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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
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ats
y book
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nd trains
• tacks of
jpkins to
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;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
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