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VOL. 62. No. 31 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. NOV.- 2. 1961 FIVE CENTS
Hays Suggests Method
For Appointing Members
To Board of Trustees
State Senator Jo Hays, D-Centre, yesterday suggested
an alternative method for determining members of the Uni
versity Board of Trustees. •The method might help the
University get larger appropriations from the state legis
lature,-Hays said.
Hays , suggested' that board
members be appointed by the
governor. A panel of approxi
mately 100 nominees could be
named by various University-con
cerned organizations and the gov
ernor could make his selections
from this panel, Hays said.
"There is a danger in this meth
od, -however," Hays observed. "If
all the trustees were appointed
by the state, they might subjugate
themselves to political manifes
tations."
Atesent, the 22-member
board is chosen by University-,
concerned groups and the gov
ernor, but all members selected:
by the groups are not subject
to approval by any 'other body.:,
Alumni elect nineinenlbers; they
agricultural societies .of the state
elect six; the engineering societies'
of the state elect six; the governor'
appoints six; and position dete
mines five members.
Members by position are
governor, the secretaries of mint.
and mining and of agriculture,
the superintendent of public in
struction and the president of the
University.
Hays said he feels this method
of selection is a "contributing
factor" in determining Univer
sity appropriations. •
"It is my impression that state
universities, supported by , the
state and having boards selected
by the government, receive more
money," Hays said.
"Whether this relationship is
cause and effect or just coinci
dental, I don't know, he added.
He ruled out the possibility
of having the Board of Trustees
selected by popular vote.
"If citizens were voting for
prospective members:. he said;
they would not be acquainted
well enough with the qualifica
tions of the candidates to make a
wise choice."
The question In this case would
be whether such a "dangerous
risk" should be taken to get
money, he said.
In requesting funds for the
current.fiscal year, the Univer
sity requested a $23 million ap
propriation, but received $18.5
million. -
"If the administrators of the
University felt they wanted a
board consisting of , members - ap
pointed by the governor, I'm 'sure
they'd ask for it," Hays said.
Toretti to Speak
At Rally Tonight . -
Coach "Tor" Toretti, the Blue
Band, and the Cheerleadeis will
take part in the Block "S" Club
pep rally in front of Old Main at
6:45 tonight.
The Nittany Lion mascot 'will
add to the program with his usual
antics. A surprise football guest
will also spekk to the crowd.
Charles•Davisson, sophomore in
liberal arts from Charleston. West
Virginia, Terry Wurtzbacher, jun
ior in wood utilization from
Lewistown, and Donald Morabito,
sophomore in liberal arts 'from
New - Castle will emcee tonight's
rally.
A "scooter-cade t will also form
at 6:45 p.m. and proceed to Old
Main from the front of South
Halls. and behind Pollock Halls.
- Block "S" Club also announces
that "Twist the Terps" signs are
still available at, the Hetzel Union
desk and in the Book Exchange.
They will obit be distributed at
the pep rally.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE ,
lay CAROL KUNICLEMAN
Controversial Film
Set for Tomorrow
The film "Operation Abolition"
will be shbwn at 7:30 p.m. tomor
row at the Presbyterian 'Univer
sity Center. A dispussion of the
film will follow the showing.
The film is an account of stu
dent protests against the House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee hearing, which took place in
San Francisco in May 1960.
The hearing concerned suspect
ed Communist activities of educa
tors, and was protested by student
groups at the University of Cali
fornia, Stanford University and
the City College of San Francisco.
The film has been accused of
deliberately being biased in favor
of the house committee.
' FORT'S LAST STAND. Tradition gives
, way to progress as the old.rooming house (top
photo) at the corner of Pugh St. and Highland
Drive. formerly known as the "Port" is torn
down to, make way for a parking lot (bottom
photo). The house was nick-named the 'Port"'
by the class : of IBS M#l 4 l l#! inl Biers,
Toltrgiatt l ol
Rain Expected
Today, Tonight
A vigorous storm. system
that is Moving eastward 'from
the north central United States
will bring dramatic weather
changes to most of the eastern
two-thirds of the nation today
or tomorrow.
Rain will develop In the north
eastern states today in advance
of the storm.
The first genuine push of arctic
air of the season is driving south
eastward from Canada into the
north-central states.
Snow, strong winds and tem
peratures as low as 10 degrees
were predicted for North Da
kota and northwestern Minne
sota early today.
The leading edge of colder air
should reach the Chicago area to
night, and it will probably pass
across Pennsylvania tomorrow
afternoon.
The coldest weather since last
winter is expected here this week
end.
The local forecast indicates to
day should be cloudy and cool
with rain beginning in the after
noon. A high of 53 degrees is
expected.
Tomorrow should be cloudy,
windy and mild with showers.
Snow flurries, wind and much
colder weather is indicated for
tomorrow night and Saturday.
~r~tad a~
Administration Called Insincere
in Dealings With Students
By ANN PALMER •
Dennis Foianini, president, last night
publicly challenged the sincerity of the administration in
all dealings with students.
"I believe that the University encourages back-patting,
,the formation of cliques, the practice of going through formal
'motions with no mean i n g.
Through the years the administra
tors have surrounded themselves
with students who give and re
ceive compliments—who outward
ly praise the ideals of student
,government but in • the end do
nothing to advance it," he said.
Foianini said that this is a con
,clusion at which he has arrived
over a long period of time and
with much first-hand experience
and consideration.
"I am now prepared to support
it," he said.
"It is a negative education
for students to learn - that the
only way to stay in office is
to compromise the ideals for
which they stand," he said.
Foianini said that as things now
stand, students do nothing but go
through the motions of being
'effective. -
"The University administration
accepts - every chance it , gets - to
,say how it would like to see a
significant SGA. This goes on and
on. But it tries to defeat every
!opportunity that arises in which
Ithe students could take real action
I to advance a student government
of order, strength and signifi
cance," he said.
Foianini said he questioned
the validity of "all the lip serv-'
ice about democracy .and the
free expression of opinions."
"I know of a case last year
iwhere a student wrote a letter to
The Daily Collegian asking who
!the president of the University
!was and what he did. This boy was
called before Walker who said he
Thad been advisedto expel him
!from the University," Foianini
!said.
Bruce Harrison, senior in elec
trical engineering from Philadel
phia and - writer of the letter,
when contacted by the Collegian
!last night, verified Foianini's
;statement.
"Coercion into• silence, is both
undemocratic and dangerous,"
Foianini said.
Concerning the recent meet
ing of the University Senate
Committees on Student Affairs
and Organizational Control in
which 'student members of the
committees withdrew the pro
posed SSA constitution from
consideration by the committees,
Foianini said: -
"The committee is leading the
constitution to a - pulp without a
core. The constitution, a f ter
changes were made, was a con
glomeration of little rules with
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Compromise
May Settle
U.N. Conflict
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
The 'United States and
the Soviet Union voiced opti
mism yesterday that they were
near agreement on naming an
acting U,N."secretary-general
in place of the late Dag Ham
_
marskj old. -
U.N. diplomats believed the six
week deadlock would be resolved
before the end of the week.
The optimism centered in a new
compromise plan set forth by the
United States and Britain to break
the stalemate over how many
principal advisers the new chief
should have. The plan was to
leave it to him.
U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Ste.
venson and British Minister . of
State Joseph B. Godber issued
statements on it through spokes
men. after Stevenson had told
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian A. Zorin about it.
Emerging from a conference
! with Stevenson, Zorin told report
ers "1 think we are near an agree
ment—on a very_ reasonable
basis." Stevenson's spokesman de
dared: "We are optimistic."
Later Zorin met for almost an
hour with U Thant of Burma, who
is expected to be. named interim
secretary-general. The Soviet dele
gate - then told reporters: "The
situation is we are near to agree
ment." Asked when agreement
would come, he said "maybe to
, morrow, maybe today."
IFC Open Houses Set
All fraternities will hold open
parties from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Saturday for freshmen and other
interested men, Steve Zitin, Inter-
Fraternity Council rush chair
man, said. -
Zitin alio said that the third
fraternity open house of the term
will be „held from, 2 to 5 p.m.
Sunday.
refused, to ;take, rin freshman customs. En
raged upperclassmen "attacked" the house with
a barrage of applei shot from a Civil War can
non. Damage to the house was paid for by a
class fund and the student later consented to
take part in customs.
Main Hit
Föl :ini
Rush Committee
Adds Extra Day
To Open Houses
Open houses for sorority
(rushing will begin one day
earlier than planned, Janet
Carlisle, rush chairman, said
yesterday.
Open houses will be held from
6 to 10:40 p.m. Nov. 10 in addi
tion to 1 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and
from 1 to 5:40 Nov. 12 as origi
nally planned.
"Since about 1,500 women reg
istered for rush, we needed more
time for open houses," she said.
"The rush committee thought
it would' - be better_to add another
day than to- include an additional
weekend for open houses," she ex
oplained. "The sorority rush chair
men all favored this proposal."
"Open houses are not a part of
,formal rush," Miss Carlisle said,
"but attendance is required at all
of them for re-registering for for
mal rush which begins in Jan
ivary."
Also due to the large registra
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