- Today's °recast: loudy, er Partly War I VOL. 57. No (hes Lags '55 Drive Behind eturns 1 hest today re g way from its as the campaign i ourth day with collected to date. returns amounted ch was almost four as returns for Tues -0.50 was collected Campus mained a lo $12,000 goal entered its only $251.92 Yesterday's to $195.42, wh times as great day. Only $- Tuesday. Last year, $l5OO representing 25 per cent of the $6OOO goal, had been co ected during the first three d.► s of the drive. A total of $351..90 was collected during last y:ar's four-day drive, falling short of the goal by $2483.10. - Only 15 - elicitors Report Edward Lo g, tabulations chair man for the d ive, said that these returns are • i indication of the eventual ou come of the cam paign, because only 15 out of ap proximately 425 solicitors have made returns. The average contribution per person so far has been 90 cents. This falls short of 10 cents per person for the goal established by the Cainpus Chest executive committee as: "A Dollar per Scholar." Long said that strongest re turns came from Nittany, Thomp son, and McKee- dormitories. He commended these contributors whose average contribution was more than a dollar per person as well as the solicitors in these areas. Weak Areas Noted The weakest returns to date have come from Town Independ ent Men and the Pollock area, according to Long. "I feel the final result of this campaign will be far better than last -year's," Long commented. Judging from the individual con tributions received so far, our campaign should be successful. I attribute this to the fact that this year's drive was much better organized than last year's. The deadline for making re turns is 11 p.m. tomorrow, in or der to be eligible for the trophies. • Captains May Make Returns Captains may make returns from 1 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 10 p.m. today and from 2 to 11 p.m. tomorrow at the lounge op posite the Hetzej Union desk. Members of Kappa Kappa Gam ma sorority are conducting a car wash at fraternity houses this week to raise funds for Campus Chest. Soph Student Given Probation for Year A sophomore physics student charged with being at least partly responsible for his date being returned to her dormitory 40 minutes late has been placed on office pro bation for the rest of the academic year. A Tribunal recommenda accepted yesterday by the dean of men's office. The incident occur red Oct. 27. A campus patrolman' investi gated -the situation after he ob served the student and his date, a freshman, in a parked car about 12:15 in area 38. Under office probation, the stu dent must report to the dean of men's office from time to time for informal conferences. No nota tion of his act is placed on his record. The student told Tribunal he had not realized that his date was late until about 12:10, -but had persuaded her to remain with him after this to finish a personal con versation in which they were en gaged- In a report to the dean of men's office, the patrolman said the stu dent expressed the attitude that, ~... a i l . < a' r Elztitg (..-.,:.::t.. - _,-.,. 71 . 4 ~,-) (g 7... nett'--". STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 15. 1956 Waiting in Line—Easy Way son moo i sow=ra awir I==M iimw, moo mom. siolla 01.0•1111.• um 00•4111 /MOS 1111111.1,1•110 NEM S. Mil. weg, • a OMR •11.1•0 MIR Mem • —Doily Collegian Photo by C Harrison RALPH VOLPE, sophomore in liberal arts from Lansdale, brought his chair along with him yesterday morning to wait in line for Pitt game tickets, while other students made use of their time by reading The Daily Collegian. Three thousand tickets were sold within two hours. Land-Grant Group Secretary Decries Federal Scholarships The.executive secretary of the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities has cautioned against what he called "disturbing" proposals for Federal scholarships. In his annual report Tuesday to the association, which represents one-fifth of all United States college enrollment, Rus sell I. Thackrey said that if anyl further federal aid were extended to higher education it would be' better to give it to institutions rather than individuals, accord ing to the Associated Press. Dangers Emphasized Temporary Parking Extended in Town Use of some of the temporary emergency parking stickers is sued by the borough for certain blocks have been extended, pend ing completion of off-street facili ties. Burgess David R. Mackey yes terday said 110 of the stickers were issued originally for a two week period. He also said he -expected two parking lots, capable of holding most of the overflow of fraternity cars, would be completed by Thanksgiving. ion asking the action was since his date was already late, she "might as well be good and late." She reportedly took a one o'clock permission the night be fore after the same student escort ed her to her dormitory toe late to take a 12 o'clock. Although he admitted drinking off and on throughout the day, the student said he was not drunk. He - said his date had not been drinking. The patrolman said he was attracted to the car because it had a flat tire and because of the student's attire, consisting of a pair of shorts and body markings in conformance with the Indian theme of a fraternity party they had attended. The - student said he did not know the automobile had a flat (Continued on Faye three) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE "The dangers of Federal control are often emphasized in discus sions of federal relationships with colleges and universities," Thack rey said. "The experience of the land grant institutions is that these dangers can be minimized when federal funds go directly to in stitutions under broad authoriza tions." Bills Introduced Several scholarship bills have been introduced in Congress and members of the association's policy-making body voted 4 to 1 in favor of federal scholarships in an association-conducted poll. Thackrey told a reporter that sentiment among members had (Continued on page five) Weather News Ain't No Good The ol' weatherman ain't gonna be so good to us today. He sez the sky will be all full o' clouds, for the most part, and that it's likely they'll kick through with a mite bit rain during_ the day. This ain't - good But he sort butters us u' with a guess i favor of warm( readings on yot thermometer! which don' rightly peeve u none speciall. after that blaster cold blast seven_ days back. He cpz it's gonna hit 'bout 70 degrees. This is good. Hold on, now! Sumpin' tacked onta the end here. Drat it! Gonna get cooler Friday. Thunderation! Jes' as I was gettin' all chirpy like., . . . nittgiatt Class Voting Light; Polls Close Today Voting for freshmen and sophomore class officers was light yesterday in the first day of elections, as 1014 of the 6027 sophomores and freshmen cast ballots. Three hundred seventy-one sophomores and 643 fresh men turned out to vote. The polls will be open agiin to day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m., when the election closes. Only first through fourth semester students may vote. Vote Exceeds Last-Year's Although ballotting was light, this year's vote was higher than last year. Last year on the first day 950 freshmen and sophomores voted, which was 13 per cent of the 7021 eligible. Of the 950 that voted on the first day last year, 622 or 15 per cent were freshmen, and 328 or 11 per cent were sopho mores. There were 4102 freshmen last year and 2919 sophomores. This year there are 3050 freshmen and 2977 sophomores. Second Year in HUB This was the second year of centralized voting in the HUB! spread over two days. In other years the vote was taken in sev eral buildings, with the entire vote being cast in one day. On entering the card room in the Hetzel Union Building where the polls are situated, the students must show their matriculation card to an elections committee man, who crosses the student's name off the registration list to prevent his voting more than once. Candidates Listed Candidates for sophomores class president are John Yeosoek, Cam pus party, and John Sopko, Lion party, and for freshman class president, John Neifert, Campus party, and George Smith, Lion party. The other sophomore candi dates for Campus party are Wil liam Strieder, vice president, and' Valentina Kopa c h, secretary treasurer. Their freshman candi dates are Mack Johnson, vice president, and Marjorie Miller, secretary-treasurer. The other sophomore candidates for Lion party are Charles Welsh, vice president, and Elinor Wessel, secretary-treasurer. Their fresh man candidates are John P. Ar nold, vice president, and Gail Schultz, secretary-treasurer. A victory party sponsored by both Lion and Campus parties for all candidates and steering com mittee members will be held at 7 tonight at Kappa Sigma fra ternity. U.S. to Help Block Russian 'Volunteers' WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (W)—President Eisenhower pledged American support today for United Nations action .o block Russia and Red China from sending weapons and so-called "volunteers" into the troubled Middle East. At a news conference, he said "it would be the duty" of the UN, including the United States, to oppose any such Com munist intervention. The President did not say what form the opposition should take, saying, "it would depend upon the circumstances." Asked what steps would be taken "beyond simply subscrib ing to resolutions," the President replied: "Well, I can't tell you what it would be. But the United Nations, if you will read its charter, is not by any manner of means limited to resolutions, and in one instance, at least, showed that it was not so limited. "So I don't know exactly what we would do. It would depend upon the circumstances." The "one instance" to which he referred apparently was the 'UN military action' against Red ag- Have You Given To Campus Chest? $1 Will Do 3 Gridders Will Speak At Pep Rally Halfbacks Billy Kane and Ray Alberigi and guard Sam Valen tine are expected to speak tomor row night for the last home game pep rally of the year. The rally will he held at 7:30 p.m. in front of Recreation Hall. Blue Band to Appear Scheduled to join Kane. Alber igi, and Valentine are the cheer leaders. the Blue Band, and mem bers of Mortar Board and Skull and Bones, senior hat societies, sponsors of the rally. Other entertainment will be provided by Alfred Klimpke. the Ni.tany Lion, and William Lan dis, ninth semester student in aeronautical engineering from Shanksville, in the form of a skit. Lion to Perform The Lion will also perform his famliar antics., The name of the winner of a raffle sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism society, will be drawn at the rally. The winner will receive a twin boy girl shetland wool crewneck sweater set. Debate Team Opens Season The men's debate team will leave today for Burlington, Vt., where they will participate in the first debate tournament of the year. The tournament will include debaters from more than 30 other colleges and universities who will debate on a national topic, Re solved: "That the United States should discontinue direct eco nomic foreign aid." Affirmative speakers from the University are Jay Feldstein and 'Robertß Neff. Jonathan Plaut, team manager, and Edward Klevans twill debate the negative. gression in Korea The President spoke only a few mintltes before Moscow dispatches reported Egypt had formally re quested Russia to dispatch "vol— unteers" to bolster its armed forces. The State Department declined to comment on the Moscow re port but top officials were report ed gravely following all develop ments. fearing such a Soviet move might wreck the jittery cease-fire in Egypt. Replying to other questions, Eisenhower made these points in commenting on international problems: 1. This "is simply not the time" for a summit conference with Rus sia's leaders because the UN should be given time to settle (Continued on page three) FIVE CENTS
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