Today's (recast; VOL. 57. No- 8 of Quarter Plan Use Forseen for Future •ter system, whereby the year is divided into of equal length, may in the next few years re iversity’s two-semester system in order to ac he expected increase in enrollment. The qua: four quarter' place the Ur commodate t Dr. Rogc ?r Saylor, chairman of the University Senate Burn Is Re Victim ported actory Satis e student who suf burns in a labora- Tuesday night was ‘satisfactory condi- The gradua fered serious tory explosion reported in tion” yesterd The victim, lira Starer, graduate student in chemistry from Brook lyn, N.Y., is being treated at the University Hospital. Improvement Noted Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of the University Health Service, said Starer suffered second degree burns of both legs and the left forearm, but that his condition is “improving.” It was originally suspected that Starer. might have respiratory poisoning from the fumes he in haled during the chemical fire, but Dr. Glenn said this has proved false. Another student, who was also at the fire but received no burns, was taken to the ' jspital Tuesday night for observation. But he was released at noon yesterday, hav ing been found free of any respir atory poisoning. He is Robert M. Etter, graduate student in chemistry from Cham bersburg. May Be Moved Starer wifi remain in the Uni versity Hospital until it can be determined whether he should be moved to the Centre County Hos pital. Dr. A. H. Holtzinger, director of chemical laboratories, said that Starer was working with diazo methane and anisole when the ex plosion occurred. He said that the reason for the explosion of the chemicals has not been deter mined. Dean Chairs Turnpike Unit Dr. Merritt A. Williamson, dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture, yesterday assumed vice chairmanship of the troubled affairs of the Pennsylvania Turn pike Commission. Dr. Williamson served as tem porary chairman-as the commis- two suspended members, Chairman G. Franklin McSorley, Democrat, and James F. Torrance, Republican, stayed away from the meeting. v. Dr. Williamson was elected to the commission two weeks ago* after a shakeup by Gov. George M. Leader. Williamson was unan imously elected to preside in Mc- Sorley’s suspension and had the endorsement of Governor Leader. The commission’s first act un der Dr. Williamson was receipt of proposed toll revisions. Researchers Help Navy Install TV Two men in the University’s in structional research program have been sent by the New York office of Naval Research to aid the in stallation of television equipment at the Bainbridge Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md. Leslie P. Greenhill, associate director of the program, is now at the base to train personnel and organize the installation. He will return to the University today. Joseph Mumin r research assist ant, will supervise the project at the base. ®br Daily f|§| (Hull STATE COLLEGE, Calendar Committee, said yester-j day that a change in the semester system is- under consideration ini order to provide greater utiliza tion of" University facilities dur ing the summer. Two principal systems in mind, he said, are the quarter system and the setting up of three se mesters during the year. Include Summer Session With the quarter system a full! schedule would be continued in each quarter including a summer] quarter. Three semesters would; also allow a much broader pro-! gram during the summer, Dr.j Saylor said, if the enrollment pressure becomes great enough. ‘‘Summer is the only time we can expand to a great degree,” he explained. “If this doesn’t aid the enrollment increase, then we (the Calendar Committee) won’t make a recommendation.” “The problem here is that with in the next ten years we expect a large increase in the number of Pennsylvanians wanting to go to college,” Dr. Saylor said. “The University will be under consid erable pressure to carry an im portant part of the load.” Raises Problem This raises the problem of how best to use the University facili ties, to take care of the expansion, he said. Classrooms, laboratories, etc., are probably hot being used as many hours in the year as they could be, and the time of year when they are used least is the summer, he added. , Dr. Saylor said that other Uni versities, including Ohio State and Minnesota, now use the quar ter system. He emphasized that a new sys tem is only part of long range planning, and would not affect students now attending the Uni versity. Simes fo Discuss Housing Inspection Frank J. Simes, dean of men, and his staff will meet this after noon in his office, to discuss and formulate a working policy for compulsory approved inspection of downtown living units. The Board of Trustees recently approved a policy requiring men living off campus, unless in their own homes, to live in rooming houses inspected and approved by the University. University representatives will inspect downtown rooming houses and fraternities for conditions of health, sanitation, fire safety, minimum housing requirements and terms and conditions of occu pancy. Revised Mid-East Doctrine Approved WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (IP)—A revamped Middle Eastern resolu tion, proclaiming the readiness of the United States to fight Com munist aggression in the strategic area if President Dwight D. Eisen hower deems that necessary, was approved today by two powerful Senate committees. Democrats did a sweeping re write job on a key section of the Eisenhower resolution at a joint session of the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees. Language Changed Stricken out was language "au thorizing” Eisenhower to use armed forces in the Middle East, but sponsors of the change quickly explained this was not done with the idea of denying him this pow er. On the contraray, they con tended he already has the power, and Congress cannot constitution- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 14. 1957 Gambling Brings Disciplinary Action Disciplinary probation has been recommended for six freshmen and a sophomore for gambling in the Nittany area. The case was one of three gambling cases involving a total of 15 students, heard by the Association of Independent Men Judicial Board of Review Tuesday night. Disciplinary probation was recommended for another freshman, judicial probation for six others and office proba tion for another. The University Senate Subcom mittee on Discipline will meet this afternoon to consider the recommendations. Implicated by KohJweiler The six students involved in the Nittany area violations were implicated by George H. Kohl weiler Jr., of Walingford, former University student who recently pleaded guilty to forgery charges in Centre County Court, i Kohlweiler told the dean of ! men’s office previously he had to [cash the ijlegal checks to make up for mon e y he had lost while gambling in the dormitory. A dean’s office report showed false l checks amounting to $227. Claims Rejected All seven students, however, said that Kohlweiler could -not have possibly lost that much money in the games as bets were not for more than 5 cents. The students said they thought Kohlweiler spent most of the money on clothes. Four of the students admitted being “frequent” participants ‘When the games were played. One ;said he had not played since the | Christmas vacation. Realized Violations Confronted with board ques tioning, the students said they realized they were violating Uni versity regulations but they just a friendly game” every once in a while. The group de nied a report by Kohlweiler that the games lasted at times till 3 a.m. They said the games were never played after 1 a.m. and only seldom lasted that long. One of the students involved in the games said he was a victim of Kohlweiler’s forgery violations. The two planned to share ex penses of a car for last year’3 Junior Prom with Kohlweiler to Idrive. The student paid his share to Kohlweiler by check only to find out later that Kohlweiler had copied the signature on two other checks and cashed them for a total of $4O. 6 From West Dorms Cabinet Will Hear Background of NSA j All-Univerity Cabinet will hear the first of two reports jtonight which will help it to decide whether to retain its jmembership in the controversial National Student Associa tion. Cabinet will meet at 7 p.m. in 203 Hetzel Union. Thirty-One Join International Nuclear Course Thirty-one scientists and engi-] neers, including 24 from 19 for-; eign countries, are enrolled in the] International School of Nuclear! [Science and Engineering program! at the University. The group, the third to be en-j rolled at the University within th%past year, began the program 1 last week and "will complete a't least four months on campus be fore going to the Argonne Na tional Laboratory, Lemont, 111., for the remaining four months of the school. The University and North Caro-j lina State College were selected! by the Atomic Energy Commis sion to aid in the training of thel foreign scientists as a part of this! country’s atoms-for-peace plan. Dr. Warren W. Miller, associate professor of chemistry, is in charge of the academic program! in which the scientists are en-l rolled at the University. Virgil E.I Neilly, associate professor of en gineering extension, has been co-j ordinating the project. ] Seven scientists from the United | States are enrolled while the 24] foreign scientists enrolled are! from Belgium, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Ger many, Greece, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Portugal, South ern Rhodesia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Prof to Talk on Russia „ Dr. Allan L. Rodgers, associate professor of geography, will speak to the Slavic Club at 7 to night in 203 Willard. He will speak on “Russia’s Eastward Movement: Fact or Fan tasy.” The talk is open to the public. ally give him something he pos sesses. The new language, it was ex plained by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.), puts the repsonsibility up to Eisenhower for triggering any armed U.S. ac tion in the Middle East, while serving advance notice that Con gress is back of him. First reaction from President Eisenhower indicated he would go along with the new version. Eis enhower, in Thomasville, Ga., and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Washington, conferred by telephone. Then press secre tary James C. Hagerty issued this statement from the President’s vacation headquarters: “Both the President and the secretary express their pleasure that the resolution was reported out by such a large vote—2o-8. “Some new language calls for egtatt Lawrence McCabe, NSA coordi nator, will present a background report on the history and frame work of NSA within the United States. He will also report on the NSA National Congress, which he attended last summer in Chicago. Tonight’s report will not deal specifically with NSA organiza tions on campus. McCabe will present a report on the progress jof the campus unit three weeks [from tonight. j May Affect Renewal •After hearing both reports,: Cabinet will discuss the feasi-' jbility of renewing its membership lin NSA. NSA is set up-- at- the [University as a coirimittee of Cab inet. 1 Robert Bahrenberg, Ali-Univer- Isity president, said he favored ■ leaving a definite vote on NSA [to the next cabinet. Cabinet has its dues- paid in the organization until next Octo ber, Bahrenburg said, and it [would be silly if Cabinet voted against NSA and lost the money. McCabe said Bahrenburg asked [him to make the reports to Cabi net that it would fully understand ■ NSA before considering a vote on it. Works Wilh Government In his report, McCabe; will ex plain how NSA in the United [States is neither superior to nor [independent of student govern ment at individual member col leges and universities, but rather a part of it. He will explain representation on NSA and the election of re gional and national officers. McCabe will also explain the operation of the four commissions international, student govern ment, educational affairs and stu dent affairs, which operate at the national level. In other business, Cabinet will take a final vote on whether to approve $2OOO for the Spring Week music festival. Last week in a first vote. Cabinet approved the appropriation. a little further study by the Pres ident and the secretary, but both believe the language is designed to give the Prseident the author ity he asked for.” Display of Unity Dulles had indicated during hearings that the administration was not wedded to the exact lan guage of its resolution; that what was wanted was a marked display of national unity to discourage Communist aggression. On the issue of rewriting the military section of the resolution the vote was 15-13, with all Demo cratic members of the committees favoring the change and all Re publicans against it. Then the committees approved the revamped resolution, 20-8.. Now the resolution goes to the Senate floor, where there may be a new fight over the issue next week. Must the Show Go On? See Page 4 FIVE CENTS Six freshmen of the West Dorms were caught gambling when a counselor, investigating a broken light fixture, entered the room to obtain a pencil and paper. The students said they all re turned to their dorm from dif (Continued on page eight) Lion Missing; Flurries Stay The Nittany Lion still had not returned to his den this morning after his mysterious disappear ance of a few days ago. ; The Lion's friends are holding jto the opinion 4 that he has gone into the moun tains in search of a tavern, hid den deep in the forest and oper ated by a bear o f questionable reputation. No action has been taken on the idea of a search party to locate the Lion, however, because of a heated debate among the Sas to whether their efforts i be directed toward the finding of the Lion or the tavern. The weather forecast does not favor an all-out search. Today should be partly cloudy, with some' snow flurries. High today is predicted at between 35 and ; 40, with the mercury dropping to 25 to 30 tonight.
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