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Forces Fraternities
owd, Construct Lots
Ban
To (
aternities affected by the 2 to 6 a.m. borough
have crowded their cars into existing parking
• looking hopefully to the future, according to a
ve survey conducted by The Daily Collegian.
r, many other houses have constructed new lots
Most 1 ,
parking ba
lots and ar
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Expe
Staff
ustees
ted at
Dinner
Nineteen embers of the Uni
versity's boar • of trustees are ex
pected to att-nd the annual Fac
ulty-Trustee dinner at 5 p.m. to
morrow at the Nittany Lion Inn.
The board will hold special
committee meetings tomorrow af
ternoon and Saturday morning.
The executive committee will
meet at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in
205-B Old Main.
12 Wives to Attend
Twelve wives of trustees alsO
will attend the. dinner. This is
the first year that trustees' wives
have been invited.
The dinner is sponsored by the
University Chapter of the Amer
ican Association of University
Professors. Dr. Ralph F. Fuchs,
general secretary of the AAUP,
will speak on "The Opportunities
and . Responsibilities of Academic
Faculties."
Walker to Be Present-
Members 'of the executive com
mittee expected to attend are
Chairman George H. Deike of
Pittsburgh, William D. Harkins of
Philadelphia, Kenzie S. Bagshaw
of Hollidaysburg, Richardson Dil
worth of Philadelphia, J. L,
Mauthe of Youngstown, Ohio,
Walter W. Patchell of Philadel-_
phia, Roger W. Rowland of New
Castle, and George W. Slocum of
Milton.
President Eric A. Walker, an
ex-officio - member . of the board,
also will - attend the,meetings.
Cabinet Cancels
Meeting Tonight
All-University Cabinet will not
meet tonight because a Supreme
Court revision now in. preparation
has not been completed.
Robert Bahrenburg,-All-Univer
pity president, said the report
should be ready by next Thurs
day.
Last week Cabinet defeated the
amendment which would combine
legislative and judicial
,bodies• by
placing the 24 members of Cabi
net on the 31-seat court.
Choir Rehearsal Moved
The . Chapel Choir rehearsal,
scheduled for 7 tonight in Schwab
Auditorium, will be held in 117
Carnegie.
The time of the rehearsal has
not been changed.
Zile :Ba tt u Tou
By 808 FRANKLIN
or have enlarged existing ones,
ranging frOm a pledge class pro
ject to pave an area with rolled
quarry fill to professional jobs
costing well over $lOOO, the 30-
house survey disclosed.
The ban went into_ effect in the
fraternity area Nov. 1. Parking
stickers for specified blocks were
issued temporarily for persons
who could not find off-street
parking, but no permanent plans
have been made for overnight
parking on a permanent basis.
Third Alternative
A third alternative used by
some houses without sufficient
parking was the renting of spaces
either commercially or from an
other fraternity.
At least two houses were park
ing their cars on their back
lawns, hopefully awaiting action
to bring some sort of a perma
nent on-street plan.
Several Not 'Affected
Several fraternities were not
affected at all by the ban. These
houses either had parking lots
large enough to accommodate all
their cars or parked them in their
driveways or on lawns adjacent
to the lots.
By far the largest new lot
opened was Theta Xi's 51-car
capacity area. The lot, located at
Fairmount and Thompson Sts., is
constructed of rolled quarry fill.
Renting to Other Houses
Theta Xi has reserved six of
the spaces for its own use, and
has already rented more than 20
spaces to another fraternity, with
the rest of the lot still available.
Tau Phi Delta has also rented
part of its lot.
Representatives of many fra
ternities contacted said that their
kits were filled beyond normal
capacity and that they encounter
ed considerable inconvenience in
moving cars in and out of the
areas.
Construction Financing
Most of the fraternities where
improvements were made finan
ced the work through their alumni
association or directly from house
funds. One fraternity renting part
of its parking space made a $1
monthly charge to all members
keeping cars at the University to
cover the cost.
Pledges of Alpha Epsilon Pi en
larged the house's lot as a pledge
project. They hired a steam roller
to roll quarry fill over a backyard
area adjacent to the fraternity's,
existing lot.
Patriots Rise Again
Soviet, Hungarian Police Quell
New Budapest Demonstration
BUDAPEST, Dec. 5 (VP)
,Soviet- tankmen and Hungar
ian police, confronted by a
new wave of patriotic fervor
that resembled the revolu
tionary atmosphere, roughly
dispersed demonstrating crowds
in Budacest at least four times
today.
The police, acting under Rus
sian orders, used their rifle butts
to break up a throng of 1000—
men, women and children—who
assembled in Freedom Square be
fore the U.S. Embassy in a de
monstration against Premier Jan
os, Kadar's Communist govern
ment.
With two dozen Russian tanks
patroling in the square, the peo
ple had ignored orders to clear
out. -
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 6, 1956
AIM Hears Simes Support
Community Living Proposal
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes said last night that after a comparison of conditiOns
when the West Halls dormitories were occupied solely by men as they exist now with
women in .Thompson Hall, he definitely favors a commum
Simes presented a report to the Association of Inde,
ors in conjunction with a preliminary report from the Al?!
Library Ranks
Needs. Special
The Fred Lewis Pattee Library ranks 54th in size out of
107 colleges and universities while the student enrollment
places the University among the 15 largest schools in the
nation.
Ralph W. McComb, University Librarian, said that "if
we are going to be the great library we ought to be; the
library needs special help."
McComb said the library has
received more help in the last few
years than in the past, but it will
take years to build up a better
library.
AIM Governors
Seek Extension
Of Rink Hours
The Association of Independent
Men Board of Governors last
night directed its president to in
vestigate the possible extension
of the ice skating rink hours on
Friday and Saturday nights.
The motion was passed without
discussion.
Melvin Weaver, Nittany Coun
cil president, who made the mo
tion, said he thought the present
10 p.m. closing time on Friday
and Saturday nights was too
early.
No Time Mentioned
The board did not direct the
president, Lash Howes, to seek
any specific closing time.
AIM treasurer Norman Hedding
announced the appropriations to
the councils for this semester.
AIM received $1623 this semester
from student fees, of which it will
appropriate one-third, $541, to the
four councils.
Allotment Breakdown
Nittany Council will receive
$82.77, Pollock, $45.44; West Halls,
$101.71, and Town Independent
Men, $311.08. Several of-the coun
cils had received "loans" for AIM
already this semester and the
larnount of the "loans" will be de
ducted from the appropriations.
The appropriations are made in
proportion to the number of men
living in each of the four areas.
"Down with the AVH," the
throng shouted, referring to the
secret police. "No more deporta
tions!"
Several demonstrators fell un
der the police onslaught. Some
were arrested and removed, ap
parently to police headquarters.
Witnesses said the prisoners in
cluded children.
Among those who saw the up
rising was India's charge d'af
lakes, I. Rahman. He circled the
square several times in an auto
mobile. The Hungarians appealed
to him to help free persons ar
rested by the police.
Posters and leaflets appeared on
the streets calling for a new gen
eral strike. Some demonstrators
demanded a "national uprising."
The Budapest chief of police
urged Hungarians to ignore the
rgiatt
By ANNE FRIEDBERG
Low,
Help
Reasons Explained
Reasons for the present-day de
ficiency, he explained, are due to
the belief in the past that the
University as a land-grant insti
tution with limited educational
objectives did not need a large li
brary. The University, too, has al
ways had periods of financial
stress and strain, he said.
He said this deficiency has cur
tailed the Graduate School pro
gram and that the future of the
[Graduate School is closely tied
with the development of adequate
library facilities.
"The prestige of any institu
tion," he said, "is also related to
the strength of its library." As
examples, McComb cited Dart
mouth College and Yale Univer
sity.
Greatness Affects All
"The
all
of Penn State
affects all of us and thus the pres
tige of the Library affects all of
us," he added.
In explaining where the Li
brary derives its funds, McComb
said the University budget al
lows for the usual expenditures.
! Alumni funds and special gifts
provide for the special purchases
of "extras" such as manuscripts
and rare books, he said. Some of
the $5 to $6 million contributed
,by business goes into the library
!funds, he said.
strike call, saying it was put out
by "irresponsible elements" seek
ing to promote a revival of the
fighting.
Cooler heads thought a resump
tion of the revolt, crushed by So
viet arms in early November, was
unlikely. Nevertheless, an air of
tense expectation prevailed.
Many Hungarians said they felt
the tough attitude taken by the
Russians yesterday and today
against the crowds, largely wo
men. might lead to a resumption
of widespread strikes.
Today's manifestations appar
ently grew out of a moving dem
onstration of about 15,000 women
Tuesday honoring the revolution's
dead. They braved Soviet armor
and• guns in and around Heroes
Square to put red, green and
white flowers on the tomb of
Hungary's Unknown Soldier.
UN
Orders
See Page 4
ty living plan.
endent Men Board of Govern-
I community living committee,
headed by Daniel Thalimer, West
Hails Council president.
Simes said women were housed
in Thompson Hall three years
ago on a temporary basis because
of the limited women's dormi
tories and increased demands
from women for admission.
Cites 'lnformal Contact!
"The informal contact between
coeds and men is very beneficial.
It helps provide a more normal
atmosphere on the campus and
stimulates organizations, such as
the West Halls Council, to plan a
social program including women,"
Simes said.
• In his report to the board, Simes
also presented some disadvan
tages to the program of commun
ity living which he felt could
eventually be overcome.
"Panty raids were not populair
until we had the women up there
(in the West Halls area)," Simes
said.
The main source for this type
of trouble has been the West flails
area. but one panty raid did origi
nate in the Nittany area.
Raids Not Conclusive Evidence
Simes said that this fact was
not conclusive evidence that dem
onstrations would occur more
frequently if a community living
plan were effected at the Univer
sity.
"Many other factors enter into
a panty raid situation. So many
of them may have occurred in
the West Halls area because there
are fewer upperclassmen there
than in any of the other men's
dormitories," Simes said.
Another snag in the proposed
elan for community living is that
fact that the women's dormitories
r which are presently under con
struction and whichwill be ready
,for occupancy by the fall of 1958
are not easily converted to ac
commodate men.
Women's dormitories necessar
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'Fair Weather
Confuses Lion
The Nittany Lion was as con
fused as ever this morning when
he read the weatherman's report
that predicted the continuing
warm trend to bring showers
sometime today.
"At this time of the year, it
should be cold
and it should be
snowing," grum
bled the Lion as
he took his rep
tile-brand rain
coat, boots and
umbrella from
the closet in his
den
Today is ex
pected to be
partly cloudy
and rainy, with
a chance that the showers may
change to snow flurries by eve
ning.
Last night's low was predicted
as 45, rising to 50 today.
Walker Returns
From Harrisburg
President Eric A. Walker re
turned to the University last night
from Harrisburg after meeting
with the Selective Service Ad
visory Board.
He had been in Washington
Tuesday at a meeting of President
Dwight D. Eisenhower's advisory
committee of engineers and scien
tists and in Harrisburg on Monday
to talk over the University's bud
get request for the coming bienn
ium with Gov. George M. Leader.
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