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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
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efeated Lawrence Kowalski, junior in arts and
azleton, 17-16.
Board of Governors also elected Bruce Pellnitz,
Gift
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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
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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.