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VOL. 54, No. 60
Nittany 43,
Coed Win
Yule Prizes
• Nittany dorm 43 and a Thomp
son woman won top prizes in two
Christmas display contests which
were almost ruined by high winds.
The displays in Nittany, Pol
lock, and town areas were nearly
all blown away last night. The
contest, however, sponsored by
the Association of Independent
Men and West Dorm Council,
were judged over the weekend.
Nittany dorm 43's display won
$17.50 in the AIM Christmas con
test for being the best in the
over-all independent areas. Seven
dollars and 50 cents was awarded
to first place winners in each area
in the AIM contest and $2.50 to
second place winners. First prize
winners were in Nittany, dorm
43; in Pollock, dorm 5; in town,
Beaver House; and in West Dorm,
26 McKee. Second place winners
were in N.*any, dorm 40; in Pol
lock, dorm. 2; in town, none; and
in West Dorm, 328 Hamilton.
In the West Dorm window con
test Mayland Darlington, 340
Thompson, won $l5 first prize
for her decoration of a , small girl
awaiting Santa Claus. Raymond
Wasilewski, 284 Hamilton, won
$lO second prize, and in a com
bined effort, Donald Harrison and
Paul Reber, 128 McKee, won $5
• third prize.
The Christmas atmosphere will
continue this week from the bal
cony of Hamilton in West Dorms.
Christmas carols will be heard
from a public address system each
day at noon until 12:45,p.m. and
at 5:30 p.m: till - - 6:30 p.inf
Christmas recess.
Judges for the AIM display
contest, Saturday afternoon, were
Walter H. Hill, instructor of archi
tecture; Jghn Y. Roy, assistant
professor of fine arts, and Joe,
Somers, president of AIM
The West Dorm contest, Sun
day afternoon, was judged by
Stuart Horn, decoration commit
tee chairman. George Slater, dec
oration committeeman; Donna
Karch, Thompson representative,
and James W. Dean, assistant to
the dean
.of men.
Nittany Approves
Study Hall Plan
Nittany Council formally voted
to support the dining hall study
plan in a meeting last night in
Nittany 20.
The plan, originated by fresh
man and sophomore class offi
cers, proposed that dormitory din
ing halls be open on school nights
for supervised studying.
.The council also discussed a
letter objecting to the necessity
for the Daily Collegian to mention
that a. student was transferred as
disciplinary action. to Nittany-
Pollock area.
Commission Pro oses Draft LA tter
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (M
A presidential commtssion said
today a military training system
and the draft can be operated
simultaneously by using a lOttery.
This would' determine. who would
get six months' training' and who
would be required to serve two
years as a draftee.
The National Security Training
Commission recommended that
such a system start by Jan. 1,
1955. or earlier, with. the training
of 100,000 18-year-olds, the num
ber increasing as manpower avail
ability and the size of the armed
forces permit. The_ cost of train
ing. 100,000 men was calculated at
about 270 million dollars.
The commission, in its first re
port in 195 i, 'said at that time any
form of .universal military train
ing could not be started while the
Korean War was in progress. with
its accompanying heavy levy nn
manpower. '''
Last August, after ihe .truce,
Prevue of Christmas Eve
43 as his sleigh and reindeer await him on the roof. The display,
which was blown away by high winds last night, won top prize
in the AIM Christmas display contest Saturday afternooxi.
2 Colleges
r:eports. on
The Senate committee on educational policy has received pre
liminary reports from two colleges of the University. Reports were
received from the College of the Liberal Arts and the College of
Engineering and Architecture.
The preliminary report from the College of Engineering - and
i,A.rchitec_ture_stated. . that ob,
fectiveS 'of the educational policy
of the University should include
the following:
1. a strong research program
2. assistance to industry to put
the results of research to work
3. training tO enable students
to become licensed engineers
4. a graduate program to bring
new research to the attention of
engineers already practicing. •
Both preliminary reports con
tained general reactions of the
special reporting committees ap
pointed by the two colleges.
Each-college has been asked to
submit evaluations and additions
to the preliminary -report of the
Senate committee. All -final re
ports from the colleges are ex
pected by the end of next semes-1
-ter. 1
Timetabie Error
Lists 1955 Dates
Scheduling Officer Ra y V.
Watkins announced yesterday
that the spring semester sched
uling timetables, which are on
sale in the basement of Wil
lard, mistakenly contain a cal
endar for the year 1955 instead
of 1954.
The mistake has caused great
consternation among students
and facultY. Watkins said.
The calendar should be:
Feb. 3-6 Spring semester
registration and orientation.
Feb. 8 Spring semester
classes begin 8 a.m.
April 3 Mid -semester be
low-grades due
April 14 —' Spring recess be-
gins 11:50 a.m.
April 21 —.Spring recess ends
1:10 p.m.
May 29 Spring semester
classes end 11:50 a.m.
May 29 Spring semester ex
aminations begin 1:20. pm.
June 6 Baccalaureate. day
June 7 Spring semester ends
12:30 p.m.
June 7 Commencement day
President Eisenhower asked for
1
ne w • recommendations on a
training program while selec
tive service continued, with
view to creating a pool of
trained reservists. They would
be called, in another emer
gency, ahead of veterans of
World War II and the Korean
War.
The commission said selective
service can operate the draft and
training' simultaneously for as
long as necessary. And then it
noted:
"While selecting some men for
six months' training and others
for t w o years' service by lot
would not yield absolute equality
of duty, it would correct the pre
sent unfairne , . to veterans. In
event of emergency, men with
months! training would be re
called ahead of the -vdterans, - and
non-veterans as well as veterans
would hdve.a total eight-,year mil
itary _ obligation,. As long. as in-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY. MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1953
The report of the College of
Engineering an d Architecture
was a preliminary restatement of
what the objectives of the Uni
versity should include, Eric A.
Walker, college dean, reported. A
further report of objectives will
be completed by the end of the
week, Dean Walker said.
The purpose of the Senate com
mittee on educational . policy is to
set down in writing an educa
tional philosophy for the Univer-i
(Continued on, page eight)
ductions for service must con
tinue, a perfect fairness is not
possible, since selective standards
for service continue to be neces
sary."
At another point, it said that
"if absolute fairness in military
?)'icy means absolute equality
of treatment, absolute fairness
would be the adoption of uni
versal military service, two
years' service for all young
'men. If all able-bodied young
men were called for two years'
service, th e result would be
standing armed forces much
larger than the, nation needs at
this time —in other words, a
waste of American manpower
and money."
Last Friday Secretary of -De
fense Wilson disclosed the draft
call for next February would be
cut to 18;000. This win - be the
Itykvest since June, ID:i2, and will
compare with the. 23,000 called up
.monthly sance last July;
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An explanation of the new spring semester class schedules,
and reasons for the system's change, were given yesterday by
Ray V. Watkins, University scheduling officer.
Registration for the spring semester will begin 8 a.m.
Feb. 3, and continue through Feb. 6.
Under the new system, eight
class sequences have been sched
uled for Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday. Four sequences have ,been
scheduled. for Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday. Both Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons were left
open.
Tuesday .and Thursday after
noons will be used to schedule
fourth and fifth hours of classes,
laboratories, and single and two
hour classes, Watkins said.
Army Common Hour
Common hour for all sections
of the Arm y Reserve Officers'
Training Corps has been moved
from Friday to Thursday at 4 p.m.
Common hour for Air ROTC will
remain at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Three reasons given for the ad
dition of more Saturday classes
to the new schedule were greater
utilization of room space, further
ance
.of the academic program,
and creation and furtherance of
greater "university atmosphere"
c.n campus.
Five-day Week Insufficient
Watkins stated that the five
day week was found to be in
sufficient for faculty program
ming. The use of Saturday morn
.of the .sequences
will distribute classes more even
ly through the week, he said.
Greater "university atmosphere"
is also being furthered during the
eekends by Recreation Hall re
maining open Sunday evenings
and movies sponsored by the Dean
of Men's Office in 119 Osmond
Sundays; he added.
Students Cautioned
Each student has b3en cau
tioned to pay fees in time to re
port to• Recreation, Hall on sched
ule. Similar to the practice last
semester, each student must reg
ister for himself.
New features of the spring se
mester timetable include the
spring semester calendar, a di
rectory of departments, a list of
administrative offices, listing of
the correct abbreviation. of a
course following the course name
and number, and the elinlination
of a back cover.
Dam. ged Lays
To Be Closed
Because damage estimated at
several thousand dollars wa s
caused by vandals' damage to
West Dorm area lavatories, a new
policy concerning repair of such
damages has been announced by
Otto W. Mueller, director of hous
ing,
Any lavatory which is damaged
will be closed until repair is com
pleted, Mueller ,said. Two lava
tories in A and B levels Hamilton
Hall were closed Tuesday after
vandals broke off 'shower heads,
flooding areas between the walls
in the dorm, James W. Dean, as
sistant to the dean of men in,
2harge of independent affairs, has
-announced.
At least one student's room was
badly flooded, Dean added.
_library Mitten Tree
Aids Needy Children
More than 40 pairs of mittens
:lecorate the mitten tree, spon
sored by the Association fo r
Childhood Education Internation
al, on the second floor of thf
Pattee Library.
After the yuletide season, mil
tens will be distributed to needy
children throughout the area. =The
mitten* tree is an annual project
of the ACEI. •
Suggestions
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Prexy Airs
Agriculture
Problems
President Milton S. Eisenhower
aired extension problems in agri
culture in Pennsylvania and dis
cussed the significance of the
name change of the school from
College to University yesterday
afternoon.
The President spOke to agri
culture and home economics ex
tension representatives and coun
ty agents from Pennsylvania and
faculty members at the opening
meetings of the Annual Agricul
ture Extension Service Conference
being held this week.
Daily Meetings Held
Daily meetings, beginning at
9 a.m. and continuing until 4 p.m.,
are being held with the repre
sentatives from 67 countries and
faculty members in 110 EE. The
conference will ' continue until
Friday.
The — daily — rneetings — and.
grains, under the supervision of
. I. Albrect, Agriculture Exten
sion Service director, are aimed
at special training for the approxi
mately 300 memers attending.
The Ag Hill coffee hour, spon
sored by the Agriculture Student
Council, will be held for the con
ference representatives from 3:30
to 5:30 p.m. today in the Stock
Pavilion.
Coffee . Hour Tonight
The College of Home Economics
will hold a coffee hour for the
home economics extension rep
resentatives at 7 tonight at the
Home Ec Living Center.
Appearing on the program for
the conference are: Dr. C. M. Fer
guson, director of the Federal
Ex.tension Service in Washington;
K. F. Warner of the Extension's
Education and Training Division
in the Federal Department; Dr.
E. W. Alton, Director of the 4-H
Club and the YMW of the Federal
Extension Service; and J. Roger
Doas, public relations representa
tive from New York.
Weatherman Sees
Snow for Area
More and wetter weather is on
its way to the area. Naturally.
Vacation starts in four days.
Cold and blustery weather was
predicted yesterday, with light
snow a distinct possibility.
Temperatures will droop to the
low 20's or high teens tonight.
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