TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1960
SGA Member
Contests Seat
SGA Assembly Thursday night felt the ramifications of
the recent "mix-up" in the number of Assemblymen when
Ralph Friedman (C-Soph), contested his dismissal from the
Assembly by assuming a seat at the meeting table.
Friedman was one of six Assemblymembers who had
LAS Usage Test
To Be Eliminated
By Ed College
The College of Education
faculty decided in its meet
ing yesterday to remove the
LA 5 test from its graduation
requirements effective 'next
semester. LA 5 is the English
usage test formerly required of
students in both the Colleges of
Liberal Arts and Education.
The Liberal Arts faculty last
week also dropped LA 5 from its
list of requirements for gradua
tion.
The action of the education fac
:chair's the meetings, said "You
ulty will be brought before the'
are one of the people omitted be-
Senate Committee on Courses
icause of a mistake by the Elec
and Study. If approved by
This
Friedman responded that he
tions Commission."
a l
committee. it will be brought be- ; ,,
had been duly elected and sworn
fore the Senate for final decision.
:in as an Assemblyman and there-
In other business, Dean John;fore had as much right to sit on
R. Rackley discussed and an - Assembly as any other Assembly
swered questions about the 4th rian.
term plan. He told the faculty it R ober t Harrison (U.-Jr.).
was hoped that the summer term; chairman of the Rules Commit
will be on a leVel with the otheri tee, then told Assembly that
three terms in regard to courses; Dennis Eisman, chairman of
offered and quality of teaching. Campus party had brought the
Rackley also urged the facultyl situation before the committee.
to find out what courses will bet Harrison explained that his
available to students during the committee does not decide who
summer term so that they wilflwins an election and that any
be able to answer students' ques- dispute on the elections should be
tions. Timetables for the summer,taken to the SGA Supreme Court.
term will be available at the end; SGA President Richqrd Haber
of January, he said. then took the floor and said that
Special provisions will be madeTriedrrian could sit on Assembly
in the summer term for thoseuntil the Supreme Court makes a
continuing graduate students who decision on the case.
plan to graduate during the term.l Eisman, speaking from the gal-
Rackley said. These students will ilery, called the decision to bar
be able to attend classes for a IFriedman and the others involved
period shorter than the full 10Harbitrary and unconstitutional
weeks. !since the only way an Assembly-
All other graduate and under-;man can be legally removed is
graduate students must attend'by the impeachment process.
-
the full term, he added. .which was not used in this case."
Dorms Will Close Tomorrow
Will Reopen Tuesday, Jan. 3
All residence halls will be:p.m. on Thursday Dec. 22. It will
closed for student occupancy at 4!remain closed until 8 a.m. on
p.m. tomorrgw. They will reopen Tuesday Dec. 27 and will operate
at . l p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3. The last from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Jan. 3
meal served in the residence din- , when it will resume its regular
ing halls will be lunch tomorrow ;hours.
noon and the first meal served of- I On New Year's Day, Sunday
ler the vacation will be lunch Jan.
Jan. 1, the building will not be
4.
The closing dates of the Hetzel!open at all.
Union Building for Christmas The Pattee Library will be corn
vacation have been announceoaletely closed from Friday to next
by William Fuller, HUB mana-!Tuesday and Jan. 1 and 2. It will
ger. be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 am.
The Lion's Den will close at tomorrow, and from 9 a.m. to 5
noon tomorrow and will reopen at,p.m. Dec. 22, 28. 29 and 30, and
7 am. Wednesday. Jan. 4. • Jan. 3, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Dec.
The Terrace Room will close
after the noon meal on Thursday
Dec. 22. It will reopen before
the noon meal on Tuesday Jan. 3.
The HUB itself will close at 5
TRAIN CCONECTIONS AT TYRONE VIA
FULLINGTON AUTO BUS COMPANY FOR
PITTSBURGH & WEST •- HARRISBURG & EAST
Bus leaves Edwards Greyhound Bus Terminal in Slate College
Leaves S. C. 12:30 p. m. Arrives Tyrone 1:15 p. m.
Train leaves Tyrone (West) at 1:34 p. m.
Train leaves Tyrone (East) at 3:46 p. m.
Bus leaves State College 5:15 p.m. Arrives Tyrone 6 p. in.
Train (East) leaves Tyrone at 7:13 p. m.
Train (West) leaves Tyrone at 7:28 P. m.
Fullington Auto Bus Company
been elected to serve interim
terms, and who were barred from
Assembly when it was noticed
that these interim terms had ex
pired,
All those concerned, except
Friedman, had been elected last
spring to complete terms for
members elected in the fall of
1959, and forced to resign for
academic reasons.
Friedman, however, had been
elected this fall,
_to fill an in
terim term for Howard Cres
koff. It was not discovered until
after the election and formal
swearing in of Friedman, that
Creskoff's term had expired this
fall and that therefore Fried
man should not be sitting on
Assembly.
Just after roll call. Friedman
took the floor from his seat at
the table and said, "My name is
Ralph Friedman and it was not
called."
Visably confused, Donald Clag
ett, vice president of SGA who
131 and from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Jan.
14. Starting Jan. 5 the regular
!hours of 7:50 a.m, to 10 p.m. will
!be maintained.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
—Collegian Photo by John llSewage
GOV. DAVID L. LAWRENCE exchanges greetings with Oregon cheerleader Sandy Johnson and
the Nittany Lion as he awaits the start of Saturday's Liberty Bowl game in Philadelphia. The—
Governor kept his smile all afternoon as he saw the Lions roll over the Ducks by - a score of 41 to 12,
Argentine Noel Comes Twice
By LYNNE
(This is the second of a series of
articles on Christmas customs
in foreign countries as described
by foreign students at the Uni
versity.)
Christmas comes twice a ,
year to the children of Argen- .
tina, according to Laureano:
Muniz, graduate assistant in
mineral preparation f r o m:
Buenos Aires.
In addition to gifts brought by;
Papa Noel on Christmas Day, Ar,}
gentine children receive toys and'
candies from the Reyes Magos or.
CEREFICE
Student and Faculty . Friends
Pennsylvania State University
Please accept our
most sincere
THANK YOU . . .
• ....for the business.with which you have favored
• ,
us. We are deeply grateful.
We take this opportunity to wish you a truly wonderful Holiday
Season. May every road you take in the New Year lead to
Happiness and Prosperity.
Three Kings on Jan. 6, Muniz
said.
It is customary for the chil
dren . to write letters to the
Reyes Magos, telling them of
their good behavior during the ,
year, he said. They then put the
letters in their shoes, and on •
Jan. 5, the shoes are placed in
their windows. If they have
been good • boys and girls, the
Kings Gaspar, Melchior and
Balthasar will fill the shoes
with toys and candies during
the night.
After Christmas Eve dinner,
which is strictly a family occasion
in Argentina, Muniz said families
usually observe an old custom of
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eating 12 grapes and making three
wishes. According to the custom,
the eating of the grapes will help
the wishes to be granted during
the 12 months of the new year.
The three wishes are often
written on a small card, he said,
which is then placed in an en
velope attached to a flower. A
husbands will sometimes give
his envelope to his wife. The
wishes are never made aloud.
Dinner on Christmas Day, Mu
niz explained, is very gay and
friends and relatives may be in
vited. "Empanadls" or Spanish
meat patties and turkey are fa
vorite Christmas foods in Argen
tina. he said.
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