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VOL. 54, No. 65
Recess Cuts
To. Remain
Unpublished
Students absent from classei in
the College of the Liberal Arts
immediately before and a f ter
Christmas vacation will not face
any disciplinary action, Richard
C. Maloney, assistant dean, said
yesterday.
Absentee lists will be given to
the dean's office for use in com
piling statistics to determine fu
ture action on cuts.
Official figures on the cuts
have not yet been released.
The Registrar's office ended
cut tabulations on Dec. 9. C. 0.
Williams, dean of admissions, said
enough information was available
for the Senate to take final ac
tion at that time.
The College of the Liberal Arts
had the highest percentage of ab
sences preceding and following
last Easter vacation; according to
Senate tabulations; Of the 9878
stu dents taking liberal art
courses, 24.9 per cent were ab
sent, including 1491 unexcused
students.
Before the Easter vacation, 19.1
per cent of the students missed
classes, and 8.6 per cent missed
classes following vacation.
Ben Euwema, dean of the Col
lege of the Liberal Arts, asked
department heads on Dec.' 11 in
the college to collect a complete
list of absentees for each class
immediately preceding and fol
lowing the Christmas vacation.
The liberal arts list was com
piled because the College's ad
ministration .wanted,, more infor
mation regarding the, problem of
vacation absences. The list was
to be used to determine any fu
ture action, Maloney said.
Gilbert Shows
No Change
The condition of Harold R. Gil
bert, assistant director of ath
letics, was unchanged yesterday,
according to his office. Gilbert
'was stricken ill Sunday morning
while attend church services in
State College.
Members of his family reported
results of a. cardiogram taken
earlier reveal Gilbert's illness is
not the result of a heart condition
Gilbert was recently named
chairman of the finance commit
tee of the Eastern College Confer
ence. He is credited with devising
the system by which the group
hopes : to achieve a sounder fi
nancial basis for this year.
Art Shows Begin
Today,. Tomorrow
Art exhibits will begin today
and tomorrow an d continue
through Jan. 20 in the lounges of
McElwain and Simmons Halls.
Both exhibits are - open to the pub
lic.
Watercolors, oils, and drawings
by University students will be
displayed in McElwain from 8 p.m.
to 10 p.m. tomorrow. The exhibit
is sponsored by Pi Gamma Alpha,
fine arts; and Scarab, architecture,
societies. •
Paintings and drawings by Sy
bil D. Emerson, associate profes
sor of art education, will be placed
on exhibition from 8 to 10 tonight
in Simmons. Miss Emerson has
been affiliated with the Univer
sity for :the past ten years.
WDFM to Program
Music During Finals
The last regular day of pro
gramming for Station WDFM
for the remainder of the se
mester will be Jan. 15, accord
ing. to John Price;. assistant
general
,manager.
During final examinations,
the' station will program only
classical and semi-classical mu
sic. Broadcasting will recess
from Tam 27, until Feb. 3.
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Ticket Exchange
JAMES SPONSLER, third semester home economics student,
stands at the Athletic Association window in Old Main, waiting to
exchange his AA book ticket for a ticket which will admit him to
the basketball game in Recreation Hall tonight. Students stood in
lines which often reached the main lobby of the building.
Cooperation Urged
For Seating Plan
Edward M. Czekaj, assistant business manager of athletics, yes
terday called for student cooperation in connection with the new
Recreation Hall seating plan. . He said he felt the plan might be de
stroyed unless proper i cooperition is received from the student body.
Two faults in the setup which might weaken the plan were
stressed by Czekaj. One of the
sore spots, he said, is that several
students came to the Athletic As
sociation office in Old Main yes
terday with AA books from
friends and/or fraternity broth
ers.
Gym Meet TV
To Be on Film
Televising of th e gymnastic
meet between Penn State's na
tional collegiate champions and
the Swedish national gymnastic
squad Jan. 16 at the University
will be by film, and not by live
telecast, according to James Coo
gan, assistant director of Public
Information. •
Coogan said the meet will be
filmed• by Tel Ra Productions,
Philadelphia, and the film will be
edited to a two •to five minute
telecast of the' highlights to be
used on sportsreels throughout
the nation.
This procedure has been used
for several years to telecast parts
of the' University football games,
Coogan said.
The only television station near
enough to make live telecasts
from the University is WFBG
TV at Altoona, and the station
lacks necessary equipment, he
explained.
McCarthy Denies Probe Curtailments
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (11 ) )
Sen. McCarthy (R.-Wis.) today
brushed aside reports of adminis
tration pressure to curtail his
Red-hunting probes and served
notice he hopes to make Com
munists "bleed very badly" in
1954.
The Wisconsin senator said no
body in the administration "from
President Eisenhower on down"
has asked him to abandon his in
vestigations of alleged Commu
nists.
McCarthy said he expects some
senators will try to curb congres
sional investigations "especially
where treason is concerned." He
said, however, his Senate Investi
gations subcommittee "will con
tinue roughly in the future as it
has in the past."
"When we find a Communist or
an espionage agent in the govern
ment or. in. a defense installation,
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1954
FOR A BETTER PENN STA
None of these students was
turned away yesterday, Czekaj
Record dances will not be
held in ecreation Hall follow
ing athletic events +his year,
Raymond M. Conger, associate
professor of physical education,
said yesterday. The dances
which were held lasi year were
unsuccessful and as a result the
idea has been dropped, Conger
said.
said; however, he added that he
felt 'many of the students who
were having friends get tickets
for them probably would not at--
tend tonight's game. Czekaj said
that -this would result in an in
accurate count in the number of
students who would be attending
the game and in turn would re
duce the number of tickets that
he would be able to place on sale
to the public.
If students would come individ
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we will expose him. Period," the a study of what he called some
senator told newsmen. unusual tax settlements by the
Declaring he expects no con- Internal Revenue Bureau.
test with other committees in the The latter field has been a mat
matter of investigations, McCar- ter of particular interest to Sen.
thy said: John J. Williams (R.-Del.).
"There was such a vast amount Long a target of criticism from
of corruption, dishonesty, coin- those who disagree with his in
munism and espionage going on vestigative methods, McCarthy
over the past 20 years it would spoke out against• a background
take 10 committees to give the of the following developments:
public a true picture." 1. At least five major newspa-
McCarthy scoffed at reports he pers published reports t h a t the
had yielded to administration Eisenhower administration has
prodding to shift emphasis from been urging McCarthy to turn his
his Reds-in-government inquiries efforts chiefly to the investiga
to other investigative fields. tion of waste and corruption—rlet
"There -is not a word of truth ting other congressional groups
to it," he said. "Either the report- carry on the task of exposing
er was lying or he was lied to. I subversives.
assume it is most likely the re
porter was being lied to."
His present plans, he said, call
for early renewal of his search
for Red spying on radar secrets
at-Ft. Monmouth, N.T.,..and then
Senate to Air
Spring
Permissions
Late permissions for women during Spring Week will be
reconsidered by the Senate committee on student affairs
when Women's Student Government Association has sub
mitted recommendations, Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of
student affairs, has reported.
A recommendation seeking four
12 o'clock permissions for the
carnival was sent Monday to the
committee, Barbara alerts, acting
president of WSGA, said. A mis
understanding between the com
mittee and WSGA was reported
to have caused' the delay in the
submitting of recommendations
by WSGA.
The committee had stated ear
lier in the year that women would
have optional late permissions for
Spring Week. This action was ta
ken, Kenworthy said, in - the ab
sence of recommendations from
WSGA. Late permissions were
not considered necessary by the
committee, he said.
Four 12 O'Clocks
Miss Werts said the Senate
committee had told WSGA there
would be no late permissions for
this week. A vote had been taken
by WSGA last fall to recommend
the 12 o'clocks.
A misunderstanding that sug
gestions of WSGA would not be
considered by the committee
caused the delay in submitting
recommendations, Miss Werts ad
ded.
George Richards, chairman of
the Spring Week committee,- said
there was a real need for late
permissions: for the . carnival . to
function effectively and success
fully. The carnival must close ap
proximately one half hour before
the women leave, and an early
closing would surely cut down
gate receipts, he said.
Profits for Scholarship
Proceeds above the operating
costs of the carnival go to the
Penn State Student Scholarship
fund. About $2500 was added to
the - fund from the profits of last
year's carnival, Richards added.
The fund is distributed by the
Senate committee on scholarships
on the basis of need.
The carnival was the first fea
ture of _Spring Week to be es
tablished five years ago by All-
College• Cabinet. The week now
includes the Mad Hatter's Parade
and the He-Man contest.
Prexy .to Be Speaker
At Ed Convocation
President Milton S. Eisenhow
er will be the principal speaker
at an eductaional convocation
April 1 at Western Michigan Col
lege, Kalamazoo, Mich.
The convocation will assemble
educators from the Midwest who
will participate in the 50th anni
versary celebration of the college.
The theme of the conclave will
be "The Teaching Profe ssi o n
Comes of Age, 1904-1954."
2. Sen. Ellender (D.-La.) told
newsmen he will ask the Senate
to cut the McCarthy subcommit
tee's 1953 spending budget of
$200,000 "down to size" for the
new-- year.
Week
AFROTC Test
Scores to Be
Available Soon
Results of the eight-hour Air
Force officers' qualifying test
given to sophomores Dec. 5 will
be r e ad y within the next two
weeks, Lt. Col. Jack W. Dieterle,
professor of air science and tac
tics, has announced.
The examination, which will be
used as a qualifying factor in the
screening of students for advanced
AROTC, contained nine parts
five for testing aptitudes and four
for testing student interests.
Tests in aptitudes included the
pilot composite test measuring po
tential ability as a pilot; officer
composite testing potential offi
cer and learning ability; verbal
composite, ability to succeed in
training for verbal skills.
Observer technical composite,
for predicting success in training
in mathematical, scientific, and
mechanical. skills; and the quan
titative composite, for predicting
success , • in. , training, - involving
mathematics and computation..'
The four remaining parts of the
test provided for a study of the
student's interest in flying, ad
ministration, psychological war
fare, and technical fields.
The last part of the exam was
a quantitative interest test in
volving such fields as supply, fi
nancing, and statistics.
Fire Violator
Faces Penalty
Office probation was recom
mended for a fifth semester chem
ical engineering major by the
Association. of Independent Men's
Judicial Board of Review Mon
day night for igniting a fire in a
Nittany dormitory- waste pap e r
basket.
The. student admitted setting
the blaze, but told the board he
believed the blaze had been. ex
tinguished. The basket was re
moved from the dormitory when
it blazed, a report from Dean of
Men's office said.
Office probation means a rec
ord of the offense is not placed
upon th e student's permanent
record unless he commits another
offense before the end of the dis
ciplinary period. Final apprOval
must be given by the dean of
men before the punishment goes
into effect. The period of proba
tion will last until the end of
the spring semester, John Ball,
board chairman, said.
Eng Magazine
On Sale Today
The January issue of the Penn
State Engineer, publication of the
College of Engineering, is now on.
sale.
Featured in the issue is "Foun
dry, A New Science at Penn
State" by John Hahn, and. "Penn
State's Three-Two programs" by
John Kray Jr., which deals with
the plan of giving a student both
a liberal arts and engineering
education.
Bernice Maier, first semester
elementary education major, ki
Engineer girl of the month.
The issue will be on sale until
Friday at the Student Union desk
and at the Corner Room
FIVE CENTS