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VOL. 61, No. 62
Assembly to Hear
Brandt Proposal,
Da rra n
The Student Government Association's week - old
Assembly members will begin their one-year terms tonight
as a propOsal to hire a full-time executive secretary and a
resolution to voice student opinion are presented.
The proposal, submitted in letter form by John Brandt,
Bookstore
Report Goes
To Trustees
A comprehensive report on
the need and procedures for
setting up a University Book
store has been prepared by
Theodore Simon, a member of
the Junior Class Advisory
Board, for submission to the
Board of Trustees and to the
Student
_Government Associa
tion.
According to Simon, Robert
Harrison, SGA Rules Committee
chairman, is preparing a bill con
cering the bookstore for action
at the SGA Assembly meeting
tonight.
Simon's report delves into the
background of past student ef
forts to establish a bookstore
and includes information gath
ered from 45 such bookstores
across the nation.
Simon's report states that stu
dents can save money from pur
chasing at such a bookstore be
cause it would be run without
the "profit motive" on which the
downtown stores are based.
"A campus . store can give a
better price because it operates
more efficiently than a private
store. There are fewer executive
salaries, wages are lower and little
advertising," the report explains.
A student bookstore would
also be able to supplement the
need for a new bookstore as
the student body expands to
the projected 25,000 in 1970, the
report states.
In his research Simon has found
that 87 per cent of the state uni
versities with over 10,000 enroll
ment have bookstores. Moreover,
the report states, almost every
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—Collegian photo by Rick Bower
THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS—State College is a world of light
as seen from S. Allen St. looking toward the Mall. The lights are
a good reminder that Christmas is but 11 days away. •
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Resolution
senior in physics from Rochester,
N.Y., suggests 'that the student
body hire a full-time executive
secretary to represent its interests
and to investigate all phases of
student government recommen
dations.
Brandt proposes that the secre
tary could be a law school grad
uate who would be under direct
pressure of the students.
The secretary, Brandt pro
poses, could be paid by making
a cutback in the salaries of
student officers and in the
amount spent on student en
campment.
A resolution to give SGA As
sembly the power to voice student
opinion on matters of local, na
tional and international levels
will be presented by Walter Dar
ran, majority' leader of University
Party.
In his resolution, Darran notes
that he would like to see SGA
make statements on contemporary
problems such as lack of academic
freedom in Spain and the segre
gation problem in New Orleans.
Under committee reports, Tim
Nelligan, chairman of the SGA
Committee on Commonwealth
Campus Integration, will recom
mend that a committee on corn
monwealth campus integration be
set up by the Assembly.
This committee, he recom
mends, would have one member
to communicate with each cen
ter and two Assemblymen-with
one acting as chairman.
Robert Harrison, chairman of
the Rules Committee, will recom
mend that the future Rules Com
mittees record minutes of their
meetings.
Ted Simon, member of the
Junior Class Advisory Board, will
give a report on the possibility
of a University book store.
Assembly will also hear a report
by Cynthia Xanthopolous, chair
man of the Inter-Racial Problems
Committee.
Elections will be held for new
members of the Rules Commit
tee and for a President Pro-Tern
pore.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15. 1960
'Liberals'
To Discuss
Future Aims
A lively discussion is ex
pected to develop tonight,
when the future of the pro
posed Liberal party is dis
cussed at an open party meet
ing in 217-218 Hetzel Union Build
, ing, according to .Richard Snyder,
chairman of the group.
At the present time the party
has two alternatives open to it,
Snyder continued. The party can
either become a political action
'group or can change its constitu
tion to make it comply with the
regulations set up by the Uni
versity Senate, Snyder explained.
Both proposals will be pre
sented at the meeting tonight.
An organized political action
group would be a new form of
political activity on campus.
This group would have no of
ficial UniversW function but
would act to promote the ideas
proposed by the backers of the
Liberal Party, Snyder con
tinued.
It would act much as the party
did during the student election
this fall, when candidates backed
by the party captured three seats
in the new Student Government
Association assembly, Snyder ex
plained.
The other alternative available ]
to the party, he said, is to alter
or eliminate the troublesome
membership clause which allows
the party to dismiss any member
who is felt to be undesirable.
The Senate did not charter the
( groupg because of this clause. The
clause was changed by the Lib
eral group but was rejected a
second time by the Senate com
mittee.
Ceiga Compositions
To Be Performed
By Chapel Choir
The University Chapel Choir
will present the 13th annual Can
dlelight Service at 9 tonight in
Schwab.
The choir will sing seasonal
carols and anthems with special
music composed by George E.
Ceiga for the organ and brass en
semble.
The chorale from "Sleepers
Wake" by Bach, "Hcrrick's Cai
ol." "This Endris Night" and "As
Joseph Was A-Walking" are some
of the works that will be pre
sented.
Liturgists for the service will
be Dr. Luther H. Harshbarger,
University Chaplain, and Rev.
Preston N. Williams, assistant
University Chaplain.
Broader SGA Action
Barran Pro
SGA President Richard Ha
ber said yesterday that the
basic problem involved in.
Walter Darran's resolution to
give Assembly the incentive.
of expressing opinion in a wider
larea of student interest is wheth
er the real opinion of the student
body could be expressed through
SGA.
Darran's resolution, which will
be brought before SGA tonight,
would try to get Assembly to take
an official stand on various is
sues in order to represent student
opinion.
The resolution states that
SGA must not necessarily have
a plan of action on an issue in
order to take a stand on it.
Darran, who is University Par
ty majority leader on Assembly,
By MEG TEICHHOLTZ
Riot Forces
Turn pack
Algerians
ALGIERS (TO—French riot forces used guns, tear gas
and roaring concussion grenades yesterday to turn back
swarms of Moslems in the seaport of Bone and around the
ancient Casbah of Algiers.
Two Moslems were killed and an undetermined number
WUS Gives
Scholarship,
Medical Aid
World University Service
offers an opportunity f•o r
American students to ai d
their international fellow stu
dents by supplying scholar
ship and medical relief.
Originally WUS was .concerned i
with war and disaster relief but
it is presently occupied with de
veloping potential in economically i
oppressed areas.
Hungarian students benefited
from the 1959-60 efforts. The pro
posed 1960-61 program includes
aid to Europe, Africa, Middle
!East, Far East, Southeast Asia,
Algeria and Hungary for com
munity development projects,
scholarships and education ma- ,
terials, clinics and medical sup-i
plies and food supplies to supple
ment inadequate diets.
The Penn State division of Na
tional WUS has been conducting
their annual fund-raising cam
paign mainly through appeals to
fraternities, sororities and other
campus organizations, The cam
paign will continue until Sunday
with collection receptacles placed
in the dining areas, residence
halls and the Hetzel Union Build
ing for individuals who wish to
contribute. -
Varsity Show to Be Aired
Radio stations WMAJ and
WDFM will broadcast a "Meet the
Varsity Show" 9:45 tonight fea
turing Dr. Roger B. Saylor, pro
fessor of business - statistics and
an expert on sports statistics, and
Jerry Abrams, sports director of
WDFM,
&.,,di *isck!ssed
said that he has included mat
ters of national and international
significance as part of his resolu
tion because these events can af
fect students everywhere.
In commenting on the resolu
tion, Haber added that if passed
and utilized, the students would
be able to get an idea of how well
they are being represented by the
Assemblymen they elected. Haber
added that "it is fine always to
express student opinion. as long
as it is not taken for University
official opinion."
Darren had said on Wednes
day • that "by saying this is a
state institution, the adminis
tration has kept SGA from voic
ing opinion on issues outside of
campus affairs because they
feel that student opinion is in
terpreted by outsiders as being
the voice of the University."
Robert Bernreuter, special as-
lAn Arm
of Hope
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wounded when police .in Bone
opened fire on 2,000 Moslems
who turned a funeral procession,
for comrades killed in Tuesday's
rioting, into a screaming nation
alist demonstration. This brought
to 125 the number killed in riot
ing since last Sunday.
The demonstrators in Algiers
shouted "This is the insurrec
tion:" and called for the eleva
tion to power of exiled rebel
Premier Fehrat. Abbas. Those
in Bone waved rebel flags.
, Abbas rejects President Charles
de Gaulle's self-rule policy for
Algeria and demands immediate
independence. He is in neighbor
ing Tunis. De Gaulle has just end
ed a five-day tour of Algeria
trying to win over Moslems and
hostile French settlers alike. .
Whipped up by nationalist dem
onstrations within the old mys
terious Casbah qtiarter, Moslem
mobs several times tried to Corm
near the district which has been
cordoned off since Sunday.
After a night and day of wild
demonstration inside the native
quarter, the Moslems first tried
I to march on the worker district
of Bab•el•Oued a mile away.
As this ne.,ws reached European
workers there, many took to
their windows, holding pistols
and hunting rifles.
Inside the Casbah, three henna
haired girls had harangued the
men to riot. Police fired and the
Moslems fled.
De Gaulle seems to hope many
Moslems will vote "yes' outside
the inflamed nationalist areas in
his referendum in January nn Al
geria's future.
If the referendum wins a large
majority in France itself, which
is judged likely, De Gaulles hand
would then be strengthened for
possibly opening new contracts
with Abbas and other leaders of
the rebellion for a cease-fire.
SGA to Convene Early.
Robert Harrison, chairman of
SGA Rules Committee, an
nounced that due to the Chap
el Choir candlelight service be
ing held at 9 tonight, the SGA
Assembly will meet at 7 to
night instead of 7:30.
sistant to the President for stu
dent affairs, also commented on
Darran's resolution yesterday
saying that "making statements
on non-campus matters is the
concern of a debating society and
that the function • of Student
government is to regulate stu
dent affairs.
Frank J. Simes, dean of men,
yesterday gave still another
view of the proposed resolution.
He noted that he doesn't "be
lieve SGA need class a resolu•
tion to this ' effect .since I
thought they had that authority
anyway."
Simes added that Darran's res
olution sounds similar to the
statements of the National Stu
dent Association, which "is al
ways taking a stand on some is
sue or another." NSA is an organi
zation of student government
leaders.
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