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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
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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
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