Sorry . . . if you didn't take your umbrella yesteiday! Be coming partly sunny and mild today. High near 70. Fair and mild tonight; low neart 55. Part. ly sunny and warm tomorrow. High near 80. Mother's Day: Showers possible, but continued mild. VOL. 68, No. 121 USG Rejects Penn State-IDS► Break New USG Officers Installed Last Night By DENNIS STIMELiNG Collegian USG Reporter Undergraduate Student Government executive officers for the 1968-1969 academic year were installed at last night's USG meeting. James Womer, Ted Thompson and Harvey Reeder were sworn in as president, vice president and treasurer. In Womer's inaugural speech he stressed the role of students in tody's "American multiversity." Womer said "Research is becoming primary in the University. Under graduates have to open up dialogue and start worrying about fundamental problems." 'Two-Way Sheet' Womer stressed the importance of cooperation between the Administration and student government. He said, "It is the Administration's obligation to represent the best in terests of the students first." He cautioned, however, that "cooperation is a two-way street," and said that students and student government must Cooperate with the Adminis tration, if the Administration is expected to cooperate with them. Warner said that USG should strive to achieve the basic rights for University students. He said, "We do not have rights of academic freedom at Penn State." In other USG action the three incoming class officers also assumed their offices and their seats on the Congress. Michael Kleernan, Larry Wallace and Robert Emery were sworn in as presidents of the sophomore, junior and senior classes. Farewell Address Jeff Long, past USG president, made his farewell ad dress to the congress last night. Long's speech stressed the importance of unity within the Congress.' He said "Put pettiness and strife aside. You have a job to do. Set your priorities and go after them." "Your struggles next year are not going to be with the Administration, but with the student body," Long said. "You have a responsibility to be responsible." Rich Tobin, past USG treasurer, also made a farewell address to the Congress. Like Long, he stressed unity and perseverance in the student government. Court, Justice Appointed The new president announced the appointment of Don Antrin as USG Supreme Court Chief Justice and Parlia mentarian to replace graduating senior Dan Clements. Clements then announced that the seniors on USG had decided to make an award to an outstanding faculty mem ber who had assisted or been interested in USG. Clements presented the award to Champ Storch, director of Associ ated Student Activities. Tobin, Long and outgoing Vice President Jon Fox re, ceived awards last night from the Congress for their "out standing devotion to student government." REMEMBER THE CHARGE THEY MADE? In 1905, angry students hung "Hot Air Ray," a history professor who dared to fail a large number of students, in effigy at the Corner of College Ave. and Pugh St. Oh, how can their glory fade? WEEIMBEE News from the World, Nation •Paris Peace Talks .Begin Today • A PARIS The top. negotiators for the United States -''' and North Vietnam arrived in Paris yesterday and :.,.: . 1,4 in sisted that serious efforts would be made to' end the Viet nam war in preliminary talks. opening, today. • North Vietnam's special ambassador, Xuan Thuy, 55, a. smiling diplomat in a gray suit, came in a Russian-built ~.:, plane several hours ahead of U.S. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman. They traveled to Paris from Hanoi by way of Peking and - Moscow. :7; French sources said that .the talks would start this 'afternoon. This plan was subject to approval by Barri man and Thuy. Both men are due to see French Foreign ' Minister Maurice Couve de Murville in separate meetings in the morning. . ' * * *,' . :•,, American Troops Defeat .Enemy Attacks ~ L i 4' r - SAIGON Enemy forces hammered at sectors of'Sai rl gon yesterday, adding to the toll of civilians and' the flow of refugees in an apparent effort to influence_ peace talks •, t . about to open in Paris. . . ki - About 2,000 troops of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division De were thrown into the battle and beat off enemy attempts :i• t ' , to break into Saigon from the south' and east, an Ameri-- k- can spokesman said. • ~ - ..',ai But early today, the Viet . Cong still clung td ' .-A foot holds in the flaming ruins of shell-shattered blocks. along r' - 'the 'capital's-southern rim, • six days , after they opened A 4 their attack on, Eaigin. . . „., 4,...„ f l • , . Tottegi ~..5. 8 Pages JON FOX, left, turns over the gavel to new Undergraduate Student Government President James Womer at last night's USG meeting. In his inaugural address, Womer said, "It is the Administration's obligation to represent the best interests of the students first." However, he warned that "cooperation is a two-way street." Colleges Announce Pass-Fail Plans The Colleges of Liberal Arts and Educa tion yesterday announced their plans for im plementing the-new Sat fa grading system. The College of Liberal Arts will allow students to register for as many as 12 credits on a Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory basis, but not more than one course per term. Credit taken on a S-U basis will not be acceptable toward either the basic liberal arts requirements or the minimum credit re quirements in the student's major. If a student transfers to a major in which he has earlier taken a course on a S-U basis, he will ; not be required to repeat the course for a letter grade, but he will be required to substitute another course in that field. • Penn State spirit is alive and well, for, students are not merely living, but they're living it up— and they've been doing it for years. . . The University has a long history of student custom s, pranks, protests and occasional notorietygiving an impression of anything but apathy. -. Columbia's recent disorders are nothing new here, for 1905 was a vintage year for Penn State student strikes. The first occurred in February after the history department and particu larly Professor P. 0. Ray had given an exam and failed many of the first semester students: Boycott Classes The sophomores retaliated by boycotting class, and hanging "Hot-Air Ray" in effigy on the corner of College Ave. and Pugh St. Later that year the "great strike" occurred. The underlying cause was student feeling 'that attendance rules were too de- from the associated press --:" • The flow of refugees from the fighting fronts rose sharply and the food supply in Saigon sank dangerously. Food prices soared: WARSAW, Poland Rinriors of Soviet troop move ments near the Polish-Czech border spread in Warsaw yesterday and the movement of some Western diplomats was restricted. The Polish Communist party newspaper_ Trybuna Ludu aimed a blast at the "alien, anti-Socialist trend in the political life of Czechoslovakia" and demanded that it be "forcibly silenced." Washington sources reported that Polish sources had turned ' back an American political officer on , his way from Warsaw to the Polish-Czech border, and the British, Foreign Office disclosed that two of its military attaches had been prevented from leaving Warsaw. • Informed sources in Warsaw said that military attaches on 'Wednesday had identified Soviet troops on the move from east , to west, south of the city of Krakow. That is about:4o miles from the Czech border. . , WASHINGTON SenatOLHouse"cofiferees adopted, formally yesterday a measure to s boost: taxes $lO billion and cut federal spending . : $6 billion—thereby moving President Johnson closer to a thorny choice. . _ • If' accepted by the House and Senate, , the legislation will present the President with the choice of accepting it By PAY GURCSKY Collegian Administration Reporter Credits for which a grade of Satisfactory Pranks, Customs Alive in Past By JOHN BRONSON Collegian Staff Writer * * Soviets Nearing.POish-Czech Border Johnson Uncertain on Tax Surcharge UNIVERSITYPARK, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1968 Liberal Arts, Education is earned will count toward the 124 credits re quired for graduation. No change from , the S-U system to the conventional system of grading will be per mitted. College•of-Education - - - - The College of Education has submitted 'a statement for each of its nine programs describing the manner in which it will im plement the S-TJ grading option. Policies pe culiar to individual programs are available through the department heads. Students may exercise the S-U option for 18 credits. Consistent with the purpose of acquaint ing students with new areas, students who wish to use the S-U option are encouraged to take some courses during the year on this basis (usually six credit hours). Other rules on the maximum number of credits per term or per year vary from program to program. manding. The immediate cause of conflict arose from a faculty no tice forbidding students to use their allowed cuts just before and after vacations. The rule irked students into action. They quit going to classes for 10 days. Mais Meetings "Daily mass meetings were held to consider overtures, air new 'grievances,' and prevent breaks in the ranks." Eventually the students re turned to class with the promise from the college that no retali tory action would be taken, and that students would have more ready access to the administra tive officers to air complaints. To go on strike in protest may seem a bit extreme, but back in 1897 students in Dr. Pond's chemistry course were even more aggressive in their complaints. Shell Old Main When he had failed many of the students on an exam, they rolled one of the cannons out in front of Old Main and shelled it. Every window from, the third —Collegian Photo by Dan Rodgers floor on down was broken, along with all the windows in the Chemistry Building. The administration mus t have considered the cannons an noying, for they were eventually filled with cement and mounted as memorials, but irate students found other ways to show their dislike for unpopular professors. A custom which flourished from 1889 until the twenties was the "graveyard," where various professors were buried with con siderable ceremony. Memorials were erected and sarcastic epitaphs describing each professor in no uncertain terms stood as visual reminders of the students' complaints. Devil's Telegram One of the epitaphs was in the form of a Western Union tele gram from the devil to the stu dents. It concerned Marsh W. White—"the big eared wonder" and the text read: "To Penn State students, He burned with a black smoke and a pungent odor." Another one of the students' favorite ways of antagonizing to get the added revenue he feels the country needs or rejecting it to avoid a spending cut he has said runs counter to the national interest. The White House gave little indication yesterday which course he will take. * * Solution to Cheyney Unrest Sought HARRISBURG The State Board of Education adopt ed a resolution yesterday supporting the Department of Public Instruction in seeking solutions to problems of stu dent unrest at Cheyney State College. By unanimous vote, the board urged Gov. Shafer and the legislature to speedily provide, the funds necessary to remedy deficiencies immediately. The resolution did not detail what, if any,' deficiencies existed, but students had demanded improvements in areas of curriculum, faculty and physical plant. There was no debate ,prior to , the board action, but afterward David H. Kurtzman, superintendent of public instruction, and Frederick Miller, state commissioner of higher education, reported on the situation at Cheyney. Student Competes for 'Shower Power' NEW, WILMINGTON The news won't make the splash that - pitcher Jim Catfish Hunter's perfect game did. And there will be no wave of surprise like that which rip pled across Amerim i after Dancer's Image was disqualified as winner , of the Kentucky Derby. But Li his own quiet way, Dave Mills, 19, of Westmin- own Congressman Presents 1,000 Name Petition By DAVID NESTOR Collegian USG Reuurter The UnB.ergraduate Student Government night refused to demand that the Uni •sity disaffiliate itself from the Institute for tense Anaylses. A bill asking that the University make iilable all documents concerned with IDA, it is sever all relations with IDA and that University no longer have any affiliation th the organization, was presented to the , ngress by Terry Klasky, town congress in. The petition that accompanied the bill is signed by 1000 students, faculty mem os and alumni. Klasky said his reason for introducing resolution was, "I was presented the res ition by my constituents who I do repre- It, and for that reason I was obligated as a igressman to represent their ideas and at st initiate a dialogue on their. point of Intended 'To Reveal Involvement* Klasky said that the first part of the reso ion, calling for the University to publish knowledge in its possession about IDA, s intended "to reveal University involve nit with IDA and not to reveal any secrets confidential research. I just wanted Con tss to be aware of the facts." Klasky added, "I didn't support the sec ond part of the bill, because I feel such action would be inappropriate at this time because Congress doesn't know the facts." The bill was subsequently tabled and sent to a specially established committee headed by the new USG Vice President Ted Thompson. James Creegan, one of the bill's chief Sitting on Something Big Terry Klasky, sponsor of the bill, said All programs will allow students to that the USG is sitting on something big. "We specify uncontrolled electives to be taken under the S-U option. Programs vary in lati- must find out what the University's role is as tude to allow students to take controlled elec- an educational facility." tives on a S-U basis. Creegan said that the quality of this Uni versity The programs vary iri allowing students from the campus. to take required courses in education using A spokesman against the bill said that the S-U marking system. Several programs the work of IDA is vital to the safety of the permit no S-U marks for their students in re- country. He said that the faculty is also en quired education courses (Rehabilitation Ed- titled to academic freedom which may be ucation, Elementary Education, Vocational impinged if this bill is passed by USG. / Education, Music Education, .and Business Creegan said that according to the fact Education). sheet a great deal of the research done by The Department of Art Education ex- IDA is not defensive. eludes only student teaching from the S-U Terry Klasky told the Congress in in option, Special Education limits the S-U op- formal discussion that Creegan promised him tion to six credits in the major field and two no action would be taken until next week departments, Secondary Education and Home after the USG committee has an opportunity Economics Education place no restrictions to study the proposal. "This is a threat, Con on the use of the S-U option for professional gress, and I don't like it. But that's the way it education courses taken by their majors. is." Klasky told the Congress. their professors was to drop bags of water on them from the upper floors of Old Main. An article in the September, 1943 edition of Froth describes the bagging incidents. "There is a story about an inspection visit by the board of trustees which an alumnus said might be true but could not verify. "As the tale goes, just as one of the trustees was entering the door, a big bag of water hit him square on the top of his silk topper. "Another favorite trick was to combine a bottle of ink with the water bag, and perhaps a handful of sand or fine dust to make it really messy for the tar get. "The bags themselves were not the kind that come with a nickle's worth of candy, but ten, twenty and twenty-five pounders. Professors were fair game, which goes to show the change in the codes then and now." One of the best known inci dents of Penn State's early days is called the "Camp Suspension" supporters. said that it is important to realize where the burden of guilt lies. "We are in a state of social turmoil where people are de manding the rights to self determination. Much of the work of IDA goes counter to this. They try to control and surpress revolts." Creegan said that IDA is not doing de fense work exclusively. "It is involved in much highly clandestine research, and the student body is kept in the dark." . . Steve Gerson, chairman of the Adminis trative Action Committee, presented a letter to USG President James Warner summariz ing a meeting with the University Vice Pres ident for Research, E. F. Osborn. The letter stated that IDA does no research at Univer sity Park, but that some faculty members do participate in research for IDA in their spare time. The letter said, "The position of the University is that it certainly cannot control what faculty members do on their own time." Ed Beckwith, representing Awareness through Investigation and Discussion, asked for proof that IDA is in any way hampering the education of the undergraduate student at the University. Alfred Di Bernardo, a graduate student in political science, said that the individual is not effected, and that since the University neither profits nor suffers, "Why have it?" The bill was tabled when USG decided that it really did not know enough about the organization at the present time. After the bill had been tabled. Jeffrey Polasky, a proponent of the bill, said that all he wants the USG to do is, "study, get the facts, look at different sides of the issue and initiate some meaningful dialogue. James Creegan sad that if the USG will not act, the students will have to act independently. "There are 1,000 angry people who are not going to wait much longer." Harvey Reeder, USG treasurer, intro duced an amendment to drop the second sec tion of the bill dealing with the University disaffiliating from IDA. Reeder said that USG was voting to sever relations with an organization that 'it does not know enough about. Makes It Messy & State ster College is slowly but surely, drop-by-drop, closing in on a record. In the shower stall of a motel room in this Western Pennsylvania college town, Mills, clad only in swimming trunks, sits patiently, but somewhat drowzily, on a chair while water from the shower head beats against his skin— '3' minute-after-minute, hour-after-hour, His goal is to remain in the shower 100 hours, maybe 120, and crack what is believed to be a record 91 hours of continuous showering set by a Princeton University student last week. * * * Injunction Stops Sleep-In at Temple PHILADELPHIA A show of force by some 500 ti policemen under the personal command of Police Corn missianer Frank L. Rizzo, changed the minds of some 150 student demonstrators at Temple University last night about testing a court order banning campus protest gather- ings. The injunction had been issued yesterday morning to break up a sleep-in of 51 students in ivy-covered 'Mitten 1:k ! Hall, the campus social activities center. The demonstration had been called to protest university policy on student participation in university administration and other com plaints. Temple has an enrollment of 35,000 full and- part- g time students. Last night's gathering capped a day of student vitupera tion against university officials and several rallies in pro test of the court injunction. . . Best Move: None ---See Page 2 SEVEN CENTS Kept in Dark' Why Have If of 1889. The whole affair revolves around "Calamity" Musser and the Johnstown flood. It seems that "Calamity" had gone home for a vacation, but did not re turn on time, alleging high wa ters as his excuse. Since word of the flood had not yet reached the faculty, they promptly suspended him. Class Suspended This action upset his class and they backed him up by cutting and examination. For this act of insubordination, the entire sophomore class was suspended. Not to be outdone by the ad ministration, the class "marched to the field near the University Inn (now the University Club) and pitched tents, calling the en campment 'Camp Suspension.' "Here they remained for several days until the faculty, now realizing the truth of the flood story, reinstated the class without further ado." (Note: All material for this and the following articles has come from the Penn State Col lection in Pattee Library.) _....__.~.M_.._.....~...,_.._...._~.... ~=
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