The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 09, 1962, Image 1

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VOL. 62. 00. 54
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Grern Reportedly Will Give Up
One Phila. Congressional. Seati
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To eip Ease Reapportionment
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, ISBURG ( Democratic policy makers indi- t:
cated esterday they! have overcome one major block to
on V.
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agree , ent with Republicans congressional reapportion- t
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ment, put the parties _ are far Apart_ on a final. plan.
Gov. Lawrence told newsmen that U.S. Rep. William J.
Green, 'Philadelphia Democratic chairman. is prepared to give ,t,
up one of the city's six congressional seats. All are Democratic 1 3
controlled. - - -' . , -
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R6oublicans have said they would consider no reapportion- ..7.
ment Plan unless it included a cut in Philadelphia's congressional,
delegation: The state. must lose -three of its 30 Congress seats .
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becaule of population changes recorded in the 1960 census. .
'.. F llowing a 15-minute meeting between the governor, GOP
State Chairman George I. Bloom and Democratic State Chairman t
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Otis M. Morse, these other, develimments were reported:
. 411 A special legislative committee will meet tomorrow to seek
an aiireeMent on a reapportionMent bill to - present to a special :i
• session of the General Assembly.: The governor said he would not
' call ilt special .session) until `thereis. a firm agreement. There is
"no evidence" of such an agreement, Lawrence said.
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Final Exam Period Seen
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S. P oss Ibll 1 ty : in Future
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The possibility of setting
aSidel a period for final exams
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l.be considered by two Uni
versity—
Senate committees in
the i . ext few months.
The committee on educational
policy plans to discuss the ques
tion, however, it has not been of
ficially assigned to the committee,
John! J. Schanz, chairman, - said
yesterday
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"THE PRESIDENT HAS men
tioned the idea several times and I
am quite sure he feels something
should be done about it," Schanz
said! \
BRAUN
USA Associate Director Braun
Resigns Post for Peace Corps
The Rev. Theodore A. Braun
has resigned as associate direc
tor of the University Christian
Association to join the Peace
Corps Office of the National
Council of Churches with head.
quarters in New York.
• The Rev. Braun will act as as
sociate director of the Peace Corps
Office established by the National
Council of. Churches to distribute
information on America's Protes
tant churches.
THE .REV. BRAUN started in
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(Continued on page three)
The Senate Committee on Cal
endar and Class Schedule will also
be considering the question. Har
old 3. Read, committee chairman,
said. "We have done • • about
it yet, but it has our
minds for * long tin r.rie . *ed.!
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"A SENATE COMM E is re
viewing the four-term system
general," Robert G. Bernreuter,
special assistant to the president
and also secretary of:the Univer
sity Senate, said when questioned
about the possibility of a final
e l ptam period. Study will be neces
sary before a decision can be
Made concerning an exam period,
lie added.
SGA Officers To Ask Confidence Vote Voters to Decide
Future Existence
The officers of the Student
Government Association will
ask for a vote of confidence in
approaching student govern
ment elections (Jan. 25-27).
SGA President Dennis Foianini
met last night with Vice President
Jay Huffman and Secretary-
Treasurer Mary Swed and formal
ly decided to hold the referendum.
FOIANINI SAID. 'THAT they
decided to ask the student voters
whether the present administra
tion should finish out its term of
office which would last until
April.
"We are interested in knowing
the students' reaction," Foianini
Said.
his new position Jan. 1. He will
help coordinate and relate infor
mation between the Peace Corps
and the churches, interpret the
Corps to church and campus
groups and h el s p fulfill the
Church's interest hi' the „trainees
and volunteers.
1 1 He has served as associate di
rector of UCA since 1958. Former
ly, he was pastor of the United
,Church of Christ in Henderson,
Ky. and held assistant pastorates
k Indianapolis and Chicago.
The Rev. Braun served as le.ad
er for. the Operation-Crosaroads
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UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9. 1962
By SANDY YAGGI
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Trustees Approve
New VP's, Ed Dean
By ROCHELLE MICHAELS
Appointments of a vice pres
ident for business administra
tion and vice president for resi
dent instruction were among
five approved . by the Univers
ity Board of Trustees at its
semi-annual meeting Saturday.
All are effective immediately.
Stanley H. Campbell, director of
housing and food service's, was
named to succeed resigning Albert
E. Diem in the business post, and
Dr. John R. Rackley; - -.dean of the
College of Education, will become
vice president of resident instruc
tion•V .
UNDER THE NEW TITLE Rack
ley will take over some duties of i
Lawrence E.' Dennis, who resigned
as vice president for academic'
affairs last year to become asso
ciate director of the Peace Corps
in Washington, D.C.
Other new appointments are Dr.
Abram W. VanderMeer, associate
dean of the College of Education,
as dean of that college; Dr. Dago
bert de Levie as assistant to the
dean of the College of the Liberal
Arts in charge of Study Abroad
program, and Dr. Russell E. Lar
son as associate dean of the Col
lege of Agriculture and director
of agricultural and home eco
nomics extension services.
Campbell, a member of the Uni
versity administrative staff since
1932, has been working in Diem's
office for three yeriffs. Before ac
cepting the food service post last
March, he served as director -of
special business projects, aseistant
director of Continuing Education
and director of the division of
Community Colleges.
A NATIVE OF YORK, Camp
bell received his bachelor of arts
degree. in. business administration
from the University in 1932.
Rackley's appointment involves
"I think that it is most crucial
that we remain in office at this
time," Foianini said, "in order to
continue the fight we have start
ed."
FOIANINT ALSO announced
that he has scheduled an SGA
Assembly meeting for 7:30 tonight
SGA office.
Ili4neeting has been called for
the disemssion of a single subject,
Foianinfiaid, that being the clause
of new 'odstitution which was
rejected by the Committee on Stu-
• FOIANINI SAID THAT the
constitution- seemed generally ac
ceptable at that time, but it wasn't
approved bevause of - the clause
which would give the "USG" Su
preme Court the power to deal
with *bons of other student or
ganizations.
A general meeting for all
members of The Daily Col•
legion editorial ,staff will be
held at 5:15 p.m. today at the
Collegian office. ,All members
must attend.
State Honors Carpenter
For Research in TV
'Dr. C. R. Carpenter, director of
the Division of Academic Research
and Services, has been cited by
the Commonwealth for his out
standingi leadership and research
In . educational television. .
He was one of several ectuca
tional leaders who were honored
by. the Department of Publp In
struction for their contributions
tol Pennsylvania education in
1961.
RACKLEY
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a change in the official duties of:leges for Teacher Education and a
his office. Howard A. Cutler has!member of the National Commit
been assuming Dennis' duties for tee for Education in Family !VI
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the past year under the tilte °finance.
assistant to the president for aea-1 VanderMeer will replace Rs
demic affairs. He will continue in:
ley as dean of the College,of Fi
that: capacity and Pa y
ckle
cation. He has been associate di
serve. as vice president for rest- =of .. that college since 1957 ant
dent instruction.
'member of the faculty for
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PRIOR I TO RACKLEY'S ap- lyears. .
point.ment to the University facul-)
A SPECIALIST IN the field
ty, he served as acting commis-;curricula and materials of instr
stoner of the United States Office, lion VanderMeer has beep dire
Of Education. He holds both a!
bachelor of arts and master of artist ing ,
research stulites on the efl
ttiveness of moticin pictures
degr,ce in history from the Uniyer- film strips in teaching. His
sits
,of Oklahoma. and a doctor of!
;search also indludes the effectil
philosophy degree in history from ness of "teaching machines."
George Peabody College, Nash.'
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VanderMeer holds a bacheloi
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Rackley has been aean of the arts degree from the East
f
'Washington College of Eriticall
Teachers College 'of Connecticut
and of the College of Education at. in Cheney. Wash., and both a m;,
Oklahoma. He is also president of tern and doctor of philosophy i
the American Association of Col-I- (Continued on °age twelve)l
!dent Affairs and the—Sub-commit, Of Political Partie4
tee on OrganizAtional Control I
when the constitution, was pre-, Political parties will literally
Isented for approval last fill. ibe fightiing for their lives during
"I' have fought long enough the formal election campaign Oe
,alone and done as much as I can c ricxl which begins Monday since
!alone and the result of the-meet -l a referendum wilt be voted spn
ing jwith the Assembly will hP - - - deciding if political parties rill
some sort of a compromise, I pre-.be permitted on campus for future
sume," Foianini said. ': lelectiong,
Jan.
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"SHAVE BECOME disillusioned. The elections will be held Jan.
i with the administration because. 23 through '27.
;they have said in effect that they
jhave not allowed this present con-! UNIVERSITY - PARTY - C
hatir-
Istitution to become effective iiVman Eliot Newman said last night
larder to protect a Certain half ithat University party definittlY
dozen organizations on Campus." Iwas planning to stage a strung
The clause was not mean to con- campaign for the retention lof
Ivey that the organizations effected l parties on this campus. He said
would be banned. Foianipi said. that he was not at lillerty to dis
'but it simply opened a door so that close the details of the campaign
'legal action could be taken. I (Continued on page twelve) •
Koser Outlines Procedure,
Deadlines for Schedule Revision
Robert M. Koser, associate reg
istrar, yesterday outlined the pro
cedore for filing revised sched
ules for the spring term.
Students may films revised
schedules for the spring term at
the registration section In 4
Willard by the following dead
lines:
SENIORS AND Graduate atu
derits, Jan. 15; juniors, Jan. 18;
sophomores, Jan. 22, and fresh
men, Jan. 25.
In order to file reviled sched
ule: for the spring term• a student
must first report to his advisor
and obtain an official number two
CAMPBELL
card, Koser said
HE MUST LIST HIS 'revised
schedule on the number two card
and obtain his advisor's signature.
The student must then print
the word "revised" and the date
in the lower right corner .1,1 the
card and turn the card in at the
registration section in 1 Willard,
he said.
Senate. Wilt Moot Today
The University Senate will
meet at 3:55 p.m. today in 121
Sparks. Information on the agenda
for today's meeting was not !re
leased to the press.
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