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Congressmen
Voice Opinions
Thursday night the Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment Congress changed its attire from coats and ties
to sweatshirts and dungarees to battle Barry Clemson's
eligibility for the USG presidency.
In the wake of the meeting, statements were issued
by the following participants:
Benjamin Novak, USG
Celli
Named
Debater
By JANA SMITH
Nancy Celli of Geneseo
State University of New York!
may not be elected President
of the United States, but she'
was voted "Gavel Girl" of the!
Joseph F. O'Brien Interstate
Debaters' Congress at the of
ficial banquet last night.
Four candidates presented;
after-d inner entertainment
speeches before the Congress;
on "If I Were President." The;
other women nominated by,l
debate committees were Sandy
Morris of Slippery Rock State!
College, Judy Raiter of Mc-
Keesport and Nancy Swensen
of Susquehanna University.
At the conclusion of the last;
speech, all present voted. '
According to Miss Celli,.
ever since Adam first suc-'
cumbed to the apple, women,
have been blaimed for the,
world's misery. Her comment,
"when in reality, it is the men,
who are the serpents," brought.
hisses and laughter from the
predominantly male audience.
Continuing to attack her
opponents she said, "Men can't
get along with women or with
other men." They quickly
form "formal bickering con
tests" and wave their atom ,
bombs as soon as they don't
get s their own ways.
No Progress
Because no peaceful prog-'
ress has been made, she. re
solved, "My solution is to let
the fair sex run the country."
Using our powers, we will
bring men to their senses by
confronting them with a big
ger crisis than they've ever
faced before."'
Miss Celli proposed that
Russian and American women'
take over the United States
and force all the men to reside
in Russia. She said she would
also censor the mass media by
putting only hairy legs in
Playboy, for example.
Nature's Course
"Then we sit back and let
nature take its course," she
said. Their slogan should be
come "united we stand, di
vided we fall. Soon we will
have a peace treaty in their
hands," Miss Celli concluded,
"and we shall have national
harmony as well as domestic,
peaceful coexistence."
NEWLY APPOINTED to The Daily Col.
legian Board of Editors are (seated left to
right) Kathy Case, news and features edi•
tor: Deb Stoddard: city editor: John Lott,
editor: Laurie Devine, news and world
Lott Names
The, new board of editors
of The Daily Collegian was
announced last night by
John Lott, newly appointed
Collegian editor.
Deb Stoddard (6th - jour
nalism - Elkland) and Wil
liam Lee (sth - journalism-
Clearfield) will fill the post
of city editor. Chosen as the
new editorial editors were
_Mel Ziegler (5th -journalism-
Scranton) and Tim Shaffer
(7th-arts and letters-Butler).
Laurie Devine (sth-jour
nalism-Valencia) and Kathy
Case .(sth - arts and letters-
Radnor) were chosep as news
editors, while Richard Spag
nolli (7th' - business adminis
tration - Pittsburgh) will fill
,the, newly-created ,post of
'•coltunnist.: Sally
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resident And sponsor of the
resolution, said, "I think it
would make a farce out of
student government to allow
a non-student to run for an
office."
"Student government, is a
government by' the students
and if those other than stu
dents can run and hold office,
I think it's a shame."
"Should a person who is not
a student run, he will, I be
lieve, not be recognized by
the Administration and there
will not be, in effect, a stu
dent government president."
2 Oppositions
Congressman opposed'to the
bill used their arguments on
two major fronts:
Bruce Trotman, senior class
president, said "The issue
should not be determined here
(in Congress), but by the stu
dents voting in the spring elec
tions. It's their decision, not
ours."
David Stoddard, Men's Resi
dence Council president, said,
"I believe the 'ex post facto'
ruling applies here."
Ex post factor means a law
is not binding upon someone
who commits a deed before
the law is passed prohibiting
it.
"The ruling would be legal
and necessary after the spring
term election," Stoddard said.
"We cannot stop Clemson from
running because he has al
ready committed himself as a
candidate."
Opposing Idea
An opposing viewpoint was
expressed by Victor Hammel,
East Halls congressman.
"I feel that the issue is that
a non-student is attempting to
be a student leader and thus
making a farce of student gov
ernment," -he said. -PHowever.
I urge my fellow congressmen
to vote with their consciences'
and not with their political
motivations."
Campus Party chairman
Leslie Evans said, "The stu
dents should have the 'right
to elect their own candidates."
Smith Speaks Out
"I did not approve of the
manner in which the proceed
ings were handled on all
sides," said Jack Smith, fra-I
ternity Congressman.
"I can see both sides of the
issue," he continued. "Some
one who is not a student has
no right, and should not be
able, to run for USG office.
"But the issue is very hard
I to resolve, because it is almost
impossible to divorce Clemson
.from the resolution." If Con
gress passes the measure, it
ultimately may be the de
cision of the USG Supreme
Court to rule on the matter.
—by Laurie Devine
affairs. Standing, William Lee, city editor;
Alex Ward, sports editor; Tim Shaffer,
editorial editor; Sally Brown, personnel
director; Richard Spagnolli, editorial
columnist; Mel Ziegler, editorial editor.
Board of Editors
Littlestown) was chosen per
sonnel director.
Alex Ward (Bth-journal
ism - Falls Church, Va.) will
replace Lott as sports editor.
Posts In Spring
The new editors will as
sume their positions during
the third week of 'the spring
term. They wilt hold offices
until the spring term of 1966.
The present editors will as
sist the new editors for two
weeks during spring term.
Theo new editors replace
Dennis Knecht, city editor;
Nancy Egan, editorial editor,
Tudi Matejcyk and Judy
Mathe, news, editors, and
Anne Doll, personnel direc
tor.
Lott will replace John R.
,ThOmpsoh as editor at the
hnointiiro-r of 4'n Forino
YESTERDAY'S SNOWSTORM f inally
made it possible for students to exhibit
their talents in snow sculpturing. This
model was made by (1. to r.) Roy Pieroni
(2nd - psychology - Allentown); Robert
Wet, Clinging Snow Covers
By JOEL MYERS
By far the worst storm of
the winter dumped more than,
a foot of wet, clinging snow
on central Pennsylvania yes- !
terday and last evening.
Occasional light snow is ex
pected to continue today and
tonight, but no further ac
cumulation is expected.
Temperatures should remain
cold through the weekend and
into the beginning of next
week. As a result no big thaw
is expected before the middle
of next week at the earliest.
Ground and air travel have
been greatly hampered by the
storm, and many power lines
and trees have snapped under
the strain of heavy-snow.- ..
State police reported last
evening that the section of
Rt. 322 between State College
Senator Cancels; Ideas Given
From Office In Washington
Ed's Note: Sen J. William
Fulbright, who was scheduled
to speak on campus last night,
was forced to cancel his ap
pearance because of bad
weather, His prepared speech,
however, was released by his
office in Washington. Fol
' lowing are excerpts from it.
Students and others holding
tickets for the lecture are ad
vised to keep them in case it is
possible to reschedule the talk
at a later date. University Lec
Miss - Stoddard succeeds , '
herself as city editor. Lee;
moved from the position of
advanced reporter, where he
covered the police beat,
Interfraternity Council, re
ligion. and general - assign
ment.
Ziegler covered Men's Resi
dence Council, Town inue
pendent Men and also .gen
eral assignment. Shaffer is
presently covering Old Main,
and had been assigned to the
Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment. •
Miss Case has "co'vt'ired As
sociation of Women Students,
Panhellenic Council "And the
College Bowl. Miss Devine
is presently covering USG.
She has covered racial and
othpr enmn,lq nnl:+l'c.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1965
Haase (2nd - engineering - Waldwick,
N.J.): Larry Koehler (2nd - architecture-
Washington) and Sam Magrone (4th
liberal arts - Berwick).
and Philipsburg was closed
but all other major roads in
the county were open although
snow-covered and slushy.
Plow All Night
Police also reported that all
available cindering and plow
ing equipment would be op
erating through the night.
The storm responsible for
the heavy snow moved north
eastward from the Gulf of
Mexico Thursday spreading
heavy rain into western and
central Pennsylvania Thursday
night.
The rain changed to snow
in the extreme western por
tions of the state after mid
night as colder air moved east
ward. Ileavy--rain —changed-to
snow in the State College
area before 8 a.m, and by
noontime nearly six inche§ had
tare Series officials announced.
WASHINGTON (IP) Sen.
J. W. Fulbright, proposes
joint U.S-Soviet ventures in
opbration of a Central Ameri
can canal and in aid to under
developed countries as steps
toward reducing world ten
sions.
Fulbright, Arkansas Demo
crat who heads the' Senate.
Foreign Relations committee,
said that in a divided world
there is "little promise and
considerable risk" in trying to
force settlement of such emo
tional issues as disarmament
and German reunification, but
added that the path for re
solving such issues ma y
eventually be paved by "the
advancement of a great many
projects of practical coopera
tion."
Republican Policy
One day earlier, the Senate-
House Republican leadership
in Washingtpn urged a "no
concession—no deal policy"
toward the Soviets.
Fuibright did not minimize'
the importance of efforts to
seek German reunification and
general disarmament, or of
U.S.-Soviet differences over
What is Extremist Grou.?
Lewis Gives HUAC Policies
By SANDY BERDOS
Just what is. an extremist
group?
This was one of the leading
questions Fulton Lewis 111
sought to answer in a speech in
defense of the House Committee
on Un-American Activities, pre
sented to the Young Americans
for Freedom Thursday night.
Fulton Lewis 111 has worked
for some time with the Commit
tee, and at one time, headed its
research. He has traveled
throughout the country showing
the controversial film, "Opera
tion Abolition," which depicts
'the San Francisco riots of May
'1960 against the Committee.
Lewis campaigned actively
activly with vice-Presidential
candidate, William E. Miller in
the last election. He is the son
Id the conservative news ana
lyst whose daily radio show is
heard on a nationwide network.
Lewis first; pointed out the
large range of dissent in political
throught in this country, ranging
from the John Birch Society to
the Americans for Democratic
Action. "None of. these groups,"
he said, are in "what Nelson A.
Rockefeller describes as in the
m a i ns tre a m, of 'political
thought," but he further stated.
"These areas of dissent are po
litical dissent and must be de
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accumulated
The temperature stood at 37
degrees when the snow began
but it quickly fell to 32 and
remained between 32 and 34
the rest of the day.
Accumulations exceeded 12
inches in the higher mountain
areas of western and central
Pennsylvania, while mostly
rain fell in eastern counties.
A few inches of snow was ex
pected in the east last night
and this morning.
The forecast calls for oc
casional light snow today, and
a high of 35 is expected.
It should be partly cloudy
and colder tonight with a low
of 22 degrees.
"Ponwirrow-should .be. - mostly
cloudy with a few snow flur
ries possible. The high will be
about 34 degrees.
Soviet refusal to pay its asH
sessments for United Nations
peace-keeping operations.
He suggested that:
•The United States could,'
propose cooperation with the'
Soviet Union under the aus-,
pices of an international'
agency, "in a particular de
velopment project that both
favor, in India or another
country.
, •"There is no overriding'
reason why the Soviet Union,
as a user, should not be en
couraged to participate in a
Central American canal con
sortium," or management com
bination. He suggested that
such an organization, under
auspices of the World Bank,
might include Panama, the
United States and users of the
canal, including the Soviet
Union.
(Continued on page four)
The Daily Collegian will
publish only one more issue
1 during the winter term.
Tuesday's issue will be the 1
last until publication re-
1 sumes Tuesday, March 30.
tations. You get beyond the but legal views." He quoted Rob
realm of political dissent. Therelert F. Kennedy, New York Sen
is a point where dissention be- ator, as saying during his ad
comes intolerable." ministration as Attorney Gen-
Saturation Point eral, that the Communist Party
This point, he explained, is
erached when a group operates
under a doctrine of force and'
violence, or under the influence
and discipline of a foreign gov
ernment. These groups, he de
fined as extremists. "I believe
we have a right and an obliga
tion to judge their methods. We
have an obligation and a right to
defend ourselves."
He stressed the fact than any '
group that conducts its dissent I
through, speech, politics and per
suasion is acceptable to our sys-'
tern, but groups which advocate
the use of force and violence
are "unpermissible."
Lists Extremists
Among' the groups he placed
in the category of "extremists"'
were the Nazi Party, the Klu
Klux Klan, the Black Muslins
and the Comminist Party. "The
Socialist Labor Party 'appears
lon' the surface to be one of
these groups," he said, "they at
least talk in terms of force and
violence." r ,
Speaking of the Communist
Party at meeting the two criteria
of force and violence and foreign
party discipline, Lewis said,
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Eligibility Bill
Sparks ' Debate
By LAURIE DEVINE
At an emotion-packed midnight meeting of the Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment Congress Thursday night, USG President Benjamin Novak introduced a
surprise resolution which would, in effect, force presidential candidate Barry Clem
son to withdraw from the spring race.
Congress, after debating the issue for over two hours, could come to no decision
and voted for adjournment at 12:45 a.m.
Immediately after the assembly adjourned, Novak called a special session
of Congress for 7:30 p.m. Monday in 203 Hetzel Union Building.
Novak's bill reads, "All candidates for the USG executive, class offices and
USG Congress must be full-time
matriculated students of The
Pennsylvania State University."
The move came a little over a,
week after Barry Clemson, Mis- 1
sissippi civil rights worker, an
nounced his candidacy for the
post of USG president under the
Liberal-Campus Party banner.
Not Student
Clemson currently is not a full
time matriculated student here.'
He will not enroll at *the Univer
sity next term, but will be taking
three credits by correspondence
in Mississippi.
A student at the University
"on and off since 1959," Clemson
will matriculate here for the
next fall, winter and spring
terms.
He has already completed 13
terms on campus, but must
attend for three more in order
to graduate. His long tenure at
the University is explained by
the fact that he lost over 30
credits when switching majors.
The problem before the Con
gress became: Can Clemson
run?
Debate at 10:39
The debate began at approxi
mately 10:30 p.m., after a weary
Congress had taken action on 13
legislative bills.
Then USG President Novak
proposed his "matriculating stu
dent bill." He secured the vote
of all but one Congressman,
Bruce Trotman, to bring the
Issue to the flo'or."
According to the present USG
constitution, the only require
ment for a presidential candi
date is a 2.0 pervious term aver
age and a 2.2 all-University aver
age.
Following the proposal, tem
pers flared as campus politicians
waged a verbal battle for the
next two hours, and absent con
gressmen were summoned
from their beds to provide a
quorum on the issue.
Amendments Killed
Two amendments to the reso
lution were defeated.
Thomas Musemeci, junior
class president, offered an insert
to the bill which would put
the ruling into effect only at the
end of spring term. Thus Clem
son would not have been affected
by the bill in any way.
'James Caplan, town congress
man, proposed an amendment
that would renuire that USG
candidates be University stu
dents at some time before their
nomination.
Clemson Irrelevent
Throughout a major part of
the debate, Novak ruled all dis
cussions pertaining to Clemson
as "irrelevent."
However, congressmen per
sisted in calling the debate a
"political issue" and repeatedly
named Clemson. Every time
Clemson was brought into the
issue, the chair ruled the speaker
out of order.
Finally, a little after midnight,
Congress voted Clemson's can
didacy relevent in a roll-call
vote. Debate continued until Con
gressmen voted to adjourn,
leaving the issue to be deter
mined Monday night. '
was a "Trojan horse assuming
the form of a legtimate political
party."
Cited Hall
He further • cited Gus Hall,l
leader of the Communist Party
in the United States, as an ex
ample of the Communist Party's
dedication to the doctrine of
force and violence. Hall, Lewis
said, when asked if he was will
ing to fight for the establishment
of a Communist regime in this
country, replied, "Absolutely."
' This dedication Lewis explained,
has "alerted the Courts, the
Congress and the Executive."
HUAC, Lewis further explain
ed, uses certain criteria and
safety responsiblities, before it
subpoenas any person to appear
before the Committee to answer
charges of being a Communist.
First, it must have two . signed
statements accusing .a person of
being a active member in the
Communist Party, one, from a
person who is himself a known
' Communist, and the accused is
notified of this testimony.
Second Criteria
Secondly, the 'accused person
must have been active in the
G=E=MElMeal
Editorial 0 • inion
Still Useless?
A crafty political move initiated by Undergrad
uate Student Government President Benjamin Novak
Thursday night might well cause irreparable damage
to a promising student government at this University.
Novak's underhanded action is one of a scared
politician motivated by self-perpetuation. We urge
Congress to viciously defeat his resolution. This is
essential if student government is to ever assume a
respectable role in student affairs.
Novak's motives are transparently clear. His
carefully composed resolution to enable only "full
time matriculated students" to seek USG 'positions
is a slap in the face to USG presidential hopeful
Barry Clemson.
The issue of whether or not Clemson, University
student who is currently leading a civil rights drive
in Mississippi, is ineligible to run is not an issue to
be decided by USG at this time. The decision is the
student body's and students should be given the op
portunity to resolve it in the elections next term.
We do not necessarily support Clemson: we only
affirm his right to seek the office.
We do not question the merit of the resolution,
only the manner in which and the time at which it
was presented.
. The resolution is worthwhile and should be con
sidered by Congress under other circumstances. But
if Congress wishes to 'adopt it, it must be clearly
specified that it is not effective - until after the forth
coming USG elections.
Presented at this time, however, the resolution
might just as well bear the name of Barry Clemson
in its context.
Novak proposed the resolution at a time when
Clemson was over 1,000 miles away, crusading for
civil rights on the racial battlefields in Mississippi.
The original date for the USG meeting was one week
ago. Clemson was on campus at the time. Novak post-
(Continued on page two)
Boyd Will Speak
At Freedom Rally
Malcolm Boy d, Episcopal
clergyman, dramatist and racial,
demonstrator will highlight the'
Freedom Rally at 8 p.m. tonight'
in Schwab sponsored by SURE,
the Student Union for Racial
Equality,
Boyd, called "the expresso
priest" by the New York Times,
will show and narrate tw o
films, "Boy" and "Job" which
illustrate .aspects of Negro-white
relations. A noted author, Boyd
wrote the scripts for these films
and produced them while serving
as Episcopal chaplain at Wayne
State University in Detroit.
Other features on the agenda
will include guitarist-folksinger
Sandy Hershman and the Penn
State Freedom Singers who will
University Center
To Offer Courses
Three courses have been
scheduled for the spring term
by the University's Susque
hanna Valley Graduate Cen
ter.
The center opened in Janu
ary, enrolling 92 students who
are employees of 31 different
industries in the Harrisburg-
Lancaster-York area.
Mathematics 451 and fun
damentals of several variables,
will be offered in Harrisburg
and Lancaster. Mathematics
409 arid probability and sta
tistics; will also be given in
Harrisburg. Physics 412 and
introduction to, solid state
physics, will he taught in
York.
This program is designed to
provide an opportunity for
graduate study for students in
the Susquehanna Valley area.
The . program leads to a' mas
ter's degree with , a major in
Fraternity Series
Continued ~
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SIX CENTS
sk the audience to participate
in some numbers.
The rally, which is free of ad
mission, is .open to the public.
However, anyone who wishes to
contribute to the work of SURE
may purchase patron seats for
$.50 and $l.OO.
Schwab will open at 7:30
Boyd To Talk,
Play Tonight
At Jawbone
Malcolm Boyd will be a busy
man on campus this weekend.
Besides ,highlighting the SURE
Freedom Rally at 8 p.m. today
in Schwab, the clergyman dram.
atist and racial demonstrator
will appear at the Jawbone to.
night "around 10 p.m.:" There,
he will hold forth with his guitar,
possibly some of his poetry
and/or drama and candid obser
vations. The Jawbone opens al
8 p.m.
Boyd wit also speak at 11 a:in.
Sunday at the University Chapel
Service in Schwab. He is widely
knewn for his ministry in coffee
houses near campuses and in
urban areas. Boyd has served as
Episcopal chaplain at Wayne
State University: in Detroit.
A trilogy of films written and
produced by Boyd will be shown
at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the
Wesley Foundation. The films,
all concerned with the general
topic of race relations, are en
titled "Boy," "Job- " and "A
Study in Color." "Boy" and
"Job" will also be seen Saturday
evening at the SURE rakly.
A discussion will. follow the
showing at Wesley Foundation.
Admission is free but an offering
will' be taken to support the
civil'rights cause in Mississippi,
The films will be seen on tele
vision in this area on several