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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.