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Weather Conditions
To Hinder Driving
As Holiday Begins
Occasional rain will hamper homebound students today
and tonip,ht. The Christmas recess begins at 9:05 p.m. and
ends at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4.
Snow may fall in the northern and western sections of
the state tonight and tomorrow with possibly appreciable
Construction
Prospects
Look Bright
Prospects for nearly $lO mil
lion in new construction at the
University look bright after
Senate Republicans agreed to
$620 425,000 coiling on the
General Stan: Authority's boi row
in': capacity Wednesday
t'hi: amount is only $5 3 million
lo's than the $f)2U,225,000 apptoved
bv the Democratic controlled
Ihm.se with Gov. David I, Law
lcnee’s hacking.
Sen. James S. Berger, Republi
can [luoi-leader, said the revised
GSA bill would probably be
passed today. The lull wilt thenl
have to ieturn to the House fori
action on the amended sections
Final legislative action is ex
pected tomorrow.
The Senate Rules Committee
eliminated only one item from the
Umvei Mty’s construction pro
gram, a $274,125 poultry testing
building.
The major University projects
Opt lined in the bill include: •
Expansion of facilities for nu
clear study and research cost
ing $1,272,000. This involves ad
ditional facilities at the nuclear
reactor on the East Campus!
Extension and revision of utili
ties costing $900,500 and entail
ing an additional steam boiler at
the Physical Plant and moie
underground steam and sewer
lines.
Construction of a $2,862,000
wing to Recreation Hall.
Construction of a $3,710,000,
4-story arts and humanities build
ing.
Philadelphia Alumni Plan
Liberty Bowl Pep Rally
Penn State alumni in Ph.ladel
plna have invited students going
to the Liberty Bowl to a pep rally
tonight. *
The rally will begin at 9 p.m.
at the Adelphia Hotel, 13th and
Chestnut Sts, Philadelphia. The
Blue Band will attend.
Hoyt Coeds Give Party
The freshman girls of Hoyt Hall
gave a Christmas party to 15 un
derprivileged children of the State
College area.
The coeds gave each child a gift
Social committee chairman, Gwen
Hilburn, said, “It was a great suc
cess "
SGA Does Not Meet Despite Petition
No SGA Assembly meeting
was held last night despite a
petition asking for one which
was said to be signed by the
majority of the assembly
members.
The petition was circulated by
Howard Byers (U.-Sr.) and John
Brandt, alternate assemblyman,
Byers said last night that it had
been taken to a few people in
cluding members of the adminis
tration and students.
However, he said he under
stood it was "mechanically im
possible" to schedule a meeting
last night.
Ross Lehman, SGA advisor,
said the procedure for getting a
meeting woud be to approach the
By JOEL MYERS
accumulation in the northwestern
counties Rain will fall in the
southeast tonight, but it may
change to snow flurries before
lending tomoirow.
C'oldei weather is expected to
day and tonight and much colder
ltemperatures ate due tomorrow.
[ A storm system, which is
j moving toward Pennsylvania,
I threatens to bring considerable
I amounts of rain and snow to all
; portions of the state during the
: next 24 to 3G hours. Cold Cana
dian air should cause tempera
, tures to fall continually today
1 and tonight resulting in sub
■ freezing temperatures through
out the stale by tomorrow eve
, ning.
There is a slight chance that the
storm system will take a more
easteily path than is currently
exoected. Such an occurrence
The Lions Den of the Hetzel
Union Building will serve free
coffee to all students going'
home starting 8 a.m. today.
Students must supply their
own container to lake the coffee
out.
would bring appreciable snow to
all sections of the Commonwealth
tonight and tomorrow.
This afternoon’s temperatures
should range from the chilly mid
dle 30's in the northern and wes
tern counties of the state to the
lower 40’s in the Philadelphia
area. Pittsburgh will have lead
ings in ttie upper 30's.
Vacation Schedule
The Pattee Library and the Hel
en Eakin Eisenhower Chapel will
follow a special schedule for the
Christmas holidays.
Tomorrow the library will be
open from 7:50 a.m, lo noon;
Sunday it will be closed all day;
Dec. 21 and 22, 9 a.m. lo 5 p.m.;
Dec. 23 lo 27, closed; Dec. 28
lo 31, 9 a.m. lo 5 p.m.; Jan. 1,
closed; Jan. 2, 9 a.m. lo noon;
Jan. 3. closed.
The library will reopen on a
regular schedule Monday, Jan. 4.
Chapels in the Helen Eakin Ei
senhower Chapel will remain
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
through the holiday season while
the program center will be open
only on Dec. 19, 21, 22, 28 to 31
and Jan. 2 and 4.
Residence halls will close al
4 p.m. fomorow. They will re
open at 1 p.m. Jan. 3.
The Hetzel Union Building will
be operating under a reduced
schedule from tomorrow through
Jan. 2. The HUB will be open to
morrow and Sunday from 8 a.m.
to 8 pm.; Dec. 21 and 22, 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m.; Dec. 23 through 27
closed; Jan. 1, closed; Jan. 2, noon
to 5 p.m.
The HUB will return to a regu
lar schedule Sunday, Jan. 3.
SGA President, since he has the
authority to call a special meeting.
According to the SGA Constitu
tion, there is nothing which pro
vides for petitioners to call a
meeting.
The petition was merely “an
expression of the majority” that
a meeting was desired, and noth
ing more, Byers said.
Donald Curry (C.-Jr.) said he
thought that some of those sign
ing the petition did'so because'
they objected to not being noti
fied that no meeting would be
held. ,
An Assembly meeting had not
been scheduled by the Rules
Committee and the Executive
Committee for last night. Two
meetings a month are required
by the SGA Constitution and two
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Simes to Present
NittanyComplaints
Nittany men will get a Christmas present after all.
Their complaints and suggestions for improved living conditions will be presented to
the University before Christmas.
Frank J. Simes, dean of men, will make recommendations to Albert E. Diem, vica
president for business administration.
Simes discussed possible proposals with student representatives yesterday. He met
OLD TIMERS RETURNED—(I-r), Steven Suhey, Larry Joe, Dave
Barron and Fran Rogel. all of former Penn State football teams.
About 500 people attended the rally at which they spoke that
was held to send the team off to tomorrow’s Liberty Bowl Game
in Philadelphia.
Team, Engle Given
Standing Ovations
Coach Rip Engle and members of the football team re
ceived standing ovations from 800 cheering students yester
day afternoon at the send-off pep rally in Recreation Hall,
Engle, introducted by master of ceremonies Vincent
Marino, received an ovation 1
he called the team forward and
the students stood and clapped for
minutes.
Bob Higgins, coach of the 1947
team that went to the Cotton
Bowl, told the students: “I hope
we can win this game. We’re go
ing to have a hard time but I
think we can do it.”
Marino introduced Steve Su
hey, Larry Joe, Dave Barron
and Fran Rogel—all members
of the 1948 learn.
Rogel, who played for the Pitts
burgh Steelers until 1957, urged
every student to attend the game,
“It’s something you’ll remem
ber a long time,” he said. “I know
we’re going to win but you can
help win the game by giving them
the support they need.”
Engle praised the squad and
have been held already this
month.
Jay Hawley, Rules Committee
chairman, said Wednesday that
the committee felt it was consti
tutionally correct in not making
up an agenda for a meeting last
night.
"The executive felt a meet
ing was not necessary," he said,
"and we agreed."'
Hawley said the issues which
the committee was considering
for the agenda could be acted on
more effectively after the Christ
mas recess.
Byers said, however, that the
Nittany question and the seating
arrangement for students in the
new Beaver Field stadium par
ticularly deserved attention now
and that it would be “detrimental”
to let them wait.
that was only exceeded when
the students for their support. He
told the crowd, “I hope we bring
you something to cheer about
Saturday.”
After the rally 200 students
stood outside Rec Hall to see the
buses leave for the game. The
crowd shouted “Beat Alabama”
and cheered when the team board
ed their buses and drove away.
Unidentified Student
Returns ROTC Gun
The 45-calibre sub-machine gun, stolen Monday, was
returned at 9 a.m. yesterday to the Army supply office by an
unidentified student who claimed the whole thing was a joke.
Col. Ellis B. Richie, professor of military science, said that
the University still does not know who took the gun.
When asked if the Department
of Military Science will prosecute,
Richie said that matters like this
are usually left up to the adminis
tration and the dean of men’s
office. “In this case, they will
handle any disciplinary action,”
Richie said.
- The weapon, valued at $6O,
had no ammunition in the mag
zine when stolen. Captain An
thony R. Lentini, supply officer
for the Army ROTC unit, said
that the gun could not be oper
ated automatically because the
extractor was removed before it
was used in the Army classes.
However, Richie explained that
if a person could get ammunition,
a single shot could be fired.
The Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation is still looking into the
case. They were originally called
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1959
with Barry Rein, Nittany Council
president, Leonard Julius, SGA
president, and Jerome Whalen,
Nittany coordinator.
Some of the improvements re
quested for this year are: an ad
ditional telephone in each hall;
repair of the heating system
and radiators; new clothes bars;
and an additional chest of draw
ers for rooms which now have
only one.
Diem will consider the requests,
and, if enough money is grant
ed, they will be put into effect.
He said Wednesday that so far
money has only been appropriated
for draining the area.
Materials have been ordered
for the draining project, and it
will begin as soon as they arrive.
The long range projects sug
gested to Simes yesterday in
cluded the possibility of four
students living in three rooms.
In this way two of the rooms
would be used as bedrooms and
one for studying.
This proposal would depend on
future student enrollment.
Requests for other improve
ments which will not be started
immediately include landscaping
the grounds and painting the
buildings. It was also requested
that parts of the buildings be
soundproofed and that the dirt
roads be tarred.
After the discussion with Simes,
Rein commented that he was glad
that plans were being made to im
prove Nittany Halls.
“This shows that the Univer
sity isn’t blind to student opinion,”
he said.
Game Route
The easiest route lo tomor
row's Liberty Bowl game is as
follows: Take the Pennsyl
vania Turnpike to Valley Forge
Interchange. Then follow the
Schuylkill Expressway (Penna,
Rl. 43) south to the approach
to the Walt Whitman Bridge.
Philadelphia Stadium is located
at the Broad St. exit of the
bridge approach. Parking facili
ties for approximately 20,000
cars are available near the
stadium.
Advisory Board Forms
Applications for the Sophomore
Clas Advisory Board are available
at the Hetzel Union desk. Inter
ested students must fill out the
forms and return them to the desk
by Jan. 6.
in because government property
was involved.
Since the gun was also used
as a teaching aid in a Univer
sity class, the dean of men’s of
fice searched all residence halls
Wednesday night. The gun could
not be located.
Richie said that the search for
the student was by no means
over and will be continued.
When the weapon was returned,
officials in the Supply Depart
ment found it disassembled. Len
tini thought that the student
might have been experimenting
with it.
Richie emphasized that stealing
something like this is not a joke.
He said that any and all weapons
at the University are potentially
lethal if the person handling them
does not know the rudiments of
weapon safety.