven students were elected to positions on the Home Economics Student Council in elections which ended yesterday. Filty one per cent of the students in the Col lege of Home Economics voted. ' (Continued on_page eight) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Senate to Hear Exemption Plan A recommendation to allow students of high standing in individual courses to be exempt from taking final examinations will be presented before the University Senate this afternoon. The recommendation was presented -at the March meeting by Dr. Wallace E. White, professor of wood technology, but discussion was postponed because of lack of time. The proposal,-if approved, would amend Senate rule 0-2 in the 1956- 57 edition of the Senate Regula tions for Undergraduate Students. This rule, permissive but not mandatory, now reads: "No student shall be exempt from a final examination except by approval of the head of the department and the dean of the college in which the course is offered." The proposed reading of this rule as amended follows: "Any student with a "B" or bet ter average in a course may be [exempt from the final examina tion in that course upon recom mendation of the instructor." i Dr. White's reasons for the change are the following: one exemption of good students from a final exam is a reward for good performance and is more meaningful than the dubious prospect of making a dean's list, graduation with honor or better job opportunities. I •It does not deny the borderline student who desires an "A" in [stead of a "B" the right to try for the higher grade. 1 ',More bluebooks and quizzes throughout the entire semester would be encouraged, thus furn ishing the instructor a broader I base upon which the student's knowledge and ability to handle ,the course material may be de- I termined. leCourse material would be re viewed and integrated before the close of regular classes—some thing which is needed by poorer students, •Students will often have an op iportunity to make better grades lin a situation whereby several exams are scheduled within a short period of time. •It would raise the morale of students and would increase stu dent interest in daily classroom preparation. •The work of the instructors will Ibe more rewarding and stimulat ing as increased eagerness for (learning may develop within the students. , I •The work involved during the 1 exam period will be lessened, :thus more time will be available I to do a better job of grading the exams that are taken. I•The scheduling of exams will oe easier since fewer students 'will be taking them. •Proctoring of the exams will be easier. •At other universities where the system is in use the results have been excellent. Eisenhower Blasts Resignation Rumors WASHINGTON, April 3 (JP)—President Dwight D. Eisen2 hower dismissed today, as "the worst rot that I have heard," recurrent reports that he intends to step out and turn his job over to Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Eisenhower talked at his news conference like a man planning ahead for this second term—to the point of saying he * certainly hopes that some where along the line there can be a general tax cut. He said he would like to see taxes slashed next year "but I am !not even trying to be that spe cific." Once he asked newsmen to put in "a plug for the Red Cross" and its lagging drive for funds. The first question at the con ference was a request for Eisen hower's views on his fast, over the-speed-limits trip to his Get tysburg, Pa., farm last Friday. He knew it was coming. And he smiled amiably and said he didn't jmind talking about it. He said he was engaged in a back seat conference, as has been his practice for years, and had no idea of the speed his car was traveling with a Secret Service agent at the wheel. But because of the stories that were printed over the weekend, about his pace ' of up to 75 miles an hour on high ways limited to 50 and 55, the President said that "I have issued orders that we will be particularly careful never to exceed the speed limit at any place." From there the questioning jumped around to a wide range of subjects, with considerable em phasis on denials: Eisenhower denied that he had given Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek assurances that the United States would help defend Quemoy and Matsu, off the Chinese main- —Daily Collegian Photo by Harry Funninger TWO STATE COLLEGE YOUTHS stop at the Education Student Council poll in front of Schwab Auditorium yesterday to see about voting. Carol Jones, a junior from Springfield, explained to the youngsters that they couldn't vote. Evian land, from attacks by Chinese Reds. He denied that he had invited Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister at the time • and Pre mier Guy Mollet of France to the While House last November to announce a cease fire in the invasion of Egypt. There have been reports that Eisenhower extended such an invitation and then withdrew it. He denied that Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has recommended in so many words the reinforce ment of United Nations forces in South Korea with newer jet planes and other modern weapons because of a Communist build-up in North Korea. Eisenhower said, too, there has been no basic change in America's policy of aiding Poland and "en couraging this growing indepen dence of Moscow." Cabinet Meeting Tonight Cancelled by Steele All-University President Robert Steele has cancelled tonight's meeting of All-University Cabinet. Steele said several Cabinet members plan to attend the Inter fraternity-Panhellenic banquet tonight. He said Cabinet would not have sufficient business to hold a meeting with so many regular members absent. No Injustice See Page 4 FIVE CENTS Cool Weather, Rain Forecast The Meteorology Department today issued a forecast for rain and cool temperatures for tomor row. The Nittany Lion has now as sumed such importance in the University Weather Station that he can leave the • • actual preclictini to his underling! In a meetin, of the new I formed Board Forecasting Col trol, the Lion e: olained that I had planned get in some te: nis this wael and that t;omi thing should __ done immediately about improv ing the prevailing weather condi tions. Today's forecast calls for rain, ending tomorrow night. High should be between 42 and 46 de grees.
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