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VOL. 56, No. 121
2 Seniors Receive
Suspended Sentences
The two students charged with the April 5 burglary at
Beaver Field were given suspended sentences and two-year
probation periods, and one, also charged with assault and
battery, was fined $lOO and ordered to pay costs, yesterday
in Centre County i court.
Grey 011iver,Isenior, in forestry from Concordville, and
'Robert Wenner, senior in forestry
from Allentown, pleaded guilty
to the charges before Judge Ivan
Walker. '
The two will go before Tri
bunal tonight for a hearing, ac
cording to Harold W. Perkins, ,
assistant dean of men.
Besides the decisions, Judge
Walker reprimanded the two stu
dents at long length on their ac
tions and expressed surprise that
Campus Patrol does not carry
guns or clubs for protection.
"Llon't the campus police carry
any kind of clubs?" the court
asked Oliver, aged 22, and Wen
ner, aged 21, who were charged
with breaking and entering the
training room under the stands
of Beaver Field.
"They are going to have to arm
themselves, at least with billies,
if they are going to have cases
like yours," the court said.
011iver's assault and battery
charge came about because he
was involved in a skirmish with
Campus Patrolman Fred N. Hite,
who apprehended him as he
crawled out of the window,' ac
cording to State Police, who made
the training-room arrest after a
joint investigation with Campus
Patrol.
Police said Oliver slugged Hite
in the face with his fist. It was'
reported that he suffered cuts of
the lip and cheek and that a par
tial plate was broken.
The two were charged with
stealing fly-tying articles from
the training room, where a phy
sical education class in fly-tying
is given. The articles were valued
at $4O, police said.
State College Police Chief John
R. Juba said 011iver and Wenner
"were drinking and wanted a lit
tle excitement."
State Police made the arrest
after questioning members of the
physical education class. 011iver
is enrolled in the class and failed
to appear for questioning.
After the skirmish with Hite,
who was knocked unconscious,
both fled the scene, Werner tak
ing the stolen articles to the rear
of a hciuse on Ridge avenue, ac
cording to police. The articles
were recovered.
Accide
Hospit
2 Fres
Two freshmen were admitted
to the University Hospital after
suffering injuries in an auto ac
cident at 5:30 a.m. yesterday on
Creek 45, just west of Spruce
Creek in Centre. County.
The students and their injur
ies are
Melvin Hertzler, education ma
jor from near Elizabethtown,
multiple cuts of the face. His
condition is listed as "f airly
good."
William .7. Murray, mechanical
engineering major from New Sal
em, cut of the lower lip and three
teeth loosened. His condition is
listed as "good."
Car Skids on Wet Road
State Police at Pleasant Gap
said the students were returning
to .the University when the car
in which they were riding skid
ded on the wet highway and col
lided into several guard posts.
• Murray was driving the car at
the time of the collision. The car
is owned by Hertzler, police said.
Details Unavailable
Exact details of the accident
were not available's - ince the State
Police have not completed their
investigation. Police fro in the
Pleasant Gap sub-station question
ed the students at the University
Hospital yesterday afternoon.
. A check of State Police at the
Rockview barracks the Pleasant
Gap sub-station and the Hunting
don sub-station revealed that
none of the three nearby State
Police installations investigated
the accident at the scene.
Edgerton to Resign
June 30 to Accept
Post at Columbia
Dr. William B. Edgerton, as
sistant professor of Russian, will
resign June 30 to accept a posi
tion at Columbia University.
Dr. Edgerton has been named
assistant professor of Slavic lan
guages and will serve on the grad
uate faculty in the department of
Slavic languages at Columbia.
Dr. Edgerton was named to the
University faculty in 1950 and in
3954-55 he was granted leave - to
serve on the faculty of the Uni
versity of Michigan.
. Last summer, Dr. Edgerton
spent two months in Russia, the
first month on a goodwill mission
sponsored by the American
Friends • Service Committee and
the second month doing research
for a study of the 19th century
Russian writer, Nikolai Leskov.
Clouds, Scattered Rain
Predicted for 'today
Todays weather will be partly
cloudy, with light intermittent
rain lasting all day, according to
students in the department of
meteorology.
The high will be about - 42 de
grees with a low of 36 degrees.
Xesterdays'-high -was-47.- The low
was-3S.
lizes
men
knocked unconscious as he at- Town Independent Men will
tempted to apprehend Grey 01li
ihold a first vote on a proposed
ver, senior in forestry from Con -,board of town students at 7:30
cordville, as he was climbing' tonight in 217 Hetzel Union.
from the window of the training! The board, which was sug
room under the stadium stands.igested two weeks ago by Robert
This was one day after Wiegand,Cole, TIM president, must be ap
sent the note ordering the dis -) proved at two consecutive meet
arming to the patrol. Dixon said. ings to become law.
1
It was reported that Hite suf- The suggested amendment to
fered cuts to the lip and cheek, the TIM constitution to provide
and that a part i a 1 plate was ;for the establishment of the
broken. 011iver, along with Ro
iboard, will be introduced by Ray
bert Wenner, senior in forestrY!mond David and Lash Howes,
from Allentown, pleaded guilty !representatives at large to the
,to breaking and entering yester - lAssociation of Independent Men's
I
'day in Centre County Court and,Board of Governors.
, was given a suspended sentence' Cole said Emerio Matos, also
'and a two-year probation period.;representative at large to the
1011iver also pleaded guilty to thelAIM board, will oppose the
assault and battery charge and t amendment.
!was fined $lOO and ordered to pay The board, if approved, will
!costs. conduct all regular business for
Says Action Hurts Claim i TIM. It would be composed of
Dixon contends the University'the four officers of TIM, the sev
disarmed the patrol to minimize: en TIM representatives at large
the union's claim that the patrol; to the AIM Board, and seven
'lobs "involved considerable dart-'other town independents elected
I ger." by town ballot.
1 In a statement released to the An amendment for the estal>.
!several state newspapers lastilishment of town balloting will
'week, Dixon mid: "To assign un- l also receive a first vote. If ap
armed men to . . . duties is ex- i proved town students may vote
tremely unwise and improvident,lfor the - seven additional board
and especially when motivated by I members at one of several ballot
an attempt to discredit the union's boxes placed in town stores.
argument that the arming of cam-I Candidates for AIM offices will
pus patrol was some indication of speak at tonight's meeting. Cole
the inherent danger in the job'said TIM will hear at least two
of the patrolman.' speakers and probably more.
'Sorry' He Used Press
Dixon told The Daily Collegian, Robey Named
yesterday that he was "sorry";
that he had to go to the press in!
'
order "to get our grievancesi'lndie Queen '
worked out."
"I think the press should be Penelope Robey, freshman in
fully informed about these things, arts and letters from Smethport,
because it is the University's re - :was crowned "Indic Sweetheart"
sponsibility to the public to re - last Friday night at the Spring
1 port these th i ngs," Dixon said. Ball, sponsored by Leonides and
(continued on page twelve) !the Association of Independent
iMen.
Eisenhower Urges Congress to Enact
The queen was crowned by
Le
. Leonard Richards, master of cere
!monies, who presented her with
a trophy.
The
were Joan
finalists in the con
e test we o reJoan MacKenzie, sopho-
Pay - ins i Advance Soil Bank Program' more in
ns arts and letters from
Ladowne; Bonnie Cole, junior
tin education from Havertown;
"Thus immediately after July 1,1 promise farm bill "regardless of and Dorothea Darlington, sopho
-1956," Eisenhower said, "farmers, political pressure"—two addition - more in business administration
who agree to participate in eitherl al measures besides the program, from Darling.
the acreage reserve on conserva-!he outlined in his veto message'
tion reserve phases of the soillearlier. )
bank program will be eligible fort Plans Use of Surplus
payment.' First he said he would shortly,
The farmers, under this sys- ask Congress for larger authoriza-1
tern, would get the remainder ofl tion to continue the "successful'
their money on compliance with movement of farm surpluses into
the contract terms. constructive uses overseas." This,
Points Out Value he said, will further bolster do-,
"If farmers generally partici-imestic markets. !
pate in the soil bank program," Second, he called on Congress!
Eisenhower said, "payments could to puss "promptly" the far mi
add up to as much as an addition- credit legislation he already has ,
al 500 million dollars to them this recommended. This program, hey
crop year. And of course as the said, would be of special help in.
program overcame the surplus enabling young farmers in parJ
problem, th e greater benefits ticular to buy land, stock and im-1
would be found in the increased plements.
market prices for farm products." Eisenhower spoke fr o m the;
Eisenhower also proposed in his White House broadcast room. Hel
zadio-TV speeclin which he said, said his talk was• aimed mainly atl
ihe felt compelled to veto the com-1 the "farm folks" of America.
Prexy Speaks for Ike
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, pres
ident of the University, delivered
an address to the Pan-American
Union Saturday in Washington,
D.C. for his brother, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower and will
probably" remain in the nation's
capital until the end of the week.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (FP)
—President Dwight D. Eisen
hower tonight urged Congress
to enact swiftly a new pay
ment-in-advace soil bank pro
gram which 'could give par
ticipating farmers an extra
500 million dollars in this crop
year.
The President offered this pro
posal in a prepared radio-TV
'broadcast explaining and defend
ing his veto of the Democratic
sponsored farm bill. Eisenhower
said that "by a simple provision,"
in the proposed soil bank system
Congress can authorize the gov
ernment to begin making pay
ments up to 50 per cent as-soon
as - a - farmer' signs' a contract to
take part. •
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1956
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Patrolmen Demand
Return of Pistols
Campus Patrol, spurred by the assault on a patrolman in the April 5 burglary at Bea
ver Field and the desire for higher wages, is demanding the return of its service pistols,
which were taken from them April 4.
Kenneth H. Dixon, president of the University Employes Local 417, has lodged a pro
test against the new ruling which allows only deputized commissioned officers of Campus
Patrol to carry side arms.
Walter H. Wiegand, director of Physical Plant, which directs the work of the patrol,
sent a letter to Patrol Capt. Phillip A. Mark on April 4 telling him of the new ruling and
asking if he would like nightclubs for the patrol. Wiegand announced last week, according
to the Centre Daily Times, that!
patrolmen will begin carrying; I T I m
nightsticks and blackjacks.
AP Carries Story to Ask
The Pittsburgh Press carried a
page-one story in its Sunday edi-i
For Ist Vote
tion on the complaint lodged by
Dixon. At least one wire service,
the Associated Press, carried the
story, which tied the demands up,
with the Beaver Field burglary., n Board
Patrolman Fred N. Hite wasj
Rev. Hanson
To Speak
At Banquet
The Reverend Henry W. A.
Hanson, retired president of Get
tysburg College, will address fra
ternity men and women at 5:45
tc morrow night at the Interfrater
nity Council-Panhellenic Council
banquet which will bring Greek
Week to a close.
Rev. Hanson holds B.A. an d
M.A. degrees from Roanoke Col
lege and a B.D. degree from the
Lutheran Theological Seminary.
He received L.L.D. degrees from
Bucknell University, Lafayette,
and Wittenberg Colleges.
He was ordained a Lutheran
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FIVE CENTS
IFC Sing Results
To Be Given at Banquet
The results of the Interfra
ternity Counci 1-Panhellenic
Council Sing finals, held Sun
day night in Schwab, will be
released Wednesday night at
the IFC-Panhel banquet which
will close out Greek Week.
The results hare been re
leased immediately after the
Sing in past years, but they
were withheld This year at the
request of Edmund Krame
Greek' Week chairman.