• I , • I i - , • " ' i • ',2- ; 411 , ; . . ; 1 1.! ; • ' .?7 . ' .. t . I. 1 ). ' ' - For Nigher Woother Forgcoi : 0 , o Elatig .... :,...i.t', ,s . T eli ti rgtztti . . GualitY Sri o, . ,I . .- see page • Cold VOL. 62. No: 66 MILITARY BALL QUEEN—tiariesta Patterson. freshman in education from Oakdale. was 'elided as queen of the Military Ball last night. She was chosen at the dimes hold in the HUB ballroom. : - Cong 'USG By JOAN MEHAN The first copies of the USG ReC ord, the student government newspaper, will be distributed to congressmen Thursday. , • Each congressman will receive 50 copies of the. paper to' distribute to his constituents. and 150 more copies will be placed at•the Hetzel Union desk • on Friday i mornint, Kurt • Simons, editor, said last might. If the demand exceeds thi s amount more copies will; be made available, he added. THE CONGRESS appropriated $lOO to sfart the newspaper and will decide if it should be con tinued at its Thursday meeting. Pottsvil!e Campus May Expand, Move Legal steps "are now being taken by the University to obtain property in Schuylkill HaVen so that the Common- Wealth Campus now located at Pottsville may, be moved and ,otpanded. 'Kenneth L. Holderman, coordinator of the' common wealth 'campuses, said ' the new site, presently owned-by. Schuyl kill County, would proiride a 35 or 40-acre campus. The Pottsville center, five miles away, 1 now has only two buildings—one academia and one administrative. ' I : WILL BE a matter ;of ireeks i Holderman said, before • the ne-1 foliations are contpleted. Certain+ legal actions, such aS a title! 'verification, must be finished be- 1 Sore the property can be trans; fered, he said. • Broldermali said the.; Campus' present location would be evac uated completely in favor of the new site: The Schuylkill Haven, tract has some buildings on it' now, he said but there is a que3- 1 tion as. to whether they can be adopted for educational purpoises. Schuylkill County commissioners initiated • the proposed transfer earlier this week *hen they aif-i tessmen to Receive Record' Thursday If the paper is continued, congress would then have to appropriate more funds, Simons said. • "The purpose of the paper is to explain the operation of student government in more detail than can be done by the, other news media," he said: "We'hope it will give students insight into the working of their gbverning• body and so stimulate interest." The Record will also give con gressmen a means of informing their constituencies -of issues be fore they are presented at a -USG meeting. ' This will eliminate the delayof postponing issues until the con gressmen have talked the issues proved the sale of the tract to the. University for one dollar. Court approktal of the action is still needed, but the Centre Daily Times reported officials _as saying they antipicate no difficulties. A STIPULATION- of the one ; dollar sale is that the- land can; be used - for educational purpose d only. : • The Pottsville move is the third) involving the University's Com-' monwealth Campuses this month: Earlier, a 30-acre tract was deeded to, the University as a site' of a. future two-year college to be I built in conjunction w iththe COlll-' munity. It is located four miles [east of New Kensington. Also, the Dußois Educational Foundation has started a campaign to raise a half-million dollars for expansion of the Dußois cain- I pus,. UNIVERSITY PAR Kennedy Presents Medal to ►enn :'~~ i 4 ' ' x ' ^A} ~~~ #y~~`t(~~~y=. :.t. g: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.. i re-I turned in triumphant homecom-1 ing to his jumping off place yes terday and' receiving the fullest (homage of a grateful nation"trom President Kennedy: The President flew to !this ; sprawling spaceport to praise land, pin a medal on the brat American! to orbit the 'earth. ; In presenting the medal, Ken "nedy hailed :Glenn's unflinching courage and outstanding contribu tion to the advancement of human knowledge. KENNEDY PRESENTED lan identical award -- the Distin- I guished Service Medal of the Na- Itiopal Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration to the man who ;has ramrodded Project Mercury from its conception: Director 'lob ert R. .Gilruth. Earlier, a Cheering throng of about 100,000 persons paid re spects to the smiling, waving space conqu -- he rode in an ig an 18-mile Sharing in his glory was 'his wife, Anna, who was beside him much of the day; his son David, 16, and daughter Carolyn, 14. Other members of his family and over with the students in their areas, Simons said. - THE NEWSPAPER will stress interpretive articles rather than straight ,news coverage," he said. "On controversial issues we will try to give both sides of the issue." The first copy will include ar ticles by Rules Committee Chair man George Gordon and USG President Dennis Foianini. Rich artl Miller, West Halls represen tative, will write a column about 01 present appropriation situa tion in Harrisburg, Simons said. The editorial by Simons will be "non-partisan and directed toward the' students."- "If the newspaper is approved by Congress, we plan to publish it. bi-weekly with the issues corn jne out Thursdays," Simons said. THE FIRST COPY will either be mimeographed or printed by the off-set method due to the small appropriation, he said. Since the newspaper is an "entirely. ex perimental operation" we don't know how further .isstkes will be published, Simons added. The Record is the first project of the newly formed USG Public Relations agency which is headed by Harry Grace. Corpsmen to Visit Philippine Embasy Members of .the Peace C rps' Philippine training project at the if University were guests at al re ception held yesterday in !the Philippine Embassy as part; of their field trip to Washington, D.C. this weekend. Approximately .44:1 volunteers left yesterday afternoon and will return tomorrow on the trip which is held in conjunction with their American and Philippine cultural study programs. . • The group met the Philippine ambassador at the reception yes terday morning. In the afternoon the volunteers visited Congress and talked with their respective Congressmen- t. Todaythe volunteers will take a sightseeing tour of Washington. [They will be guided by members [ Ft the Peace Corps office in Wash ington. FOR A BETTER PiEI4IN STATE . SATURDAY MORNINd. FEBRUARY 24. 1962 .ide route relatives were here for the joyous,States and Soviet Union in the ex occasion. 'ploration of space. , PROUDLY WEARING his new He consistently referred -- to medal, Glenn then went to a the "we" factor in the. manned. ; space program and reiterated circus tent jammed with new,s- times that there were , thou men and unfolded the story of his lman y three - times - around - the - world sands of technicians, engineers, flighf.- ;civilian and milatary . people ;across the nation whb cooperated In 'brief, he told the reporters:lin what he termed a tremendous •lie had a few uneasy mo-iteam jab. ments during a spectacular re-en -j With President Kennedy by fiis, try from space when he feared side, Glenn stopped briefly at Pad his capsule heat shield might b e fl4—where he started his , great: burning up—the fears, due to aladventure and - personally faulty electronic signal, .p rove d,thanked member of the launch groundless; • ;crew which had signaled tuis leap .mto space lust three days, _an •The more than four hours of; hour and 36 minutes before. weightlessness. he, endured posed: HE SHOOK HANDS with many no particular problem. It was a: of the. crew They in turn pre pleasant feeling that might evenlsented President Kennedy with a become habit-forming: • ;green hard hat worn for protee •fle couldn't ask for more than tion• by missilemen and. made that his space flight -might lead him an honorary member of the to cooperation between the United - launching crew. - Sleel Will Change to Snow Today A slippery combination of sleet,vania late yesterday and last and freezing rain created very; night, and a few inches of snow treacherous travel conditions may accumulate Int this area to throughout the state last night. day. ' The sleet and freezing rain are' Temperatures are expected to expected to change to snow thisireinain in the low 30's today, and morning. Snow . ' flurries, windy ' fall to' about 10 tonight. and colder weather are forecast ) Tomorrow should be mostly for this afternoon and - tonight ; cloudy, windy and cold with a few Several- inches. of snow accum-,snow flurries: A high of 30 is ulated in northwestern Pennsyl-'expected. Lion's Den was suggested by this sign an unknown pointer left there yesterday. "Down with Rork and Roll, We want thtt sign said. Letters Prompt Disc The musical selection in the Lion's Den jukebox will be diversified next week to give students the type of! music they have expressed a desire to hear, Robert Keppler, 4 spokesman' for Houser Vending Machines, said yesterday. KEPPLETI.SAID CLASSICAL SELECTIONS have been tried in the Lion's Den in the past and have generally, proved to be unpopular. • ! After the new records are installed, a two-week - check will be made of the machine's automatic counter. If any record doesn't receive 10 plays in that time, it will probably be removed, he added. Louis A. Berrena, .manager of food service the Hetiel Union Building, said although no one has personally complained about music in the • .Lion's Den, the vending compiny %Vas mit visvd of the opinions expressed in letters to The Daily HE SAID THE COMPANY AGREED to again try classical music in the jukebox. Keppler said some difficulty is encountered in gtting classi (Continued on page three) By MEL AXILBUND FIVE CENTS Changes
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