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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. '
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