Last Issue for This Semester VOL. 50 - NO. 76 Late AP News Cowtesy WMAJ Urey Urges Production Of H-Bomb WASHINGTON Dr. Harold they, one of the scientists instru mental in developing the atomic bomb says he is unhappy to ad vocate the development of a hy drogen super-bomb perhaps 1000 times more destructive. Howe'ver, in a speech broadcast over CBS last night, he urged that the United States do it before the Russians. Mercy Death Trial BRIDGEPORT, Conn.• The defendant's physician in the mercy death trial of Carol Ann Paight, who shot her father be cause he was incurably ill of cancer, yesterday testified, "A mind can become diseased in a few moments." The state immedi ately challenged this testimony given by Dr.' William Smith. But through three hours of examina tion, the witness insisted .that the 21-year-old defendant was insane at the time. DiMaggio Signs NEW YORK Joe DiMaggio recently signed his 1950 con tract with the New York Yankees. Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but he is ex pected to net as much as $lOO,- 000 his estimated salary last year. Allen Named .Queen Judge ,All-College President Ted' Al len yesterday was added to the panel of judges which will select the \ finalist for the Sweater Queen contest. • Allen's decis, of the sweat( experts raises four the numb( of judges select ed. The othe, are Will i a Hoffman, bu r gess of Sta, College, Georg( Donovan, many ger of associ‘ ted student a( tivities, ara adio station Ted Allen WMAJ announcer and disc-jock ey, George • Kahl. James Coogan, director o f sports publicity, declined to act as one of the panel due to the press of other duties, and a re placement will be selected to' make Up the fifth member. Photographs of Queen contes tants will be accepted at Stu dent--Union for the remainder of the semester and for the first two weeks of next semester. • Judging of the finalists is slated for the end of February. West Dorms Questionnaires Available at Registration The recently set-up West• Dorms Assignment Committee for Upperclassmen has released additional information concerning ap plication procedure for the new arms. . , , Questionnaire forms will be available at a special , table during registration for all men wishing to apply for living quarters in the new structures. Members of the committee will staff the table at all times, and forms must be picked up at this time because they will not be available after registration is completed. Gradu ate students who will not go through the registration pro cedure may get the forms at the office of Daniel A. DeMarino, assistant dean of men. " Preliminary r Step The forms must be filled out and returned to the committee before March 1. The ,committee will have all screening completed before room applications for next Fall are, due. All independents, campus or town, may fill out the forms. William Zakor, committee chairman, emphasized that the . . i 1.4 ~o > atir4 t. t 4.. 40 Weather B .t1.. 4 ,:0;:,;?!.4... 0 ,- c o ti rgia ang tt . Fair and cold "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" Get Ready, Get Set . . . . Bob Boar and Jack MacGregor, two enterprising young col iege‘ men, burning the midnight oil for finals—well supplied with the necessary equipment. If you look closely. you'll observe addi tional accessories in the form of textbooks, pencils, and notebooks. This' scene will be re-enacted many times in the next ,two weeks— with a possible variation in equipment and accessories. 825 To Receive Degrees In Mid-Year Graduation Some 825 seniors : and n graduate studentp.at the College will receive degrees • Tuesday, Feb. 7, in mid-year commencement exercises Speaker for the services, to be held at 2:30 p.m. in Recreation Hall, will be William G. Avirett, education editor of the New York Herald Tribune. • Students will not receive individual degrees. Rather, student marshals,' one representinc each school,, will • receive the sheep skins for their fellow students from Tames Milholland, president of the board of trustees. Of the degrees, 689 will go to graduating' seniors and the re mainder, to graduate students. There will be seats for 1500 guests on ground-floor bleachers, and for 2400 others in the bal cony. With the large number of seats available, College officials have decided not to issue tickets for guests. Official diplomas will be dis tributed immediately after the ceremonies and until 5 p.m. at the recorder's office in Willard Hall. Matriculation cards fare to be presented there for identifica tion. A special seating arrangement by schools has been printed in instructions to.graduates; students may sit anywhere in their as signed sections. • questionnaires are a preliminary step and that a personal inter view with the committee or other procedure may be revired. Priority Contrary to rumor, men now living in Tri-Dorms will not get priority for living quarters in the new units but will have priority for space in Trr-Dorms only. Present plans call for the renova tion of the Tri-Dorms. Men must contract for both room and board in all units of the new dorms, and the rates will be somewhat higher than rates id the Nittany-Pollock area at 'present STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 195 Q 200 To Enroll For Next Term About 200 new students will enroll for the Spring semester, according to figures released by the office of the Dean of Admis sions. Since about 700 seniors 'are gra duating, net• enrollment will drop about 500. Total enrollment of students in all classifications for the Fall semester was 11,130. Plans for orienting the 200 new students are being made by a committee headed by Harry Kon dourajian, president of the jun ior' class, and Joseph Arnold, sophomore class president. A 45-Minute program for the new• students will be held in 121 Sparks Feb. 15. Speakers will be Robert M. Davis, president of the Association of Independent Men; Peter Plesey, 'president of Inter fraternity Council, and possibly a representative from the presi dent's office. The number of first-phase reg istration application fornks pro cessed so far is 8,897. Special students, unclassified students, part-time students, and employees are not permitted to pre-register, but are permitted to register after regular full-time students have had the opportunity to take ad vantage of their priority. Phys Ed Seniors All seniors in physical educa tion graduating in February. June, and August should contact IVtiss V. Keller in the Physical Educa tion Office, Irvin Hall, to supply information for the Job placement booklet now being prepared. Sen iors will fill out a questionnaire and give a photograph for the booklet which will be sent to prospective employers. Take Penn State with you. Join the Penn State Alumni As sociation. Senate Still Undecided On Registration Dates Committee May Meet Today To Attempt To Solve Problems The question of" when students will register for the second semester will not be decided until today at the earliest. Professor J. A. Mourant, head of the department of philosophy and chairman of the specik Senate committee to decide on registra tion dates, said yesterday that the committee would not meet "earlier than this morning." Earlier it had been hoped the committee named by Adrian 0. Morse, assistant to the president in charge of resident instruction, might be able to announce their decision last night. Professor. Mourant gave as rea son for the delay; the difficulty of contacting the members of the 10-member committee and ar ranging a convenient meeting time College Senate empowered Morse to name such a panel after it could not agree on suitable registration dates Thursday. At that time it defeated motions to have registration on: Feb. 13 and 14, with two days taken off vacation later on. Feb. 13 and 14, with no days subtracted from the vacation period. • Feb. 9 and 10. Feb. 10 and 11, the, original registration dates. The need for revising the origi nal dates became apparent after it, was found the dates slated would interfere with intercollegi ate sports events scheduled for Rec Hall 'the afternoon and night of the 11th. Even with the committee meet-. ing today, action to establish a definite registration date may not be taken immediately. Committee The scheduling of convenient registration dates may take more than one meeting," Morse said in a statement to the Collegian yesterday. • "To work out a"solu tion in the face of conflicting interests, is not easy." Members of the committee, in addition to Mourant, are E. W. Callenbach,• professor of poultry husbandry; R. B. Dickerson, vice dean of the School of Agricul (Continued on page four) Next Issue Next issue of the Daily Collegian will appear on February 11 if registration dates are set for Feb. 9, 10 or 11. If registration is Feb. 13 and 14, the Collegian will be issued next on Feb. 14. Chapel Service Honors Seniors Dr. Allan M. Frew, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Ardmore, Pa., will speak on the topic, "Shields of Brass," at the Chapel service in Schwab Audi torium at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The presiding chaplain for the College, James T. Smith, has an nounced that this is the last Cha pel service of the present semes ter and is especially dedicated to all the ,graduating seniors. The Chapel Choir under the direction of Willa Taylor will sing the anthem, "The Heavens Are Telling the, Glory of God," by Haydn. Dr: Frew is a graduate of Da vidson College, Princeton Semi° nary, 'and the Princeton Graduate School. Upon graduation from the seminary in 1935, he assumed his present pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Ardmore. He is also the moderato] of the Philadelphia Presbytery an d chairman of the committee of for eign missions for the Synod of Pennsylvania. The next Chapel service will be held' on Feb. 12 with the Rev. Gail Norris of the First Metho dist Church of Lock Haven as the guest speaker. PRICE FIVE CENTS Control Board Lists Changes Drop-Adders To Use Different ,Locations New locations of the Board of Control for students•. who desire to make a change in their com pleted first phase registration we r e announced yesterday by Ray Watkins, scheduling officer. Students making changes must fill out drop-add forms secured from their advisors and report to one of the stations listed below. Watkins suggested that this list be clipped for reference. Instructions for normal registra tion are being printed by the scheduling office. They will be distributed to all schools, depart ments and advisors. Department Building ADCh Armory Areo Eng 109 Eng D Ag Ea and Rur Soc ' Armory ..Ag-Ed._ .• • .. Armory Ag Eng Aimory Agronomy Armory AH Armory AN ' ' Armory Arch. Art, AE 302 M Eng ' Air ROTC., Armory Army ROTC - Armory Bact Armory' Botany 'Armory Ceramics 104 MI Chemistry Armory . Chem Eng Armors Civil Eng 215 .M Eng Classical Languages 209 Sparks Commerce, Econ.' 3 and 8 Sparks Short, and Typing land 8 Sparks DR Armory' Dramtics Armory Drawing 301 Eng C Education, Art Ed, Nat. Ed. Armory ER 105 EE Enr,l Comp 289 Sparka Engi Lit 283 Sparks ' Eng Exp Station 107 Eng D Eng Mcha Armory Forestry Armory • Fuel Tech 105 MI GandG 225 MI • Geog \ 229 MI (Continued ' on page four) , Today . . FOR the graduating seniors, 689 strong. On February 7 this group leaves its alma mater, like the thousands of men and wom en before it. To those who re ceive diplomas, it marks the end of four years of ' blue book s, "hotdogging," dances, and the hundreds of other little items which go to make up Penn. State. The Lion sends them on their way with a mixed' farewell. He's both happy and sad to see them go. Happy that they've successfully completed the grind. Sad over the fact that familiar faces will be gone. To all of them. a roar of good luck.
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