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VOL. 61. No. 5
FIGHT ON STATE rung clearly over campus as the freshmen
exercised their voices on the steps of Schwab. Today will be
reverse customs with the boys able to question the girls and
vice-versa
Lawn Displays
For Homecoming
Two traditions—fraternity lawn displays and the Home
coming Queen will form the nucleus for the celebration
planned for returning alumni on Oct. 1. Homecoming will be
co-sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Student
Plan Colloquium
For Orientation
Of New Faculty
New faculty members will have
an opportunity to become better
acquainted with the University
during a colloquium which will be
held from 7:55 a.m. to 12 noon
Saturday, in the Hetzel Union
ballroom.
President Eric A. Walker will
open the session with a talk on
the future of the University, fol
lowed by Lawrence E. Dennis,
vice president for academic af
fairs, who will discuss the faculty
at the University. Dr. Harold K.
Shilling, dean of the Graduate
School, will speak on the graduate
school and Dr. Robert C. Bern
reuter, special assistant to the
president for student affairs, on
the undergraduate student.
A film, "Introducing Penn
State," will be shown, after which
the faculty will attend group dis
cussions on faculty affairs.
Student Encampment
Basis for Community Living Planned
By CAROL BLAKESLEE
City Editor
Each year about 100 students,
faculty and administration mem
bers meet informally at student
Encampment to discuss and make
recommendations on problems in
various fields.
This is the first of a series of
articles explaining the recom
mendations which were approved
by this year's Encampment, held
Sept. 7 to 9 at Mont Alto at the
University's School of Forestry.
This year the beginning
stages of a complete concept
of community living have been
inaugurated at the University
—bringing concern about the
structural set-up it will take
and how it will fit in with the
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STATE COLLEGE. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21. 1960
Set
Government Association
The lawn displays must, in some
way, pertain to the Homecoming
Game between Penn State and
Missouri. The displays, which
must be completed by 6 p.m. Fri
day, Sept. 30, must remain intact
until 6 p.m. Saturday.
Fraternities may use no moving
parts and may not spend more
than $45. Displays must be regis
tered by Tuesday noon at the
Hetzel Union desk.
Displays may receive 20 points
for clarity of theme, 30 points
for originality. 20 for expres
sion of Penn State spirit and
30 for craftsmanship.
The first place winner will re
ceive the Alumni Association tro
phy. The top three displays will
be announced at the football
game.
Sororities, fraternities, dorm
units or independent groups in
terested in sponsoring a Home
coming Queen may secure appli
cations today through Friday at
the Hetzel Union desk. Completed
applications must be returned no
later than Monday.
(Continued on page eight)
Approval was given the plan providing that enough
windows will he available to car-
!existing governmental, social The MRC would consist of rep- ry out the project. If the new con- Greek Sunday and the IFC Sing
resentatives from the men's rest—.test does prove feasible, the same .
'and recreational framework. I'
dence areas West Halls, North point schedule will be used to continue on Monday, Oct. 17.
The encampment workshop on!Hans, Nittany Halls and Pollock ,award winners as was used for the,
The Outstanding Pledge Ban
community living came up with would
Halls. This organization 'poster contest in previous years. will
ea
quet will be held Tuesday, Oct.
w----, would be similar to the present 1 The window displays will ,car-•
a broad, general plan which it felt! 18. This year only pledges from
isystem of men's governing units.y out this year's Greek 'Week
could change gradually as thethe Spring 1960 pledge classes
AWS would be organized un- :theme of "great Greeks." This
situations encountered demanded.eligible, since the fall class
der the leadership of the exist- t h eme : will incorporate the idea be
The plan could conceivably ing WSGA which will consider 'of Greeks past and present and will not be pledged in time for
be put into operation this se- reorganization plans at its meet- ;may range from the ancient the selection.
mesfer, since residence hall ing tonight. Greek gods to Greeks on Mount. Exchange dinners, with all sor
units have been set up in corn- Last fall, WSGA set up a ten- Nittany, said Jack Anthony, gen- , arity women eating in fraternity
munity type situations with houses for the first time this year ,
tative reorganization plan subject.eral Greek Week co-chairman,
men arid women sharing the to revision this fall in which rep-1 Rules for the new contest will , will be held Wednesday,• Oct. 19.
same living, dining and recre- lresentatives would be elected probably include starting the dis- Thursday will find the Greeks
ational areas. 1
; from each women's residence plays a week before Greek Week competing in the annual bridge
Government for men and worn-larea by a ratio of 1 to 100 stu-!and keeping the displays through-(tournament.
en on the residence hall basistdents. ;out the week itself. The basis for, The EC Sing Finals are sched
should remain separate at least The workshop felt the ultimate judging the winning displays will for Friday, Oct. 21. Saturday,
for the present time, the work-goal of a single coeducational 1)e set up as soon as the available Oct. 22, sororities and fraternities
shop felt. Therefore, it was rec,governing council would ariseiwindow space can be determined,!will join in Comm.mity Work
ommended that a Men's Resi-Ispontaneously when AWS an&said Anthony. • , Projects. Greek Week will con
dence Council and an Association!MßC felt their activities should i Greek Week, Fall 1980, will ;elude with the !Fe-Panhellenic
of Women Students be set up. 'be merged. open Sunday, Oct. 16, with 'Banquet Tuesday, Oct. 25, . •
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Tension
At U.N.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (P)—The United Nations General Assembly began its 15th
regular session yesterday with the most spectacular diplomatic gathering in its history.
Its newly elected president, Frederick R. Boland of Ireland, warned the delegates they face
a severe test of their ability to preserve world civilization.
An atmosphere of tension prevailed the great hall as the West, headed by the United
i States, squared off for battle with. — -
- !the Communist East. Soviet Pre-:
Bernreuter Says , .
a n i l l i d er bu N,, i i n k e i t a s l ik K e hr y ,t., Tl l s ic o h i e l y cial b ld ris t k o ,
I conduct the . propaganda battle.
Fall Enrollment , for rexy Tells.
the Communist side.
As Khrushchev and the top on trol ,
Communist chiefs of satellite eastH . Use
May Reach 16,000 .
: c u .m i ,,,,
o E n u Europe
quickly
looked on,
sustained the i t
.s Soviet: fii,si
defeat of the session. The dele-:
Fall registration still has over gates elected Boland as president
esarch
a week to run and already the for this session. He received 4G '
More than one-fourth of the
number of students here at main,votes, to 25 for the Soviet-backed
campus has reached a new rec
ord high. candidate, Jiri Nosek of. Czecho- i total bill for higher education
slovakia. I. per country is being spent
At the close of registration last; The Soviet defeat came against! in
, Saturday at noon, 15,741 students the backdrop of rising African for research and development,
had been enrolled, according te , resistance to Communist aims M • '
Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, dean ofAfrica that resulted in a stinging ID resiaent Eric A. Walker said
admissions. He predicted the final;setback for Moscow Monday inNesterday.
figure will pass 16,000. ;the assembly's special session on! ' Walker spoke at the 14th an-
Saturday's total was 1243 above th e
1 Congo. The assembly over-:
the enrollment of 14,498 at the whelmingly supported Secretary-:nual conference on the adminis
ti ation of research, held at the
same time one year ago, and General Dag Hammarskjold's ac-' •-• . . • •
nearly one thousand above the, ty of Michigan. The con
final enrollment of 14,786 of last , ference is considering the guys
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fall. The assembly quickly in- 'Herr of how the federal g,overn-
Bernreuter said that with a, creased U.N. membership from .meat can get the research help it
,little "squeezing" the University 82 to 96 by unanimously voting
!needs from universities without
was able to accommodate the ad-1 in 13 new African states and distorting or controlling the uni
ditional load. In some cases class-, iversities.
I the new Republic of Cyprus.
es have been increased in size' Immediately after the vote for The equipment required and
and additional sections for other president, Boland was called to' the groups of specialists doing
classes have provided for the sur-.the president's chair, to the ap- . their theorizing change research
plus, he explained. He said the ! p of the delegates. i from a personal matter to an
question of sufficient dormitory!
space never posed any problems. Khrushchev and Cuba's pro-; institutional one, he added.
;Khrushchev prime minister, Fi-1 Walker said that the basic
Bernreuter said that the extra AO Castro were united in their:problem of the university in this
1200 includes about 900 extra; disapproval of Boland as they set-up "involves the establish«
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freshmen and 300 students with abstained from the applause. !m e ri t o f p o li c i es an d pr i nc i p l es
advanced standing. A combinal Earlier in the day the two met under which our universities can
Lion of transfers and a larger for the first time when Khrush- sa ti s fy
the legitimate claims
number continuing in school thanl chev produced a public display ' made upon them for research
before account for the additional; of his support for Castro and without. impairing their ability to
students with advanced standing.l the Yankee-baiting Cuban re - !discharge their basic responsibil
' gime by driving to Harlem, New
.ities fur the discovery, preserva-
York's predominantly Negro :tion, and dissemination of knowl
(Continued on page two) !edge."
Walker suggested that rat her
than concentrate the expected
$700,000,000 in grants from the
government in a few select in
stitutions, the funds silent(' he
dispersed. This, he said, would
present these institutions from
becoming huge research centers
having little connection with the
teaching function.
Temperatures Rise
Amid Sunny Skies
A weak high pressure area,,
which will be the controlling fea-.
ture for Pennsylvania's weather;
during the next two days, willi
insure generally fair and pleasant:
conditions. A developing storm!
system in the Northern Plain
state could bring a return to un-'
settled weather on Friday.
The forecast is for sunny and'
•
somewhat warmer today with an!
expected high of 75 degrees.
ree k W ee k. H ea d s
Clear skies and mild tempera
tures are due tonight. The low!
will be near 58 degrees.
Tomorrow should be partly: ?
cloudy with temperatures much
the same as today's with the high! an Ne C ontest
again near the 75 degree mark.
Prevails
Session
Collegian Open House
An open house will be held
from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight in the
basement of Carnegie for all
those students interested in
joining the news staff of The
Daily Collegian.
Plans to substitute a window display contest for the
traditional poster contest held as a part of Greek Week were
conditionally approved last night by the Greek Week corn
!mince.
A Humble
att Start, But
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