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Exe
Plan
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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. • •-
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'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.
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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.
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