Oite BMW' VOL. 61. No. 12 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30. 1960 FIVE CENTS Assembly Approves Election Bill By BARB YUNK A mock national election to be organized by the Young Republicans and the Young Democrats was approved by the Student Government As sociation Assembly at its first meeting of the year last night. SGA promised to support the two organizations in sponsoring the election which has been ten tatively set for the last week in October.' Neal Rhoads, chairman of the Young Republicans, and Joseph Wells, chairman of the Young Democrats, explained to Assem blymen that any expense for the campaigns and the election will be borne by the two organizations. The main problem facing the two organizations arises from the necessity for the University to remain neutral. William F. Fuller, manager of associated student affairs, told Assembly men that, in order for the Uni versity to remain absolutely im partial, it would be necessary to give both parties equal time for any speakers which might be scheduled during the cam paigns. This would mean that, should Vice President Richard. M. Nix on be Ole to speak here, Fuller explained, he would be permit ted to speak only to members of the Young Republican Club. He could not appear at a public meet ing unless the Democratic nom inee, Senator John F. Kennedy could also appear sometime dur ing the campaign. The same rule would apply, he continued, even if a represen tative or a senator should speak. ' In other business, SCA again . took up the question of racial discrimination in housing. A bill to permit SGA to go on rec ord as being opposed to all forms of racial discrimination, espe cially in the area of housing, was presented last spring by Jacob Dentu, graduate student in electrical engineering. Discussion on the bill last spring ended when it was dis covered that constant exiting of Assemblymen had removed the quorum in the middle of the meet ing. Macmillian Proposes 'Limited Approach' UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (EP) British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan proposed yesterday a limited approach to disarmament—but indications were his proposal, like all those before it, would bog down in the old quarrel' over controls. He told the U. N. Genera group of experts to solve the tech nical problems of stopping ,the spread of armaments, guarantee ing against surprise attack, and gradually cutting down all arms. He denied that to do this would mean 'the "control without disar mament" that the Soviet Union has accused the West of seeking. But Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, clearly still skep tical, at one point shouted: "You accept disarmament and we will accept any control." Macmillan's proposal was the most elaborate scheme any Western leader yet had present ed id the assembly with the ob ject of getting disarmament negotiations resumed. He withheld his view on Khru- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE RAIN DANCES ARE OBSOLETE on Thursdays, now that the Air. Force ROTC uses the ice rink for drill in 'case of inclement weather. In the words of that famous code, neither rain nor sleet nor ice nor snow shall prevent them from carrying out their patriotic duties. Stone Valley Outing Approved by SGA Stone Valley is in for fail housecleaning—en masse. A bill asking that Student Government Association sponsor and organize ~a Stone Valley Work-Outing Day was passed unanimously by - the SGA Assembly last night. The bill, introduced by Duane Alexander, (C.) sophomore class president, calls for an all out effort by students and faculty members to help prepare the (Stone Valley 'area for operation in the winter or spring of 1961. The outing will be held on Oct. 122, which is also the Saturday of (Greek Week. Alexander explained that all ,students, either as individuals or,' as members .of' organized groups, ,are welcome to participate in the 'clean-up which will include clear-, ing the shoreline, preparing al [picnic area and toboggan slope. , Since the Lions will be playing a football game at Illinois a pub lic address system will be hooked I .up at the valley. area so thati workers "can hear . the game. A hot-clog roast is also planned) as a climax to the Outing Day. Alexander said that the ad ministration was anxious to work with the students on the project' and that the Forestry Club, Out-I ing Club and Greek Week corn-: mittee have all offered in their as sistance. He said that the Greek Week committee will assign certain I :fraternity-sorority groups to work lon the Stone Valley project. Scattered Showers ExOected Today Mostly cloudy skies and some , what higher temperatures are ex pected today and tonight with- a few showers likely during this afternoon and tonight. ' Fog and drizzle may form early his morning. but it should break up during the late morning hours. A few rays of sunshine may be seen this afternoon. Clearing skies, less humid and slightly cooler weather is indi cated for tomorrow. Temperatures should rise to about 72 degrees this afternoon and to about 68 tomorrow after noon. Tonight's minimum will be close to 58 degrees. Assembly it should set up a shchev's revised -version of the year-old Soviet plan for general and complete disarmament, which the Soviet leader put before the assembly last Friday. Macmillan indicated his propo sal was intended as a supplefrient rather than a competitor to oth ers "a modest step" toward progress. He said the report of the proposed experts' group would be of great advantage to any dis armament negotiating body. He proposed the appointment of "a group of technical experts, scientific, military and adminis trative, to prepare a report Within a period to be agreed," telling what to do to solve three kinds of problems. Tidirgiatt A WS-Communit Elections AWS Plans Oct. Elections The schedule and procedure 'senator of the Women's Student' ;Goverment Association. for election of Community . Application for Community Council members and fresh-, Council and AWS Senate elec lions will be based upon self- ,man AWS Senate m -, mbers I t. - 1 nomination. Applicatio forms at-large were made . known for these positions will be available Tuesday at the Helsel yesterday. Elections will be Union desk. Those wishing to held on Oct. 19 and 21, apply for candidacy should com- 1 plete the blanks and return I Elected repreientation on thel them by 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 'Community Coitncil will be pro-. to the HUB desk. Iportionate to the number of stud Approved candidates will be notified shortly thereafter and dents of each class residing in , iwill meet with a member of the the community at the ratio of one AWSElections Committee to re 'representative for every 1001 c eive campaign instructions and women. Ito review the elections code on _ . . Two freshmen will be elected to' Tuesday, Oct. 11, in their respec fill the position of AWS Senate'tive residence areas. members-at-large those mem- Candidates will campaign dur bers elected according to class ing the week from Wednesday,' rather' than area of residence. The Oct. 12 to Wednesday, Oct. 19. freshman member-at-large will On Oct. 19, preliminary elec be equal to the former freshman lions will be held at central Senate Abandons Attendance Rules Ruling Becomes Effective At End of Next Month By MEG TEICHHOLTZ and LYNNE CEREFICE In one month there will be no Uniersity policy on class attendance The decision of the University Senate to eliminate the rules on attendance from the Regulations for Undergraduates came after a strong controversy developed on the floor, yes terday. The policy will go into of ing, when the minutes of yester day's session are approved. In his presentation, Monroe Newman, chairman of the Sen ate Committee on Student Af fairs, said, "The new system would tend to shift the empha sis in grading from attendance to scholastic achievement." Secretarial duties • would be done away with . and faculty members would substitute judg ment of students in determining the legitimacy of an absence, Newman added. As the Senate Regulations now stand, rule M-L which states that grades shall be assigned to stu dents solely on ; the basis of the instructor's judgment as to the student's scholastic attainment, is the only ruling on grading pro cedure. Rule K-2, now eliminated, stat-, ed that a student who registers for a course and then ceases WI attend class without officially: dropping it shall be given a grade of F in the, course and shall be subject to discipline. Ernest McCoy, director of ath letics, raised the first objection to the proposal, saying that his de- Ipartment is concerned about ath letes being absent from classes :during the week, since they were required to leave campus on the weekends. "The control over absences for athletic reasons is still re tained in rule X-8 of the regu lions," Newman answered. "A 1 distinction should be made," he added, "between absence from class and absence from cam pus." The elimination of the K rules would be a big step in the devel opment of maturity in the stu dent, Senator Joseph Jordan, who also called the rules "fraternal istic;" said, The question of where author ity of discipline for excessive ab sences would rest, should the pro posal be approved, brought an amendment by Senator R. Hadly Waters to retain rules K-1 and K-2. This was answered by Jor dan who said that some students 'can attrin good grades without attending classes; "A . student should be assigned a grade on the basis_ of his scholastic achieve ment and not on class atten .dance." The amendment was defeated. A division was called after (Continued on page five) ect at the Nov. 3 Senate meet- TIM Council Seeks Split From AIM An interim Town Indepen dent. Men's Council agreed Wednesday to recommend that TIM become an autono- L mous governing body. TIM is now a subsidiary of the Association of Independent Men. It may become autonomous to fit in with the new community liv ing structure, Phillip Haines, TIM president, said. Last spring the council created an interim group to coordinate town men's activities until their fall elections. This group can make no constitutional changes, so definite action on the autono- Imous body proposal will wait un til a full council is chosen, Haines said. If the proposal is approved by TIM and a Senate subcommittee, TIM might have equal represen tation on .an Wependent Stu dents Association'now under con sideration. The ISA would be composed of the executive committees of the three independt students' organ izations, TIM, AIM and Leonides. In other -business, Haines an nounced that TIM Council elec tions will be Oct. 6 in the Hetzel Union Building and Oct. 7 in the Electrical Engineering. Present council members will be listed as incumbents on the ballot. A committee was appointed to investigate the possibility of tele casting the Penn State-Syracuse football game on eidophore in Schwab for student viewing. Frank Jankosky, TIM parlia mentarian, was appointed to look into the taxes town men might be required to pay. Frank Bur kett was appointed chairman for TlM's annual banquet.• points in each community where women are residing to deter mine final candidates for the available positions. Final elections for Community Council members and freshman AWS members-at-large will be held on Friday, Oct. 21. The minimum membership for each Community Council has been set at five. However, the maximum number of mem bers will be determined only by the ratio of one representa tive for every 100 women in residence. Adviiors for the Community Councils will be the respective, residence community coordinators while guidance for unit and stand ing committees will be offered by senior residents. The following appointments were announced by Margaret Mc- Pherson, president of AWS (Continued on page eight,
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