/3£T | iatlg % CnUwjtatt ‘3s? • " 1 — ' " ' ■" VOL. 53, No. 106 Fine Raised For Parking Violations Student parking violators will face a higher fine for the first of fense and greater convenience in paying , first offense fines N under a procedure adopted by Tribunal, men’s judicial board, according to James Schulte, chairman.- The first offense fine will be raised to $2. It had been $1 for the first offense. The increased fine, will be imposed on those who have not. yet been asked to ap pear before Tribunal. Several stu dents ■ have been sent cards for ' past Tribunal sessions, but for some reason did not appear. •Schulte said these students, if fined, would be subject to the old fine of $l. Tightened Restrictions Students who have been asked to appear for the first time will be allowed to pay their fine at the Student Union desk in Old Main- starting tomorrow and be fore a specified time on the Tri bunal notice. Only students who are charged with a first offense may pay the fine at the SU desk. If these students wish to appeal to Tribunal, they may do so be tween 7 and 10 p.m. Tuesdays. Schulte said failure to either pay the fine or to appear before Tri bunal will result in a higher fine and probable referral to the Dean -of Men’s office. ’ Tribunal tightened restrictions on second offenders. Those guilty of committing a second of fense will face a $3 fine and three weeks probation from Tribunal. Previously, Tribunal had estab lished a $1 to $3 fine range on second offenders plus a possible two weeks probation from Tri bunal. During the probationary period, student violators are not i permitted to drive on campus and 1 must sign in at Tribunal every Tuesday night for three weeks following their appearance for • the second offense. 50 Cases Weekly Students who have been noti fied to appear before Tribunal for a second or third offense can not pay their fines at the Student Union desk, but must appear be fore Tribunal. Students fou n d guilty of committing a third of fense will be sent to the Dean of Men’s office with a recommenda tion from Tribunal. Tribunal has been scheduling about 50 cases a week. Schulte said that the arrangement for pay ing first offense fines at the Stu dent Union desk wil permit stu dents who have no defensive arg ument to pay the fines at their own convenience rather than waiting in line during the Tri bunal sessions. Award Forms Deadline Today Today is the deadline for apply ing for two John W. White fellow ships, available to eighth semester students who intend to enter grad uate study at the College or at another institution. Application blanks are available at the Scholarship Information Center, 110 Old Main, and may be returned at 202 Burrowes. ~ Kinsley R. Smith, chairman of the Senate committee on scholar ships, and awards, stated that the stipends will be awarded to those students going into graduate work whose academic standing is high and whose ability and personality hold high promise of success in graduate study. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY COLDER Plans Near For College Lion, State Parties Off to Slow Start Campus politics got off to a slow start Sunday night with Party making nine clique office nominations and the Lion making no nominations. Richard Kirschner, Lion Party chairman, said clique office inations and elections will be held Sunday; State Party clique office nomi nations will be concluded Sun day. Those nominated at the last meeting are senior class clique chairman, David Kresge, sixth ■semester arts and letters major; vice chairman, William Appleton, fifth semester industrial engineer ing major, and secretary, Janet Melzer, fifth semester physical education'major, and Jane Yah res, sixth semester arts and letters major. No nominations were made for senior class clique treasurer and secretariat. Nominations Limited Nominations for State Party I junior class clique offices in cluded chairman,. Carl : Nurick, [fourth semester arts and letters major; vice chairman, Roger Uh ler, fourth semester chemistry ma jor; secretary, Patricia Hennessy, fourth -semester home economics major; secretariat, Nina Finkle, fourth semester arts, and letters major; and treasurer, James Ang stadt, fourth semester chemical engineering major, Kirsehner said that both par ties agreed to limit nominations for All-College president to a fraternity man, All-College vice president to an independent man, and All-College secretary - treas urer to a fraternity man. Workshops Tonight For the senior class offices, he asked that nominations for presi dent and secretary-treasurer be limited to • independents while those fpr vice president be limi ted to fraternity men. For the junior 'class offices, he asked that (Continued on page eight) Freshmen Will Meet The freshman class will meet at 7:30 p.m ; tomorrow in 10 Sparks to discuss plans for the-freshman weekend and Sock Hop. The class executive committee has. extended registration for the musical revue until Saturday. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1953 Men Debaters Win 7Contests Two teams from the men’s de bate squad of the College won seven out of ten debates at the Brooklyn Invitational Tournament last weekend at Brooklyn Col lege. Meyer Bushman and David Swanson debated the affirmative to win over teams from Tufts, Colgate, Fordham, and King’s Point. They lost to New York University. On the negative team Richard Kirsehner and Thomas K. White defeated Army, Canisius, and Fordham. They lost to Dartmouth and Drew University. Town Coeds to Meet Town and day women students will meet at 12:45 p.m. tomorrow in the Commuters Room, Wom an’s Building. Candidates for May Queen and freshman, sophomore, and - junior attendants will be elected. Pollock Council to Meet Pollock Council will meet at 6:30 tonight in the council room of Dorm 20, President Joseph Gar decki announced. $5OOO Gift to Aid Fund for Chapel A gift of $5OOO to start a fund facility which will be useful for the construction of a medi- for many types of religious ac tation chapel has been received such as personal de torn „ ,»., agss, 22SS- “ d . J ““ c i n i ihe 3ift ' Pres - The small chapel. Dr. Eisen ldent Milton S. Eisenhower said hower explained, would be de he believed that other gifts will signed in-such 'a way that make the proposed small chapel eventually it could be one unit a reality fairly soon. in a larger all-faith structure. 1 ««}' <n»*e confident," Pres- Recently, a student-faculty ideni Eisenhower said/ "ihat al- committee recommended that a umm and non-alumni alike will portion of the weekly Chapel fPP^° ve °i our efforts to es- offerings be given to the fund tablish at Penn State a physical for the Construction of a chapel. Completion Atom Pile Trustees Pass Proposal; AEC Approval Sought Plans for the construction of a nuclear reactor at the College are now being completed. The plans will be submitted to the Atomic Energy Com mission, and if the proposal is accepted by the commission, the College will be eligible to receive the enriched uranium necessary to operate the reactor, President Milton S. Eisenhower explained yesterday, The reactor will be used for re search and instruction.^ Neutron Source Approval of the College Board of Trustees has been received for the idea of constructing a reactor, but the board still must pass on the site of the building. The reactor, according to Dean Eric A. Walker of the School of Engineering, will serve as a source of neutrons and gamma rays for experiments in several fields. The reactor .will be available to all departments of the College which are dealing with problems requir ing neutron or gamma ray irradia tions. Initially the reactor unit will consist of the reactor, the reactor building, and a small wing with offices and a shop. Three sites at the east end of the campus, just beyond the Nittany and Pollock Circle dormitories, have been con sidered. The specific site will be determined within the next month. Completion Set for 1954 Estimated cost of the reactor, not including the enriched uran ium, is about $250,000. The uran ium will be obtained on loan from the Atomic Energy Commission. The reactor building will be about 30 by 60 feet, and 35 feet high. Offices and laboratories will be located alongside the main re actor building. Estimates place th e project’s completion date in the summer of 1954 if the necessary materials are available. State Party Committee Appointed The building design is in charge of Louis A. Richardson, professor of architectural engineering. He is being assisted by members of the departments of architecture, civil engineering, and physical plant. The reactor will be fabri cated in College shops; an outside contractor will construct the building. Dr. Eisenhower has appointed an interim advisory committee on reactor construction to keep the various departments of the Col lege informed about the progress of the project and to bring to the designer’s attention the various uses of the reactor anticipated by members of the College faculty. » Serving on the committee are William M. Breazeale, former physicist at the Oak Ridge Na tional Laboratory and now profes sor of electrical engineering in general charge of the design and construction of the reactor; Rich ardson; Warren W. Miller, asso ciate professor of chemistry; Hans Neuberger, professor and chief of the division of meteorology; Gil ford G. Quarles, professor of engi neering research and director of Ordnance. Research Labora tory; Norman R. Sparks, profes (Continued on page eight) Physicist To Design Construction William M. Breazeale has been appointed professor of electrical engineering and placed in charge of the design and plans for con struction of a nuclear research reactor at the College. For the past four years he has been a_ physicist* for the Union Carbide and Carbon Co. at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at Oak Ridge, Term. He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. Breazeale had been at the Col lege for approximately six weeks before the announcement of his appointment yesterday. Research conducted by Brea zeale has been primarily in the fields of microwave radar and neutron chain reactors. He is the author of many technical papers in these fields, including an Oak Ridge National Laboratory report on “A Low Cost Nuclear Chain Reactor.” He has ’served on the faculty at Vanderbilt University and the Un iversity of . Virginia. In 1941 he was appointed to the staff of the radiation laboratory at the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, Grid Banquet Tickets Ready Students, faculty, administra tion, and townspeople who receive invitations to the Gridiron Ban quet may pick up their tickets until 5 p.m. Friday at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Invitations to the banquet, spon sored annually by Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national professional journalistic fraternity, are in the mail, Andrew McNeille, president, said yesterday. Following the theme WSDX-TV, the banquet will be held at 7 p.m. next Tues day at the Nittany Lion Trm, President Milton S. Eisenhower will be guest of honor. Student leaders and members of the faculty and administration will be “panned” in skits based on the. television theme. Decor ations will feature television cam eras and microphones. Quartet Tickets Available at SU Free tickets to the sophomore class sponsored barbershop quar tet contest to be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Schwab Auditorium are available at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Three quartets in each of the' mens and women’s divisions will' compete. The men’s are the Mel low Au-es, the Collegians, and the Alpha Tau Omega quartet. The women’s are the Rollo Quartet, the Keydettes, and the Alp h a Gamma Delta quartet. Ed Council to Meet The Education Student Council will meet.at 8:15 tonight in 108 Willard. ' FIVE CENTS
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