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VOL. 56..N0. 20. STATE COLLEGE. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBgR 12. 1955 FIVE CENTS
Hibbs' . Dies After
Prolonged Illness
Mrs. Cordelia former assistant to the dean of
Women, died at 9:45 a.m. yesterday 'after an illness of nearly
a year. She was 62.
At the time of her death, she was residing at the home of
her niece, Mrs. Ralph Denney, of Brownsville.
Mrs. Hibbs was appointed to the staff of the office of the
dean of.women in 1946 as a hos
item in McAllister Hall. The fol-
Enrollment A i t lowing year she moved to the
, office of the dean of women, and
at the same time she serVed as
Statistics - chaperone for Delta Gamma sor
, °My.' •
Announced
A total of 15,352 students have
been enrolled on the campus and
at University centers for the fall
semester, C. 0. Williams, dean of
admissions and regiStrar, has an
nounced.
According to the "official fi
gures, "compiled as of Oct. 1, the
campus enrollment of 12,853 du-,
dents-9697 men and 2956 women
—establishes a new record of 650
students more than the 12,003 on
campus last year.
Over 1000 Immo,
The total enrollment of 15,352
exceeds by over a thousand last
fall's figure of 14 1 271. The figure
even tops the 'University's record
total enrollment of 1949 when
14,732 students were registered.
However, of this number, 1269
freshmen were enrolled at off
campus points other than centers.
Enrollments at the centers and
Mont Alto forestry school total
2699 students, including 2322 men
and 377 women. The enrollment
at the 11 centers also includes
1092 men and 24 women enrolled
in two-year associate , degree pro.
grams
2830 Frosh
A breakdown of the campus
enrollment includes 2830 fresh
men, 2918 sophomores, 2695 jun
iors, and 2526 seniors. There are
also 1448 graduate students' and
236 special students.
Of those enrolled on campus,
10,967 are full-time undergrad
uate students and 238 are part
time undergraduates. Four hun
dred forty-isne full-time graduate
and 1007 part-time graduate stu
dents are enrolled.
Outdoor living
Is Hort Theme
'Outdoor Living is the theme for
the 42nd Hort Show to be held in
the Livestock Pavilion Saturday
and Sunday.
The show is designed to show
how the, back yard , of a modern
house -can, be arranged.
Edwin Selby is manager of the
show; Nicholas Stepalun, assis
tant manager; and Kathryn Si
mons, secretary.
Committee heads announced by
Selby are Harry Fries, publicity;
Joseph Knepper and John Ken
-11.44, landscape horticulture; Ru
dy Grab.• floriculture; Ernest Car
ter, ornamental horticulture;
Douglas Moorhead, pomology;
Stephan Horlacher, plant breed
ing; Marjorie Taylor, refresh
ments; Nancy Stephens, flower
sales; Miss Simons, Joseph
Nudge, and Margaret Porter, pro
gram.
AAUP to Hear
Edgerton Tonight
Dr. William B. Edgerton, assis
tant professor of Russian, will
speak at the first meeting of the
Uniyersity chapter of the Ameri
can Association of University
Professors 7:30 tonight in 121
Sparks.
His topic will be "Education
and Research in the Soviet Union:
Some Personal Observations."
Dr. Edgerton has recently re
turned from a visit to the Soviet
Union, where he traveled widely
and conducted specialized re
search on Russian literary works.
POI A BETTER PENN STATE
Eliictia i'dothor
Members of the sorority elected
her a Delta Gamma mother.
In 1948, Mrs. Hibbs was named
Dies at 62
men, 'a post which she held until
her illness. She was in charge
of rooming assignments for wo
men students on campus.
Born near Uniontown, she is a
graduate of the Office Training
School, Uniontown. She was a
member of St. Paul's Methodist
Church, Altruss Club, and the
Business and Professional Wo
men's Club, all of State College.
She also served as an adviser
to Mortar Board, senior women's
hat society.
Funeral arrangemen is will be
announced later.
Pershing Rifles to Meet
Active members and pledges of
Pershing,Rifles, Co. B-5, will meet
at 7 tonight in the Armory.. Class
"A" uniforms must be worn.
Players Advertising Group
Penn State Players Advertising
group will meet at 7 tonight in
the loft of Schwab Auditorium.
Ike, Dulles Confer on Policy
DENVER, Oct. 11 (JP)
President Eisenhower and Sec
retary of State Dulles dis
cussed today Soviet activities
in the inflamed Middle East,
and Russian ideas on arma
ments in a momentous hospital
bedside conference on foreign
policy.
One by one, the chief execu
tive and the secretary covered
eight separate points in a 25-min
ute work session Dulles described
as "very satisfactory" and "ex
teremly helpful."
In their first conference since
Eisenhower's Sept. 24 heart at
tack, the two worked out an "in
terim" reply, to a letter in which
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin
had found fault with the Presi
dent's propOsals for trading mili
tary blueprints and for mutual
Tatiggian
Alas, Poor Men!
Ratio Rockets
To 3.28 to 1
Things are rough all over.
For the men on campus this is
especially tru e. The long-be
moaned ratio of men to women
has jumped over the 3.0 mark
for the first time in years.
.In fact, it now stands at 3.28
men to each woman on campus—
a blow for those who last fall
only had to face a 2.92 to 1 ratio.
This fall, official enrollment
figures list 9697 men and 2956
women on campus. Last fall's
figures were 8946 men and 3057
women.
Things really are rough al
over.
Penn Game
Half-Holiday
Undecided
A decision on a half-holiday
for the Penn game or. Oct. 29 will
have to wait until at least next
Tuesday, since the Council of Ad
ministration did not meet yester
day.
Adrian 0. Morse, University
provost, said yesterday he will
raise the half-holiday question for
discussion at the council's next
meeting. It did not meet yester
day because too many of its mem
bers had conflicting engagements,
Morse said.
Five student organizations—in
cluding Ali-University Cabinet—
haye gone on record as 'favoring I
the half -holiday. The board of di
rectors of the Association of In
dependent Men requested it, and
four s t ii d e n t councils—Liberal
Arts, West Halls, Agriculture, and
rhemistry-Physics—said they do
not want classes that day.-
At last Thursday's Cabinet
meeting, Dean of Men Frank J.
Simes said an extra half-day holi
day for the Penn game would
have to be taken from some other
vacation period. He explained.
that a college or university must
have a required number of class
days to be an accredited institu
tion.
Officials of the administration
and student leaders have pro
posed that the scholastic calendar
in future years provide for a
"floating" half holiday. An extra
half day of classes would be
scheduled to let the student body
take a free half-day whenever it
would want to.
• Morse said a representative
from the administration would at
tend a future Cabinet meeting to
discuss such a holiday if Cab
inet r - . uested it.
Cabinet Agendas
Cabinet agendas for tomor
row night's meeting will be
available beginning at 9 a.m.
today at the Hetsel Union desk.
aerial
. inspection of military in- t'very, much pleased" with what
stallations
Eisenhower signed the reply a
few minutes later. It was deliv
ered to Dulles to carry back to
Washington for transmission to
Moscow and it will be made pub
lic, the secretary said, after it is
received in the Russian capital.
Another of the eight points—
Dulles declined to disclose all of
them on grounds security is in
volved—was preparations for the
Oct. 27 meeting in Geneva of the
Big Four foreign ministers.
In addition, Dulles told a news
conference, Eisenhower asked for
a report on the secretary's speech
yesterday at the Affierican Le
gion convention in Miami. In that
address Dulles said that at this
time the United States is not pre
pared to reduce military forces
until it can be sure other coun
tries also are doing so.
Dulles said the President was
A Phi 0 Turns Down
Centennial Group Plan
For Ugly Man Contest
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, has turned
down a recommendation to make the Ugly Man Contest part
of Pitt Weekend.
The recommendation was passed by the University Stu
dent Centennial Committee at its meeting Monday night.
Alpha Phi Omega said that having the contest in the
fall would deprive them of their
major spring activity.
Campus Ch.at
_ John Riggs, chairman of Cam
pus Chest, said Campus Chest
would not have time to take over
the contest, as it has too many
other activities planned for this
fall. roceeds of the contest tral
,fall. Proceeds of the contest tra-
Centennial Committee suggest
ed that the contest be carried on
through the last days of the week
preceding the Pitt game. Pre
viously the event was part of the
Spring Week program. According
to the committee's* plan, the win
ner of the contest would be an
nounced at the Pitt game ,
Centennial Committee
Albert Jordan, member of the
Centennial Committee, presented
the plan to Alpha Phi Omega
Monday night following its ap
proval at Centennial Committee
Meeting. Members of the service
fraternity said there are too many
general campus activities in the
fall to undertake the responsibili
ties of the contest at that time.
The Ugly Man Contest is a na
tional contest of Alpha Phi Ome
ga. It has been held during Spring
Week for the past several years,
but there is no regulation as to
when it must be held. The 1955
Student Encampment recommen
ded excluding the Ugly Man Con
test from Spring Week because it
felt there were too many events
being held during that week.
'Chest' Proceeds
Jordan explained that the main
consideration in deciding when
the. , contest should be held is the
amount of • Proceeds that can be
taken in for the Chest. He said
he Jelt that Pitt week would be
an excellent opportunity to make
a good collection and start the
Campus Chest off well for the
academic year.
Also included in the Centennial
Committee plan was making the
Ugly Man presentation an annual
event with the Pitt game. Robert
Heck, chairman of the commit
tee, said he felt that enough stu
dents go to the Pitt game even
when it is held at Pittsburgh 'to
make it feasible to hold the pre
sentation there. He added that
this game is considered tradition
ally one of the biggest games of
the year.
Motorcade
The contest starts with a motor
cade with each of the contestants
trying to attract as many votes
as possible. Sororities, fraterni
ties, and independent groups may
sponsor contestants for the Ugly
Man title. The contest. is actually
one of popularity rather than ug
liness.
Voting is carried on by pennies
being placed in milk bottles lab
eled with the names of the con
testants., The winner is the con
testant with the most pennies.
Proceeds are the pennies which
go.. to Campus Chest.
he said.
The agenda of the Geneva for
eign ministers' session had been
described in advance as the main
topic the chief executive and the
secretary would discuss. Actually,
their talks apparently ranged over
a far broader field.
And, whereas the President's
doctors had said the meeting
would be limited to 15 minutes,
Eisenhower's condition and spirits
were so satisfactory after the
morning examinations that they
allowed an extra 10.
Furthermore, Dulles told news
men the conference was just what
the doctors had said it would be
in one rgspect—"There was noth
ing of a rubber stamp nature
about the meeting."
On each of the items that were
taken up, he said, "the President
had positive suggestions of his
own to make, which I found ex
tremely helpful."
Probation
List to Go
To Faculty
A list of students placed on
academic probation for this se
mester will be printed in the
Faculty Bulletin in the near fu
ture.
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes
said yesterday that the list would
enable faculty advisers to extra
curricular activities to check
whether any student on proba
tion holds an office in the ac
tivity.
This action is part of the dean
of men's office crack-down on
students on probation who con
tinue to hold offices in activities.
Ems Corrected
Assistant Dean of Men Harold
W. Perkins said Monday that ap
proximately 35 student leaders
in activities are now on proba
tion. It was erroneously stated in
yesterday's Daily Collegian that
approximately 35 students are
now on probation. There are ap
proximately 770 men and women
on probation this semester, ac
cording to Perkins.
Academic probation allows stu
dents to participate in activities
only as "ordinary members, with..
out holding any office or com
mittee membership whatsoever."
Law Quoted
University law states that stu.
dents who fail 35 per cent of their
credits for any semester, and who
are not dropped because their
All-University average does not
fall below 1.65, will be placed oft
academic probation.
All students whose All-Univer.
sity averages fall below 1.65, are
also placed on probation. If e
student's All-University average
falls below 1.5, and the student
has not had a 2.2 or better for
his "most recent" semester or a
2:13 or better for "each of his two
most recent semesters," he will
be dropped from the University.
Some Colleges also have proba
tion regulations. Simes explained
that students on either College
or University probation are sub
ject to the crack-down.
Prexy to Visit
ke at Denver
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, pres
ident of the University, will fly
to Denver today for a brief visit
with his brother, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
It will be the first time Dr.
Eisenhower will see his brother
since the latter's heart attack on
Sept. 24.
Dr. Eisenhower will leave at
8 a.m. today from Washington,
D.C., where he attended a meet
ing yesterday. He is scheduled to
return to the University tomor
row.
Asked if his trip will be strictly
a social visit, Dr. Eisenhower said,
"Just say it's a visit."
Prom Queen Candidates
Must Enter by Oct. 26
Entries for the Junior Prom
queen contest are due by Oct. 26,
according to the Prom coronation
committee.
Entrants, who must be juniors
enrolled at the University, should
submit either a 5x7 or Bxlo pho
tograph at the Hetzel Union desk.
The back of the picture should
contain the entrant's name, ad
dress, telephone n umber, and
sponsor.
Any fraternity, sorority, or in
dependent group may sponsor one
candidtae for queen.