Weather Forecasts . Sunny, Mild iiiiiintmiiiimmtiiiHMiuiiiniitiinHi VOL, 61. No. 91 Firecrackers Cause Search of Rooms In Nittany Area Hall The dean of men’s office explained yesterday why a room search which drew protests from students was conducted in Nittany 37 last week. The search was conducted Feb. 21 to see if any of the residents had firecrackers in their rooms, according to Ray mond O. Murphy, assistant dean of men. Firecrackers, which are outlawed in' Pennsylvania, were found in the rooms of several students during the search. Twenty-five residents of Nit tany 37 protested the search in a iletter which appeared in Satur | day’s issue of The Daily Collegian. Nillany 37 had been plagued for some lime by a rash of fire cracker-throwing incidents, ac cording to Murphy. Some stu dents had complained abouf these disturbances while they were studying, he said. v The students admitted last night that firecrackers had been set off in the halls and thrown under doors. The residence hall counselor of Nittany 37 said in his report to the dean of men’s office that he had discussed the. incidents at a hall meeting early in the semes ter. Program Distribution Squelched Basketball programs for last night’s Temple - Penn State game were, distributed free at the doors rather than being sold as was reported in yester day’s Collegian. Sigma Delta Chi, men’s na tional professional journalistic so ciety, sold programs at the West Virginia game last week and also planned to sell them at the Temple game and at the wrestling-basket ball doubleheader with Rutgers in Recreation Hall Saturday. However, yesterday Ernest B. McCoy, director of athletics, rendered a policy decision, say ing that no groups other than the University itself could sell at any athletic event. Thus, last night’s programs were distributed free and there will be no programs printed for Saturday’s contests with Rutgers. Members of Sigma Delta Chi said they were performing a serv ice for the fans and helping to finance a spring field trip. McCoy explained that if one group engaged in such an activity, many other groups would want to do the same thing, and it might get out of hand. Applications Available For Selective Service Applications for the Selective Service College Qualification Test, which will be held April 27, are now available at the local boards. State Ed Report Delayed Until End of March—Hays The debut date for the report of the Governor’s committee on education has been postponed again—this time until about March 25, Senator Jo Hays, Centre-D., said last night. Hays said there is going to be another “last meeting” of the committee this weekend. He estimates about two or three weeks before the report is prepared for presentation. The subject matter of this meet ing is not concerned with the Uni versity appropriation, Hays said. "There is disagreement among the committee members on other areas of the report and majority and minority reports may be issued.” The last meeting the commit tee had was on a weekday when the legislature was in session. Eight legislators who sit on the committee were un able to attend. Hays attributes part of the delay to this fact. "No one wants the report de layed and there is no controversy on the treatment of Penn State,” he said. "The committee report, how ever, won’t have any specific recommendation on Penn State’s budget,” he said. "It will deal generally with the matter of high er education, and Penn State’s Saily (Enlist STATE COLLEGE, PA , WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 1. 1961 When the Incidents continued, he said, he was given permis sion by the Niltany area co ordinator to conduct a search of the rooms to find out where the firecrackers were hidden. In their letter to The Daily Col legian, the residents of Nittany 37 called the search “unreasonable.” They claimed that their pri vacy was invaded when the coun selors searched the rooms in their absence. They complained that locked cash boxes and suitcases were forced open and that doors were left open and belongings were scattered. The office of the dean of men admitted that rooms were searched in the absence of occu pants. The office has reiterated its policy that occupants be pres ent when a room is searched. Gromkyo to Visit U.N. MOSCOW (/P) Foreign Min ister Andrei Gromyko will head the Soviet delegation to the com ing U.N. session in New York, Moscow radio announced last night. part in the Commonwealth pic ture.” After the report is given to the legislature,, the legal staff of the committee and of the Depart ment of Public Instruction will prepare bills for introduction in the House and Senate. “I expect it will take about a month to do this,” Hays said. "On the more controversial items, we'll have to decide whether to hold hearings or not," Hays explained, "and some oi them are going to be controversial." Hays said he personally has been subjected to no pressure from the administration to get the report out, although the com mittee chairman and executive director may have been pushed hard on it. “It’s generally known, however, that the Governor isn’t happy that the report is taking so long,” Hays added. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Congo Rebels Join In Military Pact LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo, (fP) — The Tshombe and Kasavubu governments joined forces in a military pact yesterday along with the splinter regime in southern Kasai prov ince. The result, on paper at least, is a united anti-Commuist in a position to take on the regime of Antoine Gizanga, reco. TO SIGNIFY THE HEIGHT OF IMPORTANCE of the freshman advisory board, Beverly Spandau, freshman in business adminis tration from Pittsburgh, climbs upon the shoulders of Gary Zim merman, freshman in counseling from Houizdale, in an attempt to emphasize their efforts. Under grads to Pay $25 General Fee A $25 general deposit will be required of all full-time undergraduates beginning with the fall term, according to Carl R. Barnes, controller. However, all entering freshmen, readmitted and students transferring from other colleges and Universities will have to pay a $5O deposit fee. The deposit will replace and in clude all individual fees such as those required for residence hall rooms, military equipment, chem istry breakage and towels and lockers. This general deposit will be held by the University until the student graduates or officially withdraws. At that time the fee will be refunded minus any charges for loss, damage and breakage, according to Barnes. All full-time students at the commonwealth campuses and all students transfering from a Cam pus to the main campus will be required to pay the $25 fee. According to Barnes, all stu dents will be required' to main tain a $l5 minimum balance in their deposit account at all times. He said that the purpose df the fee is to facilitate handling of all deposit requirements Under the four-term plan. He said it would also permit classes to start on the first day of the term because stu dents would no longer have to purchase individual deposit tick ets for chemistry courses, ROTC and physical education. The deposit will also serve to . safeguard the University prop erty and equipment against loss or damage, Barnes added. He also said that it would insure compliance with University con tracts such as housing reserva tions. Tht deposit will be collected along with tuition at the begin ning of the fall term. Student Activities Plans for Summer Though plans for classes, University Senate meetings, and the Artists Series are well under way for the four-term system which goes into operation in June, one aspect of col 7 lege life seems to be missing from plans for this summer. Student activities, an established part of the interests of many full-time students, seem to be disintegrated for the sum mer. Of the activities questioned yesterday by The Daily Collegian, not one had any definite plans for large-scale operation during the summer as yet. One major problem in the oper ation of most activities seems to be lack of funds. Most activities op erate under funds from student fees, allocated through the Asso ciation of Student Activities. However, until the Student Government Association Budget committee completes its evalu ation of the budgets of all or ganizations operating under ASA, no funds will be allocated for any group, according to Donald Saubel, treasurer of ASA. Money will be available for ac tivities under the four-term plan; the only difficulty is to decide where it shbuld go, he said. The SGA budget committee is now collecting and evaluating | Wail of | 1 Persecution f | -See Page 4 I iIIMIKIIIIK .Mill force of about 13,000 soldiers jnized by the Soviet Union as the official central government in. The Congo. The agreement came as a Ga zanga military thrust toward Leo poldville. Dissolved Congolese leaders charted a round table next week with the announced aim of undertaking the Congo’s situation. Over the weekend a Gizanga force, variously estimated at 150 to 350, spearheaded south to Lu luabourg, about' 500 miles from Leopoldville. One advanced de tachment reached Port Franc qui, on the border of Leopoldville province. But faced with a threat of force fromjlhe United Nations' Ghanian contingents in Lulua bourg when they tried to occu py the airport, the rebels began to stream back north or drift into the bush. The Port Franc qui thrust dissolved. The rebel leader of that thrust sought asylum with U.N. soldiers at.Luluabourg. Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu’s commander and men regained control of the Lulua bourg garrison. “The whole thing just fizzled out,” one Western diplomat said. “It would never happen anywhere but in the Congo and I don’t think anyone outside will believe it.” At no lime in the whole inva sion scare was was there any ac tual fighting. Mobutu is reported to be in north Equator Province, visiting bases on a morale boosting pro gram arranged several weeks ago. He is due back here next week. G. Mennen Williams, U.S. as sistant secretary of state for Afri can affairs, had a half-hour talk with Kasavubu yesterday. The president was said to have prom ised cooperation with the United Nations, if his government is con sulted on U.N. action. U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammaskjold has sent a letter to Kasavubu demanding full co operation in averting civil war. budgets of all ASA activities. Even many organizations which do not require funds from stu dent fees have no plans as yet for the summer term, Greeks will live under the same housing con-, ditions as independents unless the Interfraternity Council and Pan hellenic Council make other plans. No definite plans have been made by Panhel for the four term plan, but it is hoped that women will be able to live in their suites during the summer term, according to Wendy Pass, Panhel president. IFC will operate with a skele ton Board of Control, Ron Novak, president, said last night. Only three fraternities, Alpha Zeta, Pi Kappa Theta and Zeta Psi, plan to operate during the summer term. However, if these fraternities do not have social functions, there (Continued on page five) FIVE- CENTS Lack Term
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