Today's F recast: Cold F Approa ont hing VOL. 57. No. 6 Exe Plan By C ' ption OK'd binet 1 y Cabinet unani ed by a straw vote basic plan to ex semester students minations. All-Universi, mously appro last night the empt eighth from final ex • ~rett, senior class that student,' r fac jinistration opinions : compiled so that .rt can be presented 2, sity Senate. IHartnett said, stu ent bodies have g exam exemption :enate and they have .proved. Joseph Ha president, sai ulty, and ad are still bein a "good" rep. to the Univ- , Since 1942, dent govern' been present') plans to the never been .1 Pla Favored Individuall, , the majority of faculty and dministration mem bers favor th plan, Hartnett con tinued,- but e will continue to take it to fac Ity and Senate com mittees for recommendations. Whatever the verdict of the Senate, Hartnett said, the plan wouldn't be an educational policy because the final application de pends upon ,each professor. "We can't tell an instructor how to teach his class," he added. Purposes of Plan Hartnett outlined three prin cipal purposes of exempting eighth semester students from exams. They are: - 1. To motivate seniors to study during their last semester and avoid "one of the greatest lags." 2. To give honor students a re ward since they have already proved themselves. 3. To expedite the final grading process. Most seniors by exam time will have a job . or will have been accepted by graduate school. 'Therefore final exams probably wouldn't make any difference. $700,000 Dam Project Ends The $lOO,OOO Whipple Dam im provement project has been com pleted, and the dam has been re filled. The project, under the direction of the state Forest and Waters Commission, was undertaken to improve the recreational facilities of the dam area. The beach around the dani has been widened. The operation re quired the use of 3200 tons "of sand, and the beach now mea sures Nil ft. A new concession stand is being built. The bottom of the dam has alio been improved. This was done by adding 12,500 tons of shale to the dam, making it 5 feet deep throughout. . .. • . - , With the completion of the pro ject, the dam will now be avail able for ice skating. • •- -. 'Heartbreak' Tickets _ Tickets for the George Bernard Shaw _ play "Heartbreak Ho/se'! are on sale at the Hetzel Union desk. Priis $l.. •• Th e pla te {}will be -presented by Players at 8 tonight and tomor row at Center Stage. 1 313"' 97.4 • rasa 7- STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 14. 1956 SAE Put on Social Pro Until June Expert Sees Peripheral Parking Partial Solution to Problem Peripheral parking—possibly financed by fees paid for the privilege by individual students—would alleviate the campus parking situation, but would not be a sure solution to the problem, according to George Britton, a State Highway Department engineer. Britton, who last night explained the 1954 campus parking survey. was comment ing on a statement by All-University President Robert Bahrenburg advocating such a plan. Bahrenburg said he could see only two alternatives for solving the campus parking problem—a further ban of student cars, or a peripheral parking plan—to store seldom used cars at points farth er away from the center of the campus. Paying Basis' Suggested Bahrenburg advocated a plan whereby each student would be assigned a specific parking space on campus "on a paying basis." Britton said a peripheral park ing plan is theoretically "the only solution," but is not a guaranteed answer because of a variable hu man factor. He called Bahren burg's proposal "probably feas ible." Britton cited a great number of persons who might begin using the parking facilities near the center of the campus if little used vehicles were moved farther out, creating congestion equal to the exisiting situation. Britton Rejects Ban Concerning the other alterna tive named by Bahrenburg, Brit ton said: "I don't think your solu tion can ever be a ban on cars." But he emphasized this was purely a personal opinion and was not based on experience with campus parking situations. The report on the survey. which covered an "average' parking day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., showed a total excess throughout the cam pus of 9576 space-time hours (the number of vacant spaces multi plied by the number of hours they remained vacant). Not Seen True Picture . However, Britton said, this fig ure does not represent a com pletely true picture of the situa tion, because it includes such times as the noon hour and after 5 p.m. when the demand for parking space is much less than during the rest of the day. According to the report, the peak accumulation of cars on cam pus occurs at li a.m., and a sec ond, slightly smaller peak occurs at 3 p.m. A total of 1540 vehicles, many owned by students living in dormitories, was already in parking spaces when the survey began at 8 a.m. , Lack Cited The report concluded that the problem was more a lack of dis tribution than a deficiency of spaces. It -said: "... . the demand for parking was, roughly, in cen ter of the campus while the loca (Continued on page eight) Budapest Workers to Continue Strike BUDAPEST, Dec. 13 (EP)—Thou sands of Budapest workers de cided tonight to strike until the Soviet-imposed regime of Premier Janos Kadar releases their im prisoned young leader. There were reports that the Ka dar regime •had been virtually supplanted, and the real authority was being wielded on the scene by Gen. Ivan Serov, chief of the Soviet Union's secret police. Workers Defy Guns Defying the guns of Hungarian soldiers and police, the workers walked out only a few hours after the end of a 48-hour general strike called to protest Kadar's dictatoi ial policies. That strike caused at least six deaths in clashes with Soviet troops and the Hungarian police. The workers were angry over FOR A SETTER PENN STATE By 808 FRANKLIN ranger at Whipple Darn State Park, before starting their unsuccess ful search for a lost hunter_ The hunter walked out of the woods yesterday morning, uninjured but tired and hungry. Another picture on page 2. Lost Hunter Returns Home After Cold Night In Woods By ED DUBBS I Collegian City Editor A tired and hungry, but safe and sound, hunter walked into the warm home of the Whipple Dam forest ranger about 5 a.m. yesterday after spending a chilly, damp night in the woods. Approximately three hours ear lier, wet, muddy searchers were eating breakfast in a State Col lege diner - after their all-night search proved futile. Frank Hoffmier, 40, of near Gap, had been hunting Wednes day with two friends in' the Bell and Giddis Ridges areas, about eight miles from the state park. He left them about 3:30 p.m. to hunt the Bell Ridge area and was to meet them two hours later at the car. - When Hoffmier failed "to re turn, his two friends, Kermit the arrest of Sador Racz, 23, chair man of the Budapest Central Workers' Council—the body rep resenting all workers in the Hun garian capital. Nehru Estimates Deaths In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru said Thursday that Indian diplomats who visited Hungary estimated that about 25,000 Hun garians and 7000 Russians were killed in the revolt that flared more than seven weeks ago. This was the first estimate of any of ficial nature_ The new strike paralyzed near ly all the factories in the indus trial 11th District of . Budapest. Strike May Spread There was a possibility the strike would spread to large plants elsewhere—notably to the huge iron and steel works on Sse pel Island south at Budapest. ottrgiatt Good, Coatesville, and George Morrison. Atglen, became worried and started to search the woods for Hoffmier. Shortly after 9 p.m., the two decided to come to State College and seek help. The Alpha Fire Company sounded a distressed alarm at about 10 p.m. The search for the 5-8, 250- pound hunter began with a brief ing from Forest Ranger Ralph Park at his home. The search party included about 120 Alpha fitemen. 2 State Police (Continued on page two) There workers were debating a sympathy strike. Several hundred Communist controlled Hungarian troops and police occupied the Bajolannis electric factory, where Racz and Bari had been working. The plant is the former Budapest subsidiary of the Standard Electric co. Ram Bari Arrested Racz and Bari were arrested Tuesday when they accepted al government invitation for new' negotiations in the tank-surround- i ed Budapest Parliament building. Budapest radio claimed Racz was held for giving incorrect in formation to Western reporters. Seizure of the'two leaders re sembled the kidnaping of former Premier Imre Nagy when he left the sanctuary of . the Yugoslav Embassy Nov. 23 under a promise• F of . safe conduct. NSA's Attack See Page 4 Action Taken For Stealing 11 Yule Trees The Interfraternity Council Board of Control last night 'placed Sigma Alpha Epsilon on social probation for the re •mainder of the academic year :and on Board of Control probation ;for the fall semester of 1957. The penalty also included re moval of two house officers. The social probation, which will begin Sunday. will be the second such offense incurred by the fraternity this year. The fraternity was tried before the board after a State College area woman charged members of ;the house with taking 11 ever ! green trees from her property. 7 Men Took Trees Seven men affiliated with the fraternity admitted taking the trees Monday from the property l of R. M. Gearhart, on Branch Rd., I near the Centre Hills Country I Club. The two house officers had full knowledge of the actions of the men, according to Richard Shillinger. chairman of the Board lof Control. Will Not Press Charges The Gearharts have temporarily agreed not to press court charges against the men. Restitution for the trees will be made to the Gearharts. according to the dean of men's office. The board's penalty must be approved by the Subcommittee on Discipline of the Senate Comte mittee on Student Affairs before going into effect. Reasons of Board The reasons listed by the board for the severity of the penalty were the intent of the students' actions, the prior knowledge of the house officers and the serious ness of the crime. Under social probation, no social functions may be held by the house. The Board of Control pro bation. which will begin at the end of the social probation period. involves a strict surveillance of the fraternity by the members of the board. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was placed on social probation for three weeks from Oct. 4 to Oct. 25• and was fined $5O for pledging a man with an average below a 2.0. Lion Shivers At Cold Front The Nittany Lion could tell by his thermometer this morning that the long-awaited cold front had, at last arrived in the State College area. The cold front, which s u d denly turned toward the n ox th, had brought us rain and warm weath er instead of the cold and snow that was expect ed_ Mumbling some remark concern ing the Univer sity weatherman, the Lion re turned to his den to warm him self by the fire. Some snow flurries are expect ed this afternoon and tonight with a high of 25-30. Last night's low was predicted at 15-20 degrees. LA Council to Conduct Faculty Evaluation Poll The Liberal Arts Student Coat:: ell will distribute letters to all the department heads in the college in order to make a faculty evalu ation. The questionnaires will ask; for a list of the different number - of courses in •each department and the average- number of students in each course. FIVE CENTS
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