Cabinet to Vote
On 2 Amendments
Two amendments to the All-College Constitution, will be. read
and voted upon at the All-College Cabinet meeting at 8 tonight in
201 Old Main.
The first would refer appeals on the decisions of the All-College
Elections Committee to Cabinet. At the present time there is no
Appeal from decision of the elec
tions committee.
The second proposed amend
ment would give the Interfrater
nity Council Board ' of Control
and the Association of Independ
ent Men’s Judicial Board of Re
view responsibility for penalizing
students for conduct detrimental
to independents and fraternities.
Both of these proposed , amend
ments were recommended by the
second student encampment judi
cial reorganization committee. .
Joseph Barnett, president of the
Junior Class, will present the
Choir Plans
Service for
Saturday
The first of two special wor
ship services planned by the Uni
versity Chapel for the Christmas
season will be held at 10:55 p.m.
Saturday in Schwab Auditorium.
Doors to the Auditorium will
open 30 minutes before the serv
ice begins.
Nine choral numbers by the
Chapel Choir will be included in
the musical program of the
candlelight service, which will be
presented in keeping with a tra
dition started six years ago.
Directed by Willa C. Taylor,
professor of music education, the
Choir will sing “A Child Is Born
in Bethlehem,” Bach; “Surge ll
luminare,” Byrd; “From Heaven
on High” and “God’s Infant Son,”
Praetorius; “O JesU So Sweet,”
Scheidt; “Of One That Is So Fair
and Bright,” Holst; “A Spotless
Rose,” Howells; “On This Day,
Earth Shall Ring,” Stewart; Can
tata 142 “To Us A Child Is Given,”
Bach.
Student soloists assisting the
Choir will be Janet Saunders, con
tralto; James Madenfort, tenor;
and Kenneth Lawley, baritone.
A brass choir from the Blue
Band, directed by James W. Dun
lop, associate professor of music
education, will present the tra
ditional chorale concert preceding
the worship services.
Other instrumental music will
include the “Christmas Concerto”
by Corelli by George E. Ceiga,
Chapel organist; and “Provide
bam Dominum” by de Lassus, an
antiphonal brass ensemble direct
ed by Rex Rockwell, music in
structor.
The Rev. Luther H. Harshbar
ger, University chaplain, will con
duct the services.
Dickinson Low Dean
To Speak Tonight
William H. Hitchler, dean of
the School of Law at Dickinson
College,' will speak at 8 tonight
in 228 Sparks.
The lecture, sponsored by Pi
Lambda Sigma, national pre-law
honor fraternity, is open to the
public.
Red Radio
Ikes Atom
LONDON, Dec. 9 (JP) —Moscow radio tonight harshly rejected
President Eisenhower’s plan for an international atomic energy pool
for peaceful purposes.
It charged the President “threatened atomic war” in his address
before the United Nations yesterday.
A somewhat more tentative attitude was taken by Moscow by
the Communist party newspaper
Pravda.
Pravda’s first mention of the
speech, Thursday morning Mos
cow time, was an 800-word sum
mary of what Eisenhower said,
and a single comment at the end
saying: “However, the President
in his. speech did not express his
attitude to the question of outlaw
ing atomic weapons.”
At the. United Nations, Soviet
chief delegate Andrei Y. Vishin-
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
WINDY.
WITH
RAIN. SNOW
AGENDA
Roll Call
Minutes of previous meeting
Reports of officers
Adoption of agenda A
Reports of committees:
. 1. Junior Class Week
2. Christmas lawn display
3. NSA
4. Final encampment report
5. BX Board of Control
6. Sunday movie program
7. Campus Chest
Old Business . '
1. Amendments
New Business
1. International gym meet with
Sweden
Appointments
Announcements
Adjournment
final report on Junior Week and
the Junior Prom. This report will
consist of a review of the week’s
activities and. a financial report
on the Junior Prom.
Robert Smoot, campus coordin
ator for the National Students’
Association, will also report on
the fall regional NSA conference
last week at Swarthmore College!
Robert Lench, treasurer of the
Book Exchange, will submit a BX
progress report.
AIM Petitions
Due Tomorrow
Nominating petitions for two
representatives-at-large from the
West Dorm area to the Associa
tion of Independent Men’s Board
of Governors, must be submitted
by tomorrow, Steve. Jordan, chair
man of the WD Council elections
committee, has announced.
Petitions may be submitted to
the Student Union desk in the
main WD lounge. . _
Petitions are available at the
SU desk or from floor officers,
Jordan said. Fifty signatures are
needed from area residents for a
candidate to be ncjminated. ,
Voting for the candidates will
be held 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
in the lobby of Hamilton Hall.
Rejects
Pool Plan
sky said: “You cannot insure the
use of atomic energy for peaceful
purposes without unconditional
prohibition, and strict internation
al control.”
This was the first Soviet re
action to Eisenhower’s bold pro
ject inviting Russia and all atomic
powers to share fissionable ma
terials and know-how.for peaceful
production under a United Na
tions commission to benefit the
whole world.
The leading Soviet radio propa
ganda commentator, Boris Leon
tyev, in rejecting the Eisenhower
plan said: “Eisenhower threatened
atomic , war and .made a eulogy
of this policy of force.”
His talk as heard in London was
broadcast first in- French and then
repeated in English.-
He said: “It is clear, that the
United States does" not want to
bring about an international re
laxing of strained relations:.
VOL. 54, No. 57 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DEC.. 10, 1953 FIVE CENTS
Senate Receives
Policy Suggestions
WDFM
Hit By
Twelve students interviewed this week answered “no” to the
question “Do you think broadcast time schedule for radio station
WDFM is satisfactory” in the second of the Daily Collegian’s col
umns featuring student opinion on issues of the day. .
The campus station originally planned to broadcast from 8 p.m.
to midnight nightly, but changed
its operating hours to 7:30 to
10:30 p.m. before the station be
gan broadcasting. A poll con
ducted by WDFM indicated that
students would prefer to listen
between 10 p.m. and midnight.
The explanations for the nega
tive answers given by the per
sons interviewed follow:
Nancy Hicks/ fifth semester ed
ucation maj or: “Everyone has
meetings in the early evening and
doesn’t have time to listen to the
radio then.”
Joseph Grafson, eighth semester
physical education major: “I think
the station, should conduct a sur
vey to determine how many stu
dents are usually in the dorms or
‘at home’ between 7:30 and 10:30.
I think they’d find most of them
are out.”
Ethel Littles, first semester food
chemistry major: I usually spend
a lot of time in the library in the
evening. I think the station would
reach more students if it were on
the air at later hours.”
Leßoy Nikitscher, third semes
ter psychology major: “I’m a
pledge in a, fraternity and I’m
required to study until 11 p.m.
About the only time I can listen
to the radio is after 11.”
Janet McKee, third semester
home economics major: “M os t
students would be free to listen
to programs between 3 and 5 p.m.,
so maybe that would be a good
time to broadcast. Most students
are out between 7;30 and 10:30.
There isn’t much point in making
it later because the girls in the
dorms aren’t .supposed to have
their . radios on after 11 p.m.”
(Continued, on page eight)
WD Windows
Portray Spirit
Of Christmas
Multicolor bulbs, Santa Claus’,
reindeer, Christmas trees, mistle
toe, and wreathes are sparkling
from decorated windows in the
West Dormitory area this week.
The decorations are all part of
competition for prizes to be
awarded Sunday to the three best
decorated windows in the area.
Several scenes portray the
Christ Child ■in the manger, of
Bethlehem, and of Mary holding
the Child in her arms.
One window 'depicts - a simple
country church, with high, point
ed steeple and a pair of be-rib
boned, tolling bells and another
more elaborate window has been
transformed into a replica of a
stained glass window of a church.
A most pleasant Christmas tra
dition—that of giving and receiv
ing . gifts—is depicted in several
windows. One scene shows people
piling gaily decorated packages
under a Christmas tree. Another
scene shows a small, pajama-clad
child on tiptoe, straining to reach
a stocking laden with presents.
In contrast to the Christmas
theme are several windows sym-r
bolizing the Jewish festival of
the lights, or Chanukah. Chanu
kah' is the festival of the Jewish
year which most closely parallels
the gift-giving and rejoicing of
Christmas.
Judging for the contest will
begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Judges
are Stuart Horn, decorations com
mittee chairman; George Slater,
decorating committee; Ross Clark,
president of . West Dorm Council;
Donna Karch, Thompson Hall
representative; and James W.
Dean, assistant to . the dean of
men.
Prizes to- be awarded include a
first prize of $l5, second prize of
$lO, and third prize of $5. The
contest is being sponsored by the
West-Dorm Council.-
Turkey Arrives,
Stray Pig Leaves
AEPi Menagerie ,
The pig, which created quite a
stir at Alpha Epsilon Pi frater
nity last week, was claimed Mon
day by the Department , of Vet
erinary Science, but - not' before
a white turkey invaded the house.
Barton Burke, fourth semester
pre-law major, discovered the
turkey in his basement floor room
at about 4:35 p.m. Sunday. Police
Chief J. R. Juba told the frater
nity it could keep the turkey un
til someone claimed it. The tur
key probably came in through
the basement window near
Burke’s room.
The Veterinary . Science depart
ment claimed both animals leav
ing the fraternity brothers to find
other means of handling the food
problem. Both were experimental
animals, the department said. The
fraternity had planned to serve
the turkey to Military Ball week
end guests.
FOB A BETTER PENN STATE
Schedule
Students
By TAMMIE BLOOM
2 Exam Schedule
Changes Announced
Two changes in the examination schedule published in yester
day’s Daily Collegian have been announced by Ray V. Watkins,
scheduling officer.
Section 3 of agricultural economics 8 will meet at 8 a.m. Jan. 25
in 204 Horticulture. The time was omitted in the exam listing.
Geography 26 was mistakenly
listed as geology.
Students who have two or more
examinations scheduled for the
same hour, or who have three
examinations in one day may file
for a conflict, Watkins said.
Conflicts may be filed until 5
p.m. Wednesday in 2 Willard.
Seniors who have finals sched
uled after 7 p.m. Jan. 22 must
also file for conflicts, he said.
Time for examinations sched
uled “By Appointment” should
not be set until the schedule for
conflict examinations has been
published, Watkins said.
He also reminded students that
smoking will not be permitted
in the classrooms during examin
ations.
The fall semester will end at
5:30 p.m. Jan. 27. £3pring semester
registration and orientation will
be .held Feb. 3 to 6. Classes will
begin at 8 a.m. Feb. 8.
Rules governing examinations
are listed as follows in.the 1953-
54 edition of Senate Regulations
for Undergraduate students:
“0-1; :. . ."Final examinations
of two or three hours in length
shall be given in all courses un
less, because of the special char-
The Senate Committee on
Educational Policy has sent a
preliminary report to the Uni
versity Senate evaluating the
existing policy of the Univer
sity and stating that the Uni
versity has not achieved the
true scope of the land-grant
college.
In attempting to build a basis
for future changes in curriculum
and the standards of the Univer
sity, the committee suggested that
the existing view of the function
of the University should be broad
ened. It was maintained by the
committee that the original Mor
rill Act, which established the
University in 1855, set no limita
tions on the educational program
of the land-grant colleges.
To Provide Studies
The University was to provide
studies and research which the
other colleges in the state did not
provide, the committee stated.
But this was to be an addition
to the existing curricula of the
colleges, and not a limitation on
them, the report said.
A final report of the committee
by the end of the semester is ex
pected to include specific sugges
tions for action.
The University must keep
abreast of changes in professions,
and vocations, the preliminary
report continued, and the need
for new kinds of training. The
rapid recognition and use of new
knowledge today, such as in the
fields of aeronautics, atomic en
ergy, and television, was stressed.
Responsible for Research
The committee also felt that
the University had greater re
sponsibility for basic research in
the sciences and the humanities
rather than for applied research
in these fields.
“Basic research” was defined as
investigation leading to new
knowledge, theory, and funda
mental principles. “Applied re
search” was defined as practical
investigation and putting to use
the findings of basic research.
The University must lead in the
development of democratic ideals,
(Continued on page eight )
acter of the work in a particular
course, action to the contrary is
taken by the department and the
dean of the college concerned.
“No final examination shall be
given outside the regular exam
(Continued on page eight)