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VOL. 59. No. 35
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The Internati nal Geophysi
cal Year will vis t the Univers
ity campus this weekend.
That is, its five top scientists
will participate in a television
program and discussion per
iods here.
President Eric A. Walker will
serve as moderator for the pro
gram at 4 p.m. - Sunday on WPBG
TV, Channel 10, Altoona. The
half-hour progra . ,m is entitled
"The Greatest Enterprise on
Earth."
The five panelists are members
of the executive board of the
Special Committee for the IGY.
Th e scientists, representing
Belgi u m, Russia, England,
France and the United States,
will discuss items concerning
the extension of international
cooperation in geophysics, stu
dy experiences and results ob
tained during the •IGY, accord
ing to Dr. Marcel Nicolet, sec
retary-general of the Special
Committee.
Nicolet, viho heads the Depart
meat of Radiation at Belgium's
Royal Meteorological Institute, is
serving as a consultant to the
lonosphere Research Laboratory
at the University,
Besides Nicolet, other members
of the committee are professor
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Appendicitis Lands
Student in Hospital
A University student was in
"good" condition last night after
an emergency appendectomy at
Centre .County Hospital.
Ronald Hallett, junior in journ
alism 'from Stroudsburg, was ad
mitted between 4:30 and 5 p.m.
yesterday and operated on soon
afterwards for acute appendicitis.
According to friends, Hallett
felt sick in the afternoon and left
for the University dispensary by
himself. lie was then taken to
Bellefonte in the University am
bulance, a hospital nurse said.
Hospital officials said he was
operated on between 6 and 7 p.m.
Tickets for Artist Series
Available at HUB Today
Distribution of student tickets for the next Artists Series
presentation, pianist quiomar Novaes, begins at 1 p.m. today.
. Students must present their matriculation cards at the
Hetzel Union desk to obtain tickets. Distribution will continue
through Sunday or until all
The sale of tickets to non-stu
gents will begin 9 a.m. Thursday
and continue through Sunday.
Tickets cost $1.25.
The performance is scheduled
for 8 p.m. Sunday in Schwab
4uditorium.
The daughter of artistic par
ents, she began to play the piano
at a very early age, and SY-'the
age of four she was playing songs
`and marches for her kindergarten
class. At the age of seven she
composed her first piece of music,
a waltz named "Kindergarten."
She studied first with the
p i a'n o great of Brazil, Luigi
Chiefarelli an- his assistants,
Brazilian pianist Antonietta
Budge and M = ria Edul Topajos
from Sao Pa o. At Ihe age of
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Preside
Takes Name of John XXIII
Romani Named Pope
VATICAN CITY (R) Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli, an Italian skilled in Vati
can diplomacy, was elected Pope yesterday. He chose the name John XXIII.
The bells of St. Peter's and 500 other Rome churches rang out a carol of triumph. Hun
dreds of thousands in St. Peters Square roared an ovation as the Patriarch of Venice be
came Pope at 76.
His election ended three days of intense suspense centering about a deadlocked con-
Leadership Talk Tonight
Dr. Earl P. Strong, professor of
management, will address the
leadership training class on "Lead
ership Characteristics" at 7 to
night in 110 Electrical Engineer
ing.
tickets are taken
eight, she made her first public
appearance in Sao Paulo.
The Brazilian government be
came interested in her career and,
following the death of her father,
sent her to. study at , the Paris
Conservatory. There were only
two place there open for foreign
students and there were 388 can
didates for the positions, but
Miss Novaes won first place on a
unanimous decision by the judges.
She made her debut at the age
of 16 in Paris and London
where she was a tremendous
success. Since then she has been
giving recitals in London, Paris,
Berlin, Geneva, Lausanne. Mi
lan, Turin, New York and other
cities throughout Europe, South
America and the United States.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 29. 1958
Walker Criticizes
Low Aid Fund
RONALD THOMAS JAMES ETTELSON
Elections continue for student council representatives today Story on Page 2
clave of the 51 cardinals, gathered
to choose a successor to Pope,
Pius XII.
Disappointed in five other vig
ils—through 11 unsuccessful bal
lots in the past three days—the
crowd broke into a joyous frenzy
as John XXIII made his first ap
pearance on the balcony over
looking St. Peter's Square.
They roared "Viva 11 Papa"—
long live the Pope! over and
over as the new pontiff slowly
taised his arms in benediction.
The new pontiff, Italian like
his predecessors for 436 years,
is regarded by Roman Catho•
lics as the 262nd Vicar of Christ
on earth and a direct successor
to St. Peter.
The selection of Cardinal Ron
calli-19 days after Pius XII died
—bore out predictions that the
Pope would be chosen from
'among the older Italian members
of the College of Cardinals.
Some might regard John XXIII
as a "transition Pope," not des
tined to institute any notable
changes in church policy. But
John XXIII, like - his celebrated
predecessor, has been a diplomat
of many years experience.
Though his policies may prove
conservative. he is expected to
follow the general direction
laid down in the 19 years of
Pius Xll's reign and to be a
militant defender of the
church's interests in world af
fairs.
The election ended a conclave
which had seemed headed - for a
long deadlock. It must be pre
sumed he was elected on the 12th
ballot of the 51 cardinals in the
sealed-off, guarded conclave.
The balloting began Sunday
morning. By Sunday night false
reports on the selection of a pope
I had circled the globe. adding
greatly to.the suspense.
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Players Crew to Meet
Students interested in working
on the advertising crew for Play
ers production of "Reluctant Deb
utante" will meet at 8:15 tonight
in the loft of Schwab Auditorium.
Missing Watch Becomes
Third Fraternity Theft
State College Police have added the theft of a $lBO watch
from Alpha Tau'Omega to their investigations of weekend
fraternity robberies.
The fraternity member who is missing his watch refused
to disclose his name, since he was afraid it would put him in
an embarrassing situation if the watch turned up suddenly.
In the meantime, State College
Police are still investigating the
Beta Sigma Rho robbery of last
Saturday.
Police said they will soon have
some information on the case, but
refused to disclose it because they
did not want to "show their hand.'
They believe the theft of $350
in jewels and money occurred
sometime between midnight '
Saturday and 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
The robbery included the loss
of seven pins and honor keys
valued at $390. Other items tak
en from the house include $6O
in cash, a jacket and a class
ring.
Local police are trying to de
termine the point of entry, the
time of entrance and who might
Walker's
Straight Farts
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Top Students
Cut University
President Eric A. Walker
today added an inadequate
scholarship aid program to the
list of reasons for the Uni
versity's losing many top high
school students,
"If we are to keep pace with
other universities of our size and
stature," Walker said in an inter
view, "we should spend many
times the amount of money we
are now spending for scholarship
aid."
Walker yesterday attributed
a loss of about 1000 top high
school students to a lag in resi
dence hall construction.
An unusually large number of
top students apply to several
schools, the University included,
Walker said, and choose the one
which offers them the most at
tractive scholarship.
One statistic which annoyed
Walker especially when he in
spected the fall semester admis
sions and registrar's figures, was
the number of students in the
upper fifths of their class who
cancelled their admisisons before
school opened.
Of the 800 students who
ac
cepted admission to the Univer
sity and cancelled, 442 were
from the first fifth and 266
from the second fifth of their
high school graduating classes.
Walker said.
The University grants admis
sion without e2amination to stu
dents in the upper two-fifths of
their high school graduating class.
Others must', pass either the Col
lege Board aptitude test or the
University's entrance examina
tion.
A total of 11,856 high school
gradtiates applied for admissions
and 4365 were admitted. A total
of 3047 were unable to qualify
scholastically.
More than 1000 were rejected
because of lack of housing and
other facilities, Walker said. Un
der the long-range building plan
now in effect, the University
hopes to catch up with its need
in dormitories, classrooms and
laboratories, he said.
have entered
It is believed that the robbery
wasn't executed by professionals,
since an experienced thief would
have taken more clothing and
fewer pins, police said.
The circumstances surround
ing the weekend were described
by police as a usual house party
weekend when almost anybody
san seek entry.
At about the same time Sunday
morning a 1957 Chevrolet, belong
ing to Thomas Watson, a former
!student from Plainsdowne, N.Y.,
was stolen from the Delta Tau
Delta parking lot. The abandoned
car was found by pollee Sunday
night at 7 p.m. on South Barnard
Street.
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