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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. '
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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