A University bulbcymer geti'a head start on cleaning campus snow. More snow is expected tonight. ' 7 Inches in 7 Da ' s More Show ,Due 1* By JOEL ,MYERS • After taking the form of^,sleet and freezing Min for several hours,' the precipitation that' began Tuesday evening changed back to snow yesterday morning and continued through the after noon. I I • The total accumulation of Snew, sleet and freezing rain from the 'lB-hour storm exceeded three inches.. This together with the three-inch snowfall Friday and the inch of snow that fell Saturday night brings 'the, total snowfall for the past week to more than seven inches. ',l i t More snow is expected tonight. An energetic storm system that was just getting organized in the western Great Plains yesterday is forecast to be centered in Missouri this afternOon. from that storm is expected to reach this area thii',aftern n,and snow should overspread the state this evening Congress Plans to. Elect Rules Committee Head The • Undergraduate Student Government Congress is sche.d tiled to elect the chairman of its Rules Committee at 7:30 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union building. Allison Woodall, South Halls representative, and George Gor don, North Halls representative, were'nominated for the-post last week.' Jay Huffman, USG vice president and presiding officer of the Congress, , said , additional nominations may be made tonight. ELECTION of the Rules Com -Toiftee chairman was ;postponed until tonight's meeting after sev eral Congressmen 'asked for- more time to . consider the' list of avail able candidates. _ • The Rules Committee chair man has the power • to appoint four Congressmen to" thecommit tee, with the approval of the Con gress; The Committee prepares - the agenda for all USG meetings. This gives the committee the power !to review all legislation !before' it is placed on the agenda, The other way for proposed legislation to reach the 'floor is for 13 Coeds to ;Compete in Elections For. WU 'Executive Positions Thirteen candidates ' for seven poiitions on the Worhen's Rec 7 rea t i o'n Association; executive board are running in'today's final elections. • Nancy Barnhart, jintior in ele-' mentaly and kindergarten educa tion, is running unoppcised for the office of president. I :Melanie. Smith, sophomore M I arts and letters from! 'Oakmont, will oppose Card Wetzel, junior in elementary • and kindergarten - education from Wilkes-Barre for vice president. Sue Bruce and Carol Deaterly ~ candidates far secretary. 'Jean (Continued on page five) the Congress to approve its intro duction. A motion to bring up a bill not on the agenda would have to be approved by a two thirds vote of the Congressmen present THE COMMITTEE was also given , the authority. Tuesday night, 'to decide whether a Com ! gressmart!,s'absence would be con sidered l e gal or illegal. The Con gress can remove from office representative who has failed to attend two regular meetings. In other business, the Congress is scheduled to vote on the amend ment to change the name of stu dent government from USG back I to SGA. The amendment proposed two weeks ago by Randy Carter, junior class president, has caused much debate in the new Congress. At- the first two of the three required readings of the amend ment, many of the ,Congressmen spoke on the proposed name change. Robert Fisher, East Halls repre sentative, is Wading the faction favoring the amendment, while Mellin and Susie Stough are vying; for treasurer. Joan Adams and Bonnie Hel-1 mig are running for sophomore; representative. Candidates for the two fresh man representative posts are Cyn thia Cohen. Linda .Ewing, Sue. Finch and Joyce Woolover. Only freshman - women may_ vote for this office. Polls will be open from 11 a.m. tol p.m. and from 4:30 to 7 p.m. In order to vote ; a woman stu dent must present° both her ma triculation card and activities card. In addition, she will, be re glared to - sign a register. VOL. 62. No. 79 UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. FEB. 15. 1962 FIVE CENT/1 Glenn For .Flightga-Agethri CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —We try again today, weather permitting. That was the official word last' night from space agency officials who wrestled all day with weather forecasts and finally , decided to try to rocket John H. Glenn Jr. around jthe earth some time after 7:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time today. The 'weather prospects - were still not hopeful, but they were likely to get worse after noon today. So for the ninth time. in almoSt two months the Marine astronaut was given another date with the cosmos. THE SITUATION was this, in the words of Walter C. Williams, Mercury Project director: "The weather is not really good enough to proceed with great confidence. but not bad enough to be the basis for the r•ostponement decision at this time." Another weather briefing was scheduled for midnight, just be fore the final countdown was to resume. The on-again, off-again situation apparently had Jailed to unsettle Glenn. lie was described by space officials as still calm and taking the fluctuating situation - well. HIS , ONLY RECENT mishap was a tooth chipped slightly Tues day from unknown causes. An Air Force dentist ►'fished off the Dennis.. Folanini, USG president, is the amendment's most out spoken opponent. The Congress may also consider two proposals—one for publicity on the University's appropriatio • bill and another calling fo.•-E ,- "t - vestigation of disciplinary systems on campus. These proposals were (Continued on page three) :: ` ~.~: ~ ,~- . f ' c 1 t • —CeWilma not* by This I aiyisais MX`, EATS IN DINING HALL L -Presldend Students Council. Talking with him during the Eric . A. Walker enjoyed a chicken dinner with meal are Margie Halprin, sophomore in liberal atudents 'Mike- East Halls Dining Hall last night arts from Salley Stream, MY- and Dottie at the Inirilation of the Association of Won3en Rheiner, junior In education "from Philadelphia. FOR A SETTER PENN STATE Prepares rough edge and the astronaut's molars were pronounced fit for orbit. It was clear both at CaPaveral land Washington that the govern ment: was "determined :to ge t ! Glenn off just as soon as condi tions would safely permit. At . his news conference yester -Iday President Kennedy said a Panhel Will Conduct Officer Elex Today By WINNIE BOYLE Greek women will go to the polls_ today to, elect the four top Officer's of the Panhellenic Coun cil—vice president, recording arc retary, corresponding secretary, l and treasurer. In electing next year's vice president, the Voters will actually be electing the Panhellenf l e presi dentifor the following year. THE PANHELLENIC presi dencY rotates yearly among the Isoroeities in accordance with the date ,each was founded on campus. Pam Chadwick of Phi Mu, cur !rent ,vice president of the council, ;will automatically be installed as !president in March. Newly elected 'officers will be installed at the same time. The sorority next in line for the presidency is Delta Gamma. The three Delta Gammas running for the office ,are Patricia Word!, Jean KennedP, and Patti Sutter. The candidate with the highest number of votes will be first vice president. The candidate placing second will be) the second vice president. RUNNIN4OII recording sec re : anice Brown, Gamma Phi = ; Eloise Aurand, Alpha • Delta/ and Joan Cowan, eta Phi Asha. Candidates for corresponding secrdtary are: Marilyn Abcrbach,i Phi Sigma Sigma; JudSr-Carter, PL # -410 1 7 1 ' 1117=11 Tollrgiatt delay until spring would "slow our whole space program down at a time when we are making a cOncentrated effort," BUT THE PRESIDENT made it clear that he wai-not interfering in any way; that the decision to launch or not launch would be left entirely with !spare 'officials at Canaveral. ' Alpha Epsilon Phi; and Bonnie Mitchell : Kappa Alpha Theta. Running for treaSurer are Don na Satin, Alpha Phi: Sandra Pohl man, 7.eta Tau Alpha; and Carol Eckhardt. Alpha Omicron Pi. Members of Alpha Colony. lota Alpha Pi, Alpha Kappa Alpha; and former memborg of Beta Sig ma Omicron are not eligible to vote, Miss Chadwick, elections chairman, said. She said the first three groups are not yet official members of Panhol, and the ln•t group is no longer a member of the council. Polls wilt - be placed in all din ing halls except in North and West Halls, the said. Polls will be open during the lunch and' dinner perinds, and women must present their activity cards to Vote, 4he added. Orientation:Heads Lillian. Leis, Junior in home ecomomics from . Clairton.. has been selected to work Os co-thairm”n of the women's orientation pro gram. Mrs. Nancy Vanderpool, $l%- sistant to the dean; of women recently. Sue Henderson, junior in home economics from Springfield, Va., will continue as the other co chairman. She ham served in this capacity since last spring. Applications for otNntation leaders arc available at the ifetzel Union deik and are due in 120 Grange .by March 1.
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