FRATERNITY RUSH: A brother of Acacia fraternity, George
Chadman (9th-industrial engineering -Salem) explains the ways
and means, the ups and downs, and ins and outs of fraternity
life to rushee Robert Beggs (2nd-business administration-Pitts
burgh).
House Members Retain
15-Man Rules Committee
WASHINGTON (JP) The 88th Congress opened for busi
ness yesterday and dealt sudden death to conservative mem
bers hopes of recapturing control of the key House Rules Com
mittee. This victory for President Kennedy had been expected,
but the size of his margin was a surprise. On the decisive vote
Forces Told
To Arrest
Tshombe
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (IP)
—The United Nations announced
last night instructions have been
given to the U.N. force in the
Congo to put Katanga President
Moise Tshombe under house ar
rest.
The announcement was made
by a spokesman for Secretary-
General U Thant. •
He said that unless such proof
Is given "there can be no more
question of a contact with Mr.
Tshombe on other matters."
The spokesman added that
therefore, the U.N. Congo force
had been instructed to restrain
Tshombe "from further irrespon
sible acts."
THE U.N. instructions for Tsh
ombe's house arrest came after
the Katangan president declared
that he would explode scorched
earth warfare in defense if the
U.N. Congo command strikes far
ther toward Kolwezi.
U.N. executives in the Congo
ignored the Katanga president. A
senior official said, "We will con
vey messages to United Nations
headquarters for him, but that is
all."
Tshombe told a news conference
in his Elisabethville palace, "We
have decided to work on a
scorched earth policy and will
.carry it out if they try to advance
on Kolwezi,"
U.N. Groups To Hear Lectures
Members of the five major corn
mittees of the Model United Na
tions General Assembly will at
tend a series of lectures next week,
Robert Lefcourt, Secretary-Gen
eral of the Assembly announced
recently.
The series has been set up,
Lefcourt said, to better inform the
committee members about the
topics with which they will be
concerned during the assembly.
THE LECTURES, presented by
members of the Department of
Political Science, will be open to
the public, Lefcourt said.
The schedule for the lectures is
as follows; Committee I (nuclear
-- Dr. Robert J. Alex
in the House, his supporters won
235-196.
The vote kept the size of the
Rules Committee at 15 members.
If Kennedy's forces had failed, it
would have reverted to 12 mem
bers, leaving the committee in the
grip of a coalition of conserva
tive Republicans and Southern
Democrats opposed to major ele
ments of Kennedy's legislative
program.
THE COMMITTEE, which con
trols the flow of most legislation
to the floor of the House, had
been under the domination of this
coalition until two years ago.
Then Kennedy forces, led by the
late Speaker Sam Rayburn, eked
out a 217-212 victory that in
creased the size of the commit
tee from 12 to 15 members.
Yesterday, with the help of
Georgia Democrats and some new
Republicans, Kennedy increased
that five-vote margin to 39 votes
—a boost that may buoy his hopes
for smoother sailing through Con
gress this year.
The increase Is designed to give
liberals an 8 to 7 voting edge in
the committee which controls the
flow of most legislation to the
House floor. The majority theo
retically will be 8 of the 10 Demo
crats; the minority 2 Southern
Democrats and 6 Republicans.
KENNEDY was described by
White House press secretary
Pierre Salinger as "most grati
fied" by the outcome.
The vote was on a motion by
Democratic Leader Carl Albert of
Oklahoma to adopt for the new
Congress the rules of the last
House r with one change.
During debate, both sides in
voked the memory of Rayburn in
support of their arguments. '
ander, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 16, 301 En
gineering A; Special Committee
on Cuba Dr. Vernon V. As
paturian, Jan. 15, 13 p.m. 301 En
gineering A; Committee II (pro
posed capital development fund)
Dr. Clarence E. Thurber, 8 p.m.,
Jan. 16, 302 Engineering A
COMMITTEE IV (trusteeship
,Southwest Africa)--„Dr. Henry
M. Albinski, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 15,
302 Engineering A; and Commit
tee V (reorganization of the Sec
retariat) Dr. Elton Atwater 8
p.m., Jan. 17 in a room yet to be
announced.
Over 700 delegates are expected
to attend the meetings of the gen
eral assembly, Lefcourt said. In
of 12 delegations
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VOL. 63. No. 53 UNIVERSITY PARK. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 10. 1963 FIVE CENTS
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ew Prep T lT i a
An experimental program which
would cut three years from the
time normally required to obtain
undergraduate and medical di
plomas will be launched this sum
mer by the University in conjunc
tion with Jefferson Medical Col
lege.
Approximately 25 specially se
lected students will be involved
in the combined program.
The announcement was made
in a joint statement yesterday by
President Eric A. Walker and W.
A. Sodeman, dean and vice presi
dent for medical affairs at Jeffer
son.
THEY SAID the program would
determine whether both the cost
of medical education and the time
required to obtain it could be re
duced while maintaining the qual
ity of education.
"A growing shortage of doctors
requires greater use of education
al facilities," they said. "More
over, we believe a shortened per
iod of more intensive training
will attract many gifted students
who now shy away from the pro
fession because of the heavy mon
ey outlay and
.excessively long
training period reduired."
PHYSICIANS normally must
have at least two and usually
three or more years of training
beyond the M. D: degree before
they enter practice. The cost and
time required for training are be
lieved to be the major factors in
a 30 per cent decline in medical
school applications that took place
in the late 1950'5.
Applications are now considered
to be at a dangerously low level
to maintain the quality of medical
service in the face of a growing
population.
Cold Air Mass
Invades North
One of the coldest, air masses to
form on the North American con
tinent in recent years is invading
the northern states.
Temperatures in the heart of
the frigid air in northern Canada
ranged between 40 and 62 below
zero yesterday, afternoon.
The southward movement of
arctic air and the northward flow
of warm tropical air from the
Gulf of Mexico is setting the
stage for a vigorous storm in the
central states.
This storm is expected to in
tensify this afternoon and spread
precipitation into Pennsylvania
late tonight and tomorrow.
Rain or snow is expected to be
gin late tonight and continue into
tomorrow morning.
Snow, windy and colder weath
er is indicated for tomorrow after
noon. Snow flurries, windy and
much colder weather is expected
tomorrow night and Saturday.
Today should be mostly cloudy
and cooler than yesterday. A
high reading of 35 degrees is ex
pected.
is one from the State College high
school and the recently named
United States and Soviet Union
special delegations.
PLANS ARE being made to pro
vide tickets to those non-delegates
interested in attending the open
ing and closing sessions of the
assembly in Schwab, Lefcourt
added. Announcements concern
ing these tickets will be made at
a later date.
'Registration for all delegation
members will be held on Jan. 30
and 31, Lefcourt said. At this
time delegates will be given name
tags which will serve as passes
to the various activities of the
model U.N.
Datig
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Under the new program, the
first group will enroll at the Uni
versity for the 1963 summer term.
Following five straight terms
here, the students will enroll at
Jefferson for the 1964 fall semes
ter. In addition to medical train
ing, students will be taught one
course each semester by Univers
ity professors during the first two
years at Jefferson.
THE STUDENTS will then re
turn to University Park for the
1965 summer term of academic
work, and re-enroll at Jefferson
for the second year of medical
school in the fall. They return to
University Park for the 1966 sum
mer term, receiving the B.S. de
gree at the end of the term, and
enter their final two years of
medical school that fall. The M. D.
degree will be awarded by Jeff
erson in June, 1968.
The program will be of an ex
2 Parties To Plan
USG Nominations
Two campus political party
chairmen indicated yesterday that
their parties will nominate can
didates for some or all of the
vacant seats on the Undergradu
ate Student Government Con
gress.
The special elections will be
held Jan. 22.
There have been six resigna
tions from Congress this term for
academic reasons. Yesterday, USG
President Dean Wharton added
the name of Arthur Luhmann
(West) to the five he announced
earlier this week.
THE OTHER five are Joseph
Bent (North), Alan Cramer (Nit
tany), Harry Dugan (West), Gary
Jones (North) and Walter Pilof
(town).
Liberal Party Chairman George
Gordon said last night that his
party will meet at 7 p.m. Sun.
day in 111 Boucke to nominate
candidates for some or all of the
posts.
Campus Party plans to hold a
meeting sometime before the USG
meeting next week at which time
it will nominate candidates for
the congressional vacancies, Rob
ert Perugini, party chairman, said.
A time and place for the meet
ing have not yet been selected,
he added.
FRANCIS CONTE, University
Party chairman, said . his party
will not nominate candidates be
cause a meeting can not be set
up in time. However, he added,
University Party will support can
didates during the campaign.
Elections Commission Chairman
George Jackson said self-nomi
nating petitions for the Jan. 22
special elections will be available
at the Hetzel Union desk tomor
row or Monday. They must be
returned to the HUB desk
Wednesday.
Students wishing to nominate
themselves must secure the sig
natures of 100 area residents in
order to run. However, town area
stuednts need only 75 signatures.
Bermuda Junctions
Rushees will receive a one-day
break from rush activities today
before attending Bermuda junc
tions tomorrow evening,
Rushees may sign up for three
parties from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
today in the Hetzel Union main
lounge. Each sorority will present
a skit and serve refreshments
during Bermuda junctions. Rush
ees may accept - name tags as party
favors.
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perimental nature, and both
Walker and Sodeman emphasized
that the program will be limited
to superior students with excep
tional intellectual abilities.
IT WILL BE offered as an ad
dition to the programs of both
institutions. The University will
continue its regular four-year
premedical curriculum, for more
than 250 students l who are pre
pared for admission to medical
schools throughout the East.
Jefferson's student body of 700
is likewise drawn -from many
undergraduate schools. The usual
policies of admission to Jefferson
from other undergraduate colleges
will continue.
Students entering the program
will be admitted through the of
fice of Robert G. Bernreuter, dean
of admissions at the University,
cooperating with the Admissions
Committee at Jefferson.
A 2.0 All-University average is
required for candidates.
AT ITS SUNDAY meeting,
Liberal Party will also elect a
vice-chairman, recording secre
tary, executive secretary and
treasurer, Gordon said. He added
that he will name a parliamen
tarian and several party commit
tee chairmen at the meeting.
These people will make up the
party steering committee.
The chairmen of the three par
ties will be questioned about their
plans for the winter and spring
terms and tl - K aims of their parties
on the WDFM-WMAJ program,
USG Reports, at '7:30 tonight.
USG To Hear
Four Reports
Few items of business have
been placed on the agenda of the
term's first session of the Under
graduate Student Government
Congress, scheduled for 8 tonight
in 214-215 Hetzel Union Building.
Only four committee reports
will be heard by Congress, which
has been reduced to 23 members
because of six resignations due
to academic reasons.
Sandra Katinsky, chairman of
the Grading Systems Investiga
tion Committee, will report the
results of a survey of grading
systems in use throughout the
country. The survey, which was
conducted last term, was handled
by a sub-committee headed by
Susan Dyer.
A secdnd report will he given
by Gary Koerner, chairman of the
WDFM Transformer Committee.
This committee has been investi
gating possibilities of installing
transformers in the residence
areas, a move which would allow
students to receive WDFM broad
casts on their AM radios.
The other reports will be given
by Barbara Krouse, Academic Af
fairs Committee chairman, and
Ruth Falk, who heads USG's
Tutoring Service.
Follow Rush Lull
Coffee hours are scheduled for
Sunday evenings with final rib
boning ceremonies scheduled to
take place Monday in the sorority
suites.
An open bid period will follow
formal rush activities and any
sorority which has not filled its
quota of 25 pledges may extend
additional bids. A special registra
tion will be held for open bidding
for women who have not partici
pated in rmh.