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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.
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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
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