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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
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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
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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
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