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VOL. 56. No. 145
BXComm ittee Report
Accepted by Cabinet
A report recommending that the Book Exchange refrain
from selling new books was accepted by All-University Cabi
net Thursday night. •
The report did
contained only one
Reds Say
U.S. Should
Cut Arms
Related story on page three
MOSCOW, May 18 (!P)—
Pravda called on the United
States today to follow the So
viet Union's example and cut
back its armed forces.
The Communist p art y news
paper ridiculed a statement at
tributed to Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles that the Soviet
government is reducing its armed
forces "only to increase its mili
tary might." .
"If a reduction of armed forces
means increasing military might,
then why do not the American
government and its Allies want to
increase their might by using the
same method?" Pravda asked.
Stock Exchange Panic
The newspaper said. the Russian
announcement that the armed
forces are being • trimmed by
1,200,000 men caused a• panic on
the New York Stock Exchange.
"Leading spokesmen of the U.S.
government," Pravda said, "hast
ened to dispel apprehensions of
the owners of the war industry
and their brokers."
It asserted that Defense Secre
tary Charles E. Wilson and Adm.
Arthur W. Radford, cbairmen of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured
industrialists and bankers that the
United States does not intend to
reduce its armed forces but ac
tually plans to increase military
expenditures.
Article Echoes Khrushchev
Pravda's article echoed Com
munist party leader Nikita
Khrushchev's reported outburst
against Dulles during negotiations
with French leaders in the Krem
lin yesterday. Khrushchev took
particular exception to a state
ment attributed to Dulles that the
Soviet military reductions were
forced by popular pressure. The
Russian accused Dulles of inter
fering in Soviet internal affairs.
Senior Ist Civilian
To Take' Advanced
AFROTC Course
Allen Starkey, senior in science
from Philadelphia, has become
the first "civilian" to take an ad
vanced military course.
Starkey, who will be graduated
from the College of Chemistry
and Physics in June, is taking the
advanced Air Force course in
principles of leadership and man
agement.
Starkey said that, since he ex
pects to work in the field of chem
ical sales with Rohm and Hass
Company upon graduation, he
felt a need for such a course. He
enrolled in the three-credit Air
Force course after he could find
no similar offering in the Univer
sity program and after he checked
Air Force regulations.
Unlike his classmates, Starkey
wears civilian clothes to the class.
AAUW to Hear Dennis
Lawrence E. Dennis, UniVersity
provost, will deliver one of the
two major addresses at the 1956
conference of The Pennsylvania
division of the American Associa
tion of University Women, next
Friday and Saturday at the Nit
tany Lion Inn. He will speak on
•'The Citizens Stake in Higher
Education"
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not require a vote of Cabinet because it
recommendation urging students to sup
port the BX, Robert Bahrenburg,
All-University president said.
The purpose of the report, com
piled by a representative from
each college, was to clarify sev-1
eral questions brought to light
when the All-University Elec
tions Committee during the spring
elections forbid the Lion party to
use a plank advocating that the
BX sell
,new books.
Says Store Too Small
The committee recommended
against the sale -of new books,
claiming that the present location
of the BX is not large enough
and that the BX does not have
enough money to handle the new
books.
In addition, the report says,
correspondence with other schools
has advised against the sale of
new books by a student-operated
organization.
At present, the Used Look
Agency sells used books at the
beginning of each semester.
As an alternative to selling new
books in the BX, the report also
discourages the establishment of
a co-op book store.
Downtown Store Not Possible
' The -- repoit. said - that students
would not patronize it unless it
was in the main shopping area
and it would be almost impossible
to obtain and operate another
book store in State College due
to zoning laws.
The books would also have to
be sold at list price requiring a
refund program, thus requiring
the salaries of additional help.
The building rent and wages, the
report said, would not allow books
to be sold cheaply.
Profit From General Items
The greatest profit of the BX
is made in miscellaneous supplies,
the' report continued.
A sentence stating that "items
such as engineering equipment
will be carried in the near fu
ture" was deleted from the report
by unanimous approval of Cabi
net.
Bahrenburg said that there is
only'a slim possibility concerning
this proposal and to his knowl
edge there has not been enough
research done.
Rising Temperatures,
Blue Skies Expected
Mostly warmer and sunny
weather is predicted for t his
morning, with possible showers
toward evening.
The high today is expected to
be 65 and the low 50. Yesterday's
high was 54.
Senate
WASHINGTON, May 18 (PP)
—The Senate passed a new
farm bill tonight to replace
the one President Eisenhower
vetoed April 16. It is stripped
of many features objection
able to the administration and
gives the President the billion
dollar soil bank program he re
quested.
Passage was on a voice vote.
The bill now goes to the House
for consideration of numerous
changes written in by the Senate
during a session lasting more
than nine hours. The House ver
sion was passed May 3.
Sens. George D. Aiken (R.-Vt.)
and Clinton P. Anderson (D.-Nal.)
expressed hope that the House
would accept the changes and
rush the legislation to the White
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 18. 1956
Educators Explore Use
Of Televised Classes
The University was host yesterday to five educators from India. Formosa and Amer
ican colleges who are exploring the use of television in education.
Shan-Hui Yao, director of the engineering department of the Broadcasting Corpora
tion of China and president of the directors of the Board of Broadcasting, is studying the pos
sibilities of the use of television in mass education in Formosa.
Yao said that in Formosa there are not enough schools
TRUMPETER Jimmy McPartland and saxophonist Bud
Freeman team up on a Dixieland rune
Chicago in the 20's
Relived in Concert
Dixieland jazz enthusiasts lived it up last night in Schwab
Auditorium as Jimmy McPartland and his All-Stars played
the type of music that made Chicago famous in the Roaring
Twenties.
The small but appreciative audience heard "At the Jazz
Band Ball" open the program followed by "Tin Roof Blues"
with Vic Dickenson playing the
trombone solo,
Before moving. on with "Love
is Just Aroupd the Corner," Mc-
Partland said that although his
combo plays some Dixieland they
consider it more Chicago style.
Freeman's Sax a Hit
The number with Bud Freeman
playing' the saxaphone s 0 10
brought considerable applause
from the audience.
Memories of Bix Beiderbecke
were brought back to jazz lovers
when McPartland dedicated "Dav
enport Blues" to him, which was
the only instrumental ever writ
ten by Beiderbecke.
McPartland is known to use
Beiderbecke's style and to play
many of his arrangements. Ac
cording to giectators, McPartland,
OK's Farm Bill
House for Eisenhower's signature.
Aiken, senior GOP member of
the Senate Agriculture Commit
tee, has been serving as the ad
ministration's spokesman on farm
policy in the Senate. Anderson is
a former Democratic secretary of
agriculture.
Quick Action Urged
Members of both parties have
said they want to get some relief
legislation on the books as quick
ly as possible.
If the House refused to accept
the changes, another Senate-
House Conference Committee will
have to be appointed to iron out
the differences. But Senate lead
ers exhibited confidence th e
House would go along with them.
Provides for Soil Bank
The• Senate bill, like the House
measure, provides for a soil bank
plan under 'which farmers could
receive up to $1.2 billion a year in
Gar4ittn
By JUDY HARKISON
By GINNY PHILIPS
with his trumpet, played the "Dav
enport Blues" exactly the way
Beiderbecke always did.
Audience Goes 'Wild'
Dickenson provided another
highlight of the evening when he
played the solo in "Basin Street
Blues." The audience went "wild"
and demanded an encore.
When the audience calmed down
the All-Stars played a Jelly Role
Martin tune, a traditional Chi
cago jazz number. Buele
Neidlin
ger on the bass and Red Richards
on the piano brought the house
down when they got together for
the solo part.
Karl Rifle with the drums
teamed up with Dickenson to pro
vide an unusual rendition of "RoyL
al Garden
.Blues." After repeated
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government benefits for with
drawing. land from the production
of crops already in surplus.
But neither branch of Congress
voted to give Eisenhower the au
thority he requested to make up
to 500 million dollars in advance
payments on the soil bank this
year. Without thii authority, he
contended, farmers would not- re
ceive any substantial soil bank
benefits until 1957, since this
year's growing season is so far
advanced.
Termed 'Political Lollipop'
Chairman Allen Ellender (D.-
La.) of the Senate Agriculture
Committee called the President's
prepayment proposal "a political
lollipop" and led efforts to defeat
it.
The bill does not contain the
high, rigid price supports for
figuring price supports and other
features objectionable to the ad
ministration also — have been
dropped. -
The Hears
On
See Page 4
to accommodate the number of
students. Radio is now being used,
he said, for teacher training and
education in the homes, but tele
vision has not been introduced.
Invited by Ed Fund
Humayun Kabir, a member of
the Parliament of India, Secre
tary of the Ministry of Education,
and chairman of the University
Grants Commission, was invited
to the United States by the Ford
Foundation's Fund for the Ad
vancement of Education as a con
sultant. He was accompanied by
Philip H. Coombs, secretary and
director of research of the Fund.
Kabir said the University's pro
ject is "a very interesting devel
opment" and, in addition to the
instruction of a larger class,
"makes teaching much more vivid
and concrete."
Understudy in India
"Televised classes is under con
templation in India, but education
must first be inserted into the
traditional pattern of TV," he ex
plained.
Mr. Coombs said that "the Uni
versity has the potentialities of
helping introduce in ?.ducation
new and improved methods which
will help solve the central prob
lem of education today:'
That problem, he said, is to pro
vide better quality education to
an increased enrollment.
He is delighted, he continued,
with the boldness and imagination
demonstrated in the University's
experiment.
TV System said Test'
Dr. John T. Graves, director of
closed-circuit television at the
New York City Community Col
lege, also came to the University
to observe the TV operation. He
said that he had heard "it was
the best in the country" and
wanted to discuss the problem
with professors and -study the
equipment and manner of pre-'
sentation.
Dr. John Folger, a representa
tive of the Southern Regional Ed
ucation Board which coordinates
and plays work with colleges and
universities in 16 states, also
studied the University's TV setup.
Educational Network
At present Folger is considering
a live television classroom net
work that could -be extended to
some 20 colleges. This network, he
said, has great potential for pre
senting outstanding programs and
saving instructor time.
The problems arising, he ex
plained, are the amount of inde
pendence an instructor should
maintain and the interest shown
by the teachers.
The visitors examined the
Sparks closed circuit system, at
tended televised classes, and dis
cussed the project with engineers
ana staff members. They were the
guests of Dr. Clarence R. Carpen
ter and Leslie P. Greenhill, direc
tor and associate director of the
project.
NSA Units to Discuss
Program for Next Year
Members of the National Stu
dent Association committees will
meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 218
IHetzel Union to discuss the en
tire program and policies for next
!year.
James Musser. coordinator, said
that he will explain the Universi
it
ty organization of NSA as well
as defining its purposes and goals.
Particular projects will be re
l'erred to committees, in which
'changes and improvements will
be considered.
Center Stage Finale
The final Center Stage presen
tation of "The Lady's Not for
Burning" will be presented at S
tonight
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