t 8 4r Weather Forecast: Commonwealth Partly Cloudy, ' r 4 at i(' - [‘k . : - 1 . -1 - v.l rgtatt Classroom Mild - . .186 • = ' ' --See Page 4 VOL. 62. No. 25 University Plans AppeallSm aIIN ations Drop On Water Board DemandA eal t° Russia To Halt Creek Pollution PP The University has been granted an appeal against a state Sanitary Water Board decision ordering the University to halt pollution of Spring Creek within two years. The University went into Commonwealth Court yester- day asking for such an appeal State Approves Proposed MI Science Proiect BULLETIN HARRISBURG (AP)—The Gen eral State Authority board yester day approved construction of a new $3,187,500 earth sciences building at the University. The board took immediate ac tion on the proposed project in order to obtain a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foun dation. The grant would reduce the actual state cost to $2,587,500. The building would provide fa cilities for expanded research on coal, ground water, clay and other minerals, steel plant slags and reffactories, depressed area geography, and secondary recov ery of Pennsylvania oil. The proposed site of the. new building is in the rear of the pres ent Mineral Sciences building, ac cording to Walter H. Wiegand, head of the physical plant. The GSA also assigned top priority to construction of a $1,750,000 life sciences building at •the University. The project was authorized by the 1961 legislature. The University said top priority would mean a grant of $831,690 from the National Institute of Health for additional laboratory construction. Today's Froth Parodies 'Animals' On Campus Not all the animals are in the zoo; some are on the campus too, according to Froth which goes on sale today. Copies of Froth may be pur chased on the ground floor of the Hetzel Union building, on the Mall and several places down town. Subscribers may pick up their issues at the HUB desk only. HOMECOMING QUEEN FINALISTS: (left to right) Raven Fennell, sophomore in art from Sandy Lake: Gail McDowell, junior in elemen tary education from Philadelphia: Marcia Gaskin, freshman in psychology from Philadel phia! Nancy Williams. senior In secondary By DAVE RUNKEL James 1-1. Coogan, director of public information explained. At torneys Sidney Handler of Harris burg and Roy Wilkinson, general counsel for the University from Bellefonte, will present the case in Dauphin County court Tues day. In asking for the appeal, the attorneys issued a general denial that the effluent from the sewage plant was polluting the creek. They also described the water board's order last month as un- constitutional. They also said it was vague and indefinite, and failed to establish standards to determine whether or not the effluent is causing the pollu tion. The attorneys contended that the water board erred in basing its acton upon evidence of fish kills on the creek. They said that the information was "erroneously admitted into evidence." A state fish hatchery and Fisherman's Paradise, a nationally - known fishing spot, are located on the creek. Earlier this month, University 'officials indicated that such an appeal might be made when they protested the order of the water board to Daily Collegian report ers. At that time both C. S. Wyand, vice president for development, and Walter H. Wiegand, head of the Department of Physical Plant, said the sewage treatment plant was operating above the standards set for it by its building permit. The same board which direct ed the University to alter its sewage treatment system last month issued that permit five years ago, the two officials said. If the appeal is not successful, the University is faced with building additional sewage facilities. Esti mated costs for these have ranged from a low of $500,000 to a high of $4 million. The entire burden for construct ing additional facilities would rest upon the University. Before the water board's deci sion in September the General State Authority withdrew a half million dollar appropriation for (Continued on page five) UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 25. 1961 UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. VP)—The Soviet Union was denounced in the United Nations yesterday for testing a giant H-bomb, but a small-nation move for an urgent appeal to Moscow to refrain from such tests collapsed. An eight-nation resolution was still before the 101-nation U.N. Political. Committee, but it had been watered down to contain only an appeal to Mosc Greek Week activities continued last night with the announcement of the fraternity and. sorority outstanding pledges and the selection of the last finalist for the IFC- Panhel Sing. Exchange Dinners are the only scheduled events for today. Lynn Crawford, Alpha Chi Omega, was awarded the out standing sorority pledge trophy, and Guy Jackson, Acacia, received the fraternity honor. The winners were announced at a pledge banquet in the Hetzel Un ion dining room. Triangle fraternity was awarded a trophy for having the pledge [class with the highest academic average for the 1961 spring semes ter. Phi Sigma Sigma sorority and Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority re ceived second and third place tro phies respectively. After the banquet, a runoff preliminary judging was held for the IFC-Panhel Sing. The extra competition was necessary since the place of fourth finalist in the fraternity group category resulted in a tie Monday night. Sigma Phi Epsilon won that place in the finals after singing' "Do You Fear the Force of the Wind," the required song for the event. Judges for the evenings were Robert Koser. assistant; registrar, and Mrs. Neil McNall, State College music teacher. Greek Exchange Dinners, a' program by which sorority wom en visit fraternity houses for din-I nor, will be held tonight as the fourth event of Greek Week. Lynn Michaels, dinner chair man, said that all the sororities and 48 of the fraternities are IMM —Collegian Photo by John Beauge education from Drexel Hill; Brenda Pierce, senior in elementary education from Hershey. Last night the contestants met members of the football team who will select the queen. The winner will be announced at the pep rally Friday night. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Greeks Announce Outstanding Pledges The Collegiate Digest, an 8- page supplement, will be dis tributed free tomorrow with The Daily Collegian. Pick up your copy when you pick up your Collegian. participating in the exchange program. Fraternity men will pick up their guests at 5:45 p.m. at a cen tral location. As an after-dinner feature, each participating fra ternity has arranged for.a faculty speaker who will talk on some phase of the Greek Week theme, "Greeks Face the Future." • Fraternities have been granted special permission to have women in the houses until 10 p.m. tor the dinner programs. Fair and Sunny Skies Will Continue for Today Fair, sunny weather will con tinue to prevail over the eastern third of the nation today. How ever, a cold front extending south ward from eastern Canada and a developing storm in the South west will bring an end to this pleasant weather tomorrow. Today should he partly cloudy and continued mild with a high of 65 degrees. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low of 44 degrees. Tomorrow will be cloudy and cooler with occasional rain and a high near 62 degrees. 1,500 Rogister for Rush A total of 1,550 coeds have registered to participate in soror ity open houses, Jan Carlisle, Pan hellenic Rush chairman, said yes terday. Open houses, to be held Nov. 11 .and 12, are the first events of sorority rush which officially be gins Jan. 3. University Appeals FCC TV Decision An appeal protesting a deci ion by the Federal Commu ications Commission against ;tablishing .a campus educa- Lonal TV station has been filed the Circuit Court of Appeals the District of Columbia, Riy ilkinson Jr., University attor tey, said yesterday. Wilkinson said the appeal wasl .fled Aug. 30, 1961. The court will argue the case and make a final ruling 'either upholding the FCC's decision or vetoing 'it in favor of the University's app:2al, he said. "It may be a month or six months before the court argues the case," Wilkinson said, "and the final decision, even in moder ately good time, may not come for a year." The University had requested The FCC to make an exception AN/ not to explode a 50-inegafon 'bomb in the atmosphere before the end of this month. Per Hakkerup of Denmark told the committee the sponsors had accepted an Indian amendment that deleted any mention by So viet Premier Khrushchev of his announcement on plans to test the 50-megaton bomb, on any expres sion of concern that it would have an adverse effect on health and welfare of mankind. Hakkerup said the resolution remained before the committee, but he made no new efforts to seek priority for it. The spaniel's withdrew a de mand Monday night for an im mediate vote after a Soviet bloc attack throw the committee into - a procedural wrangle. There was considerable bitter ness among the sponsors over lack of any vocal support from either the big Western powers or Asian- African nations for their demand. One informant said Swedish Foreign Minister _Osten linden asked U.S. Delegate Arthur Dean to yield priority on the speaker's list but met with refusal. U.S. sources said Dean wanted to get his speech on the record before leaving to deliver a U.N. Day ad dress in Los Angeles. A Scandinavian source said that Asian-African support vanished after the Soviet bloc accused the sponsors of merely being a tool for the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization bloc. Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Canada members of NATO were among the sponsors. The other sponsors are Sweden, Japan, Iran and Pakistan. Sen. Alfred J. Brooks, the Can adian delegate, told the commit tee his government expciets thd U.N. General Assembly "to stop this senseless explosion and it pol lution of the food we eat and the air we breathe." He declared that the procedural roadblocks thrown up by a num ber of Communist countries show that the Soviet Union "does not relish having to answer this res olution." K. N. Chakravarthy, the Indian delegate, urged priority for his country's proposal that the assem bly again call for a voluntary moratorium on tests. to' its ruling that cornmercial stations must be sc —arated by a distance of 170 miles to insure the best reception. The closest Channel 3 outlet is located in West Virginia, approximately 158 miles away. "The sole issue involved in this case is whether, where commer cial VHF (very hit;ll frequency) stations are avaikible, licenses should be 'granted by the FCC for educational purposes," Wilkin son said. Very high frequency stations are those located below Channel 13, and indicated on most TV receivers. The FCC is trying to get educators to use UHF (ultra high frequency) stations, Wilkin son said. "Their viewpoint is that UHF had to be developed by some body," Wilkinson said. "and educators should be the pio (Continued on page two) FIVE CENTS
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