Fund Bill Hiked $1.4 Million
Compitmise Measure
Awaits Senate Action
The University may receive a boost of $1,406,000 under a
compromise appropriation bill now ready for Senate action.
The Senate yesterday took no action on the bill, according
to the associated Press Harrisburg bureau. Action is expected
soon since the State Legislature is shooting for a May 12
adjournment for it's longest session in history.
The Senate appropriations committee recommended
Tuesday night that about $600,000 be cut from its earlier
proposal to increase the appropriation by ,$2 million.
Hammarskiold
Finds Trouble
Now in Water
JERUSALEM, May 2 (W) UN
Secretary General Dag Hammar
skjold, nearing the end of his
,Palestine peace mission, made a
quick round trip to Damascas to
day trying to untangle an Arab-
Israeli jam over water rights. He
would not .say whether he suc
.ceeded.
Syria, with Jordan and Leban
on following suit, had declined to
sign a cease-fire on its armistice
demarcation lire with Israel un
less Israel promised not to resume
an interrupted 1953 project to
take Jordan River water 'for
power and irrigation.
• Hammarskjold would not tell
reporters whether he got Israel to
make such a promise or got Sy
ria, to drop its demand. He re
marked in French "I am the silent
boy.". . _ .
Official Questioned
• ,The. United Nations' top official
was' westioned before he left Da:-
mascus to fly .back to Jerusalem.
He spent almost 2. 1 / 2 hours in an
afternoon conference with Syrian
Premier-Foreign Minister , Said
Ghazzi and Defense Minister Ras
: had Barmada.
•
He had a. Morning conference
here - with Israeli Premier • David
Ben-Giirion and Foreign Minister
Moshe " Sharett.- Canadian Maj.
.Gen. - E. Burns; - chief of staff
of the ;UN truce supervision -or
ganiiatign, was with him on both
occasions.•
Points Cleared
An Israeli Spokesman said that
at - the morning - meeting, various
points were cleared up in regard
to carrying out the 1949 armistice
agreements between-Israel and its
Arab neighbors. He gave no de
tails. - - •
• Hammarskjold wants cease-fire
Jordan, "Lebanon and Syria to
'agreements bet Ween Israel and
match that put into effect April
18 between Egypt and Israel. The
latter has been hailed as the ma
jor accomplishment of his , peace
mission for the Security Council,
on which he left New York April
Student - Gets Probation
For *Throwing . Water'
A Pollock dormitory 11 student
was - . placed on office probation
for the remainder of the semester
for throwing . water- following a
hearing at a meeting of the As
sociation of Independent Men Ju
dicial Board of Review Tuesday
night.
David • CUmmings, dormitory
counselor who reported the stu
dent, said he threw water across
the hall from one room to another.
He said no damage resulted.
Senior Ball Ticket s
Tickets for the Senior Ball
will be on sale from 9 a.m. to
noon and from . 1 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. tomorrow at the ',Hazel
UniOn desk, and at
. 9 p.m. to.
morrow in Recreation Hall, ac
cording to George L. Donovan.
director of associated student
activities. •
The committee in late March
tacked the $2 million increase on
the House-approved bill which
would have given the University
$25 million, the sum asked by
President Milton S. Eisenhower
in the fall of 1954 and included
in Gov. George M. Leader's bud
get of April 19, 1955.
After the $2 million was tacked
onto the bill, it was sent to the
A Senate-approved bill which
would mean about $12.5 million
in construction grants for the
University reached the House
yesterday.
The bill authorizes the in
crease of the debt ceiling of the
General State Authority, bor
row-and-build branch of the
state government.
Proposed buildings for the
University include a new engi
neering building and a military
science building.
Senate floor. The Senate then
sent it back to the committee for
further study.
The bill now pending is the
compromise bill worked out by
the committee, which gives for
the reason for the increase of
$1,406,000 "added expenses at the
' school."
University Senate Agrees
Committee chairman Leroy E.
Chapman (R-Warren) said Uni
versity official "agreed with the
committee that the $1,406,000 in
crease would be sufficient to han
dle most_ of its needs."
If the Senate approves the bill,
it will have to return to the House
for final approval before being
sent to Gov. Leader.
If the bill becomes law as
it will be the largest appropria
tion ever given the University for
a biennium. •It is over $6 million
more than the 1953-55 appropria
tion.
Breakdown Shown
A breakdown of the original
bill, without the sum the corn
mittee has tacked on, shows:
Maintenance . and ' instruction,
$24,783,000; petroleum research
and experiments, $66,000; agricul
tural experiment station, $15,000;
coal research, $70,000 (to be
matched by industrial grants);
nonmetal mineral industry re
search, $35,000; long-range min
eral industry research, $32,500:
matching funds for mineral in
dustry research, $57,500.
All-University Cabinet
There 'will be no meeting of
All-University Cabinet tonight.
Cabinet will meet at 7 p.m.
Sunday in the Student Govern
ment Room of the Hetzel Union
Building.
Sea Motif. Seen in 'Hatters' Parade
Picture on page two
Whales, volcanoes and weird
deep sea charaCters formed the
motif for most of the creations
which marched through
'Schwab Auditorium's aisles
last night in the Mad Hatters
Parade.
Forty-one hats in all marched
in the parade in spite of -the
rainy weather which forced them
1.
ilnto Schwab from Beaver Field
where the parade was originally
!scheduled.
Three winners for th e three
diffenant categories .were an
nounced .by judges following the
parade. The theme for the parade
was. book titles.
Winner in the artistic category
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VOL. 56. No. 133 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 3. 1956 FIVE CENTS
rnival
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Speaker, Plans Set
For Commencement
John Jay Hopkins, chairman of the board and president of the
General Dynamics Corp., will deliver the address at the June Com
mencement exercises.
President Milton S. Eisenhower will confer degrees on. approx
imately 2200 students in the exercises planned for 10:30 a.m. June 9
in Beaver Field, weather permitting.
In case of inclement weather,, the ceremonies will be divided
into two sections, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon,
and will be held in Recreation
Hall.
Deans May Give Diplomas
Arrangements are being made
for presentation of diplomas in
dividually to each student by the
dean of the student's college, ac
cording to' Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
director of student affairs.
The graduating students, Ken
worthy said, will be allowed an
unlimited number of guests, and
no tickets will be necessary, if
the ceremonies are held in Beaver
Field,- but that -a limit of three
tickets to each student will have
to be made because of limited
seating capacity if the ceremonies
are forced indoors.
Decision to Be, Broadcast
Kenworthy said students would
be informed on whether the exer
cises will be held indoors or out
doors by radio at 8 a.m. Com
mencement Day.
If indoor exercises are neces
sary, students in the Colleges of
Agriculture, Chemistry and Phys
ics, Engineering and Architecture,
and Mineral Industries will have
their ceremonies at 10:30 a.m.
Students in the Colleges of
Liberal Arts, Business Adminis
tration, Education, Home Eco
nomics, and Physical Education
and Athletic= would receive their
diplomas at a 2 p.m. ceremony.
Advance Degree Presentations
Students receiving advanced
degrees will graduate with the
college in which they completed
their work, Kenworthy said.
Each student will receive three
tickets when he obtains his cap
nad gown,• except students grad
uating in uniforms,, who will re
ceive tickets through their Re
serve Officers' Training Corps
unit.
Admission to Rec Hall will be
by ticket and only until 10 min
utes before the time of the cere
mony, when the doors will be
(Continued on page eight) •
was Phi Kappa Psi, whose hat,
representing "The Sea Around
Us," was modernistically por
trayed with abstract figures of
fish, shells and sea horses made
out of copper wire against a blue
three-dimensional background.
First Place Winner
- First place. winner in the com
ic category was Triangle with its
hat entitled "The Power of Posi
tive Thinking." It showed a twist
ed mass of distilling equipment
with a hose placed in the neck
of a beer bottle. '
Triangle again won first place
in the original category with a
hat labeled "Circus,". portraying a
carousel with moving animals
twirling around.
Each of the first place winners
received a trophy and 25 Spring
Week points.
Second place winners in each
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Dri
by
Trainer Reports
'Grass' Campaign
99% Successful
The "Keep Off the Grass" cam
paign was termed 99 per cent
successful yesterday by Walter
W. Trainer, head of the division
of landscape construction and
maintenance.
Trainer said the great majority
of students are heeding the warn
ing signs around campus and
keeping off the grass.
The signs were made by pledges
of All - lha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity.
Trainer also said there has
been no sign of the -Dutch Elm
disease which plagued campus
Elms a year ago. However, he
said, it's still too early to tell if
the spray used this year will be
effective.
He said the disease usually
doesn't become apparent .. until
August, but ground maintenance
men are keeping constant watch
on the Elms. The first sign of the
disease is dead limbs on the Elm
trees; he said.
AIM Judicial Board
Applications Due Today
Applications for membership
on the Association of Independent
Men Judicial Board of Review
will be taken today at the Hetz,24
Union desk. A 2.0 All-University
average is required.
Screening of applicants will be
at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 13, in 203
HUB.
Any undergraduate man is eli
gible.
Lantern Circulation Staff
The Lantern circulation staff
will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in
103 Willard.
The Lantern will be out Mon
day instead of Wednesday as
originally planned.
of the categories will receive 20
points toward Spring Week. They
are artistic—Beta Theta Pi's "Tea
house of the August Moon," comic
—Delta Delta Delta's "Inquisitive
Physician," and original—Delta
Sigma Phi's "Horses Mouth."
Spring Week Points
Fifteen Spring Week points will
be awarded to the third place
winners who are Alpha Gamma
Rho whose hat was "Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs," Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, "Cheaper by the
Dozen," and Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, "The Octopus."
Fourth place was won by Theta
Xi, Delta _Gamma and Phi Mu
Delta_ Kappa Delta, Theta Chi,
and Alpha Gamma Delta wo n
fifth place awards. Fourth place
winners will receive ten Spring
Week points and fifth place win
ners, five.. • -
Totirgiatt
nking
Seng
Moorhead Lists
Ticket Totals;
42,554 Sold
Picture on page five
Two groups entered in Tues
day night's annual Spring
Week Carnival, Phi Kappa and
Theta Phi Alpha, and Phi
Kappa Sigma and Pi Beta Phi,
have been accused of drinking
on the carnival grounds by
Richard Seng, . Spring Week
chairman.
Seng said that the groups
waived all points for the carnival
by their action, but that they can
still participate in Spring
The carnival winner will be
announced tonight following the
Donkey Basketball Game to be
held in Recreation Hall, begin
ning at 6:45.
Moorhead Announces Sales
Douglas Moorhead, Spring Week
business manager, reported last
night that 42,554 tickets were sold
during the Carnival. Gross receipts
totaled approximately $4900.
Seng said he saw members of
Phi Kappa Sigma with a large
trash can half full of beer bottles,
cans and quart bottles and that
some of the bottles still co :twined
beer. He also stated that there
were bottle caps lying on the
ground. One of the members of
the group told Seng that they had
used the bottles in the show.
Case Appealed
The two groups appealed the
case to the Spring Week commit
tee at 11 last night. The Daily
Collegian was unable to get the
results.
Seng said the action of the
groups violated the rules and reg
ulations set up by the Spring
Week committee which were
ap
proved by All-University Cabinet
and published by the Daily Col
legian.
Four of the 39 show booths par
ticipating in the carnival were
given first warnings by the Spring
Week Committee and All-Univer
sity- Cabinet checkers Tuesday
night for not being in• good taste
with the standards set up by the
committee.
However, when checkers went
around a second time to check
the four booths in question, all
the shows but one had been re
vised, Seng said.
Booths were divided into three
' categories—true presentation, par
ody _and original, with 12 or 13
booths in each category.
Six campus patrolmen, one bor
ough policeman and one state po
liceman were on hand to regulate
traffic and watch over the carni
val scene. Captain Phillip A.
Mark, chief of the campus patrol.
reported that there were no mis
haps on Route 322 while the Carn
ival was in progress.
A patrolman was stationed on
each side of the highway to guide
carnival-goers acro. A blinker
light was also located on the safe
ty island in the middle of the
highway to warn automobiles of
crossing pedestrians.
Cloudy, Dry Weather
Predicted for Today
As a relief from yesterday's
rains which brought .53 inches of
moisture, partly cloudy but dry
weather is expected for today, ac
cording to students in the depart
ment of meteorology. -