3 Sp • Perry, All-St d last sports triple-header of the winter regular seasons of wrestling, basketball, and The first al season closes the gymnastics today the three-way of wrestling at 7:011 will carry both e, Wrestling an •: competition—fir at Recreation Hall. Pitt faces the Lions in air, with the gymnasts opening at 2:00, and i. Basketball will start about 9 p.m. WMAJ ds of the evening mat and cage action. gymnastics still have two weeks of tourney t in the Easterns next week and finally the National March 23. 24. In wrestling Penn Staters get a peek at a couple of "mid-sea son All Americans." Wrestling News, a new publication dedi cated to the advance of the sport, has named Pitt's Ed Peery, 130- pounder, and Lion heavyweight Bill Oberly to its all-star team after a nationwide ,poll of coach es. NCAA champ Ed Eichelber ger, 147-pounder of Lehigh, rounded out Eastern representa ition. Candid Nomi For A Football pla ers Samuel Valentine and James Locker man and lacrosse player Don ald Bostock have been nomi nated for the office of Ath letic Association president. Elections will be held in con junction with the All-University elections, March 21 and 22. Fresh man, sophomore, and junior men may cast votes for AA officers. The nominee for president re ceiving the second highest num ber of votes will serve as vice president, according to Douglas Moorhead, retiring president. 2 Nominated for Secretary Nominated for secretary were Thomas Seeman, junior in indus trial engineering from Sharon, and Robert Fitzgerald, junior in education from Pensacola, Fla. The nominations were made Tuesday by an AA committee consisting of coaches, team cap tains, and team managers from each intercollegiate sport, plus the retiring AA officers. President Sits on Cabinet The AA president sits on All- Univerity Cabinet. Valentine is a junior in busi ness administration from Sykes ville; Lockerman is a junior in business administration from Cheswick; and Bostock, a junior in industrial engineering from Bethesda, Md. ÜBA to Close On March 15 The deadline for obtaining re funds and used books sold though the Used Book Agency has been extended for the second time, to March 15. The original deadline was set for Feb. 26 and that date was extended to yesterday. With ap proximately 200 books still re maining at the agency, a second extension was necessary, accord ing to John Knaff, manager of the ÜBA. The agency will sell the books to a book company after March 15, Knaff said. Students may obtain refunds and books in the television room on the ground floor of the Hetzel Union building. Army Band to Appear In Rec Hall Tomorrow The United States Army Band under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Chester E. Whiting will present a free program of concert, popular, and marching music from 2:30 to 4:30 tomorrow in Recreation Hall. The 120-piece band is appear ing at the .request of the Army Cadet Military Council. The band is on continuous tour. TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY AND COOLER its Host Pitt; Oberly Gain r Mat Berths I re sports on pages six and seven 1 tes ted Oklahoma A&M, 1955 national champ, was the only team to place two men. Oklahoma, Mich igan and lowa had one each. Wrestling News emphasized the mid-season selections were in tended solely to generate interest in the sport, and would not be final until the season ended. The implication was that defeat in the National tournament would bring a change in final selections. Joe Krufka, 177-pounder. and three Panther s—Bill Hulings, Dave Johnson, and Ed DeWitt were named to the third team. Vega Out of Rings Soph Armando Vega will be pulled from the flying rings this afternoon because of an ankle in jury suffered last week. He'll compete in two other events, but Coach Gene Wettstone has pulled him as a precaution measure, mainly because of the coming Easterns next Saturday at Army, and the nationals at Chapel Hill, N.C. Pitt, in its second year of the sport, has a 4-3 record. Coach John Egli sends his cagers against Pitt, who won the first encounter at Pitt, 78-60. The home crowd and floor will help the Lions in their upset bid to hit the .500 mark. 'They have a 12-13 record. A loss would inflict the first losing season in basket ball since 1949. Penn State is rid ing on a three-game win streak. Pitt is strong under the boards with Bob Lazor, 6-5, heading a team roster that averages 6-3. Selective Service Applications Due Applications for the Selective Service Coll e g e Qualification Test to be given April 19 must be postmarked no later than mid night Monday. Application forms and other *nformation may be obtained in the dean of men's office, 109 Old Main. To be eligible for the test, a stu dent must be a Selective Service registrant who intends to request occupational deferment as a stu dent, not have taken the test pre viously. State Senate Passes 3 Per Cent Sales Tax HARRISBURG, March 2 (RI The Senate today approved a 3 per cent sales tax with the Re publican majority "assuming full responsibility" for the 322 million dollar measure. The vote of 30-15 was four above the 26 necessary to pass a bill. Four Democrats joined the solid Republican block of 26 sen ators in passing the Senate's first program for,taxes. Three previous tax programs had been rejected by the Senate in the past-14 months. Along with the sales levy, which goes to the House for agreement, the Senate approved a 3 per cent tax on hotel room occupancy and three House-pass ed business taxes. The entire tax program is de signed to raise 442% million dol lars to balance a record $1,320,- 000,000 general fund budget. A & M Lands Two TO Elaitg VOL. 56. No. 95 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 3. 1956 FIVE CENTS AFROTC Adopts Honesty Program An academic honesty program for seniors enrolled in air science was adopted by the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University yesterday. The program will officially go into effect next week when a constitution will be pre sented, embodying the rules of the system, and the 132 seniors enrolled in the air sciences course sign pledge cards, swearing to obey the rules of the program. According to Maj. Charles A. Swain, chief instructor in senior air science and designer of the program, the system was drawn up only for seniors, and will not affect other students. Business Predicts Large Scale Hiring This month will be the most hectic month in the biggest year of college-senior hiring in U.S. business, according to the March issue of Fortune Magazine. In a six-page article Herrymon Mauer tells of starting salaries on the average of $394 a month for engineers. It predicts that of this year's crop of 200,000 men graduates, the great majority will be em ployed by big business. Sears, Roebuck wants to re cruit 500 students before they graduate; U.S. Steel wants to hire betwen 950 and 1000; Interna tional Business Machine is out for 1744; General Motors is aim ing for 2000 and would take as many as 800 more if it could get the ones it wants; and General Electric expects to take on a total of 2500. Salaries Go Higher As of last November, starting salaries in three fields were: $352 for accountants, $358 for sales men; and $348 for general busi ness trainees. These sums, which do not in clude fringe benefits, contrast sharply with salaries back in 1947: $244 for engineers, $231 for accountants; $225 for salesmen, and $223 for general trainees. Advances Cause Need The increased need for college graduates in business was brought about by advances in technology and plant expansion. Meanwhile, the supply of col lege talent is down because of the low birth rate of the depres sion. The number of graduating engineers, for instance, has de creased from 53,000 in the excep tional year of 1950 to an esti mated 30,000 in 1956. Graduates Talk Jobs The 1950 graduate has 16 chan ces to talk jobs, the 1955 senior had 44, and this year the number of opportunities has increased even more. The need is not limited to the technical student. It is almost as (Continued on page eight) Rep. Readinger, floor leader of the Democratic House majority, predicted the House would agree to the entire program next week. "After all, there is nothing else," he said. "We just have to take it." But, he emphasized, House Republicans will be re quired to produce the bulk of the votes. "This is the first time in the history of Pennsylvania where a party not in power takes the re sponsibility for a tax program," Sen. Rowland B. Mahany, GOP floor leader, told the Senate. Dent Opposes Tax Democratic senators made clear they remain opposed to the sales tax principle. Sen. John H. Dent, Democratic floor leader, said: fiSome of our members feel they are obligated to vote for the revenue raising measures at this late stage of the game." 'Th F sr a • - / ti i. , • 4 ;* -- \ " * .t - 1 - -__;,,, , it t if. ~./, FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By ROG ALEXANDER Volunteer Firemen Expect to Complete Borough inspection Volunteer teems of Alpha fire men expect to finish a major por tion of the unchecked area next week in their borough-wide in spection for possible fire hazards. Fire chief Torn Sauers said firemen ma y conduct a small scale inspection this afternoon. "But we really expect to get roll ing next week," he added. Firemen have completed an in spection of the State College business area and the six frater nities on campus. Diners, theaters, and fraterni ties were described by Sauers as being relatively free of fire haz ards. Firemen reported finding sev eral instances of waste paper in basements and fau It y wiring. Lack of fire extinguishers was al so cited. The inspection began three weeks ago but because of work ing conditions and inconvenience to inspecting teams, Sauers said, firemen have not been able to maintain a steady pace. Panhel to Meet Tuesday Panhellenic Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss Greek Week plans. Carolyn Cun ningham, Women's Student Gov ernment Association president, will speak to the council. The sales tax would be im posed upon 17 categories of tan gible personal property. Take home food and clothing, except formal dress and fur-trimmed ap parel are exempt. So are all pur chases under 10 cents. It would be effective one day after it becomes \ law. It would drop back to 2 per cent June 1, 1957. A proposal to use the Ohio stamp receipt plan was eliminat ed in the final draft. Printer's Error Costly The Senate lost three hours of time because of a printer's error in the sales tax bill. Then for an hour the sales levy was debated with half a dozen senators pre senting their reasons for their position. The voting on both sales and hotel levies was over in 10 swift minutes. CrAirgiatt Under the provisions of the constitution, no proctor will be in the classroom during an exam ination,.and attendance and tardi ness checks wilt not be taken. Each student is placed on his hon or during an examination, and will also be honor bound to re port absence or tardiness from class, Swain said. 'The program has been found not to be in conflict with the rules of the University, Swain stated. Under a University rul ing, a proctor must be in at tendance during an examina tion. Since the students en rolled in the prog r am are pledged under the honesty sys tem. Swain said. the students will proctor each other. The honor system has actually been in effect on an experimental basis since last fall, Swain said. During that time, not one case of dishonesty was reported, he said. The honor system was moved from an experimental basis to an actual program Thursday, when senior air science students took their first full examination with out a proctor in attendance. An indoctrination program for juniors, explaining the aims and objectives of the system, will be held later this semester, Swain continued. Then, after registra tion in Air Science 4 next fall, the students will be required to sign the pledge card, or he will not be admitted to the program, he continued. Swain is confident that vio lators will be detected by other students and turned in to the military department. A cadet board will review the offender's case. he said. The board can only make a recommendation to the Colonel, who makes. the final decision. Swain continued. if the student is found guilty. he is dropped from the program. and a letter is sent to the dean of the student's college. inform ing him of the situation, he said. Dean of men. Frank J. Simes, commenting on the program, said he was not sure whether a stu dent caught cheating under the ROTC honesty program would have to face University action also. This is one of the problems of the program that remains to be ironed out, he said. On the basis of the experimen tal program, Swain said he is confident that the department will continue to receive the co operation necessary for the suc cess of the program. "Once the students are ele vated to the prestige of being trusted, they - will hesitate to low er themselves by violating the rules," he said. Overcast Skies, Rain Predicted for Today Partly cloudy with a slight pos sibility of scattered showers is the forecast for today, according to students in the department of me teorology. Cooler weather is pre dicted for Sunday afternoon. The expected high is 50 de grees with a low of 25. Yester day's low was 35 while the max imum was 50. Drop-Add Period Ends Today is the deadline for dropping courses. Drop-add forms may be ob tained in the basement of Wil lard Hall.
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