, sr, . ,s, Seating Plan . . Weather— 7' ~ '. , t Wind . Colder 4 Repairs— Possible Snow See Page 4 . . VOL.' 54, No. .66 Red War Prisoners Cause New Dilemma PANMUNJOM, Thursday, Jan. 7 (R)—The Indian Command to day faced a new dilemma in the critical issue of what to do with 22,000 anti-Communist inisoners of war after Jan. 22. Apparently the Communists ignored the Indian request to give their views on the issue by Wednesday midnight. The United Nations Command already had told India it would insist on release of pris oners as provided in the truce Music Students Will Present First Recital The first student recital of the semester will be presented by music majors from 7 to 8 p.m. to morrow in 117 Carnegie. Roy Clark will play two pre ludes and fugues from Book I of the Well-tempered Clavichord by Bach. Two preludes from Book II by. Debussy will be played by Ger ald Miller. Stanley Michalski will play the Mozart C Major Sonata K 330. Brahms G. Minor Rhapsody will be played by Jeanee Duvoisin. Arias from Handel and Rossini will be sung by James Madenfort. Delores Secrist will play the *Mo zart •D Minor Fantasia K 397. The program will be open to the public. Tribunal Tables Counselor-Issue Tribunal postponed fin al ap proval of applicants for positions of tribunal counselors at its Tues day meeting. No further action will be taken Until the next meet ing, when those who have al ready applied and all those who wish to apply will appear before the group. Thomas Farrell, Tribunal chair man, listed the names of the four people who have already applied. They are Thomas Kidd, fifth se mester education major; James Dunlap, seventh semester arts and letters major; Richard Mer cer, fifth semester business educa tion -m a j o r; and Gilbert Offen hartz, seventh semester arts and letters major. Reception Room Conversion Begun Work has started on the con version of 201 Old Main into a reception room for the Office of the President, Walter H. Wie gand, director of the University Physical Plant, said Monday. New lighting will be installed in the room previously used as. a meeting room for faculty, admin istration, and student groups. A. new conference room ,was created in the - second Old Main lounge. The room will probably be opened within two weeks, Wiegand said. Student Fined $l3 For Littering Farm John Reese, fifth semester pre medical major, has been fined $13.05 for throwing rubbish on private property, Justice of the Peace Guy Mills yesterday said. Reese pleaded guilty bef or e Mills after being arrested by State Police Tuesday. Reese . was fined $5 plus $8.05 costs. Mills said Reese had violated the State Pe nal Code, which lists a maximum fine of $5O for the offense. The rubbish, had been dumped on a farm. Police said Reese threw the rubbish on the property Dec. 16. Crawford Elected AIM- Secretary Forrest Crawford, first semester physics major, has been elected secretary of the Association of Independent Men Board of Gov ernors. It was earlier reported that James McDowell, fifth se mester mechanical engineering major,. had been elected, STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1954 agreement. As the showdown date of Jan. 23 neared, Gen. Maxwell D. Tay lor, Bth Army commander, in a statement warned restive South Korea against taking any armed action against India's custodial forces to effect release of the pris oners. Young Continues Negotiations While India was seeking a sol ution to the prisoner problem, Kenneth Young of the T.T.S. State Department continued secret ne gotiations through neutral inter mediaries for a resumption of pre liminary peace talks. Young said he and the Communists "are still feeling around." In Washington Assistant Secre tary of State Walter S. Robert son, just back from a trip to Ko rea, told reporters he thought "the negotiations will get going again." The prisoner of war problem grew more sensitive last Thurs day when 135 Chinese asked re patriation, to Red China during a head count conducted by the In dians on their own initiative. Reds Protest Count Both the Communists and South Korea protested bitterly. The Reds charged that the head count would jeopardise their demands for re patriation interviews. Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai of South Korea called the Indians "armed Communist explainers" who forced the prisoners to return to the Communists. At the same time, South Korean officials hinted at armed action against the Indians. This prompted Taylor's sharp warning that the UNC would discharge its "full re sponsibilities" to guarantee the safety of the Indian troops and of the prisoners of war. . Pyun was not available for com ment on Taylor's statement, but he had said earlier that his gov ernment planned no .action to re lease the prisoners. Ticket Plan Unpopular in Poll By BEV DICKINSON Eight of 12 students questioned by the Inquiring Reporter said they did not approve of the Rec reation Hall ticket exchange plan. Of the more than 50 students questioned .by the Inquiring Re porter, only 12 ventured to give an answer. Others confessed to their lack of knowledge of the seating plan. The plan, which went into ef fect for the first time last night at the Penn State-Syracuse bas ketball garne t was adopted to give townspeople and faculty access to athletic events in Rec Hall. Under the plan, because students are re quired to exchange their Athletic Association tickets for ' another ticket, the association is able to know how many seats are avail able for the public and can sell them accordingly. Here are answers *of the 12 stu dents who took a definite stand when asked, "What do you think of the ticket exchange plan?" The reporter believes the answers serve to represent at least a por tion of the student body. Shelia Craig, fifth semester home economics major: "I don't think, it's a very good idea because so many people don't decide until the last minute that they'd like to see the game, thus destroying the real cause of the plan. There must be another way that would be more convenient to both stu dents and faculty." Thomas Brasher, fifth semester business administration major: "I FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Disciplinary Suggestion Explained A spokesman for the Senate committee on student affairs re vealed yesterday the group be lieves more students should be in cluded on a subcommittee of the Senate committee to hear cases of group discipline.. This proposed committee would handle all disci plinary cases involving organized groups connected with the Uni versity. The statement came in clarifi cation of a counterproposal of the Senate committee to All-College Cabinet's recommendation. Cab inet had suggested the subcom mittee on social affairs handle suggested disciplinary problems rather than the full Senate com mittee on student affairs. The original suggestion came from the student encampment at Mont Alto this fall. The Senat e counterproposal wou l d establish a disciplinary subcommittee of the Senate com mittee composed of five faculty and staff members and three stu dents. Membership would vary according:to . the case being con sidered, though the five to three ratio would remain. The counterproposal will be re viewed by cabinet next Thursday. It was introduced and then tabled for further study by cabinet at the last meeting of the group. Both cabinet and the Senate committee also agreed, the spokes man said, on the desirability of having the full Senate commit tee on student affairs concern it self with = constructive program ming and not disciplinary cases. The full Senate committee now reviews discipline cases, with the recommendtaions of Tribunal or the Dean of Men's office. O'Brien Named to Post Joseph F. O'Brien, professor of public speaking, ha s been ap pointed chairman of the commit tee on problems in parliamentary procedure of the Speech Associa tion of America at meetings held recently in New York. Ali-College Cabinet All-College Cabinet will not meet tonight. don't think it's good because the method is such that it will most probably cause a lot of students to not bother going to the ath letic event." Joseph Figlio, first semester me chanical engineering major; "Not a• very good idea at all. Each and every individual should be able to go to events at any time and not be asked to plan ahead of time. If this exchange plan is kept going, a definite time and place for exchanging tickets should be in effect." Joan Shierson, fifth semester English composition major: "The original purpose of the plan was to. benefit the students by giving them first choice on seats at Rec Hall, the unclaimed ones going to the townspeople. As far as I can see, the students who want to attend the games can still do so. A trip to the Student Union is no inconvenience when you realize the plan was devised as an attempt to satisfy the student body." Beverly Fish, first semester sec ondary education major: "I think it's a good idea because a lot of kids lose their AA books at games and this certainly, will eliminate that problem." Arliss Kemp, seventh semester liberal arts major: "I don't like this new system because I don't think the public is entitled to see games in Rec Hall." Charles Turner, fifth semester business major: "This new system is unfair because the , students Townspeople See Ist Game In Seven Years For the first time since 1947 townspeople, alumni, and faculty members witnessed a basketball game last night in Recreation Hall. Edward M. Czekaj, assistant business manager of ath letics, said that only about 40 tickets were sold before the ticket booth in Rec Hall opened at 7 p.m. The price of tickets sold to the public is 90 cents for single event programs and $l.BO for double event programs. The tickets sold to the public are of a different color than those given to stu dents. Tickets at AA Office Approximately 2500 exchange tickets were issued to students before last night's game. Czekaj noted that students were still According to figures released by Czekaj there were 2348 per sons at the Syracuse-Penn State basketball game last night. Al together, about 3000 exchange tickets were issued to students; however, only 2135 attended the game. Czekaj said that this brought to light the fact that many of the students who obtained tick ets did not show up. He added that last night's statistics did not prove much, since the game was not well attended and no real seating problem existed. Two hundred and sixteen stu dents picked up tickets at the ticket booth in Recreation Hall just before game time.. A total of about 60 tickets was sold to the public, Czekaj said. coming to the Athletic Associa tion office in Old Main with more than. one AA book. Czekaj has asked that students pick up their tickets individually rather than send someone to get them for them. He has also asked that students get their tickets at the AA office instead of waiting until they go up to the game. If students cooperate in this manner the plan will have a good chance to by a success, Czekaj said. - Rec Hall Not Filled A last-minute rush to get tick ets at Rec Hall was expected by Czekaj because of the low num- (Continued on page eight) have purchased the Athletic As sociation tickets for the athletic events and just because they are not used does not mean that the University has •any right to sell them a second time." Judith Novins, fourth semester English literature major: "I think the new seating plan is pretty good in that it gives everyone a chance to see the game if they so desire." Robin Eiche, eighth semester English literature major: "I think this new system is unfair. All students are forced to buy AA books whether they want to or not. Therefore I think that every one should be given every oppor tunity to fill Recreation Hall for the games." Walter Lowman, fourth semes ter political science major: "This new system of seating in Rec Hall backed by Dean McCoy is going to cause a great deal of incon venience to the students. Many houses are planning a new pledge duty of picking up tickets for thegames." William Hall, special student in liberal arts: "On the face of it, it seems to be an improvement and a nice gesture to faculty and townspeople. If there are empty seats, why not let the public buy them?" Alice Murray, seventh semester mathematics major: "As the setup is now, I can see no advantages for townspeople because students can still exchange their AA books until game time." Dean Requests Establishment Of Quiet Hours Meetings of all dormitory units to establish quiet hours during final examinations have been re quested by James W. Dean, as sistant to the dean of men in charge of independent affairs, in a letter to resident graduate coun selors and dormitory presidents and officers. A 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. quiet hour period with a determined one hour for a "break and relaxation" is the fundamental rule govern ing study habits and quiet hours to be agreed upon before examin ations •begin, Dean said. At the meeting, Dean asked the units to establish a "workable quiet hour plan" and to post the agreement reached at this meet ing in the area for residents to see and read. Violations of this rule during the examination period, De a n said, should be reported to the resident counselor. Serious viola tion cases, he added, are to be referred to the Dean of Men's office for action. Fall semester examinations be gin at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 16 and con tinue until 12:30 p.m. Jan. 27. Timetables Are Still Available Scheduling timetables for the spring semester are still on sale for 20 cents in the Scheduling of fice, basement of Willard Hall. Registration for the 'spring se mester will start at 8 a.m. Feb. 3 for juniors and seniors. Freshmen and sophomores will begin regis tering at 10 a.m. Feb. 4 and will continue through Feb. 6. Alpha betical listings for registration are printed in the timetables. Students have been requested to pay fees at the Bursar's office, basement of Willard Hall, as soon as possible to avoid inconvenience and delay at Recreation Hall. Fee payment may be made by mail or in person. Gilbert's Condition Remains Unchanged There was on change in the condition of Harold R. Gilbert, assistant director of athletics, members of his family reported yesterday. Gilbert became ill while attending church services Sunday. He has been confined to his bed at home since that time. 'Dean Weston in Hospital Pearl 0. Weston, dean of wom en, is a patient in Mercy Hospi tal, Pittsburgh, where she is re covering from a surgical opera tion. She was admitted to the hos pital Thursday. 200 Donors Sought For Bloodmobile Visit State College Junior Cham ber of Commerce is looking for approximately 200 blood do nors for Ike visit of the Amer ican Red Cross Bloodmobile Tuesday. Volunteers may call Red Cross headquarters, State College 3162. FIVE CENTS
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