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VOL. 57. No. 2
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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