'striker: Toddy's Warm Cfe< VOL. 57. No. 2 AFR Witl Honor System By CAROLE GIBSON :*1 F. Riva, professor of air science, said yester rimental honor system for senior Air Force worked so well last year that it will be begun s semester on a full-time basis. Col. Dani day the exp< ROTC cadets for seniors th The idea for the honor system came from the students Hindi sfs ir Yule Ag C Requt Long< The Agricultural Student Coun cil voted unanimously last night to go on record as favoring ex tension of the Christmas vacation by two days. At present the vacation is sched uled for noon Dec. ,22 to 8 a.m. Jan. 3. Several other campus groups have supported similar moves to extend the 'Christmas vacation, which was cut this year by the University Senate. The . vacation was originally scheduled to extend from noon Dec. 19 to 8 a.m. Jan. 3. More Time 'Necessary' In explaining the cutting of the Christmas vacation, a Univer sity ' official said the time was taken away to give more time be tween semesters. This extra time between semesters, he said, was necessary in order that faculty members could prepare grades. ; Norman Schue, council presi dent, commenting on the Univer sity’s reason for cutting the Christmas vacation, asked: “Do they need more time or more help to-prepare grades?” ' Suggest More Help The council discussed but took no action on whether to abolish or retain the Supreme Court, which will be voted upon tomor row by All-University Cabinet. Schue, _ noting that all com ments were in favor of retaining the court, said he would consider this to be the decision of the council. » Indian Summer Will Continue Again today the. weather is go ing to be rather warm and humid. . With Indian Summer upon us the temperatures will remain in ,the high 70’s, and with little chance for a change. ' Yesterday found the tempera ture going as high as 79 degrees .at lp.m. The low Tuesday morning was 38 degrees. . .Today affords no change with the temperatures again p r e dieted by the University weather sta tion to reach the upper 70’s. The low . for tonight should be near 35 degrees. No change in the skies with few or no clouds in sight is fore cast. 'THe possibility of cooler wea ther is still present with the change coming later this week! West Virginia Tickets To Go on Sale Today Four thousand tickets for the West Virginia football game, Oct. 27, will go on sale at 8 a.m. today at the ticket window, 238 Recrea tion Hall. Tickets will sell for $3.50. .The ticket window will be open 'from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to ,4:30 pun. ®ltr HatluHl (E TC Continues enrolled in the program last year, and was used experimentally by the senior class. This year an honor code has been drawn up which explains the aim of the program. The code says, “I will not lie, steal, or cheat nor will I tolerate another senior cadet who violates these precepts.” The responsibilities of the cadet division commander and his wing commanders regarding the amount of action that they may take also have been more clearly defined. Under the honor system seniors receive two weeks of formalized training at the beginning of their seventh semester, arid are then asked to sign a pledge card dur ing the third week of the semester. Professors also begin to discuss the honor system during the sec ond semester of the junior year. The pledge card states that the senior has read the constitution of the honor system and under stands that as a AFROTC cadet at the University ignorance is no excuse and violation of the sys tem may result in expulsion from the AFROTC program and pos sibly from the University. The pledge' also states that the senior will report immediately any breach of the honor code by him self or any other cadet. Includes Many Purposes Mfej. Charles A. Swam,'' com mandant of cadets, said that the purpose of the honor system is' to govern every action of the senior AFROTC cadet and not just his conduct during examinations. He said, “When a senior cadet is commissioned, his word even when given in an offhand-man ner, must be as good as a certi fied check.” Seniors take examinations with out any faculty member present, but each cadet acts as a proctor. Suspicions Checked If a student suspects another cadet of cheating but is not sure that he has done so, he is expected to tell him of his suspicion and demand an explanation. - When a cadet is reported for cheating he is first called, before (Continued-on page jive) Interfraternity Council To Show Rushing Film The Interfraternity Council rushing • film, "A Toast to Our Brother,” will be shown to fresh men and new students at 7 and 8:30 tonight in the Hetzel Union Assembly Room. Tonight's viewing will be the last showing of the picture. Fresh men and new students may at tend. Dulles Reaffirms U.S. Aid to Mideast WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (JP) —Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles today'reaffirmed American readiness to give aid “within constitutional means” to any victim of aggression in the turbulent Middle East. At a news conference, Dulles said the United States “still stands” behind this pledge made by President Eisenhower last April 9 as a move to discourage any new outbreak of fighting be tween Israel and its Arab foes. Dulles recalled the six-month old pledge in noting that peace prospects have deteriorated sharp ly since-last spring. Heavy weapons from Syria, he confirmed, are moving into crisis- STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 17. 1956 Must Sign Pledge FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Walker Larger President Eric A. Walker predicted yesterday the University would have to make more use of its centers in an effort to meet growing educational demands in Pennsylvania. This enlargement, Dr. Walker said, would necessarily have to include development of cultural and* social outlets at the centers, as well as academic enlargement. Eventually, he said, 45,000 students will request admission to the University. Ob ■' ; viously, the president continued, the University cannot hope to ac cept all these students. Therefore, he said the University will have Walker's Views: Here are Dr. Eric A. Walk er's main ideas which he expressed at the interview: 1. Expand University cen ters. 2. Require entrance exam inations of all students. 3. Eventually limit the University's growth and set an enrollment quota. 4. Ban student cars from campus, but build parking lots on the campus periphery so students can use cars to travel in and out of Slate College. 5. No further restrictions on. drinking if fraternities stay within laws and exist ing University regulations. 6. Gradually raise teach ers' salaries. 7. Increase student athletic facilities. Wife Most Likely to Suffer In College-Couple Family When it comes to trying to advise college students who want to get married, Miss Margaret Hafaein is just about ready to stop talking. Miss Habein is dean of instruction and student services at the University of Rochester, N.Y. “There’s no use trying to stop them from getting married,” she said. “We know that. But we have tried to counsel with them and get them to make sure it’s what they want to do, to consider the possible consequences to their education and so on,” she told the Associated Press. “But by now I’ve just about decided that I might as well stop talking. Once they've made up their minds, that’s all there is to it.” Actually. Miss Habein said, marriage need not interfere with a couple's college work. Sometimes the young wives find it belter to lake a lighter class load what with the added chore of running a home. Even so. Miss Habein acknowledged. "They sometimes look awfuly tired." If the young couple decides to start a family while still in col- ridden Jordan and it remains to would, in any event, by a delay in be seen what “the real purpose” moving Iraqi troops into Jordan, of these shipments turns out to be. and that this government was not If Syria’s aim is to bolster Jor dan’s defense strength against any Israeli attack, Dulles said the United States could make no ob jection since it provides weapons! to allies for the same purpose. The heavy weapons moving into Jordan, he said, could either be Russian made or some of the British or French military sup plies delivered to Syria earlier. In an obvious effort to avoid adding to Middle East tensions, Dulles declined to say whether the United States would think it wise should Iraq go through with a plan to move some of its forces into neighboring Jordan to bolster Jordan’s defense forces. Israel has vigorously objected to any such reinforcements. Dulles said he understood there i oUwjtatt Foresees Centers By Larry Jacobson lege—and Miss Habein said they seem to be increasingly so in clined—the wife is the one most likely to suffer, educationally speaking. “Unless she is very highly motivated to finish her education"’ Miss Habein said, "a girl is not likely to come back to college after she has had her baby and is through with the first few months of caring for it.” "We have one such highly motivated young wife on the Rochester campus, a 26-year old who dropped out of school lo become a mother and is now back in school four fo five hours a day and handling her divided program with a great deal of skill. Her husband. I must say. is very cooperative. He takes over care of the baby (Continued on page eight) seeking to play a decisive role in the matter. Answering questions on other problems. Dulles iqade these two points: Great “progress” has been a i chieved in trying to settle the : Suez Canal dispute peacefully as a result of last week’s UN Secu rity Council discussion. Egypt should cooperate with a Western plan to set up a Suez Canal users association, he said, even though Russia vetoed this proposal. The United States will continue to back Japan’s bid for UN mem bership with every feasible means. He made this point after a report er noted Russia has now promised . to support Japan’s application also as part of a peace agreement in :! the Far East. leadership Training See Page 4 1. Make more use of its centers. 2. Require every student to take an entrance examination. 3. Limit the University’s growth and eventually set ar, enrollment quota. Expansion Must Stop Expanding on the last idea. President Walker said he could not say when enrollment would be limited, or what the enrollment quota would be. But he said soon er or later expansion would have to stop. "After ali,” he said, “the Uni versity also has a physical limit. An example is the parking prob lem.” The major means of trans portation to State College, he said, is by car. No Cars On Campus “I think student cars will eventually be banned from cam pus, although in all probability,” the president added, “the Univer sity will build parking lots on the campus periphery so students caq use their cars for transportation in and out of town.” Although he termed an under ground or multi-floor parking lot on campus a possibility, the presi dent said construction of such * lot would be unfeasible. Size Is Impediment Another impediment to con tinued expansion, he said, is the size of the campus: “A student has ten minutes between classes and can walk approximately one fourth of a mile in that time. Therefore, the length between any two buildings on campus can not be more than that distance.” Tieing in with a desire to admit as many students as possible in spite of the eventual curtailment of expansion. Dr. Walker said the idea of turning the University into a five-year school for all curricu lums would also be unfeasible.' ‘•Our enrollment would have to be cut by 20 per cent because students would be staying here a year longer.” he said. The presi dent said he felt too many five year schools are nothing but "watered-down” four-year cours es. There is nothing wrong with young students putting in a good, share of hard work at college, he added. (Continued on page eight) Attendance Off At Homecoming Alumni attendance at the Home coming celebration last weekend was lower than in past years, ac cording to Ridge Riley, executive secfetary of the Alumni Associa tion. Approximately 6000 alumni took in the football game Saturday, which was a definite decline in attendance for the annual affair. The only concrete comparison available was the number attend ing the Alumni Luncheon. Last year, the Alumni Association counted 600 heads while this fall the census showed only 439. Riley explained the probable cause of the low attendance. “You must consider the fact that this year’s Homecoming was held early in the year, and we did not have a drawing card like Navy last year during the University’s cen tennial celebration,” he said. Another reason for the lack of interest was the televising of the game over the regional hook iup. FIVE CENTS
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