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Cabinet Increases NSA Budget,
Extends Membership for Year
All-University Cabinet has extended the University’s membership in the National
Student Association for one year and has increased the NSA budget from $6OO to $7OO for
the coming year.
The NSA resolution passed by cabinet Thursday night also calls for establishing two
committees to study means of implementing NSA services to the University and investi
gating the possibilities of holding the eighth NSA congress at the University.
Janice Holm, NSA coordinator,
explained that the budget in
crease was necessary for one year
only. She said that when she as
sumed her position last spring,
she was unaware that expenses
of delegates to the congress yvere
to come from the NSA budget.
Congress Expenses
The expenses for the five con
gress delegates who attended the
two-week sessions at lowa State
College totaled $364.74. After na
tional dues of $l5O and regional
dues of $69 are paid, NSA would
have had an operating budget of
about $lB for the year, Miss Holm
said.
She recommended that m the
future, the NSA coordinator be
required to submit an estimated
budget for the coming year short
ly after his opponent in the
spring.
Miss Holm also said that in the
future, delegates - should bear a
part of their own convention ex
penses. According to the resolu
tion, the All-University President
and the NSA coordinator will be
the University’s official delegates.
In addition,- it was recommended
that the Daily Collegian send a
representative.
Report Stipulates
However, the report stipulated,
other persons who can afford the
trip should not hesitate to attend,
either as organization representa
tives or individuals.
Because a wealth of booklets,
pamphlets, and requests for in
formation about the University is
sent to the coordinator, Miss Holm
recommended _ a study to deter
mine the possibility of the estab
lishment of a standing committee
to take care of this material. She
said she felt that there was great
need and use for the material,
but that at present use was ham
pered by a lack of proper distri
bution and filing.
The second study recommended
was to determine the advisability
of setting up an NSA Travel Ad
visory Board on campus.
Travel Program
Under the- NSA travel program
students are given special foreign
travel discounts from the State
Department. An NSA tour may
cost as little as $7OO.
In addition, the NSA pays the
campus NSA $5 for each student
who takes an NSA tour. Harold
Perkins, assistant to the dean of
men, reported that some schools
are able to pay their entire NSA
budget from these $5 discounts.
An amendment proposed by Ro
bert Dennis, president of the As
sociation of Independent Men,
fallg for investigating the possi
bility of having the NSA Con
gress at the University this sum
mer. ~ .
Dennis will contact the Univer
sity officials and the national
headquarters in Philadelphia to
determine what this will entail.
He will report to cabinet in two
weeks.
Lewis Will Discuss
Literature Tonight
Arthur O. Lewis Jr., assistant
professor of English literature,
will speak at 7:30 tonight on “The
Literature of Tomorrow” in the
N. E. Atherton lounge.
The talk, which will in part
show the literary appeal of sci
ence fiction, is sponsored by the
Belles Lettres Club, literature so
dety.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic.
Blue Key Applications
Deadline Is Thursday
Applications for membership in
Blue Key, junior men’s hat socie
ty, must be submitted to Robert
McMillan, president, or to the
Student Union desk in Old Mam,
by 5 p.m. Thursday.
Fourth and fifth semester men
students may apply by submitting
a letter listing campus activities,
All-University average, and gen
eral qualifications.
HEc House Plans
Reach. Final Stage
University architects are completing final plans for the construc
tion of four home economics management houses to be built on the
site formerly occupied by the Windcrest trailers, Walter H. Wiegand,
director of the physical plant, said - yesterday.
Three buildings will be erected. Two buildings will be ranch
type structures and the third will be a two-story building with two
units, each serving as a separate
house. Living quarters will be on
the ground floor, with sleeping
quarters oh the second floor.
Preliminary drilling for founda
tion tests for the buildings was
expected to begin yesterday.
However, work was held up be
cause of rain. Wiegand said work
oh the tests would begin within
the next few days
No Bids
No bids have been let for con
struction of the houses pending
approval of the final plans.
Wiegand also reported that
work on the nuclecur reactor and
the skating rink is progressing
on schedule. The skating rink
opening is set for Nov. 15, while
the reactor is expected to open
late in December.
Work Progressing
The outside brickwork on the
reactor is nearing completion, ac
cording to Wiegand. It is also ex
pected that the tower section will
be enclosed with steel and roofed
by the end of this month. While
the building for the reactor may
be complete by the end of the
year, Wiegand said, more time
may be required to install the re
actor unit itself.
The building for the skating
rink is also nearing completion,
and refrigeration equipment is
being installed in the rink proper.
HUB Exterior Nearly Done
Exterior, work on the Hetzel
Union Building, scheduled to open
in February, is also nearing com
pletion. Some landscaping has
been done, and workmen are now
finishing the interior and install
ing equipment.
The University is also planning
to build a 750,000-gallon water
storage tank to help meet the
growing need for water on cam
pus.
The tank, to be erected on the
eastern edge of Horticulture
Woods, will be erected on struc
tural supporting members. The
supports will not be enclosed at
the time the tank is built, but
they may be enclosed with ma
sonry at a later date.
2d 'Great Play"
Set for Today
Players will present a scene
from Nikoli Gogal’s “The Inspec
tor General,” the second in a ser
ies of “Great Scenes from .Plays"
at 5 p.m. today in the Little Thea
tre, basement of Old Main.
The cast of “The Inspector Gen
eral,” directed by Myron Cole,
graduate student in dramatics,
include Dominic Landro, George
Mastroianni, Warren Eshback,
Lyle Pelton, Ronald Taylor, and
Malcolm Gable.
Freshman Nominations
Open for LA Council
Freshman self nominations for
Liberal Arts Student Council may
be turned into Dean Ben Euwe
ma’s office in 132 Sparks until
Friday. Liberal Arts freshmen
will elect four representatives
Oct. 26 and 27.
Nominees must present peti
tion containing the names of 25
Liberal Arts students to qualify
for nomination.
LaVie Sports Staff
The sports staff and candidates
of LaVie will meet at 8 tonight
in the LaVie office in. Old Main.
fHE DAftY COttEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Man-Woman
Ratio Increases
The ratio problem is still with
us.
Despite a record enrollment, it
looks as though the men will still
have trouble finding a date. In
fact, the situation is slightly worse
than it was a year ago.
A total of 14,271 students en
rolled on main campus and the
centers this fall. Of these 10,885
are men and 3386 are women. The
ratio is 3.21 men for each woman.
Last fall, the total enrollment
was 12,753—8513 men and 3016
women. Ratio: 2.82 to 1.
Not much improvement. '
On campus alone, the situation
isn’t quite as bad. Total campus
enrollment for this semester is
12,003. Men number 8946 against
3057 women—a ratio of 2.92 to 1.
Last fall’s campus ratio was
2.82 to I.' Enrollment —11,529. Men
—8513. Women—3ol6.
Actually, this year’s ratio for
the main campus was 2.92639843
to 1, while the'ratio for total en
rollment was 3.21470762 to 1.
Let’s face it, there are some
thingg that can never be im
proved, no matter what.
Distribution Staff
Of CPA to Meet
The distribution staff of the
Central Promotiton Agency will
meet at 7:30 tonight in 201 Wil
lard. Candidates for the agency
may attend.
The Central Promotion Agency
seryes as an advertising media for,
campus organizations. The agency
operates on a cost plus 15 per
cent basis, taking advertising for
any event from an applying or
ganization.
The agency is divided into four
staff?: design, distribution, pro
duction, and news staffs. Each of
the staffs is then subdivided into
boards.
Circulation Staff Meeting
The circulation staff of the
Daily Collegian will meet at 6:30
tonight in the business office of
the Daily Collegian.
At University
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With EDMUND PURDOM
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"THE ADVENTURES OF
ROBINSON CRUSOE"
Based on Daniel Defoe's
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University Labor Policy
Criticized by lonigan
Robert P. Lonigan, international representative of the Building
Service Employees International, criticized what he called the “horse
and buggy” labor policies of the University, at the charter meeting
of the new service employees union Friday night.
Lonigan presented the official charter to Local 417 of the Build
ing Employees International, the group which broke away from the
American Federation of State,
County, and Municipal Employees
two weeks ago.
He criticized the University for
refusing to officially recognize an
employees union.
“Up to now,” he said, “there
hasn’t been a wholesome stand to
recognize a union at the Univer
sity.”
Firsi Cousin
“When an employee can’t bar
gain with his employer, the Uni
versity has become first cousin to
a company union. We used to be
able to bargain and we willkeep
working until you can again,” he
continued.
Lonigan termed the classifica
tion plan offered to the union by
the University “a frustrated step
in the direction they should have
gone ten years ago.”
He-said he had never before
heard of a plan whereby a man
had to work two years before he
can reach the minimum wage
classification.
Alternate Plan
The union is now working on
a draft of an alternate plan to
present to the University. Ken
neth Dixon, president of the new
local, said Lonigan had arranged
a meeting with two men from
outside the union who have made
a life-long study of classification
plans. He said the meeting will
take place in the near future.
Lonigan also said that under
the University’s plan it “seems to
be the pattern to pay a man until
he reaches- the minimum wage
an 4 then replace him with newer,
cheaper blood.”
Approximately 40 union mem
bers attended the meeting and
were sworn in. Dixon attributed
the poor attendance to the storm
which hit State College Friday
night.
Meeting Rescheduled
Dixon said the. meeting is re
scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday in the
lOOF Hall.
Temporary officers, who will
serve for three months, were also
given the oath of office. They in
clude Dixon; Harry Mingle, vice
president; George Smith, secre
tary; Thomas Hartswick, treas
urer; and William Benson, chief
steward. Hartswick, who was un
able to attend the meeting, will
be sworn in Friday, along with
Thanks a Million
PjjgP Mom and Dad
For such a swell Christmas gift. I
sure ame glad I suggested a Class
Ring to you last fall.
And the Balfour Class Ring has all
the excellence in design that makes
it worthy of Penn State.
Yes, I sure am glad I suggested it
in plenty of time for Christmas.
L. G. Balfour Co.
STATE COLLEGE OFFICE IN ATHLETIC STORE
Send this Ad home as a written suggestion
TUESDAY. OCTOBER T 9. 1954
2500 Penn Game
Tickets Available
At Athletic Office
Approximately 2500 student
tickets to the Penn State-Penn
game are still, available at the
Athletic Association ticket office
in Recreation Hall. AA office
hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
C these tickets, about 400 are
for the bleachers behind'the west
goal posts. The rest are. for seats
along the north sidelines. Side
line tickets are $4 each and the
•others $2.50. Each student is limit
ed to six tickets'.
Yesterday, the first day of the
sales, the office sold about 600
tickets at $2.50 and 1000 at $4.
Sales will continue through Oct.
27. '
Sunday night an estimated 125
students, mostly fraternity
pledges, stood, leaned, or slept in
shifts in Rec Hall waiting for sales
to begin. Because of the six-ticket
limit set this year fraternities
wishing large blocks of tickets had
to send more than one representa
tive.
other members who were absent.
Dixon reported that over 400
workers had signed applications
and paid dues.
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