>*/• ,\*#y ? • *< ■.-., - U§hi Snow ■. - VgL'SS. Ho. 62 Christie To Serve Jail Term Judge Ivan Walker' yester day sentenced Alexander Christie, freshman, in civil en gineering from Philadelphia, to six to 18 months in the Cen tre County jail in Bellefonte. Christie began , his sentence last night. Christie was found guilty Tues day of involuntary manslaughter in the death of William McGar vey, freshman in chemistry from Philadelphia. McGarvey was killed on Oct 22 after Christie lost control of his vehicle and crashed while returning to Uni versity Park from Bellefonte. Judge Walker gave sentence at 4:30 p.m. The maximum penalty the judge could have given under the ihvoluntary manslaughter codes' Was three years in prison, a $lOOO fine, or both. The minimum penalty under the penal codes would have been probation with sentence suspend ed. ■ In a statement to police offi cers after the accident, Christie said lie had had about six bottles of beer before starting to drive back to University Park. He was also found to be driving recklessly and speeding. The judge delayed giving sen tence after .receiving a guilty verdict from the jury on Tuesday. The jury arrived at its decision at 5:30 p.m. Judge Walker then discharged the panel and said he would announce sentence "some time early in the morning.” Yesterday morning’s court ses sion was taken up with two men who were tried for receiving stolen goods, and Judge Walker didn’t announce his sentence until 4:30. Freshman Class Advisory Board To Be Organized Applications -for a freshman class advisory committee, will ' be accented at -the Hetzel, Union desk until Wednesday, Samuel Moyer, freshmah class president, has. an nounced. -Applications .should.be ad dressed to Moyer, and should in clude the applicant’s name, ad dress, and present activities. The committee will be chosen after Christmas with attention given to equal Representation from fresh man living units. . This will be the first freshman class advisory committee. Its pur pose will be to assist the class officers in handling class func tions and to provide a sounding board for matters discussed in Cabinet. Court Issues $6O In Traffic Fines The Traffic Court issued $6O in fines Monday night. Two students were fined a total of $29 for repeated violations and failure to appear before the court, five paid $2O for parking viola tions, four paid $5 for failure to report to the Campus Patrol, and three were fined $6 for failure to register their vehicles. The court dismissed two cases. Snyder to Address Club Dr. William U. Snyder, profes sor of psychology, will speak on "Professional Opportunities in Physchology” at a meeting of the Psychology Club at 8 tonight in 217 Hetzel Union. Collegian Business Staff The Daily Collegian business Staff senior board will meet at 6:45 tonight in 111 Carnegie. -* ■ V.■■ , , :r. -tj*'•••*•« . -jVp€l*4w StATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15. 1955 Cabinet Will Encampment The Student Encampment Committee will recommend to All- University Cabinet tonight that the maximum number of -120 per sons attending next fall’s sessions be retained. Thisis.ppe bit twelve recommendations peter Keifer, Encamp ment* Cdriimittee chairman, and Hugh Cline, committee member, will present to Cabinet which is meeting tonight to conduct business for the first time since before the Thanksgiving holiday. Robert Heck, a member of a team of six students who last weekend attended a regional meeting of the National Student Association at Allegheny College, will also read a report on the structure of NSA and what it can do for the University. Other recommendations Keifer and £line will present are: that workshops .fra jpaited to eight- Rtpoilt Reports ofCeinmiilees 1. Final Euckmpmenl report —Peter -JHtffer and Hugh Klina -V 2. NSA Regional Report— Hobart Hack Allocation of $l3O to the Elections Committee New Business Allocation of $125 to the Junior Class Announcements Appointments Adjournment All-University Cabinet will meet at 7 tonight in the board room of Old Main. The meeting is open to the public. . that the -Encapipment Workshop list the major activity of each person, listed; that discussion chairmen do extensive research on the workshops’ discussion top (Continued on page eight) Council OK's 16 New UN Members UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., sworn in when the Assembly acts iA /n>\ rpv „ later this week. Japan and Outer Dec. 14 . (/P) The Security Mongolia were put aside until the Council today approved 16 next regular Assembly in 1956. new UN members in a park- wSifrif aSSjpl A&SISkS age deal accepted after the in the list. It was the 76th veto TfiKs<!ian<! Hen red the wav case fe y Russia in UN history, itussians ciearea tne way The council voted unanimously with an amazing reversal of to accept Jordan, Ireland, Portu nnliev gal. Italy, Austria, Finland, Cey poncy. lon, Nepal, Libya, Cambodia and The UN Assembly is certain to Laos, give quiek and jubilant approval Spain was admitted with a vote within hours to the Council ac- of 10-0 with Belgium abstaining, tion which ends a deadlock on Albania, the oldest candidate in membership extending over 10 point of application was admitted years. Twelve non-Communist 8-0 with Belgium, the United and four Red countries will be States and China abstaining. Hun- mtoamimm ' PCI IBR. Ix Hear Report Yingling to Ask Cabinet Study Of Bookstore ■ Engineering Student Council Tuesday night voted to have George Yingling, council presi dent, present a motion before All- University Cabinet; to set up a committee to look into the pos sibility of having an all-univer sity bookstore. The council voted two weeks ago to favor the establishment of an all-university bookstore if the proposal is brought before Cabi net. Such a bookstore, it is hoped, would reduce the price of student books. The Business Administration Student Council has already an nounced it would favor a book store if such a proposal is brought before Cabinet. Agriculture Stu dent Council Tuesday voted to set up a committee to study the pos sibility of a student bookstore. Engineering Student Council members recommended that plans be discarded for a College of En gineering and Architecture open house to operate as in the past. Instead of having an open house at one time for- all high school (Continued on page eight) stati Delta Sigs To Cottage Twenty-one Delta Sigma Phi members are scheduled to move into their new home, Spruce Cottage, today. However, 21 members still will be spread among dif ferent fraternities, and a place where they can eat as a group has not been found as yet. Workmen yesterday completed last-minute work on the cottage, located behind the Infirmary, before the group moves in. Every possible space in the two-story, wooden structure has been utilized, . including changing the kitchen to a living quarter. Fraternity officers, new broth ers, and pledges will be housed there. Telephone Number Telephone number of the cot tage is ADams 8-5051, extension 185. The group hopes to have the number changed to that of their three-story building which was gutted by fire Sunday, a house officer said. The fraternity is now trying to find a place to house the other members still scattered among fraternities. It is hoped that all can be accommodated in no more than two locations-in the near future, an officer said, Seeks Plato to Eat The fraternity, is also seeking a place where the members can eat- as a group and where it will be able to take its house cook, Mrs. Edna Boone. Officers have been working with the Rev, Luth er H. Harshbarger, University chaplain, in .order to find such facilities in a borough church. Otto 'E. Mueller, director of housing, said yesterday that the members living in the cottage will have almost the same social privileges that they had at the Fairmount and Locust lane home. An officer said that many fra ternities have offered the use of their houses for social affairs and rushing parties, and that rushing parties are also, planned, banquet style, in the Hetzel Union Build ing. Estimate Expected Building Service Corp. of State College, is expected to finish de tailed estimates of the cost of re pair by tomorrow, according to Irving C. Boerlin, director of the University’s audio-visual aids de fiartment and house adviser. Boer in said that repairs will begin as soon as approval is received from the insurance company. The house was insured for $132,- 000, approximately 80 per cent of the face value. Damage has been estimated at between $40,000 and $50,000. The Delta Sigma Phi alumni board will meet Sunday at the home of Albert E. Cooper, pro fessor of agronomy extension and a member of the board. FTA Panel Discussion An open panel discussion on stu dent teaching experiences will be held at a meeting of the Future Teachers of America at 7 tonight in 217 Willard. Members of the panel will be education students who have com pleted their teaching practicum. gary, Bulgaria, and Romania were accepted 9-0 with the United States and China abstaining. The voting which ended the long stalemate on applications occupied 13 minutes. Cheering delegates greeted the result with loud applause and Sir Leslie Mun ro, New Zealand, Council presi dent, gavelled for order. "The deadlock is now broken,” Munro said. “This is a historic day for the UN." Events had moved swiftly with in the 25 hours from the time Russia and Nationalist China smashed the 18-package deal with vetoes yesterday to the final Council approval today. matt Subsidies Advocated By Harriman Governor Averell Harriman has made the unprecedented recom mendation. that the Federal gov ernment .pay the cost of a college .education for qualified but needy students. Harriman told of his plan in a luncheon speech at the annual con ference of the United Parents Association, it was reported in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The proposal would go far be yond all other plans in bringing the United States on a par with Soviet Russia -in turning out engi neers and technicians. “It is particularly alarming that the Soviet Union is now outstrip ping us in. the vital Scientific and technical field on which our mili tary and economic superiority de pends,”-Harriman said. “This year, our government reports that the Soviet graduated one-third more scientists and engineers than we did and as things are now going, this will continue.” Harriman said this plan would embrace the entire field of higher education, bringing in all qualified students vho today cannot go on to a college education because of lack of funds rather than lack of merit. Young Dems, GOPsto Debate Members of the Young Repub licans club challenged the Young Democrats club to a public debate Tuesday night. The recommendation was pro posed by Edward Fegert, junior in arts and . letters from Milwau kee, Wis. His suggestions for de bate topics include Leader’s Tax Program, Eisenhower vs. Truman Administration, or Civil Rights. Members of the Young Demo crats Club have agreed to the debate, but no specific date or topic has been decided upon as yet. Committee chairmen appoint ments include Margaret Boyd, membership; Elaine Cimmet, re search and historian; Edward Fe gert, program; and Louise Wil liams, refreshments. Light Snow Predicted Today’s weather will be colder and cloudy with a light snow, ac cording to students in the depart ment of meteorology. The high temperature is expect ed to reach 32 degrees, with a low of 20. Yesterday’s maximum tempera ture was 40 degrees. The low was 20. BX to Close Over Vacation The Penn State Book Exchange will close at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and will reopen at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4. WDFM Engineers to Meet WDFM engineering staff and candidates will meet at 8 tonight in 20 Sparks. Why No Dross Kulo? Soo Pago 4 FIVE CENTS Move Today
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