The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 13, 1960, Image 1
—Collegian Photo by John Beauge FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR: Connie Becker, left, freshman in liberal arts from Williamsport, and Susan Bogucki, freshman in secondary education from Wilkes-Barre, have hopes for a "White Christmas" after measuring nearly a foot of snow in front of McKee "esterday. . 1 F i Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy, Very Cold VOL. 61. No. 60 Four-Term Plan Causes Revision of LA Program By PAT DYER (The following is the first in a series of articles describing the adjustments planned in the various colleges for the four-term year.) Sun-tanned students returning from the long four-month summer vacation next fall will find themselves faced with five-day scheduling for the romance languages, history courses by TV, three-credit math courses and a complete revision of the scheduling of basic requirements as the College of the Liberal Arts moves into the four-term plan. Executive Secretary Proposed for SGA A proposal that the student body hire a full-time execu tive secretary to represent its interests and to investigate all phases of student government recommendations will be heard by SGA Assembly Thu The plan which was draw physics from Rochester, N.Y., was presented to SGA Rules Commit tee which placed it on the Assem bly agenda last night. The proposal is designed to remedy what Brandt calls the "ineffectiveness of student gov ernment." He contends in his pro posal that the "in and out" groups participating in student govern ment result in an "inept group of people wasting a fantastic amount of time and accomplishing next to nothing." In order to eliminate this con• dition he proposed that the stu dents be represented by an ex ecutive secretary, possibly a law school graduate who would be under the direct pressure of the students. Brandt said that the secretary would have the opportunity to explore many facets of any prob lem that might escape the aver age student's attention. In this way, he said, the interests of the students would be investigated on a full-time basis in a manner which student leaders would not be able to accomplish due to the time element involved. To pay the secretary, Brandt suggests that a cutback be made in the salaries of the student of ficers and in the amount spent on student encampment. Applicants for the position. he explained, could be screened (Continued on page, seven) STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13. 1960 •sday night. up by John Brandt, senior in ROTC Officers Choose Vincent Mil Ball Queen Barbara Grey Vincent, junior in home economics from Lans downe, was chosen Queen of the Military Ball Friday night and will reign for a year as Honorary Commandant of the Cadets and Midshipmen of the Penn State ROTC Units. Miss Vincent escorted by Rob ert Costagliola of the Naval ROTC, was crowned by Master of Ceremonies Ray Leahey and given a gold loving cup. The Queen was chosen from five finalists by the commanding officers of the three ROTC units, Col. Robert E. Lee (Navy), Col. Ellis B. Richie (Army),• and Col. William J. Kane (Air Force). The four runners-up composed the Queen's court. They were Sandra Baker, junior in arts and letters from Langhorne, escorted by Warren Metzger Army; Margo Lewis, sophomore in home econmoics education from Phil ipsburg, escorted by Ted Kasu bick—Army. Sandra Shannon, junior in (Continued on , page seven) State College Begins Cleanup As Cold Weather Continues The State College area be gan to dig out from under one of the worst snowstorms on record yesterday, but the cleanup job promises to be a long one since the very cold weather will continue for sev eral days. The snowfall, measured at 11% inches, was the heaviest fall since the early November storm of 1953 deposited 13 inches on the local area. Sub-zero cold followed the heavy snowstorm into Pennsylva nia and temperature readings were expected to range from zero to 15 below in the state this morn ing. An early morning reading of 2 below was expected here. Even colder readings are pre dicted for tonight. The mercury may touch 5 below zero at the University Weather Station and a record-breaking 15 below in well-exposed areas. Strong and gusty winds along it ailg FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Entering freshmen and upper classmen still working off basic liberal arts requirements will probably carry similar schedules under the new proposals for the four-term plan, according to Richard C. Maloney, associate dean of the college. Two required courses and one elective will be scheduled each term. Freshmen will start with English and language require ments and later pick up science and math and social science cred its, Maloney said. The basic romance language and mathematics sequences are also slated for extensive changes. The language courses which now meet three times a week for three credits will probably be changed to four-credit courses which will meet very day three class pe riods and two lab periods, Mal oney said. The mathematics sequence now consisting of four four-credit !courses starting with Math 41 will probably be changed to a five course sequence in which each course will carry three credits. One of the most extensive changes in the cperation of !courses is planned by the Depart ment of History. History 18, 19, 29 and 21 will be organized under la special TV series, according to Robert W. Green, associate profes sor of history. Students registering for these courses will he assigned to groups of about 25. Each class period will i be divided into 45 minutes of lec ,ture and 30 minutes of discussion. Lectures will he given by one of the three full-time professors teaching the course. • The really novel feature of the plan is the operation of a three track or three level system to take care of the different inter ests and skills of those taking the courses, Green explained. - One track is for the ordinary student who will in discussion groups led by graduate assistants. Another is for history majors, (Continued on page seven) By JOEL MYERS Totirgiatt with temperatures in the middle teens allowed considerable blow ing and drifting snow yesterday and last night and some addition al drifting is due today, although winds will be subsiding. The State Police reported last evening that all roads in Centre County are open, although some of the mountain roads are snow covered and treacherous. All roads have been cindered. Plowing units were working all night in an attempt to have all parking lots open by this morning. However, some of the smaller lots may not be cleared until later today. The Philadelphia area bore the brunt of the storm with official measurements within the city ranging from 15 to just over 20 inches, This made this the fifth heaviest snowfall .in the city's his tory and the biggest since 1935. Considerable blowing and drift ing snow powered by gale force winds. sometimes as high as 50 miles an hour, brought traffic in the state's largest city to a vir tual standstill from Sunday af ternoon through last night. All schools were ordered Top Cabinet Accepted by PALM BEACH, Fla. ( JP —President-elect John F. Ken nedy yesterday 4 'chose the high command of the new adminis tration's foreign policy team. He named Dean Rusk secretary of State, Chester Bowles undersecretary and Adlai E. Steven son ambassador to the United Nations. Rusk, 51, a Democrat, is presi dent of the Rockefeller Founda tion and served as assistant sec retary of state for Far Easternl affairs in the Truman administra-1 tion In announcing this key ap poiniment, Kennedy spoke of Rusk as a man with a deep in terest in a bipartisan approach to foreign policy—"the best man available" for the job of seeking "peace, freedom and the just life." Stevenson, the Democratic pres idential nominee in 1952 and 1956, accepted the UN post after taking four days to muli over the offer Kennedy first made to him last week. Stevenson, 60, agreed to serve after learning Rusk would head the State Department and satisfying himself regarding policy matters. Bowles, 59, also a Democrat, is a member of the House of Repre sentatives from Connecticut. He did not seek re-election. He served as a foreign policy adviser to Kennedy during the presiden tial campaign. Bowles is a former ambassa dor to India, former governor of Connecticut and headed the ' Office of Price Administration during World War 11. In response -to a question, Ken-! nedy said he had met Rusk for the first time last week when they conferred at Kennedy's Washington home. But Kennedy added he had given long and careful study to the responsibili ties of the man to be-secretary of State, and . concluded that Rusk is "the best man available that the United States can get." Rusk called the responsibility he is taking on compelling and sobering. He pledged to Kennedy "whatever capacity and energy I can bring to the State Depart ment," for which Rusk said he has profound- respect and af fection. MEI closed .yesterday and today. Thousands of stores and shops never opened for business. The remainder of the Keystone state was buried under 4 to 12 inches with the least accumula tions in the western part of the commonwealth. The• wintery scene was not re stricted to Pennsylvania, howev er. Heavy snows, near hurricane force winds and bitter cald lashed New England and New York state yesterday after paralyzing pot tions of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia on Sunday night. Atlantic City and Washington reported eight inches while Bal timore received slightly more than a foot of snow. A slight warming trend may be gin by Thursday, but there is also a chance of more snow by then. The local forecast calls for part ly cloudy and very. cold weather for today with a high near 20 de grees. Tomorrow should he sunny and cold with a high reading of 25 de grees. ; I The Problem 1 Is Action --See Page 4 Post Rusk No Decision Reached On SGA Seats The Rules Committee Of the Student Government Associa tion decided last night that it could make no decision on the recent removal of six members of the Assembly. Rules Committee is not a judi cial body and does not have any power in deciding election mat ters, Robert Harrison, chairman, explained. The committee heard testimony by Dennis Eisman, acting chair man of Campus Party, that the action of an impromptu commit tee in dismissing the "interim" members was illegal. Upon the discovery that there were 48 assemblymen instead of the prescribed' 42, a group con sisting of Robert Umstead, elec tions commission chairinan, James Ettelson, head of the SGA su preme court, and Susan Sherman, SGA secretary-treasurer, deter mined that those members elected with the least number of votes in the spring election were filling interim terms which had expired. According to Harrison, the terms were ended but no one had informed these involved members. Harrison agreed that the commit tee had no power to put Assem blymen out of office but that their action was somewhat justified when viewed as merely that of setting -up the roll call of eligible members. 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