:PrpfsJ\fegfecf fuf I With Final Exams— -seePqge6 VOL. 52, No. 77 fOll Registered for Classes Book Business Booming at BX ny. . SOPHOMORE BERNARD AMBROSE sells abook to Leonard Fine.. at Ihe Book Exchange at the TUB. The BX is a student rani-non-profit, used book agency. . ' , . ■" • College Employees 2<d Pay Boost 'The second pay: boost within - a month, effective last: Friday, was; awarded on. a merit.basis to faculty and non-faculty personnel, Ehresideiit-Milton. S.-Eisenhower has. announced. .Estimated at ten per cent of the. College’s, total payroll, thfe ’ earlier r r'ais e was, dated from July 1, 1951, and the six month, increment was paid in a lump sum Jam. 251 ’ • The adjustment, described by the President .as about, half the amount of the earlier rraise, will go into effect 1 with, this month’s pay checks. Prexy Tells Financial Status ' Both raises went only to those persons for whom increases had been authorized-on a merit basis, and. are part of . a series which the President hopes eventually, will bring Penn State, salaries up to “the average .of. the- best land grant institutions” in the coun try. Tie Debate irlf. /Winning five'but;rif.six : debates, the ;'Penn.; State Wdmeri’s ■ debate team tied-’for 'first place with the University..-of. Pittsburgh men’s teiam at -the . Slippery Rock tour naitferit last/ : weekend. ?; e ~ggy Crooks and Guyla Wood ward, affirmative .team, defeated Mount Mercy women- and the. Slippery -Rock mixed' team after losing to : the • Geneva, men’s team. Penn negative team, Sally Lowry and Susan Holtzinger,. won all-Vof V.their debates against the University of Pittsburgh men, the Geneva :men,- arid-the Westminster misled team. ' As .a result of tying for first place, a -brown- wooden gavel was presented to the women’s team. In "the individual scoring, how ever, the : Pittsburgh' men were ahead. i -' Other, colleges, participating in : the": tournament were Allegheny, .three other Pittsburgh teams; and I HoughtonVThe debates were modi jfied .Oregon, style on the national (intercollegiate debate topic, Re fsolved: --. That: the . United States •‘should-.'adopt ; .a' permanent pro-, < gram of wage* and price, controls. TODAY'S WEATHER , CLOUDY -• AND , COLDER ilaily |j| (Enllegiait J for a better penn state ! . President Eisenhower explained the fiscal situation to faculty and non-faculty in separate sessions . Jan. 21 giving assurance that all , of the $3,700,000 appropriated to the College for salary adjustments during the two years ending June 30, 1953, will .be used for that purpose alone. The President explained: the $BOO,OOO earmarked for new pro jects in teaching and research was eliminated by the legislature fr.om the requested $18,300,000. This will cancel any hope for ini tiating, new work including new research during the current bi ennium, he added. Budget Allocates Entire. Fund Withal, he expressed satisfaction with the $17,500,000 appropriation, reiterating his earlier statemerit that by providing this amount, the governor, legislature and state administration- has demonstrated anew .their confidence in Penn sylvania’s land grant c ol .eg e . Moreover, he told his- two .au diences, he had never in 25 years of experience with legislative bodies received, a more friendly reception .than that accorded him at Harrisburg. Also, in explaining, that every penny appropriated to the College by either.the state or the federal government, was earmarked for a specific purpose, and therefore not useable .foroher purposes, the President , sa i d the ‘ budget submitted ■ to .the ,'State' allocates the s6,soo,oool'iricrease as follows: i (Co ntiriuedotupage fourteen)< STATE .COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1952 Salary-Wage Adjustments Reviewed President Milton S. Eisenhower yesterday issued a lengthy state ment summarizing remarks he made in a meeting with a com mittee of College employees Sat urday morning. The committee, which repre sented other college employees, asked to meet with Dr. Eisen hower to seek further explana tion of remarks the- President made January 21 in Schwab Au ditorium. . At the auditorium session. Dr. Eisenhower met at separate times with the faculty and with the rest of the College staff to explain what salary and wage adjust ments would be made. “Surely it must be abundantly clear from all I have said during the past year and a half,” the President’s statement read, “that we recognize that salaries and wages in most classifications at the Pennsylvania State College (Continued on page fourteen) 2000-3000 Books Needed by BX The Book Exchange will need 2000 to 3000 books by Thursday at the latest, accord ing to Milton Bernstein, chair man of the BX board of con trol. Bernstein stressed the need for books for junior, senior, and advanced’ courses as well as for lower division courses. He said the BX will accept some language books, especial ly for Spanish 4. The BX has a twenty-cent handling charge and is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:30 to 4:45 p.m. Physical Education Dean To Leave Post in June Dr. Carl P. Schott will retire from his post as dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics June 30. Schott, who will be 66 in No vember, took his post July 1, 1937. Previously he had served as director of the division of physi cal education at West Virginia University. The college requires faculty members to retire and accept their pensions at the age of 65. Schott’s retirement was made official at the recent meeting of the board of trustees. According to reports, the -board discussed possible successors to the post, but may not make’ a selection until spring or summer. Fought Platoon System There is a possibility that the new dean may only have charge of the physical education activi ties and intramural sports. It was believed that action of this kind might result in the promo tion of Harold R. (Ike) Gilbert, now graduate manager of ath letics, to a new post as director of athletics. Schott? has served as vice-presi dent of District II and as a mem ber' of the council of the National Athletic Association, -in which he fought, for abolition of. the two-platoon system and spring practice in football. Although the movement against the platoon system did not succeed, the NCAA did curtail spring practice. Schott has been a member of the NCAA boxing irr’es commit tee, since 1937, editor oi die Offi cial Guide, president of the East era Intercollegiate Gymnastics Enrollment Drops, But Is Higher Than '5l 2nd Semester Total An upward swing in spring semester enrollment over that .of last year was indicated yesterday as'the Office of the Registrar, re ported 9021 students had, registered by noon Saturday . The figure represents an increase of 283. over registration during the three .day period last but. falls short of the 10,180 en rolled for the fall:semester. Included, in'the registration figures are 140 new freshmen; 91 men and 49. women.' Ratio. 3 to 1 The figures,' however, •. are not complete,, .since: late registration for undergraduates and regular registration for graduate and special - students will continue until Saturday. A fine of. $lO is assessed on undergraduate stu dents registering late.. Of the 9021 enrolled, during the regular registration, period, ,6719 are men arid 2302 are women, a ratio of about three to one Final registration figures are expected to show more than 300 new- students on campus.- About 80 former students-who had been forced to interrupt' their work at the College wrere expected- to re turn .to the College for the spring semester. Some of them are men recalled for military .service and now released from active duty. Orientation Program - On a- whole.- the registration system worked effectively, offi cials said. Some delays of up to 30 minutes were reported from individual boards .of • control, however. The new students, who arrived on campus Wednesday, attended a comprehensive orientation pro gram. President Milton S. . Eisen hower, Dean of Men H. K. Wil son and Dean of Women Pearl' O. Weston, spoke. to, the new stu dents Wednesday night. • Candidates to Meet A meeting of' candidates for editorial-and photographic posi tions on the Daily: Collegian will be held at 7 tonight-in 9 Carnegie Hall. - Dean to Retire Carl P., Schott League, twice; president,;, of the United /States; Intercollegiate La crosse Association,-iand a -member of the 1948 Olyriipic boxing com mittee. Studied, Nayy". Training Recently Schott -was named, to the executive,/committee'; of the USILA arid-'to • the finance ’ com mittee of the .. Eastern College Athletic Conference,'; an organi zation -in-which -he'-has served in many, capacities. . including a three-year’ term .on' the- executive council. - -' . During. World, ,V(ar II,'; he. con ; (Continued- on .page sixteen) .. PRICE FIVE CENTS Customs for Men Begin Tomorrow Customs for approximately 91 freshman men will begin at 8 a.m. tomorrow, while about 49 freshman women started customs yesterday. All customs will go on sale at the Book Exchange at 8 a.m. to day;.' Frosh are ■ required -to buy their customs at the BX where their names will be checked off a master, list. Copies of the Student Hand book, “freshman bible,” which frosh.are required to carry at all times, are available at the Penn State Christian Association of fice in 304 Old Main. David Mutchler, Tribunal chairman, said yesterday that Tribunal will hold a special meeting at 7 tonight in 201 Old Main to hear frosh requests for immunity from customs. He said that a freshman may request re lease from customs if he is a vet eran, over 21 years old, or has undergone similiar customs elsej where. ■ - Mutchler said that no date has been set for the end of men’s cus toms. Women’s customs will end in three weeks, Joan -Yerger, chairman of the Freshman Cus toms and Regulations Board, said yesterday. Freshmen ■ will be expected to know all the College cheers and yells by tomorrow, Mutchler said. He also reminded the frosh- that n'amecards are to be worn'in the; front, not in the back as many frosh did last semester. Both Mutchler and Miss Yerger urged upperclassmen to cooperate in enforcing customs since there are so few frosh on the campus this semester. KA Psi Group Gets House As a result of recent develop ments in the problems of area rent control, permission has been granted to the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternal society to occupy,- a house on west College avenue;" In January it had been deriied permission by the owner because of office of price' stabilization rent price limitations. The fraternal society was granted its local charter by the Senate committee on student wel fare in _May, 1951 and was ac cepted into the - Interfraterriity Council in November. The group will seek recognition from the national organization in May. . The local fraternity has nine members, with Barton Fields; junior in science, as president: - New No Parking Rule To Continue on Pollock The no parking ruling, on the; north - side of Pollock road- has been working satisfactorily and will probably be continued inde finitely, according to Capt. Philip Mark of the campus patroL \ , The new parking rule became effective Jan. 19 as an attempt to reduce traffic hazards in the area: Mark said that campus patrol men have been, policing .the road since, that time to remind-drivests of .the new rule.
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