Murphy Issues Statement
Restricting Campaigning
In Men's Residence Hails
Campaigning in the men's residence halls has been limit
ed for SCA candidates by a statement issued by Raymond
Murphy, assistant to the dean of men,
According to this ruling, there will be no door-to-door
campaigning at any time In
Lawrence
To Receive
4 Students
A group of University stu
dents will meet with Gov.
David L. Lawrence at 2 p.m.
today in Harrisburg in an at
tempt to gain official support
for the University's requested $23
million appropriation.
The group will present "back
the budget" petitions signed by
over 3,000 students to the Gover
nor.
The group will consist of Dale
Harris, acting chairman of Lib
eral party; , Jeff Brown and Joe
Byers, two Liberal party mem
bers; and Lynne Cerefice, City
Editor of the Daily Collegian.
Miss Harris said that the ap
pointment is the "culmination
of the campaign" to get the full
$23 million appropriation. She
explained that two months ago
Liberal party began circulating
these petitions to get student
support for their "Help Cut the
Budget Cut" campaign.
The party's action followed an
announcement by President Eric
A. Walker that a tuition increase
would be "inescapable" if the Uni
versity did not obtain more aid
from the Commonwealth.
Miss Harris said that the ap
pointment with Lawrence was
made by Sen. Jo Hays, D.-Centre,
after the group met with him
yesterday to discuss the student
campaign backing the budget.
Hays appeared sympathetic
with the campaign and quite
impressed with student action
in support of the budget request,
Miss Harris said.
She said that she didn't think
the visit would result in the gov
ernor stating any definite policy
because of his political position.
"But," she said, "just the fact
that individual students were in
terested enough to use their own
funds and take their own time
for such action will clearly show
him (Lawrence) that we are in
terested."
The group's decision to take the
action independent of University
administration sponsorship was
necessary to show this interest,
Miss Harris said.
SGA Asks for 'Dining' Polls
By SANDY YAGGI
and ANN PALMER
The SGA Assembly last
night proposed that the elec
tions procedure be changed to
include a poll in every dining
area at least once during the
three voting days from 5:15 to
6:15 p.m.
Robert Dufner, Elections Com
mission chairman, recommended
to the Assembly that polls be lo
cated in Boucke, Hammond and
Willard from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. f;,,il
May 2, 3 and 4. A poll in the
Hetzel Union building would
function from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
the same days.
The Willard poll will be
"floating" poll to be moved out
side the building from 10 to 12
and from 1 to 3 p.m. ,
He also reported that the- elec
tions would be conducted using
numbered ballots to eliminate'
By SARALEE ORTON
he residence halls. Residence
lounges will not be used for cam
paign meetings and signs inform
ing students of the meeting must
not imply mandatory attendance
for residents at any campaign
meeting.
Political parties may schedule
meetings in the various building
and area recreation rooms at any
time, but any such meetings must
be cleared through the area co
ordinator's office, the ruling
stated.
Copies of the policy were
sent yesterday to clique chair
men of the two parties and to
the campaign managers of in
dependent candidates, Murphy
said.
This is the second ruling on
campaigning issued this spring.
Last Friday night Robert C. Prof
fitt, director of food service, the
dean of women and the dean of
men announced that campaigning
in the dining halls would be pro
hibited.
The reason given for curtailing
campaigning was to insure maxi
mum privacy for resident stu
dents. The regulations will re
main in effect until adopted and
incorporated by the Men's Resi
dence Council which has final
jurisdiction in these matters, the
statement said.
Commenting on the ruling, Du
ane Alexander, independent can
didate for SGA president, said he
was "very disappointed" because
campaigning in the dorms has
proved one of the most effective
methods in the .past. He said the
dean of men's office was impos
ing a great difficulty on candi
dates by preventing them from
meeting students.
"In the past, I have always
asked permission • to talk with
residents and have not disturbed
them_if they did not wish to hear
what I had to say," Alexander
added.
Dennis Foianini, Campus par
ty candidate, said that the ad
ministration had taken two
drastic steps in the past week
to discourage the interest in
student government which it
had previously urged students
to adopt.
This action, and the prohibition
of campaigning in the dining halls,
will keep students from getting
in touch with their future con
stituencies, he said. He added that
this action particularly affects
him since his whole campaign de
pends on meeting as many people
'as he can.
Bob Harrison, University party
candidate, said he has not re
ceived the statement yet, but that
he plans to investigate it and
take it to the Senate Committee
on Student Affairs. "I am against
the policy," he said, "since stu
dent government must go out and
meet the students."
the biannual complaint of ballot
box stuffing.
Dufner's recommendation was
questioned by Joan Cavanagh,
I-Jr., who asked why the Assem
bly's former proposal that polls
be located in the dining halls had
not be considered.
Dufner backed up his rec
ommended procedure saying
that large numbers of voters do
not necessarily reflect the value
of the vote and that polls in the
dining areas at mealtime would
be difficult to run an orderly
manner.
Thirdly, Dufner said, such polls
would discriminate against town
students and fraternity members.
Miss Cavanagh refuted each of
Dufner's statements. She felt that
confusion of dining areas should
not be considered as a reason for
eliminating polls there.
"The boxes could be stuffed
anywhere and it is the duty: of
the Elections Commission to make
sure this does not happen," Miss
Mlar B,itg
VOL. 61. No. 126 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 28. 1961 FIVE CENTS
President Briefs
Leaders on Loos
WASHINGTON (JP) President Kennedy gave congressional leaders an emergency
briefing yesterday on the explosive situation in Laos.
There was no official comment after the White House
indications the President warned that Soviet foot dragging
pushing the United States toward armed intervention to
History of Our Heritage
Put on Wheels for Parade
By KAREN HYNECKEAL
Personnel Director
Dignified Mr. Lincoln, the
mischievous Hatfields and Mc-
Coys and the daring Wright
brothers will visit our campus
tonight in the annual Spring
Week Float Parade.
Begh ning at 6 p.m. "Our
American Heritage," which has
been put to wheels for the occa
sion, will parade through town
and campus, reminding us that
"This Is Our Country."
Maybe, too, we'll find out
Waat "Whale's Tales," "Hog Pog,"
"The Mixing Bowl" and "The
Melting Pot" are all about—we've
been getting clues all week.
The parade is expected to be
three eighths of a mile long, a
colorful collection of crepe paper
collegians and moving every
things.
The general theme has been
broken down into three cate
gories, Colonization to 1800, 1800-
1900 and 1900 to Present. The
categories .will parade in this or
St. Joseph's
involved in
NEW. YORK (/P) The spreading basketball scandal
yesterday dragged in 10 more players from six colleges as a
fantastic attempt to .fix 29 games, mainly in the East and
South, was disclosed by District Atty. Frank S. Hogan.
Many of the fix attempts convering the past two seasons
were successful, Hogan said.
Aaron Wagman, 29, a convicted
football fixer from New York, was
indicted on 37 counts of corrup
tion and one charge of conspiracy
by the New York County grand
jury.
95 Pledge Honor Society
Alpha Lambda Delta, national
freshman scholastic honorary so
ciety, pledged 95 girls recently
in a candlelight ceremony.
The girls are first or second se
mester freshmen whg have at
tained a minimum 3.50 average.
Cavanagh said.
The Assembly could not take
formal action on the matter as
it did not constitute a quorum,
but took an informal vote and
supported polls in the dining
areas.
Robert Harrison, University
party candidate for SGA presi
dent, commented on the action
after the Assembly meeting:
"University party supports polls
in the dining halls and will ask
for a special Assembly meeting to
be held Sunday night to enforce
this ruling."
Dennis Foianini, Campus party
candidate for SGA, president, said
to the Assembly that many stu
dents are not voting because they
feel student government doesn't
do anything.
"There is no, harm in having
more student votes. Some stu
dents are apathetic towards vot
ing and I feel it would help to get
SGA back on its feet by making
voting easier for them, he said.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
der and will report to the start
ing place (Curtin Road at Wag
ner Building) at three different
times.
The first category should begin
to line up at 5:05 p.m., the second
at 5:20 p.m. and the third at 5:35
p.m. As soon as the groups have
arrived and found their positions,
they should move off Curtin Road,
as far as possible to the right.
To avoid confusion, each 'cat
egory has been assigned a color
—blue, red and green, respec
tively and should look for signs
displaying their colors when
they arrive at the starting point.
The floats will be judged by
seven faculty members and a
State College interior decorator
who will be together on a judg
ing stand near the corner of Col
lege Avenue and S. Allen Street,
near the Mall.
The parade will be covered on
radio by WDFM and on television
by WGAL-TV, Channel 8 Lan
caster. The latter will include pe
riodic film flashes.
The weatherman promises a
rain-free evening, at least until
the parade is over.
Stars
Hoop
Hogan said the investigation
which broke open March 17
with the arrest of Wagman and
Joseph Hacken of New York, is
continuing.
' The present ,probe threatens to
rival the 1951 scandals which in
volved 33 players from seven col
leges, in a widespread scheme to
rig points of games and beat the
bookmakers. Some of the players
went to jail.
Named in the indictment yester
day were three players from St.
Joseph's College of Philadelphia,
two from the University of Con
necticut, two from the University
of Tennessee, and one each from
La Salle College of Philadelphia,
(Continued on page seven)
The Spring Week Float Pa
rade will begin at 6 p.m. to
day. The parade will start on
Curtin Road near Wagner, and
pass through town on College
Ave. to Burrowes Road. On
campus, it will travel down
Pollock Road to Entrance and
finish at Curtin Road...
In case of rain, the parade
will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomor
row and will follow the same
route.. Any change in schedule
will be announced over WMAJ.
see.related story on gage 3
Tultrgiatt
session. But there were strong
on a cease-fire agreement is
save the pro-Western govern
ment of the little Southeast Asian
kingdom.
Informed sources said Kennedy,
pending further word on a cease
fire, was withholding a decision
on whether to step up U.S. mili
tary involvement. in Laos.
Some advisers feared a collapse
of the royal Lao government's de
fenses against Communist-led
rebels if more help is not rushed
in. .
The State Department an
nounced that Acting Secretary
of State Chester Bowles
Wednesday night' summoned
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail
Menshikov to a 25-minute ses
sion at which Bowles voiced
concern over Communist delay
ing tactics on a cease-fire al
ready agreed to but still inef
fective.
The legislative leaders avoided
reporters immediately after the
White House meeting, but those
approached later at the Capitol
were close-mouthed and serious.
Kennedy met with congression
al leaders of both parties amid
reports of new offensives by the
Communist-supported rebels and
what were described as "ob
structionist" Red tactics to avoid
a halt to the shooting, as pro
posed in the cease-fire plan put
forth by Britain and the Soviet
Union last Monday.
Kennedy's meeting with the
congressional leaders lasted
about an hour , and a half and
came soon after a session of the '
National Security Council
second meeting of that top stra
tegy group within a week.
Special focus was kept on what
would happen by noon today. The
Laos government, which prompt
ly accepted the cease-fire call, set
that hour for the halt in shooting
to become effective.
Fix
State Department nress officer
Lincoln White said, the principal
Communist response has been to
step up the rebel assaults and
raise unacceptable conditions to
a cease-fire.
The cease-fire is supposed to be
verified by a three-nation control
commission composed of India,
Canada and Poland, to be fol
lowed by a 14-nation peace con
ference starting in Geneva May
12.
He-Man, Queen
Finalists Picked
After a rigorousrround of physi
cal skill tests, nine candidates for
He-Man and nine for Queen of
Hearts were chosen last night.
The finalists and their groups
are: David Truitt and Joan -Zim
merman, Delta Sigma Phi anal
Alpha Chi Omega; Eugene Rin
kus and Donna Owens, North
Halls and Hoyt; Dieter Heinze
and Jean Mellin, Sigma Pi - and
Pi Beta Phi; Samuel Sobczak and
Elise Artelt, Delta Upsilon and
Delta Zeta; Lewis Fischman and
Sally Beaver, Pi Lambda Phi and
Alpha Colony.
John Marie and Barbara Wilson,
Theta Chi and Alpha Gamma
Delta; Michael Kacur and Deb
orah Salsburg, Phi Kappa Theta
and Delta Phi Epsilon; Richard
Anderson and - Grace Bacham,
Sigma Nu and Ewing; Morton
Cross and Marlene Rose, Phi Ep
silon Pi and •Sigma Delta Tau.
The finalists will be held at 2
P.m. Sunday on the Hetzel•Union
lawn. The girls will compete in
baseball throw, standing broad
jump and obstacle race while the
boys compete in shot put, steeple
'chase and push ups.