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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
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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
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