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VOL. 62. No. 16
PEACE CORPS TRAINEES get physical as well as mental training on campus to prepare for their
positions in the Philippine Islands. Afternoon push-ups in Rec Hall prepare these men for the rigors
on the islands. In the evening these same men are put through some trying mental push-ups to pre
pare them for helping the island people.
Foianini to See Prexy
On Thanksgiving Recess
SGA President Dennis Foianini said last night that he will meet with President Eric A.
Walker Saturday morning for preliminary talks about a proposed extended Thanksgiv
ing vacation.
"In the meantime we wil
proper channels," Foianini sa
Foianini and Harvey Klei
TIM Decides
To Recommend
Extra Holiday
The Town Independent
Men's Council voted last night
to recommend to the Senate
Committee on Calendar and
Class Schedule and to Presi
dent Eric A. Walker that the
Thanksgiving holiday be extend
ed to include Friday -and Satur
day, Nov. 24 and 25.
The group decided to recom
mend that the extra time for the
vacation be taken from the three
extra days provided in the cal
endar.
Gomer Williams, junior in
business administration from
Harrisburg. made the motion
for the recommendation "Stu
dents are going to go home,
break or not," he said. The
extra holiday would save the
University money since the
dining halls would not be in
operation, he added.
In other business, the council
decided to appoint a town pe
destriqn committe to investigate
the problem of pedestrians cross
ing College Avenue where it
meets the Little Mall. David
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Sunny, Warm Weather
Will Continue Today
A cold front that had been ex
pected to end the Indian Summer
weather has weakened consider
ably during the past 24 hours, and
it now appears as if unusually
pleasant weather for this time of
year will continue into the week
end.
Today and tomorrow will be
partly cloudy and warm with high
temperatures of 75 degrees both
days.
Tonight should be mostly clear
and mild with a low of 50.
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UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 12. 1961
By ANN PALMER
I be preparing a formal written proposal to submit to the
d.
, student member of the Senate Committee on Calendar anc
Class Schedules, have prepared
a comprehensive proposal to be
presented at the Committee's
next meeting.
The proposal would extend the
Thanksgiving vacation to include
Nov. 24 and 25, or 48 hours more;
than originally planned.
According to the proposal, class
es on Thursday, Nov. 23 .would
be made up on Tuesday, Dec. 5 . 1
classes on Friday, Nov. 24 made
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up on Wednesday, Dec. 6; and
classes on Saturday, Nov. 25'
made up on Thursday, Dec. 7.
In support of this idea stu
dent-signed petitions have been
"rolling in like sea waves."
Foianini said.
"Just today. over 1,000 signa
tures of students favoring the
vacation proposal have been hand
ed to me," he said last night.
Foianini emphasizkd that the
petition idea is not a planned ef
fort but has grown spontaneous
ly from residence areas.
"I'd like to encourage every
one who favors the proposal to
sign a petition. This is one of the
best ways to estimate student
support for a project," he said.
Foianini sand Klein are continu
ing work on the proposals and
have hopes of meeting with the
Calendar Committee before pre
senting their final requests to
Walker.
In other matters, Foianini has
received no official word from
Robert E. Dunham, instructor in
parliamentary law, as to his com
plexion of the proposed SGA Con
stitution.
Foianini gave the Constitution
to Dunham to be reworded after
its completion by SGA on Sept.
27. When this revision is com
pleted, the Constitution will un
dergo review by the Senate Com
mittee on Student Affairs before
SGA becomes an active organ
ization once again.
Cwens to Refund Money
Cwens, sophomore women's
hat society, will refund money
from their gym suit sale form
9-11 .a.m. on Saturday in the
Hetzel Union Ballroom.
Coeds are asked to bring their
receipts.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Harris Resigns
As Chairman
Of Liberal Party
Dale Harris resigned as chair
man of Liberal Party• Tuesday
night because of "health and aca
demic reasons."
Albert Sharp, sophomore in lib
eral arts from Pittsburgh, will
replace Miss Harris as acting party
chairman. Sharp is a former vice
chairman of the party.
"I resigned as party chairman
because I feel I've done as much
work as I can in that capacity.
To go on would only 'hurt the
party," Miss Harris said.
"I will continue to work for the
party," she said, "probably in an
advisory capacity."
Liberal Party will hold a mass
organizational meeting at 7 p.m.
Sunday in 10 Sparks.
Holiday Chance Called 'Slight'
By SARALEE ORTON
The chance that students
may be granted a 3-day
Thanksgiving vacation be
cause of the three extra days
included in this year's fall
term appears very slight, Harold
J. Read, chairman of the Univer
sity Senate Committee on Calen
dar and Class Schedule, said yes
terday.
The inclusion bf a Thanksgiv
ing vacation would require a
change in the basic University
policy for calendar construcion
under the four-term plan, Read
said. He explained that the policy
adopted by the Senate last June
specifies that the Thanksgiving
holiday shall be Thanksgiving
Day only.
The policy was to become ef
fective with the 1962-63 aca
demic year, Read said, since the
1961-62 calendar differs in a
Holds
Tess Talk
WASHINGTON (JP) President Kennedy, discussing the
Berlin crisis and nuclear weapons, said yesterday: "We hap
pen to live in the most dangerous time of the history of the
human race."
With respect to Berlin, Kennedy told a news conference,
Fraternity Loses
Social Privileges
Until October 11
Social privileges of Sigma'
Phi Epsilon fraternity have
been suspended until Oct, 22,
Tom Deßocco, chairman of the
IFC Board of Control, said last
night. In addition, the fraternity
will not be allowed to serve alco
holic beverages until Jan. 1, hei
said.
The. action was taken on a case!
which involved two pledges I
stopped by State College police '
Sept. 22 for dr,iving . the wrong'
way on a one-way street at speeds.
between 40 and 50 miles per
I hour, Deßocco said. Both the driv
er and the passenger had been
drinking at the fraternity before
they were stopped, and both were
under age, he said.
At a board of control hearing
Tuesday night, the .fraternity
was found guilty of violating
Rules 1 and 3 of the IFC Social
Code, Deßocco reported.
'Rule 1 states that the Univer
sity does not approve the use of
alcoholic beverages at University
sponsored or related functions and
expects fraternities to obey the,
laws of the borough, state andi
nation, especially those coneern-!
ing serving alcoholic beverages tol
minors.
' Rule 3 state's that a fraternity
is responsible for the improper
conduct of its members both in
side and outside the fraternity
house if such conduct results from
the member's presence at the
house, Deßocco explained.
In addition to the other penal-
lies, Deßocco said the fraternity
will be under strict observation
unitl the fifth week of the win
ter term, which means they will
be checked by the IFC every
weekend.
The pledges, both sophomores
in business administration, ap
peared before the University Sub
committee on Discipline last week.
The driver of the car was placed
on suspended suspension until!
September 1962, during which
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few minor details from the basic
policy: One of the details is the
number of extra days in each
term this year-3 days in the
fall term, 1 1 / 2 in the winter
term and 2 in the spring term.
However, Read said that when,
the policy was adopted, it in
eluded a specification that any
changes which might be made in
the
. 1961-62 calendar must he ini
the direction of conformance with'
the adopted policy.
Therefore, any, change in plansl
for the Thanksgiving holiday'
would require that the Senate,
rescind an action passed only a
few months ago, Read said. He
said that this would he unlikely
since the new calendar policy has;
not yet been put to trial for
year.
Read said, however, that he
will meet with Harvey Klein,
student member of the calendar
committee, today to discuss with
him the student proposal to
use the three extra days for a
Thanksgiving vacation.
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"Our ambition is to protect our
vital interests without a war."
lle'leported that his recent talk
with Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko did not give hope
for a negotiated settlement. How
ever, talks with the Russians will
continue through diplomatic chan
nels, he indicated.
On another front, Kennedy
disclosed he is sending Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor to South Viet
Nam to confer with President
Ngo Dinh Diem on ways of
strengthening the U.S.-support
ed government against Com
munist attacks.
Taylor, the President's special
assistant on military and intelli
gence matters, will go to Saigon
this week.
Kennedy said Taylor will diS
cuss with Diem "ways in which
we can perhaps better assist the
government of Viet Nam in meet
ing this threat to Viet Nam's in
dependence."
The President also announced •
that he has designated a panel
of scientists and experts to study
the problem of mental retarda
tion in children. This is a prob
lem that affects one out of
every 12 persons, Kenedy said.
As questioning began, the Pres
ident was asked about prospects
, for a Berlin settlement, based on
the talks with Soviet Foreign Min
,ister Andrei A. Gromyko.
Kennedy said the talks had not
made it possible to "come to any
'conclusion as to what the ulti
mate outcome would be." But he
said talks will continue, through
U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn
Thompson in Moscow.
Discussions with Gromyko,
Kennedy said, gave no imme
diate hope of a settlement. He
stressed the word "immediate."
To a question about a public
opinion poll showing the Ameri
can people were worried about
war breaking out. Kennedy said
they were naturally and correctly
concerned about war.
"There is a collision in the
points of view the Western na
tions have taken in Berlin with
the Soviet nation," he said.
As the weapons are now so an
nihilating, he went on, the Ameri
can people are rightly concerned.
Blue Key Applications
Tapping cards for Blue Key,
junior men's Hal Seeiety, are
available in 109 Old Main.
Klein's proposal is to extend the
Tranksgiving holiday 48 hours
and to make up classes missed on
the last three days of the term.
Read said that if necessary, a
meeting of the calendar commit
tee will be called to discuss the
proposal. If the proposal is passed,
the committee would recommend
it to the Senate at the November
meeting, he said.
"However, the committee had
nothing to do with the inclusion
of the extra days and cannot
specify the use of them," he
added.
"Personally, I see no advantage
in a 3-day vacation." Read raid.
He said that students should he
versatile enough to adjust to the
new system without an extra
vacation.
In addition, he said that many
faculty members have drawn up
their schedules on the basis of
this' year's calendar, and would
have difficulty changing at this
point.
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