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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."