—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.
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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.
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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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