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.
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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
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"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.