Let* AP News, Courtesy WMAJ British Ignore Plane Incident LONDON The British have apparently agreed not to bring charges against Israel for the shooting down of five RAF planes near the Egyptian border. British diplomatic sources have an nounced that no complaint will be lodged against Israel with the UN. A Tel Aviv source, however, says that the Israeli government plans to cite the British on charges of violating the UN Pal estine truce. Truman Budget Attacked WASHINGTON—President Truman has estimated the cost of running the government for the next fiscal year at almost 42 bil lion dollars. Party line division was immediately formed and Re publicans demanded that esti mates be cut. Republicans de nounced the record peacetime budget as reckless and dangerous. Barkley Asks Changes WASHINGTON Democratic Senator Barkley told the Senate yesterday that he wants Senate rules changed in order to outlaw filibusters. At the same time Sen ator Robert Taft of Ohio dis closed that the filibuster was dis cussed at a meeting of the Re publican policy committee. Given To Speak To CE Society Members of the Chemical En gineering Society and their guests will hear Kingsley W. Giv en of the General Electric Com pany, Pittsfield, Mass., explain and demonstrate "New Chemical Developments" at a meeting in 105 White Hall, at 7:30 p.m. to morrow. "New Chemical Developments" will includ e a non-technical ex planation of the general types of plastics, the new silicone pro ducts, and of the new water-re pellent G-E-Dri-Film which was used during the wart to matte radio and radar insulators water repellent• It is now used in hear ing aids, pipe organs, fluorescent lights, clothing and aircraft windshields. Given was graduated from Park College in Missouri and received his master's degree from lowa State University. He has served on faculties or staffs of the Berea College in Kentucky, Kansas State College, Park Col lege, Western Reserve Univer sity, and Union College in Schen ectady, N. Y. In 1945 he joined the General Electric Company as a member of the Chemical De partment's Lecture Bureau. All those interested are invited to attend the meeting. Alpha Phi Omega Plans Aid to SU The Alpha Phi Omega has an nounced plans to aid the Stu dent Union in the return of lost articles to their owners. Co-chairmen David Herting and Paul Neff originated the plan with the aid and approval of George Donovan, Manager of the Student Union. Building custo dians will collect lost articles found in a building. At regular intervals, members of the frater nity will collect these articles, and take them to the Student Union Office. A notice that an item has been found will be sent to the owner if an item is identi fiable. Other articles will be held until called for. This is one of the many service projects carried on by the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. Individ uals or organizations having ac tivities in which the fraternity could be of service should call Philip Barker in 417 Watts Hall. History Round Table Dr. John A. DeNoud will be guest speaker at the meeting of Hiiitory Round Table in 228 Sparks at 7 p.m. today. Players' Tickets Tickets for Players' produc tion of "All My Sons" are now available at Student Union. Prices are 60 cents for Thurs day and $1 for Friday's and Saturday's performances, fed eral tax. Included. 4 0.),-ALV4„,I„. Weather: ~T r B a u m . ~--,:,,....-,,t,,- Tottr i sta t i. . Cloudy and Colder Snow urri ~ nes "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" VOL. 48-NO. 65 NSA Plans Student Tri-Nation Tours Two low-cost student tri-na tion tours of England, Holland, and France are now being planned for the coming summer by the International Commission of the United States National Student Association. They are scheduled to begin in July. The Harvard University-Rad cliffe College NSA sub-commis sion which is in charge of the project has reported that the six week tour will cost each student approximately $550. To make the tour worthwhile, the usual tourist accommodations will be by-passed, and the Amer ican students will come into dir ect contact with foreign students and their families. The tour will be split into two groups, one a general interest group of about 45 students. The other more specialized group will be broken up into three sections consisting of those interested in art, socio-economic problems, and other interests. Students will thus be able to carry on studies in their own fields and will meet international students with simi lar interests. The non-profit tours are op erated by NSA with the coop eration of the British, Dutch and French unions of students. Because of the unexpected flood for places on last year's tour which accommodated 100 stu dents, the capacity of this year's two tours has been increased to approximately 500. Applications are now being re ceived at the Radcliffe College NSA Office, Cambridge, Mass• Student Awarded Beaux-Arts Prize Carl R. Kohler, a junior in architecture, has been awarded second place in the Tile Council of America competition of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. The prize amounts to $75. The project, for which four prizes were offered, was to de sign an elementary school and kindergarten. Kohler, whose home is in Williamsport, completed the project under the supervision of F. Cuthbert Salmon, assistant professor of architecture at the College. First prize in the competition was awarded to William P. Craig, student at the University of Ill inois. CA M eeting Joanne Esterly will tell of her experiences at the United Stu dents Christian Council Confer ence during Christmas vacation at the meeting of Christian As sociation in 304 Old Main at 7:30 p.m. today. Graduation Exercises Commencement exercises for the January class of 1949 will be cut short by the elimination of the usual outside assemblage and academic procession of candidates for degrees, said Clarence E. Bul linger, College marshal. Diplomas will be presented to a student marshal, in the name of the school he represents, rather than to individuals. There will be a recessional of the faculty only. These regulations have been set up to save time and confusion before and after the exercises. Mr. Bullinger has directed that candidates for degrees are to pro ceed to their seats on the main floor of Recreation Hall between 2 and 2:20 p.m. January 31. Entrances should be made through the North and South doors of the building leading di rectly to the locker rooms. Seat ing will be arranged according to school. Students in the schools of Liberal Arts, Education, and candidates for advanced degrees, and Military graduates will be seated at the left of the front • • All Ober - STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1949 Wonder Who's Older, The Bell Ringer Or the Bell? thin, squeaky voice filtered through the roar of a typically wild intramural fight night re cently and directed itself to Gene Bischoff, IM director who was timing the bouts and handling the bell. "Daddy," said Gene's youngest boy Stewart gazing inquisitively at the . gong. "Is that bell as old as you are? Was it here when you were born?" The elder Bischoff laughingly agreed he guessed so. "It's pretty old all right." "I wondered," the youngster came back. "It don't look as dented as you." Bridge Tourney Begins Today An all-College tournament to determine Penn State's repre sentatives in the National Inter collegiate Bridge Tournament will begin in 405 Old Main at 7 p.m. today. Deadline for registering for the tournament is 12 noon today at the Student Union in Old Main. Registration should be by pairs. Sponsored by the Men's Bridge Club, local competition will run three "days—today, Thursday and next Monday, according to Robert Tobias, club president. "Purpose of this three-day tournament," said Tobias, "is to select the eight top bridge play ers at Penn State who will then play the prepared hands sent out by the Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament Committee. "The tournament is open to all, so long as he or she is a reg ular undergraduate student and will be on campus in that capa city for the two semesters of the 1948-'49 school year." Tobias explained that Penn State is one of 16 colleges com prising the Middle Atlantic zone of intercollegiate bridge compe tition. Two pairs from each of eight zones will compete in the national tournament at the Drake Hotel in Chicago April 22 and 23. He added, "There is absolutely no expense for the national par ticipants. They go to Chicago as guests of th e Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament Committee." First round of local bridg e play will begin promptly at 7 p.m. to day; all players are urged by Tobias to be in 405 Old Main by 6:45. "This is necessary because of undergraduate regulations for coeds," he said• Representatives House of Representatives will meet in the Dean of Women's office at 6:30 p.m. today. will sit at the right of the plat form. School banners will be posted at the beginning of each section. The commencement exercises will proceed in the following manner: I—The tassel of the cap will be worn at the right front before the Bachelor's degree is con ferred. 2—Graduates will stand when the faculty marches in and re main standing for the invoca tion. Men will remove their hats for the invocation only. 3—When the time for confer ring degrees has arrived, the en tire graduating class will stand• at a signal from the College Mar shal. When the President has made a general statement con cerning the presentation of de grees, the marshal will signal the class to be seated. 4—When the Dean of each school arises to present candi dates for degrees, they will also rise. The President will then con fer the degree. When he has com pleted his speech, the class will make the academic salute by motes their tassels tem College Adopts Salary Schedule A formal salary schedule for the academic staff has been adopted by the College, James Milholland, acting president, an nounced today. The schedule, as well as a de tailed policy covering employ ment,qualifications by academic rank and a procedure for promo tion of teaching and research per sonnel, were approved by the Board of Trustees and placed in effect Jan. 1. The salary schedule covers academic employes on both a 10- month and : 12-month contract. Minimum and maximum sal aries for personnel on a 10-month basis are: professor, $4,000 to no maximum; associate professor, $3,500 to $5,000; assistant profes sor, $3,000 to $4,500; instructor, $2,500 to $4,000; research associ ate, $2,500 to $4,000; and research assistant, $2,000 to $3,000. Salar ies for personnel on a 12-month basis are slightly higher. "As we studied the matter," Mr. Milholland said, "it became clear that establishment of a for mal schedule of salaries meant little without reference to quali fications for employment and promotion. Accordingly, the Trustees have defined salary ranges and reasonable standards of competence." Those responsible for the ap pointment of members of the academic staff were advised to give consideration to both pro fessional qualifications. The per sonal attributes essential are ethical character, intelligence, good health, sympathetic interest in students, fidelity to daily work, and loyalty to the objectives of the College. Tru-Blu's Bring Jazz To Schwab The Tru-Blu Sextet will pre sent the first jazz concert of the year in Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., January 19. Sponsored by the campus NSA committee, the concert has been planned to provide funds for local and re gional activities, "not as part of our cultural program," explained Leonard Stein, NSA treasurer. The well-known combo, com posed of "Wild Dave" Briner, "Stash" Collin s, "G - String" Henry, "Shoeless Lou" Levi, the Old Professor, and "Doc" Savige, has been appearing regularly for the past three years at the Para dise Cafe in Bellefonte. Tickets for the concert, priced at 42 cents plus tax, will go on sale Wednesday at Student Union. Cut Short right front of the cap to the left front. s—The student marshal, repre senting each school, will proceed to the platform to receive the de gree in the name of the gradu ates of the school. After the stu dent marshal has returned to his place the College marshal will signal graduates to be seated. Mr. Bullinger requests that seniors bring nothing with them to the building except coats. Coats may be checked in the locker room adjacent to seating sections. When the faculty recession is over, seniors may proceed to locker rooms, and meet guests outside of the building. Diplomas will be given out im mediately following the exercises in the second floor lounge of Old Main. Matriculation cards must be nresented. All graduates must attend the commencement exercises unless excused by the Registrar. Caps and gowns must be worn by all students except those who may receive admissions in the ROTC or NROTC, who may wear the regular uniform at ibe armed PRICE FIVE CENTS Meal Ticket Plan Receives Dorm Approval A proposal to place Mitten,' dining commons food service on a pay-as-you-go basis received unanimous approval from Nit tanv and Pollock dorm presidents last night. The plan, which will be brought before the administration by the All-College Cabinet food com mittee, would entail the purchase of a $5 meal ticket by residents who wished to eat in the dining commons. Prices would be set for each meal as a whole—not at indivi dual items—and ticket holders would have the privilege of eat ing elsewhere when they so de sire. Hostetter to Explain It was also announced last night that a meeting would be ar ranged at which disposal of in come from food service would be explained by Samuel K. Hostet ter, assistant to the president in charge of business and finance. The meal ticket proposal wan born at a special meeting of the food committee and 'the dorm presidents—a 95-minute session where many complaints were discussed- William Lawless, All-College president and co-chairman of the committee, repeated his oft voiced intention to "get at the root" of the' problem. In addition to giving specific complaints, some of the dorm presidents said the big question was: "Where does the money imir Remain in Doubt These spokesmen said residents in their dorm remain in doubt as to distribution of the $2OO per semester individual food charge. Other presidents, however, placed great importance on such matters as the institution of -a five-day meal ticket, a choice of fish or meat at Friday's evening meal, and late Sunday breakfast. Members of the Cabinet tom-. mittee include besides Lawless, Edmund Walacavage, All,-College secretary - treasurer, William Dietz, Paul Kritsky, James Mac- Callum, Edward Merkel, Lewis Stone, editor of the Daily Col legian, Nicholas Supron, and Rob. ert Wine, president of the jun ior class. News Briefs Windcrest Meeting George W. Smith, burgess or Windcrest, wil be at the Wind crest Community Building from 8:15 p.m. today to hear complaints and receive suggestions for the betterment of Windcrest. PSC Meeting Penn State Club will elect officers to fill vacancies caused by graduation at the meeting in 321 Old Main at 7 p.m. today. Hillol Discussion "Psychological Effect of Antc- Semitism on Jewish Personali ties" will be the topic at the open discussion sponsored by Hillel Foundation Cultural Committee at its Lounge, 133 Beaver ave nue, at 4:30 p.m. today. Prof. C. R. Carpenter will lead the dis cussion. 'Skis' Tickets Tickets for "Skis Over Europe,• John Jay's movie on the Winter Olympic Games, may be pur chased at Student Union today. The tickets will also be sold at the high school auditorium for tonight's show. ASM Meeting L. L. Ferrell, director of metal lurgy for Crucible Steel Com pany of America, will be guest speaker at the meeting of the Penn State Chapter of Americaa Society of Metals in Mineral la. duetries Art Gallery at 8 p.m. to day. He w l speak an "Stepeemmit %Nike
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