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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
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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."
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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.