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VOL. 62. No. 12
ANOTHER JOB FOR ATLAS: No, you're not seeing. things—t
Hetzel Union Building is sagging again. The condition was first noticed soon after the HUB was
completed, and last year pipe column shores were installed in an effort to stop the settling. Walter H.
Wiegand, head of the Physical Plant, has cited temperature changes as one of the possible causes
of the condition.
Parties to Begin Plans
For Assembly Election
•
By ANN PALMER
Political parties and independent candidates may begin preliminary proceedings for
the fall Assembly elections, Dennis Foianini, SGA presiden
SGA was authorized by the University Senate Commit
day to call for and direct pre-election activities immediatel
Elections cannot be held, however, until the proposed Si
Theta Chi Loses
Social Privileges
Until October 15
Theta Chi fraternity has]
been fined $5O and has had its
social privileges removed until
midnight Oct. 15 on a charge
of disturbing the peace, Tom
Deßocco, chairman of the IFC
Board of Control, said last night.
The fraternity was charged
with excessive noisiness on the
night of Sept. 16, Deßocco said.
Ile said that four complaints were
made against the fraternity by
neighbors and that borough po
lice visited the house four times
to issue warnings.
The fourth time, about 12:23
a.m. Sept. 17, Assistant to the
Dean of Men Wilmer E. Wise
accompanied the police, De-
Rocco said. It was after this
fourth warning that the case
was investigated , by the IFC
Board of Control, he said.
Theta Chi has already had .so
cial privileges suspended for about
two weeks, Deßocco said, because
the hearing before the board of
control had to be postponed until
last night.
Deßocco explained that the
hearing was postponed because
Wise was out of town. A ruling
in the IFC President's Guide
states that a fraternity shall re
main suspended while its case is
being investigated.
Sunny, Warm Weather Due
Beautiful weather will continue
through the weekend with sunny,
warm days and cool, but not cold
nights.
TIM Applications Due
Applications for positions on
the Town Independent Men
Council must be returned to
the Hetzel Union desk no later
than 3 p.m. today. Robert Fry,
TIM president. said. Elections
will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday.
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nates elections procedures, is ap
proved by the committee.
"The committee's action means
that parties may meet to nominate
their candidates and independent
candidates may secure the re
quired signatures," Foianini said.
The period during which parties
may actually -hold meetings for
nomination will be announced
early next week, Foianini said.
"SGA has been given commit
to approval to begin preparing !
for elections as stipulated in the
constitution which has been
proposed to us," Dr. Laurence
H. Lattman, chairman of the
committee said last night.
"However," he continued, "this
does not commit the committee to
accept any part of the constitution.
If, when it is reviewed, changes
are made in the elections system
that affect this pre-elections
period, that which has already
been done will be nullified."
The Student Affairs Committee
and the Senate Sub-committee for
Organizational Control will meet
jointly on the first Thursday aft
er the final constitution is sub
mitted to them for review.
The constitution is now in the
hands of Robert E. Dunham, in
'structor in parliamentary law.
He is putting It into legal termi
nology.
The pros and cons of a party
system in Assembly elections were
discussed at the Committee meet-
(Continued on page five)
Greek Week
Work projects which spread!projects will go towards thel used to determine the winner
!awarding of the yegr's tro-' of the Greek Week Trophy, has
throughout the year and win-iphy, Banks said. next
'-
also been slightly modified be
dow displays instead of a! Another major change in the: cause of the elimination of work
projects during this year's
'plans is a window display contest!
poster contest were among the . . . • Greek Week.
which replaces the traditionall
changes in this year's Greek poster contest. Displays will ap-1 ,
There are a total of 150 points
Week plans announced last night Pear •in windows of downtown'
'divided as follows: IFC-Panhen,
by Robert Banks, general chair-!stores and the only stipulation is!Sing: first place 40, second place'
man of the event. that all materials used must be'3o , t hi r d
place 20; IFC-PanheL
Banks said that this year there ;completely attached to the win - 'Sing Quartets: first place 20, sec-
Idow.
would be four possible dates lond place 15, third place 10.
.Ex
scattered through the year for Other events which are plannedichange Dinners participation: 10
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the fraternities and sororities to for the Oct. 22 to 31 Greek Weekfor - fraternities and 10 for sorori
participate in work projects of !include the IFC-Panhel Sing, Ex-ties with 75 per cent participation;
their choice. He explained that ( change Dinners with fraternities; 5 for sororities with 50 per cent
the change was necessary be- and sororities, a Bridge tourna-Iparticipation; 5 for the outstanding
I
cause both the Saturdays in , ment, the Outstanding Pledge! pledge, 5 for participation in each
Greek Week have football ;Banquet and the IFC-Panhel Ban-'event, and 20, 15 and 10 points
games scheduled for them. lquet. for first, kecond and third places
All points accumulated for work! The point system, which is ,in all other events.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
e . concrete canopy in
, announced last night.
tee on Student Affairs yester-
GA Constitution, which desig-
Calendar Group
May Consider
Recess Proposal
(See Related Editorial, Page 4)
Harold J. Read, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Calendar
and Class Schedule said last night
that he would consider student
proposals to include a Thanks
giving Recess of three days in the
fall term of 1961.
Read said that such a proposal
would have to be submitted in
detail by the student members of
his committee. These members are
'Marjorie Ganter, senior in arts
and letters from Bethel Park, and
Harvey Klein, senior in arts and
(letters from Bryn Athyn.
He added he would be "glad to
, meet with these students before
a committee meeting" and that
when they had a definite plan he
would convene the committee to
'consider the proposal.
"In matters of a temporary
,change in the calendar," he noted,
"Dr. Walker would be the one to
make the decision."
Last year, however, when a
temporary change in calendar
was requested by SGA for the
Liberty Bowl game, the proposal
went to the University Senate
rather than the president.
Projects Changed
erlin Shot
Strains C • Im
BERLIN (VP) The second gunplay incident in 24 hours
raised tension to a new and dangerous pitch along Berlin's
concrete and barbed wire wal
The latest shooting occurred when a Communist police
man fired one aimed shot at a West Berlin officer who de
manded that the Communists
"stop that nonsense" of throwing
rocks at a West Berlin crowd. No
one was hit.
Prexy May Give
Bookstore View
At Meeting Today
President Eric A. Walker is
expected to make known his
views on a student-run book
store this afternoon when he
meets with John Black, editor
of The Daily Collegian and
Dennis Foianini, .SGA presi
dent. The appointment is set for,
13:45 p.m.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
tive assistant to ' the president,
would make no comment yester
day on the nature of the meeting,
but did say that Walker had prom
ised Monday to make a statement
concerning the bookstore report
"sometime this week."
What Walker has been review
ing this week is a special study
by Albert E. Diem, vice presi
dent for business administra
tion, on the feasibility of estab
lishing a student-run bookstore.
Walker appointed Diem to make
the study last Jane after the
Board of Trustees received an
SGA report on the need for a
'bookstore.
ront o
Another question which has
arisen is whether Walker will take
Diem's report to the Board of
Trustees meeting Oct. 13. It is a
board policy that agenda items be
kept secret unless it is agreed
that they be made . public.
Phil Steinhauer, former chair
man of the SGA Bookstore Com
mittee, speculated on this ques
tion Monday. He recalled that
Walker said he would take this
action, but added that he "didn't
know Walker's intentions."
Dennis Foianini, SGA president,
took the same point of view, say
ing that "Since President Walker
requested Mr. Diem to make the
report, it would be logical to as
sume that he will go to the board,
whether or not the report is fa
vorable."
Neither Diem nor Kenworthy
would make any comment this
week about this question.
Correction
The presence of Wilmer E. Wise,
assistant to the dean of men, is
,not required at fraternity hear
ings before the IFC Board of
Control as reported in yesterday's
Collegian. The board is strictly a
student judicial body, Tom De-
Rocco, chairman, said yesterday.
attA Tittle
For
Adjustment I
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last night
Angry West Berlin crowds
milled around critical points, par
ti cula r l y at Bernauerstrasse,
scene of the two shootings.
West Berlin officials feared
new incidents might lead quick
ly to serious trouble and at
tempted to herd jeering and
rock - throwing demonstrators
and sightseers to side streets.
Fresh bouquets of flowers
marked the spot where an East
Berliner, Bernd Luenser, 22, fell
to his death when trying to es
cape over roof tops to the West.
His attempt to escape led to the
first shooting fray between the
two police forces since the Com
munists began building their wall
seven weeks ago.
The houses on Bernauerstrasse
are in East Berlin, but the side
walk is in West Berlin.
ADN, the East German of
ficial news agency, claimed
Luenser . was a "criminal." It
said the East German Interior
Ministry protested to West
Berlin Mayor Willy' Brandt and
the French sector command
ant, Gen. Jean Lacomme,
against th e "unprecedented
provocation" of the shooting at
police in East German terri
tory.
. Vopos, East German police, at
! the wall marking the border at
one end of the street where there
lis a railroad yard, threw stones
at the crowd, smashing the wind
shield of a car on the western
side.
Officials Seek
Cause of Fires
In Watts Hall
Two fires in the same loca
tion in two successive nights
in Watts residence hall have
prompted an investigation by
the University.
On both Tuesday and Wednes
day nights at about Midnight,
flames have shot to the ceiling on
the second floor of the residence
hall, James Storch, counselor co
ordinator for West Halls said yes
terday.
The fires were started each
night in burlap bags provided
by the University as trash re
ceptacles, Storch said. No actual
damage has been caused by the
fires since the flames have
touched only a cement floor
and a brick wall, a janitor said
yesterday.
Storch said that the fires could
have. been accidental. All. possi
bilities are being investigated, he
emphasized
Students residing in the hall
have extinguished the fires both
nights. On Tuesday night a waste
paper basket full of water was
'used to put out the fire. Residents
explained that they could not
!find the fire. extinguisher The
(next night two extinguishers and
!squelch
basket of water were used . to
the flames.
Residents of the hail said last
night that the fires are only part
of a series of incidents which
;have been occurring recently. Two
students reported-that vulgar ex
pressions have been painted on
the walls of their rooms. Others
!said that the namccards on their
'doors have been burned several
times this year.
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