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VOL. 60. No. 72 STATE
430 Students to Participate
In Spring Orientation Program
By ELAINE MIELE
About 430 new students will arrive on campus Feb. 1 to take part in the spring semester
Orientation Week program.
This is a slight increase over the 390 students admitted last spring, Sherman
ford, associate dean of admissions, said yesterday. The present figure is only an
because many students entering for the spring semester apply late, he said.
There will be about 130 fresh
men, 200 transfers from Univer
sity centers and 100 transfers
from other colleges and univer
sities, he said.
The orientation program will be
essentially the same as that used
In the fall, Leroy S. Austin, chair
man of the orientation program
and associate dean of men, said.
One major change is that
President Eric A. Walker will
not be able to attend the Presi
dent's Convocation on Feb. 2 in
Schwab.
Lawrence E. Dennis, vice pres
ident for academic affairs, will of
fically welcome all new students
at the convocation.
A Student Government Associ
ation-sponsored coffee hour will
be held for new students on Feb.
4 in the Iletzel Union main lounge.
At the same time information
about activities will be given by
members of all the recognized
student activities.
Highlighting the week of
events will be talks given by
members of the faculty. The
'talks are open to all new stu
dents, but they must obtain a
free ticket at the HUB desk. All
the speeches will be given in
the HUB assembly room.
Richard C. Maloney, associate
dean of the College of the Lib
eral Arts, will speak on "Penn
State History and Traditions" at
8 p,m. on Feb. 3.=
Two of the talks will be given
on Feb. 4. Dr. Kent Forster, pro
fessor of history, will speak on
"Europe Looks at America" at
10 a.m. and Alfred K. Blackadar,
associate professor of meteorolo
gy, will talk on "Earth Satellites:
The Shape of Things to Come" at
2 p.m.
"Fainting as a Language" will
be the topic of a talk by Dr. Har
old E. Dickson, professor of art
and architectural history, at 2
p.m. on Feb. 5.
TIM to
Second
The Town Independent Men's Council may move out
doors with its next Las Vegas Night which is tentatively
scheduled for April 9. ' - ,
Because the first Las Vegas Night, held Dec. 12, was
highly successful, TIM embers felt that another should be
held. There was some obj ction,
however, to holding it t ice a
year because interest mig t die
out.
The second Las Vegas Night
would also be held in the I-letzel,
Union ballroom, and the ballroom,
terrace would be used if the
weather permits. This would en
able the event to accommodate
1000 persons instead of the 600,
accommodated in the fall. 1
The council will hold a 1
spaghetti dinner at 6:30 tonight
at La Galleria restaurant for
all those who worked on the
first Las Vegas Nigh!.
Philip Haines, TIM president,
reported that the State College
Borough Council may consider
exempting TIM members parking
on borough streets from t ckets
between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. atur
day and Sunday mornings, 1 the,
men registered their license um
bers at Borough Hall.
The borough now forbids
ing on the streets from 2 a .
nag
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
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LOOKING OVER THE APPLICATION for the SGA-Chartered
Flight to Europe is Walton Davis, senior in physics from Erie. Ar
lene Rosipal, Junior in arts and letters from West Mifflin, is the
agent, serving on a SGA committee.
Ashes Now Available
For Use on Shortlidge
A container filled with ashes
has been placed along the curb
on Shortlidge Rd. on the hill
at the entrance to the campus.
Physical Plant personnel
said that the hill sometimes
creates a problem for motor
ists when ice first forms on the
road and the ashes in the green
container can be used to help
the motorist.
Sponsor
'Las Vegas'
By JANET DURSTINE
a.m. every day, and TIM had
asked that the ban be lifted Sat
urdays and Sundays. Haines said
Lawrence J. Perez, borough coun
cil president, said the borough
was hesitant to change its park
ling signs.
One TIM member suggested
That cards be placed on the
windshields of any cars ex
empted from the tickets.
The council voted to go ahead
with a bluebook jam session with
Leonides Council from 2 to 5 p.m.
Feb. 13. The afternoon session'
was first approved last semester
and is listed on the University
calendar. Nittany Council plans
to hold a bluebook dance that
evening.
Haines announced that TIM
will study the income tax struc
ture next semester to enable
members to make any possible
deductions.
He also announced that there
[are six vacancies open in the
council.
Tatirgiatt
Tropic Air Misses
State College Area
Very warm air came within
500 feet of State College yester
day but it never managed to
reach the ground.
Tropical air with temperatures
in the middle 50's flowed across
the top of the ~ 4 , 401
cold air that was
trapped in the
Nittany Valley. A
The high on
campus was just IV.
36 degrees.
Mostly cloudy
weather is due 'r
today. The high
will be 44 de- - •
gre e s. Tonight „.
will be partly
cloudy and chilly with a low of
28 degrees.
Cloudy and mild weather is ex
pected tomorrow with a chance
of rain by late in the day. The
high should be 48 degrees.
Educational Television
Changes in TV Courses Anticipated
By NICKI WOLFORD
Seventh in a Series
The use of television in
University courses is here to
stay but the ways in which it
is used may change, Dr. Clar
ence R. Carpenter, director of
the division of academic re
search and services, said.
Television courses as a means
to solving increased enrollment
problems, Carpenter said, "will
not be replaced by anything I
can see on the horizon."
There are now 14 courses being
televised. One of the first courses
to be televised, Psychology 2, was
withdrawn from the television
project this semester.
USSR May
Reduce Arms
Supreme Soviet to Consider
Possible Disarmament Plan
MOSCOW (JP) Soviet steps to promote Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's total world disarmament plan are expected to
be announced soon.
Informed circles expressed belief last night that a uni
lateral program—perhaps a reduction in Soviet armed forces
—will be voted into effect open-
T. Stan
estimate
ing today. I
Cryptic remarks in Moscow Glenn Says
newspapers that the session will;
be a vital one stirred speculation!
on these lines.
Indications were that the So
viet lawmakers will be called on
to endorse a plan for implement
ing some, though not all, of the
proposals Khrushchev laid before
the United Nations General As-
sembly in New York last fall.
The time seems ripe for some
such action. President Klementi
Y. Voroshilov is to visit India
in early February and Khrush
chev is making a goodwill trip
across neutral Asia in late Feb-
ruary.
Khrushchev suggested in his
Sept. 18 speech to the U.N. that
the world disarm itself complete
ly within four years. He present
ed a plan to do away with armies.
navies, air force, nuclear weap
ons and military targets, leaving
only domestic police forces for
keeping internal order.
He returned to this theme at a
New Year's Eve banquet at the
Kremlin. Toasting the New Year,
he hinted that the Soviet Union
might cut down its army on its
own and rely on rockets for de
fense if the West delays a gener
al disarmament plan.
Besides contributing to eas
ing world tension and scoring
a point in propaganda, the re.
lease of any significant number
of men from the Soviet armed
services would boost production
in the current seven-year plan.
Service men constitute the most
efficient, healthiest and best
trained cadres available for un
dermanned Soviet industry. There
was talk that hundreds of thou
sands—perhaps more than a mil
lion—might be released.
Flight Proceeds
To Aid Drive
Fair weather Saturday will en
able students to have their heads
in the clouds while contributing
to the 1060 New March of Dimes.
"Fly-Away," sponsored each
year by the March of Dimes, will
be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the
University Airport.
Tickets will be sold at the
field and all proceeds will go to
the March of Dimes. Price for a
single-engine ride is $2, for a
twin-engine ride, $4.
Certified commercial pilots will
be at the controls of the planes,
and flightS over State College and
Bellefonte areas will be the basic
schedule.
Carpenter said the reasons
behind the withdrawal were
"complicated" but it was partly
by the desire to experiment with
large classes.
Substantiating Carpenter's be
lief that television is here to stay
are the plans made for connecting
most of the University buildings
by closed circuit television.
Before the end of the academic
year, programs will be originat
ing from Sparks, Boucke and Rec
reation Hall, Lawrence E. Den
nis, vice president for academic
affairs, said.
Future plans call for lines to
be added to Home Economics.
Military Science and the engi
neering buildings.
Eventually special programs
and courses will be piped into the
No Outbreak
Of Flu Yet
Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, head
of Ritenour Health Center s
said yesterday that the Uni•
versity has not as yet been hit
by an outbreak of influenza.
According to Secretary of Wel
fare Arthur S. Flemming, mild
influenza epidemics have been re
ported in nine states, the closest
state being Ohio. In four states,
the Asian strain has been isolated.
The large number of sielcnesses
in the infirmary is normal for
this period of the year, Glenn said,
The majority of cases involve the
intestinal tract which produces a
short illness. he said. Common
early symptoms are dizziness and
headaches
Although there is no Asian flu
at the University, Glenn warns
that this may be the start of a
nation-wide epidemic similar to
the one of two years ago.
As it is not yet the common
time of the year for Asian flu, the
University may eventually be hit
by such an epidemic, In late Feb-
Jinx and March, infections of this
!type usually are at a peak, he said.
Tn . an October, 1957, epidemic,
'more than 3000 students were
treated for flu, colds, grippe and
fever. The infirmary was unable
to accornodate all those stricken
and the overflow of students was
sent to bed in the residence halls
and was served a liquid diet by
Food Service. Five local physi
cians were called in to treat pa
tients in women's residence halls.
Theta Sigma Phi
Taps Foui Women
Theta Sigma Phi, women's pro
lfessional journalism fraternity, has
tapped four new pledges.
They are Patricia Vargo, Gloria
Wolford, Darlene Andersen and
Annabelle Rosenthal.
The members are now planning
their annual Matrix banquet
which will be held in February.
At the banquet members will put
on a skit mocking campus per
sonalities, and outstanding wom
en leaders at the University W . "
be honored.
lietzel Union Building and resi
dence halls, Dennis said.
President Eric A. Walker also
predicted that a great deal more
education is going to be done by
television, and that a lot more
credit courses will be given on
open television,
As for the effect of tele - vision
on academic standards (on the)
"brighter" students), Walker
said that supplementary reading
and reporting is necessary.
Comparing the problem to his
own years in school, Walker said,
"A student's always had to do
more work."
He also suggested that a special
examination be written for the
'A' students,
As for television instructors,
Walker said: "Only the good
teachers survive in T.V."