Sal 1111111111 llnt] 11l ltrllllll.t 111 UI I tat Ar Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy, Continued Cold VOL. 61, No. 103 Kennedy Advocates Strong Farm Voice In Surplus Problem WASHINGTON (AP)—President Kennedy proposed . yes terday that Congress stand aside and let the farmers them selves have a major voice in solving their own problems. Kennedy, said the vexing problem of overproduction needs a commodity by commodity approach which should be worked out by farmer groups In consultation with the secretary of agriculture, and then submitted to Congress for a final review. The legislators would have veto power over individual programs. In a special message to Con gress Kennedy said American farming is a highly efficient in dustry whose very efficiency and productivity lies at the heart of its own distress. "I am deeply concerned—and I believe the Congress shares that concern, along with most of our consumers, taxpayers and the farmers themselves." he said. "Our farm, program is drifting into a chaotic state, piling up surpluses, penalizing efficiency, rewarding inertia and noncompli ance, and constantly being torn and weakened by disputes and conflicting pressures." Farmer incomes are lower rela tive to the rest of the population than at any time since the 19305, Kennedy said. "This is not a situation that can be ended by any one sweeping act of magic. It will require diligent study, hard work, imaginative in itiative and sound constructive leadership. "But I believe that the de cline in farm income and the drift in farm policy can both be gradually reversed by the program I recommended," he said, Kennedy's proposal for do- it yourself farm programs is not a new idea; it was included in sev eral farm bills proposed in the last Congress. Chorus Highlights Show 'Town' Features Zany Tour A J SUE BROWN, as Eileen, (far right), and Ann Grant, as sister Ruth, curiously eye a prospective employer, Valenti, played by Robert Eek. in the Thespian production of "Wonderful Town." -- 8--"--;„ , ... 0 I !,ei a • .--"' HEc Summer To Include Only '4OO Courses' The College of Home Economics will only be offering ,advanced courses during the summer term. A survey conducted by the col lege at spring registration did not indicate a sufficient desire to`take home economics courses below the 400 level this summer to merit offering them, Dorothy Hough ton, assistant dean of resident education said. Undergraduate courses which during the fall, spring and winter terms would have enrollments of 60 or more students would have only had 20 students in the ;um mer, Miss Houghton added. It wouldn't have been economical to offer these courses when so few would profit, she said. Since home economics students take more than 50 per cent of their credits in other colleges, they will easily be able to carry a full load without home economics courses in the summer, Miss Houghton continued. The college is expecting 20 freshmen to enter this summer. Deferring home economics cours es to the fall, these freshmen will take English, psychology 2, an art elective and physical education this summer. ./' ~: r . ¢;. ~ FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 17. 1961 2 Students Convicted Of Shoplifting The two students who were caught shoplifting at McLana han's Drug Store on Tuesday were judged guilty yesterday. They were sentenced to 10; days in jail and fined $l5O each. The students, Benson Herbert, a freshman in the division of counseling from Greensburg, and William Geisinger, a freshman in agriculture from Bloomsburg, were given the maximum penal- i ties for shoplifting and disorderly conduct by Justice of the Peace' Guy G. Mills. Police charged the students with disorderly conduct because they had made a disturbance while they were being appre hended. They were fined $lOO each for this offense and $5O for shoplifting. Herbert and Geisinger were put in the borough jail as soon as the hearing ended, John R. Sned den, arresting officer, said. The students admitted to steal ing 186 items from 22 downtown stores and several fraternities 'at the hearing. These items were of ficially valued at $701.38. Allhough McLanahan's was the first store in State College to report any stolen goods re cently, the students admitted taking items from downtown merchants since last fall. Wednesday, police displayed all e the stolen items in the bor ough building for the victimized merchants to identify. Most of the stolen items were clothes. The most expensive item the freshmen took was a typewriter which they later sold. Most of the stolen items were found unused and in good condition, police said. Schwab theatergoers got a whirlwind tour of zany Green wich Village last night through Thespian's clever produc Lion of "The Wonderful Town" by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. In setting and action the show captures all the hustle and bustle of "the big city." The narrow con fines of Schwab are eliminated in the imaginative production by Ray T. Fortunato and James Ji mirro. ,; sth "Wonderful Town" offers noth ing unusual in basic story line, as two wide-eyed Ohio girls seek fame and fortune in New York City. The dialogue occasionally slows to mere exchanges of trite quips, but it is only an interlude between fantastic chorus num bers. It is through these unique chorus scenes that choreograph ers Nancy Alinkoff and Helen Ketrney have captured every aspect of city life, from crowd ed sidewalks to jolting sub ways. As equally pioneering, are some of the cast members who make their first appearance in singing roles this year. Vincent Landro, as Bob Baker, an enterprising magazine editor, has proven to be one of the most versatile actors on the Penn State stage. He did a creditable job even though his voice was occa sionally swallowed in the caver ir:ontinued ',nue- six) •4- By DAVE RUNKEL By DEX HUTCHINS Collegian Reviewer rgiatt New Gets It took over three hours of what an Assemblyman termed "uninformed" debate for SGA to approve the first of three readings of its revised constitution last night. The proposed constitution the first time last night, wou Heavy Snow Seen For Tomorrow Arctic air accompanied by its characteristic snow flurries, strong and gusty winds, and cold temperatures dominated Pennsylvania's weather scene yesterday. The mercury failed to climb above the freezing mark at the University weather station yes terday afternoon after dipping to a low of 27 degrees at dawn. The local forecast calls for part ly cloudy, breezy and cold weath er for today. The high tempera ture should be about 35 .degrees. Some high cloudiness and cold temperatures lire predicted for tonight and a low reading of 24 degrees is expected. Snow should begin tomorrow morning and continue through the day, possibly becoming heavy late in the afternoon. It will con tinue cold tomorrow and a high of 30 is likely. Blowing and drifting snow, and gusty winds may produce treach erous travelling conditions to morrow night and Sunday. The snow should taper off to flurries late Saturday night, but wind ; will continue strong on Sunday. Women's Activity Cards All freshmen, sophomore and junior women are reminded to fill out activity cards in 105 Old Main, according to Arlene Cohen, staff assistant in the Dean of Women's office. Assembly Debates Status of Elections SGA Assembly added a new problem to its reorganization last night when debate arose on when spring elections will be held. The question was posed by Robert Duffner, Elections Commission chairman, amid Duane Alexander's reorganiza- tion report to the Assembly. Alexander answered the ques tion by referring to .the imple mentation clause as stated under the proposed constitution. It states: "This amended Con stitution shall become operative after the Spring Election of 1961. This election shall be conducted in accordance with the articles and by-laws of this amended constitution . . . John Wilmer (U.-Jr.) asked, "What notice has been given to TIM, MRC, AWS, Panhel and IFC to set up an election code?" In reply, Alexander said, "They know now we have been consider ing this. They should be thinking as to the steps they'll have to take..” Wayne Ulsh (1.-Jr.) entering the debate said, "Let's look at this realistically. I know of one men's residence council .that is not pre SGA Ist OK By MEG TEICHHOLTZ , which Assemblymen saw for Id set up, representation from four . defined residence areas, strengthen the executive branch and put such organizations as col lege councils and IFC under its jurisdiction, Under "community living" rep resentation, Assembly would be composed of residents from the IFC area, the Town Independent Men area, Association of Wom en Students and the Men's Resi dence Councils area. They would be nominated by the governing body of each of these communities.' The specifi cations of such nominations are left to the council involved, a fact which aroused much debate in the three hour meeting John Brandt, ex-chairman of Campus party, called the 'system a "revision to . the old cabinet, built on a pyramid." This takes the nominating pow er out of the hands of the gen eral student body and elimin ates the right of a student to run on petition and be elected by the student body at large," he continued. Duane Alexander, chairman of th e reorganization committee, countered Brandt's argument, saying that under the Cabinet sys tem the presidents of the councils sat on Cabinet, "Now the can didate must face election by his entire residence area constituen cy. "Councils can conduct nomina tions anyway they wish," lie add ed. The question of what would happen to political parties un der the proposed system was discussed by Cabinet, just prior to the SGA meeting. At that time, SGA President Richard Haber mentioned that the system would "reduce the im portance of political parties if they had any importance before and bring them under SGA." During the course of Assem bly debate, Alexander clarified party nositions. saying that only (Continued on page si:c) By CAROL KUNKLEMAN pared to make a code. They don't know where the present residents will live next year." Ulsh was referring to the pro posal in the revised constitution which states that Assembly mem bers be nominated according to an election code set up by their. individual residence area govern ing body. This means that men now w ing in a residence area may move to a fraternity 'l3_ next fall. In this case, they would not be eligible to represen# their former area, he said. The councils do not know, at present how many men will be in this situation, Ulsh said, and so could not devise any quota as to the number of representatives it can nominate for the spring elections. Also entering the debate was ,(Contintted on-mace eipllt) Why Not Honor System? I --See Page 4 1 FIVE. CENTS
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