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VOI/. 55. No. 89 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 25. 1955 FIVE CENTS
Cabinet Rejects Plan
To Shorten Vacation
All-University Cabinet last night disapproved of a plan to cut one day from Christ
mas vacation so that one day might be allowed between the end of classes and the
beginning of final examinations.
In failing to approve
left only one alternative
Suspension
Is Ordered
For Student
A sixth semester pre-medical
has been placed on de
ferred suspension from the Uni
versity for driving under the in
fluence of alcohol and reckless
driving.
The Senate Committee on Stu
dent Affairs subcommittee on dis
cipline has accepted the decision
of Tribunal that the student be
suspended from the University at
the completion of the semester.
Consideration will be given to
any appeal by the student to have
this action revoked, Harold W.
Perkins, assistant to the dean of
men, said. An appeal must be sup
ported by a letter from the pro
fessor in charge of the student’s
curriculum, he said.
The student was seen rounding
the corner of Pugh street and Col
lege avenue bn the night of Feb. 3
by policemen in a patrol car. Ac
cording to police the student had
driven the wrong way on Pugh
street, a one-way street, and nar
rowly missed hitting another car
when he rounded the comer onto
College avenue.
When stopped, the student ad
mitted to have been drinking beer
earlier that night. He. was fined
$lOO and given ten day? in jail for
driving under the influence of al
cohol and $13.50 for reckless driv
ing.
Outing Club Meeting
The Field and Stream division
of the Penn State Outing Club
will meet at 7:30 tonight in 121
Sparks.
Cabinet Postpones
Action on Awards
All-University Cabinet last ■ night ■ voted to postpone action on
the question of giving awards to the soccer team until the Athletic
Advisory Board has met to discuss the matter.
The vote was 12 to 11 for pending action until the Atheltic Advisory
board has met. Patricia Ellis,
Women’s Student Government As.
sociation president, headed the
opposition by saying that Cabinet
should not have to wait for the
AA Board to make a move. She
said she. felt that it was not in
Cabinet’s jurisdiction to give
awards to athletic teams
Galen Robins, secretary of the
Athletic Association, will attend
the AA Board meting, and bring
a motion before Cabinet if there
is no action from the AA Board.
Diehl McKalip, chairman of the
Student Centennial Committee,
reported that the committee has
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
CLOUDY
COOLER
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
the Suggestion submitted by the Calendar Committee,
proposed by the committee to be used in securing the
at the end of each- semester.
This alternative is the commit
tee’s other proposal to lengthen
the present exam schedule at its
end by one-half day, with no reg
ularly scheduled exams the first
one-half day of the final examina
tion period, The proposal stated
that only conflict exams and ex
ams for predominantly senior
courses would be scheduled on
the first half day of the final ex
amination period.
The proposal was submitted by
Robert Dennis, president of the
Association of Independent Men
and a member of the Calendar
Committee..
The motion to cut the day from
Christmas vacation was made by
Ellsworth Smith, head of the In
ter-fraternity Council Board of
Control, sitting as IFC,representa
tive to Cabinet.
One of the main reasons the
proposal was voted down was that
it would imbalance the number
of classes in one semester com
pared to the number in the other.
It was pointed out by a Cabinet
member that the plan would take
one day from one’ semester and
add one-half that day to each se
mester, thus unbalancing the
clases by one-half of a day.
The report will now be sent
back to the .committee, which will
take into account the - action taken
by Cabinet in further action on
thd proposal.. The proposal was
presented tb Cabinet so the com
mittee could get student opinion
before deciding on a way to get
the extra day.
The idea of having one free day
between the end of classes and
the beginning of final exams arose
from a committee at last fall’s stu
dent encampment.
In other action. Cabinet voted
to allocate $99 to the Intercollege
Council Board to aid in the Cen
tennial Open House Program. The
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Sold approximately 40,000 Cachet
envelopes. From this, the group
has raised $290 which will be used
for Centennial projects, MeKalip
said, making unnecessary his pre
vious intention to ask Cabinet for
funds for his committee.
. Cabinet passed a recommenda
tion that the Leadership Training
program be submitted to Cabinet
this spring. The program will go
into effect next fall, rather than
in the spring as has been the prac
tice.
Cabinet voted to postpone dis
cussion on the National Student
Association progress report until
next week. Janice Holm, who has
handled NSA this year, but is
not a Cabinet member,' said she
felt that it was time for Cabinet
to decide if it wanted to put work
into NSA and make it worthwhile,
or if it wanted to drop it com
pletely.
Miss Holm said she thought
Cabinet should decide if it want
ed £ Cabinet member to inform
the group of the work of NSA.
(EflUrgimt
Committee
OK's Bond
For Parties
By NANCY SHOWALTER
Campus political parties may be
required to post a $25 bond before
All-University elections, accord
ing to an amendment made to the
Elections Code by the All-Univer
sity Elections Committee last
night.
In another amendment, the
committee specified the date by
which bonds must be posted.
The amendment concerning the
$25 bond provides that each of the
three political parties must de
posit $25 from which fines will be
drawn by the committee in the
event of a violation of the elec
tions code by an entire clique.
If an individual candidate vi
olates the code without the sanc
tion of the clique, from 10 to 100
votes can be subtracted from the
total number of votes he receives.
If both the clique and a candi
date violate the code, both the
monetary fine and the vote pen
alty will be levied.
, The second amendment states
that the $25 bond must be deposit
ed in the Associated Student Ac
tivities Fund one week before the
last official clique meeting of the
semester. \
An exception to this rule was
made for the 1955 spring elec
tions, however. For this election
the money must be deposited by
5 p.m. March 23 one week before
All-University elections.
Both amendments must be ap
proved by All-University Cab
inet before becoming official.
The committee was unable to
reach a decision as to whether or
not the senior class president
should be an independent or a
fraternity member. Previously -it
was decided that he should be in
dependent. . The discussion was
tabled until the next meeting.
Borough to Get
I Parking Lot
A 60-car parking lot is planned
for the S. Pugh street property
purchased at public sale for $70,-
000 by P. H. Gentzel of State Col
lege.
The property adjoins Calder
Alley and is the same spot which
Borough Council had expressed
interest in developing for park
ing.
The new owner said he will
clear off the property and will
use the space for parking “for the
time • being.”
Gentzel said the type of park
ing has not been decided.
Fraternity Pledging
Will Start Saturday
Fraternities may pledge second
semester freshman men after noon
Saturday. NO formal bids may be
extended before that time. How
ever, informal verbal bids may be
given out.
Under the new Interfraternity
Council rushing code adopted last
week, fraternities must register
pledges and the $2 pledge fee with
IFC no later than two weeks after
a man has been pledged.
Women's Dorm Site Set;
Infirmary to Get Wing
Unofficial low bids of $826,-
865 to construct 'additions to
the University Hospital were
received Wednesday, the Gen
eral State Authority has an
nounced.
The additions will consist of
two wings to the present hospital
building and an ambulance gar
age to the rear of the building.
The GSA is expected to award
contracts for the project in the
near future and work on the in
firmary wings will begin almost
immediately after contracts have
been let.
Cabinet
free day
The new southwest unit will be
approximately 50 feet wide and
130 feet long and the northeast
unit will be 38 feet wide and 123
feet long. Each will include three
floors, will be built of red bricks
to match the style of the present
structure, and will have a flat
roof.
Outpatient Department
The southwest unit, which will
incorporate the facilities now of
fered at the dispensary in the
basement of Old Main, will be
primarily an outpatient depart
ment.
On the main floor will be seven
treatment rooms, consultation
rooms, a pharmacy, inoculation
room, records office and desk,
waiting room and foyer, and the
office of the University physician.
The second floor of this unit will
include additional treatment
rooms,, facilities for work in psy
chiatry, a minor operating room,
a dental area including offices, a
laboratory, and a major operating
room.
Basement Units
In the basement of the wing will
be located a hydro-therapy room,
an x-ray room, fractures room, a
laboratory,. and facilities for rec
ords storage and for pharmaceuti
cal storage.
The basement of the northeast
wing will include a food prepara
tion and service area, a dining
room, and linen storage. On the
first floor will be 11 semi-private
hospital bedrooms with a sun
porch dayroom and a dining area,
and on the third floor will be 12
additional double rooms, a four
bed ward room, and an isolation
room.
Changes Planned
Plans also call for minor changes
in.the. basement of the present
building to enlarge facilities for
sterilizing equipment and sup
plies.
The low bids are from:
General construction, Stofflet
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Disarmament Plan
Offered to Russia
LONDON, Feb. 24 (/P) —The United States today challenged the
Russians to enter into a “workable” agreement for world disarma
ment. It would apply both to nuclear and conventional weapons
like tanks and planes.
‘We will leave no stone unturned to develop an honest, workable
disarmament scheme,” said Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr., American dele
gate to the secret five-power arms
talks opening here tomorrow, but
he added in a news conference
statement
"We recognize that there has
not been much ground for opti
mism. But that is not going. to
prevent us from hoping and try
ing.”
The five powers . . . United
States, Britain, France, Canada
and Russia—resume disarmament
talks as the UN Disarmament
Commission subcommittee.
Western hopes for an under
standing with Russia were damp
ened on the eve of the conference
by an attack on the organization
of the committee made by Pravda,
the official newspaper or the Rus
sian Communist party.
Pravda demanded the inclusion
of Red China, India and Commu
nist Czechoslovakia. The news
paper also complained against
what it termed Western insistence
to keep the parley secret.
The location for the new
women’s dormitories to be
built at the University has
been set for the site formerly
occupied by the Windcrest
trailer camp, southeast of
Simmons Hall along E. College
avenue.
Drilling to determine the sub
structure of the site was started
this week although construction
will begin in the immediate fu
ture, a University official said
yesterday. He said that although
the location has been decided,
plans for the residence halls have
not been completed.
.It was announced last October
that a dormitory would be con
structed along E. Park avenue,
between the eastern edge of Hort
Woods and Shortlidge road, nut
this decision has been changed in
favor of the new location.
Four Living Units
The area, for which the archi
tects' are now preparing prelimi
nary plans, will include four liv
ing units with a total capacity
of 1000 students. There will be a
separate unit to provide dining
facilities.
The plan for the construction
of the women’s dormitories was
approved by the Board of Trustees
last September.
The additional facilities are
needed to provide accommoda
tions for the 432 women now liv
ing in Thompson hall, about 50
women living in cottages on cam
pus, and to meet the demand for
an increased enrollment of women
students which now is limited by
a shortage of housing facilities.
The new dormitories would per
mit admittance of approximately
520 additional women.
Men to Occupy Thompson
At the opening of the new area,
Thompson Hall will be used to
house men. The Pollock dorms,
where 650 men are now residing,
will not be used to house students.
Thompson was constructed as a
residence hall for men in 1950 and
Pollock Circle was .completed
nearly 10 years ago as emergency
housing for returning veterans.
Former plans stated that the
new living areas would consist of
four buildings, each divided into
two units with approximately 125
students in each unit. The build
ings were to have four floors with
about 25 or 30 women on each
floor.
According to the former plan,
the* buildings were to be grouped
around a main dining hall, which
was to contain a central kitchen
surrounded by four dining rooms.
Lodge will meet in London’s
stately Lancaster House with Rus
sia’s Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko; British Minis
ter of State Anthony Nutting;
Jules Moch of France; and Nor
man Robertson, Canadian high
commissioner here.
Anticipating that Gromyko may
try to bring Red China into the
talks and make them open, U.S.
and British officials made plain
they would resist any such moves.
They pointed out that the UN
resolution arranging the talks
specified who would take part
and that the parley would be
secret. Previous open disarma
ment debates, these officials said,
usually degenerated into just a
propaganda battle.
Lodge challenged the Russians
to live up to their Feb. 18 state
ment “that the people of the
world are demanding that there
be set up wider international co
operation for the peaceful uses
of atomic energy.”