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Worth Presents Report
On SU at Cabinet Meeting
The following is the complete text of the question and answer
report on the Student Union fee and, building as given before All-
College Cabinet last night by President James Worth.
Q. It has been rumored that the Trustees have not approved
the architectural plans for the Student Union, and that this is de
laying the start of construction. Is this true?
A. No. The Architectural and
the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees have- given
final approval to the architectural
plans, and have authorized the
architects to proceed with engin
eering drawings. The rumor prob
ably developed from the fact that
at one meeting of the Trustees,
all members of the Architectural
Committee were not present and
the plans were therefore held
over for a subsequent meeting.
.Q. Will present shortages of
critical materials, such as steel,
'hold up construction?
A. No one knows, but prob
ably they will. Months ago, the
College applied to the National
Production Authority for permis
sion to construct the Union, and
the NPA has offered no objection.
This is only the first hurdle to
ciross, and this action alone by no
means gives assurance that the
College can obtain critical build
ing materials. An application for
materials such as steel must be
made by the contractor when a
contract for construction has been
let.. It is anticipated that diffi
culty may then be encountered.
It is known that educational in
stitutions are receiving only a
small percentage of total steel
allocations, and a good share of
educational quota is going to ele
mentary and secondary schools.
Thus, even though the applica
tion for steel for the addition to
Recreation Hall was made many
months ago by the contractor, an
actual allocation has not been re
ceived. There are many guesses
as to when present shortages of
materials will be overcome; of
ficials in Washington believe that
the situation will ease greatly
after the first of next year.
Q. When will a contract for
construction be let?
A. This question cannot be an
swered definitely, either. As soon
as the engineering drawings are
ready, the College will obtain
firm estimates on the total cost
of construction. At that time, the
Trustees will have to decide
whether it is feasible to let the
contract. The answer will de
pend on the total cost, amount of
funds already available, and the
soundness of the amortization
plans under the fee schedule and
contract cost. If the answer is
favorable, the contractor will at
once apply for essential alloca
tions of critical materials.
Q. What is being done with
the money from the Student
Union fee?
A. It is being deposited in a
special fund, and most of it has
been invested in a type of gov
ernment security which may be
cashed at any time. This enables
the fund to earn a modest amount
of interest, the interest income
augmenting the account. The
total of the fund is regularly
accounted for in the financial
statements of the College as audit
ed by Certified Public Account
ants and reported to the Board
of Trustees.
Q. How much is now in the
fund?
A. $208,000.
Q. Is the fee of $7.50 a semes
ter assessed by the students or
by the College?
A. While the fee was initially
established upon the recommenda
tion of All-College Cabinet, fol
lowing years of student discussion
and petition, legally the fee was
put into effect by formal action
of the Trustees. It is a College
fee in the same sense that the
incidental and general fees are
College fees. In effect, total Col
lege fees were increased from
$220 a year to $235 a year, with
$l5 of this being set aside in a
special Student Union account. .
Q. Why not discontinue the
fee until construction starts?
A. The Trustees established the
fee only after long consideration,
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involving widespread student par
ticipation as indicated by the re
cent series of editorials in the
Collegian.' The Trustees took this
action in full recognition of two
facts: first, that a Student Union
will be an enormous asset to stu
dents and to the College gener
ally, and, second, that the State
could not be expected to finance
the structure. At essentially all
colleges and universities, Student
Unions have been financed pri
marily by a fixed student fee
which, when once started, have
been maintained until the total
debt on the building has been
liquidated. Some institutions have
maintained a fee for as long as
ten years before construction
could begin. Further, most insti
tutions have maintained the fee
even after initial construction
costs were met in order to finance
additions and repair and oper
ating costs. The plan at Penn
State has constantly been to start
construction just as soon as con
ditions permit. Each student, in
four years, pays $6O toward con
struction costs. It is planned to
initiate a drive among the alumni
in the hope that a great many
graduates and former students
will contribute a like amount. It
is not expected that one indi
vidual will contribute both as
a student and as an alumnus.
There is an additional, impor
tant .factor. To finance construc
tion,’ the College will have to
borrow a great deal of money. To
assure the soundness of the loan,
the College must be able to dem
onstrate to financing agencies
that its plan of amortization is
sound. Here two elements will be
of great help: first, a substantial
sum of money in the bank before
construction begins, and, second,
proof that once the Union fee was
started, it will be maintained un
til the total debt is paid.
Q. Could the fee be reduced
until construction starts?
A. It could be, but such a pos
sibility should be carefully con
sidered. (a) It would reduce the
amount of money that would be
available to finance the building
when construction becomes pos
sible; (b) any temporary reduc
tion would mean that some stu
dents would pay less than others
—for the ({present fee will soon
have been paid for two years and,
even if reduced now, would have
to be increased to $l5 or $2O a
year later on. It should be re
membered that the original plan
was to have the fee increased to
$2O a year beginning with the cur
rent school year. But the Trustees
voted to hold the fee at $l5 until
construction actually begins.
Q. How long , will it take to
construct the Union after work
starts?
A. About a year and a half.
Q. Is it planned to increase
the size of the Union in later
years?
A. Yes. When the debt on the
structure as now planned has been
sufficiently reduced, it is defi
nitely planned to increase the
size of the building. The first
part of the building was designed
in such a way that additions could
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Foundation
Gives Grant
To College
A $35,000 grant has been given
to the College from the Health
Information Foundation of New
York to establish a research pro
gram, it was announced yester
day by President Milton S. Eisen
hower and Adm. W. H. P. Blandy,
USN (ret.), president of the foun
dation.
The program is designed to
improve the health of school chil
dren and to impress upon the
parents the importance of provid
ing treatments for defects re
ported in school health examina
tions.
Dr. William G. Mather, profes
sor of rural sociology and direc
tor of the project in house-to
house studies in four communi
ties found that of 763 school chil
dren examined, 363 were in need
of treatment, with 166 getting at
tention.
At the present time, little pro
gress has been made to determine
how many children with defects
have received treatment.
After information is assembled
and programs observed, a sym
posium on the problem will bring
leaders to the College for study
in the various fields.
Time Magazine
Photo Editor
To Give Talks
Robert Boyd, senior editor and
photo editor of Time magazine,
will be present at a photography
round-table discussion at 1:10
p.m. Monday in 121 Mineral In
dustries, according to Prof.
Franklin Banner, head of the De
partment of Journalism.
Boyd, who is also general
make-up editor of Time, - will ad
dress the journalism 1-2 class at
11 a.m. Monday in 10 Sparks, and
will be a luncheon guest of
Sigma Delta Chi, national pro
fessional journalism fraternity.
Richard Byers, head of the
news photo laboratory of the De
partment of Journalism, will pre
side at the round-table discussion,
which will cover general camera
problems, particularly in the
news field.
Boyd will illustrate his address
in 10 Sparks by showing on a
screen the outstanding news pic
tures of the year.
Anyone interested may attend
the round-table, or the Journ 1-2
lecture Banner said.
Weekly Jam Sessions
To Resume Sunday
The first of the series of weekly
jam sessions for the semester has
been planned for this Sunday at
the TUB. The music, which will
be played by a group of students
and borough residents, will be
Dixieland jazz.
Richard Brady is now in charge
of the jam sessions, replacing
Jack Huber. Arrangements are
made through the Dean of Men’s
office.
Grad Enlists in Army
Richard F. Houts, 22, who was
graduated from the College last
month, has enlisted as an officer
candidate in the Army. He is
stationed at Fort Meade, Md.
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to Talk on Crime
DR. MARY L. WILLARD,
who will speak on "Criminal
istics" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
a meeting of the Central Penn
sylvania section of the Ameri
can Chemical Society. -Dr. Wil
lard is a graduate of the Col
lege and a professor of chem
istry here, working in chemical
microscopy, organic chemistry,
and the scientific detection of
crime.
Hillel Forum
Will Sponsor
2 Musicians
Marguerite Kozenn and Julius
Chajes will present a concert of
Jewish music at 8 p.m. Tuesday
in the Hillel Auditorium, 133 W.
Beaver avenue. The concert will
be sponsored by the Hillel For
um.
Miss Kozenn and Chajes inter
pret both traditional and mod
ern Jewish music. They have
just returned from a tour of Eu
rope and Israel.
Marguerite Kozenn, a drainatic
soprano, has appeared as soloist
with the New York Philharmon
ic and other major orchestras here
and abroad, and sung leading
roles with the Philadelphia La
Scala, Vienna and Prague opera
companies. She has given more
than 100 concerts during the
past three years in America, Eu
rope and Israel.
Julius Chajes, pianist-compos
er, made his American debut in
New York’s Town Hall in 1938.
Since then he has toured exten
sively the United States, Canada,
England, France, Italy, Switzer
land, and Austria.
Miss Kozenn will sing a , varied
selection of songs of traditional
European and Israeli' back
ground. Chajes, in addition to
accompanying Miss Kozenn, will
play several of his own Israeli
compositions, and George Gersh
win’s Three Preludes.
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Talent
Auditions
Seven persons have been named
audition judges for the All-Col
lege .Talent Show, sponsored.by
the Penn State Club, at a meet
ing of the club.
The auditions for the talent
show will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday at the Lit
tle Theater. Arnold Gasche, tal
ent show chairman, said.
The judges for the auditions
will be Peter Lansbury, George
Cowbright, John Pagonis, Moylan
Mills, William. Burrows, David
Hyman, and Andrew Jaros.
It . was announced at the meet
ing that a party will be held after
the show for members, their dates,
and the performers.
Two other committees have
been named by -Gasche. Joseph
Bower was selected chairman of
tlie publicity committee. Other
members are William Rudderow,
Donald Sumner, Bernard Cohen,
Glenn Conrad, Joseph Ondrejko,
and Clair Foulks.
The program committee in
cludes Carl Espey, chairman;
Mills, Joseph Arnold. William
Cole, and Frank Schrey.
Senate OK's
Part of Cabinet
Proposals
Only a part of one of the three
All-College Cabinet' recommen
dations to the College Senate
committee on calendar have been
included in the calendar for 1953-
54 which was presented to the
Senate yesterday, Ernest W. Cal
lenbach, chairman of the commit
tee. said last night.
Callenbach said the cabinet rec
ommendations calling for one
floating holiday during each sem
ester and the,two-day pre-regis
tration days free of classes were
not, included in the calendar. He
added, however, that the latter
recommendation can easily be in
serted in the calendar should the
Senate desire it by shortening the
Christmas and Easter .holidays.
The cabinet recommendation
that all holidays begin and end at
noon was partly incorporated in
to the calendar, Callenbach said.
The Thanksgiving and Christmas
vacations will end .at 8 a.m., he
said, while all other holidays will
end at noon. All holidays during
both semesters will begin at
noon.
This was necessary, Callenbach
explained, to make possible a
schedule in which all sections of
a course will meet the same num
ber of times during the semester.
A final vote ,on the proposed
calender will not be taken until
the next Senate meeting, sched
uled for the first Thursday in
March.
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