The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 14, 1959, Image 1

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    Collegian Phone
UN 5-2531
VOL. 60, No. 21
IFC Lists
Rules for
LawnDisplo
Thirty-five fraternities have
registered for competition in
th e Interfraternity Council
Alumni Homecoming Lawn
Display contest depicting
"Penn State—the year 2000."
The contest will be held from
6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m Saturday.
Judging will take place between
6 and 9 p.m. Friday.
According to Ronald Resh. IFC
vice president, no display may
cost more than Oil and no moving
parts will be permitted. The re
striction on moving parts was
made to stimulate a greater num
ber of entrants in the contest and
to enable them to concentrate on
lighting and other artistic, qual
ities.
Special precautions are being
taken to eliminate the fire haz
ard which plagued the frater
nities during last year's contest.
It has been urged that fireproof
materials be used wherever pos
sible. Pledges have been asked
to stand guard by the displays
while the contest is in progress.
The contest will be judged un
der a 100-point system. Twenty
points will be given for clarity
of theme, 30 points for originality,
20 points for expression of Penn
State spirit and 30 points for
ci aftsmanship.
According to Resh, the ease
with which the judges can inter
pret or understand the meaning
and theme of the displays will be
an important factor in the judg
ing.
Judges for the contest will be
Dr. Dorothy Lipp, dean of wom
en, Ralph Wherry, head of the
Department of Commerce, Dr.
David Russell, professor of ele
mentary education, and Mar
tha Adams, assistant professor
of physical education.
The first place winner will re
ceive the Alumni Association
Trophy and the top three displays
will be announced at the Penn
State-Boston University football
game Saturday.
Delphi Cards Available;
Deadline Set for Oct. 16
Tapping cards for Delphi, soph
omore men's hat society, are
available for second and third se
mester men.
All applications must be re
turned by Friday to the dean of
men's office.
'Who's in the News'
Resumes Publication
The exact who and what of the Penn State extra-curricu
lar scene will be brought to light this winter when "Who's
in the News at Penn State" resumes publication
Under the co-editorship of Jeff Pollack, junior in journal
ism from Laurelton, N.Y., and Phillip Hand, junior in jour-
nalism from New -Milford, the
publication will be available in
February to any interested stu
dent for $.50.
Although not published last
year. "Who's in the New s"
was published the three pre•
pious years. A new feature this
year will be the inclusion of
"thumbnail" pictures with each
listing.
"The idea of redesigninj•- the
book was to make it more useful
to the general public than it has
been in the past," Hand said.
Another new feature to be-in
eluded in this year's publication
Or ~,
...i.m.
CLEVELAND BOUND—the desk in the HUB was busy selling bus
tickets for the trip to the Illinois game next weekend. Russell Noll
is one of many students who bought tickets yesterday.
Student Enrollment
Hits All-Time High
A record total of 20,377 students enrolled for the fall
semester on both the main campus and the commonwealth
campuses.
The number of students on campus reached an all-time
high of 14,786. Last fall 14,634 students were enrolled here.
Storm to Cause
Rain Over Area
• Rain and cool weather will be,
the order of the day as a storm!
system moves through the Caro
linas. This storm should cause
rain over the entire middle At
lantic states from New York to
Georgia.
The rain will end late in the
day and should be followed by
partly cloudy skies tonight.
Temperatures will remain on
the cool side today and tonight,
but warmer weather is likely to
morrow. The high today should
be only 56 degrees with a low
',tonight of 43 degrees.
Tomorrow is expected to be
sunny and pleasant with a high
of 65 degrees.
By MEG TEICHHOLTZ
!will be the listing of the names
only of members of hat societies,
SGA - Assembly, student councils,
senior boards of publications,
elections committe and major SGA
committees.
Pollack stated that the editors
feel "that this will make the
bobk more 'timely and of great
er use to the student who must
make contact with a member of
a specific activity."
The price of inclusion in the
book has been reduced from $2.50
in the past to $1.75 this year. This
includes the picture and one copy
of the book.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14. 1959
Enrollment on the common
wealth campuses reached 5591
students, 356 more than last fall's
enrollment of 5532.
On the main campus 10,487
men and 4299 women students
are enrolled, including grad
tiate and special students. The
ratio stands at 2.4 men to each
woman.
On the Commonwealth cam
puses 2096 are enrolled in courses
leading to baccalaureate degrees,
1553 are heading toward associate
degrees, and 1942 are in con
tinuing education classes.
Graduate student enrollment I
reached a total of 2736, 540 more
than last fall.
Total enrollment in the senior
class is 2959 students. It will be
the largest class to graduate in
the University's history.
Enrollment in the junior and
sophomore classes numbered 3102
and 4304 students respectively.
The freshman class is the larg
est ever to enter with a total of
5804 students. Last year the
freshman class numbered 3355
students.
OBOC Forms in HUB
Applications are still available
for the Organization Board of
Control and can be obtained at the
Hetzel Union desk.
A 2.4 average and being presi
dent of any organization, except
a social fraternity, are qualifica
tions for the board.
Governor's Budget Nears Approval
HARRISBURG (JP) An
agreement was near last night
on Gov. Lawrence's budget for
the 1959-61 biennium..
Increased aid to schools and
money for Philadelphia were the
points remaining to be resolved.
Republican and Democratic leg
islators agreed in separate cau
cuses to restore $2.75 million of
the $5l million cut from the gen
eral appropriations bill by the
GOP-controlled Senate.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Bid Republicans balked at
Explorer VII
Is In Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (,P)—The United States launch
ed one satellite into orbit around the earth yesterday and, in
a dramatic new experiment, fired a missile across the path
of another.
Explorer VII, a 91 1 / 2 -pound "gyroscope" s
to study cosmic radiation and oth
er rnytseries of space, was hurled
into a low orbit by a Juno II
rocket. It was another step in the
program to send a man into space
within two years
Earlier, a 847 jet bomber fly
ing over the cape fired a 37-foot
Bold Orion missile across the
path of the Explorer VI "Paddle
Wheel" satellite. The shot could
lead to development of air
launched missiles to knock down
enemy satellites.
The Paddle Wheel was at the
low point. of ifs orbit at an
altitude of 146 miles and streak
ing through the skies at 26.000
miles an hour when the Bold
Orion was launched. Ii was
aimed to pass 10 miles in front
of the satellite.
A reliable source said the Bold
Orion sped 10 miles upward,
reaching a point four miles above
the satellite, then fell into the At
lantic 1,000 miles northeast of
here.
In Washington, the Air Force'
issued a cautiously worded state
ment saying "preliminary evalu-I
ation indicates the mission was
successfully accomplished."
Pentagon officials said it
might take several days to
study and analyze all the data
obtained from the missile it
self and to coordinate that in
formation with observations
made from ground stations.
The "gyroscope" so named be- t
cause it looks like the whirling
devices used to stabilize planes
in flight, was placed in an orbit
that carries it as far as 664 miles!
from the earth and as close asi
346 miles. It is expected to re
main up 20 years.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration in Wash- 1
ington said the satellite completed
its first circuit of the earth in 101
( minutes. It was sending back in
formation on the various hazards
man will encounter when he first
ventures into space.
Its most important task was
to probe the lower levels of
the bands of radiation.
An NASA scientist said the or
bit is "better than we planned."
Dr. Homer Newell Jr. said the
satellite was aimed at an orbit
ranging from 700 miles at its out
ermost point to 340 miles at the
nearest.
Newell said the more circular
orbit attained is an advantage
from - the standpoint of the num
ber of experiments carried.
Two Ribbonees Omitted
The following names were
omitted from the list of ribbonees
published in Saturday's Collegian:
Bonnie Poeppel, Alpha Delta Pi;
and Annette Prudon, Pi Beta Phi.
restoring $2 million in the•ur
ban renewal appropriation—
most of it for Philadelphia—
and at giving Philadelphia Gen
eral Hospital $1.5 million.
House Republicans also raised
the question of more money for
the public schools.
The special, six-member, House-
Senate committee, which has been
meeting since last week to iron
out differences over the budget,
planned to go back into session
to discuss these problems.
"There were 12 Republican
votes for the 4 per cent sales
fax bill when it passed the
att
Cleveland
Bus Tickets
Still Remain
Sixteen seats on the second
bus in the "Cleveland Spec
ial" caravan to the Penn State
'lllinois football game Oct. 24
'were sold yesterday.
Twenty-one more bust tickets
must be sold for the bus to go to
the game.
Hat society members will sell
tickets from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. to
day for $10.55 Sales may extend
another day if there is still a frac
tion of a ous to fill by 4 p m.
A block of 700 game tickets will
go on sale to students for $3 50
beginning 8 a.m, today at Recrea
tion Hall. The ticket office already
reports an advanced sale of 2000
! tickets by mail order.
Buses will leave the Hetzel
Union Building at 6 . 30 a.m. Oc
tober 24 and will arrive in Cleve
land at 1 p.m. including a hait
hour rest stop.
After the game the buses will
leave the stadium at 6 p.m and
will he bnek on campus by 12 a.m.
October 25.
Reservations for each indivi
dual bus must be confirmed 24
hours' after the ticket is bought.
If a bus is not filled the money
will be refunded.
All women buying a ticket will
be cleared for the trip through the
Dean of Women's office.
Insurance Benefits
Increase for Staff
The present hospital-surgical
insurance plan for fulltirne facul
ty and stall membeis has been
changed to provide added bene
fits
Included in the benefits under
the program's new provisions are
anincrease in the daily hospital
room and board reimbursement
'from $lO to $l3; an increase in
amounts paid for additional charg
es; an increase in the length of re
imburseable confinement for de
pendents and maternity cases; and
the insuring of children at birth
instead of at 14 days of age.
The University is considering
a plan of major medical expense
insurance which would pay bene
fits for an expensive illness or in
jury incurring costs beyond the
limits of the hospital-insurance
plan.
House," Rep. Albert W. John•
son, House GOP floor leader.
told newsmen.
"We supplied those votes with
the understanding the tax bill
would
_prov . ide $2B million more
for schools. Now that money
seems to hive vanished."
Rep. Edwin W. Tompkins, as
sistant GOP floor leader, said the
caucus instructed him not to
agree to anything until the $2B
million is restored.
Tompkins represents the House
Republican membership on the
budget committee.
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