PAGE TWO 8 of 50 Students Polled Can Hear Station WDFM A spot check conducted recently by The Daily Collegian of the dormitories which have student radio station WDFM transmitters revealed that eight of 50 students questioned can get the station clearly. Five of the students can hear it faintly and 10 had not t ried to get it when they were questioned. Van Zandt Cites Need For Airport The “definite” need for an air port jn the State College area was cited by Rep. James E. Van Z.amit yesterday in the Centre Daily Times. j In his Saturday interview, Van Zandt added that he thought that, ‘‘in time” a suitable air terminal in tbi-i area would be a reality. He said that this area has a definite problem in accessability particularly in winter when driv ing conditions are hazardous. Although he admitted that the Black Moshannon Airport near Pliilip.iburg which presently serves the State College area— serves a certain area, he said he tell it was pretty far away from State College and that, it, and other airports in surrounding com munities, do not completely satisfy the need. AirpoTi is 24 Miles The Black Moshannon Aiiport is| approximately 24 miles from Slate' College. ' i Appropriations for federal aid for airport authorities must be mack* through the Civr Aero nautics Administration in Harris-1 buig, Van Z,andt said. He also pointed out the fact that, before this year, yearly allocations were made for airports but since the last session of Congress the fed eral government now grants aid. CAA to Decide Grants The final- decision for grants lies with the groups representing the Civil Aeronautics Administra tion in Washington, he said. Currently being considered are requests for a new airport at Du bois and modernization of the Al toona airport at Martinsburg. Entries Reopen In Song Contest Entries for the Leonides theme song contest will be accepted un til the weekend of Feb. 17, when the contest -will close. Open to independent women only, the contest offers a $lO prize to the winning entry, Judith Pentleton, Leonides president, said that applications can be filled out when the songs are turned in at the AIM-Leoni des office, 203 Hetzel Union. The compositions may be orig nial, or original lyrics, may be set to a classical, semi-classical, or popular tune. Applications Available For Cabinet Committee Applications are now available at the Hetzel Union desk for stu dents interested in serving on All- University Cabinet Spring Week Commitee. All-University President Earl Seely said yesterday that people who have previously written to him for membership on the com mittee need not fill out an appli cation. Have a WORLD of FUN! Bwith tITA ibfe Low Cost Europe 2L <*•«• $499 Orient i <tM> $978 f fowi indvdt Mogo tfufc’f. Mt trip* t« MokUo ilk America $49? a?, ly Tow $498 Mi ««nI i WocUt $1398. «*. AM TOOT Travol Aqml (9 IfAHS sth *w.,*wr Ytrk 17 91 In .wm mtJS Ur By NANCY SHOWALTER All of the students knew that transmitters had been installed at the beginning of the semester to change the FM signals to AM sig nals. However, a few did not know that it was located at 640 on the radio dial and that it broadcasts from 7:30 to 10:30 every night. Transmitters are located in Mc- Allister Hall, Women's Building, Atherton Hall, one to serve Sim mons and McElwain Halls to gether. and one in the West Dorm area. Ten students were ques tioned in each of these areas. Grange Dormitory does not have a transmitter but will have one as soon as the new wing of the infirmary is completed. Then both will be serviced by one transmitter, James Raleigh, WD FM chief engineer, said. Pollock Circle area has no transmitter because the long range building plans of the Uni versity call for these dormitories to be torn down, Raleigh ex plained. I He said that the reason Nittany dormitories do not have a trans mitter is because the connecting power lines are located outside the buildings and this may cause | the WDFM signals to be trans imitted outside the building, which iis against a Federal Communica [tion rule. The dormitories which |do have transmitters have power ;lines inside the walls and under [ground. | Most in One Area The highest number of students iin one area who can hear the sta tion are those in the West Dorm area. Four of the 10 students questioned could get it clearly, two could «et it faintly, one hadn’t tried, and three couldn’t hear it. Two of the coeds called in Ath erton Hall had not tried to get WDFM and the rest were not able to hear it. In Simmons and McElwain Halls two had not tried to get the station, six couldn’t get it, one could get it clearly, and one can g"‘ it faintly. Two students in Women’s Build ing have been able to hear it, one had not tried, and seven couldn’t hear it. Not Tried in McAllister Most of the women in McAl lister Hall had not tried to get WDFM. Four had not tried, three couldn’t hear it, one could clearly, and one could faintly. Raleigh said one reason why students have a difficult time hearing the station is because it it located at the low end of the radio dial and many weak stations are picked up and mistaken for WDFM. Often the interference in the portable and table model radios can be eliminated by reversing the wall plug and turning off ra zors and flourescent lights, he said. WDFM is handicapped, because the signals must come in through power lines rather than antennas, he said. He further explained that this is because many radios are built to eliminate so much inter ference that they will eliminate signals coming in through the power lines as well. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Located in S Areas IX' /((SJ'V^vSf-T '■■' • • ■'■■ •'-'•.•> ' •Jj- ! 'A><; • V?vfcb's !.«•►, •yl;<«<i(.. . • ■ -v»< au ~.Vv v«,v* ,• <sBr» i O 4 .... S ■-> - ( «v" THIS PILOT PLAN shows the location of the four new residence halls and the central dining hall to be built along College avenue to the rear of Simmons Hall. The building will provide accommodations for 1064 women students. Enclosed walks will connect each of the four buildings with the dining hall. Parking areas will be built to the north of the area. The plan also shows how one residence hall unit is set back from the other unit in each building. ÜBA to Bet/in Taking Books Friday at BX The Used Book Agency will be gin accepting books Friday at the Book Exchange, basement floor of the Hetzel Union Building. Students may take books to the agency between noon and 5 p.m. during examinations and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during registration. Books will be accepted until noon Feb. 11, John Knaff, ÜBA manager, said. Book sales will begin during registration in the television room I of the HUB. Knaff yesterday asked students! who sell their books to collect! their money within a 30-day: period after Feb. 11. All books j not sold by the agency are sold to book companies, Knaff said. He explained that many stu dents attempted to collect their unsold books after the 30-day period and were unable to do so. The ÜBA, sister organization to the BX, includes a 20-cent hand ling charge in both buying and selling of books priced over $l. This semester the organization sold a record-breaking 6000 used books in one week. Landscape Society Elects 6 Officers Newly-elected officers of the Student Landscape Society are Donald Lederer, junior in horti culture from State College, presi dent; Edward Edinger, junior in horticulture from Allentown, vice president; Gerald Brown, junior in horticulture from Juniata, treasurer; Edward Schwar, sopho more in horticulture from Lan caster, assistant treasurer; Henry Willette, junior in horticulture from Prout’s Neck, Maine, record ing secretary; Kathryn Simons, junior in horticulture from Nor ristown, corresponding secretary. "The Perfect Valentine" (Jour Portrait . . . ttj *J\epleP I—BxlO colored portrait q qjt 6—3x5 black and while • 3 _, T this week ALL MOUNTED only I—Bxlo colored portrait ■« gy 4—5x7 blackand white l^mYD „.. this week ALL MOUNTED only OL SCepler •Studio f~^hotograpfierA Studio in Dub ft Co. Phene AD 7-4955 TP* ;( ■ .;;>?-'/. , Vvv- Bids on Dorms Requested— (Continued from page one) ges available for entertaining men. Each of the eight units also will have a suite for the hostess. The suites will include a living room, bedroom, bath, and kitchenette. On the first level of each build ing will be facilities for laundry units, a drying room, ironing room, and truck storage space. Practically all the students’ rooms will be double rooms, each about 12 by 16 feet. Each room will have windows of three panels six feet wide which will extend to within four feet from the ceil ing. Booms lo Have Wardrobes Each double room will have two built-in wardrobes with towel bars on the hinged doors of the wardrobe. The inside of one ward robe door will have utility shelves. Shoe bins will be located on the floor and a shelf will be over head. Between the two wardrobes will be two chests of drawers. Studio-type beds with bolsters will be used in the rooms with side boards consisting of a shelf and closed compartment mounted on the wall above each bed. A tack board and book shelf will be built above each of the two study tables. Wall telephones will be in stalled in each room, and ten pub lic telephones will be placed in the upstairs corridors and main lounges of each building. Passages to Dining Halls Students living in the eight units will go to the central dining hall through covered passage ways. In each building, the floor ele vation and roof line of one resi dence unit will be about half a story higher than the adjoining unit. In each building also, one unit will set back about 20 feet from the front of the adjoining unit. Each of the eight residence units will have its own entrances, lobby, stairways, elevator, loung es, and other facilities. The main lounge of each unit will be 30 by 50 feet and will ad- TUESDAY, JANUARY 17. 1956 [join the reception lobby. Below the main lounge, located on the south or downhill side of each building, will be a recreation room which will open onto a small terrace. Lounges on Upper Floors In addition to the main lounge, which will have a kitchenette, there will be three smaller study lounges on the upper floors of each building. Occupants of the buildings on the northern side of the area will enter the dining hall on the upper level, where the four dining rooms 'and the central kitchen will be located. Each dining room will have facilities for 260 students. Plans for the building were pre pared by Harbeson, Hough, Liv ingston, and Larson, of Philadel jphia, and architects at the Uni versity. They worked with Walter 11. Wiegand, director of the phy sical plant; O. E. Mueller, director of housing; Mildred A. Baker, di rector of food services, and other administrative personnel. 'Who's in News' Available Today Copies of “Who’s in the News at Penn State,” scheduled for dis tribution yesterday, may be se cured today at the Hetzel Union desk by students listed in the pub lication. Distribution of the booklet was delayed because of printing diffi culties. The copies should be picked up this week, if possible, although they will be at the desk as long as they are available, James Ja coby, editor of the booklet, said. To get in on the big January Clearance Sale at Danks. Stop in before exams start and look around. Sportcoats —515.00 to $29.00 —none high er. Take your pick of two button or ivy styles in tweeds and solid colors. These sport coats are made of ALL WOOL IMPORTED FAB RICS. There’s a fine selec tion of waist length zipper jackets reduced to $15.99 too. So stop in while all sizes and styles last! Danks & Co. Men's Shop Entrance on W. Beaver Ave. Mac Sez.. There r s Still Time
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