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VOL. 62. No. 36
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SGA president Dennis Foianini last-night called for an Assembly
meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday to discuss revision of the constitution
recently withdrawn from review by the Senate Committee on Stu
dent Affairs.
"I am calling the meeting to discuss the constitution and to deal
with other matters that have arisen since the Assembly last met in
September,” he said.,
The meeting will be held in the Hetzel Union building, but as
yet a room has not been scheduled.
The SGA Constitution, written by the Assembly, was com
pleted on Sept, ,27 and has since that time been considered by
and withdrawn from the University Senate Committees on Student
Affair* and Organizational Control.
Last week Foianini and-three other student members of the two
committees withdrew the constitution and 1 by-daws from consider
ation by the committees.
Foianini said at that time that the constitution was withdrawn
because the committees had made such drastic changes in it that it
no longer defined student government as the students, who wrote it
had intended. ‘
"I want to present" personally to the Assemblymen what has
happened* to the constitution, including-anything that may arise
at the,student affairs committee meeting today," Foianini said.
The major change made by the committees in the constitution
affected the by-laws which prescribe the use of political parties for
the nomination and election of Assemblymen.
The committees went on record as opposing political parties for
Assembly elections.
The SGA Assembly began work on this constitution last spring
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Committee
15-Minute
By SARALEE ORTON
The Senate Committee on
Calendar and Class Schedule
plans to conduct an investiga
tion’ to determine whether the
20 - minute period between
classes should be shortened to
IS minutes, Chairman Harold J.
Head said yesterday.
J Read said he had received
numerous complaints from stu
dents that the 20-minute period
is “too long to sit around and too
short to do anything," The com
plaints had come from students
in the Mineral Industries College,
where Read is professor of metal
lurgy, and from students in other
colleges.
At the Senate meeting yes
terday Read requested that
Frosh Board
To Ask Elex
The freshman class advisory
board decided last night to join
with the sophomore class advisory
board in requesting permission
to hold elections for freshman,
sophomore and junior class presi
dents this term.
Xi£an Wharton, sophomore class
president, said he will submit a
report to the Senate Committee
on Student Affairs Thursday, out
lining plans for the proposed
elections.
' Under the present system, both
Warton and James Sloane, fresh
man class president, have con
tinued to serve as officers of the
present sophomore and junior
classes.
Both Wharton and Sloane said
they, had received permission
last year, to hold such elections
from Monroe Newman, former
chairman of the student affairs
committee, but explained that
permission must now be granted
by Laurence Lattman, present
chairman'of the committee.
By ANN PALMER
Senate faculty members submit
the opinions of students in their
classes to the committee.
Shortening the period by five
minutes would also increase the
lunch period by 20 minutes, Read
said. He said that this would en
able students to schedule both
third and fourth period classes,
as they are not able to do now.
"This would make scheduling
easier for students, particularly
in the scientific currieulums, who
must take courses with only a
limited number of sections of
fered,” Read said.
Raad said that there are only
one or two buildings where
classes are scheduled which
can't be reached'from anyplace
on campus in ten minutes. He
said the actual number of in
stances where students must
cover a distance like that be-
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Thomas, quarterback for Kappa Kappa Gamma ' are, from the left, Carol Coles, Janis Beachier,
sorority, limbers up her arm in preparation for Sandra Turner. Lorraine Fletcher. Judy‘Davis,
the annual Powder Fuff Bowl Game against and Lolly Howell. '’ ;
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 9. 1961
to Investigate
Class Break
FOR A BETTES PENN STATS
More for Arms
WASHINGTON (#)—President Kennedy said yesterday he will ask additional defense
funds next year to maintain the U.S. military position. 5 _
The administration estimated last week that defense spending in the current fiscal
year, which started July 1, would total $46.85 billion.
Kennedy told his news conference that the United States is obliged to remain the
PRESIDENT KENNEDY
... more defense funds
tween Mineral Industries and
Wagner is very small al
though they loom large to those
involved. *
"The inconvenience of a few
cannot -be allowed to influence
the policy of the large majority,”
he said.
Read said that the problem of
classes in Wagner had been
solved at that time by an
agreement with the ROTC 'de
partment tinder which classes at
Wagner started 10 minutes earlier
than other classes.
Office Holiday Tomorrow
Administrative offices will be
closed tomorrow is observance
of Veteran's Day Saturday.
Classes, however will be held
as scheduled tomorrow and
Saturday.
strongest military force on the
earth.
And, as he has before, he de
clared his confidence in ibis
country's present position, say
ing he would trade it with no
other nation on;the globe.
In reference to his recent order
that preparations be made for
nuclear testing in the atmosphere,
if this is deemed necessary, Ken
nedy said this is in order to keep
from being fooled by the Russians.
Kennedy said that while the
United States negotiated in good
faith at the conference table with
the Soviet Union on the possibility
of a test ban treaty, the Russians
were getting ready for the series
of monster explosions they have
unleashed in the atmosphere since
Sept. 1.
"If they fooled us once, it is
- their fault." Kennedy said. "If
they fool us twice, it is our
fault."
On atmosphere testing, Ken
nedy said this country must bal
ance the risk of radioactive fall
out against its responsibilities to
the free world.
Kennedy was asked _at this, his
17th news conference in Washing
ton, what had happened since last
year during the campaign to cause
him to.say now that the United
States possessed unparalleled
strength.
He noted that a number of
people outside.his own official
family had also said in the,past
that the, United Slates was in
- danger of lagging behind Russia.
He quoted former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower as having
said this country was "some
what behind in the long range
missile field."
Kennedy then ticked off a num
ber of defense moves undertaken
in his administration and said
that “our judgment as of now” is
that the tfnited States need not
trade places with anyone else in
the world.
“We are going to ask for addi
tional funds for defense next
year," he said. At the same .time
he said the United States would
maintain'the closest check on the
capabilities not only of itself but
of its adversaries.
Lawrence
Commended
By Prexy
President Eric A. Walker
commended Gov. David L
Lawrence yesterday Tor his
substantial contribution to
“the long history of coopera
tion between the State and the
nation in support of the educa
tional and research programs of
the University.”
Walker, in a letter to Lawrence,
said the governor’s sponsorship of
a General State Authority pro
posal to allocate funds for a new
Earth Sciences Building advanced
the construction of the building
by three years.
The CSA's proposal was te al
locate $2,587,500 for the build
ing. Walker said the governor's
endorsement of tlie proposal
helped the University get an
extra $600,000 grant from the
National Science Foundation.
Construction .on the building
was originally scheduled for late
1963 or 1964. The GSA, with the
governor's approv&l, however,
agreed to push up the date in or
der for the University to qualify
for the NSF grant.
According to E. F. Osborn, vice
president for research, the grant
is believed to be the largest ever
made to an educational institution
by NSF for research and graduate
training facilities..
4 The building will provide fa
cilities for expanded research in
uses for lower grade coal and
areas for special research in the
conservation and purification of
existing water supplies, Osborn
said.
Contest to 'Pep'
Tonight's Rally
The student body has been
challenged by West Halls to cheer
at the pep rally at 7 tonight on
the steps of Old Main.
A motorcade will be formed in
front of Haller Hall at 6:45 p.m.
and will proceed to the rally.
Don Jonas and Roger Kochman
are tentatively scheduled to take
part in the rally, and the Blue
Band and the Penn State Lion
will be there.
Residence area presidents will
serve as masters of ceremonies.
Robert Dufner, president of.
Block S, said last night that pep
rallies, for away games are held
on Thursday nights in order to
show our support for the team be
fore they leave for the game on
Friday morning.
Pehn State plays West Virginia
this weekend at Morgantown,
W.Va.
The purpose of rallies is not to
present a show for those who
remain on campus, but to support
the team with cheers, Dufner said.
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