SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1960 Expansion Plans Hurt By Legislative Action By NICK! WOLFORD The University's plans for expansion were set back this semester when the state legisla ture passed a $34.2 million appropriation, $9.7 million less than the original request. The passage of the bill marked the end of a 4-month period during which the Uni versity operated on a "zero budget," using only the income from fees and rentals. Originally the request was for $43 9 million but this was cut to' $34.3 million by Gov. David L Lawrence last spring. After in creasing the tuition, President! Eric A. Walker cut his request to $4O million in August. However, Lawrence's figure, after following a twisted path through the state legislature, passed on Nov. 18. Walker did promise a slight in crease in faculty salaries fiom the limited funds available. On Dec. 11, he announced fihat salary ad justments for faculty and stair members would not be retroactive to July 1 The adjustments will become ef fective after the new budget is approved enabling a higher sal my base to be established. Walker also urged, in a letter to Sen. Hugh Scott (11-Pa.), that the "negative affidavit" be cut from the National Defense Ed ucation Act. The University Senate literally laughed off the Senate floor a proposal to abolish grade points for basic physical education courses. It also retained its pres ent policy of making it a require ment for all students, including veterans, to take the basic physi cal education courses. The Senate Committee on Ac ademic Standards resolved three conflicting rules on admitting un dergraduates to graduate courses and came up with the policy of allowing seniors with a 3 5 All- University average or above to take graduate courses without be ing admitted to the Graduate School. Other students may be admitted with the approval of the course instructor and the dean of the Graduate School. The administration, in other action this year, simplified ad mittance rules for incoming freshmen who will now be ad mited through one of the nine colleges, instead of by curricu lum. Walker awarded students a half-holiday for the Liberty Bowl game with the stipulation that it be made up Wednesday. The Senate added the directors of the commonwealth campuses to its membership. Rushing Code Change Highlights Panhel's Year "Open bidding," changes in the rushing code, and ap proval to allow men in Simmons and McElwain sorority suites provided much interest in Panhellenic Council this semester. "Open bidding," a system whereby sororities may issue bids to any girl who registered for formal rush and did not pledge, was adopted after much controversy. The new system will be in effect this spring following the close of the formal rush pe riod. Changes in the rushing code were adopted to allow open con tacts between sorority women and prospective rushees. This plan is now in effect. "Open Con tract" will be suspended for the formal rush period, but will be resumed after rush. The council set up a schedule l i for allowing me in sorority suites in Simmo s and McEl wain the first and third Sunday of each month. en have al ways been allows in the suites Factory Author /bred Sales—Part Deluxe Sedan WYNO SA 1980 E. Third St. Phone 3- Fall Semester in Review 844."........ rtior. ' ;111110 .i. 74., --- .6 . .... — .. , ..•' , • 4..i 4 " t. 1...-4.' . I: ....a.' ~,,,,44dr 1 ' . 1—vr.:':11:::. &••',...'• 4,... , 1!„ u. - ... , : r4 . ...-- ',7„tv. ,- ,,c . ,..itt;r: . •1-W,,,„ ~,.., , : ~,,,:., ,„4 . 44,•,-4.;.=, '4 , • ...13s , , . e ti , -,,,.' ' ' ‘V , 44,.%.1 1 4,1 i t *,:jai d iW.W . :, :‘ ••Y, 4 . " " 14 '''' '''' * WWhig:tti 1 ',,,F 2., , , , ..-;,,,,,,........ .-,,6 - -. , ew• - ri,-,' 40-11, - - ~-4 , -- - -, ,„4. ~..,0 . ... .. :,-.... , er.....,.• .A... .; , mr...i.m........,.A0.:* 4,....,54 A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO the Pollock residence halls were skeletons like this. Now the project is nearing completion. The halls are scheduled for occupancy starting next September. 4 Make Reservations For SGA Flight Abroad The first faculty member made This reservation yesterday for the SGA flight to Europe and five students picked up applications, Chairman Carmella LaSpada said last night. This brings the total to four who have made the $lOO deposit required to reserve a seat on the chartered flight. Anyone who has been officially affiliated with the University for at least six months is eligible to take advantage of the special rate of $285 for a roundtrip ticket. Husbands, wives, children and parents of the above are also eli gible. in South Halls at specified times, but due to the locations of the suites in the older halls special arrangements had to be made for men. Informal rushing occupied the first part of the semester. Over 170 coeds were pledged. Spring formal rush will start Feb. 20. Registration has been set for Feb. 8. OPPORTUNITY to study the word of God with a new young adult class at CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 112 WEST HAMILTON AVENUE Present course: The Gospel of Matthew. Teachers: Frank Takei and Chuck Doolittle. Come Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Rides from HUB at 9:20 This opportunity for YOU ES CO. miamsport, Pa. 683 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA WDFM to Broadcast Program by Wagner WDFM will broadcast a pro gram on Richard Wagner's music tomorrow night. The program is the last in a series of four pro grams presented this semester by G. William Henninger, professor of music. "Die Gotterdammerung," the fourth opera of Wagner's "Ring" series, will be the subject of the program. It will be heard at 7 p m., on the final "Third Pro gramme" of this semester. WSGA Begins Changes in Rules New rules concerning the wearing of bermuda shorts, smoking in dining halls and later hours have been received with great comment—most of it favorable —by coeds this semester. The new WSGA regulations are the beginning of major changes in the policies which gov ern women students, Jessie Jan jigian, WSGA president said. The WSGA Executive Commit tee has been discussing more changes in the regulations at weekly meetings, Miss Janjigian explained. These changes will be presented to the Senate and voted on next semester, she added. Miss Janjigian said that the coeds' reception of the more liberal permissions has been ma ture and that the rules have not been abused. This is something • „ ‘7, By ELAINE MIELE Future Construction Approved by State By 808 TACELOSKY Penn State construction has an eye on the future. Even when the Turf Plot Halls are finished next year the building program won't be nearly completed. - Just recently, the General State Authority approved additional projects for the Um versity that will cost almost $lO million. ' Sometime during 1960, ground will probably be broken for three brand new projects, although no excavating dates have been an nounced The largest project, for which the GSA has authorized $2 mil lion, will bo an education and psychology center building. Horticultural facilities will be put into use and $500,000 has been allocated for their con struction. The third project, to be built on an allocation of $lOO,OOO is a special education building for the Department of Public Instruction. The General State Authority allocates money for constructions throughout the commonwealth and decides on the amount:: and projects, every two years Projects such as the Hammond Building, Petroleum Laboratory, Home Economics South and Wag-' ner Building were included in the most recent GSA biennium. The current biennium, which is in effect this year and next, has had $9,823,500 proposed for Penn State buildings. Included in the new proposed projects are a nuclear study and research facility, revision and ex tension of utilities, a unit to men's physical education building, addi tion to electrical engineering biulding and a new arts and hu manities building. TM. University itself has no new projects in store for 1960. The General State Authority hires contractors to erect the new buildings and provide for the ex pansion of others, pays the con tractor and then permits use of these buildings to the University. Henderson Accepts Post Dr. Grace M. Henderson, dean of the College of Home Econom ics, has accepted an invitation to serve on the Commission on the Education of Women of the Amer ican Council on Education. that will be taken into con sideration when future changes are made. One of the permissions granted by WSGA was allowing smoking in the dining halls. This was made permanent after a trial period of two weeks proved successful. Coeds began to show their knees in the residence hall loung es and dining halls when WSGA voted to lift the ban on bermuda shorts. Now bermudas and kilts may be worn in the lounges at all times and in the dining halls during breakfast and lunch. On Sunday they may be wox n for breakfast and supper. For the first time coeds stayed out until 2 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday night for a big weekend. Some sleepy-eyed beauties may have questioned the change on Sunday morning, The Accrediting Commission for Business Schools, Washington, D. C., as a "Junior College of Business" Merger Idea Remains As in& Issue By JANET DURSTINE The Association of Indepen dent men spent much of its 'time this semester debating on whether or not to dissolve itself—by merging with Leon 'ides, the women's independent group. The merger was proposed at the 'lndie Encampment, Sept 19. Nlembers of the workshop on the Joint Planning Commission, which suggested the measure, felt that the two organizations should be merged to cooperate more fully with the community living plan. But the merger ran into trouble when AIM failed to pass it Oct. ,22 Since then, the merger has I been in committee. AIM, Leonides land the al ea councils under AIM will discuss it at a special meet mg Feb. 11. I AIM also sponsored a number lof social events this year. Per !haps the most important of these was Ind e Week, held Oct. 25 to 31 Indie Week, which is an an nual affair, included a dance at I which the Indie Queen was crowned, a talent show and fire side discussions. Men who were not ROTC ca dets found a new event on Military Ball weekend this year. AIM and Leonides sponsored a dance, "Ci vilian Caper." Other events AIM sponsored that weekend were independent skating party the afternoon of Dec. 5 and a "coketail" party be fore the Military Ball on Dec. 4. but generally the hours met with warm approval. Freshman women were active this semester aloo, The recrea tional program, directed by Mar jorie Pharr and Ellen Eyler, helped freshman women under take varied projects. Over 64 so cials, bridge lessons, and a baton twirling group were organized in this way. Dances and lectures added to the program's main purpose which is to plan various activities main ly for freshmen. Research Giant Given The Public Health Service of the Department of Health Educa-, tion and Welfare has awarded the University a grant of 510,760 to be used under the direction of Dr. Greenville K. Strother, assistant professor of physics, in . his in vestigation of retinal oil drops. 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