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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
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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,
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