MONDAY, FEB UARY 3. 1958 x • We loree Eases t's Tensions LONDON, was clearly e The psy was remarka British ne Feb. 2 (Al—An easing of international tension 'dent in the capitals of Western Europe today. ological impact of the U.S. satellite Explorer vspapers and others were predicting the stage lor summit talks with the Russians in the near was now set Exam Rumor- (Continued from page one) chology 2 final could have gotten out. However, he said ,he had numerous reports that the exam ination was out. Carpenter said it is unfortunate that many of the rumors, if un true, reflected badly on fraterni ties. He said many of the rumors reported to him involved fra ternities. Dr. William G. Mather, pro fessor and head of the Depart ment of Sociology, who taught Sociology 1 by television, said be received reports that his final was out. However. he said that grades did not indicate that the final had gotten out since the curve was similar to other years. He said that if the examination did get out, it did not make any difference in the over-all grades. Simes advanced the theory that some students might have had old finals mimeographed, changing the dates, and selling them as hey, finals. Another theory on the prev alence of the rumors states that beliefs that finals were getting out have been building up over the last several semesters and reached a climax last semester. Bonn Refuses Again BONN, Germany, Feb. 2 (.1 3 )— Officials today again refused to pay more money to support Al lied troops in West Germany. The refusal came in what was de scribed as an unpleasant discus sion with a NATO mediator. Opposite the Main Gate Drawing Materials Stationery The ATHLETIC STORE future More important was the restor ation of respect for U.S.. know how by allies whose long admira tion sank after the Soviet Union launched two Sputniks last fall. Italian Foreign Minister Giu seppe Pella sized up the general feeling in Western European cap itals. "The American satellite," he said, "will serve above all to re establish a psychological and po litical climate indispensable for the cause of progress and peace. This new happening is intended to have a favorable influence on the finding of a formula of co existence between the East and West." There have been widespread ;fears in Western European coun tries that they would be caught and crushed in the race for space ;between the Soviet Union and the United States_ Privately, many friendly politicians felt the Uni ted States as leader of the Allied cause had let them down. Some, such as British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, have been under terrific leftist pressure at home to adopt a foreign policy more independent of Washington. A French Foreign Ministry of ficial talked• informally with newsmen about the successful launching of Explorer. "We are just as happy as the Americans themselves," he said. "It is a terrific success for Amer icans but also a great boost for the Western world." While cautious about whether the American satellite would speed up summit talks, he said the feeling among government of ficials was definitely optimistic. Even the sharpest critics of Secretary. of State John Foster Dulles, were silent. Loose Leaf Note Books Sporting Goods Filing Equipment THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Folsom Asks Immediate Increase of Scientists WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (:))—Secretary of Welfare Marion R. Folsom today called for immediate steps to produce the, highly trained scientists and engineers this country will need . in future years. Folsom said in a statement that action is needed now to re-emphasize the high school teaching of science and . matly.- matics, which he said; embrace the fields of knowledge "most es-ling science and only 659,000 were sential to national security in our taking mathematics. times!' •At some point one out of three high school students take "While it is most important that, our schools provide a broad and: chemistry, one out of four phy sics, one out of three intermediate balanced program of education algebraand one out of eight trig in all fields, there can be little!onometry or solid geometry. Some doubt that the teaching of science:pupils cannot study the subjects and its essential base, mathemat even if they want to. ics, needs greater emphasis in to- , •Tn comparison with Russia, day's world," he said. many U.S. schools require only The statement was issued along five hours of science a week for with a fact sheet prepared by the one year while in the USSR Office of Education on the ad—all secondary school students must ministration's four-year, billion -!study science seven hours a week dollar federal aid to education:during the last-four school years. program. The fact sheet cited statistics showing: •In the fall of 1956 there were 4,592.000 children age 16 and 17 in the United States with 2,776,000 of them enrolled in the 11th and 12th grades of public high schools. Only 830.000 of these were study- Student Admits Burning Dorm LORETTO, Pa., Feb. 2 (.P)--A 20-year-old college senior was, quoted by police today as saying. he set a $30,000 dormitory fire at St. Francis College to gain re venge after he was fired as man-; ager of the basketball team. Charges of arson and larceny! were filed yesterday against Je rome Conkling, a student at the Franciscan college since 1955. His home is on Staten Island, N.Y. Police said Conkling signed a statement admitting he touched off the fire that destroyed Giles Hall, a dormitory, last May 19. i He also is charged wth stealing; an auto in New York State. 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