[ Weather Forecast: 1 | Mostly Cloudy, \ I Mild f VOL. 62. No. 6 SGA Completes, OK's Final Constitution Plans; Agrees on 1-500 Ratio The SGA Assembly last night completed and unanimously approved a new constitution which completely revises the structure and procedure of the body. The Assembly also decided upon exact figures by which representatives will be elected in the upcoming fall election— a ratio of 1 for 500 students from four major areas. ! Planning for the completed (constitution was begun on April 7 [when the Assembly adjourned it self to reorganize its structure. Since that lime the governing body has moved through sev eral physical forms in an effort j to complete work on the con stitution. Informal discussion was con tinued at the 1961 Student En campment Workshops and tonight the work of over three months was tied together and the project finished. "The Assembly is now defunct, as I understand it, and I won’t be calling any meetings unless or until the University Senate Com mittee for Student Affairs re quests me to do so,” Dennis Foi anini, SGA President, said last night. Ed Policy Group Plans 'Aims' Draft In preparation for a re evaluation of the University in 1965, a special sub-commit tee of the University Senate Committee on Educational Policy has begun a draft of a new statement of the purposes and objectives of the University. The statement, John J. Schanz, chairman of the committee on educational policy, said, will be a basic document of the University’s progress and goals. It will be pre sented to the Middle States Asso ciation team for study before the evaluation takes place. The draft of the statement will be presented to the Uni versity Senate in about a year, he said, for approval or revision. When the document is approved by the Senate, each college in turn will prepare a similar re port. When the accrediting team visits the University in 1965 they will observe and question stu dents, faculty and administration and use this information, together with the statement, in making its decision, Schanz said. The accrediting team, made up of educators, administrators and businessmen, may reaccredit the University or refuse accredi tation. Refusal of accreditation, Schanz said, is a rare thing. A reputable university must be in bad shape before this happens. The team will, however, call attention to areas of the Univer sity where improvement is need ed, he added. A program of departmental self-evaluation, initiated by Presi dent Walker, is now in progress. The program, scheduled to be completed In 1962, is entirely separate from the Middle States evaluation, Schanz said. Bernreuter Analyzes 4 Terms BY CAROL KUNKLEMAN (This is the first of a series of articles on interviews with cam pus administrators analyzing the four-term plan.) The University’s four-term plan, initiated last summer and now in its second term of operation, seems to be creat ing a more intellectual atmos phere on campus, according to Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, vice-presi dent for student affairs. Students are becoming more serious-minded about studying, Bernreuter said. He added that students realize reduction in time means class assignments must be followed daily if they are to suc ceed in a course. The same material that was presented in the 15-week semes ter is now being presented in 10 weeks' time, Bernreuter pointed out. Bernreuter said he has seen Hatty By ANN PALMER The Constitution, now offi cially proposed by the Assem bly, will be put into legal termi nology by Dr. Robert E. Dun ham, instructor in parliament ary law, and sent to the Senate Committee for Student Affairs for final approval. In their completion of the Con stitution, the Assembly made definite plans for the election of a new Assembly this fall. Such an election is essential before the Assembly will become a fulltime governing body again. Assemblymen will be elected from four major areas: women on campus, men on campus, men off campus and fraternity men. Within these major areas, on campus representatives will be further subdivided into five men’s residence areas and six women’s residence areas. Men on campus will be di vided as follows: Nitlany Halls, 1 representative: West Halls, 2; North Halls, 2; Pollock Halls, 2; East Halls, 1. Women on campus will be di vided: Atherton, 1; Simmons and McElwain, 2; McKee and Runkle, 1; South Halls, 2; Pollock Halls, 2; East Halls, 1. Men off-campus will hold eight seats on the Assembly and fra ternity men will have four. The size of the Assembly will be mobile, dependent on student population at each election. Twenty-nine representatives will be elected this fall. many signs of the changing at mosphere on campus. ‘‘One of the most significant to me was the Student Government Association recommendation that library hours in Pattee be extend ed on weekends and weekdays,” he said. Bernreuter also heads the Senate Committee on Student Af fairs which will be reviewing the revised SGA constitution. Two activities in which par ticipants may be affected by the speeded-up curriculum are ath letics and the Book Exchange, Bernreuter said. ‘‘Athletes will find that the term will be ending at the same time the sporting season ends, which means that they will have to be keeping up with their studies all along,” he said. Student employees in the BX, who formerly worked many hours the first two weeks of the semes ter when students were purchas ing school supplies, may find that this will be enough time to cause UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 28. 1961 UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (/P) Britain yesterday pledged all-out effort to find a basis for negotiations on Berlin, and called for new East-West disarmament talks keyed to President Kennedy’s latest proposals. But Lord Home, the British foreign secretary, declared that if world peace is to be assured the Soviet Union must drop its policy of setting ‘‘man against man” and exporting (civil strife. In a major policy speech to the , U.N. General Assembly, he re jected as sterile the Soviet con cept of peaceful coexistence at a time when the civilized world faces the stark choice of whether “it is to live or die.” lie challenged the Soviet Union I to join in making the United Na |tion’s collective machinery for (peace truly effective, including i the setting up of an efficient inter- I national police force. Lord Home departed consider ably from his prepared text. He deleted an accusation that the So viet Union was “playing with nuclear fire” in exploiting civil strife. But a British delegation spokesman said the secretary stood behind all statements in the, prepared text. Applause greeted his declara tion' that Britain would, insist upon the right of self-determina tion and freedom for the people of West Berlin in any negotiations with the Soviet Union. “While I pledged my country to continue negotiations,” he said, “there are two things that we must secure. One is that the people of West Berlin are free to live the lives which they have chosen for themselves. The other is that there are absolute guaran tees for freedom.” Western sources said they were convinced the Soviet Union WB3 recognizing for the first time that the Berlin issue could set off a world war they do not really want. These sources said they do hot believe the Russians would fight over Western access to West Ber lin, but that a corridor incident might touch off a war. Lord Homo said, the Soviet Union was guilty of double deal ing in the negotiations in Geneva on ending nuclear weapons tests. He endorsed President Ken nedy's proposals on Monday for general and complete disarm ament, saying they gave the United Nations "a stirring lead." The Soviet Union has rejected a key part of the proposals—that the three big Western powers sign immediately a treaty to end tests. Sunshine Scholars Mimed at Pep Rally Campus life at the University of Miami was parodied last night at the pep rally staged by Cwens and Delphi, sophomore hat societies, the cheerleaders and Blue Band. Emcee Ron Butler, sophomore in business administration from Harrisburg, introduced Cooler Weather Due Today should be partly cloudy and mild with increasing winds during the afternoon. Partly cloudy, windy and cold er weather is expected tonight and tomorrow. a lag in their studies for the whole succeeding term, Bernreuter said. Although the four-term plan is now operating efficiently in the eyes of the administration, new problems are arising, he said. "Because of the larger num ber of evening classes, depart ments are finding it difficult to schedule final examinations at night," Bernreuter said. Under the semester plan, many mid-terms and finals were held for two-hour periods in the eve ning. "The question has also arisen as to who will vote in the freshman class elections sched uled for the spring,” he said. The 50 freshmen who attended the summer term will be classi fied as having a 4th term stand ing by spring, Bernreuter said. Under the class system view he would have a sopohomore status, Bernreuter added. These are two of the existing problems of the plan, but Bern (Continued on page eight) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Home Hits Soviets In Major UN Talk MIAMI "DEANS" SPEAK AT PEP RALLY: Barry Neilinger (right) interviews the “Dean of Women” and the “Dean of Men” from Miami at last night’s pep rally held on the steps of Old Main. Guy Jackson and Ruth Falk played the two parts in the skit put on by Delphi and Cwens, sophomore hat societies. By DIANN RABE the skits spoofing the student body and faculty at Sunshine U. Deans "Chimes” and "Flip” gave their opinions on student conduct, and a “typical” Miami coed ■ majoring in underwater basketweaving was interviewed. The star football player, "Norman Von Brooklyn” admitted that the "Miami Mice” were hoping for a hurricane shortly before tomor row’s game. Frosh who didn't have a chance to show their spirit last night at the pep rally will be able to climb back on the band wagon as regular customs con tinues today. Students have found that the Pollock area provides an ideal echo chamber-chamber-chamber for the frosh to shout the cheers. One enthusiastic freshman was even seen leading his cohorts in a cheer there yesterday. To dale, no frosh has been able to tell upperclassmen where Galen Hall is, but many think it is located near Sparks, while a few insist that it was left off the campus map. Customs violators can be seen sporting large signs stating their "offense.” One frosh who had "forgotten” his dink and name card was spotted as he dashed to the dining hall for a snack. He is still unable to discover why he was stopped. “I guess I must have looked guilty,” he admits. So goes customs. | First Things j an i | HUB to Show ; Foreign Films "Diabolique,” the first of a series Of international films, will be shown at 3 and 7 p.m. today in the Hetzel Union Assembly. The series, underwritten by the HUB and organized by Stephen Blum of the International Films Committee, will present ten for eign movies during the-fall term. The films will be shown every Thursday afternoon and evening. Tickets are on sale at the HUB desk for 50 cents. Profits from the series will go toward a project such as buying books for the library or a scholarship, Blum said. Other films in the series in clude "Panther Panchali,” on Oct. 5,. the first of the famous “World of Apu” trilogy, directed by Satyajit Ray, winner of fiva different festival awards, includ ing the Cannes Award. An Ingmar Bergman film, “Tha Brink of Life,” a treatise on birth, will be shown Oct. 12. "All the King’s Men,” which won the New York Circle Critics Award in 1949 and which was taken from the novel by Robert Penn Warren, will be shown Nov. 2. A more recent film that will be shown is "Ballad of a Soldier," a Russian tragedy made in 1960. FIVE CENTS
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