LA Suggests ROTC Change The Liberal Arts faculty will recommend to the Uni versity Senate the adoption of a more flexible program of requirements for a bachelor of arts degree, the elimination of ROTC as a requirement for graduation and the establish ment of a bachelor of science degree in the college. Committee To Hear LP Opinions The Senate Subcommittee for Organization and Control will meet tomorrow to hear sides presented by members of Lion's Paw and the anti- Lion's Paw faction. The SGA Investigation Com mittee reported last night that it had "found no substantial proof of direct Lion's Pate influence on student government" from evi dence presented Sunday at an hearing similar to the meeting planned by the Subcommittee on Organization and Control. Helen Kinsloe, secretary of the! Senate Committee on Student Af fairs, said last night that the sub committee will definitely take no action for or against Lion's Paw at tonight's meeting. "The meet ing is strictly to call the two factions together and to let them present their stories to us," she added. Miss Kinsloe further clarified the purpose of this meeting by stating that an attempt would be made to straighten out the accusa tions which have been made in both directions. The meeting will be conducted in as friendly and informal an. atmosphere as pos sible, she said. .The SGA investigation Com mittee stated that it found no evidence to refute the assertion of Lion's Paw members that the group as a whole exerted no in iluenee upon student government. LP members did not deny their influence on student government as individuals but they asserted this was not a result of "Lion's Paw's decision to act as a group," the committee said. The committee suggested that Lion's Paw's purposes and means of advancing its causes be re vealed to the student body in more detail. ZBT Will Have Hearing Tonight Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, charged with disorderly conduct for holding a "rowdy and wild beer party" Saturday night, will have a hearing before Justice of the Peace William Bell at 7 to night. The party was brought to the attention of the police by com plaints of local residents. When the last complaint, registered at 3:15 a.m., failed to attain the group's cooperation, charges were made against the fraternity. The case will also be referred to the Senate Sub-Committee on Discipline, according to Le Roy Austin, associate dean of men. Allies Back U.S. Attack on 02 Action UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (?P)—Britain and France lined up behind the United States yesterday in attacking the So viet Union for bringing the spy, plane issue into the UN Security Council. Statements by the U.S. allies and other delegates at the Coun cil foreshadowed certain defeat for the Soviet Union in its at tempts to have the United States branded an aggressor for sending aerial spy flights over Soviet ter ritory. There were these additional de velopments on the second day of the Council's debate over the So- The recommendation that ROTC be dropped as a graduation re quirement and that it be made voluntary for students in liberal arts was passed unanimously by the LA faculty members with no discussion. The proposed changes in the bachelor of arts program would lower the minimum number of credits for graduation to 124 for women and 130 for men. At pres ent women must complete a mini mum of 126 credits and men a minimum of 132 credits. Minimum credits for the sug gested bachelor of science degree would also be 124 for women and 130 for men. The suggested program for a bachelor of arts degree is in tended to put s greater respon sibility on the advisor. Under it students would be allowed more freedom in choosing courses to -meet graduation requirements in certain fields. For example, at present stu dents must take specific courses such as Economics 14 and Poli tical Science 3 to complete the social science requirements, If the new program is approved by the Senate, however, students could choose from courses in eco nomics, history, political science, sociology, anthropology, archeol ogy, social science and interna tional understanding to complete their requirements. A similar change is called for in all of the other four major areas in liberal arts sciences, foreign language, sneaking and writing skills and humanities. In discussion of the require ment changes, a suggestion was voted down that six credits of his tory be required among the pro posed 15 in the general field of social sciences. Robert K. Murray, head of the Department of History, said the move "would be opening Pan dora's box" for other faculty members who wanted their courses made requirements. Requirements for the new bachelor of science degree would be similar to those for a bachelor of arts. In both pro grams 15 credits in the field of social, science would be needed, 12 cridits in foreign languages and 9 credits in speaking and writing skills. However, 24 credits of sciences would be needed for a bachelor of science degree as opposed to 15 for a bachelor of arts in the new program. Twelve credits in the humanities field would be required for a bachelor of science degree as opposed to 15 for a bachelor of arts. Encampment Meeting Today A meeting for all students who will be participating in the 1960 Student Encampment will be held at 5:15 p.m. today in the Hebei Union assembly room. viet complaint against the United A. Gromyko told a reporter "We States: Ambassador Henry do not consider it helpful." But 40U.S. Cabot Lodge laid before the he did not say he would vote Council the full, dramatic story against it. of the arrest of 11 Soviet spies There was no direct mention in in the United States since Prime the Council of the U.S. action in Minister Stalin's death in 1953. sending up a Midas "spy-in-the- It was contained in a 2,000-word statement circulated as an of- sky" satellite, but the fact that ficial Council document. such satellites could gather es- • Western support mounted for pionage information was raised a resolution submitted by four by several speakers. small nations on the Council call- Britain's Ambasador Sir Pier- ing on the Big Four to resume son Dixon declared the Soviet negotiations on major East-West Union had failed entirely in try issues with the help of the United ing to prove the United States. Nations. was an aggressor because of the The resolution by Ecuador, Cey- spy plane flights. lon, Argentina and Tunisia will French delegate Armand Ber probably come before the Council and denied also that the U.S. on Friday. flights were either an act of ag- Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei gression or a threat to peace. Tilt Bailll VOL. 60, No. 147 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 25. 1960 FIVE CENTS Senate Suspends Charter of DTD Delta Tau Delta fraternity had its charter suspended yesterday by the Senate Sub- Committee on Group Discipline, according to Dean of Men Frank J. Simes. The committee's decision was made in repealing as "inappropriate" an IFC Board of Control recommendation that the fraternity's social privileges be removed effective May 19 through Oct. 10, and that it be placed on social probation until Feb. 1, 1961. The fraternity had received the penalty for holding an unauthorized Sunday jam OOPS . . . says Royal Brown, sophomore in psychology from Ogontz Center, as he drops his ROTC uniform. Many other fresh men and sophomores have also been performing the delightful task of turning in their uniforms. Bair Released From Hospital Gilbert Bair, senior in business administration from Manheim, who was injured Saturday night in an auto accident in which two University students died, was dis charged yesterday from the Cen tre County Hospital in Bellefonte. Bair suffered contusions of the back and chest in the auto crash. Frederick , Meyer, junior in dairy science from Elkins Park, is still listed in fair condition in the Centre County Hospital, hos pital authorities said. Meyer's condition has not changed since Monday morning. Meyer is suf fering from a possible fractured skull and internal injuries. Killed in the auto crash were Robert Dockety, senior in busi ness administration from Nar berth, and William Poyck, grad uate student in political science from Lancaster. n't ASD FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By LYNNE CEREFICE Weather to Remain Sunny and Warm Brisk westerly winds transport ed drier air into this area yester day resulting in less cloudiness and more sunshine, The pleasant weather will con tinue today and tomorrow, al though the temperature may be quite warm by tomorrow after noon. Today will be sunny and warm with a high temperature of 76 de grees. Clear and mild weather is in prospect for tonight. The mini mum reading will be near 58 de grees. 3 Students Arrested For Stealing Signs Three University students were arrested in Lewisburg early Monday morning for stealing signs at a number of places in Centre County. Norman Strawfer, freshman in engineering from Har isburg, Charles Maneval, freshman in chemistry from Dun- cannon, and Arthur Allison, jun ior in chemical engineering from Clio, Mich., were apprehended by Lewisburg police at 3 a.m. Mon day. Police said the men took a State College Air Depot sign, a high way marker at Atherton St. and College Ave. and Air Force and ROTC signs from campus. They were also charged with taking a large thermometer near, Boals burg and the Centre County Bea gle Club sign near Aaronsburg. The signs were found in the car in which they were riding and are now at the State Police sub-station at Rockview. Allison paid a $25 fine and costs after appearing before a Union County justice of the peace and the same fine and costs Totiggiau session May 15. The function was a violation of a directive issued last spring by Dean 0. E. Edward Pollock, for mer assistant to the dean of men in charge of fraternity affairs, which stated that Sunday after noon "jam sessions" at fraternity houses were no longer approved social functions. According to the regulations imposed by a charter suspen sion, the house may not function as a fraternity except to com plete its present semester's pledging program. This involves the loss of IFC membership and participation in all campus ac tivities, social or otherwise, as a group. The house is also pro hibited from initiating new members under These rules. Simes said the committee found the control board's ruling too le nient in view of past offenses com mitted by the house during the current academic year. In previous actions, Delta Tau Delta had suffered a two week loss of all social privileges ear lier in the semester when a broth er and his date were found in an improperly lighted room which had been locked from inside. The incident violated an IFC rule which states that "all entertain ment areas will be properly light ed and open at all times." Reports from long distance Bell Telephone operators con cerning offensive actions of in dividual members were also brought to the attention of the dean of men's office, Simes said. Several members of the group, !while under the influence of al cohol, had placed long distance phone calls to Gov. Edmound 'Pat" Brown of California and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, he said. In dealing with the patter, Simes said he found the students "extremely uncoopera tive." In addition, it was found that a minor, who was suspended for drunken and reckless driv ing from the University yester day by the committee, had been (Continued on page five) before justice of the peace Wil liam Bell of State College. The cases of the other two stu dents will be handled through the Vehicle Code law. They will be sent summons request ing them to pay the fines and costs in Union and Centre Coun ties. Allison was charged imme diately because he is a resident of another state. The charges for which they were arrested are specifically des ignated as removing highway markers. The incident is being investi gated by the office of the dean of men and definite action will be taken, Leroy Austin, assistant to the dean of men, said yesterday.
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