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
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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
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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.
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