The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, June 07, 1958, Image 1

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    • 0 to Receive Degrees Today
Plowden Will Speak
On Soviet Challenge
VOL. 58. No.
A
For
lof $lO,OOO for the establishment of a campus AM radio station was presented
I sity by the senior class last night.
A gift
to the Unive
The A station received 639 votes of a total 1555 during the balloting two weeks ago.
Runner-up with 371 votes was last year's class gift designation—books for the Library.
Other :ift suggestions were a donation toward the Stone Valley Recreation Area
project, 299 votes; an arch-en
trance for the east campus, 182
votes; and a circulating art
collection, 64 votes
The $lO.OOO gift and the $5OOO I
reserve fund of the present
WDFM station would be ade
quate for the installation of AM
facilities. The next step toward
obtaining a campus AM station
presumably would be the Uni--
versity applying to the Federal
Communications Commission
for a frequency assignment.
AM facilities for station WDFM
would allow all students and
State College residents to receive s
the student-produced program
ming. A recent survey revealed'
that a maximum 500 radios in the
area reecive the WDFM signal.
The station would broadcast
on both AM and FM frequencies,
as the' expense for maintaining
both would be little greater than
the cost of present operations—
about $3OOO per year. This is fi
nanced by the students, who pay
20 cents per semester.
The $lO.OOO class gift is made
possible by an accumulation of
a 50-cent general damage fee
charged students each semester.
At the end of four years, each
student has approximately a $4
share in the gift.
The addition of AM facilities
to the present campus station has
been under way over five years.
The first obstacle in obtaining the
facilities was that of financing it.
150 to Receive
Commissions
Commissions will be awarded
this morning to more than 150
seniors who have completed one
of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps programs.
The ceremony is scheduled for
8:30 a.m. in Schwab Auditorium.
Lawrence' E. Dennis, vice
president for academic affairs,
will speak at the program while
the oaths of office will be ad
ministered by Capt. John P.
Roach, professol. of naval science;
Col. Orin H. IVgley, Jr., profes
sor of air scienc -; and Col. Arthur
W. Kogstad, pr fessor of military
science and tact cs.
Thirty-eight seniors will be
commissioned !s ensigns in the.
Navy or Nav Reserve; 12 -as
second lieutena is in the Marine
Corps or Mari . Corps Reserve,
jh
including three who qualify by
enrollment in t e Marine Corps
Platoon Leader Course; 47 as
second lieuten nts in the Air
Force; and 58 s second lieuten.
ants in the A --
--Special Graduation Issue --
STATE - COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1958 FIVE CENTS
Facilities Selected .
Senior Class Gift
By JUDY HARKISON. '5B
President Eric A. Walker said yesterday that he will not
know whether the University will apply to the Federal Com
munications Commission for an AM frequency until after .the
July meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Walker said he had received no official word as of yes
terday morning on the selection of AM facilities for WDFM
as the senior class gift
For this reason the trustees
would not act on the gift at
their meetings this week, he said.
The board must either accept or
reject the gift.
Presumably the next step to
ward obtaining the station—if
the trustees accept the gift—
would .be the University apply
ing to the FCC for a frequency.
The University conducted a fre
quency search at a cost of more
than $lOOO last year. The re
sults of the search have been
termed "optimistic."
The University, if it applies to
the FCC for an AM frequency,
would be the third applicant seek
ing a frequency in this area.
There is reportedly only one
frequency available in this area.
This means the FCC—if the Uni
versity applies—may have to de
cide which of the three applicants
is to receive the frequency.
William Ulerich, Clearfield
5 Men, 6 Women Given Class Honors
Five senior men—including
four varsity athletes—and six
senior women received class
'honors at the Senior Night
program last night in Schwab
Auditorium.
The seniors, selected by their
class members to receive the hon
ors, are:
Johnny, Johnston, three-time
Eastern wrestling champion and
president of the Athletic Associa
tion, male class donor.
Les Walters, star end, spoon
man.
Edward Dubbs, editor of The
Daily Collegian, cane man.
Steve Baidy, two-letter man in
baseball an d basketball, barrel
* * *
Trustee Decision
Awaited on G ift
* * *
publisher and owner of WMAJ,
State College station, and Milton
J. Bergstein, WMAJ manager and
part-time instructor in the School
of Journalism, have applied for a
500-watt daytime frequency in
Bellefonte. The frequency sought
is 1390.
Also seeking the 1390 band for
a 500-watt daytime station in
State College is the Suburban
Broadcasting Corp. of Hyatts
ville, Md.
The University reportedly
found a frequency at 1400. How
ever, this would interfere with
the 1390 band. This presumably
means that only one new station
could broadcast in the State Col
lege area.
Both the Ulerich-Bergstein and
the Maryland broadcasting cor
poration proposed stations would
be commercial. The University
station would be non-commercial.
Apparently anticipating some
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man in bas'eball and basketball, an athlete who excelled in leader
pipe man. ship and scholarship and symbol-
Suzanne Smith, Women's Stud- izes the old cinder scraps that
ent Government Association pres- were conducted on campus.
ident, woman class'donor. The tradition behind the pipe
Carolyn Johnson, president of man award is much older than
Mortar Board, senior women's so- the other honors. The origin of
ciety, bow girl.
1 I Karen Bixler, May Queen, fan the custom is not definitely
known but it is believed to
girl.
have been started as a joke by
Susanne Aiken Reilly, secretary some who thought it was time
of WSGA, slipper girl.
to "bury the hatchet" of class
Lynn Kinnier, Education Stu- rivalry and smoke the 'radi
i dent Council, mirror girl. _ tional peace pipe with the in-
I_ Patricia Moran, Home Econom
coming senior class.
in-
I,
Student Council president,
class poet. Since then the pipe man award
The spoon man award, the top has been a symbol of friendship
honor going to a male senior,•rec- and understanding between the
ognizes . outstanding leadership graduating class and the incom
and high scholastic attainment. ing senior class. University tra-
The cane man award goes to the dition and customs are to be care
male senior with outstandin ully guarded by the recipient of
p requirements. the pipe
. award dur; -
(C - " .pd p
Class Donor
* * *
More than 2500 graduates will receive degrees and hear
Sir Edwin Plowden, chairman of the United Kingdom Atom
ic Energy Authority, speak on the Soviet challenge to the free
world at Commencement exercises today.
Weather permitting, the Commencemnent exercises will
be held at 10:30 a. m. in Beaver Field. In case of inclement
weather, there will be two in
door ceremonies in Recreation
Building, at 10:30 a. m. and 2
p,
Approximately 25,000 persons
are expected to attend the outdoor
ceremony.
President Eric A. Walker will
confer degrees on more than 2500
graduates, including 214 candi=
dates for advance degrees. Forty
seven doctorates will be awarded.
Sir Edwin is scheduled to
speak from the sumo Beaver
Field platform upon which
President Eisenhower stood
three years ago and propose&
in a bid for peaceful uses of
atomic energy, that the United
States provide money and
"know how" to help other na
tions obtain atomic research and
power reactors.
Acting in the name of the Uni
versity, ,Walker will confer an
The weatherman last night
was taking bets that today's
Commencement exercises will
be held in Beaver Field.
He forecast partly cloudy
skies and slightly warmer tem
peratures—and no rain—for to
day. The expected hight is 68.
State College radio station
WMAJ, 1450 on the dial, will
announce the change in the
ceremony this morning in case
the weatherman fouled up.
honorary doctor of science de
gree on Sir Edwin.
Admiral Lewis E ,Strauss. re
tiring chairman of the United
States Atomic Energy Commis
sion, will be in the audience to
hear Sir Edwin.
Undergraduate members of
the class total 1786, while an ad
ditional 533 students who have
completed two-year technical
programs at one of the Centers
will receive associate degrees.
In case of rain, candidates from
the Colleges of Agriculture, Chem
istry. and Physics, Engineering
and Architecture and Mineral In
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Bow Girl --..._
Blin
Fan Girl Rslilt
Mi
ner Girl Kinnier
F rror Girl Moran
Clan Pool
By ED DUBBS, '5B
Plowden To
Get Degree
With Class
Sir Edwin Plowden, chairman
of the United Kingdom Atomic
Energy Authority, will become
the second person in "modern
times" to receive an honorary
degree from the University at
Commencement today.
The first honorary degree in
modern times was given to Pres
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower at the
June, 1955, commencement. The
President was awarded an hon
orary doctor of laws degree by
his brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisen
hower, then president of the Uni
versity and now president of
Johns Hopkins University, Balti
more. Mi.
Sir Edwin will receive an
honorary doctor of science de
-1 arse from President Eric A.
Walker.
Several honorary degrees were
conferred by the University
around the turn of the century,
but the exact nature of these de
grees has never been agreed upon,
according to a University spokes
man.
Sir Edwin became Great Brit
ain's first chairman of the Atomic
Energy Authority early in 1954.
He carried with him into the
position a wealth of experience in
government service and_bnciness.
During the Second World
War, he served as a member of
the Aircraft Production Min.
istry, rising to' the office of
chief executive by the end of
the war. Afterwards, he return
ed to directorship in the British
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500 New Alums
join Association
More than 500 graduating sen
iors have joined the Alumni
Association as of 5 p.m. yesterday.
The Alumni Association office,
104 Old Main, will be open until
4 p.m. for seniors to obtain mem
berships.
This is the last day special
membership rates will he offered.
The special rates are $2 for a one
year membership and $7O for a
life membership. The life mem
bership may be purchased on an
installment plan with $lO down.
Of the 500 seniors who have
joined, approximately 80 obtained
life memberships. Most were pur
chased on the installment plan.
Ross B. Lehman, assistant ex
ecutive alumni secretary, said the
response to the association's drive
is running ahead of previous
years. He called the response
•'good." -
Lehman said he expects _an