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VOL. 61, No. 9
LumumbaSupporters
Kidnap 2 Mobutu
Government Aides
'LEOPOLDVILLE, (/P)—Sixty of Premier Patrice Lumum,
ba's supporters kidnaped two of Col. Joseph Mobutu's gov
ernment commissioners yesterday, reputedly in full view of
a U.N. Ghana soldier detachment, then drove them out of
town and beat them severely.
Infuriated, Mobutu again demanded—this time at a tense
Clubs. Spark
1960 Election
Campaign
The fervor of the coming
presidential election will be
felt even more strongly on
campus when two political
clubs swing into action.
The Young Republicans Club, a
member of the newly organized
Young Republican College Coun
cil of Pennsylvania, will hold its
first meeting at 7 tonight in 317
Willard.
The council hopes to establish
clubs at all colleges and univer
sities in the Commonwealth. The
University's club will work close
ly with the headquarters on Col
lege Ave. and will staunchly sup
port the Nixon-Lodge ticket.
Not to be outdone by the GOPs,
the Kennedy-Johnson team will
get campus support from the new
ly organized Young Democrats
Club which will hold its first
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in
217 HUB.
Peter Roeder, president of the
Centre County Young Democrats
Club, will address the group.
Both clubs will be participat
ing actively in the campaign by
distributing literature, backing
their tickets and, in general, urg
ing all eligible students to vote.
Greeks Still Eligible
Five finalists for the 1960 Homecoming queen will be.
selected at 7 tonight in the Hetzel Union ballroom by alumni!
and prominent townspeople. .
Friday, the football team will select the queen who will:
be presented to the student_body Saturday during half-time!
at the Penn State-Missouri game.l
Candidates for homecoming
1 honors have been selected by
I sororities, fraternities and inde-,
pendent groups. Any such group:
I:could sponsor one contestant.
This will be the first time in
recent years that the queen will;
Ibe presented at hte Homecoming;
football game. In previous years;
;the queen was presented during.
ithe Thespian show. ,
I This year's queen will appear ,
la an alumni luncheon at 11:3()
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The Liberal Party was in-ilimited solely to independents. informed the group that this
!a.m. Saturday in the HUB. Shp
augurated as the third campus! He said that a "shameful" had been the case in the devel- 'will be honored on the football'
augu r ated that afternoon along with ;
opment of the already estab-
I situation has arisen in student !her court and will receive a'
political party Sunday by a t i • fished University party.
government at the University from Henry Oppermann,l
Discussion from the floor folj n.° P h Y
group of about 60 students who! in that "out of the 41 Student ;, .
!lowing a motion that the group'
I Government Assembly seats, flowing a • football team. Richard Haber,:
gave their approval and sup- ;approve andsupport the Liberal
only one is held by an indepen. iz ,r - r - , -
port to the body. dent. One student to represent 1
. ar,y as a . permanent oioniza-,
'tam, pending Senate approval, r . ”.
presiden, will present her with'
two-thirds of the student body " loweis ilom the student body.
Richard Snyder, head of the; - -' ;showed some concern for the sue-,
Pollock Halls steering commit-1 Later, when discussion from theeess of the Liberalites. However,' The queen wi ll also help select
winning fraternity lawn dis
tee and chief organizer of the par-(floor was called for by the chair, this concern seemed to be over- t he
ty, was approved by the grouplMacßae was questioned as to thei
hadowed bv the possibility o f s which will be judged Fri-
I • day night. .
present as temporary chairman. i leason for limiting party mern - I"Greek domination." .
The introductory speaker forlbership to independents. To this But before adjournment, the ------------
the party's first meeting was Des-itiery Macßae replied that fra-;g rou p voted unanimously to sup-',Former Dean Writes Paper
mond Macßae, junior in arts an d ! ternities and sororities at the Uni-
Iport the Liberal party. Dr. George L. Haller, former
letters from State College, andiversity are so much better organ- David S. Garland of the speech dean of the College of Chemistry
initiator of the investigations into:ized than independent students' department, will act as advisor toland Physics, and now vice presi-!
alleged fixed campus politics last that once admitted to the party,lthe new party. Leslie Le Winter,ldent of Genera) Electric Co. and
semester. they would soon gain complete!senior in secondary educationigeneral manager of the Defense!
Macßae stated, in the course of control of it. . from Pittsburgh, will serve, underiElectronies Division, is author of
his speech, that he would like toI This statement was backed appointment by chairman Snyder,tan article in the General Electric!
see this new party's membership from the floor by a student who , as recording secretary. 'Defense Quarterly. 1
For IFC-Panhel Sing
Sororities and fraternities may
still enter the annual IFC-Panhel
lenic Sing Contest to be held
Friday, Oct 21, Polly Berge, sing
co-chairman, announced last
night.
Any group interested in enter
ing either the main sing or quar
tet contest may still do so by
contacting Miss Berge. The music
will be made available to the
group within a few days after
application, she added.
60 Students Join New Liberal Party
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STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27. 1960
3-hour meeting of the U.N. Com
mand—that the Ghana brigade be
withdrawn immediately from the
Congo.
The 29-year-old strongman
also called for withdrawal of
Guinea troops, charging that
both Guinea and Ghana favor
Communist-backed Lumumba
in .the Congo's power struggle.
Mobutu first voiced these de
mands last week, charging that
'the two African nations were
meddling in the Congo's internal
affairs. Together their soldiers
constitute almost 20 per cent of
the 16,400-man U.N. force. The
British-officered Ghana brigade
totals 2291 men; the Guinea bat
talion 748.
It appeared unlikely the U.N.
staff, headed by Ambassador Ra
jeshwar Dayal of India, would
agree to Mobutu's demand. U.N.
officials have consistently main
tained no Congolese authority can
restrict the makeup of the com
mand.
Dayal warned in a report to
Secretary-General Dag Ham
marskjold, made public in New
York yesterday, that world
peace may be endangered un
less dissident Congolese factions
patch up their differences. De
spite the infernal difficulties,
Dayal said, there is no doubt
the U.N. presence has had a
steadying effect.
Circulation at the U.N. of this
report, which strongly defended
the way the U.N. and Hammar
skjold have been operating in the
Congo, amounted to a rebuttal of
attacks on the secretary-general
by the Soviet bloc.
Mont Alto Gets
New Instructor
Dr. Sanford D. Schemnitz has
been appointed instructor in for
estry at the Mont Alto branch of
the University. He was formerly
instructor in wildlife manage
ment at the University of Maine.
He holds bachelor of science
[degrees from the University of
Wisconsin and also the University
'of Michigan, the master of sci
ence from the University of
Florida and a doctor of philosophy
'degree from Oklahoma State Uni
versity.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Senate to Discuss
Class Attendance
A proposal to eliminate all University regulations on
Regulations for Undergraduates has brought one of the
life to the attention of the University Senate.
Monroe Newman, chairman of the Senate Committee
that his committee will propose such action at the next
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Pittsburgh fans have put up a sign in West Halls contradicting
their thoughts. As the sign reads, it literally means Beat Them
Bucs which most Pirate rooters don't want.
Alums to Help Pick
1960 Queen Finalists
Men Orientation Counselors
The men's orientation coun
selors will meet at 7 tonight
in the Hetzel Union assembly
room. An counselors must at
tend.
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By MEG TEICHHOLTZ
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class attendance from the Senate
most debated issues of academic
on Student Affairs said yesterday
meeting of the Senate, Oct. 6.
Newman said that this would
eliminate the procedure of grant
:ing students excuses for illness,
athletic events, religious observ
ances and the many other reasons
i that cause absences from classes.
"It is hoped that this will.mean
,that the students and professors
will come to an understanding in
leach course as to attendance pol
icy, should the proposal be ap-
Provcd, - he said.
Rule K-1 in the Senate regu
ations now stipulates that stu
dents be required to attend all
classes and be responsible for
the work covered. It also states
that when instructors feel a
student with too many cuts has
become "deficient" in the course
work they can exclude him
from the course.
Last February the Senate al
tered the then existing rule K-9
which required an instructor to
report. s t udent with three ilic
!cessive imexcused absences Io the
student's dean.
This year's Senate rules elim
inates the reference to the spe
cific number ofthree absences,
stating instead that instructors
are required to report cases of
extended absences as "a pre
caution against unfortunate in
cidents."
The alteration resulted from a
proposal, then defeated, to elimin
late regulation K-1 altogether.
The proposal was made by the
,Senate Committee on Rules, In
igiving his committee report, E. 13.
I Van Driller said the change was
'recommended because it might
place more responsibility on the
student and help him to mature.
Other reasons for the proposed
change last February were: Re
quiring attendance in upper-level
classes might adversely influence
the class attitude.
The time required for roll tak-
Ang is lost in teaching.
The lapse of time between a
student's disappearance from the
'campus and the report of his ab
sence from class is too great to
'provide effective information in
dealing with students absent be
cause of illness or accident.
Cloudy Skies,
Rain Forecast
For Tomorrow
The high pressure area that
gained control of Pennsylvania's
weather last week remained sta
tionary during the weekend and
continued to provide beautiful
weather through yesterday.
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terday and by this`-ciil
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afternoon a more / - ,
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rapid deterioration /
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is expected. This I i/
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will allow an in- Vs ~..
crease in moisture Oki '",
tonight which will
probably be fol
lowed by rain to
morrow.
Today will be mostly cloudy
and slightly warmer than yester
day with an afternoon high read
ing of 72 degrees,
Oveleast skies and mild weath
er is due tonight. The minimum
temperature will be near 57 de
grees,
Tomorrow will be cloudy v , ith
rain likely A high of only Eis
degrees is predicted for ton ,or
row afternoon:
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