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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.