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VOL. 61. No. 120
Hearings
To Begin
On SGA
Sections of the SGA Exec
utive Reorganization Com
mittee will begin hearings to
day to gather student testi
mony on what the reorganized,
student government should
include.
Hearings on legislative repre
sentation will be held from 3 to
5 p.m. today in 2Q3 Hetzel Union.
Marilee Grabill, chairman of
legislative section, said yesterday
that the purpose of the hearings
will be to use student opinion to
get an idea of what will be put
into the final committee recom
mendations for the SGA constitu
tion.
She added that she doesn't
think hearings on representa
tion will affect the spring elec
tions.
In a directive to the SGA As
sembly two weeks ago, the Sen
ate Committee on Student Affairs
stipulated that only these posi
tions be elected for next year's
student government because of
reorganization.
The executive section has not
scheduled a hearing tonight.
Wayne Ulsh, chairman, said
that his committee will meet at
6:30 this evening in the SGA
office to "correlate and put in
order" the ideas on an executive
branch as expressed in previous
meetings of the SGA committee
of the whole.
Allison Woodall, chairman of
the miscellaneous section, which
includes judicial parts of the con
stitution, said that her committee
will not schedule hearings until
it has completed interiews with
AWS and present SGA Supreme
Court members.
One possibility to be inves
tigated, Miss Woodall said, is
coed judicial boards discussed
in the AWS Judicial Workshop
last weekend.
"I don't think the hearings will
influence the elections, either,"
Miss Woodall said, "because there
is so much student apathy that
only the few interested people
will attend them anyway."
The by-law section will hold
hearings at 7:30 tonight in 203
HUB.
SGA Surveys
Discrimination
Six fraternities and one sorority are reported as having
discriminatory clauses in either their local or national consti
tutions according to the results of a telephone survey con
ducted by the SGA Committee on Inter-Racial Problems.
Ruth Falk, co-chairman of the committee, said that the six
fraternities and one sorority which
admitted having discriminatory
clauses, said they restricted mem
bership mostly on the basis of
race and religion.
She did not reveal the names
of .the seven groups.
Miss Falk explained that the
purpose of the survey was to
determine how many fraterni
ties and sororities have dis
criminatory clauses and what
action if any was being taken
to eliminate them.
She said the survey came about
as a result of DARE's (Direct Ac
tion for Racial Equality) request
for her committee's support in its
recent campaign to eliminate
these clauses on campus within
five years.
Miss Falk explained that
when a DARE representatiya
o flir
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U.S. Citizens Executed
—Collegian photo by Toni Browne
WHO PUT THE CRACK IN THE LIBERTY BELL? Two curious
passers-by discover that Alpha Xi Delta sorority and Chi Phi
fraternity are the guilty parties. The display in Metzger's window
is a preview of what's ahead in Spring Week.
Peace Corps Plan
To Go to Congress
Legislation to make the Peace Corps a permanent gov
ernmental unit may come up before Congress within a month,
Senator Hugh Scott, R-Pa., said Tuesday.
In a private interview with several members of the
Young Democrat's and Young Republican's Clubs in Wash
ington, Scott said the Corps pro-,
posal may come before Congress,
for legislative action soon, but
that he wasn't sure it would be;
passed this year.
The Peace Corps was established'
by executive order in March and'
is now operating on a temporary
basis.
Correction
The deadline for ordering
caps and gowns for both grad
uates and undergraduates is
May 15 not today as stated in
yesterday's Collegian. Today is
the last day for ordering an
nouncements and invitations
from the Helsel Union desk.
By LYNNE CEREFICE
approached her committee, the
committee felt it could not sup
port the drive because of in
sufficient information as to how
many clauses existed in Greek
organizations on campus and
the groups' efforts to discard
them.
In questioning the officers of
the various fraternities and soror
ities, Miss Falk said it was found
that two of .the six fraternities
having clauses had already tak
en some action to eliminate them
but had failed, two hoped to take
such action, and two stated they
had no plans for taking action.
In addition, she said that the
one sorority which stated it had
a discriminatory clause, said
that no action would be taken
to eliminate it.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20. 1961
By DOTI DRASHER
Enthusiasm for the program has
unexpectedly "swept the coun
try" especially in the colleges and
universities, Scott said.
The Peace Corps executive
staff, under the direction of
R. Sargent Shriver, has organ
ized the program. Plans are al
ready in progress to have an in
itial group of volunteers ready
to go abroad in the fall, he
said.
However, he said, "many things
are still undecided," adding, "it's
hard to tell what Shriver will do."
The Senator said that at pres
ent, financial backing for the
Peace Corps comes from Presi
dent Kennedy's reserve funds. He
said the cost of the initial pro
gram will be about $5 million. _
"Thus," he said, "launching
the Peace Corps will cost no
more than launching one Atlas
missile."
In a recent television interview,
Senator Scott questioned Shriver
on the requirements for Peace
Corps volunteers.
Age does not matter, Shriver
said, though the plan's greatest
appeal is to young people. Selec
tion for the Peace Corps will be
based on oral, physical and emo
tional stability examinations, he
said.
Shriver stressed that the volun
teer must be willing to sacrifice
"pleasures and luxuries," and live
with the people he is trying to
help.
Volunteers will aid in develop
ing agriculture, education, sani
tation and many of the other
things needed to build up a more
prosperous economy, Shriver said.
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Cuba Charged with injustice,
Denies Trial to 2 Americans
WASHINGTON (al
accused the CaStro regime of executing two Americans in
Cuba without fair trials, violating justice as practiced by
civilized nations around the world.
The State Department se
Anti-Castro
Forces Join
Guerrillas
By The Associated Press
---
Invading forces reported a
linkup with anti-Castro guer
rillas in central Cuba yester
day. Castro forces were be
ginning to round up Ameri
cans in Havana. They executed
two U.S. citizens who had been
seized before the revolt broke out
last weekend.
Cuban broadcasts said an Amer
ican pilot was shot down and
killed and three other rebel planes
were knocked out of the skies. All
four had bombed and strafed
troops in central Cuba, Havana
broadcasts asserted.
Fighting to maintain his pro-
Communist regime Prime Minister
Fidel Castro's forces sent agents
through Havana, arresting hun
dreds, including 20 Americans, ac
cording to• information reaching
the U.S. naval base of Guantana
mo in eastern Cuba.
But Castro personally did not
figure in the situation as it was
reported by Cuban radio sta
tions. He had not taken to the
microphone for several days,
and a communique was issued
yesterday in the name of the
armed forces. The question
arose whether he was still in ac
tive command.
The Cuba n Revolutionary
Council in New York made the
claim of a linkup between invad
ers and the guerrillas who for
many weeks have held out in the
Escambray Mountains against all
efforts by Castro's army and peo
ple's militia to drive the mout.
Outstanding Seniors
Nominated by :of rd
Thirty-two seniors were
nominated by the Senior
Class Advisory Board as can
didates for outsanding senior
'awards at a recent meeting of
Ithe board. The senior class
will vote for nine men arid
nirie women to receive the,
'lwards at the SGA elections,'
May 2 to 4.
The 18 outstanding seniors will
be presented during the inter
mission of the Senior Ball, which
will be held from 9 p.m. to I
a.m., May 5, in .the Hetzel Union
ballroom.
The following seniors were
nominated: Constance Adler, Joan
Beidler, Carol Blakeslee, Sheila
Cohen; Elizabeth Eagelman, Mar
ilee Grabill, Elizabeth Ingley, Lu
rene Jochem, Joan Kemp, Jac
queline Leavitt, Margaret McPher
son, Wendelyn Pass, Sara Phil
lips,Susan Sherman, Sandra Slish
and Martha Wilson.
Also nominated were: John
Black, Stephen Brown, Donald
Clagett, Jack Crosby, Walter
Space Feat I
Repercussions I
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--See Page 4
The United States yesterday
nt off a protest to pro-Com
munist Prime Minister Fidel Cas
tro, but there was doubt the U.S.
note would Havana.
The department said diplomatic
channels with Cuba had been
blocked by a "communications
blackout."
The State Department also
asked about the safety of some
1,200 other U.S. citizens in Cuba.
It has had no word through offi
cial channels since the Cuban
fighting began last weekend.
Some Americans in Havana, in-
BULLETIN
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (11)
A spokesman for the anti-Castro
Cuban Democratic Revolutionary
Front said last night a new beach
head has been established in Cuba.
The spokesman vigorously de
nied reports that the counter-rev
olution had collapsed.
H. said the Cuban invasion is
going according to plan. The in
vasion force, he said, had broken
into two columns and according
to prearranged plans moved into
the mountains.
The spokesman said the report
of a n6v beachhead came from
Thomas Gamba, secretary to War
Minister Antonio Verona in the
Cuban exile government.
The spokesman refused to lo
cate the new beachhead but in
dicated the landing had been made
yesterday.
eluding newsmen, unofficially
were reported under arrest.
Information available to the
Inter-American Press Association
in •New York indicated that the
Americans under arrest in Ha
vana were confined to the Sports
Palace there.
The two Americans executed
yesterday, according to an an
nouncement on the Cuban govern
ment radio, were Angus McNair
Jr. of Miami, Fla., and Howard
Anderson of Akima, Wash. Both
had been under arrest on charges
of anti-Castro activity for some
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Darran, Mark DuMars,James Et
telson, Edgar Grubb, Richard Ha
ber, Chester Lucido, Francis Man
ley. Tim Nelligan, Ronald Novak,
Henry Oppertnan, Sandy Padwe
and Herman Weber.
Outstanding senior women will
appear in the following categories:
Class Donor Highest distinc
tion voted to a graduating senior
by members of her class, based
on popularity and contributions to
the class and the University.
Bow Girl Based on scholar
ship, activities and personality.
Slipper Girl - -- Class lcader
based on popularity among class
mates.
Mirror Girl Most humorous of
outstanding seniors.
Fan Girl The class sweet
heart, awarded for beauty. •
Lamp Girl Girl most likely
to contribute to the University
after commencement. .
Scepter Girls Three senior
women, selected for contributions
to the class and participation in
activities.
The following are the men's
award categories:
Class Donor Selected in the
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FIVE CENTS