IWeather Forecast: Sunny, Warm VOL. 62. No. 17 Read Says Recess Plan `Missed the Point,' Needs Cogent Reason for Break Harold J. Read, chairman of the University Senate Corn mittee on Calendar and Class Schedule, told student members of the committee yesterday that their report recommending a change in the one day Thanksgiving vacation "missed the point." Meeting with Read on the Thanksgiving proposal yes terday were Marjorie Ganter and Harvey Klein, student members of the committee. According to Klein, Read said the committee's function is to recommend changes only in basic policy, not in specific in stances. Read told Miss Ganter and Klein that if they can come up with sufficiently cogent reasons why there should be a full weekend vacation for Thanks giving—reasons strong enough to convince the other faculty members of the committee—the question of this change in basic policy might be put on the agenda of -the University Senate meeting scheduled for Nov. 2. The Committee for Calendar and Class Schedule unanimously passed the 24-hour Thanksgiving vacation last June, Klein said, The committee will meet on Wednesday to decide if there are sufficient grounds for pro• posing a basic change in Uni versity policy on this matter. "It seems that some of our main propositions are up against a stone wall. The claim that Thanksgiving Is a time for study carries no more weight than does the idea that Thanksgiving is a family holiday," Klein said. "Read feels there is no evidence that the weekend Thanksgiving vacation under the semester sys tem helped in allowing the re grouping of assignments or that it would be a valuable addition to the term calendar," he said. According to Klein, Read feels the change in the one-day holiday policy will be especially difficult because it was in effect until the early 1940'5. The weekend Thanksgiving vacation at the Uni versity was a comparatively re cent innovation, Read said. "Read told us if someone feels they would like to celebrate Thanksgiving, they should do it within the first two weeks of December." Klein said. Klein and Miss Ganter are working on a revised proposal to present to the 7-member commit tee on Wednesday. "It is going to be a great deal more difficult to alter basic policy than to recommend the re-appli cation of the three additional cal endar days," Klein said. "Since the ruling explicity states that any changes made in the 1961-62 calendar should be in the direction of accepted policy, it would seem that we have a better chance to delete these contrary to-policy days than to get a family holiday for Thanksgiving. Never theless, our committee is a long way from giving up our efforts for a weekend vacation," he said. Warm, Sunny Weather Forecast for Weekend The high pressure ridge that has produced the beautiful weath er of recent days continues sta tionary in the Middle Atlantic states. Little or no movement of that high during the weekend will cause the unseasonably warm weather to persist. Sunny skies and warm weather is expected today, tomorrow and Sunday. Today's high temperature should be near 78 degrees and maximum readings of 80 degrees are likely tomorrow and Sunday. Tonight should be partly cloudy and mild with a low of 55 de grees. By ANN PALMER Nancy Williams Appointed Head Of Commission Nancy Williams, senior in secondary education fr o m Drexel Hill and chairman of 1961-62 Student Encampment, was appointed elections com mission chairman last night by Dennis Foianini, SGA president. "I will meet with Foianini in the next 24 hours and we will work out the details for the coming elections," Miss Williams said. The selection of four elections commissioners who will work with Miss Williams as the author itative body for elections will be announced in the near future, Foianini said last night. "I feel that Miss Williams handled the- organization of the 1961-62 Encampment very well," he said, "and that She will be able to handle the organization of the elections equally so." With the Election Commis sion chairman , apointed, the stu dent council elections can pro ceed as scheduled. They will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 19 and 20. All colleges will hold elections within their particular college of fice buildings. The college of Ed ucation, Business Administration, Liberal Arts and the Division of Counseling will also have a poll ing booth in the Hetzel Union. The following colleges are elect ling only freshman council mem bers at this election: Business Administration, Education, Liber -1 al Arts, Physical Education, Home Economics and Agriculture. The other colleges, Mineral In dustries, Division of Counceling, Engineering and Architecture, l and Chemistry-Physics, are hold ing elections for upperclassmen positions on the student councils as well as freshman seats. Pep Rally Tonight The cry will be "Beat Army" at tonight's pep rally at 6:45 in front of Old Main. A motorcade will form at 6:15 p.m. in the parking lot in front of Haller Hall. Members of Chimes, junior women's hat society, and Blue Key, junior men's hat society, will present a skit satirizing the Army football team. The masters-of-ceremonies will be Mark Greenwald and Peggy Miller, hat society members. Foot ball players Bob Mitinger and Dave Hayes will speak at the rally. The "Beat Army" donkey will make its appearance this after noon on campus and will also ap pear at the rally. The Blue Band will be on hand to provide music, FOR A BETTER PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13. 1961 eds Say U.S. Plans Aggression In Asia MOSCOW (IP) —Moscow radio asserted yesterday. that Washington has "openly ag. gressive" plans to send troops to South Viet Nam—a step that "can seriously complicate the situation in that part of the world." ' While making no threat to send in Soviet troops, the broadcast declared any such U.S, action would "trample on the Geneva agreement about Indochina." That agreement pro- Parties to Begin Work On SGA Fall Elections Three political parties, Campus, Liberal and University, have announced plans for preliminary work for fall Student Government Association elections. Although nothing definite can be done" about setting the date for elections until the new SGA Constitution is approved, Dennis Foianini, SGA president, received authorization on Oct. 5 from the University Senate Com mittee on Student Affairs to be gin preliminary election proceed ings. Campus party will hold a mass meeting at 7 p.m., Sunday, in 121 Sparks, Dennis Eisman, chairman of the party, said. The All-University officers will be present, he said, and Dennis Foianini, SGA president will speak. He explained it will be a general organization meet ing and will also give people an opportunity to sign up to work for the party committees. Liberal party will hold a mass meeting at 7 p.m., Sunday in 10 Sparks, Al Sharp, acting party chairman said. "We will hold a registration," Sharp said, "which will be un official if there is no elections commission representative pres ent." "If the Thanksgiving recess is not approved when Dennis Foi anini, SGA president, meets with President Eric A. Walker tomor row, Liberal party plans to'form a committee to attempt to push this thing through," Sharp said. ."This 'Back the Thanksgiving Vacation Drive' will be a non political venture, however," Sharp said, "for we plan to in vite representatives of residence halls and fraternities to attend and join in this general com mittee." At the meeting, Sharp said, the party will be sub-divided into wards to get new membership in the various living areas and also to help the party obtain worth while candidates for the election. University party will hold a mass meeting within two weeks, Elliot Newman, acting party chair man, said last night. Applications will be available at the Iletzel Union desk, for anyone interested in working for the University party, he added. Fini Constitution Given to Foianini The final reworded draft of the proposed SGA Constitution was presented to Dennis Foi lanini, SGA president, by Ro bert E. Dunham, instructor in parliamentary law, yesterday. "Copies of the final draft will be sent to the members of the Senate Committee on Student Af fairs and Senate Subcommittee on Organizational Control sometime tomorrow," Foianini said last night. Laurence H. Lattman, chair man of the student affairs com mittee, said last night that he plans to calla joint meeting of both committees Thursday to begin review of the constitution. 'This is the earliest possible By SANDY YAGGI Traffic Plans To Be Tested At Army Game Along with Penn State's football prowess, the Army game will test carefully laid traffic control plans tomor row. About 3,000 more cars than were present for the Navy game are ex pected for tomorrow's game, Wil liam C. Pelton, • director of the Department of Security and chair man of the Football Traffic Plan ning Committee, said. The committee was formed 'earlier this year to draw up plans for handling, the spectacular in crease in traffic for home foot ball games. It is composed of Uni versity and borough officials and' state police. The committee said that it was . " 'well satisfied with the success or the plan at the Navy game. The public cooperated excellently with traffic officers and most drivers! had apparently read and followed! the suggestions for the quickest access to the stadium parking! areas, the committee reported. "The only difficulty before the; game," Statd College Mayor Roy' D. Anthony said, "was encoun-' tered by those in the College Heights section east of Atherton; St. who failed to use N. Holmes St. as was advised to .get onto Park Ave., in the North Halls' area." An officer will be at the inter section to help break into the Park Ave. traffic, Anthony said.' To help speed traffic into sta.! dium parking areas, four new en-1 trances have been constructed and' two new areas opened, .• time that members of both com- mittees are available to meet," Lattman said. At the student affairs commit- i SCIA has become a defunct body ;tee meeting last week LattmaWwith no constitution under which said that he would call the com-Ito operate. mittee together on the first Thurs-! The organization was granted 'day after the completion of the i a temporary charter last spring (final draft by Dunham. by the student affairs commit "l had a 1 1 / 2 hour meeting Withl tee to have effect until a con- Dunham today," Foianini said last dilution, recognizing the struc night," and he has done a very 1 lure of SGA, was drawn tfp. comprehensive study of the con stitution and has suggested many If the constitution is approved ',clarifications." lby the student affairs committee,. Dunham commented that the SGA , will become active again and 1 constitution "for the most part begin to make definite plans for is a good one." the election of a new Assembly. "I suggested some revision in' If the committee does not ap 'terminology but nothing major, ;prove of all or parts of the con he said. stitution, some provision for fur- A rough draft of the constitu-ther investigation and revision tion was completed by the SGA'will be made. FM Action I an -- Se La e u p d a e g d e 4 hibits sending foreign troops tti South Viet Nam. iV The Soviet Union and Brita hold a special responsibility I maintaining peace In the areill, having presided at the 1954 confe (lice in Geneva that produced armistice and laid down a dema - cation line between South Viet Nam and Communist North Vict Nam. President Kennedy had an nounced he is sending Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, a top , mili tary adviser, to South Viet Nam to determine what steps shoUld be taken to meet rising Corn munis' attacks. The White House declined to comment on the Moscow broad cast. The broadcast by Andrei Batur in, commentator on foreign policy, obviously reflected the view of the Kremlin. "Evidently," he said, "Wash ington, before the eyes of the world, has decided to trample on the Geneva agreement, which pro hibits the sending of foreign troops to South Viet Nam." Such American action in Southeast Asia can seriously complicate the situation in that part of the world." In a reference to the large U.S. grants. of military and economic aid to President Ngo Diem's gov ernment in South Viet Nam. Bat urin continued: "Ngo Dkiph Diem and his clique find themselves. on the brink of bankruptcy notwithstanding Ire- Imendous support from abroad. They have been unable to stir press the national liberation move ment. Even in the army, many soldiers are going over to the pa triotic forces and Ngo is crying for help." In Communist terminology, the patriotic forces are the pro. Communists, the reactionaries pro-Western. "How can these American plans he described? ft is clew• they are openly aggressive." in London, the Foreign Office endorsed Kennedy's decision to send Taylor to South Viet Nam. John Russell, chief Foreign Office spokesman, said the Co►n muist Cheat to South Viet Nam is "a serious situation which re quires close. watching." Official sources said, however, the British government fears any direct U.S. intervention would bring Red Chinese troops into the conflict, touching off a Korea-type war. Assembly on Sept. 27 after more than three months of • planning and revising. Since its completion, FIVE CENTS
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