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VOL. 60. No. 131
9 Students Form Protest
Outside Lion's Paw Office
Nine men from North Halls Sunday night formed a non
violent protest outside 419 Old Main, the Lion's Paw meet
ing room.
stood and sat outside the room while a Lion's
was reportedly in session, carrying signs which
said, "Stop Secrecy, Stop Lion's
Paw;" "Stop Lion's Paw, linflu
ence in Student Affairs;" and
"Lion's Paw Must Go."
The protest lasted from 10 to
11 p.m. The demonstrators were
asked to leave by a campus
patrolman, who said the build
ing was closed to all those not
specifically authorized to be
there after 5 p.m. The men said
a cleaning lady in the building i
had told them it was open until
midnight.
Frank Hugus, spokesman for
the group, said they were influ
enced - by a recent controversy,
about Lion's Paw influence in
elections and by a mimeographed
pamphlet called "Lion's Paw at
(Penn State."
The pamphlet contains what
is reputed to be Lion's Paw min
utes which it says were trans
scribed by I. B. Sinclair, an
alumnus, and material reported
ly
concerning recent Lion's Paw
activities.
The pamphlet was prepared by
John Brandt and David Byers,
former alternate Assemblymen,
Alan Elms, editor of Froth, and
Harald Sandstrom, AIM president.
Hugus said his group. was not
associated with politics and had
not been urged to protest by any
political party.
The men
Paw meeting
Vega, Weiss
Make Olympic
Training Team
Penn State grad student Ar
mando Vega and sophomore Greg
Weiss qualified for the pre-Olym
pic gymnastics team in West
Point, N.Y., Friday.
Vega, a 1956 Olympian and
former national collegiate all
around champion, finished - econd
to Southern Illinois' Fred crlof
sky. Weiss was tenth in the men's
division. Two other State entries,
Jay Werner and freshman Tom
my Seward, didn't qualify for the
team.
Weiss suffered an embarassing
accident while performing on the
side horse. The Lion sophomore
ripped his pants and the result
ing difficulty cost him some valu
able points in the final tabulation.
In other news of Penn State
Olympic aspirants, Johnston Ob
erly was eliminated in the fifth
round of the final wrestling trials
in Ames, lowa. Oberly was beat
en by a two-time Olympic qual
ifier Bill Kerslake of Cleveland.
Chessman Executed
Europ
LONDON (?P)
coiled with cries
last night over t
of Caryl Chessm
Newpapers, prom nent figures
and ordinary people spoke of the
convict's death in t e gas cham
ber in California in erms such as
"appalling penalty"' and "mon
strous deed."
Some
Some said it would hurt the
prestige of the United States
abroad. A minority Supported ex
ecution.
Afternoon newspapers in some
cities rushed extras Itothe streets
when the word ws flashed of
Chessman's death. ladio stations
broke into programfor bulletins.
The London Daily
editorial for its pap:
"There must be in
most honest-to-goo .I
cans great shame ov'
By JANET DURSTINE
Calls It 'Shameful'
Europe re-
I, of "shame"
,e execution
tion of Caryl Chessman."
"To add to this appalling penal
ty 12 years of indescribable men
tal agony is something which,
could never happen in Britain and
which right-minded people in the,
States must make sure can never
happen again," the Express add
ed.
In Paris, Mme. George Vien
net, president of the French
Assn. Against the Death Penal
ty, said the execution was "one
of the most ignominious crimes
that the new world has ever
committed. The civilized old
world will never forgive it."
Paris afternoon papers quickly
sent late editions to the streets.
One paper, Paris-Presse, printed
a page one box in four columns
giving pro and con arguments in
the case.
In Italy and Belgium, the gen
eral reaction was one of shock.
Italian newspapers and most Ital
Herald, in an
r today, said,
he hearts of
ness Amer--
I. the execu-
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 3. 1960
SGA Votes to Cut
Christmas Vacation
The SGA Assembly voted last night in a special meeting to recommend to the Uni
versity Senate that Christmas vacation be shortened two days to provide for a full 15-
week semester.
The University Senate meets at 4:15 Thursday in 121 Sparks and will discuss possible
calendar changes.
The motion, presented by James Kridel (C-Soph.), is designed to avoid elimination of the
Thanksgiving vacation.
It follows last week's SGA ap
proval of the Senate calendar
policy recommendation that stated
"that each semester consist of 15
meetings for each half day of the
week."
Thirty-three assembly members,
voted in favor of the proposal
at the 12-minute meeting last
night There was one abstention.
At that time, a committee was
appointed to study the problem
before a vote could be taken.
Richard Haber, SGA tvesident,
has an appointment to discuss the
bill with President Eric A. Walk
ler tomorrow.
Kridel explained that accord
ing to a calendar worked out by
;him his committee, Thanksgiving
vacation would be 4 1 4 2 days in
stead of 5.
Vacation would begin at noon
[Wednesday next fall instead of
[Tuesday night as it did this past
Cold Air Mass
Causes Frost
An unusually cold air mass for
the month of May allowed tem
peratures to skid to the 32 degree
mark yesterday morning and as
low as 21 degrees in the exposed
outlying areas.
These near record temperatures
resulted in a killing frost through
out this area and in most of Penn
sylvania.
This morning's readings will
again be close to the freezing
mark in this area, but somewhat
warmer afternoon temperatures
are in prospect for this afternoon.
In fact, generally fair and pleasant
weather should continue for the
next few days.
Today should be partly cloudy
and pleasantly warm with an ex
pected high temperature of 73 de
grees. Some cloudiness and cool
weather is due tonight. The low
will be about 48.
Sunny and slightly warmer
weather is due tomorrow with a
high reading of 76 degrees.
ians felt that Chessman's 12 years
in death row was sufficient pun
ishment. Italy does not have the
death penalty.
Crowds in Rome milled about
newsstands to grab up copies of
extra editions and engage in ani
mated conversation about the ex
ecution.
Caryl Chessman's 12-year
fight for life on death row end
ed in 10 swift minutes Monday
in the gas chamber, where he
died smiling at a red.haired
woman.
The California Supreme Court,
which had three times voted
against executive clemency,
turned down two appeals in San
Francisco yesterday morning, and
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wil
liam 0. Douglas in Washington
also refused to intervene. Chess
man's lawyer contended he could
show that someone else commit
ted the crimes.,
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Kridel said that the plan is'
"feasible for every possible year
and combination of days."
The SGA proposal resembles
the suggestion made by WSGA
last Wednesday. WSGA favors
shortening Christmas vacation by
two days, cutting one at the be
ginning and one at the end.
It also opposes eliminating
Thanksgiving vacation.
Kridel served as co-chairman
of the SGA committee with Edgar
Grubb (U.-Sr.). Committee mem
' bers were Katherine Hughes (U.-
Sr.), David Armbruster, Margaret
(McPherson, WSGA president,
;and Sue Sherman, SGA secretary
'treasurer.
Civil Defense Alert
Residents of Centre County will
participate• in a Civil Defense
alert this afternoon.
At 2 p.m., a steady. three-min
ute blast will be heard, which is
the "alert or attention" signal.
At 2:15 p.m., a warbling sound
will be heard, which is the "take
,cover" signal and will require
cessation of vehicle traffic and
the taking of cover by pedestrians.
At 2:27 p.m , a steady blast sim
ilar to the first will sounded
which will be the "all char" sig
nal.
Traffic and pedestrians are ex
pected to observe the "take cov
er" signal until the, "all clear" is
sounded.
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Boro Alters
Liquor Law
For Minors
State College Borough
Council approved an amend
ment last night to the Bor
ough Minors Ordinance which
was aimed at settling what it
felt was a disturbing and mis
'understood problem,
One section of the ordinance
had placed a 7 p m limit for the
entry of unaccompanied minor's
into an establishment licensed to
sell alcoholic beverages. The
amendment passed last night eli
minates this section.
Borough Solicitor Robert Kist
ler explained that as long as mi
nors do not drink alcoholic bev
erages there is no reason why
they should not be able to eat in
an establishment which serves
such beverages.
Kistler also said that Dean of
Women Dorothy J. Lipp had said
that the section was causing mis
understanding because many of
the students were unaware of the
ruling.
In other business, Council dis
cussed a request for the appoint
' ment of a bi-racial commission on
human relations. The request was
made by Charles Trautman. a
leader of DARE, an anti-segrega
tion group, who said in a letter
submitted to Council, l' , at ~
crimination against the Negro in
State College was the •on for
his request.
The legality of the Council
authorizing such a commission
was the main question and Kistler
said that he did not feel Council
had this right.
Council decided not to take ac
tion and suggested that Trautman
meet with Burgess Ray B. An
thony to discuss the matter fur
ther.
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