ry's Forecast: • an C i r c ar d 41e . 11, Todd VOL. 57. N plinary Given SAE's Disc Pro ges and an active Sigma Alpha Ep- Six plei member . ernity have been disciplinary proba e remainder of the Lar for their Christmas I .e Dec. 10. was taken last night g of the Senate Sub on Discipline, which recommendation pre • ay night by Tribunal. silon fra placed on tion for t academic y:! tree escapa The actio I at a meeti committee approved a, sented Mon,' n students admitted evergreen trees from of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. :ranch Rd., near the . Country Club. ion Until June The sev: stealing 111 the propert Gerhardt, Centre Hill Prob. fraternity Council .ntrol Thursday night he fraternity's social The Inte Board of C withdrew privileges .r the Test of the aca demic year, and placed the fra ternity on Board of Control pro bation until January, 1958. The IFC board also ordered that two house officers be removed. The subcommittee approved these measures Monday. The fraternity made a settle ment over the weekend with the Gerhardts for $l4OO, more than $125 for each tree that was stolen. The Gerhardts claimed there were two blue spruce trees among those taken., Other Action Taken Undei social probation, the fra ternity may hold no social func tions whatsoever. Under board of control probation, a strict surveil lance will be kept on the fratern ity by board members. Mrs. Gerhardt, who claimed that a' total of 27 trees has been re moved from the property during the last six years, said she would communicate to the IFC some suggestions for preventing recur rences of similar incidehts. Originally, she said she wanted the fraternity to replant the trees and have pledges guard the prop erty each year for four or five years from Dec. 1 until the Christ mas recess. Her 'lawyer told her this would be difficult to enforce. Women Will Have Late Permissions Fraternities may entertain wo men guests until 11 p.m, tomor row, the dean of men's - office an nounced yesterday. . . The fraternities ' must . have chaperones and must register with the-dean's office to entertain wo men guests. Dean of Women Pearl 0. Wes ton approved the 'action by the Women's Student Government Association granting 11 o'clock permissions tomorrow for Christ mas caroling. Prof to Speak Tonight . Dr. Macklin E. John, professor of rural sociology, will speak on "Bias and Prejudice in Scientific Research" at a meeting of Phi Epsilon Phi, botany Society, at 7:30 tonight in 112 Buckhout. The meeting is open to the STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 19. 1956 Frustrated Coeds Taker) In By 'Mattress Pad Pranksters' The nasty signs appeared again and University coeds have again become frustrated. This time it happened in Women's Building. Monday morning, coeds in Women's Building awoke and discovered notices posted •on bul letin boards •that mattress pads would be washed that afternoon: Ever ready to comply with Uni versity regulations, coeds took, blankets, sheets, pillowcases and mattress pads off their beds. Eventually someone discovered the notices were only a prank but , not before most of the coeds in the building had torn up their beds. One coed commenting on the incident said, "We should have known better, because bed .linen is changed Tuesdays." Similar incidents were reported in sections of Thompson Hall. Several coeds dragged the pads, complete with mattress, into the hall to comply with posted notices. - Last spring in Simmons Hall, coeds neatly piled mattresses and pads in the hall outside their rooms before someone realized notices for the "stack-up" were; a prank. Anybody ever hear of short „sheeting? . Waring Desk Burgularized The dean of men's office has no leads in an investigation of a theft of $25 to $3O from the War ing Hall information desk Thurs day, according to William B. Crafts, assistant to the dean of men. The money was taken some time between Thursday night and Friday morning, Crafts said. The theft was not reported Friday be cause • Waring Hall employees thought someone took the money to get change and -unconsciously forgot to return it, he said. Crafts said the thief, or thieves, apparently entered through an unlocked window into the social service room where the informa tion desk is situated. The outside door to the roam was locked and the window re quires a strong force to raise it. Dulles Cites European Policy Against Converting Satellites WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (EP) —Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles offered Russia fresh assurances today the United States would oppose convert , ing Eastern European satel lites into a ring of hostile nations surrounding Russia. The Eisenhower administra tion, he said, has no desire to capi talize on the present turmoil in Russia's Communist empire in this way. It wants only an orderly evolution of efforts by satellite governments to gain more free dom from Russian control, he, said. Spoke at Conference Dulles spokc out at a news con fer nce two days after returning from Atlantic Pact talks in Paris_ There he warned Allied , states FOR A BETTER PENN STATE men of a danger Russia might re sort to war because of a fear that satellite unrest seriously weak ened its security. Meeting with reporters for the first time since his cancer opera tion, Dulles made these other points in replying to questions: Made Five Points 1. A visit by Yugoslavia's Mar shall Tito for talks with President Eisenhower would serve a useful purpose.' The idea of extending a formal invitation for such a visit is being sympathetically consid ered, he said, especially since Tito has shown a clear understanding of developments behind the Iron Curtain. 2. Streamlining of American forces deployed overseas is being considered to make them more mobile .to .gear defenses to new Tottrgiatt NSA May Request Student Discounts The National Student Association committee on student affairs is investigating the possibility of establishing a stu dent discount service at the stores in State College. The discount plan would benefit the merchant by in creasing his turnover and it would help the student by allowing him to buy merchandise at a reduced rate, according to Jay Timbers, head of the commit tee. The plan, Timbers said, would persuade many students to buy merchandise in State College who otherwise would not because of the high prices. If a greater num ber of students buy items, the merchant would increase sales, he said. 10 to 15 Per Cent Discount A 10 to 15 per cent discount in stores of the students choosing will be called for in the plan, Timbers said. A poll asking stu dent preference as to what stores and what types of stores at which they would like to receive a dis count will be taken in the near future. The plan has worked at various, colleges and universities through out the country, he said. The mer chants in college towns where the discount has been in effect have all increased their sales by , at least 10 per cent, he added. Successful in Pittsburgh It has been highly successful in' the Pittsburgh area, according to Timbers. In fact, he said, mer chants who at first refused to give discounts are now giving them. The committee has been inves tigating the problem because of the =my student complaints about transportation in and out of State College. Facilities Axe Here The committee has found that outside of direct railroad con nections the facilities are here but they are not being used. The bus companies in State College put buses on schedule and take them off as the demand in creases or decreases. Also, the two companies will run buses from student home towns direct ly to • State College if enough reservations are made in advance. • Timbers' committee includes Edwin Henrie s junior in pre-med ical from Landsdowne: Roger Ser oti. sophomore -in pre-medical from Philadelphia; Frederick Ko chey, freshman in arts and let ters frotn Cheltenham: and Ann Rozelle, sophomore in applied art from Bellefonte. Chapel to Close Saturday The Helen Eakin Eisenhower Meditation Chapel will be closed from 1 p.m. Saturday until 8 a.m. Thursday for the Christmas re cess. weapons, p r es umably atomic bombs and missiles. This may cut the size of American divisions. but Dulles stressed that actual fire power would be maintained and perhaps increased. 3. The blocked Suez Canal must be opened as swiftly as possible to avoid increasing the economic hardships now being felt by near ly all countries who relied on this strategic waterway for commerce. 4. The United State remains resolutely opposed to admitting Communist China to the United Nations—despite the presence in Washington of India's Prime Min ister Nehru, who favors such a move. 5. No "little Marshall Plan" to provide dollar grants is being con sidered to help West European na tions hard-hit by the Suez Canal shutdown.. . Supreme Court Coming? See Page 4 WH Council Seeks Grill 'ln Waring The. possibilities for a flashback to "the good old days" of warm food—before automation—are be ing investigated by the West Halls Council foods committee. The committee advocates a re opening of the grill in the "auto matic" Waring Hall snack bar to provide warm foods and to counteract a reported decline in snack bar attendance. Lost Money Last Year But T. E. Walsh, supervisor of Waring Hall food service, said the snack bar will not revert to last year's form, before the advent of the automatic coin machines. He said the snack bar lost money steadily throughout the year. During a tour of food service facilities in Waring Hall, mem bers of the council expressed the opinion that many coeds in the area did not attend mixed dinners 'but ate downtown when dinners were scheduled, because of a mandatory dress rule. The coun cil had previously considered abandoning the mixed dinners program for this reason. Antenna Transfer The council made plans to transfer the location of the an tenna of the television set in the bainboo room of Hamilton Hall. Signed petitions for West Halls representative-at-large to the As sociation of Independent Men Board of Governors must be re turned to the council's office, 119 Waring, before Dec. 21. The elec tions will be held Jan. 9 and 10. A scholarship award, presented annually to the West Halls stu dent with the highest All-Univer sity average, will be made at the council's next meeting. Lion Shivers In Cold Spell The Nittany Lion shivered con vulsively this morning when he stepped outside his den to see just how far the temperature had fallen since yesterday. Today is expec and much colder with a possibil ity of snow T h e predicted high for today is approximately 28-32 degrees. Since the Lion completed all his Christmas shop ping days ago, he can sit out this cold weather in his den, and drink Ovaltine, in the new holi day decanter. Last night's low was forecist at 15-18 degrees, according to the University weather station. Reserve Group to Hear Lecture on Satellites Dr. Harold M. Hipsh, professor and head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, will address Centre County reserve of ficers on "Earth Satellites" at a dinner meeting of the Reserve Officers Association. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today at the Hetzel Union Building, and is open to reserve officers of all serivces. FIVE CENT
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