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By DENNY MALICK
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is A. Walker said yesterday there would be
y increases even if GOv. David L. Lawrence's
equest is adopted.
President E'
some faculty p.
present budget
bers of the University Senate that, although
increases could not be made under such a
He told me
the desired pa
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LEIPZIG, East, Germany (/P)—
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev eased away from his May
27 deadline on Berlin in a free
wheeling talk yesterday and of
fered lightly to sign a Western
drafted German peace treaty.
He punctuated that with an
other warning to the West: "Who
ever bumps us with his elbow
will break it."
The Soviet leader took the floor
in high good humor after drink
ing a series of toasts to peace and
trade at an Impromptu luncheon
given at Leipzig's mayor.
He said his deadline for an end
to the four-power occupation of
Berlin might be postponed, if the
West will negotiate sensibly. un
til June 27 or maybe July 27.
"We are in no hurry," he add
ed, and, for what it was worth,
tossed in an old Russian saying.:
"Never count your chickens un
til fall."
Khrushchev insited the dead
line is not an ultimatum.
At the same time_he reiterated,
that the Soviet Union will sign a
separate peace treaty with Com
munist East Germany, an eager
potential heir to Soviet. occupa
tion controls, if the West refuses
to sign an all-German treaty.. His
government has proposed that for
eign ministers meet next month
to consider the Berlin issue and a
German peace treaty.
In light-hearted banter with
three British parliamentarians in
town for Leipzig's spring trade
fair, Khrushchev remarked with
a smile: "I didn't come here to
talk politics. I represent business
circles of the Soviet Union."
Gussow Exhibit to Begin
Sunday in HUB Gallery
The work of Roy Gussow will
be exhibited in the Hetzel Union
gallery from Sunday through
April 2.
Gussow will present a lecture
at 8 tonight in the HUB gallery
on the subject "Trends in Con
temporary Sc pture."
ofessor .of design
ina . State College
, Gussow is •
at North Car.
in Raleigh, N
Coffee Pro
its Da
rp Fund Totals $Bl5
FRIEDMAN
Contributions to .the Larry
Sharp Fund Last night totaled
$Bl5. The tot: I should go well
over $lOOO hen the figures
from last nigi t's "Off the Rec
ord for Larr , " are in.
Women st dents contributed
$350 to the campaign Tuesday
night in Pe , ny-a-Minute Date
Night.Townsp ople and_ .Univer
fifty employe. contributed $465
on Tag Day esterday. Goal for
the drive is 7000.
G oovology program
ran from - ft ..m. to '1 a.m. Ibis.
zooming. F - ternity. sorority
and _indepen• ant groups were,
Guarantees
budget, there definitely would be
some raises.
However, Walker would not
elaborate on what the in
creases would be.
In the budget request to, the
state legislature, Lawrence has
asked $34 Million for the Uni
versity for the 1959-61 biennium.
This is $lO million short of
Walker's request.
Walker told the senators he
was not too discouraged by Law
rence's budget request, adding
that he certainly didn't expect
the $44 million the University is
seeking to come easy.
"However, there Is one bright
side," he said. "At the last bud
get request, Gov. Leader rec
ommended only a 10 per cent
increase. We went before the
legislature and got more.
"But We're farther ahead right
now since Lawrence has recom
mended a 15 per cent increase
already." -
He said that looking, at the
situation from a different angle
he feels sorry-for the governor
who is trying to make ends meet
for this biennium.
The Senate meeting yester
day was its shortest of the
school year, lasting only 15 min
utes.
Business-wise, the senators give
final approval to the 5-year lib
eral arts-engineering curriculum,
in the form• in which it was pre- 1
sented for adoption earlier.
The curriculum will enable a
student to study for three years
in basically liberal arts courses
and for two in engineering
courses. He then receives a bach
elor of arts and a bachelor of
science degree.
When this was first presented,
it was returned to committee with
a Senate suggestion that the two
courses be more integrated ra
ther than the distinct 3-2 year
program. But the committee fav
ored the original plan.
Storm Will
,Bring
Rain, Wind, Clouds
A storm moving through the
,Great Lakes region will bring
rain and strong, winds for to
day. The temperature is ex
pected to reach a high of 50
degrees. Tonight is expected to
be cloudy, windy and colder
with rain possibly changing to
snow. Saturday's outlook• is for
partly cloudy, windy, and cold
er weather with temperatures
in the 30's.
Campus Party Will Meet
Campus Party will meet at 7
p.m. Sunday in 110 Electrical En
gineerint instead of 105 White.
Toda
asked to bring in contributions .
to Sharp along .with a request
for a record they would like
played. Autographed Kingston
Trio. albums' were awarded to
the highest contributors in each
division.
Today's event in Larry Sharp
Week will be Coffee Profits Days
Many of the downtown restau
rants will be donating a portion
of their profits from coffee sales
to the Sharp drive.
Participating restaurants will
be recognizable by posters in
their windows.'Also, the waitress-
es will be wearing special tags.
The following restaurants will
participate: Autoport, Campus
Restaurant, Christy's, Corner
Room, Electric Diner, J & L
' Bar-B-Que. Menthols. Dutch
Elaitg
VOL. 59. No. 99 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 6. 1959 FIVE CENTS
Constitution OK'd;
Assembly Altered
All-University Cabinet last night approved in the first of three necessary votes the
reorganization Constitution, but with a completely different legislative makeup and other
changes.
The Constitution was passed after a 5-hour debate by a vote of 20-2, with two members
abstaining. It must be approved
again in Cabinet's next two meet
ings in order to go into effect.
The proposed legislative as
sembly was to be made up of 50
members-17 seniors, 14 juniors,
11 sophomores and 8 freshmen.
The Cabinet-approved substi
tute motion, made by All-Uni
versity Vice President Steve
Garban, calls for this kind of
assembly:
The number of representatives
would be equal to one-fourth of
one per -cent of the student body
population. The seats would be
equally divided among the four
classes.
--Collegian Photo by Lance Liebl
STRAW VOTE is called for to judge the progress of the five-hour
debate over the constitution of the proposed reorganized student
government.
Debate Congress
To Face 2 Issues
Congress convenes today. Igo to the committee session with
/The 24th annual Joseph F. o'-a bill concerning the problem. It
Brien Inter-State Debater's Con-'will be the committee's job to
gress—that is—will face two pres- pick out the best points offered
sing matters when it convenes at by each representative and coin
-9 a.m. today in the Hetzel Union bine them into the best possible
assembly hall. bill.
Two committees will discuss I As in anything, however,
the policy of the United States I there will be dissenters.
with respect to the further de- I At 11:30 minority groups from
velopment of nuclear weapons each committee will adjourn to
and the role of the federal gov-. (Continued on page seven)
ernment in the problem of in
teVation in education.
composed of students from 19
eastern colleges, will go into ses
sion at 10:15 a.m. The committee
discussing nuclear policy will
meet in the assembly hall while
the integration committee will
meet in Room C, Extension Con
ference Center.
Each of the repersentatives will
Pantry, Ye Olde Hamburger
Shoppe, Penn Hi-Boy, Penn
State Diner, Rea and Derick,
Skyview Restaurant and The
Tavern.
In addition, the following will
supply free coffee to the partici
pating restaurants: the Coffee Co.,
Standard Coffee Co., LaTourraine
Coffee Co., Continental Coffee Co.
and Sexton Coffee Co.
Since Wednesday night, Home
Delivery Pizzaria has been donat
ing 15 vents from each pizza de
livered on campus to the fund.
This will continue through tomor
row night. Fifteen cents will be
donated also from each pizza sold
to fraternities tonight and tomor
row night.
After today only two more
(Continued on - page seven)
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By CATHY FLECK
Thalimer's Compromise
Battered, But Unbeaten
Dan Thalimer's "compromise of ideology and prac
ticality" for student government reorganization met with a
bevy of substitute motions, amendments, amendments to
amendments, roll calls, jokes and straw votes last night—but
lasted through five hours.
The ideology of the propo'sal—establishing government
with separation of powers—re
mained intact.
But the Thalimer Committee's
reasoning on practicality evoked
much disagreement among Cab
inet members with the resulting
change in composition and meth
od of representation.
Brightening the air of fre
quently complicated parliamen
tary proceedings was occasional
quick wit and subtle and
sometimes not so subtle—hu
mor among Cabinet members.
In one instance there was some
question as to the complications
of Steve Garban's proposal to
have assembly . representation
based 'on - one-fourth of one per
cent of each class.
Seeking some statement to re-
ToUrgiatt
Garban, in supporting his mo
tion, contended that such a per
centage scale would provide flex
ibility in composition as the en
rollment increases.
Garban also said that the pro
portional representation, as pro
posed, would be • unfair to the
freshman class which has 'just as
large an enrollment as any other
class.
A motion made by Louis Phil
lips, president of the Liberal Arts
Student Council, that the -presi
dent be made head of the legisla
ture as well as the executive nody
was defeated by a vote of 23 to 1.
Reasons given by Phillips for
his motion were that the presi
dent is responsible for the prop
er function of government and
by chairing the assembly i.e
would be more informed on the
legislation passed.
However, members fel t that
these combined powers which
would he given to the president
would defeat the theory of sepa
ration of powers upon which the
entire constitution is based.
Cabinet members referred sev
eral provisions back to the corn
mittee. for further study. These
,were:
•No person may hold concur
rently elective or appointive of
fices in any two of the three
branches of government.
•In case of the resignation, re
moval nr disqualifiration of a
{Continued on page ttvelve)
lute the argument that the system
would be too complicated, All-
University President Jay Feld
stein finally quipped: "If Gar
ban can figure it out, anyone
could."
Trying to get back to serious
discussion Feldstein started: "If
Steve is the average student here
. . ." but he was interrupted
again with an outburst of laugh
ter.
Cabinet became quite involved
in its discussion. At one point
it took about three minutes for
a written motion to pus from
Robert Laßar to Feldstein at
(Continued on page three)