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VOL. 54. No. 7.3
Gym
Lions, Swedes
Will Compete
For Prestige
By RON GATEHOUSE
Editorial on Page. 4
. Gene Wettstone sends his gym
nastic team against Sweden at 8
tonight in Recreation .Hall, when
undoubtedly the biggest athletic
event of the current semester will
take place.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. in
view of the full house which is
expected.
The visiting European team ar
rived on campus late yesterday
afternoon at Beta Theta Pi. Fol
lowing a short workout the gym
nasts returned to the house to
rest.' This morning they were
treated to tea and a tour of the
campus..
Dance io be Held
Following the meet, the Swedes
will return to the fraternity,
where they will be guests of hon
or at a dance. Dates have been ar
ranged for members of the Swed
ish team with Penn State , coeds.
At 1 p.m. tomorrow the Swedes,
along with 'the Swedish ambas
sador, Wettstone, and his ace
gymnast, Jan Cronstedt, will be
guests of President Milton S. Ei
senhower at a banquet at the Nit
tany Lion Inn.
The international dual meet be
tween, Penh State’s National Col
legiate Champions and- the
Swedes, all of whom are either
Olympic or. National Champions
of their country, -will be the first
of its kind to take-place in the
United States.
Six Olympic' Events
The" one and one half hour
event will commence with compe
tition in six Olympic events fol
lowing a . half hour warmup ses
sion by both teams.
The events will include, long
horse vaulting, still rings, calis
thenics, side horse, horizontal bar,
and parallel bars. Three Swedish
exhibition numbers, high table
vaulting, lightning speed tumb
ling, and synchronized calisthen
ics, will immediately follow the
meet.- Background music will be
provided by the Blue Band' dur
ing. the, warmup session, and by
George E. Ceiga, University. or
ganist throughout the meet.
A .calisthenics duel is expected
between- America’s 1952 . inter
collegiate champion, Jan- Cron
stedt, and Sweden’s 1952 Olym
pic titlist, William Thoresson. The
two standout gymnasts will face
each other in at least two-events
—calisthenics and parallel bars.
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Reds Call Prisoner Move Peri
B? The Associated Presa
PANMUNJOM, Saturday, Jan.
16 Peiping radio said last night
the Korean truce will be put in
peril when the UN.-Command
takes back from, Indian custody
next Wednesday the. 22,000 Chi
nese .and North Korean prisoners
in an anti-Red camp.
This first Communist reaction
to India’s prisoner plan came as
India renewed, its determination
to go through with it regardless
of whether the two sides want to
accept the disputed prisoners. .
,Red Stand Not Clear '.
Whether the Reds would refuse
to take back 21 Americans, a Britr
on and 325 South Koreans in a
pro-Red camp was not made clear.
The UN Command-was not only
preparing to take back the 22,000
but to free- them as civilians one
week from: today.
An Indian spokesman said the
prisoners will have
tunity during the -transfer to
STATE COLLEGE; PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 16, 1954
Champs Meet Tonight
—Photo by Schroeder
TAUNA, mascot of Beta Theta Pi, greets two members of the
Swedish Gymnastics team, Olle Areborn (left) and Henry Allard
on their arrival at the fraternity. The team, delayed enrouie. ar
rived at 9 p.m. yesterday. ' -
Juniors, Seniors
To Register Feb. 3
Juniors arid seniors will begin registration for the spring.semes
ter at 8 a.rii. Feb. 3 in Recreation Hall according to alphabetical list
ings on the scheduling timetables, H. A. Sperber, assistant scheduling
officer has - announced. .
An extra two hour period from 8 to 10 a.m. on Feb. 4 has been given
registration may be completed
without overcrowding of facilities
similar to that which caused delay
and confusion in September, Sper
ber said.
David C. Hogan, University bur
sar, has cautioned students to
make fee . payments as soon as
possible ,in the basement of-Wil
lard Hall so that a bottleneck will
not be created there during regis
tration. .
Alien Addresses
Must Be Reported
' During January, foreign stu
dents and non-citizens of the
Unite'd States, must turn in alien
address reports to any United
States Post Office or Immigration
and. Naturalization office,
1 The law requires •. that every
alien who is in the United States
as of Jan. 1 shall report his ad
dress in this manner. Failure to
turn in the annual alien address
report may result in imprison
ment, fine, and deportation.
Information concerning the
cards’ may be obtained at the
Veterans and Foreign Students
Registering office, basement of
Willard Hall.
change their minds-and be sent
back home.
: “There will be large numbers
of Indian troops on hand,” he add
ed. “The small numbers of pris
oners involved in each group, plus
the reassuring presence of the In
dian, troops, should make it-., very
easy for - , any man who wants to
return, home to break away with
safety. ”
UN Is Willing
- The UN Command - expressed
willingness to take back custody
of the 22,000 prisoners shortly af
ter India announced Thursday its
intention to free them three days
ahead of the Jan. 23 deadline:
■ ' Red China kept silent until last
night. Then Peiping radio beam
ed a Chinese language broadcast
to its own people.
•As heard in Tokyo, the Red
Chinese broadcast was couched in
somewhat general terms.
.. The broadcast' said . America's
expressed intension to take. back
A receipt showing payment of
fees • will be necessary for stu
dents, to register, and Hogan has
warned students that they may
not use the excuse that they were
unable to pay fees in time at the
bursar’s office.
“We cannot possibly handle
several thousand fee payments at
the last minute without delay to
students,” he said, “because many
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the prisoners made the Korean sit
uation much more critical. But it
did not say just what might stem
from that.
No Sign of War
.. Thursday in Washington, the
U.S. Army chief of staff, Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway said * the
Reds appear to- have bolstered
their air bases in Korea and to
have a' ground force there of
around a million men but there
were no signs of Communist in
tent to renew the war
The Indian spokesman who,em
phasized. India’s intention to go
through with the prisoner trans
fer plan said India felt a deep
moral responsibility for seeing to
it that every prisoner got a fair
choice to go home or not.
For that reason, ne explained,
the transfer would take place in
groups of not more than 25 under
heavy guard so that any man can
make a break for 1 repatriation if
he so desires.
259 Students
To Be Admitted
Next Semester
More than 259 new students will be admitted on campus for the.
Spring semester, according to Dean of Admissions C. O. Williams.
There will be 203 men and 56 women including 33 readmissions and
41 students to be admitted with advanced standing.
President Milton S. Eisenhower will welcome new freshmen and
incoming transfer students from
Penn State centers and other col
leges and universities in an Ori
entation Week address Feb. 2 in
Schwab Auditorium.
Orientation for new students
from University centers, fresh
men, and students admitted with
advanced standing will begin 3
p.m. Feb. 2 when faculty advisers
are assigned from the deans of
each of the nine colleges.
C. O. Williams, dean of admis
sions, said last night there will be
new freshmen on campus next
semester, but he did not know
how many.
Thomas Farrell, retiring co
chairman of the Freshman Cus
toms Board, said in presenting
recommendations for customs re
visions to- All-College Cabinet
Thursday that there were to be
no new freshmen on campus next
semester. Cabinet did not act -on
the proposed revisions.
Farrell said last night that he
had been misinformed. He said
he thought there should' be cus
toms for hew freshmen, for three
days or a week at most, under
the old code.
Customs Favored
Joyce Shusman, co-chairman of
the customs board, said last night
she is in favor of customs for in
coming freshmen, provided there
are enough persons eligible to
make the program worthwhile.
Veterans and students over 21
years of age are exempt from cus
toms, according to the code. Cus
toms were not in effect during
the spring semester last year be
cause no freshman women were
admitted and the number of men
eligible for customs was small.
The Book Exchange could sup
ply dress customs, according to
Ronald Lench, member of the
Book Exchange Board of Control,
but only green dinks could be
supplied.- Under the proposed re
visions dress customs would in
clude the wearing of blue dinks
with the University seal oh them.
English composition, placement
tests will be given all students
who have scheduled English com
position 1 at 8 a.m. Feb. 3 in 121
Sparks. Students with advanced
standing will report to advisers
for schedules at this time.
Freshmen and all students who
have not taken the psychology
test will report for the first hah
•of the test at 10 a.m. in 121 Sparks.
In the evening women students
will meet in Atherton Lounge at
6:45 p:m. while all men students
are to report to student Orienta
tion counselors according to the
College' in which they are en
rolled.
Sous
The second half of the psychol
ogy test, will be given at 8 a.m.
Feb. .4 in 121 Sparks, and regis
tration for freshmen and sopho
mores will begin at 10 a.m. Stu
dents may take speech tests in
the Speech Clinic in Sparks build
ing during their first free period
Feb. 5.
New students will report for
health examinations at the time
arid location assigned by the
University Health Service.
By BETTY KOSTER
Number Unkown
Placement Tests
Psychology Test
Cold Front
Greets Start
Of Finals
With a new cold front expected
to hit the area this weekend fol
lowing yesterday’s rise in temper
ature, University classes will end
at 11:50 a.m. today. Exams will
begin at 1:20 a.m.
The meal schedule for dormi
tories released by the Department
of Food Service announces ho
change in the breakfast hour for
women’s units during the exam
ination perido. 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 Monday. The last meal to be
served in dormitory dining halls
before mid-term vacation will be
lunch on Jan. 27. Dormitories will
ciose. at 5 p.m. Jan. 27.
They will reopen 8 a.m. Feb. 2.
The first meal served will be
breakfast on Feb. 3.
The University Library will
maintain its regular hours during
the examination period. No an
nouncement of hours after Jan.
27 has yet been made by the li
brarian’s office.
Beginning Sunday, upperclass
women will receive 11 o’clock
permissions, and, freshman wom
en . will receive 10 o’clocks on
weekdays during the exam per
iod, in accordance with Wom
en’s Student Government Associ
ation regulations.
The Penn State Book Exchange,
school supply store in the Tem
porary Union Building, will re
main closed until Feb. 2 when
Used Book Agency will begin
taking used books.
Two Additional Typing
Sections Scheduled
Two additional sections of ele
mentary typing have been sched
uled for the spring semester, the
College of Business Administra
tion has announced.
These sections, listed in the
timetable, were added to serve
students in all curriculums, the
Business college said. More sec
tions will be added if needed.
Coliegian to Publish
Special Sports Edition
A special four-page sports
edition of the Daily Collegian
will be published tomorrow.
The supplement will cover
the international gymnastic
meet with Sweden at 8 tonight
in Recreation Hall, the Penn
State-Lehigh wrestling match
tonight at. Lehigh and the Penn
State-Navy basketball game
this afternoon at Annapolis.
The Daily Collegian will re
sume publication Feb. 9.
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