~Y,61-62:- No. 80 UNIVERSITY PARK;,PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16. 1962_
USG' 440 :: foriTi. Committee
To . PiObe. Judicial Setup
By DAVE RUNK€L •
and JOAN MEHAN
The USG 'Congress formed a
committee to investigate the men's
and women's judicial systeins and
; codes last night. The committee
was dirCcted to make - plans for
the Standardizition and clarifica
tion'of these codes.
In setting up . this committee,
the - Congress became_ the second
'group on campus' to _plan a study
of the discipline systems. Law
rence H. Lattman, chairman of
the Senate,Cornmittee for Student
Affairs, has promised that his
committee will investigate this
problem in the spring.
Ann Tyson, West Halls repro.-
sentative, said, "As a junior resi
dent I often encounter discrepen
cies in the women's ?judicial sys
tem. Standardization- is badly
needed." . .
"THE DIFFERENCES between
the different men's tribunals are
great ; but the differences bet Ween
the men's and women's systems
are startling," Murry Winderman,
- DU Penalized
For Violation
Of IFC Code
• Delta Upsilon fraternity has
had its' privilege of serving alco
holic beverages removed until the
end of the winter term •by the
' Inter-Fraternity Council Board • of
Control, Thomas Deßocco, chair
man, said yesterday. •
• The action stemmed from an
incident Feb. i 3, when a minor
was served alcoholic beveragessat
the fraternity house, Deßocco
' • '
said. '
4 Barry. Hoffman, treasurer of
Delta Upsilon,. said the violation
was uncovered followitethe 'dis
covery of a coed in one of the
:Metzger Building apartments by
State College{ police.
HOFFMAN ; SAID the police re
-1
ceiied' a noise complaint concern
.
apartment, and when they ,
investigated, found the girl, who
was under age. She told police
'she had .been drinking at Delta
Upsilon . earlier in the evening,
Hoffman said.
This violated the section of the
fiaternity social code which states
that alcoholic beverages may not
he given to minors..
The penalty must still be ap
; proved by the Senate Subcom
mittee 'on Group Discipline.' In
most cases, however, the sub =
.committee concurs with the de
-cision of the Board of Contiol,
• Meßoco said.
USG's Budget Surpluses
Will Aid Future Projects
The -• Undergraduate Student
Government , hai financial prob
lems which other governments
have experienced only in their
wildest:dreams—an annual budget
surplus; ,
Student government is given
;11,200 every year from student
' fees through the Associated "Stu
dent Activities. The USG ,also has
income; from Any profit ,made by
The projects it underwrites such
as the 'Student Handbook or the
Junior Prom and the Senior Ball
dances!
This yearly surplus is forwarded
for the' use of,the succeeding stu
, dent government. The • previous
administration spent $6,000 more
than was appropriated to it. When
it entered office there was.' an
$31,000 1 Surplus, but when it lett
office only $5,000 remained in the
treasury. '
THESE BUDGET excesses are
: a. cushion for student goSreininent
I . to. lag i back, a project
_
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
West Halls ' reOesenkative and proved the name USG," Randy
vice chairman lof his area's , Carter, junior class president and
tribunal, said. I I the proposer of the amendment
George Gordon, North Halls, said.
representative, was overwhelm- Bruce Harrison, TIM represen
ingly elected chairman of the tative, said, "SGA was accepted
Rules committee. He defeated Al- by the student body as a meaning
lison Woodall - , South Halls .rep- less government without any pur
resintative, by a27to 4. vote. , pose. This organization can only
After the vote was announced, make a fresh start with a new
Gordon told the Congr-ssmen, name." . .
"This is an office off high honor
THE CONGRESS defeated a
and even greater responsibility.
rn 'need your - help and will be proposal to reconsider the appoint
counting • ment of Gomer Williams as head
on it very heavily . "
Rules Committee prepares the o f the
. f the Public . . Relations Agency.
Congress had. rejected his
agendas for' the Congressional "
meetings. - . . appointment last week.
Richard Miller, West Halls rep-
THE CONGRESS.- by a 19 to resentatilie, who proposed' that
9 vote; defeated the constitutional Congress reconsider the appoint
amendmentl to change the name of ment, said that ; Williams had re
student government from USG to ceived 2 "raw deals".
SGA.
Robert Fisher, East" Halls rep
resentative and OSGA piesident,
urged the Congress to change the
name, "in the interest of the Uni
versity as a whole."
"I thought the Congress should
consider a name change because
no student governing body had ap-
Legal Paper Show's
University's Status
By ANN PALMER
A legal opinion, issued in
1921, still
,forms the basis for
the University's claim that
Penn State is the state univer
sity of the Cominonwealth,
Wilmer E. Kenvvorthy, executive
assistant to the president, said
yesterday. . •
, Recent statements implying that
Penn State is not a state univer
sity have been made by Gov.
David L. Lawrence, Rep. J. Dean
Polen, chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee, and
Charles Boehm, zuperintendent
of the Pennsylvania Department
of Public Instruction._
The opinion on which the Uni
versity bases its claim was issued
by George Ross Hull, the deputy
attorney general of Pennsylvania,
in 1921 and was reported by Paul
A Poorman in the Centre Daily
'limes, June 16,.1961:
HULL'S STATEMENT came in
answer to the question of whether
to tax the University for gasoline
that it purchased. •
Hull, Wrote at that time that
whether a gasoline tax should be
applied to the University depend
ed on whether or not it was a
state institution.
presented for it to undertake and
the money has not previously been
allotted, William F. Fuller, a USG
advisorcAaid Tuesday,
"The Student Check Cashing
Agency was started with a $B.OOO
loan from student government,"
he said.
-. This year's student government
is well on. the way to having a
sizable surplus. In the $18.575
budget presented by USG Presi
dent Dennis Foianini, $1,400 was
listed as an expenditure for the
student handbook.
THIS $1.400 PLUS a small prof
it has been returned to the USG
treasury by the editors of *the
handbook.
In addition, $2.700 of the $3,500
alloted for the Junior Prom has
been returned to USG. The prom's
intake from the sale of tickets
was nearly $2,450, and $250 of
the original allotment was not
sPent. -. • •
Toilt.gian
My mind hasn't been . changed
about William's appointment,_ John
Witmer, fraternity area represen
tative, said. Witmer strongly op
posed William's appointment at
last week's meeting. Gromee has
too much enthusiasm for this post.
he • would be better in another
position, Whitener said.
"The - determination of this
question necessitates an examina
tion of the history of the institu
tion and of its relations to the
state," he wrote.
Hull concluded after consider
ing a list of historical and legis
lative data that:
"FACTS HAVE MADE it - clear
that, although the Trustees of
IPennsylvania State College (as
th# University was called in 1921)
are a separate and distinct cor
porate body, they have received
and now hold their property as
trustees for the people of the
Commonwealth. The institution
is dependent upon .I;nd largely
controlled by the state, and is, in
fact, as its name indicates a state
institution.
"Its status is quite different
from that of similar institutions
which merely receive state aid
from time to time. - I am of the
opinion that so far as relates to
the application of tax laws, •Its
property and its functions are to
be deemed purely public in char
acter
Hull's opinion has recently been.
contradicted by various state of
ficials.
Gov, Lawrence said of the Uni
versity's status at a press confer
ence held Jan.'25,:1061: "I think
we think it is a state university."
LAST FRIDAY Boehm told a
gathering of student editors from
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-5 Inch Snowfail
May Lash State
The fourth snoivstorrn within
eight days is expected to lash
Pennsylvania today. Two to pos
sibly five inches of snow nre ex-
Ilected by tonight. -
The snow was expected to begin
'shortly before dawn and should
continue until this evening. Sleet
and rain may be miXed with the
'snow at times.
A storm located in Tennessee
Mate, last night is moving northeast
'ward toward the Commonwealth.
It is expected to be centered just
south of the state late today.
Snow, spme of it heavy, is fore
cast for all sections of Pennsyl
vania today.
Increasing winds late today and
sand
may cause some blowing
land 'drifting snow.
Temperatures are expected to
remain near the -freeziril mark
until late this afternoon, when a
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Women Elect Pfordt,
Barnhart, Somerville
FIVE CENTS
JANIS SOME*VILL2 PATRICIA PFORDT
Association of Women Students Pan 110 len ic Council
President First Vice President
Women voters yesterday elected Janis Somerville as
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Association of Women Students president, Patricia Pfbrdt
first vice president of Panhellenic Council and Nancy
Barnhart as president of the Women's Recreation Associa
tion.
Miss Pfordt, Delta Gamma, will succeed Pam Chad- -
wick), Phi Mu, as Pantie!. president next spring. Mixt Chadwick,
who-'is now first -vice president, will be installed with the other
Panhel officers March 4.
Miss Somerville, a • junior in arts and letters from Money,
defeated Judy Allen, sophomore in chemistry from Pittsburgh,
by t a 758 to 558 margin for the AWS presidency.
BARBARA MIT, junior in. business administration from
Grtiat Neck, N.Y., defeat&l 14 orle Stens, junior in arts and letters
froin Philadelphia, for first vice president of . AWS, 883-360. .
Lynn McTavish, sophomore in home economics from ifeit:
Chester, was elected second vice president by a 6164101 , vote over
Judy Duquette, freshman in education from:Alexandria,. Vt
Vicki Caplan, sophomore in rehabilitation education from
Pittsburgh, 662, defeated Shannon Klug,- sophomore In medical
tecbnology from Pittsburgh; 611, for secretary.
Winner in the race for treasurer was Carole , Kersh, sopho.
m*e in elementary and kindergarten education from Short
N 4., with 732 votes. Her opponent in the final election, Joan
Adams. sophomore in liberal arts *Om' Pittsburgh, received
Nil votes.
1 WHERE RESULTS WERE especially Close, the vote count!
were double and triple checked, Linda Uram, election committee
co:chairman, said list night. •
In 'the Panhel elections Jean
,Kennedy won the position of
second( vice president by coming in second. behind gissyfordt in
the vide presidential race. Miss Kennedy is: also of Delta Commit
Eloise Aurand, Alpha Gamma Delta, won the position of
recording secretary. Bonnie Mitchell, Kappa Alpha Theta, won
the position of corresponding secretary.
A three-way tie for the office of treasurer between Sandra
Pohlman, Zeta Tau Alpha, Carol Eckhardt, Alpha Omicron PE?
and Donna Sutin, Alpha Phi, will neceasltate a - runoff election
to be announced Tuesday. t
In AMA elections, Nancy Barnhart, junior In elementary
and kindergarten education from• Pittsburgh, was elected pri.4l
- She ran unopposed. ' •
Melanie Smith, sophomore in arts and letters from Oakmont,
defeated Carol Wetzel, junior in elementary' and; kindergar ten education from Wilkes-Barre, - for vice-president by a count of
9X4694. •
Sue Bruce, sophomore in am and letters from Swarthmore,
defeated Carol Deaterly. sophomore in a-rirtiltural pnd biological
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PAM CHADWICK NANCY BARNHART
Panhellenic Council Women's Recreation Association
Presitlent President