O tdoor Rec Area Planned TII 69 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2L 1956 FIVE CENTS VOL. 57. NO Roads ast tate (lea Fore For linditions in Penn- I the next 48 hours favorable to stu ing home, accord niversity weather Driving c sylvania fo should be dents trave ing to the station. Weather p edictions for today and tomorr w - include partly cloudy skies with mild tempera tures today a d clear and turning colder on Sa urday. Today's h 11 is expected to reach 55 degrees and a low to night of 40 degrees. Recess Begins Christmas recess will officially begin at 11:50 a.m. tomorrow and will end at 8 a.m. Jan. 3. Dormitorie's will close at 5 p.m. tomorrow and will re-open at I a.m. on Jan. 2. Temporary arrangements haye been made for 11 students to re main on campus over the holi days. Dormitory dining halls will close after the noon meal tomor row and will reopen for break fas on Jan. 3. University offices will be closed from noon tomorrow until 8 a.m. Thursday,• and also on Dec. 29, and for New Year's Day on Tues day, Jan. 1. Last Issue Today's issue of'The Daily Col legian will be the last before vacation, Michael Moyle, editor, has announced. Publication will be resumed Jan. 4. The •Paftee Library will ob serve the following schedule. To morrow, 7:5Q a.m. to noon; Sun day through Wednesday, closed; next Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Dec. 29, to noon; Dec. 30, closed; Dec. 31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Jan. 1, closed; Jan. 2, 9 a.m. , to 5 p.m.; and on Jan. 3 it will resume regular hours from 7;50 aim. to 10 p.ln. Food Centers The Lion's Den and Terrace Room of the Hetzel Union Build ing will close at 1:15 p.m. tomor row and remain closed until Jan. 2 when the Lion's Den will open at 4 p.m. and the Terrace Room at 5 p.m. The HUB will be closed from noon Dec. 23 through Jan. 1, but the Hetzel Union desk will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Thurs day and Friday and Dec. 31. Timetables Available Tilnetables for the spring se mester and student and faculty directories are still available in 4 Willard. Student Directories are also being sold- at the Book Exchange in the basement of the Hetzel 'Union Building.' 1".. 4 srt4 • 4:` 41. Ba t tu Tiltirgtan FOR A BETTER PENN STATE i c; . • Yes, Virginia, 1 There Is a Santa Claus ':. (The following editorial, a newspaper favorite, was published 1 1,!. in the New York Sun on Christmas, 1897. It was a reply by '4 Francis P. Church to a letter from one of the Sun's readers. It ?., t.,. imparts some of that Christmas feeling we too often forget.) - Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Some of my little i l friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says. If you see it , 1 ! -ti in the Sun. it's so.' Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa st. Clause?"—Virginia O'Hanlon. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be li which is not comprehensive by their little minds. All minds, -.1 Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. ~ .< In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, ?si in his intellect, as. compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the ~ whole of truth and knowledge. =Z;i Yes Virginia. there is a Santa Claus.. He exists as cer tainly k. ail:a- c i t yas love and generosity _ and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest ii beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there f•ot 4 were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to - make tolerable this existence. 1 We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. 1 - 4 The eternal light-with" which childhood fills the world would t - be extinguished. r: Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe F j in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch If in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what • would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus_ The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of • course. not, but that's no proof that they are not there. No t; body " can* conceive or imagine all the wonders there are un .l s een and unseeable in the world. ltl You tear apart a baby's rattle and see what makes the noise hiside, .but there is a veil covering the unseen world, * 'p 4 which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength ..'. of all the - strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance can push aside that cur • tail], and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory 74 beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia in all this world there is H nothing else real and abiding. I'd No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. LI A thousand years from .now, Virginia.; nay, ten times ten P.,, thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the ki heart of childhood. zo; —Joe. Patton Photo Walker Announces Huge 70-Acre Site, By MIKE MOYLE Collegian Editor A 70-acre, man-made lake will be the center of a huge new outdoor recreational area on University property in Stone Valley, according to an announcement made yesterday by President Eric A. Walker. The lake, which Will be suitable for swimming, boating, and fishing, will be the result of a $250,000 dam on Shaver Creek, 12 miles from the campus. The project has already gained' approval of the Board of Trustees and plans are underway to deter mine the feasibility of the project. In his public announcement Dr. Walker said, "If we find this idea practical, we hope to be able to begin construction of the dam in the Spring of 1958. Meanwhile. the project has been promised the full and complete support of our alumni through the Penn State Foundation." $5OOO Already Voted The Foundation, an alumn fund-raising agency, already has voted $5OOO for engineering tests and foundation borings." Bernard P. Taylor, executive director of the Foundation, said the project would be accorded a high priority on the 1957 fund raising list. He anticipates solid alumni support. Lawrence Perez, professor of civil engineering, outlined the technical details to a group of student leaders and administra tors yesterday. To Cover 70 Acres The drawings showed that the lake would be irregular in shape, having more than .two miles of shoreline and covering over 70 acres on land immediately ad joining the already-existing camps for students in Mineral Industries, civil engineering, and forestry. It would be 1000 feet wide at its widest point. 3000 feet in length. with a depth ranging from 10 to 35 feet. The camps were established years ago in the Stone Valley area of which the University owns over 6000 acres of land. The school of forestry has been active in the area for 15 years and has brought about a remarkable improvement in the forests in the area accord ing to William C. Bramble. acting director. It would be about three times larger than nearby Whipple's Dam, now the sole area in the vicinity for outdoor recreational activities for students. Replaces Beaver Darn The lake proje - ct will take the place of the once-proposed Bea ver Dam recreational area to which All-University Cabinet donated $5OOO last year. .The initial cost of the project (Continued on page eight) Nehru, Eisenhower Talks Climaxed by Agreements WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (IP)—Prime Minister Nehru and President Eisenhower climaxed their four days of talks to day by announcing a "broad area of agreement" and "greater understanding." That was the gist of a formal communique issued on their behalf as the Prime Minis ter boarded Eisenhower's per-j sonal plane, Columbine 111, and flew to New York. From there he will go to Ottawa for the weekend and then to London on , his way back to India. Began Talks Sunday The 67-year-old Indian leader began his talks with Eisenhower last Sunday, continued them for more than 12 hours Monday at' i Eisenhower's Gettysburg fartn,l and wound them up yesterday. Exactly what they discussed has been one of Washington's best kept secrets thus far. Official sources insisted no spe cific agreements were reached. But from the American viewpoint the big accomplishment seemed, to be the attitude that Nehru dis closed at a news conference yes terday: that U.S. policy "is not as rigid as I thought." From the Indian viewpoint, the big gain seemed to be what Nehru called a greater understanding Health Staff Discontinues Check-ups Students admitted to the Uni versity beginning with the fall semester will have their physical examinations performed by their local home physicians rather than by the staff of the University Health Service. The new procedure, which is in effect at many colleges and uni versities, is the result of the grow ing number of new students. No Longer Practical For many years, new students received their physical examina tions during the Orientation Week program that precedes the opening of classes. With larger enrollments of new students I planned, it is no longer con sidered practical to complete the physical examination during Or ientation Week, unless the orien tation period would be extended. Under the new plan the Uni versity Health Service- will con tinue to give X-rays, certain lab !oratory tests, and dental exami nations for all new students. Stu dents will not be requested to \include these in the examination made by their home physician. Admission Not Affected Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of the Health Service, said that when a student is granted admis sion for the fall semester, he will be mailed the physical examina tion form. A part of the form in cludes a medical history to be completed by the parents. The other part will be completed by the physician. While a physical examination is required of all students, the admission of a student is not af fected by the results of the ex amination, which is given after the student has been admitted. Results of the examinations are used in providing medical service for students needing it and in helping the Health Service carry out its program of conserving, maintaining and promoting the health of the student body. and, possibly some appreciation of India's policy of neutrality in the cold war between Russia and the Western Allies. in any event, Nehru left Wash ington in an apparently happy mood. Diplomats of both countries were quick to hail the Eisenhow er-Nehru talks as possibly the beginning of a new U.S.-India relationship. As the official com munique put it: Talks Confirm Agreement "The talks confirmed the broad area of agreement between India and the United States, which are bound together in strong ties of friendship deriving from their common objectives and their ad herence to the highest principles of free democracy. The principles and policies of the governments of India and the United States have evolved on the basis of re spect for the dignity of man and of the need to improve the wel fare of the individual."
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