Weather Forecasts Snow' Flurries, Windy, Cold VOL. 60, No. 90 6 More New Suites Will Be Available In Pollock Halls Six additional sorority suites, bringing the total to 12, will be ready for occupancy in the new Pollock Residence Halls in Septembeli, Otto E. Mueller, director of housing. said yesterday. - Six sororities, ow located in Simmons and McElwain residence halls, are al eady plan ning to move into the new suites after having drawn lots for them last month. These sororities are Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Epsilon. Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, and Delta Gamma. All other sororities in the two residence halls are eligible to draw lots for the remaining new suites as soon as the drawing can be arranged by Panhellenic Council, Dorothy J. Lipp, dean of women, said The twelve sororities that move will draw for the loca tion of their new suite, she said. Mueller said the new suites are approximately a third larger than the suites in Simmons and Mc- Elwain. (Each of the old suites displaced the occupancy area of five students; the new suites dis place the occupancy area of eight students.) The new suites are all located on the ground level and there are three suites in each building. No women will be living on the ground level. The first, second and fourth floors will each be occupied by a sorority. The third floor will be used for extra women who cannot live on the same floor as the other members of their sororities due to a lack of space. A study lounge will be located on this floor also. Adjacent to each suite will be a workroom and a kitchenette. The workroom is 12 feet by 12 feet and can be used for working on projects. The kitchenettes, which are about the same size as the ones in the old suites, can be entered either from the suite or from a stairwell on the other side of the kitchenette. Every suite will have an out side exit. Many built-in features such as bookcases and trophy cases will be included in the suites. Each residence hall will have a recreation room. New WSGA Rules The entire new set of wom en's rules is printed on page 5 of today's issue of The Daily Collegian. The rules become effective March 14. U.S., Brazilian Planes Collide In Flight RIO DE JANEIRO (JP) A U.S. Navy plane and a Brazil ian airliner with a total of 64 persons aboard collided over Rio de Janeiro's bay in an overcast yesterday. Both planes broke into pieces and sank in the sea within view of horrified Rio spectators. The disaster wiped out a high ly talented section of the U.S. Navy band-orchestra that was to have played for the touring Presi dent Eisenhower. When rescue operations were halted at nightfall only three sur vivors had been found among the total 64 in the two planes. The Defense Department in Washington listed 19 musicians, 7 plane crew members, 7 members of an antisubmarine group, and 2 41 , tlrr, Batig I 1 - • 5 . ,r 5 By SUE LINKROUM SNOW REMOVAL AND MORE SNOW ... University workmen, with the use of a highlift and trucks, ciclred off Pollock Rd. yes terday. Herbert Goldstein, sophomore in arts and letters from Harrisburg, ,skirts in front of the truck. Snow to Diminish; Strong Winds Due Occasional snow, strong and gusty winds and cold temp eratures will combine to cause unpleasant weather today. Light snow ,will taper off to flurries this morning after leaving less then two inches o flurries will continue the re but should end early tomorrow, The heavy snow that was pre dicted yesterday ri bypassed t'h i s area, but other sections of the r.* state were less !:.,„* 1 fortunate. Many I:‘^ areas received up to five inches of to snow yesterday . h rt b and last night. V There appears to be no relief in sight fro'm the cold weather that has persisted, for nearly two weeks. Tempera-, tures should remain below the other plane passengers as missing a total of 35. Three men saved were part of the antisubmarine group. The disaster cast a pall of tragedy over Eisenhower's visit to Brasil. With some of the top talent from the Navy band and orches tra the plane carried a group of U.S. antisubmarine men who had been in Argentina trying to help the Argentine navy check out the rumored presence of an alien sub marine. The sub hunt was a dud. The bandsmen, who formed an orchestral group, were to have played at a dinner Eisenhower was giving Thursday night for Brazilian President Juscelino Ku bitschek. Many members of the famed band are known personally to Eisenhower. The President and Kubistchek hurried to a hospi- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 26. 1960 Umstead Named Elections Chairman The SGA Assembly approved the appointment of Robert Umstead as Elections Commis sion chairman last night after a stormy session punctuated by accusation of unconstitution ality on his part. At one point in debate Ross Lehman, advisor to SGA, cautioned Assembly to confine its discussion to the duties of the Elections Commission chairman and the ( ualifications new snow in this area. These ainder of today and tonight, freezing mark for at least two more days. A developing storm could bring more precipitation to this area on Sunday afternoon and evening, but it is too early to tell whether it will be rain or snow. • o t Art.O. 'far 's arA • . I -4 . 4 \ 7 0, • I The "forecast is for light snow diminishing to flurries today with strong and gusty northwest winds causing some blowing snow. The high temperature will only be 30 degrees. Snow flurries, windy and cold er weather is expected tonight with temperatures tumbling to 20 degrees. —By JOEL MYERS tal to comfort the survivors. James C. Hagerty, presidential! press secretary, told newsmen the President "feels terrible about this tragic accident" but will go, ahead with his South American tour. The Navy planes a four-engine R6D. was flying to Rio De Ja neiro from Buenos Aires. The Defense Department in Wash ington said if carried 38 persons. The U.S. Embassy here had said earlier there were 44 persons aboard—the bandsmen, crew men and members of the anti ' submarine team. The commercial airliner was a two-engine plane belonging to Real Airlines. The company said it carried 22 passengers, includ ing an infant, and a crew of 4. The crash—the seventh major plane disaster over the world since Jan. 1 occurred over iGuanabara Bay about 1:10 p.m. rgiatt By CAROL BLAKESLEE for this position. John Brandt, alternate Assem-, 'blyman, said Umstead had violat ed the constitution in his actions; as interim elections chairman dur-! ing the fall elections He said he felt political parties! needed freedom to act responsi-I ,bly and people to administer with-I !out violating the code or the spirit of the constitution. Brandt claimed Umstead had refused to go before the Assem bly} to defend the levying of fines. On several occasions, he said, he had tried to debate points with Umstead but the lat ter had refused. Umstead also refused to answeri questions and evaded them,, Brandt said. He further asserted! that Umstead would not discuss! decisions. Walter Darran (C -Jr.) said par- 1 ties needed freedom, but that con trol was also necessary. He main-I tained that he was not in favor' of the practice of assessing fines; Ifor elections code violations, but; 'he said that some kind of pen-I alty was needed. Assembly was warned by its advisor against exceeding its bounds of inquiry and debate when Howard Byers (U.-Sr.) be gan questioning on a statement in yesterday's Daily Collegian editorial .which spoke of intimi dation of the Elections Commis sion chairman. Byers first asked Umstead who! had intimidated him in the fall! ; elections. Several Assembly mem bers produced copies of the edi torial and Umstead was supplied with one. However, Assembly Chairman Larry -Byers said that (Howard) Byers was not in order in ques tioning Umstead on this issue. At that point Byers direct ed his question to the Daily Collegian and Lehman spoke referring to the proceedings as "slightly out of order." Byers was then declared out of order by the Assembly chairman. He moved to appeal the decision, but the motion was defeated al most unanimously. Nittany to Ask State, Walker, for Action The Nittany Area Council last night approved three measures which would bring the seriousness of the existing poor living conditions to the attention of President Eric A. Walker and the State legislators. The first measure, approved by the council would estab lish a committee authorized to take the complaints and demands of those living in the area to Walker for consultation Also approved by the council was a motion to present a peti tion to Walker requesting im provements for the area and an explanation of what the council called "injustice in the manner of appropriating funds to the various residence units." This petition would be signed by the 1000 resi dents of the Nittany area. Finally, the council approved a measure to send a letter to each of the State legislators in Harrisburg describing the living conditions, and asking for in creased appropriatiqns for the University. According to Barry Rein, sopho Court Rules Each Class Autonomus SGA Assembly last night accepted a Supreme Court opinion ruling that each class is an autonomous body. Assembly adopted a recom mendation to eliminate a clause in the SGA constitution which specified that each class shall elect a president. In order for this to be put in effect, a constitutional revision would be required, according to Larry Byers, Assembly chairman. This would involve reading and approval at three successive meet ings. Immediate action on the con stitutional change was proposed. tabled, brought off the table and retabled again. Assemblymen felt that more individual atten tion was needed before further action is taken. Adoption of the recommenda tions of the Supreme Court caused tabling of a bill by James Kridel (C.-Soph.) that each class elect a vice president. Kridel asked that the bill be tabled until the con stitutional revision question is set tled. Robert Parsky, Supreme Court chairman, explained that this con stitutional revision would elimi nate telling a class that it must elect a president. It was the feel- (continued on page eight) Matrix Dinner Tickets Tickets for the Matrix Dinner may be picked up at the Hetzel Union desk until 5 p.m. today. The dinner will be held at 6:30 p m., Sunday, in the Hetzel Union ballroom. By MEG TEICHHOLTZ more in chemical engineering from Richmond Hills, N.Y., and presi dent of the council, these steps were proposed to get definite action on the "serious problem of the living conditions." ' The re cent SGA committee which in vestigated the problem was bene ficial as far as it went," Rein said. "The action taken this evening is designed to pick up where this report was bogged down in the administration," he added. The question of the ability of the council to take action on a demand for funds from Harris burg was questioned at the meeting. The council is under the jurisdiction of the Univer (continued on page three) What Policy On Class Cuts? See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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