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VOL. 61. No. 130
Haber to Call for Plura lity
THE EMPTY CHAIRS of absent Assembly indicates the lack of quorum at last night's meeting to
decide whether a majority or plurality vote would elect the new SGA officers. The Assemblymen
present decided to endorse a plurality vote on the basis of a precedent set in - the 1955 and 1960
elections. •
Senate Receives Ist Ed Bills
By CAROL KUNKLEMAN
The first three bills implementing recommendations 14:om Gov. David L. Lawrence's
Special Committee on Education were submitted to the Senate yesterday.
The measures, which dea
and increased state subsidies
Laos Rebels
Announce
Cease-Fire
VIENTIANE, Laos (!P)
Pro-Communist Laotian rebels
proclaimed a cease-fire effec-,
Live at 8 a.m. yesterday. A later
attack by the rebels on a key
town in the narrow southern
waist of Laos failed to dim hopes
here that all fighting soon would
stop.
The general tendency was to
blame the assault, in battalion
size, at Pha Lane on a failure in
communcations. Western mili
tary experts have predicted there
would be some incidents and
fighting even after a formal cease
fire.
The cease-fire order to Pathet
Lao forces and their rebel allies
was broadcast over North Viet
Nam's Hanoi radio.
It was coupled with an ap
peal to the Western-backed
Laotian government of Premier
Boun Oum to negotiate an ar
mistice followed by a peace
conference.
It was disclosed that neutralist
Prince Souvanna Phouma, recog
nized by the Communists as legal
premier of Laos, called on all
parties in the civil war to gather
Friday for a political conference
to discuss a new coalition govern
ment at Na Mon village, site of
the military truce talks.
A New China News Agency dis
patch said the call was broadcast
by the rebel voice of Laos last
night.
Souvanna said the discussions
would concern "first of all the
question of a coalition govern
ment and that of Laos' represen
tation at the Geneva conference."
An armistice could pave the
way to a political solution to be
weighed by 14 nations at a con
ference in Geneva.
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with college scholarships and
for school construction, are the
by the committee.
Sen. Jo Hays, D-Centre, one of
the four sponsors of the bills, said
yesterday that the bills do not
have the official backing of Law-'
rence, but all have a "good'
chance" of passing in the Senate.'
Under the first bill, the $1.3 bil- 1
lion ceiling on state-backed con
struction would be removed and
the present construction limit per
pupil would be raised from $l,lOO
to $1,200 per pupil in elementary
schools and from $1,700 to $l,BOO
per pupil in high schools.
Hays said this bill is simply
an extension of the present con
struction limit now effective in
the state. Construction limits
could be applied to students in
community colleges but would
n't be extended under the mea
-1l sure to college students, he said.
Under the second bill, commu
inity colleges would be established
by school districts, acting indi
vidually or jointly, and by city
governments. Financing of the
colleges would be split in one-
Ithird shares by the state, the local
!districts and student tuition.
If community colleges were
established, he said, 70,000 stu
dents would have to be accom
modated by 1970.
'The third bill establishing a $1
million revolving loan fund would
affect high school seniors gradu-1
ating in 1962-63.
Under the bill, the state would
guarantee loans made at low in
terest rates by students from
(Continued on page three)
; Milder Weather
Seen for Today
Although yesterday was the
forty-fifth day of spring, wet
snow mixed with the cold rain
that fell in the morning. •
This made yesterday one of the
rare May days on which snow has
fallen.
Today should be partly cloudy
with considerable afternoon sun
shine. A high reading of 56 de
grees is expected,
Partly cloudy skies and cool
temperatures are predicted for
tonight, and a low of 35 is ex
pected.
Tomorrow should be mostly
cloudy and cool with afternoon
showers.
FOR A SETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 4. 1961
loans, community colleges
result of a year-long study
Philly Daily News
Says 128 Players
In Hoop Scandal
The jittery collegiate basketball
world learned yesterday that. New
York District Attorney Frank Ho
gan wasn't kidding when he said
the basketball scandal might
reach massive proportions.
The Philadelphia Daily News
reported that 128 more players
and eight referees are expected
to be named in the point-shavingl
conspiracy.
The Daily News said that 38
schools from coast-to-coast would
be involved.
So far 11 players from six col
leges have been implicated in the
present mess which is being in
vestigated by a New York grand
jury.
"New names to be disclosed in
clude those of two All-Americans
and eight referees. Additional
Philadelphia area players, some
now graduated, are involved,: the
Daily News said.
It also said that all but one of
the Big Five schools are now in
volved.
Last weekend, Hogan's office
disclosed that three St. Joseph's
stars Jack Egan, Vince Kemp
ton and Frank Majewski had
accepted money to shave points.
Ed Bowler, a LaSalle reserve,
also was named.
"Indications. are that everything
so far has been just a preliminary
to the main event," the Daily
News said.
Hat Society to Honor
'Mortar Board Scholars-
Mortar Board, senior women's
hat society, will honor outstand
ing junior women at an Honor
Day program May 18.
These coeds, the "Mortar Board
scholars," were selected on the
basis of academic excellence and
faculty recommendations, and are
eligible to receive financial grants
from the Helen Eakin Eisenhower
and Charlotte Ray funds.
Assembly Me gibers Vote
To Adhere to Precedent
SGA Assembly members
vote to uphold the 1955 an.
plurality vote to select the wi
for a student government .pos
By this vote, the group wh
since it did not constitute an
Assembly quorum, directed SGA
President Richard Haber to use
his full executive power in sup
porting the Assembly's desire for
plurality.
The first suggestion for solving
the plurality-majority problem
came from Walter Darran,
who proposed that the group ad
vocate a majority vote subject
to approval at the next Assembly
meeting.
Darrati later withdrew his
suggestion, stating that the ar
guments and evidences of a
strong plurality precedent had
changed his feelings toward the
matter.
James Sloane, freshman class
president, opposed Darran's pro
posal for a majority vote using
his election this fall as an ex
ample of precedent of a plurality
vote.
Sloane ran against two other
candidates and defeated his clos
est competitor, John Androski, by
a margin of three votes.
Another incident of a candidate
running in tri-competition and
being elected by a plurality vote
was brought up by Allison Wood
all, U.-Soph.
In the 1955 presidential elec
tion, Earl Seely defeated his
competitors with, 1775 votes
against the 1196 and 708 votes
received by his opponents, she
said.
Miss Woodall maintained that
the SGA constitution provides for
more than two candidates run
ning in an election and therefore
the assumption held by many
Assemblymen that it was con
structed for a strict 2-party sys
tem is invalid.
Nancy Williams, U-Jr., also sup
ported a plurality vote: "Certain
people feel that a majority vote
would have definite advantages
for them. For this reason we
should accept the precedent of a
plurality vote. If we keep using
SGA to further political interests,
we had better give up."
1,700 Students Vote
In Elex Yesterday
The "I Have Voted. Have You?" lapel tags issued to
students when they vote are becoming more and more nu
merous on campus as the number of ballots cast in the All-
University elections has soared over the 3,600 mark.
Yesterday's tally of exactly 1,700 boosted the number of
voters to 3,569 for the first twos — _
dayofs elections, Robert Dufncr, l
elections commission chairman,l
said last night. This number rep-,
resents 27.9 per cent of the stu- 1
dents eligible to vote. .
This total is higher than the total
number of voters for all three daysl
of voting last spring when 3;4671
students voted.
Elections will end today with
balloting continuing in Willard.
Boucke and Hammond from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. and in the Hetzel
Union Building from 9 a.m. to I
7 p.m.
Heavy voting continued yester-;
day in Boucke and the HUB but
was slow in Willard and in Ham-1
mond, observers said.
Dufner said that the large turn-,
out indicated a high student in
terest. The spirited campaign car -1
ried on by the candidates has con-I
tributed greatly to the high per-I
tentage of students voting, he
said.
Several incidents of students
A 'Plurality
With Dignity
--See Page 4
last night decided by a straw
1960 precedents of using a
finer of a three-candidate race
ch could take no formal action
Senate May
Consider
Term Loads
The Senate Committee on
Educational Policy may pro
pose limitations on individual
credit loads under the 4-term
plan to the University Senate
today.
The committee may suggest that
the minimum credits that a stu
dent may take per term be set at
8 and the maximum at 13, John
J. Schanz, chairman of the com
mitte said yesterday. The limita
tion would encompass all credits,
including physical education and
ROTC, and would apply to all
curriculums, he said.
The committee may also sug
gest that the minimum number of
credits required to obtain a de.-
gree be set at 124 and the maxi
mum number at 150, Schanz said.
Schanz said that the indi
vidual colleges would set up
their term and degree require
ments within the limits set by
the Senate. The colleges would
not be able to exceed or go un
'der these bounds, he said.
The minimum and maximum
credit loads are designed for nor
mal students within _the term.
However. the ruling would not
be iron -clad, Schanz said.
It would enable students with
high academic averages or credits
to exceed the limit of 13 with the
consent of their individual col
leges.
being turned away from the
polls were reported yesterday.
Most of these involved students
with duplicate matriculation
cards who are not allowed to
vote.
Supporters of Dennis Folanini,
Campus party candidate for stu
dent body president, said that they
were heartened by the hrge turn
out of voters. Dennis Eisman,
Campus party chairman, said that
the party stands a better chance
of winning if more people turn
out to vote.
Robert Harrison, University
party candidate for student body
president, concurred with Eisman
and said that if 8,000 students
voted most likely roianini would
win the election.
Duane Alexander, independent
candidate for student government
;president, said that he too was
Ipleased with the voter turn out. •
FIVE CENT%