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VOL. 62, No. 11
Officials Protest Order
To - Alter Sewage Plant
University officials spoke out yesterday against a state
order issued Tuesday which compels the University to build
additional sewage treatment works or other facilities to pre
vent any further pollution of Spring Creek, near Bellefonte.
Walter H. Wiegand, head of the Department of Physical
Plant, said yesterday morning that the University's sewage
treatment plant is operating within the terms of its permit
which was issued immediately be
fore the plant was built in 1956-
In fact, he emphasized, the ef
fluent (outflow) from the plant is
treated better than the state re
quires.
If the plant were built so that
It discharged into any other
creek but Spring Creek it would
be allright, Wiegand said. But,
he added, the fact that a state
fish hatchery and a nationally
known fishing spot, cal le d
Fisherman's Paradise, is located
on the creek makes our sewage
treatment plant inefficient, '
The problem as explained by
C. S. Wyand, vice president for
development, is not that the Uni
versity's sewage plant is discharg
ing improperly treated sewage,
but that certain nitrogen and
phosphorous fertilizers are con
tained in the effluent.
These fertilizers, which come
from detergents used to clean
clothes and dishes, stimulate the
growth of plant life in the creek.
At night and on cloudy days these
plants eat up a lot of the oxygen
in the water.
Thus not enough oxygen is ,
available to support all of the
fish in the creek, Wyand said in
concluding his explanation.
The University is thus left with
three alternatives: (1) Reducing
the amount of the nutrient in the
effluent; (2) Building a new sew
age treatment plant in another lo
cation that would discharge into
another less inhabited creek •or,
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Cheers End Frosh Customs
The frosh had a lot at stake at the pep-rally last night so they enthusiastically yelled
their lungs out in a "cheer contest with the upperclassmen. They won the contest and thus
ended Freshman Customs, 1961.
The rally, led by the cheerleaders, was highlighted by the appearance of Football
Coach Rip Engle and several members of the football squad. Cheered on by the large crowd,
which consisted mainly of anxious
frosh, the players and Engle
thanked the student body for its
encouragement and spirit and
pledged to do their best against
Boston University tomorrow.
Tension in the crowd began
to ,rise while the Freshman Cus
toms Board deliberated as to
whether to end customs. One
frosh girl in the crowd, apparently
unable to bear the suspense,
screamed, "I'll kill him, I'll kill'
him!," when one of the partici
pants in the pep rally began to
tease the frosh about not ending
Custbms.
Before the great announce
ment was made; Greer Cooper,
co-chairman of ' the customs
board exerted his authority as
an upperclassman for the last
time this year, asking all the
frosh to button and curtsy.
As the red and white sign pro
claiming "Customs is Over" was
hoisted by the customs board, the
frosh let out a giant cheer and
dinks were ceremoniously tossed
into the air, Some ambitious'
freshmen charged up the steps of
Old Main in an attempt to cap
ture the "Customs Is Over" ban
ner.
HALFTIME ACTIVITIES at the BU-Penn State game were de
picted at a skit put on by Cwens and Skull and Bones hat societies
at last night's pep rally. Here, Earl Gershenow, senior in arts and
letters from Ft. Monroe, Va. is being interviewed by Paul Krow,
junior in business administration from McKeesport.
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By DAVE RUNKEL
AWS to Hold Elections Today;
Releases Slate of Candidates
The slate of candidates for today's Association of Women
Students Community Council elections was announced yes
terday by Judith Allen, elections commission chairman.
This year the community councils will have freshmen
and upperclass representatives, instead of representation by
Warmer Temperatures
Predicted for Today
Chilly air followed 'the cloudy,
rainy weather into Pennsylvania
yesterday and last night, and the
coldest weather of the autumn
was expected early today.
However, a warming trend will
begin today and continue into
the weekend.
Today should be sunny and
milder with a high of 65 degrees.
Tonight should be clear and not
as chilly as last night with a low
of 38.
Sunny and warmer weather is
expected for tomorrow, and a
high of 70 is likely.
Rooms 103, 104, 105 and 107
of the Pattee Library will be
open for study only until 11
p.m. from now to the end of
the term, library officials an.
nounced last night. The check
out desks in the rooms will not
be staffed, officials said.
By POLLY DRANOV
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5. 1961
News Editor
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Kennedy, Gromyko
To Discuss Berlin
WASHINGTON (P) President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gro
myko will meet tomorrow for a conference which may well determine whether the Big
Four get together later this year to try to solve the Berlin problem.
A White House announcement confirmed speculation that Gromyko will call on Ken-
nedy tomorrow. The meeting is scheduled to start at 5 p
State Department experts stressed that nothing drama
individual class as it was done
last year.
Polls will be set up in each
dining hall area and will be open
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from
4:45 to 7 p.M. All women students
may vote in their own dining hall
by presenting their meal tickets
and matriculation cards.
The following are the candi
dates, according to residence area:
ATHERTON: Freshmen Nancy Lap
pet, Mary Crumlish, Jane Fitakee, Linda
Reese, Joyce Barbagallo and Barbara
Brunt. Upperclassmen Ellen Messick,
Patricia Rife, Carol Kuryloski, Marilyn
bankers, Lynn Stonesifer, Elaine Small
berg, Mary Dubin, Dona Owens, Barbara
Baskin, Janet Taylor, Catherine Linden
meyer, Pat Longworth, Judy Nemitz, Doro
thy Funk, Ellen Al!beck, Marlene Goren
stein and Barbara Oliver.
EAST: Freshmen Susan Cassels,
Judy Duquette, Barbara Kutllak, Patti Mc-
Gill, Wendy McLane, Connie Micklow, Don
'na Tellequine, Kathleen Rozamus, Judy
Starts, Mary Startzel and Louise Tragen-
Iman. Upperclassmen—Lillian Berger, Ber
nice Betron, Marcia Chernosky, Mary Con-
I nely, Wendy Foster, Vera Glass, Margorie
Haltrin, Martha Kremin, Karen Kuntz,
;Judy Ledin, Sally McKean, Carolyn Mika
lich, Susan Olson, Dolores Peiffer, Dorothy
IRheiny, Mary Shook, Merle Stens, Karen
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Meanwhile other frosh were
trying out their newly-won privi
leges. One boy rolled in the grass
on the lawn of Old Main, other
less daring souls just walked
across it, the first time they've
been allowed to do so since Orien
tation Week.
Folanini Wants
Parties to Begin
Campaign Plans
Dennis Foianini, all-Univers
.ty president, will appear today
before the University Senate
Committee on Student Affairs
to ask that political parties be
allowed to begin preparations
for the fall SGA Assembly elec
tions.
The Student Affairs Committee,
will begin today to consider the
proposed SGA Constitution which
revises the entire structure of the
organization, including elections
procedures.
"Of course, no election action
can be taken by SGA until the
constitution is approved, but I
will, ask that political parties be
allowed to nominate their can
didates and that independent can
didates be allowed to begin secur
ing signatures to run," Foianini
I said last night.
Foianini expressed hope that
the Student Affairs Committee
would hold a special meeting
I before its next scheduled meeting
(two weeks from today) to ap ,
prove the constitution.
Progress on the constitution
and effects it will have on the
student body will be discussed
at 9 tomorrow night over WDFM
in a new radio series, "Student
Government Report."
Walker Comments
On Summer Term
(This is the third of a series of articles on interviews with
campus administrators analyzing the four-term plan.)
President Eric A. Walker yesterday termed the success
of the summer term, first of the newly-initiated four-term
plan, as "phenomenal." . The entire program has been more
successful in its beginning stages than was originally thought
possible, the president said.
From speaking with students
this past summer, - Walker said,
he has found that most of them
like the idea of taking fewer
courses. Under the plan, a student
carries an average load of 12
credits instead of the 16 credits
required under the semester Os
tem.
The president admitted, how
ever, that there are still certain
"bugs" to be ironed out before
the 4-term plan can operate as
efficiently as it should.
"The biggest problem is that
of handling final examinations,"
he said. "I think we should have
an exam period at the end of
the term for final examinations
in multiple - section courses,
such as Economics 19."
This period would be shorter'
than the week allotted to final
examinations under the semester'
system, Walker said, possibly a'
period of two or three days.
Administrators are already
working on this problem, Walker
said, and he expects that by next
fall a definite period will be
scheduled.
"A student ought to know when
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is should be expected from the
'Kennedy -Gromyko meeting.
The President, these officials
said, will restate the arguments
Secretary of State Dean Rusk has
already outlined in talks with the
Russians in New York. There is
hope that Gromyko will be con
vinced of Western firmness on
what can and what can not be
negotiated at an eventual four
power conference.
The Friday conference, there
fore, will likely be an informal
talk in which both sides spell out
their respective positions. Offi
cials said, however, the possibil
ity that Gromyko might have re
ceived new instructions from Mos
cow can not be excluded. But they
see the chances of a shift in the
Soviet position prior to the forth
coming Communist party con
gress as almost nil.
The State Department said
there are no plans for separate
conferences . between Rusk and
Gromyko.
Rusk, of course, will be at Ken
jnedy's side when Gromyko visits
I the White House. The Russian is
expected to be accompanied by
his ambassador, Mikhail Menshi
kov.
In a related move it was
announced that Llewellyn E.
Thompson, the U.S. envoy to
Moscow, will return to Wash
' ington for consultations. But he
is not due here in time to sit in
i on the conference with Gro-,
myko.
Thompson, officials said, plans
ito go back to Moscow in time to
be there when the Communist
party congress opens Oct. 17.
Gromyko is expected to return
to New York immediately after
he meets with Kennedy. He has
announced he plans to leave for
Moscow Sunday night.
By CAROL KUNKLEMAN
he • signs up for a course when
the final examination will be
given," Walker said. With this
view in mind, Walker forsees,more
pre-registration of courses in the
future.
He is in favor of having the
freshman entering the Univer
sity plan his - entire college
schedule, he said. In Walker's
opinion, if such a system were
initiated, students having sched
uling problems would be very
few, and if such problems oc
curred, they would be worked
out by the student and his ad
viser in the previous term,
"The decision to adopt such a
program would have to be made
by the University Senate, since
it . concerns educational policies,"
Walker pointed out.
The president also commented
on reaction he has been getting on
the 4-year plan while speaking
to organizations and business
groups throughout the state.
Most people are accepting the
idea of going to . school year
round, the president said, and are
commending the University on
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