Proposal Killed;
SGA Will Keep
Spring Election
SGA last night defeated a motion that would ha
"frozen" the present Assembly until next fall, and decided
hold elections as usual this semester.
The proposal to postpone elections was made by Dua.
Alexander, head of SGA's reorganization committee, after
suggestion from Campus party.
It also asked that SGA officers
be elected this spring.
In the fall, the proposal con
tinued, an Assembly would be
elected under the constitutional
revisions mapped out in the in-
The debate, which began two
hours after the scheduled time
because some Assemblymen
were at a senior banquet, led
off with questions to Monroe
Newman, chairman of the Sen
ate Committee on Student Af
fairs, on SGA's status.
Attempting to find out if SGA
could approve this recommenda
tion in light of the upcoming re
view of its charter by Newman's
committee, Assembly asked New
man to define its present status.
"You may not deviate from your
present form," Newman answered.
"without permission. Whether
you can extend your charter is
up to the committee. If you ask
for any reasonable organization.
the committee would probably go
along with this," Newman said.
He said he had not received
a request from Richard Haber,
SGA President, to extend SGA's
present charter. SGA last week
asked Haber to make this re
quest, Dennis Eisman, chairman
of Campus party said.
Judith High, C-Sr., then led the
opposition to the motion, saying
that it was unconstitutional for
SGA to postpone its elections
since the constitution stipulated
that elections be held in the
spring.
Robert Harrison, U-Jr., added
"this seems to be a rush job—l
can see no reason why we can't
continue with the present consti
tution for the time being."
Ruth Rillina, U-Jr., countered
this, saying "If we elect Assem
bly this spring we'll have a new
group and all our work will be
handicapped. You're here, you
know what this is, so let's
freeze."
The motion was defeated—after
which Alexander asked Assembly,
"What do you want to do?"
Miss High moved that elections
be held as planned, after which
Jacqueline Leavitt moved a sub
stitute motion that Assembly be
elected late in the spring after
the officers were elected to pro
vide time for reorganization.
Miss Leavitt's motion was de
feated and Miss High's passed.
Nkrumah Arrives in Tunis
TUNIS, Tunisia (dP)— President
Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana ar
rived Thursday for talks with
President Habib I3ourguiba and
probably with leaders of the Al
gerian rebellion.
Washington Readies for Laos Crisis
WASHINGTON ( I P) Signs
of a diplomatic crisis on Laos
mounted yesterday war
ships left port, secrecy clutch
ed the Pentagon, officials lis
tened for word from the So
viet Union and the President
apparently prepared a vital
announcement.
President Kennedy followed
two main directions during the
day:
•He evidently ordered some
U.S. military units to rush to
ward Southeast Asia.
•He awaited some reaction
from Soviet Premier Khrushchev
to an urgent appeal from Britain
for agreement to a cease-fire in
the civil war that now theatens
to erupt into a major East-West
conflict like the Korean War.
The crisis in Laos has inten
sified because pro-Communist
rebels, supplied by a Soviet air
By MEG TEICHHOLTZ
Leavitt Asks
Assembly
To Disband
By CAROL KUNKLEMAN
Jacqueline Leavitt, U-Sr.,
last night proposed Assembly
'bolish itself on the grounds
hat it is only acting as a sub
:ornmittee for the administra-
"I have been participating in
student government for three and
a half years, I am aware of its po
`.ential, I don't think we have
lived up to it and we are only
riving students a reason for their
apathy," she said.
Miss Leavitt said that such mass
confusion as caused at the meet
ing by Duane Alexander's pend
ing revised constitution would be
eliminated by disbanding.
"Let's wait until a strong stu
dent interest group organizes a
movement for a real student gov
ernment," she said.
Looking around at the gal
lery, Miss Leavitt said there was
an indication of real student in
terest at the meeting because
about 60 students had attended.
Objections to the proposal came
from Nancy Williams, 11-Jr., who
said, "If the administration will
not let us stay as we are now,
they'll abolish us. This is not the
way out, and neither is reorgani
zation."
Another objection came from
Judith High, C.-Sr.
"I can't imagine you (Miss
Leavitt) being serious," Miss High
said. "SGA is included in too
many projects to be disbanded."
The motion was defeated,
with Miss Leavitt casting the
the only affirmative vote.
Earlier in the evening in the
debate on the question of wheth
er SGA needs reorganization,
Miss Williams said SGA was be
ing forced to reorganize.
Alexander refuted the state
ment. "We want responsible peo
ple here; this is why we are re
organizing."
The present Cabinet is ineffec
tive and does not have responsi
ble leaders. Alexander continued.
SGA itself is not carrying out
the purpose of student govern
ment, he said.
"Are you reporting to a def
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lift. are threatenin ; , to defeat
the loyalist troops in the king
dom.
At Hong Kong, the U.S. air
craft carrier Midway and two de
stroyers suddenly left the harbor
two days ahead of schedule. They
were believed heading for the wa
ters of Southeast Asia.
There was speculation that oth
er units of the 7th Fleet also were
heading toward the crisis-stricken
area.
But at the White House,
press secretary Pierre Salinger,
when asked for comment on
reports that American forces
are on the alert and are on the
move, replied: "I have absolute
ly no comment on that."
Similar replies came from the
Pentagon. One of the tightest se
crecy blankets since the Korean
War was thrown about all' offi
cial information concerning U.S.
military forces.
Britain made the appeal to
Khrushchev after consul'ation
with the United States.
The British diplomats told the
U.S.S.R. the Western powers
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PATRICIA SHOCKEY
. . . Leonides President
Panhel, WRA, Indie emits
Leonides, Panhellenic Council and the Women's Recreation Association elected offi
cers yesterday for the coming year.
Patricia Shockey, junior in business administration from New Brighton, ran unopposed
for Leonides president.
Susan Common, sophomore in
Gershenow Quits
Post as Chairman
Of Liberal Party
Earl Gershenow resigned= as
chairman of the Liberal party
last night.
Gershenow said the reason for
his resignation is that he is in
volved in too many other campus
activities and that his studies are
"suffering." "I just can't handle
it," he said.
"I haven't done any homework
in a week and a half," Gershenow
said. He explained that when he
acceted the party chairmanship
he "bit off more than I could
chew."
For the benefit of everyone
concerned, the party as well as
himself, Gershenow said that it
would be better for him to drop
his position as chairman since he
is no longer able to do a thorough
job.
"I am definitely not planning
to run for an SGA office,'' he
added. This would be too time
consuming and there are other
qualified candidates to fill these
positions, he explained.
Gershenow said that Dale Har
ris, vice chairman of the party,
would take over as acting chair
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would accept a Communist
backed proposal for an interna
tional conference on Laos if the
Soviets agree to a cease-fire.
There was no doubt, however,
that Kennedy also was trying to
make it clear to the Soviet Union
that if diplomacy failed, the Unit
ed States would meet the Com
munist threat with strength.
Such a move apparently would
take the form of increased mili
tary supplies to the Laotian gov
ernment and possibly of troops
from Asian members of the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza
tion.
Officials hive said there is no
thought of sending U.S. troops
there.
"Oh, we haven't gotten to that
stage at all," said Sen. Everett
M. Dirksen of Illinois, who had
been briefed on the crisis by Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk.
Dirksen, the Senat Republican
leader, also told newsmen Repub
licans would stand behim: Ken
nedy in whatever decision he
makes.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
SUSAN COMMON
. Pan Hel Ist Vice President
By BETSY MULCEY
ournalism from Forty Fort, was elected first vice presi-
dent of Panhellenic Council and
Pamela Chadwick, sophomore in
secondary education from Madi
son, N.J . :, is• the new second vice
president. Both are members of
Phi Mu, the sorority which will
hold the chief council position
next year.
The WRA presidency went to
Barbara Newman, junior in ele
mentary and kindergarten educa
tion from Lower Merion, who ran
unopposed for the office.
Leonides
Mary Stones. junior in science
from Deposit, N.Y., won the vice
presidency over Gay Vieyra by a
,vote of 193 to 97.
Patricia Scaaff, sophomote in
applied arts from Arlington, Va.,
defeated Mildred Vorkapic, 237
to 60, for the office of recording
secretary.
The new corresponding secre
tary-treasurer is Joelle Bronstein,
freshman in liberal arts from
Allentown, who defeated Jeanne
Phillippi, 167 to 135.
A total of 314 voted in the Le
onides election which is approxi
mately 1 per cent of the inde
pendent women.
Panhellenic Council
Joan Zimmerman, junior •in
recreation education from Tea
neck, N.J., is the new Panhellenic
'treasurer. She is a member of
Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
The new corresponding secre
tary is Barbara Yunk, junior in
journalism from Pittsburgh, and
is president of Delta Zeta.
Margaret Krick, sophomore in
elementary and kindergarten
education from Wayne was
elected recording secretary. She
is a member of Delta Gamma
sorority.
. Approximately 750 women of
1,300 sorority women voted in
the Panhel elections.
The Panhellenic Council re
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Fans to Play
Grandmaster
In Chess Match
William Lombardy, of New
York City, international grand
master in chess, will play local
chess fans in a simultaneous chess
exhibition at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in
Waring lounge.
The exhibitioh, in which Lom
bardy will move from table to
table and play competitors simul
taneously, will be open to the pub
lic. It is sponsored by the Penn
State Chess Club and the West
Halls Council.
To participate in the match, the
competitor must be a member of
the U.S. Chess Federation. Mem
berships will be available at the
exhibition for $2. The fee for
members of the Chess Club is
$1.50.
Tatirgiatt
BARBARA NEWMAN
. . . WRA President
AWS Elex
Declared
'incomplete
By ROCHELLE MICHAELS
Yesterday's Association of
Women Students election re
suits are not complete because
!the West Halls polls were
closed 40 minutes early.
Janis Beachler, elections com
mittee chairman, told Collegian
late last night that she authorized
the early closing (6:20 p.m.) so
that "the votes could be counted
and we could have the results as
quickly as possible."
Miss Beachler instructed the
elections chairmen for each resi
dence area that, should there
be a "lag in the voting around
6:30 p.m. and no one has been
at the polls for five or ten min
utes, they may close the polls
and report to election head
quarters in McElwain Hall."
Because of this mistake, Patricia
Dyer, chairman of AWS Central
Judicial Board, has instructed the
West Halls polls to reopen from
11:40 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. today,
"Every precaution will be tak
en at this time to see that the
elections are legal in every re
spect," Miss Dyer said, "Polls will
be operated by judicial members,"
she added.
Nancy :Williams, candidate for
AWS president, said that she did
not feel that elections have been
conducted "in the proper man
ner."
Ruth Riling, the other presi
dential candidate, expressed her
hope that "women will take ad
vantage of this extra opportunity
to vote, as long as this decision
has been made."
Senator Will Address
Forestry Banquet Today
Senator Jo Hays, D. Centre, will
be the guest speaker at 6 tonight
at the annual Forestry Banquet
at the Nittany Lion Inn.
The Forestry Ball will follow
the banquet in the ballroom of
the Inn and will feature music
by "The Collegians."
Tickets for both the banquet
and ball are available in 109 of
Forestry.
Red Group Tours Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana (/P)— A five
man delegation from Red China
headed by Lu Shu-chang, vice
minister of foreign trade, is here
on a two-weeks tour of Ghana,
repaying a visit of a Ghanian
mission to China two years ago.
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