Foianini Elected President 01le Elatig VOL. 61. No. 131 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 5. 1961 FIVE CENTS Two Students Suspended; Sigma Pi Placed on Pro By IFC Board of Control Sigma Pi fraternity has been placed on social probation and two students have been suspended from the University because of an incident occuring on the weekend of April 22. A male student, a member of the fraternity, was sus pended from the University until the fall of 1963 for taking a coed to his private residence, Frank J. Simes, dean of men, said yesterday. - A coed was suspended un President Establishes New Agency WASHINGTON (il 3 ) -- Pres ident Kennedy set up a super agency yesterday to examine the workings of this country's vital intelligence activities. He named a new advisory board headed by Dr. James R. Killian Jr. and composed of six other top civilian and ex-military leaders. The President's move was ap plauded on Capitol Hill but it did not head off a move to create a joint congressional committee to oversee the operations of the Cen tral Intelligence Agency. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said the Senate will go ahead with hearings soon on a resolution by Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy. D-Minn., to create a Senate- House watchdog committee. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, the Senate's assistant Democratic leader, said the CIA, which carries on its global opera tions in strict secrecy, "needs more scrutinizing and less pub licizing." Humphrey is a member of the Foreign Relations Commit tee which has been conducting a closed-door inquiry into last month's disastrous attempt by Cuban refugees to set off a counter-revolution against the Fidel Castro regime in Havana. The White House described the Killian group as a broadened ver sion of the Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities which former President Dwight D. (Continued on page two) History Repeated in Election By LYNNE CEREFICE and. SANDY YAGGI It was a repeat performance on the student government • stage last night as Campus Party brought down the elec tion curtain with a clean sweep- presidential victory. In the 1955 elections, the last time a 3-candidate cast contended for the spotlight position, Cam pus party made its debut and concluded the performance by capturing all nine of the Assem bly offices. The party's victory theme was also carried to the jun ior and senior class offices. • The only variation between the two performances is in the vote margin. In the 1955 elec tion the Campus -party presi dential candidate won by a plurality rather than majority— FOR A BETTER PENN STATE it the fall of 1962 for drinking and for violation of the University regulation against women visit ing men's private residences, ac cording to Monroe Newman, chairman of the Senate Sub- Committee on Individual Disci pline. Sigma Pi'fraternity was placed on "strict social probation" by a directive from the IFC Board of Control, according to Hewitt McCloskey, vice president of the fraternity. The probation will go into effect on the week end of May 19, he said. From May 19 until the begin ning of the fall term Sigma Pi will not be permitted to enter tain women in the - fraternity house, McCloskey said. The fra ternity may entertain women dur ing the first five weeks of the / fall term but will not be per [mated to serve alcoholic bever ages, he added. For the second five weeks of the term, he explained, these restrictions will be removed, but Sigma Pi will be under "strict observation by the IFC Board of Control and will be checked quite frequently." The IFC Board of Control ruling is scheduled to be re viewed by the Senate Sub- Committee on Group Discipline this morning at 11. Explaining the reason for the students' suspension Newman said that on the evening of April 22, the two students had dinner and cocktails at Sigma Pi fraternity and then visited the male stu dents' trailer. They returned to the fraternity and later went back to the trailer. At about 2 a.m. Sunday the coed called her senior resident and the woman drove to the trailer and returned the girl to her residence hall. The fraternity is involved in the incident, Simes said, because according to the University regu lations "a fraternity is responsible for the conduct of guests and members even after leaving the fraternity house." securing a total of L 775 votes as compared to the 1,196 tally of his closest opponent. Only 3,679 of the 9,984 eligible voters, a percentage of 37.7 cast ballots, in the 1955 election. A 50 per cent voting goal had been set by the All-University Elections Committee. Voting in the 1955 election took place against a Hetzel Union cardroom setting. Voting machines were used and the results were tallied ten minutes after the polls closed. In the 1956 elections Campus party, then in its second year, again carried eight out of the nine All-University and class offices. Twenty nine and, six-tenths per cent of the eligible student body voted in this election. The University party entered the political scene in the spring SGA election of 1958. The Cam pus party faded from the lime- Tollrgiatt DENNIS FOIANINI SGA President Senate Gets Report On Credit Load The University Senate yes terday accepted a report set ting 8 to 13 credits as the normal term load for full time undergraduate students. John J. Schanz, chairman of the Senate Committee on educational i policy which presented the report, said that 12 credits was considered the most desirable maximum credit load because it is equivalent to the present 18 credits per sem ester maximum. However, he continued, the maximum load was set at 13 cred its per term in order to encom pass physical education and ROTC requirements in the early terms. "A student may take more than 13 credits per term as in the past. with college approval," Schanz said. The senate also approved, unan imously the recommendation of 124 to 150 credits as a normal range of credits for a 12 term bac calaureate program. "We are merely setting the out ter limits of graduation require ments," Schanz said. "We want the individual colleges to set up their own requirements within this wide range of outer limits," he said. In other business, corrections in the University calendar were read by Robert G. Bernreuter, senate secretary. Classes for the spring semester 1961 will end at 12:05 p.m. May 27. (Continued OIL page five) light as University party carried eight of the nine All-University and class offices in the election. A total of 3.625 students cast ballots comprising 31.3 per cent of the eligible number of voters. The year 1959 saw the present SGA organization hit the stage (with a Campus party candidate again featured in the lead office. The only University party role won in this election was that of SGA secretary-treasurer with 27 per cent of the student body voting. Last year's SGA election was one of the most controversial ones in the last decade. After five hours the ballots were tabulated Ito reveal , that the University party had regained the spotlight and won eight of the nine top offices. A small percentage of eligible students voted in this election—only 23 per cent. Campus All Four Dennis Foianini carried Campus party to a clean sweep of the spring elections as he took the student government. presidency by securing . 57.1 percent of all votes cast. Foianini, receiving 2,917 votes, beat Robert Harrison, University party and Duane Alexander, Independent candi date, who received 856 and 1,331 votes respectively. Jay Huffman was elected vice president with 2,787 votes. His opponent, John Witmer, University party, received 2,001 votes. • Mary Swed was elected secretaryAreasurer with 2,653 votes. She defeated Joan Cavanaugh, University party, who received 2,129 votes. Dave Grubbs took the senior class preSidency - with , 460 votes. Herb Nurick, University party and Spence McGraw, Independent, were defeated with 426 and 311 votes respec tively. Student voting reached its highest peak in several years as 38.9 per cent of the student body went to the polls during the three-day election period. Last year 23 per cent of the students voted. JAY HUFFMAN ' SGA Vice President MARY SWED SGA Sercetary DAVE GRUBBS Senior Class President Sweeps Offices By ANN PALMER Commenting on his election, Foianini said, "The enthusiasm created by the election has proven that students can respond to new and energetic ideas. The first step has been taken towards a new and significant government. There re mains yet a long and difficult task ahead 'which I will meet with de termination." Alexander and Harrison, the losing presidential candidates, ex pressed congratulations to Foi anini and pledged support for the new administration. Foianini defeated his nearest competitor, Alexander, by a vote of more than 2 to 1. Jay Huffman, newly elected vice president, said, "It is an honor to have been elected to ' the office one of growing im portance and responsibility. I say this because the majority of the students who • elected me were students who were inter ested in student government and its problems." Mary Swed, newly elected sec retary-treasurer, said, "The cam paign was a difficult one, against fine opposition. Having won, I will do my best to fulfill my ob ligations." David Grubbs said after the elec tion, "I am very happy to have been elected president of the Class of 1962. I will do my best to carry out the wishes of .the class and fulfill the duties of the position." About 36 elections commission members counted and tabulated the ballots last night in the Iletzel Union cardroom. Results were known within four hours after the last poll closed. After the results were an nounced, Dennis Eisman, Campus party chairman, ran from the room and celebrated with his vic torious candidates. 'Outstanding Seniors The winners of the Outstand ing Senior Awards will not be announced until Saturday's collegian. The reason for the delay is that, due to heavy voting, the winners have not yet been notified. 7 Year-Old Hit By Coed's Car Amy Stambaugh, 7-year-old daughter of Professor and Mrs. William J. Stambaugh, 811 W. College Ave., was struck yester day afteimoon by a car driven by a University coed. The victim was reported in fair condition at the Centre County Hospital yesterday. She suffered no visible injuries but remained in the hospital for observation and X-rays hospital authorities said. Sharon Gamble, senior in Medi cal technology from Greensburg, was the driver of the car. Miss Gamble was driving along W. Col lege Ave. toward "Suckhout St. when the child ran in front of the car, State College police said.
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