The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 15, 1959, Image 1

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    Weather Forecast:
Cloudy,
Cold
VOL. 60. No. 61
—Collegian Photo by Marty Scherr
JAZZ, JAZZ. JAZZ —was the theme for the Artists Series concert
in Schwab Auditorium Sunday night. The group was the Art
Hodes Sextet, and the theme was dixieland jazz.
Thursday Socials
Approved by IFC
All fraternities will be open to women guests until 10 p.m.
Thursday so that the annual Christmas parties and socials
may be held.
Gary Gentzler, Interfraternity Council president, said
Prexy Cancels
Nigeria Study
President Eric A. Walker has
resigned from a commission study
ing post-school and higher educa
tion problems in the African state
of Nigeria.
Walker said yesterday he re
signed because the State Legis
lature’s lateness in acting on the
budget has set back consideration
of major University problems.
Walker would have taken a
month's leave of absence near the
end of this month to go to Nigeria
with the commission. He was
asked to be a member of the
group about three months ago.
The commission is sponsored
by the government of Nigeria and
the Carnegie Corp. of New York.
It is composed of educators from
the United States, England and
Nigeria.
Special Permissions
All women will have 11 o’clock
permissions on Thursday night,
the Women’s Student Govern
ment Association announced last
night.
Student Affairs Study
Social Facilities Called Inadequate
By BARB YUNK
Fifth of Series
There are inadequate social
and recreational oppc
facilities and prog
University students
ulty.
This fact was report
subcommittee on socia
reational affairs in the
port on student social i
tional activities.
The committee’s repc
ted much of the inac
the system to the lack
ation and cooperation
among student group
and administrative aj
also stated that a rear
iailu®oloU
last night that the special per
mision is traditionally given the
Thursday before Christmas vaca
tion so that £oeds may attend the
parties.
The annual IFC Ball will be
held April 1, in Recreation Hall.
The dance committee is now writ
ing to agencies in New York to
select a band for the dance.
The public relations and pub
lications committees of the IFC
have been combined and John
Yamulla of Pi Kappa Phi is
chairman. The committee will
select a "fraternity man of the
month" beginning next semes
ter.
According to Yarmulla, ques
tionnaires will be sent to frater
nities which will select their can
didate for the honor. The man of
the month will be selected on a
basis of all-University average,
honors and elected and appoint
ed activities.
A questionnaire on hazing prac
tices is now being formulated. The
form will be sent to all frater
nities which will return them un
signed. They are to state all haz
ing practices used during pledg
ing and initiation.
The Association of Frater
nity Counselors is now study
ing the duties of fraternity ad
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of social and recreational facilities
would enable them to be used
more efficiently.
The University's solutions to
this problem are centered
around the construction of the
new football stadium, the pro
posed construction of a recrea
tional area for women and the
recreational facilities in Stone
Valley.
Information for the study which
revealed the deficiencies was se
cured by sending a questionnaire
to 400 statistically selected stu
dents who were representative of
the different divisions of the stu
dent body.
irtunities,
rams for
and fac-
ed by the
1 and rec
ir 1958 re
nd recrea-
rt attribu
equacy of
>f coordin
planning
i, colleges
'encies. It
rangement
The students were asked to an
swer questions on the six recrea
tional areas of: the Hetzel Union
Building, women’s social life,
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15. 1959
Grid Films
Slated For
Tomorrow
Movies of the ’4B Cotton
Bowl game and this year’s;
AJabama-Vanderbilt game will 1
be shown at 6:30 p.m. tomor
row in 112 Buckhout.
The movies were oiiginally
scheduled for tonight. Admission
is free and students, faculty and
administrative personnel may at
tend.
A Liberty Bowl pep rally, spon
sored by the Block “S” Ciub will
be held at 7:45 tomoirow in the
Hetzel Union ballroom.
The entire football team will
be presented by Dave Williams,
head football manager.
Frank Gullo and Hummel Fish
burn will provide entertainment
Richard Haber, junior in arts and
letters from Bethlehem, will be
master of ceremonies.
A farewell rally for the team
will be held at 3 pm. Thursday
in Recreation Hall. Robert Hig
gins, 1947 coach, will be the guest
speaker. Five other members of
the Cotton Bowl team will attend
the rally.
The cheering contest that was
scheduled last night in front of
Old Main was far from a suc
cess. Only 20 or 25 students turned
out in the chilly weather.
It appeared as though the men
from Nittany slightly outnum
bered the students from North
Halls.
Cloudy Weather
To Continue Today
Cloudy and cold weather will
continue today, but rain is ex
pected tonight and tomorrow.
A rather intense storm system,
which is now located in Texas,
will move on
a northeastward
course towards
Penns y 1 v a n 1 a
during the next
two days. This
should cause rain
to begin in this
region sometime
tonight and then
continue tomor
row.
The high today
should be about 44 degrees. Slight
ly warmer weather is due tonight
with a low of 37 expected. The
high tomorrow will be about 50
degrees.
Time tables for the spring
semester are now available at
the Helzel Union desk.
They will again include the
final examination schedule.
The price of the time tables is
35 cents.
men’s social life, art and music,
religious life and clubs.
The results of the questions :
on the HUB showed that, al- I
though it is one of the most
up-to-date student union build- !
ings in the United States, the j
space has not been apportioned '
properly to student needs. |
The Lions Den, used by 96 per
cent of the students, and the game!
room are almost always crowded;
while the ballroom and cardroom
are rarely used to capacity. To
solve this problem, the commit
tee suggested that the HUB be
expanded, that room distribution
be adjusted and that- the possi
bility of annexes at other loca
tions be investigated.
The key to the problems with
(Continued on page iour)
Spring Time Tables
pntatt
Greek Crowd
Cheers Ike
ATHENS, Greece (/P) This ancient capital of Greece
cut loose with a mammoth, emotional welcome for President
Eisenhower. The joy was dimmed by a railing collapse that
injured 43 persons, several seriously, at the height of the ova
ation.
About 750,000 approximately the same number that
cheered Eisenhower earlier in thei
day in Iran—shouted exuberant ■■ •
greetings as the President rod e't[ jfki I i*> j-a uura
through the gaily decorated I V?Q lOQ
streets of Athens with King Pauli'
at his side
j For 10 miles, from the airport
Ito the palace where Queen Fred
jerika waited, Eisenhower was
j hailed as a modern-day hero in
this storied land rich with history
'of heroes of its own.
| The accident occurred two
from the palace, at a spot
the President had just passed.
Opposite the U.S. Embassy a rail
ing atop a wall in front of an
; apartment building crumbled un
jder the weight of hundreds of
Ipersons who had been scrambling
for vantage point.
Those pressing against the rail
ing fell upon the crowd.
Two hospitals and a first aid
station said eight of the injured
required hospitalization.
Eisenhower learned of the ac
cident when he arrived at the
palace, where he is spending the
'night as King Paul’s guest. The
i President expressed sympathy
and asked that his regret be ex
tended to the victims and their
families.
It was the first incident to mar
the President’s trip to 11 coun
tries, of which Greece is the sev
enth.
Eisenhower flew in at dusk
near the end of a tiring 22-hour
day that began with a farewell
io India.
He flashed his famous grin and
waved in response to the cheers
of the thousands who came out
iin the chill and mist.
In response to a call from Pre
mier Constantine Karamalis, the
Greeks turned out to show their
gratitude to the United States
for the military aid that helped
stamp out a Communist rebellion
in the ’4os and has since built
up Greece as an ally in the West
ern alliance.
I Eisenhower said the long de
motion to democratic principles
of this sturdy little nation next
door to the Soviet orbit has won
the world’s admiration.
Christmas Programs
Planned for Tonight
“Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly!’’
Christmas carols will literally fill the air at 7 tonight
when students gather in the courtyard of the Helen Eakin
Eisenhower Chapel near the Christmas tree, for the tra
ditional campus Carol Sing.
Singers from the Meditation |
chapel chOirs, directed by James
,W. Beach, will lead the singing
land sing two anthems, ‘‘Beside
iThy Cradle” and ‘‘Come Thou
Long Expected Jesus.”
I Those who wish to sing can
| meet in the courtyards of Sim
jmons Halls and West Halls at 6:30
p.m. or join the caravans of peo-
Iple who will pass the dormitories
on the way to the chapel.
| Beach has planned for piano
| accompaniment for the carols.
1 A loudspeaker will be attached
j io the piano, played by William
Maslrocola. sophomore in sec
ondary education from Clifton
Heights. Mastrocola will also
j play an organ prelude inside
| the chapel with the windows
open for 10 minutes before the
caroling begins.
The caroling is being sponsored
Hurry!
Only 4
jC 'SS *} State College
Shopping Days
Increases
Circulation
The Daily Collegian in
creased its circulation by 500
copies beginning today, bring
ing its Tuesday through Fri
day morning press run to 7500.
Collegian Inc., publishing body
of the newspaper, approved the
increase at its meeting Saturday.
The Saturday press run will re
main at 6500 copies since circula
tion surveys have shown that ad
ditional copies are not needed,
The extra copies will be divid
ed among the various circulation
points which include the Hetzel
Union Building, Waring, War
nock, Redifei, Simmons, McEl
wain, Atherton and Nittany Din
ing areas, and downtown restau
rants.
Dennis Malick, Collegian editor,
urged yesterday that students
share copies of the newspaper as
much as possible, since financial
limitations prevent any larger in
crease at this time
Collegian publishes approxi
mately one paper for every two
students on campus, Malick said.
The increase to 7500 places the
circulation total well above the
one-for-lwo ratio.
Of this total, about 500 papers
are sent off-campus through sub
scriptions. This includes those be
ing sent to Univeisity campuses.
Mann Named Curator
Charles W. Mann Jr., who has
been rare books and manuscripts
assistant in the Pattee Library, has
been named curator of Rare
'Books and Manuscripts.
By AMY ROSENTHAL
by the University Christian Asso
ciation. There will also be a read
ing entitled ‘‘Our Pagan Christ
mas.”
After the singing a party will
be held in the chapel lounge.
Upholding the Penn State
Christmas tradition that he start
ed 30 years ago, George J Wurfl,
professor emeritus of German,
will read the account of the Na
tivity at the German Chustmas
Carole sing 7:30 tonight in Schwab
Auditorium.
The program is sponsored by
the Department of German.
Wurfl started the program
when he was on the German
faculty because of the interest
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