rWottstone Outlines ..
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Reception to Cabinet
Plans for the reception of the Swedish Olympic gymnastic team
at the University Jan. 16 were outlined to All-College Cabinet last
night by gymnastic coach. Eugene. Wettstone.
The Swedish gymnasts will meet the Penn State team and will
present exhibitions at an event which will be attended by dignitaries
including Gov. John S. Fine, Congressman James E. Van Zandt,
and the Swedish ambassador to the United States, Wettstone said.
Plans for the Blue Band and
George Ceiga, University organ
ist, to perform- have also been
made, he added. The coach told
Cabinet he believed the event
would further the esteem of the
University not only in the eyes
of the students, but in the eyes
of the 'dignitaries present.
Team to Tour , U.S.
Judiciary
{ ,Plan Tabled
By Cabinet
By JACK REID
Action on a special report from
the All-College Cabinet judicial
re-organization committee was
postponed by cabinet last night.
In the rep o rt, submitted by
Thomas Farrell, chairman, the
re-organization committee recom
mended the establishment of a
new disciplinary committee to
try group cases. Such cases are
now acted upon by the Senate
Committee on Student Affairs.
According to the report, this
new disciplinary committee would
consist of the chairman of the
Senate Committee on Student Af
fair, the director of student af=
fairs, the dean of men, dean of
women,' the president of Womgn's
Student Government Association,
or the president of the Men's Stu
dent Government Assbciation de
pending upon the group being
tried, and -the chairman of -Judi
cial or Tribunal also depending
upon the group being tried.
The disciplinary committee
would also consist 'of the presi
dents of the Association of Inde
pendent Men, the Interfraternity
Council, Leonides, and 'Panhel
lenic Council depending-.upon the
case being heard.
The tabling motion was made
by Thomas, Schott, president of
the Interfraternity Council, to al
low time for further study.
- Joseph Barnett, president of
the junior class, submitted a re
port on Junior' Class Week to
cabinet. In this report Barnett
termed the. week "a tremendous
success." Much of the success was
due to the fact that there were
fewer events h e d . during the
week, allowing more time and
.energy to be spent on the events
which were held, he said.
Barnett reported an estimated
k prof it of $1450 on the Junior
Prom. He also reported an ad
vance payment made to Ralph
Flanagan's orchestra was returned
to the dance committee.
Ike Rejects Hostility
To Atom Pool Plan
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (W)—President Dwight D. Eisenhower
today refused to accept hostile Russian comment as an official Soviet
rejection of his plan to pool atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
The White House said it still hopes Russia will recognize the
proposal as a - "first step toward atomic peace."
This is the official attitude of
the United States government,
Presidential Pr,e s s Secretary
James C. Hagerty told reporters
in the wake of the cold reception
given the President's proposal by
the Moscow presS and radio.
"We do not believe that im
mediate reaction to President Ei
senhower's atomic proposal neces
sarily represents the considered
decision of the Soviet govern
- went," Hagerty said in a state
ment.
"After all, the President always
recognized that his suggestion
would require thoughtful study.
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
CLEAR
WARMER
By TAMMIE BLOOM
The Swedish -team, with a
member of the Swedish parlia
ment as a guide, will tour the Uni
ted States, and will stop at about
30 colleges and universities, Wett
stone sai d. He predicted their
stop at the University would be
one of the most important be
cause the University has a team
capable of giving them interna-1
tional competition.
The Swedish gymnasts will be
introduced by the Swedish am
bassador and the Penn State team
by President Milt on S. Eiserl
hower.
The faculty committee on world
understanding will sponsor the
event. - About 5000 -tickets will be
available to students, faculty, and
townspeople, Wettstone explained.
He, asked Cabinet's cooperation in
making the meet successful.
All-College President Richard
Lemyre said he would appoint a
committee to assist the faculty
committee sponsoring the event.
2 Amendments Passed
Cabinet also passed two amend
ments to the All-College constitu
tion, after third readings.
One of the amendments refers
appeals on election rule infrac
tions from the all-College elec
tions committee to cabinet. Pre
viously there was no elections
committee appeal. -
The second amendment per
mits the Association of Indepen
dent Men's Judicial Board and
the Interfraternity Council's
Board of Control to try individual
members of the organization in
matters of conduct detrimental to
the best interests of AIM or IFC.
Old Main Lawn Display
To Be, Finished Tonight_
Pi Gamma Alpha, fine, arts
honorary fraternity, expects to
complete its lawn display in front
of Old Main in time for the Mil
Ball tonight; the group said. The
fraternity won the contest spon
sored by the Interfraternity and
Panhellenic Councils for the best
display plans. The display is fi
nanced by the University.
"Therefore, any 24-hour re
action by. Soviet officials or by
Soviet propaganda media cannot
be accepted as anything more
than a stop-gap, interim state
ment."
Eisenhower appeared before the
United Nations Assembly in New
York Tuesday to propose .in an
historic speech that the world har
ness at least some of its atomic
energy for peaceful purposes. He
suggested that an international
pool of fissionable materials be
established, under UN supervision.
In its home service bulletin thi.
morning, Moscow radio disposed
of the speech in -56 words.
The Russians have refused to go
along with an inspection system
which the United ' States consid
ered an indispensable part of a
' , plan for Controlling atomic wea
pons.
• Hagerty read his statement af
ter being' asked for comment on
Russian reaction.
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VOL. 54, No. 58 STATE-COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 11, 1953 FIVE CENTS
Chapel, Reactor
Sites Approved
Bus College
Sets Senior .
Standards
The College of Business Admin
istration has adopted a probation
rule designed to bring the All-
University average of graduating
seniors to the minimum accept
able standard of 1.0, David H.
McKinley, assistant dean of the
College, announced yesterday.
The new rule says that failure
to maintain a satisfactory mini
mum All-University, average at
the heginning of each semester,
as set up by the College, will re
sult in the student being placed
on 1.15 probation. Probation un
der the 1.15 rule prohibits a stu
dent from participating in Uni
versity athletic events and from
serving as an officer in a student
organfiation.
Minimum Averages
The minimum average that will
be required by the College. is .85
second semester, .93 third semes
ter. .95 fourth semester, .96 fifth
semester, -:97 sixth semester, and
.98 seventh semester.
The rule also states that once
on probation failure to make a
1.15 average for that semester
shall be considered cause for dis
missal from the College at the
end of the semester, after care
ful screening of each case by a
faculty member.
The new rule goes into effect
on Feb. 1, 1954, and is in addition
to the All-University rules gov
erning probation and dismissal.
LA Students Unaffected
Students enrolled in the com
merce curriculum of the College
of the Liberal Arts do not come
under this rule, according to
Richard C. Maloney, assistant LA
dean.
Maloney also said no additional
students are to be permitted to
enter the commerce curriculum.
This curriculum will be dropped
as soon as the students now en
rolled have left the University,
he said.
Chapel to Hold'
Two Services
The traditional candlelight serv
ice of the University Chapel will
be held at 10:55 p.m. tomorrow
and will be repeated at the regu
lar chapel hour, 10:55 a.m. Sun
day, in Schwab Auditorium.
Special Christmas music for the
program will be provided by the
Chapel Choir, a brass choir select
ed from the Blue Band, an anti
phonal brass ensemble, and
George E. Ceiga, Chapel organist.
Doors to the auditorium will be
opened 30 minutes before the be
ginning of each service.
Deadline Extended
For 'Who's Who'
The deadline for applications of
candidates for "Who's in the News
at Penn State" has been extended
until Tuesday, Richard Rau, edi
tor, has announced.
Approximately 40 more appli
cations with biographical sketches
of the candidates have been •re
ceived, Rau said. This brings the
total to about 160. Over 450 had
been sent out to prominent stu
dents- who are active in campus
activities. ..
"Who's in the News" is co
sponsored annually by Sigma Del- ,
to Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, men's
and women's •professional jour
nalism fraternities. Evelyn Keilar
is associate_ editor - of the. book. •
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Trustees Approve
Final Reactor Plan
' Final construction sites have been approved by the Uni
versity Board of Trustees for the All-Faith Chapel and the
nuclear research reactor. No definite dates have been set for
the start of construction, though bids will be received late
this month for the research reactor.
The student chapel will be built
east of the Pattee Library and
south of Curtin Road. Hope was
expressed that the smallest unit,
the first of three, of the chapel
might be started in the near fu
ture.
East of Nittany
The research reactor will be
constructed east of the Nittany
Dorm area along Entrance Road.
Basic plans for its construction
were also approved by the board.
It was decided that offices and
shops would be located in the
wing of the structure.
The basic plan includes an L
shaped building' with a 62 by 34-
foot main room, and an adjoining
wing 26 by 41 feet. The main
room will house a pool of water
24 feet deep. The reactor will be
suspended from a movable bridge
into the pool.
Kept Under Water
The pool will be designed to
serve as an adequate shield from
the radiation. The reactor must
be kept under water at all times
since it will produce gamma rays
even when shut down.
Four general types of research
and work in reactor engineering
will be made possible at the Uni
versity with the installation of
the structure. It will provide fa
cilities for investigation of neu
tron distribution, reactor kine
tics, and other related character
istics of the atom.
Hopes for early construction of
the All-Faith Chapel were given
a boost several months ago with
an anonymous gift of $50,000 to
the chapel fund. This raised the
total fund collected to $90,000.
The estimated cost of the first
unit is $200,000. The other two
units will be an administration
building costing about $250,000
(Continued on page eight)
'Juno' Will Begin
5-Week Run Tonight
The humorous, tragic effects of Civil War on a Dublin tenement
family will be dramatized at 8 tonight when Players' presentation of
"Juno and the Paycock" begins a five-week run at Center Stage.
Tickets for Sean O' . Casey's tragicomedy, directed by Kelly Yea
ton, associate professor of dramatics, are on sale for $1 at the Student
Union desk in Old Main.
The play, althougl• set in Ire
land, rises above the stereotypi
cal regional romanticism which
marks most of movie Ireland. It
is a portrayal of the life of the
Boyle family struggling against
poverty and confusion in the rev
olutionary period of the e arly
1920'5.
Jeannie Risler, as Juno Boyle,
will portray the courageous moth
er and housewife who fights in
surmountable social and econom
ic conditions in a struggle to keep
her family together. Handicapped
by a shiftless husband, two chil
dren out of work, and the pres
sure of poverty, she combines un
dertanding humor and powerful
resistance in a pathetic battle
against the times.
While Juno strives for her fam
ily's security, "Captain" Jack
Boyle, the Paycock, played by
Samuel Schonely, wastes his time
(Continued on page eight)
Tottrifiatt
Euwema Asks
Pre-Vacation
Absentee Lists
Ben Euwema, dean of the Col
lege of the Liberal Arts, has asked
department heads in the College
to collect a complete list of ab
sentees for each class immediately
preceding and following the va
cation period.
In explaining the dean's re
quest, Richard C. Maloney, as
sistant dean, said the statement
did not include any penalties fir
absences.
He said the list is being com
piled because the liberal arts ad
ministration believes the need for
more information regarding the
problem of vacation absences. The
list will be used to determine any
future action, he said..
In a study made by the Senate,
concerning vacation absences, the
College of the Liberal Arts had
the highest percentage of ab
sences in the period before and
after Easter vacation. Of the 9878
enrolled, 24.7 per cent were , ab
sent, including 1491 unexcused.
According to an announcement
Wednesday, the Registrar's office
will not take any official count
of student absences before and
after Christmas vacation.
C. 0. Williams, dean of admis
sions, said , the practice of report
ing absences, aimed at providing
the Senate with information on
class attendance, will be aban
doned. He said enough informa
tion is available now for the Sen
ate to act.
By BAYLEE FRIEDMAN