University to Pay for '59 Gift
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VOL. 59, No. 17 1 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1958 FIVE CENTS
Senators
Askßasons
liday
For H
Y FLECK
By CAT
The Senate, Committee on
Calendar and lass Schedules,
has asked All- niversity Cab—
inet for a list of valid reasons
for the propos:d floating half
holiday befor taking action
on the plan.
The proposal, ":pproved by Cab
inet last week, was not presented
at the University Senate meeting
Oesterday, according to Patricia
'Neill, official representative to
the committee, because the com
mittee felt that there should be
concrete reasons given for the
adoption of the plan.
Miss O'Neill and John Bott
were authorised by Jay Feld
stein, All-University president,
to draw up and submit reasons
with the help of Cabinet.
Miss O'Neill also s.. a that there
Is a possibility that this holiday,
if approved, will be included in
the 1959-60 calendar.
In addition to the floating half
holiday, Cabinet also recommend
ed that a half-day break between
the end of classes and the begin
ning of final examination period
be included in the calendar.
In other business, Cabinet
voted against the reinstatement
of Campus Chest, which had
been dropped for 1957-58.
An original recommendation of
the 1957 Student Encampment
that Campus Chest be dropped
for a year and be reconsidered by
Cabinet at the end of the year was
voted down in favor of the above
motion, 13-8 with one abstention.
Tribunal Presents
Warning to Soph
Raymond Brown, sophomore in
division of counseling from Frank
lin, has been given a Tribunal
warning for kicking a pop bottle
onto a State College street the
morning of Sept. 21.
The warning was recommended
by Tribunal and approved by the
dean of men's office.
Brown kicked the bottle against
a -tree and it broke on the street
He was picked up by State Col:
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Funds to Limit Size
Of Freshman Class
The size of next year's freshman class will be determined
by the amount of money the University receives from the
state legislature, President Eric A. Walker said yesterday.
Walker would not reveal the exact amount of the request,
but indicated that it would be much larger than the last bi-
ennium request. The University received $27.7 million two
years ago.
"My major job for the next
several months will be to work
for the passage of the appro
priation, Walker said at the
University Senate meeting. He
said both gubernatorial candi
dates and Gov. George M. Lead
er look with f a v or upon the
University.
If the entire request is ,
ap
proved by the legislature when it I
meets in January, the size of the
,freshman class will increase inj
proportion to available dormitory'
space, Walker said. If the request
is lowered, he said, the University
will try to maintain its present
number of students.
The request for an appropria
tion was made to Leader in
September. "Built-in publics
will be used to secure the re
quest. It is better to push for
the request quietly and without
fanfare," he said.
An appropriation request for
the next six years' is also being
made to the General State Au
thority, which finances construc
tion of new buildings and facili
ties. "This request is very large,"
Walker said.
"Faculty salaries are being
considered foremost in the re
quest to the state legislature,"
Walker said, "and there will be
no major new projects under
taken.'
Walker discussed the problem
of determining what constitutes
a "state of excellence" among
teachers and said he would es
tablish a committee of faculty
members who would set up stan
dards to determine the excellence
of teachers.
Heath to Appear Sunday
During 3rd U.S. Tour
Ted Heath, whb will appear at
8 p.m. Sunday in Redreation Hall,
is now on his third United States
tour.
The appearance of the Heath
orchestra, sponsored by the Penn
Stae Jazz Club, is the only time
he will appear in the state during
the tour.
Tatirgiatt
By BILL JAFFE
Steel Worker
Falls 18 Feet,
Breaks Leg
A University construction work
er, working on the Petroleum Re
search Laboratory, fell 18 feet
and broke his leg yesterday after
noon.
William Cramer, Philadelphia,
fell while guilding a piece of steel
with other workers.
The workers on the scene re
ported that the injury occurred
while he was helping pass steel
into a hole which the construc
tion workers call "foundation foot
ers." They said he slipped and
fell in the hole while passing the
steel beam.
Workers thought that Cramer
lost his balance when the beam
swayed, causing him to lose his
grip on the steel. The crew tried
to help him out of the hole, un
til help came.
Doctors who operated on him
last night in the Centre County
Hospital in Bellefonte described
the break as a compound frac
ture. The break was above the
ankle. Cramer is employed by
Tyrite Inc.—a New Jersey firm.
The Research Lab is being built
south of the Forestry Building.
The steel worker was taken to
the hospital in an ambulance by
the State College Police.
This was the first construction
accident since the semester start
ed.
Thespian Show Tickets
To Go on Sale Monday
Tickets for the Thespians' pro
duction of "Entertainment U.S.A."
will go on sale at 1:30 p.m. Mon
day at the Hetzel Union desk.
Ticket prices are $1.25 for Oct.
9 and $1.50 for Oct 10 and 11.
TIM Council Elections
Will Begin on Monday
Elections for the Town Inde
pendent Men's Council will be
held next Monday and Tuesday
nights, outside the Hetzel Union
cardroom.
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GAIL SCHULTZ
(Story on Page 3)
But Future Classes Must
Raise Their Own Funds
There will be a 1959 Senior Class gift!
All-University President Jay Feldstein reported this to
Cabinet last night.
The decision came from Friday's conference between.
Feldstein, Senior Class President Charles Welsh, University
President Eric A. Walker and
other members of the administra
tion.
In a prepared statement to, Cab
inet, Feldstein said, in part:
"It was decided that the class
of '59 will be able to receive
funds from the University to be
used as a senior class gift. A
definite procedure for its imple
mentation will be worked out."
Feldstein also said it is the
responsibility of students to set
up future senior gifts.
No announcement on Friday's
meeting was made previously be
cause Feldstein said he believes
his first responsibiliy was to Cab
inet and the first announcement
should be made there.
Walker disclosed during Orien
tation Week that the senior class
gift was non-existent. as such, but
that the Board of Trustees had
given money from its own pocket
for the gift since 1948.
Walker announced then that
no more funds were available
and that other means of receiv
ing funds would have to be
found to continue the gift tra
dition.
Following last night's meeting,
Feldstein said the method of rais
ing money for the 1958 class gift
would be decided by Walker,
Welsh and himself.
Feldstein suggested two pos
sible methods for raising funds
for future gifts. They were:
oUsing funds from Walker's
personal fund, which includes
gilts from alumni and other per
sons interested in the University.
•Setting up a 25-year plan
whereby each class would pledge
a certain amount upon graduation
and in the next 25 years work to
meet that goal.
The second system is par
ticularly successful, Feld s I e in
said, reporting that Yale, Har
vard and many other big schools
use this method.
"In Prexy's class;" he said, $150,-
000 was pledged at graduation.
And at the end of the 25 years,
they got the fabulous sum of
$375,000.
WRA Forms
Now Available
Applications are now available
at the dean of women's office and
104 White for Women's Recrea
tion Association freshman repre
sentatives.
Only first semester women may
apply. Coeds should list their
high school activities and why
they are interested in becoming
representatives.
The primary election will be,
held Oct. 14. The four coeds re
ceiving the highest number •of
votes in this election will run in,
the final election Oct. 17. The top
two will be the WRA frosh rep
resentatives.
Applications will be available
until Monday.
Auto Strike
Closes GM;
250,000 Go
DETROIT (/TI The United
Auto Workers union struck and
shut down General Motors' wide
spread auto manufacturing em
pire.
It took the union less than an
hour to close tip the automotive
end of the world's largest manu
facturing company.
About 250,000 UAW members
walked off their jobs at 125 plants
in 71 cities from coast to coast.
Negotiators, headed by UAW
President Walter Reuther and GM
Vice President Louis G. Seaton,
continued their all-night efforts
at a settlement up to and past
the deadline.
When the deadline came, work
ers in many plants throughout the
country already had walked out.
The negotiators had been at the
bargaining table almost continu
ously for 19 1 / 2 hours.
Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor
Co., their settlements already in
Reuther's poEket, were troubled
by scattered strikes, too. But, un
like General Motors, they contin
ued to produce 1959 model cars.
An hvtu• before the GM strike
deadline, Seaton pointed to the
swelling wave of walkouts and
told newsmen "The strike already
is on."
He said General Motors saw
"no necessity for a new offer be
yond that of the Ford pattern
which the union said was good
for the UAW and for the nation."
General Motors has an offer on
the table that parallels the eco
nomic terms of the Ford and
Chrysler settlements improved
layoff pay, a new severance plan,
higher pension benefits, and con
tinued cost of living and produc
tivity wage increases.
Navy Gives $20,000
For Eng Research
The University has received a
grant of nearly $20,000 from the
Navy Department for continued
work on the development of a
photo-elastic strain gauge and for
the study of its application to
structural and machine members.
Dr. George U. Oppel, professor
of engineering mechanics, is in
charge of the study. He is assisted
by Dr. Joseph Schwaighofer, Wil
liam L. Bingham and Ulrich Rim
rott, all of the Department of En
gineering Mechanics.
JUDITH LAWHORN