®lip iatlg VOL. 57..N0. 82 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13. 1957 FIVE CENTS Calendar Committee Considers Half-Day Christmas Extension A possible half-day or more extension to the 1957 Christmas vacation is under con sideration by the University Senate Calendar Committee. A 12-day vacation is now scheduled -between noon Dec. 21 to noon Jan. 2. The dates of the forthcoming vacation are similar to those of last Christmas, when, after student protest, Presi Dr. Roger S; the Calendar C< if the commil half-day to be ent Eric A. Wa! ivlor, chairman of immittee, said that ;e finds an extra easible, it will rec ension to the Sen pril or May. Lengthen Recess emmend an ext ate in either A )r the short vaca said, is to length letween semesters nester books can e spring semester The reason f tion, Dr. Saylor en the recess so that fall se he closed befoi registration. During the past semester re cess, grades had been expected to be tabulated by machine. How ver, Dr. Saylor said that “forms that were needed failed to arrive, therefore, most grades had to be hand-recorded.’.) 1 Tabulation by Machine It was hoped, he continued, that the tabulation of this semester’s grades would be an experiment in order to judge the time re quired next year. “Now we have to guess,” he said, “since the tabulation could not be used.” The objective is to have the transcripts ready for registration, he said, so if time is needed at the semester vacation, Christmas is the only time when extra days may he cut. “There is no selfish motive of the faculty,” he added. Faster Recording If a transcript is completed and it is found necessary for a student to be dropped from the Univer sity, Dr. Saylor said, he can be notified before he returns for the next semester. “The earlier this decision can be known by the student, the better off we are,” he explained. The 1957 Christmas vacation, as stated in the catalogue from noon Dec. 21 to noon Jan. 2, was the result of a revision in October when Senate cut four days from an originally scheduled vacation period—Dec. 21 to Jan. 6. Walker to Get Law Degree From Temple President Eric A. Walker .will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Temple Uni versity at the midyear commence ment program tomorrow morn ing. The degrees will be awarded by Dr. Robert L. Johnson, president of Temple University. , In addition to the degrees, a citation will be made to Dr. Walk er by Ray S. Tannehill, ’23 grad uate of Penn State and vice pres ident of the Bell Telephone Co. 550 Will Graduate The commencement program, for 550 graduates, will take place at the Baptist Temple, Broad and Eerks Street, Philadelphia. Dr. .Walker became the 12th president of the University Oct. 1, after being dean of the college of engineering and architecture for. five years. Educated at Harvard He was born in Long Eaton, England, and earned his bachelor, master, and doctor of science de grees at Harvard University. Dr. Walker first came to the University in 1945 from the Har vard Underwater Sound Labora tory at Cambridge, Mass. Collegian Candidates to Meet ' Candidates for the editorial staff Of The Daily Collegian will meet at 7 tonight in 9 Carnegie. No previous experience is necessary. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Iker lengthened the recess to 8 a.m. Jan. 3. Grad Student Injured In Laboratory Fire An explosion shortly after 7 p.m. yesterday in Walker Laboratories sent a graduate student to the University Hos pital with serious burns and possible respiratory poisoning. The victim, Ira Starer, graduate student in chemistry from Brooklyn, N.Y., was working in a third floor laboratory when his work exploded, showering him with burning liquids and spewing out toxic fumes. The explosion was described by Robert M. Etter, graduate student in chemistry from Chambersburg, as an “ether fire.” Etter, the only other person in the laboratory, heard the explo sion and rushed to the scene to help. He said that a billow of smoke followed the noise. Clothing on Fire Starer, his clothing on fire from the waist down, intercepted Etter, frantically throwing his arms about his neck. Etter loosened himself and pro ceeded to swat out the flames on Starer’s clothing. He then called the hospital and an ambulance was sent to pick up Starer. Etter stayed to put out the fire with the aid of two chemical fire extinguishers. At the hospital, Starer was treated by the two nurses on duty. In 'Bad' Condition One of the nurses on duty said that Starer- had bums over his entire body and is in “very bad” condition. In addition to the burns, Starer is suffering from what appears to the nurse to be a toxic condition from the fumes he inhaled in the laboratory explosion. Eller Taken lo Hospital Etter was also taken to the hos pital shortly afterwards for over night observation. Possible toxi city is suspected, since he too was in the laboratory when the fumes were spewing from the fire. Etter suffered no burns from the accident. Starer will be kept in the hos pital, Mrs. Bell said, and will be fed intravenously for some time. He will be administered anti biotics to remedy any possible respiratory poisoning. Longshoremen Order4s,oooto Strike NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (/P) —'ports of Boston, Portland, Maine,l Hagerty said Eisenhower had Tho Tntemntinnol T onfrchnrn !^ nd Providence hung back for the received a report from Mitchell iile international Longshore- time being. ILA leaders there ap- during the afternoon. men’s Assn. (Ind) tonight or- parently wanted to confirm for} The union let a 5 p.m. strike , „ i themselves the formality of the deadline pass without formally dered an Atlantic Coast strike str ike call. .calling out its dockers. But-ILA of 45,000 dockers from Maine Secretary of Labor Mitchell, in President William Bradlev said t,-New York for a speech, issued a, the strike was automatic with the to. Virginia. Scores of ships were statement through his Washington.second deadline—6:lo p.m office - 14 said: I Six thousand longshoremen in the negotiations con- Close to Agreement : Philadelphia walked out on the. turned with the union reported “The parties ... are close to an original deadline. I very close to an agreement with; a g reement> j s reasonable to ex-; 90 Per Cent Agreed j wni,-|rt P nl£ ai^‘nc? l Yn k tv, S B t^!fH n tv?o' pect that if the P arties continue; ILA attorney Louis WaMman; would mp almost m the bud the discussions a contract will be sue- said the union and New York' iftmnt! S B ° V " cessf . u Hi’ negotiated. The Federallshippers were agreed on 90 to 93} ernment-mterrupted stnke. Mediation and Conciliation Serv-|per cent of the issues that have Picketing May Appear ice will continue to assist the par-jstalled them since last summer. The big ports of Hampton Roads ties in their discussions. The fed-The New York contract usually Va., Baltimore, Philadelphia and eral government plans no further sets the pattern for other North- New York responded all-out tojsteps at this time.” east and Middle Atlantic ports, the strike call. Picketing was ar- A similar statement was issued The strike originally was set ranged for the luxury line piers at President Eisenhower’s vaca- for 5 p.m., expiration time of an in New York where the big linersjtion headquarters in Thomasville, 80-day Taft-Hartley law injunc dock. ' -Ga., by press secretary James C. tion that interrupted last Novem- However, the New England l Hagerty. bar's waterfront strike. (EnlbgtattSAM, Kappa Sig Put on Probation By DAVE FINEMAN Dent Questions Dean Drawing Two Salaries Sen. John Dent, Democratic floor leader, said tonight he would not have voted to confirm Dr. Merritt A. Williamson as a Pennsylvania Turnpike commis sioner had he known the educator was going to receive two salaries. Dent made the statement in re porting to the the Senate that Dr. Williamson receives $13,000 a year as a turnpike commissioner and another $2OOO a year as dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture at the University, according to the Associated Press. Questions Pay Status Sen. Mahany. Republican floor leader, asked Dent yesterday to find out “exactly what William son’s pay status is.” (According to a University spokesman. Dr. Williamson is stiil technically on the University pay roll because he has not as yet received a salary from the Turn pike Commission. Dr. Williamson will not draw a full University salary once he is placed on the Turnpike Com mission payroll but he will con tinue to give a day and a half to the University where he will be paid accordingly, the spokesman said.) 'On Two Pay Rolls' “I would say he is on'two pay rolls,” Dent answered. “Is that in line with your under standing when you voted to con firm him last month?” Mahany asked. Dent replied that it was not and added that he would not have voted" for Dr. Williamson’s con- i’Continued on page eight) The Interfraternity Council Board of Control last night recommended that Sigma Alpha Mu and Kappa Sigma be placed on five weeks social probation for violating the fresh man minor drinking ban. The social probation, which will be followed by three weeks Board of Control probation, will go into effect Friday ! The board also recommended that rushing privileges for the two freshmen involved in the vio lation be suspended for one year. Board Chairman Richard shillin ger said the case wovild also be referred to the Association of In dependent Men Judicial Board of Review. Incident Occurs Saturday | Shillinger said the violation oc jcurred Saturday night when IFC [checkers found the freshmen drinking at a joint party held at Sigma Alpha Mu. He described j the infraction as one of negli gence rather than a deliberate [breaking of the code. i For this reason, he said, the! board gave a lesser penalty than I the eight weeks social probation iwhich it indicated would be the likely minimum penalty when the drinking ban was approved by IFC last Sept. 18. Mitigating Factors Shillinger said the pledges on door duty failed to rubber stamp the hand of one of the freshmen, and that alcoholic beverages were out on a table where they were easily accessible. He also indicat ed that spot checks on freshmen made by the fraternity members were mitigating factors in the Board of Control’s decision. • Both of the freshmen told the board they were aware of the ban and of the consequences to them selves and the fraternities. During social probation, the fraternity may hold no social functions whatsoever. This pen alty must be approved by the sub committee on discipline of the Senate Committee on Student Af fairs before it goes into effect. Strict Surveillance Board of Control probation in volves a strict surveillance of the fraternity by members of the board during the time of its dura tion. The ban prohibits the drinking of alcoholic beverages at frater nity social functions by any fresh man under the age of 21. The ban was adopted as a part of the IFC Rushing Code to put more teeth into University and state regula tions governing drinking by minors. At the time, the opinion was expressed that fraternities had more trouble over drinking by freshmen than by all other under graduates. ÜBA to Return Money The Used Book Agency will re turn money and unsold books be ginning Monday. Books and money will not be returned after March 10. Picture on page Jive Bill Outlines Insurance For Athletes 1 A bill requiring the state to pay up to $lO,OOO accident insurance for University and state teachers college athletes was introduced in the House yesterday. The bill, proposed by Alle gheny County Representatives Vaughan and Stuart, probably stems from the publicity given to the Dick Kadis accident. Kadis, a Geneva College foot ball player, was seriouslv injured Sept. 29 during a football game with Wa.vnesburg and has been in a coma for the past four months in a Cleveland hospital. Geneva has no insurance covering athletes. McCoy in Dark Ernest B. McCoy, director of athletics and dean of the college of physical education, said he knew nothing about the bill. “We have no insurance covering athletes,” McCoy said, “because we have found it cheaper to take care of our boys ourselves.” He said it costs the University ap proximately $2500 to $3OOO a year for athletic injuries. NCAA Too Costly McCoy added that the National Collegiate Athletic Association had interested a group of insur ance companies to insure athletes but that the money it cost to pay these companies was far over the $2500 to S3OOO amount that the University usually spends. Asked if the University would pay medical bills over $lO,OOO, as is the case in the Kadis incident, (Continued on page eight) Lion Reported Roaming Hills The snow fell around the Nit (tany Lion’s den this morning, but the Lion was not there to com plain about it. Friends of the King of Beasts were generally baffled. One of them said that he had been seen early this morn ing plodding to ward the moun tain in his snow sTioes. A few members of the crowd around the den admitted that the Lion had spoken recently of a rustic tav ern located high un -the mountains around Centre County, operated by a boisterous, party-loving black bear. The weather promised to im prove for the Lion's trip. Skies should clear after the snow flur ries'of this morning. Today’s high is predicted between 35 and 40, with a low tonight of 30 to 35. Ex-Student Pleads Guilty to Forgery | A former University student, jGeorge H. Kohhveiler. Jr., of Walingford, pleaded guilty to a ! forgery charge ud was given a [suspended sentence by Judge A. H. Lipez presiding over the Cen tre County Grand Jury in Belle fonte Monday. Kohlweiler was fined $3OO by the county and placed on proba tion for one year. He was a sophomore in business administration until he left school last semester for academic rea sons.
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