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Community Living Plan /
s►uppQrted by Survey
A dormitory community living plain was favored by a large majority of students in
a poll conducted by the Association of Independent Men.
Daniel Thalimer, West Halls president and chairman of the AIM community living
committee, has announced results of the poll conducted among 501 students of the various
dorm areas. It represents three per cent of the enrollment including 273 men and 228 women.
A distinction between sorority
and independent students was
made for women students.
The main point of the plan is a
living program with an equal
number of men and women stu
dents living in the same general
area, but in separate residence
halls.
West Halls Favor Plan
Results obtained from the ques
tionnaires showed that the men
in West Halls were more in favor
of the plan than those in either
the Nittany or Pollock areas.
Thalimer said that this is a
significant factor because a com
munity living plan of a sort has
been on trial in the West Halls
area for the past few years since
women were moved to Thompson
Ball because of the shortage of
housing for women students.
On the questionnaire, students
could reply yes, no, or no feeling,
to each of seven questions.
The results of the first question
about the general plan reveal that
88.5 per cent of the men and 72
per cent of the women questioned
favor it.
The women who are residing
in Thompson Hall were more
highly in favor of the plan than
any other women's group. This
could be accounted for by the fact
that the program has been tried
in that area, according to Thatt
wen
Mixed Dining Approved
When asked their opinion of
mixed dining areas if dress were
informal. 84.9 per cent of the
men and 72.2 per cent of the
women favored the idea.
In Pollock, where there has been
no mixed eating this year, 96.3
per cent of the men endorsed the
plan. In Nittany and West Rally
where mixed dinners have been
held, 82 per cent of the men
favored the plan.
Among sorority and independ
ent women. there was an eight
per cent difference with inde
pendents lending more support to
the plan.
Idea New To Indies
Thalimer said this variation
could be attributed to the fact
that sororities have mixed din
ners with fraternities and are
not as completely new to the idea
of mixed eating as are the inde
pendents.
When asked if the plan were in
stituted, would they prefer to be
served at the evening meal, a
sharp contrast was noted in the
answers submitted by the men
and women.
Only 46.8 per cent of the men
said they wanted to be served at
the evening meal, while 70.8 per
cent of the women answered in
the affirmative.
This variation comes because
all women, except those living in
Thompson Hall. are served at the
evening meal whereas none of
the men are at the present time.
Also, only 38 per cent of the
students in Thompson Hall said
they would prefer being served.
The women in this residence hall
have cafeteria-style meals and
have never been served.
More men than women favored
paying the probable increase in
expenses brought on by the sys
tem of being served at the eve
rting meal if the joint dining and
living areas were instituted at
the University.
Fee Increase Not Favored
Approximately 43.2 per cent of
the men and 35 per cent of the
women agreed to pay the prob
able increase.
Among sorority and independ
ent women, 22.8 per cent of the
sororities in contrast to 40.3 per
cent of the independents favored
paving the increased fees.
The question of a joint com
mittee to plan recreation was
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9 Bronze
Reappear
By TERRY LEACH
Campus Patrol: be patient—the missing sundial arm may
be returned within 25 years.
At least that was the fate of 9 of 10 bronze tree markers
Air Crash Kills
3 Near Tyrone
Alden Roach, president of
the Columbia-Geneva Steel di
vision of the U.S. Steel Corp..
was killed last night in the fiery
mountainside crash of a corp
oration twin-engine plane at
Bald Eagle, near Tyrone.
The pilot and copilot also
were killed, according to the
Associated Press. Their identi
ties could not be determined
immediately.
Tyrone firemen, who recov
ered three bodies, were search
ing the debris for a possible
fourth body.
U.S. Steel Corp. officials at
Pittsburgh said. however, they
thought only three persons
were aboard the craft. The
plane was en route from the
Greater Pittsburgh Airport to
the Idlewild Airport at New
York.
Group to Plan Studies
HARRISBURG, Dec. 20 (W)—
A new state advisory commission
to help devise a program of cur
riculum planning will be estab
lished by the Public Instruction
Department next month.
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Markers Stolen; I
25 Years Later
dedicated to • the University by
the landscape architecture class
of 1923.
The bronze markers were
placed on five linden, three beech
and iwo elm trees located on the
lawn in front .of Old Main, near
the Main Campus Gate. Several
years later all 10 markers were
gone.
The markers were presented to
commemorate 10 landscape archi
tect students killed in World War
I. Each marker was worth ap
proximately $lO.
In 1930, Walter W. Trainer, di
rector of the Division of Land
scape Construction and Mainten
ance and graduate of the land
scape architecture class of 1923,
returned to the University to ac
cept his present position.
Several of the bronze markers
had already returned. They came
back by mail, one by one, until
by 1954, all but one 'of the mark
ers had returned. "Postage was
prepaid to boot." he said.
Lay Forgotten
After the students who took
them were graduated, the mark
ers probably lay forgotten until
they were rediscovered and sent
back to the University, Trainer
said.
Since the sundial was dedicated,
in 1915, three arms have been!
stolen. Maybe someday the Uni
versity will receive a slightly
used golden arm in the mail.
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Library Allotment,/
Termed Below Par
Only one and one half per cent of the University budget
goes to the Fred Lewis Pattee Library—placing the Library
far below the national median of almost four per cent allotted
to other collegiate libraries, according to William L. Werner,
professor of American literature.
Werner has served on several University Library corn-
mittees .over the years and also
writes'a column titled "The Book
worm" for The Centre Daily
Times.
Tht University also rates far
belov , other institutions in num
ber of books and according to
figures cited by Werner it is the
lowest of ten other universities
that are at least partially state
supported, he said.
Among these schools are the
University of Illinois, Minnesota
University, lowa University, Rut
gers University and Indiana Uni
versity. Total volumes at the Li
brary in 1954-55 were 431,314.
No Outside Source
Another disturbing fact about
the Library is that if a student
can't find a book he needs, there
is no immediate outside library
to go to, Werner said. Werner ex
plained that most of the large
collegiate libraries belong to uni
versjties located in cities. He cited
the University of Pennsylvania as
one example where the number of
volumes is 1,475,000 but facilities
around Philadelphia give a Penn
student over 6 million volumes to
draw from.
The problem, accordin,l to Wer
ner, is not that the University
isn't provided with an ample bud
get, but that "the Library is just
ignored." Too many other inter
ests from the requirements of the
various colleges to the building
plans clamor for a good-size al
lowance, and Werner added, the
Library is just forgotten.
Small Increases Allotted
Over the years, committees
have been organized to bring this
problen. to the attention of the
students, the faculty, the admin
istration, an the alumni, Wer
ner said_ Data is compiled. re
ports submitted and speeches
made, but all this has resulted in
only small increases in allow
ances, he said.
The basic cause for today's de
ficiency Werner said, is that when
we changed from a college to the
University, books weren't added
to the Library.
Higher Enrollment
Since 1943 the number of stu
dents has increased almost five
times, but the total number of
books barely doubled, he said. The
percentage of money allotted to
the Library in 1943-44 was 1.37 of
the burget and today stands at
1.50, he said_ Over the years, he
said, this percentage has never
risen above 1.67 of 1951-52.
Werner also noted that the
number of full-time professional
library employees increased in
the ten year period from 1943 to
1953 by only one—from 26 to 27.
Assembly Backs Mollet
PARIS, Dec. 20(fP)—The French
National Assembly tonight wound
up its three-day foreign policy de
bate by backing the actions of the
Socialist-led government of Guy
Mollet by a vote of 332 to 213.
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"The Tender Trap"
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Frank Debbie David
SINATRA - REYNOLDS WAYNE
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21,.•1956
By LIANNE CORDERO
Commission
To Evaluate
Trout Loss
The State Fish Commission
yesterday was assigned the job of
fixing the value of about 175,000
trout killed in the pollution of
Spring Creek several weeks ago.
the Associated Press reported yes
terday.
The trout were killed by a solu
tion of sodium cyanide released
from the Naval Research Ord
nance Laboratory at the Univer
sity.
Board Assigns Evaluation
The Sanitary Water Board,
which met yesterday, assigned the
job of evaluating the trout to the
Fish Commission. It has not indi
cated who will have to pay for
the fish.
William Voigt, executive direc
tor of the Fish Commission, had
tentatively evaluated the fish at
$lOO,OOO. He said he hopes to
have his final evaluation ready
sometime in January.
Dr. Berwyn F. Mattison, chair
man of the State Sanitary Water
Board, said the board will await
the final evaluation figures be
fore it considers the case further
or attempts to determine who
should pay for the fish.
Government Payment Suggested
Gov. George M. Leader , has
suggested that the federal gov
ernment might be asked to pay
for the fish, since the pollution
that killed them was released by
the U.S. Navy's research labora
tory at the University.
The Attorney General Herbert
B. Cohen in an offhand opinion
has said that he does not think
the -University will- have to pay
for the fish since it is• a state
supported institution..
Dr. Mattiston said that the
Sanitary Water Board has col
lected from private industrial
firms in cases of stream pollu
tion, but never from a state-sup
ported institution.
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