Weather Forec Sunny, Slightly War i VOL. 60. No. 57 Students Must Pay For Extra Phones In Nittany—Mueller By ELAINE MIELE Students living in Nittany Halls can get extra telephones If they are willing to pay for them. According to Otto E. Mueller, director of housing, the reason that there are fewer telephones in the Nittany area Is because students living there pay less fees. Patrol May Be Placed In Library There is a possibility that the Campus Patrol may be stationed in the Pattee Library to enforce quiet hours, al though such a situation has been avoided in the past Ralph W. McComb, librarnian, said. “The main difficulty is how to prevent students from congregat ing in the lobbies and hallways, particularly during the evenings and on weekends,” he said. "There have been complaints from stu dents about excessive noise and the difficulty at times of going up the stairs because of the nuim her of students on the steps." McComb feels that the problem does not arise from mal-intent of the students, since they are co operative when asked to leave the lobbies by members of the staff. “However,” he said, “one or two students go out for a break and soon there are a large number of people talking, and a distur bance is created.” Since many students go to the library as a quiet place for study, its purpose is defeated if the building can't be kept quiet, he said. McComb explained that perhaps a major factor in this problem is that many students don't come to the building for serious study. “There are other places on cam pus for socializing and we don’t want to have this develop into a substitute hangout,” he said. McComb has discussed the problem with the administration and various student groups, in an attempt to find some other solu tion. The possibility of a lounge in the library has been deleted, because of lack of space. McComb said that “while we are open to any suggestions the stu dents may have concerning the problem, it seems apparent that without regulation, there is chaos.” Student Affairs Stud' High Aptitudes Indicated by Testing By BARB YUNK Second of a Series The average Penn State stu dent who takes the University placement tests will score within the upper three-fourths of the “good” range. The ave rage person from the general population who takejs the same test will score within the “poor” range. These results are ch; profile of academic ab is given to freshmen summer counseling. In response to letters to The Daily Collegian requesting that more telephones be installed in Nittany Halls, Mueller said that residence halls are equipped ac cording to the amount of board that those living in them pay. Students in other residence halls have $lO a semester al loted in their fees for telephone service, he said. Residents in Nittany Halls have $1 a semes ter taken from their fees. The total difference in board charges between Nittany and oth er areas is $5O, he said. Mueller conferred with Wilbur F. Diehl, supervisor of telephones, about getting extra telephones for Nittany Halls. It was found that there were open lines which could be used. The rent for each extra telephone would be about $8 a month. Mueller said that if the stu dents living in the Nittany Area wished to pay an extra $l, an ' additional telephone could be installed in each hall by next semester. If the telephones are added this year, in following years the fee may be added to the regular board charge or may be taken from the money alloted to an other service. At present each Nittany resi dence hall has one telephone on the regular University system and one pay telephone. The letters to The Daily Col legian also questioned why stu dent telephone directories were placed in students’ rooms in other residence halls and were not given to students in Nittany Halls. Mueller said that the directories were distributed according to the number of telephones in a resi dence hall. Only one directory was put in each Nittany Hall be cause_ there is only one telephone that is on the University system in each hall, he said. The directories were distributed by the housing department this year to aid students in using the new system, he added. Poetry Reading to Open Annual Simmons Series David Wagoner, a poet and graduate of the University, _will open the 14th annual Simmons Series when he presents “Poetry Readings” at 8 tonight in 121 Sparks. The Series, presented by the Department of German, honors the _ late Dr. Lucretia Van Tuyl Simmons, for many years head of the department. of the placement tests and a pre dicted grade average are also re corded on this sheet. Mistakes often occur in the in terpretation of the results, said Dr. Martiq L. Zeigler, director of Student Affairs Research. Some students feel that they can achieve no better or worse grades than their predicted av erage. Others who achieve grades much higher than those predicted for them feel that the system is not accurate, he said. This is not the case. The pre dicted average that a student can receive, Zeigler said, is not a fixed point. He may receive a grade falling anywhere along a given slanted line on the chart, but SO rted on the lilies which during the 'he results FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1959 Ike Travels to India; Visits Afghanistan KARACHI, Pakistan (/P)—-President Eisenhower heads for India today, keystone of his 11-nation tour. On the way he plans to spend five hours in Afghanistan, a country with a colder climate, both literally and figuratively, than he encountered here in the warm em brace of Pakistan’s capital. _ —Collegian Photo by Mart*. Sclterr CLEARING THE WRECKAGE—of a 70-year-old Spruce tree is Donald Coble, University tree surgeon. The tree, about 75 feet high, was felled by high winds Monday. Sunny Weather Comes Through The sun will finally break through the overcast this morning after four consecutive cloudy days. Temperatures will ' nd to the sunshine and they should reach the 40 degree mark during the afternoon. The severe storm that brought snow and high winds to this area Mon- day night, mov ed further away from Pennsylvania and weakened yesterday. This accounts for the decrease in winds velocities and the end in the snow flurries yes terday afternoon. Partly cloudy and cold weather is expected tonight with temper atures falling into the upper 20’s. Tomorrow is likely to be mostly cloudy and continued rather cold. A high of 38 degrees is predicted. per cent of the students with the same test results will receive the predicted average. The variation, said Zeigler, oc curs because it is impossible to measure motivation. Research can predict only in terms of probabil ities because it cannot determine how hard a student will work, which students will be homesick and which ones will have to work for their support, he said. Those results recorded on the chart also show students how they compare to other entering freshmen. The total chart en ables those in Student Affairs Research fo discover the areas in (Continued on page twelve) The visit to Karachi came virtually to its close last night with a speech in which Eisen- wjiatt 75-Foot Spruce Felled by Winds A 75-foot spruce tree fell dur ing the heavy winds on Monday but the tree, estimated to be about 70 years old, would have fallen in the next few years anyway, according to Donald Coble, Uni versity trpe surgeon. Coble said there was only about one and one-half to two inches of wood around the inside of the two and one-half foot thick base; the rest had been hollowed out by a fungus growth. Sororities to Draw Lots for New Suites Panhellenic Council decided last night to select the sororities which will move into the six new dormitory suites by drawing lots. The individual sororities will have to decide if they can afford to move. The Department of Housing has not yet an- nounced the cost of the new suites, but they will cost more than those in the South Halls. The cost of suites in the South Halls is $1275 a year. Lots v.'ill be drawn at the next Panhel meeting in January to determine which sororities will move into the new suites. Il had also been suggested that the sororities which would move be determined by giving priority to those who had had the highest membership within the last five years. In other business each repre sentative was asked to suggest the name of a girl to act as a guide for open house at the next meeting. Under the new system, the rushees will go to all the sororities. The guides will be as signed approximately 20 girls Hurry! ° n, y 9 State College Shopping Days hower posed the hope of improved international relations but made clear the United States’ firm stand beside Pakistan in upholding free nations against any aggression. In his speech, one of the major efforts of his trip, the President urged all national leaders worthy of that designation to join in a truly enforceable sysiem of dis armament He spoke to more than 15,000 Pakistanis, .some of them in the ragged clothing that betokens the relative poverty of this part of the world. Mankind's scientific achieve ments in lhe military field make if mandatory fo reach an agree ment on disarmament, he said. "There’s no reason to hesitate in this great undertaking,’’ Eisen hower said. "There can be no winner in any future global war. The world, the entire world, must insist that the conference table, rather® than force, is to be used for settlement of international disputes." Then, in a joint declaration summing up two days of talks, Eisenhower and President Mo hammed Ayub Khan of Pakistan stressed the need of cooperation among free nations in order that they remain economically and militarily strong They emphasized ihe role played by the alliances of free nations to meet the lhreai__of the Communist world. Eisenhower’s second day in Karachi was filled with color and exe.tement and made memor able by tremendous outpourings of «ood will from Pakistani lead ers and ordinary citizens. Afghanistan, a land - locked kingdom of more than 12 million population, takes a neutralist po sition in East-West affairs. The Soviet Union, its powerful neighbor on the North, has poured large amounts of aid into the country—along with technical ex perts. The United States has also been a big supplier of aid for road building and agricultural products. He will spend four days in In dia, and will address the Indian Parliament tomorrow. that they will take to each of the suites. The girls who were awarded the $5O Panhel scholarships are: Carol Braidic, Diana De Angehs, Jacqueline Leavitt, Janice Wan ner and Carol Worrell. The Panhel workshops for the new presidents, rush chair men and pledge trainers will be held on Feb. 17 and 18. The possibility of lowering the $lOO-limit on total rushing costs was also discussed. It was de cided that the limit would re main the same until the new system had been given a trial. Panhellenic President Carol Dominick announced that open houses will be held this month on the first and second Sundays rather than on the first and third since the University will not be in session on the third Sunday. FIVE CENTS
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