The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 05, 1957, Image 1
Today's. Forecast: Cold and Clearing VOL. 57. No. 76 Trustees Approve Study iluate Facilities Itural Program To Ev For Cu By JUDY HARRISON ficials have been authorized by the Board of irtake a study to determine whether present notably Recreation Hall and Schwab Audi inverted or made available for an expanded University of Trustees to unde campus facilities, torium, can be cc student cultural program. The action grew out Mine Blast Claims 37 in Virginia BISHOP, Va., Feb. 4 UP) Thirty-seven miners perished to day in a rumbling gas explosion deep in the giant Bishop Coal Mine that burrows under the mountains of the Virginia-West Virginia line. It was the nation’s worst mine disaster since 119 died in a blast at West Frankfort, 111., Dec. 21, 1951. There was no immediate official word on what touched off the blast that sent acrid, dust-laden fumes whistling through the mine 337-feet below the surface. A fire boss had reported the area free of hazard prior to the time the mid night shift went to work. Time of the explosion was set at 1:55 a.m. • It appeared to many of the res cue workers that the lives of the 37 were snuffed out by the result ing lack of oxygen rather than the force of the blast. About 180 men were under ground at the time but the 37 victims apparently were the only ones in the immediate blast area. First intimation something was wrong down in the cavernous two million-ton-a-year producer of the Pocahontas Fuel Co. qame in a phone call to the tipple. Rufus Trail, a mine motorman who was outside after carrying two hauls of men to the diggings,; said a miner below reported things didn’t look right—there was a heavy accumulation of dust. This call was believed to have come some distance from the explosion area. The last word officials of the company received from below came by phone from Raymond Owensby: He said his section was all right if the smoke and fumes would abate. But Owensby was among the trapped men and per ished ’in a spot described as “a five-fninute walk” from the foot of the elevator shaft. Sky to Clear; Cold Remains • The local groundhog, whose cavernous home is not far from the den of the Nittany Lion, de fied the intimidations of the weather-weary king of beasts, emerged as usual, sneered at the (apprehensively watching Lion, and viewed gleefully his ominous shadow ion the ground, thus warning of another six weeks of wintry weather. And the Lion was never con vinced of the soothsaying abil ities of the lowly groundhog when he awoke in the middle of the night and glanced at the mercury ~ which stood at the 32 degree mark. He expected little relief in a slight predicted rise of six de grees today, but is thankful, how ever, for the prospect of clearing akies. of a request from All-University Cabinet that the trustees consider adoption of a student fee to help support an expanded program of concerts and lectures. The trus tees approved theh idea in prin ciple at their January meeting but asked that action on the fee be withheld until a more com plete study is made. Took Action Nor. 2 Cabinet passed a recommenda tion Nov. 2 asking a $2-a-semester increase in student fees to help! support expansion of such a pro gram. At that time, Dr. Albert Christ-Janer, director of the School of the Arts, said it would cost $60,000 to acoustically equip Rec Hall, and $5OOO to do the same for Schwab. In the study, University officials will endeavor to determine how much of a series would be possible without seriously curtailing the programs of required' physical education and athletics now housed in Rec Hall; what alter ations and/or equipment would be necessary to prepare either Rec Hall or Schwab for such a program; and the cost of such changes. Early Report Seen A report will be made at an] early meeting of the Board. _ ] Dr. Christ-Janer told Cabinet in November that if the student fee is raised $2 per semester, the cultural program could realize ap proximately $26,000 a semester, or $52,000 a year. The community will buy approximately $BOOO worth of tickets, he said, giving the program $60,000 a year. The community concert series would be given $6OOO for the! spring semester, and the remain-j ing $20,000 applied as a down pay ment to the Board of Trustees for the refurnishing of the two buildings, Dr. Christ-Janer said. Uurged 'First Step' “The Board of Trustees, seeing such action on the part of the stu dents,” he continued, “could be nothing but impressed, and I am sure they would consider follow ing through with generosity.” Dr. Christ-Janer urged Cabinet to take the first step in making such a program possible, saying: “You (Cabinet) are in a position to make an historic contribution to this University by putting it on a true university level.” Admissions Booklet Preceding Cabinet’s approval, Dr. Christ-Janer told the group that if fees were raised, students would then be given a booklet, (Continued on page six) University Awaits Budget Message The public will learn how good a salesman the Univer sity has been in Harrisburg when Gov. George M. Leader submits his $2 billion-plus budget request to the General Assembly, this afternoon. Especially interested in Leader’s budget message will be the Uni versity faculty members, since the size of the appropriation for the University will determine how large a salary raise they will receive. The University is believed to have asked Leader for more than $3O million for the next biennium, beginning in July. The Univer sity has been operating the last two years on a $25 million-plus appropriation. . • Dr. Walker,, in * major speech FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 5. 1957 Trustees Elevate 3 To Vice President Three administrative staff members have been moved into newly-created vice presiden cies by the University’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Michael A. Farrell, associate dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experimental Station has been named vice president for research; C. S. Wy jand, executive assistant to the President, has been named vice-president for development; and Lawrence E. Dennis, provost, has been designated vice president for academic affairs. Spring Enrollment Reaches New High Enrollment at the University for the spring semester totals 14,379 students, according to unofficial figures released yesterday by Dr. C. O. Williams, dean of admissions. A total of 12,003 of these students are on campus. The unofficial figures, wh of registration Saturday noon,! show an enrollment gain over a' year ago. Late registrations will increase the number. Meanwhile, the University con tinued to be the 10th largest uni versity in the United States in full-time enrollment, according to Dr. Raymond Walters, president emeritus of the University of Cin cinnati, in his 37th annual sur vey of student enrollments pub lished in School and Society Magazine. Largest Number of Colleges Dr. Walters’ survey also reveals that Pennsylvania, with 67 col leges, has more institutions of| higher learning than any other! state and. with 105,578 students enrolled, ranks second only to] New York. His figures are based on fall semester enrollments. The University enrollment totals thus far are more than 500 stu dents higher than the total of 1 13,808 reported at the close oL registration a year ago, although! slightly under the final figure] of 14.433 for the same semester.] A final enrollment count will, be made on Feb. 16 with the sum-! mary of enrollment for the spring semester to be made later. | New Metric Cards ! Students may secure their per manent identification and activity card in the ballroom of the Het zel Union Building according to a] mimeographed schedule issued] during registration. Students who] registered Wednesday received; their cards yesterday. ] The balance of the schedule,: with registration day listed first] and card pickup day second, is as follows: Thursday morning, this morning; Thursday afternoon; this afternoon; Friday morning, tomorrow morning; Friday after noon, tomorrow afternoon; and Saturday morning, Thursday morning. Students unable to pick up their (Continued on page six) to the faculty last semester, said he believed the University has a strong talking point for why it needs an increased appropriation. This, he said, was the need ol higher salaries for faculty mem bers, especially at the full-profes sorship level. Dr. Walker and his staff mem bers late last semester went to Harrisburg to request the in creased appropriation. They were armed with many figures, espe cially those on faculty salaries. Figure Not Released The University has never re leased the figure it requested to Leader and it will probably not be known whether Leader and his staff cut the request before including it in the budget mes sage. An informed Old Main source has said that he believes the re quest is for more than $3O mil lion. egtatt ich were obtained at the close Council Elects Insurance Man New Burgess Claude H. Decker, operator of a' local insurance agency, was elect-' ed burgess of State College last night at a meeting of Borough Council. Decker, who was chosen from a list of eight nominations for the post, will serve until Jan. 1,1958. filling out the unexpired term of David R. Mackey, former assist ant professor of speech, now at Boston University. Mackey served, three years in the office. ] Was Tax Assessor The new burgess, a native of] State College, served as borough; tax assessor for three years dur-i ing the 1940’5, and for the past! six years has been a member-of the State College police civil serv-! ice commission. He lives at 500; W. Nittany Avenue. Decker will be officially sworn: in as burgess at a later council 1 meeting. He was not available for ; comment last night. I Other Nominees Listed Other nominees for the post! were Guy C. Mills, justice of the! peace; William ■ S. Hoffman, for mer burgess; Leonard A. Doggett, retired faculty member; P. A. Frost, local realtor; Edward Stei ] die, retired dean of Mineral In dustry; John Doty, local realtor; and Ross Edmiston, local busi nessman. Who's Who Available Students whose names appear! in “Who’s Who in the News at Penn State” may obtain copies] of the publication at the Hetzel ■Union desk. Each student will re ceive two copies. To raise the teaching staffs ■alaries 1 per cent, Dr. .Walker .old the faculty, it would take an additional appropriation of one hird of a million dollars. Other Personnel Raises Dr. Walker said the University cannot stop with raising teachers’ salaries, but also must raise those of secretaries and service person nel. for they too need raises. i “If we raise salaries, we al most have to raise dormitory and food service costs too,” since a raise in salaries reflects in the cost of running food service and dormitories, he said. Dormitories and food service. Dr. Walker said, “must pay their own way.” More money will also be needed for additional faculty members, he said. The qply specific request re leased by the University was for ' (Continued on page-six) The Forgotten Class See Page 4 Dr. Farrell becomes the newest appointment to President Eric A. Walker’s staff, which, including Wyand and Dennis, is composed of S. K. Hostetter, Wilmer E. Ken worthy, Edward L. Keller. Ken neth R. Erfft, Louis H. Bell. Os sian R. MacKenzie, Robert G. Bernreuter, and Christian K. Ar nold. Dr. Farrell has served on the faculty of the. University since 1934 and has directed the agri cultural research program since 1951. He began his academic ca reer as a biology teacher at Le high University and came to Penn State as an instructor in bacteriol ogy. In 1936, he was named head of the division of bacteriology, which at that time was a part of the department of dairy science, ard in 1940 was named head of the new'department of bacteriol ogy. Assistant Director He was named assistant direc tor of the Agricultural Experi ment Station in 1947 and four years later became acting director of the Station. He was named to his present position in 1952. As director of the Station, Dr. Farrell coordinates a research program that embraces more than 325 studies in all phases of agri culture and that last year oper ated a s2'-i million budget. Joined Faculty in *3l Wyand, who received his bach elor of arts degree in arts and let ters from the University in 1929 and his MA degree in economics in 1934. joined the faculty in 1931 as an instructor in economics. In 1946, Wyand, 'then professor, of economics, was appointed admin istrative assistant to the Presi dent, then the late Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, to aid in planning for the postwar expansion program of ■ the University. He has served on the staff of the President of the University since that time. Wyand also studied at Colum bia University and prior to his appointment to the University faculty, served with. Far Eastern Division of the National City Bank of New York and later as [assistant to the president of the iMcGraw Hill Book Co. He is a [native of Waynesboro. U.S. Ed Official Dennis, prior to his appoint ment as administrative assistant ito the President in 1954. served as special assistant to the U.S. Com missioner of Education in Wash ington, D.C.; on the faculties of Kansas State College, the State [University of lowa, and Drake [University Community College; and as an editorial writer for the ]Des Moines, lowa, Register and Tribune. Born in Virginia, Minn., Den nis received his B.A. degree from (Continued on page six) Collegian Calls For Candidates Students interested in be coming candidates for The Daily Collegian news or sports staffs may attend a meeting at 7 pan. tomorrow in 9 Car negie. _ Students need not be journ alism majors nor have previous newspaper experience to be come candidates. The operations of Collegian and what wilLbe expected of candidates will be explained at the first meeting. At- other meetings, to be held weekly, the candidates will be taught different phases of newspaper reporting and editing. FIVE CENTS