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VOL. 60. No. 120
Senate
To Elii
The University
yesterday but is now
vacation to the one-d;
Benjamin A. Wh
dule, introduced the I
Fine Set
On Conf
Filed Lot
A rule requiring anyone
who files for a conflict exam
ination after the deadline to
pay a $lO penalty fine was
passed by the University Sen
ate yesterday.
The rule change was proposed
by the Senate Committee on Cal
endar and Class Schedule. Ben
jamin A. Whisler, committee
chairman, in explaining the pur
pose of the rule, said, “the object
Js not to get $lO but to get stu
dents to file on time.”
Several senators asked how this
would affect students who did
not formally file a conflict but
made arrangements with the in
structors to take an examination
at another time.
John Miller, University sched
uling officer, said that in this
situation the student would ob
viously not have to pay the fine
but pointed out that there was a
Senate regulation against this
type of arrangement. '
But Miller added, “If the in
structor feels that under the cir
cumstances . . .” Whisler inter
jected at this point with "It’s done
frequently.”
Under this rule, any student
who wishes to pay the $lO, how
ever, can thus force an instructor
to give him an examination
whether or not the instructor had
a conflict examination made up.
Miller, in defending the rule,
said some students could wait un
til after the conflict schedule was
made up and then have , their
choice of which conflict to take.
They would not have this choice
if they filed on time, “so why
shouldn’t they pay for it,” Miller
said.
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By NICKI WOLFORD
Senate defeated a plan to eliminate the four-day mid-semester break
ing a calendar change which would limit- the Thanksgiving
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initiate the mid-semester break explaining that committee
members had received calls com
plaining of the irregularity of
class meetings during the fall se
mester,
Under the present plan in which j
3-credit classes meet 44 times, the
classes which normally meet once
a week have not always been able
to meet the required 15 times
during the fall semester because
of vacations.
Whisler said the committee had
been working on a solution to the
problem and found four possible
ways to eliminate it.
These solutions would make the
following changes: .
iicts
•To start the fall semester 2
days later than usual and make
up the time by removing the four
free days after examinations and
beginning the spring semester
right away.
•To start the fall semester the
Wednesday preceding the usual
time, include the fall semester
j break, and lengthen the spring se
mester a day or two.
•To consider the last Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday as Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday and eli
minate the one free day before
examinations begin.
•To just eliminate the Thanks
giving vacation altogether except
for the one'day holiday itself.
Whisler explained that the
committee was not necessarily
proposing that the Senate adopt
any new plan but wanted to see
if it thought the committee should
continue working on the problem.
He presented the first plan in an
official report and called for a
straw vote on the other three.
The first plan was defeated
after Dr. Donald H. Ford, direc
tor of the Division of Counsel
ing, pointed out that students
would not have their grades be
fore they registered for spring
semester classes.
Ford pointed out that between
700 and 1000 students with good
grades change colleges within the
University between the fall and
spring semesters and if they don’t
have their grades they can’t trans
fer.
Robert M. Koser, associate reg
istrar in a letter to Whisler, said
the first plan would mean stu
dents who were going to be
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 8. 1960
Down Proposal
Semester Break
FOi A BETTER PENN STATE
ArtEd Head
Suffers Spasim
At Senate
Dr. Viktor Lowenfeld, head of
the Department of Art Education,
sufered a cerebral spasm while
speaking at the University Sen
ate meeting yesterday.
Lowenfeld, who seemed to be
come dizzy, halted while talking
[and was then unable to speak.
IHe was immediately rushed to
Centre County Hospital for diag
nosis.
Lowenfeld’s physician last night
reported that the patient had lost
the power of speech and recogni
tion, but was not paralyzed phys
ically. He was said to be showing
some improvement.
The doctor emphasized, how
ever, that it would be at least 12
hours before any definite prog
nosis of the seriousness of Low
enfeld’s condition could be at
tempted.
A cerebral spasm is a spasm
of the vessels in the brain caus
ing dizziness and severe pain. Ac
cording to the doctor, the condi
tion of a person so stricken may
change rapidly.
Students to Cast
Absentee Ballots
HARRISBURG (TP) Full
time students will qualify as
absentee voters for the first
time at the April 26 primary,
the Justice Department ruled
yesterday.
An amendment to the State
Constitution, approved by vot
ers last November, allows per
sons away from their voting
residence because of their
"duties, business or occupa
tion" to cast absentee ballots.
Atly. Gen. Anne X. Alpern
ruled students are covered by
the terms business or occupa
tion.
Late Fines Due April 25
William P. Bell, justice of the
peace, said yesterday that all
overdue fines, whether traffic
fines or not, must be paid on or
before April 25 or a warrant will
be issued for the offender’s arrest.
Sophomore Board to Meet
The Sophomore Class Advisory
Board will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday
in 203 Hetzel Union. Members
will turn in class gift money at
this time.
Coed Again Brings Party into Top 3
Sometimes it just isn’t a
man’s world after all. A com
parison of last year’s spring
elections with this year’s
shows some interesting femi
nine maneuvers.
Both times it was the candidate
of the fairer sex who brought her
party into a top office by being
elected SGA secretary-treasurer
after the SGA presidency and vice
presidency went to the opposing
party.
However, last year’s feminine
winner was from University party
while this year’s is from Campus.
Last spring, when Campus
party's Leonard Julius and Lax*
PiPhiForfeits
Quartet First
The Pi Beta Phi quartet which won first place in the
Interfraternity-Panhellenic Sing Tuesday night was disquali
fied yesterday when It was brought to the attention of the
Greek Week Committee that a member of the quartet is on
academic probation.
Pi Beta Phi was forced to forfeit their first place award
Jr. Class
Approves
'S' Seating
The junior class has ap
proved a referendum allowing
the Block “S” Club to occupy
the first 22 rows of the new
football stadium between the
35 and 25-yard lines for the pur
pose of establishing a flash card
system.
According to I.anny Dey, presi
dent of the Block “S” Club, 616
students voted in favor of the
proposal while 216 students op
posed the plan.
In accordance with an expected
enrollment of 4000 graduate and
senior students next fall, the Uni
versity has allotted these two
groups 4000 seats in the new sta
dium. This section will extend
from the 50 to the 20-yard line
and the section requested by the
Block "S” Club which consists of
approximately 700 seats will take
up about 17 per cent of the total
area.
Dey said that since there has
never been 100 per cent attend
ance by any one class at football
games, no senior or graduate stu
dent will be deprived of a seat
under this system. Dey also said
that a number of seniors will be
relinquishing seats to participate
in the flash card program.
The new plan will go into effect
upon the approval of Dean Ernest
B. McCoy of the College of Phys
ical Education and Athletics.
Eng Exam Set for May;
Forms Available in ME
Applications for the Pennsyl
vania Engineer-in-Training exam
ination to be given May 14, are
available in the Office of Con
tinuing Education in Engineer
ing, 103 Mechanical Engineering.
Seniors in any engineering
curriculum who are graduating
in June are eligible to take the
test if their applications are on
file with the State Registration
Board for Professional Engineers
no later than May 2.
ry Byers were elected SGA
president and vice president,
Nancy Clark kept University
parly among the "top three."
This year Susan Sherman’s vic
tory gave Campus party a top
office while University party’s
Richard Haber and Donald Clag
ett captured the presidency and
vice presidency.
Further statistics show that in
both elections the vice presiden
cy was decided by the lowest
margin. Last year Byers’ 1363
votes gave him the office over
Carl Smith’s 1253, the margin be
ing 110.
This year Donald Clagell beat
John Brandt by S 8 votes
(1767-1669).
The statistics on the other two
By JO ANNE MARK
to second place Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority.
A spot check conducted last
night by the Daily Collegian re
vealed that out of the 13 soror
ities and fraternities which par
ticipated in the Sing Finals eight
would also be disqualified accord
ing to section Q-l of the Senate
Regulations for Undergraduates.
The regulation states that no stu
dent on academic or social pro
bation may participate in extra
curricular sorority or fraternity
activities.
The presidents of Tau Kappa
Epsilon. Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Gam
ma Delia, Acacia and Alpha
Kappa Lambda fraternities all
said that certain members of
their fraternities who partici
pated in the sing are on academ
ic probation.
The presidents of Gamma Phi
Beta and Delta Delta Delta soror
ities also made statements to this
effect.
Wilmer J. Wise, assistant to the
dean of men in charge of frater
nity affairs, said that neither
the Greek Week Committee nor
the offices of the dean of men or
the dean of women made any ef
fort to check on the eligibility of
Sing participants.
Some action will be taken on
the matter, Wise said.
The course of action rests with
the Dean of Men and the Dean of
Women, said Ronald Novak,
Greek Week chairman. The Greek
Week committee is, however,
free to submit suggestions, said
Novak.
Cool, Dry Weather
Expected Today
Fair and cool weather can be
expected for the next three days
with little or no precipitation in
sight.
Daytime temperatures should
reach pleasantly mild readings
while nights will be on the cool
side.
Today will be partly cloudy
with a high temperature of 52
degrees. Clear and cold weather
is expected tonight with a low of
34.
Fair and slightly milder weath
er is due tomorrow with a pre
dicted high of 54.
offices are as follows:
President
Spring, 1959, Julius (1423); Art
Miltenberger (1207); 216 margin.
Spring, 1960, Haber (1904); Pe
ter Galie (1563); 341 margin.
Secretary-Treasurer
Spring, 1959, Clark (1430); Sher
ry Parkin (1185); 245 margin.
Spring, 1960, Sherman (1894);
Jack Crosby (1555)); 339 margin.
In both elections, however, the
same percentage of the student
body voted—23 per cent.
In class breakdowns, 12 per cent
of the freshmen voted in this elec
tion, 27 per cent of the sopho
more, 33 per cent of the junior*
land 45 per cent of the seniors.
Chance for
SGA Action
See Page 4
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