Graduation Candidates Degrees at Exercises Mid-year graduates of the University will follow a pro cedure that has r ot been used for some 30 years to get their will receive his individual diploma at the tment exercises in Recreation Hall Jan. 30. ly honor students received diplomas—the the hand of the presiding officer, to be revived on a trial basis only, the dean diplomas. Each 1 formal comment Formerly on token kind—from Under a plan 500 Ti :kets To Be Sold For Meet More than 500 standing-room only tickets will gjo on sale at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Rec Hall for the Swiss-Penn State gymnastics meet, which was declared a sell out earlier this week. Holders of these tickets will stand on the track [encircling Rec Hall and will not be allowed on the main floor or in the balcony. The Swiss team will arrive in] University Park from Pittsburgh! at 2 p.m. today. It will stay at the Nittany Lion Inn. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Featured on the program are the internationally famous Swiss gymnasts, two yod lers, who are accompanying the team, the Penn State Symphony Orchestra, and the Tri-Tones, a local musical group. The > yodlers will sing several renditions of Swiss tunes, while the orchestra will provide back ground music. The orchestra will also play Swiss tunes and several classical numbers. The Tri-Tones, featuring Stan Michaiski on the accordion, will play not only Swiss melodies but also two of the nations most popu lar hit songs—“ Love is a Many Splendored Thing” and “Autumn Leaves.” Three singers from State College ■ —Nan Guilo, Sherry Parkin, and Sigrid Fernelius—will sing the popular "Oolie Doolie Oolie” ■which was on the Hit Parade in 1949. The events featured on the pro gram and which will consist of the top gymnasts in Switzerland and Penn State stars are the paral lel bars, side horse, long horse jumping, still rings, calisthenics, and the horizontal bar. Thefts Blamed On Negligence A recent flurry of thefts in wo men’s dormitories has been attrib uted to carelessness on the part of the victims, according to Capt. Phillip Mark, head of the Cam pus Patrol. Mark said that the outbreak of small thefts was nothing serious, but was a natural occurrence at this time of the year. He added that thefts of this type seem to occur in cycles, and that at cer tain intervals an unnatural num ber of thefts are reported. “If the girls would only keep their money in a safe place in stead of-letting it lie" around offer ing temptation to girls who may need money to pay Christmas bills, all this could be prevented,” Mark said. Nixon 111 With Flu WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (IP)— Vice President Richard M. Nixon had a touch of the flu today and stayed home to recuperate. Office associates said Nixon hoped to be back on the job tomorrow. ■ to Receive of each college will give indi vidual diplomas to the graduates immediately after degrees have been conferred on the 550 grad uates by Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of the University. Each dean, with the help of faculty and student marshalls, will preside at tables reserved for each college in the aisles nearest to the graduates. The graduates will pass before the tables in alphabetical order, and each will receive his diploma. Complete instructions will be made available to the graduates beginning Jan. 18 in the office of each dean, according to Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs. Explaining the n t~v system, Kenworlhy said: “Candidates for degrees will be seated by college, as usual, but will be in alphabetical order rather than just any seat in the sec tion. “After all candidates for bache lors’ degrees have been presented to the President, and he has con ferred the degree on the group, the deans will leave the plat form and go to stations on the main floor. “At a signal from the Univer sity Marshall, all candidates will march simultaneously to these stations where the dean will hand each student his diploma.” The same procedure will be followed for the masters’ degrees ceremony. The doctors’ degrees and hoods will be presented in dividually, as usual. Recipients of military com missions will sit with the other students in the college from which they will receive their bachelors' degrees. They will stand in place during the com missioning ceremony; honor students in each unit will cross the platform to receive his cer tificate. Kenworthy emphasized that the new system is being revived only as a trial for this commencement, and if satisfactory may be used at mid-year and summer sessions. It is unlikely, he said, that such a procedure can be adapted to the larger June ceremonies where more than 2000, students receive degrees. Of approximately 550 grad uates, 375 will receive bachelors’ degrees, 125 masters’ degrees, and 50 doctors’ degrees. , . The speaker at the exercises will be Nelson Rockefeller, special assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower before he resigned late last month. W. S. Hoffman, dean of ad missions emeritus, and J. H. Olewine, one-time University marshall, said it has been 30 to 40 years since the practice of giving each graduate his own diploma has been used. There have been exceptions in (Continued on page eight) Ike Asks IVi Billion to Aid Schools WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (/P) —President Eisenhower called today for a new school aid program under which the fed eral government would put up IV* billion dollars in direct grants for school construction ov er the next five years. In a special message to Con gress, he labeled his plan an emergency measure aimed at pro viding “the basis for better edu cation in America in the years ahead.” Match Federal Outlay States would be required to match the federal outlay on the basis of ability to pay. - The state with the greatest in come per child would be required to put up $2 for every $1 in fed eral aid. The state with the small est income per child would put System Revised Haily VOL. 56. No. 72 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 13. 1956 FIVE CENTS Cabinet Approves NSA Membership The University will resume membership in the National Student Association. The action was approved last night as All-University Cabinet members voted 13-10 on a roll-call vote to accept a report by Philip Beard, All-University secretary-treasurer, calling for resumption of membership. This ends one of the most controversial issues to come before Cabinet this year. > No action was taken by Cabinet on two proposed NS A setups on campus. One was suggested by Beard and one by Bruce Lieske, president of the Association of Independent Men. They are to be discussed at a later date. In a lengthy debate prior to the vote, 12 Cabinet members voiced opinions on NSA, five in favor of membership, seven against. Beard opened the discussion by attacking The Daily Collegian poll which reported that of 107 stu dents interviewed, only 11 felt qualified to give an opinion of the organization. “We should take a stand on how the students would vote if they were informed on NSA," Beard said. Robert McMillan, senior class president, referring to The Col legian survey, said the Collegian could poll the students “on WSGA, WRA, and possibly even —Ron Walker photos ALL-UNIVERSITY CABINET voted 13-10 last night to approve NSA on campus. In top picture. Bruce Lieske (right) discusses reasons for joining the group, while Robert Bahrenberg listens approvingly. In lower left, Robert Bul lock reflects before casting negative vote, while Louis Ad ler (lower right) gives reasons for his "no" vote. Coca-Cola Coni The two Coca-Cola containers which were stolen from a station wagon outside Recreation Hall Wednesday night have not yet been turned in to the Coca-Cola warehouse, Capt. Phillip Mark, head of the Campus Patrol report ed last night. The containers were taken from the station wagon of Frank Ad ams of the Coca-Cola Bottling Works in Altoona during the bas ketball game between Pehn State and Syracuse. The concentrate in the two up $1 for every $2 of federal money. The other states would be somewhere in between on a slid ing ratio. Eisenhower asked Congress to vote IV4 billions in grants. Of this 750 million dollars would be to buy local school bonds if these cannot be sold on the market at reasonable interest rates. Twenty millions would go for grants to states for school planning. Total: $2,020,000,000. Republicans Applaud Republicans generally applaud ed the President’s proposal and a number of Democrats also gave it a pat on the back. Not so, however, the author of a school aid bill already approved by the House Education Commit tee. The author, Rep. Kelley (D-Pa.), said the major changes proposed by Eisenhower would slow up ac tion on his bill and <• “jeopardize its fate as well as that of any FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By ED DUBBS ainers Stolen tank-like containers is under a 120-pound pressure, company of ficials have reported, and if im properly opened may cause ser ious injury to the person tamper ing with them. The tanks can only be opened with a special piece of equipment which the company possesses. Company officials have said that if the tanks are returned to the Clark Motor Co. on S. Pugh Street, the company’s local ware house, no questions will be asked of the person returning them. other school construction bill.” Kelley’s bill would supply $l,- 600,000,000 in federal school aid over a four-year period, without regard to state income. The secretary of health, educa tion and welfare, Marion Folsom, told a news conference the Kelley bill is not acceptable to the ad ministration. The big difference involves how the federal money would be di vided. The Kelley plan calls for distribution to the states on the basis of the school age population. Eisenhower’s proposal would sup ply the money on the basis of state income per pupil. Folsom said the Kelley bill would not give the money to the states that need school aid the most. Kelley replied that the Eisen hower “variable grant” theory “would place the school business under further government con trol." (Eollegtatt ROLL CALL VOTE Representative Organization Vote McMillan Senior Class Yea Selpt Agriculture No Childs Chem-Phys Yes Moyer Freshman Class Yes Coale Sophomore Class Yea [Bahrenburg Junior Class Yes , Mosfeowitz* Education Yes Miller Publications No Moorhead Athletic Assoc. No Beat, 1 ? , All-U. Sec.-Treas. Yea Pendleton Leonides No Farrell. A.* Physical Education No Fryman Dramatics Yea Tocker Mineral Industries Yea 5 n * y *„ WSGA Ye* Farrell, P.* WHA No Seastone Home Ee No Yingling Engineering No Nichols* Panhel Yes Bullock IFC So Lieske AIM Yea Krokoff Bus Ad Yea Adler Liberal Arts \e ‘Substitute for elected representative Cabinet, and the students wouldn’t know what they mean.” Beard said he sees NSA as an “aid to our student government, nothing more or nothing less. There will be no drastic change by affiliation.” Bullock then answered Beard by calling NSA “a crutch—not an aid” and saying he didn’t like Beard’s reasoning. "If it is a crutch, then a man with a broken leg should use a crutch,” Beard replied. Louis Adler, president of the Liberal Arts Student Council, said that he was going to vote against NSA because “I feel that the stu dents are not in favor of it.” He said this opinion was not decided by The Collegian poll. (Continued on page eight) 24 Additional Student Withdrawals Reported Twenty four additional students have withdrawn from the campus between September 17 and Jan uary 4 and five have withdrawn from University centers between December 1 and 15. The following reasons were given for withdrawing: persona], 18; scholastic, 4; illness, 4; and transferring, 3. Cloudy With Rain Predicted for Today Today’s weather will be cloudy with light showers, according to students in the department of meteorology. The expected 'maximum tem perature is 35, with an approxi mate low of 29 degrees. Yester day’s high was 39 with a low of 35.