Olljp latly VOL. 61. No. 77 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 9. 1961 FIVE CENTS Snow Removal Wrecks Budget d r- t CAMPUS SPEED LIMIT presently applies to dog sleds and skiers only. Snow accumulation equal to the speed on the sign has made driving and walking hazardous for campus travelers. Rules Committee Decides Soph Case In a closed meeting last night the SGA rules committee came to terms with the issue of the extra sophomore repre sentative on Assembly, but would not release its decision for publication. Joan Cavanagh (1.-Jr.), chairman of the committee, said after the meeting only that “no one else would make a decision on the case so rules committee was obligated to take a stand. This ruling may be discussed and changed by the Assembly, but it will make everything constitu tional ” The Ralph Friedman case was brought to SGA Supreme Court Tuesday night, after his member ship on Assembly had been con tested and was discussed by the rules committee last night. The background of the case is traceable to the Fall elec tions, when the elections com mission told each party that seven sophomore seats were to be filled and each could nomi nate five people (70 per cent of the seven seals) to fill them. The commission failed to rea lize that one of these seats had belonged to Harold Cresskoff and that Cresskoff was only filling an interim term which, in fact, ex pired with the fall elections. After the first meeting of the newly elected Assembly it was realized that an extra sophomore was present, In an emergency session, two SGA executives and the elections commission chair man decided that Friedman would have to be removed since he had received the least number of votes. Friedman and Dennis Eis man, former vice chairman of Campus parly, called this de cision "arbitrary and unconsti tutional" on the grounds that the committee was not em powered to remove a duly sworn-in member of Assembly. As Eisman also noted, the Con stitution says that 30 per cent of the available sophomore posi tions shall be elected in the fall. For the last election this 30 per cent meant six seats. In ad dition, each party may nominate a “number of candidates equal to 70 per cent of the seats to be filled . . This would be four candidates from each party. How ever, five from each party were nominated, he also said. I The Supreme Court, upheld Friedman’s membership on the FOR A BETTER PENN STATE grounds that he was a duly sworn in member. The court further stated that "if he is removed it has to be through due process of the Assembly as cited in the Con stitution” (Article 5, sections sa, b, c, and d).” Eisman last night termed the decision “exactly what we asked for.” Registration Required For Prospective Tutors Students wl>o wish to be tutors for the spring semester should report to 110 Old Main or call the Division of Counseling at UN 5-7576 by next Wednesday. Registrants must indicate the level of work they want by giving the departments and course num bers of each course. Undergrad uates should have received at least a "B” in these courses. Increase Asks for Expansion, Costs By PAT DYER (This is the firs.t in a series of articles concerning President Walker’s request for increased state appropriations.) The six million dollar in crease in state appropriations requested by the University is necessary to keep pace with rising costs and to make a minimum adjustment to the State’s steadily expanding needs in education and re search, according to President Eric A. Walker. Governor David L. Lawrence, in his budget message to the Gen eral Assembly last week, recom mended a stand-still budget on [education of $17.1 million until jhis special committee presents its final report. President Walker has (EoUggtan Funds Needed For Grounds By DICK LEIGHTCIN . Snow, the child’s delight and the sportsman’s dream, has often been labeled “Na ture’s Wonder.” But when 64 inches of wonder fall in one winter, its many delights can be very expensive. The cost and trouble brought about by the snowy winter has by far exceeded original estimates, according to Henry L. Yeagley, director of maintenance and utili ties. Basing the snow clearing allo cation on previous years, $l4 thou sand was set aside for this pur pose, Yeagley said. But, as of Thursday morning, more than $l9 thousand had been spent for it. It costs approximately $5OO per day for snow clearing activities at the University, according to Paul W. Pierson, head of the division of landscape. Since grounds maintenance funds all come out of the same budget, Yeagley said, the budg et will have to be increased or the spring grounds work will suffer. Such things as mowing, fertilization and shrub care will suffer if additional funds are not forthcoming, he said. A crew of 40 to 50 men is being used to clear snow, Yeagley said. In times of emergency, student help is even sought; he added, but the response to this call has not been too successful. Some parking areas won’t be able to be cleared until Friday. The University is still prepar ing for more snow, Yeagley said. “We have to get at it before it gets.too far ahead of us,’’ he said. Buildings Approved For Dairy Science The Board of Trustees has ap proved the construction of a heifer barn, hay drying building, and an addition to Borland Labor atory. According to Dr. Donald V. Josephson, head of the Depart ment of Dairy Science, the hoifer barn and hay dfying building will be constructed at the Dairy Pro duction Center to provide shel ter and fodder storage for more than 150 animals, The one-story addition to the northwest side of Borland will include facilities for unloading and cleaning milk transport trucks with garage space for the: University’s milk tanker. Spring Week Applications Applications for Spring Week committee work are now avail able at the Hetzel Union desk. asked for an additional $6 million increase is earmarked for just or $23.9 million. continuing the University pro- The increased funds would be gram at present levels and stand used for both continuing the pres- ards and $2 million will be used ent program and enabling the to expand its services. University to expand its services Of the $4 million necessary for in behalf of- the Commonwealth present services, half is slated for in the following manner, accord- salary adjustments. In comparison ing to a special budget booklet, with the nine comparable state “Penn State and the Future of universities in the East and Mid- Pennsylvabia.” _ die West, the University’s salary • $275,149 as an allowance for Pattern is dangerously low as rising prices and the maintenance shown in the booklet. of a growing physical plant. The University is found in the •$2 million for salary adjust- lower third of the 10 schools in ments to hold outstanding faculty average salary for professors, as members. sociate professors and assistant • $1 million to maintain resi dent enrollment at current levels. • $644,000 to cover purchase of moveable equipment for construc tion projects already approved. • $1 million for the admission of 12,000 new students. • $1 million to initiate new re search. i Thus, about $4 million of the Missile Gap Questioned By Kennedy WASHINGTON (/P)—President John F. Kennedy con ceded yesterday he does not know whether there is a “missile gap” or not—but he does still believe the nation is entering the years of its greatest peril. Kennedy backed away, at his third news conference, from 'Heritage' Chosen For Spring Week “The American Heritage” was chosen as the theme of the 1961 Spring Week last night at a meeting of the Spring Week committee. The theme will be divided into 3 categories: up to 1800, 1800 to 1900 and 1900 to the present. The future will not be permitted in the third category. Only present day events may be included, the committee decided. All entrants of the float parade and carnival must base their floats and carnival skits on some aspect of American history with in the three categories. This year ihere will be no games of skill permitted at the carnival. Last year, games of skill formed a fourth category but did not prove to be reward ing enough to warrant contin uance, Spring Week chairman Jack Crosby said. Each group oarticipating in Spring Week will be allowed to spend a maximum of $lOO for publicity and construction, the float and carnival committee chairman said. Each group must file an appli cation with the Spring Week com mittee naming its theme within one of the three categories. In the event of duplication, a first come first served policy will be*in effect. Groups are permit ted to change ideas after filing their applications, but must file a second application requesting a different theme, Crosby said. Among the themes discussed by the committee, along with the American Heritage, were the Theater, Around the World in 80 Days, and the United Na tions. The American Heritage theme I was chosen because of Ithe diversity it offers, the com |mittee said. All phases of United; States history may be covered| from earliest explorations to the; present day. Dates were used as categories to allow for as much variation within the theme as pos sible. professors. For the rank of in structor, it is fourth from the bot tom. Penn 1 State cannot hope to main tain its position as an outstand ing university unless it can raise its salary scale at least to the mid point on the comparison, thereby [insuring the services of its finest italent, Walker emphasized. iliis campaign charges that Russia will outnumber the United States in missiles for three years. The Pentagon now is pressing studies to provide a clearer an swer on the balance of strategic weapons power, the President said. Until then, he declared, any judgment is premature. "Of course, it is my hope that the United Slates is fully secure,’-’ Kennedy said. "If it is not, 1 think it is im portant that we know about it, and ... I will then lake the responsibility of passing on to the Congress this collective judgment as to our position, apd whai needs to be done." Kennedy’s words yesterday left things up in the air. But two points stood out: First, any U.S. missile lag—once »ae knowledged even by former Pres ident Dwight D. Eisenhower’s sec retary of defense, Neil H. McEl roy—no longer can be taken , for granted. And, second, to the ex tent the presumed gap may have been narrowed or closed, the U.S. hand is strengthened in the game of world politics. Eisenhower had hinted at a new appraisal of U.S. and Rus sian missile strength in one of his final messages to Congress, He said, "The 'bomber gap' of several years ago was always a fiction, and the 'missile gap' shows every sign of being the same." A reporter invited comment on Republican charges that Kennedy has been putting pressure behind his program by painting the pic ture blacker than it really is “for shock purposes.” Kennedy replied gravely: “I sincerely believe what I said ... I believe that the next four years will be years in which this country and its capacity to meet its position and security will be strongly tested. “I think that anyone who looks at the globe and looks at the in creasing power of the Communist bloc, the belligerency which marks the bloc—particularly the Chinese Communists—l would say would come to the conclusion that we are to be severely tested in the next four years.” Campus Misses Predicted Snow I Heavy snow spread to the [southern border of State College early yesterday and continued to fall just south of here most of the day, but arctic air over north ern Pennsylvania refused to give way and the local area was spared another snowstorm. However, heavy snow accumu lations snarled traffic from Pitts burgh to Tyrone and Lewistown. Tyrone, which is 18 miles southwest of here, measured 4 inches of new snow and Altoona, 35 miles to the southwest, re ceived more than 7 inches of new snow. Pittsburgh measured moire than 8 inches. Some areas within 70 miles of here were buried under 14 inches. The sharp dividing line between snow and just plain doudy skies remained practically stationary all through yesterday after moving steadily northward Tuesday and Tuesday night. The local forecast is for partly cloudy and somewhat milder weather for today. Tonight should be mostly clear and cold. ■ A maximum of .')8 degrees is ex-* pected this afternoon while a low of 20 is predicted for tonight. 2 Lots to Close Tomorrow 1 University personnel parking will not be allowed tomorrow in Areas 5 and 6, adjoining Mechani cal Engineering- and Electrical Engineering, to permit snow re-, moval from the areas. \
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