jp latly VOL. 58. No. 95 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 28. 1958 FIVE CENTS Reds Explode H-Bombs; U.S. Names Negotiator WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (IP)— Russia exploded two potent hydrogen test weapons today north of the Arctic Circle. In a grim coincidence, the United States named a new disarmament negotiator, backed up by four citizen-advisers, and called on Russia to meet with him in “urgent” new talks. The announcement of the appointment was made by the State Department within minutes of the announcement of the sec ond Russian blast- The twin shots, presumably of hydrogen bombs, were disclosed by the Atomic Energy Commis sion- They raised to three the number of Soviet firing of nu clear weapons this week. A State Department announce ment made no mention of Russia’s continued test firings at a time when the Kremlin is also actively pushing its "ban on the bomb” campaign. But, the announcement in eiiect accused the Soviets of stalling an urgently needed dis armament agreement by refus ing to resume arms talks at the United Nations. "The United States continues to consider it urgent,” it said, “that an international agreement be sought and reached which will effectively limit armaments.” The department in a state ment noted Russia has served notice it would boycott any meeting of the newly created 25 - nation UN Disarmament Commission. James J. Wadsworth, deputy United Nations ambassador, was designated for the post of suc cessor to Harold Stassen who quit two weeks ago as disarmament specialist. President Eisenhower approved his appointment and also named a four-man panel of distinguished citizens to “advise and consult” on disarmament policy. Members will be Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, former Allied com mander in Europe who is now American Red Cross president; investment banker Robert A. Lovett, former undersecretary of state; banker John J. McCloy, for mer high commissioner to Ger anc* Gen. Walter Bedell omith, ex-undersecretary of state. May Queen Elections Be Held in March Preliminary elections for May 7„ a J 9 ue , en , will be held March 11 and final elections will be March Student Government Association representatives have as j ked t 0 submit names of t nd '?u g women in the senior class for the traditional May Day Honor Arch and Hemlock Chain. RAIN S?" Photo * *•» Kerr ROTC ctnHo EQUAL SLUSH but this does not affect the n s on Thursdays. Rain or shine, the military is out. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE 'Gentlemans Code To Apply to Politics The apron strings which bind political parties to the Elec tions Committee may be stretched in the spring elections since the committee has unanimously decided that the parties should be put under a “gentleman’s code” for their politicking. The committee will recommend to All-University Cabinet that a new penalties clause be inserted in the Elections Code in place of the fall election provision for vote docking and fines. The new clause provides a penalty— disqualification of candidates— | only for maior code infractions. With the "gentlemen's code." much of the responsibility of ' providing clean elections would lie with the parties themselves, because Elections Committee control over politicking would be decreased. Fred Taylor, junior in counsel ling from Lemoyne, proposed the new system. He said: “Since ev eryone seems to feel that students can handle things themselves. I think we should give them a chance.” Ruby Seaman, junior in coun seling from Philadelphia, sup ported Taylor's suggestion. She said more parly freedom .would "release us (the Elections Com mittee) from the idea of being gods." In other words, Elections Com mittee wants to get rid of its [power to hand out sentences for minor violations. While disquali fication would be more severe [than penalties which applied in |the past, the scope of its enforce ment would be more limited. The committee's recommen dation to Cabinet also would , divest if of power in another area: judging cases of code vio , lalions. This oft-criticired pow er of the committee would be transferred to Cabinet. At the committee meeting at 6:30 Sunday a list of major viola tions will be added to the new penalties clause. Chairman Peter Fishbum will present the code changes to Cabinet next Thurs day. Cabinet approval is neces saiy for the new clause to go into. (Continued on page two) 1 Possible Flood j Seen Imminent Due to Rain The latest combination of snow and rainfall that hit the Univer sity yesterday, coupled with the [significant amounts of rainfall ex pected today, brought an ominous warning of imme diate local flood ing in Cen t r County. It looks as the Nittany Lioi has outsmartet the student: again and know they are in ft more unpleasam weather. Whil students are bf ing “molded inu. men” as they walk down the hal lowed mall guzzling raindrops, the sly old Lion is at his wood land tavern hidaway being “molded into a man" in a hal lowed stall guzzling drops of bar ley, malts and hops. The expected high today of 40 to 50 degrees is the only consola tion to class-attending students as they think • oi their lionized Lion and his intemperance. Freshman Townswomen Freshman townswomen will meet at 12:30 p.m. today in Grange recreation room to dis cuss Spring Week and Big-Little Sister applications. (ttnllpgiatt University Dismissed A protest of University .approved by Cabinet and, there r, , , , . , ~ (fore, the whole election should Party s second registration be voided.” meeting by three students who: The protest said that the de were defeated for party offices, at the meeting was dismissed; nounced to persons entering by a 12-10 vote of All-Uni- meeting that the regisira- J tion would be final and regis versity Cabinet last night. Iranis would be committed to The students’ appeal protested remainder of registration of' party members “e se „. , .. „ conducted under an Elections Lynn ward, Elections Commit- Committee code revision which. * ee secretary, told Cabinet she Cabinet subsequently failed to had seen no one leave thei regis approve tration meeting after learning the The defeated candidates who 1 .would be final, made the protest were Christian) Peter Fishburn, chairman of the Hostetter, Anita Lorah and Griet-jElections Comimttee.saidinre je Fleckinger. Hostetter presented ‘Pty to a question that he had the protest to Cabinet - ! seen no violations of the elections Hostetter said: ,“We lost some code at the party meeting, of the support we would have had Fishburn also said he had con due to the fact that it was made iacled All-University President imperative upon entering the Robert Steele before fhe Uni meeting that the type of registra- versify Parly meeting, and tion used would be final. The Steele had given him permis registration, procedure was not t sion to ad on the registration Cabinet Opposes Driver Expulsion j All-University Cabinet last night voiced a lond ‘-no” to a recommendation which would make students open to expul sion for committing five traffic violations in one year. This recommendation, and two others which were op posed by Cabinet, were among a list of suggestions made by a traffic committee composed of four members of the administra tion and All-University President | Robert Steele, | The other points opposed by Cabinet were: I *That portions of traffic court ; fines be channeled to the social recreation fund and the fund for improvements to parking area. • That costs of $1.50 be assessedj students whose contested viola-; tions are sustained. ( Ehvood F. Olver, director of the Department of Security, said hei and the other persons on the traf-! tic committee recommended ex-i pulsion because of the ‘"serious ness of the parking situation.” He! said that a few students “who [think they have the right to park I ,on the campus” tie the hands of the campus patrol. Edward Dubbs, editor of The Daily Collegian, said ihis recom mendation should be "spelled out." He said he felt that viola- j tions should at least be classi fied as "serious" before any such punishment as drastic as expulsion be meled out. Thomas Hollander, senior class president, said provisions should' be made to “get rid of the thing' [responsible—the car—rather than ithe student.” I Presently, money from fines— [about $5OOO a year—goes to the 'Cabinet scholarship fund, after secretarial costs are paid. Joseph' Boehret, All-University secretary-1 |treasurer, said he felt this prac tice should be kept, since in com jparison. it does “the most amount of good.” Boehret said a couple thou sand dollars for parking im provement would be "a drop in the bucket" compared to the help it would be in the scholar ship fund. As to the social and recreation fund, Boehret said, "Too much attention is already being given to that as it is." Costs of $1.50, Steele said, were [recommended because some stu j dents who know they are guilty [protest the violation just on the ichance of an out. He said the ! chance of additional costs would 'discourage such a practice. Further work on traffic recom 'mendations will be.continued by Ithe committee with the help of •a newly appointed student group i—Dubbs, Hollander and Traffic Court Chairman Owen Proctor. Cabinet also voted to recom mend to the University a sepa rate section in the annual cata log to list the honors courses available to students. Robert Nurock, Liberal Arts Student Council president, pro posed the recommendation be cause he said students are not al ways aware of the honors courses available. Party Vote by Cabinet, Steele's $l5O Sharp Trip Is Queried I Some $l5O was taken from [Cabinet-controlled student fees [for All University President Ro jbert Steele to deliver a check to Larry Sharp in a New York City | Hospital, it was disclosed at last night’s Cabinet meeting. ! Edward Dubbs, editor of The [Daily Collegian, questioned a |5201.95 item in a financial report .given by All-University Secre-' tary-Treasurer Joseph Boehret. The item was listed under “Lar ry Sharp Fund” and was included separately from a $lOO "Donation [to Larry Sham Fund” from Cabi net. During fhe questioning from Dubbs, Steele said the trip lo New York City cost "about $150." Dubbs said he thought that was "quite high." Steele also said that Robert Yeager, a member of Lion’s Paw, along with Steele, also made the trip. However, it was not dis closed whether Yeager’s expenses were included in the $l5O costs. (There also was no indication of jhow long Steele and Yeager staved in New York City. However, Steele said he would submit a copy of the expense ac count to Dubbs. Dubbs. in questioning the trip, said he thought it would have been better to send the check with a 3-cenl stamp and give that Sl5O to Larry to help pay for his medical expenses. Steele said he thought it was [beneficial to Larry to have the 'check delivered personally. He al so said Sharp’s parents appre ciated the check being delivered personally. Dubbs then questioned whether the check could not have been delivered cheaper as well as per sonally. ICCB Sets Dates For Council Voting The Inter-college Council Board has set March 25, 26 and 27 as the dates for student council elec tions. Robert Nurock, president, said voting will be centralized in the Hetzel Union Building for any council that desires it. It will he staffed by All-University Elec tions Committee members and representatives from.each coun : cil. Protest 12-10 issue in the interim of Cabinet. Joseph Boehret, All-University secretary-treasurer, asked dis missal of the protest because the Elections Code revision was in effect at the lime of the par ty meeting. Robert Nurock, Liberal Arts Student Council president, said, however, that since the elections code provides that all code changes be subject to the ap proval of Cabinet, the code revi sion was not valid when applied. Cabinet also accepted the rec ommendations of the Commun ity Living Committee, asking that the committee's procedure be used by other committees reporting to Cabinet. The recommendations also asked that a small portion of the com mittee be retained to investigate further the possibilities of return ing community living to the West Halls area. A progress report of the In surance Committee also was ac cepted by Cabinet.
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