VOL. 59. No. 72 STATE COLLEGE. PA., FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9. 1959 FIVE CENTS liars Paces Cagers 9-81 Overtime Loss DuJV In 8 By SANDY PADWE rs earned himself a place in the hearts of Penn State basketball fans last ion Building even though the Lions lost to West Virginia in overtime, 89-81. gician scored 30 points—23 of them coming in the second half to keep the Mark DuMa night at Recrea’ The 5-10 me Lions in the gi ime and evenl >at performance Despite the g by DuMars, Jerr; Virginia topped 32 points but it v got the cheers. With the Lirns down by five, 37-32. after an exciting Bee-saw first ha f, DuMars put on a one-man {.coring splutge to lie the game at 38-38. The lead then see-sewed back and forth until Wert dumped in three consecutive baskets to give West Virginia a six-point ulge al the 15:00 minute mark. r West of West he scorers with as DuMars who The Lions and Mounties traded baskets until DuMars dropped a one hand push from 30 feet out and put the Lions only, four be hind, 52-48. Bob Edwards followed with a three point play to bring the Lions within one point, 52-51. West Virginia’s Bucky Bolyard came right back with a three point play and West scored on a rebound and jumper to put the Mounties up by eight, 59-51. Then came the Lions' best spurt of the night as they tied the game. Edwards converted a foul and DuMars hit another foul and field goal to bring the Lions within four, 59-55. Ted Kubista hit on a jumper and Tom Hancock threw in a sweep ing hook to knot the count at 59-59. A few seconds later the Lions received a bad break when Han cock fouled out with less than seven minutes remaining. The 6-4 rebound leader was sorely missed under the boards and according to Pfenn State coach John Egli this was one of the turning points in the game. After Paul Sweetland and Bob Clousson traded fouls to knot the score at 60-60 the teams went into their see-saw act again. DuMars scored seven more points in the next few minutes and the Lions found themselves ahead by one, 69-,68. Clousson put the Mounties in the lead with 1:50 left, 70-69. Wally Colender threw in a long jump shot at 1:37 to give the Nit tanies a one-point edge. Then there was a scramble under the West Virginia basket and West had two foul shots. He missed one and made the other to tie the score at 71-71. The Lions look possession and froze the ball for a last shot but the shot by Colender (Continued on page six) Clear Skies , Cold To Continue Today cold have been fo Temperatures w afternoon high ol ter a morning loi Sub-freezing ter clear weather w through the wee. predicted for yes the state when system took a moi than was expects recast for today. 'll rise to an 2. degrees af / of 10 degrees, iperatures and ill continue tend. The snow ;erday bypassed a low pressure e.southerly path rence Favors Open Board QMegtart FOR A BETTER PENN STATE ;ually send the tilt into overtime before 5500 screaming fans, Cabinet to Breakdown All-University Cabinet will ask the administration for a breakdown ■of how student fees are spent at both the Uni versity and the campuses and centers. The motion, made by Robert Laßar, Agriculture Student Coun cil president, provides that a com mittee consisting of All-Univer sity President Jay Feldstein, Ex ecutive Assistant John D’Angelo and Laßar make this request. The purposes of the request will be to find out how student fees are spent and how the centers fit into these expenditures. Rea sons given by Laßar for the pro posed breakdown were: • The repeated protests voiced Women G Finnish In Rec —Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson GREETING THE FINNS—Penn State coach Gene Wettstone (far right) greets the Finnish gym nastic group as they arrived yesterday afternoon at the Nittany Lion Inn. The Finnish representa tives are, left to right, pianist Elsa Aro, singer Yrjo Ikonen, Mrs. Ritva Salonen, Marja and Tuovi Sappinen and coach Esa Seeste. By MATT MATHEWS Associate Sports Editor Penn State’s answer to TV “Spectaculars” takes the floor of Recreation Building at 7:30 tonight with Finland’s men and women gymnastic teams in the starring role. Both teams should put on par- By CATHY FLECK mnasts in Exhi Request of Fees by the students at the University regarding the distribution of these Tees in connection with the Sen ior Class gift, artists series and the sound-proofing of Schwab auditorium. • Students at the various cen ters pay higher fees than those on the main campus and yet have little social, recreational and edu cational facilities. • Students at the centers have little voice in how these fees are distributed. Laßar said that students at the Mont Alto campus do not have an up-to-date library or recreational facilities except for the YMCA gymnasium and must still pay the same fees as students on the main campus. He also said “There is a feeling among students at the centers that they are getting (Continued on page eight) ibition 'Spectacular' Building Today ticularly appealing shows. Then female unit will be the first such 1 , girls team to perform in Rec Hall j since the Swedes put on an en-! tertaining performance in 1955. And ihe European champion ship men's team, which hasn't finished lower than third in the last three Olympics, will com pete with a collegiate unit of Penn State gymnasts. During the Christmas vacation, Sarasota, Fla., fans got a sneak To Of Become Member Trustees Jan. 20 HARRISBURG—Gov.-elect. David L. Lawrence last night came out in favor of open meetings of the University’s Board of Trustees, Lawrence also expressed concern over educational fi nances. However, he said, his educational program would depend on income so that hej could not give any specifics. ] He spoke to a press conference j of the Central Penn Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s profes-j sional journalism fraternity, in ]the American Legion Home here, i Concerning the Trustees’ meet lings. he said: "I think that particularly there ought to be a full degree of publicity. I see no reason why there shouldn’t." Lawrence will become an ex officio member of the Board on Jan. 20 when he is inaugurated HARRISBURG Gov.-elect David L. Lawrence last night reaffirmed his stand in . favor of ihe Keystone Shortway and plans to go along with it. as governor. As mayor of the city; of Pittsburgh, he is now a mem-i her of the Board of Trustees of I the University of Pittsburgh and will continue in that capacity as 1 governor. ! Lawrence drew a distinction be- 1 tween the boards of other colleges in Pennsylvania and that of Penn State as “the state university.” Asked about extension of the state's "right to know" laws, which includes the status of the Trustees' meetings, the Pittsburgh mayor said: . “Anywhere where official ac tion is taken should be open.” Concerning his educational pro gram, the governor-elect said “l’m very deeply concerned with ed icational progress.” He said thousands and thous ands of boys and qir's with (Continued on page jive) ipreview of tonight’s all-around I battle among three of the world’s |be s t all-around gymnasts the IFinn duo of Olavi Leimuvirta and Eugen Ekman and Penn State’s own Olympian, Armando Vega. At the Sarasota clinic, Leimu verta, whom Lion coach Gene Wettstone considers “one of the world’s best gymnasts,” edged Vega and Ekman by two points, 556-554. Tonight will probably be the (Continued on page eight) By 808 FRANKLIN Collegian Editor Fish Killing Investigation To Begin A task force will be named within a few days to seek the sources of potential pollution in the Spring Creek water basin which has been the scene of re cent trout killings. Early and decisive action in j seeking out the sources of the [Potential pollution was promised jvesterdnv after a meeting be tween University renresentatives, Dr. M’chael A Parrell vice pre'i- Hnnt for research Albert E. lUieni. vco president for business srimioistvpiion -md two state agencies—the Fish (’nwtm’ssion anri the Department of Health. The rteeision to go ahead with the fnil.-rale stud’' was reached n t the a_r,Q|,,. hoia at the ■ nvHatinn of President F.Hc A. j Waiver Pevnva] weeks eon Walk je— rtffwwrl Ihn fpeearch cwviceS |of thn TTr,; V n,- c ;tv to the jn ,-n to elepr no th rt myshmy. I T.ast month more than 5000 rmiim* t-nni wer° billed at the t->voie—t within a matter of woeVq hv a pollution of source. ■Representatives ypsterdav de fo prenfe a 6- or 7-man “tael: force’.’ within a few days end commission this wo-m to he wn wo> lr ; mmediatn]v The men eit-o aeropfi to coek the services of a nat’onailv known anther ty fer confutation All three erouns concerned, the two state agencies and the Uni versity have anreed to pool their resources to seek the sources of the potential pollution in the Soring Creel: water basin. The committee agreed that the study should not just concern lt ;olf with the immediate problem of the fish-killmg but also with the large problem of erecting safeguards against recurrent pol lution along the entire watershed. Two renresentatives of the TJni , vcrsitv arc expected to be named , to the committee along with oth er equatie biologists, sanitary en gineers and bio-chemists Schedules Altered Next Week The clar-s .schedule for the first three days of next week will be altered to compensate for the classes that were missed during the Thanksgiving vacation On Monday students will fol low them Thursday schedule, and on Tuesday their Friday schedule. Wednesday morning the Saturday schedule will be in effect, with the afternoon following the nor mal class schedule. Classes for fall semester will end at 5 p.m. Wednesday, with final examinations beginning 8 a.m. Thursday and continuing un til 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23. $36,900 in Grants Given For Research Projects The National Science Founda tion has made two grants totaling $36,900 in support of. research pro jects. Dr. Sidney Siegel, associate professor of psychology, will con duct basic research under a grant of $21,700. Dr. Rolf G. Winter, assistant professor of physics, will conduct a project on “High Energy Parti cle Interactions” under a grant of $15,200.
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