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Discussions Delegations were selected from applications submitted by individuals and organizations and will participate in discus sions on disarmament, the apartheid problem, U.N. fi nances and the International Trade and Development Con ference. Listed alphabetically with their sponsors, the delegations assigned to date are: Albania, independents; Al geria, Acacia; Australia, Alpha Omicron Pi; Austria, inde pendents; Belgium, independ ents; Brazil, Science Student Council; Bulgaria, Delta Delta Delta; Byelorussia, independ ents. Col ombi a, independents; Congo (Leopoldville), Cwens; Costa Rica, independents; Cu ba, International Affairs In terest Group; Czechoslovakia, Atherton Association of Wo men Students; El Salvador, Pi Beta Phi; Ethiopia, lota Alpha P 1; Finland, McElwain; France, French House. Other Groups Guatemala, Alpha Kappa Alpha; India, International Af fairs Interest Group; Indonesia, independents; Israel, independ ents; Laos, Phi Sigma Sigma; Mexico, Delta Theta Sigma; Morocco, Delta Phi Epsilon: The Netherlands, North Halls Council; Nigeria, Delta Sigma Theta. Outer Mongolia, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Pakistan, Interna tional Affairs Interest Group; Peru, Spanish House; Ruman ia, East Halls Association of Women Students; Poland, Ath erton AWS; South Africa, Penn State Men's Debating Club; Spain, Delta Zeta; Sweden, Newman Club. Tanganyika, SENSE; Tur key, Phi Kappa Psi; Ukrainian SSA, Ukrainian Club; United Kingdom, independents; Ve nezuela, Town Independent Men; Yugoslavia, Alpha Delta Pi. The United States and So viet Union delegations have been assigned specially. Guests at the model assem bly will be Swarthmore Col lege, which will represent Cambodia, and the State Col lege High School, represent ing Japan. Peace Corps Launches Recruiting Program For College Juniors The Peace Corps has an nounced an experimental re cruiting program for juniors, the Senior Year Program, will begin this spring. The dual purpose of the pro gram is to attract college jun iors and to increase the num ber of teachers in specialized subjects in areas of the world where they are critically need ed. From 500 to 700 college jun iors who have applied for the corps will be invited to a six- 1 week summer training pro gram, after which they will' return to college for their sen ior year. After graduation they will attend another period of training of four to eight weeks. Final selection of volunteers, will be made after the second training period. If the pilot program proves successful, it will "hopefully" be expanded later to include additioanl applicants, a spokes man said. There will be no cost to the participants during both train ing periods. since the corps plans to provide room, board. spending money, and a $75 monthly "readjustment allow ance". Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps driector, called the program "a major effort to increase the quality of Peace Corps train ing." lie said its main advan tage was that it would enable college juniors to integrate their Peace Corps plans and their college study if they de sired. For example, Shriver said. "They might then revise their senior year curriculums to re SUSAN SMITH Panhel Starts Open Bidding; VP Candidates Give Views Panhellenic Council voted last night to hold an open bidding period—an exten sion of the rush period—which begins today. All coeds who have an average qualifying them to rush will be eligible to open bid, and those who are not already registered may do so from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to morrow in the Dean of Women's Office, 111 Old Main. The minimum rushing average for first and second term students is a 2.3 and for upperclassmen, a 2.0. Council also heard the qualifi cations , of the three vice presi dential candidates, Cheryl Mc- Minn, Susan Smith and Barbara Clark. The election will be held tomorrow. Two Positions The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will become first vice president and the one receiving the second highest number will become the second vice president. The first vice president assumes the office of president this spring. Errors were made in two coeds' averages on the ballots. Miss Smith has a 2,73 all-Uni versity average and Miss Clark, a 3.08. In other business, the Council voted to bring the cumulative rush quota back to 25 with a limit of 21 freshmen. This freshmen limit was set during regular winter rush and will not apply to sororities who have already taken this number. Those sororities will not be able to rush any more freshmen. The only rule for the open bid ding period Is that no money is to be spent on rushees. Sororities whose total membership falls below 45 may extend bids to rushees regardless of their aver age. The rush registration fee, which is usually $3, has been lowered to $2, because it was decided that the open bidding period was less elaborate than formal rush. Since the registration cards will not be processed until Sat urday, no bids may be issued until Monday. Candidates' Views Early in the meeting, the vice presidential candidates were asked what they thought the purpose of Panhel was. "Panhel exists to coordinate all the sororities so each may voice its common problems and also individual problems," Miss McMinn said. Miss Clark and Miss Smith added their opinions saying that Panhel built "a stronger link between independent women and sorority women and IFC and Panhel." fleet their interests in a par ticular kind of Peace Corps assignment." "They will be able to acquire an increased foreign language facility," he said, "and devote their summers to a career related purpose at no extra cost, while possibly obtaining extra college credits." If enough juniors apply there will be at least six training programs this summer. They are designed for the following groups: •Secondary school teachers of mathematics and science English-speaking Africa. • Secondary school teachers of mathematics and ssience— and possible other subjects as well—for French-speaking Af rica. •Teachers of English as a foreign language. •Applicants who wish to learn more difficult languages. such as Thai, not ordinarily taught in American colleges. •Urban community develop ment workers for Latin Amer ica. •Rural community develop ment workers for Latin Amer ica. OThe programs for appli cants with a special interest in , Latin America are important to the corps, since it plans to almost double the number of volunteers there. About 2,000 volunteers now serve in Latin America. Corps officials said they were also interested in having quali fied volunteers who specialize in science, mathematics, and other subjects trained by the new program. BARBARA CLARK 111 Students Chosen For Study Abroad Spring Programs Names of participants in the 1964 Study Abroad Program were announced yesterday by Dagobert de Levie, program di rector. In all, 111 students were se- I lected from more than 400 ap plicants for the program. Four additional students are still un der consideraion and may be added to bring to total to 115— the same number that partici- * * * Response to Study Abroad Called Poor Student response to the 1965 Study Abroad Program to date has been poor, Dagobert de Levie, program director, said yesterday. De Levie said only about 100 applications for the program have been returned to the Study Abroad office in 211 Willard. Last year at this time nearly 200 applications had been sub mitted, he said. Final Deadline Final deadline for the appli cations is Feb. 15, but students should return them immediately to insure adequate consideration for the program, de Levie said. From 200 to 300 applications for next year's program have been distributed. More than 400 students applied for the 1964 pro gram. Plans for the 1965 program are already being made and it is essential that students wishing to be considered return the ap applications soon, De Levie said. I The program director said he is certain there is much student interest in the program, but that many students have been delay ing formal application. Names of participants in the; 1964 program, which includes 10 weeks of study during the' spring term in one of four I European countries, will be re leased this week, he said. psuNeg roes imilliminniniiiimminninin A Rugged Path To Equality By JOHN THOMPSON Negro organizations at Penn State, although diverse in scope and widely influential, have 1. 5 2. been short-lived and plagued by IE-'..• low membership. E.; A wide range of Predomi --4 nately Negro organizations lg. have existed at the University. ra" Three fraternities, two sorori ties, ties SURE (Student Union for 1= Racial Equality) and NAACP LI (National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo .s* pie) have charters currently 1-1* in operation on campus. ILE Organizations in the past ig which have promoted Negro jE- rights include CORE (Council t k: on Racial Equality) and DARE IP. (Direct Action for Racial ig Equality). , Other Groups F. In addition, organizations of ig faculty and townspeople similar I= to the present Committee for Human Rights have existed to • Investigate and study Negro = • problems in the University community. SURE and NA.gCP were formed in the fall term to "edu cate"i students about the Negro ' • situation. Both groups have • had' admitted difficulty in ob- RIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII FOR A BETTER PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1964 CHERYL McMINN pated last year. Of the students, 39 were se lected to visit the University, of Strasbourg in France, 29 for the University of Salamanca in Spain, 20 for the University of Cologne in Germany, 20 for the Architectural Association School in London and three for the Slade School of Fine Arts. First to Attend The three students selected for the Slade School are the first to attend the institution, which is a branch of - Londdres University College. Penn State this fall became the first Amer ican university to be asked to send students to the school, according to de Levie. Of the 111 students selected for this year's program, 73 are in liberal arts, 23 in arts and architecture, nine in education, five in science, and one in agri culture. The program was be gun under the College of Liberal Arts but is open to students in all colleges. The 88 students selected to study in France, Spain and Germany have an all-Univer sity average of about 3.20, de Levie said. He expressed con fidence that the selected stu dents have the maturity and academic motivation necessary to make the venture a success. According to present plans, the students will leave by air the evening of March 31 for Europe. They will spend 10 weeks of study at the foreign institutions. Many are expected to stay in Europe for part of the summer. Series of Meetings A series of orientation meet ings between the students, de Levie, and the program fac ulty advisers will be held this term to acquaint participants with practical and academic matters of the trip, the direc tor said. Application for the 1965 Study Abroad Program are available in the program office at 212 Willard, de Levie said. Dead line for applications to be sub mitted is Feb. 15, but students should return them immediate (Continued on, page three) taining adequate student sup port for their efforts. SURE was organized to "pro mote equal rights and fair treatment for members of all races in the State College-Uni versity Park area," according to Jacob Heyman, group presi dent during last term. Voter Registration Heyman is now in Atlanta, Ga., working on a voter regis tration drive. Current SURE president James Conahan said the group will seek to raise funds to support Heyman and other University students in such efforts. Several SURE members are expected to work in the South on voter registration drives this summer, he said. SURE committees have been formed to investigate discrim ination complaints, housing policies and state and national racial events. The SURE constitution. soon to be submitted to the Com mittee on Student Organiza tions, provides for "peaceful action by means of protests, picketing and sit-ins." Second Group The NAACP chapter is the •'-reshman Sports ^"`acing Extinction 'ew HUB Soon? Final Building Plans Wanted Before June By NANCY EGAN The administration is hopeful that construction on the proposed I Hetzel Union Building addition I will begin within the next year. Stanley H, Campbell, vice pres ident for business, said yesterday he would like to have the archi tects' final plans and specifica tions for the project between now and June. Once final plans have been submitted, it should be approxi mately another two months be-1 fore they are approved by thei Board of Trustees, Campbell said. He noted that the board, after okaying final plans, will authorize the University author ization to accept bids for the $2 million addition. Approved Last Year Original sketch plans for the structure were approved by the trustees a year ago; at its meet ing last week, the group ap proved a revised set of plans. The chief difference between the two sets of plans, Campbell said, is that the new ones don't call so much for remodeling of the present building's interior as they do for the "addition of new space." Revised plans were necessary, ,he added, to keep construction costs of the addition within the, proposed budget. The expanded HUB will include, a Lion's Den three times the size of the present one, a ballroom adjoining the one located on the ground floor, and basement of fices and meeting rooms for, organizations. In addition, a new terrace room with kitchen facili- , ties will be constructed. Campbell said the addition should take approximately two years to complete. He added that this project should cap expansion of the HUB. * * * Trustees Approve Sketches For Four New Dormitories Sketch plans for four new residence hall units that will house more than 1.000 students were approved at a weekend meeting of the Board of Trus-; tees in Harrisburg. The units, ten-floor struc tures, will be located northwest of East Halls and will adjoin, other units already under con struction, with facilities for an additional 1,000 students. The two buildings already under construction are sched uled for completion in fall, 1965, while those for which; sketches were approved are a scheduled for completion the following year. Together, the: six units will pad campus resi- ' dence hall capacity to 12,200 second group on campus. The first NAACP group was organ ized in March 1948, but existed for only a few years. This fall members of Omega Psi Phi fraternity conducted a long, but successful, member ship drive to form a new chapter. NAACP now has 54 members and plans to seek an official charter as a student organiza tion. Chapter Goals Purposes of the chapter, ac cording to membership chair man Kent Pope, are: •To assist the national NAACP directly with funds collected for membership. •To disseminate a true pic ture of the American Negro and his economic and social prob lems through a series of lectures and discussion groups. •To divest the racial preju dice which exists in many minds. Organized in 1948 CORE was organized in 1948 during racial incidents involv ing local barber shops. Its influence continued for many years but has now largely been replaced by the work of SURE and NAACP. MAYNARD FERGUSON'S mighty horn will resound in Recreation Hall Sunday night at the Jazz Club-sophomore class concert as part of Sophomore Weekend. See related story on page three. USG Winter Elex Slated for Jan. 27 Special elections will be held Jan. 27 to fill six va cant seats on the 28-seat Undergraduate Student Government Congress. Seats belonging to Ann Tyson (West), Dave Rockenbec k, (town), Jon McDonald (Pollock), Robert Hammel (West), Gregory Baurnes (Nittany) and Judy Ad dison (Pollock), and two addi tional seats in town area will be filled in the coming election. by 1966 $8 Million Contracts for the living units and dining hall building now under construction totalled $8,000,000. To finance the new residence halls, the University has sold, bonds which will be retired from charges made for room and board to students over a 'period of 36 years. East Halls area opened two years ago and now quarters 1,046 students. With the com pletion of the two residence units now under construction and the four newly-approved ( 'dormitories, East Halls will become the largest residence ;area on campus, housing 3,746 !students. I I I I I I I I I i l l l I I I I I i l l l l l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I DARE was formed in 1960 during a recurrence of the barber shop incidents. SURE, which originated at this campus, is now forming new chapters at the Schuyl kill Campus and at King's Col lege in Wilkes-Barre. Few Members The history of the three Negro fraternities and two Ne gro sororities an campus has been one of low membership. One of the fraternities, Kappa Alpha Psi, has not been char tered since 1957 because of low membership. None of the fraternities or sororities has restrictions against white members, but each has been traditionally Negro. Alpha Phi Alpha, the largest of the fraternities, was founded in 1947 and is one of 147 chap ters of the national organiza tion. It was inactivated in 1957 when its membership tell to three. but soon regained its former status. The fraternity's ,resent membership is 11 un dergraduate students and one student teacher, all Negro. Not Listed Omega Psi Phi was founded in 1924 but is not listed in the A rise in populatioa caused the additional town seats. George Jackson, USG presi dent, was given Congress' ap proval to appoint an elections commission chairman to replace Mark Schwarz. Edward Ablard, of the WDFM Transfer Committee, reported that tests made with a transmit ter from the Bower Corp. of California at the end of fall term were "very successful." Receives $750 The Transfer Committee,, which is testing ways to trans ' mit WDFM radio programming to AM radios in University resi dence halls. received the s7so' transmitter on a trial basis Nov. 25. Further tests were thought impossible because of the Christ mas term break. The transmitter is being returned without addi-, tional tests since the trial period 'has run out. Ablard said his committee plans to ask USG for a $l5O, appropriation to continue tests. The Bower Corp, has agreed to offer another transmitter on a trial basis, Total Cost Total cost of installation would be approximately 55.600. Th e committee reported that a cheaper transmitter was avail- 1 able, but could not meet require ments of quality and durability. Jackson reported that USG, i 59,600 in a reserve fund that can 'be tapped for an important pro (ject, and might be available for ithe transmitter system if future 'tests are successful. 1927-28 College Fraternity Di rectory., probably because of low membership. It was re activated •IE in 1948 but lost its 4. charter again in 1954 because of the the membership restriction. The group obtained full fra ternity status in November, - 11 1956, and has been active since then. It now contains nine 1--7 members and is one of 117 a nationwide chapters. Kappa Alpha Psi was orig inally formed in 1951. Although it has been officially inactive since 1957, it now contains :2 eight members. = Approval Granted =,l Approval for creation of Ne gro sororities was given by Uni versity officials in 1952. Alpha - 5 Kappa Alpha was organized in 1953 and Delta Sigma Theta was officially chartered in 1960. Alpha Kappa Alpha was dis continued in 1958 because of ff-j low membership but was re activated in 1981. It now con- -5 tains 17 members, including 5. its first white member. =, Delta Sigma Theta contains 19 members. Before being Ri chartered in 1960. it existed for sever al years as Triopus Colony. FIVE CENTS Two Frosh Schedules Canceled By MA MILLER Assistant Sports Editor Freshman intercollegiate athletic competition is ap parently headed toward ex tinction at Penn State. The University announced last night that the freshman schedules in basketball and gymnastics have been canceled. Athletic Director Ernest McCoy is in charge of formu lating all athletic policies. Though President Eric A. Walker can overrule his de cisions, he prefers to leave decisions concerning inter collegiate athletics to McCoy. However, McCoy recently returned from the NCAA convention in New York, was unavailable for comment last night. It is known. though, that he is leaving the decis ion on freshman schedules to the individual coaches. Indications are that this is a prelude toward probable can cellation of all frosh schedules. However, freshman athletes would continue to practice with the varsity. Officially, the decision on freshman schedules now rests with the individual coaches, but it appears that the Univer sity is moving toward a multi lateral abolition policy along with Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia. None of the coaches affected in the latest cutback, John Egli, Joe Tocci and Gene Wett stone, cared to comment on the cancellations, but wrest ling coach Charlie Speidel said his frosh schedule will go on as planned. Frosh Wrestling Unaffected "I think the choice should be up to the individual coach," Speidel said, "but I don't know where we would get our talent from if we canceled our fresh man schedule. "Even if we're the only freshman sport going, we will continue as long as the decis ion is up to me," Speidel added. "I have never missed a corn mittment or forfeited a meet since I have been here and I intend to continue (this is Spei del's 38th year). "If they start cutting them (frosh sports) out, it's just too bad. Someone will have to fight against it." Reminded that the current cutback had started last fall, when the last two freshman football games were canceled, Speidel said he thought it un fair to draft a blanket rule (Continued on page four) Fund Drive For SURE Head Starts The fund drive of the Student Union for Racial Equality (SURE) will continue 'through out this week with SURE mem bers seeking donations from stu dents and townspeople in down town State College. James Cana han, president of the group, said last night. Conahan addressed an audi ence of more than 50 students gathered for SURE's first mem bership meeting of the year. SURE is raising funds to sup port University students engaged in voter registration drives in the South. Former SURE presi dent Jacob Heyman is now in Atlanta, Ga., working in such a drive. The SURE president also out lined the group's purposes and activities to th e prospective members. "Education" SURE will attempt to fight racial discrimination. Conahan said, by "educating" University students about the Negro sit uation and supporting the regis tration drives. During the coming term, SURE members will speak to numerous campus organizations, including the Graduate Student Association, on discrimination in the University community and in the nation, Conahan said. SURE will also publish a news letter, contribute articles on the race program to Critique, cam pus literary magazine, and ar range lectures on the situation, he said. A hootenanny, featuring a na tionally-known folk singer, is being planned for the spring term to raise funds, he said• Milnor Alexander, SURE ad viser, expressed satisfaction with the number of students at the meeting and the increasing inter est students are taking in the (Continued on page two)
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