Weather Forecast: Cloudy and Cold, Rain, Snow Flurrie VOL. 60. No. 36 Elex Code Revisions Approv d The Student G Association Cabine night sent two rec revisions of the Ele 6 to the Assembly Both recommenda aimed at preventing of the incident invol Curry, candidate for sembly seat from Ca Robert Urnstead, chairman of Elections presented the reco to Cabinet. The first ation (to become Sect reads: "Once a person rOisters in one party he may not change his registration to ruff on anoth er party for a position in the SGA elections unless he noti fies the Elections Committee chairman, in writing, of such intention one week prior to the date of final nominations." Umstead said the change was needed in the code to make sure the party nominations were not influenced by a group of students who switched from one party to the other. SGA President Leonard Julius supported Umstead. He said per mitting people to change parties at the last moment might leave one party in the lurch. The second recommendation substitutes the SGA President with advice of his Cabinet as the appeal authority in election disputes for the Assembly (Sec. 8). Umstead said ,this change was made because the Elections Com mittee is an executive body and Assembly has no control over such a group. Cabinet also voted to recom mend to the parties that, they hold their first meetings at different times so a student could attend both. The members also asked Umstead to study the possibility of an informational meeting run by the committe. Phi Mu Alpha to Hold Rushing Smoker Tonight Phi Mu Alpha, the symphonic music fraternity, will hold a rush ing smoker at 9:30 tonight at Phi Gamma Delta. Another will be held at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Phi Mu Delta. The mixers are open to third semester music majors and stu dents participating in a major music activity. A 2.0 All-Univer sity average is required Student spirit, which erupt- 1 ed into a mob celebration fol lowing the Nittany Lions clutch victory over Army last month, may have to take a back seat to the spirit which is mount ing like the irrepressible mush room cloud for the Syracuse-Penn State showdown Saturday. Manifestations of it are in evi dence all over campus. The "BEAT SYRACUSE" sign attached to a coed's coat collar, the "GO, YING-YANGS' banner draped across the front of McEl wain Hall, the guarded gates at Beaver Field, the diligent watch on the Nittany Lion, and the big Snuff the Fuse on Syracuse 1 ED ti S \I k Z ... 4. 1 -0141 r Eitt . 11.4 to -ttit---'•-- - 1 , 47t/ ~t „, ~., Ttill .....„ _...... • I vernment Monday mmended ions Code ions were : repetition ing Donald • junior as pus Party. acting co- Commit tee, mendations ecommend 4, Part K) --Collegian Photo by Sam Wilson HIGH ABOVE COLLEGE AVENUE—Construction is proceeding rapidly on the Hammond Engineering Building. This worker is affixing the brackets for the siding and windows on the fourth floor. Housing Regulations For Signs Defined Residence hall groups and others who wish to hang signs from University buildings must follow regulations, Otto E. Mueller, director of the Department of Housing, said yester day. Signs are not permitted to be hung from screens or win dows on the face of any building, he said. This is a buildings and grounds regulation which applies to all University buildings, he added. Mueller was contacted when coeds in McElwain Hall were re quested to remove a sign they had hung for the football game this weekend on the front of the build ing. Possible Snowfall Predicted Today Wintery weather will continue for the balance of the week, with the first appreciable snowfall of the year possible tomorrow. Today will be cloudy and windy with occasional rain this morn- /** b i '1 ing and a few • • , f. : snow flurries th i s afternoon. ' ( ' Temperatures • !),,./ 3 will continue on J r chilly side „1/ 4‘). ` with a high of ;„ , only 48 degrees ' eq/ ' . expected. 1-X. . ' Partly cloudy, windy and colder weather is due tonight. The low will be a sub freezing 30 degrees. Tomorrow will be cloudy and continued cold with rain or snow beginning during the day. , e 1- t ;3••.:,1 = '" bonfire pep rally being planned by the cheerleaders for Friday night are all signs of the gradual build-up. Student organizations across the campus are planning their own contribution to "SPIRIT WEEK." It would take an experienced FBI man to crack Beaver Field where Rip Engle has closed his practice sessions and set up a tight security guard. Out-of-sea son athletes are stationed at all ll entrances while others prowl the field to prevent the intrusion of any unauthorized personnel. University Sports Publicity Di rector Jim Tarman has been (Continued on page six) STATE COLLEGE, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 4. 1959 The sign was hanging from screens and thus was not per mitted, Mueller said. He said that signs were allowed to be hung from balconies and pillars of buildings. "We don't wish to dampen stu dent spirit," he said, "we are hap py to go along with it." Mueller said that his depart ment would help students hang signs from residence halls in the proper places if they request aid. Housing is in the process of put ting a banner in the courtyard of West Halls, he said. University Anal sis Ag College to Modernize Curriculum The College of Agriculture is looking to business arid ad vertising for a solution to its major problem—selling - itself. Facing the same problem as ;he College of Home Econom ics, the agriculture group must change the ideas the general pub lic has about its function and what it teaches. Presently it is trying to mod ernize its curriculum to empha size the agricultural and biologi cal sciences, agriculture in busi FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By JEFF POLLACK (Fourth Article of a Series) rgiatt Panhel Meeting Omits 'Rush Talk' The questions of open bidding and changes in the rushing code went undiscussed last night during an hour long meeting before the panhellenic Council had to vacate their meeting room in the Hetzel Union - Building to another group. The Council had planned to discuss changes in the rushing code after a straw vote at the last meeting established that most of the delegates favored a policy which did not limit contacts be tween freshmen and , sorority women except during the rush period A recommendation was adopt ed last night to permit men in the sorority suites in Simmons and McElwain from 7 to 10 p.m. on the first and third Sunday in each month. A petition for recognition by Chi Lambda Colony was ap proved unanimously by Panhel. The council voted to extend the rushing hours for the evening 'chatter dates' to include a 15- minute break between the two periods which would last from 6:30 to 7:15 p m. and from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. The afternoon rushing period will start at 2 p.m. instead of at 1:30 as in former rush periods. The council voted to retain the Bermuda Junction which replaced parties during last spring's formal rushing period. It was agreed to revise some of the rules for Ber muda Junction to make them less stringent. A 20-cent limit per rushee was set on the purchase of re freshments for Bermuda Junc tion. Previously, the rule had stated that the only permissible refreshments were punch or a f soft-drink and cookies or potato chips and pretzels. It was also decided to retain the rule restricting the number of participants i,i the skit to 12, but to permit these women to remain in the sorority suite in costume after the completion of the skit. No one except those participating in the skit may be in costume and the suite may not be decorated in any way. The question of what proper ties were to be used in the skits was tabled until the next meet ing. The controversy arose over the poseibility of using a back drop as opposed to using just such props as would be carried during the skit. A revision was proposed to the constitution which would change the present ruling on representa tives to Panhel from the rush chairman and a delegate to the rush chairman and the sorority president. ness and industry and agricultural education. Lawrence E. Dennis, vice president for academic affairs, said the college hoped to be re organized by the end of the year so students can choose from these fields. He said that 20 years ago the idea of a student studying agri culture was for him to return to the farm, but now this idea is al most gone. While the college is not losing students numerically, it has lost in comparison to the growth of the remainder of the University. . - In the fall, 1954-55, the col lege had 1231 students enrolled. By BARB YUNK Quiz Show Producer Admits Fix WASHINGTON ( /P - The man who screened contestants testified yesterday the original big money quiz show on TV, the "$64,000 Question," was (rigged and that the sponsoring , I Revlon Co. knew it. The ` . 364,000 Question," the "$64,000 Challenge," both on CBS, and "The Big Surprise" on NBC, all were described by associate producer Mert Koplin of New York as controlled quii. shows. He said he screened contestants or gave answers to them in ad vance. Koplin had been_named by rhumba king Xaxier Cugat as having coached him to $16,000 in winnings on the 'Challenge" last year. Both appeared before a House Commerce subcommittee which is digging into the fixing scan dal that exploded around TV quiz shows and blew many of them out of exisfence. The executive producer of the two $64.000 shows, Steven R. Car lin of New York, supported Kop lin's testimony. He testified that he agreed with what Koplin said about the techniques and degree of control over - quiz shows. Cugat was the big name yester day. He said he didn't give all the facts about his appearance on the program to the New York district attorney's office. But he said he did tell the truth about it later to a grand jury. The nattily dressed, 58-year old orchestra leader who said he is in the 6 per cent income bracket was merely one os, nu merous former contestants who have testified to program frauds. • Koplin was the first from the production end to bring the rig ging story into the open—although he preferred to call it controlling. Today there are 1221. However, agricultural engineering with 65 students was moved to the College of Engineering and Ar chitecture. Thus the college has had a 55 student increase in five years. The majority of the college's departments have shown small in creases in enrollment. Horticul ture has sho - wn the greatest de crease during the 5-year period going from 123 students to 59. Since 1954 majors have been started in agricultural journalism, conservation and landscape archi tecture as part of the effort to modernize. (Continued on page eight) Vote, Frosh See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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