HUB Now Officially Open Stye Hath} VOL. 55. No. 101 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 15. 1955 FIVE CENTS Eng A, B, C Firetraps, Editor Says State Official Inspects Units Editorial on Page Four Engineering Buildings A, B, and C, termed firetraps m an editorial in the Engineering Newsletter which appears today, were in spected by a state inspector yes terday. Walter H. Wiegand, director of the physical plant, 3aid last night that the buildings were inspected by a State Labor and Industry Board inspector. The inspector re ported to Wiegand on the condi tion of the buildings, but Wie gand declined to say what was reported. ' Declines to Comment He also declined to give his opinion on whether the buildings are fire hazards. Wiegand will in turn report to Samuel K. Hostetter, University Comptroller, “in the very near future,” he said. Thomas E. Sauers Jr., State College fire chief, is quoted as saying the three temporary engi neering buildings “certainly are fire traps,” in the Newsletter. Oily Floors Cited ‘ The biggest fire hazards are (1) the wooden floors soaked with oil. If the floors ever go up, it would be just too bad. (2) No fire escapes fronf the upper stories. (3) The elevator shaft in Engi neering B provides a flue for fumes from the basement to the third floor,” Sauers told Barry Mills, editor of the Newsletter, Engineering Student Council pub lication. Sauers offered two suggestions to decrease the danger of fire in the buildings: install fire escapes for the third _ and second floors and install a fire warning system. . Mills first wrote that the build ings are firetraps in the Decem (Continued on pd,ge two) Nationalist War Blast Red Ships, TAIPEI, Formosa, March 14 warplanes today scattered a Red flotilla in’Amoy Bay, sinking ten small warships, the Defense Ministry said. Listed as sunk from a fleet of more than 50 warships were three 100-ton gunboats and seven armed motorized junks. Whether this was an invasion fleet was not disclosed. If so, it ■ probably was aimed at the Tan Islets two and one-half miles south of Amoy rather than the heavily garrisoned Nationalist is land -of Quemoy. Quemoy, across the strait from Formosa, commands the bay’s waters leading to Amoy, now a dead port. The Tan Islets south ! Quemoy are part of the stopper ,that corks up the port. , The offshore island front sprang to life after a two-day lull when patrol planes spotted the concen tration. Maj. Gen. William C. Chase, head of the U.S. Military Assist ance Advisory Group on Formosa, visited Quemoy earlier in the lay and inspected its defenses. An other visitor was Brig. Gen. Har old W. Grant, who commands the U.S. air task force of Sabre Jets on Formosa. A U.S. official said he would not be surprised if the Nationalists begin pulling women and chil dren out of the Matsu Islands. 'Wizard' to Perform Robert Little, campus magician, better known as the Wizard, will provide the entertainment at the Centennial Follies Mixer tomor row night in the Hetzel iJnion Building Auditorium. The mixer is sponsored by the Engineering and Architecture Student Council and will start at 7 p.m. It is open to all students. TODAY'S WEATHER: CLOUDY AND v RAINY FOR A BETTER PENN STATE 18,000 Visit During Open Over 18,000 students, their parents, faculty and staff members, and townspeople attended the Hetzel Union Building open house held from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. If any reaction was dominant it was probably awe. The crowd was relatively quiet for the first hour, probably shy in new surroundings. Many expressed surprise—the size of the HUB is accentuated inside. But soon the ash trays were dirtied and stu- I dents busied themselves trying out the chairs and touring the building. Allison Munn, seventh semester arts and letters major, remarked, “I just love it, but it’s so big how will you ever find anyone in it?” Hi-Fi Room Gets Eye Many students expressed plea sure iVith the studio, which will probably be known as the “hi-fi” room. Florinda Donato, second se mester applied arts major, said she felt that the room will un doubtedly rank with the Lion’s Den. (the HUB snack bar) in pop ularity. Seven listening rooms have been soundproofed and each has a high-fidelity record player. A baby grand piano is also in the room. Because of the fine weather many students walked the length of the balcony promenade which overlooks Holmes Field Students also browsed in the small art gal lery, which Betsy Sharp, sixth se mester arts and letters major, de scribed as "amazingly adequate for opening day.” Couches Draw Snickers The Chinese-type couches which are placed throughout the HUB got quite a few snickers from stu dents passing through. “They’re Nationalist, of course,” one stu dent remarked. Edward Calabria, fourth semes er business administration ma jor, expressed surprise at the size of the Terrace Room, where caf eteria-type meals are served. You really can’t get an accurate impression of the size of the din ing rooms unless you are in them, he said. Most students seemed especial ly pleased with the Lion’s Den. (Continued on page two) Planes Sink 1C (Enllpgtatt By JOE BEAU-SEIGNEUR Centennial Art Exhibit Scheduled A loan exhibition of selected works of art, borrowed from mus eums and other public and pri vate collections, will be held as a part of -the Centennial year pro gram at the University. Arrange ments for the exhibit, which will be held from Oct. 7 to Nov. 6, ar ® being made by the Centennial exhibition committee. . Harold E. Dickson, professor of fine arts and chairman of the com mittee, announced that a recep tion will be held on the opening day with an art symposium pre senting prominent speakers scheduled for the following day. Works of 50 Artists The exhibit will present the work of about 50 artists prom inent t in the development of American art in Pennsylvania from the 18th century to the 20th century. The works of artists such as Benjamin West, Charles Will son Peale, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassat, and others will be exhibited. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Philadelphia and the Na tional Gallery of Art in Wash ington will loan paintings. Bor rowings from other museums will range from New England to Kan sas City where the William Rock hill Nelson Museum of Art will lend its popular “After the Bath” by Raphaelle Peale. Other Members Other members of the exhibi tion committee include: Yar G Chomicky, assistant professor of art education; Zenda B. Fehren bach, assistant publications pro duction manager; John Y. Roy assistant professor of fine arts; i). Cuthbert Salmon, associate professor of architecture; and Richard C. Mahoney, assistant ■ dean of the College of the Lib eral Arts. Mahoney will be assisted in t i le opening reception scheduied f° r Oct. 7, by Marie xlaiat, professor of physical edu cation and J. Campbell Lester associate professor of mechanics engineering. 50 Students Withdraw In Period of 30 Days Forty-eight campus students a nd two center students have withdrawn from the University during the period beginning on reb. 2 and ending March 4. Only one student gave scholas tic trouble as a reason for with drawing. Twenty students with drew for personal reasons; seven, financial; six, transferring; five, illness; one, military; and ten, for other reasons. N Visiting Hours Resumed Visiting Hours at the Uni versity Hospital were resumed yesterday. The spread of minor illness among students has decreased, and. at the present time, only 11 patients are being treated in the hospital. HUB House However, not many students have been taking advantage of these services. “We are trying to encourage and increase patron af>.e > J* Russel Hoy, station sup erintendent, said. Business Increase Due Although the University post office had its biggest day Wed nesday when it handled 18,000 pieces of mail. Hoy said that busi ness should increase markedly now that the HUB is open. It is estimated that more than one half of the mail once handled by the State College post office is being moved through University Park. To facilitate loading, a road v. ,_ be built t 0 the back door X 13 “PPOsite Mac Allister ; Hall .Now the mail must be car-1 Building Will Serve Students and Faculty The Hetzel Union Building, which has been more than two years in construction, and 50 years in planning, will open at 7 a.m. today. Hours for the HUB are from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 8 a.m. Sunday. It will remain open while classes are in session during the regular aca demic year. The Lion’s Den (snack bar) will be open from 7:15 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7:15 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Sat urday, and 8:15 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Carry out service will be available for 15 minutes after closing times. The Terrace Room (cafeteria) will be open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. for dinner from 5 to 6:45 p.m. daily and Sunday The building, with a floor space of nearly 148,000 square feet, will provide office and meeting room facilities for many student organ izations; will serve as a recrea tional and educational center for students, faculty, and alumni; and will make available a complete food service. Ballroom Will Hold 700 The large ballroom in the build ing, which will accommodate 700 couples for dances and 650 per sons for a dinner, was the scene of the Centennial Birthday Din ner held Feb. 22. The campus post office, the University Park substation, is al so located in the building and has been in operation since Feb. 22, although other parts of the build ing were not' completed before today. Dark Rooms Available Also included in the building’s facilities are lounges, a reading room with magazines, a studio with a piano and listening booths for the use of recordings, a gal lery, a small auditorium, game rooms providing facilities for ta ble tennis, checkers, and other games, dark rooms for amateur photographers, a television view ing room, a student book ex change, and meeting rooms for student groups. Food services include a snack bar, a cafeteria, and private din ing rooms that will accommodate groups from 50 to 200, and the ballroom for dinners for 250 to 650 persons. The building, named in honor of Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, presi dent of the University from 1926 until his death in 1947, is con sidered an important part of the educational program at the Uni (Continued on page two) University Post Office Boasts 'Friendly Service' „ By EVELYN ONSA , {tw p”t ndly * S « ViCe T OUr specialty ”- that ’s the motto the Univer up toit k P ° St ° fflCe h3S P ° Sted ° n ' Us bulletin board and it’s living ~ The main reason the new post office was established was to han dehverv° ln ® "““H bUt ° ffers many more services than this—spec a! Stamnl ’ reg f tered mail > parcel p °st, and money orders. Stamps, personal envelopes with i - . printed return addresses, • post cards, social security forms, and income tax forms 1040 and 1040 A are also available By SUE CONKLIN SU Desk In Old Main Is Closed The Student Union desk in Old Main will no longer be used as a student information center. The central Student Union desk is now located on the main floor in the Hetzel Union Building which opens today. The desk will now he occupied by the Alumni Association, Ridge Riley, executive secretary-treas urer of the Alumni Association, said yesterday. He said that the window will remain open as a The Daily Collegian will be distributed at the Student Union desk in the Hetzel Union Building instead of the Tem porary Union Building and the desk in Old Main beginning today. central information desk for O'd Main but that it will not be ’-sed as a student information derk. The room behind the desk, which was also occupied by the Student Union and the Associc'ed Student Activities will be used as the Alumni Association’s publi cations room, Riley said. The Temporary Union Building will now be turned over to Players Friday and Saturday nights Deborah Peek, president of Players, said. The TUB will also be used for general exten sion work, she said. The desk in Old Main will no longer be a dissemination,point for tickets ant. publications. Pre viously, tickets for dances plavs, shows, and campus publications such as the Ag Hill Breeze, the Penn State Engineer, Froth. * .d others, could be obtained a' ■'e desk. These will noW be d ,i -buted at the desk In the HU 1. In addition to the Student Un ion desk in the new HUB. r --er 25 student organizations wil re ceive space. The majority of t’ -e groups will be located on he second floor facing Holmes Field. (Continued on page two) ried through the main lobby. People are lined up waitin'; to get in as early as 9:30 a.m. Uoy said, but from 5:30 p.m. to the 7 p.m. closing hour only a few come into the post office. Mail Is Moving , new post office has han dled more than 89,138 pieces of machine - canceled mail, 4212 hand-stamped pieces, 3000 pieces of metered mail, 600 pieces of par* Ce L P° s *> an d money orders. Everything is running smooth ly. The only complaint the men have is that they would like to see a little more business. Tha men working at the post office have come from the State College post office. They are not yet reg ularly assigned, but divide their time between the two offices. Most of them are family men from State College who have been (Continued on page two)
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