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69 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2L 1956 FIVE CENTS
VOL. 57. NO
Roads
ast
tate
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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.'
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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,
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'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."