. 40 ' Student Support - Weather Forecast: . 4 / -, b , -- , : ~ ' -,.. -: .:. Mostly Cloudy, . ' I r , tit ~..,,..„.„‘ : ~ tt......„„ /3. Needed . Cooler - , --Seo Pave 4 asa *- , - - VOL. 63. No. 73 Froth - -,Toitotiv:ely - Approved Er- WINNIE BOYLE _ Froth - gained preliminary ap proval yesterday. The Committee on Student Organizations unanimously agreed to recommend granting a Univer sity charter by the Administrative Committee on Student Affairs which has the final say in the matter. THERE WAS no accompany ing statement of reasons with the recommendation other than, the committee felt "the new humor publication organization has ful- Perez Says 13 Credits No Overload Thirteen credits a term is not an overload for engineering students; Lawrence J. Perez, assistant dean of the College of Engineering, said Tuesday. Perez's, comments ec,neerned a statement made at the end of last term by.. Robert G. Bernreuter, special assistant to the president for student affairs: Bernreuter said , that the 'average term's load Was 9 to 11 credits under the term system and 'that anything" over that number was unnecessary. ' Perez • said that very few stu dents in engineering carried more than 'l3 credit's last '.term. He explained that to take 14 or more credits in any . term, a student must .suhmit - a petition and 'his all-University average to the dean of the college for permission. THE DEAN denied a rumor that all engineering students may soon. be reqUired to attend the University for thirteen :or =more terms. "Erigineering isn't ,tough. , demanding," he said, adding that many engineering curricula re quire more academic credits for graduation that most other Uni versity curricula, Each year approximately .45 per - cent,of freshman engineering ma jors transfer to University colleges which, require - fewer credit's for graduation. Perez also noted that the num ber of high school seniors who applied for admission to engi neering curricula for the' fall term, 1982, showed a considerable re duction, from previous years. He explained that the college ac cepted only 558 applicants, but had room for more than 1,100 new freshmen. Perei said that this reduction of . applications for engineering was part of a nation-wide trend that has been growing . during the past few years. Rhodes Named Assistant Dean James A. Rhodes, a counselor coordinator in East Halls for the past - two years, has been named to succeed Wilmer E. Wise as as sistant to the dean of men. Frank J. Simes, dean of men, announced the appointment yes terday. Wise decided to resign his post at the end of this term to devote more time to his graduate' work: Wise was responsible for handling fraternity affairs and has held the post since 1959. • • Rhodes, a - native of Altoona, received his Tpachelor Of science degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from the Univer -, aity: He - is currently a - candidate for - th 6 master of education de gree in counseling in education. Rhodes- is a member of the American Personnel - and - Guld :ante Association, - American-Col -lege Personnel -Association, Phi =Mu Delta, ' social - fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha' aneSinfornia, honor :ary music fraternities; arid lota 'Alpha-Delta counseling frater nity, of which he is currently . _ presmlent. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1963 filled all 'the University's require ments for recogpition. George L. Donovan, chairman of the committee on Student Or ganizations, declined to comment further last night. He only .said, "I'm _glad we could come to an agreement. It's been a - long, hard strain." The document will now be re ferred to the Administrative Com mittee,on Student Affairs, chaired by Robert G. Bernreuter. Bernreuter said last night that this committee meets every Mon day - and . he sees no, reason why •••- - •• z •• • •• - • -•- —Collegian - Photo by Joe Conway FOUW-TERM. PRESSURES: If looks like the:pressures of the' four;term' system have finally hit Old Main. Lights were seen burning-in every,window of the building late last night. Yesterday apparenthnz was a long and busy day for administrators as well as students.' Congress Defeats Election Proposal By PENNY WATSON A bill to eliminate runoff con gressional elections was defeated last night by the Undergraduate Student Government Congress. The defeated bill, sponsored by Jon Geiger (fraternity), called for the area council to: break a tie occurring between two congres sional candidates. Only three con gressmen voted •in favor of the bill. _ . .• Two other bills , concerning elections procedure, also spon sored by Geiger, received their first readings --before • "Congress last night.` THE FIRST, a constitutional amendment, states that when a congressman is disqualified frdm membership, the candidate -who was runner-up in the election will serve the 'unexpired term. If- the, di§qualified congressman ran un opposed, the area council _presi dent would. appoint a replacement with the approval of his council. - The second bill, an amendment to the by-laws, would require all congressional candidates to sub mit a signed rie'tition, of nomina tion. Under the present by-laws, candidates may be nominated by political parties without _submit ting petitions. During debate on the defeated bill, Geiger -said the purpose of Censure Motion Filed LONDON (R) - The Labor party, filed a motion , of censure of the Conservative government yesterday, in the wake of Brit: ain's faihire to win admission to the European 'Common Market. The motion comes before.the HOusci- of CoMmons -- during. a Common Market debate next week. , „ FOR A - BETTER PENN STATE the Froth question should not appear on next week's agenda. He also said he did not know whether the committee would reach a decision next week about the ' eight-page constitution, but he said he would be "surprised if we could." HE EXPLAINED he didn't think• anyone would want the committee to make a hasty de cision. Yesterday's recommendation by Donovan's committee capped a long series of meetings and de lays involved in making sure the the bill was "to make student government more efficient," and "not to radiCally change the struc ture of USG, as it has been charged." 'GEIGER referred to'the report submitted two _ weeks ago by Elections Comrnission Chairman George Jackson, in which Jack son said runoff elections in the past have ,been expensive and time-consuming, while drawing little student participation. As an example of the expenses, Geiger said the last runoff election cost $1 for each vote cast. • Countering Geiger's arguments for passage of. the bill, Harry Grace (town) said that USG is supposgd to closely parallel gov ernment bodies beyond the Uni versity and the elimination of runoff elections would fail in this respect. Displays Launch Greek / eek ' Window displays featuring the theme "Greeks Light the Way" will appear in downtown stores today to precede the start of Greek Week on Sunday. Between 15 and 20 fraternities and sororities have indicated they will enter the contest, Dorothy Samuels, co-chairman of the win dow display contest, - said yester day. All the displays are to be finished by Saturday, she said. THE DISPLAYS will be judged On,- originality, adherence to the theme and composition. Any ma terials acceptable -to the mer chanti may be used, Miss Samuels said. Every Greek organization par ticipating in the annual contest is to notify Miss Samuels or Har old Ishler of the location of their display. document was sound enough to be recommended. Work was begun on this new constitution for a humor maga zine almost immediately after The Penn State Froth lost its charter Oct. 23. . Andrea Buscanics, former co editor of Froth and sponsor of the new constitution, said last night that she didn't know yet whether she would apply for edi tor of the new magazine. Since Miss Buscanics is grad uating- in March she questioned the practicality of such a move. )lefenbaker To_ Sectnd 8 „•., v CUM" it; gfre ~..,11 OTTAWA (/P)—Canadian voters will get a chance to settle at the polls April 8_ the-issues that led to the overthrow of Prime. Minister John G. Diefenbaker's govern ment. High among those issues :is a controversy over Canada's still unhonored commitments to arm its military forces with U.S. nu clear warheads at home and in ;North Atlantic Treaty ; Organiza tion service abroad. - Diefenbaker, 67, dissovled Can ada's 25th Parliament yestehlay and announced- the election date. The two-month election campaign is customary.- . THE PRIME MINISTER acted after an emotion-packed caucus of his badly- shaken Conservative party closed ranks behind him-and averted, for the time • being at least, -a split over party leader ship. Diefenbaker demanded and got _individual loyalty pledges . from each . .of his Cabinet ministers-re maining after the resignation of Defense Minister Douglas Hark ness. Some were reported to have wept as they voiced-their support. The Prime - minister later de clared the caucus had given him "the most overwhelming support that I have ever received in all my years of politics." WIDESPREAD rumblings ,re mained around the country, 'how ever, with some Conservatives ex pressing misgivings over the out come of the election if Diefen baker continues to' head the party. The Toronto Globe and Mail, powerful voice for the Conserva tives, demanded that Diefenbaker step down. _ While the U.S.-Canadian dis pute over arms has attracted most attention, several other matters figured in the downfall of the gov ernment and will be prominent in the campaign. Preliminary competition in the Interfraternity Council-Panhel lenic Council Sing will be held Sunday, Monday - and Wednesday of Greek Week, Nancy Quigley, chairman of the joint Greek com mittee, said. Group singing will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday in 10 Sparks. Quartets will also perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday but will compete in 214 Boucke. Greeks participating in the "open" category will sing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in 10 Sparks. TWO DAYS have been set for the group and quartet preliminary competition because of the large number of Greeks who are par ticipating, Miss Quigley said. Final eliminations will be held on Thursday, she added. Fraternir^s end s"r Concerning state incorporation for the magazine Miss Buseanics said: "We are looking into it but we also want University recog nition." SHE EXPLAINED that a Uni versity charter is necessary for the use of University facilities and the privilege of selling on campus. She said these are her reasons for seeking University recog nition, not to "hide behind the strings of the University." She added, "We're not afraid to sub ject our material to state law." These include Canada's eco nomic health and What critics consider a slowdown in develop ment. Liberal leader Lester B. Pearson charges the Conservatives with a do-nothing policy; Diefen baker accuses the -Liberals of obstructionism. Trade Minister George Hess discounted widely held views that the campaign might develop into a slugging match over American influence. He said the Conserva tives will . not condpct an anti- American campaign. PEARSON, who led the drive for the no-confidence vote that ousted the government 142-111 discussed strategy with Liberal members of Parliament. He predicted the Liberals will win 175 seats in the House—and thus return to power fdr the first time since 1957. The election is for 265 seats in the House of Commons. The Sen ate is not affected since members there are' named ,for life. It is dominated by Liberals. Edelson'sCondition Remains Critical Doctors at Geisinger Medical 'Center in Danville reported yes terday that Steven Edelson, who was admitted Tuesday with a disease tentatively diagnosed as a strain of meningitis, is showing some improvement although he remains critically ill. A positive diagnosis of the dis ease which has stricken Edelson, (2nd-arts and letters-Rockville Centre, N.Y.) is not expected be fore Friday. Some 110 students who live in Edelson's residence hall, Lyons, or who have had dose contact with him, have been given sulfa medication as a precautionary measure, Dr. H. R. Glenn, Uni 7ersity physician, said yesterday. ing part in the sings should ob tain general rules and time sched ules today at the Fletzel Union desk: Leonard Raver, Chapel organ ist, Mrs. John Croft, violinist in the University Symphony Or chestra and William Noyes, in structor in music education, will be the three judges for the group sing contest. THE PENN Statesmen, a bar bershop quartet, and - Lawrence C. Pharo, research associate in the Ordnance Research Labora tory, will judge the Greek quar tets, Miss Quigley said. Peter Gano (12th-music educa tion-Allentown) and Louis Mitin ger, instructor 'of music, have agreed_ to judge performers in the FIVE CENTS f„ 'l6
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