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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.'’