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VOL. 61. No. 121 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 21. 1961 FIVE CENTS
Platforms of candidates nnounced
Campus
Campus party last night an
nounced its platform and
pledged itself to a reorganized
student government so that
SGA will become a "true gov
erning body."
The party stipulated that rep
resentatives on the SGA Assem
bly should be directly responsible
to a defined constituency and that
SCA should act to promote stu
dent interests.
Incompetence of the present
student leaders in representing
the student body was given as
the reason for the platform
pledge.
"Under the proposed system
of reorganization," the platform
states, political parties will as
sume an active role in the ex
pression of student welfare.
Other pledges in the platform
include a referendum to be held
during the winter term so that
students can voice their opinion
on the performance of the SGA
officers and SGA itself.
If the referendum shows that
the performances are thought un
satisfactory, the platform states,
members of Campus party ,vould
resign.
Another platform plank advo
cates the sponsoring of big name
entertainment. Proceeds of the
programs would be used to es
tablish a s.holarship fund.
In another plank, the party
pledges to fight for the repeal
of the four per cent sales tax
on textbooks because it is an
"undue burden on students and
their families."
In the preamble, the party ad
vocates stronger student opinion
in "what policies are right or
wrong for this University,"
If elected, the preamble con
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Yak Professor Named
To Physics Department
Dr. Ernest G. Pollard, present
ly serving as distinguished visit
ing professor of biophysics has
been appointed to the Department
of Physics.
Pollard, who is chairman of the
Department of Biophysics at Yale
University, has been named pro
fessor of biophysics.
Parade Will March
Thru Town, Campus
With a roll of drums and the sound of Air Force ROTC
bugles, "Our American Heritage" will march through town
and campus next Friday in the annual Spring Week Float
Parade.
The parade will begin . at 6:30 p.m. at Wagner Building,
and will travel west down Cur
tin Road and turn left at Short
lidge Road. It will continue past
McElwain and Simmons dormi
tories and turn right on College
Ave.
The floats and bands will par
ade through State College until
they reach Burrows Road where
they will turn right and continue
tc Pollock Road.
The longest straight stretch
for the parade will be down
Pollock Road which will be
opened for the occasion. At En
trance Road, the parade will
fur— left, and will end at Cur-
tin Road.
The Air Force ROTC Band will
lead the parade, followed by the
banner for the first category (Col
onization to 1800). Next will come
the Freshman Class Advisory
Board, the floats for the first cat-I
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Independents
Duane Alexander, Independ
ent candidate for student body
president, said that he will
campaign on the 10 points
which he announced at the
University party meeting Sunday
night. Spencer McGraw, inde,
pendent candidate for senior class
president, said last night that he
did not have a formal platform
but had some "ideas" which he
is proposing.
Alexander's three main points
are the abolishment of compul
sory ROTC, expanded facilities
at the Stone Valley recreation
area and the expansion of stu
dent parking facilities. On these
lines, he proposed that the mat
ter of the Helsel Union lot be
taken directly to President Eric
A. Walker.
Among his "minor points" he
called for the reduction of the
salaries of SGA officers, more
student support of the Peace
Corps and better student-faculty
contact. He also suggested that
fraternities and sororities increase
their cultural programs.
McGraw said that he has four
ideas which will serve as his plat
form.
The first of these is that sen
iors be given permission to have
their dates sit with them at foot
ball games in Beaver Stadium.
He is also proposing that an
additional two telephones, the
plug-in type, be installed in
some of the women's residence
halls on weekends. He said that
this would eliminate the long
lines in the residence halls
when men students come to
pick up their dates.
McGraw is asking for a smaller
senior class advisory bbard. - He
said that this would be more ef
ficient and would, most likely,
get more accomplished. His final
proposal is to extend parking
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Two-Way Assembly Proposed
By CAROL KUNKL EMAN
. and ANN PALMER
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The legislature subcommittee of the SGA Reorganization Committee yesterday recom
mended thit both classes and residence areas be represented on the SGA Assembly.
The recommendation was made at hearings held to gather student opinion on what
the revised SGA constitution should include.
Under the system, the Assembly would consist of 32 members, including four class
egory and the TVliss Penn State
finalists.
The Navy ROTC Band will be
next, followed by the banner for
the second category (1800-1900)
and the floats for the second cate
gory. Then will come the He-Man
and Queen •of Hearts finalists,
and the Player's Entry advertis
ling "Paint Your Wagon."
Army ROTC band will march
next, followed by the banner
for the third category (1900 -
Present), the floats for the third
category and the - Air Force
Drum and Bugle Corps.
Within the three categories
there will be no specific order in
which the floats will be placed,
Judy Cheadle, co-chairman of the
parade, said yesterday. A "first
come, first in line policy will be
followed," she said.
Television coverage will be
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(tultrgiatt
University
In drawing up its platform
for the spring elections, Uni
versity party has used the
ideas suggested by its candi
date for student body presi
dent, Robert Harrison, at the final
nominations Sunday.
Two of the three planks in the
party platform announced yester
day were drawn from Harrison's
suggestions. The first of these
calls for SGA to sponsor a popu
lar entertainment series for the
student body.
The proceeds from such a proj
ect would be used to provide for
a revolving student loan fund
the platform stipulates.
The second of the planks pro
vides for a bureau of student
opinion to be organized as an
advisory body to the SGA. This
bureau would determine student
opinion on issues before SGA
and bring these before the legis
lative body.
The last of the party planks
was suggested by Joan Cavanagh,
party candidate for student body
secretary-treasurer, M i c h a el
Dzvonik, party chairman, said.
It calls for a reorganization and
consolidation of the committee
system within student government
and an expansion in the scope of
the Leadership Training course.
In introducing the platform,
a party statement declares that
the primary function of SGA
should be service to the student
body directly.
Omitted from the platform was
Harrison's proposal that SGA af
filiate with the National Student
Association. In explaining why
this had been left out of the offi
cial platform, Dzvonik said the
steering committee, after consul
tation with University officials
and sources elsewhere in the state,
had decided that the issue was
too controversial to be included
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presidents and one member-at
large from each class.
The remaining 24 members
would be apportioned according
to population of the four resi
dence areas of IFC, MRC, TIM
and AWS.
To provide for this representa
tion, the subcommittee advocated
holding spring and fall elections.
This idea was also discussed at
the by-law hearings - conducted
last night.
John Brandt, who proposed sev
eral recommendations in addi
tion to the original revised con
stitutionl submitted by Duane
Alexander, said that by having
the two elections the Assembly
would be assured of having a new
group each fall.
According to Brandt, pre.
nominations for Assembly seats
could be made by the political
parties in the spring, with fi
nal nominations made in the'
fall. SCA officers and the sen
ior class president could be
elected in the spring.
Brandt also said that having
the fall election would cut down
on the number of inexperienced
people being elected to Assem
bly.
The sub-committee did not make
any recommendations.
Results of the hearings will be
aired at a meeting of the entire
reorganization committee at 7
p.m. Wednesday in 128 Sackett.
The committee will then make
final recommendations for the
constitution to be brought before
the Assembly for approval.
Foes Re . ort
Castro Sick
MIAMI, Fla. (W)—Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro's
foes reported last night that he was incapacitated—probably
mentally—by rebel plane bombing Monday.
A spokesman for the Democratic Revolutionary Front,
whose guerrillas invaded Cuba over the weekend, said the
Fraternity .
BX Control
Questioned
The question of fraternity
controlled activities came up
last night at a meeting of the
Book Exchange staff announc
ing the Board of Control for
1961-62.
Stephen Gregg, junior in psy
chology from Washington, asked
outgoing Board of Control Man
ager Larry Abrams if it was pos
sible for a man who was not a
member of Phi Sigma Delta,
Delta Sigma Phi or Tau Kappa
Epsilon to become a member of
the Board.
"Since the beginning of the
Book Exchange in 1955, there
have been 39 members of the
Board of Control, all of which
have been members of these
three fraternities," Gregg said.
In addition, Gregg quoted sta
tistics- to show that of 76 men
who have been members of any
board in the. BX since 1955, 67
Were members of these three
houses.
In 1955, '56 and '57, he said,
all male members belonged to
these fraternities. He also . said
that since 1955, all eight of the
chairmen of the Board of Con
trol were members of Phi Sigma
Delta or Delta Sigma Phi.
Abrami said that there is no
discrimination practiced in the
selection of EX " members. He
quoted the organization's char
ter which states that the Board
of Control shall have the pow
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REGARDLESS HOW IT IS SAID, all these signs mean "Keep off
the grass." Many of the signs were placed at various points around
campus yesterday by Alpha Phi Omega, national service honorary,
as an attempt to keep students from using shortcuts across the
grass. •
information was gathered by the
front's organization.
Castro's voice has not been
heard from Havana since the in
filtration attempt began, and he
had been reported to be in the
area when the infiltration hit the
beach in southern Cuba.
A Cuban radio announcer said
early Monday a rebel bomb
dropped "just where Fidel was."
The announcer then was cut
off.
U.S. Secretary of State Dean
Rusk, in Atlanta for a speech,
said last night he had received
no information about the report,
but added: "There are a lot of
rumors going around."
"There have been many ques
tions as to the whereabouts of
Castro," said Wendell Rollason,
director of what he termed the
Inter-American Affairs Com
mission of Miami.
Rollason, a public relations
man and civic worker who has
been engaged for some time in
Latin American affairs, told a
news conference his own sources
also had aided in gathering the
information.
Appearing as a spokesman for
the Cuban exile group, Rollason
said: "Castro has been incapaci
tated by bombings. He is out of
circulation with a mental or phys
ical collapse. We have good rea
son to believe the former is the
case.
"They are trying to get him
(Castro) back on his feet," he
added. "But he has not been
able physically• or mentally—
whatever the case—to appear in
public."
If Castro, 34, in fact is incapaci
tated for any long period, the
question arises as to who would
succeed him.
The news of Castro's incapacity
confirmed—would go far to
ward offsetting the setbacks suf
fered in the. first round of anti-
Castro rebels.
Fidel obviously is the single
personality that has held his re
gime together so far.
There was no firm news of
any new landings, however.
despite rebel claims Wednesday
night that one had taken place.
In Washington. President Ken
nedy warned that the United
States will not hesitate to safe
guard its own security in the
Cuban situation even if other na
tions in the hemisphere fail to
live up to their anti-Communist
obligations.
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