Cabi Move For et Endorses by WDFM M Facilities By DENNY MALICK y Cabinet last night backed WDFM'S move ilities and encouraged the use of all available udent support for the plan. All-Universi to obtain AM fa, means to gain s Cabinet en. WDFM station rsed a repor I anager and c as e Of Firm Unawa AM tvi Dr. Glenn L. iusser, treasurer of the Philadelpl is broadcasting firm which has a• 'lied for a local AM radio station said yesterday he was unaware of a move on campus for an A ) frequency. Musser, who is also vice presi dent of Haller, Raymond and Brown, knew of a move for a campus AM sta ion about six years ago but d d not know it had been renew d. "Since nothin had happened," Musser said, "I ssumed that the move had been dropped." Musser said the corporation did not plan to contact the University until preliminary engineering and legal work was filed. "Now that these have been filed," he said. "I expect to con tact the administration, at least informally, on what our plans will be. However, we can't make any commitments. We must wait and See if and when the FCC approves the application." Musser said he is the only one in this area affiliated with the corporation, although a son of the corporate secretary Harry J. T. Bellwoar, of Philadelphia, Joseph, is a senior in arts and letters at the University. Trustees Approve Four Promotions The Board of Trustees has ap proved the promotions of four faculty members, effective July 1, 1958. • They are Dr. Warren W. Mil ler, from associate professor to professor of chemistry; Dr. Fred erick L. Wernstedt, from assis tant professor to associate pro fessor of geography; Dr. George J. Young, from assistant profes sor to associate professor of fuel technology, and Nancy Louise Kern, from assistant extension home economist to associate ex tension home economist. Plowden to Deliver Commencement Talk Sir Edwin Noel Plowden, chairmen of the United King dom' Atomic Energy Authority, will deliver the commence ment address to the Class of 1958. . Commencement exercises are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, on Beaver Field, with no limitation on the number of guests. However, in the - case of in clement weather, there -will be two indoor ceremonies in Recrea tion Hall, one at 10:30 a.m., and ii the other at 2 . p. . Each graduate will receive tw tickets for the indoor ceremon when he picks up his cap and g wn. ROTC grad uates may obtai their tickets at the ROTC offices. Tickets will be honored until 10 minutes before the ceremony at which time there will be a limited -number of available seats for people without tick— ets. ' Candidates from the following colleges will receive degrees at 10:30 a.m. if the ceremony is in doors: agriculture, chemistry and physics, engineering and archi tecture and mineral industries. Candidates from the,colleges of business administration, educa tion, home economics, liberal arts and physical education and ath letics will receive their degrees by Richard Schilpp, .former airman of a Cabinet committee on an AM station. Schilpp estimated the total cost of setting up an AM station would be $14,500, $BOOO of which would go for equipment, $4500 for hous ing and approximately $2OOO for lawyers' fees, application fees and other minor expenses. Schilpp said lack of funds is the major problem at the pres ent time and "the most direct and feasible method (to furnish funds) , would be the presentation of the class gift." "The $9OOO to $lO,OOO from such a gift, along with a WDFM reserve fund of $5OOO which is presently available, would be adequate to cover , the cost of AM installation," he said. The AM station is one of the considerations for this year's sen ior class gift. Schilpp said the prevent studio broadcast facilities would be ade quate for an AM station and the new equipment needed would be only AM transmission equipment. In answer to questioning, Schilpp said there is some chance the station could be in operation by this time next year. He said there would be three main hurdles—money, the admin istration and the Federal Corn munications Commission. Schilpp did not foresee any op position from the administration if the money could be raised. He said, however it may take about a year before the FFC could•con duct an investigation and approve or disapprove the application. Concerning the recent -appli cation of a commercial company for a local " AM daytime fre quency, Schilpp said: the two possibly could share a fre quency, since "WDAM" would broadcast only at night. Wilbur Lewellen, WDFM sta tion manager, said the time ele ment is very important and that with the application of a station for State College and two for Bellefonte, "any delay may be a deterrent for the University ever getting an AM station." Officers Names Needed All fraternities, sororities, hon orary and professional societies, clubs and other organizations must submit the names of their new officers and advisers to the Hetzel Union desk by May 23 so they may be published in. the Hetzel Union Directory. • at 2 p.m. Candidates for commissions, advanced degreeis and associate degrees will attend the cere mony with the college in which their academic 'work is - done. University Marshall, Dean 'Da vid H. McKinley, will issue de tailed instructions on May 19 about the procession and _other procedures. The information will' be available in the office 'of the dean of each college. The Beaver Field ceremony will include a procession. invo cation. address, conferring of the degrees, awarding of high est scholastic honors, President Eric A. Walker's message to the graduates, Alma Mater and benediction. The baccalaureate and masters degree recipients will receive their individual diplomas from their deans when leaving the stand. Doctors diplomas will be award ed individually on the platform. Tilt ilaitg VOL 58, No. 145 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1958 FIVE CENTS Russia Launches 1 1 / 2 -Ton Sputnik MOSCOW (,PP)—The Soviet Union fired its third Sputnik into orbit yesterday—a Ph-ton, cone-shaped monster far heavier than any . of the five satellites launched earlier. In a Kremlin speech taunting U. S. science, Premier Nikita Khrushchev implied the West now must come to terms with Moscow, although the Soviet , Union did not want to use Sputnik 111, he said to harm humanity or to blackmail the world. WSGA Kills Honor Code; House Council Motion The Honor Code has ,been dissolved and the motion to form House Councils unanimously defeated by the Women's Student Government Association Senate. The recommendation to dissolve the Honor Code was made by its former chairman, Sybil Kersh, at the Senate meeting Wednesday night. She said her committee felt the Honor Code had failed because of the following: •A loss of aims and goals re sulted in nothing concrete by March. Bisically, the aims were nebulous and idealistic even though they were basically admir able. •The attitude of the freshmen and other coeds toward the pro gram. Miss Kersh said she felt that WSGA in itself and the wo men's hat societies were not suf , fieiently cooperative and could have helped the program by be coming a part of it. •The housekeeping rules, regu lations about meal tickets and ma triculation cards which were to be observed at part of the honor code were felt to be, unimportant. Miss Kersh said signers of the code felt this also detracted from its ef fectiveness. Finally, she said. "Penn State women are not ready for an honor code." The 'proposal to form House Councils was defeated after it had been unanimously approved last week. Helen Skade, chairman of the big-little-sister program, said formation of it, which would have created 23 individual councils to consider minor violations was "moving backwards." Miss Skade also said she thought 23 units could never be unified and this would be a step toward disorganization rather than organ ization. Barbara Stone, a member of Ju dicial, said that in most cases the offenses are standard and there is no doubt. as to the guilt and con sequences of the violator. In most cases it would be futile to appeal small cases. Weather to Be Clo6dy, Mild The Nittany Lion emerged from hii den today dressed in his bath ing suit as he prepared to join the crowds of students who have been thronging to Whipples late ly. "T ha n k Good- Cg, -.- ness it's Friday," he murmured as he scanned the --- skies for signs of wur • - ram. ...J. a goes wgll I can cut my W r five classes today G: and really get •••-!' N` started on my summer lan." —"— The Lion was -""'''--"" able .to go to una. e , o go a Whipples yesterday because of the 'slight' spring shower, and he was worried that his tan would fade, Today'd weather forecast is: partly cloudy and mild with a high,of 70-79. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Lamade,, Alum, Grit Publisher, Dies at 67 Howard J. Lamade, a graduate of the University and vice presi dent of the Grit Publishing Co., died yesterday at the age of 67. Lamade was a member of the class of 1912 and served on the Board of Trustees from 1939, when he was appointed by the governor, until 1956. A $3OO scholarship provided for by Lamade and bearing his name is awarded each year to a fresh man in journalism at the Uni versity. He was graduated from the Uni versity with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. Lamade then went on to the University of Mis souri where he got his bachelor of journalism degree in 1913. Lamade had recently undergone surgery and was thought to have recovered. Tuesday he was strick en -at his home in Williamsport and was. then taken to a hospital. Lamade is survived by his wt. dow and a son and daughter who are twins. They are Mrs. D. R. Robison of State College and Ho ward J. Lamade Jr. of Williams port. -.—Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson ALL WET, even with an umbrella. Elaine Miele, freshman in journalism from Philadelphia, gets soaked with water splashed by a passing car as. she waits to cross Pollock Road in front of McAllister Hall during last night's rain. ToUrgiatt Khrushchev appeared to be re ferring to the possible military implications of a rocket powerful enough to propel ponderous Sput nik 111 into space. It is more than twice as heavy as Sputnik 11, the largest satellite launched previ ously. Khrushchev told his Kremlin audience, which included visiting President Nasser of the United Arab Republic, he did not want to belittle U.S. achievements but "it would take a lot of orange sized Sputniks to compare with ours." "We must stop scaring each other," Khrushchev declared. In obvioug reference to an East- LONDON (P)—Moscow Radio said last night Sputnik 111 com pleted four earth circuits by 7 p.m. (noon EST). The satellite launching was announced early Thursday. The exact time of or biting was not announced. West summit conference, he add ed: "We must sit down at the same table and talk about how we can live together in peace on our common planet." Sputnik 111 joins three small U. S. satellites and ends a month-long space famine for Soviet scientists. They have had no satellite aloft since Sputnik II dipped into the earth's dense lower atmosphere April 14 and burned. Whirling about the earth once every 106 minutes at a maximum altitude of 1168 miles, Sputnik 111 should be visible to the unaided eye in the rays of the rising and setting sun, according to an offi cial announcement by Tess, the Soviet news agency. The rocket that sent it aloft also went into orbit close behind and presumably also will be vis ible. No information was given on the rocket's size, but it must have been a big one. Tess said nothing about a living passen ger on Sputnik 111. Sputnik II carried Laika, the dog. The official statistics on Sput nik 111 are: Gross weight 2,925.53 pounds: instrument weight 2133 (Continued on page eight)
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