t.. .. t p, 4 4e4 6 Sorority Rush _ 4 11 3.410 t t - 7, A I.: , \ G Needs Evaluation Weather Forecast: Partly Sunny, t, .-,Ac..4,A‘EA_-` --See Page 2 (Ti lt „ ~. 'Y Windy, Cold 1. kt .1' . .-1856 __ VOL. 64, No. 52 2nd Worst 27.4 Inches of Snow, Bitter Cold Hit Area By JOEL MYERS A 27.4 inch snowfall, second heaviest in history, paralyzed central Pennsylvania yesterday, and strong, winds threatened to hamper clean-up operations. The mighty storm forced schools to close through out the state and brought land and air travel to a standstill. All snow-removal and cin dering equipment in Centre County was operating late last night, but a combination of blowing and drifting snow has t', hindered the road-clearing pro cess. OAS Board Will Study Canal Zone PANAMA (AP) T h e United States and Panama took a first step yesterday toward patching up differ rences by agreeing to crea tion of a joint authority under the Organization of American States to keep the peace in the Canal Zone.. Amid signs of decreasing ten sion Thomas C. Mann, personal envoy of President Johnson, paid a farewell call on Panama President Roberto Chiari before leaving for Washington to report, to Johnson. Mann voiced guarded opti mism as he talked to reporters. Panama broke diplomatic re lations with the United States and demanded revision of the 61-year-old Panama Canal Trea ty in the wake of a flag-raising incident at Balboa High School I ast Thursday that sparked clashes between Panamanians and U.S. troops. 24 Killed The fighting and other vio lence took the lives of three U.S. soldiers and 21 Panamanians. U.S. property was attacked in' Panama City and other places in the country, causing thous ands of dollars in damage. In Washington, it was dis closed that the United States specified that the guarding of Canal Zone border areas by the National Guard of Panama would not mean any change in the boundaries between the zone and Panama. The United States specified also that border areas subject to "cooperative vigilance" of the National Gaurd and U.S. military forces could be en larged only by a joint Panama nian-U.S. agreement, the Wash ington source said. Conditions Accepted The source added these con ditions laid down by Mann were accepted by the government of Panama. Workmen were erecting twin flagpoles • Monday at public school sites in the zone—includ ing Balboa High School—for dis play of the Panamanian and U.S. flags. Officials said all schools In the zone will reopen tomorrow, with the exception of an ele mentary school at Ancon dam aged in the violence. SURE Fund, Member Drive Begins Tonight The Student Union for Racial Equality (SURE) will launch its winter term activities at a mem bership meeting at 7 tonight in the Wesley Foundation base ment. Milnor Alexander, instructor in political science and SURE ad viser, will speak on "Voter Reg istration in the South." The group is seeking to raise funds to support Jacob Hey man, former SURE president who is working in a voter regis tartion campaign in the South. Acting SURE president James Conaham said Heyman will need approximately S2O per week to support himself during the campaign. New SURE members will be enrolled at the meeting tonight. Membership dues are Si per lerrn and associate dues are Si per year. Activities Outlined SURE activities for the coming year will also be outlined at the meeting. Plans are being made to begin SURE chapters at the Schuylkill Campus and at King's College in Wilkes-Barre. General objectives of SURE, as established by the group's Vote Committee, are: •To educate students about the problem of discrimination. •To get students personally in volved in the fight against dis crimination. •To raise money to help sup port Penn State students work ing on voter registration in the South. and to publicize the efforts of these students. •To work to eliminate dis crimination in all areas of Penn sylvania, and particularly in areas served by Penn State. eTo accomplish the above ob jectives in a peaceful and digni fied manner. State police said all equip ment '* would continue to fight the storm during the night, but they would not guarantee that all main roads would be r . plowed by morning. Some roads in the moun—,' tainous areas of the state were, completely blocked by drifting snow, Began Sunday The snow, which began Sun day afternoon, became heavy f ; early yesterday morning and • continued to pile up through K• the day. When the snow had : " diminished to flurries last eve ning, the storm ranked second only to the 31.2 inch fall of March 30, . 1942. Temperatures hovered near ;;;, the 10 degree mark through.- out the snowfall, and as a re suit the snow is very dry and r;':, powdery and can be easily set V • in motion by gusty winds. Blowing and drifting snow will probably continue as a problem for several days. The weather pattern favors a continuation of cold weather, < and no important thaw is likely r„` this week. There is even a chance of more snow about'.' , Thursday. ii Hardest Hit . Apparently central Pennsyl-;: vania, where snow depths .” ranged from 20 to 30 inches, was the hardest hit area. Snow depths were generally 10 to 15 ' • inches in other parts of the ; state. The water equivalent of the snow was slightly less than one MEASUREMENT of yester and a half inches. day's snowfall reveals dif- The storm responsible for the ferent accumulations. Th e snow originated in the, Pacific drift in the background several days ago and moved above is well above two feet. harmlessly eastward until it The 27.4 inches of snow that began to tap moisture from the fell between Sunday after- Gulf of Mexico Saturday. Snow noon and yesterday was the developed in the central states second worst blizzard Penn- Saturday and spread eastward sylvania has ever experi- Saturday night and Sunday enced. Some snow flurries with the storm. are expected today and With the storm in Tennessee Thursday but none tomor- Sunday night, a new and more row. The snow is expected to (Continued on page three) last for quite a while. FTC, Government May Begin Action Against Smoking WASHINGTON (Th—A massive educational pro gram aimed at smokers—and teenagers who haven't started may be the first federal step following a science panel's indictment of cigarette smoking as a threat to life and health. A panel of 10 doctors and scientists.reported to the surgeon general Saturday that heavy cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung cancer and is associated, at least statistical ly, with other malignancies and heart ailments. The committee called for "appropriate remedi al action." Informed sources said yester day that the most obvious first step would be a government backed campaign against smok ing, patterned after the all-out effort made by the Public Health Service to get Americans vaccinated against polo. FTC Action The campaign would be in ad dition to possible action by the Federal Trade Commission and Congress. Sources said the FTC believes it has authority to require that cigarette packages bear health hazard labels if the health service so recommends. There were no indications that Congress would seek prohibition of cigarettes. But several mem bers introduced or seconded bills requiring that cigarettes carry labels that they might in jure health. Stock Exchange On the New York Stock Ex change, prices of most cigarette issues declined in the first trad ing since the report was issued, but made partial recoveries. Reynolds Tobacco Co. erased an early loss and posted a 25-cent gain. Meanwhile cigar manufactur ers enjoyed a field day. Aimed At Teens The campaign would be aimed! primarily at teen-agers, with a, theme somewhat along these lines: "Quit if you are a cig arette smoker don't start if you haven't." Presumably, such a campaign would include use of newspaper, radio and television: speeches by health authorities: and post ers and pamphlets. There might be testimonials by sports fig ures who never smoked or who had quit. Storm Strikes College Area By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A blizzard-like storm, the worst so far this winter, crippled Pennsylvania yes terday, dumping more than 20 inches of snow in some parts of the state. At least six deaths were at tributed to the storm. Schools, businesses, airports and government agencies closed at least temporarily across the state. Transporation was badly disrupted. The state Capitol closed at 2 p.m., after 15 inches of snow had accumulated by noon in Harrisburg. Various sports, social and oth er events were postponed. In the Wilkes-Barre area and in Pottsville some funerals were deferred. The one-day visit of President Antonio Segni of Italy was post poned because of conditions at the Philadelphia International ,) Airport. . o Snow Emergency , i In Philadelphia, Emergency Coordinator Samuel S. Baxter -,=4 declared a snow emergency .. A last night. Seven inches of snow ' A fell in the city and more than '• "'721 10 inches in the western and • ':''i northern suburbs. The Philadel phia ' 1 emergency was the first •,::: to be declared under an ordi , , t ••• nance passed by city council in .' ' • ', Strong winds reaching gusts , • ~' up to more than 40 miles an • „•-1. • ..,,, hour complicated matters byl •,- .:„. i .„ ~,,,,,,A drifting the powdery snow. Tern- 1 ' •,. ''':,•" - ,1 peratures were well below frees , "..", • A ing—and going down. ' •', •:;;I Officials banned all passenger -...." '-:`,:" 1 cars without chains or snow ,- ,-It•f• .....,-A ,, .•.,•';' .:',.. • ',:•,,,- , ~• ,••• .• • ~ tires from the Pennsylvania ' -' • ''' 3,-, ', •*• •• 1.*: , 4 Turnpike. A speed limit of 35 Z.:.:4',';;',;;;;'" `,;`,.4 miles an hour was imposed and house trailers were banned for the duration of the storm. Farm Show Pennsylvania's week-long farm show opened in Harrisburg. Deep snowdrifts and almost im passable highways, h o w e v e r, held down attendance and pre vented some exhibitors from get ting to the Farm Show Arena. In an afternoon statement, the Weather Bureau reported the i following show accumulations: Williamsport, 22 inches; Pitts burgh, 13; Scranton, 13; Wilkes- Barre 13. By mid-afternoon the accumu lations reached 17 inches in Bradford, Dubois and Butler; 19 in Philipsburg; 15 in Blairs ville; 12 in Altoona; and 7 in Erie. To Smoke or Not? Many Students Smoke Despite New Warning By JUDY MATHE The Surgeon General's report' on the ill effects of smoking has caused the national broad casting networks to study their cigarette advertising policy and the British government to re new its anti-smoking campaign, but many University students seem unperturbed. One senior told a Collegian, reporter that she was engaged to a doctor and had "known the score for a long time," but would continue to smoke. Taste Too Good "I'm not going to stop; they taste too good. Anyway not everybody gets cancer," a fe male chemistry senior said. Some students, though, may try to quit, or at least cut down. A fifth term sociology major said she and her roommate are going to try to smoke only one cigarette every hour this week and then gradually increase the amount of time between cigarettes. "As soon as this carton is gone, I'll stop," a 6th term chemistry major said, "but ac tually my doctor 'told me to stop smoking last year." ne female esnior, who said she smoked one cigarette a day, will quit. Not Good for Sports A male graduate student said he may stop, but not because of the report. "I like sports," he said, "and you can't smoke and go out for sports, too." "My father ttarked on ciga rette research at Mayo Clinic," an 11th term male said, "and UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY -14, 1964 .!I'Blizzard , .-,i Cripples Entire State , 3 ~~, M . ti New Record The Weather Bureau said the Williamsport fall was a new rec ord for one day, eclipsing the previous mark of 15 set in 1961. Centre County also reported a new snow fall record in 24 hours —25 inches. In Scranton, all downtown stores closed in early afternoon to permit thousands of employes to go home early. The Scranton-W ilk e s-Barre and Harrisburg-York airports closed. he still smokes, so I guess I'll continue." "They didn't tell us anything we didn't know before," an Bth term student who smokes 10 to 15 cigarettes a day, said, "so why should we get all excited about it now?" Although there have been many reports on the dangers of smoking before, none seemed as conclusive, and now there is the prospect of government ac tion. Many students were skeptical about the government's power to stop the sale of cigarettes. "They tried it with liquor and it didn't work," one said. Another said. "They (the government) would be crazy to ban cigarettes. That would just make them more attractvie, especially to minors." she said. Valid Reasons But whether students wanted government action or not, many of them were convinced that their reasons for their smoking decisions were valid. A girl who smoked eight cigarettes a day said she wouldn't stop. "I can't," she said, "they keep me from get ting fat." "Everybody would call me chicken if I stopped now," a junior said. "After all, I have to die anyway," he continued, "What's the difference if I die of cancer or walk in front of a car?" But the case for quitting was apparent. "They've finally con vinced me," one junior said. "There's no use taking years off my life I'm going to try so stop." FOR A BETTER PENN STATE FUN AND GAMES were the order of the day yesterday for three male students engaged in that delightful job of digging out snow-bound ears. Effective June 22 Room, Board Cost To Increase $lO Room and board charges will be increased $lO per term effective June 22, the Office of the President disclosed yesterday. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive assistant to the President, said, however, that the University is not cur- rently considering any increase in student tuition fees. President Eric A. Walker blamed the increase on ris ing costs. explaining that residence hall and food service facilities are self-supporting operations with student fees as their sole income. In a letter to parents of all students living in residence halls, Walker claimed "despite all possible economies and every effort to increase effi ciency, it is impossible to coun teract the spiraling rise in cost of food, services, equipment, salaries, and wages necessary for operation of the residence halls at a standard needed for health and welfare of the stu dents." Approved by Trustees The $lO increase was ap proved at a meeting of the Board of Trustees Saturday and will raise the room and board charges per term from $265 for a double room to $275. In November when Walker first revealed to The Daily Col legian that room and board charges would face an increase. he emphatically denied rumors that tuition would also experi ence a similar increase. He stressed at that time that he,is strongly opposed to a rise in tuition and said, "I will fight to hold tuition where it now is." However, since that state- I ment, Gov. William W. Scran ton failed to recommend an in crease in Penn State's alloca tion in the Commonwealth budget. Whether the governor's action might have some effect on tuition is not yet apparent. Walker's Plans Walker is scheduled to ap pear before the Council on Education and before the House and Senate Appropria tions Committees before the second week of February. The President is expected to appeal to those bodies for a higher University appropria tion which would keep in line with rising costs and plans for expansion. The most recent increase in room and board charges oc curred in 1961 when the charge for a double room increased from $254 to $265 per term. At the same time tuition was increased $l5 due to a refusal on the part of state legislators to grant the University's re quest for $23.1 million. The final appropriation that year was less than $2O million. The increase is expected to net the University additional funds in the neighborhood of $lOO,OOO per term excepting the summer term. Clark Asks Immigration Reform WASHINGTON IR) Sen. Joseph S. Clark, D-Pa., said yesterday the existing immi gration law is discriminatory to Americans of Asian and south ern and eastern European par entage. In a statement for a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, Clark called for the enactment of the administration's immigra ti on reform bill as a living memorial to the late President Ken nedy. . , 4 e • -40 - By LARRY LAMB Candidates To Speak At Panhel The three candidates for the offices of Panhellenic' Council first and second vice presidents will appear 'before council members to night at 6:30 p.m. in 112 Os mond. Barbara Clark, Cheryl Mc- Minn and Susan Smith will give their qualifications for of fice and answer questions ask- ed by the council members. 1 All three girls are members of Kappa Alpha Theta. Miss Clark, who has a 3.1 all- University average, has served on Liberal Arts Student Coun cil, as an orientation leader and 'an Association of Women Stu dents delegate. Miss McMinn, who will be student teaching fall term, has a 3.73 all-University average and is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman wom en's honorary fraternity. Miss Smith, who has a 2.52 all-University average. will be student teaching during win term. She is a cheerleader; has been a member of East Halls Association of Women Stu dents, Simmons judicial board, Women's Week Chairman and president of Cwens, sophomore women's hat society. The council will decide on the election date and at this time the girl with the highest number of votes will be chosen first vice president. The second 'highest number of votes will determine the second vice pres ident. All Panhel officers must I have and must maintain a 2.5 l all-University average. The girl who becomes first vice ;president will automatically' ;become president in the school year of 1965-1966. The council members will al so discuss their plans for work ;shop and Greek Week and will 'vote on an open bidding period. HUB Meeting Set for ,World's Fair Visitors Students who last term indi cated a desire to visit the New York World's Fair this spring are required to attend a meet ing at 7:30 tonight in the Hetzel Union ballroom. The approximately 400 stu dents involved are slated to be , iv en additional information labout the trip by Vera Hess, ichairman of the sponsoring Hetzel Union Travel Committee. Miss Hess said students who decide to make the trip will have to make a deposit of Si to re serve a place. The balance of the trip's cost will be due at a 'later date. Classes To Meet Today Despite Heavy Snowfall By MEL ZIEGLER Despite high winds expected to pile up snow drifts of five to six feet by morning, University officials said yesterday classes probably will be held as usual today. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive assistant to the President said the final de cision will be made before first period classes are scheduled to begin. Most classes met as sched uled yesterday despite the heavy snow. A number of classes, however, could not be held because professors found themselves unable to get to campus. No estimate was avail able yesterday of the number of classes affected in this way. Students reporting such inci dents generally agreed that morning classes were more frequently concelled than afternoon sessions. Kenworthy said reports he received yesterday indicated attendance was generally good in the face of adverse condi tions. About 27 inches of snow had' fallen by late yesterday after noon when the storm tapered off. The record local snowfall was 31.2 inches, recorded on March 30, 1942. Temperatures during the day remained near 10 degrees and high winds added to the gen eral discomfort. All campus roads were re- 1 ported cleared for minimum driving with maintenance, crews working around the; clock. Extra men and equip- 1 ment were hired to supplement, the regular campus snow re-1 moval operation. An accident, resulting from, the icy conditions, occurred at 12:15 p.m. yesterday at the cor ner of W. College Avenue and Burrowes Street. A truck was reported to ha v e skidded 'through a stop light into on coming traffic. No one was reported injured. Ritenour Health Center re ported no accidents or injuries to University students as a re sult of the storm. No auto mobile accidents occurred on campus. Mail and food deliveries to• the University were slowed, but no major tie-up is ex pected. . . Food officials said menus will only have to be altered slightly because enough food is on hand for at least a 48- hour period. The Food Department, with 80 per cent of its employees living outside of State College, was extremely short-handed. Supervisors in various units were reported working in the food lines. Sleeping facilities were pro vided for many out-of-town employees last night so that they would not be snowned out again today. iiME==l ~~.. ROGER W. ROWLAND ...re-elected board president Trustees Take Varied Actions Miscellaneous actions taken by the Board of Trustees at its weekend meeting in Harris ' burg include the following: •Re-elected Roger W. Row land of New Castle president of the Board of Trustees. The board members also re-elected all officers and members of the executive committee of the board to additional one year terms. •Approved the construction of 16 tennis courts near Wag ner on east campus. • Renamed three buildings under construction near the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chap el. The units, formerly Arts and Humanities I, II and HI, have been redesignated Arts, I. V and 111 because none of their facilities are slated to be used for the humanities. Reorganized the depart ment of art into two depart- 1 ments. The new department of art history and the new de partment of studio art will take over the functions of the former department of arts which had two sections that operated as separate units in reality. FIVE CENTS HUB Plans Approved By Board The proposed expansion of the Hetzel Union Build ing came a step closer to reality at th e weekend meeting of the Board of Trustees. On Saturday, the board ap proved revised sketch plans for .an addition with a $2 million price tag. The present HUB cost about $3 million. Preliminary plans for the ad , dition were approved a year ago. Architects have now been ;given the go-ahead to proceed with the preparation of final plans and speciTications. The i cost of the addition will be financed through the sale of lbonds, as was the original :structure. Stanley H. Campbell, vice president for business, recent ly cited increased enrollment at University Park as necessi tating the addition. When the present building was com pleted nearly 10 years ago, campus enrollment here was 12,000; the current enrollment is approximately 18.600. Present Plans Plans for the addition call for a ballroom adjoining the present one on the first floor of the HUB, a new terrace room with kitchen facilities, 'and ground floor offices and meeting rooms for student or ganizations. The present Lion's Den on the ground floor will be tripled in size and served by existing kitchen facilities. Expansion of the cafeteria area will increase its capacity from 550 to 800 persons. Campbell said that student union facilities such as snack bars, lounges and game rooms will be built in new residence hall areas; similar facilities have been included in resi dence areas completed in re cent years. 44 Teams To Take Bowl Exam The field of participants in the Penn State College Bowl will be narrowed this evening in a competitive examination to be given to the 44 teams who submitted applications for the contest. The test will be held at 9:15 p.m. in the Hetzel Union as sembly room. Susan Schenkel. chairman of th e Undergraduate Student Government's Intellectual Cli mate Committee, which is sponsoring the event, said the purpose of the exam is to limit the number of competing teams to 26. The objective test will con sist of 50 questions taken from college board tests and similar standardized material, Miss Schenke] said. Only four of the six mem bers on each team will be re quired to take the test. The six teams which score highest on the examination will be exempt from the first round of questioning, and will compete only in the , second round of the contest. The two winning teams will receive a trophy at the conclu sion of the bowl contest. The Penn State College Bowl will be much like the GE Col lege Bowl on television. It will begin on Jan. 28. and continue for six weeks. It is being held in the HUB assem bly room every Tuesday eve ning from 7 to 9:30 p.m. According to Miss Schenkel, professors are being asked to serve as judges and commen tators for the event. All students are invited to attend the sessions. Theatre Tryouts Slated Combined tryouts for all win ter term Five O'Clock Theatre productions will be held at 7:15 tomorrow night in the Little Theatre. Old Main. Five O'Clock Theatre will pre sent eight original one-act plays this term, sponsored by the Penn State Players. "Each play will require a two week rehearsal period," co-man ager Luke Sickle said. The one. acts will be presented at 5:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre every Tuesday afternoon beginning (Continued on page three)
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