Today's BRYAN GREEN'S TALKS Idled the Hetzel Union ballroom with 1500 students sitting on the floor, the window sills, chairs and on each other. (Story on Page 2) Controversial ROTC Issue Nearing Cabinet By BILL JAFFE The controversial compulsory ROTC issue may not reach the floor of the All-University Cabinet meeting tonight• Cabinet will meet at 7 p.m. in 203 HUB Chemistry-Physics the Council President Donald Zepp said last night he "doubts if he will buing up the issue." But he said another Cabinet member may propose it for discussion Phillips to Propose Spring Week Study Liberal Arts Student Council President Louis Phillips will present a proposal for a thorough evaluation of Spring Week at the All-University Cabinet meeting tonight. Spring Week chairman Juri Niiler said he doesn't believe the evaluation .could be made in time for this year. The Spring Week committee plans to continue work on the original plans. Niiler felt however, that an evaluation would be valuable for futtire Spring Weeks. Under the proposed calendar of events which Niiler will present for Cabinet approval tonight. the float parade and awards night will begin Friday. April 24. and the coronation of Miss Penn State will end Wed nesday, April 29, thereby con tinuing the affair over a week end. - The carnival would be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Ap ril 25, under the present proposal. Preliminaries 'for the He-Man and Queen of ' Hearts contestsl would be held Sunday afternoon, April 26, and the finals would be held Tuesday, April 28. Niiler said his committee felt that by placing the major events on the weekend, it would give students more time to pre pare for and participate in the affairs. Interference with class work world be lessened and the Carnival and float parade would not compete with the specta tors' study time, he said. A more complete rain date schedule is available with the program spread out over the Weekend, Niiler 'said. Also, with the Carnival scheduled for Sat urday, it would be able to attract a larger -crowd•and produce great er revenue. .11r LA to Initiate v Informal Talks A program of informal gather ings with faculty members will be started this semester by the Liberal Arts Student Council. Small groups of students will meet with professors at the home of the council adviser, The Rev. Preston N. Williams, assistant chaplain. They will talk over campus problems and become better acquainted with the fac ulty. In other business, the council decided to hold its annual Career Day in'early February. Represen tatives from the fields of social work and government service, and an administrator .from big .usiness will be asked to present a discussion program about job opportunities in these fields, Flu Vaccine Available: $1 Of Ritenour Center Influenza vaccine is still avail able to students Or $1 at the Ritenour Health 'Center: Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of the health center, said more students have been taking the in oculations although there have been no cases of influenza on the campus this fall. The vaccine -is also effective against celds. ` 3 • . ../, 65 ..1 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE The Chemistry-Physics Council voted Tuesday night to oppose compulsory ROTC and Zepp ap pointed a committee to draw up and present a definite proposal at the council's next meeting which he could then present to Cabinet. Zepp said he may call a special meeting of the council to obtain the definite proposal. The council members felt that the wishes of the student body were not represented last year when Cabinet vetoed a volun tary ROTC proposal after weeks of lengthy discussion, Zepp ,said. "If Cabinet fails to represent the wishes of the student body this year," Zepp said, "the coun cil would like to see the issue presented on a referendum bal lot. The council felt the voluntary program would save money and at the same time the course could be made better because those tak ing it would be more interested and willing to learn. Last year the Senate Com mittee on Educational Policy considered a proposal that the Military Science Department be (Continued on page two) - Collection at Game to Benefit Sharp A collection will be taken at Saturday's football game to benefit the Larry Sharp Fund. The collectiOn, sponsored by the Student Government Asso ciation, will be taken at half time by 150 members of three student groups. All stands will be solicited for funds. Sharp was paralyzed in a fall from a trampoline in a physical education, class Oct. 10, 1957. He suffered a broken neck. Members of the hatCietieS and Alpha Phi Omega and Gamma Sigma Sigma, national 18-Man Dragnet Ends Crime Wave By DON CASCIATO and DENNY MALICK Between 15 and 18 policemen swarmed over campus the borough last weekend in the search which led to apprehension of three student suspects in a town and cam crime wave, 23 total burglaries. The search began at 3:30 a.m. Friday when William Verit one of the suspects, was spotted' by police in a downtown alley. It ended Tuesday afternoon with the arrest of Verity, Barry Bensonl and Edgar Boyd Moyer Jr. The three pleaded guilty dur ing a hearing Tuesday night to charges of burglaries in Waring Snack Bar, Recreation Hall,, the Caddy House at the golf' course and the Alvo Electric Company, South Pugh Street, just off College Avenue. They appeared_before Juiice of the Peace Guy G. Mills wear ing white bucks and acted 1 , calm, cool and collected. However, the situation was not so calm when campus, borough and state police and FBI agents were combing the area in an at tempt to stop One of the borough's biggest crime waves. Despite the lookout on Verity, since Friday, the burglaries con tinued. After five burglaries or attempted burglaries last Thurs day night and Friday morning, two more were reported Satur day. Two of the suspects went home Saturday. After a one-night layoff, the most daring burglary occurred Sunday when the People's Na tional Bank was entered. Al though only minor items were stolen, police and FBI were called into the case. They dis covered that someone had tam pered with the bank's down stairs vaults. In an attempt to show off their prowess, the crew left a note in the bank which read: "Hi, we got in here too. Next time leave the combination." It was signed "The Black Cats." `The burglarizing moved onto campus Monday night as police broadened their investigation to alley and street patrols. While the Monday search was on, vending machines in War ing Hall snack bar were brok en into and $9B was taken from them. Cigaret machines and public information booths were also broken into. Police were given f a tipoff when the suspected sto dents openly wore the stolen clothing and paid for a meal in a, borough diner with a roll of nickels. With the aid of University of ficials, police traced the clues to Verity and Benson's room in Ham ilton Hall. There they found $2OOO in cash and mechandise. According to police, the crime wave began with a "need for records and cash." The • three, police said, kept following their path of crime, thinking that the burglaries were easy. Mills committed the trio to Centre County Jail where they (Continued on page five) service fraternity and sorority, will make the collections, Riley Johnson, Cabinet Public Rela tions chairman,' said. The football game collection will be the biggest project for the Larry Sharp Fund this year, and the Cabinet "committee sponsor -1 ing the drive hopes to reach a goal of $5OOO or 25 cents from each of the 25,000 persons ex pected at the game. All - University president Jay Feldstein appointed a committee Oct. 23 consisting of Steve Gar ban, Eleanor Judy, Rita Saltzer, Riley Johnson, Robert Johnson and Feldstein. Sharp ' was released recently Repeal of Good Taste See Page 4 Reds Say U.S. Should Scrap Bases UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. The Soviet Union demanded nesday the scrapping of all overseas military bases as price for agreeing to internati , cooperation on outer space p But the United States declared that what Moscow really wants is not agreement, but to destroy the capacity of the non-Soviet world to defend itself from Soviet ag gression. Soviet Foreign Minister Valer ian Zorin and U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge put forward those views in a sharp exchange at the outset of the UN's first full-scale debate on control of ,outer space for peace. 1 Zorin told the UN Political Committee the United States has "nightmarish plans" for set ting Up military bases on the moon for use in attacking . So viet cities. He said such plans were being pushed by the military disciples of U.S. Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, the Democratic majority leader who will speak in the UN space debat..! next week. He urged the committee to sup port a Soviet resolution recom mending both a ban on use of outer space for military purposes and elimination of military bases on foreign territory. The United States is bringing in a resolution asking for the creation of a special committee to study all aspects of peaceful control of outer space and to report back to next year's Gen eral Assembly. Lodge immediately accused Za rin of misy epresenting the posi tion of the United States. He said it was impossible to accept the Soviet statements at face value. Construction Causes Darkness on Pollock Eecause of construction in the area, street lights have been turned off temporarily on Pol lock Road between Shortlidge and Entrance Roads. A Physical Plant employe said the electric lines must be relocat ed to accommodate the new resi dence halls. The lights will be turned on as soon as the re location has been completed. from the New York University Rehabilitation Center, but has to make periodic visits to the center. Previously he was a pa tient at the Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Da n vile, for six weeks and later at the N,lvir York University Hospital. Last year over $7OOO was raised by students for the Sharp fund but his family has spent nearly $30,000 thus far for his treatment. Sharp watched the Penn-Penn State football game from the side lines Sept. 27 and was presented the game ball by football captain Steve Garban.
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