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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:
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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.
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