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CaMimigners for ihe top 'Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment offices said last night that they, haVe observed on
campus a definite increase of interest in student govern
ment•
and . new knowledge of its activities.
The:two candidates foi . USG'president,' Dean Wharton,
University party, and Allison:Woodall, Cainpti-Liberal
parties, noted the increased student interest over that
encountered when they both ran in the fall 1960 elections.
At that time, Wharton was
running for sophomore class
president and Miss Woodall
was a candidate for student
government assemblyman.
Wharton and Miss Woodall,
plus the vice 'presidential can
didates, Morris Baker, Univers
ity party, and George Gordon,
Campus-Liberal, discussed this
and other election topics in an
interview with Daily Collegian
reporters last night.' ,
"BACK. THEN," Wharton
said of the 1980 elections, "stu
dents asked questions such as
'What is student government?'
and had the 'You can't do any
thing anyway' attitude. Now
they seem' to be assuming stu
dent government is doing
something
„and want to know
specifically what we will do."
Gordon said he believed this
change in attitude lis due to
the candidates in recent cam
paigns stressing what student
government has done rather
than what it has failed - to do.
The time spent by candidates
meeting students, - Miss Woodall
said, is directly proportional to
the voter turnout.
"If students see and hear.you
they have a basis on which to
choose between the candi
dates," she said.
Baker said, "We will try to
meet each student, but for the
ones we don't talk to, our plat
form will have to speak for s us."
He stressed that this is a "cam
paign of issues rather than of
personalities."
? BOTH PRESIDENTIAL can
didates discussed the need for
better relations between ad
ministrators and student gov
ernment leaders.
Wharton said, "The trouble
i n communications bet Ween
student government and the
administration is that the stu
dents are here for only four
years and want to see things
done immediately. The admin
istration will be here much
longer and isn't in such a
hurry."
Miss Woodall .said she be
lieves that regardless of one's .
feelings, these relations can
and must always be kept on a
mature level.
Since one of, the main func
tions of the vice president's
office is to run a well-conduct
ed 'Congress meeting, Baker
and Gordon gave their ideas on
the subject.
• Baker said it is essential for
the vice president to be well
acquainted with parliamentary
procedure and Robert's Rules
of Order. It is a matter .of edu
cating the Congressmen in'
these rules so that the meeting
can run smoothly, he added.
IN ORDER THAT the Con
gressmen know exactly what
they are voting for, a bill must
be restated before the vote is
taken, Gordon said. "Once in
awhile asking the simple ques
tion, 'Does everyone under
stand?' would also, help in
keeping ' complicated issues
clear," he added.
As Dennis Foianini, incum
bent USG president, will be at
the University next year, Miss
Woodall and Wharton explain
ed what they thought his func
tion as past president would be.
Both agreed that he . would
definitely be valuable' as a
resource person, but that he
should have no official connec
tion with student government
For information about "be
hind the scene risponsibilitieS,
such as being' a member of
Senate sub-committees," Miss
Woodall said Foianini would
be a great help.
Wharton said that, if elected,
he would definitely meet with
Foianini to _discuss problem'
areas to "gain froin his exper
ience."
DEANe WHARTON
ALLISON WIXIDAU.,
GEORGE GORDON
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VOL. 62. No. 112 UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 19. 1962 FIVE CENTS
KennedyPr• claims
Peace With Steel
WASHINGTON(RI President
Kennedy proclaimed peace yes
terday with big steel.
Pacified by victory last week
in his battle on price-boosting
steel manufacturers, Kennedy
said there was no room for hos
tility or vindictiveness. What's
more, he told a news conference
exactly one week after fiercely
attacking U.S. Steel and its fol
lowers, his administration: and in
dustry leaders "are in basic agree
ment on far more objectives than
we are in disagreement." •
AT HIS NEWS CONFERENCE.
Kennedy, also announced he was
calling off the trial of one dis-
Feingold Rules Charge
Against Party Unfounded
The charge that University party violated its constitution'
by ordering campaign materials before the campaign began'
is an unfounded accusation, Allen Feingold, Elections Corn-1
mission chairman, said yesterday.
Ann Morris (North Halls) made the •accusation at the
Undergraduate Student Government meeting Tuesday night.
•
Investigating the charge, Feingold, Dennis Eisman, Cam
pus party chairman, and Michael Dzvonik, University party
chairman, yesterday studied the
constitution in question,
The constitution contained n
provisions which would make the
party's action a violation, Fein
gold said. He added that he_honed
before further accusations were
made, the charges would be thor
oughly investigated.
In other business Tuesday night,'
the 'USG Congress alloted $lOO to'
the newly= created Transportation'
Agency. The allocation was pro- I
posed by USG President Dennis.
Foianini to provide initial work-;
in g funds for the agency.
In his report on the Elections;
Commission, Feingold ref() m-I
mended to the Congress that al
more complete elections • cdde be!
set up for next year's campaign.
• At the meeting's conclusion,
Foianini urged the respective
chairmen to conduct , "tasteful i
campaigns."
"Students are ; flattered if yowl
appeal to their intelligence rather!
than to their emotions," he said.:
"LITTLE GliM11.1.": Barbara Elias. tunics in
-"er+azy. and kindergarten education from
Sprin' filial& was named national "Lillie Gen
eral" Saturday. Miss Elser is shown receiving
boa wishes from President Walker before
leaving for Los Angeles, where the competition
.
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
gruntled Army reservist and or
dering another released from con
finement.
Their. offenses, he said were
"more misguided than criminal
in intent!'
During the Conference carried
nationally by radio and television,
Kennedy indicated the United
States , was only a shade away
from resuming nuclear weapons
tests in the atmosphere. No date
has been set, he said, but chances
of negotiating an effective test
ban treaty with Russia are very
negative.
LACKING AGREEMENT. he
added, "of course we shall pro-
21,230 Enroll for Spring Term;
University Park Total Hits 15,940
Figures released yesterday show [Abroad Program and 15,940 slaw
that 21,230 persons have entolledldents .taking courses in residence
as full or part-time graduate oriat the University Park campus. .
, undergraduate students for thel For the winter term, . official
spring term at all divisions of the figures show that 2,022
. persona
University. ' were , enrolled in part-time eon.
Undergraduate students makeltinuing 1 education classes, 3,333
up 19,080 of the total. Robert 141.1 students were enrolled at com.
Koser, associate registrar, said. Of!monwealth campuses, no students
the 2,150 graduate students, he; were engaged in foreign study'
said, 43 are engaged in off-eampust programs and 18,489 persons were'
research. studying at University Park, Kuser
s
THE TOTAL is composed of sai d .
•
2,111 persons enrolled as part-timel' In the graduate division, of the
continuing education student 3;2,076' students registered for the
Koser said, 3,108 students at the winter term, Koser added, 36 were
commonwealth campuses. 71 stu- engaged In off-campus research
dents enrolled in the Study projects.
ceed" ,to resume tests as 'he -an
nounced last month.
At that time, Kennedy said the
United States would start testing
again in late April unless the So
viets accepted an agreement pro
viding for international inspec
tions.
The President also called at
tention to the latest U.S. blueprint
for general disarmament, unveiled
at Geneva Tuesday morning. t.
He described it as the most
comprehensive and , specific series=
of proposals any nation ever sot
forth on the subject. With . it, Ile
said, the United States was mak
ing a major effort •to achieve a
breakthrough on disarmament
negotiations.
WHILE HE WAS forgiving,
Kennedy wasn't wholly forgetting
his administration's role io the
sequerice.of events that led steel
producers to rescind their $6-a-ton
price increases.
- A • grand jury invostigation of
whether major steel compantea
have .violated antitrust- laws will
go on, Kennedy said, and the gov
ernment will continue stressmg
its position against labor-manage
ment contracts that could breed
inflation. -
"Let me make it'clear," he said
in a prepared announcement,
"that this administration harbors
no, ill will against any individual.
any industry. corporation or seg.
ment of,the American economy'
was held. The cont.'s! is . sponsored by the
Arnold Air Society, honorary society for ad
vanced air force cadets.Niss Furs is a -number
of Angel Flight, the auxiliary branch of Arnold
Air Society.