cabinet Tables Motion On Soccer Awards By ROG BEIDLER All-University Cabinet voted Thursday night to table a motion to purchase awards for the soccer team until it can find out whether the Athletic Association has made plans to give the team awards. A committee will be appointed to investigate the matter. The motion was brought before Cabinet by Richard Gordon, manager, of the soccer team. He said he felt this honor was due, as the team had an undefeated season and was Hindu Scholar Will Discuss Oriental Politics Dr. Taraknath Des, Hindu scholar and internationally-known authority on world politics and Oriental civilization, will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday in 121 Sparks. His topic will be "The Orient in World Politics Pros pects for Peace." The lecture is sponsored by the political science department, the Hillel forum, and the Internation al Relations club. Dr. Elton At water, associate professor of po litical science, will introduce the speaker. Dr. Das secured his Ph.D. at Georgetown University. He has studied in Asian, American, and European universities and trav elled extensively on these con tinents. He is now with the his tory department at Columbia Uni versity and the Institute of Pub lic Affairs at New York Univer sity. Dr. Das is the author of several books including "Foreign Policy in the Far East"; "India in World Politics;" and "Religious and Po litical Ideals of Rabindranath Ta gore." Players to Begin Workshop Series Players will begin its annual workshop series this week. In struction will be given in crew work, lighting, properties, sound, costumes, make-up, and advertis ing. These workshops will meet once a week, and classes will last from four to six weeks. With the exception of construc tion and painting work, to work on a Players' crew it it necessary for a student to have attended a workshop series. Students interested in lighting or properties work may attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of Schwab Auditorium. Sound, costumes and make-up in struction will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the basement of Schwab. The advertising work shop will be held at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday in the loft, directly above the stage. ZTA Book Drive Today . Books for the Centre County Library and the Bookmobile will be collected from 1 to &p.m. to day by Zeta Tau Alpha, sponsor of the drive. Children's and adults' books from the past 10 years may be turned in at the Borough Mu nicipal Building. WD Council to Meet West Dorm Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in McKee Lounge to discuss the proposed constitution of the Association of Independent Men. Psych Club to Meet Election of officers for the cur rent semester will be held at a meeting of the Psychology Club at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in 206 Bur rowes. IT'S DOLLAR DAY So Go To PORTAGE CLEANERS ( 1 18 S. Pugh bn Alley) because you can get 2 pair trousers cleaned for $1 2 plain skirts cleaned for $1 2 sweaters cleaned for ... $1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA recognized as national champion. Gordon presented to the group two small trophies as suggestions for the award. Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the College of Athletics and Physical Education, told the Daily Colle gian Thursday night that the col lege wouldn't make such an award but that the Athletic Association was trying to find an equitable award for champion performers and championship teams. • McCoy also said that he didn't think the association would make an award for the soccer team alone. Favro Opposes Richard Favro, president of the Business Administration Student Council, spoke against Gordon's I proposal and said Cabinet would be setting a precedent for future cabiniets in that it would present an award to an outstanding ath letic team. He said he thought fu ture Cabinets would be expected to honor outstanding teams. Gordon said the wrestling teen in 1949 and the soccer team in 1950 were given awards by Cabi net. Because of this, he said, the precedent has already been estab lished. Diehl McKalip, head of the Board of Publications, said he had previously contacted McCoy who, according to McKalip, said he felt that awards for the soccer team shouldn't come from Cabinet but from the Athletic Association. Traffic Committoe Robert Dennis, president of the Association of Independent Men, presented a proposal which was passed by the group asking for the establishment of an All-Uni versity Traffic Committee, to in vestigate traffic conditions and make recommendations to Cabi net and the administration for the alleviation of these conditions. The proposal stated that the com mittee should work with the ap propriate administrative agencies and the Traffic Court. The proposal urged the study of the following problems. 1. Ways and means of eliminat (Continued on page eight) Reactor Safe, Official Says, No Chance for Contamination Sy ROG SEIDLER The nuclear reactor just won't blow up! In fact it won't even con taminate the Nittany-Pollock area! "The reactor is as harmless as an ordinary steam plant," Robert Q. Cochran, nuclear project re search associate, stated Thursday. He said the reactor is so controlled by electronic safety devices that it would be almost impossible for anything to go wrong. The reactor building, which is nearly completed, is ready for dedication on the University's 100th Birthday Tuesday. This is a "swimming pool" type reactor, Cochran explained. This means that the reactor is suspen ded in a large tank of water, 24 feet deep—not unlike a swimming pool. The water around the reactor Railway Official Guest Speaker At Convocation Walter W. Patchell, vice presi dent of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company and member of the Board of Trustees of the Univer sity, will be the first , speaker in the College of Business Admini stration convocation series. Patchell's talk at 2 p.m. Tues day in 121 Sparks will be the first in a series of four or five one-hour talks on marketing and transpor tation presented in co-operation with the 13usAd Council and Delta Nu Alpha, transportation frater nity. Patchell is a graduate of the University and once served as in structor in civil engineering at the University. He was a drafts man for the Pennsylvania Rail road prior to entering college and during vacation periods of his col lege course. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, general scholastic honorary, Delta Sigma Rho, debating so ciety, and Alpha Chi Rho. Seifrit Chosen Head In 4-H Club Elections Eugene Seifrit, sixth semester agricultural education major, has been elected president of the 4-H Club. Other newly-elected officers are Charles Ross, fourth semester dairy science major, vice-presi dent; Elsie Eshelman, fourth se mester home economics major, secretary; and Jerome Kleisath, fourth semester agricultural edu cation major, treasurer. ' Infirmary Now Normal The University Hospital yes terday settled. down to a nor mal routine with 25 patients. For almost two weeks is had been filled to over-capacity daily. serves a dual purpose; first, it acts as a cooling agent for the re actor, and secondly, it acts as a radiation shield. The entire reactor is submerged under water while the reaction is going on, Cochran said. The core of the reactor, which is an assem bly of fuel elements containing U 235, is suspended in the "pool." Against one side of the core the starting source of neutrons is placed when the reactor is to be put into operation. The neutrons from the source enter the fuel elements causing fission of the U 235 and are thus multiplied in the fuel. The neu tron multiplication is then mea- AlM's CENTENNIAL PARTY FEB. 22, 1955 at the TUB Come and Hear the Centennial Speeches Broadcasted from the HUB . DANCING 9-11 MUSIC BY MELODY MEN EVERYONE WELCOME ! ! Centennial Sale Of Envelopes Rises to 27,000 Student Unior. workers report ed yesterday that about 5000 more Centennial envelopes ware sold yesterday to bring the total sales to about 27,000. Figures were not available on yesterday's Centennial stamp sales at either the borough post 'office or the Student Union desk, but Diehl McKalip, chairman of the student centennial committee, es timated that about 3000 stamps Were sold by his committee yes terday. That would bring the total stamps sold at tha Student Union desk to ab. .t 95,000. The stamp and envelope sale at the Student Union desk will continue as long as there is a de mand. Students desiring to obtain the Centennial cancellation may do so by depositing stamped en velopes in a box at the Student Union desk before Tuesday. . 15 Exempted From Comp Fifteen first semester freshmen have been exempted from the basic course id English composi tion. The exemptions were made on the basis of tests given them. Those exempted were Louis Solti s, electrical engineering; Ralph Stevenson, physics; James Robbinii, electrical engineering; Henry Sangree , forestry; Donald Farabaugh, animal husbandry Joseph Carlson, electrical en ginelring; Newton Euffing, elec trical engineering; Hans Huth, mechanical engineering; Norma Cale, arts and letters; Harold Driscoll, electrical engineering; Charles Erzen, electrical engineer ing; Eugene Rowland, electrical engineering, and Thomas Paultz, electrical engineering. Calhoun to , Address Plant Science Club Dr: John C. Calhoun, Jr., pro fessor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, will address the Plant Science Club at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in 111 Plant Industries. His topic will be "A Petroleum Engineer Looks at Conservation." Before coming to the University, Dr. Calhoun was chairman of the School of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. The University's first full-time librarian s Helen Bradley, was ap pointed in 1894. sured by instruments placed on the opposite side of the core from that of the source. The multiplication of the neu trons is regulated by "control rods," which absorb the neutrons and are placed down inside the fuel elements: These control rods are slowly drawn out of the core by magnets as the chain reaction progresses. As they are raised from the core the multiplication of neutrons is increased and it be comes a controlled chain reaction. ' This is the way in which the nu clear reactor is "started up." The control rods are the key to the safety of the reactor. These (Continued on page eight) SATURDAY ? 'FROUATIY t 9? 1953 Differences Mark State Constitution t State party constitution, which was approved by the Senate Com mittee on Student Affairs earlier this week, differs from the other two party constitutions in three major points. One representative from each college will be elected by the clique to membership on the Stu dent Representative Council, This council is the same as the steer ing committees of the other two parties. The council members will , be 20 class clique officer', five all university clique officers, ti., nine college representatives, and 28 ap pointed members. The party is re quired to have a steering commit tee with a majority of elected offi cers. . Clique officers are elected at different times during the school year.. All-University clique offi cers will be elected not later than three weeks afte spring elections. The junior and senior class clique officers will be elected during spring clique • meetings, while freshman and sophomore clique officers will be elected during fall• meetings. State party is the only party that may remove an officer with out vote of their steering commit. tee. A 35 per cent vote of those present at the clique meeting is needed before an officer is brought to trial. A two-thirds vote I of thoge present is necessary lo I impeach. Both Campus and Liont party need the vote of the steering corn ' mittee before an officer can be re ; moved. ' The State party constitution 1 meets all eight specific recommen dations made to the_ parties by the Senate Committee on Student Af fairs subcommittee on organiza tion and control. Rain; Snow Seen Today Precipitation, starting as rain and later turning to snow, is fore cast for late today by the Uni versity weather station. The day is predicted to begin sunny and warm, turning cloudy around noon, and precipitation is expected to follow early tonight. Snow and rain is expected to continue throughout the weekend, dropping the temperatures, to be low freezing. Yesterday's high was 40, while the expected low for this morn ing was 22 degrees. Today's ther mometer high reading is expected to hit 45 degrees before turning colder. IFC-Panhel Newsletter Toga Tales, the Tntertraternity Council-Panhellenic newsletter, will be distributed Monday, Nor man Miller, editor, has announced. r T T TAT E NO W "VERA CRUZ" --4uperScope— Gary Burt ' Danis. Cooper Lancaster Darcel 30 WARNER tvitv DARLlNG' b e l i U d Pl i T a ß t S aki EahWil ma • l;ardCpl CinemaScopo - Color 1:52, 3:46, 5:39, 7:31, 9:30 Doors -OPen 1 p.m. Africa Adventure! , "TRADER HORN" Coming Monday J. Arthur Bank's 'ROMEO AND JULIET'
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