• , F • recast: 4 4, 1 0-i-Ai.sti). uFly Pr - Elaitgit-e, Toll s, ./...,, . Today's Cio and VOL. 58. No. 5 Students Exhaust Vaccine Supply The University's supply of Asiatic flu vaccine was ex-! hausted at 11 a.m. yesterday with 636 students innoculated. The innoculation program began on Monday. Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of Health Service, said: 7500 doses of the vaccine have been ordered. A portion of this i l order is expected within 10 days,, the time set by the U.S. Public; Health Service for a release of the, general supply to all states, ac-I cording to their population. If the student body accepts the vaccine favorably, enough will be ordered to -innoculate the entire student body. Shots will be avail able at the dispensary in the west wing of the University Hospital. Shots will cost $l. Slight Reaction From Shots Glenn said most students will, not have any reaction from the shots except for a slight redness and soreness at the'site of the in jection. However, some others, he said may have a "grippe-like re sponse" with, some fever, head ache, and general malaise lasting! 24 to 48 hours. Except for the vaccine, which isj 70 per cent effective; there is nor other effectual treatment or cures for - the Asiatic tlu. Antibiotics, are of no help and once contract-, ed, bed rest and nursing care are , needed to fight the virus. Symptoms are a sore throat,, marked perspiration, fever, body) aches and extreme prostration which lasts four or five days, fol lowed by four or five days of convalescence. Group Plans Study Of Vote Habits • Peter Fishburn, All-University Elections Committee chairman, yesterday said the committee will study voting percentages from class and All-University elections in an effort to find more effective ways of encouraging students to vote. He mentioned the possibility of' including on ballots space for vot ers to indicate their sex and fra ternity or independent affiliation. This would enable the committee' tc determine which segments of the student body lack interest in student government and politics. Code to Be Studied Fishburn also said the commit tee will study the possibility of returning to a decentralized voting system. The elections code will be studied and possibly revised, he said, with particular attention given to methods of penaliiing candidates and political parties for illegal actions. About 120 applications for Elec t ions Committee membership were received last semester. The Cabinet Personnel Interviewing Committee will interview the ap plicants. These interviews will probably be completed by early October, Fishburn said. Committee Size Set From 12 to 20 students will be named to the committee. Fishburn and Jerome Breiter, CPIC chair man, will process the applications and choose the students to be interviewed. Interested new students, except first-semester freshmen, who are ineligible, may contact Fishburn. Last year's committee members who have not already reapplied also may contact Fishburn. Concert Tickets Over Half Gone More than half of the tickets for the Eleanor Steber concert, to be given at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in Schwab Auditorium, were is sued- to students yesterday, the first day the tickets were avail able. A total of 405 tickets are still available at the Hetzel Union desk for the first concert of the Artists' Series. Students may pick up tickets until noon tomorrow at which time they will go on sale to the general public for 51.75. Tickets remaning on Saturday morning will again beconie avail able to students and may be ob tained at the HUB desk between 9 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Graduate students who have paid the full fees of $175 per semester also are eligible. Penn Game Tickets Go on Sale Today About 2500 tickets for the Penn St Rte-Pennsylvania football game Set. 28 at Philadelphia will go on sale at 8:15 a.m. today in 249 Recreation. - Tickets may be obtained from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The tickets are priced at $4 each and seats range from the 50-yard line to the 20-yard line. They will be sold on a first-come, first served basis- STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 18. 1957 Nationwide Program The University's innoculation, program is part of a nationwide effort to vaccinate before the flu epidemic reacheS the United. States. The epidemic, if there is one, is expected to reach the U.S. in December or January. U.S.. Surgeon-General Leroy E. Burney has warned that "if the present attack and mortality rate continues, this country could have as many as 33 million people ill, with approximately 66,000 deaths." In order to prevent an epidernic on campus in early winter, Glenn has urged students to receive• in noculations. Epidemic Every 2.11 Years Influenza epidemics occur about every 7.0 years, each time attack ing a certain age group. This par ticular attack is caused by an in fluenza virus which origirfated in Asia and spread through the Eastern Ilemisphere to Europe. It seems to be affecting mostly young adults. The vaccine being used is not new but has been produced to, fight one particular strain of the influenza virus, called the Asiatic virus. UniversityWilleds4o,ooo The University will receive a l , equest of $40,000 for the estab lishment of the Ermin Forest Hill Memorial Fund under the terms of the late Hill's will. Thailand Will Remain Pro-Western BANGKOK, Thailand, Sept i arrived in Pakistan. ' - 17 VP) Army commanderl U.S., Washington,OfficiaU.S.Officials Speculate i Inofficials. Sarit Thanarat moved today l speculated that Sarit might invite to set up a new government Pibulsonggrarn to return as pre , imier. These officials said they ex which he pledged would noVpect no change in Thailand's poli swerve from the pro-Western i ci ees Southeast tth Asiau iltreedatS%tresanor Organ policies of ousted Premier P. cation, which has heacirquaAers Pibulsonggram. Sarit, recently forced to resign a cabinet post, toppled the Pibul songgram leadership in, a swift, I:Jodless coup. .Sarit also removed another foe and strongman, Gen. Phao Sriy anond who commanded Thai land's 40,000-man police force. Phao took a plane for Geneva after Sarit ordered tanks to sur round this capital city, and later FOR A BETTER PENN STATE "BUT GIRLS, WE CAN'T SING" was a com mon plea over the campus yesterday as the upperclasswomen enforced the joint customs program. Freshman men found the going a bit Frosh Coeds Enjoy Joint Days; Submit 'Bibles' With Pleasure Freshman women seemed to react very favorably yesterday to the first day .:,f joint customs as they readily submitted their Freshman Bibles to the scrutinizing eyes of the upperclassmen, who mentally noted dormitory addresses. While the upperclasswomen weren't as interested in the freshman men's bibles, they added to the overall spirit of the joi,nt customs by gathering large singing groups and re questing many "Buttons" from the frosh., Baker Resigns Foods Post; Proffitt Named Acting Head Mildred A. Baker has resigned as director of Food Service, effective Oct. 12. Robert C. Proffitt, manager of food stores and foods buyer' since 1949, will become acting di-! rector of food service at that time, according to President Eric A. :Walker. , After an extensive tour through Central and South America, Miss Baker plans to engage in consult ing work. Before coming to the Univer sity -in 1948, Miss Baker held a similar position at the -University of Arizona. Earlier she served on the institutional management staff at lowa State College. Focd Service Developed While at the University, she de veloped a food service that now includes centralized buying and storage and serves between 16,000 and 18.300 meals daily. The de partment has about 400 full-time ; employes and more than 40 pro t,fessional staff 'members. ; During the time Miss Baker was director of food service, din-! (Continued on page eight) Miss Mildred Baker Leaving Food Service in Bangkok. Sarit told a news conference hei ousted Pibulsonggram, premier! since 1947, "in the interest of the! rmple," He .declared there had, been considerable unrest in Thai land since Pibulsonggram's re gime was re-elected by a slim ma jority last Ferbruary. Is Not a Politician "I have nothing to do with poli tics," he added. He said he wanted a new gov- rgiatt —Daily Collegian Photo by Bob Lloyd rough and for once cringed at The thought of being followed by women. Upperclassmen also had their day. (Picture on page 2). ernment as soon as possible but th t he did not know what form it would take. Asked whether he would gecome premier, Sarit re plied: "Many people want to be premier." Sarit said he wants to continue tv cooperate with the anti-commu nist SEATO group. Although he is reputed to be a foe of SEATO. Sarit is described as anti-royalist. SEATO military advisors are scheduled to meet here in two days. Asked about U.S. military aid to Thailand, Sarit said the future of that aid will depend upon the new government. Shortly after the coup Sarit pro claimed himself governor of Bang kok, rather than of Thailand. 'Soak Up' Culture See Page 4 Freshman Customs Board co chairmen Heather Lohrentz and Alvin Clemens said they were "quite pleased" with the response to customs so far, and particularly with the participation in the joint customs yesterday. They encouraged upperclass women to continue the spirit to day, as the program returns to normal customs with upperclass women enforcing frosh women's customs and upperclassmen, the frosh men's. Several junior women, who said they had not bothered much with customs before, remarked that they had a lot of fun today ask ing freshman men to recite the (Freshman Oath and intended to Ido the same thing today to the !freshman women. Remember Freshman Fun One said, "I'm just beginning to remember what fun it was to be !a freshman and get a chance to ;meet upperclassmen." 1 Many students are not aware ;that on joint custom days upper classmen and women may stop both freshman men and women. ,On these days all "game" is fair. Approximately 25 freshmen ap peared before the Freshman Cus , (Continued on page eight) Lion Predicts Cloudy Skies Today's prediction calls for cloudy skies and continued cool temoeratures. The expected high will range from 75-78 degrees. The balmy weather failed to bring the Nittany Lion - out of his cave this morn ing,however, and when he finally did emerge, he informed a Daily Collegian report er that Frosh customs must end at all costs, since they are "too dangerous." An investiga: tion disclosed that the Lion re ceived severe head wounds while hazing a cute freshman during yesterday's joint customs. FIVE CENTS
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