Today's Forecast:
Cloudy
and Showers
VOL. 59. No. 95
3 Sports Teams Seek
To Keep Jinx Over Pitt
Three of Penn State's ath
letic teams will be trying to
maintain the Lions' sports
jinx over traditional rival
Pittsburgh today when the
Panthers host the Nittany
gymnastic, wrestling and
basketball machines at the
Pitt Field House.
The gym meet is scheduled
for 2 p.m. with the wrestling
and cage tilts set for 7 p.m. and
9 p.m., respectively.
Pitt hasn't beaten a State
outfit since last March when
the Blue and White, floormen
- dropped a 61.59 skirmish in the
very same Field House. Since
then. the Lions have posted 10
straight wins over their num
ber one sports nemesis, includ-
Two Men Dismissed
For Attempted Theft
Two students have been dismissed from the University
and a third placed on probation for-the attempted theft of an
automobile battery last weekend.
The Senate subcommittee on discipline, which handed
down the decision yesterday, took into account the third
student's clear judicial record
and reluctance to participate in
'the attempted theft, according to
Associate Dean of Men Harold
W. Perkins.
The other two students, how
ever, both had judicial records.
One had been on a suspended
,suspension and the other an ad
imittep petty theft, Perkins said.
The attempt to take the bat
tery out of an auto in Parking
Area No. 83 occurred Monday
night after one of the students
discovered that the battery on
his own recently purchased car
was discharged.
They had been washing the
newly bought car and a second,
car at a service station on Rt.
322 when they decided to procure
a battery from some other car,
Perkins said.
1 The third student _(who is now
on probation with the dean of
'men's office) attempted to dis
suade the other two, according to
Perkins, and took no part, in the
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Springlike Weather
Perplexes Lion
The Nittany Lion has been look
ing all over the Penn State cam
pus for the past three days in an
attempt to find the ice and snow
that is usually prevalent at this
time of year. The abundant sun
shine and pleasantly mild tern
peratures are in such contrast .to',
the usual Pend State weather
that the Lion has been confused
as to the accuracy of his calendar.
Finally, he took a look at the
weather map and discovered the
reason for this unseasonably
warm and delightful weather.
The Lion predicts cloudy skies,
for today and tonight with a few
light showers this afternoon. Sun
day, he says, will be sunny and
mild. Temperatures will be in the
tipper 40's today and then fall to
30 degrees tonight. A high of 45
degrees is expected tomorrow
afternoon.
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ing a 67-58 victory by the cag
ers in January.
Earlier this school year, the
Nittany football, soccer and
cross-country teams had tri
umphed, and last spring the
Lion baseball (twice), track,
golf and tennis teams had won.
The other victory—the initial
one in the winning skein—was
recorded last winter when
Coach Charlie Speidel's mat
men grabbed a 14-11 upset con
quest. (That win occurred on
the same night as State's bas
ketball defeat, but an hour
later.)
The Lion grapplers hold the
best all-time record against the
Jungle Cats, 13-3. Speidel's per
sonal mark is 5-3 and he has
never seen his team beaten on
Pittsburgh territory.
The matmen will be shooting
for their third straight upset
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
victory over the Panthers. Two
years ago, the Nittanies won
14-11 at the Field House, and
of course, there was last win
ter's conquest.
State will take a 5-2 record
into tonight's meeting and the
Panthers will counter with an
8-1 mark. Five common oppon
ents appear on each record,
with both teams beating Army,
Navy, Syracuse and Maryland
and losing to Lehigh.
The Lions also owns a win
over Colgate while the Pan
thers have Michigan, Lock Ha
ven, Mankato State, and Mich
igan State included among their
victories.
Speidel will only make one
change in the starting lineup
that turned in the 29-2 thump
ing over Syracuse last Satur
day. That will find unbeaten
junior Dan Johnston going at
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42 Coat Trees
To Be Placed
In Lion's Den
The Hetzel Union Lion's Den
will soon be free of the masses of
coats, hats and scarves which are
now heaped on the dividers be
tween booths.
Forty-two coat trees were de
livered Thursday and will soon
be installed on the booths by the
physical plant, according to Rich
ard C. Proffitt, director of food
service. The trees are chromium
plated and have two double hooks.
Three portable coat racks will
be placed in. the back of the
I Lion's Den where - the single tables
are. Proffitt said this would en
able customers to keep an eye
on their belongings.
Installation of the coat racks
is just one step in a program to
improve service and facilities in'.
the Lion's Den. Special pizza ovens
were to be installed by Feb. 21,
but Proffitt said there has been
a further delay in delivery.
He said food facility engineers
and the director of the Lion's Den
,have also been studying possible
changes in the layout of the serv
ice counter. The counter may be
modified so that everything ex
cept fountain items are duplicated
on each side of the cashier.
One side would then be staffed
during the in-between class rush,
so the coffee line' would move
faster and customers could pick
up toast, rolls and pastry without
waiting in the fountain line.
Increasing crowds in the Den
have resulted in so much wear
on furniture that all upholstering
will eventually be replaced with
wood, Proffitt added.
$7OOO Goal Set
For 'Sharp Week'
A goal of $7OOO, or $lOOO al
day, has been set for the Larry
Sharp Week drive which will
open Tuesday.
The purpose will be to raise
funds to aid George "Larry"
Sharp who broke his neck in an
accident in Recreation Hall a
year and a half ago.
Women's Student Government
Association will sponsor the first
event —Penny- a-Minute Date
Night, Tuesday. All women will
be granted special 11 p.m. per
missions; however, they will have
to pay a penny for every minute
they are out 'after their regular
permission.
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The State and Ca thaum thea
tres will be donating a portion
of their profits Tuesday night.
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Macmillan Gloomy
On Talk Outcome
KIEV, Ukraine oP) British Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan declared last night his Kremlin talks were "a val
uable preparation for wider international negotiations which
must follow." But he said the Soviet Union must show it is
ready to reach fair agreement if it really wants peace.
Sources close to the British del
egation said Macmillan has aban-1
doned hope of bringing East and
West closer together on the Ber
lin crisis in view of Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev's un
compromising stand.
There was an echo of his
meeting with Khrushchev in the
Kremlin as Macmillan rose to
toast Ukranian Premier N. K.
Klachenko at a formal dinner
ending his visit to Kiev, Uk.
ranian capital.
"It is not enough to wish for
peace or even to talke about it,"
Macmillan said. "It is the duty of
all countries to work for it.
"Of course difficulties or mis
understandings arise between na
tions. When they do it is the duty
of statesmen to do all they can
to remove them and to frame
their policies in such a way as to
lessen international tension."
Macmillan said he believed
differences should be settled by
negotiations "but such negotia
tions must be based on know
ledge gained by full discus
sions and conducted with a
genuine des i r e to reach fair
agreement."
"Of this at least I am sure. If
by successful negotiations we
could settle some, at least, of the
outstanding differences .between
nations and if we could thereby
dispel suspicion and the fears of
'war, people all over the world
would then be able to bend their
energy increasingly to the con
structive paths of peace," he said
in conclusion.
Anastas I. MikoYan, Soviet
first deputy premier, contended
Friday night that Macmillan
took a "tough line" in his talks
with Khrushchev.
Radio Moscow quoted Mikoyan
as saying that "When the talks
turned to the pear.s treaty with
Germany and the Berlin question,
the Prime Minister had assumed
a tough line, possibly weighed
down by- his Allied commit
men .
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IFC Sing Deadline
The deadline for mailing entry
blanks for the Interfraternity
Council sing has been extended
from Feb. 28 to Mar. 3. All entries
must be postmarked .by then.
Also, one of the songs in the
IFC sing has been changed from
"It's a Grand Night for Singing"
to "Aura Lee."
Each man will pay the regular
price and all of this will be re
tained by the movie. He will
pay 50 cents for his date and
half of this will go to the Sharp
drive.
Wednesday will be Tag Day.
University employees and towns
people will be asked to contri
bute to the drive. A tag will be
given to contributors and they
will be urged to wear them in
order to encourage others to give.
Tag Day will be sponsored by
the men's and women's service
organizations, Alpha Phi Omega
and Gamma Sigma Sigma; the
hat societies; class advisory
boards and college councils.
Chimes, junior women's hat
society, will be the sponsoring
group for "Off the Record for
Larry." Beginning at 8 p.m. and
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Scholarship
or Bust
See Page,4
Sharp Broke
Neck in Gym
In Fall 1957
The time was 11:35 a.m. The
p l ace was Recreation Hall.
George "Larry" Sharp, then a
freshman in the division of coun
seling from Drexel Hill, was
working out on the trampoline.
Sharp was in the middle of a
somersault when he fell and
broke his neck.
He was paralyzed from the
neck down.
That was Oct. 11, 1957. Now,
a year and a half and thousands
of medical bills later, Sharp's
fellow students are attempting
to raise an additional $7OOO to
help him out.
Immediately after the accident,
Sharp was rushed to Geisinger
Memorial Hospital in Danville
with what hospital authorities
then described as "a fracture dis
location of the seventh cervical
vertebra in the neck."
The following day an operation
was performed to reduce the
pressure , on Sharp's neck. He was
reported to be in excellent spirits
although the only persons per
mitted to visit him were his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Sharp. •
Sharp's . condition remained
unchanged for the next several
weeks. He ]ay in a specially
contructed bed surrounded by
apparatus. He officially with
drew from 4 he University in
November, 1957, but now he is
considering re-entering some
time in the near future.
On November 22, 1957, All-
University Cabinet kicked off the
"Christmas Present for Larry"
drive with a check for $lOO.
The drive mushroomed into a
series of collections which netted
$5300 for Sharp.
At the end of November Sharp
was moved to the New York Re
habilitation Center for therapy
to alleviate his paralysis.
In addition to the money col
lected on camous, Boy Scouts
in the Drexel Hill-tlpnet Darby
area collected vsno lor Sharp.
Almost a year after his acci
dent Sharp had only regaincd
partial use of his left hand, but
he was still well enotteli to at
tend the Penn-Penn State foot
ball game in Philadelphia. He
was in high spirits at the game
and afterwards was presented
the game ball by Coach Rip En
gle and the team.
The last collection for Sharp
was between the halves of a
,was
football game when $2BOO
was collected.
Prominent Alumnus Dies
In West Virginia at 82
Arthur S. Shoffstall, a promi
nent alumnus, died last Saturday
at his home in Huntingdon, W.Va.
Shoffstall, a graduate of 4900,
was general manager of the Hunt
ingdon works of the International
Nickel Co. and a consultant to
the head office of that company
before his retirement.
(In 1954 he :was named as a
recipient of the Distinguished
Alumnus Award at Penn State.
He was, also president of the West
Virginia Manufacturers Associa
tion from 1946 to 1951. Shoffstall
iwas 82. . .
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