Drop in the Bucket LI'L COAL SCUTTLE is just the right size for "carrying home the bacon," agree Interfraternity council president Thomas Schott and Edward 0. Pollock, assistant to the dean of men, in charge of fraternity affairs. The trophy, presented to the winner of the annual Pitt-Penn State game, is on display in the Dean of Men's Office: This is the second year the traditional scuttle was won by the University. Wpfivi Reports Reports that broadcasts by, campus radio station WDFM are causing wide-spread interference with local television reception were apparently discredited yesterday, after a spot survey of borough television dealers and set owners by the Daily Collegian Two dealers reported no comp Rushing Booklet Now Available To Students The. 1953-54 Interfra ter nit y Council rushing magazine ha s been completed and is now avail able f Tom resident dormitory counselors and the Dean of Men's office, 109 Old Main. Bruce Coble, chairman of the IFC rushing committee, said stu dents interested in joining frater nities will also ge t preference cards on which they may indi cate flaternities in which they are interested. The magazine lists and pictures the 50 active fraternities at the University and gives an indica tion of costs, pledge training and duties, benefits, and social affairs, It also mentions outstanding fra ternity men,' explains the work ings and activities of the IFC, and introduces IFC officers. IFC expects to hold its second open house Jan. 10,- Coble said. This is a time when any student may go to any house and meet the -members and see the frater nity fr o m the inside, he ex plained. Tanner' Magazine Available Today The Penn State Farmer, pub: lished bi-monthly by the Agricul ture Student Council, 'will be available to agricultural- students today in Agriculture Building. Featured in the issue are two articles, "Are You Sure You Live in. a Community?" and "Christ mas Tree Planting in Pennsyl vania." Applications Available Applications for the National Teacher Examintion Feb. 13 at the University are now available in 8 Burrowes. Dr. Hugh M. Dav idson, professor of educational re search, will administer the exam ination. TODAY'S WEATHER COLD WITH ~t~ +t LIKELY Interference Discredited By DON SHOEMAKER laints at all. Another had received two reports from people , living in the eastern part of town who complained of a herring-bcine in terference which cleared after 10:30 p.m. WDFM signs off at 10:30: A third said that although he had no specific complaints, he had noticed a herring-bone pat tern within the past few days. He said, however, he could not definitely attribute the interfer ence to the radio station. One dealer, , however, 'said he had received more than 10.0 com plaints from people who claimed the station was causing interfer ence. Phone calls to several bor ough residents - yesterday, after noon revealed "no more trouble than usual". with reception. According to one dealer, the in terference pertained entirely to the Johnstown station which broadcasts on channel ten. No in terference was reported with the Altoona station on channel six. One dealer said this could be because the Johnstown station does not' broadcast a signal strong enough to overcome the normal amount of local interference. David R. Mackey, faculty man acrer of WDFM, said yesterday the Federal Communications Commis sion did not consider State Col lege within the Johnstown service area. This was supported by a lo cal dealer, who added, however, that some sections of town could receive a very strong signal from Johnstown. Ike Wants Secrets Shared With Allies Secretary of Defense Wilson said today the Eisenhower administration wants the McMahon Act amended so the Atlantic .Allies may share in some American secrets on atomic defense. And he left open the possibility they may share also in atomic weapons from the growing U.S. arsenal. The secretary spoke before the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council. Officials who at tended the session said Wilson reported President Eisenhower wanted Congress to permit the Penta- gon to share "pertinent informa tion" on atomic weapons with the • Allies in the near future. His statement came as the for eign, defense and finance mini sters of the 14-nation alliance ap proved a 25 per cent increase in NATO strength in the coming year, with a five per cent boost in ground, forces and a"l5 per cent increase in naval forces. • Any move by Washington to share its knowledge on the use of atomic weapons would require an amendment to the McMahon Act, which confines U.S. atomic know how to American officials. In Washington, the White House had no comment on • Wilson's statement. Press Secretary James C.'Hagerty said news reports were the first word he had of the pro Ti illattg VOL. 54, No. 61 STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 16, 1953 FIVE CENTS $915,000 Granted To University Lab Congress approved a grant of $915,000 to the University yesterday to complete the sec ond floor of the Ordinance Research Laboratory near Atherton street. The laboratory is doing electronics research for the Navy. The grant was part of a $268.6 million release of funds frozen by Congress in the last session because it was not spent during the period for which it was appropriated. The money will be used for military construction in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Delaware. Sinclair Places 4th In Debate Benjamin Sinclair, fifth semes ter arts and letters major ; placed fourth out of 100 speakers in•the Pittsburgh cross- examination tournament last weekend in Pitts burgh. Unofficial results for the men's debate team show that Philip Greenburg and Sinclair won over Allegheny College, Albany State Teachers College, University of Pittsburgh, and Grove City Col lege. The • team lost to Cornell University. The negative A team, composed of David Meckler and Donald Preipstein, defeated Mt. Mercy College and Edinboro State Teachers College, and lost to Memphis State College, Univer sity of Pittsburgh, and the Col lege of Wooster. The affirmative B team of Thomas Farrell and Sidney Gold blatt won over Houghton College, Allegheny College, and Grove City College, but lost to Dickinson College • and the University of Pittsburgh. The negative B team of Ronald Lenchand and Arthur Greenstein beat Grove' City College and Al bany State Teachers College. They lost to Cornell University, the University •of Pittsburgh, and Allegheny College. Case Institute of Technology, as the negative winner of the tourn ament, met Oxford University in a feature debate. LA Name Contest Deadline Today Today is the last day students may submit an entry to the Lib eral Arts magazine name contest. Five dollars will be awarded for the title selected as the perman ent name of the magazine. Entries may be sent to Jane Reber, 532 E. Foster avenue, State College. The winner will be • an nounced after Christmas vacation. The first issue of the magazine will be published in January.' posal Wilson mentioned. Wilson tied no specific strings to his promise, but his references to Congress made it clear to other ministers that the European army treaty would have to be put into operation before the American representatives would approve such a step. A NATO spokesman said Wilson did not place any condition or deadline for other action such as ratification of the army treaty, but 'added: "We have to- face the political facts of life." Other developments during, the day: 1, Gen Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme commander of NATO forces' in Europe, told the Coun cil the American all-jet 847 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE The University is do in g re search work for all departments of defense, reported Eric A. Walk er, dean of the College of Engi neering and Architecture. The funds were requested at the outbreak of the Korean War when the government asked the University to undertake new re search and increase its staff, he said. Since then, he added, the' University has used the rear of the Pollock Union Building for the work. The new second' floor of the Ordinance Research Laboratory will be used for the research now located in the PUB. The restricted work is connected with electron ics research in underwater ordi nance. Details of the project were not disclosed. No official word had been re ceived by the University yester day regarding the appropriation. The Associated Press wire service carried the story with a Washing ton dateline. Plans for the second floor addi tion call for 20,000 square feet of office and laboratory space to be added to the building. The pre sent structure was built in 1945. The House appropriations com mittee approved release of the $268.6 million when members of the Department of Defense pre sented a list of specific construc tion projects that were needed. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.), chairman of the Senate armed services appropriations subcom mittee, okayed use of the money„ He had notified members of his committee last week of the House committee action, and no protests or objections were raised. The Department. of the Army received $43.2 million, the Navy $68.9 million, and the Air Force $156.5 million. All the research for which the money was appropriated was in the. restricted category. Appro priations varied from a low of $75,000 to the Air Defense Com mand at the Greater l'ittsburgrh Airport, Coraopolis, Penna., to a high of $l6 million to the military air transport at Dover, Del. No details, of the projects involved were isclosed. • PSCA Yuie Service The Rev. Luther H. Harshbar ger, University chaplain, , will conduct a special Christmas wor ship service at 7 tonight at the Penn State Christian Association Assembly in. 304 Old Main. Refreshments will be served. bombers, built to carry the atom bomb, can outrace and outmaneu ver present and known Russian fighters and interceptors. 2. Five manufacturing nations— the United States, Canada, Brit ain, France, and Belgium—an nounced agreement to standardize small arms ammunition to the American 3-caliber cartridge as the first step to the adoption of standard army weapons for NATO troops. 3. Belgian For ei g n Minister Paul van Zeeland called on Brit ain to become, in effect, an as sociated member of the European Defense Community in . order to facilitate the army treaty's rati fication in reluctant parliaments in France and Italy. Tottrgiatt Newsletter Features Fee Poll A poll on proposed fee - increases is featured in the fall semester Graduate School Newsletter be ing distributed today. Graduate students are asked, to give their opinion on three pro posals: a fee increase of $lO per semester to entitle graduate stu dents to Athletic Association books, a fee increase of $1 to en title them to copies of the Daily Collegian, and retention of the status quo. The forms are to be filled out and returned by Saturday to ei ther the offices of the deans of the nine colleges or to the office of Harold K. Schilling, dean of the Graduate school. This semester, graduate stu dents were issued AA books at registration, but these were later recalled and they were, given sea son football tickets. According to the AA office, these tickets will also entitle graduate students to admission to all home sporting events this se mester. Graduate students will not be issued AA books or tickets for the spring semester. Other items in this issue of the newsletter include a feature story on Gene Love, council president, and the first photographs ever used in the newsletter. Vacation Housing . Registration Due Men who plan to remain on campus during the Christmas va cation must register in the Dean of Men's office by tomorrow, James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men in charge of inde pendent affairs, has announced. The men will probably be housed in one of the cottages, Dean said. A charge of 75 cents per night will be made. Men can not stay on campus unless they sign the list, he said. Campus dormitories will close during va cation, Otto W. Mueller, director of housing, has announced. Moore Named to Group J. Herbert Moore, assistant pro fessor of civil engineering, has been appointed to membership on the Anicrican Concrete Institute committee 325—structural design of concrete pavements for high ways and airports. a f i ty Mt o a . 3 ni t I 1 a olosse - LWIOII4. N eRE P SHOP. IN STATE COLLEGE
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