`,..' 7 ,'MF-ArIFTW M PIRMr 4S I7 I • , Dorm Transmitters NOvi Its.. : Pperation in . WIA' Atherton Sy' 511INNY PHILIPS Dormitory transmitters are at present working efficiently in the West Dorm area and Atherton Hall, Morton Slakoff, station manager of campus radio. station WDFM, said yester day. Tests are still being conducted in McElwain and Sim mons Halls, but arceipeeted ,o i ,be finished in the rreqi future. James Raleigh, engineering di rector, said that transmitters will eventually be 'installed in Wom an's Building, Grange, McAllister Hall 'and - the Nittany-Pollock area. Americans Warned of Red Tactics WASHINGTON, May '25 (W)— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today the Russians seem to be reversing their tactics' in some important ways, but America must be careful not tOI mistake any "false dawn for the real dawn." Dulles' remark, before the House Foreign Affairs Cdmrnittee recalled President Eisenhower's comment of May 17: "We will stay strong and we will stay vigilant, but we are not going to extinguish the hope that a new dawn may be coming even if the-suri.Tises very, very slow ly" Wants Support Mlles , went before the commit tee today •to urge support for the administration's 3 1 / 2 -billion-dollar foreign aid program. He was asked .by Chairman James P. Richards (D-S.C.) whe"- tiler he thinks anything will come out - of this summer's projected Big Four meeting t h at 'would 'make the foreign aid appropria tions unnecessary. Dillies said he sees . no, such proSpect and, in response to -an other , question s said' he thinks it will be to the interest of America to continue its aid programs for several years at least. • Comments on Big 4 Dulles. also commented that re ports, from Paris that the Big Four. meting IS set for July .18-21 at Lausanne, SwAretland, are "ex tremely premature and inaccu rate." Forensic Board Election Set p The Board of Dramatics an d Forensics, composed of the 'king'. dents. and managers otenine cul tural groups, will elect Officers- at . 8:15 p.m. Monday in 108 Willa7l, Benjamin Sinclair, retiring chair-, man of the Board, announced yes terday. The organizations represented are Blue Band, Chapel Choi x, Penn State Players, Thespians; Radio Guild, Men's Glee -Club; Women's Chorus, Men's Debate 'Nam, and Women's Debate Team. The presidents are instructed . by the groups they represent .'how they are to vote at the elections and in order to vote must present a written authbrization signed by the secretary and faculty adviser of the group they represent. 25,000t0 See, Graduation Related story or page two An estimated 25,000 persons are expected to attend Commence ment exercises on June 11, at which President Dwight D. Eisen hower will speak, Wilmer E. Ken worthy, director of student af fairs, announced yesterday. A plan for distribution of single tickets to students who want •to TODAY'S WEATHER: _COOL .AND CLOUDY Transmitters have been oper ating in the West Dorm area all year with improved results dur ing the last six weeks, Raleigh said. The transmitter in Atherton Hall has been working efficiently for the last week. . FM to -AM The main problem, Slakoff said, has been to change the station's FM signals to AM signals, which must not' radiate beyond the limits specified by the Federal Communications. The AM signals have to be sent over the indi vidual dormitory power lines, be cause WDFM's license permits it to' transmit only FM signals. Installation of the transmitters in the Nittany-Pollock area will present a problem because of the power lines overhead, according to Raleigh. These lines will act as an antenna- and transmit sig nals through the air, which is il legal by FFC standards. Must be Perfected Students will not be able to eceive WDFM constantly until transmitters are perfected an d installed with the purpose of en abling students to listen to. the station. One of the technicalities, Ra leigh ekplained, is that in the dormitories there are variations in the power lines. The coupling system between the transmitter and 'the power line Must be able o pais - the AM signal,. from the transmitter to the power , line without distortion. At the' same time, this coupling system" must not pass the signal from the pow er line back to the transmitter. Parasite' Trouble The transmitter has been bothered with parasitic oscilla tions, the generation. of its own stary signals' caused. by . such things as changes in the amount of voltage in the power line it self. In order to solve this problem a resistor and two capacitors were installed to stabilize the load on the transmitters. Raleigh reported that .he has been having trouble with inter ference from electrical appliances •in the dromitories. The engineers Lind that they can get a perfectly clear signal in* the middle of. the night but that earlier, when stu dents are using other appliances there is a definite buzz in the re ception. • •'• - Response. Growing -The. station's' listener and mail response is steadily increasing, Slakoff 'reported: Proof of this is the Wednesday* night request pro gram,' Light Classical Jukebox. There has- been an overload of requests from students and faculty -members on the two 'telephones Used for the programs. WDFM has been on the air for a, year and a half. attend the exercises and for sen iors who will receive degrees was also announced. .A few single tickets in the north stands of Beaver Field will be available for students who are not candidates for degrees. They may be picked up at the Hetzel Union desk after noon on June 8. Tickets will be limited to one per student, and students will be re quired to show their matricula tion cards. . Must Vacate Rooms • Dormitory rules that students must vacate their rooms within 24 hours of their last final exam ination will, however, apply as usual, Kenworthy pointed out. Seniors will •receive six tickets for their guests in the east and west stands. They will receive two tickets for ' the alternate in door ceremony which will be held in case of extreme weather con ditions. TIR Elatig VOL. 55. No. 147 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1955 FIVE CENTS 'Week' LaVie Belles Announced By Carvey Names of the six LaVie Belles were announced last night by David Carvey LaVie editor. Belles are Joan Hunter, senior in education from Hollidaysburg; Louise Justin, senior in pre-medi cine from Mt. Carmel; Nancy Sco field, senior in education from Silver SPr in g. Md.; Suzanne Strom, senior in home economics from • Wilinington, Del.; • Mary Braun, senior in education from Pittsburgh; and Donna 'Lafferty, senior• in arts and letter's from Hollidaysburg. Belles are picked by the senior board of LaVie on the basis of their senior , class pictures. Their pictures will appear in LaVie as belles of the senior class. LaVie will be ready for distri bution by June 1 or soon after, according to Carvey. He asks that seniors watch for signs around campus to find the exact time of distribution.' All copies of LaVie will be distributed in the card room of the Hetzel Union Build ing: The 1955 LaVie is a special cen tennial issue with approximately 40 pages more than last year's copy. It contains features and pic tures of the past and present at the University. New Curriculum In Conservation To Start in Fall A curriculum in conservation has been established by the Board of Trustees. The first students will be enrolled with the opening of the fall semester in September. The new curriculum, which brings' the number of curricula offered at Penn State to 60, will be in the, College of Agriculture, under the direction of Dr. Russell B. Dickerson, associate dean in charge of resident instruction. The program, which will lead to a bitchelor of science degree, was approved by the Board of Trustees after approval by the University Senate. More than two years of planning by a committee, composed of representatives of the various colleges, preceeded the action by Senate. Freshman men enrolling for the program will complete their first year at Mont Alto, while fresh man women students will be en rolled on the cam•us. Handbook Staff -The Student Handbook busi ness staff will hold its last meeting at 7 tonight in 208 Wil lard. All ads 'must be turned in at this meeting. according to Lou Frynian, business manager. Tickets will be distributed with caps and gowns. Students grad uating in uniform, may obtain tickets from the office of their Reserve Officers Training Corps branch. Extra Tickets Atudents who need more than six may request extra tickets by writing to Kenworthy, care of 203 Old Main. Requests should in clude the address to which tickets should be mailed. Tickets will be sent to fill requests as they be come available, Kenworthy said. Kenworthy asked that students do not cpme to his office to re quest tickets, but send in their requests in writing. Extra tickets will be available for the outdoor ceremony only, not the alternate Recreation Hall ceremony, Kenworthy said. Seniors who do not need all six tickets were asked by Ken (Continued on page eight) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Changes Wanted Barnett to Ask Cabinet Tonight For. Drop of Three Contests Editorial on page four Joseph Barnett, Spring Week chairman, will recommend to All-University Cabinet tonight that the He-Man Contest and Mad Hatters Contest be eliminated from next year's Spring Week festivities to lighten students' work load during the week. Cabinet will meet at 7 tonight in 203 Hetzel Barnett w i 1 1 also recommend that Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, hold its Ugly Man Contest at some other time during the year. This would limit Spring Week to only three activi ties: coronation of Miss Penn State, Spring Week parade, and the carnival, Four other points will also be recommended by Barnett. One will ask that the coronation and parade be held on Monday of the week and the carnival on Wed nesday and Thursday, leaving Tuesday free as a `,`day of rest" for students. He will recommend the elimi nation of the Mad Hatters chair man, arrangements chairinan, and He-Man chairman, tying in' with his first recommendation. Barnett will ask for a new par ade route or limitation of the height of the floats because of the low overhanging branches of trees along the present parade route. A final plea to Cabinet will re quire the parade 'chairman to keep onlookers away from the area in front of the judges plat form se the "group participation of the float units" may be seen. The remainder of Barnett's re port to Cabinet will enumerate the committee's feelings on the success of Spring Week. The re port will state that the addition of 50 per cent - more trophies to winners of events helped to stim ulate high enthusiasm and com petitive spirit in groups entering the contests. The Spring Week judges were too hard on the judging of the first three points in the new point system used this year, making tickets count more than the anti cipated amount, according to the report. Cabinet will also vote a second time on the approval of the Penn State Series, a music-culture uro gram planned to replace the Corn munkty forum, which has been discontinued. If approved tonight, Cabinet's recommendation will go before the Boyd of Trustees next (Continued on page eight) 2 Probations, 1 Fine Asked for 3 Houses The Interfraternity Council Board of Control recommended last night to the dean of men's office that two fraternities be placed on board of control probation and that another fraternity be fined $5O for violating the regulations on the use of alcoholic beverages. The Board recommended that Alpha Chi Sigma and Alpha Chi Rho be placed on a ten-week probation period which will run from Sept. 19, 1955 to Nov. 23, for serv ing alcoholic beverages to a mi nor. The two fraternities were ac cused of serving alcoholic bever ages to a freshman on May 7. According to Robert Siinnions, chairman of the Board of Control, the student visited Alpha Chi Sig ma early in the evening and then went to Alpha Chi Rho where he was apprehended while trying to rob the house. Board of control probation, a newly instituted form of punish ment, entails that the observation of all functions of the two fra ternities shall be "greatly intensi fied" and any further violations by the houses during the period of probation, will "be consider'd in conjunction with this previous Totirgiatt Hai. Society Establishes Scholarship Mortar Board, senior women's hat society, has established a scholarship fund honoring the late Helen Eakin Eisenhower. Plans for the fund; which has been approved by the Board of Trustees, include scholarships amounting to not less than $lOO each to be awarded annually. Mrs. Eisenhower served as ad viser to Mortar Board. Contribu , tions for the fund will be given by members of the organization. The fund will be known as the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Mernor , ial Scholarship Fund. Women students will be eligible for the award. Preference ~fog scholarships will be given to oin en* who have completed at least three semesters in residence at the University, whose academic and personal achievements give promise for continuing growth, who have shown a capacity for leadership and service, who are in need of financial assistance, and who have attempted to augi T ment their own financial situa tion. Mortar Board will name a com mittee to review applications • for the scholarship. The committee will include the president of Mor• tar Board, and adviser of the so ciety, a Mortar Board alumnae in the community, and a woman fac , ulty member. • Hot, Humid Weather Predicted for Today Today will be hot and humid with scattered showers until after noon when it should become clear and cooler, according to the de partment of meteorology. The high yesterday was 88 and the low was 65. of f ens e and decisions will be. made accordingly," Simmons said: The student who had been drinking at the fraternities and who had tried to rob Alpha Chi Rho, has appeared before Tri bunal but no decision on the case has been released as yet. Pi Kappa Phi was fined $5O for using alcoholic beverages on University property. The fraterni. ty had its booth closed down dur ing the Spring VI ee k carnival when alcoholic beverages we r e found on the grounds. Simmons said that alcoholic beverages on University property was a violation of the Interfrater. nity Council Social Code which states that the "possession or user of alcoholic beverages on Univer• . sity property is prohibited."
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