J uJije iatlg @€nll Weather Foreci Partly Cloud Pleasantly C VOL 60. No. 129 ! Parade Storybook InvadesCai Via Gay Fl« By BARB YUK Fantasy and st o 1 characters, candy h white whales, shoes a have grown from s multicolored paper n take part in the ann parade at 5:30 tonig/ opens Spring Week 1960. The parade, with the general! theme “Once Upon a Time,” willj lead off with floats entered in the nursery rhyme category. These floats will line up at 4:45 p.m. in parking lot 50. Those in legends will line up at 5 p m. and those in children’s stories at 5:15 p.m. Floats will enter the parking area from Shortlidge Rd. and leave it by the exit onto Entrance Rd. From here the floats will pro ceed to the starting point at the intersection of Pollock and Short lidge Rds. Float parade chairman Shar on Hoffman said no float will be permitted to join the parade after it has started. The float which arrives first will be first in its category. Floats arriving before the designated time will have to wait for all floats in the preceding category io organ ize before taking their place in the parade. . Movie cameras from TV sta tions in Altoona. Lancaster and Johnstown will begin to grind out film as the parade leaves the in tersection and goes down Short lidge Rd. to turn right onto Col lege Ave. The parade will continue up College to turn right onto Bur rowes Rd. and then up Burrowes to turn right onto Pollock Rd. The parade will end at the same Intersection where it started. It should lake between an hour and an hour and a half for ihe 35 floats participating in ihe parade to cover the route. The judges for the parade are: Edward Mattill, associate profes sor of art education; George Mur phy, professor of children’s liter ature; and David Von Dommeler, Instructor of house and home arts. Blaine Harvey of WMAJ will announce the floats from the bal cony of the State College Hotel (continued on page three) Faculty Gives Ideas On Fivd Proposals Members of the "V tion and the Daily G cross-section of facul cerning the revision Several new cons members on these prop| Vernon V. AspaturianJ professor of political sci] that he does not favor o sal over another, but : when a final agret reached, the half days the beginning of the T ing vacation and at the and the end of the Chri cation should be elimi: feels that these perioc add to the confusion o semester. A professor of mal laid that she finds th of considering Monda day and Wednesday a day, Friday and Satui sible, buf feels that t day should be elimina the semester break rat the day before examin A professor in the to Open Spring Week .and ipus ats y book o u s e s, nd trains • tacks of jpkins to ijual float ;nt which —Collegian Photo by Spencer Wcllhoffer BENJAMIN WHISLER WEATHERS arduous and repetitious questioning in a one-hour and 45 minute hassle with SGA Assembly. SGA Votes Down Bill for Alternates SGA Assembly voted down last night by a vote of 19 to 17 a proposed constitutional amendment which would have permitted Assemblymen absent from campus to fulfill aca demic requirements to have alternates. The bill, proposed by James Kridel (C-Soph.), was being read for the second time. Assem bly had approved the amend ment m its first reading before the Easter recess. All amendments, according to ihe constitution, must be read and approved three times by a two-thirds majority before becoming effective. The bill was attacked on the grounds that it provided no sys tem for selection of the alternates. John Whiner (U.-Jr.) spoke against the bill, terming it “in adequate.- ’ Witmer said he felt some pro vision for alternates is necessary, but that this bill falls short be cause it makes no mention of pro viding alternates for assembly men who fail to maintain the required 2 4 average. Kridel defended his bill say ing that Ihe lack of an alternate system caused discrimination against some candidates at the polls. He said that voters, rea lizing that a student majoring In education would be absent (continued on page two) Skies Remain Fair Generally fair and spring-like weather should continue today, but occasional rain or showers are likely late tonight and tomor row. Today will be partly cloudy and pleasantly mild with an expected high temperature of 71 degrees. Mostly cloudy and cool weather is in prospect for tonight with an overnight low reading of 50 de grees. Showers are likely late to night. ty ANN PALMER omen’s Student Government Associa-, ollegian made a survey yesterday of a Ity opinion on the five proposals con of the fall calendar. iderations were brought up by faculty department pointed out that un der the present calendar system there are an equal number of Mondays, Tuesdays, etc., and if days were added to or deleted from the schedule, this balance would be upset. He stated, in his capacity as a laboratory instruc tor, that he would favor any pro posal retaining this necessary bal ance of days. Robert W. Green, assistant pro fessor of history, stated that he felt the present calendar sys tem was a "reasonably adept arrangement." He said that if some change has to be made in the calendar, he would favor the WSGA proposal of eliminat ing two days from the Christ mas vacation. assistant ;nce, said ine propo feels that Iment is [found at jhanksgiv- I beginning stmas va lated. He s merely f the fall (hematics ip system iy« Tues & Thurs- Bday fea the extra tied from (her than rations, chemistry Green said that his third choice would be to begin the fall semes (continued on page two)’ FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 29. 1960 By BARB YUNK Rhee's Successor Begins Clean-Up SEOUL, South Korea (} P) Syngman Ehee faded into re tirement today and his pro visional successor set a 3- month deadline for his aides to rid the country of “long accumulated illegalities, in justices and corruption.” Political illegalities and deep popular suspicion of corruption sparked the demonstrations which forced the resignation of strong man Rhee, founder of the republic and its first and only president. But yesterday he was hailed as a patriot by the very students whose violent demonstrations toppled his 12-year-old regime. A picture of patriarchal trag edy, he was cheered as he left pgtatt SGA Hits Plan SGA Assembly voted last night to go on record as being opposed to the elimination of the Thanksgiving vacation as a solution to the problem of irregular class meetings. SGA, however, also will go on record as favoimg a full 15-week semester. The vote, which was unanimous, followed a long and rather heated discussion between Assemblymen and Benjamin! g Whisler, chairman of the Senate ( ' I f|C|J f‘OfTt£*P committee on class and calendar! * " schedule. Kftg „ Whisler explained the draw- In | M fA & backs to other proposals which '■ IMfil had been considered including _ the proposal which the Worn- I en’s Student Government As- lIBeiO T sociation suggested Wednesday *“ * * “ 8 “ **'’*' * night. This proposal recommended that Christmas vacation begin a half day later and end one and one-hall days earlier Whisler said although this may or may not solve the problem next year it would not be a feas ible solution in regard to a per manent policy. Whisler went on to explain ihai ihe University Senate is discussing calendar policy which mems a policy which could and would be used fo many years to come. Edgar Grubb (U-Sr) who has 1 been investigating the problem) for SGA, asked Whisler how true) it was that the University may go! on the trimester plan in the near! future. Whisler answered that "it’s not a cinch either way.” He! did not seem to feel that it would! be possible to revise the present system so drastically before 1962. Assembly also voted to hold a special Assembly meeting be fore Ihe next Senate meeting which is next Thursday. Before this special meeting a commit tee will be appointed to investi gate the matter further. The committee will report to the Assembly. At that time Assembly may vote to recommend an alternative proposition to the Senate. At present, the proposal to elim inate the Thanksgiving vacation is the only proposal on the agenda for Senate’s next meeting. Whis ler explained that the Senate will either approve and thus pass the proposal or will defeat it. If it is defeated the Senate may or may not ask the Whis ler’s committee to do additional work on it. According to Whisler,: “If -the Senate defeats the pro posal and does not ask us to work further on it, we would just as soon drop the whole matter.” Chem-Phys Open House t The Chemistry-Physics Student ics, will speak on “Elementary Council will sponsor an open Physics” at 10 a.m. in 117 Osmond house from 8 a.m. to noon today, and Mary Willard, professor of Exhibits and two lectures will chemistry, will speak on “Cnmi be featured. !nology” at 11 a.m. in 119 Os- Fred Tiacey, professor of pbys- mond. the presidential palace with grief, people can be transformed into etched on his craggy countenance! voluntary and constructive Da over the suicide-pact death of his'triotism.” protege, Lee Kt-poong. j The acting president said iireg- Acting President Huh Chung, ularities in political institutions who has a reputation for rugged :made injustices possible in the independence and political hon-;past. He demanded prompt reor esty, moved swiftly to set the na-ganization of the police into a po tion on an even course. litieally independent force. The 64-year-old provisional! National police influence in pol ehief named six new ministers 1 itics and police brutalities were and planned to name two more to)among factors which led to South fill out a 12-man government. He Korea’s explosion. Police coer told his ministers their supreme|rion at the polls March 15, when task is “to get rid completely of;Lee Ki-poong was elected vice the long accumulated illegalities, president over the opposition can injustices, corruption and other,didate by a 8-1 margin, touched disorders in various departments;off the demonstrations. Appar of the administration.” jently Oriental-style atonement for Huh said the Cabinet should his role in- the violence led Lee carry out reforms in close coop-1 into a suicide pact. His elder son eration with the legislative andjshot his parents and his biother judicial branches, “so that the (and then turned the gun on him current explosive feeling of the i self. All four died. By KAREN HYNECKEAL The Major Medical Expense Plan, designed to cover faculty and staff in the event of serious or piolongcd illness will be put into operation next Tuesday. I About 3200 employees have an nounced their acceptance of the splan, which will supplement Ihe ; Hospital Surgical Plan, held by most full-time employees The major expense plan pays |BO per cent of the bill not covered |by the Hospital Surgical Plan and ithe employee pays 20 per cent. .However, the employee is required ,to pay the first $lOO above that icovered by the Hospital Surgical program. [ The new plan, which was ac cepted by 75 per cent of the fac ulty and staff, will be required for all new members of the staff. i The cost of the plan will vary (from $l.lO to $2.60 per month de fending on ihe exact type of coverage desired. An employee who now belongs to the Hospital Surgical Plan, which covers most usual surgical and hospital expenses, does not necessarily have to join the new group. Encampment Applications Due Next Wednesday The deadline for submitting ap plications for the 1960 Student Encampment has been extended to 5 p.m. next Wednesday, Rob ert Umstead, encampment chair man, announced. Any undergraduate mav apply and interviews will be held after next Wednesday to determine the students who will attend the en campment. The 1960 encampment will be held Sept. 7, 8 arid 9 at Mont Alto. o Be Held Tomorrow SGA Stand Honorable See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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