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University Park population.
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VOL. 65, No. 28
Borough
Housing
Hits Lull
By RICHARD SPAGNOLLI
The discussion of State
College BoroLigh sub-stan
dard housing conditions hit
a definite lull last night at
a meeting of borough coun
cil.
Council members were re
luctant to discuss possible weak
nesses in the existing housing
ordinance that Lawrence Perez,
president of borogh council, said
might give landlords the feeling
they can get away with renting
sub-standard facilities to stu
dents.
In commenting on housing
inspection, Arnold Addison, bor
ough councilman, said "Let's
do the job of inspecting thorough
ly: if one man can't do the job,
we'll have to get more and
charge the inspection fee to the
landlords like we have in the
past.
,
quite evident" were the most and his wife were splitting their)
"I think we are leaving our- A political poll condu c t e d
selves open to undue criticism, among University faculty mem- frequent comments made by ballot, voting for Republicans in :
l
Of course, these horrible ex- bers by The Daily Collegian last those polled concerning John- the local election and voting for
amples are in a minority, but if nigh t , unanimously selected i son's election. One professor the Democrats in the presidential'
we strictly enforce the housing Lyndon B. Johnson for his first I stated that Johnson would sure-' election.
ordinance and slap a few land- full term as President of the !IY be elected, 'unless everyonel R. Wallace Brewster, profes-,
lords with fines, maybe the is crazy." sor of political science, said I
United States.
others will understand that coun-, The poll, conducted by tele: The majority of those con- "Johnson's re-election will indi-;
ell means business." (phone, contacted 50 male and tacted did not wish to make a cate that the bulk of American'
'Can't Police' !female faculty members in each: The comment which would be used in voters wish to have a govern-I
Daily Collegian.
"We can't police every estab-'of the University's 12 colleges.lment which remains within the
lishment in State College," Bor2 Those polled were asked three Paul M. Anderson, assistant 'central mainstream of Ameri
ough Councilman Harold Zipzer questions: whom did they think 'Professor of agricultural engi- can political experience and out-I
said. He also indicated that would win the presidential clec- neering , expressed the sympa- look."
I
many students live in sub-stand-;lion, did this opinion coincide Thies of many other faculty mem-; Joseph J. Rubin, professor of i
and housing because it is inex-, with their personal preference hers polled when he said, "This American literature, composed!
pensive and because they can' and would they make a quotable , election is of considerable im - ,the importance of today's presi
put'
any number they desire into comment, concerning the elec-Tortance because it presents'
iclential election to the election of
the rooms. tion, for use in The Daily Col-'very pronounced differences in' 1844. ;
"No students had to accept legian. ,liberal and conservative philoso- ,
i Carrot C. Arnold, professor of i
sub-standard housing, because; Six for Barry ' phies.' ;speech, summed up the cam-.
the University announced sev- A total of six announced they Reaffirm Maturity Ipaign as simply, "uncommunica- ,
oral rooms were vacant and' will vote for Goldwater today, al- i "Johnson's election will re-hive."
could be made available for im
though they feel Johnson will affirm the majority of the coun-1 Kent Forster, professor of
mediate occupancy," Zip s e r I
added. ! actually win the election. Five rtry in relation to international,European history, felt that the,
were undecided in their personal and internal a ff a i rs, " was th e Explaining the purpose of the
declinedstatementP P au l
Baker,asco
preference.threeto au T . ..,
ing ,
existing ordinance, Perez said,• •
the man who can exercise
~
reveal their preference. In all ciate professor of anthropology •
"This housing ordinance was set -
other respects the poll was ; gave the Collegian. !better the judgment necessary 1
to state exactly what the council
heavily and enthusiastically pro- Stuart H. Chamberlain, as-Ito policies of the United States
1 6
expects housing conditions to be,) jel
Johnson. sistant professor of mechanical; at this crucial time."
not what the students expect'
them to be." Perez also noted)
that a penalty should be leviedA
_• , • • •
on landlords found deviating ,
from the ordinance.
Avoid Supervision
Councilman Robert Edwards
said that students live in sub
standard conditions to avoid any
outside supervision. As a result ,
of this, they care very little'
about the places in which they
live, he added.
He cited an instance where
students were asked to leave an
establishment after a fire had
been put out, and the students
asked to stay till the end of the
term. He indicated that they
are presently in the building.
Students Violate
State Penal Code
A ninth-term student was
suspended and seven first
term students were placed on
disciplinary probation last
week by the Dean of Men's of
fice as the result of a violation
of the state penal code regard
ing drinking by minors and
providing alcoholic beverages
to minors.
The junior, who had been
involved in misconduct situ
ations previous to this case,
provided the alcoholic bev
erages to the seven freshmen.
The group was then involved
in active collusion and fabri
cation of facts to University
officials and the student tri
bunal.
All eight students are from
the East residence area. The
first-term students were placed
on disciplinary probation until
end of the spring term
1965.
other action taken by
D.an of Men's office, a
ninth-term off-campus stu
dent was placed on disciplinary
probation until the end of the
winter term 1965 for fraudu
lent use of a telephone.
station offers the quality
No other station can speak
or offer student-oriented
Reports" and the nightly
l'y~~
—Collegian Pholo by Ken Franklin
THE WOODWIND SECTION of the U.S. torium last night. The director is Lt. Col.
Army Field Band is pictured here. The Robert L. Bierly. Bierly is a native of
band played a concert in Schwab Audi- Clearfield, Pa. More pictures on page three.
Professors Predict Win For LBJ
By JUDY RIPE
Polls Predict Johnson Victory
Compiled by
JANE BEITSCHER
The sound and fury of what has!
been called the most bitter presi-i
dential campaign in modern
times ended with a final burst
of oratory last night—and with!
all polls forecasting a victory
for President Johnson.
The Gallup Poll indicates John
son will receive 61 per cent of
the popular vote to Goldwater's!
In the LouiS Harris poll, it was,
Johnson with 62 per cent to
Goldwater's 35.
Landslide Victory
Many of the polls estimate it
will be a Johnson landslide,
rivalling Franklin D. Roosevelt's:
victory in 1936. But the Presi
dent's rival, Sen. Barry Gold-.
water, says he doesn't believe
the polls and is predicting the
"upset of the century."
Figures in some surveys indf-'
cated last-minute changes in:
voter sentiment.
Goldwater Gain
Gallup's semifinal poll had
shown Johnson with 64 per cent!
to Goldwater's 29. Thus, in the,
final report the President lost!
three and Gold Water gained!
three.
The Minnesota Poll, copyright
by the Minneapolis Tribune, also
showed a gain for Goldwater
since its September poll. The
figure then was Johnson 73 per
cent to Goldwater's 23. In the!
final report Johnson was given: they see a chance of carrying , given up hope only on Missis-'midnight in some New England : .choose 25 -governors, 435 House
67 per cent with 29 per cent for;every state except Massachu- sippi and Alabama, a state towns, an estimated 71 million Members, and 35 Senators.
Goldwater and 4 per cent stating setts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, where Johnson's name isn't Americans a record number,! Many of these lesser candi
no choice. Alaska and Hawaii. even on the ballot. :will deliver their verdict in the dates will'-rise or fall with the
Goldwater's lieutenants sap Johnson's aides, however, have Beginning at one minute aftefipresidential race and also, futures of the Number One man
Gasping VoiCeSuPport WO FM
But this communications medium—which still
is in its formative years—must" struggle daily with
its antique transmitter merely to stay on the air.
The WDFM transmitter was nearly 20 years old
when it was obtained ten years ago. No transmitter
made in the 1930's is adequate for the student radio
station of this modern University.
During the past five weeks, WDFM engineers
have been working on the transmitter a large portion
of the time the station is on the air, but the times
the station is forced off the air cause inconvenience
and aggravation to all listeners. On several occasions,
the WDFM crew has had trouble "reviving" the
ancient piece of equipment in the morning—often
missing scheduled programs by as much as one and
one-half hours past the scheduled sign-on time.
This condition should not continue. No one
knows when WDFM's transmitter will give up the
ghost—it could happen any day and leave Uni
versity Park with a void.
Dallg .
"It's rather obvious" and "it's engineering, announced that he
Editorial Opinion
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1964
BARRY M. GOLDWATER
A new transmitter, adequate for the
. needs of
WDFM is estimated to cost $15,000. No second-hand
piece of equipment will do. Penn State students must
be assured they will have a radio station for, more
than another decade before they make such an ex
penditure again.
Penn State must act now if wants WDFM to
continue. No existing fund is Adequate fc(provide
the finances needed for the transmitter.
The recipient of the - 1965 class, gift is still unde
cided—but the fund would yrovide less than one-half
Of the money needed. The' Undergraduate Student
Government has $lO,OOO. for use' to convert WDFM's
transmitter signals from FM to AM 'in residence hall
units, but such converters would be of no 'use if the
station is no longer on the air.
All finances for student activities have already
been allocated for this year.. WDFM's appropriation
covers only maintenance and operating costs—it is
far from adequate for the purchase of a transmitter.
POR A BETTER PENN STATE
Drinking
Zeta Kappa; PACC
Two New Groups
Receive Charters
By TIM SHAFFER
University officials yesterday
granted charters to two new
campus organizations, Zeta
Kappa Colony and the Press
Association of Commonwealth
Campuses (PACC).
The charters of both groups
received the approval of the
Administrative Committee on
Student Affairs, chaired by
Robert G. Bernreuter, special
assistant to the President for
student affairs.
Zeta Kappa Colony, which
now begins a six month "pledg
ing" period to Tau Delta Phi
national fraternity, is Penn
State's 55th fraternity. The
University is second , in number
of fraternities only to The Uni
versity of Illinois, which has 57.
The house at the present time
has a membership of 12, which
is expected to increase to 20
in the near future, fraternity
officers said.
No Preference
The house, which is located
at 220 E. Nittany Ave., "has no
curriculum preference," ac
cording to Michael ' Guthrie,
chapter president. Any student
with an all-University average
or previous term average of 2.2
is eligible for membership.
The organization's constitu
tion also specifically states that
"all men regardless of race,
color or creed" may . become
brothers. •
Another factor which makes
Zeta Kappa unique is the fact
that "undignified hazing in ahy
illa
Gargiatt
form ... a practice condemned
by the group," is prohibited.
Zeta Kappa originated in an
off-hand statement in a "bull
session" in Nittany dorms last
February. Guthrie said that,
although they first regarded•it
as a joke, the group later ser
iously thought about it and
began the process of becoming
an interest group.
The second new campus or
ganization is ,the Press Asso
ciation of Commonwealth Cam
puses.
The group was organized "to
increase cooperation and facili
tate the exchange of ideas
among the newspapers of the
Pennsylvania State Univer
sity," according to the PACC
constitution.
Conference Pending
PACC will hold its third con
ference Nov. 6-7 at the Dußois
campus. All Commonwealth
campuses which have news
papers are eligible to send
delegates, Marlene Gulak, the
organization's corresponding
secretary, said last night.
Besides Miss Gulak, the
group's officers include: John
Thompson, president; Diane
Bonk, vice president and Gary
Miller, recording secretary.
Thompson is editor of The
Daily Collegian, while Miss'.
Bonk and Miller are editors of
the Ogontz Campus News and
the Allentown Collegian, re- 1
spectively.
John 'D. Vairo, instructor of
journalism at ,the University,
will serve as the organization's
faculty • advisor.
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s .. „ i,t.:,,,te,:a,75,,,Z;
EWEN
LYNDON D. JOHNSON
The only answer is support from interested per
sons in the University community. A WDFM Trans
mitter Fund will be established in a downtown bank
to gather contributions for the transmitter.
The campaign should evoke the support of every
person interested in Penn State, including:
•Students, the most obvious beneficiaries of the
station. Individual students, as well as student organ
izations, should support the campaign both in con
tributions and promotion of the fund drive.
•Faculty and administrators, who rely on WDFM
not only as an outlet for student talent but as a
means of entertainment and information.
•State College residents and businessmen, who
form a large portion of WDFM's growing audience
and should be interested in the station's future.
•Alumni, who have seen the death of many
other Penn State traditions and who do not want
(Continued on page two)
Discussed
Police,
At IFC
One of the most serious and most discussed matters
facing fraternities in recent years—the drinking prob
lem—was outlined and detailed to the Interfraternity
Council last night by a district attorney and a borough
police officer.
Speaking before the council, on invitation of IFC,
were District Attorney •John Harris and State College
Borough Police Lt. Matthew Seckinger.
Seckinger said the biggest stigma in police and
Liquor Control Board dealings,
with fraternities is that the;
year-old state law making it
illegal for,a minor to purchase,
possess, consume, or transport
an alcoholic beverage is aimed
basically at licensed establish
ments,
Considered 'Club'
"The fraternity is considered
a club," Seckinger said, "and
the police and agents of the
LCB—considered 'peace offi
cers'—have the right to enter
with or without a warrant. In
addition, officers can, on rea
sonable and probable cause,
search for and seize alcoholic
beverages."
Seckinger clarified cases
where a warrant is or is not
needed, and explained "reason
able and probable cause" as
follows:
• Police and LCB officers
can enter if the drinking is
being done "on view" and if
the persons involved are ob
viously minors.
•When a complaint is re
ceived from a neighbor or
passerby, police may enter
without a warrant if the dis
order is'still evident when they
arrive at the house. If there
is no disorder when the police
arrive, acting solely on a com
plaint, the officers must pre
sent a warrant to enter the
house.
•
•If an intoxicated individual
is taken into custody by police,
on their ticket although wide
spread ticket-splitting is forecast
—by Republicans who don't go
along with Goldwater's conserv
ative views and by Southerners
and others who reject Johnson's
civil rights stand.
But, even with ticket-splitting,
if Johnson wins on the massive
scale predicted by some poll
sters, many Democrats may ride
into Congress and statehouses on
the President's coattails.
Some of these seesaw races
have won almost as much nation
al attention at the Johnson-Gold
water battle.
New York Race
The controversial New York
senatorial candidacy of former
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy,
brother of the late President,
symbolizes the effort of one
wing of Democrats to keep a
national Kennedy political organ
ization in existence.
Kennedy is trying to upset Re
publican Sen. Kenneth B. Keat
ing, who has kept his candidacy
strictly apart from that of Gold
water and has tried to dispose
of Kennedy as a Massachusetts
interloper with no business seek
ing office in New York.
Other Democrats who, if suc
cessful, might help constitute a
Kennedy corps in the Senate
include Pierre Salinger, rtinning
in California; and Joseph' Tyd
ings in Maryland. Another broth
er, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
displays confidence he will be
continued in office by the home
state voters of Massachusetts.
Goldwater and Miller appeared
on a half-hour taped show at
9:30 p.m. EST yesterday on the
CBS television network.
Vote Today
DA Talk
Meeting
By WILLIAM F. LEE
and if he signs a statement
that he obtained the beverage
!at a specific house, there is a
I'good• possibility' that the po
i lice may investigate that par
ticular house. The individual
does not have to sign the state
ment, however, and no pres
sure will be placed on him to
sign it.
• "Reasonable and probable
cause" takes in the following:
repeated drinking offenses by
a particular house; individuals
on the streets who state that
they obtained liquor at a par
ticular house; observation by
officials of drinking going on
inside or outside the house.
No Random Checks
The police lieutenant pointed
out, however, that officials
have not been and will not be
conducting regular random
checks at fraternity houses on
weekends.
Asked who is liable when
drinking activity by minors
takes place at a fraternity
house, Seckinger replied that
in some cases the person in
charge of the affair or the per
son serving the beverages may
be charged, while in other
cases one of the officers of the
fraternity may be charged.
Seckinger was asked if the
police department has noticed
any decrease in minors vio
lations since a "crackdown"
imposed by Police Chief John
R. Juba early last month.
Decided Increase
"First of all," Seckinger said,
"I wouldn't call it a crack
down, but rather an enlighten
ment to the possibility of a
crackdown. But I would add
that there was a decided in
crease in violations at the be
ginning of the fall term."
Harris .underlined Seckin
gees statements and ap
proached the matter from a
legal standpoint.
"Under proper circum
stances," he said, "anyone over
21 in the house at the party:
can be arrested. In this mat
ter, the LCB card is your only
offense. If a forged card is
presented and nothing else can
be produced, the house is off
the hook. If a person who looks,
under 21 presents a card which
is not checked, the house is
liable."
Harris added: "If a person is
served at a house then goes out
and is involved in an accident
(Continued 071 page four)
Varied Art Media
Shown by Faculty
Works of the University art
faculty will be on exhibit from
8-12 a.m. and 1-5 p.m., Monday
through Friday during Novem
ber in 105 Temporary Building.
A variety of media will be
included, with work in oil
painting, water color, bronze
and ceramics. '
Exhibiting in the show are:
Edward Adams, associate pro
fessor; John Cook, associate
professor; Daviki. DonTigny, in
structor; Stuart Frost, assistant
professor; William Hanson, as
sistant professor; Wirth McCoy.,
professor; Enrique Montenegro,
assistant professor; Frank Mul
vey, assistant professor; George
Pappas, associate professor;
John Roy, assistant professor;
Bruce Shobaken; associate pro
fessor and George Zoretich,
professor.
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