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VOL. 61. No. 39 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8. 1960 FIVE CENTS
—•Collegian Photo by Rick Rower
DOUBLE TROUBLE —Penn State halfback A 1 Gursky (43) sees nothing but trouble ahead as Mary
land halfback Mernis Banner (40) and center Bob Hacker (51) close in. State won Saturday’s rain
swept 1960 finale at Beaver Stadium, 28-9.
Bruising Line Play Helps Lions
Break Terp Win Streak, 28-9
As expected, Maryland came up with all sorts of football trickery in Beaver Stadium
Saturday but all the razzle-dazzle went for naught as Penn State resorted to plain, power
football for a 28-9 win.
A crowd Of 20,140, the smallest of the year, watched the final home game on a cold, rainy
day, but they were well rewarded with 60 minutes of solid football.
Sophomore Standing
May Be Eliminated
The traditional class system may be altered by the elim
ination of sophomore standing, when the four-term plan gets
into full operation, Robert G. Bernreuter, special assistant to
the president for student affairs, said yesterday.
Bernreuter explained that a student who completes four
3onsecutive terms may be able to acquire the academic and
Storm System
From Canada
To Bring Rain
A vigorous storm system that
5s moving rapidly eastward across
Southern Canada today will bring
cloudiness and precipitation to a
wide area of the North. Central
and Northeastern sections of the
nation.
Cloudiness will be increasing in
this area today and some light
showers are likely this evening
as the storm passes north of this
region.
Colder air accompanied by brisk
winds and snow flurries will move
into the Commonwealth late to
night following the storm’s pas
sage.
Today will be mostly cloudy,
breezy and chilly with a maxi
mum temperature of 45 degrees.
Cloudy and windy weather is
predicted for tonight with a few
showers during the - evening
changing to snow flurries later.
The overnight low will be near
3Q degrees.
Mostly cloudy, windy and cold
er weather is expected tomorrow.
A high temperature reading of
only 36 is forecast.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By SANDY PADWE
social privileges of junior standing
when he enters his fifth term. This
would include the scheduling of
“400” courses.
The student who takes no breaks
in his education and completes
twelve consecutive terms will be
able to graduate in three calendar
years under the new system which
begins this June.
Bernreuter. added that the
more mature students the Uni
versity is now admitting should
be able to undertake academic
work on the "400" level after
a "rather extended freshman
year of four terms."
Class names, he commented, are
traditional and not necessarily
official; they are not reported on
the student’s transcript. Under the
term system, the term of the stu
dent will be reported on the tran
script.
Bernreuter also said that the
office of student scholarships and
loans is attempting to set aside
money for loans to students who
are planning to continue their edu
cation on a year-round basis.
Ralph N. Krecker, who heads
the scholastic office, said yester
day that loans for students wish
ing to attend the summer term
are being made available through
the reserving of funds allotted for
this academic year. Most of this
money is from the National De
fense Education Act, he said.
(Mlwjtati
By winning. State upped its
record to 4-3 with two games re
remaining against Holy Cross and
Pitt.
The Atlantic Coast Confer
ence Terps saw their three
game win streak broken and
they now have a 4-4 record.
The difference between Mary- 1
land and Penn State Saturdays
■was in the line where the Lions
pounded the Terps mercilessly:
all afternoon. j
"You can’t beat hitting and we
simply oulhit Maryland today,”
Lion coach Rip Engle said after
the game. “We just outblocked
and outtackled them.”
Maryland coach Tommy Nugent
shared Engle’s sentiments but he
went even further in his praise
for the Penn State forward wall.
“Line play won the game for;
Penn State. Their linemen werej
aggresive and they outcharged;
our line,” Nugent said. j
Offensively, there were plen- .
' ly of heroes too. Halfback Jim j
Kerr did another outstanding I
job, scoring two touchdowns |
and leading all the qround gain- |
(Continued on page nine) I
Campus Party Proposes
Student-run multi-level! The proposed platform consists;
i • i t i of the following: I
parking lots, voluntary ROTC,| #A non . pro fi t cooperative stu-j
a non-profit student supplies dent {shop to provide textbooks;
, , , , ~ and possibly clothing at Jowi
store and a plan to directly pr j ces ' ]
include the Governor and the! •Voluntary ROTC. |
t A vi . ! •Student-run multi-level park-;
State General Assembly m j n g i o | s The lots might pay for.
University affairs make upjthemselves by'an hourly rate thusi
~ „ „ , ,sr 'eliminating parking fees. Only;
the Campus Party platform students using the lots would|
first read at Sunday’s meet- have to pay for them and only
for the hours during which they
ing.
are used. j
The platform will be brought’ *One year or four terms of j
up again at next week’s meeting!physical education instead of the!
and discussed for final approval,present system, of two vears. Thisj
before party candidates are nom- plank was proposed in view of;
inated. - This will insure the selee-!the admittedly inadequate fqci-i
tion of candidates who will be lities. j
to the program, Dennis! Each plank would be presented:
Eisman, party chairman, said. ' in the form of' legislation before!
Presidential
Battle Closes
Candidates Eye Polls;
Voting May Be Close
WASHINGTON (/P) John F. Kennedy and Richard M.
Nixon fought to the bitter end yesterday never letting up
a minute, in their furious battle for the presidency.
Both' Republican Nixon and Democrat Kennedy acted as
though they were running scared—the politicians’ term for
taking noting at all for granted.
If Kennedy had the edge this
election morning, as most poll
sters and professional guessers
figured, he didn’t show it. He was
campaigning hard in, of all places,
ihis native New England.
Nixon, the first candidate
ever to carry his campaign into
every state, outdid himself in
vigorous effort.
A four-hour stint of answering
;questions on television from De
troit was just one item for the
vice president. There was also a
late-hour appearance on TV with
Eisenhower, one more
appeal to keep the White House
in Republican hands.
Kennedy, already with a niaior
address arranged nt historic Fan
ueil Hall in Boston, took another
half-hour of air time to reply to
Nixon’s Detroit telethon.
Today this grueling campaign,
so lough that newsmen had to
cover it by platoons, is history
history with a last-chapter written
by an estimated 67 million voters,
a record.
They will choose between two
of the youngest men ever to run
for president: Nixon is 47 and
Kennedy is 43.
. If the voters choose on the basis
iof personalities and admittedly
the campaign issues have never
stirred a tremendous amount of
interest there will be differ
ences aplenty to consider.
In addiiion fo their compara
tive youth and the fact that
both were naval officers in
World War 11, the two men are
as far apart as their home
towns Boston, Mass., for
Kennedy and Whittier, Calif.,
for Nixon.
Kennedy is the son of a multi
j millionaire, former Ambassador
Joseph P. Kennedy. He is a Har
vard graduate who won a Pulitzer
lPrize for his book, ‘Profiles in
i Courage.”
Nixon is the son of a grocer,
and attended Whittier College in
California before getting a law
degree at Duke University in
i North Carolina.
In addition to electing a presi
dent and vice president today,
the voters will elect 34 senators,
437 members of the House of Rep
resentatives and 27 governors.
The Senate is now split (16-34 in
favor of the Democrats and the
House has a Democratic edge of
283-154. No one expects the Re
publicans to win control of the
Senate and few accord them any
chance to do more than reduce
the Democratic majority in the
House.
State, Local
Offices To
Be Filled
Candidates for state and lo
cal offices have perhaps been
overshadowed by the publi
city given nominees for pres
ident in this election year.
But in addiiion to voting for
the chief executive area residents
will also cast ballots for repre
sentative to the U.S, Congress,
judge of the superior court, audi
tor general, state treasurer and
representative to the General As
sembly.
Also on the ballot will be a ref
erendum on a tax to establish and
maintain a free public, non-sec
tarian library, now known as the
Bella Schlow Memorial Commu
nity Library.
The tax would be 5 cents for
every $lOO of assessed property
value.
Running for the U.S. House of
Representatives from the 20th
Pennsylvania congressional dis
trict are Democrat Robert N. Hen
dershot and Republican incum
bent James E. Van Znndt. The
20lh district includes Blair. Cen
tre and Clearfield Counties.
Democrat Gerald F. Flood and
Republican Blair F. Gunther
compete for judge of the superior
court. The term of office is 10
years.
Candidates for auditor general
are Thomas Z. Minehart, Demo
crat; Robert F. Kent., Republican;
George S. Taylor. Socialist Labor;
and Arthur j. Fellabaum, Work
ers.
One woman and three men are
running for state treasurer: Grace
M. Sloan (D.), Charles C. Smith
(R.), Herman A. Johansen (Social
ist Labor) and Morris Chertov
(Workers).
Democrat G. S. Bnssinger and
Republican incumbent Eugene
Fullmer are the candidates for
the Pennsylvania General As
sembly.
Students May Register
For Blood Donations
Any students interested in do
nating blood may register from 9
a.m. to 4 p.tn. in the Helzel Union
first floor lobby.
Students under 21 must have
parental consent to donate blood.
These students may obtain con
sent slips when they register.
look Store
the Student Government Associa
tion. If passed by SGA, it will be
submitted to the administration
for action.
If no action is taken by the
administration, the Governor
will be notified by telegram
and the State General Assem
bly informed.
In the event of a further lack
,of response the platform calls for
a program known as “Stage 2.”
Students will be given form let
ters and the addresses of General
Assembly members so that as
many as possible may inform Ihe
members of their view.-;. In addi
tion the Governor will be per
sonally contacted and SGA mem
bers will get in touch with mem
bers of the General Assembly.
Letters will be sent to alumni
(Continued on page eight}