ng of Schools
Leas
Is R
issu:
led Illegal, But
Is Sidestepped
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gen. William P. Rogers yesterday ruled that
Irk., school building may not be leased privately.
was sidestepped by a federal judge who said
without authority. to rule on the matter."
U.S: Atty
Little Rock,
But his Tulin,
his court " is
Judge
~,Jo
n E. Miller 'declined to advise the Little Rock
School Board whether it legally
could lease four high school build
ings for use as private, segregated
schools because, he said, a con
stitutional question is involved.
Miller's actions came in reply
to a "Memorandum of Law'
served on his court by Atty. Gen.
William P. Rogers saying that the
(buildings could not be leased ti
la private corporation for oper
ation on a segregated basis.
Rogers memorandum had called
the private corporation plan il
legal and "a sham."
lie said the question involves
constitutionality of recent state
anti-integration laws which
should be resolved by a 3-judge
federal court.
Meanwhile, President Eisen
hower said the closing of schools
to avoid integration can have dis
astrous consequences to the stu
dents and eventually to the na
tion.
Hies
peedy
fire
U.S.
Ask
Cease
UNITED N • lONS. N.Y. UP)—
Britain and Fr:nce joined yester
day in suppor ing efforts of the
United States _o get a cease-fire
as a first step toward resolving
thr , Formosa crisis.
The two allies of the United
States set forth their positions on
the Far East in policy speeches
before the 81-nation UN General
Assembly.
British Foreign Secretary Sel
wyn Lloyd declared his govern
ment's support for the United
States "in their wish for a
peaceful settlement."
French Foreign Minist•,er Mau
rice Couve de Murville said that
if the talks fail in Warsaw be
tween U.S. and Chinese Com
munist representatives, it would
be the duty of the United Nations
to attempt to resolve the conflict.
Most delegates expect the
Formosa crisis to be thrown
Into the UN. British sources
denied that Lloyd had ap
proached Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko on put
ting the issue before a foreign
ministers' conference in ad
vance of UN consideration.
Lloyd made no mention in his
speech of bringing the question
before the UN.
WDFM Will Broadcast
Pro Musica Concert
WDFM will broadcast the New
York Pro Musica concert from
Schwab Auditorium at 8:30 to
night,
No student tickets remain for
tonight's concert, but students
-,may still sign up to attend the
reception at the Nittany Lion
Inn.
'Pig Too Big,' Customs Still Ends
By LIANNE CORDERO
"Pig too big" was the ex
planation of one experienced
agriculture student.
The "Greased Pig Scrainble"
ended Customs last night, but
I disappointed frosh
inor scrap between
d pig and three
n"out to get 'ern."
g were. 50 or 75
never would have
said James Part
in •agriculture from
hundreds of
saw only a
the 150-pou
freshman m=
"If the p
pounds, the
caught him,'
,rnan, junior
Coreopolis.
t was held at the
is courts at Pollock
ute 322.
The conte
enclosed ten ,
Road and R i
ailed and the three
ted out at a run to
about 100 feet from
us t then the pig,
•en wandering slug
'd the courts, must
that he was tired,
•epy. He , sat down.
threw .their arms
the pig squealed a
d the contest waS
Time was
freshmen sta.,
reach the pi
them. But
which had b
hishly arou
ave 'decide,
or; maybe BY
The frosh
:around him,
,few times
over.
' Back at th
:Freshman C I
;bers decide.
beca
:tacked the
• corner of the court,
stoms Board mem
that the win was
e the men hadn't at-
ig fr the front. , „ -- - --Collegian Photo by Ron Key
om
_ again _ CHEERLEADERS HA lL t . he • Nittany tioriS before a large crowd
t was begun
,sh cornered' the pig at last night's P - eir
rally`. The . rani, I6lSatilfda3Pi - faiii - e - iiiitti - 15eilli,
ed on pane five) _ follocwed the greased pig contest which ended Freshman Custoths.
The Conte
The three fr
(Contin
In a letter to the chairman of
a Virginia committee to keep pub
lic schools open, the President
said he regrets the action of Vir
ginia and Arkansas in closing,
schools "that are subject to inte
gration orders of the federal
courts.
"The direct consequences to
the children in those schools
and the eventual consequences
to our nation could be disas
trous," he added.
As a "friend of the court," Rog
ers asked Miller to instruct the
school board that the proposed
lease would violate court orders.
llt was evident that Roaers was
(Continued on page three)
Clouds, Showers
Expected Today
Prepare for 'oc
casional showers'
today—skies will
be mostly cloudy
and thunder
storms are ex
pected, the wea
therman said.
The temperature
will range from
78 to 80 degrees.
Batig
VOL. 59. No. 12 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 26, 1958 FIVE 'CENTS
Cabinet Endorses
Half-Holiday Plan
All-University Cabinet last night unanimously voted its approval of 'a floating half-day
vacation plan beginning With the 1959-60 school year.
Cabinet also approved recommendations that a half-day break between the end of
classes and the beginning of the final examination period be included in next year's Uni
versity calendar.
The recommendations were made by John Bott and Patricia O'Neill who were unani-
Vets' PhysEd Lost
In 'Senate-Go-Round'
All-University Cabinet discovered last night that its
recommendation to exempt veterans from physical education
has been batted around University Senate for seven months
now and is apparently lost.
Cabinet learned of the fate of the recommendation in a
report by John D'Angelo, execu
tive assistant to Cabinet Presi
dent Jay Feldstein.
According to D'Angelo's report,
the recommendation, adopted
Feb. 27, 1958, ws submitted to
Dr. Lawrence E. Fouraker's Sen
ate Committee on Academic
Standards. Here's what happened
after that, according to the re
port;
After being discussed, the
committee decided the issue
was not within its jurisdiction
and referred it to the Senate
Committee on Courses of
Stu .y.
However, Dr. Philip A. Shel
ley decided this did not come un
der his course study committee
and said he "thinks he sent" a
communication to Fouraker to
that effect.
But the ricocheting recommen
dation apparently was lost in the
shuffle as Fouraker was unaware
of any such communication.
Shelley now has no idea
where the communication dis-
(Continued on page five)
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By BILL JAFFE
By DENNY !4ALICK
77 Interviewed
Far Cabinet
Committee Posts
Seventy-seven students were
interviewed by All - University
President Jay Feldstein yester
day for positions in student gov
ernment.
Feldstein said he has file cards
on all the students interviewed
—about half freshmen and half
upperclassmen--w hi c h he will
consult for appointments to All-
University Cabinet committees.
1 1 This is the first time that all
students interested in student
government have had a chance
'to interview for positions.
Feldstein said he does not ex
pect to hold any more interviews,
unless he exhausts his present
list. The number of students he
has now, he said, should be suf
ficient.
The interviews, open to all stu
dents, are intended to "broaden
the base of interest" of student
government, Feldstein said.
Foresters
To Fame
- Forestry students will hold their controversial tobacco
spitting contest at the Annual Forestry Field Day tomorrow.
The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Nittany Field.
Tobacco spitting, one of 10 contest held during Field Day,
brought on a fiery exchange of letters in The Daily Collegian
last year. At that time the issue
in question semed to be "to spit
or not to spit."
David Pressman, graduate
student in electrical engineer
ing, said he felt the contest
was "unsanitary, unsavory . . .
and profaned the name of the
University.". He said it did not
go on in the Ivy League schools.
Robert Laßar, president of the
Agriculture Student Council and
at that time chairman of Field
Day,. pointed out in a follow-up
letter that, in spite of the fact
that "spitting" was frowned upon
in Ivy League schools, 17 eastern
schools held joint meets to "spit"
every year. "It is even rumored,"
he-saidr lithat - in-these schools the ,
profs outchew the students,"
Tobacco spitting winners, as
o, 4 lillrgiatt
mously approved as Cabinet's of
ficial representatives on the Sen
ate Committee on calendar and
Class Schedule.
They were granted full bar
gaining powers to be used at their'
discretion in order that they ac
complish the wishes of Cabinet.
Boit presented the recom
mendations to Cabinet and
strongly urged imm edia le
Cabinet action. If the Senate
committee accepts the Cabinet
recommendation, the plan will
be presented at the University
Senate meeting on Oct. 2, Bolt
said.
In the past, -the two student
representatives on the committee
have only acted in advisory ca
pacity and as only "students"
and not representatives of Cab
inet, Bott quoted a committee
member as saying.
The date of the proposed half
day vacation would be determined
by the student body, el t her
through a vote of Cabinet or a
referendum, Bott said.
The half-day extension at the
end of the class periods and be
fore finals will permit the stu
dents to become better prepared
for examinations, he said. Actual
, ly one day would be added to
each semester, half for the vaca
tion and the other for the exten
sion of time before finals.
Bott assured Cabinet that
Miss O'Neil and he would rep
resent the entire student body
and Cabinet at the calendar
committee's meetings.
In other Cabinet business, the
proposed parents' association was
taken out of the hands of the
Cabinet Public Relations commit
tee and committed to a separate
Cabinet committee.
Riley Johnson, chairman of the
public relations committee, said
the project was too big an under
;taking for his committee. He said
he personally favors the forma
:tion of the association ^nd that
(Continued on page five)
to Spit
and Glory
By 80881 LEVINE-
well as winners of the other con
tests, will compete with members
of the. University of West Vir
ginia at Morgantown on October
25.
Other contests scheduled are:
cross cut sawing, power sawing,
wood chopping, egg throwing,
bull-'o-the woods, tug of war,
archery, log throwing and log
rolling.
• A total 6f $lOO in prizes, do
nated by manuftnturers, will be
awarded: The prizes are now on
display in the trophy cases in
Waring Hall.
Following - the Field Day
events, a round and square
dance will -be held from 7 to 11.
p.m. in the Helsel Union ball
room.