®hp VOL. 57. No. 134 Experiment' Proposed On Final Exemptions By DAVE FINEMAN In another step towards finals exemptions, the University Senate voted yesterday to invite comment from departments on an experiment, which, if conducted, would ex empt certain students from final examinations. Professors are to comment on the practicality of the experiment and their willingness to participate in it. If the experiment is. conducted, it will provide that an instructor, when he feels jus- tified under certain conditions, may exempt from finals students who' have an average of 85 or beter and whom he feels do not need a final examination. The condition under which an instructor may do this is his feel ing that his course has been so organized that he can determine the quality of individual student performance. The adopted motion, which was brought to the Senate floor by Dr. Ruth Ayres, chairman of the subcommittee on the Superior Student, came on the tail-end of the Senate’s failure to take action April 5 on a recommendation to allow an instructor to exempt, if he wishes; any student with a “B” or better average from the final exam. • Senate requested, instead, that, with the approval of Dr. White, the question be considered by the subcommittee on the Superior Student. The subcommittee met Monday, but Dr. Ayres refused to disclose whether they discussed the ques tion and what action they took. • The main purpose of the poll of professors will be to determine departmental reaction to the ex periment, Dr. Ayres explained to the body. The present rule on finals ex emption 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 of fered.” The question of exemptions is an old one at the University. Since 1942 student government bodies have been presenting ex emption plans, in vain, to the Senate. The question was given new impetus this year when All-Uni versity Cabinet in February rec ommended the action. Senior Ball to Feature "Southern Plantation" A Southern plantation, complete with illuminated columns and an electric water fountain, will be the theme for the Senior Ball to be held from 9 to 1 tonight at" Rec reation Hall. Tommy Tucker’s orchestra will provide the music and Lord Burgess and his Penny' whistle Duo will give West In diap entertainment during two intermissions, at 10:30-11 p.m. and 11:45 p.m.-12:15. Tickets for the Ban will be on sale from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:45 p.m. today at the Hetzel Union desk. Tickets are $5. The dance is semi-formal. Mansion for Decoration To carry out the theme of a southern plantation, a 50 foot rep lica of a southern mansion will be at one end of the dance floor. In front of this will be illumin ated columns and an electric wat er fountain. Blossom trees and cut-outs of Southern servants will be placed around the sides of the floor. Lattice work will surround the entrances. The dance programs, carrying out the southern theme, are pink and black. Blinking electric lights will, represent stars. Trion Cain atly w (EnUrgian FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA., FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 3. 1957 FIVE CENTS This Is the Army —Daily Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson JAMAICA FAREWELL featuring Pvt. June Baker and Pvt. Cory Wayne was one of the numbers in "Showboat Jamboree" presented' by the headquarters of Second Amy. The Army show was just pari of the large All-Service Revue held in Rec Hall last night. Final Exam Conflict Deadline Students may file final exam ination conflicts until noon tomor row at the scheduling office, base ment of WiUard. Claire Nelson, a singer with the band, is a former Miss Pennsyl vania. After winning the contest in 1951, Miss Nelson signed with Tucker and has appeared with him ever since. John Huber, assistant in the University placement office, play ed with Tucker’s band from 1945- 1947. Huber has his own band at the University and recently play ed at the Miss Penn State coro nation. Calypso Group Featured Lord Burgess and his Penny Whistle Duo will sing folk songs from Jamaica, Creole songs from Trinidad and Calypso from Trini dad. A guitar, bass fiddle, bongo drums and penny whistle, a small toy whistle like a fife, make up the musical instruments. Such songs as “Man Smart, Women Smarter" and “Hold 'Em Jos” will bs sung. Cool Weather Arouses Lion The Nittany Lion today was busily involved with preparations for his excursion to the top of Mount Nittany. Upon reading the prediction of cooler weather for today, he decid- aul., ed to make his rjp annual climb. W i He plans to set ! a new world’s iclimbing record and therefore was busily comb ing his mane, brushing his teeth and beauti fying himself in [general for the photograph ers' who will surely be awaiting him_ ceremoniously at the end of his grand effort. Since he will be aided by 70 to ,75 degree temperatures, his only regret is that rain is predicted by Saturday, and this may ruin his expected celebration of the climb. Late Hours for Women To Be Given for Ball Senior, junior, sophomore and second-semester women will re ceive 2 o’clock late permissions for the Senior Ball tonight. First-semester women will re ceive interchangeable 12 and 1 o’clocks for Friday and Satur day nights. The 2 o’clock on Friday night and the 1 o’clock Saturday night for upperclasswomen are' not interchangeable. Top Honors Capture Most Points During Spring Week Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and Trion sorority were awarded the 1957 Spring Week trophy last night at the All- Service Revue in Recreation Hall for receiving the greatest number of points in Spring Week events. Twenty-five trophies were presented by Jan Murray, master of ceremonies, to the win ners of carnival, Mad-Hattersl parade, Queen of Hearts touma-l ment and He-Man contest. First place winner in the Fan iasyland category of the carnival went to Beta Theta Pi and Delta Gamma. Sigma Chi and Alpha Omicron Pi took second place, and Delta Sigma Phi and Gamma Phi Beta took third. Triangle and Phi Kappa won first place in the carnival Tomor rowland division. Second place] went to Alpha Chi Sigma and independent women; third place went to Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Gamma Delta. Spring Week winners, Alpha Gamma Rho and Trion, took first place in the Frontierland carni val division. Second place win ners were Pi Kappa Alpha and independent women. Third place winners were Phi Delta Theta and Pi Beta Phi. I Delta Tau Delta and Kappa, i Delta took first place in the] ! Fantasyland category of the Mad- Hatters contest. Lambda Chi Al pha and Alpha Xi Delta won sec-i ond place and Sigma Alpha Epsi-j lon won third. Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Al pha Theta took first place in the |Tomorrowland division of Mad |Hatters. Alpha Sigma Phi and] Kappa Kappa Gamma won sec ond place with Theta Xi and in dependent women winning third First place in Frontierland went to Alpha Gamma Rho and Trion; second place, Theta Kappa Phi; and third place went to Phi Delta Theta and Pi Beta Phi. Dorothy Dramble, winner of the Queen of Hearts tournament, captured the trophy for Delta Gamma and Beta Theta Pi. Lester Walters, sponsored by Delta Upsllon and independent women, won first place in the He-Man contest. Second place went to Francis Palone, sponsored by Theta Chi and Sigma Delta Tau. Benjamin Amato, Alpha Phi Delta, took third place; Guy Tira bassi, Phi Kappa Sigma and Chi Omega, fourth; and Ray Pottios, Theta Delta Chi and independent women, fifth. Charles Rine, Alpha Gamma Rho and Trion, tied with Jack Calerone, Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Xi Delta for sixth place. Eighth place went to Theodore Steinman, Zeta Beta Tau and in dependent women; ninth, Stanley Hopkins. Pi Kappa Phi; tenth (Continued on page five) Cabinet Re-Defines Senior President Status All-University Cabinet last night amended the Elections Code to require the All-University President and the Senior Class President to be of opposite affiliations in any one year. These offices will rotate between fraternity and indepen dent students each year, just as the Presidency has rotated in the past. At the same meeting, All-Uni versity President Robert Steele’s appointment of Peter Fishbum to the chairmanship of the Elec tions Committee was contested on the grounds that other qualified persons were not considered. The contesting of an appoint ment is a rare occurence in Cabi net. Steele said the appointment was made on the recommenda tion of last year’s chairman, Wil liam Johnson, who said Fishbum was the only person qualified. Robert Nurock, president of Liberal Arts Council and one of the Cabinet members contesting the appointment, claimed that last year’s Elections Board secretary, Lynn Ward, was qualified for the chairmanship and should have been considered. The appointment was approved by a Cabinet vote, however. The Elections Code amendment McCarthy Dies After Short Illness WASHINGTON, May 2 { iP )— Death wrote an end tonight to the storm-filled career of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, one of the 20th cen tury’s most controversial political figures. The Wisconsin Republican died at 6:02 p.m. EDT at the Naval Medical Center at nearby Bethes da, Md., of an inflammation which broke down the functioning of his liver. He was 47. In this capital, which saw Rim rise to national attention with his Red-hunting campaigns and then fade into relative obscurity, friend and foe alike expressed shock at his passing. Old feuds were for gotten for the moment as leaders spoke of their sorrow. President’s Statement President Dwight D. Eisen hower, who had grown so cold to McCarthy that the senator was crossed off the White House so cial invitation list made this statement: “I have just been informed of the sudden passing of Sen. Jos eph R. McCarthy. “Mrs. Eisenhower joins me in extending our profound sympathy to Mrs. McCarthy in the grievous personal loss she has sustained.” Senate Flag Dropped Within a half-hour after Mc- Carthy died the flag over the Senate was dropped to half staff. Former President Harry S. Tru man, in New York City for a lec ture, said: “Too bad. I’m very sorry to hear the news of the senator’s death.” Communism Investigation McCarthy was a key figure In the investigations of communism and alleged communism which aroused high feelings in the early 19505, but his career faded after the Senate voted condemnation of some of his conduct in 1954. McCarthy’s death came five days after he was hospitalized for a liver inflammation, acute hepa titis. He is survived by his wife and an adopted infant daughter. approved last night also provides that the All-University secretary treasurer shall be of the same affiliation as the President each year, and that the vice-president shall be of the opposite affilia tion. Also, the Senior Class secretary treasurer shaU be of the same affiliation as the Senior class president each year, and the vice president shall be of the opposite affiliation. The amendment means that the ratio between independent and fraternity party-elected members of Cabinet in any one year will be balanced, if freshman officers can be considered as having no affiliation. The question was raised at the meeting, however, that since freshmen are represented in the .'ssociation of Independent Men, they cannot be considered as hav ing “no affiliation.'’
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