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VOL. 61. No. 115
Committee Formed
ToWriteConstitution
For SGA Revisions
SGA President Richard Haber last night appointed an
executive committee, composed only of Assembly members,
•
to write the SGA constitution.
The action followed various statements by Monroe New
man, chairman of the Senate Committee on Student Affairs,
to the effect that SGA'should be
considering "great increases in itsl
rero e r rs e caonndsir e e r fi n s g ofwrovesToinufd" Graduate
govern.
After the appointment of the
committee, Newman commented,
"You don't have much time . . .
If at this point you're unable to
do a competent job, admit it. Ask
for more time. You• may get it.
be reasonable and strictly legal".
"Realize," Newman contin
ued, "that what the Senate Com-
mittee wants to see is a respon
sive government that actually
governs."
The executive committee's job,
Haber said, will be to determine
the areas in which student gov
ernment should be involved. He
will act as chairman.
Students not on the committee
will be allowed to attend the
meetings, but may not enter dis
cussion.
Speaking against the commit
tee idea, John Brandt, former
chairman of Campus party, said
that SGA was "giving up."
"Because it took a couple of
hours," Brandt said, "and you
people got tired of talking, you've
changed your minds."
"SGA set up this committee
of the whole to openly discuss
problems," he added. "All of a
sudden you people got worried,
just when you really started
moving."
The members of the executive
committee are: Joan Cavanagh,
Deborah Eddy, Ruth Falk, Mari
lee Grabill, Robert Harrison, Jay
Huffman. Barbara Knuth, Lillianl
Leis, Elliott Newman, James
Sloane; Sandra Tait, Wayne Ulsh,
Judith Weiss, John Witmer and
Allison Woodall. Ruth Rifling,'
who sits on the Senate Subcom
mittee on Organizational Control,
will be an advisory member.
—Collegian Photo by John at%Up
RELATIVE OF FIRST SPACEMAN? Gregory A. Gagarin, retired
riding instructor, reads the headlines of the Soviets sending a man
Into space and wonders if it is a relative of his. The spaceman,
Major Yuri Alaseyevich Gagarin, might be the son of a younger
brother from whom he hasn't heard since 1932.
By MEG TEICHHOLTZ
Involved In
Fatal Wreck
James H. Harris, an em
ployee of the Department of
Geology and a recent graduate
of the University, was killed
instantly early yesterday
morning when the car he was
driving ran head on into a
bridge abutment near Tyrone.
Harris received his bachelor of
science degree in geology and
mineralogy on Jan. 28.
Cambria County state police
said that Harris died of a frac
tured skull, broken neck, broken
leg and internal injuries. He was
pronounced dead at the scene of
the accident.
Harris was hurled 60 feet when
the car crashed head on into the
center of the bridge abutment,
police said. According to police,
Harris apparently fell asleep
while driving.
The only parts of the auto re
maining intact are the four tires,
police stated. Car parts were scat
tered for more than 200 feet along
the road, they added.
The accident occurred on Rt.
220 about three miles south of
Tyrone about 2:15 a.m. when it
is believed Harris was returning
to the University.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL°I3. 1961 .
Wit Snow,
Wind, Rain,
Hit Area
Not to be outdone by the
worst winter in history, the
month of April brought more
snow and cold to the Com
monwealth last night.
Heavy, wet snow spread into
Central Pennsylvania last eve
ning and is expected to continue
until this morning with 3 to 5
inches forecast to accumulate in
this area.
Heavier amounts were pre
dicted for the higher terrain
around State College and many
mountain roads are expected to
be treacherous early today.
No break in the unprecedented
spring cold snap is expected for
at least three days. Temperatures
have averaged nearly ten degrees
below normal during the past two
weeks.
The snow that swept into Penn
sylvania late yesterday is part of
a severe spring storm that brought
snow, sleet, rain, heavy thunder
storms and even tornadoes to a
wide section of the nation late
Tuesday and yesterday.
As the storm passes to the
northeast of Pennsylvania today,
the precipitation should diminish
to light showers and snow flur
ries.
Gradual clearing should re
turn to this area tonight and
some sunshine is forecast for
tomorrow. However, another
storm is expected to bring more
snow and rain to this area late
tomorrow night and Saturday.
The local forecast calls for wet
'snow, mixed with rain and sleet,
diminishing to light showers and
snow flurries today. Strong winds
and cold temperatures will con
tinue and a high of only 38 is
expected.
Gradual clearing, windy and
cold weather is in prospect for
tonight and a minimum of 30 is
expected,
Partly cloudy, breezy and un
seasonably cold weather is seen
for tomorrow. The high tempera
ture will be about 46 degrees.
ncle Here
A retired Penn State riding
instructor may be the uncle
of the Russian sent into orbit.
Gregory A. Gagarin, former
captain in the Russian cavalry in
World War 1, said yesterday that
he has two brothers in Russia
whom he has not had direct con
tact with since 1932. Major Yuri
Alakseyevich Gagarin, the Rus
sian who orbited into space yes
terday, may be the son of the
younger brother, Gagarin said.
Gagarin escaped from Russia
in 1918 after he was imprisoned
and sentenced to , death by the
Bolsheviks. After living in vari
ous parts of the world, includ
ing Egypt and France, he came
to the United States with his
wife in 1924.
The Gagarins are a noble Rus
sian family whose history dates
back to 1862, according to Ga
garin. It is not a common name in
Russia, although the family is
very large, he said.
Major Gagarin is a relative, if
his name is correct, Gagarin said.
However, it Is possible that he
changed his name or that his name
was changed. After the peasants
were freed in Russia, he said, they
often took the name of their
landlords, since they had no last
names themselves.
Gargarin said he had read
that the major's father was an
( Continued on page eight)
By . JOEL MYERS
By VICKI WENTZ
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Orbits Es - irth
16 - 1 1 / 2 Hours
MOSCOW M—A Soviet astronaut's orbit around the
earth at five miles a second sent humanity across the frontier
of space yesterday and left the Soviet Union challenging the
West to try to catch up. •
The pioneer astronaut, Maj. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin,
27, plumbed the cosmos for an
hour and a .half, sending back
messages of reassurance as he
passed into the realm of weight
lessness.
His feat taxed the Soviet Un
ion's supply of superlatives and
won the plaudits of scientists ev
erywhere including experts in
the United States.
Last night Soviet Premier
Khrushchev, who promised a
few weeks ago that the first
human flight info space was
soon to be realized, declared,
"Let the capitalist countries try
to catch up."
By Soviet account, the flight
occurred between 9:07 a.m. and
10:55 a.m. yesterday.
Gagarin—already fondly dubbed
"Gaga" by a feverishly excited
Soviet public—was in the air for
one hour and 98 minutes.
He was in outer space one hour
and 29 minutes, the time it took
his five4on space ship to whip
around the earth. That was at a
speed of about 17,000 miles an
hour, or six times as fast as man
has ever flown before.
Man's fastest previous speed
was 2,905 miles an hour, achieved
by the 'U.S. Xl5 rocket plane.
President Kennedy called the
feat "an outstanding technical
accomplishment."
The Soviet government and
Communist party, in a statement,
promised to "place our achieve
ments and discoveries not at the
service of war but at the service
of peace and the security of peo
ples."
Six Councils
Will Conduct
Elections Today
Six student councils will hold
elections from 9 a.m. to noon and
from 1 to 5 p.m. today and to
morrow John Jourdan, Inter-
College Council Board elections
chairman, said yesterday.
Students may vote at their col
lege council to elect sophomore,
junior and senior representatives,
he said. The Mineral Industries
Student Council will hold elec
tions in Mineral Industries, Chem
istry-Physics in Osmond, Engi
neering -Architecture in Sackett
and Hammond, Liberal Arts and
Education in the Hetzel Union
Building, and Business Adminis
tration in Boucke.
Jourdan said the Physical Edu
cation and Agriculture Councils
will not hold elections at this
time, but will elect representa
tives during classes. The Division
of Counseling will appoint council
members, he said.
Dixons to Present Arias
Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, of
Evans City, will present a pro
gram of French, Italian, German
and English arias and songs for
the Alliance Francaise of the
University at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow
in the main lounge of the Helen
Eakin Eisenhower Chapel.
Hays Foresees Hike
In Education Taxes
The combined pressure from local school districts and
groups concerned with higher education may "compel" the
legislature to raise additional taxes for education, Senator
Jo Hays, D-Centre, said last night
In commenting on the reaction in the General Assembly
to the report of the Governor'sf
special committee on education,
presented to the legislature Mon
day, Hays said the report was
received with "cautious enthusi
asm "
"Most legislators approved the
report as a refreshing new look
at education in Pennsylvania,"
the senator said. However, he
added, they "get cautious when
they see that the program will
be expensive."
The long-waited report included
recommendations to improve edu
cation in Pennsylvania which
would add $361.8 million to the
total cost of 1969-70.
In presenting the committee re
port to the legislature, Governor
Lawrence urged the Assembly to
"act speedily on the items in the
report," Hays said. "This is what
we should do," he commented.
As for the effect of the report
on the University request for $23
million in state appropriations for
next year, Hays said, "Whether or
not the University appropriation
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Then it added: "Let us put an
end •to the arms race!"
By PAT DYER
will be $23 million, I don't know."
"I'm still plugging for $23 mil
lion," he added.
Senator Hays had introduced a
separate bill in the upper house
for the full University request.
However, Hays said, if no new
revenues are found, the appro
priation passed will probably be
for the $l7 million (or $18.5 mil-.
lion for a 13-month fiscal year)
originally recommended by the
Governor.
The education committee's re
port included recommendations
for improvements in all areas of
4'ennsylvania education, but did
not rank areas in order of priority.
Hays said this was "no serious
omission." "The General As
sembly will have to set up its
own priority," he said.
The governor has indicated that
, he will set up a special committee
to see which of these things can
be done by executive order, Hays
said. He added, "These things
should he done first."
"Besides," he said, "higher edu
cationl and elementary education
go together—neither can go be
fore the other."
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