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VOL. 62. No. 32
Commission
Favors Elex
With Parties
By JOANNE MARX
The SGA elections commis
sion last night endorsed the
use of political parties iii SGA
elections.
Nancy Williams, elections com
mission chairman, said, "Organiza
tions such as Inter-Fraternity
Council, Town Independent Men,
Men's Residence Council and As
sociation for Women Students are
petty pressure groups- more than
any political party has ever been."
"Administrative control is ob
vious in these organisations,"
Miss Williams aai d. "SGA
shouldn't be • a puppet of the
administration." she said. "It is
the only student•run govern
ment on this campus."
Miss Williams also said that she
would rather see SGA defunct
than controlled by the administra
tion.
"If elections are conducted by
these organizations, the only place
polls will be needed is in the lobby
of Old Main," she said.
Hershel Richman Was the only
commission member who ex
pressed a dissenting opinion.
Richman said he agrees with
the proposal made by Richard
Pigossi. George Henning and
Robert Fry at the joint Senate
committee meeting Monday.
They proposed that nominations
and elections for. assembly posi
tions be carried out on the local
level by the students to be repre
sented.
"Political parties are a definite
part of our national government,"
William Laman, commission mem
ber said. "If we are to learn by
participation in student govern
ment, we must learn realistically,"
he added.
"It seems to me that the ad
ministration feels that, political
parties have hindered, rather than
aided, student government in the
past," Laman said.
"The truth is, that in past years
political parties worked to the
advantage of students, rather than
the administration," he said.
Committee
Curriculum
This is the fourth article in a series explaining the constitution
and functions of the University Senate and the major Senate
committees.
Initiating a change in course numbering, description or
prerequisites is a complex and carefully considered process,
Phillip A. Shelley, chairman of the Senate Committee on
Courses of Study, said yesterday.
The procedure is differen
but each course change must
approved by the college before , it'
is sent to the Senate committee.
As an example, he said that in
the College of the Liberal Arts,
a course change must be approved
by the head of the department
where it originates, the college
committee on courses of study,
the college administrative com
mittee and the faculty at a faculty
meeting before it is submitted
to the Senate committee.
Before the committee acts on
a proposed course change. bul
letins of these proposals are sent
to all Senate members so that
they may communicate with the
committee about the change if
they wish. Shelley said.
The committee evaluates each
course change on the basis of aca
demic merit, what is good for the
whole University and for the Uni
versity as the State university,
Shelley said.
He added that because the com
mittee consists of a member from
each college, each course change
can be assessed by people of re-
,-Colleglon Phote by Tote Browne
COACH TORETTI SPEAKS to MI small crowd attending last
night's pep rally. Toretti said Maryland had a good team that
"really wanted to win" Saturday's game, but he felt that our
team had even a greater desire to win.
Big Powers Agree
To Name U Thant
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (/P) The big' powers wrapped
up an agreement last night to name U Thant of Burma interim
U.N. secretary-general in place of the late Dag Hammarskjold.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin, No
vember president of the Security Council, told reporters the
council would meet "this morning
at 11" to recommend an acting
secretary-general.
A U.S. spokesman said
Stevenson had agreed to have
the council meeting today. Once
the council recommends U
Thant, it will then be for ' the
General Assembly to appoint
him. But no difficulty is ex
pected over this.
Diplomats said Zorin would not
have scheduled the council meet-j
Reviews
Changes
By SARALEE ORTON
in each college, Shelley said,
lated interests.
Next, the committee recom
mends action on course changes
to the Senate, and if the pro
posals are approved, they - go in
to effect the next term, Shelley
said. However, "course changes
which appear in the new catalog
must be passed ty the Senate
by June of the preceding year,
he said.
At present, there is a mora
torium on new courses, curricula,
divisions and departments, forced
upon the president and the board
of trustees, Shelley said. by the
failure of- the State legislature to
grant the University's budget. He
said that new courses can be ap
proved only if they are covered
by an additional grant or fund or
if a similar course is dropped.
In addition to the regular mem
bers of the committee (one from
each college), Harold K. Schilling,
dean of, the Graduate School, and
Howard A. Cutler, assistant to the
president for academic affairs, act
as ex-officio members.
FOR A LETTER PENN STATE
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA:. FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 3. 1961
ing had agreement not been
reached. But he declined to make
any statement on this subject. He
would say only, ."Everything will
be clear tomorrow."
Earlier, both the United States
and the Soviet Union showed
themselves hopeful of ,early agree
ment after U Thant handed them
his secret formula on the one re
maining issue.
He handed each a sealed
envelope containing a typed state
ment on how many principal ad
visers he would choose and which
regions he would choose them
from in ease he got the post.
—Collegian -Photo by John Beaune
FRATERNITIES START A NEW FAD: 38 men to get inside. A spokesman for the group said
crowd their way into a six cubic-yard dempster that Phi Kappa Psi; Alpha Tau Omega and
dumpster behind the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity Phi Epsilon Pi went together and bought . the
house. It took 10 minutes last night for all 38 dempster to be put into use today.
U.S.
For
WASHINGTON (A')--President Kennedy announced yes
terday the United States is getting ready for. possible atmos
pheric testing of nuclear bombs.
The order to start the• tests, the President said, depends
on whether it_ is decided they are necessary for free world
Isecurity in the light of what the
ISoviet Union has been doing. ,
lCareful studies are being made
of what Kennedy described as the
Soviet Union's irresponsible and
contemptuous explosion of a large
number of nuclear weapons in the
atmosphere: •
If it is found the Soviet - ex
periments pose a threat to what
the President again described as
this country's leadership in total
Ruth Billing, president ci military strength, he said, the
U.S. tests will be started.
the Association of • Women, "We have taken major Steps in
!the pastyear to maintain . our
Students and member of the dead," Kennedy said in a state-
Senate Committee on Studentiment, "and we do not propose_to
nose it."
Affairs, gave her views yester-i The President's get-ready state
day on the present state of theiment followed a meeting at the
White House of the National Se
proposed SGA constitution. lcurity Council. This is the top
Miss Billing said, "The basic ipolicymaking agency for the
. 's
structure of, the constitution can
Anntry earnest safety.
and serious-faced
remain the same;, the only ques-1 President called reporters into
tion is that of nominating as— his office and read his state
semblythen." t ment.
AWS President
Presents Opinion
On SSA Revision
She also said that she thinks 1 "The United States maintains
1 its determination to achieve a
There is no need to rewrite the world free from the fear of nu
nlike constitution because po-'
Idear tests and a nuclear war,"
-litical parties are not mentioned
,Kennedy concluded. "We will cob
in the main body, only in the- tinue to be ready to sign the nu
by-laws.
clear test treaty which provide..
Discussing they usefulness of 1 for adequate inspection and con
political parties, Miss Killing saidltrol." .
that since the SGA constitution(
will govern the students, thereiWarrner Weather Due
should be some method devised,
- • • Much warmer weather is ex
to discover the students feelingsi
•nectect today, showers are pre
concerning political parties. Stu- •
!dieted fm tonight ,and then much
,dent opinion should be taken intolcolder weather is forecast for to
consideration by the constitution ,— •
morrow.
writers, she added. '
' Showers may develop late to-
AWS is "especially concerned"lday and _continue tonight. Snow
with the progress of the consti-;flurries are possible late tomor
tution, Miss Rifling said, because:row.
they also-have, a constitution; Today's high temperature will
which cannot b approved until,be a summer-like 74 degrees. A
SGA has received its charter. "'Plow of 62. is expected tonight.
called upon, AWS will assist Falling temperatures are indi
conducting the nominations and'cated-for tomorrow and tomorrow
elections of SGA assemblymen,lnight, and a low of 30 is expected
she added. early Sunday.
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Testing
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