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
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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.
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