7 College Councils
EleCtull2:-MeMbers
By NANCY FORTNA
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One hundred twelve students won seats on seven student councils
in UniVersity-wide council elections which ended yesterday. •
Students balloted for. members for all councils except Agri
culture. The election for the Physical Education, and' Athletics
Council will continue Until noon today -because of a late start. -
Voting generally was light in
the elections.
The highest percentage of stu
dents -voted in the election of
members to the Chem-Phys Coun
cil. Forty-six and one-half per
cent of the students in the Chem
istry and Physics College cast
ballots in the council election.
Students wlio won seats on the
Chem-Phys Student Council were
Carter Brooks, Lynn. Markle, Rob
ert Buchwald, Clarke David, Rich
ard Nasoni, Mary McElhaney,
Philip - Matm, ' Raymond Ober
leitner, Robert Nieman, Glenn
Fiscus, and Sheldon Amsel.
The percentage' of students vot
ing for the Education Student
Council was 31.
Students elected to seats are
Harriet Barlow, Grace Bassel,
Mary Burke, Sally Collins, Nancy
Scofield, Carol Wils on, Anne
Campbell,' Barbara Easter, Diane
Edelman, Janet Feaster, • Janet
Ramandanes, Ch arl e s Witmer,
Anne Beebe, Marlene Bishoff, Ju
dith Hance, Elaine Harding, Nata
lie Moskowitz, and Nancy Scholl.
Committee
To Consider
Grade Plan
By DON SHOEMAKER
The University Senate yester
day referred the new grading sys
tem proposed by Honor Society
Council to a special .committee
for consideration.
The committee will be appoint
ed -by President Milton S. Eisen
hower. The. committee will make
a report at its own convenience.
No specific date was set for the
report because it was felt the
committee should have plenty of
time to consider all angles of the
proposal.
The new system would estab
lish grades ranging from 4 to 0.
Four would be an "A" and 0 a
failure. Under the plan the mini
mu m graduation requirements
would ' be 2.0.
In preliminary discussion one
senate member said he thought
the recommendation was a "fine
one." He said the 0 grade given
under the present system is a
mental block to the student be
cause he gets credits but no, hon
or points. He said the proposal
might be improved by breaking
the grades into tenths.
Under the new, system, if a
student received a mark of 60
his grade would be a one. If the
.system were broken into tenths,
a student receiving a mark of 62
would get a grade of. 1.2. This
grade would, be multiplied by
course credits to determine the
number of honor points.
This breakdown was advocated
because it was felt under the
present system a student has -no
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• FCC to Refuse
.TV Complaints
Complaints froth State Col-'
lege residents on alleged inter
ference with television recep
tion fr om Johnstown would
not -be upheld 'by the Federal
Communications t Cornmistion,
Gilbert L. -Crossley, assistant
professor of electrical engineer
ing, told members, of the BOard
of Directors of Station WDFIVI
yesterday.
• 'Crostley, a member of the
board, 'explained that Johns
town is limited to a radius of
35 miles in its . transmission:
Therefore, the - State College
area is not in the Johnstown'
reception , area. Thus .interferz
'trice with these broadcasts •by
the legally operated campus
station cannot be held' against
WDFIvg he said.
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WASHINGTON, May . 6 • (W)--
Co,ngressional approval of the St.
Lawrence Seaway after more than
a half century of controversy was
virtually assured tonight, with
prospects that ships "from the sev.
en• seas will be-able to .sail as far
inland as Toledo, Ohio.,
Spurred in large measure by
PreSident Eisenhower's statement
that the seaway is needed for na
tional defense. as well as for eco
nmic reasons, the House ..voted
241-158 to authorize this country
to join Canada 'in building the
cha:nriel.
Eisenhower, in a statement late
today, hailed the House vote as
"the end of a long and historic ef
fort." •He said the seaway would
"contribute materially to the eco
nomic reasons,' the House voted
both the United States and Can
ada.'
S,en. Ferguson of Michigan,
chairman of the Senate Republi
can::Flolicy Conamittee; ptedicted
Home Ec Council
The Home Economics Student
Council, with 45 per cent, took
second place in voting.
Students who won seats on the
council are Elizabeth Beveridge,
Sally Lewis, Sue Hill, Rheda Ber
ger, Dorothy Glading, Nancy Wen
ner, Richard Packer, Janet Mc-
Kee, Roberta Sankey, Herbert
Nealon, Bettie Caskey, Judith
Koenig, Joan Fretz, and Anna
Saylor.
The College of Mineral Indus
tries students, with 33 per cent
voting, elected James - Varshay,
John' Miller, David Jones, Harry
Hoover, Richard Johnson, James
Hartsock, and Lyle Barnard..
Business Ad Vote .
Business Administration stu
dents voted 30 per cent 'to elect
John Bruce, Duane Buck, Sandra
Dahlinger, James Scott, .Nicholas
Skimbo, Nancy • Blaha, Arthur
Brener, John' Chaffetz, Sol - Cohn,
Elliot Fox, Leroy. Harris; Gordon
Pogal, and John Stokes.
Elected automatically to th e
Business Administration Student
Council are Robert Segal, William
Clark, Theodore; Frederick, Ed
mond Kramer, John Rice, and
Adolph Seidensticker. •
Liberal Arts
Elected to the Liberal Arts. Stu
dent Council, with a -16 per cent
vote, were Patricia Beahan,:Mary
Bolich, Robert Cohan, Jerry Don
ovan, Elizabeth Engel, Beverly
Marcus; Nancy Ward, Alan Dash,
Nancy • Fortna, Elizabeth Jones,
Sherry Kofman, Betty Koster, Ru
dolph. Lutler, Margaret McClain,
Rose Marie Mazza, Sidney :,Mel
nick, Rhoda Resneck, • Judith Se
dor, George Buckhout, , Daniel'Fe
gert,, Judith Gropper, Maurine.
Leonard, Barbara McMillan,--Rob
ert Parry, Richard Schriger, and
Nancy Seiler.
Elected by 19.8 per cent of the
students in the College of .En
gineering are• Eric Taylor,- John
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the Senate would , ac c e At—the
House version without further
ado; which could place the com
pleted bill before_ Eisenhower. by
Tuesday. . •
Proponents say construction of
the seaway, which will take . an
estimated' six years, will , open" up
the prospect of .treat new eco
nomic development of the Great
Lakes 'area and the Midwest.
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Navigation of the river . now is
restricted to ships with a draft of
14 feet or' less because of a 46 . -mile
stretch of rapids near Ogdensburg,
The legislation passed today
permits 'elimination of this ship
ping bottleneck through the dig
ging of a canal—the "seaway"-
27 feet deep.
The canal became a practical
proposition only after the Federal
P ow e r Commission last year
granted New York State a license
to build,. with , the Province of On
tario, a giant $5OO-million hydro
electric project.
The U.S.. Court of Appeals last
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VOL. 54, No. 133 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 7. 1954
Veterinary. School
Favored by Fine
Bi ANN LEH
(Gov. Fine's Speech on Page 4)
Governor John S. Fine said yesterday. he felt a School of Veterinary Medicine should
be established at the University as . soon as possible.
"I think it is a strange anachronism for our only veterinary school to be located right
in the heart of Philadelphia," the Governor said. •
The Governor did not specify just how soon he Wieved funds for a veterinary school
would be available. However, he
did point out that his administra
tion had "practically doubled" ap
propriations to the University.
The Governor was interviewed
by a -Daily Collegian reporter yes
terday afternoon at the Nittany
Lion Inn, following his address
at the luncheon meeting of the
seventh annual convention of the
State Recreation Conference.
Fine had previously suggested
a Veterinary school for the Uni
versity in January, 1953, when he
addressed the opening session of
the 140th General Assembly. How
ever, when Fine presented his
budget message to the General
Assembly later that month, he did
not include appropriations for the
school in his recommendations.
Selections
Approved
By Cabinet
Thirty-three appointments were
approved by All-University Cab
inet last night.
All-University President Jesse
Arnelle appointed students to
Traffic Court, Tribunal, All-Uni
versity elections committee, Jun
ior Class prom committee, Orien
tation week committee, and Me
morial Day committee.
Other •Cabinet action, scheduled
for last night, did not take place
because several reports were not
ready to be given.
Traffic Court and Tribunal ap
pointments had been scheduled
to be made last week. They_ were
postponed because of a legal con
fusion on appointments.
Traffic Court Appointments
Traffic court appointments are
Ross Clark, sixth semester busi
ness administration major, chair
man; Otto Hetzel; Sidney Gold
.blatt, Louis Wade, seniors; Louis
Adler, Karl • Schwenzfeier, Dean
Belt, juniors; and Robert Bennett,
sophomore.
Mark Wiener, sixth semester
arts and letters major, was named
Tribunal chairman. Other tribunal
members are Nick Stamateris,
James McGee, Allan Cassell,
Richard Kurtz, and Samuel Kahn.
Famous is Elections Head
Arnelle named Ernest Famous,
sixth semester pre-law major,
chairman of the elections commit
tee. Baylee Friedman, John Sherk,
Arthur Simm, Charlotte Lutinsky,
Myron Feinsilber, Roger Beidler,
Gerald Fried, and Bruce Lieske
will serve on the committee.
On 'recommendation of John
Thalimer, junior class president,
the following, were named to the
Junior P r o.m committee: Early
Seely, class vice president, chair
man; Judith Burns, Robert Mc-
Millan, Janet McKee, Vanessa
Johnson, and. Carl Sapperstein.
Orientation Chairman
Frederick Cutler, sixth semester
business administration - 'major,
Was appointed chairman of the
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Jan. 29 upheld the commission
action. Opponents of the license,
who include the Central Penn
sylvania Coal Producers Assn.,
have not announced whether they
plan to seek a Supreme Court re
view.
The hydro works, necessitating
the damming of the rapids, would
make the digging of the ship canal
a relatively simple engineering
operation. The power project also
would have the effect of lessen
ing. the cost of the canal.
The .U.S. share of constructing
the seaway is estimated at 105
million dollars. Engineers esti
mate.that Canada will be required
to spend slightly more than $2OO
million to build its part.
This country's share would be
financed by the sale of $lO5 mil
lion in revenue bonds to the
Treasury, to be redeemed from
the • proceeds• of tolls and other
charges.
The St. Lawrence legislation
was first presented to Congress
20 years Ago.
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
C. S. Wyand, executive assis
tant to President Milton S. Eis
enhower, said yesterday after
noon that, because Governor
John S. Fine would be out of
office before the next Assembly
would be convened, "his opinion
would not have any effect on
legislation relevant to the mat
ter."
Lyman E. Jackson, dean of
the College of Agriculture, said
that Fine's statement was a
"complete surpr is e," but be
lieved any official statement
should come from the Presi
dent's office.
At that time, the estimated cost
of the school was about $6 mil
lion, plus a biennial appropria
tion of $700,000. Prior to Fine's
speech supporting a Vet school, a
joint state commission, after a
year of study, reported it would
be "unfeasible" to establish a Vet
erinary school at the University.
In his 1953 budgetary message,
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Review
Players Present .
'The Happy Time
Players have assembled a very attractive Mother's Day weekend
bouquet in Samuel Taylor's "The Happy Time." The comedy, which
opened for a weekend run at Schwab auditorium last night seems
to utilize the best of Players' talent.
Two eighth semester seniors,
turned in first rate performances.
As Bibi, a 12-year-old Ottawa boy,
Kalson fitg well into his role. His
stance, walk, and voice have been
perfected for the role, and he is
perfectly at ease on stage.
Webber is Delight
Miss Webber, in her first Players'
role as Mama, is a constant de
light. She plays the part of a
Scotch-woman, well adapted to
her French household, with abso
lute ease, and w. it h •excellent
speaking voice.
One of the most attractive points
of "The Happy Time" is the typi
cal 1920 Ottawan front room of
the Bonnard home. Costumes are
tastefully done, as is sound for
the show.
Sheepish, Not Casual
Leonard Tarnowski, as Papa,
somehow looks sheepish when he
should look casual. Tarnowski
seems to have trouble in pro
jecting his voice. He is, however,
excellent in the final scene with
Bibi.
Uncle Desmonde and Grand
pere, played by Carl Held and
Dominic Landro, ($o good jobs in
each of • the roles.. Grandpere's
costume and makeup are par-
Tottrgian
Spring Week
Ad Regulations
Are Announced
Advertising policy for Spring
Week activities next week were
agreed upon yesterday afternoon
by Harold W. Perkins, assistant
to the dean of men; George Rich
ards, Spring Week chairman; and
Richard Grossman, carnival co
chairman.
Poster and handbill advertising
in the borough may be conducted
only with the permission of store
owners whose. property is - beirig
used for advertising purposes,
Richards said. In the case of pub
lic property, advertising may take
place on public property only
with permission of borough of
ficials, he said.
"Live" advertising will be limit
ed to the Spring Week parade
at 6 p.m. Monday and includes
any type of publicity involving
use of persons, automobiles,- musi
cal instruments, public address
systems, or similar media, Rich
ards said.
On campus, "live" advertising
may take place only between noon
and.l p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Wednes
day and Thursday. It should not
take place in any residence hall
area, Richards 'stated.
Violations of the advertising
policy will result in loss of points,
the number to be determined by
the Spring Week committee, he
added.
By JOE BEAU SEIGNEUR
Albert Kalson and Anne Webber,
ticularly tasteful, and Held gets
plenty of laughs as the Canadian
wolf, whose reputation has
reached the provinces.
Enjoys Role
Next door neighbors, Uncle
Louis and Aunt Felice, played by
Sam Kahn and Carolin Manbeck,
were a little tedious during the
first act, but worked into their
parts as the play progressed.
Kahn, as the uncle .who drinks
wine from a water cooler, enjoys
his role more than the audience
does. Miss Manbeck acts "as nerv-
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TODAY'S
WEATHER
SHOWERS,
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