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VOL. 55. No. 62
Cabinet to Give Jackets
To Swedish Gym Team
The Swedish gymnasts, performing on campus Jan. 15, will be
presented with blue - and white jackets as remembrances of the Uni
versity, All-University Cabinet decided last night. •
Hugh Cline, chairman -of the Cabinet committee working with
Eugene Wettstone, associate professor of physical education, on
selecting a gift and composing a
guest list of student government
leaders to attend a reception for
the gymnasts, showed Cabinet
three jackets.
The jacket selected can be used
as a gymnast's warm-up jacket.
It will be white trimmed in blue,
with a seal of the University.
Around the seal will be written,
"Sweden at Penn State-1954."
Cabinet allocated $123.50 to the
committee to buy the light-weight
jackets for the 26 gymnasts.
Cline said when the gymnasts
return to their country the jack
ets will be seen throughout many
cities since the team members live
in different areas.
Other Jackets Shown .
Choir Now
Re resented
On •card
Chapel Choir was admitted to
the Board of Dramatics and For
ensics recently in an effort to in
crease the number of students
represented through the board
and to head off the possibility
of. the board's losing its seat on
All-University Cabinet.
Several weeks ago Benjamin
Sinclair, board president, told a
Daily Collegian reporter, he was
going to propose the amendment
to admit the choir. He said he
was afraid that the board would
be the first organization cut out
during, the revision of the All
-University Constitution now in
progress if any organizations were
dropped from Cabinet. Sinclair
represents the board on Cabinet.
Chapel Choir is the eighth
member of the board. Three other
members are the men's and wom
en's debate teams, Radio Guild,
Thespians, Players, Glee Club,
and Blue Band.
Two other constitutional amend
ments were also approved by
the board.
The first calls for board mem
bers to consult the organizations
they represent before board offi
cer elections and to vote accord
ing to the groups' instructions.
The idea of having members of
the eight groups vote directly for
board officers also was considered,
but it was deemed unfeasible be
cause of the great inequality in
size.
Before new members are add
ed to the women's debate team
in the fall, for example, the team
might consist of only 15 women,
while Blue Band has approxi
mately 100 men members.
The second amendment raised
the majority required for a con
stitutional amendment from four
sevenths to two-thirds of the total
membership.
No Winter 'Terrors'
Expected Tomorrow
No heavy snow, aside from a
few snow flurries today, or other
wintery "terrors" have been fore
cast through at least tomorrow
by the University weather station.
Today will be mostly cloudy
with a high of around freezing,
compared with yetserday's 39, but
the mercury' will rise again into
the high 30's tomorrow, the weath
er station said.
Low tonight, as last night, will
be a little below freezing, accord
ing to the weather station.
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Ike Hints at lilt r g/4
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (A))—
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
spoke out emphatically today in
favor of a big new military re
serve program, declaring if this
country is prepared to win .a big
war it certainly can win any lit
tle one which might flare up.
The President also hinted at a
news conference that the broad
strategy of his administration will
tary strength. He neither con
call for further cuts in active mili
firmed nor denied one report - that
the Army will be reduced by 100,-
000 men and the Ist Marine Divi
sion pulled out of Korea.
Eisenhower was assured and
good-humored in his meeting with
newsmen—one that covered a
range of topics from taxes to fly
ing saucers. He caused—and joined
in—a roar of laughter when he
said his press secretary, James C.
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Two other jackets were shown
to Cabinet by Cline. Both. jackets
were more expensive than the one
Cabinet selected.
Cabinet received a letter from
Mary Jane Wyland, program co
ordinator and accounting execu
tive director of the University
Christian Association, suggesting
that Cabinet purchase University
calendars from the UCA for the
the Swedish gymnasts. Cabinet
decided that the purchase of the
jackets was a sufficient gift • for
the gymnasts.
UN Seminar Report
Mildred McCowan, president of
the Women's Recreation Associ
ation, reported on the United Na
tions Student Seminar which she
attended Dec. 2 to 5 as a Cabinet
delegate.
She said that with the 24 other
delegates she took a general tour
of the UN building, and partici
pated in informal discussions with
members of the Division of Pub
lic Information at the UN, the
Technical Assistance Administra
tion in the Latin American pro
gram division, and the Public
Affairs Division of the United
States Embassy.
Visited USSR Mission
Miss McCowan visited the coun
try missions of the Union of So
viet Socialist Republics and Egypt.
She said the trip was a valu
able experience and suggested
that Cabinet continue sending a
delegate to the seminar.
Nittany, Pollock Men
May Break Contract
Upperclassmen of third se
mester standing or higher who
live in the Nittany or Pollock
area may apply to be released
from their housing and food
service contracts.
Requests for release forms
will be accepted until• 5 p.m.
Jan. 3 at the room assignment
office, Kearns Hall, Nittany 20.
Hagerty has a perfect right to
freedom of speech.
Hagerty said in a radio inter
view Monday night the Republi
can party would be "foolhardy"
if it failed to renominate Eisen
hower for the presidency.• Beyond
the half-humorous free speech re
mark, Eisenhower made no com
ment on his own second term
views.
On other matters the President
said:
1. He will ask Congress next
month to put off for at least a year
the $3 billion dollar cut now
scheduled for April 1 in corpora
tion and excise taxes. The reason:
An expected budget deficit. Taxes
will have to be kept up, the
President said, or the purchasing
power of the dollar will go down.
tion from Democrats in the new
2. He expects very real coopera-
STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 16, 1954
The all-University carol sing,
which originated 28 years ago
will be held at 8 tonight on the
steps of Old Main.
Hummel Fishburn, head of the
music department, will direct
Christmas carol singing and Wil
mer E. Kenworthy, director of
student affairs, will deliver a brief
Christmas message.
Chapel Choir, directed by Willa
C. Taylor, will sing three selec
tions: "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep
Silence," French melody arranged
by G. William Henninger; "Psal
lite," Praetoruis; and "Bring A
Torch, Jeanette Isabella," French
carol.
. A brass ensemble under the
direction of George Dunlop, Blue
Band director, will open the pro
gram and the Rev. Luther H.
Harshbarger, University Chap
lain, will give the invocation and
a prayer.
This year's carol sing, co-spon
sored by the department of music
and the University Christian As
sociation, will last 35 minutes,
Alexander Zerban, coordinator,
said.
Rink Opening
Is Postponed
Walter H. Wiegand, director of
the physical plant, said yesterday
there are a number of small de
tails to be cleaned up before the
skating rink can open.
The target date for the open
ing of the rink had been set for
yesterday, but Wiegand said the
opening was impossible because
some work still had to be done.
He did not elaborate.
No new opening date has been
set, but Wiegand said yesterday
he hoped it would be in the near
future.
University officials are plan
ning opening ceremonies for the
rink, but no program has been
set, pending announcement of the
date the building can be released
by physical plant.
The probable price list for skat
ing has also been set. Prices for
the afternoon period, from 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m. and the evening period,
from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. are as
follciws:
Students, 25 cents; faculty and
staff, 50 cents; guests and others,
25 cents. The rental price for
skates will be 50 cents.
Directories on Sale
Student directories and faculty
directories are still on sale in the
basement of Willard.
Student directories are 50 cents
and faculty directories are 35
cents.
Physics Prof to Speak
- -
Dr. Richard G. Stoner, asso
ciate professor of physics, will
give a talk on "Shock Wave In
teractions" at a fluid mechanics
seminar at 4:10 p.m. tomorrow in
105 Mechanical Engineering.
congress, which they'll control,
on defense, foreign affairs and re
lated matters. And he's told all
Cabinet members to 'keep the -ap
propriate congressional commit-.
tees posted on their plans and
proposals at every step.
By and large, he expects
maximum cooperation from Re
publicans on his entire program
—though there are differences' of
opinion, he said, on such things
as tariff policy. This was one of
the items explored in his Monday
and Tuesday meetings with con
gressional leaders of both parties.
- 4. He regards Secretary of La
bor Mitchell as his chief labor
adviser, but he doesn't necessarily
go along with any of his advisers
in final decisions. Mitchell has
urged repeal of state "right to
work" laws, which ban such
things as the union shop.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Annual Sing
To Be Held
At 8 Tonight
e3tttn
Lutter Requests
. et Action
'n &cic Syste
Rudolph Lutter, fifth semester arts and letters major, last night
suggested that All-University Cabinet take action on inequalities
which he said exist in the grading system at the University.
As a result, he was appointed as a committee of one to look into
the situation and to see what has been accomplished on the matter
up to the present.
As an example of the inequali
ties which he said exist, Lutter
asked Cabinet to consider a hypo
thetical comparison between the
grades of two students at the
University, both carrying 18 aca
demic credits.
One student, Lutter said, might
get 90's, or scant 3.0 grade aver
ages in three three-credit courses,
and 80's, or scant 2.0 grade aver
ages in his other three three-credit
courses.
The other student might get
89's, barely missing 3.0 grade av
erages, in each of his six three
credit courses. •
The first student would receive
45 quality points under the pre
sent system, giving him an All-
University average of 2.5 and
dean's list rank. His numerical
grade average would be 85.
The second student's 36 quality
points would give him an All-Uni
versity average of 2.0. His numer
ical grade average would be 89,
higher than the student who made
dean's list.
Lutter suggested two proposals
as remedies for this situation.
1. Keeping separate the amount
of work done and the quality of
work done. This he said could be
done by totaling the number of
credits to determine whether a
student had the required number
necessary
,to graduate, and mark
ing the quality of work on the
same basis as it is now. This
would necessitate setting up a
dual-grade system, however, Lut
ter said.
2. Multiplying the numerical
grade of each course by the num
ber of course credits and dividing
this total by the total number of
credits carried , by the student.
As an example, he cited the
case of a student who got an 80
in a four credit course and a 70
in a two credit course.
In the four credit course he
(Continued on page eight)
Applications Due
For Junior - Vass
Exec Committee
Applications for th e newly
formed junior class executive
committee are being accepted at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main today through the week af
ter Christmas vacation, John Tha
limer, class president, said at last
night's class meeting. Interviews
for the committee will be held
two weeks after the. Christmas
recess.
The committee, which will be
an advisory group to Thalimer,
will be made up of one sorority
and, one Leonides member, two
members each from fraternities
and AIM, and two general rep
resentatives plus the class offi
cers. The committee is expected
to discuss the Cabinet report of
the class president, and also to be
helpful in obtaining the general
opinion of the class without hav
ing to call a class meeting.
The class voted to recommend
that Thalimer vtoe in favor of a
Cabinet proposal that no invita
tion be extended to the national
convention of the National Stu
dent Association. The big stumb
ling block in the proposed plan
is that not enough people were
available to work this summer on
plans for making the convention
a success, Thalimer said.
Eight people besides the class
officers' attended last night's
meeting. There are approximate
ly 2000 students in the junior
class.
By DON SHOEMAKER
Postai a es
' onstitution
Committee
Gordon Pogal, Lion party clique
chairman, yesterday released the
names of the committee to re
vise the Lion party constitution.
They are June Koziar, Robert
Spadaro, Carol Saperstein, Earl
Seely, Carole Schwing, Vanessa
Johnson, Robert Howe, Edward
Long, and Pogal, who will act as
chairman.
The committee must revise the
constitution and report to th e
Senate Committee on Student Af
fairs subcommittee on organiza
tion control by Jan. 13.
At that time the subcommittee
will review the new constitution
and make a report to the student
affairs committee if the consti
tution is acceptable.
Rae DelleDonne, State p art y
clique chairman, was unavailable
for comment yesterday. She said
Monday that she hoped to appoint
a . committee to revise the State
party constitution in the near fu
ture.
At the time she refused to give
any further information, saying
she felt the revisions were an in
ternal party matter.
The Senate move to charter
political parties came about when
All-University Cabinet decided
several weeks ago it did not have
the power to do so.
The subcommittee on organiza
tion and control met last week to
review the constitutions and made
eight recommendations for their
revision. Although the committee
itself did not' make a statement
concerning the meeting, an un
official source revealed that eight
specific recommendations were
made.
According to Ross B. Lehman,
chairman of the subcommittee, no
official statement can be made,
until the group makes its report
to the Student Affairs committee.
Benjamin Sinclair, former Lion
party clique head, in commenting
on the recommendations yester
day, said he approved of the sub
committee's recommendations, but
did not approve of the methods
being used to force them on the
parties.
Little Theater to Show
Grad's Play Tonight
"The Last Day of Summer," an
original three-act play by Bert
States, graduate student in Eng
lish, will be presented for the last
time at 8 tonight in the Little
Theater, basement of Old Main.
Tickets are available at the dra
matics department office, second
floor of Schwab.
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