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VOL. 61. No. 122
Proffitt Reinforces
Campaigning Rules
For Dining Halls
No political campaigning will be allowed in the residence
hall dining rooms this year, Robert C. Proffitt, director of
Food Service, said yesterday.
Candidates will be permit
waiting in line, he said, but
Elex. System
Proposed
By Brandt
By ROCHELLE MICHAELS
John Brandt, former chair.
man of Campus party, has pre
sented the SGA Executive
committee with a proposal
which he says will improve
University elections procedures
and prevent ballot box stuffing.
Brandt's proposal, which calls
for a system of numbering ballots
and registering voters, is intended
to check elections results.
Under the proposed system a
student, upon presentation of a
matriculation card, would sign
his name and ballot number in
a voter registration book.
After marking the ballot, he
tears off the number. and puts
the ballot in the box.
When the votes are counted,
the elections commission would
be able to check the tabulations
against the names on the voter
lists and the number of remaining
ballots. -.
Brandt has termed his system
"almost foolproof, because in or
der to stuff the boxes one would
have to forge signafures and con
fide in others on the elections
commission."
Robert Dufner, chairman of
the elections commission has
said that he would "probably go
ahead with this system unless a
better one were to come up."
He termed Brandt's proposal as
a "step in the right direction,"
but not necessarily "indicative of
foolproof balloting."
When asked to comment on the
proposal, Dennis Foianini, Cam
pus party candidate for All-Uni
versity President, stated "student
government is at an all-time low
and we should prevent any at
tempt at an - elections fix."
Robert Harrison, University
party candidate for All-Univer
sity President, stated that he
would like to see a special SGA
assembly meeting to vote on
Brandt's proposal.
Fuller Answers IX Control' Charge
By SARALEE ORTON
In commenting on a charge
that the Book Exchange Board
of Control is dominated by
members of three fraternities,
William F. Fuller, BX advisor,
said yesterday that such control
could not be financially harmful
to the bookstore.
Fuller said that all finances and
profits of the BX are handled by
a University employee, Donald S.
Saubel, treasurer of Associated
Student Activities.
The accusation of fraternity
monopoly of the BX was made by
Stephen Gregg, junior in psychol
ogy from Washington. Gregg
quoted statistics which showed
that all 39 male Board of Control
members since 1955 had been
members of Phi Sigma Delta, Del-
Oci inatill
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 22. 1961
ed to talk to students who are
they may not go inside the
dining rooms.
Proffitt said that the policy of
keeping the dining halls off
limits is not new but that it hasn't
been enforced for the past two
years.
The year before last, he said,
was the first time in years that
campaigning was allowed in the
dining halls.
He said that one group began
to campaign there and that
since it was the middle of the
campaign, he didn't enforce the
rule.
Last year, the rule was not en
forced,
Ile said, because those with
authority in the matter were
"disorganized."
"I have contacted the dean of
men's office and the dean of
women's office and we agree that
the dining halls should be kept
as private as possible for the stu
dents."
Proffitt also said that the
cafeteria method of serving food
and the limited number of seats
makes it necessary to keep the
students moving in and out of
the dining halls.
He added that if the political
candidates were allowed to cam
paign in the dining rooms, other
groups might want the same
privilege. "We would like to keep
soliciting at a minimum," he said.
Commenting on the re-enforce
ment of the policy, Duane Alex
ander, independent candidate for
student body president, said "I
[ would prefer campaigning in the
I dining hall because students are
more easily contacted there. But
if I can't, I'll reach the people any
way I can."
Dennis Foianini, Campus party
I candidate for student government
president, said "Mr. Proffitt is
barring one of the most effective
I methods of contacting students."
"The Administration ha s
shown a strong desire lately to
see student interest in student
government. By enforcing this
policy, it is acting directly
against the possibility of having
this (student interest) come
about," he said.
Foianini said that he would
talk to Proffitt today and that he
will do all he can to get the policy
changed.
Robert Harrison, University
party candidate for student body
president, said "It would be ad
vantageous if we could campaign
in the dining halls but if we can't,
we'll certainly campaign in the
dining hall areas."
to Sigma Phi or Tau Kappa Epsi
lon.
At a meeting to announce the
1961-62 Board of Control mem
bers, Gregg asked if it were
possible for a member of an
other fraternity to be promoted
to the board.
New members of the Board,
announced by Larry Abrams, out
going chairman, are Spencer Mc-
Graw, chairman; Robert Taylor,
purchasing agent; Anthony Lom
bardo, store manager; Melvin
Schulman, Used Book Agency
manager; and Rena Goldman,
secretary-personnel manage r.
Gregg said all the men are mem
bers of the three fraternities.
Spencer McGraw, present
store manager, said that an
nouncements for BX candidates
are publicized and anyone with
a 2.3 all-University average is
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Kennedy, Ike I n
Cuban Conference
WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy will meet
Dwight D. Eisenhower on the tense situation in tuba.
The White House announced late yesterday that the
12:30 p.m. today at Camp David; Md.
Press secretary Pierre Salinger said the meeting was
WUS Announces
Prof Snarl Winner
After two weeks of
voting, Dr. Richard Colwell,
assistant professor, of ac
counting, was elected Prof
Snarf with a total of $B7
in votes.
Students voted for their fa
vorite prof with pennies, the to
tal amount collected to be do
nated to World University
Service headquarters to aid
foreign students.
The money was collected in
jars located in the Hetzel
Union Building and in Waring
Lounge.
Colwell. who was nominat
ed by the College of Business
Administration and the divi•
sion of counseling, said that he
is "very pleased for World
University Service (w h i c h
sponsored the contest), because
that was the primary objective.
My victory evidences a lot of
Mild Temperatures
Expected Today
Clouds and light showers over
spread Perinsylvania late yester
day afternoon as a fast-moving,
but weak, storm approached this
area from the west.
As this storm passes to the
northeast of Pennsylvania today,
skies will gradually clear.
Today should be mostly cloudy
and mild with clearing during
the afternoon. A high of 67 de
grees is expected.
Partly cloudy and cool weath
er is forecast for tonight and a
low of 42 is likely.
Tomorrow should be Sunny and
pleasantly warm, and a high
temperature of 70 is expected.
Police to Auction Bicycles
State College police will auc
tion off 12 unclaimed bicycles at
11 this morning behind the Mu
nicipal Building on S. Frazier St.
free to try out. However, he
said that few men who are not
members of the three fraterni
ties show any interest in trying
out.
Gregg also charged that staff
members are not notified of the
time when new board members
will be chosen. In reply to this,
McGraw said that the BX is run
as a business, and as in other
businesses, promotions are made
on the basis of merit as the Board
of Control sees fit.
Abrams said that any candidate
with a 2.3 average who attends
every hour he is assigned to work
in the store, participates in at
least one work session, becomes
proficient at operating the cash
register and earns a good grade
on the candidate examination will
be promoted to sophomore board
regardless of fraternity affilia
tions.
faith from my students and
that makes me very proud."
The contest is an annual
event to determine the best
liked faculty member at the
University. Last year's winner
was Dr. G. Kenneth Nelson,
head of the Department of Ac
counting, who was also nomin
ated by the College of Business
Administration.
Runner up in the contest is
Dr. Laurence Lattman, assis
tant professor of geomorphol
ogy, who was nominated by the
College of Mineral Sciences.
The second runner-up is Dr.
Mary Willard, professor of
chemistry, the candidate of the
College of Chemistry and Phy
sics.
Lattman received $4O in
votes, Miss Willard, $25.
The money will be sent by
World University Service to
the national headquarters of
the organization. The group
gives aid to foreign students.
Candidates Will Debate
Over Air, at Conference
Stuctent body presidential can
didates will discuss campaign is
sues next week in a debate spon
sored by 'WDFM and a press con
ference sponsored by The Daily
Collegian.
The debate to be carried over
stations WDFM and VTMAJ is
scheduled for 9 p.m. Monday. The
press conference will be held at
5 p.m. Monday in the Hetzel
Union assembly room, and will be
open to the public.
Reston to
Tuesday
James Reston, chief of the Washington Bureau of the
New York Times, will speak on "Behind the Washington
Dateline" Tuesday evening at 8:30 in Schwab.
Reston's program is sponsored by the University Lecture
Series. Student tickets will be available at 1:30 today and
will be distributed until 5 p.m.i
Tuesday at the Hetzel Union desk.itne Pulitzer Prize for 'his news
,Tickets will be sold to the publicidispatehes and interpretative ar
from 9 a.m. tomorrow until 5 p.m.ltides on the Dumbarton Oaks
Monday.
Security Conference.
Reston joined the London Bur-I His other awards include the
eau of the New York Times 1953 George Polk Memorial
1939 reporting international and Award for National Reporting,
national events. In 1941 he re-.
turned .to the United States tot the Page One Award of News
paper Guild of New York in
work on diplomatic and foreign 1954 and the Raymond Clap
affairs in the Washington Bureau.i per Award for Washington news
After being made an assistant
correspondence in 1954,
to the publisher, Reston re
turned to London as acting head Reston, born in Clydebank,
of the Times Bureau. He be-
I Scotland, has lived in this coun
came national correspondent in !try since 1920. After graduating
January 1945 and after the war ifrom the University of Illinois
was named diplomatic corre-
.in 1932, he worked for the Spring
spondent covering national and
(f i eld, Ohio, Daily News and was
international political develop - !sports publicity director for the
menis. ;Ohio State University.
On a leave of absence from the
New. York. Times during the war,!
he served as head of the Infor
mation Service of the Office of 4
War Intelligence in the Ameri
can Embassy in London.
In 1944 Reston was awarded
Election
Suggestions
--See Page 4
today with former President
conference would take place at
arranged in a telephone conver
sation that Kennedy initiated yes
terday morning.
"The President will bring for
mer President Eisenhower up to
date on all recent developments
concerning the situation in Cuba,"
Salinger said.
Kennedy fended off questions
about the ill-starred invasion of
Cuba at his news conference yes
terday but other administration
officials said the plan had been
approved by the President and his
top advisers.
At the conference, Kennedy
bore down on a decade of diffi
culties ahead in combating Com
munist guerrilla tactics around
the world and in trying to get a
rocket to the moon ahead of the
Russians.
Kennedy said he is consider
ing dispatching Vice President
Lyndom S. Johnson to South
east Asia. He said, too, that
"we continue to be hopeful"
for a cease-fire in Laos.
Shifting his sights to Geneva,
the President took a more pes
sirriistic view. He said that "We
are, of course, very discouraged"
by Soviet insistence on a veto•in
policing any nuclear weapons test
ban.
But he said the talks should
continue, because their tailure
would bring on "a proliferation of
atomic testing in other countries"
;and dash hopes of getting an
agreement on disarmament.
Nudged along by questions.
Kennedy took a look at the
world-wide aspects of the Com
munist threat over the coming
decade.
, "I think," he said, "we face an
extremely serious and intensified
,struggle with the Communists."
This, Kennedy said, "is a
(matter of the greatest possible
concern to all of us."
In response to further clues
]
!Eons, Kennedy agreed that: "If
ewe can get to the moon before
the Rusians, we should."
Speak
Schwab
In 1934 he joined the staff of
the Associated Press in New York
as a sports writer. Three years
later the AP sent him to London
where he covered major sports
events in the summer and for
leign affairs in the winter.
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