Weather Forecasts Partly Cloudy, Cold VOL. 60, No. 87 WSGA to Vote on New Hours ICCB Recommends SGA tvembership For Council Heads The Intercollegiate Council Board said last night that student opinion was not well represented on the SGA Assem bly and agreed that all college council presidents should sit on the Assembly. Jessie Janjigian, chairman of the SGA Committee on First Round Of Rushing Ends Today Women who are participat ing In formal spring rush will complete the first round of chatter dates tonight. The second round begins Thurs day and rushees will limit their list of accepted invitations to six sororities. Open houses were held Satur day and Sunday and operated under a new system. All rushees had to visit alj sororities with the aid of a guide. They were allowed to remain at each suite only 10 minutes. Mrs. Norma Mountan, assist ant to the dean of women, said the system received "very fa vorable comments and went smoothly." Approximately 55 women who registered for rushing have drop ped out since open houses began, Mrs. Mountan estimated. She said that if a rushee did not attend the open houses she may not rush formally.but she may receive an open bid after formal rushing is over. Mrs. Mountan also said that the rushees are not picking up their invitations on time and thus the sororities do not get the list of rushees who accepted their in vitations until quite late in the afternoon. The invitations are to be picked up by 11:45 a.m. in Atherton lounge. Counseling will be available to the rushees for the duration of rushing. One to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs day, 1 to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. first open houses and chatter dates. Maiine Miller, second from left, and Roberta Engelbrink, far right, chat with freshman rushees Evelyn Koeblin, Linda Krumboldt. Formal rush continues until March to th. ~ ..,...a.,„. ,• ,• _55- 0 o By ELAINE MIELE Reorganization and Reevaluation, was present at the meeting. She asked for the opinion of the Board on the advantages and disad vantages of having council presi dents sit on SGA. David Epstein, ICCB president, said that he felt SGA was not working well and will never work in its present form. SGA members do not always represent student opinion, he said. All council presidents have served a few years on student government (within their coun cil) and are well-informed and qualified, he continued. John Bonestell, Mineral Indus tries Student Council president, said that many SGA members have no contact with the students after they are elected. "They (As sembly candidates) are not picked because they will do the best job," he said. "They are picked because they will attract the most votes." Epstein said that in past years most cabinet ideas had come from council communication. The pres idents met at Cabinet and then with their councils, he said. They were in contact with more peo ple, and could spread ideas and get more opinions. According to Epstein, the old system was respected. "I used to go and sit back and listen to the debates—awed," he said. The present system is not re spected because student opinion is not discussed, he added. Bonestell said that anyone could, go to the Assembly meetings "but! who wants to go and listen to people bicker over the wording la some clause. I Epstein said that although the Cabinet members voted in the new system, they did not realize the implications of it. Walter Davis, Chemistry-Phys ics Student Council president and 'a member of the Assembly, said that the council members should sit on the Assembly because "they are seniors and have the experi ence and qualifications." FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1960 Heavy Snow Will Deposit Four Inches A developing storm will Spread snow into this area late tonight and heavy snow is ex pected tomorrow. This new storm, which may be come quite severe by tomorrow, threatens to bring the third heavy snowfall within the last 10 days to Central Pennsylvania. Four inches or more of new snow is expected by tomorrow night Snow plows, wi - working through the weekend in order to clear the snow from Centre roads, had nearly completed their work as of last evening Police Report ed that all main roads are open and in "fairly decent shape" although slippery in spots. A few side roads are still blocked with snow, especially in the higher elevations. Electrical 4ervice has been re stored to most of the homes in this area which lost it during last Thursday night's storm. The snow that spread across the I state yesterday threatened to hamper clean-up efforts, but it stopped before much was able to accumulate. About an inch and a half was measured here. The forecast is for partly cloudy and cold today with some sun shine and a high of 34 degrees. Cloudiness will begin to increase early tonight and snow will be gin late tonight. It will remain cold with a low of 24 degrees expected. Snow, occasionally heavy, and increasing winds are likely to morrow with 4 to 6 inches of new snow by Thursday. There will be considerable blowing and drift ing snow tomorrow and tomor row night. Temperatures will be in the middle 20's tomorrow and then fall by early Thursday. Forms Available For Panhel Offices Applications are available in 105 Old Main for women inter ested in being candidates for Pan hellenic Council offices. The offices open are treasurer, l corresponding secretary and re cording secretary. The candidates for treasures- and corresponding secretary must be of junior class standing, while the candidate for recording secretary may be a sophomore. Applications must be returned by Friday. Indies Will Hold togpatch' Dance The Leap Year Dance to be, held from 9 to 12 p.m. Friday in the Hetzel Union ballroom will have a "Dogpatch" theme and a Sadie Hawkins option, according to -Anne Farley, Leonides chairman for the dance. The dance, co-sponsored by Le onides and the Association of In dependent Men, will feature the Ivy Rocks with the ,All-Stars 'providing entertainment at inter mission, Miss Farley reported to the Leonides Council last night. A Sadie Hawkins option means County State By PAT DYER rgiatt Lipp Approves Plan To Abolish Blockmarks The Women's Student Government Association will vote tomorrow night on a plan to lengthen women's hours and abolish the blackmark system. Freshmen women will be given 10:30 p.m. weekly permis sions and upperelass women in addition to all women over 21 years of age will be giveri 11:30 p.m. permissions Sunday through Thursday. All coeds will receive two 1 a.m weekend hours. Unlimited traveling I a.m. per missions will be continued. The blackmark system will be abolished, Dorothy J. Lipp, dean of women, said. Women who sign in late will be given an allowance of 15 late minutes each calendar month. If they ex ceed the 15 minutes they will sign in at 7 p.m. on a weekend night of their own choosing in a month's time after exceeding the 15 late-minutes. Late minutes may be assigned for other infractions or incidents of coeds being inconsiderate to others. All women will sign out every night. They will not have to sign Cestinations or names of escorts. If approved by WSGA tomor row. the plan will go into effect March. "The opinion of many students has gone into the new rules." Dean Lipp said. She and members of the WSGA executive committee, who wrote the plan, discussed women's rules in talks with Stu dent Encampment participants, Panhellenic Council women, Mor tar Board members and women in upperclass and freshman res -lidence halls. Puerto Rico Greets Ike On Stopover By The Associated Press SAN JUAN About 5000 Puerto Ricans welcomed Pres ident Eisenhower on his stop-i over here en route to a good will tour of four South Ameri can nations. __ The welcome at the airport was, led by Governor Luis Munoz Ma- 1 rin. American tourists swelled the reception throng. The president did not see two! lbands of demonstrators on the lother side of the airport. One was iclamoring for complete indepen dence; for Puerto Rico. The other Idemanded statehood. Eisenhower, in his arrival message, termed Puerto Rico "truly unique." He said that he is happy it is a proud free, Bell i governing commonwealth, join ed to the United States by its I own choice. • Marin, in his welcome mes sage, said that while there are differences among Puerto Ricans as to the form Puerto Rico's union ! with the United States should have, most believe the union should be permanent. The president was to spend the night at Ramey Air Force Base and then fly on to Brazil today. Strong security precautions have been taken. Some groups in the island have begun agitating for independence from the United States. Others held up signs read ing "fifty-one." meaning they want Puerto Rico to become the 51st state. In Washington. half a dozen Puerto Ricans demanding inde pendence for their commonwealth picketed the White House yester day. Indic! , Float Applications Spring Week float applications fcir independent organizations are available at the HUB desk. All applications must be sub mitted by March 4. that coeds may invite their fa vorite date in a true leap year fashion, or if they prefer, it may be a regular "boy-ask-girl" af fair, she added. Those attending the dance may come in costume or casual clothes, she said. Admission will be tree and open to any one. Plans for council elections were also announced at the meeting. Candidates for president must have a 2.4 All-University aver age and must have served on council for one semester. All oth er officers must have a 2.2 aver age. The vice president must also have served a semester on coun cil. The council also save its sup• By AMY ROSENTHAL Dean Lipp approved the WSGA executive committee plan. It arose from suggestions by Dean Lipp and a Student Encampment recommendation that women's .rules be evaluated. Jessie Janjigian, president of WSGA, said, "We've been work ing on the plan since last se mester and we have tried to satisfy the most people we could." She said that the new weekday hours will give wom ' en enough time to study at the library and still be able to get something to eat before signing in. Miss Janjigian said that the 33 minute grace period is a good idea because it is natural for people to come in late once in a while. And also many other colleges have Used the system successfully. The statement of principles that proceeds the plan explains "these policies have been de signed to provide a maximum of fredom. a maximum of personal responsibility and only enough regulation to establish orderly living of woman students in res lidences . . . Personal growth in responsibility is an important goal of higher education. port to the Easier Seal Drive for crippled children. Council members will work in the State College office helping to or ganize the drive. Proposals for a Leonides work shop were discussed by the coun cil. Beverly Cades, freshman in elementary education from Phila delphia, was appointed chairman of a planning committee for such an event. The proposed workshops would probably be held in the Nittany Lion Inn and would be designed to give independent women a chance to discuss their problems and air their complaints, accord ing to Carol Frank, Leonides pres ident. To March or Not To March See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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