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Lar for their Christmas
I .e Dec. 10.
was taken last night
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on Discipline, which
recommendation pre
• ay night by Tribunal.
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tree escapa
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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.
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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