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.