—Collegian photo by Lou Haffner NEW BOULDER. DAM? No, it isn't construction of a new dam but a view from the eighth floor of Pollock A of the construc tion Site for one of four new residence halls. Begun last fall, it is scheduled for, completion by September, 1969. Students May Take Test To Exempt Basic Speech By STEVE CIMBALA Exeniption from the Univer sity's basic speech requirement (Speech 200) is available - to stu dents who pass a test designed by the speech department, Robert T. Oliver, head of the department, said recently. A University requirement states that each student, regardless of - curriculum, take at least one basic speech course, Oliver said. He said the exemption test was established last, year to permit qualified students to either com- Edelson Improving; Tests Completed Laboratory tests. completed yes terday -on Steven Edelson. (2nd lib e r al arts- Rockville Centre, N.Y.) disclosed . the presence of meningococcus, an organism com monly found in spinal meningitis: Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, 'director of the University Health Center, said that in. spite of the test results yesterday's medical report on Edelson was "encouraging." Although' Edelson remained on the critical list at Geisinger Medi cal Center in Danville, he has re gained consciousness, Glenn said. About 150 students have already received sulfa medication. Glenn emphasized that such treatment is still available for persons who had contact with Edelson. Torchlighting Ceremony To 14 Finalists Chosen In Best Pledge Contest Fourteen finalists from seven fraternities and seven sororities have been selected from the ap proximately '45 entries in the, annual Greek Week Outstanding Pledge contest. The, Fraternity Affairs Office announced the names of fraternity nominees yesterday. They are James E. Ablard, Phi Kappa PSi; Calvin . B. Burgart, Phi Gamma Delta; Thomas Erwin Degling, Pi Kap pa Alpha; Kenneth'Dries,"Alpha Gamma Rho; Geo rge E. Houseweart, Triangle; Bruce Miller, Tau Kap pa Epsilon; and Richard T. Swank, Alpha Zeta. SORORITY NOMINEES announced by Pan hellenic Council yesterday are Barbara Baum, Delta Zeta; Bonnie Feheley, Alpha Xi Delta; Kathy Lin dennidYer, Gamma Phi Beta; Ellen McLaughlin, Alpha Sigma Alpha; Peggy Mitchell, Delta Delta Delta; :Marjorie Moran, Delta -Gamma; and Emily Workman, Kappa D6lta. The names of the winners in both the fraternity and sorority categories be announced at the Pledge gan'quet at:6:3o p.m. Tuesday in the Nittany Lion Inn, Patricia Kirsch, Panhel co-chairman of the event, said Thursday.. • Wilmer E. WiSe, assistant to the dean-of men for fraternity, affairs, - will siSeale on, the fraternity yrstem.- pletely skip' speech "courses or to take an advanced course instead of a basic one. The examination given to stu dents desiring such an exemption includes a written communica tions test and a brief interview with several -professors of the speech department, he said. Oliver said two situations may result from a student's test score. First, he said, the student may be permitted to exempt the-re quired basic speech course if he takes an advanced course as a substitute. SECOND, a student ma y, through a very high test score, exempt both basic and advanced speech courses, he said. Extreme ly, high scores will also carry the additional bonus of three credits in speech, Oliver added. He said the exemption plan is an experimental program and is being studied by speech depart ment officials. Students' grades ih speech and other courses will be compared with their test results to deter mine whether or not the tests Are too difficult, too easy, or rea sonably accurate, he said. Students desiring to take the test, which is offered each term during orientation week, may Ob tain application forms from the speech department, 305 Sparks, have their advisers sign them, and return them to the speech department. VOL. 63. No. 75 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 9, 1963 FIVE CENTS romsN • sser o Topples Kasse BEIRUT, Lebanon (/1 3 ) Iraq's Premier Abdel Karim Kassem, the army officer who rose to pow er behind revoluntionary bullets and ruled in constant fear of his fellow assassin-insurgents, was re ported overthrown and destroyed by military rivals yesterday. THE INSURGENTS ordered a crackdown on - - Communists and named the pro-Nasser former co leader in Kassem's own revolution to serve as transitional president. President Gavial Abdel Nasser's United Arab Republic and its satellite Yemeni Republic im mediately announced recognition of the new regime. However, borders were sealed amid indications that the Iraqi revoluntaries had not established supremacy throughout the oil-rich states. REPORTS of the rebel's claim to have "destroyed -the tyrant" Kassem could not be confirmed. Abdel Salam Mohammed Aref, once Kassem's - deputy premier and later his prisoner for a re ported assassination attempt, was appointed transitional chief of State. However, the junta, calling itself the National Council of Rev olutionary. Command, announced that it will hold supreme powers. These were said to include the command of the armed forces and all legislative powers, the right to appoint the president and prime minister. Col. Ahmed Hassan Bakr, pre sumablyr a member of the coup, Suspended Suspension Penalty Given to Education Sophomore A 4th-term= student in the Col lege of Education was placed on suspended suspension until the end of fall term 1963 by the Sen ate Subcommittee on Discipline at a hearing Wednesday, This penalty gives the dean of men the authority to suspend the student without further commit tee action if any further miscon duct occurs. The action stemmed from an in cident on Jan. 25 when the stu dent, a minor, returned to his residence hall in an inebriated condition after a fraternity-party. from are Kathy Lindenmeyer, Bonnie Feheley, Ellen McLaughlin and Emily Workman. Standing from left, are Richard Swank, George Houseweart, James Ablard, Kenneth Dries, Thomas Degling and Calvin Burgart. Absent are Barbara Baum, Peggy Mitchell and Bruce . . Miller. - . T A , -, , 4, 4. -1\ i -**- ii Tjaitrgiatt FOR A BETTER PENN STATE was named to form a new Cabi net. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS Indi cated that Aref may be only a figurehead. In Kassem's revolution of July 14, 1958, Aref led the troops that occupied Baghdad and gunned down King Feisal II and most others in the Iraqi royal family. Aref became deputy premier and interior minister but soon split with Kassem. Aref wanted close cooperation with Nasser's Egypt, but Kassem, with his own dreams of Arab leadership, broke with Cairo and sought to bulwark his shaky regime with support from Moscow. Aref was sent abroad as ambas sador to West Germany, but soon Kenworlhy Says Walker's Position On University's Status Unchanged President Eric A. Walker has not changed his attitude that Penn State is the state university, Wil mer E. Kenworthy, executive as sistant to the president, said yes terday. Kenw - orthy's statement c crn cerned an article In yesterday's issue of The Daily Collegian which stated that Walker had said a constitutional amendment was necessary to recognize Penn •State Several of his friends took the student for a walk outside the residence hall in the hope" that the air would "sober" him. However, the student became uncontrolable and turned over several garbage disposal cans, de stroyed a building identification sign and damaged a traffic sign before he was apprehended by the Campus Patrol. The student .was already on of fice probation as a result of a disturbance he had caused earlier in January in his residence hall after he had been drinking. Open Greek Week returned. In 1959, he wan sen tenced to death Tor supposedly at tempting to kill Kassem, who re cently boasted he had survived 38 assassination attempts In 44i years. Kassem commuted his old friend's sentence to life imprison_ ment and Aref was released in 1961. The revolt was praised in Cairo by the U.A.R. Voice of Arabs ra dio, as "restoring Iraq to the ranks of Arab countries." Baghdad radio assured all for eigners that their lives and prop erties would be safe. The commu nique said: "The new movement will work to increase our financial potential and guarantee that oil will continue to flow abroad." as the state university. The article such that Walker said such recognition would entail placing the Univer sity faculty, staff and administra tion on the state payroll, and would require state approval of all purchasing with the possibility that the state would also set tuition. Walker said he would not accept recognition on these terms, The President said it was the administration of former Gov. Da vid L. Lawrence which offered the University the status of the state university of the common wealth. WALKER'S statements came during a question and answer period following dinner and a speech •, at Theta Xi fraternity Tuesday night. Kenworthy explained that someone probably .asked a ques tion such as "what is necessary for Penn State to become the state university?" to have prompted that answer by Walker. • "The President still considers the University with the same at titude as he always has and will contiue to do so," Kenworthy said. "It was just an unfortunate in cident that led to that type of answer." Gov. Will After Church Raymond P. Shafer, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, will implement the theme of Greek Week, "Greeks Light The Way," tomorrow on Old Main lawn when he lights the Greek Torch after morning church services for. fraternity and sorority members. Shafer will then address the assembled Greeks on the benefits of the fraternity system. Combined Protestant-Jewish services will he held at 10:55 a.m. tomorrow in Schwab and Roman Catholic Mass will be celebrated for the Greeks at 11:15 a.m. in the Hetzel Union ballroom. Seats will he reserved until 15 minutes before the services for approximately 1,200 fraternity men and sorority women. Today is the deadline for completion of window displays in downtown stores on College and Beaver Avenues and on S. Allen St. Tomorrow night, the Interfraternity-Panhellenic Sing preliminary competitions will be held at 8:30 in 10 Sparks for group singing and at 6:30 In 214 Boucke for quartets. Two additional sections of quartets and groups will compete at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the same rooms. Contestants in the open category will compete at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in 10 Sparks. Speak Services
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