VOL. 58. No. 84 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13. '1958 FIVE CENTS
University Party Voting
Voided; Code is Revised
The All-University.
_Elections Committee last night voted unanimously to void Sun
day night's elections of thenewly-formed 'University Party,
. As a result of questions brought up by the meeting, the committee .also completely
revised Article 4 of the All-University ElectiOns Code, dealirfig with party organization.
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At the.party meeting, John D'Angelo, one of the partiris organizers, defeated Arthur
Pfautz, for party chairman- by
an 83-69 vote. Pfauti, a junior in'
business administration from Lan
caster, was the 1955-56 freshman
class vice president,
Pfautes grounds for the ap-.
peal to Elections Committee ln
eluded charges that Commit
tee Chairman • Peter Fishburn
during the party rn ieting
changed his decision on the
identification required of stu
dents in order that they, could
vote for . party officers:
•Pfantz 'contended that a
_num
ber of his supporters who had not
brought• their matriculation cards
to the meeting 'left the meeting
before Fishburn broadened-i the
identification rerquirements. These
students 'undoubtedly had other
acceptable • identfication with
them, Pfautz said. He said - that if
they had remained and- voted,' he
would have won' the election.
After the committee voted on
the elections appeal, Fishburn
said the Elections Code should
be made more specific "to main=
*Win - stability in campus pplitics."
The article was changed to
read:
."At thesemester's tint official regis
tration meeting of a party so declared
by word of the recognized head of that
party (either chairman or acting , chair
man). registration will be conducted by
the Elections Committee. - -
"Persons who register at _this or any
ether registration meeting irifl , receive
their permanent party card - when they
register-- This card will. be - the official
voting card for any meeting of t p party
at' which any election by the party - is held,
either for internal party officers-or for
eandidates to be placed on the ballot
in class or All -University elections.
"A party must hold official registration
at any meeting •where the party Plano, to
hold any election (by the whole party)
incept for election' of candidates for class' '
or All-University . officers. Registration
must also be held the date of preliminary
nominations for class or All.. University
officers.
"As stated, there will be no registra
tion at the final nominations meeting.
and at this meeting the party card will
be the official Toting permit. That la.
in order to enter and vote at the final
nominations meeting, a student mast
have attended at least one official regis
tration meeting prior to this.
"There shall be at least two official
registration Meetings prior to the final
nominations meeting.
"Lists of all official registrants• will be
kept by the Elections Committee and will
be the formal authority of party member
ship. These lists will be made in dupli
cate. and the duplicate copy will be given
to"the- - party chairman. -
"Any person not having a party card
spay attend- a party meeting, but will be
seated -in a special non-voting section
and - will not have the privilege of voting.
A student does not have Yo be a mem
ber of a party In order to be nominated
as a candidate for a class or All-University
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Lion Welcomes
Break in Cold
• The Nittany Lion looked a little
more cheerful than _ usual this
morning—and he had reason to
lbe, for the weather man was call
ing .for genemlly warming. con
ditions.
The Lion, still shivering in the
depths of his
after the
recent coldspell, -r
did sneak out , 9 ,-111,-
t his morning • 1 "; ...,
to find -the . s kit'
streets and
walks clear of
some of the ice. N
He is suggesting
that the Univer- •
sity sidewalks .. yit
and streets be
pre-heated and
kept at a temperature of . 50 de
-
greei - or .higher. -
A high of 25 to 30 degrees is
forecast 'today, although the pos t
sibility of snow flurries lingers in
the air. •
WDFM - Staff to Meet -
WDFIS2 will hold a general staff
meeting at 8 tonight in 316
Sparks. *
Candidates may also 'attend.
ElaitH
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
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. Collegian photo b y Marty Scharr
WHAT HAPPENED to- the ..arotvds? The usually crowded West
Walk snack bar seems. to have lost .some of its punch since the
fairer Sex movedout.l'iwai taken about 8:30 p.m. last night.
Pro*' W.641d Offer
Alternatie . to Draft
PreAdent Eric A. Walker has suggested that graduate
engineers and - sCientists be siven . a Choice 'of entering industry
at "GI pay", instead of military , service.
Walker made , this proposal yesterday at the 19th annual
Citizen's ConferpnCe on Education in Lansing, Mich.
He suggested , this choice -be
offered in recorn mending im
provement in the,Selective Serv
ice System to tetfer utilize talents
of young men. If they entered in
dustry,:they would be -paid at'the
same rate as .seiticemen for the
time they' would have been in
the service. .
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In a 9-point progiam to meet
the challenge thrust before .the
- U.S. by Russia's advancement; in
technological and' many profes
sional 'fields. he also suggested
that federal scholarship: grants
be made available with the Pro
vision that they be repaid by an
Stone Valley Leads as Senior Gift
Of the approximately half
of_the January graduates who
Checked their preferences for
senior class gift of about $9OOO,
105 voted in the Stone Valley
Recreation area, putting it in first
place 'in the poll.
-Other suggestions and the
votes they received 'were books
and .photostat machinei, for ,Pat
tee Library, 67 votes; AM facili-:
ties - for WDFM and -benches for ,
the campus walks, 23 each; and
drapes and "curtains for Schwab'
auditorium, 14 votes.
The top two or three sugges
tions grill be placed on' a final
ballot' this spring and the-others
may or may not go on the ballot
depending on student response.
Elizabeth Marvin, chairman
ToUrgian
By PAT EVANS
ex:ea - income fax charge begin
ning five years after graduation.
He said:
"We must make it financially
possible for every gifted boy and
girl to attend college. I don't sug
gest this aid be provided in the
form of federal grants that do not
have to be paid back.
"Brainpower has become our
most precious resource and we
cannot: afford to handicap our
selves by failing to develop our
supply of it to its full potential."
Walker also said the U.S.
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of the senior class gift commit
tee, said that the committee is
still open to student sugges
tions.
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Miss. Mervin expressed di sap
. pointmenf 'in the low senior
vote at a meeting of the senior
class -.advisory board commit-
It must have been indiffer
ence," she said. Every graduating
senior received a ballot when
picking up caps and gowns but
many just didn't bother to vote.
Some recent suggestions the
committee is investigating are
an archway on the east end of
campus similar to the one on
the Mall: local recreation facili
' ties such as a swimming pool
on campus, tubas for the Blue
' - -Band and funds to - be used for
obtaining art exhibits.
The purpose of the committee
is to find out if the suggestions
New
May
In an effort to alleviate "dating night" traffic congestion
around Simmons Hall, the new dormitories and Granger
parking lot, the University has decided to put a modified
version of a Student Encampment committee recommenda•
tion into effect as soon as weather permits construction
changes.
Outstanding feature of the new plan will be the construe-
tion of an outlet from the Grange
parking lot to Pollock Road. This
outlet will be made one-way
leading to Pollock Road, and en
tering the street on the east side
of the Hetzel Union Building.
At lb* same lime, the exist
ing entrance to the lot will be
widened and be made one-way
going into the lot from Short
lidge Road.
As soon as construction work is
finished, the University will pro
hibit parking and stopping on
Shortlidge Road to College Ave
nue. The new ban will be in ef
fect at all times.
Other changes which will go
into operation upon completion of
the new entrance construction on
th. Grange lot are: . -
•The entrance below Simmons
Hall to the new dormitories'
parking lot will be made one-way
leading into the lot.
*The entrance at the east end
of the new lot will be made one
way leading in from Eastview
Terrace. This will allow cars to
enter the new dormitory parking
11 by going east on College Ave
nue, then coming in from East
view Terrace on the east side of
the new dormitories.
The 2-way entrance in the
rear of Simmons parking lot will
be left as is.
r:~.~,..,..a
Director of Physical Plant
Walter H. Weigand. who an•
nounced the changes yesterday.
said Shortlidge Road will re
main a 2-way street at all
times.
Traffic congestion on dating
nights in the Simmons and McEl
wain dormitory area has been a
campus problem for a long time,
but was heightened with the
opening of the new dormitories,
The Sophomore Class Advisory
Board recommended changes last
year, many of which are included
in the new plans. The board's rec
ommendation to make Shortlidge
1-way during Friday and Satur
day nights, was not included in
the Student Encampment rec
ommendation.
HEc Cafeteria
Begins Service
Lunch was served from 11:50
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Home Economics -Building as the
start of a daily food service by
students in hotel and institutional
administration.
The meats are open to the pub
lic.
Mrs. G: Alma McDougall, as
sistant professor of hotel and
institutional administration, said
cafeteria lunch will be served
daily, Tuesday through Friday.
Dinner will also be served on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs
days from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the
Maple Room of the building.
Roast turkey, baked ham and
roast beef are on the menu.
are feasible in terms of need,
permanency and practicality.
Suggestions found unfeasible
include an elaborate 'stage light
ing system for Schwab, a Univer
sity book store, a student loan
fund, additional furnishings for
the Chapel and student parking
facilities.
To stimulate student interest
the committee plans to send
letters to the presidents of all
sororities and fraternities, and
to publicize information about
the projects.
Miss Marvin asked that students
i with suggestions send letters to
ithe Collegian editor, call her at
lAD 8-5051 ext, 684, write to box
1684 Simmons Hall, or contact an
',other member of the gift com
mittee.
Other members are Jack Hal
pern, Bernard Applebaum, Isabel
Barnes and Richard Zeller.
Traffic Plan
Ease Snarl
Ike Says
Employment
Will Rise
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 R)—
President Eisenhower, in an opti
mistic statement on the economic
situation, said today that March
should mark the beginning of the
end of the downturn.
From other quarters, however.
came predictions that the situ
ation will get worse before it
gets better. Some economists ex
pressed doubts that the upturn
will come as quickly as the ad
ministration believes.
Eisenhower expressed concern
over joblessness, which rose to
4 1 4 million in January, and
over the shorter work week in
effect in some industries. H.
said he believed "We have had
most of our bad news on the
unemployment front."
"I am convinced that we are
not facing a prolonged down
swing in activity," he added.
"Every indication is that March
will see the start of a pickup in
job opportunities."
The President issued what he
called a fact paper showing what
the government is doing to foster
economic recovery. He listed pub
lic works projects and highways
programs, new defense contracts,
housing aids and softer credit
policies.
As one means of improving .
the economy. Eisenhower. un
veiled Tuesday a two-billion
dollar program for modernisa
tion of post office buildings and
equipment during the next till**
to five years.
Postmaster General Summer
field outlined the plan today to
the Senate Post Office Commit
tee where some Democrats criti
cized it as inadequate to stimulate
the economy.
Private capital would finance
about 75 per cent of the program,
under the administration's plan,
and the government's proposed
contribution of 175 million dol
lars a year would be contingent
on congressional approval of a
five-cent -rate for intercity first
class mail.
Summerfield told this senators
the program was not designed
to be a public works program as
such. He said it would give the
economy a timely lift.
Sen. Kerr (D-Okla) disagreed
with Eisenhower's prediction of a
March upturn and said the postal
program was too "iffy" to amount
to very much.
HighwayGrou" p
Formed Locally
Centre County organized the
first local branch of the Keystone
1 Shortway Association and named
Richard C. Fedon, of State Col
-1 lege, as its chairman at a meeting
at the Penn Belle Hotel in Belle
ifonte Tuesday night.
The group eras organized on a
temporary b&sis preparatory to
the forming of a permanent
group when the functions of the
organization are studied and
! more communities of the county
'are called upon for participation.
The immediate objective of the
group will be to promote the
shortway and the connecting
roads to this area. The job for
!the future will be to promote the
ladvantages of Centre County to
industry and to the tourist trade.
2 Departments Get $2OOO
The Departments of Ceramic
Technology and Fuel Technology
are the recipients of a $2OOO do
nation from the Continental Can
Company.
The grant is to be used at the
discretion of the departments.