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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
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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.