Today's Weather: Cloudy and Cooler VOL. 56. No. 142 Armed To End Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps units will culminate their Armed Forces Day program tomorrow with a parade at 7 p.m. The parade will start at Shortlidge road and East College avenue and will continue down College avenue to Burrowes road. The reviewing stand will be at Allen street. 4 Leavei Approv d By Tru stees Leaves of absence for four fac ulty members have been approved and four others extended by the Board of Trustees. Five resignations have also been received. Dr. W. Conrad Fernelius, act ing dean of the College of Chem istry and Physics, was granted a leave from July 1 to June 30 to study at Oxford University, Ox ford, England under a Guggen heim fellowship and Dr. Herbert Steiner, professor of German, was granted a leave for the same period for study and travel in Europe. DeNoyci Receives Leave Dr. John A. DeNovo, associate, professor of American history, received a leave from July 1 'to June 30 and will study at Har vard University under a fellow ship from the Ford Foundation. Dr. Emil J. Burcik, associate pro fessor of ' petroleum and natural gas, will be on leave from July 1 to Aug. 31 for research in his field. ' Leaves were extended for Dr. Morris Mendelson, associate pro fessor of economics, from July 1 to June 30; Dr. William M. Brea zeale, professor of nuclear en gineering, July 1 to June 30; Dr. John H. Ferguson, professor of political science, July 1 to June 30; and Dr. Harold F. Alderfer, professor of political science, Feb. 1 to June 30. Helmer Resigns Resignations have been re ceived from Roby C. Helmer, as sociate extension home economist in Schuylkill County; George W. Gorsline, associate agricultural agent in Bradford County; Ken neth B. Lawrence, associate pro fessor of mechanical engineering; and Dr. Charles R. Ammerman, associate professor of electrical engineering, all effective June 30; and Dr. Phillip E. Eiland Jr., re search associate in physics, effec tive March 31. Gorsline will return to the fac ulty as an instructor in agronomy. ICG Elects Kling, Thalimer,' Winslow To Interim Council The Penn State chapter of the Intercollegiate Conference on Government last night elected William Kling, John Thalimer, and Benjamin Winslow as mem bers of its three-man Interim Council, to serve as a plural ex ecutive until• the group's second meeting next fall. Retiring ICG President Allan Maloney also announced that Carole Hite, John Rapchak, and Leslie Pape, as members of the gr o up's executive committee, were entitled to sit on the In terim Council as ex-officio mem bers. Defeated for the council post was Edward Fegert. In other business the chapter heard a report on the state of its finances in connection with the recent state ICG convention. Re bates to- the members were dis trbiuted by faculty sponsor Lee E. Corter, assistant professor of political science. The group presented C o r ter with a brief case and a portfolio in consideration of his work in sponsoring the organization: C 1 r '4 ttitg F . .. - •,-:,.. T .,,:',, ~ 11150„; Forces Day With Parade The Armed Forces Day program will get underway at 9 a.m. with an inter-service Open House at the Armory. Navy to Display Model The Navy will display a half ton model of the USS Pennsyl vania. The model is 12 feet long, 5 feet high, and 3 feet wide. It was made in 1916 when the USS Penn sylvania was constructed and has been in the capital at Harrisburg since then. The Navy will also display naval weapons, mines, and torpedoes and scale models of Navy ships and planes. The Army will display its new uniforms, maps, photographs, ra dio equipment, weapons, and col or slides and films. Suivival Equipment The Air Force will display sur vival equipment, parachutes, life rafts, high altitude gear, and mod els and photographs of aircraft. The inter-service Open House will last from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Another Open House will •be held by the 112th Aircraft Con trol and Warning Squadron from 1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Air Na tional Guard Armory on the Uni versity farms. Radar Model Display The Air National Guard will display 'a new model radar set, capable of spotting planes three times as distant as previous mod els. They will also display a mobile radar set along College avenue during the parade. Center in McKeesport Receives Land Grant A gift of four and one half acres of land, valued at $60,000, has been presented to the Advis ory Board of the University Cen ter in McKeesport by William L. Buck, McKeesport realtor. The Board is preparing to con , struct a $160,000 building to be used for the program, which now enrolls 225 full-time day students in the two year curriculums and 500 part-time students for even ing courses. Cabinet Time Change All-University Cabinet will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow instead of 7 p.m. in the Student Govern ment Room of the Hetzel Union building. The meeting was set back an hour because of the Armed Forces Day parade scheduled for 7 p.m. Value of Arms Cut Questioned WASHINGTON, May 15 (R) —Secretaries John Foster Dul les and Charles E. Wilson de clared today the United States must keep its guard up despite Russia's announced intention to slash its armed forces by 1,200,- 000 men. Dulles expressed the view the cut would not materially reduce the Soviets: power to wage atomic war and might even increase it. Men taken out of uniform could be put -to work making nuclear weapons, the secretary of state said. Secretary of Defense Wilson said thd Russian move would not, by itself, "justify any appreciable change in our present military strength." Nor, he said, would it justify changes "in our present programs for cooperating with our Allies in the defense of the Free World." FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 16. 1956 Plans Near Completion For Annual Encampment Final plans are now under way for the fifth annual Student Encampment to be held at the Mont •Alto School of Forestry, Sept. sth to Bth, according to Donald Reidenbaugh, En campment chairman. Chairmen for the eight is bert Steele, sophomore in arts . Alum Elections For 3 Trustees Now Underway Election of three alumni mem bers of the Board of Trustees is now in progress. Any graduate who received ad vance or bachelor degrees from the University in the past three years may vote. Ballots must be returned before 11 a.m. June 8. Eight nominees have been se lected. They are Julia Gregg Brill, State College; Robert T. Foote, Chicago; Milton Fritsche, Philadelphia; Ralph D. Hetzel Jr., Scarsdale, N.Y.; Howard J. La made, Williamsport; J. Lester Mauthe, Youngstown, Ohio; Rob ert W. Ostermayer, Clairton; and William K. Ulerich, Clearfield. There are 32 members of the Board of Trustees, including ex-I officio members Gov. George M. Leader; President Milton S. Ei senhower; Ralph C. Swan, state superintendent of public instruc tion; Dr. William L. Henning, state secretary of agriculture; and Joseph T. Kennedy, state secre tary of mines. Other members include six ap- I pointed by the governor, nine elected by alumni, six by dele gates of county agricultural societies, and six by delegates from county industrial societies. lowa State Prof Named to Faculty Roger R. Y o e r g e r, assistant professor of agricultural engineer ing at the lowa Experiment Sta tion, has been appointed associ ate professor of agricultural en gineering at the University, ef fective Sept. 1. The Board of Trustees at its weekend meeting also approved the appointments of Lura J. Leit zel, formerly a teacher in Altoona and Selinsgrove and now a grad uate student at the University, as associate extension home econo mist, effective June 11; and Mar garet C. Herbster, teacher of home economics at Kutztown, as extension home economist in Ly coming County, effective August 1. Yoerger received his BS and MS, and has completed most of his work toward his doctorate at lowa State College, where he has been a faculty member since 1949. Similar views were voiced by officials of the Air Force. Dulles said the United States "welcomes" the Soviet announce ment "if this proves to be an evi dence of an intent to forego the use of force in international af fairs." Similarly Wilson said the Rus sian announcement "would seem to be a step in the right direc tion." However, both their statements were weighted on the cautionary side. The two Cabinet members appeared to be concerned lest the Soviet move generate too much of a sense of security in this country or_ among its Allies. Whether their views were shared throughout the adminis tration could not be known until other officials found occasion to express their opinion publicly. It seemed possible that as possible evidence of declining reliance on the use of force as an instrument Tottr#iatt orkshops which will make up this year's Encampment are Ro nd letters from State College, Penn State's Future, 1956-1970; Robert Krakoff, junior in business administration from Pittsburgh, Counseling; Curtin Schafer, jun ior in business administration from Gibsonia, Academic Policies; George Buckhout, Orientation Week chairman, Social, Cultural, and Recreational Programs; John McMeekin, senior in business ad ministration from Philadelphia, Campus Political Organization; Susan Hill, president of the Home Economics Student Council, Mak- 1 ing Student Government More Effective; Musser Is Coordinator Jarries Musser, National Student Association coordinator, Regula tions and Controls; Jerome Ra dosh, junior in business adminis tration from Irwin, Communica tions, Health, and Miscellaneous. Invitations have been sent to selected members of the faculty I and administration who will par ticipate in the discussions related to their general field of education; or administration. Invitations have also been sent to members of the student body who will attend Encampment by virtue of positions they hold in the various campus activities. Faculty, Administrators Invited Both undergraduates and fac ulty and administration members }are urged, according to Reiden , baugh, to return the requested in !formation as soon as possible so 'that vacancies may be filled by others. Approximately 20 students will be selected to attend the Encamp ment through interviews now be ing conducted by members of the Encampment Committee. Fresh men and sophomores who have shown an interest in campus ac tivities and are interested in pro ducing a better Penn State are particularly urged to attend the interviews. Reidenbaugh said. Monday Set for Next Interview The next interview is scheduled for next Monday evening in 213 Hetzel Union. Application forms may be obtained at that time. President Milton S. Eisenhower originated the Encampment idea when he was president of Kansas State College and brought the program to the University in 1950. The firSt three days of Encamp ment are spent discussing various problems and ideas by each of the eight workshop groups. Plen ary sessions are held at the close of the period and all reports from workshops are given by the en tire group. Each workshop then presents a report to All-University Cabinet (Continued on page eight) of policy the projected Russian reduction in manpower under arms might eventually generate more optimism than Dulles and Wilson had thought wise to ex press at this time. The first hint of the Soviet plan to cut back its total military man power was received by Harold Stassen April 24 in London when he talked with Soviet Prc.•nier Bulganin and Communist party boss Khrushchev during a recep tion. While Stassen did not ;dis close the nature of the Informa tion he had received at that time he made no attempt to hide from diplomats and newsmen who were covering his activities there that he considered it to be of first rate importance and to create new hope for future East-West rela tions. Stassen had generally been optimistic about the prospects of eventually getting Russia to agree to a disarmament program accept able in the West. Seniors: Want to Save a Buck? See Page 4 Alumni Group Membership Drive Begins The annual Alumni Association membership drive for graduating seniors began yesterday and will continue until Commencement Day, June 9, Ross B. Lehman, as sistant executive secretary, said yesterday. During this period, seniors that join the Alumni Association will receive a special membership rate of $2 per year. The special rate will continue until Commence ment Day when the usual $3 rate will go back into effect. "We want to give new alumni an early introduction to the values of the Alumni Association, and have therefore decided upon the special membership," Lehman said. Lehman Praises Alumni Group Lehman called the Alumni As sociation "the link between the alumni and the University," add ing that Alumni Association mem bers stand to gain many advan tages if they join. Among the most important services to members, Lehman ex plained, are the first priority on reserved football tickets and a subscription to the Football Let ter, a personalized review of each week's game written by Ridge Riley, executive secretary. Penn Stater Subscription Other services include a sub scription to The Penn Stater, a quarterly newspaper; mainten ance of biographical and occupa tional records of the 55,000 alumni and the only active alumni mail ing list; conducting class reunions and the Alumni Institute in June and Homecoming in the fall. sub scription to the Alumni News (Continued on page eight) SDX to Initiate 9 Underg rads, 8 Professionals Nine undergraduate and eight professional men will be initiated into the University's chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national pro fessional men's journalism fra ternity, tomorrow night at Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Undergraduates who will be initiated are Vincent Carocci, Harry Davis, Edward Dubbs,„Emil Haas. Lawrence Jacobson, Wil liam Kling, Earl Kohnfelder, John Lawrence and Marino Parascenzo. Professional men who will be initiated are Rolland Adams, Bethlehem Globe Times; Ray mond Brecht, the Philadelphia Bulletin; Blair Bice. Morrisons Cove Herald• Paul Ch a I fan t, Waynesboro Record Herald; A. H. Imhof, assistant professor of ag ricultural journalism; W. Lowrey Kaye, Latrobe Bulletin; Chester Smith, the Pittsburgh Press; and Charles Welsh, the Associated Press. Franklin Banner, professor of journalism, who served as chap ter adviser from 1932 to 1955, will attend the initiation. Cloudy, Cooler Weather Predicted for Today Partly cloudy and slightly cool er weather is predicted again for today, with a chance of scattered showers. The high today will be 60 and the low will be 50. Yesterday's high was 65, with a low of 40. FIVE CENTS
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