Weather— Snow Flurries - And Cold VOL. 54, No. 67 Recreation. Hail Seating Plan Faces Major Test Tomorrow .The Recreation Hall. seating plan will be put to - its first real test tomorrow night when Penn State's wrestling and basketball teams both see action. Because of the small attendance \at Wednesday night's basketball game the seating plan was not fully tested, Edward M. Czekaj, assistant business manager of athletics, said yesterday Only 2348 persons were present at the Syracuse-Penn State game and therefore no seating problems existed, he said. Rec Hall can seat 5122 persons when the -maxi mum number of • bleachers -is set up on the - main floor. Approximately. 4500 exchange tickets for tomorrow's double event program had been • given to students during the first two days of ticket exchange, Czekaj said. These tickets- may be picked up at the. Athletic Association of fice in. Old - Main until 5 tonight and at the Rec Hall ticket booth after 6:30 p.m. Czekaj has asked that students get their tickets at the AA office rather than at Rec Hall in order to determine how many tickets can be placed on sale to the public. The reason for the hpoor attend ance at Wednesday's game - was not known. Such things as the in clement weather which has re cently prevailed and examinations might have been responsible for the disappointing crowd, Czekaj pointed out. Some 3000 exchange tickets were •handed out before Wednes daY's game; however only about two-thirds:of the students who got tickets were present. The ex act number of students at the game - was 2135. Wednesday marked the first time in seven years townspeople, alumni, and faculty members were admitted to an intercol legiate athletic event in Rec Hall. Approximately 60 • tickets were sold to the public.- Tickets for to morrow's doubleheader go on sale for $l.BO tomorrow from - 8 a.m. to noon at the AA office cand at Rec Hall just before game time, State of Union Message Calls For Strong U.S. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (?P) — President Eisenhower laid before a questionmark Congress today a massive program aimed, he said, at building a,"stronger America." In a 7000-word State of th e Union message, he declared the nation must pursue peace from a position of military and economic' strength, , but is prepared to use atomic weapons if need be "to pre serve our freedom." On the domestic front, his pro posals ranged from revision of farm, labor, social security, hous ing and tax laws to demands for the vote for 18-year-olds and a proposal to strip American citi zenship from Communists convict ed of conspiring, hereafter, to ov erthrow the government by torce. On the ever-lively issue of tax es, he called for postponement of reductions in corporation income and excise levies scheduled - for April 1, but pledged more cuts later as new•economies take effect. Eisenhower held out to the peo ple hopes of more "substantial" social security benefits, "sound" (Continued on page eight) 'Juno' to Play 2d Weekend Players' production of "Juno and the Paycock,'? will be present ed for the second weekend at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow at Cen ter Stage. The three - act tragic ome d y, written by Irish playwright Sean O'Casey, dramatizes• the humor and pathos of a family in disin tegrating ' Dublin. Jeanie Risler will star as Juno Boyle and Sam uel Sdhonley is the Payeock. Tickets are available for $1 at the Student Union desk and at the door of the theater, Hamilton ave nue west of S. Allen street. en & $ 2 0 . e ilding ne i U 0 nion Bu .9 Mill ion Stu .......- , ...... , , By -MIKE FEINSILBER Exactly one year ago t o day President Milton S. Eisenhower stood in a freezing rain on Holmes Field and pushed a shovel through the snow and frozen ground. This was the ground-breaking ceremony for the new student-fi nanced Student Union building. Barring an unforseen delay, students will be enjoying the fa cilities of the $2.9 million struc ture in the fall semester. of 1954. Walter H. Wiegand, director of the physical plant, reported Mon day that construction has been proceeding with "normal, good, progress." Good - weather has helped, Wiegand said. Relatively few days were lost on the con struction because of adverse wea ther. The construction, though, is not adhering to the rigid schedule originally set up, Wiegand re ported. The picture shows progress to date on the eastern wing - of the new structure. ' Student fees—collected for years will finance the building, in part. Plans called for the" construc tion to start three years ago. Then came the Korean war. Accom panying it were building restric tions handed down by the Na tional Production Authority. The. Student U nion building like major construction all over the country—had to wait. Speaking a. the - new • building, 46. r ottl, Donovan to Address Faculty Luncheon Club George L. Donovan, director of the Student Union: willspeak" on "The Faculty in the Student Un ion" at the Faculty Luncheon Club meeting Monday in the Ho tel State College. He will discuss the facilities which will be made available to faculty members by the new Stu dent Union building. A 'question and-answer period will follow his talk. Dr. Eisenhower said at the ground breaking ceremony: "I am sure that no other single facility could contribute so much to a better Penn State." Buoyant student leaders and ad ministration officials, on hand to participate in the brief ceremonY, agreed. The building will contain a large ballroom, a lecture hall, a music room for 'rehearsals, four lounges,• a soda bar, craft rooms, and. a. coffee, shop.: FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1954 Music Majors To Hold First Recital Tonight Music students will present their first recital of the year from 7 to 8 tonight in 117 Carnegie Hall. The program is open to the public. Roy Clark will play two pre ludes and fugues from Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavichord by J. S. B.Ch. Two - preludes from Book II by Claude Debussy will be played by Gerald Miller. The Mozart C. Major Sonata K 330 will be played by Stanley Michalski, and the Brahms G Mi nor Rhapsody by,Jeanee Duvoisin. James Madenfort will sing arias from Handel and Rossini, followed by Delores Secrist playing the Mozart D Minor Fantasia K 397. M - en to Debate Mount Mercy The men's affirmative debating team will be host to the women's team from Mount Mercy College at 7:30 tonight in 121 Sparks. The question for this ' annual meeting of the two teams will be, Resolved: t h.a t the continued movement from the home into industry and professions by wom en does more harm than good. Thomas Farrell and Louis Mar tini, - eighth semester arts and let ters majors, will debate for the University team. This will be the last -intercollegiate debate for both men. The second half of the debate will be held Feb. 8 at Mount mer cy College. mprovement Noted n Gilbert's Condition The condition of Harold R. Gil bert, assistant director of athletics, was reported slightly improved yesterday. Gilbert was taken ill Sunday morning. He has been con fined to his home since that time. .~--~- .. An air-conditioned auditorium accommodating 182 persons will be on the main floor of the struc ture. The building will have thiee floors and a basement. Offices and meeting rooms for student organizations will also be located in the building. ' Craft-rooms to be included will be• a metal shop, a ceramic shop, a wood shop, a general workshop, a drawing room, and a designing room. The Penn State Book Exchange Grading System rgian, Inequities— See Page 4 Animal Disease Research Lab To Be Opened The recently completed $175,000 Animal Disease Research Building will probably be turned over to the College of Agri culture by the University next week, Walter H. Wiegand, director of the physical plant, has announced. Only minor changes remain to be made before the build ing is accepted by the University. The building was inspected over Christmas vacation. Research on diseases affecting cattle, poultry, and swine will be conducted in the new building. The Pennsylvania General As sembly appropriated $137,500 for the building and the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation contributed $37,500. The biggest single undertaking in a year marked by the inaug uration of many new building pro jects on campus was the beginning of construction of the $2.9 million Student Union building. Over $3.6 million in new con struction is planned for this year. Long range plans call for the construction of an Army, Air, and Naval Science building, the com pletion of Burrowes building, a new Home Economics building, an addition to Frear Laboratory, a new general engineering build ing, a meats laboratory, fatilities for the swine herd, alterations to Agriculture building, a turkey brooder and laying house facili ties, and a physical education building at Mont Alto Forestry School. Major new buildings completed last year on campus include Whit more Laboratory, the addition to Recreation Hall, and new wings on Pattee Library. Whitmore Laboratory, which was completed this fall, is in par tial use only. The laboratories are not equipped. Funds are not now available Tor 'the equipment. Some classes meet in the building, of fices are occupied, and part of the building is used for storage. The Board of Trustees—meeting Jan. 15 and 16—is expected to act on bids received for the quarter million dollar nuclear research reactor. A second floor of the Ordinance Research Laboratory will be built as a result of a recent $915,000 grant by Congress. Naval re search will be done in the build ing. will locate its store in the build ing. Between semesters next year, the Used Book Agency will also function there. Plans call for a browsing library to be located in the big, sprawling, modernistic building. Original plans called for the lo cation of a kiln in the basement of the building for pottery work. The plans had to be changed, however, when insurance com panies refused to insure the build ing as long as a kiln was located Dorm Students Must Register For Vacation Students living in dormitories who wish to remain on campus between semesters must register at the Dean of Men's and Dean of Women's office between Monday and Jan. 25, James W. Dean, as sistant to the dean of men in charge of independent affairs, has announced. Dormitories will be closed at 5 p.m. Jan. 27 and will be reopen• ed at 8 a.m. Feb. 2. The final meal will be served in the dormitories at noon, Jan. 27. The first meal will be served at breakfast Feb. 3. Announcements will be posted on bulletin boards in dormitory units, dining halls, and at the Stu dent Union desks in Old Main and the West Dorm lounge, to inform students what arrangements will be made for those who remain. Only students signing for rooms between sessions during the two week period will be permitted to stay, Dean said. Food will not be served during the vacation, he said. Students were also reminded by the Dean of Women's office that according to their rooming contracts they must vacate their rooms not more than 24 hours af ter their last final examination unless they are a graduating sen ior, in which case, they may re main until the graduation exec cises, Jan. 27. 28 Students Withdraw From Campus, Centers Fifteen students ha v e with drawn from campus, eight from undergraduate centers, and five from technical centers, during December, according to today's faculty bulletin. Year Later there. They considered the fire hazard to be too great. In place of the kiln, the Penn State Froth will locate its offices in the basement. The building will replace the Temporary Union Building. The fate of the TUB has not yet been decided. The TUB was brought to Penn State after World War 11. It had served as a United Service Organization center for service men. Suggestions for future functions of the TUB include turning it over to Penn State Players for conver sion into an arena theater similar to Center Stage, making it a state conference center and meeting place for faculty members, or a College of Agriculture library. Final decision for the TUB's fate rests in the hands of the Board of Trustees. A name must still be chosen for the new building. The Student Union Board will make this deci sion. Suggestions given consider j ation so far include the Warnock Union Building, for Arthur It. IWarnock, dean of men at the Uni , versity for 30 years; and the Het zel Union Building, in honor of Ralph Dorn Hetzel, president o the University for 20 years. Another suggestion is to name the building to honor graduates of the University who have diet in World Wars I and IL FIVE CENTS
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