Cathaui
Add 60
Cooling
Students will fins
air-conditioned m
to attend when th
’Theatre installs its
this summer.
Robert G. Neilson,
the Cathaum, said w
begin installing du
week.
The unit, JJeilson
in operation by July
The air-conditionii
will have one cent!
ation unit with hidd<
to carry the freshener
auditorium.
Equipment Arrives
Part of the system—a giant
blower—has already arrived from
a Pittsburgh dealer.
Mrs. Lora F. Ainger, manager
of the State Theatre, said esti
mates were made at the State
during the past week by air-con
ditioning experts.
She didn’t say definitely wheth
er or when the State would con
tract for installation' of air-con
ditioning, but she said it is their
intention to do so.
Plan More Estimates
She said more estimates will be
made next week and a decision
may be reached then.
No contracts have been let, she
said.
Students individually and
through student government
have been calling for the down
town'theatres to install air-con
ditioning for'years.
Nei Ison said there are no plans
for air-conditioning the Nittany
Theatre, which is under the same
management as the Cathaum.
He said the building is not
owned by the. management and
the theatre space is rented.
Walker to Attend
Senior Reception
President Eric A. Walker'will
be among the guests at the Senior
Class-Deans’ Reception from 2 to
4 pjn. tomorrow in the Hetzel
Union ballroom.
The nine college deans, the
deans of men and women and
graduating seniors will attend the
reception.
The reception was held for the
first time last year and, accord
ing to Joseph Hartnett, class pres
ident, was a “great success."
The purpose of the reception is
to have seniors meet and talk
with their deans on a non-aca
demic level. •
TIM to Hear Ed Professor
Dr. Donald McGarey,' associate
professor of. education, will ad
dress the Town Independent Men
banquet at 6:30 tonight at the
Pleasant Gap Grange Hall.
Pedestrian Count Results
May Be Out Next Week
Calvin G. Keen, director of the campus traffic survey,
last night said that the tabulation of yesterday’s pedestrian
counts would probably be available late next week.
Senior members of Civil Engineering 423, a traffic engi
ating the returns from the 25
in the general survey report.
neering course, are now tabu]
stations which will be includei
The report will be submitted
to the administration for action
by September 1.
Results Not Accurate
'Reen, professor of civil engi
neering, said the results of the
pedestrian part of the survey
would not be as accurate as the
vehicular phase, but- would still
be adequate. -
The very nature of pedestrian
traffic, Reen explain Jd, makes ab
solute accuracy im oossible. The
throng that crosses Pollock road
at the Mall at noon hour, for ex
ample, rules out ac:urate count
ing.
He said, however, the pedes
trian traffic on.._sj >eeific - walks
was truly recorded.
Tabulators were aided in their
work by mechanical tally count
ers. Hand size, the registers- re
corded each passer' >y on a dial.
Totals were takm every 15
Low Budget Seen Likely
n To
-Ton
Unit
®lfp Satly
lly have an
3 vie house
e Cathaum
60-ton unit
VOL. 57. No. 145 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 18. 1957 FIVE CENTS
Dent, Helm See Passage of Bill
Opening Meetings of Trustees
manager of
orkmen will
:twork next
said, may be
1.
:ig system
!ral refriger
ien ductwork
d air into the
State Sen. John H. Dent, Senate minority leader, and Rep. W. Stuart Helm, speaker
of the House of Representatives, yesterday predicted passage of a bill which would open
meetings of the Board of Trustees to the public.
The bill was introduced Tuesday by Sen. Jo Hays (D.-Centre, Clearfield), who is a part
time associate professor of education.
It would open to the press and public meetings of the boards of all state-supported
educational institutions, including
the University Board of Trustees.
Sen. Dent yesterday told The
Daily Collegian: “We'll pass the
bill, in all probability.”
Speaker Helm said the bill, in
its present form, is “now in good
shape and will go through:”
Attending Press Conclave
Both men yesterday were at
the Nittany Lion Inn for a panel
discussion of the Pennsylvania
Press Conference sponsored by
the School of Journalism, the
State Society of Newspaper Edi
tors and the State Newspaper
Publishers' Association.
Sen. Dent said an open-meet
ling policy for the educational in
stitutions boards would probably
result in the ironing out of im
portant business at caucus ses
sions held before the public meet
ings.
But, he said, the way in which
any board or group will operate
“all depends on the character of
men” who are on it.
Released Through PI
Decisions of the Board of Trus
tees are now made known only
through the Department of Pub
lic Information.
The Daily Collegian, The Cen
tre Daily Times and other state
newspapers have repeatedly at
tempted to get the meetings op
ened to reporters.
Sen. Hays said he believes the
trustees would “welcome this ex
change of the cloak of semi-sec
|recy for the open skies of- public
[observation.”
Under the bill, any trustee who
attended a closed meeting would
be subject to a fine of from $lOO
Ito $5OO,
1957 Yearbooks
Now Available
To June Grads
Seniors may obtain their copies
of LaVie from 8 to 11:45 a.m. and
1 to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday in the Hetzel
Union card room.
Seniors will also vote for stu
dents to receive senior honors
and for one of five suggestions
for the $lO,OOO class gift at that
time.
Gift suggestions are funds for
the Helen Eak i n Eisenhower
Chapel, a book collection for the
Fred Lewis Pattee Library, photo
stat machines for the Library,
funds for the projected School of
the Arts building and funds for
the proposed Stone Valley Rec
reation Area.
The schedule for picking up the
year book is:
Tuesday—Colleges of the Lib
eral Arts, Business Administra
tion and Engineering and Archi
tecture.
Wednesday—Colleges of Agri
culture, Home Economics and
Mineral Industries.
Thursday—Colleges of Educa
tion, Chemistry and Physics and
Physical Education.
Ban on Freshman Cars
To Remain in Effect
' Freshmen will not be permitted
to bring cars to the University
community during the final ex
amination period, the dean of
men’s office has announced.
The ban on freshman cars will
remain, in effect until the end
of the academic year.
minutes.
The 25 stations were divided
into two divisions—all day and
peak hour.
All-day stations were located
at College and Allen Sts., Bur
rowes and Pollock Rds., Pollock
and Shortlidge Rds., Pollock Rd.
and. the Mall, and Pollock Rd.
west of Osmond Laboratory.
The 20 peak period stations tal
lied from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m., 8:45
t0'9:15 aim., 11:30 am. to ,12:15
pm. and 4:45 to 5:30 pm.
This- week’s weather favored
the validity, of the counts, accord
ing to Reen. Precipitation came
in the middle of the week when
only automatic tabulating ma
chines were in operation.
The machines, which operated
24 hours a day throughout the
week, will remain in their loca
tions until Monday at 7:30 a.m.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Apply to Other Groups
Such provisions already apply
to many public, bodies, including
commissions, councils and school
boards. -
Hays said his bill would cover
segments of the state which "plan
and control the program of higher
education for the 55,000 college
and university students who each
iyear enroll in publicly-supported
institutions.”
The bill would also open the
meetings of the boards of trus
tees of the 14 state teachers col
leges, Temple University, thej
University of Pennsylvania and
the University of Pittsburgh.
Rain Expected
Again Today
Today’s weather prediction calls
for light rain, with temperatures
in the 65-70 degree range.
Asked why he seemed rather
disillusioned this morning, the
Nittany Lion declared that last
night he received a reply from
the “Lonely Hearts for Lions
Club,” concern
ing his plea for
cute lioness.
According
the Lion, thi
sent him tl
phone numbi
of an “inferii
lioness (sh*
beautiful ai
has a wonderfi
personality, bi
she doesn’t mei
his other re
quirement, in that she only has a
i little over four million dollars
instead of his requested five mil
lion). Nevertheless, he decided to
'give her a “break” anyway. i
(Eolbgian
Clique Officers
To Be Elected
By Lion Party
Lion Party will elect a new
clique chairman at 7:30 p.m. to
morrow and the steering commit
tees of both the Lion and Cam
pus parties will meet tomorrow.
The new Lion party clique'of
ficers will be elected at 7:30 pjn.
tomorrow in 121 Sparks.
The Lion Party Steering Com
mittee will meet at 6:30 p.m. in
121 Sparks to discuss and vote
on a proposed amendment to the
party constitution. ~
The amendment would reduce
the minimum semester require
ment for a clique chairman or
vice chairman from fourth to
second.
The amendment, which was
proposed at last week’s steer
ing committee meeting, must re
ceive a two-thirds vote of the
steering committee to be brought
before the clique.
The Campus Party Steering
Committee held its last meeting
of the semester at 2 p.m. in 212
Hetzel Union.
Herbert Levin, clique- chair
man, said applications for com
mittee appointments next fall
will be available at the Hetzel
Union desk beginning Monday.
Any student may apply.
All the meetings are open to the
public.
Club to Hear Walker
President Eric A. Walker will
speak at the annual spring lun
cheon of the Faculty Women’s
Club at 12:15 p.m. today in the
Hetzel Union ballroom.
State GOP Leaders OK
sB4.4Millioit Budget Cut
HARRISBURG, May 17 (A 5 ) —The biggest job of budget
cutting in the Commonwealth’s history wound up today with
Republican legislative leadership reportedly agreed on a hefty
slash of a tentative $84,400,000
The axe fell heaviest—by 2
100,000 appropriation Gov. George
[M. Leader asked for the Welfare
Department. Other cuts range
from 10 millions for Public In
struction down to -$200,000 for the
Treasury Department.
A GOP source, who asked not
to be identified, disclosed figures
showing that 16 of 30 state agen
cies would see their budgets re
duced in the Republican sponsor
ed general appropriations bill to
be introduced next week.
Expected to Fight
Gov. Leader was expected to
carry a fight directly to the peo
■ple on the cuts involved. Repub
licans have kept their budget-re
ducing operations shrouded in sec
recy for the past two weeks to
keep lawmakers free of outside
pressures from groups that would
be affected.
In a statement, he said, “any
assault against this budget is an
assault against the people them
selves.’*
Legislator Sees
$27.7 Million
Disaster Budget
The $27.7 million “disaster
budget” will probably be rec
ommended by the House Ap
propriations Committee when
it reports to the House next
Wednesday, Norman Wood
(R.-Lancaster). chairman of the
committee, said yesterday.
I This development comes as a
shock, since it has been generally
expected that the committee’s
recommendation would approxi
mate a bill introduced in the
House by Wood on April 8 pro
posing a budget of 533,849,000.
The $27.7 figure, called the
“disaster budget’’ by President
Eric A. Walker when Gov. George
M. Leader proposed it to the As
sembly, was apparently conceded
to be too low by Wood.
Walker Requests
Dr. Walker went before the
Assembly with his plea for a
higher budget after Gov. Leader
had chopped the University’s
original request of $38.5 million
down to $27.7 million.
Lowering his original request.
Dr. Walker—armed with data on
relatively low teacher salaries—
asked the Assembly for $35 mil
lion, about $1.3 million higher
than what Wood’s bill later called
for.
If the powerful committee pro
poses the $27.7 million figure next
Wednesday, it will mean that the
University’s budget has been
sliced by the GOP’s $lOO-mil!ion
cutting-knife.
Committee Cuts
The committee, it was learned
this week, had cut some of its 33
budget proposals by a total of
$lOO million in an effort to bal
ance the present $2 billion-plus
state budget.
These trimmed budgets were
to be presented this past Wednes
day, but a change in adjourn
ment date at the Senate eased
the time element on the commit
tee’s report and prompted the
committee to delay presentation
until Wednesday, when it will
have had more time to draw up
the proposals.
When he told a_reporter of the
probable size the University’s
budget would have in the com
mittee’s .report, Wood said,
“There’s only so much money to
go around and the .budgets have
to be considered in that light.”
He said the committee’s report
will not preclude the possibility
of a higher budget, since the As
sembly has the final legislative
sav on money matters.
The University is now operat
ing on' a $25 million appropria
tion, so the $27.7 figure would be
only a flat 10 per cent increase.
10 million dollars—on the $221,-
'I find it hard to believe that
the General Assembly, when con
fronted with the full facts, will
endorse a cold blooded scuttling
of vital and well established state
functions,” he declared.
New-Parks Planned
He listed the functions as in
dustrial development, building
new plants, creating new jobs,
building new parks, educating
children, curing the mentally ill
and controlling floods.
The figures were the first de
tails to come out on the area of
cuts contemplated by the Repub
licans to scale down Gov. Lead
er’s proposed $1,599,000,000 budget
to their target figure of $1,420-
000,000.
Leader also had suggester 45 Vx
million dollars in non-budgeted
appropriations—increased school
aid, social security coverage for
state woikers, airport grants and
Philadelphia public health funds.