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VOL. 62. No. 38
Plans for SGA Election
Postponed by Commission
By SANDY YAGGI
The Elections Commission
decided last night to postpone
plans for Student Government
Association elections until the
beginning of the winter term,
Nancy Williams, e l.e c t i o n s
commission chairman, said.
Organizational work will be
done this term, but since the ten
tative elections dates (Nov. 28, 29
and 30) would conflict with finals,
it was decided to hold elections
at the beginning of the winter
term, Miss Williams said.
As a result of the five-point
motion passed by the Senate
Committee on Student Affairs and
Organizational Control Thursday,
there will be no participation of
political parties in the elections.
Walker Withholds
ROTC Comment
Until Later Date
By CAROL KUNKLEMAN
President Eric A, Walker
will withhold his comments on
a voluntary ROTC program
for the College of Liberal Arts
until the updated report by the
liberal arts faculty Is com
pleted and ready to be submitted
to the University Senate.
The announcement of Walker’s
decision was made yesterday by
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive
assistant to the president.
Kenworthy said the president
has done no checking of his own
concerning the report. Neither
has the faculty, planning com
mittee compiling the updated re
port approached the president,
he said.
"The president will wait for
the committee to come to him
or wait until he sees what is
being done about the report
before he makes any comments
on the program," Kenworthy
stated.
The faculty bill cannot become
effective unless it is approved by
the Senate.
The bill was not presented at
the Senate last Tuesday, accord
ing to R. Wallace Brewster, chair
man of the liberal arts faculty
planning committee, because the
group wished to update the report
before submitting it for approval.
“When the report is completed,
the president will read it with
interest,” Kenworthy said. "Pres
ently, he feels it is too general to
make any specific comments.”
A report by the college's com
mittee on ROTC and Public
Service served as a basis for the
bill eventually passed by the LA
faculty Oct. 26.
The main points of the report
were that ROTC is not an essential
part of the liberal arts curricula,
that a well presented voluntary
program produces better military
officers, and that the general
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Two Students Injured in Crash
Two students were injured
slightly last night in an auto
accident at the intersection of
Beaver Avenue and Burrowes
Street.
: David Mooney, graduate stu
dent in business administration
from Ardsley, N.Y., was driving
the wrong way on S. Burrowes
Street, State College police said.
His car entered the intersection
at Beaver Avenue. While in the
intersection, his car was struck
on the right side by a car driven
by Leonard Rockey, 623 W. Col
lege Avenue.
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 11. 1961
"Any students wishing to run
for SGA Assembly may nomi
nate themselves by presenting a
petition signed by 100 students
in their living area," Miss Wil
liams said. Students wishing to
run for class president must
also present petitions signed by
100 members of their class.
Under the new system of rep
resentation in the proposed Con
stitution, the Assemblymen will
be elected in a ratio of 1 for
every 500 students.
The representation areas are
designated as men off campus,
fraternity men, men on campus,
and women on campus. Resi
dence areas will be divided into
West Halls, North Halls, East
Halls, Nillany, South Halls,
Atherton, Simmons - McElwain
and Pollock.
SORORITY OPEN HOUSES which began last night kiclced-off
the rush season. At the Alpha Xi Delta suite, from left to right,
are Pat Werner, sister, Judy Kern and Martha Welch, rushees
and Judy Zeger, sister. Open houses will continue this after
noon and tomorrow afternoon.
Warming Trend May Begin
A gradual warming trend
should begin today and continue
into Monday.
The coldest weather of the sea
son was predicted for early today.
Early morning readings were ex
pected to range from the middle
teens in the northwestern part of
the state to about 25 in the south
east.
A minimum of 22 degrees has
been forecast for the State Col
lege area.
Sunny skies, some cloudiness
and slightly milder weather is
forecast for today, and a high of
50 is expected.
Tonight is expected to be part
ly cloudy and cold with a low of
30.
Mostly cloudy and milder
weather is seen for tomorrow, and
•Mooney, whose car received
from $6OO to $7OO in damages
according to the State College
police, was treated at the scene
for a cut over his right eye.
Diana Lindell, senior in arts
and letters from Westwood, N.J.,
was treated at the scene for cuts
on the scalp. Miss Lindell was
riding in Mooney’s car.
Chris McClain, 422 Hillcrest
Drive, was riding in the Rockey
car. McClain suffered cuts on the
eyebrow.
Rockey’s car received from $7OO
to $BOO in damages, police said.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
The form of the petition is as
follows:
"We, the undersigned, nominate
(name of candidate) to represent
(name of area or class) on the
SGA Assembly or, as our class
president.”
"No student may sign more than
one petition for an Assembly
man and one for a class presi
dent,” Miss Williams said, "for
any name which appears on more
than one petition will be invalid
on both."
The deadline for submitting
petitions is Thursday, Nov. 16.
The petitions should be brought
to the SGA Office, 203 Hetzel
Union, between 7 p.m. and 11
p.m. The candidates are asked
to bring the petitions in person
ally, Miss Williams said.
No formal campaigning will be
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showers are possible tomorrow
night. The high will be near 53
degrees.
Profs G
By SARALEE ORTON
(This is the first article in a
series on the reactions of pro
fessors in the various colleges
to the four term system.)
The impressions of two pro
fessors in the College of the
Liberal Arts and one in the
College of Education are that
there are things to be said
both for and against the term
system.
William G. Mather, head of the
Departments of Sociology and An
thropology, and instructor of Soci
ology 1, said first that “It’s not so
bad as I thought it was going to
be.”
"Students seem to be studying
harder and the work I’ve received
has been better,” he said, “but
both students and faculty are
under more of a strain now be
cause of the rapid way one exami
nation follows another.”
Mather observed that students
who have been here some time
are having a worse time adjust
ing than freshmen. He said that
it takes time to become bio-
Soviets Hinn
Berlin Plait
WASHINGTON (/ P ) —The Kennedy administration scru
tinized yesterday what Moscow dispatches described as new
Soviet proposals on Berlin and Germany.
The news dispatches were the only basis for examination
by State Department specialists. It was understood that U.S.
Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson j , ■
in Moscow had not been up-j both ’Germanics, or one between
proached on any Soviet proposalsithc Soviet Union and East Gcr
—new or otherwise, jmany, to be concluded only after
Sir David Ormsby Gore, the,an East-West agreement on the
British envoy to Washington, said previous three points,
he found nothing in diplomatic! An Associated Press story from
dispatches to confirm the Mos- Moscow yesterday said these pro
cow report. posals were dramatically leaked
News reports listed four point si to correspondents in the early
as the heart of the KremlinVhours veslenlay morning,
thinking on how to end the pros-' U.S. officials arc anxious to
ent stalemate on Berlin. They find out what prompted Moscow
were, briefly: 'reporters to describe the proposals
•A four-power agreement on aas representing a Soviet retreat
"new status” for West Berlin, or a concession
guaranteeing the freedom of its
inhabitants and free communica
tion between West Berlin and
West Germany.
•An East German pledge to organized way, were brought up
the Soviet Union to respect West in the talks-Soviet Foreign Min-
Berlin’s new status. ister Andrei A. Gromyko had with
• Western—including West Ger- Secretary of State Dean Rusk in
many—recognition of East Ger-New York earlier this fall and at
man sovereignty. ja White House meeting with Pres
• A peace treaty either withudont Kennedy.
Greek Groups to Revive
'Ancient 7 Chariot Races
Twenty - three fraternities! Sigma Sigma Sigma, Chi Omega,
and 19 sororities are enteredj Sipma sigma, Alpha X i Delta,
in the Greek chariot races tojßeta Sigma Omicron, Alpha
, , ni , „ t-i 'j Omicron Pi, Pi Bela Phi and Alpha
be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday on lGamma De | ta
the intramural field. i Committee chairman for the
, ... , . . ~ 'races are Janet Abcle, senior in
Fraternities entered in the con- ar{s and , oltcrs from Johnstown,
test aie. Beta Sigma •? ’’ and Louis Kushner. senior in
Kappa Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon. b j administration from
Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Epsilon. pit( , h
Pi, Delta Chi, Chi Phi, Phi Kappa Richard Moyer, vice president
Tau Pi Kappa Alpha, A pha f h mier-fraierniiy Council,
Epsilon Pi Pi Kappa Phi Alpha Eaid lhal a corr e Cti o n in the rules
Gamma Rho, Delta Upsiion,, bas been made i 0 allow a maxi-
Kappa Sigma. __ _ ! mum of only two people pulling
Phi Sigma Delta, Pi Lambda. jh e chariol. It had formerly
Phi, Sigma Alpha Mu, Lambda b ee n announced that there was
Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Thota, PhiJ h© one driver per chariol
Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi, Delta with a maximum of four people
Tau Delta and Alpha Tau Omega, pulling.
Sororities planning to take Moyer said that fraternities
part in the races include: Alpha and sororities will be matched
Colony, Alpha Chi Omega, arbitrarily for the different heats.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Beta Since there are more fraternities
Colony, Delia Sigma Theta, than sororities, the remaining
Kappa Della, Alpha Phi. Sigma fraternities will be matched in
Delta Tau, Zela Tau Alpha, all fraternity races, he said.
ive Opinions of Term System
logically adjusted to 75-minute of view, the terhn system increases
classes. administrative details by 50 per
One good point is that students cent, Johnstone said, because un
have a better chance of gettinglder this system, it is necessary
jobs at Christmas, particularly if to go through the registration
they want to work in the postiproeess four times.
father said. William F. Prokasy, assistant
Formerly students who had professor of psychology, said that
jobs in the post office would cut he finds that the assets of 1)le
class, excused at first, then un-]t errn system far outweigh its lia
excused after they ran out ofibilities
grandmothers to bury" j From a student int of view .
“°" e ' Td iri 'he said that the system has its
piofes.soi of philosophy and act- disadvantages because the short
ing head of the department, said *____ a
4U *a u„ er term could cause a jamming*
that the term system has dis-' ' .. .
advantages from both an academic! * f Ho ” h * said h th ‘ n i
and an administrative point of lhi? y was a praclical prob i ern
The system is more difficult j TOU ld be solved. •
for professors, since each class ; also said it is more difficult
meeting requires more prepara- !^ or students to grasp the broad
tion, he said. However, he said [concepts which arc taught in a
that he has gotten used to the [Shorter period of time,
longer periods. ' From the point of view of facul-
He also said that because of,ty members, the system has scy
the term system, he is now giving>eral assets, Prokasy said. He said
a final bluebook which will coverjthat faculty members can sched
the last third of the course rather]ule their time more economically
than a comprehensive final. He!since they have fewer classes,
said he feels this is “too-bad"ithey find the 75-minute period
since final examinations are anjeasiei to work, and the break
important part of a course. [between, terms affords time for
From an administrative point'additional academic work.
Thi’ proposals, (ho more or loss
unanimous belief here is, repre
sent none of these things, All
Ihe.se points, perhaps in a less
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