PAGE TWO WisconsinStudentMakes $30,000 on $5OOO Deal MADISON, Wis., Dec. 14 (R)—The University of Wiscon sin told toda) how a student from Hampton, Va., parlayed $5OOO into $30,000 while earning a degree he pointed for when h e unrolled four years ago. The student, David Falk, came here with $5OOO and ambi tions for a degree in dairy huSbandry. His dad had given him Paint Work On Stadium Completed A pi oject to paint the under side of the Beaver Field stands which began in Juno. , after grad uation is completed, according to Charles A. Lamm, head of the building maintainance and opera tions division of the Department of Physical Plant. The underside of the stands was coated with a light grey metal compound paint. When the pro gram is completed, it will end a program started in 1955 to paint the entire stands and press box. Atherton Rooms Paintai A project to paint the 145 dorm itory rooms in Atherton Halt is nearing completion. Lamm said. Rooms facing north and east will be painted light-grey and rooms facing south and west will be painted bluish-green. The project is part of a con tinuing dormitory painting pro gram. Women's Building will be painted next. _ A roof for a coal bin in the Nittany-Pollock area wilt he com plete within three weeks. Lamm said. The roof will prevent stow melting and later frecring on the coal. Plaster Pain' fing A protect to paint minor plaster repair work in the Nittany area using low odor paint is making good progress: Lamm said. Simi lar projects are complete in West Halls and girls' dormitories. Lamm also said workmen have completed painting MFR. Pme. and Spruce Cottages and 35 East View Terrace houses. Trustees Offer Foreign Grants Seven additional University scholarships; for foreign -students have been provided 'by the execu tive committee of the Board of Trustees. The scholarships. which remit aU fees but do not provide for other expenses. are open to any foreign student who meets two requirements: The student artist be sponsored by some recognized agency which will take responsi bility for all other expenses: and the student must meet the Uni versity's entrance requirements. The University scholarships for foreign students are not new, a spokesman said. They were cre ated in June, 1950, by the Board of Trustees, which established "‘not more than 15" and eventual ly funded eight. The additional seven have now been funded and are available on the prescribed terms, the spokes man said. Plant Group Initiates-7 Seven pledges have been ini tiated into Pi Alpha Xi, floricul ture society. Initiated were David Seyler, Russel Beatty, Frank Moore, Ste phen Raleigh. Edward Schwan Frederick Sullivan, and Alan Ba ticchi. Radios Portables 07' Clock Radios The Perfect Christmas Gifts ... For Everyone In Your Family "irexperi repairs on your 6 ' old radio and phonograph State College TV 232 S. Alien St. — 'the money to handle as he saw fit, providing that it covered ex penses for the four-year stretch. Pays Down Payment Young Falk plunged. He paid the full amount as a down pay ment on a men's rooming house, near the campus. It prospered and! provided Faik's living quarters. During the summer months he repaired and remodeled the house to improve the property. His in come went up. He bought 47 acres of oak woods near Madison, di vided this into sections and sold the land. - Two of the pieces brought me more than I paid for the whole 47," he recalls. Bought Another House He bought another rooming house. He repaired it arid soon it was filled to capacity. He topped his achievement with a trade— the first house for another and a ,cash profit. During these transactions and management of properties, Falk studied, took part in student gov ernment and activities of his frat ernity and went out for crew. And 'he married a pretty sociology stu dent from Milwaukee, Arlene Plotkin. Now in Senior Year Now 21 and'in his senior year, ,the dairy husbandry major is H am:dating his holdings and finds that he has approximately $30,000 to buy the kind of farm he wants. College degrees are just around the corner for himself and his wife. Falk had average grades. All except in a real estate course. He t got a 13, which is poor. Players Schedule Premiere Tryouts Tryouts for the world premiere production of "One's a Crowd" by Eugene Raskin will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow and Monday in the Little Theatre in Old Main. Copies of the comedy are avail able for reading in the Green room of Schwab Auditorium. The play will open Feb. 22 at Center Stage. , Raskin will attend the final try outs en 'Tuesday and will. also visit the campus several times during rehearsals of the play to make any necessary -script changes. The director, Robert Reifsnei ,der, associate professor of theatre arts, has announced that a 12- [year old boy is needed for one of the roles. LAST TIMES TODAY Maureen Oltora - John Forsythe and Tien Howe, "'Everything But the Tenth" BEGINS SUNDAY June Allyson - Jack Lemmon "YOU CAN'T RUN • AWAY FROM IT" Cinema Scone - Technicolor .4c-NITTANY LAST TIMES TODAY Dale Robertson - Linda Darnell "DAKOTA INCIDENT" BEGINS SUNDAY Joan Crawford in her Academy Award Role "MILDRED PIERCE" VeIOGOO4IIIOOIIO TATE NOW NOW: 1:31„ 3:35, 5:41, 7:45, 9:50 "HIGH SOCIETY" Starring Bing Grace Frank Crosby Kelly Sinatra SUNDAY—Feat 2:46. 542. l'as. sac THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Weather Bad, Ratio Good —Daily Collegian Photo by Joe Patton ALTHOUGH IT'S WET, this student shouldn't be complaining— with a coed on each arm. The weather may be bad, but the ratio's good. Puddle-jumping was a common thing on campus yesterday, and, according to the weathermhe, it should be today too. Want a Concrete Namesake? Become a Penn State Prof If you would like a University building named after you, be a professor and you'll have the best chance of being honored•in this way. Fifteen of the 44 named buildings on the campus are called after professors—six of whom were heads of depart- ments. These buildings - were giv en names to prevent confusion, to follow the custom of other uni versities, and to preserve and honor persons who had contrib uted constructively to the Uni versity. Simmons, Waring, Willard, Weaver and Armsby Halls were named after professors who head ed their respective departments. Bear Professors' Names The nine other buildings named for professors are the Harriet Mc- Elwain Hall, John Hamilton Hall, James Y McKee Hall, Dr: Wil liam Frear Laboratory, Fred Lewis Pattee Library, Dr. William A. Buckhout Laboratory, Howard J. Whitsilore Laboratory, Amy G. Gardner Hall and Anna E. Redi fer' HaIL Eighteen buildings were named, for women who were associated] I with the University_ Only eight ] of these'--Simmons and McElwain] Halls, Atherton Hall, Eisenhower IChapel, White Hall, .13 eecher, House. Benedict House, and Dock House—are now in use- The rest, under construction on] By LIL JUNKS Shop at the Stores That Carry This Seal • Free wrapping. • No mailing charge for purchases over $5.00. Some mail all purchases free. •Many stores offer charge privileges. For Value mid Service Shop State College west campus and expected to be ready for use next year, are Cooper, Stephens, Haller, Hoyt, Hibbs, Ewing, Cross, Lyons and Redifer Halls. Trustees Represented _ The Board of Trustees is wel represented by six buildings. The trustees honored in this way are Hugh N. McAllister. Moses Thompson, Judge Fr ederick Watts, Francis Jordan, - Dr. Han nah M. Lyons, all for whom the respective halls were named, and William H. Walker. in whose hon or Walker Laboratory was named. . Five students for whom build ings are named are Florence Bene dict, first woman to receive a home economics degree; John Moffat, an athlete who was killed in World War II; Garfield Thom as, first alumnus killed in World War II; and Rebecca Ewing and Ellen Cross; the first two women students. Six persons who were not pro fessors or trustees but aided great ly in the growth of the Univer (Continued on page five) Students SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1956 ICCB Hears Lump Sum Funds Plan The Intercollegiate Council Board Thursday night heard the announcement that the funds for the student councils may be given to ICCB to distribute. Leonard Richards, All-Univer sity secretary-treasurer, told the presidents of the nine councils that the $9OO divided in the past among the councils could be given in one "lump sum" to ICCB. Patterson Sets Up Committee Donald Patterson, ICCB presi dent, set up a committee to inves tigate the budgets of the councils and to determine if a more effec tive distribution of funds could be had if ICCB were to receive the money from All-University Cabinet. After the committee has made its report; Peterson said, ICCB may decide to ask Cabinet for the money. Open Houses Planned In other business, Patterson recommended to the presidents of councils which are planning open houses in the spring that all be held on the same date. The Colleges of Education, Min eral Industries, and Chemistry and Physics have scheduled the open houses. It was announced at the meet ing that two councils have do nated money to Lantern; the stu• dent literary magazine, which will be, published for the first time this year on Jan. 7. Councils Donate $3OO Engineering and Architecture Student Council has given $lOO, and the Physical Education Stu dent Council $2OO. At the last ICCE meeting. Ro bert Nurock, business manager or Lantern, asked the council presi dents to recommend to their groups that financial aid be given to the magazine. Players Announce Change in Shows ."The Mad Women of Choillot," a comedy by Jean Giraudoux. will. be presented instead of the orig inally scheduled production, "Idiot's Delight".,by Robert Sher wood, Players has announced. The play, which will be . pre sented March 7. 8 and 9in Schwab Auditorium. will be directed by Warren Smith. associate professor of theatre arts. Tryouts will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 6 and 7 in Schwab Auditor ium. Counselors Dance Set ' The annual residence counselors dance will be held front 11:30 11:30 tonight in Waring 'Lounge. The dance is an annual event sponsored by the counselors ler the administration. faculty . and their guests.
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