Foianini Elected President
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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.
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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.
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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.