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VOL. 55, No. 75
General Extension
And Players Group
Will Share T U B
-General Extension and The Penn State Players will share
the use of the Temporary Union Building following the open
ing of the Hetzel Union Building, Adrian 0. Morse, Provost,
announced yesterq.ay.
The Players will have the use of the TUB Friday and
Saturday nights as recommended by the students at encamp
ment. The TUB, however, will be
New Town
Constitution
Wins Praise
Association of Independent Men
President Robert Dennis yester
day expressed great satisfaction
with the town meeting provision
of the proposed new constitution
for, town independent men.
Town Council Monday night un
animously - approved the first
reading of the- new . constitution
which would make b.ll - town -inde=
pendents members of the body
and change its name to Town In
dependent Men.
"Good Idea"
"I have not been able to see a
copy of the new constitution yet,
but generally I think it's a very
good idea,". Dennis said.
He said that he felt the town
meeting system would be a vast
improvement over tie present
Town Council set-up which calls
for council members to be elected
from each of i2B wards.
Majority Vote
Under the proposed constitution
delegates at large to the Associ
ation of Independent Men's Board
of Governors .would be elected by
a maiority vote of TIM, following
the "election of the council offi
cers. At present the delegates at
large .are elected by Town Coun
cil.
Dennis said the change in selec
tion of delegates would probably
necessitate a change in the pres
ent AIM constitution. However,
the. AIM constitution is presently
being revised and, according to
Dennis, will be presented to the
board early next month.
Town Council must approve
the constitution a second time be
fore it becomes effective.
Arnelle's High Scoring
Featured in Magazine
Jesse Arnelle, Nittany Lion
basketball co-captain, is featured
as one of the two outstanding
centers in Air Force Reserve Of
ficer. Training in the January is
sue of "The Reservist."
According to the AFROTC of
ficial 'publication, Arnelle was
•cho.sen on the basis of last sea
son's scoring record. His single
season average for 1953-54 was
21.1 points per_ game.
Red Forces Bomb :Yikiap?.,;shanhlitlid
TAIPEH, Formosa, Jan. 19
(1P) Chinese Red forces in
vaded Yikiangshan Island yes
terday behin (fa curtain of
bombs and naval fire, placing
the vital Tachens eight miles
to the south in great peril.
The Defense Department in
Washington said it received
official word the island had fallen.
Fears rose that the Tachens, 200
,miles north of Formosa, would be
next on the Red time table as .the•
Peiping radio trumpeted that tiny
Yikiangshan was "liberated" 'in
less than two hours of -fighting.
The-Defense Ministry, however,
insisted-the garrison still :was put-
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under the jurisdiction of General
Extension which will use it as a
meeting place for off-campus
groups.
The decision, Morse said, was
made by President Milton S. Eis
enhower who acted on recommen
dations offered by a committee
composed of C. S. Wyand, execu
tive assistant to the President, W.
H. Wiegand, director of the de
partment of the physical plant,
and Morse, chairman. The deci
sion must be approved by the
Board of Trustees before it can
become effective.
Morse .said: that _a._ .building. that,
could be used - 12 - months of the
year by off-campus groups has
been needed for some time.
Previous to this fall, arena-type
plays were presented by the Play
ers at Center Stage, Woodman
Hall on Hamilton avenue, which
was unavailable this year.
The late ArthUr C. Cloetingh,
who was - professor of dramatics,
said that the use of the TUB
would force Players to make im
provements on their arena type
productions and' it would put the
theatre in an area easily reached
by most people. Another advan
tage of the .TUB was its larger
seating capacity.
The shows are presented in the
center of the TUB floor and not
on the permanent stage. The seats
are arranged circularly around
the stage area. This semester,
Players have presented two arena
productions in the building. "Bell,
Book, and Candle" and "The Corn
is Green." Two more productions
are scheduled for next semester.
Driving Warning
Issued by Court
Traffic Court gave warning
Monday that campus traffic rules
will be strictly enforced by the
Campus Patrol during the semes
ter examination period.
At the court's meeting, six vi
olators were found guilty of rule
infringement and were ordered to
pay a total of $l6 in firres. ,
One student was charged with
second and third infractions and
was directed to pay $8 and an
other was fined $3 for a second
violation.
ting up resistance late last night
and claimed the invaders suffered
heavy losses.
The ministry said the thin line
of guerrilla defenders of Yikiang
shan, a rocky island of little more
than three square miles, sank six
motorized junks and one gunboat
of the invasion fleet and damaged
another gunboat. It added that
ground fire shot down two Rus
sian-made planes.
Throughout the day, Nationalist
warplanes from Formosa flew ov
er the area harassing the invasion
fleet. The air force claimed two
Red warships were damaged in
dive bombing attacks.
Anxious watchers .in the Ta
chens, which 'screen the northern
invasion approaches to Formosa,
saw great fires blaze on the tiny
island.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1955
Third Party to Be
In Spring Elections
A new third party, the third one this semester, made its appearance on the campus
scene last night, when John McMeekin, former vice clique chairman of State party offi
cially announced the birth of the Campus party:
The announcement ended several weeks of speculation among the student body as to
who was behind the rumored third party.
At the same time he announced the Campus party, McMeekin officially resigned his
State party post.
2 Students
Disciplined
By Senate
One student was suspended
from the University and another
was placed on'disciplinary pro
bation by the University Senate
subcommittee on discipline yes
terday for planning to siphon
gasoline from trucks parked in
the lot between the Forestry
building and the Stock Judging
Pavilions Jan. 11.
The two students admitted that
they planned to siphon the gaso
line. They were stopped when
campus patrolmen appearee. in
the lot while investigating an-,
other disturbance. The next day,
while still investigating the or
iginal incident, Captain Philip A.
Mark, head of the Campus-Patrol,
visited one of the students and
was told of the gasoline siphoning
plan. ;
One student, who previously
was suspended from the TJniver
sity in April and readmitted in
September on probation, will . be
suspended indefinitely at the end
of the semester. Readmission will
be considered only under extra
ordinary circumstances, the sub
committee stated.
The other student will be placed
on disciplinary probation at the
end of the semester if he remains
in school. If he is dropped under
the 50 per cent rule (of courses
failed) next semester, he will be
placed on disciplinary - probation
for one year
,if he returns during
a later semester.
Forster Presents Paper
To History Assoc4ltion
Dr. Kent Forster, professor of
history, presented a paper before
the recent meetings of the Ameri
can Historical Association in New
York City.
Dr. Forster's topic was "Sta
bility Versus Instability in French
Society Before 1914." He said thz
instability that characterizes
France today , has nc,t been a
steady and continued growth
since the defeat by Prussia in
1870.
The chief value of Yikiangshan
is as a stepping stone to the Ta
chens, whi c h are within easy
reach of long-range guns. There
were reports the Reds already
were lobbing shells
. .nto the Ta
chens.
In the tense atmosphere, Presi
dent Chiang Kai-shek scheduled
conferences with his top military
leaders. The feeling persisted in
unofficial quarters that the Reds
might strike at the Tachens at
any time.
In Washington, Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles appeared
to rule out the possibility that
the US: Seventh Fleet, . which
guards Formosa 'from invasion,
would become involved. He said
that neither Yikiangshan nor the
Tachens were vital to the defense
of Formosa.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
McMeekin outlined thr
1. To propose and prom
rgiatt
By DON SHOEMAKER
Editorial on Page - Four
•e purposes of the new party:
ite participation in student go
2. To proVide student leaders
to fill positions of responsibility
in student government.
3. To provide all students with
a democratic opportunity for rep
resentation in student govern
ment.
McMeekin justified the exis
tence of his party on the need for
More democratic student govern
ment.
We of the Campus party feel
that student opinion has voiced a
need • for a more democratic po
litical system on campus and we
- believe that by= fulfilling our pur
poses we can satisfy this need,"
McMeekin said.
First Clique Meeting
The first clique meeting of the
new party will be held- Feb. 13,
in 10 Sparks. At that meeting,
clique officers will be elected.
Until then, all official business
of the party will be handled by a
board_ of. 10 members, chaired by
McMeekin. -
McMeekin declined" to name the
10 members of that board 'last
night, saying he had been com
mitted to withhold release of the
names until after the party has
received a charter from the Uni
versity Senate.
McMeekip said he intends to
present a copy .of his constitution
to Ross B. Lehman, chairman of
the Senate Committee on Student
Affairs subcommittee on organi
zation control, by Friday.
Constitution to Senate
The constitution will be pre
sented to the party for approval
at -the first clique meeting, pro
vided it is accepted by Senate,
McMeekin said.
The constitution was drawn up
by the 10-member board.
McMeekin said he will defi
itely run • a full slate of candidates
in the spring elections, but de
(Continued on page eight)
Registration Plans
Remain Unchanged
Spring Semester registration procedure through Recreation Hall
will be the same as that used last semester, registration officers
announced. Registration will be from Feb. 2-5.
The alphabetical listings pr
strictly observed in admitting stt
to the alphabetical schedule will
be made, and no student will be
permitted to register early.
All students, regardless of class
standing, whose last names begin
with Fas-McD will register
Wednesday, Feb. 2. Those whose
last names begin with McE-Urb
will register on Thursday, Feb. 3,
and those whose names begin with
Urc-Far will register . Friday, Feb.
4. Special students and college em
ployees must register Feb. 5.
Students should report to their
advisers at least 24 hours before
they are scheduled to report to
Rec Hall. At this time students
will pick up their registration
envelopes and fill out forms con
tained in this envelope. A trial
schedule should be made and
kept up to date while being pro
cessed through registration, be
cause students receive no other
listing - of their courses.
Students will enter Rec Hall
Third
Party
See Page 4
ernment
Cabinet Oath
kdministered
To Profs
The oath of office was admin
istered yesterday to two Univer
sity professors who will serve in
Governor George M. Leader's
cabinet.
,Dr. William L. Henning, head
of the department of dairy hus
bandry, was sworn in as Secretary
of Agriculture, and Maurice. K.
Goddard, director of the School
of Forestry, was installed as Sec
retary of Forests and Waters.
The new cabinet members will
assume their government posts
immediately. They have been
granted indefinite leaves -of ab
sence from the University.
Also participating in the inaug
ural ceremonies were five politi
cal science professors from the
University who were part of a
special advisory committee to as
sist in the orderly and- construc
tive changeover to the new ad
ministration yesterday. -
The five are Dr. Harold F. Al.
derfer, Dr. R. Wallace Brewster,
Dr. M. Nelson McGeary, Dr. Elton
Atwater, and Dr. Charles F. Lee.
Decker.
Scattered Snow Flurries
To Continue This Week
The weather will continue part
ly cloudy and cold with scattered
snow flurries for the next few
days, the University weather sta
tion has reported.
High today will be between 28
and 30. The low tonight is a pre
dicted 15 to 20.
nted on the timetables will be
dents to Rec Hall. No exceptions
from the north exit, opposite the
Nittany Lion Inn. Admittance will
be made only at the time desig
nated on the registration enve
lope.
A matriculation card, bursar's
receipt for fees, and an official
registration form (card No. 2 from
the envelope) with advisor's sig
nature are required for admission
to Rec Hall.
The bursar's receipt is obtain
able upon the payment of the
registration fees which may be
done anytime prior to registra
tion in the basement of Willard.
Students who have lost their
matriculation cards must report
to 109 Willard where a temporary
card will be issued. A $1 fee will
be charged.
Before last semester students
registered alphabetically accord
ing to their class standing with
juniors and seniors registering
first.
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