SU Ground-Breaking Is Today C., IA .., dr 41. 4."' c 1 r o ,ii at g i:„_,..-,,,,,;,.- r o argtatt Vol. 53, No. 68 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 8, 1953 FIVE CENTS Fine Favors Vet School Gov. John S. Fine suggested Tuesday a veterinary school for Penn State during his message at the opening of the 140th Gen eral Assembly. The veterinary school was recommended by the governor among other recom mendations seeking changes and improvements in the ser vices supplied by the Common wealth. During his talk on agricul ture, Fine said, "I believe it is adviSable that we give more consideration to the treatment of diseases of animals on the farm. With this in view, I urge the legislature to take active steps to strengthen our veterin ary school at State College. Such a service," he said, "will be ben eficial to farmers and to con sumers. It merits adequate fi nancial support." • Th e proposed veterinary school, already sought by the State Council of Farm Organi zations group, representing 30 state-wide organizations, would increase veterinary graduates 75 annually. Russell B. Dickerson, assistant dean of the School of Agriculture, said yesterday that there is a shortage of veterin arians, both in actual practice Enrollment Volunteers Requested Students interested in returning to their high schools to discuss student life and to give general information concerning the Col lege to aid in increasing the Col lege enrollment may volunteer from 1 to 5' p.m. today in the second floor lounge of Old Main. Applicants accepted will return to their own high schools during the period after finals of this semester and Feb. 2, the start of next semester, Andrew McNeillie, enrollment committee chairman, said. These students will be sup plied with material and_ outlines for short talks. After delivering their talks, students will hold discussion periods to answer ques tions. All-College Cabinet will pro vide brochures, catalogues, and pamphlets along with other nec essary information, for distribu tion to the high school students. An entire outline of the program with instructions will be given those accepted at 7 p.m. next Thursday .in 110 Electrical En gineering. Students may arrange at their own convenience times and dates for talks in their respective high schools with the high school prin cipals. It is not difficult, McNeillie said, and the possible benefits for the College make the program worthwhile. Journ Head to Speak Franklin C. Banner, head of the Department of Journalism, will address the Centre County chap ter of the Reserve Officers As sociation at 6 p.m. today at the Allencrest Tea Room. He will speak on "Firsthand Impressions of Russia." FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Gov. John S. Fine Backs Penn State Vet school and regulatory work. The state could always use more veterin arians, he said. A joint state government com mission, after a year of study and hearings on the veterinar ian problems, reported that it would be unfeasible to establish College Enrollment Ranks 12th in Nation Penn. State ranks 12th nationally in full-time student enroll ment and 18th in total enrollment, according to an article by Ray mond Walters, president of the University of Cincinnati, in the annual School and Society enrollment survey. With 11,460 full-time students, Penn State is the only Penn sylvania school to be ranked in the first 25 in full-time enrollment. Senate Group Seeks Revisions Reinstitution of the practice of mandatory reporting of be low grades by faculty members will be one of four recommend ed changes in the Regulations for Undergraduate St u dents that Herbert .11. Al brec h t, chairman of the Senate com mittee on rules, will present when the College Senate meets at 4:10 p.m. today. Another recommendation will propose that the date of a social function and names of chaperons be approved by the deans of men and women at least one week be f ore the event. The rule now reads that this information be "f iled with" the dean's offices. The third recommendation would clarify the College stand on 'completion of graduation requirements off the campus, stating that a student within four credits or .12 grade points of requirements for his degree will be permitted to complete the requirements by extension. The final recommendation would make if necessary for a student applying for readmis sion to the College to first get the. recommendation of th e dean of his school, after which action would be taken by the committee on academic stan dards. Grad Exam Applications Available at Buckhout The next' graduate' record .ex aroinations will be given on cam pus Jan. 30 'and 31. Application blank - s. and bulletins of -informa tion are available in 207 Buckhout Laboratory. ' Applications for the examina tions must arrive at Educational Testing Seryice, P.O. Box 592, Princeton, N.J., no leer than Jan. 16, according to _Dr. Leon R. Kneebone, supervisor, graduate, record. examinations. a school of veterinary' medicine at the College. The commission recommended development of-re search facilities instead. The College is already doing research work, Dickerson said. However, as a result of the com mission's suggestion, an increase in facilities might result. This increase would include expan sion of the physical plant and in the number of personnel. The research will be directed toward prevention and control of ani mal disease. Estimated cost of a. veterin arian school at the College is about $6 million plus a' biennial appropriation of $700,000. In his talk, Fine mentioned "outstanding progress" in the control and eradication of live stock and poultry diseases along with the provisions made at the College for a research labora tory. The state commission report will be studied by College offi cials. Recommendations, fo r such a school, if any, will in clude instruction, gradu at e work, and further research work, Dickerson said. Dean of the School of Agri culture,Lyman R. Jackson was not available yesterday for com ment on Fine's talk. The University of Pittsburgh is ranked 16th in total enrollthent. Last year Penn State was rank ed 13th nationally. An increase of 977 full-time students raised the College ranking. A student must carry 12 credits to be a full-time student, C. 0. Williams, dean' of admissions, 'said. Attributed To Publicity There are 1,293,524 full-time students in the nation's colleges and universities,- the survey re ports. An expected decline in the full-time enrollment did not ma terialize ' becauSe of increased freshman enrollment and "the academic persistence in the three upper classes of college women." An actual decline of 1.5 per cent was reported in full-time stu dents. Special student enrollment dropped-2.8 per cent. Widespread publicity for better trained persons in the national defense effort and a realization by students of opportunities in engineering, science, business, ag riculture, school teachirbg, and nursing was given by Dr. Walters as a reason for the stimulation of high school graduates' to attend college. • California Is First The Selective Service policy of granting scholastic deferments to men students has also helped the enrollment to remain stable,-Dr. Walters said. The University of California; with 33,770 full-time students, is first. All schools ranked above the College are land grant schools except New York University and Columbia University. - The ranking of the schools with more students than the College are California, University of Illin ois, University of Minnesota, Uni versity of Michigan, Ohio State University, University of Wiscon sin„ New York University, Uni versity, of Texas, Michigan State College, University of Washing , and Columbia University., First Earth to Be Turned At Noon on Holmes Field The ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the new Student Union Building on Holmes Field will take place at noon today, according to an announcement made late yesterday afternoon by Wilmer E. icenworthy, director of student affairs.- Yesterday's Daily Colleg Hemlock Cottage were told to move out "within the next day or so" bedause construction was scheduled to begin Monday. But Construction of the • $2,- 876,000 building will begin today when President Milton S. Eisen hower and All-College President John Laubach turn the first spades of dirt at the ceremony on Holmes Field, across from Osmond Laboratory. Program Scheduled News of construction first came following a meeting of the Board of Trustees last month, when ar rangements for the signing, of contracts with Irwin and Leigh ton, Philadelphia contractors, were completed. The ground - breaking cere mony, labeled a "simple one" by Walter Wiegand, director of the physical plant, in yesterday's re port, will include a special pro gram which was being arranged last night, according to Ken worthy. Hemlock Cottage residents yes terday moved to Maple Cottage. Hemlock Cottage will no longer exist, since the building will torn down. Is Student Financed' The SU will be a three story structure, providing increased student facilities which include a large ballroom, a lecture hall, music rehearsal room, library, cafeteria, soda bar, coffee shop, meeting rooms and offices 'for student organizations, four lounges, and game areas for table tennis• and pool. Money for the construction will 'come, for the most part, from the $7.50 SU fee students have been paying for the past two years. That fee will be in creased to $lO in the fall to fur ther aid in financing the con struction and maintenance of the building. The building is expected to be finished and ready. for use by the fall semester, 1954. New Students To Hear Prexy January 27 President Milton S. Eisenhow er will address new students in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p.m. Jan. 27, the first day of the spring semester Orientation Week, Wil mer E. Kenworthy, chairman of the Orientation Week committee, has announced. Orientation Week is scheduled to begin Jan. 27 with afternoon conferences with advisers. Lunch will be the first meal served in College dormitories Jan. 27. Men students will be housed in the East Dorm area, he said. New students will register with other students _as scheduled by the. alphabetical listingS and will report for the College health ex amination Jan. 30 at appointed times. ' New women students will meet with the dean of women at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 in Atherton Hall lounge. The women will also meet at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 28. in Ath erton lounge. Veterans will present official forms at the time of registration in Recreation Hall. Scholarship Forms Due Tomorrow Tomorrow is the . deadline for scholar ship applications for awards to be made by the Sen ate committee o n scholarships. Applications should be turned iii at 202 Burrowes, Kinsley R. Smith; chairman of the commit tee,. has announced. Applicants- will be interviewed by the committee some time dur ing this month. Students submit -1 ting applications will be notified ' of interview. appointments. an reported that students in Am I assail& To Address Graduates George V. Allen, United States ambassador to Yugoslavia, will present the address at commence ment exercises 2 p.m. Jan. 27. In announcing the selection of the speaker, President Milton S. Eisenhower said yesterday that "Dr. Allen, now in Belgrade, is an outstanding American who has handled some of this nation's most difficult diplomatic assign ments, and I am personally grate ful to him for agreeing to take time to come to Penn State for our fall semester commencement." Dr. Allen, a native of Durham, N.C., received his B.A. degree at Duke University and a doctor of laws degree at Harvard Univer sity. He taught for four years in North Carolina public schools and later was a reporter on the Asheville, N.C., Times and the Durham, N.C. ; Herald-Sun before entering the Foreign Service in 1930. Ambassador To Iran His assignments in the Foreign Service have included vice con sul in Kingston, Jamaica; Shang hai, China; and Patras; Greece; consul and diplomatic secretary in Cairo, Egypt; and service with the Middle Eastern Division, U.S. Department of State, from 1938 to 1946. Dr. Allen served as U.S. am bassador to Iran from 1946 to 1948. He then was assistant sec retary of state for two years. Since 1950, he has served as am bassador to Yugoslavia. College Lecturer In 1943, Dr. Allen participated .in the Moscow and the Cairo con ferences. He also took part in the United Nations conference in San , Francisco in 1945 and at Potsdam. in 1945. In 1948, he served as chairman of the United States delegation to the United Nations Economic, Social, and Cultural Organization in Bierut. From 1941 to 1943, Dr. Allen was a lecturer at American Uni versity in Washington, and from 1944 to 1946 he lectured at the School for Advanced International Studies. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary society, and Delta Sig ma Phi, social fraternity. Four to Attend Weed Conclave Four Penn State men will take part in the Northeastern Weed Control Conference in New York City today through Wednesday. Seven technical presentations by men from the College will also be made at the conference. Officers at the conference and of the northeastern weed control technical committee representing Penn State are Dr. M. A. Farrell, Dr. William Bramble, Dr. S. M. Raleigh, and C. J. Noll. Authors of papers to be pre sented at the conference include Dr. M. L. Odland, Dr. William. Bramble, C. J. Noll, J. C. Cobb, Robert Fletcher, D. P. Worley, and W. R. Byrnes, all of th e school of. Agriculture. No Cabinet Tonight All-College Cabinet will not meet tonight. The next meet ing will be next Thursday, All- College President John Lau bach said.
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