PAGE TWO 'N -1 - Double - V CHEERLEADERS STIR up freshmen a± last night's basketball game. Andrew Wilson and Howard Wight lead. Over a hundred freshmen were in the end stands. Opinions on Airport Asked of Countians Centre Countians are now being asked to give their opinion on the recent proposal for an all-weather county airport. The Centre Daily Times launched a countywide poll on the question yesterday. In addition to the ballot appearing in The Times, several hundred telephone calls will be made to all sections of the county to seek answers to the following questions: “Do you think Centre County should have an airport offering year-round air mail, freight and passenger service?” Ballots to be Returned “Do you object to having tax money spent for the airport?” An nually. State College’s share would be approximately $4500, Bellefonte’s $2OOO, and Centre County Commissioner’s $3500. Readers have been asked to return the ballots to the State College office of the Times imme diately. Physical Plant Plans Projects The department of physical plant is undertaking two main tenance projects on campus, Wal ter W. Trainer, supervisor of maintenance, said yesterday. The area in front of the main gate is being resurfaced with a rectangular, close-fitting flag stone as a temporary move to keep the region free from mud, Trainer said. The space was formerly cover ed with irregular paving that al lowed mud to seep between the stone. The new stone now being placed there was removed from the tri-dorm area last year, Train er said. Several trees along Shortlidge road in front of the women’s dor mitories are being moved into an open area for freer development, he said. Trainer said a heating tunnel which runs beneath the sidewalk next to the trees has been hampering their growth. Moving the trees back will allow better development and will also provide more parking space along the road, he said. Future plans may call for a curb along the road, Trainer indicated. Student Group To Broadcast at 8 A radio roundtable discussion by four members of the men’s debate team will be broadcast at 8 tonight over WMAJ. The topic for the half-hour pro gram will be this year’s national intercollegiate debate topic, “Re solved: That the federal govern ment should adopt a permanent program of wage and price con trol.” Robert Amole, John Baron, Jay Headly, and David Swanson will informally discuss the question. Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, coach of the men’s debate team, will be moderator. Ag Ec Club to Hear Shaw Speak on China Mark Shaw, past member of the Friends Relief Service Or ganization in China, will be the guest speaker at Monday night’s meeting of the Agriculture Econ omics Club. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Alpha Gamma Rho. Shaw will speak on the current economic problems facing China. Slides paralleling his topic will be shown. THE DAILY COLLECT ATT. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA One of the main purposes of the poll is to learn how the coun tians feel in general about having an airport since, outside of a few verbal requests for air service and heavy use of the All-American Airways service when it was available at the State College air depot, the Airport Authority, County Commissioners, and the borough councils of State College and Bellefonte have had little opportunity to learn this. No Decision Reached Options on the air depot and 30 surrounding farmland acres have been secured by the au thority. Federal and state funds have already been alloted for a county airport project if it is 'de cided to go ahead with construc tion. Allotments amount to about 75 per cent of the costs, roughly figured to be $388,000. Of this total, the county’s share has been estimated at $140,750, financed by f»oating bonds. Both the State College and Bellefonte borough councils have been unable to reach decisions on the airport for the past ten months. The most recent action was again tabled. Another effort will be made to take action when the local council meets with three members of the authority Mon day night to go over complete financial details. Both councils have been presented detailed re ports by the county airport au thority on the proposed depot. Kimmel Named Editor Of Ag Hill Breeze Theodore Kimmel was ap pointed new editor of the Ag Hill Breeze yesterday. Other new staff officers are James Hall, managing e.d it o r ; Robert Dahle, club editor; Rich ard Allewelt, circulation mana ger, and Duane Smith, produc tion manager. Advisor for the group is Dr. Roy Buck, assistant professor of rural sociology. All candidates for positions on the staff are invited to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in 10 Agriculture building. 3 Committee Heads Set By Laubach Three members of the Associa tion of Independent Men were appointed last night by John Laubach,- president, to head com mittees. Joseph Haines will be in charge of a committee to plan distri bution of keys; Paul Zanoni will head a committee on the national convention which will be held April 10 to 12 at Oklahoma Uni versity, and Ralph Griffith will head a committee to consider a joint project with Interfraternity Council to sponsor a displaced person. Proposed Weekend . The Foster Parents Associa tion, New, York City, sent AIM a letter requesting sponsorship of a DP, and Griffith will investigate the possibilities of having a joint sponsorship project. William Cole, social chairman for AIM, is meeting with Leo nides to discuss the proposed In dependent weekend, but no defi nite action has been taken yet. Laubach asked floor leaders in the West Dorms to contact men interested in religion to get to gether and determine some pos sible topics for discussion during RILW, Feb. 16 to 24. He, also said that each floor would have a speaker in an informal' after dinner meeting during the week. Elections Planned Pollock Council will meet next week to elect new dormitory of ficers who will take their place on the AIM group at its next meeting, Feb. 20. Nittany and West Dorms will elect officers also to replace those who have been graduated or have left the dormitories. Laubach also announced that the nominations committee should have at least two nominations for the four AIM offices for next fall* by April 2. The tentative date for elections is May 14. Concert Tickets Now on Sale Tickets for the State College Choral Society’s presentation of the Budapest string quartette and the Philadelphia woodwind quin tette are now on sale at the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main. Priced at $3, the tickets are for the series of two concerts. No single admissions will be sold. The Budapest quartette concert will begin at 8 p.m. Feb. 27 in the State College High School auditorium. Selections by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven will be played. William Kincaid, first flutist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, will appear with the woodwind quintette March 31 in the high school auditorium. They will play compositions from the works of Haydn, Hindemith, deWailly, Beethoven and Milhaud. Foreign Relations Series to Start The first of a series of interna tional relations meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 100 Horticulture. The Future Farmers of America club is initiating the program, proposed by the Agri cultural Student Council because of the large number of foreign students on campus. Pedro von Achenbach, Uraguay, a graduate student in poultry hus bandry, and Alvaro Chaparra of Colombia, South America, a graduate student in agricultural economics, will b e the guest speakers. An informal discussion of living conditions and farming methods of the Latin American countries and a film on the coun tries below the equator will also he included in the initial meeting. All agriculture students are in vited to attend the meeting. Spanish Club to Meet El Circulo Espanol, Spanish club on campus, will meet at 7 tonight in the home economics living center. Norman Duffy, vice president, will preside while President Kay Liner is student teaching. Plans for a spring play will be discussed and committees will be selected. Drug Is Proved Growth Stimulant In Tests Here Aureomycin, one of the anti biotic drugs which is to be highly effective as a growth stimulant in pigs and poultry, was found to bring about increased growth re sponses up to 72 percent for the first four weeks in dairy' bull calves in tests made by Dr. C. B. Knodt at the College. Calves receiving aureomycin gained an average of one pound per day for the first four weeks and 1.57 pounds per day for the next eight weeks, according to the published results. However, calves receiving the same diet without aureomycin average only .58 pounds per day for four weeks and 1.30 pounds per day for 12 weeks. Dr. Knodt, professor of dairy husbandry, estimated that the use of milk replacement can save at least $lO to $l5 per calf and recommends the use of an aureo mycin supplement in the formula. Dr. Knodt has also tested peni cillin in calf feeds with somewhat unfavorable results. Chem Society To Hear Talk By Dr. Willard Dr. Mary L. Willard, professor of chemistry at the College, will be the principal speaker at the 181st meeting of the American Chemical Society at 7:30 p.m. Monday, 119 Osmond. The annual awards of the cen tral Pennsylvania section to out standing chemistry students of Bucknell, Juniata, and Penn State will also be presented at this meeting. Dr. Willard’s topic will be crim inalistics. She will lecture on the new and improved methods of forensic science. Dr. Willard has developed many of these meth ods. Not only the use of several of these methods as successfully applied to several individual in vestigations but also modern re search will be discussed. The lecture is open to all mem bers of the section and their friends. Mixer Planned By Ed Council The Education Student Council Tuesday night voted in favor of a mixer to be held at some time during the current semester. The council voted 9-1 in favor of the mixer over a handbook for next year. A committee of five was ap pointed to plan the mixer, the date of which was not set. The com mittee is composed of Edward Crossley, Joyce Beiber, Charles Brill, Joan Yerger, and Georgene Huber. Jane Steiber and Ruth Diehl were voted in to fill the vacancies in the council left by Jack Beiter and Joseph Gronick, who grad uated last semester. Marian Whitely, who is acting as president of the council while Ralph Egolf is student teaching, said students may submit sugges tions to the council in the sugges tion box on the first floor. in Burrows. Students Warned Of Coat Thieves Coats are being stolen from coat racks outside classrooms, Philip A. Mark, captain of the campus patrol, warned students yesterday. Mark said two coats were stolen yesterday afternoon from a third floor rack in Willard Hall and at least one coat has been stolen each week during the' winter. Anyone may return a coat by hanging it on the rack from which it was taken or giving it to a janitor who will ask no questions, Mark said. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1552 PRR Signal Difficulty Testified NORRISTOWN, Pa., Feb. 6 (JP) —A Pennsylvania Railroad supervisor of telegraphs and sig nals testified today that another engineer had reported difficulty with train signals on the day the Red Arrow express ploughed into the rear of the Philadelphia night express. . Charles B. Darrah gave that testimony at the trial of Francis B. Yentzer, 62-year-old engineer of the Red Arrow express who is charged with involuntary man slaughter and negligence in the wreck which killed nine persons and injured 123 at Bryn Mdwr last May 18. Darrah and Assistant Super visor Benjamin R. Eberle, how ever. both stated that signal tests after the- wreck indicated that nothing was wrong with the sys tem. Darrah’s statement concerning another engineer’s report was made under cross-examination shortly before the state wound up its testimony. Burt R. Carson, superintendent of engines for the railroad, ac knowledged under cross-examina tion he often found conflicting signals in the area where, the wreck occurred. Under direct examination, Car son testified he made a test rim between Paoli and Bryn Mawr the day after the. wreck arid found all signals operating perfectly. 2 New Centers Open to Sophs Two Penn State Centers, Ogontz and Behrend, will offer sophomore training beginning with the fall semester. The two additions bring the College’s two-year programs to a total of six—Altoona, Dußois, Hazleton, and Pottsville already being in operation. President Milton S. Eisenhower explained that the action is a result of repeated requests from parents of students enrolled at the centers. Ogontz is. near Phil adelphia, Behrend near Erie. President Eisenhower a l's 6 made it clear that students would not be under obligation to spend both years at these centers. He said that they would be per mitted to transfer to the main campus here or to another school at the end of any semester. Both centers were opened since the end of World War 11. Enrollment at Ogontz is ' 250, Behrend, 64. Ex-College Athlete Receives New Post John M. Stocker, graduate of the College in the class of 1935 and captain of the basketball team of that year, has been ap pointed license contracts manager in the Commercial Development Division of Merck & Co., Inc., manufacturing chemists, of .Rah way, N.J. Stocker received his bachelor of science degree in physical ed ucation from the College,and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1941. While at the College he played varsity baseball and basketball. He also served as president of the Ath letic Association, the junior class, and his fraternity, Sigma Phi Ep silon. Advertising Majors To Exhibit Work Advertising majors in the De partment of Journalism will pre sent an exhibit of layout and campaign work at the convention of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association. The convention, will be held' in Harrisburg this weekend accord ing to. Donald W. Davis, profes sor of journalism, in charge of the department’s advertising se quence. Attending the convention. be sides Davis will be Richard Byers and Ronald Hicks, instructors of journalism.
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