IC-...,4:'-:-,-A Decision Given to L N BLACK By JO was officially ooy track and on of the Inter ssociation o f letes of Ameri t when the exec ittee upheld a by the Nittany e Feb. 28 event. 1 session of the tive committee reversed decision d Levy, designat- Penn Stat declared Inc field champ collegiate Amateur At ca last night' utive comi protest lodges Lions after ti The specie IC4-A execs ruled that the of Judge Day Today's F recast: VOL. 59, No. 10 Pan Protesting Housing Cut Panhellenic_ Council last night voted to send a letter to President Eric A. Walker pro testing a new housing plan which cuts the size of sorority suites from 40 spaces to 25. The action, which came during an emergency meeting called by Panhellenic President Phyllis Muskat, followed a meeting of sorority housing chairmen and representatives of the Department of Housing to d At Tuesday's meeting, James' Kline, head of the assignment' division of the housing depart ment, announced that designated sorority spaces would be cut from 40 spaces to 25, a plan which had been in gffect two years ago. This plan, he said, would also eliminate sorority annexes in Simmons and McElwain Hails since these rooms would not be set aside for sorority use and in dependent women now , living in them would get equal preference. The plan also included a pro vision whereby no floor in any of the South Halls housing sor orities would be composed en tirely of members of one soror ity. Kline said this plan would al leviate what he termed "problems sufficient to warrant cutback." He told Miss Muskat that inde pendent women had complained about their preference in choosing rooms. When questioned on this he said he did not know exactly how many independent women had complained. When asked where the complaint information had come from, Mrs. Leona Bar nie, room assignment supervisor said she had heard it "through the grapevine." Other reasons given for the new plan were (1) 40 spaces were too' many; (2) It was hard for sorority housing chairmen to work with 40 spaces; (3) the little annexes in Simmons and McElwain caused noise, were a grouping together,l were incondusive to dormitory life. .As it stands now sorority designated rooms are centered around a sorority chapter room even though they .may range over two or three floors. Under the new plan, sorority women will have no assurance of get ting rooms in the vicinity of the chapter room over and above the" 25 spaces allotted. (Continued on page five) Heaviest Storm of Winter May Dump Foot of Snow By JOEL MYERS The dying winter win deal its severest blow today-9 to 12 in ches of snow. A major snowstorm will con tinue battering the Eastern states today as it moves slowly out to sea by - way of the Virginia coast. This vigorous and intense storm system will dump about 10 inches of snow on State College before moving out of our region some time this afternoon. Since strong winds and sub-freezing tempera tures will accompany the snow there will -be considerable blow- ing Henry White of Manhat tan as third place finisher in the 80-yard high hurdles, would not be recognized. The 9-member committee. which is composed of repre sentatives from different mem ber institutions elected each year, met in New York City yesterday at the summons of IC4-A secretary Asa Bushnell to deliberate the case. Nittany track coach Chick Werner presented Penn State's formal protest before the com mittee. Werner left before the de- Otte el to Write Walker By 80881 LEVINE Editorial on Page 4 scuss sorority room assignments for next fall —Collegian Photo by Marty &herr "LOOK AT THIS PLACE, Mr. Davenport. What do you think we have seats on the train for?" Ted - Pautowski, the conductor says to Mike Beatty, Mr. Davenport. The Indian is Robert Piccone and Ninah Baker is Dolly. The play, "Annie Get Your Gun," opens in Schwab tonight. Hawaii Statehood Bill Passed By Senate; Must Go to House WASHINGTON (/P) The Sen- after only a single day of debate., ate voted last night to make Ha-1 The roll call vote was 76-15. waii the 50th state. That debate was punctuated by This long step toward statehood charges that with Hawaii a state, for the islands in the Pacific came ithe 50th star in the flag would] be tinged with red, The House set the stage for ac tion Thursday on an almost iden tical bill. It voted 337-69 formally, bringing a statehood bill up for' House debate. Chairman Leo W. O'Brien (D.- N.Y.) ,of the House Territories subcommittee said he would pro pose amendments to his own House bill to make it conform exactly to the Senate version. The final House vote would thus send the measure directly to the White House and avoid House- Senate conferences. The first House test, coming while the Senate was debating the statehood issue, brought the Hawaii bill formally before the House for debate and amend ments. ing and drifting This snowstorm, which is one of the biggest in recent years to hit State College, has deposited a thick layer of snow over much of Indiana., Ohio, southern New York and, the worst hit, Pennsyl vania. Roads throughout the state are snow-covered and driving is ex tremely hazardous. The combina tion of blowing anti drifting snow and sub-freezing te m p eratures will allow little improvement in travel conditions anywhere in the (Continued on page two) . cision was announced an d boarded a plane for his return flight to University Park. How ever, the snowstorm forced his plane to land in Scranton and he could not be reached for comment. Athletic Director Ernest B. McCoy, who lodged the protest for the Nittanies over a week ago, said: "Who won was not the im portant matter, hut rather whether or not the rules as stated would hold. "The rules, as written, were violated," he explained. "If we 3 r ti . r i . trit ..., ..„ 14 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA.; THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1959 Voting for the resolution were reverse decisions of judges once they are made, unless they are substantiated with of ficial pictures, we are on dan gerous ground." Manhattan College had orig inally been awarded the team title by 19/36 of a point as a result of the reversed judge's decision which elevated the Manhattan hurdler from fourth place to third. This provides the extra point which spelled the margin of victory for the Jaspers. . The Lions' protest was based on a rule which reads: "Each 6 Councils Assembly Six student councils defin the main provisions of the st tion constitution to be voted i 214 Democrats and 123 Republi cans. Forty-eight Democrats, most of them Southerners, and 21 Re publicans voted against taking up the bill. SGA Constitution to Meet Second Test Before Cabinet The proposed constitution for next Thursday. the Student Government Associa- In other business tonight. tion will come up for its second Cabinet will hear a recornenen- reading before All-University Cabinet tonight. Meeting at 7 in 203 Hatzel Union, Cabinet will also con sider the bylaws of the consti tution as proposed by Daniel Thalimer, reorganization com mittee chairman. Cabinet approved an amended constitution by a 20-2 vote with two abstentions last week. If passed tonight, the constitution will come up for final approval judgo shall write the number or numbers of the place win. ners selected by him on a card and hand the same to the Head Judge -without consulting the other officials. "Their decision as to the or der in which the coil petitors finish shall be final and with out appeal." This was the first IC4-A in door crown claimed by the Lions since 1942 when, pac(' by Barney Ewell, later to be come a U.S. Olympic star, they won both the indoor and out door titles Oppose Set-Up By CATHY FLECK Editorial on Page 4 itely will be opposed to one of udent government reorganiza on tonight for the second time 'by All-University Cabinet. The provision that repre sentation in the legislat:ve assembly be provided by class alone is the councils' main corn 'plaint. The six councils maintain 'that the assembly should be corn posed of representatives both through class and through re spective student councils. Representatives from five coun cils met last night to discuss their views in order to reach a colh c tive decision regarding the man ner of representation they think would be best. These students representing the College of Chemistry and Physics, Engineering and Arch itecture, Home Econoracs, Min eral Industries, and Agriculture decided that the assembly should be composed of; 1) stu dents elected directly through class and 2) students represent ing each of the nine colleges elected through their respec five college. These representatives main tained that the student council ;s the closest bond between student government. They. also said the students and council members would be better able to vote ac cording to the interests of the student body than would students picked at random from the four classes. The B u s i ness Administration Student Council last night voted against the plan for the same rea sons stated by the other five councils. Members will begin a petition to refer the reorganiza tion plan to the student body for a vote. Vincent Marino, council mem ber, said "Any student council should be against the plan be cause it will have only one seat in student government." The pres ident of the Inter-College Coun cil Board will fill this seat. The Engineering and Archi (Continued on page four) dation frOm Elections Commit tee to eliminate the present financial limits on political campaign expenses. Lynn Ward, committee chair man, will ask Cabinet to approve decentralized voting for the spring elections and also for ap proval of the following elections calendar: preliminary nomina tions, March 15; final nomina tions, March 22; campaign. April 6-14; elections, April 15, 16, 17. ions Sororities Deserve See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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