Weather- Cloudy with Light Snow VOL 54. No. 71 Fine May Not Come For Swedish Meet There was no definite indication last night that Governor John S. Fine will attend Saturday’s gym meet between the Swedish gym nasts and the Penn State gym team. The Daily Collegian yesterday erroneously reported Fine would be on campus for the meet. Gene Wettstone, Lion gym coach, told the j Collegian yesterday that no reply has been received in answer to an invitation sent to the Governor. 'Erik Boheman, Swedish ambas sador to the United States, and Representative James E. Van Zandt will be on hand for the meet. Ernest B. McCoy, Dean of - the College of Physical Education and Athletics, will present the Nittany gymnasts and Boheman will pre sent the Swedish team. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of the Uni versity, who previously planned to present the Penn State team, will not -be able to attend the meet. 4 Powers Break off Berlin Talk BULLETIN BERLIN, Thursday, Jan. 14 (JP) ■ —Four-power talks on the selec tion of a site for the foreign min isters’ conference scheduled for Jan. 25 broke down in complete disagreement early today. ... The issue was referred back.to the governments in Washington, London, Paris, and Moscow. An American spokesman dis closed the three Western powers broke off the talks early. this morning- after more than 12 hours of fruitless discussion. He said the Russian delegation made it iih possible to reach an accord. - The fourth meeting of the Ber lin commandants assigned the task of determining a site for the foreign ministers’ parley was held in the. French headquarters and began early yesterday.; The decision to break off furth er discussions was reached after midnight by Maj. Gen. Thomas 5. Timberman, American command ant. He made the proposal that they adjourn and the problem be shifted to governmental level; The British and French con curred immediately and there was no objection from the Rus sians. ... . Warren Judge Is Fatally Shot Judge Allison D. Wade K presi dent judge of Warren County and a Penn State graduate, was shot to death in the Warren courtroom by a 26-year-old construction worker who was being tried for non-support payments to his wife. State police chased Norman Moon of Connellsville for 6 miles before a hail, of bullets brought his car to a halt west of Warren. Moon shot himself in the throat as officers approached him. He is in serious condition in Warren Hos pital. . . .. Judge Wade - was struck with two bullets in the chest before the horrified eyes of six courtroom witnesses. The. shooting occurred as Judge Wade asked Moon why he had failed to meet his wife’s payments. ROTC Unit Impresses Second Army Chief Maj. Gen. G. W. Smythe, dep uty commander of the Second Ar my with headquarters at Fort George G. Meade, Md„ said' he was favorably impressed by-the Penn State Army ROTC unit, af ter making his annual inspection last week. Ken worthy Opposes WDFM Plan By DON SHOEMAKER- Wilmer E. Kenworthy,. Director of Student Affairs and member of the WDFM Board of Directors, said yesterday he. did not approve of the proposal to, extend WDFM broadcasting hours during-finals week. “It is not the function 'of the station to be on the air-for enter tainment and I don’t'like the staff to be involved in such a func tion,” he said. Louis H. Bell, president of the Board of Directors, said yesterday' he has mot as yet received the let . All tickets for the meet have been sold. Three thousand persons will occupy the balcony and the same number will be seated in the bleachers. Wettstone pointed out that seating will be on a “first come-first served” basis and that approximately 600 persons will have to stand oh the indoor track behind the balcony seats. Wettstone has requested that per sons sit as close together as • pos sible. NCAA Boxing Date May Be Changed University officials said last night that they expect thg date of the National Collegiate Athletic Association boxing tournament to be .ch.anged due to a conflict with the Iriterfraternity-Panhellenic Council ball The tournament had been set for. April 1 to 3 at Penn State by the NCAA committee , in. Cincinnati, last week, but it will probably be changed to April 8-10 because of the ball in Rec Hall on the pre vious date'. ■James Coogan, public informa tion sports director, said that Ern est B. McCoy, -director of athlet ics, after returning from the NC AA meeting, found. the conflict and called immediately: to request the change, Coogan said that Uni versity officials fully expect the change to be granted once the NCAA has polled its members for approval. Coach Eddie Sulkowski, now in his fifth.season at the helm of the Nittany , boxing squad, will be host coach for the National tourn ament for the second time in, just four years. Sulkowski was host coach in 1950 when the 13th meet ing of the classic was held in Rec Hall. Last year, Idaho State,, College, hosts of the 16th'meeting of the tournament, won the national ti tle. Over .18,000 fight fans saw three Idaho State, mittmen roll up 25 points to capture the win. . Two of Penn State’s three en tries, Tony Flore, 139-pounder, and Adam Kois, this year’s cap tain and 178-pound Intercollegiate Boxing Association champ, lost in the finals. Sam Marino, captain of the 1953 squad, was defeated in- the semi-finals -by Vic Kobe, 125-pdundef from Idaho State. ' ter from David R. Mackey, faculty manager of the station, request ing an. opinion of the board' on the proposal. Mackey said Tuesday that he had sent such a letter to Bell, ask ing for an opinion from the board. Bell-said he would have no com ment on the matter until he has received the letter. . . The" movement for extending broadcasting hours originates from student petitions which have been circulated in dormitories and fraternity houses. The petitions asked -that the station broadcast music, from midnight until “2 or PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1954 STATE COLLEGE, No tickets will be required for admittance of guests to the com mencement program to be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 in Rec reation Hall. Henning W. Prentis Jr., former trustee of the University and chairman of the board of Arm strong Cork Co., Lancaster, will address the mid-year graduates. Mr. Prentis’ address subject has not, been announced. Specific instructions to gradu ating ■ seniors will be issued later from the office of Herbert R. Kin ley, administrative assistant. Prentis received his A.B. de gree from the University of Mis souri, his M.A. from the Univer sity of Cincinnati, and his LL.D. from Hampden-Sidney College in Virginia. Prentis is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is al so a member of honorary fraterni ties Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta "Kappa, Alpha Delta Sig ma and Beta Gamma Sigma. No Library Exhibits No exhibits have been sched uled for the University Library’s showcases this month, according to Miss Elsa C. Lisle, librarian of the Circulation department. AIM to Distribute Complaint Forms • Official complaint forms for the Association of. Independent Men’s Judicial Board of Review will be distributed by the beginning of the spring semester to dormitory presidents and graduate resident counselors, John Ball, chairman of the board, has announced. Cases brought before the board this semester have been referred from the Dean of Men’s office. However, the board has the pow er to summon students listed-' on complaint forms and try the of fenders.^ Some dormitory officers in the West Dorm area have the forms now, Ball said. Chem-Phys Newsletter Available in Osmond The Chem-Phys Newsletter is now available in,the lobby of Os mond laboratory. The issue features an article on tentative, coffee hours for better relations between thp students and faculty of the University. Al so, included are the names of stu dents elected to the Chem-Phys Student Council. 3 a.m.” during the week of final examinations.. Mackey said yesterday he did not think the proposal would be a good thing because, it is con trary to the policies of the sta tion at the present time. The station'will broadcast mu sic during the regular broadcast ing: hours, beginning Jan. 17. From Jan. .27 to Feb. 3, the sta- will leave the air entirely. Broadcasting will resume on Feb. 3 under the test basis granted by the Fed er a 1 Communications Commission. The test broadcasts will continue until the station li cense is approved by the FCC. FOR A BJETTER PENN STATE No Tickets To Be Needed At Graduation Cabinet to Hear New Discipline Recommendation A recommendation for, the establishment of a new disciplinary subcommittee that would handle offenses on a group level rather than on an individual basis will be submitted to All-College Cabinet at 8 tonight in 201 Old Main. The new subcommittee, would consist of the chairman of the Senate committee on student af fairs, the director of student af fairs, the dean of men, the dean of women, the president of either Women’s Student Government As sociation or Men’s Student Gov ernment Association, depending on the group being tried, and the chairman of either Judicial or Tri bunal, also depending on the group being tried. The committee would also con sist of the presidents of the As sociation of Independent Men, the Intrafraternity Council, Leonides, and Panhellenic Council, depend ing on the group being tried. Report Tabled The report, which will be pre sented by Thomas Farrell, chair man of the disciplinary revision committee, was tabled at the last cabinet meeting in order to allow more time for study. Revisions of custom regulations, approved last week by the Fresh- AGENDA Roll Call Minutes of the previous meeting Reports of officers Adoption of agenda Reports of committees: 1. Scholarship and Awards 2. Food committee 3. UN Delegates Old business: 1. Movie proposal 2. Disciplinary committee re vision New business: 1. Custom revision 2. Cabinet name- change 3. Gifts for Swedish gymnasts Appointments Announcements Adjournment man Customs Board, will be pre sented by Farrell, who is also co chairman of the Freshman Cus toms Board. Robert Smoot, chairman of the cabinet name change committee, will submit a name change report that consists of 76 changes neces sary because of the change from a college to a university. To Submit Recommendation David Arnold, All-College secretary-treasurer, will submit a recommendation that members of the Swedish national gymnastic team be presented gifts as sou venirs of their trip to the Univer sity. The gifts would be small replicas of the Penn State Nittany Lion and 1953 copies of the LaVie. Although expenditures of stu dent funds, from which the mon ey, would come, usually requires cabinet approval after two meet ings, Arnold’ said earlier he was sure cabinet would support the recommendation. James Bowers, chairman of the scholarship and awards commit tee, will present a planning and organizational report of his com mittee. Cabinet will also hear a food committee report by Anthony Tornetta, committee chairman. Tornetta will outline his commit tee and report on its progress. Neil Yocum, cabinet UN dele gate, will present a brief sketch of the UN trip. Science Group to Hear Lecture on Atmosphere Marcel Nicolet, visiting profes sor of engineering research in the lonosphere Laboratory, will dis cuss “The Upper Atmosphere” be fore members of Sigma Xi, sci ence honorary at 8 tonight in 117 Osmond. Nicolet is head of the Depart ment of Radiation of the Meteor- 1 ological Institute in Belgium. ! Prexy Gets Honorary Ag Degree Milton S. Eisenhower, president of the University, was one of 55 outstanding Pennsylvanians to re ceive an honorary ,Keystone Farm er degree Tuesday at the farm show in Harrisburg. The Future Farmers of Amer ica award is granted to citizens who have contributed to the ad vancement of Pennsylvania agri culture, although only one of this year’s recipients is a farmer. Also included in the list of citi zens granted the award are Gov. John S. Fine and Miles Horst, state secretary of agriculture. Two hundred and fifteen young sters received the Keystone Farm er degree. They are all members of the FFA. Boys are selected for FFA awards on their records—submit ted to agriculture instructors and county farm advisers. The beef and lamb judging con tests are the big events in today’s show with Centre County exhibi tors seeking many of the prize winning ribbons. Indications were Centre County would take several of the top prizes in this portion of the 38th annual exposition. Competitors from other parts of the state had to out do the three breed champions in the Cheviot, Hampshire, and Suffolk classes which Centre County’s 4-H Lamb Club exhibited Mon day. Friday will be the final day for the 1954 show, dedicated to the “Pennsylvania Rural Home.” About 50 faculty and staff mem bers from the University are at tending the show. Students May Register For Choir Tryouts Students desiring to join Chap el Choir may register for a tryout appointment until Feb. 8 in 216 Carnegie, Kenneth Lawley, choir president, has announced. Tryouts for tenors and basses will be held 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 8 and sopranos and altos 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 9. A limited number of posts in the choir are open, Lawley said. > Meal Hours Are Listed The meal schedule for men and women's dormitory units during final exam week has been announced by the Depart ment of Food Service. In the women's dormitory units breakfast will be served at the regular time. Lunch will be served from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. and dinner at 5:45 p.m. In the men's units breakfast and dinner will be served at the regular time. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The schedule will go into ef fect at breakfast Monday. The last meal that will be served in dormitory dining halls before the mid-year vacation will be the noon meal on Jan. 27. Din ing halls ‘ will reopen for stu dents on campus for orienta tion Feb. 2. The first meal for all students after vacation will be breakfast Feb. 3. FIVE CENTS
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