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VOL. 62. No. 107
—Collision Photo* by Kta Frooklln
KEEP OFF THE GRASS—Although ihese signs contain witty
phrases, they all mean the same thing—KEEP. OFF THE GRASS.
Alpha Phi Omega, men's service fraternity, placed these words
of advice around campus yesterday. A similar campaign was con
ducted last year by the group. ,
Campus, Liberal Parties
Unite for Spring Election
By WINNIE BOYLE
and ROCHELLE MICHAELS
In the face of strong opposition
from University party, Campus
and Liberal parties joined forces
last. night for the spring USG
presidential campaign, according
to a statement signed by party
chairmen Dennis Eisman and
Anne Morris.
IN A STATEMENT prepared
for release" after the USG meeting
last night, the party chairmen
said:' ?We that our party
differences, must be subordinated
in the interest of a truly rep
resentative student government, v
"The past and present actions
of the opposition party (Univer
sity party) provp again that they
wish only to further. their own
selfish interests and not those of
the students of this University. 1 ’
Commenting on the action, Uni
.* versity party chairman Michael
Walker Will Speak to Students
On 'Stale of University' Tonight
•President Erie A. Walker will
give ;an informal talk on the state
of the University at 7:30 tonight
in 121 Sparks.
- The “President’s Report," spon
' sored by .Lion’s Paw, senior men's
honorary ■ society,' and Mortis
Board, senior women’s honorary
society, is.,expected to.be similar
to a report of the University’s
status given to alumni annually;
at reunion 1 time in June, Wilmer
E. Kenworthy, executive assailant
to the President, said yesterday.
WALKER DELIVERED! a re
view of University plans for. the
future at the first “President’s
Report” presentation last year.:
The report was requested by
Lion’s Paw.-and Mortar Board as
a means:of aiding seniors in ful
filling their responsibility of;
keeping informed about the Uni
versity, Barbara Hackman, Mor
tar Board president, said.. !
-The. president will emphasize
the, role which the seniors will
play as alumni in the present and
future problems''the - University
faces. Miss. Hackman said. ,j
When last year’s report', was jn
the planning stages, it was con
ceived as a report to all students.
But a desire to" achieve an infor
mal atmosphere lor the presenta-
(Hip Batty WOlnUfniaa 11 -is. -
1 -tN pog* 4
Dzvonik said, “It apparently looks spend $l5 on election expendi
as though this is not a spur of the tures.
moment deal. Obviously political) The bill, sponsored by Stuart
conniving has been going on be-,T,j n er (town area) was originally
tween these two parties." (presented to Congress asking .'tor
In its meeting last night, the an appropriation of $lOO to each
Undergraduate Student Govern- of the political parties as long as
ment Congress decided not to ap- expenditures were drawn
propriate USG funds to politicalj * rorn appropriation,
parties for expenditures in the EXPRESSING his feeling about
spring elections. the bill, however, John witme’r
THE CONGRESS DID set * ex- (fraternity areas) said he felt that!
penditure limits for both parties only political parties.running can-!
and independent candidates. didates should be allotted money.
. . , He said that if a party was allotted
Each political party may spends the proposed sum and did not
$lOO for the spring elections. All (Continued on page five)
Candidates running on a party
slate must include their expendi-!
tures in their party’s limit of $100.!
Independent candidates for tbej
offices of USG president, vice,. T . r ; 1-3-
j president and secretary-treasurer. |vj •
may spend $25; each: independent |ji !
candidate for sophomore, junior, r
or senior class president mayj r!j '-jjr'ii.ifi-
H*
tion -'necessitated limiting the
audience to seniors and other
upperclassmen on a space as
available basis in Schwab.
A small turnout last year pre
cipitated the scheduling of thg
speech in Sparks this year, Ken
worthy said.
The speech will be open to all
students.
Hat Society Tapping
All women’s hat societies ex
cept Cwens will tap’ new mem
bers at a special program on
Mother’s Day .afternoon in the
BUB ballroom, Philip Steiiihauer,
hat council president, announced
yesterday.'
! The plans for this program were
;made at the recent meeting of
the Hat Society Council.
Cwens which has already tap
ped 23 freshman women, will
jhonor their new tappees at the
Mother’s Day ceremony.
The men’s hat societies made
plans at the Council meeting to
coordinate'their tapping proceed
ureS and dates this spring.
' The Council alsh decided to help
publicize the Alumni Association
membership drive during Senior
Week' in. May, Stesnhauer said.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 12. 1962
West's Warning
ignored by Russia
GENEVA UP) The Soviet |
Union shrugged off a warning!
from President Kennedy and!
■British' .Prime Minister Harold;
Macmillan to accept an enforce
able test ban treaty or see new
U. S. nuclear blasts in the atmos
phere before the month is out
In an appearance yesterday be»
fore the 17-nation general dis
armament conference, Soviet Dep
uty Foreign Minister Valerian A.
Zorin carefully refrained from
committing his government to
any positive response.
j Instead, Zorin went to the dip
lomatic offensive an«L assailed as
junrealistic and unnecessary the!
i demand for cheat-proof interna- 1
jtional control arrangements.
! "THERE IS’NO justification
whatsoever for’the United States
to res time tets in the atmos
phere," he declared.
Zorin repeated that the Soviet
govemment'still believes that ex
listing national instrument sys
tems are adequate to check on test
|baa violations.
—C«tU*U» Pk*t» by Jem Bream* E
BIG BAD WOLF?— The traditional glory will be zorerjed as the i
"three pigs" try ito catch the "wolf" in one of the numbers from i
the Naiads swim show tonight, tomorrow and Saturday nights, j
Participating in the number an from left to right Marilyn Sauer, j
Penny Bedell and Jean Mellin. in the roles of the "three pigs." i
PrisciUa Lee. front will portray the "big bad wolf." 1
| The joint statement Kennedy
.and Macmillan issued Tuesday
was read into the disarmament
conference record by American
Ambassador Arthur H. Dean.
' In a carefully worded speechj
Dean defined the differences sep
arating the Russians from the
Americans and British. He called!
on the Kremlin to show some rea-ij
sonablengss, flexibility and po
litical sense. j
DEAN *ALSO sought to kill off!
Moscow’s professed fear that the
Western powers plan to pervert!
|TIM Council Ejects
!
jPergam, Williams
Arthur. Pergam, junior in pre-, ballroom. Fry said. There vflll
mcdicjne; from Abington and out-jalso be a Spring Week planning,
going council vice president, was | meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday in 203
elected president of the Town In-j HUB,
dependent Men’s Council at its
meeting last night. :
GOMER WILLIAMS, junior. In
business administration, from
Harrisburg, was elected vice pres-i
ident. David Wasson, sophomore;
in business administration from!
New Kensington, was re-elected
'secretary and Lawrence Britton,
sophomore in engineering from;
.Shamokin, treasurer. I
! .The new officers, who all ran
{unopposed for their positions, will
.be installed.at the next meeting.
1 THE COUNCIL Also discussed
Spring Week plans and urged that
a campaign be started to get more
town men to participate in these
nctiyities. TIM is working with
the coeds in Atherton.
Volunteers for the Spring Week
skit’ are especially needed, Rob
‘ert Fry,, council president, said,
Rehearsal for the skit will be
'held today at 1 p.m. in the HUB
international control arrange
ments to espionage.
Proposed arrangements have
been so worked out, he said, that
at no time would international
{personnel be free, to move about
[inside the Soviet Union except
[under the most rigidly defined
;and restricted conditions.
I Dean recalled that the Soviet
{Union broke the old three-year
{moratorium on tests by setting off
|a series of massive explosions last
autumn. He said the Russians
[might attempt the clandestine vio
lation of a nuclear test ban treaty.
BECAUSE OF responses on the
TIM recreational and social ques
tionnaires, TIM is expanding its
softball league and offering dnhe
jing lessons, Fry said. TIM mailed
out 2,400 questionnaires to inide
ipendent men living in town and
received a high percentage of
replies, he explained:
TIM expects ta sponsor 24 soft
iball tenms, which will begin com
petition April 21. It has purchased
more equipment to accommodata
the increase from 14 teams, Fry
said. Since the softball teams are
limited to using only State Col
lege ball fields, he said, the ledguc
cannot be expanded beyond tho
capacity of these diamonds. :
THEREFORE, team applica
tions will bo accepted bn a first
come,-first' served basis, he said.
Each team will' be required fo
pay a $4 registration fee at the
dean of men's office to defray
expenses, he added.
Occasional Rain
Should Continue
A stationary front, which di
vides cool, air in the northeastern
states from warm, moist air from
the southeastern states, is caus
ing cloudy skies and intermiUsitJ.
precipitation in most of the east
ern part of the nation, . ,
Little change in the position
of the front is expected today or
tonight, so cloudy skies, cool; tem
peratures and occasional rain are
jexpected to continue in the local
I area. !
Today's high should be iihottt
50 degrees, and a low of [36 is
indicated for tonight. j ■
Tomorrow i.* expected to be
mostly cloudy and somewhat 1
milder with a few showery. The
i high temperature will be near 56
-degrees, i
| Gradual clearing should begin
Saturday.
300 Tickets Remain
for Debate at Schwab
Close to 300 tickets remain for
the debate between Sen. Hubert
H. Humphrey, D-Mma, and Sen,
Karl E. Mundt, R- S.D., to be hold
!at 8:30 p.m. Saturday flight in
Schwab. Non-student tickets will
go on sale today, ;
If there is a large overflow, flic
deban will be televised by closed
circuit in Boucke and Sparks,
Nina Brown, director- of the Ar*
tarts’ Series, said. Otherwise, -it
[will not be televised because "of
[the expense, she said.
Mundt anid Humphrey will de
bate on the topic, “Is the- New
Frontier . Moving The Nation
Ahead?”,
! A coffee hour will be held in
[the Hetzel Union mam lobby irn*
[mediately fallowing the debater
FIVE CENTS