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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.
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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.
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