toddy's Woothort Warmer With Snow VOL 56. No. 64 Amendment Approved By Cabinet The move to gain additional student representation on the Senate Committee on Student Affairs moved closer to its goal Thursday night when All-University Cabinet approved an amendment which defined ex actly which two new students would sit on the Senate commit tee - The two students who will fill the positions, if they are approved by the All-University Senate, are the All-University Vice President and." the president of Women’s Student Government Association. Part of Recommendation The amendment was an addi tion to the recommendation of the Student. Government Workshop of the 1955 Student Encampment, which was approved by Cabinet Nov. UL That recommendation called for the addition of one man and one woman along , with the AU-University President, who. is presently the only student serv ing on the gdrnmittee. All-University President Earl Seely introduced the amendment to Cabinet at the request of the Committee on Student Affairs, who wished to know whether or Hot the desired positions would be held by virtue of office. Will Bring Jo Committee . Seely said he will bring Cabi net’s request before the Senate Committee on Student Affairs Wednesday. Seely seemed .opti mistic about approval now that the matter of explaining how the new positions are to bei filled has been cleared up. A second part of Seely’s amend ment provided that the All-Uni versity vice president should serve as chairman of the new Cabinet Committee on Student Affairs, which wiil- be a standing commit tee and will report regularly. ,td Cabinet. Regular Voting Members Seely said he will ask the Sen ate committee to make the new members regular voting members of the committee. Seely also read a letter from Charles C. Dillio, chairman of the Committee on Scholarships and Awards, asking for a representa tive from each class to sit inwith the. committee "which will' inter fCon tinuedon page eight) Class Excuses Not Available The offices of the dean of men and the dean of women are not to issue excuses to students wishing to leave campus early or return late over the holi day season, according to Pearl O. Weston, dean of _ women,. and Frank J. Simes, dean of men. • The position on excuses is, gov erned by the Senate Regulations for Undergraduate Students, Sec tion If, which states: “A student should attend every class for which he is scheduled, and shall be held responsible for all work covered in the courses taken.” Cuts for classes will, be up to the discretion of the individual instructors, according to the deans of the nine colleges. Penn Holiday Classes Scheduled for Jan. 4 Saturday classes that were canceled Oct. 29 for the Penn game half holiday will be made up Wednesday morning. Jan. 4. the first regularly scheduled class day after Christmas vacation. Regular Wednesday afternoon* classes will be held during the after noon. flatty (Holl Enrollment 10th in Nation Nuclear Reactor Is Little 'Oak Ridge It would be safe to say that the majority of University students know the work .of the late Dr. Albert E. Einstein. They have probably heard reports of the latest atomic bomb explosion> and a smattering of some far-off predictions about atomic energy for peace. But how many students know what a nuclear reactor really looks like? How many have a general working know ledge of a reactor? In all probability, a small minority. On* BMd go no further than the east campus to broaden his knowledge. East of Pollock dormitories is the "Oak Ridge" of University Park—the nuclear reactor. Here is found an example of atomic power being -, used for something other than a weapon to destroy man. When one enters the building, education starts. Every person fit the reactor building must wear -b i small badge containing film sen sitive to radiation.- Every week the .filths are processed ,to see if anyone may have been touched by radiation. Bui the chance of being hit with radiation is very, slight, because the reactor is übdor IS foot of waiter. The central room of .the build ing. housing the reactor, is where education really begins. ' The outer edges of the room are bare. In the center is a huge six-sided pool holding 80,000 gallons of water. Mounted on the sides of the pool is a piece of equipment resembling a block ‘T.’ One end of the “T” is a platform and con trol board, containing switches, charts, graphs, and dials that con trol the reactor’s operation. The body of the “T" partly submerged in the pool, is composed Of four safety-control rods, and- pipes used to suspend a grid plate in the pool; According to R. G, Cochrane, research associate on the nu - clear project, the water serves to cool the reactor and shields - workers from coming in contact with radiation from the grid plate. . The grid plate rests on a small platform attached to pipes form ing the body of, the TV It resem bles the exposed plates of an automobile battery. When uranium is inserted in the grid plate and reaction reach es what is known as the “critical mass,” the plate is then called an atomic pile. The four safety rods act as controls for the pile. Composed < of boron, they are sunk into the i pile to stop nuclear reaction. To i start the reactor, one sets the i proper dials and lifts three rods < (Continued on page eight) > Yugoslavia Wins Council Seat UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., by Turkey. Dec 16 President We , v v - Kuznetsov, first deputy c ' Jose f orelgn minister of the Soviet Un- Maza of the UN Assembly an- ion, who had balked in long sec nounced tonight Yugoslavia had won in a drawing of lots dium. He said it violated the UN for a seat on the UN Security Ch^ ic ‘5 d Council for one year. The deal to resign late next year and for called for the Philippines to be the 11th UN Assembly to elect elected to the second year of the the Philippines, tenn which begins Jan. 1. The Philippines led Yugoslavia Maza announced that Carlos P. for all but one of 34 ballots taken Romulo, the Philippines, had since the start of the voting Oct. withdrawn his candidacy under 14. But it was apparent that nei this arrangement. their side could win the election This unusual procedure, never unless some deal was made. Maza before seen in UN meetings, was was said to have thought up the agreed upon by a number,of lead- plan. ing delegates when five top bal- In addition to the Kuznetsov lots this morning showed no hope denunciation, John D. L. Hood, •I of solving the two-months dead- Australia whose country will take j'lock over the Council seat held a two-year term oh the council FOR A BETTER PENN STATE COLLEGE. PA., SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 17. 1955 By LARRY JACOBSON Dorm Lobby Flooded By Broken Pipe - The residents of Pollock Dormi tory 12 were aroused at 4:30 a.m. yesterday by a commotion over a broken water pipe, which gush ed water across the ceiling of file lobby and destroyed their Christmas decorations. The pipe, which leads to the shower room, sprung a leak and poured water onto the plaster board ceiling. In a short time, the plaster be came soft and. dropped into the lobby, which , the men had decor ated '-for-a--Christmas-, cant e.s.t sponsored by Pollock Council. The running water aroused some of the men and the follow ing commotion woke the entire dormitory. Water flowed from the pipe until it was turned off almost an hour later. About one-third of the plaster board ceiling was water-soaked. A Christmas tree and a crepe paper greetings display standing in the lobby were destroyed by the water." Early in the morning workmen had started cleaning up the wet plaster and began replacing the plaster boards in the ceiling. Most of the damage was repaired by the afternoon. Humphreys to Debate Here Next Semester Sen. Hubert Humphreys (D- Minn.) has agreed to come to the University sometime next semes ter to debate national affairs with a Republican national leader. Myron Cherry, president of the Young Democrats Club, said to day that Humphreys was contact ed by letter and has received a calendar of University events for next semester. The date, to be chosen by Humphreys, will not conflict with any major events on campus. wjtatt University Lists 14,054; Is 18th in Total Students The University, with a total enrollment of 14,054 full time students, was ranked tenth in the nation among colleges and universities in a survey conducted by Dr. Raymond Wal ters, president emeritus of the University of Cincinnati. The University was listed ninth in Dr. Walters’ survey last year. However, the University did not actually fall in its standing, since two universities with larger enrollments did not turn in their figures last year. Last year’s survey did not include the figures of Texas University, which ranks fourth this year, nor those of the Upiver' sity of Illinois, which at presen ranks fifth, In grand totals, which include both full and part-time students, the University was listed as 18th in the survey. The University had been listed 19th last year. How ever, this ranking has been ques tioned by University officials, since the ngure released in the survey exceeds that which the University has released as its grand total enrollment. 'Top Ton* Listed . The top ten colleges and uni versities. in fulltime enrollment are the University of California, 38,594; State University of New York, 24,634, University of Min nesota, 23,393; Texas University, .23,328; University of Illinois, 21,- 889; University of Michigan, 20,- 861; Ohio State University, 19,- 590; University of Wisconsin, 15,465; Michigan State University, 15,227, and the University 14,054. For the third straight year “the trend is briskly upward” in Am erican collegiate enrollment, Dr. Walters announced after complet ing his survey. In 886 approved universities and four-year colleges throughout the United States and its territories, there are, this fall, 1,612,225 full time students—nine percent more than last fall, the survey said. Part-time students are up 6.5 per cent. Important Portent These increases are viewed by Dr. Walters as “a portent of tre mendous enrollments to come in the next decade in. consequence of the soaring youth population.”. The current survey includes 97.3 per cent of approved insti tutions covered. The 25 not re porting or reporting too late for inclusion were chiefly small col leges. As in several preceding years, 1955’s biggest percentage gains for freshmen are in. specialized areas of study, representing a “response to increasing demands for trained personnel in an in dustrialized nation.” However, in actual numbers, enrollments re main greatest in the broader area of the arts and sciences. The survey cites a 7.7 per cent increase in liberal arts freshmen. There are 8.1 per cent more fresh men in commerce and business administration, and 3.0 per cent more in agricultural colleges. Jan. 1, expressed disagreement with the plan and regret that he had not been informed. Sir Leslie Munro, New Zealand, a member of the Council for two years and president during this month, expressed complete disap proval of the plan. He said the Charter called for a two-year term and no shorter term could be arranged. He also said he would not be bound by any such agree ment on how New Zealand would vote next year. iMaza announced the deal in a short statement when he recon vened the Assembly after a recess of an hour and a quarter. Most of that time was taken up with a conference on the best statement to announce the deal. Maza said that in view of the deadlock, it had been felt that (Continued on page eight) Independent Dancing See Page 4 Reelection Scheduled By Party Campus party will hold a re election of clique officers at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 10 Sparks. A reelection was necessitated when Dr. Ruth Ayres, faculty ad viser to the party, announced last Sunday iight that in the second election of the evening, 20 more votes were cast than there were students attending the meeting. Because “foul play” was sus pected by both supporters of Jack Abele and William Snyder, nomi nees for clique chairman, Elec tions Committee will supervise to morrow’s election. This includes the collection of numbered bal lots, counting of ballots, and an nouncing of winning nominees. The party requested Elections Committee to handle the ballot procedure because it is suspected by supporters -of both nominees that attempts to stuff the ballot box and confuse an already con fusing election were made at last Sunday’s election. The election was originally held to obtain new clique officers who would succeed those whose term of office ended midnight last Sun day. Although the dispute raged over the election for clique chair man the offices of executive sec retary and recording secretary were uncontestedly filled by Margaret Fisher and Mary Krei der. However, since the clique ad journed to hold an entirely dif ferent election, the elections for the secretary positions were de clared invalid along with the re maining posts of chairman, vice chairman, and treasurer, Dr. Ayres said. .On Monday, the party’s steering (Continued on page eight) Delta Sig Rebuilding Estimates Are Delayed Rebuilding estimates for Delta Sigma Phi fraternity have been delayed and will not be available until next week, Irwin C. Boerlin, director of the audio-visual aids department and fraternity adviser, said yesterday. Boerlin said the task of evalu ating damage has been difficult, and the estimate from Building Service Corp. of State College will be delayed. 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