Tax lay's Weather— Windy, Cloudy and Cold VOL. 55. No. 55 Tickets for Gym Ni t Go on Sale Tickets for the Swedish gymnasts' appearance at Rec.:. reation Hall Jan. 15 will go on sale at 9 this morning at the Rec Hall ticket office. Prices are $1 for unreserved bleacher seats and $2 for reserved balcony seats. The sale will con tinue until all seats are sold. Last year the visitors from across the ocean attracted • the largest crowd ever to witness an indoor athletic event at Penn State. For the first time, a sell out crowd was announced in ad vance of an indoor attraction. The newest edition of coordina tion plus will be displayed by the world-renowned Swedish Nation al and Olympic Nomen's team and the National Men's team. Their good will tour covers 32 stops throughout the nation and Can ada. Last year the Swedes, composed of the top 13 gymnasts in Swe den, drew capacity crowds at every campus on which they ap peared. At Rec Hall over 6000 awed spectators jammed into every nook and corner saw the Nittany Lions, national gymnastic champs, go down to a 49 1 / 2 -46 1 / 2 defeat in a competitive duel with the .Visi tois from abroad. This year's visit will not be on a competitive basis, but according to Penn State gym Eoach,' Gene Wettstone, the previous perform ance is to be far surpassed. " Therefore, top billing has to go to the ten women who will accom pany the Swedish male standouts at Rec Hall. Addition of the women's team was Wettstone's idea and came as an aftermath of his visit to Swe den last summer. He said the wo men's routines were even more interesting than those of the men. Wettstone, who again became interested because of his personal belief that the 1954 tour con tributed to national understand ing, was impressed by what he saw on his visit to Sweden last summer and predicts that Ameri can audiences will be doubly en thralled by the combined exhibi tion this year. ,‘ UN on • t ebate to Be. m ed s —.it I rs Related Story Page Three UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Dec. 6 (?P)—The UN steering committee beat down Soviet opposition today and recommended; 10-2, that the Assembly begin urgent debate Wednesday on the case of 11 United States airmen held by Red China on espionage charges. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., chief American delegate who had re quested immediate action by the' 60-nation Assembly; told the com mittee that "we in the United ,Na tions cannot let these men dOwn. They are . United Nations men. They were sent to Korea by the United Nations" Shortly before the steering, com mittee met, Lodge and the 15 UN Allies of the United States in Ko rea agreed on a resolution. It was reported they would ask the As sembly to call UN Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskj old to use "unremitting efforts" to, obtain the release of the men and report back to the Assembly by Dec. 31. Britain gave' the United States strong support throughout, re flecting here the vigorous denun ciation of Red China's action . by British Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden in the House of Commons. France, Colombia, Aus tralia, Iceland, Nationalist "China, Thailand, Ecuador and Cuba .also voted for putting the case before the Assembly. _ - • e D... • • 11. 7 1 ‘, 7 , • • • . . •••• et, • • • - Hold It Steady .„ ".• • _ • •• —Photo by Walker . • -tIREMEN ARE SILHOUETTED against flames building but prevented the flames from reach which destroyed the 0. W. Houts and Son ing surrounding buildings.' Damage to the con -department store on West College avenue Satur- tents was estimated at over $500.000. Cause of day night. Firemen could not save the main •Ihe blaze has not been established. Ca : c,;.,..,-Ilects After a two-day extension of the annual Campus Chest drive, tabulations chairman John Brunner last night announced that $4OOO had been collected, representing little over half the $7250 goal. Brunner said students and solicitors alike showed a definite lack of interest in the campaign. Many students were not contacted, Pi Omega Pi Reception Pi Omega Pi, business educa tion honorary society, will hold a reception for business education majors from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today in Simmons lounge. The Soviet "Union and Czecho slovakia, branding the airmen as "spies," voted against it. Burma and Syria abstained, saying the cases should be taken up first by the Korean Armistice Commis sion. Lodge said five requests for action by that group had been made and nothing had happened. Jacob A. Malik, Soviet ambas sador to Britain, assailed the American request for Assembly action and said it had been done because someone had found it necessary to find an incident to increase international tension. Lodge imme.diately answered with a strong rejection of that idea. "Most of those in this room know Dwight Eisenhower," Lodge said. "They-know he wants peace. They know that he and I, carrying out his instructions here, don't want to intensify the cold war." FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE; PA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1954 ~ ....., . . ~ i ', . '.'i. k ;Q.-,, .t: ,. ., , ,,,.,'.1',.= A: i",eq.011.'',,:..t -:::,',..-:.:. .I.'?•.Fi7g. -- - .. :';' . .. '',.;.:-.J.,,Y,:•.51:;.T.:-.'..-,,....:-.:,.... • 4.: 40 -1.% 544S 44 4 - 7 he said, and many of those- who were refused to give for some of the following reasons. 1. They needed all their money for the approaching Christmas season. 2. They • didn't know how the Chest money was to be spent.. 3. They just didn't have the money. 4. Their parents at home gave to the Community Chest and they didn't feel the need to give any more. Brunner said the freshman sup ported the Chest much better than upperclassmen. He gave no rea son for the trend. Students still wishing to con tribute may turn money in to the Student Union desk in Old Main. Of the 52 fraternities on cam pus, only 24 made donations to the Chest, Ellsworth Smith, gen eral chairman said. Twenty of the 22 sororities made, contributions. • Kappa Delta Rho lead frater nity donations with 100 per cent and $73. Kappa Alpha Theta lead in sorority contributions with 100 per cent and $7O. The Association. of Independent Men lead the group contributors, followed by Leonides, association of independent women. Panhel lenic Council and Interfraternity Council were last. At the end of the official three day drive last year the total amount collected was $2OOO. In the 1953-54 campaign the Panhel lenic Council was awarded the participation trophy. The council had 58.6 per cent participation with $,;95.69. IFC was second with 52 per cent and $1003.39. Leonides was third with 48 per cent and $1158.26 and AIM was last with 28.7 per c ent and '.2009.54. No trophy was given this year. 4'7a '• • ',' . •;;;;;:4 • • .• t • • _ ; • „ - ..) - ,tr.'3C.;'%;Z , ".. - -t - .. - ::, 4f;::: ,- ..; --- . 1 ,-:;.---••••,..;;;;Okqr,i'.'.':;:-!.....;',IPi::-!:ii'. ."..6:::-i'',5';'i - -- Dog Gone, • Doggone! The beagle pup that was found Friday night by Tames McClokey, first semester physics major, is lost again. McClokey reported yesterday that the dog had broken loose while he was taking him for a walk. He said no one had called to claim the dog up to the time he disappeared. McClokey found the dog Fri day night after someone had left him wandering in McKee Hall. Dog gone! ' Lo(rili.shore Stresses m t-orshop Membership in the National Student Association not only gives students a chance to exchange ideas with other students across the nation, but is a major way in which American college students can help fulfill their international obligations, R. Wallace Longshore, national vice president of NSA, said Sunday "Through NSA you have a me dium to assuage your obligation to your national government," L ongshore told 'All-University Cabinet at an informal meeting at Phi Gamma Delta. NSA Promotes Peace Longshore cited increased in ternational understanding which results from communication be ti,veen NSA and other national student unions abroad as the way in which students help bring abott world peace. "We are having a direct effect On the cold war now," he said, pointing out that last year the democratic international student association of which NSA is a part was able to draw Indonesian Student Union from the Commun ist-dominated International Union of Students. The value of NSA as an addi tional educational media was the second .of five • advantages of I ggiatt • • • • "., ✓ h Revision Committee Policy Fire Loss Estimated At $500,000 Investigation into the cause• of the estimated $500,000 blaze that struck 0. W. Houts Sr Son, Inc. continues today as com pany officials rapidly reorgan ized their departments in read iness for today's business. No defi nite cause for the fire that broke out at 6:23 p.m. Saturday has been established. Houts and his staff quickly laid plans yesterday to refurnish sec tions of the building saved front the blaze and business will re open. The structure, which was Cen tre County's largest retail enter prise, employed nearly 200 per sons. Although borough merchants offered to take employees on a part-time basis until business picks up, many of the employees are expected to return to work today. Sounded Alarm The only person in the building when the blaze was sited was Harvey Baisor. 78-year-old night watchman. Baisor escaped from the building after first making use of a desk telephone to sound the alarm. He stated to fire-fighters that, he first saw the flames blam ing among paper Christmas deco rations. The store had been re cently supplied with its Christmas stock. The Alpha Fire Company ar rived first at the scene and within the hour three Undine trucks and crews arrived from Bellefonte. To .cfether the firemen' - prevented the flames from spreading to No.- 4, building. A large supply of• lum ber. and other building equipment were housed here. Vault Saved Devoured in the flames were ammunitions, paint supplies, auto mobile tires, and toys. Saved was a huge vault containing 'lookkeep ing records and other important papers of the company. Although the bitter cold ham pered the firemen, nearly res taurants had coffee and sand wiches supplied to the men. The two-story building housed (Continued on page eight) By ANN LEH NSA membership, L on g s hor e noted. "Through NSA you are provid ing another media on your cam pus through which talented stu dents can develop themselves," he said. "I know of no other media which can promote democratic mores better than participation in an NSA convention." However, he cautioned Cabinet that this value is lost if students who attend NSA conventions fail to communicate what they have learned when they return from conventions. NSA Has Many Values The other "values of NSA he mentioned were promotion of in tercollegiate service projects, the opportunity to exchange •of ideas of operation and programming of student government, and the chance to be a part of the national student voice. 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