milesselen sssss 000000 annum in, IWeather Forecasts IMostly. Cloudy, Mild, Showers VOL. 61. No. 132 Sigma Pi Probation Approved The Senate Sub-Committee on Group Discipline yesterday approved the action of the IFC Board of Control to place Sig ma Pi fraternity on social pro bation. According to the Board's deci sion the fraternity's social priv ileges would be removed begin ning May 8 until the end of the summer term, Gary• Robinson, IFC Board of Control chairman said. However, Sigma Pi has been given permission . to entertain guests and mothers next Satur day and Sunday, he added. There fore, the restriction of social priv ileges will actually be effective starting May 19 as reported in yesterday's Daily Collegian. Sigma Pi will not be per mitted to serve alcoholic bev erages from May • 8 until Octo ber 30, including Mother's Day weekend, Robinson said. This , is contrary to a statement made by Hewitt McCloskey, fraterni ty president, in yesterday's Daily Collegian which said that Sigma Pi would be able to serve alcoholic beverages until May 19. The fraternity will be under "strict "observation from now un til the end of the fall term," Rob inson said. Sigma Pi was placed on proba tion because of the conduct of a member and his date after leaving the fraternity on the weekend of April 22. A fraternity is respon sible for the actions of its mem bers and guests after they leave the house, Frank J. Simes, dean of men, explained. The male student involved has been suspended from the Univers ity until the fall of 1963. The coed has been suspended until the fall of 1962. This action was taken by the Senate Sub-Committee on In dividual Discipline. The students were suspended because they violated the Univers ity regulations prohibiting men from entertaining women in their private residences and women visiting men's private residences, according to Monroe Newman, committee chairman. The male student had entertained the coed at his trailer on April 22 after they left Sigma Pi. Senate Group May Require Funds Change The Senate Committee on Student Affairs announced yesterday that it is consider ing a requirement for all stu dent organizations to deposit an d disburse their funds through the Associated Stu dent Activities office. Monroe. Newman, committee chairman, said the committee felt such a requirement would assure uniformity of accounts submitted by various organizations. Presently. organizations may have their funds deposited in the ASA office, recorded by the University controller's office, or submitted to a Certified Public Accountant for auditing. There is a lack of personnel in the controller's office to audit ac counts submitted, Newman said. If there were one place for or ganizations to deposit their funds, such as the ASA office, audits wouldn't be needed, he said. Newman said there is a mis conception among organizations (Continued on page three) 41.=Y4 r 4, :•..',1t.? 191 P; ,t,A,..,,,,, , 4 k, f . 4 -:-; 4 .' l 2 t l T. - = -;" r 1 or,i lt D ar i n , ~ T o II r gt ,i,... w.,7,..... ...... U.S. Strides Space Flight VlP's Map Plans For Reorganization Dennis Foianini, presi dent-elect of SGA, promised last night to take action on his camp ai g n platforms one by one, starting with SGA reorganization. Campus party in its plat form pledged "to reorganize student government so that it will be a true governing body, and not just an advisory group." It also stated that student representatives should have a definite constituency and they should act to promote student interests. Fbianini said that under this revised system "SGA will have a lot of fresh blood in it." Since student government is designed to include all students, he said that he wants the students to feel that they are part of stu dent government. After the SGA reorganiza tion is completed, Foianini said he plans to deal with the ROTC question, although this was not one of his campaign platform planks. Foianini said that he hopes —Collegian Photo by Tom Browne PARMI NOUS, senior men's hat society, rushed the season on Senior Week by signing up 100 per cent for membership in the Alumni Association. Next week they will carry signboards reminding all seniors to do the same. The Alumni Association drive is part of Senior Week which will begin tomorrow. Krauss Discusses 'Corps' Idea Though this new decade has only when inspired by lofty ideals of human relations and when con-, provided plans for furthering wincedby sympathetic 1 demonstra international relations, many tions of goodness of purpose. The main purpose of the article, of these ideas are rooted in the Krauss said yesterday, was to pro-' past. mote foreign language study in colleges and universities. Over seven years ago Dr. ~B oth during and after World Franklin B. Krauss, head of the War 11, many of us realized Department of Romance Lan- new problems would have to be guages, advocated the establish- solved if the United Slates was ment of a "cultural army" simi- to maintain its position of lar to President John F. Ken- leadership and promote inierna- nedy's Peace Corps plan. , In an article published in the April• 5, 1954, issue of the "Clas sical Languages," Krauss proposed his "culturaltarmy" because "men join hands and move forward to gether toward a common goal FOR A BETTER PENN STATE _ STATE COLLEGE, PA,. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 6. 1961 that his administration can cre ate and sustain continuing stu dent interest so that students will come to feel that student government is theirs. Jay Huffman, vice president elect, said that he thinks SGA reorganization will create more student interest in campus gov ernment since the representa tion will be more equally pro portioned. In addition, he said, some work has been done on the flight to repeal the four per cent sales tax on textbooks and the work will be continued this summer. Mary Swed, newly-elected secretary-treasurer, said she hopes reorganization will stim-, ulate as much student interest as the election has done. In the plans for the immedi ate future, Miss Swed said she will meet with the out-going secretary-treasurer and review all phases of the responsibility which her new position entails. She also said that petitions are being signed on the volun tary ROTC questions, and plrits are being made to get more signatures and to present these to the University Senate. Sional cooperation;" Krauss said. People throughout the country Prealized that the United States could not follow the isolation policy it had maintained after the failure of the League of Nations following World War 1, he said. Forward; Successful CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. QP) Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. returned safely to earth after blasting 115 miles into space yesterday. The perfect flight gave the United States a mighty stride forward in the space race with the Soviet Union. . "What a beautiful sight," t Milder Weather Seen for Today Welcome summer! The strong northwesterly flow which maintained unseasonably cold air in Pennsylvania for the past week diminished rapidly yes terday and last night, and this upper flow should shift into the southwest tonight. This change of upper winds will be reflected here on the sur face by an upward trend in tem perature. Today should be mostly cloudy and mild with showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon. A high of 70 degrees is expected. Showers are likely to continue tonight and tomorrow, but tem peratures will remain mild. A low of 55 is predicted for tonight and a high of 73 is forecast for tomorrow afternoon. 1 All women students have 2 o'clock permissions tonight for senior ball-weekend. With these thoughts in mind, Krauss said, he presented his original plan for a "cultural army" in a speech, which was to be published the following year. Krauss wrote that Western man must himself become thor oughly acquainted with the foundations of his own culture, if he hoped to be able to make it understandable and attractive to the non-Western peoples of the world. Commenting on this idea in our foreign relations today, Krauss said Americans don't recognize the fact that foreign nations are competent in their language and not ours. "We expect them to (Continued on page three) Scholastic Level, In Danger • —See Page 4 ie 37-year-old test pilot exulted ,at the top of his 15-minute hop !into space and back. His 6-by-9-foot space capsule 'reached speeds of 5,100 miles an ! hour before plunging into the At lantic 302 miles southeast, where it was plucked from the waves !by a helicopter. Shepard was flown immedi ately to the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain, where physicians began checking him over for any ill effects. "I don't think there's much 'you'll have to do to me, Doc," Ihe told one of the physicians. From the carrier Shepard was !Grand to a hospital on nearby Grand Bahaina Island, where a !doctor pronounced him "in excel lent shape and health." The physician who monitored his condition by radio during the flight which subjected him to stresses up to 11 times . that of normal gravity re ported the lean, muscular as tronaut was probably the calm est man in the whole operation. President Kennedy telenhoncd his congratulations to Shepard , ! within minutes after the astro-' 'naut's arrival on the carrier. A hero's welcome is waiting for Shepard Monday in the nation's capital. He will flown there 'Monday morning to 'receive the personal congratulations of President Ken nedy in a televised and broadcast ceremony at the White House. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Shepard Sr. of Derry, N.H.. and wife, Louise, will he reunited with him and be on hand for the pres idential congratulations. "This is an historic milestone in our own exploration into space," the President said. A U.S. space agency official said Shepard's feat isJ only the begin ning of America's exploration of sbace. Deputy Administrator Hugh Dryden said the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration is planning to send an as tronaut into orbit around the earth soon. Later, he said, one of (Continued on page two/ Senior Awards Given at Ilan Eighteen men and women re ceived Outstanding Senior Awards at the Senior Ball held in the Hetzel Union Ballroom last night. Bart Berdis, master of cere monies, awarded the trophies to the seniors elected by their class mates in the recent SGA election. Margaret McPherson and Henry Oppermann were chosen Class Donors. This is the highest award to which seniors can be elected and is awarded on the basis of contribution to the class and the University, as well as popularity. Constance Adler and Donald Clagett received the Bow Girl and Spoon Man awards respec tively for their scholarship, ac tivities and peronality. Barrel Man or the top male athletic award went to Mark Du- Mars while Susan Sherman was chosen class sweetheart or Fan Girl. The most humorous of the Out standing Seniors, Sheila Cohen and James Ettelson received the Mirror Girl and Pipe Man awards respectively. The Outstanding Seniors elect ed . as most likely to contribute to the University after commence ment, or Lamp Girl and Torch (Continued on page eight) FIVE CENTS
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