Weather Fo acasts udy , !oaf Mostly CI Breezy, VOL. 60. No. 136 IFC R shing May Change Next all By CORDIE LEWIS First- semes er freshmen may be able to r sh fraternity houses four wedcs after the beginning of the,fall semester instead of the second semes ter. No immediate action was takenl on two proposals to change the present IFC deferred rushing pro- I gram which were presented by Tilman Segal, former president of Beta Sigma Rho, at the IFC meet ing last night. The first proposal includes the following points: •No first semester freshman will be permitted to be on fra ternity premises during the first four weeks of classes of the fall semester unless designated by the IFC. • First-semester freshmen will not. be permitted inside or outside the fraternity premises until the end of the four-week period. •No fraternity men will be permitted in any men's residence halls except between the hours of 7 a.m: and 8 p.m. durin the four week period. •The pledging date would be, set for three weeks after the be ginning of the spring semester. •No first-semester freshmen will be permitted to stay at a fra ternity house after 1 a.m. on weekends and 2 a.m. on big week ends until the beginning Of the pledging period , The second proposal is designed to have more contact between fra ternity men and Mit-semester freshmen through publicity to be presented during the fall semeser. A motion was made to delete the fourth amendment to the first proposal which states . that no freshmen will permitted in frater nity houses after I.a.m. on week ends and 2 a.m. on big weekends. Both proposals and the motion to delete she fourth amendment to the first proposal were tabled until the May 23 meeting, since a majority vote could not be reached, Last Artists To Feature About 500 student and non-student tickets remain for the last Artists Series program of the semester to be presented by Anton Kuerti, 26-year-old pianist, and the University Or chestra at 8:30 tonight in Schwab. Kuerti will also give a workshop at 3:15 p.m—today in 117 Carnegie. No tickets will be re- quired. Kuerti, the 1957 winner of the coveted Leven tritt Award, has appeared with the orches- w` _ tras of five ma jor cities and has made extensive , - 10, tours • of Europe and the United 4 States. Included in his al 1 9 5 8 schedule was the final" re cital at the Fes- Knerti tival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, and an appearance in New York City on the distinguished Young Artists Series at the Met 0 '.. 0 t. 1 r 4 tt i ~ ___._ Admits Spying Missions HOW LONG SEGREGATION is the issue at hand for Phyllis Allegretto and Judi Kait, working to raise funds for the DARE anti-segregation campaign. As the drive goes into its last day, a total of $l6O has been raised. '6O Class to Donate Stadium Entrance The gift of the Class of 1960 to the University will be an entrance to Beaver Stadium, Theodore Haller, senior class president, said. Haller presented a check be used for the gift. This amou State Liquor Laws , Disregarded--Simes State laws regarding the use of alcoholic beverages are being widely disregarded by students at state parks in the area, Dean of Men Frank 3. Simes said last week. Students who violate these laws make theselves liable to arrest by park rangers, he warned. The parks do not officially open until Memorial Day, he added. Series Kuerti ropolitan Museum of Art. Kuerti spent the summer of 1959 concertizing in Europe, and that fall completed a tour of Po land as part of the first United States - Polish artists' exchange. Upon his return Kuerti toured the United States, appearing four times with the Pittsburgh Sym phony when he was making the southern circuit. Tonight's concert will be the first of two programs in which the University Symphony, under the direction of Theodore Karhan, associate professor of music, is scheduled to appear .The orches tra will combine with the Chapel Choir on Saturday, May 21. to present Verdi's "Requium," under the direction of Hugo Weisgall, (Continued on page three) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 10. 1960 or $4OOO to the University to t represents the contributions, from members of the senior class and was twice matched by Uni versity contributions. The 18 outstanding seniors, se lected by members of their class, became publically known when they followed the academic deans down the aisle in the Class Day processional. Women's honors were present led by the men's class donor, Leon lard Julius, and the men's honors !by Nancy Clark, women's class donor. All winners received a 'lion statuette. The following women's awards were presented: Jessie Janjigian, bow girl: Helen Skade, slipper girl; El len Butterworth, mirror girl; Jody Miller, fan girl: Sherry Parkin, lamp girl, and Carol Frank, Mary Ann Gamier and Dorothy Newman, scepter wom en. Recipients of the men's awards (Continued on page twelve) ROTC Boasts Long, Stormy History By KAREN HYNECKEAL i sity Cabinet. The resolution asked i But the University Senate did First of a Series ;for a proram of voluntary ROTC:not• act on the recommendations Mt. Vesuvius is procticallyj The Council hoped that the Cab- last spring and the volcano was i pared Cab-;last to a rumbling for several dormant when com with net would vote to present the rec- 1 4, 4 n` , _ ommendations to the Universitylmuns• Last fall, however, the AU 'the ever-rumbling, often erup - Senate. Cabinet decided, howev-I University Cabinet became the ting ROTC questibn. er, to look into the matter further , Student Government Assembly. lbefnre voting. The history of this particular; After almost five months of But the new SGA had not for gotten Cabinet's last bit of busi. "volcano"dates back to a federall debate and investigation, Cab- ness and the ROTC question Ilaw which requires all land-grant' inet adopted nine recommenda- iwas raised on the Assembly institutions to provide military lions, with the main one asking floor in November. training for qualified male stu- , for only one year of compulsory At that time each assemblyman dents. ; ROTC. received a copy of the nine rec- This, then, is the essence of a; Other major recomtnendations.ommendations and another debate volcano whose eruption stems; urged expanding ROTC courses began. (from one pressure point the to include civil defense and sur-1 Then, last December, SGA ap compulsory requirement. The Unimvival techniques and establish -;proved the recommendations, versity has felt the furor of many,ling a School of Military. Affairs, such eruptions. , ,again asking for only one year of lindependent of all other colleges., compulsory ROTC. On November 11, 1958, for ex-I Another of the recommenda i And so, the student government ample, the Chemistry-Physics!tions adopted called for the Uni-jhas twice during the last two Student Council authorized itsiversity to give serious considera-;years expressed its opinion on president to present a resolutio*tion in the future to abolishingithis ROTC Question. to what was then the All-Univer-icompulsory ROTC all together. iTomorrow: ROTC in other schools. rgiatt Herter Defends Flight As Necessary 'Guard' (See related story, page 4) WASHINGTON (/P) The United States acknowledged yesterday it has sent spy flights into the Soviet Union—Under President Eisenhower's general orders, The State Department did not discourage a deduction that such flights may continue until Soviet leaders open their borders to inspection. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, in making the acknovvl-1 eagement, strongly defended in-, Ucrease in telligence flights by unarmed vilian planes as urgently neces sary to guard the non-Communist, oom Board 'world against surprise Soviet at tack. In a special statement, Herter ,Considered suggested that next week's sum mit conference make an earn est attempt to agree on safe- The announcement as to guards which would end the tv.et her or not room and threat that either side could suddenly launch a nuclear on- jboard rates will be increased slaught against the other. for next ear will be made I With the approval of Presidenti y Eisenhower, Herter frankly ad- within the next two weeks. mitted American planes have car-`Albert E.Diem, vice president i ried out "extensive aerial , surveil- 1 'lance" of Communist territory un-ifor business affairs said yes 'der directives issued by the Presi-I 4 dent as part of his national secur- l ' ercta Y' ity duties. This decision is now pending - Here, there was mention of the final planning by Diem's office. National Security Act of 1947, butl"lt is my continuing objective the wording madeit clear that the that we should hold room and secretary was speaking only oflfood service rates at a minimum," President Eisenhower, who went,he said. into office in 1953. - 1 According to Diem, the prelim "Specific missions of these un- jinary budgets have been submit armed civilian aircraft have not lted and are now being reviewed been rubject to presidential au- iby the directors of food service, thorization," Herter said. housing, and Stanley H. Camp- After Soviet Premier Nikita ibell, director of special projects Khrushchev reported the capture for business affairs, and by Diem. of a 30-year-old American flier "I would like to have the stu deep inside the Soviet Union, th,dents know one way or the other State Department acknowledged)by the end of the semester," he an intelligence flight over Soviet isaid. territory probably was undertak-1 Any recommendation that Diem en. It said "insofar as the author-;makes concerning an increase will ities in Washington are concerned, be subject to the approval of there was no authorization for any)President Eric A. Walker and the such flight as described by Mr.',Board of Trustees, which meets Khrushchev." tagain in June. Cold Weather Will Continue Snow flurries became mixedltonight with the mercury falling with the rain yesterday morning;to record levels. The low 'will be as the precipitation tapered off tolnear 30 degrees. showers marking the end of two! Sunny and slightly milder days of heavy rains. weather is expected for tomor- The snow flurries that fell for,row as the temperatures win, a brief period yesterday reach 58 degrees. 'were quite unusual for so late in SPECIAL SENIOR SUPPLEMENT ithe spring, I The prediction is for mostly; Today's issue of The Daily Collegian contains a special cloudy and cold weather today four-page Senior Week supple (with a chance of brief showers.t ment. Numerous articles con- The high temperature will only cerning the Alumni Associa. ,be 52 degrees. ; lion and the Alumni Fund are Clear and cold weather is due included on pages sto 8. Tightening of Control See Page 4 FIVE CENT
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