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Prof's 'Monitor Show
Aims at Basic Freedom
Because he felt one of his 'basic freedoms" was being curtailed, a professor at the
University produced a five minute spot radio program for Monitor, the National Broadcast
ing Company's weekend radio program.
Ted Richards, extension radio editor, whose hobby is to
radio broadcasts, became annoyed recently when he felt one
to listen to any radio station he pleases, was taken away by
The program, which will be
heard on Monitor sometime this
weekend, shows how Russia and
her satellites have restricted
broadcasts of other nations from
seeping behind the iron curtain
by "jamming up" the transmit
ting channels.
Within 20 seconds after the
transmitters of the Voice of
America go on the air. Rich
ards said, the Russian jammers
go into action. These jamming
transmitters broadcast right
over the Voice of America pro
grams, drowning them out com
pletely with a shrill sound that
can be compared to a sawmill
operating in full blast.
During the past two years,
Russia and her satellites have
erected thousands of these high
powered short wave jammers to
prevent anything but Soviet in
`spired propaganda from reaching
behind the iron curtain. The jam
mers are so powerful that their
signals cover the face of the
world, Richards said.
The program, which was made,
to warn the people of America]
of the serious threat to their
rights, is strictly a one man oper-1
ation. Richards produced, direct
ed, and tape recorded the pro-1
gram, and his voice is the only
one heard during the proceedings.l
The program opens with the
sound of one of these jammers
which Richards taped right off
the air from his short wave re
ceiver. Another off-the-air re
cording lets the listeners hear
a Voice of America station in
California coming on the air.
and then a few seconds later.
the Russian jammers interrupt
' with their obliterating signal.
There are so many of these
Russian jammers in operation
that Russian monitoring engi
neers sometimes become confused
at the location of the jammer.
,During the program Richards
[ shows how these jammers iden-
Itify themselves. Every 30 seconds,
a morse code signal of one or two
letters is broadcast over the jam
ming signal. The jammer Rich
ards taped from the air waves
,used the call letters AR.
Radio Sofia, a Russian con
, trolled system. relays the pro
grams emitting from Radio
j Moscow to North American
countries. During one broad
cast several months ago. the
Moscow broadcast was acci
dentally jammed by a Russian
jamming station.
To confuse the situation even
,more, Radio Sofia picked up the
unintelligable mess from Moscow
land retransmitted the program to
North America with 100.000 watts
lof power for two solid hours.
wave
right
56 to Compete
In Spring Week
Hatters Contest
Fifty-six students have entered
the Mad Hatter's Parade, accord
ing to Judith 'Burns, parade com
mittee chairman.
Miss Burns said that entrants
should limit the size of their hats
so that it would be possible to
get them into Schwab Auditor
ium. In case of rain the parade,
which is now planned for Beaver
Field, will be held in Schwab.
Judges for the contest will be
Ralph H. Wherry, head of the
Department of Commerce; John
R. Juba ,Borough chief of police;
Agnes Doody, speech instructor:'
Mrs. Charles Petnick, wife of the
owner or the Charles Shop, and
Dean Smith, manager of the Bath
Skeilar.
Preliminary Judging
Don Bostock, chairman of the
Re-Man Contest, said that pre
liminary judging for the contest
will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday
at Beaver Field.
Entrants will participate in three
events according to Bostock. They
are the 100-yard dash, a baseball,
throw for distance and accuracy,'
and weight lifting.
Committee members will judge'
the entrants and ten finalists will!
be chosen, Bostock said.
Daniel VanDuyne, carnival
chairman, said that a tentative
schedule of entries shows that 13
groups are entered under parody,
14 under original, and 11 under
true presentation. These entries
are subject to final approval, he
said.
Groups Contacted
Any group that has not been
contacted by the committee has
paid its $2O deposit for carnival
grounds.
Elizabeth Rogers, coronation
chairman, announced that the
deadline for entries in the Miss
Penn State Contest has been ex
tended to noon Saturday. Appli
cations should ',e turned in at the
Hetzel Union desk. A five by
seven inch picture should be
turned in, Miss Rogers said. In
terview schedules for prelimin
ary judging will be announced
later, she said.
Block and Bridle Club'
Dr. Paul M. Althouse, profes
sor of agricultural and biological!
chemistry, will speak to the Blockl
and Bridle Club at 7:30 tonight
in 214 lietzel Union.
New Wesley Building
CONSTRUCTION on the new Wesley Foundation building.
which began March 19. is expected to be completed by the
fall of 1957. according to the Rev. Richard W. Nutt. founda
tion director. The foundations of the building are underway
now. Dedication of the building is planned for June. 1957.
but the building will not be occupied until fall of that year.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Br ROG ALEXANDER
ning in on foreign short
of his basic freedoms, the
the Soviet Union.
WSGA to Start
investigation
On Shorts Rule
Women's Student Government
Association Senate will begin fur
ther investigation into the Ber
muda shorts rule for women as
stated in the WSGA. regulation
booklet for this school year.
Barbara Kinnier, WSGA junior
senator, last night suggested that
the ruling be extended to allow
women to wear Bermuda shorts
for dormitory lounge entertain
ing. She said that there was a
discrepancy in the ruling because
women were allowed to wear Ber
mudas in several places on cam
pus as well "as in their rooms.
Committee Appointed
A committee was appointed to
confer with Dean of Women Pearl
0. Weston, who will have to ap
prove the zuggestion before fur
ther action can be taken. Com
mittee members are Barbara Km
nier, chairman, Mary Gemmill,
Priscilla Doll, Mary Conrad, Suz
anne Aiken, and Jo Fulton. -
The ruling that is now in effect:
was passed by WSGA Senate last
year. It prohibits the wearing of
Bermuda shorts or skirts above
the knees for dormitory lounge
entertaining, in dining halls, ad
ministrative buildings, the golf •
i course and in class rooms, unless
the class is a laboratory or field
trip and the instructor permits
them to be worn.
Prohibited in Terrace Boom
Bermuda shorts and skirts are
also prohibited in the Terrace
Room and above the ground floor
of the lietzel Union building.
Women students, however, are
permitted to wear Bermudas in
the dormitory recreation rooms
and in passing through the lob
bies.
The Senate approved the ap
pointments of Margaret Forster
as Parliamentarian and Rita
Brown as University co-ordina
tor for the National Intercollegi
ate Association of Women Stu
dents.
The Senate voted to award
WSGA keys to Judicial Board
chairman, parliamentarian, and
MAWS co-ordinator.
WSGA Discusses
May Day Plans
The Women's Student Govern
ment Association souse discussed
May Day arrangements at it's
meeting Tuesday in the McElwain
Second Floor Lounge.
Any senior woman interested in
participating in the Hemlock
Chain may contact Anne Caton
in 267 Simmons by Friday. Women
taking part in the chain must
have a full length gown to wear
in the May Day ceremonies, ac
cording to Margaret Forster, pres
ident of the House.
Collegian Staff to Meet
The Daily Collegian business
staff senior board will meet at 7
tonight in 111 Carnegie.
Poultry Club to Meet
The Poultry Club will meet at
7 tonight in 108 Plant Industries,
Today
CHIMES. 4 p.m., McElwain Walnut Lounge
DAILY COLLEGIAN Business Start Senior Board, 7 p.m.,
111 Carnegie
DAIRY SCIENCE CLUB. 7 p.m.. 117 Dairy -
FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA. 7 p.m., 217 Willard
GERMAN CLUB, .8 p.m.. 102 Willard
LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, 8 p.m., Evange-
lism Service
MARKETING CLUB. 11 a.m., Rear of Mineral Industries
NEWMAN CLUB Discussion. 7:30 p.m., 309 Old Main
NEWMAN CLUB Legion of Mary, 8:30 p.m., Student Center
NEWS AND VIEWS. 6:45 p.m.. 14 Borne Economics
PENN STATE STUDENTS FOR STEVENSON, 6:48 p.m..
21S Reuel Union
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p.m.. PSYCIIOIOIKY Laboratory
SOCIETY FOR TEE ADVANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT
BANQUET, 6:30 p.m.. Peas-Belie Hotel, Bellefonte
Panther
May Be
A black panther reported sighted by several Centre Coun
ty residents and similar in appearance to the stone Nittany
Lion crouched in the woods near Recreation Hall, may have
migrated to this area from Ohio.
Capt. Warren Askens of the Air Force gave the following
explanation for the many panther stories circulated in the
area for the past four years.
A family of Mexican farm laborers came to Fostoria,
Seneca County, Ohio, in 1948 to work in the sugar beet fields.
They brought with them a pair
of cougars which mated and bore
a litter of three young.
One of the young cougars was
black or appeared so from a dis
tance. In North America a pan
ther is known as a cougar; in
South America it is called aja
guar; and in other lands such as
Africa and India, a leopard is
often called a panther. A puma
and mountain lion are also some
times called panthers,
Cougars Turned Loose
When the young cougars out
grew their cubhood, the beet
workers found the cats too much
to handle and turned them lapse.
Shortly afterward Seneca Coun
ty residents reported sighting
several panthers in woods and
fields. An investigation by the
county sheriff revealed the fact
that the beetworkers had .re
leased the cougars.
Captain Aikens said his wife
reported sighting one of the half
grown cubs in the yard of her par
ent's home in Tiffin, Ohio, in
1949.
A trapper was hired by the
county to capture or kill the cou
gars in 1950. A search of two
months failed to reveal any trace
of the family of cats. Residents
of the county no longer reported
seeing the animals.
Migrated to Pennsylvania
Captain Aikens said he felt
certain one or more of the cou
gars migrated to the hills of cen
tral Pennsylvania. Such a migra
tion would be natural for a moun
tain bred cat seeking his natural
' habitat, he said.
Residents of Centre County
reported seeing a black panther
in the area for the first time in
1952. Several readers told of see
ing the panther in articles pub
lished in the Centre Daily Times.
The' mystery remained un
solved until Captain Aikens of
fered his solution in an article
appearing in the Centre Daily
Times early this month.
Cougars Not Dangerous
Captain Aikens said he feels it
is hardly possible for people to
have mistaken a large black cat
for the panther. The panther or
cougar has a head which appears
too small for its body and moves
differently from the domestic cat.
The cougars are not known to
be dangerous to man, he said. In
stanies have been recorded in
which cougars have killed sheep
but other instances have told of
cougars sleeping near men
camped outdoors.
Ugly Man—
(Continued front page seven)
receive an Ugly Man key and the
group sponsoring him will receive
a trophy.
Judges of the contest are Harold
White, assistant professor of phys
ical education; Donald Cook, 'Uni
versity Placement Service; Ken
neth Beate], assistant professor of
art education; Marilyn Black, as
sistant dean of women; and O.
Edward Pollock, assistant dean of
men.
Proceeds of the Ugly Man con
test taken in from penny votes
will be put into three different
funds. Formerly, all proceeds
went to Campus Chest. This year,
they will be divided between the
Beaver Dam Recreation' Area,
Campus Chest and Alpha Phi
Omega service projects.
Gazette
STUDENT HANDBOOK Business Staft and Candidates, 1
p.m., 203 Willard
YOUNG DEMOCRATIC CLUB. 7 p.m.. 217 HUB
Student Employment
-The following camps will interview at the Student
Employment Service, 112 Old Main. Please sign up in ad
vance for an appointment.
April 19—Camp Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania
April 19-20—Camp Sinking Creek, Pennsylvania
April 21—Trail Blazer Camps. New Jersey
April 24—Camp Echo Trail. Pennsylvania
April 23-2&—lndian Lake Camp, Pennsylvania
University Hospital
Richard Alkins, Barbara Bobl„Robert Brandi. Samuel
Feinstein, Barry Fuehrer. Merlvist Hertzler. Gordon Erie
err, Gary Hurts. Erwin Mayson, Joseph Markalonis. Michael
Ott. James Porter, Louis Savadove, James Spender. WU,.
liaa Swaney. Belt" Louisa Williams."
THURSDAY. APRIL 19. 1956
Mystery
Resolved
By TERRY LEACH
Outing Club Holds
Elections Tonight
Nomination and election of the
Outing Club officers for 1956-57
will be held at 7:30 tonight in the
Hetzel Union assembly hall.
Sixteen elected offices are open
for nominations. Anyone who
wishes to run for office, and is
not yet on the slate, may have
his nameplaced on the ballot by
presenting a petition signed by
five active members of the club to
Gordon Ivi.:Cartney in 243 Rec
reation Hall. .
CLASSIFIEDS
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$l.OO Three lausertiona
Additional' words 3 for .1/3
for each d*, of insertion.
ONE WHITE dinner jacket. Size 40 long.
Call AD 74732 ask for She Sr.
SENIORS I IT'S KEELERS of course for
your graduation name cards, engraved
or process printed. Prices from $2.40 a
hundred and up. Keelent . . the
versity Book Store, Cathautn Theatre
1963 TRIUMPH Thunderbird Motorcycle.
Like new I t Inquire Bill Bender 126
S. Allen Street Apt. 4.
SEAT COVERS for all cars. 20% dia.
count. Free installation. Sample pattern,
available. Call Al Fine AD 74732,
HUGE SELECTION of portable radio*
and batteries.. Expert radio. phone
service. State College TV. 232 S. Alten,
VACANCY FOR mate student, with cook.
lug privileges: double room. Phone AD
7-2887,
ATTRACTIVE MODERN apartment. Two
rooms, bath. Two .miles from tampon.
Available June 1. Call George Jackson
AD 74792.
DARK BLUE wool sweater—left on base.
ball field last week. Name inside. Con.
tact Art Stein ext. 966.
PERSON WHO took my brown leather
jacket Tuesday morning from Osmond
tall est. 269. I have yours.
ARE SLEEVES of your grey gabardine
topcoat too long? Exchanged at Beaver
Ave. 'party April 6. Phone-AD 643512.
BLACK PARKER '2l Pen with silver top
lost Thursday 4/12 near HUB: Please
return to Annette Bair. 278 14e;Markin.
GREY-SLUE winter coat at Pi Kappa Phi
Saturday night. I hare yours. Call 203
Atherton.
LADY'S WATCH—vicinity_ Center Stage.
Silver meab bend. Phone AD 13-8832.
WORK WANTED
FORMER STENOGRAPHER desires typing
at home. Thesis, term tamers. Reasonable
rates. Call AD 7-4838. Mrs. Dunstan.
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Nurse $150; Waterfront $225: Nature $125;
Unit Leaders $150: Asst. Unit Leaders
$125; Counselors $lOO. July Ist to August
12th. Call AD 7.4067.
MISCELLANEOUS
YOUR STUDENT Operated Service Sta.
tion has its grease pit wired with Hi-Fi
for those who like Each with their lobes.
WOULD THE person who's looking for
excitement and fun on May 4, Senior
Ball, call McElwain 419 immediately.
TENNIS FANS! For Expert Racket Stripy.
ing the No-And-Way Guaranteed satis.
faction. Prompt service. White Hall storage
room after five-614 E. Beaver Avenue.
WHEN YOUR typewriter needs service
just dial AD 7-2492 or bring machine
to 633 W. College Ave.
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