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VOL. 56. No. 75
Hours Will Change
During Examinations
The final examination period will bring changes in hours
and routine throughout; the University.
During the final examination period women will be given
extended hours. Beginning Wednesday night upperclass wo
men will receive 11 o’clqck permissions and freshman women
will receive 10 o’clock permis
sions.
Official S
Prejudice
Non-Exist
A University official said yester
day there is no such thing as
racial discrimination at the Uni
versity.
He said the University keeps no
record of a student’s race ,or reli
gion.
The question of racial discrim
ination arose last week at a panel
discussion of the Sociology Club.
Several persons from Che floor
charged that colored students
have trouble getting rooms down
town.
The usual reply of landlords in
these cases is, "Sorry, we’re all
filled up now,” they said.
Another member of the audi
ence mentioned that cards in the
Dean of Men’s Office listing rooms
for rent are often labeled “no
Negroes,” or “no foreign stu
dents.”
A check of these cards yester
day showed that four out of about
64 were discriminating. However,
more cards requested that the stu
dent apply personally.
The cards bear two questions
for the landlords to check if they
choose. The questions are: “We
prefer not to consider referrals”
and "We will consider taking for
eign students."
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director
of student affairs, said there is
nothing the University can do to
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Open Steam Valve
Prevents Explosion
An open radiator valve in one
of the upstairs rooms of Sigma
Alpha Mu fraternity last night
prevented the house’s steam boiler
from exploding, according to a
house member.
The Alpha Fire Co. was sum
moned to the house .when its resi
dents found that the safety valve
on the boiler was broken and the
increasing steam pressure had
forced water out of an upstairs
radiator valve into the room.
The water was discovered flow
ing down the wall into the frat
ernity’s social room by house
members. The fire company was
called to lower the pressure in
the boiler.
Wilson Denies Ridgway Charge
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 17 (JP)
of Defense Char
les E. Wilson said today he
agreed with Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway that Ridgway was
opposing cuts in Army
strength at a time when President
Eisenhower told Congress the
Joint Chiefs of Staff had “unani
mously recommended” a new mil
itary program.
But Wilson'said he didn’t recall
ever having put pressure on Ridg
way to stop fighting against mili
tary reductions while the general
was Army chief of staff.
Congressional. committees are
planning to obtain testimony from
Ridgway, who has charged in a
magazine article that politics
prompted the Eisenhower admin
istration to make dangerous cuts
in the Army.
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 18. 1956
The dining halls will observe
special hours during exams.
Breakfast and dinner for men will
be served at the regular hours,
and lunch will be served from
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Women’s dining halls will serve
breakfast at the. regular hours,
lunch from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. and
diner at 5:40 p.m. All meals will
be served cafeteria style.
Dorms to Close Jan. 28
All residence halls will be
closed to students at noon Jan. 28.
Dinner on Jan. 27 will be the last
meal served before the recess. The
dormitories will reopen at 1 p.m.,
Jan. 31. The first meal to be
served in tire dining halls after
vacation will be breakfast on
Feb. 1.
Special arrangements will be
made for graduating seniors to
stay in the residence halls. They
should contact their hostess or
counselor for the arrangements.
' The Rose Dining Room in Me-
Elwain Hall will be open for meals
during the semester recess for
seniors only. Breakfast will be
served at 8:30 a.m., lunch at 12:30
p.m., and dinner at 5:30 p.m.
Today’s issue of The Daily Col
legian will be the last one before
final examinations and the semes
ter recess, according to Norman
Miller, acting editor. Publication
will be resumed Feb. 8.
Library to Remain Open
The Pattee Library has an
nounced that it will remain open
on regular schedule during final
examinations. It will close at 5
p.m. Jan. 27 and will be open
from 9 a.m. until noon on Janf 28.
The library will be closed Jan. 29
and Feb. 5, but will be open from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 30 until Feb.
3. It will resume the regular
schedule of hours Feb- 6.
The Waring Hall snack bar will
close at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 27 and will
reopen at 10 a.m. Feb. 3.
University offices, Student Em
ployment Service, and the Hetzel
Union Building will remain open
on regular schedule during finals
and the semester recess.
Today Is
But Not Entire Day
Today is really Wednesday.
But you'd better no! go to
Wednesday's classes until this
afternoon.
Because Saturday's classes
meet this morning.
But. starting tomorrow, all
you haVe to do is follow your
final examination schedules.
Easy?
Wilson was barraged with ques
tions about the article when he
held a news conference at the
Pentagon this afternoon.
Newsmen asked him, for one
thing, about Ridgway’s assertion
that he was “nonplussed” when he
read about the “unanimity” of the
chiefs of staff in Eisenhower’s
1954 budget message to Congress.
As one of the chiefs, Ridgway
wrote, he had “most emphatically
not concurred."
Wilson Says Correct
“I think what he said was cor
rect/’ Wilson told the reporters,
adding: -'
"He has continually advocated
a higher force level.”
"Is it true that this year, for the
first time in three years, the joint
chiefs are in agreement on,the
question of manpower for each of
the services?” as reporter asked.
“I think-that is a correct state
ment,” Wilson said.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Centennial
Mail Placed
On Record
The Penn State Room has on
record the first and last pieces of
mail showing the Penn State Cen
tennial Slogan to be postmarked
at the State College Post Office
before the die was removed from
service.
The envelopes of these letters
bear a picture of the tower of Old
Main and the slogan.
The first piece of mail bearing
the slogan was addressed to Dr.
Milton S. Eisenhower, president
of the University.
The last piece of mail bearing
the slogan was also addressed to
Dr. Eisenhower.
Below* the slogan were the
words, “I certify that this was the
last piece of mail showing the
Penn State Centennial Slogan to
be postmarked at the State Col
lege Post Office before the die was
removed from service.” This is
signed by Robert J. Miller, post
master.
A later letter received by the
Penn State Room was addressed
to Louis H. Bell, director of public
information, and represented the
last hour in which the slogan was
used.
41 Graduates
To Get 'Bars'
Forty-one seniors who will re
ceive their degrees at graduation
exercises Jan. 30 will also receive
commissions in the armed forces.
The commissions are conferred
upon graduates who have com
pleted the four-year program in
the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps.
Twenty-seven seniors will be
commissioned as second lieuten
ants in the Air Force Reserve.
Eight will receive similar commis
sions in the Army Reserve.
The Navy will award regular
commissions as ensigns to four
students, while one student will
be commissioned as ensign in the
U.S. Navy Reserve and another
as a second lieutenant in the U.S.
Marine Corps.
Six Promotions
Made on Collegian
Six promotions have been made
to the junior board of The Daily
Collegian editorial staff.
New junior boarders include
Barbara Budnick, Anne Friedberg,
Richard Hufnagel, Patricia Hunt
er, Terry Leach, and Rebecca
Zahm.
Four Collegian photographers
have also been promoted.
Now on junior board are Ho
ward Watts and George Harrison;
sophomore board, Joseph Patton;
and freshman board, Harry Fur
minger.
Ridgway also wrote that he
felt he had been subjected to
pressures, “sometimes crudely ap
plied” to drop his opposition to
Army cuts. He said Wilson cau
tioned him that to express his
views publicly would place him
“in the position of taking issue"
with his commander in chief, and
that that “would not be good.” .
Does Not Recall Business
“I don’t recall any such busi
ness,” Wilson said. “Of course, I
do talk to the men.
“I don't expect my men to pol
ish the apple by seeming to agree
with me when they really don’t
... . the general is entitled to his
opinion and appraisal of what he
thought were the facts.”
Wilson said he has no quarrel
with Ridgway, and that “I am
sure he is a dedicated officer who
has done a great deal for his coun
try.”
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Scheduling Office Says
Spring Registration Plan
To Follow Fall Method
Registration for the Spring semester at Recreation Has
Feb. 1-4 will follow the same procedure as that used for Fall
semester registration, the scheduling office has announced.
A spokesman for the scheduling office stressed the im
portance of students arriving on time. A student must reg
ister for himself, and no one can register for him, he said.
Full instructions for correct registration are printed on
the front of the timetable, along with the correct alphabetical
order for registration. ——
Each student should arrive on
campus at least 24 hours in ad
vance of his scheduled time for
reporting to Rec Hall to see his
adviser, secure approval of his
schedule, pay fees and make al
lowance for unexpected delays.
All students must report to
Rec Hall according to the alpha
betical lime schedule. No one
will be admitted at any other
time.
Special students and University
employees will register Saturday
morning, Feb. 4, from 8 a.m. to
noon. They should secure the nec
essary forms in 4 Willard prior
to reporting to Rec Hall.
For admission to Rec Hall each
student must present his matric
ulation card, a bursar’s receipt for
fees, and an official registration
form signed by his adviser.
All students who register late
will pay a fee of $lO for the
privilege.
The dean of each college will be
seated at the table in the center
of Rec Hall to help students with
any problems that may occur in
registering.
This is the only way in which
students may make changes in
their schedule at Rec Hall.
Students will enter Rec Hall
from the north exit opposite the
Nittany Lion Inn.
Any students who have lost
their matriculation cards must
report to 109 Willard, where a
temporary card will be issued.
A $1 fee will be charged.
Timetables for the Spring se
mester are now available at the
scheduling office in the basement
of Willard Hall. Price is 25 cents.
'Who's in the News'
Copies of “Who’s In The News
at Penn State” are available at
the Hetzel Union desk.
Students whose names appear
in the booklet may pick up their
two copies starting today.
BusAd Seniors Get
Registration Change
Seniors in the College of Business Administration will
follow a plan for pre-registration this semester for the first
time.
. , Dr. David H. McKinley, assistant dean of the College,
said the Business Administrat:
>
asked that some pre-registration
plan be set up.
He said that members of the
faculty worked with a committee
from the student council to or
ganize and set up the plan.
Mr. McKinley explained that
with the increased number of stu
dents in the College it has become
increasingly difficult for seniors
to register in even their required
courses.
The plan was designed to as
sure seniors'.of getting their re
quired courses and excluding
lowerclassmen until, seniors have
obtained the necessary courses.
• Seniors Were Counted
Dr. McKinley said that the first
step in setting up the new system
of registration was to count the
number of seventh, eighth, and
ninth semester students that regis
tered for each, course during the
comparable semester last year.
Players' Good
Record
See Page 4
University
Considering
New Center
The University is considering
the establishment of a technical
center to train young men in
drafting and junior engineering at
New Castle.
The center, whose function
would be to prepare men for work
in industry, would be supported
by the fees it would charge stu
dents.
Yesterday’s Pittsburgh Pos t-
Gazette carried a story which said
that the proposed school would be
a two-year junior college like the
various two-year centers the Uni
versity maintains throughout the
state.
The story also said that several
schools in the New Castle area
had voiced opposition to the idea
because there is already a suffi
cient number of colleges in th»
area and the new center would
offer no service not already offer
ed by these schools.
According to the Post-Gazette,
Dr. Walter A. Kearny, superin
tendent of New Castle public
schools, has conducted a survey in
the high schools and industries re
garding the need for such a
branch.
Dr. Kearny and the school
board are reportedly in favor of
the move.
A spokesman in the department
of public information said yester
day that when the University sets
up such a center in a community
it is invited into the community
by local industry. The newspaper
article implied that the move was
to be made by the University
wholly on its own initiative.
;ion Student Council originally
This number had to be in
creased 50% because the number
of seniors in the College has in
creased by that percentage, he ex
plained.
Taking into consideration the
present faculty, this number im
mediately closed several courses
to .all but seniors, he said. No
underclassmen will be able to
register for these courses.
Advantage to Seniors
However, without the pre- regis
tration system several seniors
would have been unable to regis
ter in some of these required
courses if underclassmen had
been alowed to register in them.
Dr. McKinley went on to ex
plain thatrthe College has a check
ing table to which every student
in the College must come 24 hours
before he registers. At the cheek
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