®t?p Satlg@(Ml Weather VOL. 60. No. 12. egation Stand ated by Bunn Seg Res inn, owner of the one segregated barbershop !»e, refused to concede on his stand not to i talks with Jesse Arnelle, recent past All :sident. Kenneth B in State Colie desegregate in University Pre was courteous and understanding, but does “Mr. Bunn not feel that he erced,” Arnelle s where,” he adde Arnelle, a Nijgro, arrived on campus yesterday to discuss the issue of segregation with Bunn. Bunn's shop, at 110 S. Allen St., was being picketed until yester day by the ranti-segregation group in Stale College. Picketing was called off yester day m deference to the talks. In an interview yesterday, Ar nelle said, “I am interested m this problem and I would like to see it solved. I do not believe this (segregation) should be fostered in State College or any enlight ened community. It is everyone’s problem to eliminate this situa tion in any community where equality is claimed, and then de nied.” wants to be co aid. “We got no- Arnelle, who graduated in 1955, was a star football player and All-American co-capiain of Penn State's basketball team. He was elected to the presiden cy by a nearly 3 to 1 majority, and was lapped for Lion's Paw, Parmi Nous, Druids, and An drocles hat societies. __ Bunn and Arnelle were friendly \vhen the latter was an undergrad uate at the University. The anti-segregationists have scheduled a meeting with all of the barber shop owners in State College for tonight. According to Charles Trautman, a leader of the group, the entire issue of segrega tion will be presented to the bar bers for their opinions and sug gestions. This is the first meeting that the group has planned for discussion with other barbers than Bunn. All of the owners of barber shops in State College have been invited. The Harrisburg branch of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People contacted the State College picketers and gave their moral support to the movement. They have announced that they will be picketing Woolworth's Grant's and Kresges in Harris burg, tomorrow at 10 a.m. and each Saturday thereafter. Alternate System Hit By University Party University party members on the SGA Assembly voted 8 to 3 against the alternate Assemblyman system in an Informal caucus last night. Thepiesent form of the alternate bill before the Assembly has provisions for Assemblymen absent only because of student teaching or academic rea sons. None of the party members present were in favor of the bill as it now stands ' However, Judith Weiss and Mary Sue Hersey, junior and freshman Assemblymen respec tively, said they felt inclusion of alternates was important for keeping alive the democratic spirit of assembly meetings. Miss Hersey explained that the balance of power among classes would be inevitably upset because the junior and senior classes would be the only ones affected by student teaching. Miss Weiss said that the University party’s majority in the Assembly could be lost, theoretically, by the ab sence of merely two members if these seats were not filled by al ternates. The active discussion was con tinued by Walter Darran, senior STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 22. 1960 Seniors Will Vote On Final Gift Ideas The six final suggestions for the senior class gift have been presented to and ap proved by the administra tion. Voting by the senior class will be held next week on Thursday and Friday to deter mine the final choice. The suggestions are: • An entrance-way for the new Beaver Field. Theodore Haller, president of the senior class, said last night that archi tecture students are now work ing on preliminary sketches of this entrance and that he hopes they will be released before the voting takes place next week. •An ornamental fountain to be erected in the vicinity of the Hetzel Union Building patio. • A revolving art exhibit to be displayed in the HUB. This exhibit would be similar in ar rangement to the one currently running in the HUB. Works of art would be purchased at in- Prof Snarf Contest Ends in 3-Way Tie The search for Penn State’s best liked professor, conducted by the World University Service, ended in a three way tie. Dr. Mary Willard of the Col lege of Chemistry and Physics, Dr. Frank Cone of the College of Agriculture and Clifford Nelson of. the College of Business Adminis tration have been given the title of Professor Snarf. Assemblyman, who said he felt the only person entitled to sit in an Assembly seat was the person who, by his qualifications and campaigning, was elected by the students to fill that seat. SGA President Richard Haber said that although he was per sonally against the alternate system, if a bill were to be con sidered it should include ap proval of the alternates by the Assembly, the Rules Committee or the executive. In other. business the party heard suggestions for an orien tation week program which in cluded an explanation of SGA. The party members also discussed possible encampment topics, among them improved communi cations between administration and students and a better system of arranging the University cal endar. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE House OK's Civil Rights Bill; President's Approval Expected WASHINGTON (/P) The House, with a 288-95 roll call and a figurative sigh of relief, passed the 1960 civil rights bill yesterday and sent it to President Eisenhower who, it is assumed, will sign it. The bill, which aims primarily at helping Southern Negroes vote, has been the most time-consuming and talked-over issue Congress has tack' tervals with the class fund. • The purchasing of library books. According lo Haller, President Eric A. Walker has expressed a desire lo equip all the residence hall units with recreational reading fa cilities. Haller said that when and if this plan materializes, the books could go for this pur pose as well as for the already established Pattee Library. • Donations to the funds be ing accumulated to subsidize the new auditorium. • Erection of a decorative drinking fountain for the New Beaver Field. Haller said he thought that it would probably be made of marble and would be large enough to hold from 8 to 15 individual drinking faucets. This gift was suggested to the class by George L. Don ovan, coordinator of student ac tivities. The class will vote on their gift next week and it will be presented to the University at Class Day on May 17. Lack of Rainfall Causes Problems Two weeks ago heavy rains brought the threat of floods to all sections of Pennsylvania, and now the lack of rain is causing an equally dangerous peril—fire. Forest fires and brush fires have become quite a problem in many parts of Pennsyl vania including this area because of a chronic shortage of rainfall during the last two weeks. Several brush fires have occurred in Centre County during the past 10 days and the possibility of more dangerous fires is increasing with the passage of each rainless day. The forecast is for partly cloudy, ibreezy and warm weather today with a high temperature of 72 degrees Tonight will be fair and mild with,a predicted low of 50 degrees. Opinions Sought on Calendar Changes By KAREN HYNECKEAL SGA Assemblymen will be seeking student opinions next week concerning the pro posed changes in the Univer sity calendar which could limit Thanksgiving vacation. The representatives will meet Monday night after the SGA Cab-{ inet meeting. At that time, they will receive copies of the alter natives offered by the adminis tration as a solution to the prob lem of supplying enough class meetings for each course. They will take these sugges tions back to their various groups, seeking student views on the question. The representatives will then present these views at the Its passage left Congress free to whip through the rest if its work and adjourn before the national political conventions in July. No other legislative issue is likely to require nearly as much time. There was no doubt President Eisenhower would sign the bill. He already had passed the word he was satisfied with it, and Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers issued a favorable statement yesterday. “It’s impact, once the expected legal challenges have been dis posed of in the normal judicial process, will be substantial, I be jlieve, both in establishing the right to vote of those who have been discriminated against on ac count of race or color and by de jterring future discrimination by persons acting under color of state law,” Regers said. The bill goes farther than de sired by Southern members of Congress but not nearly as far as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and some other support ers wished. In putting it together, Congress] refused to grant broad authority! for the U.S. attorney general to bring injunction suits in support of civil rights generally. Tabled and killed were proposals to de clare the Supreme Court’s 1954 opinion against segregation in the schools to be the “supreme law of the land” and to grant federal aid to communities complying with the court decision. The NAACP has called the I bill a fraud and said it actually j "makes it harder and not easier for Negroes to vote.” Speaking for the greatly out-j numbered Southerners in Con-! gress, who were able only to win! some softening of original propos- 1 als, Rep. William M. Colmer (D.-j Miss.) denounced the bill as a 1 cynical bid for the vote of North ern Negroes. It authorizes federal courts and federal voting referees appointed by the courts to register Negroes to vote in areas where the court finds discrimination has denied the applicants the right to register as eligible voters. Mother's Day Committee Requests Activity Plans The WSGA Mothers’ Day Com mittee has requested all groups planning to sponsor a program or event May 8 to contact Jean Ray, chairman of the committee, at UN 5-5119, by April 28. The committee will compile a general announcement in order that each Mothers’ Day event re ceive equal publicity. SGA meeting on Thursday. j Solutions offered by the Sen- The SGA in turn will take the atc included: to U< the^ S next ni Sena^e d meetmg io on da *^ t^^lin^iatneus ’^ a ' “ncTmahung Mav 5 meeting on lhe tim * e by removing the four ■i . jfree days after examinations and At its last meeting on April . beginning the spring semester 7 the Senate announced that it I right away. was considering a calendar | 9 Starting the fall semester the change which would limit the [Wednesday preceding the usual Thanksgiving vacation to a one- time, including the fall semester I day holiday. At that time the break and lengthening the spring i Scndts Committee on Cslender semester s d&y or two and Class Schedule also report- •Considering the last Monday, ed that many complaints had Tuesday and ■ Wednesday as peen made about the irregular- Thursday, Friday and Saturday ity of class meetings during the anc j eliminating one free day be fall semesler because of vaca- fore examinations begin **°ns. ] •Eliminating the Thanksgiv- Under the present plan classes ling vacation altogether except for which normally meet once a weekjthe one day holiday itself have not always been able tc The last proposal was most fa meet the required 15 times dur-jvored by the Senate but no def ing the fall semester. unite change has been made so far. ppm Obligations See Page 4 led this year Di Joseph Chosen 1960 Valedictorian Lois Di Joseph, senior in elementary education from Jenkintown, and Ronald Rein hard, senior in pre-medicine from Coopersburg, have been named valedictorian and salula torian, respectively, of the class of 1960. | They were chosen by the Senior Class Day Committee from a group of 16 other students. These 18 students, two from each of the nine colleges on cam- Ipus, had the highest scholastic [standing in their college. The lowest average was 3.72 The Senior Class Day Commit tee interviewed each student and judged them on the speech he presented, his poise and his con tribution to the University. Both Miss Di Joseph of the Col lege of Education and Reinhard of the College of Chemistry and [Physics will speak at Senior |Cla ss Day to held in May. j Miss Di Joseph will speak on | “The Fortunate Ones” and Rem ihard will give the opening greet ing. Deferment Forms Will Be Available Selective seiviee forms 109 will be prepared for juniors and sen iors only at the end of the aca demic year. The forms report the ranking of male students in the state selective service system They help the local boards decide on [student deferments, j The University will discontinue filing the foims oh ireshmen and sophomores, who are not usually in the critical age bracket. Fresh men or sophomores who want the forms sent to their local booids should make a request to the registrar in 4 Willard before May 16. Pi ogress on graduate students is reported on foims 103. FIVE CENTS
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